Line #11 VisualNovel/Menherafflesia


1	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/menherafflesia.png]]
2	[[caption-width-right:350: From left to right: Mihomi Hydrangea, Ayume Daffodil, Matsuri Jasmine, Moeko Ivy and Nenene Anemone.]]
3	''Menherafflesia (メンヘラフレシア)'' is a horror romance visual novel made by {{Creator/Charon}} in 2017 using [=TyranoBuilder=].
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5	In the game, [[PlayerCharacter Itarou]] meets five girls: Matsuri Jasmine, Mihomi Hydrangea, Ayume Daffodil, Moeko Ivy, and Nenene Anemone, and attempts to start a relationship with one of them. However, as the days pass, he will learn that his chosen girl is not what she seems...
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7	In 2018, Charon released a Japanese-only spinoff game titled ''Mihomi Dream'', focusing on Mihomi's past.
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9	Another spinoff game was released in September 2019 titled ''Nenene Noble'', focusing on Nenene’s past instead.
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11	Starting in August 2019, an episodic sequel, ''VisualNovel/DicePsycho'', was released in Japanese. All six episodes have been completed as of December 2019.
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13	A Remake called ''Menherafflesia: Flowering Abyss'' was released in 2021, featuring improved graphics and additional story content.
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15	!! ''Menherafflesia'' contains examples of:
16	* ArcWords: The phrase "this terribly cruel and irrational world" is said in the prologue and appears about once per route, generally associated with the moment of someone's death.
17	* AscendedExtra: [[spoiler: TheStinger shows a young girl named Misa, who appears in [[HeroOfAnotherStory another game]] called Paranoia and is the mascot of the Charon universe.]]
18	* ColorMotif: Matsuri has red, Mihomi has blue, Ayume has yellow, Moeko has green, and Nenene has purple.
19	* DownerEnding: Both the Happy and Bad Ends end up with either Itarou, the girl of the route, or both, dead.
20	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Every girl except for Ayume and Matsuri in their happy ends. Matsuri kills herself in her bad end and goads Itarou into doing the deed for her in her happy end.]]
21	* FlowerMotif:
22	** Each girl is associated with (and [[MeaningfulName named after]]) a type of flower whose symbolism has something to do with their personal traumas or the things that Itarou will go through with them.
23	** The game itself uses rafflesias as a motif. The rafflesia is commonly known as the "corpse flower" due to its smell resembling rotting meat.
24	* FreudianExcuse: All of the girls have some sort of trauma that causes their violent behavior.
25	* GoldenEnding: Exclusive to the Remake, the Extras provide endings where Itarou succeeds in preventing the girls from going insane.
26	* HeKnowsTooMuch: At the end of her Route in the Remake, Ayume [[spoiler:murders Itarou due to thinking he could be used to link her to the murder of her ex-boyfriend]].
27	* LastSecondEndingChoice: Whether you get the Happy End or Bad End in each route is always determined by a single choice, which is [[ColorCodedForYourConvenience conveniently displayed in red]].
28	* MultipleEndings: Each route has two endings: a Happy End and a Bad End. There is also the True End route, "Flowerbed", which can be unlocked with a password after reaching all of the Happy Ends.
29	* {{Portmantitle}}: The game's title is a portmanteau of ''menhera'', a Japanese slang term for the mentally ill, and ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rafflesia rafflesia]]'', a type of flower.
30	* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: In addition to the ending choices you can make which might drive your chosen girl to suicide, most of the routes give you the option to say cruel things to them. Moeko's route presents almost nothing ''but'' cruel choices, requiring you to put her down in most interactions.

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