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KamikazePotato posted...

One thing I wonder is how much of the girls' problems was magnified by Monika. Did Yuri cut herself in Act 1? Was Natsuki's dad that bad? Would Sayori have ever taken that ultimatum because of her depression? I'm not sure where the line between them and Monika's manipulation & personality editing is.

This is why I think the game went downhill after act 1's ending. It's like it reduced all the characters to their (Monika's) writing, and made it impossible to genuinely care about them, even in retrospect. Like I thought Sayori's 1st arc was a really interesting and powerful and real message about depression, and also Natsuki's domestic abuse and Yuri's cutting, but by the end of the game all of that was sacrificed for the sake of creepy 4th wall breaking.

Although this could all be some sort of triple-meta thing where we are supposed to hate Monika (representing the actual author of the game) for ruining what could've been some really good storylines. Was it worth it for the meta punchline like this? I don't think so.

Well, I don't think it turned out so bad in the end. But it did allow me to very easily forget about the game, and even talking about it now or listening to the music I'm fairly apathetic. Compared to Undertale, which through all the meta stuff made sure to keep the in-game characters real and keep the emotional connection there.
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