The lyrics behind it is pretty deep and hard to understand for anyone who don’t know much about Taiwan’s history so please allow me to try my best to explain it :) The name of the song Takao is a place in Taiwan where it was the biggest harbor when Taiwan was the colony of Japan which is heavily used for war during ww2. The story is about a Taiwanese natives joined the Japanese military and preparing to leave his motherland for war. The meaning behind the song is that,when Japan colonized Taiwan, Japan tried their best to make taiwan just like Japan and all Taiwanese people will be Japanese especially when ww2 started. Japan banned all the traditions and religions of Taiwanese natives including facial tattoos which you saw in the video, because they thought it was “barbaric”. It costs the new generation of Taiwanese who was forbidden from their traditional such as face tattoo which is the initiation ceremony of many natives. So they can’t become the real man yet the Japanese still don’t accepted them cause they still thinks they are barbarian. So they joins the war and fought for a country which don’t care about them,hoping to be accepted and become the man they wants to be.Most of them never return,or even worse,returned home just to be executed few years later because the new Chinese dictatorship government thinks they are Japan royalists. So it’s basically about Taiwanese people’s history of struggling to survive and don’t forget who they are. I hope it more or less help you enjoy this song more cause it was truly amazing and so does this band’s other songs,this band is without a doubt a god damn legend 👌 If you’re interested I recommend you take a look at “Supreme pain for the tyrant” or “Rage of my sword” they are my favorite haha
Man this might be a tad late but is there any meaning to all the cuts that are featured? Like the cherry flowers slicing away at the skin or the video featuring the soldiers having that slash on their foreheads, even the cover I believe has the takasago holding the knife on his bleeding forehead.
@@Mancom37 Don’t worry,it’s never too late my friend! The cut from cherry blossom represents the pain and suffer caused by the Japanese empire,even long after the war is over. And here’s the reasons why the bleeding forehead. First many Taiwanese aboriginal tattoos on their forehead in their coming-of-age ceremony,which got banned by the Japanese. Another reason is that both Japanese and later Nationalist army both have their symbols on their forehead in their uniform,so Taiwanese people lost their identity because their own symbol got replaced with others.
@@Joseph_yy Oh thank you a lot. I have been curious about the original natives of Formosa, I am portuguese and I have read some entries about the early contacts our explorers had in the Islands alongside Pengu. A very interesting subject, the history of Taiwan.
@@Mancom37 You’re welcome! Thank you for being interested in my country’s history. As a history student,I’m more than happy to share Taiwan’s history to amazing people like you! So feel free to ask me anything. I will try my very best to answer you. Btw I love the name Formosa,thanks to your ancestors for giving us such a beautiful name :)
@@Joseph_yy Ahahah I am an history student too and well of course it was described as a place with beautiful hills and forests. We even made a special coin related to it's discovery (imgur.com/a/Awv5PJC). Well the question I guess will touch into that harsh topic an it is the relationship with mainland China. I have briefly studied and understood that China controlled a lot of foreign powers as tributary states, from what I have seen most of the societal formations in Taiwan were mostly tribal so was there ever any attempt by the Ming or Qing to estabilish a tributary there? What were the relations between the tribes? What were their main sources of food and what style of religion did they practise?
Taiwan (a.k.a., Formosa), an island neighboring what is now known as China (PRC), was annexed by the Qing Empire about 3 hundred years ago. Then Qing lost a war as well as this island to Japan, and consequently Taiwan became a colony of Japan. Later, revolution happen in Qing, making this empire become the “Republic of China.” 30 years later, China and Japan fought on opposite sides in WWII, which ended in the defeated and surrender of the axis alliance: Japan, Germany, and Italy. The Allied powers temporarily occupied various regions of the defeated countries around the world in order to stabilize the situation. Such occupation, as a matter of course, does not mean possession. China was in charge of occupying the Asian regions, including Taiwan.
At that time, China was also dealing with its own civil war: i.e., the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) vs. the Communist Party. The civil war ended with the victory of the Communists, who built the China today: People’s Republic of China, while the older regime-Republic of China-was exiled and fled to the island of Taiwan, which it had been occupying. Thereafter, ROC has never left this island and has relied on all sorts of resources of Taiwan for its own survival.
But the truth is, even though Taiwan was no longer Japan’s colony after WWII, this does not justify the claim of China (be it Republic of China or People’s Republic of China) that Taiwan should become part of Chinese territory, because military occupation is totally different from territorial possession and does not legitimize the latter. Still, ROC has lived Taiwan, used Taiwan’s resources to rule Taiwan’s peoples, and democratized its own government up to the present day. Ever since its arrival, this ROC regime has never renamed itself as “Taiwan.” On the contrary, it has kept insisting itself as the legitimate government of “China,” kept fighting and struggling against the Communist China, and kept crushing all independence movements initiated by Taiwanese people.
And this, in short, is exactly the reason why Taiwan, pathetically, is still under the name of “Republic of China,” still misusing the R.O.Chinese flag as its “national flag,” and still considered a part of the China civil war. This is also why we cannot participate in any international affair or become a member of any international organization or become acknowledge as a state, although this island is de facto independent. Vatican, for example, is one of the few countries which still has a diplomatic relation with Taiwan; but what Vatican really acknowledges is the Republic of China-as the sole and legitimate representative government of China-instead of Taiwan. Such Vatican-ROC diplomatic relation has nothing to do with Taiwan as a sovereign state.
Taiwan, however, is supposed to be and deserves to be a sovereign state of its own. It is not Republic of China, the old China regime. This is why we need Taiwan independence movements, and this is why we should build an independent sovereign state-a state that truly and entirely belongs to the people of Taiwan, that functions normally and builds diplomatic relations with other countries in the world, and that is no longer confused with any China or any Chinese regime. Taiwan, a colony up to now, deserves its own state.
@@JayM-wj3qn chthonic is always about politics band. The lead vocalist Freddy lim is Taiwan legislator now. This whole album talking about Taiwan positions during world war 2. You can’t just listen to metal music without finding the meaning about the lyrics. This is not your typical pop music.
at first , they fought against Qing dynasty invaders, they were defeated and deemed as "subdued savages" and accepted the colonial rule of Qing Dynasty. Then, without asking their permission, their land was given to the Japanese just because of a war that has nothing to do with them. They fought against Japanese colonists, and once again they were defeated. they have to accept Japanese colonial rule. They have to even adapt Japanese costumes, ditch their traditions and even get themselves Japanese names and of course, learn Japansese language and education. And in order to gain trust and respect from their Japanese counterparts, they volunteered to join the Japanese Imperial Forces. Once again they were defeated, and the Republic of China said they were a part of china. What were they suppose to do? I feel very sorry for Taiwanese people and thats why i support taiwan independence.
You're welcome 😅 thank you for your Reaction!!! unfortunately i don't know how to pronounce the name either so probably we need someone from Taiwan or China maybe for that. But I'm very glad you like it and i was laughing when you told the story about your work because i knew of course this one will match your feelings perfectly!!! You should definitely check out more from them but in my opinion this is their best Song and of course check out some Live Stuff they are really amazing!!!
@@davidmatz7439 Well the internet doesn't really help with how to pronounce it correctly because the word comes from ancient Greek so it's not Taiwanese. The band says that the CH is silent and they pronounce the TH like the english TH so if you're good with english pronounciation then just go with that^^ The important part is not to say the first two letters which already makes it a lot easier and for the rest I guess it's up to everyone individually :)
Hello!! First few words about your issues at work!! I SO know how you feel because of that😬.. I am such an "order-freak" or how should I say it🤔, but I like to keep my workplace completely in order and I clean my spot in EVERY day!! I once had that problem also when I was on vacation and there was someone else doing work in my spot and when I went back to work, I had to spent couple of hours while putting everything in order and to find my tools from all around the factory!!! But not anymore☝️😅... I KNOW that even I'm now off work, when I go back there will be everything in complete order and floor..... (Not Floor☝️... the actual floor😅) is being wiped clean and everything is absolutely the way I left them!!😅... Why?? ...I just do😂... I guess I haven't been at my best in the past when I've gone back and everyone have had their own piece of my gratitude if something has been wrong😂😂... I guess I can be quite strict with my opinions and I know there are few people who will make sure that the person who is on my spot now, will clean his mess on friday next week😂😂!! These people know that it is wiser to keep me happy😂😂.. no, I'm partly kidding but there are a part of truth too😉 Tell the truth, not the easiest song to me but there were a lot that I liked!! Like that bass-player for example😅... It is always cool to watch a female guitar/bass player!! For some reason I found it a bit S̶e̶x̶y̶🤐 COOL☝️😌... And there are not so many ladies in a metal band as a player yet!! Just when we "got used" to female singers in metal genre, this happens and I think it is so cool🤘🤘... This was quite intense to me overall but many parts completely worked for me😅... That instrument (what ever it is called, which looked like somekind of a lapguitar) sounded cool and there was just right amount of that originality in this🤘... Those basic parts(verses and choruses) weren't SO cool but those slower "chanting" parts were absolutely great and the video was also great!! I need to remember this song so I can share this with my friends at work!! They always wonder, where on earth I found all these "weird" bands that I have played them before and that is SO fun to also "tease" them a little because atleast one of them are SO prejudiced😂😂.. (btw. For those who doesn't know, by "weird" I mean metalbands that comes from countries you would not think at first😉) Overall cool song, just a little intense here and there🤘 Thanks, catch you later👍
And one more, sorry for sending so much but Asian Metal is so underrated in my opinion and I'm pretty sure you like this Chinese Symphonic Metal Band! Link: th-cam.com/video/jPvICROQykQ/w-d-xo.html
Hello from Taiwan! :"D thank you for reaction TAKAO I still highly recommend you to reaction CHTHONIC's "Broken Jade" it's also an deep meaning great song! thank you! love your comment!
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The lyrics behind it is pretty deep and hard to understand for anyone who don’t know much about Taiwan’s history so please allow me to try my best to explain it :)
The name of the song Takao is a place in Taiwan where it was the biggest harbor when Taiwan was the colony of Japan which is heavily used for war during ww2. The story is about a Taiwanese natives joined the Japanese military and preparing to leave his motherland for war.
The meaning behind the song is that,when Japan colonized Taiwan, Japan tried their best to make taiwan just like Japan and all Taiwanese people will be Japanese especially when ww2 started. Japan banned all the traditions and religions of Taiwanese natives including facial tattoos which you saw in the video, because they thought it was “barbaric”.
It costs the new generation of Taiwanese who was forbidden from their traditional such as face tattoo which is the initiation ceremony of many natives. So they can’t become the real man yet the Japanese still don’t accepted them cause they still thinks they are barbarian. So they joins the war and fought for a country which don’t care about them,hoping to be accepted and become the man they wants to be.Most of them never return,or even worse,returned home just to be executed few years later because the new Chinese dictatorship government thinks they are Japan royalists. So it’s basically about Taiwanese people’s history of struggling to survive and don’t forget who they are.
I hope it more or less help you enjoy this song more cause it was truly amazing and so does this band’s other songs,this band is without a doubt a god damn legend 👌
If you’re interested I recommend you take a look at “Supreme pain for the tyrant” or “Rage of my sword” they are my favorite haha
Man this might be a tad late but is there any meaning to all the cuts that are featured? Like the cherry flowers slicing away at the skin or the video featuring the soldiers having that slash on their foreheads, even the cover I believe has the takasago holding the knife on his bleeding forehead.
@@Mancom37 Don’t worry,it’s never too late my friend! The cut from cherry blossom represents the pain and suffer caused by the Japanese empire,even long after the war is over.
And here’s the reasons why the bleeding forehead. First many Taiwanese aboriginal tattoos on their forehead in their coming-of-age ceremony,which got banned by the Japanese. Another reason is that both Japanese and later Nationalist army both have their symbols on their forehead in their uniform,so Taiwanese people lost their identity because their own symbol got replaced with others.
@@Joseph_yy Oh thank you a lot. I have been curious about the original natives of Formosa, I am portuguese and I have read some entries about the early contacts our explorers had in the Islands alongside Pengu. A very interesting subject, the history of Taiwan.
@@Mancom37 You’re welcome! Thank you for being interested in my country’s history. As a history student,I’m more than happy to share Taiwan’s history to amazing people like you! So feel free to ask me anything. I will try my very best to answer you. Btw I love the name Formosa,thanks to your ancestors for giving us such a beautiful name :)
@@Joseph_yy Ahahah I am an history student too and well of course it was described as a place with beautiful hills and forests. We even made a special coin related to it's discovery (imgur.com/a/Awv5PJC).
Well the question I guess will touch into that harsh topic an it is the relationship with mainland China. I have briefly studied and understood that China controlled a lot of foreign powers as tributary states, from what I have seen most of the societal formations in Taiwan were mostly tribal so was there ever any attempt by the Ming or Qing to estabilish a tributary there?
What were the relations between the tribes? What were their main sources of food and what style of religion did they practise?
I would recommend u listen to the other version of it, which is sung in Taiwanese. It contains even more emotions in the song!
Taiwan (a.k.a., Formosa), an island neighboring what is now known as China (PRC), was annexed by the Qing Empire about 3 hundred years ago. Then Qing lost a war as well as this island to Japan, and consequently Taiwan became a colony of Japan. Later, revolution happen in Qing, making this empire become the “Republic of China.”
30 years later, China and Japan fought on opposite sides in WWII, which ended in the defeated and surrender of the axis alliance: Japan, Germany, and Italy. The Allied powers temporarily occupied various regions of the defeated countries around the world in order to stabilize the situation. Such occupation, as a matter of course, does not mean possession. China was in charge of occupying the Asian regions, including Taiwan.
At that time, China was also dealing with its own civil war: i.e., the KMT (Chinese Nationalist Party) vs. the Communist Party. The civil war ended with the victory of the Communists, who built the China today: People’s Republic of China, while the older regime-Republic of China-was exiled and fled to the island of Taiwan, which it had been occupying. Thereafter, ROC has never left this island and has relied on all sorts of resources of Taiwan for its own survival.
But the truth is, even though Taiwan was no longer Japan’s colony after WWII, this does not justify the claim of China (be it Republic of China or People’s Republic of China) that Taiwan should become part of Chinese territory, because military occupation is totally different from territorial possession and does not legitimize the latter. Still, ROC has lived Taiwan, used Taiwan’s resources to rule Taiwan’s peoples, and democratized its own government up to the present day.
Ever since its arrival, this ROC regime has never renamed itself as “Taiwan.” On the contrary, it has kept insisting itself as the legitimate government of “China,” kept fighting and struggling against the Communist China, and kept crushing all independence movements initiated by Taiwanese people.
And this, in short, is exactly the reason why Taiwan, pathetically, is still under the name of “Republic of China,” still misusing the R.O.Chinese flag as its “national flag,” and still considered a part of the China civil war. This is also why we cannot participate in any international affair or become a member of any international organization or become acknowledge as a state, although this island is de facto independent. Vatican, for example, is one of the few countries which still has a diplomatic relation with Taiwan; but what Vatican really acknowledges is the Republic of China-as the sole and legitimate representative government of China-instead of Taiwan. Such Vatican-ROC diplomatic relation has nothing to do with Taiwan as a sovereign state.
Taiwan, however, is supposed to be and deserves to be a sovereign state of its own. It is not Republic of China, the old China regime. This is why we need Taiwan independence movements, and this is why we should build an independent sovereign state-a state that truly and entirely belongs to the people of Taiwan, that functions normally and builds diplomatic relations with other countries in the world, and that is no longer confused with any China or any Chinese regime. Taiwan, a colony up to now, deserves its own state.
Just listen to the music. You talked to fucking much.
@@JayM-wj3qn well, i appreciate his/her explanation. Just listen to the music, mind your own fcking business. You meddled too much.
@@kevin780313 yea your mom think it too
@@JayM-wj3qn chthonic is always about politics band. The lead vocalist Freddy lim is Taiwan legislator now.
This whole album talking about Taiwan positions during world war 2.
You can’t just listen to metal music without finding the meaning about the lyrics. This is not your typical pop music.
Taiwan No1 Band
Hello from Taiwan =)
I found your channel because of Nightwish.
It's surprising that you also reacted to Taiwanese band.
Great Reaction. Thank you!
nice to surprise you! ;-)
Hi
I'm from Taiwan
The bands names souds like K Tho Nic
at first , they fought against Qing dynasty invaders, they were defeated and deemed as "subdued savages" and accepted the colonial rule of Qing Dynasty.
Then, without asking their permission, their land was given to the Japanese just because of a war that has nothing to do with them.
They fought against Japanese colonists, and once again they were defeated. they have to accept Japanese colonial rule. They have to even adapt Japanese costumes, ditch their traditions and even get themselves Japanese names and of course, learn Japansese language and education.
And in order to gain trust and respect from their Japanese counterparts, they volunteered to join the Japanese Imperial Forces.
Once again they were defeated, and the Republic of China said they were a part of china.
What were they suppose to do?
I feel very sorry for Taiwanese people and thats why i support taiwan independence.
You're welcome 😅 thank you for your Reaction!!! unfortunately i don't know how to pronounce the name either so probably we need someone from Taiwan or China maybe for that. But I'm very glad you like it and i was laughing when you told the story about your work because i knew of course this one will match your feelings perfectly!!! You should definitely check out more from them but in my opinion this is their best Song and of course check out some Live Stuff they are really amazing!!!
I read somewhere that it is pronounced "Sonic" so yeah basically like the famous blue hedgehog^^
@@Chouyren hm... Actually that could be
@@davidmatz7439 Well the internet doesn't really help with how to pronounce it correctly because the word comes from ancient Greek so it's not Taiwanese. The band says that the CH is silent and they pronounce the TH like the english TH so if you're good with english pronounciation then just go with that^^ The important part is not to say the first two letters which already makes it a lot easier and for the rest I guess it's up to everyone individually :)
@@Chouyren very nice, thanks for that information!
thanks for your reviewing
Hello!! First few words about your issues at work!! I SO know how you feel because of that😬.. I am such an "order-freak" or how should I say it🤔, but I like to keep my workplace completely in order and I clean my spot in EVERY day!! I once had that problem also when I was on vacation and there was someone else doing work in my spot and when I went back to work, I had to spent couple of hours while putting everything in order and to find my tools from all around the factory!!! But not anymore☝️😅... I KNOW that even I'm now off work, when I go back there will be everything in complete order and floor..... (Not Floor☝️... the actual floor😅) is being wiped clean and everything is absolutely the way I left them!!😅... Why?? ...I just do😂... I guess I haven't been at my best in the past when I've gone back and everyone have had their own piece of my gratitude if something has been wrong😂😂... I guess I can be quite strict with my opinions and I know there are few people who will make sure that the person who is on my spot now, will clean his mess on friday next week😂😂!! These people know that it is wiser to keep me happy😂😂.. no, I'm partly kidding but there are a part of truth too😉
Tell the truth, not the easiest song to me but there were a lot that I liked!! Like that bass-player for example😅... It is always cool to watch a female guitar/bass player!! For some reason I found it a bit S̶e̶x̶y̶🤐 COOL☝️😌... And there are not so many ladies in a metal band as a player yet!! Just when we "got used" to female singers in metal genre, this happens and I think it is so cool🤘🤘... This was quite intense to me overall but many parts completely worked for me😅... That instrument (what ever it is called, which looked like somekind of a lapguitar) sounded cool and there was just right amount of that originality in this🤘... Those basic parts(verses and choruses) weren't SO cool but those slower "chanting" parts were absolutely great and the video was also great!! I need to remember this song so I can share this with my friends at work!! They always wonder, where on earth I found all these "weird" bands that I have played them before and that is SO fun to also "tease" them a little because atleast one of them are SO prejudiced😂😂.. (btw. For those who doesn't know, by "weird" I mean metalbands that comes from countries you would not think at first😉)
Overall cool song, just a little intense here and there🤘
Thanks, catch you later👍
this great band...secret wonder...
And one more, sorry for sending so much but Asian Metal is so underrated in my opinion and I'm pretty sure you like this Chinese Symphonic Metal Band!
Link: th-cam.com/video/jPvICROQykQ/w-d-xo.html
sounds interesting!!! I will check it out for sure!
You won't regret it!!!
I recommend another band from Taiwan,BloodyTyrant. Try this one th-cam.com/video/41BzNlIGlpY/w-d-xo.html
Hello from Taiwan! :"D
thank you for reaction TAKAO
I still highly recommend you to reaction CHTHONIC's "Broken Jade"
it's also an deep meaning great song!
thank you! love your comment!
Taiwan World War II. (1895-1945) , This is real, not a story.
Chthonic is a word of Greek origin, like Chthonic Gods. No need to be familiar with Taiwan to pronounce this properly :)