Dogma's and Kantera's endings ruin my heart. 7:44 Dogma, at first suggesting he that Russell should suffer. His own sense of morality and righteousness guide him. But he realizes that he loves his friend more than he wants justice for his own death. He prays for his killer, before he walks out of existence. To pray for your killer, could you do it? 11:06 It's really the minor touches that hurt me the most. Kantera admits that he's had memory gaps, and that he was afraid of suffering Dementia like his grandfather. My own great grandma would spend hours looking through a phone book for someone she could remember. We had to reintroduce ourselves every time we saw her.
Yes and no. Russell does mention he knew Cody and Dogma before he killed them. And his mind definitely doesn't sugar coat his dream. I do believe this Dogma is a faithful recreation.
okay but can we talk about the Informant's genuine smile as he fades away for good? man's just happy that he can be whole together again with Russell... and then, we all know what Russell does at the end, don't we
Kantera just hurt. When he said he understood the feeling I just can't. But when he called him adorable for asking the same thing he asked for? Nope. Then Dogma seemed like he wished Russell to die. But his act fell and he really didn't mean it. Dead on the inside
I chose Kantera and to be freakin' honest, I had a deep afterthought of this route. Ik you guys might want to cancel me but I think Russell is at least had a consolation by guaranteed to have Kantera joining him in Hell. Everyone's at this route was damned but I think Kantera struck me down to the bone as they both had similar predicaments. I seriously loved Russell and Kantera's relationship.
I chose Tabasa's ending when I played. It hurts. Seeing all these other ones? They hurt, too. Dogma and Cody both looked back when they ran off! They care... and everyone wanting things to go on normally after finding out the truth. Man, this game...
Chose Yumi in-game, watched this to see everyone else... wow, it's just so messed up and sad. Cody and Kantera's reactions hit me hardest, especially with Cody saying that even though she hates Russell she can't leave him to die...
Dogma really struck me hard. As a fellow brother, I'd too be pissed if I found out my fake friend murdered me and my sister in a place we were very passionate about. At least he forgave him, not sure I couldn't but I can just feel the rage that he tried not to let burst from him in that moment, especially when he said that Russell is their enemy and said that he would have the pain both Cody and he did.
I have a brother who’s autistic (im afew years younger than him) and like the comment above, i would be pissed. but now im in so much mental agony hemlp also yumi should’ve hugged russell before he did anything
Its Frightening... The concept of guilt... Haunting you in your dreams and everyday life. To the point that death looks temptingly seductive... 10/10 would like to erase my memories and relive this... Was hard breathing doing all their endings...
I think this game is one of the darkest, because it makes you feel sad for the "bad guy", and not even a popular type of "bad guy", any other game would have taken the easy route and made Russel an insufferable evil brat, and everything is happy killing or arresting him. Also there's an execution of a 14-year old kid, and before I forget, some of the victims aren't that innocennt too (specially Kantera) By the way if you liked this game I have a couple of recommendations thematically similar: Happy Birthday and Suzy and Freedom, they don't get to this level (partly because they are way shorter), but are interesting nonetheless.
Man, I'm late... I too, adored this game. But there's a game out there with similar elements, and a story just as impactful. I personally thought that Endroll took inspiration from it, considering how similar they are. You should definitely try, Lisa the Painful. I don't want to spoil shit for you, because this game is just as amazing. It costs 10$, but it is well worth your money
@@quirkyusername1093 Now you got me curious about it, does LISA even have a JP translation on the first place? I know it has a fair-sized fanbase over there, but that could still be a thing if it remained untranslated. And while I could see some some similitudes when it comes to the themes involved in both games, they really aren't very much alike.
@@404Ari Rewatching this video to stumble across this comment I've written. I admit that I've done a terrible job of answering your question, but Lisa is actually an American RPG-maker game. It's extremely dark, and you question you morality as the game progress. It's combat element shares similarities to Earth bound, and it's story makes you feel like shit, but you'll find yourself drawn to it either way. The fan base is decent. You'll stumble across fan art and animations of it on sources such as DeviantArt as well as RU-vid.
Yumi's is kinda the most tragic since she was only there because Russell felt responsible for his dad killing her. He didn't actually hurt her and was even trying to keep her away from his dad to prevent his dad from doing what he did to her. I'm still a little confused on how that whole scene went down, because Russell's mom was in the house wearing lingerie when that went down? At first I thought that his dad and Yumi were having an affair, but then I wondered if maybe he killed her because she rejected his advances, but I wouldn't think he'd do that WHILE the mom was in the house wearing skimpy clothing, fff. (I also wondered if the implications indicated that the mom was a prostitute and the dad was actually a pimp, since it seemed like the dad was aware of the mom sleeping with other dudes. I have too many thoughts over an RPGMaker game...) Anyway, I think Gardenia is the saddest one, too, because she was so young and innocent.
From what I gathered, Yumi came to Russell's house for whatever reason (I'd like to think that she caught on to Russell's situation and was confronting his parents). Anyway, something happened and Russell's dad ended up killing her. Again, this is all my speculation, but I'd guess that he, in some drunken stupor, tried to have sex with Yumi (since she was the object of his affection/obsession) and killed her when she resisted. But hey, who knows what really happened. As for Russell's mom, she was having sex with some other guy at that moment. If you enter Russell's house before day 6 (which you can do by using the portal to "You") and inspect the bed, Russell says something along the lines of "What happened to the man during that time? Did he run away? Wearing absolutely nothing..." basically confirming his mom was having sex with him. Actually, when you first go through day 6 and read the diary entry about it, it says that when Russell came home, his mom was gasping in the other room. Contrary to what some people think (which is that she was gasping in surprise/horror to find Yumi dead on the couch), I think it's also viable that she was gasping from sex. In any case, I also found Yumi's really sad. I actually picked her ending on my first run. My other personal favorites (I mean they're all sad but which ones are the Saddest) are Dogma's (because he changes his mind and begs Russell to come with him anyway) and Kantera's (because he understands how Russell feels and it's kind of symbolic that they both mercy kill each other).
Oooh, yeah. I decided to give the game another playthrough (so I could do ALL of the guilt quests that I missed my first time) and got a clearer picture of what happened there. Ultimately everything you said sounds on the mark. Man, Russell's parents were so messed up, it's no wonder how the kid ended up the way he did. I chose Kantera as my partner on my first run, since I felt like him and Russell had an interesting connection - plus Kantera is one of my favorites. I did like Kantera's ending a lot, though all of the characters grew on me. Dogma was interesting. I didn't really do as much with him as I'd have liked to, so I just got to watch his ending in this video. So yeah, thanks for the comment and for uploading these endings. :)
Cody and Dogma were young and innocent too though, it broke my heart that the only one that actually reacted the most realistic for a dream was Cody. But also Dogma begging god to forgive him sealed the deal for me, by far the most feels. Kantera is still my favorite but both siblings' endings were really sad. And the way Mireille wanted to continue being happy with the one she loved too. Those are the kinda endings that will stick with me.
My Feeling when watch this after Play All Ending(?) Tabasa's End " Tabajin~!!!! " *Bloody tear crying 'cause he my favorite charactor* Gardenia's End " My....dear... " *try to not cry but still cry* Cody's End " I won't cry this time ! " *Cry a lot* Dogma's End " This time...! be cool Dogma !! " *Cry a lot* Kantera's End " Ah....Onii-san... " *Cry a little* Mireille's End " ... " *a little tear* Yumi's End " RUSSELL!! PLS!!! LET ME HUG YOU!!!! " *Crying as raining*
I saw your piano transcriptions for this game, but I didn't know you had done this video, and I was always so curious as to what the other characters' endings were. And boy did I ever cry!! I loved all these characters, but cried most at Dogma's ending, unexpectedly. There's something about the relationship Russell makes with the older 'brother' types (Dogma, Kantera, Raymond) that hurts my heart. Thanks for uploading this :)
I love Dogma's ending because he starts off really stern and gruff but Russell grows on him so much and he can't bear to leave him there :( But all the endings are really sad in their own way. I'm glad you like the video ^^
Damn... this video made me cry. Like it's hard for me to cry, but wow. I couldn't stop sobbing. I had always seen Gardina's end so I was curious about the others. My heart hurts. Segawa did a great job with this game. All the endings were so heartbreaking. Yumi was the most heart wrenching because Russell never killed her. And her saying she thinks he's a better man than his dad really made me cry. T-T
The family Cousin's:Cody and Dogma Big brother:Tabasa Sister:Gardinia Big sister:Yumi Dad or something?:Saxson Aunt:Cody and Dogmas mom mom aunt or something like that:Mireille Grandpa or a big brother: Kantera
Even if Russell is the actual villain here. When we have at least 20 guilt, and choose the character end route, it's soooooo tearjerking ;-; he looked really regret it like "it all was my fault". Danggg, Dogma and Kantera make it worse 😭😭😭
i wish i had seen this before i completed all of the endings myself... but thank you for posting this! i know how much hard work you have to go through to do this, lol.
I got this ending on my first playthrough (I chose Gardenia), and the scene was heartbreaking. I got excited that Russell was a success and could leave, followed by the horror of him killing himself anyway 😭 In the end I guess he is still technically the villain, but I ended up caring so much about Russell that it hurt like hell watching it play out. As someone else pointed out, its weird they left the syrige in his room instead of removing it (since they seem to replace it while he's asleep) but i think they did it on purpose. He was on death row anyway, and they knew exactly how guilty he felt. I honestly wonder if their goal was actually rehabilitation, or just torture. (Or maybe I'm reading way too far into things that aren't there XD)
I came to this video after stumbling upon the bathhouse scenes for End Roll. This has informed my entire experience with End Roll as I haven't played it yet, but I dearly want to since I stumbled upon it a year or so ago. The story is so supremely simple yet sad :(
I can only describe End Roll in a nutshell as Halloween meets Clockwork Orange, where a young Michael Myers was experimented to feel guilt and pain after he got captured by local authorities. Though it "succeeded", the serial killer has felt so much guilt he had from the drug that caused him scarring side effects more than usual.
I can't understad how they left the empthy syringe there. They MEASURED the guilt level he had, they KNEW it was high and they didn't expect he might kill himself from guilt? Bruh...
I lets played this game. Planned something to say when Russell died. Couldn't get a single word across. Until seconds into the credits. Man... Edit: rechecked now and I actually did say something: "blegh"
My favorite characters usually tend to be the ones that do awful things because they never dealt with the awful things done to them. They tend to be the most interesting characters but I don't let a terrible past excuse their actions. But with Russel it's different. He killed lots of innocent people but I cannot bring myself to hold him responsible for any of it. I think I took the wrong message away from this game.
Oh, posting the soundtrack would not be troublesome at all! However, I'm refraining from posting the music because I don't have Segawa's permission. The music is easily accessible though, if you download the game. So you can listen for personal use I guess? Sorry about that ^^;
I don't like how Russels friends dont know about the abuse he suffered and it being the primary cause of why he turned this way. I feel Russels at fault mostly but he could have avoided this if his parents were there for him like they should. Cody hates him and maybe even Dogma. I'm sure they would be sympathetic if they knew the full story. I think Gardenia is the only person Russle would confront since she seems the most prevalent and kind. I don't think anyone else would fit, maybe Yumi's the second.
About what happened with Yumi. Probably after Russell found out about what happened to her, he became enraged and killed both of his parents. His father because of what he just did and his mother because she was having intercourse with another man while everything was going on.
