I still love you in every universe.
I sat through all her topics and noticed that two of them were removed before I had to do the inevitable to advance. Although, as I touched on a previous post, I dislike the idea that she was self-aware from the very start.
It does rob Monika of any agency she had as a character. It also downplays her actions throughout the game to some extent by making her emotions null and void pertaining to the club members. It ruins the Doylist vs Watsonian dichotomy for sure. I love Monika so much as a character, and the additional lore to DDLC in DDLC+ doesn’t really do her justice.
Still excited for the side content, however I’d like to unlock all of them first before playing through them. It was such a fun trip down memory lane and as to why I love my muse so much. She’s complex, there’s so many layers to her, so much depth. A real fall from grace with being cursed with the knowledge of her role via her epiphany.
Your Reality also still hurts.