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27. Backlight
Source: One Piece Film: RED
Villain: Uta
Nominator: hombad49 (1 remaining)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5PofRQAGLc

Villainy: 6
Characterization: 7
Melody: 8
Total: 21/30

"Let's run wild! Release your rage / Let the winds of wrath blow them away / Not gonna live in compliance-iance-iance / I'm not playin' the victim, no more / Time to go rage"

How is is that this sounds more like a Persona 5 song than the actual Persona 5 song you nominated? I mean that opening guitar line feels like it was ripped straight out of the game. It certainly doesn't make me think One Piece, but admittedly I haven't really watchted One Piece outside of the Netflix show. All that being said, this song kinda kicks ass. Best moment is easily the first pre-chorus, but honestly I don't really have complaints here.

Trying to find context on the song specifically was tricky, so I tried reading up some on Uta herself just to get an idea of who she was, although this is One Piece, so of course there's way more text there than I'd ever have the patience to fully parse through and understand. The song does a pretty solid job of portraying Uta though, and it definitely has that vibe of being more tragic than outright evil. She's primarily motivated here by hate and revenge toward Luffy and company, though she seems to at this point have pushed everyone away. Her actual plan beyond "punishing them for the their love" isn't entirely clear within the song itself, but it certainly sounds violent.