| Description | - The "sixth" song of the Benzene Series. RX Benzene is not exactly a "new" song; it is a cover of the song "Benzene", with the vocals being Yowane Haku and Akita Neru. At first, the cover / mix of RX Benzene was originally sung by the utaite Ritsuka.
Owata-P mentioned in his description that on the year 2012, he didn't want to do anything, and he knew the reason why he didn't want to do anything; as said in his description. Oddly the song in the video on NND is said to be uploaded on 5:55, in Owata-P's mylist however, it is said that it's uploaded on 3:55.
Although the lyrics are somewhat the same to Benzene, the title of the song is different. For now it's unknown what RX stands for, but "Youjo Kei Sennsou Songu", is a different type of brainwashing song which somewhat makes this song independent and, in a way, different from Benzene, which is a therapeutic brainwashing song.
The song started similarly like Benzene, where an explanation to what "Benzene" is displayed, and the song continues saying "it has no meaning", much like Benzene itself.
- This song mainly talks about "Paradichlorobenzene", as a "reply" more than a "continuation" to a series . Owata-P said so in his video description of Antichlorobenzene, saying "This is my answer. And so, question".
It could be interpreted that Rin here, wants to be right, and keeps on calling everyone wrong. . Having to have a large amount of hatred to a specific person, to the point where one gets so mad, Rin thrust the cat into the pond.
From this point, it's hard to tell which is evil, and which isn't. Antichlorobenzene speaks of "them" as evil, though Toluene speaks of "them" as knowing nothing at all.
The movie done by Mieno-hito, several of the lyrics or words are written upside down, it can be interpreted that it symbolizes that it's a complete opposite to "Paradichlorobenzene". Also, note that Antichlorobenzene is not a real compound or mixture or element; unlike the other songs in the series.
- The song started with an explanation on "Benzene" . It explains the forms of Benzenes, how they are formed, the chemicals, and also other examples of chemicals which are similar to Benzene "toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene". Do they have anything to do with the series? Toluene turns out to be the fifth song to it. Though by the end of the explanation, the long explanation had nothing to do with the video.
As commented by both Paradichlorobenzene and Antichlorobenzene, "the two songs" has no meaning. Though Toluene said that there may be a meaning to it. Nonetheless, at first sight, it doesn't seem like there's a meaning to the song at all.
After the explanation as well as at the end, "Han'nyara youjo!!" is sung, which means "Prajnaparamita little girl!!" Prajnaparamita is made of the two words, prajñā "wisdom" and pāramitā "perfection, thus in English making it "Perfection of
Transcendent Wisdom". It is a view of a perfect seeing reality, within Buddhism. "Zun dara mochi, iso gin chaku, benzene. ヽノ Benzene! ♪ " is repeated throughout the song, with the only valid sentences saying "there is no meaning to this verse". "Therapeutic" is a medical side effect, which is good for said patient. In this case, it may mean that "brainwashing" had a "good" or beneficial side effect. This likely applies to the other brainwashing songs.
One of the video's tags on Niconico Video said: "the people who laugh from Paradichlorobenzene and Antichlorobenzene". In both songs it's written there are those who "laugh", this song, Benzene, may be the song the "people" laugh at. In Niconico Video, many "hahaha / LOL / wwww" comments are posted in Benzene. In fact, the amount of comments are far, far, greater in amount than the mylist .
- The song features an animated PV featuring both Len and Rin and computer graphics. The word "Paradichlorobenzene" is repeated constantly throughout the video. There are also frames that flash for less than a second that explain details of the chemical . On the surface, it seems the word has little to do with the meaning of the song - in fact the lyrics tell that the song and the word have no meaning.
One of the interpretations is that Len sings of the tendency for artists whose works are rubbished insensitively or unregarded, and they become jealous of others' work, which they see as better or beloved. As a result, these artists will usually try to erupt in violence and rage against him/herself and others insensitively.
Unlike the two previous songs, it doesn't start with a long explanation of chemicals. Instead, people's "thoughts". Owata-P in this case, may be represented as the cat. In Owata-P's community, twitter, official site, and even in videos, he's often depicted as a black haired boy/girl with cat ears and a tail. However that's just an interpretation.
One of the lyrics written in Paradichlorobenzene said something, that connects all the four songs together:
*And then you laugh at me → Benzene, and Nitrobenzene
*And then I shove you away → Paradichlorobenzene
*I am right and you are wrong → Antichlorobenzene
*Embraced by emptiness I fade away → Toluene
*Until I disappear → ???
- Like the previous song, Benzene, Nitrobenzene started with a long description of the chemical. Nitrobenzene is said to be a yellow oil-like substance, insoluble in water . It has various uses starting from the made of rubber, soap, and many more. When breathed, it may cause dizziness or nausea.
The song later talked about the order of sharps and flats, and also "scat". The method used in singing jazz as performed by Len there in the song. It is said that Louis Armstrong used the "method" scat, because he forgot the lyrics, and decided to improvise.
There are also meaningful lyrics: "Does this song have a meaning?" "The meaning is Nitrobenzene." And what is nitrobenzene? Nitrobenzene was already explained in the beginning of the song. So, Owata-P's comment on "it has nothing to do with this" may be a trick.
Also, why is there an explanation of scat? It may be mean that Len forgets the lyrics to the song, and replaces it with Nitrobenzene.
- The fifth song of the Benzene series, Toluene . It seems that this song is an answer song to both Paradichlorobenzene and Antichlorobenzene . This is the first song to say "The meaning to this song... does exist". Most of the lyrics are censored by asterisks, but the rest of the text is readable.
Specifically, the lyrics censored with asterisks are sung, but displayed as asterisks. According to Owata-P, the lyrics make up a code. All of them are coded except the last four lines: "Toluene is a song of riddle-solving/Wordplay of time-wasting/When all of the meaning is known/What sort of face would you like?"
When it says it "has a meaning", does that mean, the long chemical theory description on Benzene and Nitrobenzene also has a meaning? Or does it mean, only the song Toluene has a meaning whilst everything else has no meaning?
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