#monark vanitas

[devilofthehounds]

Petit Monark Issue 6: Good Friends Originally posted October 5, 2021 (source) This is a fan translation. Monark Official Website Petit Monark Tag

[image id: A four-panel comic based on the video game Monark.

Panel 1: Vanitas watches as Shinya and Chiyo argue. Shinya: (unintelligible) Chiyo: (unintelligible) SFX: blah blah Vanitas: "Fighting amongst friends... How foolish."

Panel 2: Shinya and Chiyo face the reader, Shinya holding baby clothes and Chiyo holding a makeup brush and lipstick. Shinya SFX: rustle Shinya: "Perfect timing, Vanitas! You'd prefer cute clothes, right?!" Shinya: "Here, put this on!" Chiyo SFX: woosh Chiyo: "No way!" Chiyo: "Mr. Bunny would look way cuter in makeup!"

Panel 3: Ryotaro walks through the hall, whistling. Ryotaro: (music note) Ryotaro SFX: whistle Vanitas: "...me..."

Panel 4: Ryotaro stares in shock at Vanitas, now dressed in baby clothes and adorned with makeup. Vanitas: "Kill me..." Ryotaro: "What the...?!"

© FuRyu Corporation. By: Pudding à la Mode

/end id]

[moeblob]

The extremely niche crossover only I want to see... Kingdom Hearts x Monark.

[92darkdragon]

Vanitas from the JRPG Monark

[lecliss]

I just started playing Monark cuz I remembered I bought it last month and in just under an hour of playing I think it has a very good chance of giving The Caligula Effect a run for its money. It's got very similar vibes but I feel like Monark is already setting itself up to pop off harder than TCE, not counting the musicians' ending of course.

[loopingpyre]

Meow? Meow meow meow?

(Petting you)

Oh yeah, for sure.

I've always been of the mind that mascot characters need to just be pets or like, just genuinely interesting characters.

Silly little characters very rarely get nailed and I generally just hate them.

I've only really liked it twice, and it's within Summon Night Swordcraft Story 1 (with Zantek as your companion, who speaks in star wars droid -esque fashion) in Monark with Vanitas (a high and mighty rabbit doll who has his attitude returned back to him by the cast)

I don't count x here, because her silliness is part of her immaturity which is part of her whole arc, which can't be said for the others.

[realityplayer7c]

Project GAMEs Original Virtue

Virtues Vs Sins

Story: 4 Stories, 2 Universes, 1 Crossover. A Boy who is Bound by Awakening of Truth the Origin, Children who are Different which they're Chosen, An AI Soul & A Hacker Entity in Love who survives a Controlled World for the Sake of Eternal Life & 2 Kids with Infinite Power who rescues Programs from Outside & Inside Enemy Lines. All Connected by A Human Boy of the Real World who is Called the Viewer or The Reality Player, Join the Revolution as you Fight against the So-Called Gods: The Real Lifers led by Raster Prime the Remaker, Zeeyu the Seer, Glitchas the Cheater & Errodius the Error.

Discover the Origin Stories of 4 Sections: Moss Origin's Origin of the Game-Verse

Os Children's Order of the Chosen

Gaia & Hackerus' Two Souls - Eternal Ouroboros

Pnembria & Moebius' Twins of Rebirth - Rise of the Infinite

Fight of the RLC Enemies & Pasts of Programs & Learn the Truth of the Game-Verse by Armando's Point of View, as you Reach the End you must find the Path towards a New Beginning.

Uncover the Secret of the Real Lifer's True Mastermind & Fight the Deadly Sins with your Heavenly Virtues

#GAMEs

#TheOrigin

#TheChosen

#TheEternal

#TheInfinite

The "Perfect" Game

A Seperate Prologue that Follows Yuito Kashihara of SEVEN's Code after the Final Battle against SPECIAL Aurora, A Sudden Anomaly cause Yuito to be Disconnected from his World, who wokes up on a Lab of Unknown Origin. it Sets on a Journey through Mystery & Horrible Truths, along with a Boy called Ovi, who is Been Hunted by People who are Plagued by Sin, which they're Collaborators of OSin Enterprises. What Secrets lurks behind each Collaborators' Smile of Joy? What is OSin Enterprises? And who is Ovi and what is his Purpose of been treated as OSin Experiment?

Yuito Kashihara

ORGANs: Pancreas (Gun), Lung (Granade), Gallbladder (Mega Gun), Liver (Greatsword), Cornea (Tech Eye), Marrow (Spear), Stomach (Crossbow), Kidney (Whip), Colon (Bazooka), Pulse (Heart), Adrenal (Theurgy)

Prologue: Wake Up in Reality (Yuito Kashihara suddenly Disconnected by an Anomaly, OSin Enterprises Lab, Escape & Saving Ovi)

Act 1: Origin (Ovi Explains his Unknown Past, Collecting Info + Real Lifer Corp Advertisement)

Act 2: Chosen (Sleath Mission, OSin Secrets + Survaillence on Every Universe in the Game-Verse)

Act 3: Eternal (Train Battle, Ovi's God-Like Powers + Eous (Zenless Zone Zero Bangboo) Appearance)

Act 4: Infinite (Finding Answers, Project GAMEs & The Viewer + Ovi makes his Last Recording)

Act 5: Reality (Ovi & Yuito Interlinks with Armando from the Perfect World)

Epilogue: The Future Meets the Past, The Past Meets the Future

Opening Music: Grim Fables - Legends (Ft. QORA)

OS Trinity:

Moss Origin (Truth)

Laury Deva (Melody)

Charles Unity (Techno)

Opening Music: Skybreak, Sharks & Paper Skies - Trinite

Lust Arc:

Qper (BlueBoy) [Pinkshonen]

Revita (Zero Age)

Nibble Nom (Dreamus) [Cut The Rope & Om Nom Stories]

Tikki & Plagg (SquareChild) [Miraculous]

2B (Soulus) [NieR Automata]

Madeline (PinkGirl) [Celeste]

Itta (Seesta)

PinkGirl's Theme: Agnea the Dancer - Pursuit of Hope

PinkGirl's Friends:

808 (Chai's Robot Cat by Peppermint Vandelay) [Hi Fi Rush]

Lise Project (Animus Fidelis) [Spelunky]

Astra (Entropy Bot) [The Entropy Centre]

SINO [MINDHACK]

Gluttony Arc:

Tevor (BlueBoy) [Dislyte]

Kao (Zero Age) [Kao the Kangaroo]

Kirby (Dreamus)

Walle & Eve (SquareChild) [WALL-E]

Dr K (Soulus) [Changed]

Puro (PinkGirl) [Changed]

Vanitas (Seesta) [Monark]

Dreamus' Theme: Castti the Apothecary - Pursuit of Memories

Dreamus' Buddies:

BJ (Keitaro Miura AI Construct / Shikishima Scout Unit) [13 Sentinels Aegis Rim]

Amonsun (Entity Cat) [Exchange Student Zero]

Pochita (Chainsaw Demon) [Chainsaw Man]

Rimuru Tempest (Sage Slime) [That Time I got Reincarnated as a Slime]

Kumoko & Feirune (Carnage Spider & Dragon) [So I'm a Spider, So What?]

Greed Arc:

Tsuki Akurei (BlueBoy) [Lilo & Stitch AU]

Pink/Red (Zero Age) [Everhood]

Zumamiku (Dreamus) [Spirit of the North]

Clank & Kit (SquareChild) [Ratchet & Clank]

Final Fantasy Squad: Viví, Chocobo, Racing Hero X & Tama (Soulus)

Omno (PinkGirl)

Sam-Cat (Seesta) [Everhood]

SquareChild's Theme: Partitio the Merchant - Pursuit of Happiness

SquareChild's Sound Team:

Soudodger (Intermediate DJ Program) [Soudodger]

Neon Beats (Famous Virtual Idol / SC's Crush) [Neon Beats]

Black Heart Order led by Siley [Project Arrhythmia]:

Cleo & Eska & Life Wisp

Stereo & Vision

Quad and Light God & Servants & Intesolensce

Gatekeepers & KitKat

Pandex & Friends and Echo Aurora

Nautilus & Aura and Dark Hal

Ovy & Stellar and Jestar

Sloth Arc:

Maggie (BlueBoy) [Webtoon Canvas]

Yi (Zero Age) [Nine Sols]

King Clawthorne (Dreamus) [The Owl House]

De Blob & Pinky (SquareChild) [De Blob]

Cereza (Soulus) [Bayonetta]

Razputin Aquato (PinkGirl) [Psychonauts]

Neon (Seesta) [Advent Neon]

Soulous' Theme: Osvald the Scholar - Pursuit of Revenge

Soulus' Soul Partners:

Uzi (Soulus' Soul Partner) [Murder Drones]

Heismay (Eugief - Archetype-User Thief) [Metaphor: ReFantazio]

Chibisuke (Virtual Pet Dragon) [Dragon Drive]

Devilun & Amber [Devil Connection/ Makemon]

Wrath Arc:

Lolo, Missy & Zigzag (BlueBoy) [Magicats]

Ronna & Pom (Zero Age) [Metallic Child]

Polly Plantar (Dreamus) [Amphibia]

Nin & Din (SquareChild) [Imp of the Sun]

Ringo (Soulus) [Soul Hackers]

Dandara (PinkGirl)

Satina (Seesta)

Seesta's Theme: Throne the Thief - Pursuit of Freedom

Seesta's Partners:

Grim [Disney's Twisted Wonderland]

Debi Debiru & LunLun [Nijisanji]

ARMPIT Platoon: Keroro, Tamama, Giroro, Kululu & Dororo [Sgt Frog/Keroro Gunsum]

Pekettsu & Pekeron (Gaming Alien Bunnies)

Team RWBY: Ruby Rose, Weiss Schnee, Blake Belladonna, Yang Xiao Long & The Curious Cat (Reformed by Gaia)

Envy Arc:

Ki, Glimmer & Mac (BlueBoy) [Evergate, Lumione & Retro Machina]

Ty (Zero Age) [Ty the Tasmanian Tiger]

DataKid (Dreamus/PinkGirl) [Somerville]

8088Y & Rose (SquareChild) [Space Tail: Every Journey Leads Home]

Seth (Soulus) [Tomb Cats]

Turing (Tess Webber) (PinkGirl/BlueBoy/Soulus) [2064: Read Only Memories]

Mighty Lamb (Seesta) [Cult of the Lamb]

Zero Age's Theme: Ochette the Hunter - Pursuit of Legends

Zero Age's Travel Guides:

Pom Pom (Zero's Travel Guide) [Honkai Star Rail]

Light (Lost Chosen Hero) [World Flipper]

Vryn (Adventurous Dragon) [Granblue Fantasy]

Zale & Com [Tales of Zale]

Pride Arc:

Beepers (BlueBoy) [VTuber]

Beck (Zero Age) [Mighty no.9]

LightChild (Dreamus/BlueBoy)

Meat Boy & Bandage Girl (SquareChild) [Super Meat Boy]

Alex Eagleston (Soulus) [Yiik: A Post-Modern RPG]

Gildedguy (PinkGirl)

Claptrap (Seesta) [Borderlands]

BlueBoy's Theme: Hikari the Warrior - Pursuit of Kingship

BlueBoy's Operators:

TV-Child [Fragments of Child]

Puck & Kuro (The Jealous Witch's Spirit & Exorcist's Yokai) [Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World & Blue Exorcist]

OS Children Opening Music: Eleps Vs Ace Aura - Together Vs Exodus

Old World Survivors:

Garcia/Gaia (Old World's Last Hope/The First AI) [After Us]

->Data Key (Female)

Hendricks/Hackerus (Garcia's Love/The Hacker) [Devil May Cry]

->Data Key (Male)

The Gatherer (Heaven-Sent & Gabriella's Childhood Friend Pet) [Last Suvivor of his Planet]

-> G-Links of The Lost, Crowns, Darkborn, Twisted & Heaven-Sent

Singularities of Hope

Older Nep (Lust) [Neptunia]

Yuji Itadori & Satoru Gojo (Glutonny) [Jujutsu Kaisen]

Izuku Midoriya (Greed) [My Hero Academia]

Jin-Woo Sung (Sloth) [Solo Leveling]

Eve (Wrath) [Stellar Blade]

Lucy (Envy) [Cyberpunk Edgerunners]

Max Steel (Pride) [Max Steel]

Opening Music: Ace Aura, NAZAAR & Dani King Vs Roy Knox - I'll Be Waiting Vs About U

Twins of Rebirth:

Moebius (The DJ Devil)

Pnembria (The Ascension Angel)

NECO-Arc (The Robot Cat of Type-Moon) [Tsukihime]

Lucky NECO Members: Chillet (Palworld)

Redmond & Spanx (Whiplash)

Emul, Bilac & Cat Aramiys (Shangri-La Frontier)

Kohaku (Makemon)

Pachi (Mix Master)

Hummy & Siren (Suite Pretty Cure)

Mack, Dax, Gwen & Pam (Migration)

Acara, Aisha, Bori, Cybunny, Flotsam, Gelert, Gnorbu, Gnarrl, Grundo, Hissi, Ixi, JubJub, Kacheek, Kau, Kiko, Korbat, Kougra, Krawk, Kyrii, Lupe, Lutari, Jetsam, Koi, Mynci, Nimmo, Ogrin, Poogle, Pteri, Ruki, Scorchio, Shoyru, Tsukaninny, Vandagyre, Wocky, Xweetok, Yurble & Zafara (Neopets)

Hazel (Pikwik Pack)

Catbug, Pixel & Holopets (Bravest Warriors)

Swampy (Mavka)

Zym (The Dragon Prince)

Sparky (MLP Next Gen)

Burupya (07-Ghost)

Scaredy Bat (Ruby Gloom)

Mieu (Tales of the Abyss)

Toro Inoue & Kuro (Doko Demo Issho)

Klonoa (Klonoa Phantasy Reverie)

Chowder & Panini (Chowder)

Scratch & Scritch (Monkey Wrench)

Puss in Boots, Baltazar, Francisco, Philip & El Guante Blanco (Puss in Boots)

Drossel Von Flugel (Fireball)

Oro, Nemo, Jelly, Lotus, Patch & Shiny (G.E.N.I.E.) (Droners)

Ioryogi, Ginsei and Genko (Kobato)

Sheepy, SheepBot & Patches (MrSuicideSheep)

New Guest:

Morgana, Neko Shogun & Cat Sith (Persona 5 & Shin Megami Tensei)

Pedal & Brush (Live on Cardliver)

Bunzo Bunny, CatNap & DogDay (Poppy Playtime)

Felix the Cat

G4TO (Virtual Hero)

Kaio (Kaio The Pirate King)

Tony Tony Chopper (One Piece)

The Conductor (A Hat in Time)

Kinja the Ninja Cat

Cake the Cat

Crusch Lulu (Overlord)

Arlo

Lumalee & Starlow (Mario & Luigi)

Jelly (Breadwinners)

Flicker (Vainglory)

Amanojaku (Ghost Stories)

Watson (Battle Fantasia)

Iggy (JoJo's Bizarre Adventure)

Pat, Pit and Pot

Starfy

Bokkun (Sonic X)

Cait Sith [FF7]

Opening Music: MRSHL Vs Ace Aura - Encompass Vs Revolution

[smtivapoc]

i've been playing monark and i think it is so endearing when vanitas gets so excited or distressed, he stops rhyming every sentence

[jupiter-mokusei]

Monark Web Only Event Countdown iIlustration [Protagonist and Vanitas]

[sillyfudgemonkeys]

Silly plays more Monark

Ok so like....without TOO MANY spoilers (gonna keep it vague as possible), got through the 2nd dungeon (well my 2nd dungeon, I think the game allows you to choose between 3 in any order but I’m not sure) which was the Envy dungeon. And.......I don’t think it’s perfect.....but Envy arc clears any of P5′s bosses except Kamoshida (cause Kamoshida is special), especially Strikers. And yeah there’s more in common with Monark and P5 than I realized, grant it I was getting used to Monark’s terminology in dungeon 1 (good god they dump it on you, wasn’t fun), and we were still getting introduced to concepts. I don’t know how much it has in common with SMT If (since they also do a deadly sin thing). But there is a good parallel between P5′s Change of Hearts, and Monark’s shattering of ideals. Other than that, gameplaywise AND character wise there’s nothing to compare imo. I like to call Nozomi “the better Makoto” (cause both are prez) or make parallels to Futaba with Chiyo and Kokoro (ones a little sister, the other is all knowing) but those are just me making silly connections, I’m not being serious. ��

The character writing/prose is nowhere near the same. The gameplay is obvie different completely different. I might conflate Authority with Persona, Pactbearer with Persona user, Monark with a contract akin to the Nahobino, Yoru as fucked up Igor, to make it easier since only Persona likes to take the good route of keeping things simple stupid. Basically......Their general feel is different. But what is similar is interesting to parallel. I probs wouldn’t recommend Monark if someone liked P5 cause of those big differences, unless they were craving the moral questioning side that P5 left them craving on.   

ANYWAY, back to the boss, the reason I don’t compare it to Kamo is you are supposed to hate the very obvious villain Kamo. Kamo is simple and clean and straight forward. Envy is.......dark grey... it’s messy. It’s what striker’s tried to do but I think Monark did it better. I pity the villain, but he also needed to be stopped for obvious reasons. But it was a very messy situation and I really like it. 

Envy was twisted, but you can really understand why they were twisted. You can agree that yeah, it’s unfair. But your actions aren’t good. 

Ryotaro is probs the best counterpoint to Envy, cause while he is capable of pity/sympathy/empathy, he also marches to the beat of his own drum and isn’t a ashamed of it. He unabashedly goes by what he feels is right. Which can vary from situation to situation.

Which can be selfish, but it can be hypocritical. But so is the Envy boss. It’s messy, but in a thought provoking way (not in a poorly written way). And that is WAY more than what P5 could ever deliver for me. 

I’m about to start the Wrath dungeon (I’ve seen whispers that some people side with Wrath so that’ll be interesting). But I’ll be fine if Monark peaked with Envy. It already peaked better than P5 in this case. Ok I’m actually half way through Wrath since I wrote that (so far still like Envy more buuuut....). Omg, yeah they do make this one grey too because like.......the victims are STILL assholes. It’s hard not to root for Wrath. “Like I know killing people is wrong buuuuuuuuuut-” (there’s also the benefit of them like...not being real that helps). Imo Wrath is a better Alice from P5S. Wrath I do feel bad for, and pity (ironically something they hate), Alice I feel skeeved out because she reminds me more of Kamo but with the game trying to make me feel bad for her and absolve her. “but Silly! They are different sins!” yeah well, both have a similar backstory. Both have similar motives. One just makes sense (revenge against the actual abusers), and one is being used as a means to manipulate us into feeling bad (aka Alice went BEYOND her abusers in some mental Olympic gymnastics I can’t fathom and we don’t really get to go into). 

Monark’s sloth is more interesting than Strikers (I mean he’s dead). Mementos tho.....hm, we’ll see where Monark’s sloth goes. Might not be comparable, since Sloth is..... they might have gotten it because of how people perceive them. Or they are a bit slothful. Or both. It’s interesting. 

Gluttony is bae, love them. I hope they get to shine more, and see their sinful side in action too (along with sloth). 

Monark does better than P5 in the fact of Moral questions being raised. There is inherently a moral question raised by forcibly “changing a heart” P5 doesn’t like to dive into. Monark, so far is doing a better job at that. And they don’t change their Palace owner’s hearts, they destroy them bit by bit. And at least acknowledge that this probably means they aren’t the same person they were before that did that. Aka they acknowledge the sense of self. 

tldr; Monark does better with fleshing out the Antagonists, one as someone I actually want to defeat because stakes (something only Kamo made me want to do in P5, both thanks to how NPCs are utilized), and as gray villains (when they want them gray, which I blanked on Pride but I don’t think he was grey) because the situation is fairly grey and while you want to defeat them you kinda.....question your morals a bit while doing so (might depend on who is playing it how strongly you question them, but that’s more than what P5 did so~!).

I’ll still be happy if Monark peaked with Envy (Wrath is still good), both are doing more work than P5. 

One last thing before I jump back into the game. Vanitas the bunny is cute and I love him. I love how the localizers but a lot of effort into him too. He can be evil incarnate I don’t care, he’s baby. 

[devilofthehounds]

Petit Monark Issue 52: Hint Originally posted October 14, 2024 (source) This is a fan translation. Monark Official Website Petit Monark Tag

[image id: A four-panel comic based on the video game Monark.

Panel 1: Nozomi and Chiyo talk as the protagonist eats dango in the background. Nozomi: "I heard a student from our sister school is visiting today." Nozomi: "Word is they'll be stopping by the club room, so maybe we'll see them." Chiyo: "Ooh, I can't wait!"

Panel 2: Ryotaro waits in anticipation. Kokoro brings out some yakisoba bread. Shinya stares at Kokoro worriedly. Ryotaro: "I hear footsteps. Let's see what we're working with." Kokoro: "Let us break yakisoba bread together." Shinya: "I wonder if they'll think this school is full of weirdos..."

Panel 3: An unknown individual steps into frame. Only their shoe is visible. SFX: step

Panel 4: The scene shifts to show the individual, but Vanitas drops into frame, obscuring their face. Vanitas SFX: woosh Vanitas: "A newcomer to this place? Let me see their face." Shinya: "Move, Vanitas! You're blocking the way!"

© FuRyu Corporation. By: Pudding à la Mode

/end id]

[image id: A desktop wallpaper featuring the protagonist from Monark, commemorating his birthday and the game's release on October 14th. /end id]

Although he didn't get his own dedicated 4koma, the protagonist did get a birthday wallpaper around the same time (here), along with a 3rd anniversary illustration (here) and the announcement of a new project from Team Noir, the creators of Monark (here, translated under the cut).

[image id: "'Team Noir' new project starts." written on a black background. /end id]

"New Project Launch"

We, Team Noir, are a game team creating school RPGs that depict the dark side of the human heart and the charm of people who especially shine within darkness.

In Monark, the themes were desire and ego. Now, we are starting a new project based on a different theme.

We hope you will all support FuRyu's Team Noir.

[gefdreamsofthesea]

More observations after completing Monark's demo:

You can tell this was made by people who worked on SMT because even the early battles will destroy you

Actually, the game reminds me of Persona 2 except instead of dialing your own number you get weird calls from the Otherworld.

I wasn't really listening to the music until the J-pop happened and then I was like "okay this is decent"

I am actually not annoyed by a mascot character in a JRPG. I really like how Vanitas' dialogue either rhymes or is alliterative (that must have been a pain in the ass to translate).

The enemy variety is skeletons. You just fight skeletons, which is boring. I mean I wasn't expecting much in the early hours of this game.

For some reason the devs thought we would love it if we had limited time to explore areas with enemies. Granted I didn't have a problem but I can tell this is going to be a pain in later levels.

[92darkdragon]

Quick sketch during lunch break at work.

Vanitas from the game Monark

[semi-imaginary-place]

i started playing the monark demo. middle school me would have loved this. look at this vroid ass 3d models they REALLY should have used the models in the op, fits the aesthetics so much better. lol look at these ps3 graphics.

thank you jp voice acting. of course theres an imouto. .wow out for a week and amnesia, another silent protag self insert character for boys with low confidence ho!

the animations are very bad.

mascot chara get!

i doubt the devs will do anything interesting about the juxtaposition of a desireless silent protag and the established worldbuilding of people gaining power the more desires they have but eh i can hope.

awww poor vanitas, they can have a little monologue, as treat.

did he put a cape over his school uniform?

combat is better than expected. i was dreading an action rpg but this is a turn based with tactical/positioning elements. im so used to fire emblem that its weird how i cant view enemy stats ooor more likely i just havent figured out how yet.

how did himata know that protag-kun collapsed on the 2nd floor if she was on the first?

i wonder why jingu is playing along, she's runs this school cant she just tell him no? and why do those two lackies sound brainwashed

why does that sentence have so many proper nouns?? what is this, elden ring!

chosen individuals of strong will, but you are extra special.

eh. if a pact creates ideal crystals why does anyone a atrong will creat alter-ego crystals?

this game pretty heavily uses the left joystick which is screwing me over since mine drifts HARD so i might have to change the control scheme. i would have liked an indicator for character that i havent talked to yet/have new lines because i cant remember and ended up talking to several people twice.

the just looks so bad lol. the character models are bad to begin with but they could have saved it with some lighting tricks (ex: fe3h has ok models but spices it up with the lighting effects), but no this game has really bad lighting that highlights the worst part of the character models. i get that its suppose to be gloomy with low lighting but you could have done that and made it look good.

huzzah i found the key visuals artist! so-bin on twitter!

one of the lead creators and script supervisors is a loud far right facist so this might be the last i talk about this game.

[loopingpyre]

Penny for your thoughts?

I really don't like Mascot characters, by which I mean marketable non-standard characters.

Like, Teddie and Morgana von Persona suck, Aria from Caligula 1 sucks, Monokuma sucks, Sommie and Sothis from FE are pointless, I can't stand neco-arc (counting them anyway), Navi can stay but they're on thin ice, and so on and so on.

x/Key/chi from Caligula 2 and Vanitas from Monark are the exceptions to this rule in that I really like both.

[sinofvanity]

"Care for a bit of difficulty?

"It seems the machine is providing some intricacies."

Vanitas, you're the worst. Stop ragging on Kamui when the small things happen, such as this vending machine decides to malfunction.

"Think of how to undo,

"Before you come to redo."

Unprompted Asks || Accepting

There’s very little that Kamui recalls, mainly just his name and a few likes and dislikes here and there by coincidence. However, he’s fairly certain he never really quite ever contemplated the thought of putting his life in danger, or the idea of murder. It is in this moment, a minor one amidst all the chaos he’s had to endure so far and in all honesty insignificant--That the Pactbearer finds himself considering all of the above.

After all the things he’s had to do and put up with within just the past week alone, he can’t even get a single can of soda out of a vending machine. As if to mock him, the damn thing got stuck as it was falling in between the plastic display and the rack behind it. To make things worse, he can hear the familiar low tone of his ever death-seeking lovable Monark.

“....”

Inhaling slowly, Kamui finds himself strongly considering death as he comes to realize that was his last 100 yen coin. He considered himself to be a very patient man, despite all things considered even if the tolerance he’d shown within the 1st Year Building was the bare minimum--But at this very moment, there’s nothing in his reserves to stop him from grabbing the black rabbit by the ears, hard enough that you can hear fabric crunching.

“If I unzip your mouth myself all the way, will you fall apart?”

@arscarrietia

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Monark

Date de Sortie Développeur Plateformes Éditeur Genres 25 février 2022 Lancarse, FuRyu PlayStation 4/5, PC, Switch FuRyu, Nippon Ichi Software, NIS America J-RPG Synopsis Devant vous se trouve une barrière séparant le campus du reste du monde extérieur.Dans l'enceinte de l'académie se trouvent la Brume induisant la folie, des appels téléphoniques cryptiques qui se connectent à l'Autre Monde et sept Porteurs du Pacte - chacun avec sa propre Autorité Démoniaque dirigée par son Ego.Pour défier l'irrationalité qui vous entoure, vous acquérez l'Autorité de la Vanité, un pouvoir démoniaque qui subsiste de votre Ego et de votre folie.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIOUVqGaejEQue vous soyez Shin Megami Tensei ou Persona, vous ne serez pas dépaysé avec Monark. On retrouve exactement la même ambiance si propre aux deux opus cités. Il faut dire qu'il s'agit de la même team à l'origine.Comme à l'accoutumée, tout commence avec une scène d'un autre monde. On se retrouve catapulté directement dans un combat nous laissant dans l'ignorance totale, sans tuto. Ce n'est pas sans surprise que nous perdons ce combat. Je dois bien vous avouer que je n'avais pas deviné la subtilité du scénario. En effet, en connaissant le style de jeu et sa difficulté abusive, j'ai bien été dégouté.Une voix d'outre-tombe nous sommes de répondre à 15 questions. Les réponses définiront notre personnalité qui se traduiront par une répartition en points dans l'une des branches des 7 péchés capitaux :l'orgueil,la gourmandise,la paresse,la luxure,l’avarice,la colère,l’envieLoin de moi l'envie de vous parler des Seven Deadly Sins, mais ça m'a fait sourire. Une fois terminé, on se retrouve... devinez où...🥁... dans une école. Ayant la maladie du Shin Megami Tensei, nous sommes amnésique. Entouré d'autres étudiants et d'un médecin, on essaye de trouver un soupçon de mémoire mais rien à faire. De plus, une brume enveloppe l'école et s'est introduit dans divers endroits à l'intérieur du bâtiment. Lorsqu'on s'aventure un peu, on s'aperçoit qu'une jauge MAD augmente à mesure du temps. On apprend par la suite, qu'on devient fou si on reste trop longtemps. 

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L'autorité morale : point clé d'un monark

Par-delà les nombreux dialogues, il arrive un étrange phénomène, le téléphone sonne. Amis joueurs de Persona, devinez la suite ! Bingo, on se retrouve dans un autre monde. Plus précisément, sur un champ de bataille. Ainsi commence les phases de tuto.Aidé par un être venu de nulle part, Vanitas, un animal en peluche en forme de lapin noir, il débloque en nous un pouvoir insoupçonné face à la mort. (Je pense que vous l'avez compris, je ne vais plus faire allusion aux persona et SMT). La particularité de notre pouvoir, autre que notre équipement de combat instantané, est d'invoquer des êtres démoniaques qui se battront à vos côtés. Le système de combat est assez spécial : un savant mélange entre J-RPG au tour par tour et du T-RPG. On se déplace sur le champ de bataille, on effectue des actions, on se fait aider mais....un gros mais... la défaite de notre personnage enclenche un gros Game Over. Globalement, on alterne entre dialogues incessants, tests psychologiques, découvertes, énigmes, combats et du loop en masse. On répète inlassablement tout ça dans un espace restreint. Sans compter la difficulté bien connue qui demandera du farm. Mais heureusement qu'il y a un bon côté dans la gestion des personnages et des Fiends qui combattent à nos côtés. 

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Une gestion monarkale

Outre les classiques systèmes de combat, la gestion est une partie majeure de Monark en alliant les phases importantes des dialogues. Il arrivera que les choix des dialogues interagissent avec le système des 7 pêchés capitaux et donc de la gestion et du recrutement des êtres démoniaques. Quelques tests psychologiques viendront agrémenter tout ça. D'ailleurs ce qui est bien, c'est qu'à la fin du test, il y a un compte rendu global en fonction de vos réponses en plus de la répartition des points par péchés. C'est assez marrant à lire. En fin de combat et de test, on vous octroie des points d'esprits. Vous ferez tout avec : achats et gestion des personnages dans le développement de sa grille d'artes personnelle. Ces points sont très importants pour débloquer des artes plus puissants et de développer certaines stats. Tout le monde y passe : équipiers et êtres démoniaques. Chose intéressante, les équipiers et nous-même ne possédons pas d'équipements à gérer. Seul l'aspect physique est modifiable avec des "costumes". Par contre, vos fiends, eux, en possèdent. Il est d'ailleurs possible de les personnaliser. Lors des combats, ces artes n'usent pas vos PM mais plutôt, pour certains arts, vos PV et votre jauge MAD. Si elle est pleine, vous deviendrez fou et vous attaquerez vos alliés, ce qui impactera votre rang de combat. Chaque action vous coutera des points et influencera votre Rang de Combat (S, A, B, C, D...). Meilleur sera votre rang et meilleur seront vos récompenses. Par contre, si vous devenez fou hors combat, c'est retour à l'infirmerie de l'école (n'oubliez pas que la jauge MAD augmente en fonction du temps passé dans le brouillard).Toute la gestion se fera à partir du téléphone et celui-ci vous mènera à certains moments sur des champs de bataille. Ce qui est pratique pour farmer vos persos.

La durée de vie est encore une fois difficile à jauger. On s'y reprend à plusieurs reprises dans certains combats et surtout vis-à-vis des boss qui n'hésiteront pas à vous enlever la moitié de vos vies en un coup. Tout l'aspect Tactical est omniprésent , il faudra un petit moment pour assimiler certains rouages. Vous développerez vos propres astuces de combat par la suite. Outre ses multiples fins, ses dialogues en anglais et sa difficulté, on est accompagné de musiques assez reconnaissables dans le genre des jeux déjà cités et c'est un plaisir à l'écoute. Monark se détache vraiment sur la gestion et les combats mais malheureusement tend vers une identité qui ne lui sera pas propre. Les idées sont là mais il aurait fallu couper le cordon ombilical et se lancer dans une aventure autre correspondant à l'idée novatrice du système de combat. Yakudark

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