It almost made me forget that DDLC was a psychological horror VN. Playing Act 1 again, I couldn’t help but laugh at MC’s awareness of overused anime archetypes as Natsuki did her little “tsundere” bullshit such as “It’s isn’t like I did this for you” and hiding her love for cute things through acting hard and tough.
Obviously, Natsuki hides her insecure nature (from the abuse) by acting tough and hard-hearted (but of course, she secretly cares about other people and don’t wanna see them down or hurt). It’s common for victims of child abuse to struggle with anger issues and develop an inferiority complex. She’s a “tsundere” but her aggressive, angry nature is a resulted of her being physically and emotionally abused by her father.
I’ve said this many times, but I hate the tsundere trope in anime – unless a writer puts realism to the trope (as we see with Natsuki). She’s slowly becoming a favorite character of mines. Going through Yuri’s route in Act 1 requires me to witness Sayori’s death scene therefore ruining my plans to get the game’s true ending.įor cut down on time, any previous read dialogues are being skipped unless I find something interesting and worthy of being talked about. I haven’t done her route since my first run through, which is perfect given I need to go through her route before replaying Yuri’s. Since I’ve “completed ” Sayori’s route, I’m going after Natsuki’s next. I want to see more educated takes of characters struggling with mental health in fiction –because done right, it can hit hard. Re-playing her route gave me a new insight into her accurate portrayal of people suffering from depression (such as feeling numb, hopelessness, lack of desire, etc.) made me appreciate her character. Disclaimer: Possible spelling and grammar error below I’m just knocking this out of my way so I can work on this Hi-Score Girl review.Ĭontinuing from where I left off, I was able to obtain the CGs for Sayori’s route in order to unlock the true ending.
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