Thoughts On Project: Eden's Garden (Prologue + Chapter 1)
mahimeghan
[{'start': '14.900', 'end': '17.066', 'text': 'Project: Eden’s Garden!'}, {'start': '17.066', 'end': '20.933', 'text': 'Hot damn, I did not know a good way\nto begin this one.'}, {'start': '21.383', 'end': '24.150', 'text': 'You could probably tell\njudging by the footage,'}, {'start': '24.150', 'end': '27.650', 'text': 'but Project: Eden’s Garden\nis a Danganronpa-inspired fangame'}, {'start': '27.650', 'end': '30.516', 'text': 'that recently uploaded its first chapter\nfor download.'}, {'start': '30.900', 'end': '34.216', 'text': 'And, yep, you heard that right. It’s a fangame.'}, {'start': '34.216', 'end': '37.500', 'text': 'This isn’t a video,\nthis is a real, bonafide game'}, {'start': '37.650', 'end': '41.566', 'text': 'you can play on your PC…\nassuming your PC is high end enough.'}, {'start': '41.966', 'end': '46.200', 'text': '16 gigs of ram isn’t really standard\nfor, say, the laptop that you bought'}, {'start': '46.200', 'end': '50.066', 'text': 'to use Google Docs with for college,\nbut I just so happen to own a big boy'}, {'start': '50.066', 'end': '53.150', 'text': 'gaming PC that I bought for the purpose\nof recording buttery smooth'}, {'start': '53.150', 'end': '56.150', 'text': 'Cookie Run footage\nthat my laptop failed to provide.'}, {'start': '56.250', 'end': '58.850', 'text': 'So me and Eden’s Garden are chillin’.'}, {'start': '58.850', 'end': '63.016', 'text': 'If you and Eden’s Garden are *not*\nchillin’, however, you can watch the game'}, {'start': '63.016', 'end': '66.083', 'text': 'through a non-commentated Let’s\nPlay on the Project’s official channel.'}, {'start': '66.683', 'end': '70.016', 'text': 'I would recommend playing it if you can,\nbut that’s understandably'}, {'start': '70.016', 'end': '71.900', 'text': 'not an option for everyone.'}, {'start': '71.900', 'end': '74.266', 'text': 'Enough yapping about PC specs and all that.'}, {'start': '74.266', 'end': '75.650', 'text': 'Let’s get to the game.'}, {'start': '75.650', 'end': '78.966', 'text': 'Because my god, the game!'}, {'start': '79.050', 'end': '82.850', 'text': 'If the video lengths of the playthrough\non the official channel didn’t cue you in,'}, {'start': '83.100', 'end': '86.100', 'text': 'this is a long adventure,\neven in the state it’s in.'}, {'start': '86.266', 'end': '89.100', 'text': 'If you’re busy with school or work,\nthis will definitely keep'}, {'start': '89.100', 'end': '92.916', 'text': 'you occupied for a few days if you play it\nin chunks of a few hours at a time.'}, {'start': '93.233', 'end': '95.933', 'text': 'But unlike, say, Danganronpa V3,'}, {'start': '95.933', 'end': '99.716', 'text': 'I didn’t feel as though the game tried\nto needlessly pad out for extra runtime.'}, {'start': '100.400', 'end': '102.300', 'text': 'That’s the thing about Danganronpa.'}, {'start': '102.300', 'end': '105.450', 'text': 'There’s a lot of bull\nthat did not need to be there.'}, {'start': '105.800', 'end': '107.100', 'text': 'The Monokubs?'}, {'start': '107.100', 'end': '110.300', 'text': 'My god, I do not care.\nBring out the humans.'}, {'start': '111.183', 'end': '113.483', 'text': 'Eden’s Garden succeeds in eliminating a lot'}, {'start': '113.483', 'end': '116.483', 'text': 'of little things that irked me\nin the Danganronpa games.'}, {'start': '116.550', 'end': '120.800', 'text': 'No stupid mini mascots, no character\nwhose entire personality'}, {'start': '120.800', 'end': '123.383', 'text': 'is being a pervert,\nand no character that’s'}, {'start': '123.383', 'end': '126.466', 'text': 'clearly meant to be the butt of the joke\nby looking super out-of-place'}, {'start': '126.466', 'end': '129.466', 'text': 'in comparison to the\nart style of everyone else.'}, {'start': '129.766', 'end': '132.316', 'text': 'Oh, and they let the women wear pants.'}, {'start': '132.316', 'end': '132.916', 'text': 'Pants!'}, {'start': '133.516', 'end': '137.816', 'text': 'Like, I know the official Danganronpa\ncharacters mostly wear school uniforms'}, {'start': '137.816', 'end': '139.850', 'text': 'to represent their former schools,'}, {'start': '139.850', 'end': '144.050', 'text': 'but why for the love of God would you put\nthe Ultimate Swordswoman in a skirt?'}, {'start': '144.416', 'end': '148.016', 'text': 'And if Peko and Sakura really did\ngo to the same school, and they’re'}, {'start': '148.016', 'end': '151.850', 'text': 'wearing their old school’s uniforms,\nwhy do they have totally different'}, {'start': '151.850', 'end': '153.600', 'text': 'color schemes?'}, {'start': '153.600', 'end': '156.916', 'text': 'Admittedly, Danganronpa\ncharacter design is not the greatest.'}, {'start': '157.466', 'end': '161.866', 'text': 'Another thing I appreciate with Eden’s Garden\nis that all the characters are given ages.'}, {'start': '162.266', 'end': '164.816', 'text': 'If you know me,\nyou know I come from the Cookie Run'}, {'start': '164.816', 'end': '168.566', 'text': 'fandom, and age discourse\nis rampant there, so I’m'}, {'start': '168.566', 'end': '171.983', 'text': 'glad to see it nipped in the bud\nby having explicit ages set.'}, {'start': '172.350', 'end': '177.266', 'text': 'Speaking of ages—I’m not sure if it’s \nbecause most of the cast is composed of adults,'}, {'start': '177.266', 'end': '180.750', 'text': 'but the group as a whole seems smarter\nthan the casts of the mainline games.'}, {'start': '181.100', 'end': '184.816', 'text': 'The start of a lot of Danganronpa trials\ndeals with you having to refute something'}, {'start': '184.816', 'end': '189.500', 'text': 'super obviously incorrect, which, like,\nI get it, because it would be unfair'}, {'start': '189.500', 'end': '191.900', 'text': 'to sling the hard stuff\non players right away,'}, {'start': '191.900', 'end': '194.716', 'text': 'but it can get\nreally annoying after a while.'}, {'start': '194.716', 'end': '196.266', 'text': 'Take Jett, for example,'}, {'start': '196.266', 'end': '198.950', 'text': 'a character who’s currently\nin more of a comedic relief role.'}, {'start': '199.066', 'end': '203.183', 'text': 'When he first introduces himself to you,\nhe reasons that this could be an extreme'}, {'start': '203.183', 'end': '206.266', 'text': 'haunt, an event that could begin\nwith a simulated kidnapping'}, {'start': '206.266', 'end': '210.283', 'text': 'that each of them consented to by deciding\nto go to Eden’s Garden Academy.'}, {'start': '210.533', 'end': '213.266', 'text': 'I know for a fact that Yasuhiro Hagakure'}, {'start': '213.266', 'end': '216.266', 'text': 'would not be coming\nto such an evidence-based conclusion.'}, {'start': '216.800', 'end': '221.216', 'text': 'One final thing before I segway into\ntalking about the characters individually.'}, {'start': '221.300', 'end': '224.300', 'text': 'I really appreciate that the Eden’s Garden\ndoesn’t go out of its way'}, {'start': '224.300', 'end': '227.100', 'text': 'to make every character “crazy,”\nso to speak.'}, {'start': '227.583', 'end': '231.150', 'text': 'Danganronpa V3 especially felt like\nit had set out on a mission'}, {'start': '231.150', 'end': '235.150', 'text': 'to make the wackiest, most\nfantastical characters out there,'}, {'start': '235.150', 'end': '239.966', 'text': 'so much so that Tsumugi had this\nweirdly enforced speech pattern about how plain'}, {'start': '239.966', 'end': '244.600', 'text': 'she was, only to end up with her\nbeing divisively abnormal.'}, {'start': '244.600', 'end': '248.483', 'text': 'Meanwhile I can tell that people\nlike Desmond and Jett are regular people'}, {'start': '248.483', 'end': '252.050', 'text': 'outside of their talents,\nat least for the most part.'}, {'start': '252.383', 'end': '255.750', 'text': 'This helps me to empathize with the cast\nmore because they feel like people'}, {'start': '255.750', 'end': '257.066', 'text': 'I could meet in real life.'}, {'start': '257.466', 'end': '261.666', 'text': 'And, speaking of the cast, it’s time\nfor the individual characters section!'}, {'start': '261.750', 'end': '264.750', 'text': 'Things are gonna be pretty spoiler\nheavy from here on out.'}, {'start': '264.916', 'end': '268.250', 'text': 'If I’ve piqued your interest in the game\nand you want to see it for yourself,'}, {'start': '268.250', 'end': '270.216', 'text': 'here’s one last chance to bail out.'}, {'start': '270.216', 'end': '272.316', 'text': 'I’ll give you three more seconds.'}, {'start': '272.783', 'end': '273.900', 'text': 'Three...'}, {'start': '273.900', 'end': '275.150', 'text': 'Two...'}, {'start': '275.150', 'end': '277.183', 'text': 'and... one.'}, {'start': '277.466', 'end': '281.266', 'text': 'Now for those of you still here, I’ll\nbe providing a tier list at the end,'}, {'start': '281.516', 'end': '284.600', 'text': 'but in hopes of enticing you\nto keep watching, I’m going to run'}, {'start': '284.600', 'end': '287.600', 'text': 'through each character\nand give a few quick thoughts about them.'}, {'start': '287.716', 'end': '288.850', 'text': 'Starting with:'}, {'start': '293.450', 'end': '296.583', 'text': 'So when I first found\nout about Super Danganronpa 2 having an'}, {'start': '296.583', 'end': '301.100', 'text': 'Ultimate Gamer who happened to be a girl,\nI got really excited!'}, {'start': '301.100', 'end': '306.616', 'text': 'But then she was basically a sleepy waifu\nand the whole gaming thing was an afterthought.'}, {'start': '307.300', 'end': '310.533', 'text': 'Cassidy gives me\neverything I wanted to have with Chiaki.'}, {'start': '311.000', 'end': '314.133', 'text': 'Her love of gaming\nis woven into her personality.'}, {'start': '314.483', 'end': '319.566', 'text': 'She attends tournaments. She streams.\nAnd she donates most of her money!'}, {'start': '319.566', 'end': '321.500', 'text': 'She’s a little overzealous'}, {'start': '321.500', 'end': '325.400', 'text': 'about the bourgeoisie in her intro,\nbut she cools it down afterwards.'}, {'start': '325.650', 'end': '328.500', 'text': 'She’s far from the brightest bulb in the cast,'}, {'start': '328.500', 'end': '332.850', 'text': 'but I don’t think she’s as unintelligent\nas some of the canonical Danganronpa'}, {'start': '332.850', 'end': '337.216', 'text': 'characters—even though her trial theories\ntend to be less than stellar.'}, {'start': '337.583', 'end': '340.850', 'text': 'If I were in a killing game, I’d\nprobably be acting a lot'}, {'start': '340.850', 'end': '343.850', 'text': 'like her, intelligence-wise at all.'}, {'start': '343.916', 'end': '346.833', 'text': 'Though this isn’t related to anything in-game,'}, {'start': '346.833', 'end': '350.400', 'text': 'I wanted to take the time to shout out\nSabrina Twyla’s YouTube Channel.'}, {'start': '350.400', 'end': '353.550', 'text': 'She’s Cassidy’s voice actress,\nand her channel'}, {'start': '353.550', 'end': '356.616', 'text': 'has a lot of fun Eden’s\nGarden-themed videos.'}, {'start': '356.700', 'end': '360.033', 'text': 'As someone who loves fanfiction,\nthe Cassidy and Wenona fanfic'}, {'start': '360.033', 'end': '363.233', 'text': 'reading video especially cheered me up\nwhen I really needed it.'}, {'start': '363.950', 'end': '367.950', 'text': 'I don’t really have much to say\non Cassidy as an individual otherwise.'}, {'start': '368.483', 'end': '372.050', 'text': 'I like her and her perspective on things\nas a video content creator'}, {'start': '372.050', 'end': '375.833', 'text': 'and gamer a lot,\nbut she’s not all that plot relevant yet.'}, {'start': '376.433', 'end': '380.650', 'text': 'Our next character,\nhowever, is a lot more plot relevant.'}, {'start': '385.550', 'end': '388.016', 'text': 'Damon Maitsu is annoying.'}, {'start': '388.016', 'end': '391.316', 'text': 'A well-written character, yes,\nbut super annoying.'}, {'start': '391.983', 'end': '395.000', 'text': 'I don’t like pessimistic characters.'}, {'start': '395.000', 'end': '398.966', 'text': 'It’s why Hinata has always been\nmy least favorite Danganronpa protagonist.'}, {'start': '399.183', 'end': '403.700', 'text': 'But Hinata doesn’t hold a candle\nto just how pessimistic Damon Maistu is.'}, {'start': '404.450', 'end': '406.883', 'text': 'On paper, the biggest thing separating Damon'}, {'start': '406.883', 'end': '410.183', 'text': 'from the mainline\nDanganronpa protagonists is his talent.'}, {'start': '410.666', 'end': '416.150', 'text': 'While Shuichi (and Kaede, for as briefly\nas she lasted) did have talents,'}, {'start': '416.366', 'end': '419.666', 'text': 'Damon has a superiority complex\nbecause of his talent.'}, {'start': '420.050', 'end': '423.833', 'text': 'Right out the get-go, he lets\nyou know that he is a prodigy in a sea'}, {'start': '423.833', 'end': '427.883', 'text': 'of mediocrity, and people like him\nare going to change the world.'}, {'start': '428.483', 'end': '432.850', 'text': 'This extreme faith in his talent\nleads him to be extremely judgemental.'}, {'start': '433.100', 'end': '435.533', 'text': 'He’s quick to deem certain talents inadequate,'}, {'start': '435.633', 'end': '438.600', 'text': 'looking upon those who hold them poorly.'}, {'start': '438.600', 'end': '442.383', 'text': 'In fact, he’s judgemental\nas soon as he sees his classmates,'}, {'start': '442.683', 'end': '446.066', 'text': 'referring to them as freaks\nbefore he knows any of their names.'}, {'start': '446.433', 'end': '447.933', 'text': 'How entitled!'}, {'start': '447.933', 'end': '452.316', 'text': 'One of the worst instances of\nthis is how he treats Jean in his FTEs.'}, {'start': '452.316', 'end': '455.450', 'text': 'Saying he’s lying,\nand refusing to acknowledge his talent'}, {'start': '455.450', 'end': '459.450', 'text': 'in favor of calling him a pirate\namong other snide remarks.'}, {'start': '459.450', 'end': '462.266', 'text': 'I’m aware other cast members\ncall Jean a pirate too,'}, {'start': '462.500', 'end': '465.816', 'text': 'it just feels particularly\nvindictive from Damon.'}, {'start': '465.900', 'end': '468.900', 'text': 'I always end up smirking\nwhen someone gets under his skin,'}, {'start': '469.050', 'end': '472.050', 'text': 'because, quite frankly, he deserves it.'}, {'start': '472.433', 'end': '475.050', 'text': 'I distinctly remember\nin my playthrough of Chapter 1'}, {'start': '475.050', 'end': '479.200', 'text': 'how he laments about the distrust\nthe rest of the cast have in him and Eva,'}, {'start': '479.200', 'end': '483.650', 'text': 'and I couldn’t help\nbut say to myself “that’s your fault, man.'}, {'start': '483.850', 'end': '487.150', 'text': 'You’re the one that inspired other people\nto judge you.”'}, {'start': '487.233', 'end': '491.133', 'text': 'Sure, Wolfgang exacerbates this,\nbut I really think he could have'}, {'start': '491.133', 'end': '495.116', 'text': 'either avoided or at least\nmitigated the damage to his reputation.'}, {'start': '495.716', 'end': '498.800', 'text': 'Now, there are some things\nI do like about Damon.'}, {'start': '499.100', 'end': '502.166', 'text': 'Carlito Lopez does an excellent job\nof portraying'}, {'start': '502.166', 'end': '505.166', 'text': 'his haughty,\n“done-with-your-crap” attitude.'}, {'start': '505.250', 'end': '506.900', 'text': 'I love his sprites.'}, {'start': '506.900', 'end': '509.783', 'text': 'His embarrassment sprite\nis one of my favorites.'}, {'start': '510.100', 'end': '513.383', 'text': 'His “o rly” sprite is really good, too.'}, {'start': '513.800', 'end': '518.983', 'text': 'Also, for as pessimistic as he is,\nthere is some realism to him.'}, {'start': '519.200', 'end': '523.083', 'text': 'I think there’s a fine line between blind\nfaith and needless pessimism,'}, {'start': '523.350', 'end': '526.950', 'text': 'and he definitely falls into the needless\npessimism category,'}, {'start': '526.950', 'end': '530.683', 'text': 'but I appreciate that he acknowledges\nthe possibility of murder.'}, {'start': '530.966', 'end': '534.183', 'text': 'On the topic of realism,\nwe have to bring up his hypocrisy.'}, {'start': '534.716', 'end': '538.583', 'text': 'It’s not just something unique\nto “Beneath the Veil of Hypocrisy,” it’s'}, {'start': '538.583', 'end': '543.033', 'text': 'something we see in the prologue, too,\nsuch as when he first meets Wenona.'}, {'start': '543.216', 'end': '547.383', 'text': 'I appreciate how it’s outright emphasized\nin the trial—he judged'}, {'start': '547.383', 'end': '551.750', 'text': 'and distrusted others, yet\nput so much of his faith in Eva.'}, {'start': '552.350', 'end': '555.350', 'text': 'I really like the “pathos” thing\ngoing on with him, too.'}, {'start': '555.783', 'end': '558.950', 'text': 'I hope that learning to trust and believe\nin others, and acknowledge them'}, {'start': '558.950', 'end': '562.616', 'text': 'outside of their talents\nends up being part of his character arc.'}, {'start': '568.233', 'end': '571.916', 'text': 'I think Damon said it best:\nDesmond is normal.'}, {'start': '572.183', 'end': '575.766', 'text': 'Sure, the five hours of exercise\nevery day is a bit much,'}, {'start': '575.766', 'end': '578.166', 'text': 'but socially, he’s super chill.'}, {'start': '578.400', 'end': '583.166', 'text': 'He might be the Ultimate Marksman,\nbut he really feels like just some guy.'}, {'start': '583.566', 'end': '588.150', 'text': 'I would not bat an eye if someone like him\nshowed up in one of my college classes.'}, {'start': '588.533', 'end': '591.533', 'text': 'I really haven’t got\nmuch to say about Desmond.'}, {'start': '591.750', 'end': '595.416', 'text': 'His reactions are warranted,\nhe’s got a sound head on his shoulders,'}, {'start': '595.416', 'end': '596.933', 'text': 'and I appreciate him trying'}, {'start': '596.933', 'end': '600.150', 'text': 'to prevent the killings\nby initiating the bunk buddy system.'}, {'start': '600.400', 'end': '603.566', 'text': 'He’s not my favorite, but I do like him.'}, {'start': '608.600', 'end': '612.066', 'text': 'Diana sits in a really\ninteresting position among the cast.'}, {'start': '612.366', 'end': '615.550', 'text': 'Where Wolfgang sows\ndistrust against Eva and Damon,'}, {'start': '615.550', 'end': '619.583', 'text': 'Diana stands in opposition, encouraging them\nto be included in the group.'}, {'start': '620.266', 'end': '623.566', 'text': 'One phrase in her bio card\nthat stands out to me is how she’s'}, {'start': '623.566', 'end': '627.533', 'text': 'made it her goal to help everyone discover\nthe best version of themselves.'}, {'start': '627.983', 'end': '630.916', 'text': 'This leads me to conclude\nthat her kind nature and tendency'}, {'start': '630.916', 'end': '634.066', 'text': 'to see the good in others\nis something that influences her character'}, {'start': '634.066', 'end': '638.316', 'text': 'regardless of the situation, i.e.,\nregardless of the killing game.'}, {'start': '638.633', 'end': '642.666', 'text': 'In a fun twist of things,\nI think she may end up being Damon’s “rival”'}, {'start': '642.666', 'end': '645.933', 'text': 'for the rest of,\nif not a good portion of the game.'}, {'start': '646.166', 'end': '649.200', 'text': 'Where Damon has further\nsolidified his doubt in others'}, {'start': '649.200', 'end': '653.083', 'text': 'after Eva’s murder,\nDiana has strengthened her trust in them.'}, {'start': '653.516', 'end': '657.116', 'text': 'Speaking of the murder, one of Diana’s\nmost important character moments'}, {'start': '657.116', 'end': '660.116', 'text': 'thus far is her post-trial\nchameleon speech.'}, {'start': '660.300', 'end': '662.566', 'text': 'What stuck with me\nwasn’t the speech itself,'}, {'start': '662.566', 'end': '665.466', 'text': 'but rather the lack of reactions\nfrom everyone else.'}, {'start': '665.466', 'end': '668.566', 'text': 'Where Wolfgang’s speeches\nroused everyone to action,'}, {'start': '668.816', 'end': '671.816', 'text': 'Diana’s speech is met with crickets.'}, {'start': '672.050', 'end': '676.000', 'text': 'I think this will cement her as too naïve\nfor the rest of the cast.'}, {'start': '676.283', 'end': '679.500', 'text': 'After all, it’s hard to believe\nin the good nature of others'}, {'start': '679.500', 'end': '682.500', 'text': 'after someone betrayed the group\nand murdered someone.'}, {'start': '682.716', 'end': '685.766', 'text': 'Diana is the second\nyoungest of the cast at 17,'}, {'start': '686.000', 'end': '689.966', 'text': 'so I wonder if this speech will cause her\nto be infantilized by her peers'}, {'start': '690.233', 'end': '694.083', 'text': 'who will now take on more critical,\ndoubtful perspectives.'}, {'start': '694.366', 'end': '697.433', 'text': 'All of the members of the cast\nhave some sort of animal symbolism.'}, {'start': '697.733', 'end': '701.366', 'text': 'I’ve neglected to mention this so far\nbecause it’s too early in the story'}, {'start': '701.366', 'end': '703.066', 'text': 'to talk about everyone’s animal,'}, {'start': '703.066', 'end': '706.833', 'text': 'but Diana is someone whose symbolism\nhas already been made clear.'}, {'start': '707.183', 'end': '710.666', 'text': 'The chameleon is most\nwell known for its ability to camouflage'}, {'start': '710.666', 'end': '712.550', 'text': 'by changing into different colors.'}, {'start': '712.833', 'end': '716.300', 'text': 'We’ve already seen Diana\nbe able to do this in a more literal sense'}, {'start': '716.300', 'end': '720.233', 'text': 'by hiding the wound she received\nduring her altercation with Wolfgang, but'}, {'start': '720.233', 'end': '724.516', 'text': 'I also think that this is something that\nDiana does in a more metaphorical sense.'}, {'start': '724.916', 'end': '728.416', 'text': 'To explain this further, I’d\nlike to bring up Imitation and Echo,'}, {'start': '728.633', 'end': '731.483', 'text': 'two art series by lead artist NGreentail,'}, {'start': '731.583', 'end': '734.700', 'text': 'who I’ll be referring to as Nifast\nfor the remainder of this video.'}, {'start': '735.350', 'end': '739.950', 'text': 'While these pieces are referred to\nas “soft” or “blurry” canon, Nifast knows'}, {'start': '739.950', 'end': '744.516', 'text': 'the happenings of the entire narrative,\nso they’re based in canon, at least.'}, {'start': '744.650', 'end': '748.316', 'text': 'The Imitation series has each featured\ncharacter responding to the prompt'}, {'start': '748.516', 'end': '753.333', 'text': '“What are you?” And Diana’s\nanswer is “A change.”'}, {'start': '753.416', 'end': '757.583', 'text': 'This photo looks innocent enough:\na girl staring back at her own reflection.'}, {'start': '757.583', 'end': '761.666', 'text': 'But take a look at her wrist here:\nher chameleon bracelet is missing.'}, {'start': '762.350', 'end': '765.566', 'text': 'I believe this reflected Diana\nto be her past self,'}, {'start': '765.566', 'end': '769.200', 'text': 'and the out-of-frame bracelet-wearing\nDiana to be her current self.'}, {'start': '769.766', 'end': '773.250', 'text': 'The outfit she wears here\ncan also be seen in her Echo pieces.'}, {'start': '773.250', 'end': '776.566', 'text': 'And she seems to be absolutely terrified\nof her past,'}, {'start': '776.783', 'end': '779.783', 'text': 'or her “true” self, as the title implies.'}, {'start': '780.383', 'end': '783.766', 'text': 'I think that Diana is someone\nwho seeks validation by being liked'}, {'start': '783.766', 'end': '787.516', 'text': 'by everyone, changing her colors\nto reflect either those she admires,'}, {'start': '787.700', 'end': '791.166', 'text': 'or to present herself in a way\nthat will have her avoid making enemies.'}, {'start': '791.483', 'end': '796.050', 'text': 'Though I wouldn’t go as far as saying\nshe’s entirely conscious of this fact.'}, {'start': '796.633', 'end': '799.800', 'text': 'I think this is why she volunteers herself\nto be Eva’s roommate.'}, {'start': '800.166', 'end': '802.350', 'text': 'She doesn’t want Eva\nto be at odds with her.'}, {'start': '802.350', 'end': '805.350', 'text': 'Still, as I said earlier,\nI don’t think she did this with'}, {'start': '805.350', 'end': '809.966', 'text': 'selfishness in mind–human\nactions can be multifaceted, after all.'}, {'start': '810.450', 'end': '813.833', 'text': 'She wants to be like Wolfgang,\nwho doesn’t want to be like someone else.'}, {'start': '814.650', 'end': '818.450', 'text': 'Who will she be when she can no longer\nchange, and has no one’s approval to seek?'}, {'start': '818.866', 'end': '820.433', 'text': 'That’s what I wanna know.'}, {'start': '826.016', 'end': '829.933', 'text': 'Eloise vis hard to make a judgement on\nbecause she’s taken more of a backseat role'}, {'start': '829.933', 'end': '833.800', 'text': 'in the story thus far,\nbut I will say that I like her as of now.'}, {'start': '834.133', 'end': '837.883', 'text': 'When you meet her, you go “Oh, okay,\nthis is the shy character,'}, {'start': '838.083', 'end': '842.616', 'text': 'so I guess she’s gonna be this game’s\nToko/Mikan/Chapter 1 Shuichi.”'}, {'start': '842.616', 'end': '846.100', 'text': 'And she is like that,\nbut only to a certain extent.'}, {'start': '846.483', 'end': '849.066', 'text': 'Being the Ultimate Fencer, Eloise isn’t'}, {'start': '849.066', 'end': '852.666', 'text': 'someone who will crumble in a battle,\nand she makes that clear.'}, {'start': '853.000', 'end': '855.233', 'text': 'In your very first free time event with her,'}, {'start': '855.366', 'end': '858.750', 'text': 'she goes out of her way to say\nthat she won’t go down without a fight.'}, {'start': '859.083', 'end': '863.366', 'text': 'But I think her greatest fighting asset\nmight not be her brawn, but her brains.'}, {'start': '863.683', 'end': '866.000', 'text': 'I believe that Eloise’s true strength'}, {'start': '866.000', 'end': '868.883', 'text': 'comes in the form of knowing\nwhen to pick her battles.'}, {'start': '869.250', 'end': '870.883', 'text': 'Take the blackmail motive.'}, {'start': '870.883', 'end': '873.883', 'text': 'When Grace singles her out, she’s\nquick to relent.'}, {'start': '873.933', 'end': '876.183', 'text': 'Grace has shown\nthat she’s the combative type,'}, {'start': '876.183', 'end': '879.300', 'text': 'so I think she did this\nbecause she wanted to spare herself'}, {'start': '879.300', 'end': '882.383', 'text': 'from whatever Grace might’ve done\nif she were further provoked.'}, {'start': '882.700', 'end': '886.150', 'text': 'For the record, I do think Eloise\nwould beat Grace in a fight,'}, {'start': '886.483', 'end': '889.483', 'text': 'but she was in the right\nto do what she could to avoid it.'}, {'start': '889.483', 'end': '892.650', 'text': 'Another display of her intellect\ncomes during the investigation,'}, {'start': '892.783', 'end': '895.983', 'text': 'when she goes to check in Wolfgang’s\ndorm with Damon and Desmond.'}, {'start': '896.350', 'end': '899.166', 'text': 'When the guys can’t\nget through to her, it’s ultimately'}, {'start': '899.166', 'end': '902.700', 'text': 'Eloise who makes Grace\ngive in with the threat of summoning Tozu.'}, {'start': '902.883', 'end': '905.983', 'text': 'Without her, Wolfgang’s\nroom would have remained a mystery'}, {'start': '905.983', 'end': '907.216', 'text': 'to the rest of the group.'}, {'start': '907.700', 'end': '911.783', 'text': 'And, of course, I have to acknowledge her\nfinal Free Time Event with Damon.'}, {'start': '911.933', 'end': '914.550', 'text': 'I’m really proud of her\nfor standing up to him!'}, {'start': '914.550', 'end': '917.583', 'text': 'He is a prick,\nand she totally had the right to say it.'}, {'start': '918.183', 'end': '920.850', 'text': 'I also think it’s important\nthat she walks off after'}, {'start': '920.850', 'end': '924.550', 'text': 'she explodes at him in order\nto avoid escalating the situation.'}, {'start': '924.933', 'end': '929.533', 'text': 'Seriously, if you haven’t given Eloise’s\nFree Times a read, you definitely should,'}, {'start': '929.816', 'end': '933.266', 'text': 'even with their admittedly\nawkward moments of silence.'}, {'start': '939.033', 'end': '942.633', 'text': 'If I had to pick one word\nto describe how I feel about Eva,'}, {'start': '942.633', 'end': '945.800', 'text': 'the word I would choose would be “intrigued.”'}, {'start': '945.983', 'end': '948.150', 'text': 'She’s got this image of herself in her head'}, {'start': '948.150', 'end': '952.066', 'text': 'that she wishes to portray, and,\nas seen time and time again,'}, {'start': '952.066', 'end': '955.233', 'text': 'will go to extreme lengths to maintain.'}, {'start': '955.233', 'end': '957.516', 'text': 'But as Damon has a habit of commenting,'}, {'start': '957.516', 'end': '962.150', 'text': 'sometimes her actions end up leaving\nyou more confused than anything else.'}, {'start': '962.316', 'end': '964.666', 'text': 'I’ve always had trouble\nenjoying characters'}, {'start': '964.666', 'end': '969.016', 'text': 'that feel “effortlessly\ncool,” like Kirigiri, for example.'}, {'start': '969.733', 'end': '972.550', 'text': 'Maybe it’s because I just can’t relate,\nbut the coolness'}, {'start': '972.550', 'end': '975.683', 'text': 'and poise of their actions\nreads as unrealistic to me.'}, {'start': '976.183', 'end': '980.483', 'text': 'Eva’s attempts to be cool either\ngo unnoticed or are seen as nonsensical,'}, {'start': '980.933', 'end': '983.683', 'text': 'which makes her character\nall the more believable to me.'}, {'start': '984.283', 'end': '987.100', 'text': 'I have to commend the team\nfor the talent reveal twist.'}, {'start': '987.550', 'end': '991.133', 'text': 'Where Maki Harukawa went out of her way\nto hide her dangerous talent'}, {'start': '991.133', 'end': '995.083', 'text': 'with a mundane one,\nEva does the opposite, using the moniker'}, {'start': '995.083', 'end': '999.333', 'text': 'of “Ultimate Liar” to disguise the fact\nthat she’s actually a mathlete.'}, {'start': '999.766', 'end': '1004.000', 'text': 'Keep in mind that Eden’s\nGarden started development in 2020,'}, {'start': '1004.000', 'end': '1009.083', 'text': 'so this secret has also been kept\nfrom the fandom for four entire years,'}, {'start': '1009.083', 'end': '1012.050', 'text': 'which is just the icing\non the top of the cake.'}, {'start': '1012.050', 'end': '1013.466', 'text': 'This reveal might have been'}, {'start': '1013.466', 'end': '1017.100', 'text': 'incredibly traumatic to her,\nbut from the standpoint of the viewer,'}, {'start': '1017.100', 'end': '1023.050', 'text': 'it is downright hilarious—I could not stop\nlaughing when Wenona revealed the truth.'}, {'start': '1023.250', 'end': '1026.700', 'text': 'As funny as this is, however,\nthis moment really speaks'}, {'start': '1026.700', 'end': '1029.633', 'text': 'to just how warped Eva’s\nperception of herself is.'}, {'start': '1030.083', 'end': '1034.400', 'text': 'Keep in mind, she lied about her talent\nbefore the killing game was initiated.'}, {'start': '1034.650', 'end': '1037.516', 'text': 'She felt the need to keep her guard up\nand protect herself'}, {'start': '1037.516', 'end': '1042.116', 'text': 'when the worst harm she’d experienced\nwas being kidnapped and put to sleep.'}, {'start': '1042.650', 'end': '1047.633', 'text': 'Which, I mean, is valid, but\ndefinitely not how I’d have gone about it.'}, {'start': '1047.950', 'end': '1051.266', 'text': 'One of the most notable things about Eva\nis her name,'}, {'start': '1051.266', 'end': '1055.050', 'text': 'which bears an obvious resemblance\nto the biblical figure Eve.'}, {'start': '1055.050', 'end': '1057.933', 'text': 'In the Bible’s\nBook of Genesis, Eve is noted as being'}, {'start': '1057.933', 'end': '1062.366', 'text': 'the second human, created\nfrom the rib of Adam to be his companion.'}, {'start': '1062.366', 'end': '1066.266', 'text': 'She’s tempted by a serpent, to do\nthe only thing God has forbidden:'}, {'start': '1066.266', 'end': '1069.216', 'text': 'eat fruit from the tree of knowledge\nof good and evil.'}, {'start': '1069.216', 'end': '1073.700', 'text': 'She then shares this fruit, which is often\nsymbolized as an apple, with Adam,'}, {'start': '1073.700', 'end': '1076.850', 'text': 'and then God expels them both\nfor their hubris.'}, {'start': '1076.850', 'end': '1080.816', 'text': 'In the Catholicism I was raised\non, this is the source of Original Sin'}, {'start': '1080.816', 'end': '1083.433', 'text': 'which all humans are supposedly born with.'}, {'start': '1083.700', 'end': '1085.666', 'text': 'Prior to researching for this video,'}, {'start': '1085.666', 'end': '1088.350', 'text': 'I could have sworn\nthat the serpent depicted in the story'}, {'start': '1088.350', 'end': '1093.150', 'text': 'was a form taken by the devil,\nbut nope, that’s not mentioned anywhere.'}, {'start': '1093.150', 'end': '1097.216', 'text': 'The serpent’s just an animal\nGod made, more cunning than the rest.'}, {'start': '1097.216', 'end': '1102.250', 'text': 'This just so happens to fit better\nwith Damon, who has a snake as his animal motif.'}, {'start': '1102.250', 'end': '1105.333', 'text': 'And just like the myth, there‘s\na big ol’ tree in the game,'}, {'start': '1105.333', 'end': '1108.433', 'text': 'and it leads to the trial grounds,\nwhere you learn the knowledge'}, {'start': '1108.433', 'end': '1112.650', 'text': 'of good and evil—who is spotless\nand who has become the blackened.'}, {'start': '1112.916', 'end': '1115.116', 'text': 'Assuming that eating\nthe apple has been translated'}, {'start': '1115.116', 'end': '1118.633', 'text': 'into committing murder,\nwe run into a divergence here.'}, {'start': '1118.633', 'end': '1122.400', 'text': 'Because it‘s not Damon\nthat convinces Eva to kill, it’s Tozu.'}, {'start': '1122.400', 'end': '1124.366', 'text': 'But more on him later.'}, {'start': '1124.466', 'end': '1129.950', 'text': 'Like Eve, Eva states that she was tricked,\ntargeted by Tozu’s math puzzle.'}, {'start': '1129.950', 'end': '1133.783', 'text': 'But also like Eve, she was not forced\ninto solving the puzzle,'}, {'start': '1133.783', 'end': '1135.833', 'text': 'or eating the forbidden fruit.'}, {'start': '1135.833', 'end': '1140.600', 'text': 'Singled out, yes, but she had her own\nagency in deciding to solve it.'}, {'start': '1140.600', 'end': '1143.583', 'text': 'She also states that\nshe was forced to kill, but knowing'}, {'start': '1143.583', 'end': '1147.383', 'text': 'that she’s lied in the past, I’m\nnot quite sure that’s the truth.'}, {'start': '1147.866', 'end': '1151.366', 'text': 'That or it could be something like in V3,\nwhere Monokuma specified'}, {'start': '1151.366', 'end': '1155.283', 'text': 'that students “forced to participate”\nwould die, when the cast hadn’t known'}, {'start': '1155.283', 'end': '1157.866', 'text': 'they’d all signed up for the game willingly.'}, {'start': '1157.866', 'end': '1163.333', 'text': 'Eva is someone who inherently distrusts\nothers, believing that everyone around her hates her.'}, {'start': '1163.333', 'end': '1166.300', 'text': 'This delusion is so solidified in her mind'}, {'start': '1166.300', 'end': '1170.666', 'text': 'that even when it’s proven untrue by Diana,\nshe refuses to yield.'}, {'start': '1170.666', 'end': '1174.483', 'text': 'In her attempts to make herself\nseem stronger, she ultimately ends up'}, {'start': '1174.483', 'end': '1178.366', 'text': 'making herself look even weaker than had\nshe just been honest.'}, {'start': '1178.366', 'end': '1182.366', 'text': 'She attracts what she deals\nonto others: doubt and mistrust.'}, {'start': '1182.733', 'end': '1185.983', 'text': 'And, in an ironic fashion,\nshe meets her end covered up'}, {'start': '1185.983', 'end': '1191.200', 'text': 'by the truth of her talent,\nwith protractors and rulers and compases.'}, {'start': '1191.866', 'end': '1195.650', 'text': 'Outside of her crime,\nI do like that she’s chronically online.'}, {'start': '1195.650', 'end': '1199.250', 'text': 'I also quite like the direction\nthat was taken with her voice.'}, {'start': '1199.250', 'end': '1204.083', 'text': 'It’s got this raspy gravel to it\nas opposed to a generic aloof girl voice.'}, {'start': '1204.083', 'end': '1206.066', 'text': 'Also, that breakdown!'}, {'start': '1206.066', 'end': '1211.683', 'text': 'Her angry sprites are absolutely incredible—\nmad props to the art team.'}, {'start': '1211.933', 'end': '1215.233', 'text': 'Overall, Eva is someone\nI’ve come to like more and more'}, {'start': '1215.233', 'end': '1217.900', 'text': 'as I spend my time working on this video.'}, {'start': '1217.900', 'end': '1222.383', 'text': 'She’s actually ended up becoming\none of my favorites as time has gone by.'}, {'start': '1222.383', 'end': '1223.916', 'text': 'Her self-destructive tendencies'}, {'start': '1223.916', 'end': '1227.150', 'text': 'that end up isolating her\nare something I can relate to,'}, {'start': '1227.150', 'end': '1231.316', 'text': 'as I’ve found myself doing similar things\nin my own times of turmoil.'}, {'start': '1231.316', 'end': '1236.050', 'text': 'Not saying they’re the right actions\nto take, (especially not the murder),'}, {'start': '1236.050', 'end': '1238.950', 'text': 'but they’re ones\nI can see the reasons behind.'}, {'start': '1238.950', 'end': '1243.583', 'text': 'I can also relate to her desire\nfor attention, but on her own terms.'}, {'start': '1243.583', 'end': '1248.200', 'text': 'Wanting to be known for her accomplishments,\nbut being defined by her title.'}, {'start': '1248.200', 'end': '1251.483', 'text': 'For having such difficulty\nconnecting to others in real life.'}, {'start': '1251.900', 'end': '1255.666', 'text': 'Perhaps, in another life, she’d\nbe able to break down her walls,'}, {'start': '1255.666', 'end': '1258.600', 'text': 'and not be so afraid and wary of others.'}, {'start': '1258.600', 'end': '1262.766', 'text': 'Maybe, in such a life,\nshe could see how truly she’s loved.'}, {'start': '1269.500', 'end': '1270.600', 'text': 'Grace is someone who'}, {'start': '1270.600', 'end': '1274.516', 'text': 'instantly reminded me\nof another character—Miu Iruma.'}, {'start': '1274.600', 'end': '1277.350', 'text': 'Both are abrasive,\nbrusque girls with weird'}, {'start': '1277.350', 'end': '1280.450', 'text': 'pink-blonde hair who aren’t\nafraid of cussing someone out.'}, {'start': '1281.133', 'end': '1284.450', 'text': 'Watching scenes with Grace play out\nmade me think to myself'}, {'start': '1284.450', 'end': '1289.716', 'text': '“Wow, this is a lot like if they had Iruma but\nwithout all the weird Not Safe For Work stuff.”'}, {'start': '1289.716', 'end': '1294.066', 'text': 'But Grace is different from Iruma,\nand I intend to highlight that.'}, {'start': '1294.433', 'end': '1297.366', 'text': 'For one, where Iruma tends to cave\nand become submissive'}, {'start': '1297.366', 'end': '1300.366', 'text': 'when provoked, Grace puts up her shields.'}, {'start': '1300.366', 'end': '1301.866', 'text': 'Her symbol is the rabbit,'}, {'start': '1301.866', 'end': '1305.550', 'text': 'and I’ve seen things online that say that\nrabbits are very territorial,'}, {'start': '1305.800', 'end': '1308.200', 'text': 'and that they need to live\nwith another rabbit.'}, {'start': '1308.200', 'end': '1311.433', 'text': 'Both are things in line with what we’ve\nseen of Grace thus far.'}, {'start': '1312.033', 'end': '1316.816', 'text': 'The other rabbit, in this case, would be\nWolfgang, who Grace is almost always with.'}, {'start': '1317.166', 'end': '1321.250', 'text': 'By having them wake up together when they\nfirst meet, they’re forced to interact.'}, {'start': '1321.850', 'end': '1327.166', 'text': 'I honestly think that, if not for this setup,\nthey might not have gotten close at all,'}, {'start': '1327.166', 'end': '1331.016', 'text': 'since they’re not the type you’d\ntraditionally expect to mesh.'}, {'start': '1331.016', 'end': '1334.716', 'text': 'I’m really curious as to how grief\nwill be addressed in the second chapter.'}, {'start': '1335.133', 'end': '1337.533', 'text': 'In the spirit of\nkeeping the action moving,'}, {'start': '1337.533', 'end': '1340.883', 'text': 'it tends to get glossed over in the main\nDanganronpa games.'}, {'start': '1340.883', 'end': '1343.566', 'text': 'As the person closest to Wolfgang, she’s someone'}, {'start': '1343.566', 'end': '1346.583', 'text': 'I’m super interested\nin seeing in Chapter 2.'}, {'start': '1346.650', 'end': '1349.233', 'text': 'Will she put up a strong front\nin front of the others,'}, {'start': '1349.233', 'end': '1352.350', 'text': 'or will she collapse under\nthe weight of Wolfgang’s absence?'}, {'start': '1352.533', 'end': '1356.300', 'text': 'I have no idea, but I’m excited to see\nwhat direction she goes in.'}, {'start': '1356.833', 'end': '1360.000', 'text': 'Someone I’m mutuals with on Twitter\npointed out how her aggression'}, {'start': '1360.000', 'end': '1362.700', 'text': 'may also be influenced by her talent,'}, {'start': '1362.700', 'end': '1365.883', 'text': 'which I thought was interesting\nso now I’m stealing his thought.'}, {'start': '1366.200', 'end': '1370.916', 'text': 'She’s in a new game, and golf is “an\nold man’s sport” as Wolfgang put it.'}, {'start': '1371.183', 'end': '1374.666', 'text': 'She wants to show her competitors\nshe’s not to be messed with.'}, {'start': '1375.183', 'end': '1377.500', 'text': 'Even though I doubt\nshe thinks of the killing game'}, {'start': '1377.500', 'end': '1381.183', 'text': 'as a game, she’s determined\nto make sure she isn’t underestimated.'}, {'start': '1381.733', 'end': '1384.900', 'text': 'I believe she has the potential\nfor a great character arc.'}, {'start': '1385.333', 'end': '1388.933', 'text': 'Though I gotta say, it’s\nfunny how the girl named Grace'}, {'start': '1388.933', 'end': '1392.850', 'text': 'is perhaps the least graceful\nout of the entire cast.'}, {'start': '1398.166', 'end': '1400.450', 'text': 'Ingrid Grimwall my beloved.'}, {'start': '1400.450', 'end': '1405.016', 'text': 'My god.\nMy affection for Ingrid is off the charts.'}, {'start': '1405.016', 'end': '1408.166', 'text': 'She’s been my favorite\nsince before I knew her name.'}, {'start': '1408.250', 'end': '1414.216', 'text': 'I hear a little “Howdy” or a “Hiya!”\nand I start clapping like a seal.'}, {'start': '1414.783', 'end': '1417.633', 'text': 'I even have a little Ingrid\nShrine in my bedroom!'}, {'start': '1418.033', 'end': '1418.700', 'text': 'In my time'}, {'start': '1418.700', 'end': '1422.050', 'text': 'on Twitter, I’ve noticed that she’s\nseemed to fade into the background'}, {'start': '1422.050', 'end': '1426.266', 'text': 'in most people’s minds,\nwhich I think is a real shame.'}, {'start': '1426.266', 'end': '1431.000', 'text': 'Because beyond being a pretty buff\nwoman, she’s got a lot going for her right now,'}, {'start': '1431.000', 'end': '1433.883', 'text': 'even though most of it\nisn’t explicitly stated.'}, {'start': '1434.250', 'end': '1436.833', 'text': 'It’s there, but you gotta search for it.'}, {'start': '1437.166', 'end': '1440.600', 'text': 'Ingrid is someone who is constantly parentified,'}, {'start': '1440.600', 'end': '1443.533', 'text': 'but a lot of it is through her own merit.'}, {'start': '1443.533', 'end': '1447.050', 'text': 'No one tells her to go out of her way\nto keep an eye out on Toshiko,'}, {'start': '1447.050', 'end': '1448.966', 'text': 'she does it on her own.'}, {'start': '1448.966', 'end': '1451.533', 'text': 'It was her idea to do everyone’s laundry.'}, {'start': '1451.750', 'end': '1455.916', 'text': 'And while doing said laundry,\nshe says something very important:'}, {'start': '1455.916', 'end': '1459.550', 'text': 'this is the first time in a long time\nshe’s gotten to shoulder the load.'}, {'start': '1460.283', 'end': '1463.216', 'text': 'She’s someone with younger siblings\n(something she reveals in her'}, {'start': '1463.216', 'end': '1466.550', 'text': 'Free Time Events) who is used to working alone.'}, {'start': '1466.633', 'end': '1470.300', 'text': 'She even gets embarrassed asking Damon\nfor help with the laundry!'}, {'start': '1470.666', 'end': '1473.083', 'text': 'I’d like to bring up Ingrid’s\nImitation art here,'}, {'start': '1473.150', 'end': '1475.116', 'text': 'which is her surrounded by hands.'}, {'start': '1475.116', 'end': '1479.683', 'text': 'She’s at the center of tons of people,\nand it’s up to her to stand tall.'}, {'start': '1479.683', 'end': '1483.850', 'text': 'To carry them metaphorically,\nor even literally as barbells.'}, {'start': '1484.350', 'end': '1487.816', 'text': 'Another piece I’d like to look at\nis this Halloween 2023 art,'}, {'start': '1488.000', 'end': '1491.016', 'text': 'where Ingrid is dressed\nas Luisa Madrigal from Encanto.'}, {'start': '1491.533', 'end': '1494.500', 'text': 'Luisa, who is the strong one,\ngiven all the burdens'}, {'start': '1494.500', 'end': '1497.816', 'text': 'of her siblings, afraid\nto crack under the pressure of it all.'}, {'start': '1498.283', 'end': '1502.633', 'text': 'Speaking of pressure,\nwe do see her break, albeit very briefly.'}, {'start': '1503.083', 'end': '1507.416', 'text': 'It’s easy to forget about, since it’s\nright before Diana’s chameleon speech,'}, {'start': '1507.416', 'end': '1510.566', 'text': 'but we do see her\ncrying after Eva’s execution.'}, {'start': '1511.000', 'end': '1513.766', 'text': 'But after Toshiko and Kai show weakness,'}, {'start': '1513.766', 'end': '1517.000', 'text': 'she covers her own feelings up\nand tries to console them.'}, {'start': '1517.000', 'end': '1522.216', 'text': 'In the voice line that plays,\nshe says “I can’t be like this.”'}, {'start': '1522.216', 'end': '1524.916', 'text': 'She’s someone\nwho puts others above herself,'}, {'start': '1524.916', 'end': '1528.216', 'text': 'even in tense, emotional moments\nlike these.'}, {'start': '1528.700', 'end': '1532.483', 'text': 'The game’s rumored to take place\nin September of 2024,'}, {'start': '1532.483', 'end': '1536.333', 'text': 'since that month lines up perfectly\nwith the calendars in the dorms.'}, {'start': '1536.783', 'end': '1539.200', 'text': 'And with Ingrid’s birthday\nbeing in August,'}, {'start': '1539.300', 'end': '1542.366', 'text': 'that means she just turned eighteen.'}, {'start': '1542.566', 'end': '1546.700', 'text': 'Ingrid is barely an adult and yet she’s\nalready making a mom of herself.'}, {'start': '1547.333', 'end': '1550.566', 'text': 'I can’t help but wonder\nif that’s all she’s ever known.'}, {'start': '1551.200', 'end': '1556.683', 'text': 'Ingrid, my beloved, you are so young\nyet trying to behave as if you were 25.'}, {'start': '1557.200', 'end': '1559.116', 'text': 'I hope your writers give you the grace'}, {'start': '1559.116', 'end': '1563.516', 'text': 'to have a moment to be the tall child\nthat you truly are inside.'}, {'start': '1568.633', 'end': '1573.616', 'text': 'My original intention was to start off Jean’s section\nby saying something like'}, {'start': '1573.616', 'end': '1577.666', 'text': '“DeLamer? Like, ‘Of the sea?’'}, {'start': '1577.733', 'end': '1582.250', 'text': 'That is not a name you could get away\nwith naming a real person.”'}, {'start': '1582.483', 'end': '1586.450', 'text': 'But then I checked on the Wiki\nwhere they have name lore for every character'}, {'start': '1586.450', 'end': '1591.566', 'text': 'and apparently DeLamer is a surname\nthat at least one human has had.'}, {'start': '1591.866', 'end': '1594.316', 'text': 'So the more you know, I guess.'}, {'start': '1594.650', 'end': '1598.200', 'text': 'Jean is a character that\nhasn’t really attached to anybody too'}, {'start': '1598.233', 'end': '1602.983', 'text': 'closely at this point in the story,\nso it’s hard to place him in group dynamics.'}, {'start': '1603.550', 'end': '1608.116', 'text': 'He does seem to like Cassidy though,\nas mentioned in his Free Time Events,'}, {'start': '1608.200', 'end': '1611.233', 'text': 'and he has her gather\neveryone up on their first full day'}, {'start': '1611.233', 'end': '1615.350', 'text': 'at the academy,\nbut you really gotta squint to notice that.'}, {'start': '1615.933', 'end': '1618.966', 'text': 'One thing I think about a lot is, ironically enough,'}, {'start': '1619.216', 'end': '1622.816', 'text': 'not a part of the game,\nbut rather part of a Discord server event.'}, {'start': '1623.233', 'end': '1626.983', 'text': 'Held in 2021, Eden’s\nIsland was a Survivor-style'}, {'start': '1626.983', 'end': '1630.250', 'text': 'event where the cast donned\ntheir summer outfits and competed'}, {'start': '1630.250', 'end': '1633.433', 'text': 'with outcomes\ndecided in part by stats, in part'}, {'start': '1633.433', 'end': '1636.433', 'text': 'by luck, and in part by viewer votes.'}, {'start': '1636.583', 'end': '1642.316', 'text': 'And in those stats, Jean ranked\na one in intelligence, which absolutely'}, {'start': '1642.316', 'end': '1647.566', 'text': 'baffles me, because I’ve always seen him\nas someone with a good head on his shoulders.'}, {'start': '1647.933', 'end': '1652.300', 'text': 'He’s the first to notice the odd smell\nduring Wolfgang’s investigation.'}, {'start': '1652.300', 'end': '1656.083', 'text': 'And during the prologue, he’s\nthe one who investigates the body.'}, {'start': '1656.533', 'end': '1659.433', 'text': 'Sure, it was in part\nbecause nobody else wanted to do it,'}, {'start': '1659.800', 'end': '1664.283', 'text': 'but I think that also cements how he knows\nthat Tozu is serious about things.'}, {'start': '1664.283', 'end': '1668.350', 'text': 'Don’t do as he orders, and consequences\ncould be coming the group’s way.'}, {'start': '1668.716', 'end': '1671.833', 'text': 'It’s possible that the stats are no longer accurate,'}, {'start': '1672.033', 'end': '1675.433', 'text': 'or they solely were in relation to the Eden’s\nIsland challenges,'}, {'start': '1675.666', 'end': '1678.216', 'text': 'having no relation to the killing game.'}, {'start': '1678.216', 'end': '1682.600', 'text': 'So maybe it’s possible his intelligence stat\nwould be higher in this situation.'}, {'start': '1683.016', 'end': '1685.000', 'text': 'Or that he’s more street smart,'}, {'start': '1685.000', 'end': '1688.200', 'text': 'and the intelligence stat\nmeasured academic intelligence.'}, {'start': '1688.700', 'end': '1691.183', 'text': 'Or perhaps I’m overthinking this.'}, {'start': '1691.533', 'end': '1694.666', 'text': 'I’m not the type to make specific Danganronpa predictions'}, {'start': '1694.666', 'end': '1698.733', 'text': 'because I don’t like being wrong,\n(which I often am)'}, {'start': '1698.733', 'end': '1702.750', 'text': 'but I have a hunch that he, at the very least,\nwon’t be the next victim.'}, {'start': '1703.183', 'end': '1706.300', 'text': 'I can’t make heads or tails of him yet,\nso I think he needs'}, {'start': '1706.300', 'end': '1709.300', 'text': 'to stick around long enough\nfor some reveals to be made.'}, {'start': '1709.483', 'end': '1715.050', 'text': 'I like that he has the Wildberry hair thing\ngoing on, I like that he makes elephant toothpaste'}, {'start': '1715.050', 'end': '1719.000', 'text': 'in one of his FTEs,\nand I hate the way Damon treats him.'}, {'start': '1719.233', 'end': '1722.716', 'text': 'I hope some of the more combative students\nput some respect on his name,'}, {'start': '1722.866', 'end': '1725.166', 'text': 'because he’s a good guy.'}, {'start': '1730.383', 'end': '1735.350', 'text': 'So, I gotta start off Jett’s section\nwith another shoutout to the art team.'}, {'start': '1735.350', 'end': '1740.916', 'text': 'Incredible work managing to make a character\nwith no visible facial features so expressive.'}, {'start': '1741.466', 'end': '1746.783', 'text': 'Jett sits in a similar position to Desmond in\nmy mind, though with a higher comedic stat.'}, {'start': '1747.083', 'end': '1749.550', 'text': 'He’s another character that reacts\nto things in ways'}, {'start': '1749.550', 'end': '1753.333', 'text': 'that I could see myself,\nor another real human reacting.'}, {'start': '1753.616', 'end': '1757.750', 'text': 'I like that he’s geeky, and I like that he’s\ntrying to reach out to Mark.'}, {'start': '1757.750', 'end': '1762.683', 'text': 'Jett and Mark are giving me real\nAbysseel/Saimota vibes right now.'}, {'start': '1762.683', 'end': '1764.566', 'text': 'I’m shipping them lowkey.'}, {'start': '1764.566', 'end': '1769.466', 'text': 'I think that whatever’s going on under that\nmask is gonna be integral to a case later.'}, {'start': '1769.466', 'end': '1773.466', 'text': 'Whether that’s with him as a victim,\na culprit, or just a witness'}, {'start': '1773.466', 'end': '1779.800', 'text': 'I have no idea, but like with Grace, he’s\nsomeone I’m eagerly watching for change.'}, {'start': '1779.800', 'end': '1785.683', 'text': 'We know Mark and Jett are bunk buddies, so\nI have to wonder—has Mark seen him unmasked?'}, {'start': '1785.683', 'end': '1790.583', 'text': 'I doubt he can sleep in that thing\n(without being drugged, of course).'}, {'start': '1790.583', 'end': '1794.516', 'text': 'And if he can, well, mad props to him.'}, {'start': '1799.450', 'end': '1803.916', 'text': 'Kai is someone I have difficulty\nidentifying my feelings on.'}, {'start': '1804.233', 'end': '1807.466', 'text': 'I’ve alluded to it before on my channel,\nbut I’m someone'}, {'start': '1807.466', 'end': '1810.033', 'text': 'who’s deeply intertwined with fandom.'}, {'start': '1810.033', 'end': '1812.583', 'text': 'As such, my fandom experiences'}, {'start': '1812.583', 'end': '1815.583', 'text': 'change how I process\nthe media I’ve encountered.'}, {'start': '1815.616', 'end': '1819.066', 'text': 'And with Project: Eden’s Garden, Kai\njust so happens to be'}, {'start': '1819.066', 'end': '1822.800', 'text': 'the character that fandom has influenced\nmy views on the most.'}, {'start': '1823.200', 'end': '1828.216', 'text': 'In canon itself, Kai was someone\nwho was just kind of there for me.'}, {'start': '1828.533', 'end': '1832.433', 'text': 'Sure, he was more prominent than other\ncharacters, being assigned as Damon’s'}, {'start': '1832.433', 'end': '1836.550', 'text': 'roommate and all, but his personality wasn’t\none that appealed to me personally.'}, {'start': '1837.216', 'end': '1840.216', 'text': 'I could totally wrap my head around\nwhy others liked him, though.'}, {'start': '1840.750', 'end': '1844.133', 'text': 'The thing about Twitter,\nmy personal “main” social media'}, {'start': '1844.133', 'end': '1848.166', 'text': 'at this point, is that it catches\nonto what you like very quickly.'}, {'start': '1848.433', 'end': '1852.033', 'text': 'So as soon as I had happened\nto like a few posts about Eden’s Garden'}, {'start': '1852.033', 'end': '1854.333', 'text': 'it was blasting me with content of the game.'}, {'start': '1854.933', 'end': '1859.333', 'text': 'And a few of those posts happened to be\nabout Kaimon, the ship of him and Damon.'}, {'start': '1859.416', 'end': '1861.233', 'text': 'I was first being fed these posts'}, {'start': '1861.233', 'end': '1866.200', 'text': 'right around when I was just beginning\nChapter 1, so in my head I was like “Okay,'}, {'start': '1866.200', 'end': '1869.700', 'text': 'there’s gotta be some sort of reason\nwhy this is being shipped,'}, {'start': '1869.883', 'end': '1873.416', 'text': 'but what is that reason?”\nAnd then I got to the part'}, {'start': '1873.416', 'end': '1876.316', 'text': 'where they get sorted out\ninto being bunk buddies and I was like'}, {'start': '1876.316', 'end': '1879.300', 'text': '“Oh, okay, this is where that comes from.”\nThere was a tweet going around where'}, {'start': '1879.900', 'end': '1881.183', 'text': 'There was a tweet going around where'}, {'start': '1881.183', 'end': '1885.033', 'text': 'Nifast mentioned someone anonymously\nsaying the ship was forced down people’s'}, {'start': '1885.033', 'end': '1889.583', 'text': 'throats in canon, and I don’t think that’s\ntrue, just as Nifast said.'}, {'start': '1889.683', 'end': '1892.316', 'text': 'But it’s being fed to me a lot in fandom,'}, {'start': '1892.316', 'end': '1895.850', 'text': 'and personally, I’m not on board just yet.'}, {'start': '1896.216', 'end': '1900.366', 'text': 'The thing is, when you see a character\nyou only feel so-so about only'}, {'start': '1900.366', 'end': '1905.400', 'text': 'in shippy contexts, it can become kind of hard\nto separate the character from the ship.'}, {'start': '1905.933', 'end': '1910.266', 'text': 'When I think about Kai,\nI think about Kaimon, which I don’t hate,'}, {'start': '1910.500', 'end': '1914.333', 'text': 'but I’ve started to see so much of that I’ve\ngrown a little tired of it.'}, {'start': '1914.933', 'end': '1918.816', 'text': 'No hate to those that ship\nit, though—I want to make that clear.'}, {'start': '1919.133', 'end': '1923.966', 'text': 'Unfortunate as it is, though, because\nship-related content is the only fandom stuff'}, {'start': '1923.966', 'end': '1928.500', 'text': 'I seem to get concerning Kai, it’s dampened\nmy feelings on him a little bit.'}, {'start': '1929.083', 'end': '1931.950', 'text': 'It’s also made it harder\nfor me to see him as a character'}, {'start': '1931.950', 'end': '1935.783', 'text': 'outside of how well he does\nor doesn’t mesh with Damon.'}, {'start': '1936.066', 'end': '1939.416', 'text': 'This isn’t to say that it’s\ncompletely impossible for me to see him'}, {'start': '1939.416', 'end': '1941.216', 'text': 'as an individual, however.'}, {'start': '1941.433', 'end': '1946.083', 'text': 'For instance, I’ve found it interesting\nto see just how much about him isn’t true.'}, {'start': '1946.383', 'end': '1948.966', 'text': 'We know that he edits his photos\nthanks to Grace,'}, {'start': '1948.966', 'end': '1953.883', 'text': 'we know that some things on his report card\naren’t real, and his description upon release'}, {'start': '1953.883', 'end': '1957.600', 'text': 'as a cunning manipulator doesn’t\nline up with how he’s been portrayed so far.'}, {'start': '1958.200', 'end': '1961.983', 'text': 'And did you know\nhis name is an anagram of “Makoto Naegi”?'}, {'start': '1962.066', 'end': '1964.083', 'text': 'Yeah, I didn’t know that either.'}, {'start': '1964.083', 'end': '1966.900', 'text': 'None of those things have to do with\nDamon, as far as I’m aware.'}, {'start': '1967.983', 'end': '1972.250', 'text': 'All in all, Kai is someone\nI have many, many feelings on.'}, {'start': '1972.250', 'end': '1977.216', 'text': 'We’ve still got a lot of story to go, and,\neven if he is the Chapter 2 victim, he’s'}, {'start': '1977.216', 'end': '1981.633', 'text': 'still got some time to shine and do something\nthat completely changes my opinion on him.'}, {'start': '1981.966', 'end': '1985.566', 'text': 'I have absolutely no clue\nwhere his character arc is going,'}, {'start': '1985.566', 'end': '1989.183', 'text': 'so I’m just gonna buckle up\nand wait for the roller coaster to start.'}, {'start': '1993.933', 'end': '1998.300', 'text': 'In total contrast to Kai, we have Mark,\nwho literally has less'}, {'start': '1998.300', 'end': '2001.800', 'text': 'than five minutes of voice lines\ndespite surviving the trial.'}, {'start': '2002.183', 'end': '2003.800', 'text': 'Incredible.'}, {'start': '2004.166', 'end': '2008.650', 'text': 'This guy just radiates awkward,\nand I really love that for him.'}, {'start': '2008.883', 'end': '2010.533', 'text': 'I relate to that a lot.'}, {'start': '2010.750', 'end': '2014.616', 'text': 'When I have to socialize with\na bunch of new people, this is how I act.'}, {'start': '2014.916', 'end': '2018.216', 'text': 'I mean, I probably would have given my name earlier,'}, {'start': '2018.333', 'end': '2021.266', 'text': 'but the whole\n“having terrible conversations and doing nothing'}, {'start': '2021.266', 'end': '2024.583', 'text': 'beyond what you’re asked to” bit is totally me.'}, {'start': '2024.866', 'end': '2029.366', 'text': 'I’m having trouble formulating my words here,\nso instead I’d like to end this section'}, {'start': '2029.366', 'end': '2033.800', 'text': 'by showing you a short edit\nI made that encapsulates my feelings about Mark:'}, {'start': '2034.383', 'end': '2036.450', 'text': 'Okay, so, editor’s note real quick.'}, {'start': '2036.450', 'end': '2039.183', 'text': 'I just happened to notice\nthat the more pissed off'}, {'start': '2039.183', 'end': '2042.800', 'text': 'Mark is at you,\nthe less his headphones glow.'}, {'start': '2042.800', 'end': '2045.150', 'text': 'Which I think is really funny.'}, {'start': '2045.150', 'end': '2046.850', 'text': 'Okay, now roll the clip.'}, {'start': '2047.116', 'end': '2048.933', 'text': 'Is some people hatin’ big time.'}, {'start': '2049.183', 'end': '2052.416', 'text': 'But there’s people hatin’ on this campus!'}, {'start': '2052.616', 'end': '2054.866', 'text': 'You are freakin’\nAfrican Americans—'}, {'start': '2055.116', 'end': '2056.916', 'text': 'plus... Mark.'}, {'start': '2057.133', 'end': '2058.166', 'text': '[LAUGHTER]'}, {'start': '2058.166', 'end': '2061.816', 'text': 'Y’know what I’m sayin’ which —I’m rockin’\nwith Mark ‘cuz Mark is rockin’ wit us.'}, {'start': '2066.033', 'end': '2068.766', 'text': 'Toshiko Kayura is a child.'}, {'start': '2068.766', 'end': '2073.000', 'text': 'At first I was thinking this might be\na case of “character that looks like a child'}, {'start': '2073.000', 'end': '2078.466', 'text': 'but is actually a lot older,” but we’ve\ngot confirmation that she is fourteen.'}, {'start': '2078.550', 'end': '2081.950', 'text': 'Thank you for clearing that up,\nEden’s Garden developers.'}, {'start': '2082.216', 'end': '2086.166', 'text': 'I’ve started my section about her\nwith this fact as opposed to an opinion'}, {'start': '2086.166', 'end': '2089.616', 'text': 'because her status as a child\nis at the crux of her character.'}, {'start': '2089.883', 'end': '2094.216', 'text': 'From the moment we see her, it’s\nobvious that she wants to be taken seriously.'}, {'start': '2094.666', 'end': '2098.433', 'text': 'She tries to jump into a leader role,\nand she succeeds for a bit with the'}, {'start': '2098.433', 'end': '2103.516', 'text': 'introductions, but even during them, she’s\nbelittled by Grace, and only succeeded'}, {'start': '2103.516', 'end': '2107.350', 'text': 'in avoiding Jean because the main building’s\nexit door could be locked.'}, {'start': '2107.650', 'end': '2111.450', 'text': 'Every other time she tries to assert herself\nand make herself useful,'}, {'start': '2111.450', 'end': '2113.566', 'text': 'she’s quick to be shot down.'}, {'start': '2113.800', 'end': '2118.516', 'text': 'I think her striving for adulthood contrasts\nwell with Ingrid, who I presume'}, {'start': '2118.516', 'end': '2122.850', 'text': 'to be naturally drawn to Toshiko\nbecause of her age and need to be a parent.'}, {'start': '2123.250', 'end': '2125.983', 'text': 'Ingrid is someone who Toshiko can look up to,'}, {'start': '2125.983', 'end': '2130.133', 'text': 'because the cast agrees with her assertions\nand believes her to be strong.'}, {'start': '2130.450', 'end': '2134.383', 'text': 'It creates a unique contrast:\nsomeone who is constantly seen'}, {'start': '2134.383', 'end': '2138.733', 'text': 'as older than they are versus\nsomeone who is constantly seen as a child'}, {'start': '2138.733', 'end': '2140.166', 'text': 'younger than they are.'}, {'start': '2140.166', 'end': '2145.516', 'text': 'It doesn’t matter how hard Toshiko tries, nor\nhow elevated her vocabulary is,'}, {'start': '2145.516', 'end': '2149.066', 'text': 'everyone else sees her as a child\nthat needs to be protected.'}, {'start': '2149.450', 'end': '2153.166', 'text': 'When you’re someone who is so eager\nto grow up and be taken seriously,'}, {'start': '2153.316', 'end': '2156.133', 'text': 'you may end up finding that, once\nthat has happened,'}, {'start': '2156.133', 'end': '2159.516', 'text': 'you never truly indulged in the childhood\nthat was right beside you'}, {'start': '2159.516', 'end': '2162.333', 'text': 'because you had become\nso pigeonholed in adulthood.'}, {'start': '2162.666', 'end': '2166.383', 'text': 'Perhaps, in her character arc,\nToshiko will learn that she does not need to'}, {'start': '2166.383', 'end': '2170.850', 'text': 'take things so seriously, and there is a joy\nto be found in growing up slowly.'}, {'start': '2171.500', 'end': '2174.633', 'text': 'Perhaps she will learn\nthat no act can substitute the lived,'}, {'start': '2174.783', 'end': '2177.733', 'text': 'learned experience\nof being someone who has lived on earth'}, {'start': '2177.733', 'end': '2181.900', 'text': 'for seventeen, eighteen,\nor even twenty or more years.'}, {'start': '2182.416', 'end': '2186.183', 'text': 'On a more comical note,\nwhenever I see her, I can’t help but wonder'}, {'start': '2186.183', 'end': '2189.833', 'text': 'how tired her arm must be from holding up\nthat fan all the time.'}, {'start': '2190.066', 'end': '2193.600', 'text': 'I wonder if she’ll insist\non covering herself up with her fan in a life'}, {'start': '2193.600', 'end': '2198.316', 'text': 'or death situation, or if she’ll drop it\nto have use of both of her hands.'}, {'start': '2198.666', 'end': '2202.083', 'text': 'Either way, I hope that sort of thing doesn’t happen,'}, {'start': '2202.083', 'end': '2205.283', 'text': 'but I have absolutely no idea what will.'}, {'start': '2210.100', 'end': '2211.250', 'text': 'Ulysses!'}, {'start': '2211.250', 'end': '2212.950', 'text': 'I quite like Ulysses.'}, {'start': '2213.050', 'end': '2215.950', 'text': 'He was my “best boy” for quite a while, actually.'}, {'start': '2216.216', 'end': '2219.833', 'text': 'I happen to like another historian/museum\ncurator type character,'}, {'start': '2220.066', 'end': '2223.066', 'text': 'so perhaps that’s\nwhat initially drew me to Ulysses.'}, {'start': '2223.500', 'end': '2227.500', 'text': 'I don’t know how many people\nthis sentence will end up making sense to,'}, {'start': '2227.850', 'end': '2231.950', 'text': 'but in my experiences with him,\nI ended up seeing him as the result of'}, {'start': '2231.950', 'end': '2235.733', 'text': 'what would happen if you were to put Eclair\nCookie and Chiaki Nanami into a blender.'}, {'start': '2236.233', 'end': '2239.166', 'text': 'This guy would be the resulting milkshake.'}, {'start': '2239.166', 'end': '2244.050', 'text': 'When Ingrid wouldn’t let me hang out with her\nduring my initial playthrough, he’s who I turned to.'}, {'start': '2244.050', 'end': '2245.983', 'text': 'And in watching the Free Times of his'}, {'start': '2245.983', 'end': '2249.516', 'text': 'that I missed on YouTube,\nI only grew more interested.'}, {'start': '2249.983', 'end': '2252.800', 'text': 'See, Ulysses\nis one of our biggest proprietors'}, {'start': '2252.800', 'end': '2255.400', 'text': 'of worldbuilding information at this time.'}, {'start': '2255.400', 'end': '2260.283', 'text': 'He works at the Patawomeck River Museum in\nTsenecommacah, which is modern day Virginia.'}, {'start': '2260.683', 'end': '2264.133', 'text': 'Despite the game taking place\nin the United States, Ulysses'}, {'start': '2264.133', 'end': '2266.283', 'text': 'doesn’t use the modern name here.'}, {'start': '2266.666', 'end': '2269.533', 'text': 'Additionally, in one of the lines\nwhere Kai receives a gift,'}, {'start': '2269.716', 'end': '2273.566', 'text': 'he explicitly mentions\nthe phrase “eastern territory.”'}, {'start': '2273.650', 'end': '2278.266', 'text': 'So perhaps this America wasn’t colonized\nto the degree real-life America was.'}, {'start': '2278.883', 'end': '2283.933', 'text': 'Also in talking with Ulysses we find that\nphysical books aren’t really sold anymore.'}, {'start': '2284.333', 'end': '2288.133', 'text': 'Damon’s apparently never seen one\noutside of a library or museum.'}, {'start': '2288.466', 'end': '2293.216', 'text': 'Which is very concerning,\nbut I don’t have time to unpack all of that.'}, {'start': '2293.216', 'end': '2298.083', 'text': 'Ulysses’s tendency to jot everything down\nproves him invaluable in trials,'}, {'start': '2298.083', 'end': '2300.133', 'text': 'even when he wasn’t directly involved.'}, {'start': '2300.600', 'end': '2304.533', 'text': 'He’s also disabled,\nhaving anosmia, or the inability to smell.'}, {'start': '2304.783', 'end': '2308.500', 'text': 'This is revealed to us in Chapter 1,\nbut is hinted at in the Prologue'}, {'start': '2308.500', 'end': '2312.133', 'text': 'when he asks for someone\nto describe the smell of the sleeping gas.'}, {'start': '2312.633', 'end': '2317.150', 'text': 'Since he also mentions his body not producing\nenough hormones, I’m led to believe'}, {'start': '2317.150', 'end': '2321.683', 'text': 'that his condition is Kallmann’s Syndrome,\nthough this is just my best guess.'}, {'start': '2322.133', 'end': '2325.566', 'text': 'This is a weird compliment,\nbut I like how his memory works.'}, {'start': '2325.866', 'end': '2328.816', 'text': 'It’s been shown that he has\ntrouble remembering the mundane,'}, {'start': '2328.816', 'end': '2330.850', 'text': 'but historical facts come easy to him.'}, {'start': '2331.400', 'end': '2335.433', 'text': 'I find myself much the same, though\nwith things like Splatoon weapons'}, {'start': '2335.433', 'end': '2337.866', 'text': 'or Danganronpa character names.'}, {'start': '2338.133', 'end': '2341.700', 'text': 'Quite frankly, I’m not sure\nhow to end his section of the video.'}, {'start': '2342.100', 'end': '2344.700', 'text': 'He’s nice and he’s introverted\nand I like him.'}, {'start': '2344.833', 'end': '2346.183', 'text': 'I like his voice.'}, {'start': '2346.183', 'end': '2347.800', 'text': 'I want to tuck him in bed.'}, {'start': '2347.800', 'end': '2350.350', 'text': 'I hope he’s still with us\nfor another chapter.'}, {'start': '2355.566', 'end': '2357.633', 'text': 'Wenona is someone I mostly like,'}, {'start': '2357.633', 'end': '2360.633', 'text': 'but can’t say that I like\nwith the entirety of my chest.'}, {'start': '2361.266', 'end': '2363.366', 'text': 'Girl dislikes unions.'}, {'start': '2363.366', 'end': '2368.200', 'text': 'I am very much pro-union, and pro workers\ngetting paid what they deserve.'}, {'start': '2368.616', 'end': '2371.283', 'text': 'Why don’t you like unions, Wenona?'}, {'start': '2371.283', 'end': '2374.050', 'text': 'Do you value income over people?'}, {'start': '2374.050', 'end': '2376.783', 'text': 'You did say that you wanted\nfinancial reparations'}, {'start': '2376.783', 'end': '2380.183', 'text': 'for being kidnapped the\nvery first time Damon spoke to you.'}, {'start': '2380.183', 'end': '2384.516', 'text': 'You’re not afraid of belittling someone\nin the name of business, and your clan'}, {'start': '2384.516', 'end': '2389.100', 'text': 'is pretty wealthy considering they give 1.5\nmillion dollar handouts to people.'}, {'start': '2389.850', 'end': '2393.550', 'text': 'She does mention her company\npartakes in sustainable farming, though.'}, {'start': '2394.000', 'end': '2396.133', 'text': 'So I really don’t know.'}, {'start': '2396.533', 'end': '2399.100', 'text': 'Wenona’s kind of like Damon\nin the prickish department,'}, {'start': '2399.333', 'end': '2402.333', 'text': 'but she actually does know when\nto keep her mouth shut.'}, {'start': '2402.666', 'end': '2407.700', 'text': 'Thus far, she’s not let fear faze her, but\nshe also doesn’t put blind faith in others.'}, {'start': '2408.100', 'end': '2412.083', 'text': 'I honestly think she would be the type\nto see a dead body, make the exact face'}, {'start': '2412.083', 'end': '2416.533', 'text': 'seen in this sprite,\nsay “Nasty!” and walk away.'}, {'start': '2416.983', 'end': '2420.300', 'text': 'I could ramble on\nabout the worldbuilding in her FTEs,'}, {'start': '2420.300', 'end': '2424.866', 'text': 'but unlike with Ulysses, who gives me stuff\nI can analyze and make conclusions from,'}, {'start': '2424.866', 'end': '2427.383', 'text': 'Wenona’s talking points are just flat-out facts.'}, {'start': '2427.783', 'end': '2431.733', 'text': 'Though she does talk about the UTP,\nand based on her words, I think'}, {'start': '2431.733', 'end': '2435.150', 'text': 'differing opinions on the organization\ncould lead to a greater calamity,'}, {'start': '2435.400', 'end': '2439.333', 'text': 'like the “Ultimate Hunt” lie\nthat was so integral to the plot of V3.'}, {'start': '2439.333', 'end': '2444.216', 'text': 'Though I do tend to think Damon is harsh,\nI think there is something to be looked into'}, {'start': '2444.216', 'end': '2447.333', 'text': 'regarding how she acquired farmland\nfrom neighboring clans.'}, {'start': '2447.816', 'end': '2450.816', 'text': 'While the clans may have “agreed” to it,'}, {'start': '2451.083', 'end': '2454.083', 'text': 'did they feel pressure from Wenona\nto give her their farmland?'}, {'start': '2454.500', 'end': '2457.500', 'text': 'Just how does this woman go about a business\ndeal?'}, {'start': '2457.650', 'end': '2460.650', 'text': 'Is she a master of making offers\nyou can’t refuse?'}, {'start': '2461.100', 'end': '2464.500', 'text': 'Right now, she presents\nas someone who has good intentions,'}, {'start': '2464.500', 'end': '2467.433', 'text': 'but goes about them in ways I can’t endorse.'}, {'start': '2467.433', 'end': '2472.750', 'text': 'The lack of human empathy in big business is something I’ll\nnever be able to wrap my head around.'}, {'start': '2477.783', 'end': '2480.883', 'text': 'And finally, the man of the hour himself:'}, {'start': '2480.883', 'end': '2482.900', 'text': 'Wolfgang Akire.'}, {'start': '2483.016', 'end': '2486.800', 'text': 'In my initial playthrough,\nI was suspicious of Wolfgang immediately.'}, {'start': '2487.216', 'end': '2491.716', 'text': 'I mean, a character with “wolf” in his name\nwearing a sheep pin?'}, {'start': '2491.716', 'end': '2495.633', 'text': 'The phrase “a wolf in sheep’s\nclothing” is certainly being evoked here.'}, {'start': '2495.883', 'end': '2499.550', 'text': 'Getting his blackmail later\non only solidified things further.'}, {'start': '2499.916', 'end': '2504.333', 'text': 'I thought to myself\n“Oh, this guy’s gonna be important.”'}, {'start': '2504.333', 'end': '2505.550', 'text': 'And then he died.'}, {'start': '2505.850', 'end': '2509.483', 'text': 'And I thought to myself, “Oh\nthis guy’s gonna be important.'}, {'start': '2510.016', 'end': '2513.783', 'text': 'Just perhaps more in death than in life.”'}, {'start': '2513.783', 'end': '2515.066', 'text': 'While I do have a theory'}, {'start': '2515.066', 'end': '2519.050', 'text': 'for what he meant in his dying\nmoments, the Danganronpa franchise isn’t'}, {'start': '2519.050', 'end': '2522.133', 'text': 'something that would leave\nthis sort of question unanswered.'}, {'start': '2522.133', 'end': '2525.733', 'text': 'I just don’t know where in the story\nthis answer might come up.'}, {'start': '2526.250', 'end': '2530.033', 'text': 'My current hypothesis stems\nfrom the same Twitter mutual I mentioned'}, {'start': '2530.033', 'end': '2535.116', 'text': 'earlier, who posed that it’s possible\nthat Wolfgang’s dad murdered his mom.'}, {'start': '2535.183', 'end': '2539.150', 'text': 'We know that Wolfgang\ngreatly admires his mother from his FTEs,'}, {'start': '2539.266', 'end': '2543.316', 'text': 'so if we presume he saw Diana as his mom\nwhile in the boiler room,'}, {'start': '2543.316', 'end': '2547.133', 'text': 'and he felt that he did not live up to her\nlegacy, it would make sense'}, {'start': '2547.133', 'end': '2550.816', 'text': 'as to why he was so self-critical\nin his final moments.'}, {'start': '2551.216', 'end': '2555.883', 'text': 'Being a firsthand witness of his father\nmurdering his mother would also explain'}, {'start': '2555.883', 'end': '2560.816', 'text': 'his sudden outburst regarding a woman\nbeing killed by a man in Cara’s trial.'}, {'start': '2561.416', 'end': '2566.516', 'text': 'Of course, Wolfgang is more than his father’s\nmurder assuming that truly did happen.'}, {'start': '2566.583', 'end': '2570.250', 'text': 'He’s the metaphorical leader of the group\nup until his death.'}, {'start': '2570.433', 'end': '2574.816', 'text': 'But like others, he, too, is a hypocrite\nfor asking them to trust in each other,'}, {'start': '2575.116', 'end': '2578.266', 'text': 'only to say that Damon and Eva\nshould be excluded from the group'}, {'start': '2578.266', 'end': '2580.950', 'text': 'for their less optimistic opinions.'}, {'start': '2580.950', 'end': '2585.866', 'text': '(And for bringing a knife to the\nboiler room when he said he trusted people.)'}, {'start': '2585.983', 'end': '2590.000', 'text': 'I think it’s interesting that Wolfgang refers\nto the women with honorifics.'}, {'start': '2590.266', 'end': '2592.883', 'text': 'I thought he did this to the men too,\nbut I couldn’t'}, {'start': '2592.883', 'end': '2596.500', 'text': 'find a single instance of him doing\nso in the footage I recorded.'}, {'start': '2596.866', 'end': '2599.450', 'text': 'This probably stems from his career,'}, {'start': '2599.450', 'end': '2602.866', 'text': 'but these are his classmates he’s talking\nto, not his clients.'}, {'start': '2603.166', 'end': '2604.900', 'text': 'This game is set in America.'}, {'start': '2604.900', 'end': '2609.083', 'text': 'And while this America may be different\nfrom the one we know in real life,'}, {'start': '2609.466', 'end': '2613.200', 'text': 'it seems that most of the group\nrefers to each other by just first name,'}, {'start': '2613.200', 'end': '2617.633', 'text': 'the same way I referred to my classmates\nwhen I was in school here in America.'}, {'start': '2618.500', 'end': '2623.866', 'text': 'I think this respect for women may\nalso from his mother, but I can’t be sure.'}, {'start': '2624.466', 'end': '2627.650', 'text': 'As this script collected dust\nwhile I slaved away at work,'}, {'start': '2627.883', 'end': '2630.916', 'text': 'I found myself coming to like Wolfgang\nmore and more.'}, {'start': '2631.416', 'end': '2636.233', 'text': 'He’s ended up occupying a space in my brain\nright next to Sayaka Maizono in characters'}, {'start': '2636.233', 'end': '2639.883', 'text': 'I didn’t truly start loving\nuntil after they were already gone.'}, {'start': '2640.433', 'end': '2644.783', 'text': 'I even had to remake the tierlist I’ll be\nshowing off in a few minutes because of this.'}, {'start': '2645.233', 'end': '2647.216', 'text': 'I like his childishness.'}, {'start': '2647.216', 'end': '2650.483', 'text': 'His inability to do laundry\nreminds me of myself,'}, {'start': '2650.483', 'end': '2653.650', 'text': 'seeing as I was\nnever taught how to do it in my childhood.'}, {'start': '2653.866', 'end': '2656.983', 'text': 'I like that he almost has this “Toshiko-ism” to him'}, {'start': '2656.983', 'end': '2659.916', 'text': 'as he asks Damon about his other classmates.'}, {'start': '2660.233', 'end': '2663.416', 'text': 'And, of course,\nI like that he gets under Damon’s skin.'}, {'start': '2663.983', 'end': '2668.833', 'text': 'But returning to the main narrative,\nI still think Wolfgang’s a bit suspicious,'}, {'start': '2668.833', 'end': '2673.666', 'text': 'and I do believe that he’ll have an impact\non the narrative post-mortem, whether that be'}, {'start': '2673.666', 'end': '2678.633', 'text': 'through the grief of others, the impression\nhe left on Diana, or anything else.'}, {'start': '2683.683', 'end': '2685.583', 'text': 'I’ll be honest here.'}, {'start': '2685.583', 'end': '2690.850', 'text': 'I never knew how much I truly did\nnot care for Monokuma until Tozu showed up.'}, {'start': '2691.266', 'end': '2695.416', 'text': 'He’s funny, he’s theatrical,\nand he feels truly threatening,'}, {'start': '2695.633', 'end': '2698.000', 'text': 'especially with Mara at his side.'}, {'start': '2698.333', 'end': '2701.483', 'text': 'I’m not sure why,\nbut Kodaka seems to have this habit of'}, {'start': '2701.483', 'end': '2705.533', 'text': 'putting weird, gimmicky mascots\nin all of the games that he directs.'}, {'start': '2706.100', 'end': '2709.016', 'text': 'And while Monokuma is pretty iconic,'}, {'start': '2709.016', 'end': '2713.050', 'text': 'and Monomi is alright,\nthey really go down from there.'}, {'start': '2713.366', 'end': '2717.133', 'text': 'I’m just not a fan\nof mascot characters as a genre.'}, {'start': '2717.583', 'end': '2720.716', 'text': 'I have a hard time connecting to characters\nthat aren’t humanoid,'}, {'start': '2720.716', 'end': '2723.716', 'text': 'so I suppose that’s\nwhy Tozu sticks with me more.'}, {'start': '2724.433', 'end': '2728.866', 'text': 'He has fun music, his vocal\nperformance is great, and his presence'}, {'start': '2728.866', 'end': '2733.466', 'text': 'feels off-putting and threatening in ways\nthat Monokuma just doesn’t.'}, {'start': '2733.666', 'end': '2735.316', 'text': 'A character well done.'}, {'start': '2735.683', 'end': '2739.400', 'text': 'Being a goat-headed figure\nwith a humanoid body, it’s possible'}, {'start': '2739.400', 'end': '2742.516', 'text': 'that Tozu is referencing Baphomet,\na pagan idol'}, {'start': '2742.516', 'end': '2746.033', 'text': 'who is now most commonly associated\nwith satanism and the devil'}, {'start': '2746.033', 'end': '2749.933', 'text': 'because it appears on the devil card\nin the popular Rider-Waite tarot deck.'}, {'start': '2750.500', 'end': '2754.033', 'text': 'But who knows—maybe it’s just a coincidence.'}, {'start': '2754.483', 'end': '2757.383', 'text': 'Fun Fact: Tozu used to have hair!'}, {'start': '2757.583', 'end': '2760.483', 'text': 'I think making him bald was the right\ndecision, though.'}, {'start': '2760.666', 'end': '2761.550', 'text': 'Makes him weirder.'}, {'start': '2766.750', 'end': '2769.750', 'text': 'Mara is someone who’s hard to talk about.'}, {'start': '2769.933', 'end': '2773.650', 'text': 'She hasn’t said a word, and all she’s\ndone is shoot someone.'}, {'start': '2774.100', 'end': '2779.350', 'text': 'We can’t really say anything about\nthe motives of a character that hasn’t spoken yet.'}, {'start': '2779.350', 'end': '2783.200', 'text': 'What I can talk about is her animal symbol,\nthe black panther.'}, {'start': '2783.416', 'end': '2786.550', 'text': 'Black panthers are actually\nleopards or jaguars.'}, {'start': '2786.833', 'end': '2792.200', 'text': 'They are stealthy, solitary hunters,\nwhich matches what we’ve seen in Mara so far.'}, {'start': '2792.550', 'end': '2795.900', 'text': 'I’m interested in\nseeing her relationship with Tozu.'}, {'start': '2796.066', 'end': '2798.216', 'text': 'What kind of bond do they have?'}, {'start': '2798.216', 'end': '2799.750', 'text': 'Are they coworkers?'}, {'start': '2799.850', 'end': '2802.600', 'text': 'Are they related? In love?'}, {'start': '2802.600', 'end': '2805.116', 'text': 'I mean, Tozu does call the currency'}, {'start': '2805.116', 'end': '2808.566', 'text': 'Marabucks when he could have easily\ncalled them Tozubucks.'}, {'start': '2809.000', 'end': '2812.833', 'text': 'She will be getting a voice,\nso she will say things later.'}, {'start': '2812.983', 'end': '2816.100', 'text': 'I suppose that,\nif I remake this video for later chapters,'}, {'start': '2816.316', 'end': '2819.033', 'text': 'I’ll be able to say something\nmore about her then.'}, {'start': '2825.650', 'end': '2830.283', 'text': 'Cara Koskinen,\nAKA the victim in the Prologue Trial!'}, {'start': '2830.350', 'end': '2834.133', 'text': 'Like Mara before her, it’s\nhard to judge her actions as a character'}, {'start': '2834.133', 'end': '2838.033', 'text': 'because we haven’t heard her speak,\nlet alone seen her real body.'}, {'start': '2838.600', 'end': '2841.183', 'text': 'I was shocked to see her\nduring Eva’s execution,'}, {'start': '2841.183', 'end': '2844.183', 'text': 'but I think she acts\nas a great symbolic piece here.'}, {'start': '2844.483', 'end': '2848.116', 'text': 'Eva reaching out one last time,\ntrying to put her faith in others,'}, {'start': '2848.383', 'end': '2852.566', 'text': 'only for it to be snuffed out the way\nit has been so many times in her life.'}, {'start': '2853.016', 'end': '2855.833', 'text': 'For a character\nI had previously seen as having finished'}, {'start': '2855.833', 'end': '2859.350', 'text': 'their purpose in the narrative,\nthis really changed things.'}, {'start': '2859.900', 'end': '2863.750', 'text': 'Now, I’m just throwing spaghetti at a wall\nand hoping it sticks here,'}, {'start': '2863.750', 'end': '2867.466', 'text': 'but I think Cara is going to be\nsomeone who shows up in the story again,'}, {'start': '2867.466', 'end': '2869.833', 'text': 'the same way I predict with Wolfgang.'}, {'start': '2869.833', 'end': '2872.600', 'text': 'Maybe she’ll\neven be a part of every execution,'}, {'start': '2872.600', 'end': '2877.033', 'text': 'like how the Monokubz were executed\none by one alongside the students in V3.'}, {'start': '2877.900', 'end': '2880.133', 'text': 'Also, does anyone else think it’s weird'}, {'start': '2880.133', 'end': '2883.300', 'text': 'how eerily similar Mara and Cara’s names are?'}, {'start': '2883.733', 'end': '2886.250', 'text': 'Are these two possibly related?'}, {'start': '2886.250', 'end': '2890.450', 'text': 'Could Mara have killed Cara,\nand that mystery ends up being something'}, {'start': '2890.450', 'end': '2895.100', 'text': 'we uncover later, like the truth of V3’s\n1st Chapter in the 6th Trial?'}, {'start': '2895.183', 'end': '2897.200', 'text': 'I think that’d be cool.'}, {'start': '2897.200', 'end': '2898.700', 'text': 'She has a cute design.'}, {'start': '2898.700', 'end': '2900.600', 'text': 'I hope we get to learn more about her.'}, {'start': '2906.200', 'end': '2909.866', 'text': '“Who the heck is Damian?”\nWhy, he’s the calendar guy!'}, {'start': '2909.866', 'end': '2914.100', 'text': 'A joke character by Nifast\nwho was inserted into the game.'}, {'start': '2914.100', 'end': '2917.100', 'text': 'There’s little nods to him\nbeyond the calendars,'}, {'start': '2917.233', 'end': '2920.933', 'text': 'like on the storage room\nboxes and Mark misremembering Damon’s name.'}, {'start': '2921.616', 'end': '2924.283', 'text': 'I hope he stays as a joke character.'}, {'start': '2924.383', 'end': '2928.966', 'text': 'I also hope to be able to get a master\ncollection of all his pinups one day.'}, {'start': '2929.350', 'end': '2933.666', 'text': 'Not because I’m attracted to him, but because\nI like to archive stuff from this game.'}, {'start': '2935.116', 'end': '2936.050', 'text': 'Phew!'}, {'start': '2936.050', 'end': '2940.016', 'text': 'That’s all the characters, so here’s\nthe tierlist I mentioned in the beginning.'}, {'start': '2940.200', 'end': '2943.333', 'text': 'Characters will likely move around\nas the story is revealed,'}, {'start': '2943.600', 'end': '2947.533', 'text': 'but as of the upload date of this video,\nhere are my current standings.'}, {'start': '2947.850', 'end': '2951.583', 'text': 'Comparatively, this next section on\neverything else will be a lot shorter.'}, {'start': '2952.000', 'end': '2955.200', 'text': 'Attention ain’t easy to sustain\nin this economy, after all.'}, {'start': '2955.750', 'end': '2957.416', 'text': 'First up, the music!'}, {'start': '2957.416', 'end': '2959.250', 'text': 'The music is really good.'}, {'start': '2959.250', 'end': '2962.283', 'text': 'You can feel the Danganronpa inspiration\nin each track.'}, {'start': '2962.616', 'end': '2966.733', 'text': 'If someone played one Danganronpa game,\nand then you replaced the next game’s music'}, {'start': '2966.733', 'end': '2970.233', 'text': 'with the Eden’s Garden music,\nthey probably wouldn’t even be able'}, {'start': '2970.233', 'end': '2973.900', 'text': 'to tell–except for the execution music\nbeing out of sync.'}, {'start': '2974.350', 'end': '2977.683', 'text': 'But they’d still probably jam out, ‘cause\nthat song’s really good too.'}, {'start': '2978.250', 'end': '2980.983', 'text': 'Gameplay is generally nice and smooth!'}, {'start': '2980.983', 'end': '2984.850', 'text': 'The hallways chugged a bit sometimes,\nbut this was relatively minor'}, {'start': '2984.850', 'end': '2986.716', 'text': 'and didn’t impact my enjoyment.'}, {'start': '2987.150', 'end': '2989.200', 'text': 'Minigames are generally good!'}, {'start': '2989.200', 'end': '2990.633', 'text': '(Not looking at you.)'}, {'start': '2990.633', 'end': '2992.583', 'text': 'I don’t entirely understand'}, {'start': '2992.583', 'end': '2995.816', 'text': 'the pachinko machine,\nbut it didn’t frustrate me, at least.'}, {'start': '2996.200', 'end': '2999.500', 'text': 'Very rarely a typo can be seen throughout the game.'}, {'start': '2999.983', 'end': '3002.550', 'text': 'I’m the type to notice them quickly,\nbut I can’t'}, {'start': '3002.550', 'end': '3005.550', 'text': 'really blame the team with a script\nthis long.'}, {'start': '3005.783', 'end': '3009.050', 'text': 'Overall,\nit felt really goddamn amazing to be able'}, {'start': '3009.050', 'end': '3012.866', 'text': 'to play a Danganronpa\nand not have it entirely spoiled for me.'}, {'start': '3013.083', 'end': '3014.700', 'text': 'And it was free!'}, {'start': '3014.700', 'end': '3019.683', 'text': 'Seriously, I cannot put words into how epic\nthis is for a non-profit project.'}, {'start': '3020.183', 'end': '3023.100', 'text': 'But moving onto the non-epic part…'}, {'start': '3023.883', 'end': '3025.900', 'text': 'The Argument Altercation.'}, {'start': '3026.450', 'end': '3029.166', 'text': 'Oh my god, this was dreadful.'}, {'start': '3029.583', 'end': '3033.550', 'text': 'I’m not exactly sure how difficulty\nin the mainline franchise works,'}, {'start': '3033.816', 'end': '3034.850', 'text': 'but I’ve always been told'}, {'start': '3034.850', 'end': '3038.083', 'text': 'you end up missing some stuff\nunless you pick the hardest difficulty.'}, {'start': '3038.433', 'end': '3041.433', 'text': 'So I picked “Mean” for both logic and action.'}, {'start': '3041.766', 'end': '3045.266', 'text': 'And then, without warning,\nI am thrust into Touhou.'}, {'start': '3045.366', 'end': '3048.133', 'text': 'And look, I’ve played Touhou before.'}, {'start': '3048.333', 'end': '3051.000', 'text': 'I’m not good at it, but I’ve played it.'}, {'start': '3051.283', 'end': '3054.250', 'text': 'I could not beat this minigame on Mean.'}, {'start': '3054.350', 'end': '3055.350', 'text': 'I tried.'}, {'start': '3055.733', 'end': '3057.966', 'text': 'Oh my god, did I try.'}, {'start': '3057.966', 'end': '3060.966', 'text': 'I even got to the third stage\non some of my runs.'}, {'start': '3061.216', 'end': '3062.566', 'text': 'But once the crows come out,'}, {'start': '3062.566', 'end': '3068.083', 'text': 'I cannot dodge them for the life of me,\nand my HP is not enough to survive them.'}, {'start': '3068.816', 'end': '3072.633', 'text': 'If there were checkpoints or something,\nI would not mind things being this hard,'}, {'start': '3072.883', 'end': '3075.633', 'text': 'but there’s a difference between a challenge\nthat is fun'}, {'start': '3075.633', 'end': '3079.133', 'text': 'and a challenge\nthat is unnecessary and anger-inducing.'}, {'start': '3079.316', 'end': '3083.116', 'text': 'The devs said they wanted to make PTAs\nthat were better than the mainline games.'}, {'start': '3083.116', 'end': '3088.166', 'text': 'And honestly, I haven’t played them\nin the mainline games beyond Leon’s I think,'}, {'start': '3088.233', 'end': '3092.716', 'text': 'since I basically ended up\nreading Danganronpa as opposed to playing it.'}, {'start': '3093.133', 'end': '3096.133', 'text': 'But I think this is a step back.'}, {'start': '3096.250', 'end': '3099.666', 'text': 'Even on Kind,\nI ended up having to use Microsoft Powertoys'}, {'start': '3099.666', 'end': '3102.916', 'text': 'to remap the keybindings\nto be more Touhou-styled.'}, {'start': '3103.100', 'end': '3106.150', 'text': 'I knew that you could use the arrow keys\nto move around in the base game,'}, {'start': '3106.150', 'end': '3109.366', 'text': 'which was helpful, but\nthe placement of the left hand was awkward'}, {'start': '3109.366', 'end': '3112.366', 'text': 'using the F, Shift, and Space keys.'}, {'start': '3112.916', 'end': '3115.966', 'text': 'From what I’ve heard through the grapevine,\nthe devs seemed to have agreed'}, {'start': '3115.966', 'end': '3120.000', 'text': 'this was too hard, and this’ll be handled\nby a different programmer in the future.'}, {'start': '3120.433', 'end': '3122.450', 'text': 'Thank God for that.'}, {'start': '3122.450', 'end': '3126.950', 'text': 'At least I didn’t end up\nhaving to do some stupid word search.'}, {'start': '3127.666', 'end': '3131.383', 'text': 'And that sums up just about everything\nI thought about the game so far.'}, {'start': '3132.116', 'end': '3136.016', 'text': 'If you actually managed to sit\nthrough all of that yap, thank you so much.'}, {'start': '3136.700', 'end': '3140.816', 'text': 'Or if you just skipped to see what I thought\nof your favorite character, that’s okay too.'}, {'start': '3141.416', 'end': '3144.416', 'text': 'This game came to me\nat a really rough time in my life.'}, {'start': '3144.616', 'end': '3149.566', 'text': 'I won’t go into detail about that,\nbut being able to lose myself in this new,'}, {'start': '3149.566', 'end': '3153.683', 'text': 'fictional world definitely helped me cope\nwith all the crazy things going on'}, {'start': '3153.683', 'end': '3155.183', 'text': 'in the real world.'}, {'start': '3155.183', 'end': '3158.183', 'text': 'To every developer, writer, artist,'}, {'start': '3158.366', 'end': '3161.866', 'text': 'voice actor, composer, musician, and everyone else'}, {'start': '3161.866', 'end': '3166.516', 'text': 'that brought this game to life thus far,\nthank you for your hard work and dedication.'}, {'start': '3167.066', 'end': '3171.083', 'text': 'You’ve created something absolutely amazing,\nand I can’t wait to see more.'}, {'start': '3171.833', 'end': '3175.250', 'text': 'I’ll hopefully see you guys again\nafter the next chapter releases.'}, {'start': '3175.483', 'end': '3176.683', 'text': 'mahimeghan out.'}, {'start': '3176.683', 'end': '3177.933', 'text': 'Peace!'}, {'start': '3196.550', 'end': '3197.716', 'text': 'Jean Numbers.'}]