you-卒業- (you-Sotsugyou-), which translates to graduation, is composed by dai, the primary composer for the Higurashi When They Cry Series. This song is used as the finale theme for the anime Higurashi When They Cry Sotsu, and is the latest rendition of ‘you’, the ending theme for visual novel Higurashi When They Cry Kai. Like its original rendition, you-卒業- tells a tale of friendship and the unbearable pain of being left alone. However, while ‘you’ expresses one’s deep desire to go back to how things were, you-卒業- conveys the notion of acceptance after an endless cycle of sorrow - a ‘graduation’ from the past. you-卒業- opens with a short, drawn sequence, before settling on its instantly recognisable set of four broken seventh chords, a signature of the ‘you’ series. This serves as the main accompanimental figure throughout most of the song.
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