There's also how sickness seems to be mentioned a lot in relation to Pareidolia. The Pareidolia Mall and Amy stuff was apparently surrounded by sickness:
I love how Selebus managed to make us look beyond her being a psychopath, to being a very broken girl that truly has had no one for a decade. It also makes me think back to that one Ami Happy Event, when she says she's been waiting for her event for so long, and that all the crazy Amis just aren't the real her.
I mean, it's not like I have a problem with her being affected by supernatural stuff, but also her arc is just so compelling without it already (by update 0.40). Good job all around either way.
This is something I am completely unaware of. We didn't get to decided what mayamaster is did we? If it's just an easter egg then I am surprised but underwhelmed at the same time because, this easter egg is just hid well but doesn't necessarily have any meaning.
Maybe it's a throwback to Maya meeting the current iteration for the first time (but of course the script says otherwise); that'd be cute.
FUCK Osako. Dude has been in a coma for two months, time to kick him for two hours to get my anger out on someone that did nothing wrong to me (while saying it's for his good), and proceed to have him solve my relationship problems cause I'm a piece of shit that can't talk to my girlfriend about them, and then go on to ignore everything he's saying, make light of his sexual abuse and worsen his situation.
Again, fuck Osako. Akira has been nothing but a good person to her and Wakana, he does not deserve this. Should have gone with his inhibitions and told her to fuck herself and never saved the number.
Edit: Also, update Akira's status to God-Fucker now:
FUCK Osako. Dude has been in a coma for two months, time to kick him for two hours to get my anger out on someone that did nothing wrong to me (while saying it's for his good), and proceed to have him solve my relationship problems cause I'm a piece of shit that can't talk to my girlfriend about them, and then go on to ignore everything he's saying, make light of his sexual abuse and worsen his situation.
Again, fuck Osako. Akira has been nothing but a good person to her and Wakana, he does not deserve this. Should have gone with his inhibitions and told her to fuck herself and never saved the number.
Edit: Also, update Akira's status to God-Fucker now:
hey now you know why Osako is at the bottom of my tier list.
Ugly, annoying and irritating.
no good qualities whatsoever ! !
her only use it to get you mad which is in a way useful for the story, it makes Akira think about this and suffer which leads to advancements in our understanding of his psyche.
Apart from that she is the worst character in the game fuck this bitch ! : )
Yeah I'm definitely not a fan of her - while she's one of the few relatively "immune" to Akira's charms - she's also got a terrible fucking sense of reading the room + her own insecurities make her into an ass more than not.
FUCK Osako. Dude has been in a coma for two months, time to kick him for two hours to get my anger out on someone that did nothing wrong to me (while saying it's for his good), and proceed to have him solve my relationship problems cause I'm a piece of shit that can't talk to my girlfriend about them, and then go on to ignore everything he's saying, make light of his sexual abuse and worsen his situation.
Again, fuck Osako. Akira has been nothing but a good person to her and Wakana, he does not deserve this. Should have gone with his inhibitions and told her to fuck herself and never saved the number.
Edit: Also, update Akira's status to God-Fucker now:
Wow what a coincidence! I’m also on the Osako hate train. I wonder how many passengers we can get on this mf…
Crazy ass thought/fantasy I’ve always had, but what if one of the gods granted Akira some deus ex machina ass ability where he suddenly became exceptional at martial arts? Then one day he just challenges Osako to a spar, and of course she mocks him and thinks nothing of it. But then he beats her in spectacular fashion.
And Akira’s just like, “Oh, I’ve been better than you this whole time. It’s just been fun messing with you.”
Which of course would crush Osako’s confidence, because to her it’s like, “I can take your girlfriend and your job”. This loss of confidence would then spiral into more potential arguments with Wakana at home and eventually… maybe even an opening.
I dunno, though. The whole ‘gods giving Akira the ability to whoop Osako’s ass’ thing may sound ridiculous to you. I just wanna see her put in her place for once, ight?
Wow what a coincidence! I’m also on the Osako hate train. I wonder how many passengers we can get on this mf…
Crazy ass thought/fantasy I’ve always had, but what if one of the gods granted Akira some deus ex machina ass ability where he suddenly became exceptional at martial arts? Then one day he just challenges Osako to a spar, and of course she mocks him and thinks nothing of it. But then he beats her in spectacular fashion.
And Akira’s just like, “Oh, I’ve been better than you this whole time. It’s just been fun messing with you.”
Which of course would crush Osako’s confidence, because to her it’s like, “I can take your girlfriend and your job”. This loss of confidence would then spiral into more potential arguments with Wakana at home and eventually… maybe even an opening.
I dunno, though. The whole ‘gods giving Akira the ability to whoop Osako’s ass’ thing may sound ridiculous to you. I just wanna see her put in her place for once, ight?
Wow what a coincidence! I’m also on the Osako hate train. I wonder how many passengers we can get on this mf…
Crazy ass thought/fantasy I’ve always had, but what if one of the gods granted Akira some deus ex machina ass ability where he suddenly became exceptional at martial arts? Then one day he just challenges Osako to a spar, and of course she mocks him and thinks nothing of it. But then he beats her in spectacular fashion.
And Akira’s just like, “Oh, I’ve been better than you this whole time. It’s just been fun messing with you.”
Which of course would crush Osako’s confidence, because to her it’s like, “I can take your girlfriend and your job”. This loss of confidence would then spiral into more potential arguments with Wakana at home and eventually… maybe even an opening.
I dunno, though. The whole ‘gods giving Akira the ability to whoop Osako’s ass’ thing may sound ridiculous to you. I just wanna see her put in her place for once, ight?
I was rewatching the conversation between Karin and Akira after the karaoke. I know we have all said something about how Karin didn't deserve what happened and how Pareidolia is a piece of shit. But I don't recall if we have said enough about how Akira has grown.
Finally, and I think this exemplifies his growth a lot, Akira comes as clean as he could without sounding insane and gives her an out like he's never given anyone else:
He really explains stuff and gives her closure, it's amazing now that I'm rewatching it after replaying the game from start to current update. Old Akira would never have been able to do anything like this, or even cared to.
And the first time I read this I was really sad. But now I feel strangely proud. See, yes, he's nothing like the image that Karin had, but that image was her fault sort of. Akira was never that and he was never going to be that. Evidence was all around her and she chose not to see.
However, the Akira that we see in this conversation is WAY more than the man he was. He could have easily manipulated her and given her the answers she wanted, and yet he gives it to her straight and leaves the option for her just to be done with him. Actual growth.
Similar could be said for most of the rest of the new gods, as they seem to have something related to Sekai about them. Floral being the 1008th God and Jesus being the 43rd:
Similar could be said for most of the rest of the new gods, as they seem to have something related to Sekai about them. Floral being the 1008th God and Jesus being the 43rd:
It could be very well be Sekai - but the question is, which Sekai? (cause so far I've noticed possibly about 4 of them lol) Thing is a lot has been revealed in chapter 4 so far, but it's almost always in a nonchalant manner, like if you blink it you'll miss it. And then even if you realise it, you'd have to replay everything once again with that info.
For instance, this could confirm that Sekai was working with Pareidolia, and yet chose to stand against him and disregarded the ninth god. It's all around the "for us to return to form".
And then there's the possible reveal that it was Sekai that has always been the one following him and the hands on his shoulders (which is huge for replay value, cause that is referenced a lot in chapter 1 and 2).
also the Sekai that was implanted into Kaori, and that possibly has attacked Wires or helped free him (which then he crawls out during Tsuneyo's possession)
Then there's either Sekai or Ami referencing deals with HOPE or Pareidolia. This could be either one as it's written by Sekai, but it plays as Maya's opening her door and after Ami hurt Akira.
All in all, we're missing some sort of way to separate the different Sekais (if that's even a thing). But if we're to take these revelations as the norm, maybe it's all pretty obvious and simpler than we thought anyway - cause I mean, "someone is following Akira", well the most obvious conclusion would be the very person that caused his life to become like this and has been referenced at every opportunity before her name was even revealed. And it seems like it was the case all along.
gonna need a third replay to make sure though ugh
edit: In retrospect, one of these Sekais could be the ultimate player in all of this, going around all of the gods in order to achieve her objective - whatever that is. It doesn't seem that Nao-chan was sent by her though... which is curious, cause that would point to even another faction that is trying to protect Akira from either the gods or even from her.
On a roll, Io managed to insult Chika, be homophobic, insult Rin, and just be Io in general I guess. Gotta agree with Otoha on this, and while this does not lessen what Nodoka did to Io later (in terms of being horrible), it does lessen a lot of any sympathy I might have had for Io.
"A person that suffers from depression and cuts herself? That's just hilarious!" - yeah, don't count on me to ask if you're okay when some weirdo suggests you may have been abused in public. I'd still disapprove of Nodoka's actions, but fuck Io too. Whatever the hell did Rin even do to you? This dialogue might have made me go from general pity about Io to seeing how she can be really disgusting.
