Re_birthday with English Sub - Kagamine Len - sm6310986 - HQ

[sailorbunny1010]

this is sad but had a happy ending also if len can remember his past that means he still love his princess(rin)

[JulyCocoaMonkey16]

That was sad but awesome (happy ending T^T ^~^

[LovableLilKitty]

I love how this story series shows the [pretend] past of vocaloids :) Then as time passed by scientists made robots that created them once again.

[conan1904]

@LovableLilKitty It doesn't show the past of Vocaloids. This story has nothing to do with the origin of Vocaloids. It's part of the Clockwork Lullaby, Story of Evil and is connected to the Song of Pride in the Seven Deadly Sins Series.

[LovableLilKitty]

@conan1904 No, no! That's not what I actually meant. I mean like all the daughter of evil thing and blah blah blah then it went from like scientist making robots that look exactly like them. And then that's how they were reborn again. I mean, I know the fact that they are actually computer generated. But I mean like, fictionally (on the ending of the PV) that's how they turned out to be.

[HinataFan1111]

@LovableLilKitty Gear, Gear I see you. I see you everywhere.

[conan1904]

@HinataFan1111 ...You're talking to the wrong person :P

[HinataFan1111]

@conan1904 WAIT FUCK SHIT. GODDAMMIT YOU ELUSIVE BASTARD.

[catlaila69]

miku is nice in the whole evils series :D but this song is cool!!

[catlaila69]

:'D!!!!!! im so touched LEN!!! URE ALIVE!!!! :'D

[LenAndRen9898]

so where do yowane come in?

[TheBunnyluv77]

CONFUSED!!! So I get that Rin is the one with the head bow, her brother is Len the blond boy who kinda looks like her, Miku is the own with blue hair. WTF, why are they killing each other? I don't understand!! o.o

[iamalunchbox11]

@TheBunnyluv77 You have to watch the evil saga to understand. watch daughter of evil, then servant of evil, them message of reget, then daughter of white... then it will all make sense(:

[conan1904]

To the people who want to know the official ordering.

Twiright Prank

Daughter of Evil

Servant of Evil

Regret Message

Daughter of White

The Wooden Girl ~Millennium of Wiegenlied~

Re_birthday.

[safire2121]

This is how a job interview for Len would have gone

Me: So whats a major achievement in the past that you did?

Len: Lets see I was prince

Me: *clears throat* okay and what were your past achievements?

Len: I was top class butler

Me: ...what were your past occupations?

Len: Prince, Butler, Killer and did I also mention I got my head cut off?

Me: YOUR HIRED!!!

[MusicEditingCat]

Thumbs up if you thought the picture in the thumbnail looked like England from Hetalia

[buggygirl687]

WHERE'S HAKU?!?

[Luckycloverz94]

Didn't realize that there was a fourth part to this! Took me a week to realize that there was a fourth part :/

Was really, I mean REALLY sad after the third ended so I got so happy it even brought me a boy to tears after watching this.. Rlly thx 4 this vid :)

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 There's another part :) It's called "The Daughter Of White"

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty Thx :) seen daughter of white and green too ;) think that about summs the good ones up ^-^

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 Oh and the daughter of vengeance :P and the prince of blue XD

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty Seen all now ? :P Daughter of vengance was good prince was kind of dull though :) Not as good as Daughter and servant but still nice to get the story in a other perspektive xP

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 Yeah, turns out these are all sidestories. so all stories are connected. Like, have you heard of the Seven Sins? I believe Mothy created lyrics for songs for the vocaloids.

Rin - Pride - Daugher of Evil

Meiko - Gluttony - Evil Food Eater Conchita

Luka - Envy - The Tailoring Shop on Enbizaka

Gakupo - Lust - Duke Venomania's Madness

Kaito - Greed - Judgement of Corruption

Miku - Sloth - Sleep, a Gift from the Princess

Gumi - Wrath - (Unknown)

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty Whoa! There were that many I still avn't seen ? :) Thx in advance :P

Hope they're as good as this series :*

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 Heh, you should watch "The Last Revolver" by Gumi. It's amazing :)

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty Unrealated story as far as I get it but still amazing yes :)

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty Oh so that's why she did it :O thought som1 would be behind it :)

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 Huh? Who is "she" and what did "she" do?

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty U said Kaito's mum ordered her daughter neru to kill miku but wasn't it like in the videos that Len did it because Rin ordered it? :O

[LovableLilKitty]

@Luckycloverz94 Yeah that's what got me confused... I just copied the Neru thing from someone else's comment :P Though, I still think Len killed Miku...

[Luckycloverz94]

@LovableLilKitty ^^

[ShazTheNarutoFan]

All of the songs....in the whole series....made me cry my eyes out T^T



[Haley12341234]

This series of songs make me cry!!!!!!!

[ProfessorChicklet]

Whoahoahoah!! Rin is 14 in past life and 14 in the future?

[mangaboy859]

Len was evil in a past life

[MissFuzzyBear14]

I -3 KAITO

[XIyaX1]

Correct me if Im wrong but

So len died and was trapped in a black room

he remembered his sins and red and blue chains

tied him after that he remembered his sister too

then Miku, Kaito, Meiko and Rin changed and

Len Re-birthday and (I thought therey robots) so

Miku, Rin, Kaito, Meiko didnt know about what happend about the evil stories

But only Len knows because his memories are still there?

am I right? lol

[FeanorBR]

@XIyaX1 Len went to purgatory to pay for his sins, basically, and after an unspecified amount of time suffering and coming to terms with his sins he reincarnated. That's all that there is to it.

[XIyaX1]

@FeanorBR oh! :D okay thx!

[definitionofunstable]

@XIyaX1 mostly appearantly len and the others had past lives in kingdoms separated by colors like green red and blue. but len and rin became evil and attacked these kingdoms. after years of abuse and mindless killing the other kingdoms started a rebellion. rin escaped but len was executed. in a sort of purgatory/hell len was tried to relise his sins. after a long time later len kaito meiko miku and rin were re-encarnated into the vocaloids. len was the only one to partialy remember.

[PivotSeq]

I bet this has something todo with red swamp bottom from the Dark Woods Circus Series

That ¨soul¨that talked to Len is Miku..but a rare miku....MAYBE ITS THE MIKU FROM ¨RED SWAMP BOTTOM¨!!!

[xChocoChan]

@PivotSeq No, lol. Re_Birthday is a part of the Evil Saga AND Clockwork Series. So I bet it's something with the clockwork series.

[PivotSeq]

@xChocoChan Who knows....MAYBE idk

[tmickmac]

YOU FORGOT HAKU! LEN WOULD SAY I KILLED YOUR BEST FRIEND HAKU! HAKU WOULD START TO STAB HIM WITH A KNIFE LIKE SHE ALMOST DID TO RIN!

[cmtrocks330]

I noticed that haku wasn't in this one. how could they forget the daughter of white?!

[conan1904]

@cmtrocks330 It's because this PV wasn't made by Mothy or his people. It was made by a fan who speculated stuff. That's why there are some stuff that are wrong in this PV and the pictures are low quality.

[laundry9870]

Do you get it?

It was daughter of evil then servant of evil regret message and rebirthday.However most people don't get this part.Most of you haven't heard Playing with words by kagmine rin the ru raru ri rai part of this song is from that song.Rins song Playing with Words is Lens Lullaby.so Playing with words Squeezes in between Daughter of evil and servant of evil,because at some point in the song she says.I'll be with you forever

[conan1904]

@laundry9870 Kotoba Asobi does not have the Ru Ri Ra. It's Clockwork Lullaby. And Mothy never gave a proper time in the timeline for those songs. He only gave the time for Daughter of Evil(500), Servant of Evil(500), Regret Message(501 as speculated in Daughter of White), Daughter of White(499-501), The Wooden Girl ~Millennium of Wiegenlied~(499-500) and as for Re_birthday, it wasn't given a time but most likely it's from 501-999.

[anstotan]

daughter of evil,servant of evil and now RE BIRTHDAY o.o

[abloodyfate]

@anstotan aww you were supposed to watch Regret Message before this one DX oh well

[Benetoite]

Oh crap! The Miku in this song is the clockwork doll 0.o

[WolfSttary12]

@Benetoite Isn't it creepy?

*shiver* He WAS trapped inside the ClockWork doll but....

[AmberTonerre]

@Benetoite i believe he was in evil's theater you know the cinema hidden in the forest ya watch heartbeat clock tower that should explain it perfectly!

[LuciaMalpense]

@lordxwillie ... Did you use Google Translate for these subs? Because no offense, some parts are really, really, weird...

[WolfSttary12]

1:56 Ocean from regret message....



[MissEsme90]

Mothy is a freaking genius

[jesspurple2000]

@MissEsme90 IKR!

[LenAndRen9898]

THIS IS GONNA GET AN ANIME

Website for anime: akn-pv.velvet.jp

Post this on EVERY Evil saga song.

[TobiGoodBoy11001]

@LenAndRen9898 if your right....MANLY TEAAAAARS! TT_TT

[Sophieperky]

@LenAndRen9898 I really wanna see it but they dont show it in england WAAAAAAAAAAAH

[kandikissesXO]

Oh, my, gosh. I get it. I finally get the whole story.

[bakaneko3]

I cry everytime T~T

[LugiawolfXx]

I'm making a PV with this song too! With my Charachters' Wolf Furry Forms ^^ Can't wait! This WILL take a while...

[LugiawolfXx]

4:40 <3

[SelenaSpellington]

You think since rebirth depicts his past life he is always dieing in music videos for the crimes he committed working for the evil queen? Cuz I have to say he dies in alot of videos and comes back.

[WolfSttary12]

OKAY< PEEPS< THIS CAN BE PART OF THE CLOCKWORK LULLABY SERIES OR DAUGHTER OF EVIL< IT DOESN'T MATTER!

[zoiluv]

So if someone want to correct me please do cause im confussed now >o<....

[WolfSttary12]

@zoiluv It can be part of whatever we want.

[zoiluv]

Wait i thought it was 1 of 5 part series, Because it tells (from my point of view) Rin's story of being a princess and her regret message because Len dies then they tell Len's side, which is after Daughter of Evil, and his (death dream) rebirth from his sins. Then they tell another story from the side with a girl in white (Haku)(I think) when (Hatsune Miku) the girl in green died (mostly her life story in the eye of another)

Daughter of Evil

Regret Message

Servent of Evil

Daughter of White

[conan1904]

@zoiluv This is a 7 part series.

Twiright Prank

Daughter of Evil

Servant of Evil

Regret Message

Daughter of White

The Wooden Girl ~Millennium of Wiegenlied~

Re_birthday

[zoiluv]

@conan1904 oh ok thanks. i feel better now. <3 gonna watch te other two now then.

[WolfSttary12]

YAY HES REBORN!

[setsugekka01]

Does a strong girl cry when they lose a friend?

No.

Their boyfriend?

No.

Do they cry when watching this series?

Hell yeah they do.

[darthdrew231]

wow I am slow. I just realized that the other vocaloids are singing in the back ground near the end. -Facepalm-

[VocaloidFangirl01]

noone can dislike len. noone can, its impossible. unless you love rin and envy Len for it.

[KawaiiGailMeow]

Kawaii... And I So Glad Len Gets To Meet Rin Again When They Become Vocaloids! :')

[MinecraftianFreak62]

*Len wakes up from heaven or whatever* Len: IM ALIVE! *Tears drop from his eyes* Rin: *Hugs Len and cries* Len: Hey I know you all! Kaito,Meiko and Miku: Yup we all remember. Len: Let's see.... I killed you, you killed me, and you were Miku's Boyfriend and you are my sister! Miku: wait... WHAA? * starts punching len* YOU * insert bad word here* Len: wait ...WHAA? * starts punching meiko* YOU BLOODY KILLED ME! *Miku,Len,Kaito and Meiko all get in a fight* Rin: W....T....F?

[anneroxspottedfrog]

@MinecraftianFreak62 agreed. :)

[nighthawk0321]

wait... meiko, kaito, and rin.... and miku

Meiko, Kaito, and Rin: We're so glad to see you!

Len: It's good to be back!

Miku: Thanks for killing me in my past life! let me guess you're going to kill me again on Rin's orders aren't you?

Len: Well.... I mean, it's not exactly my descision....

Miku: O.o

Rin: >:D think about the nex ime you're mean to me!

[missmaryypotter]

what the heck does lapis lazuli mean!???!!

[nighthawk0321]

@missmaryypotter it's a type of blue stone...

[Sombodee101]

@missmaryypotter It's a blue stone...

[MinecraftianFreak62]

@missmaryypotter lapis lazuli is a type of gem or stone or something. i learnt that by playing minecraft! :D

[conan1904]

@missmaryypotter It was a mistranslated portion in the song. The part "Ru Ri Ra" is just a lullaby but they mistranslated it to Lapis Lazuli.

[missmaryypotter]

@conan1904 oohh! thank you!!

[YeabinLee123]

This is so sad and happy at the same time :')

[Sushibunneh]

And this is the same boy in spice? o.o...

[YeabinLee123]

@Sushibunneh Duh? ouo

[conan1904]

@Sushibunneh It's the same singer but not the same character. Each producer uses the singer in different ways.

[AnimeFreakazoid11117]

sooooo.......all was forgiven and they were reborn/ or created as vocaloids.....*sarcasm*...Well Yeah!!! That makes sense!!...*end sarcasm* What..the...fuck? Did I miss something? Or am really that stupid.....don't answer the last question.

[VocaloiidFan]

@AnimeFreakazoid11117 if you watch all of the seven deadly sin videos, i think it makes a lot more sense. I think this is the story of after they committed their sins and have been reborn, where they all come together as friends.

[xChocoChan]

@AnimeFreakazoid11117 Re_Birthday isn't only a part of Servant of Evil, it is also a part of the Clockwork Series created by mothy_P. At 1:51 it says Lapis Lazuli, and that part is from the clockwork series, therefore it is changed to ru ri ra ru ri ra in the Evil Saga series. I am not 100% correct, this is just random information I go. The Clockwork series is true, thou.

[oberdamujigae]

ahh so the whole series talks about their past lifes before they were reborn as vocaloids, eh?

[InternetTakeover]

@oberdamujigae well its actually part of a seven sin series by Mothy. this storyline shows greed. just lettin' you know

[InternetTakeover]

@InternetTakeover ehhh srry i meant pride judgement of corruption is greed.... lol

[XObitchyprincessOX]

Len looks like Shizuo Heiwajima from Durarara!! at 1:28 (although he looks like Kida more)

then he looks like Arthur Kirkland (England) from Hetalia at 1:30

[anneroxspottedfrog]

if i was len at the end i would be thinking "omg i killed u guys in my past life!"

[chaosemperor24]

2:12 red, blue green, LEN

[solarunoi]

What a beautiful song. I'm so happy I found this. Gotta be my new favorite Vocaloid song. <3

[ChibiDragon123]

i love happy endings most when something sad happened in it. T-T :)

[kawaiiusagi33]

The meaning of this song is beautiful .

[JadeNygren]

You know what's funny is this song is actually not part of the Daughter of Evil series. At least not as directly as one might think. It's actually the third insallment of the Clockwork Lullaby series that is sort of a spinoff from the 7 Deadly Sins series which the Daughter of Evil saga is from. Daughter of Evil is pride. This song was actually adopted as part of this series by fan's by how perfectly it tied in with Regret Message. Facinating.

[BouncyTheEmpoleon]

@JadeNygren Akuno-P on his blog stated that this song was made for "Regret Message" in "Daughter of Evil" series and is the answer to it. He purposefully made the both titles start in "re" because of that. Its title involves three meanings, the first one is "birthday" to celebrate Len's released date, the second is "reincarnation and revival", and the third is the "response to (Re)gret Message".

However, it is not officially confirmed.

[JadeNygren]

@BouncyTheEmpoleon You know that honestly would make a lot of sense to the title and please dont think I'm trying to start an argument because I could be completely wrong. But this is the third video in the Clockwork Lullaby series, I believe but I'm pretty sure mothy ties most of his videos all together very delicately. Make the audence really think. That;s why I love his work.

[BouncyTheEmpoleon]

@JadeNygren That's true; I agree. I know for a fact that this is the third song in the Clockwork series, and that Mothy is like, the Shakespeare of Vocaloid. But his blog and the wiki both say that this song /is/ indeed tied into the SoE series.

[JadeNygren]

@BouncyTheEmpoleon Is his blog translated? Because I'd absolutely love to read it. Perhaps get a little insight on when the last sin in the 7 deadly sin's series might be released.

[saffy10aKiray]

@JadeNygren wait,so what are the other songs in seven deadly sins and clockwork lullany?

[Myskitti]

@saffy10aKiray Pride = Evil series

Gluttony = Repulsive Food Eater Conchita

Envy = Tailor Shop on Enbizaka

Lust = madness of Duke Venomania

Greed = Judgment of Corruption

Sloth = The princess who brings sleep (or something like that)

And Wrath isn't out yet.

I don't know all the titles of the Clockwork Lullabies though .-.

[JadeNygren]

@saffy10aKiray Ah, well this is the third song. The first is called Clockwork Lullaby, obviously. Haha. The second is called Girl of a Miniature Garden (or Little Garden Girl is another title for it). The fourth is Heartbeat Clocktower. Fifth is Chrono Story. Sixth is Capriccio Farce and so far that's all in the series, I believe.

[saffy10aKiray]

@JadeNygren *lullaby

[JadeNygren]

@saffy10aKiray I didn't spell lullaby wrong but thank you.

[vocalotakuchan]

@JadeNygren the song itself may not be part of the Daughter of Evil series, but this video certainly is. Rin is dressed like she was in regret message and daughter of evil. same with all the other characters. Maybe it's for both? :D

[TengenToppaLaskeri]

@vocalotakuchan This is a fan-made PV, I hope you know that.

[souleaterfan1246]

alright this seems stupid...but rin looks like she's wearing the same dress as she was in Servent of Evil...i think this was linked to that song...is that a stupid theory??

[IxAMxLAWLIET]

@souleaterfan1246 Not stupid theory :)

This is the last song in the Evil Saga, it comes after Regret Message.

I believe the full saga goes like this:

Daughter of Evil

Servant of Evil

Message of Regret

Re-Birthday

(thats not counting the fan made Daughter of Vengeance/White/Green Prince of Blue or King of Purple. There could be more hehe

[souleaterfan1246]

@IxAMxLAWLIET XD thanks so im NOT stupid

[DeathsBestBitch]

@IxAMxLAWLIET daughter of white was a real part of the searies, It came right before or right after Message of Regret, that is how Len was able to be freed, since Haku forgave Rin by knowing she is suffering the same pain Haku had. You were verry acurate otherwise, Nice job studying up :D *gives cookie*

[TeresaNarutoFan98]

Happy - late - birthday, Len&Rin!

A beautiful series of songs and an amazing and sad story behind them.

We don't need anything more! 8D

[missshamira]

happy birthday rin and len ......

[Aquamarine560]

White background... OH GOD, THEY WERE RE_BIRTHDAY'D INTO MMD!!!! RUN, YOU GUYS!!! BEFORE THE CREEPY FANGIRLS GET THERE!!!! щ(°Д°щ)

But either way, I'm glad this song exists, if it didn't I probably would have been lamenting over this series for 4 years now.

[sweetsahina]

Happy Birthday, Len and Rin! May you release a video that does not involve dying. JK.

[Mitzi4ever]

Happy Birthday!



[TheNinjaMustache]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!

[ihavedarkcharm]

happy birthday rin and len!

[kerenzatheunicorn]

happy birthday Rin and Len <3

[sailorneptune98]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY LEN!

[LenLovesCookies424]

Thumbs up if your watching this on their actual birthday XD

[kawaiibri123]

LOL it's actually len's birthday today!!!

XD

[Rinandlenny4ever]

Happy Birthday Len and Rin. ^^

[vocaloidloverzz]

@werepyre1000 really?? ok..

[Suicune34]

Ugh I just realized this isn`t the original video, I found the original one uploaded by Kanannon and the translation is a lot clearer than this one

[conan1904]

@Suicune34 the one uploaded by Kanannon is not the original either.

youtube. com /watch?v=hCXrHnEMqUM is the original PV

[LittleMissMadHatter1]

Well... that was depressing....

[vocaloidloverzz]

ooooowww. now i undersyand.. so the first one is swrvant if evil then message of regret the rebirthday.. so its al makes sence... the stiry from servant of evilis continueing..

[werepyre1000]

@vocaloidloverzz

U left out the first one-

daughter of vil

[SuicidalSweetheart77]

This raises a serious philosophical question.... Yes, Ren did unspeakable things in the service of his evil twin, but it is true that he felt personal agony over it, and did them purely out of love for his sister. Does that absolve him of his misdeeds? Or damn him further? It doesn't seem fair that he should suffer for his sister's decisions, and yet he did commit murder in her service. Ah... it is enough to induce despair... poor boy.

[R3n4R7u6u]

@SuicidalSweetheart77 If you must wax philosophical with a fantasy, choose the better option.

[pyrokiss1223]

@SuicidalSweetheart77 the servent was the princess' brother, but the princess didnt know, the princess did and asked for horrible deeds to be done, the servernt's love for his sister drove him to kill the people the sister asked to be dead. a war happened, the brother dresses up as the sister to save her, and before dying told the sister that they where twins. now the sister is regretting what she did, and the brother is trying to make the people who died forgive her.

[xnameless0shadowx]

@pyrokiss1223 rin did know len was her brother. Rin just regretted the events she caused to lead to her brothers death

[conan1904]

@xnameless0shadowx She didn't know until they switched.

[xnameless0shadowx]

@conan1904 yes she did. did you see the classical version pv of servant of evil? besides wouldnt rin notice if they look alike?

[DragonFlame1212]

Meh, I like the song okay, but it isn't my favorite.

[kittycat525669]

Man, if I was in a room painted black, I would run around 'till I found the wall...

Then I would most likely run into a wall. XD

[jennychan99]

*going through all the vocaloid songs i know*

*favorites them all *

[kisstoffeikr]

OOH! so thats how they revive len wen they kill him......over and over again....dosent len get tired of dying?

[blondeblond1]

This has to do with Daughter of Evil...

[kingkazma595]

and that's how Len was "re"born.

[iamalbertwesker2]

@kingkazma595 i see what you did there :P

[kagaminelenlen]

this video is sad but REALLY good!!!

[pandoraheartslover1]

WHY CANT I BE WITH LEN!!!

[MikuAngel01]

I've completely fallen in love with the picture at the end! It almost made me cry....

[ironweaselfan1]

@MikuAngel01 which one? the one with only Rin & Len or the one with everyone in front of Len?

[MikuAngel01]

@ironweaselfan1 ,the one with everyone in front of Len~

[ironweaselfan1]

@MikuAngel01 oh..its cute :D

[Lolynka1]

Well at least this time Len got to come back after he died

[jonasvocaloidfan]

What does it mean when he says" new words are added to it" what song is it?

[conan1904]

@jonasvocaloidfan The original "Ru Ri Ra" of the Clockwork Lullaby. Len heard the "Ru Ri Ra" and added some lyrics of his own. Thus, it now became his lullaby by adding his feelings and words into the song.

[BenediketeYohanesen]

This song is cool on it´s own, but it kinda ruins the cute and sad story...

[bratzkidzrulz]

@BenediketeYohanesen it does, but im happy he's alive again

[animesuperfan1234]

@BenediketeYohanesen but with regret message and daughter of white its cute and sad again!!

[shadowpuppy270343]

@BenediketeYohanesen

Technically, though it would make sense to, this song is not part of the Evil series.

It is actually part of the...I think it was called the "Clockwork Lullaby" series, or something like that.

So basically, the Evil series does in fact, end sadly.

[Suwariish]

@shadowpuppy270343

Though the song is officially apart of the Clockwork Lullaby series, Akuno-P has stated that Re_birthday was the answer song to Regret Message. So in a sense Re_birthday actually ties together the two series.

[anim242]

@shadowpuppy270343 actually the evil series and some of the other seven deadly sin series ties into the clockwork lullaby series. so this song could still be part of the evil series. like judgement of corruption ties into the "daughter of a miniature garden"

[shadowpuppy270343]

@anim242

Its like a web of amazing songs we've gotten ourselves tangled up in....

But I don't mind it one bit! :D

[Benetoite]

This song is directly referred to in Clockwork Lullaby Six. I believe that the Len in this song is actually Hansel from the original sin series. (he killed Miku in that series as well)