for the next 3 weeks ai: the somnium files is on sale 80% off on the nintendo switch. that's $8 dollars for one of the most lovingly crafted (and horny but not eroge) scifi mystery visual novels out there.
you see this man? that's kaname date. he looks cool, right? he's the biggest loser you've yet to meet and you will want to bash his head in after a few hours of playing (and he would enjoy it). meet kaname date. do it.
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head empty only mizuki okiura / date
so i was able to finish both games of AI: The Somnium Files last month and I REALLY just want to talk about the best character of the series (i am not biased please agree with me) Mizuki !!
im just gonna rant about mizuki's route mainly (and also date family shenanigans)
(look at my girl... LOOK AT HER !!)
spoilers beneath the cut
her character throughout the series and both games is just ... so lovable?? in the first game, she was the perfect balance of bratty and being a kid while at the same time, she had already gone through so much
i dived into the game blindly and when i was forced to make a choice in her somnium, i decided to pick the balloon option and i immediately regretted everything after seeing the results (i literally kept screaming IM SO SORRY MIZUKI FOR MAKING YOUR TRAUMA WORSE) and after finishing iris' route, i immediately went for her route right after
and mizuki's route did not disappoint (i am totally not biased) and i wished that the deepness of her relationship with date in her route and how it developed transferred over to the right half of the game's flow chart since it really did get shafted hard for the true ending no hate to the sagan family though as much as i also loved date/falco's relationship with both iris and hitomi, i think that they deserve another member of the family
back to the topic of mizuki's route, the scene where she tries to talk to an unconscious date at the hospital broke my heart since she witnesses first hand her only remaining parental figure in her life almost gets killed (another note, i accidentally did the bad end of mizuki's route first since i wanted to kill so sejima that badly) and how she tried to poke around at boss' name saying that it doesn't fit her gaahh date just wake up
doing date's somnium felt bittersweet but also it made me feel warm inside especially at the ost that played in the background and the memories that they both made in the tiny apartment where they reside together. if you consider how date never really had a true family (and because sadly all of his memories with the sagans are just poof) but he still was able to call out on the abuse and neglect that shoko and renju had done respectively and he was still able to raise her properly despite her complicated family life !!!! and in the end how mizuki reassured date that she needed him and when he woke up, she welcomed him home in her usual fashion (by giving an affectionate kick)
(the dad that stepped up literally)
moving on to nirvana initiative mizuki, i literally gave into temptation because of the steam sale that i bought the game right away even though i was not finished with the main game yet and it was a must since mizuki was protag (ryuki i love you but i kinda spedrun thru ur half so i can get to mizuki's lmfao)
(she's presenting a friend! its aiba)
I LOVED PLAYING AS MIZUKI WHILE I WAS PLAYING AINI and while i am VERY bitter that her whole relationship with date was shafted to the side once again... i can never really win but it gave me abis found family crumbs which is nice !! but this fact alone makes me biased with the outcome of the secret ending where the explosion never happened and date didn't need to lose his memory for the second fucking time and he was able to be present for most of mizuki's life
BUT THEN AGAIN . his reunion with mizuki during the gen and amame route and the resolution route i feel was done in their style, not really a tearful reunion but the love is still there, especially how when he was in gen's suit at the latter route, listening to her conversation with aiba because he had the receptor on including the one time he interacted with her inside of their heads when she tried to come up with a plan to get rid of the SAT and he tells her that it was better to raise the white flag in a bittersweet tone ... concerned papa fr
cant forget her involvement in the andes and shoma route !
HONESTLY there's so much i want to say about her but i am running out of words to say so i might have to make a part two of this blog post soon
anyways... i might post my aitsf fanfics here too... i hate this detective game /h
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"Biting into that apple was Ķ̵͕̬̣͋̃̀̀ͅa̸̤̣̪̙͓̐̋̆̌̚n̵̜͉̖̫̐̃͊͝a̸̧̜̟̤͋̌̑̐͜m̵̛̠̝̩͇̦̅̋͗́ȩ̸̢̻̜̑́ ̷͉̙͌͠Ḑ̴̮̓͂̏̓͘ä̴͜t̸͓̳̻̪̱̿͗̍ę̸͇͉̤̄̒"
Did a quick port of mr Kaname Date because I felt like it was time for a new lockscreen and I have severe brainrot.
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Model - me, Spike Chunsoft
Apple - のべ男 (im8610422)
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Hey!! AI The Somnium Files is once again on sale on both the Nintendo Eshop and the Playstation store! Its a wonderful game and I highly recommend playing it, or at the least trying it out! (note: this game does contain. a lot. so i also recommend reading this warning list before playing)
and also!! the sequel, AI The Somnium Files: Nirvana Initiative has also been put on sale on the same sites!
Still pretty pricey! but still a sale! (content warnings here!)
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when i first talked to tokiko i thought she was bizarrely similar to the walking trashcan.
she didn't necessarily prove me wrong imho
either way i couldn't get this image out of my head so here you go
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[post] @wowtheresconfetti
The playthrough I’m watching got to a point where So Sejima had just died, and Date and Aiba saw a video on Bosses computer implying she’s the culprit!
I don’t know if that’s the actual end of the route but the player was prompted to go back and take another path for a while.
Oh I have been pseudo-livetweeting my progress on twitter if you’re curious about how it’s been!
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me and my sister have been arguing about whether or not what is happening in aini is clones and like. i am so convinced it’s clones there is no way it’s not clones.
my arguments for clones under cut
my arguments for clones:
- they mentioned horadori was doing cloning research
- cloning is scientific and while this series is very adamant about supernatural stuff not being real, weird science stuff is (such as the sheer existence of psyncing and also the fact the first game twist was literally fucking body swapping)
- how else would the other half of Jin’s body be freshly killed 6 years after his other half?? obvious this other half was a clone
my sister’s arguments against clones (and my rebuttals):
- considering how much conspiracy bullshit the characters talk about, just because they mention cloning doesn’t necessarily mean that’s actually the case. basically taking the characters and their beliefs of what’s going on at face value is not generally a good idea.
(my argument to above is point two in arguments for cloning - yes the supernatural stuff they talk about it very much not what’s going on, but cloning is science based enough that it could be true. also no one at this point in the game has seriously posited the idea of cloning as what’s going on, they’re instead too caught up on the idea of it being time travel, teleportation, or a glitch in the matrix. so I don’t think cloning falls under the category of just characters obsessed with conspiracy bullshit yet.)
- cloning is an absurd thing to have happened
(I mean yes but the first game was about body swapping????)
anyway if it’s not clones I am eating my hat. what else could it even be.
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okay so the 2am visit did still happen. she still left the house, and she still had her phone off. thats... interesting, to say the least. I wonder how exactly the circumstances HAVE changed then...?
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NOW PLAYING - Ai: The Somnium Files
Join Detective Kaname Date and Aiba in this murder mystery thriller as they solve a series of brutal serial killings… but perhaps there’s more to these crimes than meets the eye!
This was a new print I made for AN this past Spring! It was lots of fun. Please play AITSF. It's a fantastic game and story
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