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gentlemen welcome to game theory where
nothing is wrong or different in the
slightest nothing has changed at all
trust me so I want to be real for a
second doki-doki literature Club is
something I was blindsided by there are
very few experiences that affect me in
any way now I've watched a lot of anime
and movies played a lot of video games
but few things ever completely consumed
me like this game did ever since I
finished it a month ago I have been
unable to get it from my head please if
you have even the vaguest interest go to
Steam right now and play it completely
blind it's free despite what it looks
and sounds like I can promise you that
you're in for the experience of a
lifetime I'm dead serious
this isn't something you want to be
spoiled for it's about five hours long
and trust me it may start slow but
you're in for one heck of a
rollercoaster okay I think I've given
enough of a warning let's get on with
the theory so this was certainly
something wasn't it
I always recommended this by my friend
Troy which sounds fine and so he
realized that he essentially sent me a
dating sim for no reason that was enough
to get me suspicious I mean it's not
like I've actually played this kind of
game except that one time and maybe I
played that one as well oh no oh boy I
might be transforming to a wave as we
speak regardless a hold boy I was not
ready for what I was in for this wasn't
a dating sim it was a nightmare
regardless it had such an impact that I
pretty much knew I needed to do some
videos on it
don't worry today is just a minor Theory
just an appetizer before the conspiracy
type stuff we're getting into next week
that being said let's talk about
manipulation something I've always found
interesting is when a work can actively
manipulate you to act and react in
certain ways to make certain events more
interesting in this games case well geez
there's a ridiculous amount of
manipulation going on behind the scenes
most people like to talk about the stuff
in art 2 & 3 but I'd argue some of the
most interesting manipulation comes in
with the fur
starke so sit tight or just hang around
for a bit because I'm covering what this
game did to make you the player do
certain things to make salaries events
at the end of arc one all the more
impactful so firstly I feel they need to
mention that with these kinds of things
nothing can ever be a hundred percent
there will always be cases out of the
norm so I'm more talking about what the
game tries to get you to do just keep
this in mind as you're watching so if
you're going in blind you're likely
going to assume that this is going to be
a regular dating sim with that there are
usually certain expectations you'll come
in with the most important one being
that in most cases you choose one of the
potential girls to get with in most
cases you start down an arc and that's
it you usually want to see the
conclusion of one r.a before heading
down another and this is where some of
the more subtle manipulation starts
because you see the game actively pushed
you to go down a certain route that
being Yuri's let's look at the first day
for example upon introducing each of the
characters the game treats each one of
them very differently
Natsuki is a cinder a to begin with
meaning that most people will decide
immediately whether they'll choose her
or not you like cinder is you're
probably going down not skis route if
not her strong personality will most
likely drive people away with SCI or E
ironically the game introduces her in a
very negative way the game almost seems
to portray her as a burden initially it
may be small but these kind of
impressions will stick with someone much
longer because the game outright told
you that she's mildly annoying Yuri
however is introduced as the most normal
of the three sure she's shy but
inevitably that's usually seen as a
positive out of the three she's the most
likely to be chosen because the game
doesn't want to drive you away from her
like the other two now to be fair from
the sound of that it's not much on its
own but there are more details that make
this more sure because the game really
wants you to go down URIs route the most
if that doesn't work it wants you to
choose not ski the game really doesn't
want you to choose Surrey for reasons
we'll be discussing later one detail
that adds to this however is the poetry
writing segments of the game since this
is the main way someone can choose a
route it means that here would be the
best place for more manipulation just in
case the subtle cues from before don't
work to be frank the game makes it way
easier to pick not ski or URI
words based on what you know initially
since the game makes it a point to say
not sick he likes cute things it's easy
to gather that the cute sounding words
will help sway Natsuki considering how
intellectual the game makes Yuri out to
be initially it only makes sense to
choose the more complicated words for
her say Ori however is much more
difficult to grasp her words are more
just whatever the closest to a hint you
even get is that celery likes and less
complex emotions but that doesn't really
make sense for words like fireflies or
vacation the game makes her route the
hardest to get to as she's the hardest
to define these things may not seem like
much on their own but combined they
drastically affect the chances of
someone picking her what would initially
seem like an even split suddenly becomes
much more weighed heavily on Yuri's end
and leaves the chances of someone
getting with Saori much lower by
comparison and once you pick a girl
you're unlikely to change down the line
if you're playing it like a normal
dating sim you assume you can just go
down a different route later so once you
pick Yuri you're unlikely to suddenly
feel like hanging with the other two oh
my gosh that was not intended what did
now this is all interesting but the
question is why why would they want you
to pick the other girls what difference
does it make really in the end well
quite a bit actually it's all in the
goal of making sure the event at the end
of the act is all the more painful to
get to there's a big tonne pack here so
hang tight stop okay
what why so firstly anyone who's played
the game knows by this point that sorry
was suffering from depression now sure
the indication is that Monica was
messing with her from behind the scenes
but it's clear looking at the evidence
that saiary had depression beforehand
what evidence he asked well the main
focus of the game the poems themselves a
close reading of any of the poems can
give you a much deeper dive into the
characters psyche than you'd initially
imagined as Ayari is no different look
at her first poem for example dear
sunshine the way you glow through my
blinds in the morning it makes me feel
like you missed me kissing my forehead
to help me out of bed making me rub the
sleepy from my eyes are you asking me to
come out and play are you trusting me to
wish away a rainy day I look above the
sky is blue it's a secret but I trust
you too if it wasn't for you I could
sleep forever but I'm not mad I want
breakfast
it's clear that the sunshine in the poem
isn't literal but instead the sunshine
she's referring to is actually the main
character reading it this way makes it
more interesting are you asking me to
come out and play are you trusting me to
wish away a rainy day essentially just
as she believes the main character needs
her to keep him happy
she also inevitably needs him to stick
around to be happy as well
she says as much when she finally
reveals that she's had depression if it
wasn't for you I could sleep forever but
I'm not mad I want breakfast in this
case sleep forever essentially means
give up entirely the main character is
keeping her alive and is making it
possible for her to get up in the
morning and if you're wondering the
second poem is much more blunt about the
truth in this one it may not seem like
much initially but it's impactful in two
different ways one if the player begins
to figure out the truth beforehand while
on another route it will only make them
feel worse too if the player is unable
to figure this out beforehand it makes
these poems which are borderline pleas
for help all the Saturday look back at
it as a double effect regardless of
which occurs but the end goal is to make
you feel bad specifically if you're on
another route this whole aspect gets
even more important in the next point
and of all the days you could find out
the truth about her condition
it ends up being the one day where
reacting to it is basically impossible
despite finally learning the truth the
player is then forced to spend the rest
of the time with either URI or Natsuki
if you somehow ended up on the CRA route
then this is bad because essentially
you're ignoring the one you chose who
has a serious issue and are instead
spending the day with one of the other
two having fun if you are in another
route you're essentially giving your
bestfriend the shaft to go suck on some
girl's finger for a bit congratulations
you're terrible chances are as well that
the player will have entirely forgotten
about the whole depression thing while
on the date with URI or Natsuki only for
it to come slap you right in the face at
the end when the confession scene
finally arrives you're given one of the
two choices to make you can either tell
syuri that you love her potentially
jumping off your previous route or you
can reject her now in a technical sense
the end result would seem to be the same
but it's the emotions it brings about
that differ drastically between these
choices there's a clear difference in
how each of these choices go down if you
say you love her the feeling seems
bittersweet but regardless there seems
to be some sin
of this being a nice choice rejecting
her though no she literally runs away
crying now the obvious choice would seem
that you'd want to choose the confession
but things aren't that simple remember
if you think this is just a normal
dating sim is it really worth
sacrificing the route you're on at this
point if you're playing it like it's a
normal dating sim chances are you won't
sacrifice the route it'll just go down
the side route a different time to make
up for it and since the chances of
picking either not skier URI initially
is much higher it makes this choice even
likelier than before and this all leads
into the climax of the arc when the
avatar finally walks upstairs to find
his best friend's lifeless body all this
stuff will piled up by this point in
most cases when someone dies it's not
what was done that causes regret is the
things that aren't done which sounds
worse to you trying to fix things with
your best friend before she kills
herself or entirely ignoring her for
another girl before she kills herself
it's that regret that makes this death
even more painful to grasp and since you
were likely going down either the URI
route of the not secure route this is
likely what occurred essentially you did
ignore your best friend for the sake of
getting with URI for her posture but you
know if all this manipulation wasn't
enough to make this scene worse there's
one more detail I feel the need to talk
about since I'm pretty much known for
making things much more screwed up I
feel the need to warn you that we're
getting all (NOPE) up in here and
analyzing a lifeless body if you're not
comfortable enough to look at it just go
to another tab and listen I guess
homeboy here we go
now firstly it's obvious by the tattered
clothes and blood stains on her hands
that she messed up she essentially sat
there and struggled for quite a sum of
time as her instincts kicked in now
that's bad but what's worse is when she
died look at the blood it's still bright
red it hasn't really dried up at all and
her eyes haven't faded much either in
the other case where we see a dead body
URIs eyes are essentially gone and the
blood turns completely dark in less than
a day it's clear that this death was
recent and considering the signs I'd say
she probably did this earlier in the
morning just around the time where you
could have come in and stopped at all
essentially when Monica says you left
Syre hanging that morning it's literal
if you would come over that day to wake
her up you likely would have had a
chance to save her perhaps she sat there
hoping you'd show up and save her and
when you never did she just decided to
end it all
what the heck what is it I'm gonna write
this regardless the manipulation that
doki-doki literature club goes through
makes the event all the more screwed up
and that's quite impressive the game
almost forces you to avoid salaries
route and subtle and not so subtle ways
only to use your dating some instincts
against you all this is done in an
effort to make sure that salaries death
is all the worse all these details are
impressive and personally I really
wanted to talk about the subject
thankfully for those of you who want
something a bit crazier well don't worry
yourself next week we'll be getting into
something pretty nuts and some of it I
guarantee you've never heard I've made
some interesting discoveries you'll have
to wait and see and hey if you enjoyed
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