Envy Phantom

* Limited Edition
* Album jacket

**Envy Phantom** (幻影) is an album by Harumaki Gohan released on May 27, 2022. It contains 15 tracks in the CD and 8 videos in the DVD. The limited edition features an exclusive art book written by Harumaki Gohan that details the story and the making of the album, as well as a 30-paged manga. It also includes a jacket featuring Spica, Yuuhi, and Urara.

Envy Phantom features Mikage as it's protagonist and has two different paths, one shown in the manga and the other in Gen'ei LV-A Tale of Shadows.

## Song lists

### CD

1. Gen'ei (幻影 / Mirage)
2. Hotaru wa Inakatta (蛍はいなかった / Fireflies Never Came)
3. Katei Shita Natsu (仮定した夏 / Premised Summer)
4. Messiah (メサイア)
5. Mikage Nikki (みかげ日記 / Mikage's Diary)
6. Daisan no Shinzou (第三の心臓 / Third Heart)
7. Phantom Spring
8. Desdemona(Instrumental)
9. Unmei (運命 / Destiny)
10. Kasumi Ga Tsuite Kuru (霞がついてくる / Haze Comes) (Vocaloid version)
11. I Lost (アイロスト) (Remaster 2022)
12. Gen'ei (幻影 / Mirage) (Self-cover)
13. Katei Shita Natsu (仮定した夏 / Premised Summer) (Self-cover)
14. Daisan no Shinzou (第三の心臓 / Third Heart) (Self-cover)
15. Phantom Spring (Self-cover)

### DVD

1. Gen'ei (幻影 / Mirage)
2. Hotaru wa Inakatta (蛍はいなかった / Fireflies Never Came)
3. Daisan no Shinzou (第三の心臓 / Third Heart)
4. Unmei (運命 / Destiny)
5. Gen'ei (幻影 / Mirage) (Self-cover)
6. Hotaru wa Inakatta (蛍はいなかった / Fireflies Never Came) (Self-cover)
7. Daisan no Shinzou (第三の心臓 / Third Heart) (Self-cover)
8. Saikai (再会 / Reunion) (Live at Futari No Ketsuron 2020.11.15)

## Story

### Manga

It begins with a page of Mikage recalling how at the first time her mom got mad at her, she made one phantom.

The next scene is of Mikage and Tomodachi at the park, Mikage is sitting on the swingset swaying and holding an ice cream bar and Tomodachi is looking into the distance. Tomodachi then asks Mikage if she's always looked like she was staring at something faraway and Mikage is silent for a moment before asking what she was looking at.

We then see Mikage in class, it's winter. Several other students are talking about how the classroom is freezing because someone opened the window.

## Theories

### The Red Planet

In From Voyager, the singer recounts a time when the planet and Jupiter turned red, and mentions the Blue Planet, meaning that they are in the same universe. In Gen'ei, the scene when Mikage and Spica are sitting on the swings together features an all-red color palette. Furthermore, Saturn can be seen in the background. This has led some fans to theorize that Envy Phantom takes place on this "red planet".

As of the release of Envy Phantom, this has been disproven as Envy Phantom is heavily implied to take place on Earth.

### Video Game

The music video for Gen'ei includes many of what appear to be references to Aster, including a third eye opening on the back of Mikage's head and the flower imagery. Furthermore, in one scene, bright yellow pixels are floating around Mikage as the sky pixelates and glitches behind her. Additionally, the advertising for Gen'ei AP-Empty Heart often features the Aster World, and it is one of the first worlds that Mikage can access. All of this leads some fans to theorize that Mikage and her friends are living in a video game similar to the Aster World, or at least, Aster and Envy Phantom are connected. The latter version of the theory is supported by a Drink-Kun telling Mikage how long it has been since her last login.

As of the release of Envy Phantom, this has been disproven.

## Trivia

* Envy Phantom is the first album to feature a game and a manga.
* It was revealed in Gen'ei AP-Empty Heart that Envy Phantom takes place 2 days after Melty Land Nightmare, the first indication of a timeline for Harumaki Gohan's works.