#ai: the somnium files nirvana initiative

[an1muuarts]

dw hes fine

[submech]

interrogation

[oobi-oobi]

There are so many gifs of this guy with a slow fade to a wet kitten... keep it up!

[klauswalz]

[bravadoting]

⚠️ Nirvana Initiative Spoilers under the cut ⚠️

Did you know that Nirvana Initiative contains scene direction within the game files? Pretty cool, right?

While most of the commentary concerns details that become apparent upon replay/the true order, it also clarifies scenes that don’t receive further elaboration. I’ll be focusing on the latter category here.

1) One thing I felt the game overlooked was Bibi going to Sekiba High after she was estranged from the Chiedas. I’m glad the devs thought of this scenario, even if it’s heartbreaking to see how Bibi distanced herself from Kizuna :[

(I wonder if Bibi skips school because of her health issues or just to avoid Kizuna when their history becomes too overwhelming.)

2) It’s very interesting to see that Date actually held a grudge against Ryuki for the Cathedral Incident. Granted, it was very short-lived as Date softened seeing how much Ryuki continues to beat himself up for hurting everyone. However, I’d still love to see them have proper reconciliation for that event.

3) In Mizuki CH1, Gen!Date slips up and describes the actions of both himself and the real Gen on the previous day. In Ryuki’s introduction, we see him making reference to two Gens, but Date tries to dismiss it as just an illusion with the Lewis Carroll reference.

4) Finally, the developers mentioned that Tokiko was projecting her feelings about Jin and Uru onto Gen and Shoma respectively.

It makes sense as Jin had to live a solitary life based on his facial abnormalities just as Gen similarly resigned himself. As for Shoma, it is very clear from his Somnium that both him and Uru resorted to using the simulation theory to cope with their pain. I know Shoma would hate the comparision though :’)

(I’m also curious to see how Shoma broke free from Naix ideology during the timeskip. It really deserves more explanation).

Here are the sources in case you want to see the developer commentary for yourself. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the English version available in its entirety. If anyone has a full compilation, I’d greatly appreciate it >:D

https://tcrf.net/AI:THE_SOMNIUM_FILES-_nirvanA_Initiative/Developer_Comments (up to Ryuki CH3 R2)

https://youtu.be/HzTaybohPx8

[pinkyxbee]

ai the somnium files summed up in 5 words

[makethosenarratorsfight]

UNRELIABLE NARRATORS; SIDE A

Kuruto Ryuki Propaganda:

Okay this is HUGE spoilers for the game like HUGE HUGE spoilers so beware. Like, the whole game will be ruined for you kind of spoilers. He is one of 2 (technically 3 (again, spoilers)) narrators in the game. Not only are certain important events left out if his side of the narration, but also (again huge spoilers) events are not told in the correct order. Each day in the game alternates between things that happen before the timeskip, and things that happen after the 6 year timeskip. (The other narrator(s) also have this same thing but I’m submitting Ryuki specifically) playing the game in the order it’s presented to you and playing the game with the events in chronological order are practically 2 different experiences

Ryuki is an extremely mentally ill man, whose issues are front and center as the player's first point of view character. The main twist of the game relies upon exactly his unreliability as a narrator, given that what we assumed was a series of linear events were actually scenes plucked from the past and the present, six years from what we had originally been led to assume was current time, and the only reason we hadn't realized it before is because his mental issues make him slip into a delusional state in which he believes himself to be in the past, or rather, that the past is the present.

Frequently has hallucinations of the world glitching out, often causing him to lose long periods of time and obscuring what really happens from the player. These get worse over time, causing a key suspect to be unrecognizable, and the return of a supposedly dead character to look fake. The game's twist involves seemingly linear events actually happening out of order--his warped sense of time contributes to hiding this. Events he thinks happened yesterday may have been years ago.

Don't want to be too spoiler-y but he can't tell what time period he is in sometimes, making the audience think he is in one time period, when in actuality he is in another one. Either way his narration makes the narrative like 10x more confusing.

Greg Heffley Propaganda:

The book series is written from Greg’s point of view, so there’s a lot bias in favour of him throughout. He’s narcissistic, selfish, and conniving, but obviously doesn’t portray himself as such.

[bloodinner]

miss tama  👁

[lindleland]

kill me

[mr-legoman]

This has been invading my brain for a week.

[an1muuarts]

remember?

[bloomingnewwrld]

Decided to post some art for the upcoming sequel to AI: The Somnium Files! I am so excited/terrified for this game and for this dude in particular. Less than 10 days to go. Sorry if this hurts anyone's eyes I like bright colors. Also tumblr may have fucked up the image quality but what can you do😔I have no idea how to actually post art to this site so we're just gonna pray

Bonus: Very quick and important doodle of Ryuki in a maid dress. All 2 of my braincells are being used on him rn

[shadowdemon-gd]

Apparently it’s Kaname Date’s birthday. Happy birthday to the most down bad video game character I’ve ever seen

[rosamayarts]

[nearltheradiant]

enjoying... nirvanA initiative... very much. had to draw my current fav...