I don’t really buy the whole “ocelot is weird in this game because he’s under hypnosis”. The truth tapes show us ocelot before he undergoes treatment and he’s indistinguishable from the character we see through the rest of the game. I more subscribe to the idea that this is ocelots true personality. This is the only game where he’s not trying to trick everybody by putting on some outlandish character. He’s just helping the Boss(es) so he can more or less be his actual self for once- a highly intelligent, level headed and loyal man.

This game was on sale for $6 the other day. Not sure if it still is, but just in case anyone watching hasn’t played it.

That theory about "the man who sold the world" tape being a subtle way of reinforcing Venoms brainwashing is genius. I'm sure many people heavily listened to that song exploring or put on there chopper speaker very early on.

I never noticed the subtlety of Venom assuming whale was a delicacy when it was actually just cheap.

In addition to being an excellent analyst of MG lore, Futurasound has shown viewers of his videos that MGSV has incredible depth in its narrative, of which many players were not fully aware.

Here it's another interpretation, what if Miller literally could not recognize Big Boss face. Taking into account that when you're in the ACC at night and zoom into the window you can see the reflection of you avatar instead, also Huey and the AI pod also don't seem to recognize him and in one point it's said that soldiers in the battlefield don't even know Big Bosses face only his reputation. So what I'm saying it's that Venom Snake real face during the game it's really the one we created as our avatar.

Outstanding effort , presentation and commitment to the cause Boss.

Snow-9 is a reference to Ice-9 in Kurt Vaunnegut's novel, Cat's Cradle. Ice-9 is a symbolic representation of the nuclear bomb and the end of the world.

As much as the omission of David Hayter from MGS:V still hurts me, it would have all been forgivable if only they revealed him as the real voice of the real Big Boss in the end cutscenes/tapes.

Lol I was googling about Miller's eyes last few days, handy!

I'm so happy to see new mgsv content as I attempt 100% it blows me away that it seems we really haven't figured everything out. What are those last two tapes about?

I dont think MSF and Miller knew who Ocelot was originally, so it reinforced the charade. Venom HAD to know him(hypnosis), but never met him technically, Ocelot even says 'I'm a friend' or something when they meet. Like he had to SUGGEST who he was.

17:46 Maybe Kaz is ironically telling himself That real Big Boss left him with the phantom when Venom spoke his name

28:10 my opinion is he probably has his eyes closed cuz he’s bloodied and beaten, physically and mentally tortured. I get what you were gettin at with the guilty conscious. I bet he’s just exhausted though. With how detailed your analyses get, gotta be careful not to give meaning to something without meaning lol. love all your vids man! 👌

I think the rescue of missing MSF personnel can be like a nod to the fact we accepted Venom as the real Big Boss in the beginning not for facts but for imagery, like if you walk towards them they repel you but if you hide in a cardboard box and play Love Deterrence they just accept you without any questioning. IDK it's just something I realize.

please never stop what are you doing sir

"or this video will be demonetized" wow savage

For someone who supposedly never wanted to make anymore games in the series, Kojima sure put considerable effort into each succeeding iteration.

It's my headcanon that Kaz was only able to take the acoustic tape with him when Mother Base sank. And he kept it with him all these 9 years.

Your content has inspired me to start my own MGS channel, @NagohNibor. I've been posting speed runs and stuff for now but I'm doing my own research to make my own essays about the games. Thank you very much for the thought provoking content, Jorin. :)

Eyes on kazuhira... a MASSAGE from parasites...

Watching your videos is always a treat and insightful they have my own wheels turning. Like it’s interesting to see how many characters mirror each other Miller and Huey being one example. They both have a child through a failed marriage, both have worked for Cipher and claim to be on your side before leaving cursing Big Boss’s name, and they also point fingers at others when they don’t want to admit a wrong doing they did. Thank you Boss for all your hard work see you next time :)

With how the story unfolds in MGSV, how do we know that the Kaz we rescue is actually Kaz?

I think it's amazing that, in my many playthroughs of this game spread out throughout the years, so much of these themes, misdirections, hidden details, etc. that Futura points out in his plethora of MGS V videos went right over my head at the time, even though some are in plain site, I was just so caught up in enjoying the masterfully crafted gameplay of MGS and getting joyful entertainment out of it, that, even though hints of these things crept up, they weren't obvious enough that I would notice them over just enjoying a game. It's interesting how this melting pot of ideas and gameplay show to different players such as myself.

The same way that Kaz doesnt recognize snake ties into how Emerec and Strangelove (if you walk up to the PW AI core) fail to recognize him. Very apparent in the second playthough of the game

This is my favorite series on youtube. Youre a pro at this

Great vid, and glad I found your channel. Subbed. One thing I'd like to point out about Kaz's eyes, though. Kaz has always had cataracts, implied to have been caused by his mother having an STI when he was born. It's why he has always worn sunglasses.

These videos are great, you do a good job of explaining things most people didn't understand about MgsV

I think the milky eyes of Kaz Miller is his cataracts..

Will you make an "what even happened" episode of the original metal gear and metal gear 2? Would love to hear a detailed decription of those games!

FS drops a video-> I dash

I think it has to be an oil tanker. The imagery of the changing world with Snake passing from a whaler to an oil tanker is on point.

Are we not going to talk about the subtle irony of ocelot telling boss that kaz would want boss to “put those 9 years behind him” and move forward as Big Boss, even though we’ll come to see that that is exactly the OPPOSITE of what Kaz wants. Kaz cannot accept the past nine years and move on, his whole motivation lies within clutching onto the past and getting revenge. It’s such a nice, subtle line. Sometimes you can forget that Kojima can actually use subtlety at times when he wants to lol

I'm in love with these videos make more please

Brother, when you spoke of miller’s eyes it seems you have a missing file in your Final Cut project. Whatever graphic you wanted to display there showed up as the “missing file” icon in this version you uploaded. 20:25 I spotted it and wanted to let you know.

Ocelot: Rescue Miller. Snake: Got it. Its Miller time Ocelot: *fultons away*

2:40 Never noticed those two ships being apart on the map until now. God I love these videos so much, it's so cool to notice stuff like this!!!

Spoilers: The idroid is a smart phone. It's name is clearly a reference toward the two biggest mobile platform: " i " phone and an'droid'.

Yes, I caught the premiere!! I don't miss any of your videos. I'm playing mgsv right now actually! It's replayability is great!

"The past always remains with us, but how it's remembered and what it ultimately means is constantly changing with the present." That's going to stick with me a long time.

I've watched so many marathon streams of the entire series, and I'm so ready to ABSORB another one of your breakdowns. Great channel. Thanks!!!

One of the interesting later scenes is when Kaz is at Ocelot about who the spy is, and Ocelot interjects him saying what if he's a spy or him.

It is always a good day when you upload

Honestly i didnt know this could be that interesting thank you for the video futurasound

That song at the end too.....paz segment. Mirage. The vision fades. Gets me every time

Also glad you brought up Silent Hill re: the way the Skulls move. I always thought of them as moving in a horror-creature way (perhaps specifically j-horror popularized that kind of jerky movement). As a horror fan I always enjoy the horror bits Kojima injects in to his games as they are usually quite excellent (which makes me think Silent Hills would've turned out pretty good :( I think their movement also resembles that of a marionette, which would make sense in representing the skulls, but also recalls psycho mantis controlling other people, especially the B&B corps in MGS4. Fwiw, I think "Voices" is a fantastic bit of horror gameplay. Slowly making your way towards and in to the Devil's House is one of the creepiest and unnerving sequences I've played.

1 hour after premiere this video has 1.3k views. I really hope it continues up to and beyond the target because I love this series.

I really appreciate that you deliver the story and the backstory of the unique past as well as the present , mgs games in a sense are not designed to make sense, that's what separates these games from others, just when you think you have everything figured out, the plot twisted. Great video my friend.👍👍

28:53 that’s actually the exact opposite of subtle though isn’t it?

Great video, I can’t believe I never noticed how Miller has 3 days to live here and was killed 3 days prior Solid Snake infiltrating Shadow Moses. There’s a lot to unpack here but that’s very interesting.

I can't wait to get into this topic. We all know Ocelot is a triple agent triple crossing everyone. Juggling agencies and handlers like he used to juggle those wheel guns. But Kaz... Oof, what a history. When I met the man, he was already dead in a cabin not too far from Shadow Moses. The only report I had was a... Phantom... of him by Liquid, it fooled his closest friends and set a baseline for the kind of man Miller was to his peers. By the time TPP came out, I felt like something was off with him the whole time. Telling Venom he's calling the shots but undermines him at every turn, refusing the prosthetics knowing where they come from, consistently opposes anything Ocelot suggests, flinches when Huey calls him a traitor too, and the nail in the coffin was Codetalker's cryptic warning. He had something to hide and it wasn't all laid out bare. The conversation with Zero isn't too damning. Spies gotta spy, liars gotta lie BUT what's Kaz's Endgame? His motivations? Where does his loyalty lie ultimately?

I just ralized why David Hayter isnt voicing Snake in MGSV, but Keifer Sutherland is. Its because you are not playing Snake, and thats also why Kaz doesnt recognize your voice when you free him.

I’VE BEEN WAITING

Kaz's eyes are a result of cataracts

This better get 25k views. 1. Because you deserve it. You do an amazing job with these and 2. Because its my favorite series right now. Keep up the great work!

No-one: Futrasound:W E T

The idroid is Kojima not getting sued by Apple or Android…pretty Smart damnit. I hate having to give creative geniuses credit. Makes me feel so, insignificant…

The three days Easter egg is quite clever

Question: how did Venom get so muscular within the 10 days from awaking? Do you think the syringe Ocelot inhected him with was some type of super steroid/nanomachines that rebuilt his muscle tissue within a couple of days?

15:27 this was supposedly composed by Kaz and Paz on Peace day, both of their names means "Peace" in Japanese and spanish

To say that this game is EXTREMELY layered would be a MASSIVE understatement!😄. Love the videos! Best game ever!

Goddamn, your videos are of incredibly remarkable quality!

When you were talking about gift, I was reminded of the bomb that ocelot leaves snake in msg1

Think I might start this game up again

I thought that when Kaz said no more use for me that was a reference to when he an ocelot talked about venom being the dopple ganger that they would have to protect. Maybe he was mad at the real BB and just wanted to get that out of system. But then again I could be yard's off :/

I just thought that Kaz said 'no use for me' is just directed towards the real Big Boss

that's why you are the best boss, the one and only.

I'm so glad to have you and your passion for a series I love. I'm hoping this KZfaq thing is working out for you.

"BeT ThE PheNteM Pen... Et Never LeTs Ep"

i hate that youtube remove the fucking upload date of every video that is abit new

28:20 The turbulence also sounds very similar to when Mother Base is destroyed and BB+Kaz are trying to escape towards the helicopter.

My theory on the skull unit's guns is that it is indeed formed with metallic archaea, as well as being composed of metallic archaea. We already know it can be used to enrich uranium, corrode metal, used in improving machines à la Huey Emmerich, and be used to puppet humans. So it's not too far fetched to say that the weapons are composed of the metallic archaea. It could be possible that the mist is an inert form of the archaea that the skulls can manipulate.

The most important thing to remember with Metal Gear lore is that EVERYONE is an unreliable narrator.

loving it!!!!!

These videos are amazing!

A good topic, would be why did ocelot not transfer snake to a chopper. Why a whale ship. Why don't we see the ship again in the game.

I've always been fairly certain that Ocelot was at least one of Miller's principal interogators / handlers (and the high likelyhood that he eventually becomes his assassin in 2005). Or that Miller was under his jurisdiction as Shalashaska. How else would he know so much about Miller than if he handled the matter personally. It is also not explicit in any game when the two met. I've always been puzzled by the change in Miller's eyes, along with Code Talker's cryptic warning about them. This is a fascinating mystery. There is much to indicate Skull Face spared Miller's life after the Skulls Unit ambush. This is ostensibly done to in order to draw Big Boss out from hiding and into the open. But in order to do so, he releases Miller into custody of Soviet forces, making him a visible and accessible target under Ocelot's purview. The exchange would likely mean he and Ocelot have a "gentleman's agreement", a game theory -style play between both spymasters and interrogators. Skull Face gets his wish, exposing "Big Boss" by using Miller as bait. Ocelot gains entrance into Diamond Dogs by only placing the Big boss' Phantom into harm's way, allowing Big Boss to escape Skull Face's notice. Later, Skull Face may have his doubts, but actually *seems* convinced he is facing the real Big boss when Venom and him meet at OKB Zero. Ocelot himself insists to Venom Snake how critical is is to play into Skull Face's plan by rescuing Miller, therefore further reinforcing Venom's confidence in him, Miller owing him one despite having every reason to hate him, and Skull Face being none the wiser about Big Boss. That's some good conning, con man. Skull Face likely had Miller injected with parasites not long before handing him off to Ocelot. The purpose and effects of that treatment could be anything from the medical intervention required to save the lone survivor of the ambush OR to use him as a trojan-horse style trap (just like he did with Paz) by implanting him with a strain of the vocal cord parasites, perhaps, in order to make him a transmission vector at Mother Base, OR an attempt to control him via the parasites in the event of his death (the second outbreak happens - after - his death, read only AFTER Huey makes absolutely sure he is dead and fiddling with the scanning equipment at MB, etc) Whatever actually happens, it seems Skull Face was using Miller in some way. Anyways... the ramblings of a madman!

You didn't adress the bionic arm change, from yellow to red. I Would really like to hear your thoughts about that. Btw, nice touch at the end, with the white thing.

Let me know what you smoke to be in the same headspace as Kojima

Would you consider doing a playthrough of one of the games or the series itself? With all the work you put into the videos, it would be cool to actually watch you play them

17:45 ish - Maybe Skull Face, to get Kaz on board with the whole "Venom Snake" thing??? Again though I know I've said this before but *god* I love it when the little details are put together like this. I never really thought of the fact that Kaz responded to English despite being in Afghanistan.

Welcome back boss!

The way Kaz drops his head it’s like he knows there and then the boss has abandoned him , maybe he doesn’t understand who or what venom is straight away , but I think he sees through it.

Nothing and no one can or ever will convince me that Ocelot actually hypnotized himself to forget such crucial things. Ocelot is just being Ocelot, playing the role he is supposed to for that time. Not Adamska, not Revolver, not Ocelot, but aid to Venom. I'll never believe he hypnotized himself then.

You mention how the game is filled with mirrors and inversions. In this scene Kaz is blind in his left eye from swelling. This is a mirror of Snake who is blind in his right eye.

god damn, these are really good

"You're pretty good."

Can you make a full timeline with every game?

Wouldn't it be something if "Cyprus" was really in Cuba and Venom is put out for a few more days while he recovers his strength until the ship he rides legit ends up going into the Indian Ocean.

Wait what? Already another video out?

another great video.

Got my sub you lost me way back in vid one but damn I appreciate the effort I love this series and am ashamed to admit don’t understand the story that well these vids help keep up the good work!

10:07 AFTER NAHN ELEVEN

I hope you realize that you make THE best MGS content - and the best video game content - on KZfaq. Keep it up!!

26:45 could also be the Japanese number translation which is 0(oh)-Ni "Oni"

Always enjoyable!

20:23 you missed a spot

*Me coming from MGS III to MGS V:* Wait a minute... who _are_ you?

Why does he call it V and not five?

I'm loving this series!!!