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** None of those compare to how they portray HollywoodHacking. [[spoiler: It involves duplicates of Sora battling each other with one Sora trying to buy time for the protagonists]].
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: An earlier version of the ending CG for You's Route shows the person she's kissing as having blue hair. Given that the Kid's outfit in that ending is the same as Takeshi's original outfit (which was changed during development), it's possible that You was originally meant to be one of Takeshi's heroines, but was changed during production.]]
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* FanonDiscontinuity: Sora's route sometimes gets this treatment, as players almost universally agree on it being the worst part of the game.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen- {{Wangst}} / {{Narm}}: Some of the intended TearJerker moments may be a bit over-the-top or cliche for some. [[RoboShip Sora's route]], [[{{Tsundere}} Tsu]][[StrawNihilist gumi]], and [[spoiler:You'haru]] angsting about how cloning themselves was an [[ScaleOfScientificSins unforgivable sin]] are all particularly bad offenders.
** [[spoiler:Hokuto somehow projecting himself into the past, resurrecting Takeshi through ThePowerOfLove, and then gushing over him and repeatedly calling him "dad" throughout the entire rest of the ending]] can easily fall under {{Narm}} or NarmCharm depending on the player.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: An earlier version of the ending CG for You's Route shows the person she's kissing as having blue hair. Given that the Kid's outfit in that ending is the same as Takeshi's original outfit (which was changed during development), it's possible that You was originally meant to be one of Takeshi's heroines, but was changed during production.]]
** [[spoiler:Hokuto somehow projecting himself into the past, resurrecting Takeshi through ThePowerOfLove, and then gushing over him and repeatedly calling him "dad" throughout the entire rest of the ending]] can easily fall under {{Narm}} or NarmCharm depending on the player.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen: [[spoiler: An earlier version of the ending CG for You's Route shows the person she's kissing as having blue hair. Given that the Kid's outfit in that ending is the same as Takeshi's original outfit (which was changed during development), it's possible that You was originally meant to be one of Takeshi's heroines, but was changed during production.]]
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** Also, when choosing what character to play as in the Japanese version, the choice to decide was "Ore wa..." and "Boku wa..." (Takeshi uses "Ore", while the Kid uses "Boku"). This wouldn't have worked in English, obviously, so the translators instead replaced the choices with the two character's respective situations: "I've got to find my friends" (Takeshi) and "Who am I?" (Kid).
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** Also, when choosing what character to play as in the Japanese version, the choice to decide was [[JapanesePronouns "Ore wa..." and "Boku wa..." "]] (Takeshi uses "Ore", while the Kid uses "Boku"). This wouldn't have worked in English, obviously, so the translators instead replaced the choices with the two character's respective situations: "I've got to find my friends" (Takeshi) and "Who am I?" (Kid).
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** [[http://tindeck.com/listen/yuow Dritte Auge Nehmen]][[note]]Very roughly, "Take the Third Eye"[[/note]] does an excellent job of simultaneously conveying the tone of both [[MindScrew mindblowing revelations]] and unhinged, unsettling creepiness.
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** [[http://tindeck.com/listen/yuow Dritte Drittes Auge Nehmen]][[note]]Very roughly, "Take the Third Eye"[[/note]] does an excellent job of simultaneously conveying the tone of both [[MindScrew mindblowing revelations]] and unhinged, unsettling creepiness.
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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-XT9FS9TJo&fmt=18 The opening]] is really catchy yet at the same time creates the mysterious mood for this VN.
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** [[http://tindeck.com/listen/yuow Dritte Auge Nehmen]][[note]]Very roughly, "Take the Third Eye"[[/note]] does an excellent job of simultaneously conveying the tone of both [[MindScrew mindblowing revelations]] and unhinged, unsettling creepiness.
** [[http://tindeck.com/listen/ljyj Tief Blau.]] That is all.
** [[http://tindeck.com/listen/ljyj Tief Blau.]] That is all.
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** That one scene in [[spoiler:Sora's route]]. Takeshi is strangled, gets blood spat in his mouth during a ForcefulKiss, and raped ([[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale except not really]]), all while [[spoiler:Tsugumi]] rambles about [[StrawNihilist the meaninglessness of existence]] and how she [[MurderSuicide wants to kill them both]]. It all happens [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces on an amusement park attraction]], too. Could also count as NightmareFuel.
** In the true ending, [[spoiler:Coco]] simultaneously declares [[spoiler:''you, the player'']] as both their adoptive brother ''and'' [[IncestSubtext their boyfriend]]. ''Nope nope nope.''
** That one scene in [[spoiler:Sora's route]]. Takeshi is strangled, gets blood spat in his mouth during a ForcefulKiss, and raped ([[DoubleStandardRapeFemaleOnMale except not really]]), all while [[spoiler:Tsugumi]] rambles about [[StrawNihilist the meaninglessness of existence]] and how she [[MurderSuicide wants to kill them both]]. It all happens [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces on an amusement park attraction]], too. Could also count as NightmareFuel.
** In the true ending, [[spoiler:Coco]] simultaneously declares [[spoiler:''you, the player'']] as both their adoptive brother ''and'' [[IncestSubtext their boyfriend]]. ''Nope nope nope.''
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* GeniusBonus: Tsugumi's associated ride is the Jellyfish Gondola. [[spoiler:There's [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turritopsis_dohrnii a certain species of jellyfish]] that is biologically immortal due to the ability to continually transition between its larval and adult forms, effectively giving it eternal youth. This is similar to Tsugumi's own circumstances as TheAgeless.]]
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* InferredHolocaust: Sora's ending seems to imply that [[spoiler:everyone except Tsugumi would die of Tief Blau, since no one was injected with the vaccine. They would probably infect everyone in the rescuing party as well, leading to the epidemy being that bit worse. Tsugumi herself would probably end up in the hands of Leiblich, and so she and her children would be in for endless torture and experimentation, without even death to spare them.]] But it's still supposedly a "good" ending.
** Even in the True Ending, [[spoiler:Tsugumi, Takeshi and You will have to watch their children grow old and die while they stay young forever. Well, maybe not You'aki, as she could still be exposed to Cure, but Hokuto and Sara are specifically stated to be immune to Cure and its life-extending effects.]]
** Even in the True Ending, [[spoiler:Tsugumi, Takeshi and You will have to watch their children grow old and die while they stay young forever. Well, maybe not You'aki, as she could still be exposed to Cure, but Hokuto and Sara are specifically stated to be immune to Cure and its life-extending effects.]]
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** One of Kid's arguments to You why he doesn't need to know his name is that dolphins are intelligent yet don't have names for each other. [[http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2013/07/23/sci-bottlenose-dolphin-whistle-name.html Actually...]]
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* AssPull: [[spoiler: I may be one of the few people that think this, but I couldn't enjoy Coco's route as much as the others, mainly because the way the story was resolved. I just thought the way they used Blick Winkel to explain how to fix everything was really silly. Sure it may have been foreshadowed and I do like happy endings, I just wish the story resolved itself in a better way]].
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:In the original game, SoichiroHoshi had two distinct voices: his "Takeshi" voice (which he uses for Takeshi and adult Kaburaki) and his "Kid" voice (which he uses for kid Kaburaki and Hokuto). By the Xbox 360 remake, he's developed a distinct voice for all four (his adult Kaburaki and Hokuto voices are similar to their original types, but slightly different).]]
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* LesYay: You and Sara have a pretty close relationship. A little too close at times. Most evident in Kid/Coco's route, when refusing to smile or laugh in front of You (in response to getting over his amnesia) results in her picking Mayo's nose in order to get Kid to lighten up. [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything Cue Sara sensually reacts to You's finger being inserted into her nostril, followed by the words "And at that moment, Senpai and I became one."]] Everyone laughs it off afterwards, though Sara isn't quite as amused as the others.
** Also apparent when Kid walks in on You and Sara cuddled together sleeping, and You being particularly possessive of Sara's body in their half-asleep state. Slightly subverted in that Kid contemplates on squeezing in between the two, if only he was sleepy.
** And again in You's route, while not quite obvious; Sara realizes Kid and You's relationship and tells Kid she's jealous, but because it's him, she'll let it go.
** In the remake, this becomes a RunningGag: Sara and You frequently act out dialogue similar to cliché SchoolgirlLesbians at a boarding school (speaking to each other very tenderly, mind you) in order to tease Kid, and at the end, just when it looks like they're going to take it to the next level, they break off and laugh, usually leaving Kid blushing.
** Also apparent when Kid walks in on You and Sara cuddled together sleeping, and You being particularly possessive of Sara's body in their half-asleep state. Slightly subverted in that Kid contemplates on squeezing in between the two, if only he was sleepy.
** And again in You's route, while not quite obvious; Sara realizes Kid and You's relationship and tells Kid she's jealous, but because it's him, she'll let it go.
** In the remake, this becomes a RunningGag: Sara and You frequently act out dialogue similar to cliché SchoolgirlLesbians at a boarding school (speaking to each other very tenderly, mind you) in order to tease Kid, and at the end, just when it looks like they're going to take it to the next level, they break off and laugh, usually leaving Kid blushing.
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** WorldOfWoobie
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* CompleteMonster: Leiblich Pharmaceuticals, particularly their treatment over [[spoiler:Tsugumi, Hokuto, Sara, and Dr. Tanaka. Trying to cover Tief Blau doesn't help either. Their BackAlleyDoctor is especially guilty of this.]]
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** The CulturalTranslation isn't entirely perfect as You describes Rip Van Winkle drinking a liquid that advances his aging, which was an artifact of the Urashima Taro story. Rip van Winkle drank a liquor that put him to sleep for several decades. It also loses the Lemurian connection as Urashima Taro involved a castle under the ocean.
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* WhatCouldHaveBeen- [[spoiler: An earlier version of the ending CG for You's Route shows the person she's kissing as having blue hair. Given that the Kid's outfit in that ending is the same as Takeshi's original outfit (which was changed during development), it's possible that You was originally meant to be one of Takeshi's heroines, but was changed during production.]]
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** [[spoiler:There's also You's fortune telling to Takeshi, where she predicts a variety of things about Takeshi's future. By the end of the game, at least half of her prediction comes true.]]
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* HilariousInHindsight: When everyone is down after learning the time limit until the implosion in Kid's Routes, You tries to cheer everyone up, saying [[{{Remember11}} "It's not like we're on a snowy mountain in the winter!"]]
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* VocalEvolution: [[spoiler:In the original game, SoichiroHoshi had two distinct voices: his "Takeshi" voice (which he uses for Takeshi and adult Kaburaki) and his "Kid" voice (which he uses for kid Kaburaki and Hokuto). By the Xbox 360 remake, he's developed a distinct voice for all four (his adult Kaburaki and Hokuto voices are similar to their original types, but slightly different).]]
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* BrokenBase: The Xbox 360 remake is either a fun alternative to the original with interesting changes, or an utter piece of garbage that disgraces the original.
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* RescuedFromTheScrappyHeap: While not exactly a Scrappy, [[spoiler:Kaburaki]] was fairly unremarkable in the original game. The remake fixes this up by giving [[spoiler:him]] a lot more CharacterDevelopment and personality, an actual backstory, and a much closer relationship with [[spoiler:Takeshi.]]
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* AssPull: [[spoiler: I may be one of the few people that think this, but I couldn't enjoy Coco's route as much as the others, mainly because the way the story was resolved. I just thought the way they used Blick Winkel to explain how to fix everything was really silly. Sure it may have been foreshadowed and I do like happy endings, I just wish the story resolved itself in a better way]].
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* CompleteMonster (Leiblich Pharmaceuticals, particularly their treatment over [[spoiler:Tsugumi, Hokuto, Sara, and Dr. Tanaka. Trying to cover Tief Blau doesn't help either. Their BackAlleyDoctor is especially guilty of this.]]
* CrowningMomentOfFunny ("Dear Mother and Father... How is everything with you? I'm currently playing "chicks" 102 feet under the surface of the ocean.")
* CrowningMomentOfFunny ("Dear Mother and Father... How is everything with you? I'm currently playing "chicks" 102 feet under the surface of the ocean.")
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* CompleteMonster (Leiblich CompleteMonster: Leiblich Pharmaceuticals, particularly their treatment over [[spoiler:Tsugumi, Hokuto, Sara, and Dr. Tanaka. Trying to cover Tief Blau doesn't help either. Their BackAlleyDoctor is especially guilty of this.]]
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* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff (This game is more popular in foreign markets than it is in Japan, since it's one of the few commercial VisualNovel releases in their countries.)
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* MemeticMutation (Washing machine, 'nuff said.)
** (I shit bricks in Coco's Route.)
** (To be more specific, while it's still very popular in Japan, it's just one out of many different Visual Novels, and so has pretty much found its own niche. In other countries, where very few Visual Novels are translated, it's considered a classic and one of the greatest Visual Novels of all time.)
* MemeticMutation (Washing machine, 'nuff said.)
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* TheWoobie (Almost all of the characters count, but especially [[spoiler:Tsugumi and Yubiseiharukana]].)
* {{Woolseyism}} (In the Japanese version, there's a part of the game where the characters discuss the story of Urashima Taro. Since most Westerners don't know this story, the English version has them talking about Rip Van Winkle instead, which is not only very well known, but is pretty much the same story as Urashima Taro.)
** Also, when choosing what character to play as in the Japanese version, the choice to decide was "Ore wa..." and "Boku wa..." (Takeshi uses Ore, while the Kid uses Boku.) This wouldn't have worked in English, obviously, so the translators instead replaced the choices with the two character's respective situations: "I've got to find my friends" (Takeshi) "Who am I?" (Kid).
* {{Woolseyism}} (In the Japanese version, there's a part of the game where the characters discuss the story of Urashima Taro. Since most Westerners don't know this story, the English version has them talking about Rip Van Winkle instead, which is not only very well known, but is pretty much the same story as Urashima Taro.)
** Also, when choosing what character to play as in the Japanese version, the choice to decide was "Ore wa..." and "Boku wa..." (Takeshi uses Ore, while the Kid uses Boku.) This wouldn't have worked in English, obviously, so the translators instead replaced the choices with the two character's respective situations: "I've got to find my friends" (Takeshi) "Who am I?" (Kid).
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* CrowningMusicofAwesome: [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-XT9FS9TJo&fmt=18 The opening]] is really catchy yet at the same time creates the mysterious mood for this VN.
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** [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkvQte7JWpw&fmt=18 Karma]] a song that plays in the most emotional parts of the VN really complements these moments a lot.
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