the hidden boundary [all uploads in release order]

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welcome to the world between worlds.
your first match begins once the associated content is prepared.

C.G. - Locked Out
Clarence Clarity - Those Who Can't, Cheat
Poe - Haunted
Cheryl Stelli - Duskbreaker
Madeon - The Prince

[welcome.]

1 - herlock sholmes
[ the great ace attorney ]

- shu takumi | capcom properties/associates | visual novels
- classical/orchestral music | their subgenres | steampunk media
- literary adaptations | british pop culture | mystery media
- detectives/deductions | courts & the justice system | dancing
[ no games now. time is of the essence! ]

Yasumasa Kitagawa - Herlock Sholmes ~ Great Detective of Foggy London Town
Yasumasa Kitagawa - Enoch Drebber ~ Rondo of Science and Magic
Hiromitsu Maeba - Gina Lestrade ~ A Blast From the East End
Yasumasa Kitagawa - The Heart of the Matter
Hiromitsu Maeba - Tobias Gregson ~ The Great Detective's Great Foe
Yasumasa Kitagawa - Ryutaro Naruhodo ~ Objection!

the great detective's grand debut!

[your first match will begin on friday, october 24.]

5 - contemptuous things
[ limbus company ]

- project moon | associated media | gacha/strategy games
- art pop | downtempo/ambient | industrial genres
- dystopian settings | psychological horror | war | guns
- hatred/contempt | eyes | memories | murder/excessive violence
[ fire. i shall fire. ]

Studio EIM - Intervallo V-2 Boss Battle Theme 2
Studio EIM - Canto VIII Boss 3 Battle Theme
Mili - Sleep Talk Metropolis
Project Moon - Prove Your Brutality
Chonny Jash - does it sound familiar?
Project Moon - Ne Me Relinque
Nine Inch Nails - Head Like a Hole
Mili - Compass
Mili, KIHOW - In Hell We Live, Lament
Studio EIM - Gebura Battle Theme
clipping. - Inside Out

swept beneath crimson contempt

[votes have been closed.]

1 - herlock sholmes
[ the great ace attorney ]

- shu takumi | capcom properties/associates | visual novels
- classical/orchestral music | their subgenres | steampunk media
- literary adaptations | british pop culture | mystery media
- detectives/deductions | courts & the justice system | dancing
[ no games now. time is of the essence! ]

5 - contemptuous things
[ limbus company ]

- project moon | associated media | gacha/strategy games
- art pop | downtempo/ambient | industrial genres
- dystopian settings | psychological horror | war | guns
- hatred/contempt | eyes | memories | murder/excessive violence
[ fire. i shall fire. ]

Studio EIM - Intervallo IV-1 Boss Battle Theme
Project Moon - Vovete Miserias
Mystery Skulls - Freaking Out
Project Moon - Time Killing Time
Mili - Gone Angels
Alec Lambert - Incense (Smoke & Honey)
Scissor Sisters - I Can't Decide
Hiromitsu Maeba - Kazuma Asogi ~ Samurai on a Mission
The Protomen - Light Up The Night
Studio EIM - Canto VIII Boss 1 Battle Theme 2
Yeah Yeah Yeahs - Heads Will Roll
The Great Ace Attorney & Limbus Company VFX

[match 1] - the answer lies within

buildup sources:
C.G. - Locked Out [buildup base]
Hiromitsu Maeba - A Prosecutor, Reborn
The Cog is Dead - Choke
Studio EIM - Intervallo IV-1 Battle Theme
Mili - Through Patches of Violet

your chosen verdict favors...

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herlock sholmes.

herlock sholmes - 63.6% (14 votes)
contemptuous things - 36.4% (8 votes)

[match 1] - results

[ ... ]

Studio EIM - Canto VIII Boss 3 Battle Theme
Project Moon - Erlkönig
HEALTH, SIERRA VEINS - HATEFUL
Mili, KIHOW - In Hell We Live, Lament
Mili - Hero
Limbus Company SFX/VFX

victory - contemptuous things

6 - aveline karmine
[ literalhat ]

- literalhat | associated/featured artists | indie web media
- pop punk | midwest emo | indie rock | garage rock
- fame/its consequences | the industry | obsession/unhealthy love
- addiction/addictive substances | desire | yearning | death
[ i heard it's pretty cold outside. ]

Good Kid - Wall
LiteralHat - Mine!
A Day to Remember - Another Song About the Weekend (Acoustic)
Mom Jeans. - Death Cup
The Vamps, Demi Lovato - Somebody to You
Phoneboy - Ferrari
LiteralHat - First to Ten
LiteralHat - All Your Idols Will Be Dead

i don't care, it was all i ever wanted.

[votes have been closed.]

6 - aveline karmine
[ literalhat ]

- literalhat | associated/featured artists | indie web media
- pop punk | midwest emo | indie rock | garage rock
- fame/its consequences | the industry | obsession/unhealthy love
- addiction/addictive substances | desire | yearning | death
[ i heard it's pretty cold outside. ]

7 - laggy connection
[ rhythm doctor / inabakumori / siivagunner ]

- inabakumori | vocal synth/its producers | j-rock/yakousei
- 7th beat games | associated artists | rhythm & music-based games
- weather | modes of transportation | animation memes
- corruptive forces | illness/medical concepts | "glitch" genres
[ it seems the train has already departed ]

peak divide - FOREVER NOW
ivy sinthetic - the grinning smiler
ime44 - Ime-chan wants to become a guitar hero
FLAVOR FOLEY - Spoken For
Good Kid - Pox
Get Scared - For You
Eve - FightSong
Origami Angel - The Air Up Here
smiling broadly - puke (106% true speed)
peak divide - LONER
Andrew Huang - Know You

[match 2] - you'll be here forever.

7 - laggy connection
[ rhythm doctor / inabakumori / siivagunner ]

- inabakumori | vocal synth/its producers | j-rock/yakousei
- 7th beat games | associated artists | rhythm & music-based games
- weather | modes of transportation | animation memes
- corruptive forces | illness/medical concepts | "glitch" genres
[ it seems the train has already departed ]

AceMan - Unreachable
inabakumori - Hadal Abyss Zone
Tsunku♂, Mana Ogawa - I Feel Fine!!
fizzd, foxi, Dianna - All The Times
inabakumori - I'm the Rain
inabakumori - Float Play
Foodbot - Fixations Toward the Stars
Jamie Paige - Cadmium Colors
Eve - Dramaturgy
inabakumori - Lagtrain

the abyssal feeling in my heart

[votes have been closed.]

6 - aveline karmine
[ literalhat ]

- literalhat | associated/featured artists | indie web media
- pop punk | midwest emo | indie rock | garage rock
- fame/its consequences | the industry | obsession/unhealthy love
- addiction/addictive substances | desire | yearning | death
[ i heard it's pretty cold outside. ]

7 - laggy connection
[ rhythm doctor / inabakumori / siivagunner ]

- inabakumori | vocal synth/its producers | j-rock/yakousei
- 7th beat games | associated artists | rhythm & music-based games
- weather | modes of transportation | animation memes
- corruptive forces | illness/medical concepts | "glitch" genres
[ it seems the train has already departed ]

Jamie Paige, Visualeyes - ROT FOR CLOUT
FLAVOR FOLEY - BUTCHER VANITY
inabakumori - Lost Umbrella
underscores, Gabby start - Loansharks
Andrew W.K. - Ready to Die
LiteralHat - Call Back
Phoneboy - Talking to Heads
KIRA - Digital Girl
Tsunku♂, THE POSSIBLE - I love you 私の君
GHOST - Honey I'm Home
katie dey - real love
fizzd, Brendan de Cruz - One Slip Too Late

[match 2] - AND HERE YOU WILL ROT

buildup sources:
C.G. - Locked Out [buildup base]
fizzd, Brendan de Cruz - One Slip Too Late
Lazy Lizzard Gang, Alligatoah - Flugblätter
inabakumori - Haru no Sekibaku
Moe Shop, Jamie Paige, Shiki-TMNS - Love Taste

your chosen verdict favors...

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initiating tiebreaking procedures...

aveline karmine.

aveline karmine - 50.0% (14 votes) [HELD THE LEAD FOR MORE TIME]
laggy connection - 50.0% (14 votes)

[match 2] - results

[ ... ]

fizzd - Super Battleworn Insomniac
fizzd, foxi, Dianna - All The Times
inabakumori - Lagtrain (Sunnexo Remix)
inabakumori - Hadal Abyss Zone
FLAVOR FOLEY - weathergirl
inabakumori - I'm the Rain

victory - laggy connection

4 - kiri
[ kitsune tails ]

- kitsune games | indie/precision platformers | sapphic themes
- chiptune | folk | their subgenres | retraux aesthetics
- japanese/eastern mythology | folklore | canines | magic
- bladed weaponry | jealousy/unrequited love | love triangles
[ the next dance belongs to me! ]

Fearofdark - Hopeless Romantic
Jorge Saldías - Tempered Steel (Kiri's theme)
Susanne Sundfør - White Foxes
Jorge Saldías - Ramen To Go (Yuzu's theme)
The Crane Wives - Tongues & Teeth
Jorge Saldías - Issokutobi
Fearofdark - Star Dance
New Order - Bizarre Love Triangle
Cruise Elroy, RRThiel - Lava Factory
nelward - Ghost
Jorge Saldías - The High Road

it'll only leave you hopeless

2 - true blue
[ magdalena bay - imaginal disk ]

- magdalena bay | associated artists | mom + pop records
- synthpop | dance-pop | psychedelic genres/imagery
- audio/visual technology | the mind & its functions | duality
- identity | self-reflection/image | perfection | "humanity"
[ say hello, it's you, the purest you. ]

Magdalena Bay - She Looked Like Me!
Magdalena Bay - You Lose!
MGMT - Kids
Porter Robinson - Is There Really No Happiness?
Magdalena Bay - True Blue Interlude
Carly Rae Jepsen - Run Away With Me
Magdalena Bay - The Ballad of Matt & Mica
Magdalena Bay - Image
Porter Robinson, Amy Millan - Hollowheart
Magdalena Bay - Killing Time
Madeon - All My Friends
Magdalena Bay - That's My Floor

two kids, running away together

[ // contemptuous things have been eliminated, and will not be participating in future matches. consider this a bonus track! ]
[ // special thanks to squid (@gangster-woomy) for the fan-submitted track! ]

[ from the depths, you can hear a melody... ]

Mili - Children of the City
Komso - Frozen City
Mili - Compass
ARMS - [NAME REDACTED]
Memento Mori - THE RAIN [English Version]
Kero Kero Bonito - Well Rested
Bôa - Duvet
Toby Fox - A CYBER'S WORLD?
Poppy - Scary Mask
Corpse Party - Chapter 1 Main Theme
AIKA ft. vally.exe - DEAR ME
Rice Shower - A Little Prayer
Mili - Utopiosphere
clipping. - Nothing Is Safe

frozen city of prayers

[votes have been closed.]

4 - kiri
[ kitsune tails ]

- kitsune games | indie/precision platformers | sapphic themes
- chiptune | folk | their subgenres | retraux aesthetics
- japanese/eastern mythology | folklore | canines | magic
- bladed weaponry | jealousy/unrequited love | love triangles
[ the next dance belongs to me! ]

2 - true blue
[ magdalena bay - imaginal disk ]

- magdalena bay | associated artists | mom + pop records
- synthpop | dance-pop | psychedelic genres/imagery
- audio/visual technology | the mind & its functions | duality
- identity | self-reflection/image | perfection | "humanity"
[ say hello, it's you, the purest you. ]

Chipzel - Only Human
Madeon - Love You Back
Metric - Black Sheep
Chappell Roan - HOT TO GO!
Clairo - Sofia
Magdalena Bay - She Looked Like Me!
Fleet Foxes - White Winter Hymnal
Hubol - funky town
Magdalena Bay - Angel on a Satellite
Madeon - Car Crash Baby
The Crane Wives - Never Love an Anchor
Porter Robinson - Kitsune Maison Freestyle

[match 3] - if i could only feel the same...

buildup sources:
C.G. - Locked Out [buildup base]
2 Mello - Mirror Temple (Mirror Magic Mix)
NomnomNami - Moxie
Chappell Roan - Good Luck, Babe!
Porter Robinson - Knock Yourself Out XD
Madeon - Love You Back

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true blue.

true blue - 65.6% (21 votes)
kiri - 34.4% (11 votes)

[match 3] - results

[ ... ]

Jorge Saldías - The Little Victories
Jorge Saldías - The High Road
The Crane Wives - Curses
Jorge Saldías - The Fish-Shaped Ones (Kiri's Theme)

victory - kiri

four contestants remain. only one will make it out.
now more than ever, your decisions matter.

[ your top four has been decided. the flow of the matches from here is all but predetermined. ]
[ the hidden boundary will only resume once both match 4 and match 5 are fully prepared for release. ]
[ when that happens, both matches will take place in succession. ]

A-Saph vs. mrcool909090 vs. Irissu - CONVERGENCE (...)
Hiromitsu Maeba - Kazuma Asogi ~ Nocturne (🔍)
Madeon, Nicholas Petricca - Finale (💽, 🧠)
Good Kid - No Time to Explain (🧠, 🎸)
Capital Cities - Kangaroo Court (🔍, 💽)
Soichi Terada - Battle! Monkey White (🧠)
Panic! at the Disco - The Ballad of Mona Lisa (🔍, 🎸)
Lady Gaga - Abracadabra (💽)
Pokémon: Live - It Will All Be Mine! (🧠)
LiteralHat - First to Ten (🎸)
Brandon Yates, Omega Sparx, SWATS - inHUMAN (💽, 🧠, 🎸)
Tomohito Nishiura - Puzzle Battle (🔍, 🧠)
Virtual Self - Ghost Voices (💽, 🧠)
Get Scared - Don't You Dare Forget the Sun (🎸)
Magdalena Bay - The Ballad of Matt & Mica (💽)
The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra - An Unhealthy Obsession (🔍, 🎸)
Toshihiko Horiyama, Toshiyuki Kusuda - Klavier Gavin ~ Guilty Love (🔍)

[ while the hidden boundary does not feature pull reasonings, corresponding emojis have been included for ease of speculation regarding our unrevealed contestant. ]

[converging fates]

seven contestants find themselves stranded in the world between worlds. can one find the way out?
a side project by @azumelia, inspired by bracket of heaven and adjacent projects.

1 - herlock sholmes
2 - true blue
3 - [simian/overlord]
4 - kiri
5 - contemptuous things
6 - aveline karmine
7 - laggy connection