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First of all, please forgive me for using the translation tool. I live in Japan but I am Chinese. At first, I didn't think highly of this game. I bought it and played it for a while but felt bored. But from the forest cabin to the band, I started to get addicted to this game. This game can integrate LGBT elements together without making people feel disgusted. When I finally opened Kat's box, I cried sadly. After that, I bought vinyl records and kept listening to music repeatedly. The rhythm of this game is slow and you need to feel it slowly; don't miss any part. I didn't expect Kat to leave us. It's really sad. I hope there will be another sequel.Until I finally looked through the video recorder, I had the entire process in my mind. This is a game that I really like. The secret of the final abyss remains unknown. Maybe the next installment will explain it to us.For someone like me, who has never experienced such a youth, this game allowed me to experience another kind of youth. My own youth consisted of nothing but studying. Youth only comes once—please cherish it. Always keep a young heart and enjoy the present moment. Treasure today; everything you have now might be exactly what others long for. (I may edit this article later when I think of more to say.)
I apologize for any translation errors, as I am from a different country.
This post will be about a lot of love and gratitude for my sister. I remember when I first told her about this game, she immediately supported me and even fell in love with Nora.
I remember when DONT NOD hadn't yet released their collaboration with Insert Coins, my sister made me a handmade birthday present. She sent me a box inspired by the game Lost Records, knowing how much I loved it. I even created a mini corner dedicated to all the Lost Records merchandise. Today, I decided to share my collection of Lost Records merchandise.
In this post, I want to say that it is important to love and appreciate the people around you. People who care about your interests, feelings, and dreams. My sister and I also created our own fanfiction, which you can read here: https://ficbook.net/readfic/019a85c3-8212-7210-b2ca-251c52f93563 . We would love to find a translator into English so that more people can read our masterpiece.
Christina Lost Records Fans, thank you for supporting me in everything. If you met Nora in real life, you would probably do all sorts of things and definitely become best friends! 🖤
I would also like to express my gratitude to the developers of this beautiful website. I have found many like-minded people and those who truly understand and support me. Thank you for giving me the opportunity to develop my full creative potential. In particular, to Chris Lost Records Fans💜
Thank you for your attention to detail, you are the best! Thank you all guys! See you in hell! 🎸
P.S.: My sister and I are twins, so we have a special bond. By the way, in this photo, I've included all the gifts she sent me. On the cassette, which is near the PS5 disc, is Nora's last song at the bar when she is an adult. And the bracelet you see on my hand was also made by Christina. This gift made me cry and is very dear to my heart.
I apologize for any possible errors in the translation. I am translating through an interpreter. 😅
There are games that end with the end credits. And there are games that live in our memory for several hours, days, years. This is exactly what our favorite Lost Records game has become. Weeks, months pass. We review the cut scenes, listen to Ruth Radelet, notice more and more new details, and build theories about the Abyss.
A summer that can't be returned
If you remove all the mystical aspects, the story revolves around four girls: Swann, Autumn, Nora, and Kat. Each of them is unique, but that's what makes them true friends. The developers have captured the essence of a carefree teenage summer with remarkable accuracy. It's a time when an eternity seems to lie ahead. When a single day can become a lifetime. When a simple walk in the woods transforms into a memory that will stay with you forever.
Is the Abyss a Wonderland or a Pandemonium?
The biggest mystery of Velvet Cove is the Abyss. But what's interesting is that DONT NOD almost never provides direct answers. Does the Abyss grant wishes? Does it change time? Can it leave people between life and death? In my personal opinion, the Abyss is a living entity. But is it evil, or is it a land of wonder that offers a lucrative deal?
Why did the friendship between Kat and Swann become the heart of the story?
I truly consider the friendship and/or love between Swann and Kat to be a canon of the game. I respect any alternative interpretations and do not criticize them in any way; on the contrary, I even support them. Interestingly, while Swann is technically the main character, many players end the game with the feeling that Kat remains at the heart of the story. She is the bravest, the most enigmatic, the most tragic, and, in my opinion, knows much more than the others. She is the first to encounter the Abyss. Its symbol is the raven, which in many cultures is associated not only with death, but also with the transition between worlds and rebirth. This is why I personally see the ending of Lost Records not as a farewell, but as a promise... to return.
Why do we continue to build theories and live in a game?
In my opinion, DONT NOD intentionally left too many questions unanswered. Who is Celine? Why does Kat see her in her dreams? Who built the cabin? Why did the man from the newspaper clipping return 20 years later without aging? Why is Swann's camera in a box? What does the blue glow mean when Kat plays with her knife and in the eyes of the deer? And finally... Is it possible to bring Kat and Swann back?
The ending that became the beginning
If the developers wanted to end the story, they could have stopped at the scene where the adult versions of Nora, Autumn, and Swann are hugging each other outside the bar. But they didn't. Instead, Swann receives a message from Kat asking her to find her. Swann responds with, "Kat, I'll find you!" and takes a step into the Abyss. This is not the end. It is a promise. A promise that the story is not over yet. This is why we keep returning to Velvet Cove. Not only for the sake of answers, but also for the sake of hope. As long as there is even the slightest chance that Swann will find Kat one day... We will also continue to search for her.
Thank you for reading my article. It is an outpouring of all my feelings and thoughts. It is with you, on this website, that I can be myself and know that I will always be understood. See you in hell! 💜🎸
I wanted to compile the poems Kat, Nora and Autumn write for Swann, if you're in 'Something More' status with them. In case someone needs it for a reference or just wanna read them altogether. I like how each poem reflects the girl's personality and how she views her relationship with Swann in a different way.
Kat's poem
That girl thinks no one sees her
But she can't escape my gaze
I wanna be the one that frees her
I want to give her just a taste
She looks like the girl next door
I'm the bomb she's been waiting for
We'll set it off then we'll hit the floor
I'm the bomb she's been waiting for
Nora's poem
And she said come just as you are
And her green eyes were filled with stars
she likes to watch, I like to scream
maybe this was all just a dream
But if we fight I know we'll make up
And if we're dreaming I won't wake up
If we're dreaming I won't wake up
I won't wake up
Autumn's poem
Swann sees everything, she has one eye
Looking through her camera and another at the sky
who am I through her lens?
A skater, a rebel, just a girl
Captured in her frames
A dreamer in a careless world
Playing, riding, dancing, hiding
In places where we can be free
Swann sees everything
Maybe even me
Which one is your favorite? 😊
I've studied poems before, so I think Kat's is the most well-written considering metaphors and rhymes. Makes sense because she's our little poet. But I like how Nora and Autumn writes a poem just for Swann even if it's not something they're familiar with. Nora even points out she isn't like Kat but she tried. I think all of them are beautifully written.
Swann…
I don’t know how to begin without my voice shaking. I was always good at hiding what I felt, but with you I never could. With you, everything in me becomes transparent.
I’ve thought so many times about that night, about what would have happened if the Abyss hadn’t touched me, if I hadn’t felt that dark call that tore me away from you.
Sometimes I imagine that I came back. That I showed up at your door with the same blue jacket, with the same fear of telling you the truth, with the same desire to stay.
And in that world, Swann, you look at me as if summer never ended. As if I had never been a ghost. As if I could still be your future.
But I’m writing this letter because I know that world doesn’t exist. Because I know I hurt you without meaning to, that I left you with questions I never answered, that I stole a ending you deserved.
And even so… when I think of you, I don’t think of guilt. I think of light. I think of how you looked at me when you thought I wasn’t watching. I think of how your silence said more than my words.
Swann, if I had come back, if I had survived everything, if the Abyss hadn’t cast its shadow over my name… I would have chosen you.
Not as a summer. Not as a memory. Not as a wound.
I would have chosen you as life. As home. As destiny.
And I know you’re somewhere else now, that Autumn holds you, that you’ve learned to live without me. I know. And it makes me happy. Truly happy.
But let me stay here, in this letter, in this corner where I still exist, to tell you what I never could:
I loved you too. I would have searched for you too. I would have come back too. If the world had allowed me.
Kat.
Olivia Lepore won her award for her performance as Swann Holloway. I really enjoyed her voice acting and am glad Lost Records is getting some recognition it deserves 💜
