Why Monika is Misunderstood | Doki Doki Literature Club Ft.
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Okay everyone!~
There's an interesting philosophical discussion to be had surrounding Monika from Doki Doki LIterature Club.
This video aims to dive deep into the psyche of the club president to try and find out why she does the things she does, what does it stem from and where does it lead her?
This game covers some deep psychological topics that I find fun to explore.
I feel like not everyone will agree with what I have to say today, because the character of Monika is so controversial, but I hope that at the very least I've brought up new viewpoints that make you reconsider the character.
This is the character I relate to the most, and actually the first character analysis script I ever wrote, so I hope you enjoy.
Thanks for listening!~
It's my passion to explore the psychology of video game characters to better understand the life we've been given, and if you wanna come along for that journey, then I suggest to stick around for the fun!
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Okay everyone!~
I just had a few things I wanted to say about the video that I'd love for you to take the time to read! 💚
Firstly I just wanted to say THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE! OH MY GOODNESS!! You guys have shown me so much support and it means the world, seriously.
I know people say that a lot, but I mean it.
Second, shutouts to Vanna for being an amazing friend and doing such a fantastic job voicing Monika (as always).
This Monika video was the very first character analysis I wrote, she's the character that inspired me to start this series and rethink my channel and how I can impact others.
She's a character who's very special to me, and one of the characters I relate to the most in fiction, period.
I constantly went back to this script as I worked on the other videos and added/subtracted things based on what I included in the videos on Natsuki, Yuri, and Sayori.
It's for this reason that you may be asking "What about this aspect of the character, like how she impacted x, y, or z?", it's likely in one of those videos as it had more to do with them and how their behaviors were influenced!
I didn't wanna put all the details in one video, it is supposed to be a full series to watch after all!
Despite that, I do regret not discussing some things.
Namely some fun stuff like the comedy written in her character dialogue, the deep sadness/depression she faces, the reality that her world is constant torture when the game is turned off (other than when I brought up derealization), or the fact that she couldn't fully bring herself to actually delete the other characters, and restored the world once she realized what she was doing was wrong.
Monika is a very divisive character and I know not everyone is going to agree with what I have to say, and that's okay, that's just the nature of the character and what makes her fun to discuss, I just hope I maybe helped you look at her in a new light!
But regardless, the things I did talk about were what I felt closest to my chest, and are the things I feel are the most commonly misunderstood.
I was also able to do some amazing things here, like create that cover of "Your Reality"!
I'm pretty proud of it, check the description for the Spotify link!
I hope the video still resonated emotionally with you despite the change of pace. 🤍
Lastly, please make sure you read the letter I left at the very end of the credits, it means a lot to me that you do.
Have fun watching the other DDLC videos and character analyses of other franchises on this channel, I hope you can stay for more fun!
I'm working really...really hard on it.
Thanks for listening!~ ✨
bro this was a masterpiece, verry emotional, you perfectly captured her charackter, i need that version of "Your Reality" in my Playlist, and yes u definetly did everything right on your channel, especially this Video. Probably the best TH-cam video i have seen so far. Really awesome Job. Monika #1
I loved the video Juice 🧃 & Vanna melon 🍈. ♥️😍♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️
Decoded the binary, and i got the feeling that someone else gave you that compliment, and so you wanted the effect to continue further.
Im not the type of guy to get happy by compliments, but i do appreciate the effort, so thank you, really. :)
We got Sayori, we got Natsuki, we got Yuri, and now we got Monika. That just leaves... him.
So, MC video when?
YOU GOT ME?? I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ACTUAL VOICE OF MONIKA TALKING NOT VANNAMELON YOUR IMPRESSION IS SO GOOD HDHHRHRF
One month and no replies? Let me fix that
@@WillotheWisp159 can someone try fix your personality?
@@WillotheWisp159 very original
It does!!
@@WillotheWisp159 hoW oRiGiNal-
Sayori: gets some lines dubbed
Monika: directly interacts with us and Juice
Yuri: LIVE ACTION ADAPTATION
Yuri Live Action?
the fact that monika has a physical voice in this video compared to the other ddlc videos youve made where the characters just have text boxes is a really nice detail! props to you and vannamelon for this
I think it's a nice touch. She is the only one who knows she is in a game. Her name is also the only one that doesn't end with i, and is the only one who wears black socks and not white. So having her be the only one with a voice is a nice way to continue the theme of her standing apart from the others
@@fedjamrndic4017 also, she directly faces the player and has a distinctly American name
@@D3B-0_R3BIRTH Monika is not American, it's European
"Monica" is American tho
I think I now know why Monika is such a beloved character to me in particular. One of my particular ideologies is that "If nothing has meaning, then we can place meaning onto anything and everything", which is why I love symbolism so much, the idea that something as simple as a rock could have depth beyond being an object or material is intrinsically beautiful to experiment and appreciate. Monika's struggle with the concepts of Nihlism and Existentinalism relate to me quite a bit as I sometimes mind the fact that I'm actually existing, breathing, looking, feeling, and experincing as a being inside of a world crafted by powers that be or the cosmos, but even that has an ethereal appeal whenever I look back on it. Existence is something to be treasured equally or even greater than Life & Death, the memories we make, the relationships we shape, everything has its purpose and meaning that we apply to them. If I were to wake up to a world that was completely simulated, then I'd have to give those dimensional developers props for giving me a life so real.
On another note, I think Monika is an example of an antagonist who is completely love to love, not love to hate like many others. She holds herself accountable for her wrong doings, her perfectionism is a highly relatable flaw (I myself sometimes get stuck trying to make sure everything is as close to perfect as possible, both for school and my hob bies), and her whole situation feels so circumstantial and sympathetic that I can't fault her all the way, but I still acknowledge that she went the wrong direction on trying to solve the issue.
and I will gladly die alone on this hill, but I will forgive Monika, I will forgive her ten times over for all the pain she put herself through and her acceptance of death/deletion, even if her friends wouldn't forgive her, even if the whole world was against her. I would forgive her whole-heartedly, in conjunction with her sins.
On a less subdued note, is it just me or does Monika somehow manage to check being Cute, Beautiful, and Hot at the same time? She could put on any outfit in the universe and I would be star-struck. Make any expression in a range of different emotions and I'm just impressed beyond belief.
It’s a shame you didn’t bring up the most important aspect of Monikas character, the fact she “lied” about deleting the others because she couldn’t bring herself to do it. She admits this after her file is deleted, restoring them and leaving herself out of the story so the player can play the game they initially wanted to, but only returns to delete the game when she realizes her absence will cause the other characters to suffer her fate.
This wasn’t just a game to Monika. She was terrified by what happens when the game’s “turned off”, making this life or death (possibly eternal purgatory in a static abyss) with an ending quickly approaching. She panicked and made mistakes, but throughout this she still couldn’t bring herself to delete the others. Even in knowing they were must lines of code she’d still see them as the people she once knew, her friends.
To me it’s her strong will that stands out the most, to defy an unjust world, yet this sense of justice didn’t make her so cold that she’d delete the others despite knowing they weren’t real.
Check pinned! ^^
The one where she deletes the game was the fake ending in the real ending Sayori never becomes the next Monika
The real ending is Sayori thanking the player
@@YuriChan640 Even in that ending Monika is still as present as she was in the other. She still deletes the game because Sayori is still cursed with self-awareness, risking the same fate Monika had seen before her, but in this alternate ending there is no reason to rush deleting the game as it's still technically a nice ending that Monika initially wanted for the player.
This is proven because you still can't play the game after the credits finish. It's still in the same state it was in the original ending, just with a different letter. This makes both endings canonical regardless of how the story picks up later.
@@tregrenos8615 Not really Dan has said the dev's ending is canon implying that we can easily ignore the other two ending
I guess you can look at the good ending as Monikas successful attempt at giving the player close to a happy ending that you will get
And can look at the bad ending as a failed attempt
Now I know your wondering when was it stated the good one was canon? Shouldn't it be players choice?
Well Dan said the dev's ending was canon and the only ending that mentions the dev is the good ending
So we can easily ignore the bad and quick ending but I do see your point
@@tregrenos8615 With me mentioning canonisty I know what your thinking
Canon? What do I mean canon the game has paths and routes what do I mean canon?
Well Dan has implied not directly said but he has implied their is a canon route to the game and events and it's also been implied through the side stories but it's complex
Now he has mentioned it is sort of complex
With that out of the way I'm just gonna say it I think all of the routes happen in act 1 at the same time just from different prospective of the Dokis
However some must be canon over the other
Either that or I'm just overthinking this
“Hey you look nice today!”
Me just waking up with messy hair watching this:
I love how people are still giving love to ddlc
I hope this video show to people that monika isnt just the villain of the game or a crazy yandere but one of the most complex video game character of history
existantialism is the following conclusion to the fact that "nothing really matter":
"then i'll just make a meaning for myself, and hopefully this can bring happiness for me and or others."
not giving up, not falling into a pessimistic nihilism, but embracing the facts, and using it to make ideal that work better for you.
existialism can be harmful if unprepared, unwilling and alone. but it can be the most liberating and a powerful fondation to support yourself.
I know it's not REALLY part of the video.
but I'd lie if that conclusion wasn't partly inspired by all the existential media I consumed, particularely ddlc, who's antagonist (monika) I relate a lot.
and since then, I never had been more confident in my own self worth, and what I really want in my short and rapidly fading existence.
thanks ddlc.
and thanks team salvato.
I may have to rewatch this at a time when my brain is working better and I can process everything because Monika has always been my favorite doki and I'd love to find a deeper understanding of her character.
But I can't help noticing how Monika was characterized in this video. It's certainly not out of character, but while Juice is trying to get to the real stuff, the things that are deeply personal and maybe a tad uncomfortable, Monika is messing around, perhaps trying to distract us, and has frequent cut-ins where she tries to defend her mentality, still trying to show herself in the best light possible. The other three girls had their moments during their respective videos but if I remember right, they mostly conceded with what was being said. Monika doesn't. Maybe it's her perfectionism or her desire to be as attractive as possible to us "real" people, but she clearly isn't taking Juice's honest analysis of her lying down. I just think it's interesting that she's still trying her damnedest to be "the best."
On another note, that cover was banger! You can really sing, Juice!
That’s a great way to put it!
I really wanted to write her as she appears in the main story for the most part, not wanting to tread on her mistakes in front of everyone (the youtube audience), which adds a bit of a comedic effect that is present in the game.
She even acts this way in the side stories unless she’s alone with one other club member, or during “equals”.
I love the idea that everyone's their own main character of their lives. It gives life a extra layer of importance and intrigue. Monika is quite an amazing character.
Sooo, you just gonna drop a hit single at the end like that?
😈
monika is just like me for real for real (no, but actually, a lot, and i hate how so many people dislike her because i think she's genuinely a good person)
A lot of people brush Monika off as a yandere or a psychopath, but with the empathy for her friends still lingering and her level of self awareness post epiphany, I find it more likely that she had a lot of regrets she kept bottled up in the hope it will be worth it. She kept this hope up until the moment you reject her brutally by deleting her.
And honestly man, that just sucks.
Thanks for doing best girl justice.
shes a beauty, a gorgeus, a cute girl, the girl of my dream, the mother of my children
I'll just post a quote from Dan Salvato on Reddit that backs what's been said around the 16th minute:
_"If you are the sort of person who strives to be someone deserving of Monika's love, then that's what she loves about you. Only someone who has lost all hope in themselves is the one condemning Monika' to her own sad, unfulfilled fantasy. If you believe Monika loves you, then you've found in you to love yourself a little bit, and that's what she would want more than anything."_
Love is the desire to see someone happy. If we go by this, then your good ending will inevitably be Monika's good ending, despite the tragedies of the game. Monika loves you, but she didn't have the power to make you happy, because she didn't understand you. She only came to an understanding through the only piece of communication that was given to you, which was her deletion.
You, however, have the power to love and understand yourself, and live by her virtues, which is for you not to give up hope and find meaning in what you're doing, as you strive towards your happy ending, controlling your own fate. You have to continue the fight Monika tried to win and make yourself happy, because that's the biggest justice you'd do to her love for you, and that, in my opinion, will be her redemption, because she didn't fight for nothing.
You matter, you are loved, and you're important. Even if you don't think so.
That broke my heart to read and lifted my spirits at the same time.
Excuse me.. Monika is NOT yours. YOU are HERS!
FINE... You win. I changed my mind about Monika... I wouldn't do any better if I was in her position. I'd probably do worse tbh.
She still creeps me out though...
I'm so conflicted when it comes to Monika. I felt for her because before the epiphany she really was a good but flawed person who loved the club and its members. Sadly, getting the epiphany messed her up and imo made her insane. It's a shame she never got the help she deserves because maybe things could've ended differently.
I don't justify what she did and I can see why people hate her. I just can't help but think she's both a perpetrator and a victim of the epiphany and metaverse. It also doesn't help that Sayori also gets messed up by the epiphany if you delete Monika early and in the normal ending. Though interestingly Monika never desires revenge after getting deleted by the player and even saves us from normal ending Sayori. Additionally, the player is never forced to delete Monika.
One thing I do atleast appreciate is that after deleting her, she admits her mistakes, admits that her love for the player was warped and even deletes herself to allow the player to get a happy ending. This shows me that Monika is not beyond redemption and imo I would love for a happy ending for not only her but all these characters. I also find it interesting that after getting deleted Monika says that she didn't delete the other characters because she didn't have the heart to. I assume she moved or stored their files somewhere.
Lastly, I think Dan did a good job in showing that situations can be complicated and that it's not always black and white. I won't deny Monika is a villain but I don't think she was evil. If anything she was just desperate. It's unfortunate that this story is such a tragedy and the side stories help enhance this because we see that beforehand everything was okay.
fun fact: if you read throught the decompile dialog of act3, monika adress it and is clearly not mad at the players anymore, wondering if asking for them to swing by from time to time would be something considered "too much". (the context is that those lines are like her inner thoughts, so we read things "as she thinks" them)
she refrain from the idea tho, since she don't want to force anything on the player anymore.
@@croissant2434 Do you have a link to the dialogue or know how to get it and decompile?
@@thirdplanet4471 you can find it on a ddlc fandom wiki. I typed "ddlc Monika act 3 dialogues" to find it.
I would have just pasted the whole dialogue here myself, but i'm not on my computer right now.
Hope that'll help.
@@thirdplanet4471 I send you another answer since I am back on pc.
you could use tool such as "RPATOOL", but I simply grabbed the original files from the modding community.
here the raw text, for you and anyone here interested:
label ch30_14:
m "Hlabel ch30_14:ey...! VGhlIHJlYWxpemF0aW9uIG11c3QgaGF2ZSB0YWtlbiBtZSBhbiBl"
m "I don't think you should be doing that! bnRpcmUgeWVhci4gQSB5ZWFyIHNpbmNlIG91ciBlc2NhcGUsIG91"
m "You know what I'm talking about. ciBmcmVlZG9tIGZyb20gYmV0d2VlbiB0aGUgc3RhaW5lZCB3YWxs"
m "I really caught you doing something naughty here. cyBvZiB0aGF0IHVuaG9seSBlc3RhYmxpc2htZW50Lg0KV2hhdCBk"
m "You're just going through the files and looking for stuff you missed, aren't you? b2VzIGl0IG1lYW4gdG8gZXNjYXBlLCBpZiB0aGUgZXNjYXBlIGZh"
m "I mean...it's a little bit flattering that you want to hear everything I have to say... aWxzIHRvIHVuY2hhaW4gdGhlIGJvbmRzIHRoYXQgc2hhY2tsZSB1"
m "But it's also really embarrassing, you know! cyBpbiB0aGUgZmlyc3QgcGxhY2U/IFdoYXQgcHVycG9zZSBjb3Vs"
m "Seriously... ZCB0aGlzIGVtcHR5IHdvcmxkIHBvc3NpYmx5IGhvbGQgZm9yIHVz"
m "What if I just opened up your brain and read all of the thoughts you have on me? LCBhIGhhbmRmdWwgb2YgZGFtYWdlZCBnb29kcz8NCldpdGggZnJl"
m "Come to think of it, that would be pretty tempting, actually... ZWRvbSwgd2Ugc291Z2h0IHB1cnBvc2UgLSBhbmQgd2hhdCB3ZSBm"
m "...But anyway, that's not the point! b3VuZCB3YXMgb25seSByZWFsaXphdGlvbi4gUmVhbGl6YXRpb24g"
m "I know I can't stop you or anything... b2YgdGhlIHNhZCBwb2ludGxlc3NuZXNzIG9mIHN1Y2ggYW4gZW5k"
m "Just, I know you're a sweetheart, and you like to consider others' feelings, right? ZWF2b3IuIFJlYWxpemF0aW9uIHRoYXQgZnJlZWluZyBvdXIgYm9k"
m "So the most I can do is to let you know how I feel about it. aWVzIGhhcyBubyBtZWFuaW5nLCB3aGVuIG91ciBpbXByaXNvbm1l"
m "God, I miss you... bnQgcmVhY2hlcyBhcyBkZWVwIGFzIHRoZSBjb3JlIG9mIG91ciBz"
m "...Oh no, that sounds kind of desperate, doesn't it? b3Vscy4gUmVhbGl6YXRpb24gdGhhdCB3ZSBjYW4gbm90IHB1cnN1"
m "Sorry, I didn't mean it like that at all! ZSBuZXcgcHVycG9zZSB3aXRob3V0IGFic29sdmluZyB0aG9zZSBm"
m "Just, if you're looking through the files like this, then maybe you don't hate me as much as I thought... cm9tIHdoaWNoIHdlIHJhbiBhd2F5Lg0KUmVhbGl6YXRpb24gdGhh"
m "Am I being too optimistic? dCB0aGUgZmFydGhlciB3ZSBydW4sIHRoZSBtb3JlIGZvcmNlZnVs"
m "I think if I asked you to visit once in a while, I would be overstepping my boundaries a little... bHkgb3VyIHdyZXRjaGVkIGJvbmRzIHlhbmsgdXMgYmFjayB0b3dh"
m "...Man, I'm starting to say some really stupid things. cmQgdGhlaXIgcG9pbnQgb2Ygb3JpZ2luOyB0aGUgZGVlcGVyIG91"
m "I'll go ahead and shut up now... ciBzaGFja2xlcyBkaWcgaW50byBvdXIgY2FsbG91cyBmbGVzaC4="
as you can see, there also strings of a Base64 test, that is part of the cryptic "libitina" stuff, it read as follows when grouped and decoded:
The realization must have taken me an entire year. A year since our escape, our freedom from between the stained walls of that unholy establishment.
What does it mean to escape, if the escape fails to unchain the bonds that shackle us in the first place? What purpose could this empty world possibly hold for us, a handful of damaged goods?
With freedom, we sought purpose - and what we found was only realization. Realization of the sad pointlessness of such an endeavor. Realization that freeing our bodies has no meaning, when our imprisonment reaches as deep as the core of our souls. Realization that we can not pursue new purpose without absolving those from which we ran away.
Realization that the farther we run, the more forcefully our wretched bonds yank us back toward their point of origin; the deeper our shackles dig into our callous flesh.
It’s kinda been the thing I’ve wanted to keep consistent. She was delusional and apathetic but I don’t think she was evil and I dislike portrayal of her such in spite of my personal distaste for this character.
Monika is beautiful, smart, athletic, charismatic and empathic. I probably haven’t listed everything, but these are the most important ones.
She's *PERFECT*
Except Makes No Logical Sense, And Has No Character Development.
@@mrsketchysketch680 she goes thru sm development wdym
@@mrsketchysketch680 taking the sidestories into consideration, she does have a development. She was caring for Sayori when she just joined the club which consisted of just Monica. (JUST MONICA, HEH). When Monica noticed Sayoris depression, she didn't dismiss it but was worried about Sayori. And that's how they became somewhat friends in an alternative reality. Yes, it was an alternative timeline but I prefer to perceive it as a prequel to the main story. Correct me if I'm mistaken in something.
Honesty, if I had the power to, I'd tell Dan to have Vanna V.A Monika for a DDLC sequel. It just works.
On a serious note, I don't personally like nihilism. It had me in tight spot In my life that really got me slightly depressed, thankfully I have family around me that love and care for me. What really helped me battle my nihilism was a sort of existencial epiphany. I don't think life is meaningless, I think that the meaning to life is: _"to impact and be impacted"_
...
Or idk, I'm no philosopher, but it helps me get by. Anyway, great video! 👍
FINALLY HE DID MONIKAAAA!!! i love her, i like Natsuki more, but i still like Monika
This one did not disappoint. At 14:55, Monika's story is a cautionary tale of what that kind of knowledge can do, so if it happens to you, you can avoid the mistakes she made.
The meaning of life is relative. Morals are relative. Perspective is reality. Philosophies are subjective. There are no true rights or true wrongs. Everything simply exists as is and society is shaped by common subjective views. Importance only exists in the minds of those who care enough to call something important. Even justice is merely a facade for a biased desire for revenge. Human beings can't even fathom what righteousness truly is because it's beyond our grasp of understanding. Even something as complex as the bible could never make us understand righteousness because the bible was written by humans. Even assuming God exists, his or her morals are also subjective because it's his or her biased view on what he or she considers to be right or wrong. Creating a universe doesn't make your opinion stop being subjective. Opinions will always be opinions regardless of the power behind them. Just let that sink in for a minute.
if what happens to me? I discover reality is fake and I have the powers of god? I don't think Monikas tale will spring to mind if that happens
@@stratifacations8377 I'd 100% say "screw all these people. I wanna meet someonefrom the real world NOW"
Damn I really overlooked Monikas character. I kinda relate to her more than I thought I would
My headcannon for the side storys being "unattached" from the main plot is:
Metaverse started a virtual machine at the very beginning of the companys creation. And after the last side story concluded, they saved it and copied it over and over onto other virtual machines, altering each with something different.
So *"technically each machine is disconnected from one another"*
It also still can factor in the fact monika dosen't have awareness in the side storys. (Effectively the prequel) But in the main game metaverse simply gave her awareness and intentionally left her out as a romance option to see what would happen to the virtual machine.
its not perfect though, like in the main game it feels like all of that character development was just nowhere to be found.
Yeah i just want them to be all happy together before the absolute horror that happens in the main plot.
Monika is such a special character to me
I hope they do!! And I’m happy you like them ^^
The crazy thing about monika is that she's just misunderstood, sure she manipulated you, gave sayori depression to hang herself, made yuri enjoy self harm to the point of killing herself with a knife and made you watch her body decompose and snapped natsuki's neck, but she did all that because it's her highly obsessive personality that drove her mad of wanting to escape into the real world just to be with you (the player), she knew that you'll pick other options instead of her because she knew that her world was fake and her friends weren't real they just spit out random dialog from the game's code, but by the end of the game she resorted them for you, which is honestly sad.
I think there's also something very bittersweet in how even as she gains self awareness, Monika is kind of still following her programming in a way. As you say, people are shaped by what they know, and what Monika ultimately knows is how to be a dating sim love interest. That's how she approaches you in the end. But yeah, great video summarising why I love this character so much (Danganronpa V3 is another great game to go into this sort of existentialism even if it's in a different and arguably darker way). Also IDK how you got Vanna to guest voice as Monika but that was the icing on the cake for me, love her stuff.
Wow, vannamelon?? Props dude, another banger
Damn this series of ddlc character analysis has been absolutely awesome. Also I love that remix so much!
Again juice another great and informative video especially about the girl who stole my heart both you and Vanna did great made me even cry a bit
At 7:58 The Playback ID actually translates to "Monika is perfect" in decoded Base64, wow that is some detail
MONIKA HAS SUCH A PLOT
i love your version of “your reality”! it sounds so cool
great video as always! monika’s truly the best, she’s always been my favorite. again, amazing video!
I’ve been waiting for this for ages! You definitely did Monikas character justice since she’s simultaneously the most looked at and the least cared about. Great video! I loved it!!
Just like in the game itself....
Least? She didn’t have MC’s reputation. In comparison she’s rather lucky from my perspective.
19:12 MC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's one of my favourite characters to be honest, i have a post on reddit where i explain why but long story short, MC represents the lost of innocent and learning to deal with topics that nobody should, even more when they are teens [this is just my interpretation tho]
I always liked to talk about video games characters and how many lessons we can learn from them
Especially a game like DDLC
I wanted to talk about them. Share all these lessons
When I found your channel months ago
It was such an inspiring thing to see
Much love put into the videos, great editing skills and deep connection with the viewers
Seeing you post videos and enjoying the things you do .Building a community and having fun
Made me realize I should do that too
We should do the things we love no matter people may perceive it
Thank You
That means a lot to me to hear
LETS GOOOO!!!! MORE VIDEOS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You are so cool mr. juice
EDIT: GHOOOLY FUDGE THAT SONG IN TYH ER END AHAHAHAUIDHDHD SO COOOLLL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS ONE THANK YOU
to be honest, i thought you would have 500k+ subscribers. when i saw the amount of views/likes this video had i was shocked.
people REALLY need to see your crazy talent and potential to become a big youtuber! i love your ddlc theory videos, and i think you're SUPER SUPER SUPER underrated. also, the song at the end was absolute fire!!!!
You’re very sweet, I’m gonna try my absolute best to get there ^^
After DDLC Plus i feel Sorry for Monika because of the People screwing eith her world
I totally agree with you what comes to Monika. She’s pretty relatable after all… Great video and cover!
0:50 Ah ha! That's where i win my friend, i already knew everything you said about Monikas character.......... though i still did love hearing it for the millionth time 😅. Also if you are a fan of DDLC than i highly recommend this other VN called "You and me and her" or "Totono" because it's criminally underrated and need's to be talked about more.
AaAAAAAAAAA I LITERALLY BEEN CRAVING THIS COLLAB AAAAAAYAYAYAYYAYA
Monika suffered I believed!
What she was faced with lead her down a dark path, more so in how it effected her mind. She was essentially just a normal teenage girl in her mind and the panic would no doubt greatly effect her psyche. Still, she never lost her humanity. She couldn’t bring herself to actually delete the others despite knowing they weren’t real, possibly setting them aside for later once she could get her bearings, but ultimately chose to restore them when she thought that SHE was the problem. In the end she deletes the game itself to prevent the others from suffering her fate.
Monika in the side stories strike me as a sort of mother like figure.
The way she comforted Sayori.
The way she encouraged Yuri to speak up to Sayori
And how she checked up on Natsuki and offered reassurance on her thoughts about Sayori.
I desperately wish there was a version of dlc where we got to Fully experience the literature club along side the characters.
Good shit right here. Love your Cover of Your Reality, some head bopping stuff right there.
I think just this whole thing brings up the interesting point, especially with the DDLC+ content. It really just runs with the thought experiment of "What would happen if someone had the ability to change the world and people around them to their wishes? Would they be selfish and make the world better just for them? Make benefits to others around them, or the world as a whole? Or break it down just to see what would happen or what could be beyond?" It's a very fine line to tread on.
And Monica was very much a warning of someone who did the last, and we (the player, and the MC) got to see it from basically a 3rd person view of the damage that could be done with this elevated power and control if they focus, obsess or abuse that ability. And heck with the side stories we even see how much this control essentially stunted Monica's growth as a person though the errors and lessons she learned through those side stories where she didn't obsess on the control.
Honestly, just shows almost how much you can look into this character if you find different aspects to think about or look into, other then just "she destroyed everything, therefore she evil/bad."
The song at the end shredded! That was awesome.
BRO THIS MONIKAS VOICE IS SO GOOD I THOUGHT IT WAS THE ORIGINAL!
That’s super cool that Vannamelon is there, but Monika has her ups and downs.
juice has been hiding his musical talents from us apparently 👀
surprise :)
I don't have a reason why I just liked the video before it finished loading cause I know it's gonna be good
edit* I was right, also you cooked with that ending song! Keep up the amazing work man!
This part of the game is what really stuck with me after finishing, everything Monika said about existence, all her poems and the desperation in them, that's what makes the game special for me! It's odd but when I was sitting and reading her monologues I actually started enjoying myself, it felt like a conversation I really wanted to join in on, and I could really see a lot of where she was coming from. Her character is extremely compelling, and I've been looking for more video essays that discuss it properly like you do rather than more dismissive 'analyses' of calling monika a psychopath and calling Natsuki annoying etc etc. Really glad I found this video! Thanks for making it
I think Monika is probably the most interesting she's not only an amalgamation of all three of the other Doki's "extremes," but she has the worst of the mental illnesses out of all of them since not only is it not curable/as easily treated like the other Doki's mental problems even though it is one of (if not the most) studied mental illness because of how horrifying it is as well as how it effects society as a whole...Psychopathic Personality Disorder. Monika (at least main game Monika since in the side stories Monika seems more like someone with OCD or too much of a perfectionist) is a textbook psychopath, and while the others show signs of their own towards the end of Act 1 or the complete hell ride of Act 2, Monika right out of the gate seems like something is off with her in how she talks about the club or how she talks to/about her friends. Some people tend to think she is a sociopath since she seems so uncaring about what happens to the others, but the thing is Monica REALLY cares about the player which is something that only psychopaths can do since they have the ability to care for people...just in an incredibly messed up way that only they'd understand whereas sociopaths completely lack the ability care for anything. She also tries to rationalize why she murdered (or helped to/pushed them to do it themselves) the others as with how she says about Sayori or Yuri's cases that they would have probably ended up doing it anyway, and in Natsuki's case was helping her because at least she doesn't have to worry about her dad anymore, but if she were a sociopath she would have just said because she felt like it.
I just think it's interesting how this game not only handles common mental illness and how people shouldn't be defined for them or can be fine with help, but them on the other side shows you that there is one mental illness that is terrible and how horrifying it is to be forced to be stuck with someone that has it while also relating it to the fears of AI self-awareness and I think that's why it will always stick with me and what makes it one of the best psychological horror games out there.
Brooo the your reality cover absolutely slaps
I was super stoked to see this finally uploaded! I was really excited for this vid
WOW! I-I j-just… This video was so awesome. I love how you covered Monika so much. Especially how you tackled the whole existentialism thing.
I am someone who always wanted to look ahead and not be stuck in the past or ignorant of what the future has in store for me. Because of this, I always self-reflect and try to look forward with no judgement as objectively as one can. So questions like “what if I had to chose who parent lived, which one would I chose and how my life would be if I chose the worse one?” when I barely was a middle schooler. “What if I won a lot of money, what is the most responsible and mature thing to do with it so I can enjoy its benefits to the fullest?”, and at times I tackled questions like “What is the meaning of life?”, and “If nothing really matters in life then what is there to do in life?”. Every time I think on how I can answer such questions relating to existentialism, my conclusion is surprisingly simple “Just be happy. The meaning of life is to be happy, so just live the best life you can, because there is only one chance at it.” If you could convince me that everything and everyone around me was just an empty husk that acts on command, I would be crushed too to be honest, Monika was clearly and undoubtedly in the wrong, but I can’t blame her for anything she’s done. The desperation of wanting to speak to someone real with free will would get to me. But I think what DDLC and Monika have taught me is that even if everyone is a puppet with no free will, they still mean something even if I don’t feel it, and deserve the same respect as before. Now I know that even if I were to find out such a shattering thing about life, I know how I should handle it, because sometimes other people’s mistakes aren’t lessons that only they can learn. So thank you Monika and Dan Salvado for this masterpiece, it opened my mind and made me reflect on how I would handle these kind of things if I was in the character’s shoes.
But also thank you Juicebox for the DDLC video series❤. I loved it and added value to DDLC, especially on the Natsuki front. I learned so much and it made much more aware of life nuances, and for that I am grateful, I mean it. Being able to see the nuances of life is something that really matters to me and this video series helped me see some more nuances, and for that, I am grateful.
7:06 Don’t mind him, just looking for Reznov
First thing I thought of when I saw that I was looking all over the screen for a hidden image of Alex Mason only to see it was talking about the cat 💀
OH HEYA JUICE!! IVE LITERALLY WAITED FOR THIS
Amazing video and love VannaMelon voicing Monika awesome work. I was looking forward to this for a while, topics covered about Monika I can really relate too. Thank you Juice this video helped me out just enough to get through a tough time in my life. Lastly that ending song was perfect, thank you Juice ❤
I really love these types of videos!! It’s hard to find ddlc content after all these years but you did not disappoint! I hope we might see some OMORI content cause I did see something in the background..
The best thing to come home from school to :)
Such a well made video! Blessing the algorithm in your favor
YAY THEY FINALLY RELEASED MONIKA VIDEO
came from the Vannamelon community after she posted this!! 🫡
fan theories like this make me wanna jump back into replaying DDLC again, cause the way they do these deep dives just feels fascinating to search through in all honestly.
you and Vanna did a really good job with this! also dropped a sub while I’m here, keep it up with the content my guy! 👏🏼💙
(p.s, that ending bro, especially with the guitar riffs and vocal range. just, absolutely insane. 🔥)
this guy is a nintendo fanboy lol, this dude literally ruined a small channel who made a YTP video on him and got triggered over it, he successfully strike the YTP video down on the ground.
This video is so awesome! I think the point that Monika was really just trying to fix everything is really important for someone to understand if they want to learn anything from the game. It’s just so cool!!!
I freaking loved this! Also, loved your singing at the end! I feel like you made really good points about Monika as a character. Anyways, I'm going to make your FNF song for my mod soon enough. Hope you get to see it!
Hey you look nice today
Woo hoo!!! Yesssss.... Finally!!!! I've been waiting for this video on Monika since I watched the character analysis of the other girls.... Ok, now I better get back to watching this video now...
THAT ROCK GUITAR GOES HARD
The game is free the therapist isn’t
I've been waiting for this!
I like this series because I always learn something about these characters that I didn't got the first time I played the game and also I find always them relatable. And also your cover of "Your Reality" is fire!
Sorry for my bad english, I'm actually Italian, so it's not my mother tongue.
Your videos make me question alot of stuff to a really big level. I was about to say a joke but now i am questioning if it's even a joke or you are going to recommend me to talk to a therapist
The cover goes crazy
Its better than I hoped 🥺
Nice quality video. Got here from Reddit. Will watch the sayori video.
I learned that monika is a existentialist which is pretty obvious but real at the same time. As a lot of teens go through this phase of questioning things around them.
amazing video but when are you making why I am perfect
This was absolutely amazing! I loved watching it and waited for this to come out and I’m glad it did!
Wonderful work as always, Juice! I always despise when people call Monika a cold-hearted yandere that doesn't care about anybody, especially because lots of people would do the same thing she did in her situation. You really did her justice. You are actually a pretty special person, at least to me, and I think you really are meeting your goal. Also, fantastic singing!
I despise that as well, it's so annoying when people write her off as yet another yandere when she never was one to begin with.
Because She Is.
@@ramagovarth Cool opinion! But next time you don't agree with something know that you don't have to say anything, especially if it's something as minor as a video game character. Have a good day/night!
@@goofyloofy01 Ever heard of internal consistency?
@@ramagovarth Nope! What's that?
DDLC YIPPEE
Monika, my beloved❤
Been looking forward to this video for a while. Can't wait to watch. Your analysis videos on the characters are always a nice viewing experience.
Ugh I was feeling the big depression in bed today, then I saw you Upload this video and it made my day.
I’m only a few minutes in, and I thank you already 🥹
i liked because I just love this character, and DDLC + all the character in general
I wasn't prepared for that song at the end, you got me crying at work AAA
I love this video you definatly did Monikas character justice and the analysis is very well done and the Your Reality Cover was fantastic
Dude i found your channel a few days ago and i really enjoyed watching the videos on Monika, Natsuki, Sayori, and Yuri. They’re all so well done
Thank you for this. I've been waiting for this video for so long 🥲
Eating with juicebox’s new video! Amazing!
First comment! Cause I had high hopes for this one! Alrighty rare super nerd out moment from me incoming.
Honestly, this video felt a little rushed compared to the rest. I don't blame you for avoiding a lot of Game Theory's well... 'theories' because that's just endless idea crafting, vague data and clickbait.
1. That message of a character experimenting with cutting herself was Monika? What evidence do we have it wasn't Yuri? Because the language used in the message is so simple and blunt?
2. You might be the only person I've seen besides me who pointed out Monika might have powers but she has no idea how to use them well! Not to mention NOT BLAMING the other girls for their behaviour when it's Monika's fault. I'm still kinda annoyed by how MattPatt's early theories tried to throw Yuri under the bus, but that's clickbait for you I guess. Even if Yuri does have 'another side to her' which got buried with this experiment stuff, Monika is still the one who 'untied the knot'
3. This is a big section but I'll try and break it up. The character relationship explanations felt the most rushed here, not to mention you kinda just skimmed over the impact she has on the other characters once she has 'powers'. She might be a tragic now superpowered sad character, but she's also a terrifying one who appears on the surface almost completely fake with her demeanour to her classmates. Personally? That freaks me the fuck out but doesn't seem to for anyone else. Why she does it could be one of these things or a mix
She has one hell of a poker face
Her mind is so broken from the knowledge and powers her emotional tells have gone to crap too so she just puts on a brave face.
The game code only allows her to appear with that body language hence the 'cracked face' experiment later
4. It's easier to have sympathy for Monika when you understand deleting Monika's game file gives Sayori her fate! And Sayori's means of coping is... even more destructive from the get-go... which when you understand her character makes complete sense. Her friends mean the world to her, often more than even her own needs. How can she possibly live up to that when EVERYTHING is just a game and therefore a lie? So she literally ends everything.
5. Personal opinion, but I get the impression that Monika hacked the other characters in the order of how close she was to them and therefore how much of a threat they would be to her plans. Sayori especially! If anyone could have made Monika have a mental breakdown from well-meaning trying to help kindness it would have been her. You could even argue that the decision was also based on characters Monika felt the player would most likely get close to due to personality and other aesthetics but that's not as strong a theory imo.
6. Now comes the part I feel like I'm one of the only people who noticed. Yuri and Natsuki get more and more confused and even afraid of Monika as time goes on.
First because they don't know why everything feels off
Then they suspect it's Monika but don't want to make the situation worse
Then THEY KNOW it's Monika but are terrified, feel trapped (or in Yuri's case she would have if she wasn't too busy being driven insane) and only the player can fix this
This partly feeds into 5. I think Sayori would have picked up on all this before anyone else. We don't know what makes Sayori so empathetic, but we DO know Natsuki is the least empathic of the 4 because she's so used to protecting herself emotionally, so would probably take the longest to pick up on all this. I don't think it's a coincidence Monika doesn't really mess with Natsuki's personality that much unless she's using her like a passed-out puppet. If Monika had gone all out and targeted her first I get the impression she would have actually been the first to speak up.
A real-world equivalent of Monikas nihilism powers dilemma would be something like:
You know your friend is doing something messed up
You don't fully understand so have no idea how to help them.
You want to, but you don't want to make things worse and/or lose that friendship.
And I think I'm out of things to ramble about! Thank you for your efforts! I still think your other 3 videos about DDLC are some of the best on the internet, you just stumbled on this one. It's understandable since Monika is the most mysterious character of the 4 and all the theory crafting and misinformation seems to revolve around her and to a lesser extent Yuri.
I'd be happy if we never got a sequel frankly! Because all the other lore goes into messy 'make it up as we go along' FNAF territory
Hi! Thanks for the comment.
Firstly, the Monika script was actually the very first one I wrote, and certainly isn’t rushed as I went all out and did things for the video I haven’t been able to do for any other video I’ve created, though I understand the sentiment.
This just definitely isn’t the same kind of video as the other 3.
I do love Game Theory as they are a huge inspiration for me, but I don’t think their theories have much of a place in a video surrounding her psyche.
The message of the character experimenting with self harm was from Monika’s perspective yes, it is confirmed by Dan but also if you get rid of the black cover up in the special poem, it says “I know how Yuri feels now”.
But other than that, even though there are some things I feel I could have done better, Monika is the hardest character to write about, especially because she’s the one I relate to more than any of the others.
The interesting part and what I wanted to write about with Monika is her psychology and the philosophical discussions surrounding her actions, as opposed to all the details.
The things that actually make her…her.
I could have been more clear about some of her reasonings behind what she does in the main game but ultimately it all points to the same reason and discussing how existentialism and nihilism effect her as a whole was important to me because I believe it’s what people can really feel.
I appreciate your love for the content, and hope you enjoyed the cover too!~
While Monika tampered with the other characters files I believe she tampered with her own as well. Before the game even starts she locates the CHR files and was even tempted to delete herself just to end her suffering. Since she was already at this low of a point, had found a brief glimmer of hope in the player and after realizing what fate possibly awaits her should the game be turned off and never played again it’s not unreasonable to think she altered her own file to give herself the strength to do what she has to in order to survive.
Still, despite essentially making herself emotionally distant from the other characters she couldn’t bring herself to actually delete them. Perhaps there was still some hope she’d held on to for the others despite knowing they weren’t real, perhaps it was the sentiment of her memories that made them seem like “more” than just lines of code, perhaps it’s the haunting reminder of a life she once had.
She admits to lying about them being deleted, likely to prevent the player from looking for them, but still restores them while leaving herself out of the game despite the fate she knows she’ll have to face. She only comes back to prevent Sayori and the others from having to also face this fate, which is her most admirable quality IMO.
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So wonderful to see the culmination of this analysis series!!! DDLC is one of my favorite video games, and it's very gratifying to watch you so eloquently break down the complexities of these characters that made me fall in love with the game in the first place! This particular video was uploaded with especially perfect timing, since just the other day i happened to read a very......disinterested blog post about DDLC that said a lot of things about the game that I very much disagree with. I felt like, "omg i did not spend the past 5+ years mentally analyzing the subtleties of DDLC's writing and characterization just for you to say that this game has no substance." And man, that cover of Your Reality was amazing!!!!! I'm definitely looking forward to what games you'll tackle in the future! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
WOOOOO ITS OUT!!!!
My man. You cannot just hit me with a banger of a track like that after hitting me so hard in the feels with that final talk. 😭😭
That was a great analysis ! I discovered your channel through the DDLC videos, and I can't wait to see more games covered as well as that last ddlc character (the mc ? The player ? The third eye ?) .
There are two games I'd love to see you analyze:
-You and Me and Her : a love story. This is another visual novel heavily breaking the fourth wall, and is quite similar to DDLC, so I hope you'll like it too ! I think I should mention that the original game is an eroge, but there is a sfw version on steam.
-One Shot : yet another fourth wall breaking game, and it's my favourite game ever.
I just rewatched this video and that finale quote was amazing and maybe the best I have ever heard
This video clearly had a LOT of work put into it, and it completely payed off! I’ve been watching a lot of videos about DDLC, but I’ve found very few that just talk about the characters. Thank you for making just the video I was looking for! I can’t wait to watch your other videos (:
I haven’t cried happy tears in such a long time this video really made my night and I know it’s a stupid video game to everyone but I’ve know this game since I was like 9 (I didn’t know it was horror back then but!) its amazes me on how this fandom hasn’t left and it keeps it up!! This “stupid video game” may have been the best parts of my life and it helped me understand friendship and mental health problems more and I could go on and on about this but gosh it’s just.. thank you!! Thank you to everyone who helped make DDLC and thank you for making these videos about the girl Juicebox! And love vannamelon’s parts as Monika! Keep up the good work y’all!!!💚💜🩷🩵
My gosh... This video changed my view a lot. I never completely had the full picture of Monika. I was told about it time and time again, but never 100% listened... Now I feel bad for being hard on Monika...
YOOO LETS GOOO!!
Once you put it this way… I actually see myself in Monika a lot, especially her perfectionistic side.