Komm, süsser Tod - Neon Genesis Evangelion

"Komm, süsser Tod - Neon Genesis Evangelion"
Basic information
Rip link	YouTube
Playlist	Neon Genesis Evangelion ()
Upload date	December 24, 2022
Event	SiIvaGunner All-Star Nuclear Winter Festival
Length	7:45
Ripper(s)	The Green Spy, Galacksy, & CaptainComedy
Releases
Album(s)	Transmission Archive ~ The SiIvaGunner All-Star Nuclear Winter Festival Collection ()
Track(s)	"The End of HHGregg"
Description
Music	Komm, süsser Tod
Composer	Hidetoshi Sato
Platform	Sega Saturn
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"Komm, süsser Tod - Neon Genesis Evangelion" is a high quality rip of "Komm, süsser Tod" from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Jokes

The rip is a parody of "Komm, süsser Tod" from The End of Evangelion mainly centered on HH. Various lines spoken by HH are pitch-shifted and sentence-mixed to the melody of the original song. It serves as a sequel to "A Cruel Angel's Thesis - Neon Genesis Evangelion".

At 0:25, various clips from hhgregg commercials featuring HH are shown with a desaturated filter and white vignette. A guitar can also be heard playing the melody of "Deck the Halls"/"Christmas in July" over the instrumental. At 0:50, the visuals switch to a spoof of The End of Evangelion's poster depicting Kmart's Mr. Bluelight and Kraft's Cheesasaurus Rex staring out to a red sea filled with appliances with a giant version of HH's head in the background. This image slowly zooms in over the course of the video.

The image used for most of the rip.

At 2:15 and 3:41, instruments from "LoveGame" by Lady Gaga, referencing the video "HHGREGG DANCE CREW FROM THE STREETS", are pitch-shifted to and mashed up with the instrumental.

At 5:29, various news reports on hhgregg's closure following its 2017 bankruptcy are heard. Finally, at 6:46, HH himself delivers a rant about the state of his existence and the failed business he belongs to. It is reminiscent of the rant delivered by Shinji before Third Impact begins in The End of Evangelion.

Transcript

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HH, save on everything At Christmas in July Tag the store with a red tag sale Sony, Samsung, Panasonic Whirlpool, LG, Sharp Blu-Ray HDTV and everybody else So with red tags in my store, Price and advice guaranteed Save on LG and Panasonic What's done is done, it feels so bad What once was happy now is sad Now through Saturday, hh is closing HH, save on everything At Christmas in July Tag the store with a red tag sale Sony, Samsung, Panasonic Whirlpool, LG, Sharp Blu-Ray HDTV and everybody else It all returns to nothing It all comes crumbling down, crumbling down, crumbling down It all returns to nothing It just keeps letting me down, letting me down, letting me down Red tags in July Save on TVs and appliances Save on everything, everything Save on everything at Christmas in July HH, save on everything At Christmas in July Tag the store with a red tag sale Sony, Samsung, Panasonic Whirlpool, LG, Sharp Blu-Ray HDTV and everybody else It all returns to nothing It all comes tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down It all returns to nothing I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down Red tags in July Save on TVs and appliances Save on everything, everything Save on everything at Christmas in July HH, save on everything At Christmas in July Tag the store with a red tag sale Sony, Samsung, Panasonic Whirlpool, LG, Sharp Blu-Ray HDTV and everybody else It all returns to nothing It just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down It all returns to nothing I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down It all returns to nothing It just keeps tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down It all returns to nothing I just keep letting me down, letting me down, letting me down Ah, ah, ah, ah Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down Ah, ah, ah, ah Letting me down, letting me down, letting me down Ah, ah, ah, ah Tumbling down, tumbling down, tumbling down Ah, ah, ah, ah Letting me down, letting me down, letting me down (Spoken by news reporters) The deadline for hhgregg to find someone to buy the company has come and gone. 132 stores nationwide will soon close. The company had a 5PM deadline to find a buyer or at least get a bid, and as you mentioned that deadline expired just about an hour ago. That means going-out-of-business sales start tomorrow for hhgregg's 132 locations nationwide. In a statement, hhgregg says "We have continued to fight for the future of our company, and while we had discussions with more than 50 private equity firms and other investors, unfortunately we were unsuccessful in our plan to secure a viable buyer of the business." The employees I've spoken with are obviously upset, disheartened, discouraged, the customers on the other hand are mostly just looking to capitalize on whatever going-out-of-business sales are forthcoming, so definitely two different dynamics there. Needless to say, it's been a difficult day inside the struggling company. Somber, for sure. Everyone's, y'know, trying to be chipper and hope for the best, but it's one of those things where I guess it was just unavoidable. TV and appliance chain hhgregg will be closing its doors forever this weekend, with its month long liquidation sale finally coming to an end. (Spoken by HH) I am nothing without this business. I'm a sales guide with no products. I have red tags sitting on appliances to tell imaginary customers about imaginary sales. Why am I even here? I tried to give customers my lowest prices, and it didn't matter. I wanted to make those around me admire me. That's why I ran the stores. And now that it's gone, I have never felt more alone. Sony, Samsung, Panasonic, Whirlpool, LG, everybody. They ALL abandoned me. And the customers who I have helped, only saw my downfall as another sale. Liquidation. With all my products gone, they see me just as I see myself. None of them care about me. So they can all just die. hhgregg. You want it, we've got it.

History

Upon being published, the rip was immediately blocked on copyright grounds in several countries, remaining accessible only to eastern regions. Shortly afterwards, the @GiIvaSunner Twitter account posted a link to a Google Drive archive of the rip. It was unblocked on January 26, 2023.

Trivia

The album cover image.

• The Bandcamp page for this rip on Transmission Archive ~ The SiIvaGunner All-Star Nuclear Winter Festival Collection features the art from the rip.
  • This is the third rip to feature a unique image cover instead of its respective album cover, after "Field of Hopes and Dreams (PAL Version) - Deltarune".