Uploaded October 2014 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago

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Subs in captions again. Man, captions are a pain to use now... This is possibly the most important song so far. If you don't get it, this will explain things! So many cross references! So many spoilers! SO MUCH EPIC. I tried putting all the references I could catch in annotations, but that part near the end was too fast for the annotations to keep up ^_^

A few notes:

Title: "kyoushuu sakusen" Kyoushuu just means nostalgia (and since this is Nostalgia for Nothingness...). Sakusen is more tricky. It can mean "operation", like a military operation (Operation: Nostalgia) and as cool as that sounded, it didn't flow well in the actual lyrics... It can also mean military strategy or tactics. So, Nostalgia Tactics it is.

Original Title: 郷愁作戦 (kyoushuu sakusen)

Original Video: nicovideo.jp/watch/sm21920156

Sung by GUMI

Composer/Lyrics: Maki (Also called 偽善者P {GizenshaP} "HypocriteP")

Illustrations: 真理恵 (Marie)

Order of the Nostalgia for Nothingness series:

Hypocrite Justice (偽善正義) youtube.com/watch?v=wvrrMvegF9w
Rarefy youtube.com/watch?v=DLq_3I-G7Fc
Justice Breaker (正義粉砕) youtube.com/watch?v=ZN81SIrpoGk
0(+1) youtube.com/watch?v=HDGj30jqSBw
P² youtube.com/watch?v=oMmevlBLppA
Speed Star (スピードスター) youtube.com/watch?v=YM0tOSq_uTk
Everyone's Selfish (みんな身勝手) youtube.com/watch?v=AcN-f6hK7DE
Flower of Blood (血の華) youtube.com/watch?v=n5zGUDRKQKo
For Want Of Words (言葉欠乏) youtube.com/watch?v=rDcE0VK9PSc
RESISTANCE youtube.com/watch?v=NiLEOQ3CESU
fleeting (はかない) youtube.com/watch?v=6iQpUsqywtE
Nostalgia Tactics (郷愁作戦) youtube.com/watch?v=_yTcjNa-hD4
Believe (ベリーヴ) youtube.com/watch?v=P-ii6nmAlCU

NfN Playlist youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlQjF0rzjlriGIBSnHSklCAnyIm144din