"Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem" is a song by Japanese artist Ui Shigure from her debut album '. Featuring vocals by Shigure in her nine-year-old schoolgirl persona and narration by Tamaki Inuyama, it was composed by D.watt and written by Maron, both members of

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. It is musically a ''denpa'' song, having lyrics that attack fictional pedophiles which borrow tropes from the ''

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'' genre. Though it was released in 2022, the song suddenly

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in September 2023 after the release of its music video. Users on

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and other

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s posted their own dance videos and remixes. The song peaked at number 28 on the ''Billboard Japan'' Hot 100 and otherwise charted in Japan on ''

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, and ''

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''. Authors note its catchy tune combined with the video as significant contributors to its popularity. Because of the severity of its lyrics, it also amassed controversy online.

Composition

The lyrics to "Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem" are written from the perspective of Ui Shigure's fictional schoolgirl persona, nine-year-old Ui. She assails and taunts imprisoned pedophiles while simultaneously acting as a goddess who leads them to salvation. The music video visualizes these two factions: Ui sings and dances at the viewer in disgust, while '' danmaku'' 'barrage' comments inspired by video-sharing platform

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scroll across the screen, representing the sexual predators.Saitou 2023
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§ "". Ui's sadistic way of taunting has been described as a ''mesugaki'' trope; that is, provocative behavior by young girls to sexually entice adults.Kachalin, Philipp (2023-10-02)
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Editorial. ''

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tune to its track. Kitagawa of ''Kai-you'' divides the song into two main halves both separated by a middle section. The upbeat first half is described with

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aspects that includes Ui's girlish singing and interjecting shouts, which then leads into a

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-like track to reveal Ui's hostile side towards pedophiles. Right in the middle part of the song, in an act of divine purging, the music cuts to her firing her Ui Beam to electrocute sludge creatures while the narrator explains the situation and the attack. Ultimately, the music descends into a dark second half that alternates between her hostile and girlish side.

Production and release

The song features vocals from Japanese illustrator and

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(VTuber) Ui Shigure in her nine-year-old persona, dubbed " Loli Ui", who is featured occasionally in her

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s. The song's lyrics and composition were written by Maron and D.watt, respectively, both of whom are members of ''dōjin'' 'indie' music group

. The song features a narration by fellow VTuber Tamaki Inuyama. In a 2022 interview with ''Febri'', Shigure said that, as an

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herself, she quickly decided on a ''denpa'' song when collaborating with IOSYS.Marumoto 2022
"" Additionally, she said that the lyrics she had received were far more brutal compared to the final revision, calling it seemingly "as painful as hitting someone with concrete". According to Maron, the

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was "Shukusei: Butabakomyunikēshon!!".Kitagawa 2023
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"" The song was previewed on May 21, 2022, in one of Shigure's livestreams on

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. It was included in her debut album ', which was released on May 25. She performed it at her first live event in Tokyo on May 28. The music video for the song was released on September 10, 2023, on her YouTube channel, after she had performed it virtually in a livestreamShigure, Ui (2023-10-09)
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. Retrieved 2023-10-09 – via YouTube. that revealed nine-year-old Ui's three-dimensional model.Marumoto 2023
§ "" Illustrations thereof are credited to Shigure herself and animator Gagame, while the movie production is credited to Warabe Hōzuki.

Reception

Upon its release, the song did not receive immediate notability and was supposedly overshadowed by the album's opening track, "Shinkakei Sketch". "Shukusei!! Loli Kami Requiem" came to be known by Shigure's fans as one of the "cute" songs on the album. However, after the release of its music video a year later, the song

worldwide on social media and became an

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. This was unexpected for Shigure herself, who expressed that she hoped not to be perceived as a ''mesugaki'' to newcomers. The video reached 10 million views within three weeks, making it the fastest song by a VTuber to reach it. It had over one hundred and twenty million views as of March 2025.Tsu-ni 2023-11-23
The dance featured during the song's chorus, which has been described as "of overwhelming quality", "brisk" and "hard to reproduce", helped amplify the sudden growth in popularity. Users on

began posting videos of themselves or characters of their own or from video games, such as ''

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. Originality of such dance videos increases watch time and, thus, takes advantage of the

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and

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. It hit number one on the domestic Viral charts of

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on September 18.Saitou 2023
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, the dance appeared in the Spotify background video of "9mm" by rap group Memphis Cult.

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used the dance filter in their

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and TikTok advertisements respectively. The song has also appeared at a nightclub and department store.

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declined to play the song on ''Buiāru!: VTuber no Ongaku Radio'' when a guest had requested it be played. The Taiwanese ''

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'' MrSun called its lyrics and melody "really earwormy" such that "after letting someone hear it once, they will hum along subconsciously." Kitagawa praised the detailed structure and noted its unique rise in popularity as an intersection between music video and song. Writing for ''The Magazine'' of TuneCore Japan, Masahiro Saitou notes that, while popular among the youth, the music is also reminiscent of Japanese

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during when Nico Nico Douga was the primary video-sharing platform in Japan. In a ''Real Sound'' analysis on 2000s Japanese Internet culture, Natsume Sogami echoes this assessment, who attributes it to the song's "easy-to-understand Nico Nico Douga-style comments" and being a work by IOSYS, who exerted influence on otaku culture at the time, in addition to having an

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element. The song has amassed controversy due to its alleged subject of

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.''Oricon News'' 2023
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§ "". The child safety alarm maker Artec came under fire on social media after it pointed out the alarm featured in the music video was based on one of their products and uploaded a video on YouTube and TikTok featuring one of their employees dancing to the song and prostrating in gratitude for featuring their product on September 29. The company posted an apology on their website on October 2 for their "extremely inappropriate behaviour that lacks consideration and self-awareness", then deleted their TikTok account. On October 3, Daisuke Yokoyama, the former actor for the children's television program ''

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'', deleted a video on TikTok of him performing the dance, after it had faced criticism on social media.''Josei Jishin'' 2023-10-04
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