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[somnium] I need to do a plurk updating what's been going on with the Kagami Arc, otherwise known as the greatest character arc of all time
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starting with the part i've talked about before, for reference
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somnium files is a game where you play the idiot loser detective kaname date
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in the first scene, there's an police inspector you can talk to at a crime scene
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now, a bit about the conversation UI
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when you talk to someone, there's 1-4 things you can say to them, on the d-pad
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once you pick one, it's removed from the list
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so, one of the four questions for police inspector 1 is "what's your name"
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inspector: "I'm honored that a big-shot detective like you would ask my name! It's Kagami, sir!"
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but then the 'what's your name' prompt just, doesn't go away
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and you can keep saying it
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date: "What's your name?"
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inspector: "It's Kagami, sir!"
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Date: "What's your name?"
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Inspector: "It's Kagami."
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Date: "What's your name?"
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Inspector: "ARE YOU FOR REAL IT'S KAGAMI"
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pick again
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Date: (I don't need to ask his name.)
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pick again
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Date: (I already know his name.)
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pick again
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Date: (his name is... uh... shit)
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Date: "Hey what was your name again"
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and so on and so forth
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I thought this was the end of it
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but like five hours later
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there's another murder
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and the police show up to the scene
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and one of the people there is a generic police inspector
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you talk to him and one of the options comes up
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"What's your name?"
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and I ascend to the astral plane
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the game is once again afoot
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kagami is back
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you have basically the exact same conversation
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until your sidekick Mizuki goes "ARE YOU SERIOUS HE JUST SAID IT'S KAGAMI"
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and suddenly Date and Kagami BOTH TURN ON MIZUKI
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and are like "DON'T INTERRUPT MY CONVERSATION WITH MY GOOD FRIEND KAGAMI"
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it's not just a running gag now
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it's a RAPPORT
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so of course, the next time the cyclops killer strikes
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Inspector is there
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and you can ask his name
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and he starts just, giving you hints instead of telling you
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eventually giving up and accepting that his name is Kaniza now
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and by the end of the conversation
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Date and Kaniza are just deadass flirting
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it's the most amazing progression I've ever seen
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Date asked his name so many times that they became friends
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maybe more
boo(f)
holy SHIT
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somnium files is like
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by an order of magnitude the best thing uchikoshi has ever written
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it's genuinely laugh out loud funny while also being a pretty compelling mystery story
boo(f)
I love how this has apparently evolved into an actual relationship dynamic
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while date has completely forgotten kagamis actual name
RobotApocalypse
holy shit, what an incredible gag