The Creepypasta Visual Novel That Time Forgot (Patreon Cut)
Added 2023-12-24 16:24:41 +0000 UTC(CW: This video contains references to many forms of abuse, transphobia, misandry, trauma, and other sensitive topics.)
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Long before DDLC and other meta-horror VNs, there was a little game in 2004 that explored the harms of fiction, how roles are forced onto us, generational trauma and more, all with some haunting creepypasta vibes...
...that game, is Suisenka.
This months shout outs:
https://www.youtube.com/@KaiAfterKai/videos
https://farawaytimes.itch.io/
Script & Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/16O-ie-gNRqkQ3lgnLiZpNFdi4OHqT_Y0pKa2CQCRPNA/edit?usp=sharing
00:00:00 Intro
00:04:27 Premise
00:05:44 Visual Novel Drakengard
00:11:06 The Cast of Actors
00:17:00 Dissonance
00:28:33 A World of Color
00:32:30 Suisen-bops
00:37:05 Patreon Break
00:45:23 The Story Thus Far
00:59:10 Repetition
01:07:51 Escape
01:19:26 Conclusion
Music List:
Umineko - Smile-less Soiree
Suisenka - Suisen no Kimi
Chocolat Standard Edition - Opening Preparations
Suisenka - Eien no Shoujo
Suisenka - Hirui
Sayonara o Oshiete - l'ange a contre jour
Sayonara o Oshiete - soiree des au revoires II
Sayonara o Oshiete - avec un point d'interrogation
Persona 2 Innoncent Sin - Sumaru City
Tasogare - Red Moon
YU-NO - Love 1
Umineko - The End of the World (Akoustika II arrange)
Umineko - lande-bell (Akoustika II arrange)
Final Fantasy XII - Kiss me Good-Bye (Solo Guitar Collections arrange)
Suisenka - Sanmongeki
Suisenka - Eien no Shoujo
Suisenka - Hirui
Suisenka - Gudon Retsujin Moumain
Suisenka - Suisen no Kimi
Comic Party - Romantic (Leaf Piano Collection 1 arrange)
Umineko - Dance of the Moon Rabbits (Clarinet Quintet arrange)
Miageta Sora ni Ochiteiku - Feel the heart (Memorial arrange)
Atelier Ryza - Night Breeze and Star Songs
Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu - closeted myself (Leaf Piano Collection 1 arrange)
Umineko - Dead Angle
Umineko - Far (flat)
Nier Automata - Vague Hope
Fate/stay night - Ever-present feeling (AVALON arrange)
Final Fantasy - Chaos' Temple (Solo Guitar Collections arrange)
Shiniyuku Kimi - Premonition
White Album - Powder Snow (Leaf Piano Collection 1 arrange)
Clannad - dear old home (Piano no Mori arrange)
Symphonic Rain - Rain of the Heart (a duet for piano and cello arrange)
Ys II - Shrine of Solomon (Ys Healing arrange)
Umineko - hope
Concerto Note - Moonlight (Memorial arrange)
Comments
I wanted to just say, something about you, writing and recording about these VNs have an aspect of archiving media so it does not get lost to time. The mention of how only a few people have played or played through Suisenka, reminded me of that and I appreciate/admire about you. Thank you.
REC-L
2024-08-20 23:25:16 +0000 UTCI finally got around to watching this and first of all I wanna say: your writing is always so stunning and with every video it seems to get a little better. It's the mixture of well chosen words and the smooth flow at which you manage to deliver them that makes them all in conjuncture become more than their parts. This video in particular hit home like a sack of bricks launching into my chest. I was very much raised as a boy and to be a man, but as I got older I discovered my asexuality and eventually rejected gender, choosing to wear the label agender. Everything about Kouichi before choosing to face his life so painfully reminded me of myself when i was consumed by darker thoughts. That dejectedness, those mannerisms and those thoughts felt like looking at an old photograph. This is all the more meaningful to me since he did in the end choose to leave behind that which restricted him and to face the world in all its beauty and in all its violence. It's funny, before watching this video i never really realized, but I *did* always resonate with these more distant and empty seeming "blank-slate" protagonists at least a little bit. Thank you for making this video, I've never once thought twice about supporting your work here on patreon and I appreciate everything you're doing again and again everytime I watch one of your videos. I hope you have a great day :) (P.S.: i didn't know patreon sended comments instantly when pressing enter, so i had to delete that other message haha)
Vaalan Hei
2024-02-12 21:08:20 +0000 UTCA clarification to my question. When I said machine translation I include what lay people call AI translation as part of the definition. While newer methods have improved accuracy, at the end of the day a machine is still doing the work. I've personally used machine translation to patch untranslated sections of work instructions; however, I always asked for help on the longer untranslated sections,
Peter Tushar
2024-01-29 02:17:38 +0000 UTCholy shit this kinda has the same ending as utena
izzzzzzy
2024-01-20 15:44:45 +0000 UTCWhenever I play DOD1, I put on ultra-cute denpa music and grind through the land segments repeatedly, totally zoning out. It's hypnotic, just as you said. The repetition makes my eyes glaze over and my brain short out, even as Leonard begs me to stop slaughtering all those children lol. But it's just another body, completely separate from my existence, and theres a perverse fascination with watching all the characters getting pushed to the absolute extreme. I know that sounds like I'm a crazy person, but since its a story, there urge to complete and see everything overrides the empathetic twinge that it doesn't have to be this way. My wish to explore every possibility and piece things together destroys the lives of those I'm playing with. On a completely different note, there's a quote from a book I read sometime ago: "One reason that traumatic memories become dominant in PTSD is that it's so difficult to feel truly alive right now. When you can't be fully here, you go to the places where you did feel truly alive-- even if those places are filled with horror and misery." The video was amazing and made tear up at the end. To kill the past and continue on as yourself is so difficult, but its necessary for reclaiming yourself. Humans are always changing. So we can change, too.
kalechips
2024-01-01 21:48:46 +0000 UTCThank you for another great video and happy holidays and new year Noelle! I actually played Sanzen Sekai Yuugi couple years back and loved Tomoe (the mc). I was surprised to see otome heroine being more assertive and not so naïve/innocent (not that there's anything wrong with sweet and innocent heroines, but sometimes I just want to see them go crazy and murder people and not always turn the other cheek when confronted with being done wrong lol). I don't think it had particularly good plot or interesting/deep characters, but I thought it was worth playing just bc how fun Tomoe is lol. But I'm nowhere near as analytical as you are in terms of looking for deeper themes/meanings in games so you might appreciate the game more than I did if you ever decide to play the game. ^^
GlassJewel
2024-01-01 20:57:49 +0000 UTC"Kill the past"... I love themes like that. Big reason why the work of Suda51 resonates with me so much. Fantastic video <3
Serena GameGrl McCarthy
2023-12-26 23:48:57 +0000 UTCi was so looking forward to hearing your thoughts ont suisenka and after this im even more hyped to get to actually reading it myself. the aesthetics and ost for the vn is just off the charts. thanks for sharing, im glad i got to watch this today
Nadia Nova
2023-12-25 04:07:04 +0000 UTCThis feels a bit like The Truman Show in VN form(but a good bit more risque)-a world meant to be an ideal, with all playing their parts slowly shattering over time as the "protagonist" starts tearing at the seams until they are able to break free. Honestly, with all the games that tap against the fourth wall in the modern day due to games like Undertale hitting it big, a translation of this game might be pretty popular, but alas. (Also, your outfits look cute, keep showing off your style, girl!) Also, Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, all.
The Critic of Innocence
2023-12-25 03:23:49 +0000 UTCUmineko was such a dumpster fire at the end but I still get so much joy when people reference it (and the OSTs will forever slap).
Jordan h
2023-12-24 17:23:43 +0000 UTCEATING SO FUCKING GOOD CAN'T WAIT
Will
2023-12-24 16:56:52 +0000 UTCAw yeah a christmas present
Panicked Lizard
2023-12-24 16:26:30 +0000 UTC
