Today’s post is about “Locolocca -da capo-“, a dark, free doujin otome game (though in my personal opinion it’s just a horror story with a female protagonist and a single romantic interest, hardly any tropes you find in “romance”) by Japanese doujin otome game creator Kirue. Most games by Kirue are dark, and many of them have at least one yandere hero in the story. Despite being a free game made with minimal resources, the story of this game really punched me in the guts and I want to share that feeling with others~ So I’m going to narrate the whole story of the game in this post, making it less a review and more a complete summary. As usual, expect raging and memes in the middle of story description.
For anyone curious, you can download the game here on freem! and enjoy it along with me. Before you start reading: this game is all about craziness and psychological horror, the “romance” isn’t fluffy in any way and there are no happy endings. 💣😱🔪You have been warned 👍
(Note: Our protagonist’s name is Vega by default so I left it at that.)
The game begins with Vega waking up and immediately being greeted by this weird teddy bear which claims to be her guide and seems to know her name. We get choice right from the get go about whether to go back to sleep or to say that I’m not sleepy. During my first playthrough I plan to pick all the stupid choices, so I’m just going to saying that I’m going back to sleep. But as soon as I do so, Vega is assaulted by a sudden headache which reminds me of Alice from the heart no kuni series.
She hears this disembodied voice saying “You cannot sleep, there’s something you must do right?”, whereas the teddy bear seems to be encouraging her to stay asleep. It mocks for trying to go out even though she does not know what she wants to go, but quickly changes gears and says it’s going to teach her where she needs to go.
“There’s something you must do, that’s why you must go. Isn’t that so?”
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