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Still think about this one a lot, particularly some of the idiosyncratic theories. Is SCA-DI offering one of the very very few honest analysis of futanari? Is Takuji trans? Does Zakuro suffer because she refuses to "live happily"? Does "live happily" entail that we ignore all negative aspects of life? If not, how do we know to stop annotating, like Ayana suggests? Is it really possible, or even further, necessary, for delusions to help cope with life? Why does Ayana's theme contain Morse code stating that she's Mahou Shoujo Riruru? What the fuck was the point of that Asumi interlude? Do we need to know any of the answers to these questions to understand Subahibi? Maybe not, which might tie into SCA-DI's theory that we take stories and narratology too seriously.

On the real though, totally understand why some people despise this, desperately needs an editor and is completely submerged into channer-esque culture (see: the weird ironic homophobia in Jabberwocky I). Still a pretty profound narrative, especially for the medium.

Reviewed on Aug 29, 2021


2 Comments


My take is Zakuro suffers cuz the player chooses to not Live Happily and proceeds the route against her sake to further Down The Rabbit Hole.

11 months ago

yea thats what ive been thinkin more over the years, refusing to accept the happy endings is an intentionally conflicted interaction from SCA-DI i'm p sure