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Question anything and everything in LiL! Otoha's color changing tie?? Rin having shit luck in her love life, is it plot or is it something else???? Sensei wearing a dark grey shirt instead of a white shirt does it represent the darkness in his heart or did he wear because its cold outside?? So many unanswered questions.......
Following that Ami discussion, I went back and looked at a few of her events, and yeah - if you put aside the fact that there's a lot of filler that sort of dilutes it, her character is probably one of the most solid in the series thematically.
Point One: Ami is still deeply traumatized about her parent's death - and while Sensei does make her somewhat less lonely, it's something she's nowhere even close to getting over.
Point Two: Ami's struggle to move forward has manifested as severe abandonment issues. The fear of being left alone, akin to how her parents left her when they passed away, deeply haunts her.
Point Three: Ami's abandonment issues manifest in various ways. Firstly, her intense desire to ensure her uncle's safety borders on psychotic, especially when Sensei's health deteriorates, leading her to believe that everyone around them is a threat.
Though, keep in mind that taking care of him in these sort of "episodes" is very damaging towards Ami. In one of the earlier scenes, Ami comes home after a normal day at school and finds her Uncle in the middle of a breakdown, and you can see how terrified she is. But ultimately, she needs to stay strong for him.
As the game progresses and Ami's fear of abandonment intensifies, her struggle to cope with her Uncle's episodes becomes more evident. She often talks to herself, invents imaginary conversations with Sensei, and even experiences auditory hallucinations.
Point Four: Another manifestation of Ami's struggle is her attempt to embody what Sensei desires - Sekai. This involves emulating Sekai's appearance and behavior, as evidenced by her recent foray into poetry.
Ami's desires reveal an inherent contradiction:
But, this falls apart when Ami realizes that these two things are not necessarily compatible nor possible.
When Sensei's spends an entire weekend ignoring Ami, she has a mental breakdown consumed by the fear that he might have gotten hurt. This also exacerbates the abandonment fears that have been growing within her for some time. Ami seems to equate love to sacrifice, and in a sort-of symbolic act of desperation, she resorts to cutting her hair to demonstrate her devotion to Sensei. This drastic gesture is a last-ditch attempt to prevent him from abandoning her.
Sensei does the most active thing he's done the entire game and stops Ami from potentially harming herself. However, in the process, Ami hurts Sensei. And this is so damaging to Ami because of the two points brought up earlier.
She mentions earlier in the game that she is literally incapable of hurting Sensei, which is why she believes that he can only be with her.
But this moment shatters Ami's core belief about her relationship with Sensei and her unique role in his life. The realization that she can hurt him, just like any other person, strikes at the heart of her identity and purpose. She’s no different from the other girls she said would hurt Sensei because they didn’t truly understand him. And this breaks her, as it destroys her purpose and “special” position as his niece as well as that dream mentioned earlier.
That's kinda at the state where we're at with Ami, but I'm very excited about how she'll be able to overcome these issues.
Point One: Ami is still deeply traumatized about her parent's death - and while Sensei does make her somewhat less lonely, it's something she's nowhere even close to getting over.
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Point Two: Ami's struggle to move forward has manifested as severe abandonment issues. The fear of being left alone, akin to how her parents left her when they passed away, deeply haunts her.
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Point Three: Ami's abandonment issues manifest in various ways. Firstly, her intense desire to ensure her uncle's safety borders on psychotic, especially when Sensei's health deteriorates, leading her to believe that everyone around them is a threat.
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Though, keep in mind that taking care of him in these sort of "episodes" is very damaging towards Ami. In one of the earlier scenes, Ami comes home after a normal day at school and finds her Uncle in the middle of a breakdown, and you can see how terrified she is. But ultimately, she needs to stay strong for him.
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As the game progresses and Ami's fear of abandonment intensifies, her struggle to cope with her Uncle's episodes becomes more evident. She often talks to herself, invents imaginary conversations with Sensei, and even experiences auditory hallucinations.
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Point Four: Another manifestation of Ami's struggle is her attempt to embody what Sensei desires - Sekai. This involves emulating Sekai's appearance and behavior, as evidenced by her recent foray into poetry.
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Ami's desires reveal an inherent contradiction:
- Ami doesn't want to be lonely and wants Sensei to never leave her side due to her abandonment issues.
- But she also wants Sensei to stay safe and mentally well and not end up damaged or hurt.
But, this falls apart when Ami realizes that these two things are not necessarily compatible nor possible.
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When Sensei's spends an entire weekend ignoring Ami, she has a mental breakdown consumed by the fear that he might have gotten hurt. This also exacerbates the abandonment fears that have been growing within her for some time. Ami seems to equate love to sacrifice, and in a sort-of symbolic act of desperation, she resorts to cutting her hair to demonstrate her devotion to Sensei. This drastic gesture is a last-ditch attempt to prevent him from abandoning her.
Sensei does the most active thing he's done the entire game and stops Ami from potentially harming herself. However, in the process, Ami hurts Sensei. And this is so damaging to Ami because of the two points brought up earlier.
She mentions earlier in the game that she is literally incapable of hurting Sensei, which is why she believes that he can only be with her.
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But this moment shatters Ami's core belief about her relationship with Sensei and her unique role in his life. The realization that she can hurt him, just like any other person, strikes at the heart of her identity and purpose. She’s no different from the other girls she said would hurt Sensei because they didn’t truly understand him. And this breaks her, as it destroys her purpose and “special” position as his niece as well as that dream mentioned earlier.
That's kinda at the state where we're at with Ami, but I'm very excited about how she'll be able to overcome these issues.
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Overthinking stuff, taking things out of context and filling the gaps with fanfiction isnt the solution tho. Never was.
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Holy hell… That was the best Ami deconstruction I’ve ever read. Serious props putting this together, man! I’m also really excited for what the future holds for our beloved redheaded niece.
Ami’s story has room for some serious development in the very near future.
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Wasn't he talking to somebody in chapter one about being isekaid and they asked how and he said "suicide"?
All i remember is that maya told him something about different world that could be interpreted as isekai during one of her first events. But i think by now it should become clear that was just her way of preparing him for the resets and loops without actually mentioning them.
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I'm fairly sure it was Rin, I remember her saying something like "memory loss is a symptom of isekai syndrome"
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Saki actually seems to be a brunette:
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As for the name Pareidolia knows Yumi by, it hasn't been revealed as far as I recall.
I don't think Yasu matters that much when it comes to Sensei seeing Touka as a motherly/matriarchal figure.
That seems to mostly have started in her 'Kryptonite' Chapter 3 event where Sensei dumps his relationship issues on her and she literally tells him he needs to grow up:
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Besides simply being honest, she's also known for her compassion. Hence why in her 'A Brief Moment in Time' Chapter 2 Event, she's crying for those in The Old District and feeding a random homeless old man in front of Sensei:
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Throughout Chapter 3, there's some comparisons made between Touka and Tsubasa by Sensei, and of course the whole maternal urge stuff.
Still, by the end of Chapter 3, at the Halloween party, she's simply letting herself fall into whatever role Sensei needs, because he looked like Yasu:
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As for Ayane, well, she also doesn't really have high standards in the first place. Her actual mother ditched her. Simply showing compassion and having boobs is probably enough for most in this game to consider anyone motherly.
Although, Touka has been raised and trained to mother at least two children simply out of tradition, for the empire she'll inherit, and there's not really anyone more mature or generous, around.
I wouldn't really consider this as being bad writing. My only real critique is that choices seem to deprive the story of certain consequences, albeit that might be the point.
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I think the 'Baby Finches' Happy Event is what inspired the "Sensei suicide led to Maya praying and this was the result" theory.
At the end of that event, Sensei breaks his neck while Maya begs him not to:
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Makes it seem like she's directly involved. According to Pareidolia, the gods also gave him his body:
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It was Rin in her Chapter 2 'The Art of Never Knowing' Event. Same one where it's revealed that Rin was adopted.
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This is why you're the fucking king, dude, seriously...
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I was gonna say that Ratman post was fucking deep but i scrolled down a little bit and saw the Deskel double post and knew everyone else was done for.
I would personally ask for your react/image folder but it's probably just as large as every scene that exists at this point, just prettier and i need more space for trash steam games.
I would personally ask for your react/image folder but it's probably just as large as every scene that exists at this point, just prettier and i need more space for trash steam games.
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ratmanirl's Ami breakdown is pretty solid, tbh. Not really much I could even add to it, and it demonstrates why Ami is starting to grow on people. She's endearing in a sad kind of way:
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Also I have like 3 gigs of screenshots at this point of just LiL stuff, which are basically categorized in a secret language that only I would probably understand... I have a problem...
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DeSkelrabic.
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