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Doki Doki Literature Club is a game that starts off joyful and lighthearted, but takes a swift
turn towards the dark lands.
Not even a swift turn.
It's like an olympic nose dive!
And it does so in a very creative way.
Once this takes place we want to know all there is to know about these four girls.
We are eager to figure out every single aspect of their story and piece it all together.
In my last video we covered how there is really only one solution to all this madness.
Whether the next installment is actually a game or just something that is alluded to,
but will never be real, the solution we can derive from it is the same.
People have mentioned that any future works done by Team Salvato won't be tied to the
Doki Doki universe, but that doesn't mean that won't change.
Even if the fan art on the store page wasn't canon, success can surely change things, so
we'll have to wait and see what happens.
However, even though Doki Doki seems to have been analyzed from top to bottom, there is
still one mystery that remains.
Sure, we know that these four girls are claimed to be from a separate universe, but that doesn't
answer all the questions.
Because there are five people in this story.
Not just four.
In this small world that runs from the residential town area to the school, we only have five
people adding life to this disjointed place.
Four of them we interact with daily, but one of them is someone we live vicariously through.
The Protagonist, who is controlled by you, the player, is the only other variable present
in the game.
And if you ask me, he's far more mysterious than any of the four girls.
Let me lay the ground work real fast before explaining why.
In Doki Doki Literature Club, you play the only male we know of in this universe.
He is heavily into anime and video games, and pretty much fits into the otaku label
pretty well.
He doesn't seem to have great social skills or confidence, but based on our actions and
our progression, it seems he is way better than it seems.
I feel like a lot of people who were in similar situations would have difficulties doing a
lot of the things he did, yet he proceeds with them without as much hesitation as I
would believe.
It's contrary to what we would expect, but in the world of a visual novel, we give it
the pass because the Protagonist can reach any outcome.
We only get to see the Protagonist one time throughout the game too.
We know he has brown hair and wears a long black shirt because he can be seen hugging
Sayori.
His arms can be seen throughout the game as well solidifying that this is indeed the Protagonist.
While he seems to be a very average male, the community is certainly divided by him.
On one hand he seems to be an innocent boy who is stumbling through life and has interest
in his female schoolmates, where on the other hand, he can come across as manipulative and
uncaring based on your actions.
I think this is what is so perplexing about the Protagonist in general.
He's a vessel for the player, but he is still planted in this world.
If these four girls are here despite being from another world, what about him?
If the game is altered, his actions are affected, but there's something that's off about
the way this character is set up.
He isn't like all the other characters.
He has planned responses like them, but he is bound to a different set of rules.
Or perhaps…
He's above the rules.
You see, the only character within Doki Doki Literature Club who can't be blackmailed
by their character file is the Protagonist.
He can't be deleted like any of the other characters because he doesn't have a file.
Even if Monika wanted to, which she doesn't, she couldn't do it.
He's a window to the outside world, so if he was gone Monika might very well go insane.
But this puts him in an interesting place.
He's the ticket to freedom in some regards, but on the flip side, he's also the one
in which judgement can be carried out.
If anything changes in the game around him, his memory is altered like everyone else.
His responses don't seem to have access to the same awareness that the Club President
holds, but through the player he is able to restart this world and resume it any time
he wants.
The other characters simply act accordingly when this happens.
It kind of reminds me of that episode of Black Mirror… *record scratch* Yes, I know, I
know.
I reference that show a lot but Season 4 is out and it's so good!
Anyways, there's an episode that has to do with a video game in which someone has
absolute control over the universe and the game characters simply respond accordingly
to his actions.
I don't want to spoil it because the episode is great and screws with your head, but it
makes me wonder if this is what the Protagonist could be for Doki Doki.
Everyone is programmed to adore him, but if these characters are here against their will,
despite not remembering it, what is his story?
For someone who operates on a separate set of rules, why was he put in this universe?
Is he from the same place as the four girls?
If experimentation was taking place, was he one of the bad guys?
Did he mess up and get banished here alongside these other experiments?
But more so, why is he different?
If the 3rd eye refers to gaining awareness of being inside of a game, what kind of eyes
does someone have if they are a window to the world inside of a game?
A set of eyes an outside player can see through to experience a game world they aren't a
part of?
There's tons of questions and it's kind of trippy to think about.
If he is a character from this other world, he has lost more than any of the other girls.
They still seem to retain aspects about them that mirror their former selves.
However, the Protagonist seems to be completely wiped.
He lacks extended interests, ambition, and simply acts as if other people's interests
are his own.
It's kind of manipulative and creepy in some regards.
A sociopath, perhaps.
But let's dive into some of the cryptic things within this game.
Obviously people have been decoding this game since launch and a lot of things have surfaced.
One thing in particular I want to touch on is a file called CAN YOU HEAR ME.txt.
It showed up in my root directory for Doki Doki when I played through it on my Mac.
The file states the following - and I'll break down why I find it interesting in regards
to the Protagonist afterwords.
"There's a little devil inside all of us."
Beneath their manufactured perception - their artificial reality - is a
writhing, twisted mess of dread.
Loathing.
Judgment.
Elitism.
Self-doubt.
All thrashing to escape the feeble hold of their host, seeping through every
little crevice they can find.
Into their willpower, starving them of all motivation and desire.
Into their stomach, forcing them to drown their guilt in
comfort food.
Or into a newly-opened gash in their skin, hidden only by the
sleeves of a cute new shirt.
Such a deplorable, tangled mass is already present in every single one of them.
That's why I choose not to blame myself for their actions.
All I did was untie the knot.
Now this can be assumed to be Monika speaking about the other girls, but I think this same
logic can be applied elsewhere.
All of the girls still maintain their mentality beyond the artificial one we are in.
It's honestly horrific to think about.
Based on what is written here, it shows that despite acting one way in the game, they are
aware they are trapped in a digital body and can't do anything about it.
It'd be like being in someone else's head watching them go about their lives, but never
being able to interact, break free, or speak at all.
Trapped there for all eternity in an echo chamber with no way out.
But what if this wasn't Monika speaking?
I mean, we usually assume it is because of her role in everything else…
But all the characteristics listed can apply to all the girls - even Monika.
Technically putting these girls within a digital universe and setting them free would be the
same as untying the knot.
They are free, but still in captivity.
And perhaps that's where the Protagonist comes into play.
I'm not saying this is the Protagonist talking because it'd be a baseless claim, but that
doesn't mean we can't derive purpose from it.
Doki Doki in itself is an experiment if you think about it.
All these girls are put into a trapped void, given glimpses of reality, and then are driven
insane by what ifs.
The one who is there to experience every moment of this is the Protagonist.
Whether he was a real person or not, he is there to see everything that takes place.
We guide him as the player, but in the realm of a game world, that doesn't mean other
people couldn't be running this simulation as well.
Perhaps the scientists we see involved with the Project Libitina report are still involved.
It sounds like the effects of those experiments, or at least what is being diagnosed, sounds
unrecoverable.
If those patients die, they're gone.
But if you simulate these tests within an additional game world that you could boot
up and repeat over and over again…
You could mitigate that loss of life.
However, in doing so, you create a suspended state of suffering that these girls will forever
endure.
You may find the results you want, but you'd have to be pretty inhumane to make that decision.
Behind the smiling face of the bashful Protagonist could very well be something sinister…
We are blissfully unaware when we pick up the reigns and guide him, but when we're
offline in a game-world sense, he could be serving a completely different purpose.
Now that's definitely a lot of overthinking, but, it does make you wonder…
But now that I've dumped that on all of you, I'd love to hear your thoughts.
What role do you think the Protagonist actually plays?
Was he a human at one point, or simply a camera used to experience tests first hand?
Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!
And with that…
Thanks for tuning in for this alternative analysis of a cryptic game!
The rage game "Getting Over It" seemed pretty straightforward, right?
Heh...
Well... I have some news for you.
Why don't you click on that video and see what's going on beneath the surface?
Anyways, thanks for watching guys and gals, and until my next video - cheers!
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