Okay, I've been trying to hold off on theorizing until I was caught up, but I can't help it. I've had a feeling since the very first happy scene and nothing is going against it so far, so I thought I'd share. (For the record, I'm before Rewrite, but I feel like I've done just about every single thing I could do before that, aside from Chika's events to remain a good homey)
Maya is obviously special. It doesn't seem like this game takes place in reality (as opposed to it being reality seen through the eyes of someone mentally unwell, it feels more like this just isn't real at all). I think most of these characters are just fantasy characters. But Maya is real. Or at the very least, she represents someone real to us. Someone that probably killed themselves. Probably because of us. Because we're a douche bag.
The "Swim Trip" happy scene in particular really strongly seemed to hint that Maya was real and everyone else wasn't. And she's the constant focus of happy scenes in general, which often focus on her dead body. Also there's something buried under our feet. Probably her dead body once again.
My theory is Maya is either our daughter or we're a real life teacher and she was a student of ours. Considering the events of this fantasy life, and his thoughts, it's pretty likely that he sexually abused her and this lead to her killing herself. Then the "jump" at the beginning of the game is him jumping off of a building due to his guilt. And this game would either be his dream while in a coma or his experience in hell.
I've caught wind of some stuff in this thread from later in the game that may throw my entire theory out of the window. But that's what it feels like to me so far.
Or, considering the forced Yumi event early on and the instinct to push her along with other violent instincts, maybe it's even worse than that. Maybe our character abused "Maya" in real life and then killed her to keep her quiet. Buried her in his yard, perhaps.
Given the latest events, you're way off. They're connected but not in an abusive way. That much I'll say. Keep an eye out on the wiki on how to unlock the happy events. It's implied later in the game that they both shared something possibly romantic and Maya will hint towards that. Not with Player Sensei but a past iteration before we took control.
I've considered these possibilities and I am still holding firm to the theory that this world is very real, within the story anyway, and that there really is something behind the scenes. Some temporal, AKA time based, fuckery of an extraterrestrial or extradimensional nature. That Maya scene at the beginning in particular, you've long since seen it if you've gotten as far as Rewrite for sure, tells me that something happened, but I can't pinpoint exactly what. At least, not yet, anyway. Maybe there was an incident, either accidental or purposeful, involving one of the girls and old Sensei on the roof of a building, possibly a murder. Considering Ami's nature, she could have taken the 'if I can't have him, no one can' approach against old Sensei after being refused due to familial ties. This could have led to a sort of amnesia in old Sensei, drawing out a different personality that we now know as player Sensei. Maya could have been as cheerful as she was in the one scene before this and witnessing what could very well be her secret lover falling to what was almost certain death could have triggered her current state of mind, especially with the realization that this is not the same person she knew before the fall. The opening does support the potential for both murder and suicide by falling and some of the things Maya says does support this change in personality or even a more nonsensical change like an isekai switch, where another person somehow got switched into his body through reincarnation...anime logic, don't try to rationalize it, you'll only give yourself a headache.
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Vote cast, may the best dorm win, or should I say most popular. This one was tough because dorm 8 has freaking Otoha, who has managed to grow on me significantly through what little part she has played, but I still must throw Touka to the mercy, or lack thereof, of the Denpa.
Dorm 10 is actually coming out on 4/1. They won the last poll. Here is the outline for it.
Total Events: 0/24 Complete
Main Events: 0/6 Complete
Kirin Events: 0/7 Complete
Noriko Events: 0/7 Complete
Karin Events: 0/2 Complete
Mystery Side Character Events: 0/2 Complete
Dorm Room 10: 0/1 Complete
Character Profiles: 0/3 Complete
Programming: 0/24 Complete
Proofreading/Editing: 0/24 Complete
Ah well, I tried, but the higher tiers did have an advantage they do not this time. I am curious how many voted the same as I did last time by individual subscriber head count, though, meaning one sub is one vote no matter their tier much like this one. Just random curiosity about how close my chosen dorm was last time, no answer necessary.
That was hilariously fitting as a response in the thread itself. Stuff like this makes me think you're taking points from this thread as ideas since several conversations during the window between 0.12.0 and 0.13.0 appeared almost word for word, including some things I myself said, which is how I recognized the lines as conversation from the thread. Having lines that line up perfectly with things that have been or are likely to be said only adds to this train of thought.
Classic misdirection. Ha! You have to try harder than this.
Or is it reverse psychology? He might be using the apparent misdirection to make you think it is when Maya is actually stating the unknown truth about the plot in this line.
It's not a game, why do you think there's such a large "gap" between the last update and the "next" one, it's not coming people. Those blackouts in Texas? all faked, meant to give an excuse to "Selebus". In reality, the "game" has already served its purpose, it's all been an elaborate Raid: Shadow Legends ad the entire time.
I can't believe we were all so blind.
I've been had, this injustice must not go unanswered...right after I download Raid: Shadow Legends...and get some more fingers so I can play that and this at the same time.
Nice knowing ya. Now
Selebus'll have to send Noodles for you.
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Fuck. I just finished the latest public update, and I'm getting major
bad homie vibes...
Thank god
There is a BIG difference now that I think about it that could lead to saving us from that.
There is no promise, which is what led to the bad homie situation the first time.
Only we as players know about this new development, it has not been made known to player Sensei like it was with Rin.
