Story of Evil

The Story of Evil (悪ノ物語 Aku no Monogatari), or more commonly known as the Daughter of Evil series (悪ノ娘 Aku no Musume) is a series of songs made by mothy, also known as Akuno-P. It is a collection of 5 songs and one potentially with loose connections to the story. It has also been noted that the series focuses on "pride" of the Seven Deadly Sins.

History
The first song of the series, "Daughter of Evil", did not gain much attention when it was uploaded to Nico Nico Douga on April 6, 2008. It was until a few weeks later when the second song of the series, "Servant of Evil (悪ノ召使 Aku no Meshitsukai)", was uploaded and it did gain popularity among the Nico Nico Douga users. The following month a song sung by Rin, "Regret Message (リグレットメッセージ Riguretto Messeeji)" was released, followed by a song sung by Len, "Re_birthday (Zenmai-Jikake no Komoriuta3)". However, the involvement of the two songs in the series is not still confirmed yet. The release of the song Daughter of White (白ノ娘 Shiro no Musume) on Jan 6, 2010, made it a widely-accepted theory and many fans interpret that the song connects both songs to the series. Yet, there is still a debate if "Regret Message" and "Re_brithday" are parts of the series or not. Though there are many tantalizing hints which seem to imply the relations, it is still not clear if it is, as mothy has just mentioned that it is up to each fan's interpretation and has not officially taken them in the series yet.

A Theater Play event, based on the songs and the backstory written by mothy on his blog, was shown in Japan during the month of January. An extra song, "Twilight Prank" (トワイライトプランク Towairaito Puranku), composed by mothy and sung by Shimoda Asami, was used in the play. Shimoda Asami, the voice actress which the voices of Kagamine Rin and Len was borrowed from, did a cover of the first three songs in the series. "Twilight Prank" would later be covered by Rin and Len.

"Daughter of Evil", "Servant of Evil", and "Regret Message" are in mothy's album "EVILS THEATER". "Daughter of White" is in mothy's albums "prelude to forest" and "EVILS FOREST". "Twilight Prank" is in "EVILS FOREST".

Plot Overview
Akuno-P(mothy) wrote a plot story for the songs in the series before he created "Daughter of Evil". He organized the plot into 8 chapters and depicted chapter1, 4, 6, and 7 in the songs.

Chapter 1 -A Fierce Princess-
Once upon a time there was a kingdom. A wise king who built the kingdom in his lifetime was taken with illness and a queen of the sweet voice, who was his wife, ruled the land instead of him. She governed for the betterment of people, rather better than him, and the kingdom enjoyed prosperity. Although her reign continued after his death, she suffered from the same affection and passed away. The one left behind was her "only daughter", who was brought up in comfort, having great-flamboyant furniture, a beautiful and fine horse and a servant who looked like her and obeyed her. She took her mother's place and reigned the kingdom. However, her dominion was far from good. She imposed heavy taxes on the people and purged the ones who did not abide by her orders. Gradually people came to call the country as "the kingdom of evil and cruelty" and the princess as "daughter of evil".

Chapter 2 -A Mighty Famine Strikes-
Substantially "daughter of evil" was at the position of a queen, however, out of deference to her mother the queen she decided she would rule the kingdom as a princess and would not take over the throne until she came of age. One day, a mighty famine suddenly struck the kingdom and many people lost their lives for hunger except some haves. Some lieges told her how people were impoverished and offered their opinions to provide relief for them, but she just said, "If they don’t have bread, they had better eat cake!" (a reference to the apocryphal line supposedly spoken by Marie Antoinette; "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche")

Chapter 3 -A Feud Between A Swordswoman And The Princess-
Since then, there was no one who offered one’s opinion to the princess except a loyal subject who had served since her mother’s period of rule. He was called "a commander of royal guards who has a name of lion". He was the only man that remonstrated with her and offered counsel to her to help the people. He was also a hero who had saved the kingdom before and still hold on power. Finally he and lieges who supported him unilaterally made a decision to save the people from hunger. The princess got angry because the meals at the royal palace became meager and the things went on behind her back. One night, she had the commander to come to her own room in the palace. On the next morning, there was his dead body at a riverside on the fringe of the kingdom and beside it "the servant who looked like the princess" was standing. He said, "No one can disobey her now". Few hours later, "a girl in red clothes" dissolved in tears by the dead body. She secretly vowed revenge against the princess for her father.

Chapter 4 -Jealousy And A War-
The fierce princess was in love with "a man of blue", who was a prince of a kingdom accross the sea. She sent out her liege to propose marriage, however, he replied "I have the one whom I love in the land of green. So I cannot marry you." The princess got furious with jealousy and thought to kill "the woman of green" whom he loved, but she did not know who she was. One day, she called away a minister and ordered in a quiet voice; "If you cannot find out the woman of green, destroy all the land of green". The war between two counties broke out overnight. Many houses were burnt and many people lost their lives. People suffered and mourned, however, the princess would not know it and kept living in the palace with grace as always; "Oh, it’s time for a snack"

Chapter 5 -What Happened To Blue and Green-
Pathetically, the land of green was destroyed. However, the woman of green was still alive because "the servant who looked like the princess" had hidden her in a well, which had protected her from fires. He was also in love with her. He was thinking that since the princess did not know the woman's face, it would be better to take her to where "the man of blue" was after things were settled down and the princess would not try to destroy the kingdom where the one whom she loved lived. One day the princess handed over a small glass bottle to the servant. When the princess wanted to ask something important to him, she always did that way without saying directly and orally. It had become a habit since the servant had told her a legend. And what was written on a parchment which he took out of the bottle was "Liquidate her". "The man of blue" found the one whom he loved had become dead and cold in the well. He secretly vowed revenge against the princess.

Chapter 6 -A Rebellion-
The people abruptly rose in rebellion against the princess of evil. They were led by "a swordswoman in a red armor" and "a man with a mask and blue hair". The anger of "the woman of red", "the man of blue" and the people covered the entire kingdom and the rebellious troops defeated the royal army which had severalfold men under. Fortunately for the troops that the army was impoverished by the recent war, they surrounded the royal palace, and all the ministers and servants ran away. The one left behind was pretty, lily and cruel "daughter of evil". When she was almost captured, she shouted "You, insolent fellow!". The princess was arrested at last and that was the end of the kingdom.

Chapter 7 -The Last Moment-
The execution of the princess was decided to be conducted on 3 o’clock in the afternoon when bells of the church would ring. "She" was put in a jail and no one knew what "she" was thinking. People gathered to a square where a guillotine was ready. The bells of the church rang and a blade fell. The last words "she" said was neither words of begging for "her" life nor apologizing to people, but "her" favorite phrase; "Oh, it’s time for a snack". The execution was conducted, and everyone thought "the daughter of evil" was dead and everything was over.

Chapter 8 -Epilogue-
Few days after the execution a rumor circulated, which told that the one who had been killed on that day was a scapegoat and the princess was still alive. In a town, at a harbor, the one who stood, hiding oneself from prying eyes, was the servant who looked like the princess; "I’m sorry…Len". This is a story of once upon a time.

Explication
''Note that this is a story weaved together from the hints in the songs and the plot on mothy's blog, along with hints from other songs and interviews regarding the series. No outside sources or fanmade PVs were used as sources. However, as it was announced by mothy, interpretation can differ widely in individuals.''

A king and queen ruled over a country but contracted a disease which killed them, leaving behind their fourteen-year-old daughter, Rin, who had grown up in luxury, to rule. When she started to rule the country, she imposed heavy taxes on her people and started ruthless purges. The commander of Royal Guards of the country, who was also a hero and had saved the land before "with the name of a lion" (Leon, or "a Vocaloid made in Britain"), tried to appeal for the people and also began to smuggle food from the palace to the hungry. Rin, noticing a lack of food, ordered her servant to kill the hero and after he did that, he commented that nobody could disobey the princess any more. As the hero dies, his daughter Meiko (clothed in red) intends on revenge.

Rin's servant, Len, has the same face as her, and is in fact her twin brother. Rin falls in love with a prince, Kaito, from a kingdom across the sea, only to find out that he is in love with another girl, Miku, from a green land, and thus Kaito refuses Rin's marriage proposal because of his love for the girl. Realizing this, she tells her ministers that if they cannot find out which girl Kaito is in love, they have permission to destroy the entire land of green (this is, however, represented differently in different songs; in "Daughter of Evil", Rin asks for the entire green land to be destroyed; in "Daughter of White", Rin asks for all the women with green hair to be killed). However unknown to her, Len is actually in love with Miku, and so he takes her and hides her away. The princess however finds out and Len later finds a message in a glass bottle telling him to kill Miku. Len obliges.

Soon after, Meiko and Kaito come after Rin for revenge, leading the people of her country who all plan to overthrow her. Len, wanting to protect his sister, offers to switch places with her, allowing her to escape and for him to die in her place. His plan works, and Rin is able to escape safely. Rin falls unconscious later and is taken in by Haku, a girl who was living alone in a nearby church.

However, Haku had actually been a good friend of Miku's. When Haku was shunned by the other members of her village where every one is green-haired because of her white hair, Miku had been her only friend; they had run away to the city and become maids to a wealthy merchant, enduring trials together. Haku feels a great hate towards the "Daughter of Evil", whom she knew had caused the death of her friend. Of course, she is unaware that Rin was actually the "Daughter of Evil" herself, but one day she overhears Rin's confession in the confession box which revealed to her that she was the princess who ordered the destruction of the green land.

Later, Rin, filled with regret over the death of her brother, goes to the harbor sets a bottled message into the sea. With this, she hoped that it will allow her wish, "If I could be reborn, I would like to be with Len again", to come true (interpreting "Regret Message" as one of the series). Haku, in a blind rage, sneaks up on Rin and tries to stab her with a knife, but decides not to when she sees how lonely Rin is. Haku eventually forgives Rin, and apologizes to Miku for not having been able to avenge her. Also, Haku sees a illusion; an illusion of a young boy, which she becomes curious about.

According to "Re_birthday", which is often regarded as one of the Evil's series, Len's spirit, in a world of total darkness and guilt, is in handcuffs and chains. He hears Rin's song, implied to be the unconnected song "Clockwork/Spring-Powered Lullaby", and is then forgiven, enabling him to be reborn (or, if an alternate interpretation is taken with "Daughter of White", he is brought to the world of the living as a ghost).

悪ノ娘 / Aku no Musume (Daughter of Evil)
Sung by Rin Kagamine
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

"Daughter of Evil", the first song of the series, was released on April 6, 2008. It uses the voice of Kagamine Rin and details the basic story of the princess ordering the fall of the green kingdom and subsequently "being executed".

悪ノ召使 / Aku no Meshitsukai (Servant of Evil)
Sung by Len Kagamine
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

"Servant of Evil", the second song of the series, released on April 29, 2008. It mainly uses the voice of Kagamine Len, though a small portion near the end of the song includes Rin's voice. It details the story of how the twins were separated when they were very small and how the only thing of Rin Len could ever see was her soft, kind side, and of how he killed Miku and eventually traded places with Rin to be executed.

白ノ娘 / Shiro no Musume (Daughter of White)
Sung by Haku Yowane and Miku Hatsune
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast with subtitles

"Daughter of White", the fourth song of the series, released on January 6, 2010, two years after the last song in the series. Unlike the previous songs sung by Rin and Len, this is sung by Yowane Haku, detailing the events of the series from the viewpoint of a new character, which had never been mentioned before in the previous songs. It is the longest song in the series, and also details some events after the end of "Regret Message".

It should be noted that, although it is pronounced "shiro" in the song, the kanji for "white" could alternatively be read as "Haku".

トワイライトプランク (Twilight Prank)
"Twilight Prank" was originally composed by mothy for the Theater Play event. It was performed by Shimoda Asami. The song shows a small snapshot of the princess and servant's lives as small children, eating snacks, playing with each other, and watching the sunset and sea.

Though he has already released its cover with Rin and Len on his "EVILS FOREST" album, he uploaded it on Nicovideo on August 3, 2010.
 * Nicovideo broadcast

ぜんまい仕掛けの子守唄 / Zenmai-Jikake no Komoriuta (Clockwork Lullaby)
See also: Clockwork Lullaby

リグレットメッセージ (Regret Message)
See also: Clockwork Lullaby

Re_birthday [ぜんまい仕掛けの子守唄3]/ Re_birthday [Zenmai-Jikake no Komoriuta3 (Clockwork Lullaby3)]
See also: Clockwork Lullaby

South North Story
Sung by Rin (ACT1), Rin (ACT2) and Len

Music and lyrics by Akuno-P (mothy) and Unimemo-P
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast (with english subtitles)
 * Akuno-P and Unimemo-P say this is the song about an encounter of two Rins from different worlds.
 * Some fans interpret one is just a normal student the other is the Rin from Daughter of Evil. It is based on a motif picture that looks very similar to a motif picture of the Evil Series' Rin and Len standing back-to-back (a princess Rin and a butler Len) along with a brief shot with a princess looking similar to the Daughter of Evil. However, this is not stated directly at all by Akuno-P, and is purely fan's presumption. The song can be alternatively considered as a "crossover".

Parodies
There has been numerous fanmade parodies to the series, usually using the same song and telling a different viewpoint to the story, using the same song and telling a completely different story, or using a different song an telling of an alternate ending.

Daughter of Green
Sung by Miku Hatsune

Lyrics arranged by Ringo

Miku's voice edited by Nyonta
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

Daughter of Green (緑ノ娘 Midori no Musume) is a fanmade story supposedly told by Miku. It states that Miku was secretly a princess who was told to seduce Kaito by her father and was instead in love with Len, but when Len arrived to kill her, she committed suicide instead and wished that Len could have been the one to do it. She reflects on the fact that her only purpose was to be a sacrifice to end the tyranny of the yellow kingdom, and that Len was the only one to bring her happiness. This plot has now been considered almost entirely moot; in the original story, Miku was hidden away by Len without even knowing him (proven by mothy's blog), obliviously killed in her sleep (proven by the PV version of "Servant of Evil~velvet mix~"), and was not a princess (implied by "Daughter of White" and confirmed by mothy's blog).

The song contains the same tune and background music as "Daughter of Evil".

Daughter of Vengeance
Sung by Meiko

Lyrics arranged by Misakiya

Meiko's voice edited by Piihyara-P
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

Daughter of Vengeance (復讐の娘 Fukushuu no Musume) is a fanmade story supposedly told by Meiko. Meiko, a village girl vowed revenge against Rin because Rin murdered her lover as well as deprived the rest of her family of food, and was hired by Kaito to begin the rebellion. Although she later found out that Rin and Len had switched, she did nothing about it. This plot has also been considered moot; in the original story, Meiko wanted vengeance because Rin killed her father Leon, a guard (proven by mothy's blog), and most likely was not affiliated with Kaito (implied by mothy's blog).

The song contains the same tune and background music as "Daughter of Evil". It is to be noted that the song does not have the same "no" character as the other songs.

Prince of Blue
Sung by Kaito

Lyrics arranged and Kaito’s voice edited by Mitsu
 * Nicovideo broadcast

Prince of Blue (青の王子 Aoi no Ouji) is a fanmade story supposedly told by Kaito. Kaito went incognito as a layman and fell in love with Miku. When Miku falls into Len's trap, Kaito falls into despair and hires Meiko to kill the Daughter of Evil. The plot is partially false; the details of Len's "trap" are false according to mothy's blog, Miku was not a princess and did not live in a palace (according to Daughter of White and mothy's blog, she was a peasant girl who later became a maid to a rich merchant), and Kaito is implied to not have been affiliated with Meiko.

The song contains the same tune and background music as "Daughter of Evil". It is to be noted that the song does not have the same "no" character as the other songs.

Lord of Darkness
Lyrics arranged by a_a Kaito's voice by Tetsubun-P Lord of Darkness (闇ノ王 Yami no Ou) is a story not affiliated with the Evil series; however, the song contains the same tune and background music as "Daughter of Evil". It details the story of how Kaito, a vampire being deprived of blood, chases after Meiko, but is decried as a pervert and locked up in jail. He withers to death, forgetting that he has the ability to turn into mist. It has a comedic tone to it, unlike the other songs.
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

The Diva of a Lie
Sung by Teto Kasane & Miku Hatsune

Lyrics arranged and Teto’s voice edited by telmin
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

The Diva of a Lie (嘘の歌姫 Uso no Utahime) is a story not affiliated with the Evil series; however, the song contains the same tune and background music as "Daughter of Evil". It details the creation and planning behind the prank Vocaloid Kasane Teto.

Re-releases
There has been a number of new releases of the songs. One of them is the ACT2 version of the first two songs, which supposedly features an improved version of the Kagamine Rin and Len VOCALOID2 program (however, mothy believes these mixes to be inferior).

Another version includes the "velvet mixes" of "Daughter of Evil", which were released on December 27, 2009, in celebration of Rin and Len's birthday. The two songs feature artwork from artists put together by mothy, which confirm certain elements in the plot. A "velvet mix" of "Regret Message" was released on mothy's album "prelude to forest".


 * Daughter of Evil (ACT2)
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast


 * Servant of Evil (ACT2)
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast


 * Daughter of Evil ~velvet mix~
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast


 * Servant of Evil ~velvet mix~
 * Nicovideo broadcast
 * Youtube broadcast

Theater Play
A Theater Play event, entitled Daughter of Evil ~Gemini of Charm~ (悪ノ娘～凄艶のジェミニ～, Aku no Musume ~Seien no Jiemini~), opened from January 27, 2010 to January 31, 2010. Beyond background tracks for the play, it features covers of the velvet mixes of the first three songs in the series by Shimoda Asami, the voice actress who had lent her voice for Kagamine Rin and Len, and a new song called "Twilight Prank", composed by mothy and performed by Shimoda Asami. The original soundtrack, which includes instrumental songs used in the play and the four vocal songs, was released on February 3, 2010.

The story is almost the same as the story given in the series. Unlike in the songs, in which the characters are not named (fans usually assign the characters names depending on the singer Vocaloid), each character is given a unique name; for instance, the princess is "Rilianne", the servant is "Allen", Kaito's character is "Kyle", and Miku's character is "Michaela". Akuno-P was not involved with the script's writing in any way.

Novel
A novel titled Daughter of Evil, Cloiture of Yellow (悪ノ娘 黄のクロアテュール, Aku no Musume Ki no Cloiture), which was written by mothy, will be released on August 10, 2010. On his blog, mothy announced that the novel is basically based on the songs in the series and the plot story which he offered for the Theater Play, however, the storyline is different in several respects and there are many differences in settings. Personages' names are the same as those used in the play ("Rillianne", "Allen", etc.) and more chracters appear in the novel. The illustrations are drawn by Ichika, Yunomi and Yuu, who did the illustrations of the original videos for the songs.

Plot Summary
A vast kingdom called Rushifenia/Lucifenia, whose popular name was "Kingdom of Yellow", was ruled by a tyrannical princess named Rillianne and she was still fourteen years old. Under her absolute monarchism, everything was exploited from people and the ones who did not obey her were executed without mercy. Allen, a servant who looked like her, was always beside the princess who was called "Daughter of Evil" by the people. The princess and the servant were the same age since they were twins in fact. The princess's selfishness caused a war and many deaths, and their secret wheel of fortune was going to spin madly.