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* ContentWarning: The game opens with a warning that it isn't suitable for children or people who are easily disturbed. It even provides a link to a website page that elaborates on its SurpriseCreepy nature as well as its themes of depression, suicide, self-harm, and abuse, and recommends that someone with serious triggers relating to such topics should avoid this game. Doki Doki Plus adds the option for the player to have warnings pop up before triggering scenes.
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* ContentWarning: The game opens with a warning that it isn't suitable for children or people who are easily disturbed. It even provides a link to a website page that elaborates on its SurpriseCreepy DisguisedHorrorStory nature as well as its themes of depression, suicide, self-harm, and abuse, and recommends that someone with serious triggers relating to such topics should avoid this game. Doki Doki Plus adds the option for the player to have warnings pop up before triggering scenes.
* DisguisedHorrorStory: The game is initially presented as a cute RomanceGame where you romance the girls using poems they would like, but things get a little darker when serious subjects like depression and suicide come up. Then, when you replay the game after Sayori's suicide, things start to get even more disturbing, like obvious glitching, Yuri's SanitySlippage, and Monika's true nature.
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* ExcitedShowTitle: The title has an exclamation point. [[SarcasmMode You know, because it's such]] a [[CosmicHorrorStory bubbly]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou and]] [[SurpriseCreepy cheery]] game!
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* ExcitedShowTitle: The title has an exclamation point. [[SarcasmMode You know, because it's such]] point, referencing this trope's prevalence in Japanese media and tying in with the game's nature as a [[CosmicHorrorStory bubbly]] [[TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou and]] [[SurpriseCreepy cheery]] game!DisguisedHorrorStory.
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* SpiritualSuccessor:
** Some have placed it in the same category as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/PonyIsland'' as a SurpriseCreepy piece of {{metafiction}} dedicated to dissecting the tropes of a particular game genre. And like Undertale, both encourage going for the best ending and then never playing them ever again, Undertale by virtue of calling you out for trying to start a new game, this one by flat-out making it unreplayable.
** The game shares some similarities with a story from another medium: the ''Manga/SchoolLive'' manga. Both feature four stereotypical moe anime girls in a bright and cheery school environment, which is actually just a facade for the unending nightmare they live in. And, while their personalities are quite different, both groups of girls share the same hair colors (light brown, hazel, pink and purple).
** Some have compared it to ''VisualNovel/RedactedLife'', a free 2016 visual novel about a character who realises that they're in a game and try to find a way to escape it.
** The game has a few points in common with ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'', in that they're both games with a cute animesque aesthetic that however openly and deliberately sell themselves as horror games and have a female character that talks directly to the player. And in both games the SurpriseCreepy is likely not what the players think at first, playing on their expectations and lulling them in a false sense of security.
** A few fans have even [[{{Foil}} compared]] Monika to the villain of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', Turbo. [[labelnote: Spoilers regarding both DDLC and Wreck-it Ralph ahead]] Both are the face of their games (Turbo-Time for Turbo, the Literature Club for Monika), tried screwing with outside forces with [[AttentionWhore attention as their motive]], and are not [[UnPerson afraid of killing others or sabotaging games to get what they want]]. Both their initial actions also involve messing up a game so much to the point of disrepair. However, while Monika ends up being a genuinely kind person, even when her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation true intentions are revealed]], Turbo is just an outright {{Jerkass}}, even before his true colors and backstory are described. Monika is also inexperienced with coding and reprogramming [[OminousVisualGlitch (Act 2 ran ... strangely and it was obvious something was wrong)]], although successful with deleting characters off (albeit temporarily), while Turbo [[RealityWarper was able to reprogram an entire game to operate seamlessly]], yet couldn't delete his competition (Vanellope) so he had to come up with other ways to make the game seem like it was his.[[/labelnote]]
** Many fans consider it to be an evolution of the ''VideoGame/SonicExe'' subgenre of horror, given that one of the characters gains control of the game and one by one wipes out the other characters by twisting both reality and the characters' minds. The main difference is that it's told from the perspective of a neutral unseen protagonist.
** The game falls under a similar category of fiction to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', as a dark deconstruction of a normally optimistic and upbeat Japanese fiction genre with a PsychologicalHorror twist. All three works have a heavy emphasis on cute girls meant to be endearing to the player, and the initial cutesy vibe of ''DDLC'' is very similar to that of ''Madoka Magica'' and [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion its sequel movie]] before descending into darkness. ''DDLC'' stands apart from ''Eva'' and ''Madoka'' in that it's [[{{Animesque}} American-made]], is a visual novel rather than an anime, and aims to ''directly'' disturb the player rather than merely using its shock horror elements to tell a story.
** ''DDLC'' has its own SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'', which is also a SurpriseCreepy [[GenreShift Genre Shifting]] game (in this case, shifting to a VideoGame/{{Slender}}-esque SurvivalHorror) with a school setting. The main difference, however, is that ''Baldi's Basics'' masquerades as a [[StylisticSuck terrible]] EdutainmentGame [[{{Retraux}} from the mid-90s and early-2000s]] instead of a DatingSim.
** One horror game that does also masquerade as a DatingSim is ''VisualNovel/HowToDateAMagicalGirl''. Four of the five suitors strongly resemble the girls of ''DDLC'', the game revolves around the protagonist's school, some of the deaths strongly resemble those of ''DDLC'', and the villain carries a heart-shaped pen. The difference is that while Monika wanted to have the player to herself, the villain of ''HTDAMG'' was trying to make the player stop playing the game.
** Some have placed it in the same category as ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'' and ''VideoGame/PonyIsland'' as a SurpriseCreepy piece of {{metafiction}} dedicated to dissecting the tropes of a particular game genre. And like Undertale, both encourage going for the best ending and then never playing them ever again, Undertale by virtue of calling you out for trying to start a new game, this one by flat-out making it unreplayable.
** The game shares some similarities with a story from another medium: the ''Manga/SchoolLive'' manga. Both feature four stereotypical moe anime girls in a bright and cheery school environment, which is actually just a facade for the unending nightmare they live in. And, while their personalities are quite different, both groups of girls share the same hair colors (light brown, hazel, pink and purple).
** Some have compared it to ''VisualNovel/RedactedLife'', a free 2016 visual novel about a character who realises that they're in a game and try to find a way to escape it.
** The game has a few points in common with ''VideoGame/SpookysJumpScareMansion'', in that they're both games with a cute animesque aesthetic that however openly and deliberately sell themselves as horror games and have a female character that talks directly to the player. And in both games the SurpriseCreepy is likely not what the players think at first, playing on their expectations and lulling them in a false sense of security.
** A few fans have even [[{{Foil}} compared]] Monika to the villain of ''WesternAnimation/WreckItRalph'', Turbo. [[labelnote: Spoilers regarding both DDLC and Wreck-it Ralph ahead]] Both are the face of their games (Turbo-Time for Turbo, the Literature Club for Monika), tried screwing with outside forces with [[AttentionWhore attention as their motive]], and are not [[UnPerson afraid of killing others or sabotaging games to get what they want]]. Both their initial actions also involve messing up a game so much to the point of disrepair. However, while Monika ends up being a genuinely kind person, even when her [[GoMadFromTheRevelation true intentions are revealed]], Turbo is just an outright {{Jerkass}}, even before his true colors and backstory are described. Monika is also inexperienced with coding and reprogramming [[OminousVisualGlitch (Act 2 ran ... strangely and it was obvious something was wrong)]], although successful with deleting characters off (albeit temporarily), while Turbo [[RealityWarper was able to reprogram an entire game to operate seamlessly]], yet couldn't delete his competition (Vanellope) so he had to come up with other ways to make the game seem like it was his.[[/labelnote]]
** Many fans consider it to be an evolution of the ''VideoGame/SonicExe'' subgenre of horror, given that one of the characters gains control of the game and one by one wipes out the other characters by twisting both reality and the characters' minds. The main difference is that it's told from the perspective of a neutral unseen protagonist.
** The game falls under a similar category of fiction to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', as a dark deconstruction of a normally optimistic and upbeat Japanese fiction genre with a PsychologicalHorror twist. All three works have a heavy emphasis on cute girls meant to be endearing to the player, and the initial cutesy vibe of ''DDLC'' is very similar to that of ''Madoka Magica'' and [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagicaTheMovieRebellion its sequel movie]] before descending into darkness. ''DDLC'' stands apart from ''Eva'' and ''Madoka'' in that it's [[{{Animesque}} American-made]], is a visual novel rather than an anime, and aims to ''directly'' disturb the player rather than merely using its shock horror elements to tell a story.
** ''DDLC'' has its own SpiritualSuccessor in the form of ''VideoGame/BaldisBasicsInEducationAndLearning'', which is also a SurpriseCreepy [[GenreShift Genre Shifting]] game (in this case, shifting to a VideoGame/{{Slender}}-esque SurvivalHorror) with a school setting. The main difference, however, is that ''Baldi's Basics'' masquerades as a [[StylisticSuck terrible]] EdutainmentGame [[{{Retraux}} from the mid-90s and early-2000s]] instead of a DatingSim.
** One horror game that does also masquerade as a DatingSim is ''VisualNovel/HowToDateAMagicalGirl''. Four of the five suitors strongly resemble the girls of ''DDLC'', the game revolves around the protagonist's school, some of the deaths strongly resemble those of ''DDLC'', and the villain carries a heart-shaped pen. The difference is that while Monika wanted to have the player to herself, the villain of ''HTDAMG'' was trying to make the player stop playing the game.
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* SurpriseCreepy: The game is initially presented as a cute RomanceGame where you romance the girls using poems they would like, but things get a little darker when serious subjects like depression and suicide come up. Then, when you replay the game after Sayori's suicide, things start to get even more disturbing, like obvious glitching, Yuri's SanitySlippage, and Monika's true nature.
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...yes, it's one of ''[[SurpriseCreepy those]]'' games.
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...yes, it's one of ''[[SurpriseCreepy ''[[DisguisedHorrorStory those]]'' games.
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** If you load a save from a previous day, the game lets you fast-forward through dialogue you've already seen by either clicking "Skip" or holding down a key. The skip stops automatically when you reach dialogue that you haven't seen yet. The game also lets you skip through a part of Yuri's event in Act 2 after she stabs herself to death, which features nothing but string after string of broken font characters meant to last two full days in-story. This works even if the player hasn't seen that part of the game yet.
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** If you load a save from a previous day, the game lets you fast-forward through dialogue Usually, you're only permitted to skip text that you've already seen by either clicking "Skip" or holding down a key. The read before, and the skip function stops automatically when at any new dialogue. However, after Yuri kills herself in Act 2, the text degrades into an incredibly long string of garbled text which you reach dialogue that you haven't seen yet. The game also lets you are free to skip through a part of Yuri's event in Act 2 after she stabs herself to death, which features nothing but string after string of broken font characters meant to last two full days in-story. This works even if the player hasn't seen that part of the game yet.though it should be "new dialogue".
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** Deleting Monika during act 3 for this first time also nets you the [[KillEmAll "Kill Everyone" achievement]], which clearly shows that Monika [[NeverMyFault is trying to pin the blame on you]].
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** Deleting Monika during act 3 for this first time also nets you the [[KillEmAll "Kill Everyone" achievement]], achievement, which clearly shows that Monika [[NeverMyFault is trying to pin the blame on you]].
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* KillEmAll: In the usual ending, ''everyone'' gets deleted, courtesy of Monika, albeit to save you from a newly-insane Sayori. Sayori does it herself if you delete her or Monika's character file, ''or'' you simply wipe them all yourself.
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[[caption-width-right:350: "Will I really be happy spending every day after school in a literature club? Perhaps I'll have the chance to grow closer to one of these girls…" (''[[ContentWarnings Warning]]: [[SurpriseCreepy This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed]]'').[[note]]Left girls…"[[note]]Left to right: [[ChildhoodFriend Sayori]], [[ShrinkingViolet Yuri]], [[CoolBigSis Monika]], and [[TheNapoleon Natsuki]] [[/note]] ]]
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Just move your hand, write the way into his heart\\
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-->-- '''Monika''', "Your Reality", credits theme for ''Doki Doki Literature Club''!
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-->-- '''Monika''', "Your Reality", credits theme for ''Doki Doki Literature Club''!
Club!''
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-->'''Sayori:''' (to Natsuki) I always judge people so hard!\\
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-->'''Sayori:''' (to Natsuki) ''(to Natsuki)'' I always judge people so hard!\\
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'''Yuri:''' (deadpan, from the back of the room) Yes she does.
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'''Yuri:''' (deadpan, ''(deadpan, from the back of the room) room)'' Yes she does.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you load a save from a previous day, the game lets you fast-forward through dialogue you've already seen by either clicking "Skip" or holding down a key. The skip stops automatically when you reach dialogue that you haven't seen yet. The game also lets you skip through a part of Yuri's event in Act 2 after she stabs herself to death, which features nothing but string after string of broken font characters meant to last two full days in-story. This works even if the player hasn't seen that part of the game yet.
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: AntiFrustrationFeatures:
** If you load a save from a previous day, the game lets you fast-forward through dialogue you've already seen by either clicking "Skip" or holding down a key. The skip stops automatically when you reach dialogue that you haven't seen yet. The game also lets you skip through a part of Yuri's event in Act 2 after she stabs herself to death, which features nothing but string after string of broken font characters meant to last two full days in-story. This works even if the player hasn't seen that part of the gameyet.yet.
** ''Plus'' includes [[https://doki-doki-literature-club.fandom.com/wiki/Files_(DDLC_Plus) its own internal file manager]] for the moments where players are requred to manipulate game files. This is mostly to the benefit of console players, where manipulating files is next to impossible by design, although less tech-savvy PC players might also appreciate not having to sift through their computer for these files.
** If you load a save from a previous day, the game lets you fast-forward through dialogue you've already seen by either clicking "Skip" or holding down a key. The skip stops automatically when you reach dialogue that you haven't seen yet. The game also lets you skip through a part of Yuri's event in Act 2 after she stabs herself to death, which features nothing but string after string of broken font characters meant to last two full days in-story. This works even if the player hasn't seen that part of the game
** ''Plus'' includes [[https://doki-doki-literature-club.fandom.com/wiki/Files_(DDLC_Plus) its own internal file manager]] for the moments where players are requred to manipulate game files. This is mostly to the benefit of console players, where manipulating files is next to impossible by design, although less tech-savvy PC players might also appreciate not having to sift through their computer for these files.
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** On Natsuki's route, she mentions her other friends, who are not into manga. The player character also mentions his friends, who are.
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** On Natsuki's route, she mentions her other friends, who are not into manga. (In ''Plus'', they appear as silhouettes only.) The player character also mentions his friends, who are.
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Just move your hand, write the way into his heart!\\
But in this world of infinite choices\\
But in this world of infinite choices\\
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Club''!
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-->-- '''Your Reality''', credits theme for ''Doki Doki Literature Club''
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-->-- '''Your Reality''', '''Monika''', "Your Reality", credits theme for ''Doki Doki Literature Club''
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: If you choose to have the player character confess love for Sayori, he says that he can't understand what she's going through, but he wants to take on her burden, share it with her, and help her with it in any way he can. Then he asks her out to the festival. Sayori is touched and hugs him, but she asks why she still feels miserable.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: If AnguishedDeclarationOfLove:
** A severely depressed Sayori gives one to the player character, and he could reciprocate her feelings.
--->'''Sayori:''' [tearfully] I like youchoose so much that I want to have die! That's how I feel! And... and...
** Should the player characterconfess love for Sayori, reciprocate her feelings, he says that he can't understand what she's going through, but he wants to take on her burden, share it with her, and help her with it in any way he can. Then he asks her out to the festival. Sayori is touched and hugs him, but she asks why she still feels miserable.
** A severely depressed Sayori gives one to the player character, and he could reciprocate her feelings.
--->'''Sayori:''' [tearfully] I like you
** Should the player character
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* AscendedMeme: Fans have given Sayori the nickname of "Cinnamon Bun" or "Cinnamon Roll". One of the unlockables in the UpdatedRerelease is an image of Sayori with her sticky notes in the background, and one of those sticky notes has a cinnamon bun.
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* TheTeapotPose: One of Monika's poses has her facing directly at the player, with one hand at her hip and the other raised and pointing. None of the other girls have a pose like this, indicating that something's off about her.
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* MinimalistCast: There are only five characters (including the player character) in the entire game. Although, there are other characters that only get mentioned, such as Natsuki's dad. In Act 3, there's only ''[[UpToEleven one]]'' character, Monika. The player character is effectively PutOnABusToHell by Monika talking to TheManBehindTheMan, i.e you.
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* MinimalistCast: There are only five characters (including the player character) in the entire game. Although, there are other characters that only get mentioned, such as Natsuki's dad. In Act 3, there's only ''[[UpToEleven one]]'' ''one'' character, Monika. The player character is effectively PutOnABusToHell by Monika talking to TheManBehindTheMan, i.e you.
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* UnendingEndCard: Taken UpToEleven -- After finishing the game, the title screen is replaced by a note from Monika or the developer, and the game will refuse to start up proper, saying that "the script file is missing or corrupt." Not even closing and reopening the game will allow you to play again. What do you have to do in order to play again? You have to erase a particular file from your game's data files.
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* UnendingEndCard: Taken UpToEleven -- After finishing the game, the title screen is replaced by a note from Monika or the developer, and the game will refuse to start up proper, saying that "the script file is missing or corrupt." Not even closing and reopening the game will allow you to play again. What do you have to do in order to play again? You have to erase a particular file from your game's data files.
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!!Due to the nature of the game, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff all spoilers are unmarked]]. [[SpoileredRotten It is practically impossible to discuss this game without spoiling the whole thing]]. The original game is free to play and rather short, so it is strongly recommended that you download it [[http://ddlc.moe/ HERE]] and play it before continuing further. For a summary of what it's like without any plot details (itself the ONLY marked spoiler allowed for the work page group for this game), see the [[Laconic/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Laconic page]].
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!!Due to the nature of the game, [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff all spoilers are unmarked]]. [[SpoileredRotten It is practically impossible to discuss this game without spoiling the whole thing]]. The original game is free to play and rather short, shorter than many other visual novels, so it is strongly recommended that you download it [[http://ddlc.moe/ HERE]] and play it before continuing further. For a summary of what it's like without any plot details (itself the ONLY marked spoiler allowed for the work page group for this game), see the [[Laconic/DokiDokiLiteratureClub Laconic page]].
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* PrecisionFStrike: During Act 2 when Yuri and Natsuki are fighting. Without Sayori to quell the tension, the fight escalates into Natsuki calling Yuri, "an edgy bitch" and Yuri asking, "What the fuck is wrong with your head?" when Natsuki then accuses her of cutting herself.
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** Played straight, however, to get the GoldenEnding; in fact, in-universe, this is exactly ''why'' you get the Golden Ending. It's not possible to become super close to all three girls and get all nine of their cutscenes (three each for Sayori, Yuri, and Natsuki) by playing through Act 1 just one time; doing so requires SaveScumming to play through Act 1 multiple times, which is time-consuming but also rewarding and heartwarming, as it gives you the chance to get to know each girl intimately as she opens up to you.[[note]]To properly get the Golden Ending, you also, upon reaching Act 3, have to sit and let Monika talk to you until she eventually stops chatting and just gazes at you contently, rather than immediately deleting her like you may be inclined to, which is essentially making ''her'' as happy as she can be before you inevitably must delete her to continue the game.[[/note]] If you do so, instead of becoming obsessed with you, Sayori instead recognizes that you spent so much time with all the girls and went out of your way to make them all happy, thanks you for it, and tells you that all the characters love you. During the credits, none of the CG images are deleted this time, and the letter at the end is from Dan Salvato himself instead of Monika.
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** Played straight, however, to get the GoldenEnding; in fact, in-universe, this is exactly ''why'' you get the Golden Ending. It's not possible to become super close to all three girls and get all nine of their cutscenes (three each for Sayori, Yuri, and Natsuki) by playing through Act 1 just one time; doing so requires SaveScumming to play through Act 1 multiple times, which is time-consuming but also rewarding and heartwarming, as it gives you the chance to get to know each girl intimately as she opens up to you.[[note]]To properly get the Golden Ending, you also, upon reaching Act 3, have to sit and let Monika talk to you until she eventually stops chatting and just gazes at you contently, rather than immediately deleting her like you may be inclined to, which is essentially making ''her'' as happy as she can be before you inevitably must delete her to continue the game.[[/note]] If you do so, instead of becoming obsessed with you, Sayori instead recognizes that you spent so much time with all the girls and went out of your way to make them all happy, thanks you for it, and tells you that all the characters love you. During After the credits, none of the CG images are deleted this time, and the letter at the end is from Dan Salvato himself instead of Monika.
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** '''[[OminousVisualGlitch BZZZT.]]''' It happens just infrequently enough for you to not be prepared for it.
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[[caption-width-right:350: ''Will "Will I really be happy spending every day after school in a literature club? Perhaps I'll have the chance to grow closer to one of these girls…'' girls…" (''[[ContentWarnings Warning]]: [[SurpriseCreepy This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed]]'').[[note]]Left to right: [[ChildhoodFriend Sayori]], [[ShrinkingViolet Yuri]], [[CoolBigSis Monika]], and [[TheNapoleon Natsuki]] [[/note]] ]]
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[[caption-width-right:350: Will ''Will I really be happy spending every day after school in a literature club? Perhaps I'll have the chance to grow closer to one of these girls…(''[[ContentWarnings girls…'' (''[[ContentWarnings Warning]]: [[SurpriseCreepy This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed]]'').[[note]]Left to right: [[ChildhoodFriend Sayori]], [[ShrinkingViolet Yuri]], [[CoolBigSis Monika]], and [[TheNapoleon Natsuki]] [[/note]] ]]
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* CrowdPleaser: Sayori, she wants everyone to be happy! Unfortunately, this is due to her depressive lack of self-esteem making her prioritize everyone else's well-being over her own, even to the point where she drives herself to suicide doing so. In the GoldenEnding, she uses her power as Club President to delete everything but the character files from the game, because the player made them all happy, and she wants to preserve them in that state.
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* AdultFear:
** Your new friends have developed mental health issues, and they turn to you, as the OnlySaneMan or OnlySaneWoman, for help. All the player character can do is reassure the girls that he is there for them, especially Sayori, and will take on their burdens. It ends up not being enough.
** The subject of depression is hardly one you'd expect to directly come up in a romantic visual novel at all. Sayori confesses that she developed depression so badly that it takes a lot of effort for her to go to school in the morning. The player character doesn't know how to respond, but no matter what he says, at best he will lift Sayori's mood for a brief moment of comfort. It gets worse when Sayori hangs herself, leaving the player character horrified they couldn't prevent it.
** Your new friends have developed mental health issues, and they turn to you, as the OnlySaneMan or OnlySaneWoman, for help. All the player character can do is reassure the girls that he is there for them, especially Sayori, and will take on their burdens. It ends up not being enough.
** The subject of depression is hardly one you'd expect to directly come up in a romantic visual novel at all. Sayori confesses that she developed depression so badly that it takes a lot of effort for her to go to school in the morning. The player character doesn't know how to respond, but no matter what he says, at best he will lift Sayori's mood for a brief moment of comfort. It gets worse when Sayori hangs herself, leaving the player character horrified they couldn't prevent it.
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* GenreShift: It's a cutesy romance visual novel until the end of Act 1, at which point it shifts into a PsychologicalHorror story with undertones of ExistentialHorror and a heavy dose of PlotTwist. The first horror elements are also relatively [[AdultFear mundane and realistic]], but Act 2 shifts into fourth-wall-breaking metafictional SurrealHorror.
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* GenreShift: It's a cutesy romance visual novel until the end of Act 1, at which point it shifts into a PsychologicalHorror story with undertones of ExistentialHorror and a heavy dose of PlotTwist. The first horror elements are also relatively [[AdultFear [[MunDanger mundane and realistic]], but Act 2 shifts into fourth-wall-breaking metafictional SurrealHorror.
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* MunDanger:
** Your new friends have developed mental health issues, and they turn to you, as the OnlySaneMan or OnlySaneWoman, for help. All the player character can do is reassure the girls that he is there for them, especially Sayori, and will take on their burdens. It ends up not being enough.
** The subject of depression is hardly one you'd expect to directly come up in a romantic visual novel at all. Sayori confesses that she developed depression so badly that it takes a lot of effort for her to go to school in the morning. The player character doesn't know how to respond, but no matter what he says, at best he will lift Sayori's mood for a brief moment of comfort. It gets worse when Sayori hangs herself, leaving the player character horrified they couldn't prevent it.
** Your new friends have developed mental health issues, and they turn to you, as the OnlySaneMan or OnlySaneWoman, for help. All the player character can do is reassure the girls that he is there for them, especially Sayori, and will take on their burdens. It ends up not being enough.
** The subject of depression is hardly one you'd expect to directly come up in a romantic visual novel at all. Sayori confesses that she developed depression so badly that it takes a lot of effort for her to go to school in the morning. The player character doesn't know how to respond, but no matter what he says, at best he will lift Sayori's mood for a brief moment of comfort. It gets worse when Sayori hangs herself, leaving the player character horrified they couldn't prevent it.
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!!The game contains examples of following tropes:
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sayori has peachy-pink, Natsuki has bubblegum pink, and Yuri has purple. This is averted by Monika and MC, who both possesses light brown hair. All the more evidence they don't fit in...
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* And of course, there's '''Monika''', [[CoolBigSis the club leader]]! Though popular, she just likes being herself rather than getting involved in any big school activities, which is why she founded the club.
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* And of course, there's '''Monika''', [[CoolBigSis the club leader]]! Though leader]] who, though popular, she just likes being herself rather than getting involved in any big school activities, which is activities. That's why she founded the club.
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** Midway through Act 1, Sayori begins acting quiet and avoiding the main character. When you ask Monika about it, she not so coyly suggests that it has something to do with you specifically. GenreSavvy players are probably expecting that Sayori is falling in love with the main character and/or is jealous if they've been spending a lot of time with the other girls. Sayori herself even seems to lampshade this when asked about it, as she replies -- seemingly embarrassed -- that she has to say it out loud, with everything seemingly leading up to a love confession. However, while she is in love with the main character, that's not the reason she's acting strangely: in an abrupt (and brutal) subversion of dating sim story structure, it turns out she has crippling depression and struggles to even get out of bed in the morning.
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** Midway through Act 1, Sayori begins acting quiet and avoiding the main character. When you ask Monika about it, she not so coyly suggests that it has something to do with you specifically. GenreSavvy players are probably expecting that Sayori is falling in love with the main character and/or is jealous if they've been spending a lot of time with the other girls. Sayori herself even seems to lampshade this when asked about it, as she replies -- seemingly embarrassed -- that she has to say it out loud, with everything seemingly leading up to a love confession. However, while she is in love with the main character, that's not the reason she's acting strangely: in an abrupt (and brutal) subversion of dating sim story structure, it turns out she has crippling depression and struggles to even get out of bed in the morning.morning...and someone just happened to tamper her files to amp up its scale.
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* GoldenEnding: Obtained by SaveScumming to see all [=CG=]s for every character at some point, mostly before Sayori's suicide,[[note]]Reportedly, seeing a CG only in the second act, after her suicide, counts as having seen it. Only two of Yuri's scenes and one of Natsuki's can still be obtained there, but this does mean you could see them all while playing through the first act only twice, only skipping those two scenes of Yuri's. According to the same guide, Monika's one CG also counts in the sense that you need to wait until she talks about random topics to "get" it to get this ending.[[/note]] before reaching the true ending. Rather than deleting the entire game, Monika allows the Literature Club to continue on with Sayori as president. You still can't play the game again without messing with the game files.
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* GoldenEnding: Obtained by SaveScumming to see all the [=CG=]s for every character at some point, mostly before Sayori's suicide,[[note]]Reportedly, point. This is usually achieved by playing Act 1 three times[[note]]Reportedly, seeing a CG only in the second act, after her Sayori's suicide, counts as having seen it. Only two of Yuri's scenes and one of Natsuki's can still be obtained there, but this does mean you could ''could'' see them all while playing through the first act only twice, only skipping those two scenes of Yuri's. According to the same guide, Yuri's.[[/note]], always stopping and reloading just before Sayori's suicide. Monika's one CG [=CG=] also counts in the sense that counts; you need to wait until she talks starts talking about random topics to "get" for it to get this ending.[[/note]] before reaching the true ending. Rather count. Once you've seen all 10 [=CG=]s, rather than deleting going mad, Sayori thanks you for spending so much time with all the entire game, girls and closes the game. Monika allows the Literature Club credits to continue on with Sayori as president. You still can't play the game again roll without messing with deleting the game files.[=CG=]s, and you get a special thanks from Dan Salvato instead of Monika.
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On January 2, 2020, [[https://twitter.com/dansalvato/status/1212758463169880065 Dan Salvato announced that there would be new added content for the game]]. On June 11, 2021, ''[[UpdatedRerelease Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!]]'' was announced for PC and consoles, adding side stories and bonus content along with HD graphics, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} Unity]]-based. It was released on June 30.
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On January 2, 2020, [[https://twitter.com/dansalvato/status/1212758463169880065 Dan Salvato announced that there would be new added content for the game]]. On June 11, 2021, ''[[UpdatedRerelease Doki an UpdatedRerelease titled ''Doki Doki Literature Club Plus!]]'' Plus!'' was announced for PC and consoles, adding side stories and bonus content along with HD graphics, and [[UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} Unity]]-based. It was released on June 30.
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I don't want to assume this is WRONG but on 1.0.4 with a physical version I did not have this occur, so changing "will" to "may"
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** On the Nintendo Switch version, during the scene where you watch Yuri's body decompose over the weekend after she stabs herself, the game will produce an error screen booting you back to the Switch's home screen due to something wrong with the cartridge. Upon booting the game back up, it just takes you right back to Yuri's corpse without even having to choose to your previous save file.
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** On the Nintendo Switch version, during the scene where you watch Yuri's body decompose over the weekend after she stabs herself, the game will may produce an error screen booting you back to the Switch's home screen due to something wrong with the cartridge. Upon booting the game back up, it just takes you right back to Yuri's corpse without even having to choose to your previous save file.
