#mare tag

The narrative I wanted to tell with this GMV is the tragedy behind Kokoro in that she is very unaware of the big picture that she's standing 3 feet away from. She doesn't know the dark truth of DOATEC and M.I.S.T., mostly because her mother, Miyako, and Helena Douglas have kept her in the dark. While its understandable they want to protect her, they are doing just as much harm by not telling the truth. It's just a real bummer we'll mostly likely never get a DOA7 continuation because I'd be so interested in seeing Kokoro confront her mother, trying to get real answers and her reaction to said answers afterwards. I swear Dead or Alive, is in fact a little bit deep.

In making this video, some of it is my own recorded footage (only really the DOA4 footage), however the cut-scenes from DOA5 and DOA6 is not my footage, instead they were created by the following:

DOA Kokoro Cutscenes - DOA Dimensions, DOA4, DOA5 and DOA6 by user, Thanapon Buamongkol.

PS3 Dead or Alive 5 Story - Chapter 3: Kokoro by ShiryuGL

PS3 Dead or Alive 5 Story - Chapter 17: Helena by ShiryuGL

More about the town: the name originates from the dragon who founded it, someone many claim to be descended from. Windrose, a bronze dragon with shifting abilities. Her being bronze is important because they alone have the ability to breath underwater and stuff(coastal town) she's worshipped as a deity now, a couple thousand years after the towns conception. Most of the market and trade is propelled by the fishing industry and the show bizz that comes with high population. One of the biggest tourist attractions is professional fire dancing shows on the black sand beaches of the southern coast, where luminescent algae provides a perfect late night backdrop. The theatre scene in the inner city, where naefthren grew up, is huge. Children participate in school musicals multiple times a year, street performers everywhere, etc. It's a generally well balanced and run place. The symbol is a red rose in full bloom held by a reptiltian claw.

The fashion industry is fascinating to outsiders a lot of the time, and has influence on surrounding areas. Most people that live on the beach/close to it don't wear a top or just sheer fabric regardless of gender due to the heat, and skirts with separate shorts underneath(for quick changing as many people work with water) are the most popular bottoms. But as you go further inland the clothing gets more modest. Wrap around sheer fabric used in many ways (around the waist, in the hair, layered to opaqueness as a shirt) and neutral cotton under clothing(like that one white european shirt everyone draws cranboo in)is the most seen style. Children wear light pastel gowns till their 7th birthday. Special occasions call for very light gowns or just general airy clothing most of the time, many thin layers, and softly curving monochromatic body paint. Tattoos are encouraged once someone hits 20. Jewelry is often pearl adorned or glass made from the black sand, gold is rare and highly valued.

The population is majority humans, half elves, and half dragons, though obviously that's not all there is. (Many influential figures are rumored to be full dragons shifted, but only like 2/300 celebrities slash political figures actually are)

The thieves guild there is unnamed to the public, so most hear whispers of them just as 'the bramble' and if you ever wake up with a wilting rose on your knightstand you know you either need to evacuate or prepare your funeral. It's an underlying sickness in the bright and salt smelling town. But, they have so much influence that you can't really get rid of them.

nothing real deep to this one other than kokoro has surprisingly unique tag team moves in doa5: last round which are very fun to pull off and i kinda wanted to show some of that off a little. also unfortunately re-using some footage again, mostly because there is not much cut-scene footage of kokoro to work with despite how as mentioned in the last gmv i made about her, she's literally standing 3 feet away from the main plot. fingers crossed NG4 is successful enough we get a surprise doa7 or doa dimenions remake shdfhds.

All of the gameplay footage from DOA4-DOA6 is my own, including any cut-scenes from DOA4. The footage that isn't mine is the doa5 and doa6 cut-scenes:

DOA5 - Kokoro Chapter by ShiryuG