#tearer

My gorgeous pookie Tearer drawn by the amazing @vikab ! In love with the brush and shading here, his hat looks amazing!

Speedpaint under the cut!

Date said this about the anaesthesia :

" It's 20× stronger than a sleep dart that should last at least 12 hours on a normal human " to develop a resistance strong enough to make something like that only last an hour at most is so. . .

Uru was anministered it around 23:20 and by the time she woke up it was 23:55

give or take the time for 23:20 because you'll have to account for the time of the confrontation with Bibi and stuff.

so like realistically it might've been 23:25-23:20

but if we calculate it with the time 23:20-23:55 thats 35 minutes at like. MAX

WHICH IS INSANE

Did you know that Nirvana Initiative contains scene direction within the game files? Pretty cool, right?

While most of the commentary concerns details that become apparent upon replay/the true order, it also clarifies scenes that don’t receive further elaboration. I’ll be focusing on the latter category here.

1) One thing I felt the game overlooked was Bibi going to Sekiba High after she was estranged from the Chiedas. I’m glad the devs thought of this scenario, even if it’s heartbreaking to see how Bibi distanced herself from Kizuna :[

(I wonder if Bibi skips school because of her health issues or just to avoid Kizuna when their history becomes too overwhelming.)

2) It’s very interesting to see that Date actually held a grudge against Ryuki for the Cathedral Incident. Granted, it was very short-lived as Date softened seeing how much Ryuki continues to beat himself up for hurting everyone. However, I’d still love to see them have proper reconciliation for that event.

3) In Mizuki CH1, Gen!Date slips up and describes the actions of both himself and the real Gen on the previous day. In Ryuki’s introduction, we see him making reference to two Gens, but Date tries to dismiss it as just an illusion with the Lewis Carroll reference.

4) Finally, the developers mentioned that Tokiko was projecting her feelings about Jin and Uru onto Gen and Shoma respectively.

It makes sense as Jin had to live a solitary life based on his facial abnormalities just as Gen similarly resigned himself. As for Shoma, it is very clear from his Somnium that both him and Uru resorted to using the simulation theory to cope with their pain. I know Shoma would hate the comparision though :’)

(I’m also curious to see how Shoma broke free from Naix ideology during the timeskip. It really deserves more explanation).

Here are the sources in case you want to see the developer commentary for yourself. Unfortunately, I haven’t seen the English version available in its entirety. If anyone has a full compilation, I’d greatly appreciate it >:D

https://tcrf.net/AI:THE_SOMNIUM_FILES-_nirvanA_Initiative/Developer_Comments (up to Ryuki CH3 R2)

( aini spoilers )