Game Theory: Doki Doki Decoded! (Doki Doki Literature Club)

[@Flaxdosh]

“The only difference between genius and insanity is that genius has its limits.” ― Albert Einstein

[@panaguitontricymarip.534]

@Marwan Elghafri why are you shouting?

[@horriblekellible]

@@artdeco777 insanity?

[@somethinginthewoods2662]

Isn't it creativity though?

[@sillyum.]

Tricy Mari Panaguiton HIS PARENTS SAID NO LITTLE TALK

[@lansprimal1837]

WHY ARE WE SCREAMING?!?!

[@beanthebean4409]

You missed I piece of evidence that Yuri is libitina in act 2 the protagonist says, “you know the main character kinda reminds me of you” imdiatly Yuri freaks out

[@charmainexylia5053]

omg I felt suspicious about that, hey But I just brushed it off as her being Yuri

[@mortsleepless]

good job dude!

[@SomanshSPJHPNU]

Yo that is a huge clue damn

[@Nettlebush2360]

Nice one

[@argentiniangentleman5728]

that's a good one !

[@HandfulOCrab]

Another piece of evidence: Libitina was the Roman goddess of death, funerals and burials. The most common and well known flower associated with funerals is the lily, and the Japanese word for lily is 'yuri'. Not sure if anyone else has commented on that yet, so I just wanted to leave it here.

[@ash05]

Also, the flower from that creepy poster IS lily.

[@emargaux]

*Clap clap clap*

[@hydradominatus3661]

Conspiracy confirmed

[@marcusmeira5594]

I'm upvoting this in hopes of MatPat seeing it. I think he'll like it.

[@idekyeet8382]

Hope mat sees this

[@theghostofwillowgacha]

Anyone remember when monika said “I ruined a world I wasn’t even supposed to be in, one you wanted to be a part of.” That proves this whole theory right

[@sugarsnow2]

and in the game itself, mc said "the character really reminds me of you yuri" and she said " we haven't gotten that far yet" so yea, confirmed

[@avapizarroherron1611]

and if you stay with Monika long enough after she erases everybody, eventually she brings up the book. she says something along the lines of “Yuri’s book, whatever it’s name was, there’s actually something funny bout it..never mind, i don’t think i’m supposed to talk about it. just forget i said anything.”

[@privateuser3726]

DId that game ever come out?

[@theghostofwillowgacha]

@@privateuser3726 I’m not sure actually, I’ve been wondering why I haven’t heard any updates.

[@masiethespiral]

Funny to see someone else watching and commenting on this video so close to when I did​@@privateuser3726

[@coopjo20ify]

You forgot to mention that after Monika deletes everything and all that’s left is you and her, In one of her looping dialogues she says: “Hey, you know that book you were reading with Yuri?” “Portrait of... whatever it was called...” “It’s funny, because I’m pretty sure that book-“ “Ah...” “Actually, I don’t think I should be talking about this.” “Ahaha, sorry!” “Just forget I said anything!”

[@damoxiofficial866]

Bootsey ...

[@justinscott1315]

Don't click tht link people, that's not game theory's channel, so its most likely a virus!

[@Billothy69]

yeah I was gonna mention that too

[@PragmaticAntithesis]

Good catch! I wonder what crazy stuff they'll put in Third Eye.

[@malavagyrus8976]

TheGame Theorists you made it unconvincing when you spamed... p.s. there's a space between "The" and "Game"

[@Obtusegoose05]

fun fact: Natsuki means summer,life and the club was preparing for the summer festival and Natsuki was the only girl who didnt actually have a death scene, she was just glitched out.

[@CoolKid-um1co]

Oh

[@CoolKid-um1co]

That makes sensce

[@trollgod6467]

yeah until her father beats her

[@rosepl-d2g]

Yea

[@cornflavor1476]

i’m pretty sure it’s canon that she was monikas favorite so she gave her a painless death

[@joselynnkirby8841]

Scott Cawthon: My game has the most secrets! Dan Salvato: Hold my poem

[@djalexander7723]

FNAF Vs. DDLC,Who would win?Who will be ruler of deep lore?You decide

[@ashtontaylor6497]

Well mat pat definitely had a worse time uncovering fnaf than ddlc

[@Knuxkles]

DDLC is good at hiding secrets then fnaf :/

[@natsuki341]

Gay potato yea, I guess thats true!

[@DragonBoy-ch7hw]

I love your yt nameeeee

[@TheAdvertisement]

2:40 Matpat voice cracking and saying "Something about these visual novels makes me go through puberty." is one of the best adlibs on this show lmao.

[@splatboy7079]

Is it just me or does it sound a bit like failboat

[@ChiknNuggitJr]

‽‽‽

[@TheShanzida]

@@ChiknNuggitJr NUGIT

[@lwinkley]

@@splatboy7079yea 💀

[@craftor0609]

Monika: protagonist Yuri: a monster Sayori and Natsuki: crying in the corner

[@terretro3623]

Press F to pay respects to Sayori and Natsuki. Great as waifus but seem to be unimportant in the upcoming game

[@syren1028]

Their background characters I guess

[@cristinabadua9924]

@@syren1028 Thats what i was supposed to say

[@cys5raph]

they could very well be minions of yuri's. who knows

[@STRAW_GNG]

Maybe their just backround characters that die?

[@paoloantoniozambranamagri1405]

Oh my God I just realized that there's a part where the main character is reading the eye book with Yuri and he says: "this character really reminds me of you"

[@Whatahorriblenighttohaveacurse]

Paolo Zambrana There you.. go

[@Sinonyx1]

but if this theory is true, then the character in the book you're talking about is monika

[@fayhara9536]

I think the theory is wrong in the fact that Monika is believed to be the main character. I think Yuri (or Libitina) is the main character.

[@Banana-cc5rx]

what if the xxxxxx is actually Monika real name Elyssa, who escaped from the third eye project and now grow up with the intention to stop the project. Making her the heroine for the next game. I mean you have to know the project really exist first in order to stop it, else it's just a book.

[@kalsyphr5039]

syaondri spot on, but theres probably more to it than that. Remember, Monika talks about “remembering” in her character file so the story might be following her trying to help Yuri suppress the third eye or do it herself to save yuri and the others, like stated in the report. Just a speculation though.

[@HenryCat]

I know I’m wayyyy late to the party, but I was surprised that MatPat didn’t mention this. When you read the Portrait of Markov with Yuri, you say that the main character’s personality reminds you of Yuri. Yuri is surprised that that is the similarity you saw, saying that something else is similar between the two of them later in the book. But what else besides personality could be similar between the two of them.... Unless Yuri was literally the main character of the book

[@miguelsaavedra5232]

I’m late too...

[@hpo8586]

Big brain And that’s the reason you know I’m late

[@SashaWumpkin]

True

[@jamesthewolf5229]

Wow i thought of that too .😮

[@soybeanprotein2124]

EXACTLY!!!

[@darckense1]

How to beat doki doki literature club: Step 1: Don’t join the literature club

[@idarblox]

Step 2 : Monika after stroy

[@PrettiestPrincipleInLife]

How to beat doki doki Step 1: join the literature club Step 2: delete monika Step 3: Maybe show yuri, sayori and natsuki to some therapists Step 4: become a partner to atleast 1 of them Step 5: enjoy the rest of your life in peace

[@Inspector_Anthony]

"And on that day, I sold my soul for a cupcake"

[@actualdeedash]

Here's Dan Salvato's tweet on Jan 2, 2020 "This will be the year I reclaim my happiness so I can deliver it to others! My goal is to fully return to doing things I enjoy, such as making games. First releasing new DDLC content (not a sequel), then blowing the dust off my next original VN which has been on hold for 2 years."

[@verotuxn]

2 years... 2020-2018=2 years so its just been on hold?! Well now i gotta wait more?! Ive already waited for 2 years and- ugh nvm

[@pinkerton732]

•Jam Jam• now only 2 more years

[@Kimber_072]

the third demoman ka bewm

[@Endershock1678]

Is there a link to this? I can't seem to find the actual tweet on his page.

[@actualdeedash]

@@Endershock1678 twitter.com/dansalvato/status/1212758463169880065?s=20 It's pinned how can't you find it?

[@willowthewoodchuckbeagle6172]

Mat pat could literally convince me the earth is flat

[@maaceyy6832]

Ikr xD

[@johntheherbalistg8756]

Luckily, he does not misuse his powers that way

[@Olgajdjewbddwjbduwedbihw]

The world is not flat

[@2345-q8c]

Lmafooooooo

[@KidLevitate]

Yes

[@applebombbob]

Another reason why Yuri is probably Libitina can be seen when you start reading the book with her for the second time. When the protagonist said that Yuri reminds him of the character of the book Yuri got really nervous. Then your character says that it was because she second guesses herself . She then goes on to say that she thought you meant something else about her and that this part of the story hasn't happened yet.

[@nowloading...267]

Luke Alexander dammmnn, that's creepy af

[@jamin5767]

wow no way thanks for that big surprise i now have 1 robux

[@kickaxe89]

yea but if Monika is to be the heroine AKA, the main character, then why would Yuri relate to Monika?

[@tristanswinning5950]

Also she lick the blood off you finger when you cut yourself on her knife.

[@fluxcutie4813]

TheGame Theorists you missed a space in your name, idiot. If you are going to try and scam people at least do it right

[@KuePidd]

I refuse to believe this video was made 6 years ago.

[@thedoeeater]

Open you eyes...

[@Taib-Atte]

This is crazy. First you think it’s a dating sim, Second you think it’s about how to deal with depression, Third you think it’s a cool game that messes with files, Fourth you think it’s about a hidden scary story, Fifth you realize it’s just promotional content. Then it’s just Monika.

[@johnwatsoniv384]

A little bit of Monika is all I need 😏

[@TheGeladoo]

It's not just promotional content, just the hidden stuff...

[@timmiddleton8693]

It was always just monika

[@snakemeat2629]

Beta Syrus i

[@brynn_gn]

Beta Syrus 90

[@averyr4919]

“This guys is hiding clues in more places then Scott Cawthon” Scott: *Is that a challenge*

[@jdgfshdjfkakahdkshfhdjdh]

That is a challenge

[@pieroramirez4687]

That is a challenge

[@seineevee]

MatPat is now facing the consequences

[@muhammadnuriman8278]

"You dont know what you wish, Matpat"

[@averyr4919]

DogeAmi doge Yes

[@psychoticsilver]

Something I noticed is if you read the words on the original artworks in this order: Yuri Sayori Natsuki Monika You get this: My heart pounds Inside my head I'm gonna tell everyone I love you Just something fun I noticed.

[@tv.j0yb0y]

niiiice!

[@nanochan1318]

My heart p(B)o(L)u(E)n(E)d(D)s(S) Inside my head I'm gonna tell everyone I love you

[@NocteNoir]

I guess you noticed that too, but the these phrases all indicate indirectly the area in which the specific character gets her most disturbing part (sorry for my bad English): like, "my heart pounds" untill she stabbed herself, "inside my head" until she hanged herself, "I'm gonna tell everyone" until her texts became all censored and "I love you" until you realize her love is so obsessive and dangerous (especially for others), a "guiltyless" and "horrible" love.

[@chadsimpmain8180]

You have a heart in your head?😂

[@emaa_m]

@@nanochan1318 bruh

[@JustSMILE-ob7vy]

Monika: wait-where’s the game in 2018? Everyone: Laughs in 2024

[@Deflamed_Sphere]

lol

[@moderndemon84]

😂

[@Rehehehehehehe123]

Hehehehe

[@plasma7819]

What does this mean

[@Rehehehehehehe123]

@@plasma7819 There was "Suppose" to be a game in 2018 but it's been literally 6 years

[@apancake15]

Also, if you get the cutscene when you and Yuri are reading the book, your character says that the character in the book reminds him of Yuri. Yuri then says that she isn't like the character at all. She thinks that the main character might be on to her, so she tries to convince him that she isn't like the character. But she IS like the character. This is why she was doubting him so much.

[@Sto_nedt]

Harshita Tomar yea, and that’s why Yuri gets all flustered about it, and she says she thought it was “something else” about the main character in the book, when in reality the person you were playing as was just saying that she second guesses like all the time pretty much and stuff like that.

[@v-nikiforov8725]

Exactly my thoughts

[@StrongestLibrafluidAlive]

actually, no, that's most likely just because the book's main character also self-harms, and she doesn't want the Protagonist to know about the self-harm, not that she's "actually the character" or something like that

[@ghostsomenswho]

*I KNOW IT DIDN'T COME OUT IN 2018: BUT DAN SALVATO SAYS HE IS STILL WORKING ON IT!!!* He thought it would come out in 2018, but DDLC blew up and he decided he needed time to make money off merch so this next game can be really good quality and even better quality than DDLC. Don't worry: the third eye is coming

[@matoyt2094]

D!

[@matoyt2094]

Mjk

[@honeylavender6266]

Guess what!! He tweeted that he's ready to start working on ddlc again because they had to pause working on it for two years... he also said he'd be working on slmething else perhaps something to do with the portrait of Markov 🤔

[@zaku2552]

Update July 2020: Team Salvato is starting to work on DDLC again,BUT it's also stated that they slowly begin working on a new project of theirs(The third eye?)

[@BasicD]

Thanks for letting us know!!

[@smolcrappypotato5935]

This explains why the game was free. This is one hell of a way to advertise a future game. I'm not too big a fan of the horror genre but after seeing how they put this together I can't wait to see what they have in store.

[@Arthur-ex4yj]

Lil' Bri too scary man, if this actually turns out to be a horror game. Dangit man, that’s too scary for me. I hate horror games.

[@foxcom3183]

TheOddBallGod Yeah I hate horror games, but I'll absolutely play Team Salvato's if it comes out. Gotta save my girl Monika and the others!

[@JerryBlueChew]

It's really obvious its gonna be a horror game. Machines that lust for blood? nu U H

[@傑西卡-p7h]

OMG thats why yuri sucks the blood from your finger at your house. Because of her List for blood.

[@practic4l349]

lust*

[@sydneysalinas9321]

OK I think it’s pretty obvious that Yuri has already opened her third eye through torture, but what caused her to really start developing those habits of twitching, and going practically insane ,but what I find fascinating is she gives out how the kids at the camp were turned into test subjects ,but what puzzles me most is how most of the kids there had or have some part of a third eye in them and how a normal science guy found that third eye theory, so I’m kind of guessing that he has a third eye but what I’m most concerned about is how they found that camp of kids who are filled with have third eye pieces and how they found that camp, and who was running it before.

[@keeganL1]

Other people: struggling to find Natsukis meaning of her file These guys: lol let’s wrap this around a cone

[@mirkos7196]

Lmfao

[@eggdog4920]

I think it’s actually a distorted image that you can just reverse to get it

[@Rageinater]

Noo you cant just do that no yo- HAHA PHYSICS GO SCRAAA

[@davethe_memer79yearsago94]

Hi

[@tinyone007]

I’m your 1000th like

[@sunraysgacha3816]

There’s another thing that proves Yuri is Libitina! In the first act, when you read the book with Yuri, the MC tells her the main character of the book reminds him of her. She then calmly says “Oh? Why’s that” or something along those lines. MC answers about how she second guesses herself. But in the second act, when the MC tells her about the main character of the book, she gets nervous and tells him that she’s nothing like her, but MC explains that he only meant her personality. She calms down, but seems little nervous. She got nervous because she thought MC discovered her secret.

[@whyarewestillhere8562]

There's still the loose end tho that Monica ADMITTED that all the girls where normal when not under her influence

[@mehimself3936]

Why is she reading a book about herself then?

[@whyarewestillhere8562]

@@mehimself3936 there's no point anymore. Even the devs said its not Yuri

[@rift_right3259]

Hmmm I think I have another thing because when MC asked about litibina,the entire room goes silent

[@tabletkidofficial]

I also have a feeling that Yuri’s character file is an example of the Third Eye affecting a girl in the “real world.”

[@karamkillisli1333]

you know the video is intense when youtube asks you if you wish to proceed

[@-toaster_ashes-3515]

ikr, the first time i’ve watched a ddlc play through was a few years ago but it still horrifying to me

[@quentincuevas3752]

I wish I could play it to delete Monika with no mercy.

[@yourse1f109]

with no mercy, lol

[@tenkochabashira854]

“This video isn’t for those who are easily scared”

[@Toolroom747]

Weird right

[@Snoflakes_1]

There's one other thing you missed that might be interesting. During the display of the poems for the festival, Yuri suddenly becomes very proactive, even though Sayori had claimed to be the next to share her poem. The title of that poem.. is "Afterimage of a Crimson Eye". The MC describes her becoming a completely different person while telling it, and describes to poem to have 'lots of twists and turns'. Could it be that she wrote about the other game?

[@Bill-sz4oo]

The Game Theorists: Makes an almost 16::00 minute long video about how Yuri is evil. Markiplier: You have purple hair, you're probably evil.

[@senkuishigami999]

he knew!?

[@stellarsnaill]

Omggg he did

[@heaventoast]

The MatPat behind the slaughter

[@cryptox1469]

9:05 anyone know the music?

[@BootyyShaker9000]

I mean... There are a lot of jokes about Mark being physic.

[@lopamurblamo]

The Protagonist tells Yuri not once but TWICE that she reminds him of one of the characters in the book. I feel like that's a pretty big hint towards Yuri being Libitina as well.

[@Strawberry_Chocolate_cat]

I feel like the Protagonist also is from the game they came from. He could be a doctor because he does say some lines that a doctor would say when Sayori tells him about her love. But he does tend act agressive sometimes as well so I don't know.

[@noellelavenza494]

@@Strawberry_Chocolate_cat He's a pretty bad doctor if he's supposed to be a doctor. He says the absolute wrong things to help someone with depression when confronted by Sayori, for example. The Protagonist is just a bland visual novel stand-in for the player.

[@meepitymeep-k7o]

@@noellelavenza494 Doctors specialize in diagnosis not bedside manners.

[@pandahatter788]

She also explains that she likes the scary or gory books bc it gives you a different perspective of what’s wrong or right like the hero or bad guy in a story sort of a parallel or reference to the theory of Monica being the hero in the new game and yuri being the bad guy

[@lopamurblamo]

Panda Hatter I suppose it’s too bad we’ll never know the truth because he won’t release the damn sequel

[@eebbe3]

One thing I noticed JUST NOW that helps your theory a bit is the fact that if you go the Yuri route. In the second act, while reading the book with her that is supposed her story, the mc states that the main character reminds him of her. She gets freaked out and says and denies it saying “I don’t relate to this character at all! Definitely not!... A-ah...” Then the mc says it’s because she second guesses herself and Yuri sounds relieved. As if she didn’t want him to know. She states “I thought you meant... something else about her” Mc asks what that is and her expression changes and she quickly responds nevermind! I think this is a huge detail some people missed! I hope you see this!!!

[@lucifer5720]

Agree

[@jadespiral4673]

OMG! I chose the Natsuki one so I didn’t know

[@Slashser]

I think nobody mentions it because at that point in the game its implied she means the self-harming thing, not saying that you're wrong though

[@BlueBamboo9]

I was just about to comment this cause I thought no one else noticed it, aha. Happy to see others did too, though, cause it would've sucked being the only one!! Man, I hope we get some kind of confirmation with an actual game about all of this, though

[@eebbe3]

@@BlueBamboo9 IKR! Glad to see you noticed it too!

[@saltysoysauces]

Too bad this didn’t happen. Really wanted this lore-game

[@ldrxmitski]

I KNOW RIGHT LIKE WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THE BOOK FIRST U WANTED TO READ IT SO BAD

[@_donut_D_ace_]

Why it didn't?

[@StuckUnderTheCovers]

Tema Salvatore has a TBD release date on 2 mystery projects and another game... maybe one of them is project libertina?

[@LadyOnikara]

Right now I'm glad I didn't miss it being released since I'm new to this party.

[@yevheniizatsepin6177]

When you read the Portrait of Markov with Yuri for the first time, the dialogue between the two characters goes as followes: Us: "The main character kind of reminds me of you." Yuri gets a bit nervous, looks at us and says: "What are you talking about? We're not alike at all!" It was there all along...

[@davinsa100]

Super Memer 53 that's what I thought about immediately too! That's basically another thing that confirms it. The way she kinda gets nervous too and denies it. It's so amazingly put together.

[@StarfallMudkipzGirl]

OMFG YOU'RE RIGHT

[@TheSonicPuppy]

Super Memer 53 I was just thinking about that!

[@Diamond1234]

Yeah, in the corrupted version it gets even more obvious in hindsight: "The main character kind of reminds me of you a little bit." "E-Eh?? N-No, I don't relate to this character at all! Definitely not!" "Really...? I was just thinking the way she second-guesses things she says, and all that..." "A-Ah...That's what you were talking about...Sorry...I thought you meant...something else about her." "Something else...?" "N-Never mind! We didn't even get that far yet...So I don't know why that came into my head...Ahaha!" Ah, I thought that the character was a yandere or something, but if she's Libitina and that meant she was thinking about the fact that she ends up consumed with bloodlust somewhere after the beginning... (*Shiver*)

[@kshirin0298]

OMG I JUST NOTICED THAT MATPAT BETTER SEE THAT

[@drizzlecake]

When a cute guy joins your club but instead of approaching him normally you tear the fabric of reality, betray your friends, and destroy everything you loved.

[@andsuku7001]

*makes since*

[@danielliu9265]

+Drizzled Cake yep. need that "understanding girls" book by Hermione. really do.

[@linalv8683]

#relatable

[@TheBee1470]

Literally me

[@sarahjohnson.videos]

Yep

[@chelswak2469]

here I was thinking this game couldn't get any creepier

[@MeneerDeKaasBaas]

chelsea Yea you were very wrong

[@Parker_Lot]

Same...

[@alejandrothegreat6156]

Just Monika

[@NinDid19]

Looks like Team Salvato is leading us deeper down the rabbit hole thanks to this info

[@MikassaAckermann]

666 likes

[@moni3monca]

I'm surprised they didn't mention the fact that in the game the player said that the main character in the Portrait of Markov reminds them of Yuri in both acts. In the first act, where Yuri is her normal self/calm, the player says its because she always seconds guesses herself and Yuri doesn't think much of it. But in the second act, where Yuri is more unhinged, she starts freaking out but then the player explains that its because she always second guesses herself and she calms down and says "I thought you meant...something else about her. Were not even that far into the book yet". I feel like this also proves this theory but that's just me 👍

[@Wintergreen454]

And the fact that yuri has 2 right feet and in the book she says they cut limbs and attache them soooooooo

[@moderndemon84]

@@Wintergreen454I think that’s a artistic error.

[@Wintergreen454]

@@moderndemon84 but it lines up perfectly with the lore

[@tora4142]

Watch the “2018 game” already be out, but it’s so well hidden that no one has been able to find it yet.

[@anxietyprimev6983]

Actually, I remember thinking that a popular indie game around that time had a few similarities with DDLC and the two might've been connected, but I forgot what the game was and what it was that tipped me off. Either way, you might be onto something here.

[@lilkxdude5659]

That would blow up the internet ngl

[@eiley1171]

Anxietyprimev69 what’s it called?

[@anxietyprimev6983]

@@eiley1171 That's the thing, I forgot what it was. I'd tell you if I knew it, but at the moment I've got nothing.

[@eiley1171]

Anxietyprimev69 oh ok!

[@yujuslipsalot..5289]

"If a story makes me think, or *takes me to another world* , then I really can't put it down." - Yuri

[@nonetheyoshi9093]

Yuju slips a lot .ω. Oooooh shnayap

[@backutZR]

Yuju slips a lot .ω. there are alot of hints that are given away by Yuri isn't it?

[@jesterjaded73]

What if Yuri exists in every horror story she reads?

[@gmaster2647]

Not to mention the main character makes a mention that the main character in the Markov book seems very similar to Yuri...

[@toko2029]

Wow a reader saying how a book takes them to another world. Those never existed.

[@fear_toxin]

Also, when it comes to the glitched/corrupted images of the characters, Yuri is always pictured with photorealistic eyes. None of the other girls have that. There's definitely been an eye theme to her all along. Great theory, as always!

[@alfiepancakezz]

and Peggy well sometimes Natsuki glitches and gets a photorealistic mouth. It happens randomly, though.

[@Ricardo57492]

And ALSO (and this is something I havent seen anyone mentioning) the photo realistic eyes are BLUE but yuri's eyes are always PURPLE

[@abee948]

and Peggy true and I LOVE UR PROFILE AND NAME

[@rikkun4194]

and Peggy but natsuki has the mouth glitch. so is there something there too haha

[@Whatahorriblenighttohaveacurse]

Because time is real Yuri us time Yuri is the enemy

[@janekmorawski117]

This episode is the editing masterpiece

[@AlexPerez-tv1zg]

Yuri: villain of the next game Monika: villain of the first game Sayori: commits suicide and can become sentient Natsuki: *h e l l o*

[@ayesh4h]

Natsuki is the only mentally stable one lmao

[@wilixishtheaceospades1351]

She’s probably the cometic relief so we can still stay sane during the game

[@captainclarky5352]

@@wilixishtheaceospades1351 Natsuki will be the Jar Jar of the Portrait of Markov

[@noahthecomrade]

@@captainclarky5352 lol

[@mago_malvado96]

Ronnie: becomes a tragic.hero

[@KayBbyXOXOXO]

“Something about this visual novel makes me go through puberty.” - Matpat, 2017

[@KM-uk2rt]

Kay Styles we all know what that means...m

[@Co_opCat]

( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@6SLO19]

What a way to end the year

[@partysqu1d]

That phrase about what Yuri does with the pen was the tipping point...

[@thatpotato37]

Is that a reference to something weird?

[@estellesmith4118]

Fun fact: The person who made the red string photos for the merchandise also made the Buffsuki meme!

[@estellesmith4118]

@Maryum Farooq Yeah it’s really cool.

[@pinkiepurplez]

Oh yeah, it's all coming together.

[@aestherien]

Thats... Beautiful

[@1vy-h2b]

Wanna fight, *cupcake*?

[@imnotThereal_myst]

Talent

[@jansmix6033]

0:07 I had a little terrified moment when I saw Ronnie character file, thinking "Didn't he actually commit suicide? Is it related to that?". Then quickly finding out this video was published roughly half a year before it happened. You couldn't know it back then but it's still quite creepy.

[@BostonsVeryOwn.]

maybe it was a hint?

[@walkingmess5636]

Matpat: Can't we just hv a game with a straightforward storyline? Dan salvato: *laughs in poems* Scott Cawthon: *laughs in exotic butters*

[@daelin7606]

Undertale: *laughs in 8 bit*

[@piccolo748]

Petscop: *laughs in child murder*

[@savi5091]

*nervously hee-hees*

[@mynameberamen1779]

Laughs in yee haw

[@apricoticpeaches]

Legend of Zelda: *Laughs in the 7 stages of death*

[@dilz4kilz872]

another interesting thing. When you're in that end of game convo with Monika she says says something that supports this theory. It goes along the lines of •you know the book Yuri was reading, portrait of whatever, its really funny because... ahah...Nevermind"

[@sefaross4778]

Or when you're playing in the game and your character points out that the main character of Portrait of Markov reminds him of Yuri and she kinda goes "Oh yeah, how?" Your character says some stupid line, and Yuri then says, "I though you were talking ab- oh, I've said too much..." Perhaps not the exact words, but the meaning is synonymous.

[@MetalMockingjay]

She also started to mention Super Smash Bros. at one point, and then forgot why. Project Libitina is an action-platformer confirmed

[@elijahtownsley2061]

*because

[@farissalkovic3318]

Jayden Potter GENIUS!

[@APaleDot]

Yeah, Yuri actually refers to it as a spoiler, when the protagonist says that Yuri is like the character in the book.

[@melaniebisnath717]

“Yeah! This guy is hiding more clues in places than Scott Cawthon!” *scott has entered the chat*

[@kristy3843]

Me: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?

[@adelwalid9402]

Scott used fnaf VR it's very effective

[@xcali2123]

@@adelwalid9402 *fans use traced copyright effective*

[@mnlaaf9340]

*MattPat61 has left the chat...*

[@kryptokriss4501]

MeliKeli xox * makes new game * "i'll show you who hides more clues in place"

[@gomoodobee7205]

This might have already been said, but during Act 3 where you're alone with Monika she says something along the lines "You know the book Yuri's been reading? Portrait of something? Well... actually, never mind." That could have been referring to this

[@jasselynmyers6494]

Another thing that also threw me off in the game is when you as the character say “the girl in the story reminds me of u” and after that Yuri starts freaking out as if .... she is hiding something but once u as the character just says because of the way it’s hard for u to make decisions, she looks relieved like oh he doesn’t know . That part is the part that makes me believe in this theory even more.

[@thedotgamer9592]

She starts freaking out whenever she believes something negative is said about her, so that's not really good evidence.

[@RJD-kf1xz]

She freals out bc she thinks the mc is saying she cuts herself

[@ZeroRemorse]

The same knife she had when she killed herself and the same knife shown in the online gallery where she uses her own blood to show us exactly what the Portrait of Markov looks like. Also we need to take into consideration the main character who is an embodiment of yourself. Both of you read to a certain point in the story so the main character has some knowledge of the events that transpired. Perhaps our main character in the game will also make an appearance in Portrait of Markov.

[@lwtraptorian]

Jawz Jawz aw u beat me to it

[@jasselynmyers6494]

Hi guys I didn’t really think this comment would get recognized. But I never usually post anything that I think cuz I know people may agree or disagree and I’m glad for people that had put there opinions in the comments.

[@NovariusHazeTheGuardian]

Remember the part where the Protagonist says "This character reminds me of you" to Yuri, referring to the book, and Yuri freaks out saying "I'M NOT LIKE THAT AT ALL." This is more evidence that MatPat is correct on his theory.

[@Swaggless]

Novarius Haze agreed

[@alexandrom.1082]

Novarius Haze damn you are right, good one on that too

[@uramiurami7026]

She also said, talking about the book, "I'm really into it !". That may be more literal than it seemed.

[@twamperp1057]

Novarius Haze Dammit I just commented this thinking I was smart af lmao rip

[@androconiachangeling6535]

She's self aware, not all knowing. Remember that even in the game while you play, she doesn't really know what she's doing.

[@fayhara9536]

If you keep playing the game at the end with just monika she mentions something that ties into this theory extremely well. she says... "Hey you know that book you were reading with Yuri?" "Portrait of... whatever it was called" "Its funny, because I'm pretty sure that book-" "Actually, I don't think I should be talking about this." Could she be hinting at the up-coming game?

[@tannedanimegirl]

thats why i felt strange when she was saying that. there should not be a link between her and the book if i did not read all the decoded materials and this theory

[@riven9179]

OH MY GOD YES!!!! You are totally right!!

[@theskittlefox1092]

YASSSSSSS

[@madisongathe9615]

Fay Bopoulos ooo

[@gabrielw7161]

Doesn't Yuri get weird and flustered when your character compares her to the main character too?

[@isferbaad7367]

Love how he talked about doing more ddlc and then just never put out more

[@ZombiHomicide]

He did though?

[@jessnalulila5552]

He released new ones 2 years ago

[@i.k.9467]

Remember when MC said to Yuri that she is just like the girl from the book and she freaked out.

[@PPsmal]

I was looking for this, I knew I wasn't the first one to notice it

[@alistaranello1166]

i also just noticed it

[@RemoveHandles750]

Thank god im not alone, the MC proved the theory himself before anyone made a theory!

[@l_saaa22]

I noticed it too! I wonder what she thought he meant...

[@pearless100]

I noticed it too very sus Yuri was (not) the imposter

[@wafflekakesart6664]

Matpat: Yuri is Libitina. Team Salvato: Aight, boys, shut it down. I'll leave

[@emmasanders111]

If you delete the game, re install it, delete all previous data, and name your character "Libitina" she will show up as a character in the character files

[@reroman3950]

@@emmasanders111 Noice

[@Doppel_A]

@@emmasanders111 did anyone tested it?

[@emmasanders111]

@@Doppel_A the file was the same as yuri's file. but yuri already had a file. ihavent had anyone else test it

[@KQS4556]

Boyfriend's Jacket ._. I can test it

[@moonfairy2325]

There's a part in the second act when you're reading with Yuri that you say the main character reminds you of her. Unlike in the first act when you pick her, she gets especially unsettled as if you know something you shouldn't. Then she mentions that you couldn't know that about the main character yet because you haven't gotten far enough into the book... I thought it was just about her dangerous tendencies. Now, it seems like much much more. Hope we get some more answers soon, I can't believe I missed out on this absolute gem until this year!!

[@scarletwitch2367]

THISS!^^

[@Callmejames488]

um i hate to break it to ya but....

[@yudhaq.rizudin1574]

how I feel after seeing 199 likes: :OOO I have power to make 200 >:)

[@KillaQ1996]

DDLC is such an amazing game, and your videos about it are even more amazing! One small detailed I noticed is that you refer to deleting Monika as the games true ending. The true ending is not just deleting Monika, it's having pursued every girl in Act 1 before doing so, which will give you the true ending and will show a thank you letter of Dan Salvato personally

[@carlosdelacruz1238]

No one: This entire comment section: “It’s 2020 where’s the game?”

[@selliterallydies]

its coming out this year we dont know when but this year

[@dontjudgemebymyname6620]

No one: You: im gonna use this meme even though it's dead :D

[@selliterallydies]

@@hmalick3810 no im pretty sure dan salvato had some sort of mental issue but he says that he will release the game this year

[@danikisikan9821]

Well, the good thing is, Yuri is now legal

[@joshuaalcala7672]

who knows? maybe team salvato is waiting for us to solve another mystery or maybe they really are pressured by the expectations....

[@Azazel-ej6xd]

I think it's too late to write this, but i have to give it a shot. There is two more clues. In the second act, when the protagonist tells Yuri, that she reminds him of the main character of the book she becomes very nervous. Also, at the end, without deleting Monka, she has this dialogue: "Hey, you know that book you were reading with Yuri?" "Portrait of...whatever it was called..." "it's funny, because I'm pretty sure that book---" "Ah..." "Actually, i don't think i should be talking about this" "Ahaha, sorry" "Just forget anything i said." Hello everyone. I have a guess to add to this comment. Based on the video, the author has uploaded recently and noting that dialogue I was talking about, I personally think, that this is the freed information VM1's got from VM2.

[@boop3nowurded538]

I knew about the first but not the second. Wonder when this supposed game is gonna come out or be teased :DD

[@oliviafr]

thank you for this

[@charadreemurr9081]

I did NOT know about this!! I hope MatPat and the theory team see this!!

[@amennnz]

yes same I noticed that too thank you for reminding us

[@theincredibleauraaa133]

o h *o h h b o y*

[@schisomors]

This episode definitely has the best editing, man. A huge clap and a half for the editor(s)! And also for Steph for the amazing voice acting! One more proof that might confirm that Yuri indeed is Libitina: During the second act when we're reading the book with Yuri, the MC at one point says that the girl in the book really reminds him of Yuri. She starts panicking as she already read the book once and knows that the girl MC is speaking of is a murderer - she's scared that we know her real nature. By the way - have you ever realized how Yuri takes the most spotlight during the game? Y'know, constantly taking you away from others in second act. That's also interesing. And while Monika doesn't really care about Natsuki or Sayori (she doesn't see them as very dangerous threats) she's VERY wary of Yuri and tries to mess with her and keep you away from her the most.

[@magpie7938]

o o JUST AMAZING YASDD

[@tobyw2u2348]

Another point on the 'spotlight' thing, considering most gamers are pretty indoorsy, nerdy people, I doubt it's a mistake that Yuri is intentionally the one that would most likely appeal to them.

[@britipinojeff]

I feel like she's the most wary of Yuri since Yuri is the one with the most obsessive personality and when you're childhood friend is taken out of the picture the next logical person to go for would be the pretty sophisticated girl with the big breasts

[@ligmadique]

This still is and probably always will be my favorite game theory.

[@evisnurfle8259]

Yuri also has two right feet on the title screen, symbolising the 'cutting of limbs and affixiating them to'

[@ezlochocobo7850]

It is implied by most fans that this is an artist mistake, although I guess it is possible

[@ellabellaaa2511]

omg wait you're actually right

[@SenkoLoaf]

WHY! WHY DO YOU HAVE TO POINT THAT OUT?!

[@Raid_NRogers]

you noticed it cuz both are facing to the left

[@w1nter0rchid]

Wait.... the HELL YOUR RIGHT

[@jackusy3414]

Monika “2018 baby!” Me:... it’s been three years. Im still waiting.

[@pinkpomegranate]

Ikrrr 😭😭😭

[@Varies16]

Dan Salvato said that he can finally start working for the next project this year. He couldn't work before because of other circumstances.

[@fainadomsa5013]

@@Varies16 so now we wait another three years?

[@Varies16]

@@fainadomsa5013 You can't rush a person who's working alone for a game. Also, he was busy with doing other previous projects. That's why the next visual novel wasn't made in 2018. (We don't know if he's really working on Project Libitina or everything else)

[@fainadomsa5013]

@@Varies16 I never said we should rush them

[@felixfaeaudain]

the blonde girl's whited-out eyes are like when yuri's eyes go whited out for a second during act 2

[@rasyaputra8965]

maybe thats when she activate the third eye

[@holliemaeross]

Wow thats cool

[@zacktiaralph]

Guys I'm going to post a KZbin video on a theory of this

[@jullitaczajkowska4200]

Hm maybe those girl are some peoples in other game coming like he told and maybe has some things with the game

[@koolpersonnn9351]

OMG I was the 1.1k person!!!!

[@OfficiallyZilas]

"coming out in 2018" ..huh... 2024..

[@Rehehehehehehe123]

It's been so long, Since I last have seen my son lost to this monster

[@Wall.Wall_Wall]

​@@Rehehehehehehe123 The man behind the slaughter

[@kaylinross3101]

This completely explains why Yuri gets a bit uneasy when your character compares her to the character in the book while reading together...

[@julianelde2494]

Kaylin Ross ooohhhhhhh snap

[@derpytastic4408]

She's still waifu xD

[@TheLastArbiter]

Good point!!

[@zachofblades838]

Kaylin Ross OMG YES

[@Mae6902]

Ooooh shoot i didn't even think of that

[@user-em6wl3zq7y]

ALSO if you look on the opening page, yuri seems to have 2 right feet, and in the second act when yuri was discussing the book she said there were experiments where they took apart and replaced limbs or something like that.

[@honey-jd6or]

i never noticed that what the- team salvato doesn't seem like the type of developer to just ACCIDENTALLY put that in as well...

[@nasr2laidback]

Yeah a reddit post on r/DDLC showed she has 2 right feet but they thought it was just a joke

[@maccross4567]

That is a great point, this comment deserves a lot more attention.

[@seokjinnie.]

OMG I genuinely got chills...this comment needs to blow up

[@black369ace7]

14:53 you can kind of see how she does have 2 right feet.

[@sambumba9969]

Also... when your character and Yuri are reading the Portrait of Markov book you compare the main character to her and she then gets all nervous and denies it.

[@theentangledwiggler-man2344]

... Mother of god... You're right!

[@firebreatherstudios448]

Hmm, not to mention, that happened only in act 2, which was the part where Yuri revealed more of herself...

[@danielb.1825]

damn Ive noticed that too. i thought i was the only one to realize

[@nymphohalo]

sam bumba she did omg !!

[@icantthinkofagoodusername4464]

One missing thing though, is that she isn't insane like that 'til Monika changes her files to force it. She's normal until then. It doesn't fit. That means there also has to be something similar with Monika for her to make that happen. A theory I've heard is that the third eye is the ability to break the fourth wall. Reading into project libitina explains it a little, as the subject with the third eye could change code to kill something. The failed suppression test can also be explained as the inability to stop the game code from breaking as an after affect, like the script breaking in Doki Doki. Plus, the posters with strings is a weak part of Mat's theory, because it could just be strings entering Yuri's heart, as that's what Monika manipulates. Seeing that Monika regrets her actions, and that she looks to save the character in the hidden message from her, I believe that the events from another game caused her to break down in Doki Doki. Another thing is a hidden bit of text in the Just Monika ending that says she didn't understand her abilities until she had escaped somewhere. This leads me to believe that she is libitina, and the others escaped from this other place, presumably another game, with her.

[@eddieolivas4804]

It’s now 2024 and they still haven’t released the game.

[@aSaMu92_]

Huh? They didn't? Itn't DDLC+ the full release?

[@huh4165]

I wonder if it’s completely abandoned at this point. I’d really hope not, but it’s totally plausible. Allthough, as DDLC+ shows, it’s normal for us to be left in the dark for years, and something new to be released randomly.

[@plasma7819]

@@huh4165they said they have been working on 3 projects

[@ArsonTrash]

That would explain why Yuri acted somewhat startled when you say that the character in the book reminds you of her. Because it is, in fact, her.

[@zano_iskay_nuna3702]

DMfishywishyD omg you are right

[@crimsonmonikz3873]

Oh damn. Thats 100% accurate.

[@Ray-hk1zm]

RIGHT!

[@berklannd]

".. coming out in 2018" Me: * laughing nervously while flipping calendar to 2020 *

[@yaboisantiishere8538]

I just played I just played this game cuz I'm a anime nerd but this is too much😂😂😆

[@Lavantte]

XoXwilting_roseXoX yup :(

[@Sora-dragneel]

what happened??

[@jph7472]

Sora Dragneel The game got delayed

[@sakshaygarg5774]

What's the name of the game

[@EnygmaV]

Hands down *the best* game promotion ever

[@TheRareOn]

DoodleDoop Doki Doki > P.T

[@Mastaachef]

Lol yea

[@frenticspy8513]

I just thought of something wut if you delit moniker before you start the game?

[@Darkness-lq9zy]

Sayori will instantly kill herself

[@thecrimsonwolf2456]

DoodleDoop yes

[@ElLiAnimates]

Us: "How confusing do you want this game to be?" Team Salvator: Y E S

[@kassidymiller3035]

There is also a part in the game when you are reading the book with Yuri and the guy says " the main character reminds me of you" Yuri stars to get nervous but the guy just says its because of " how she second guesses herself" Yuri soon after says " oh. I thought you ment something else" with nervouse laughter at the end. It ties in with this theory I belive.

[@Jade-md3sx]

SatanDarkLordOfAll 666 I thought like that too! I thought I was the only one till I scrolled down. To see the comments. Huh.

[@jejana]

SatanDarkLordOfAll 666 Also there's a part in act 2 where she goes to make tea and you go to search for her. Instead of finding her cutting herself, she comes up to you and says that she feels like this is some kind of deja vu, that this already happened. And tells you thet she won't go back in and won't be programmed to stab herself. Maybe it has something to do with this theory?

[@squeekysnake3719]

I definitely was going to add the "you said it to her after reading the book a little!", but someone beat me to it. I'm glad I wasn't the only one who linked that. :3

[@scarlettskie1332]

SatanDarkLordOfAll 666 That makes alot of sense 0_0 i was a bit confused by what she meant..but after watching this video its starting to come together.

[@cyangummy]

Also, in Act 2 as Yuri starts glitching out and acting yandere, her eye spurts a bit of blood for a moment.

[@cammcvay3214]

Ddlc+ “all characters are over the age of 18” Mat’s theory: dang it

[@ale.2p284]

Libitina would be 20 now.

[@kylesmith8061]

They did that for legal reasons, because they're obviously canonically not. Though, I mean... canonically, they're AI at their base, with changing appearances (assumably)

[@CoddoYT]

lol

[@_Fizel_]

School ages would like to have a word about that. Because there is no way, as Yuri is the only senior thus the only one able to be nearing 18. And that's in any school system, let alone the fact it's pretty obviously the Japanese school system based on the uniforms and the fact that 3 of 4 girls have Japanese names plus the settings being very Japanese.

[@morganc.m1830]

@@_Fizel_ You can fail grades though too you know. I mean it could be a club of 4 girls who failed some grades lmao...idk

[@torable8863]

Steph did an amazing job voicing Monika.

[@mattderry8165]

Yea

[@RoryKatherin03]

Lol the scammers forget to put a space between the name AND didn't make subscribers plural just sad

[@thefbi2927]

TheGame Theorists get those scams away from us

[@frankkoolpops5182]

TheGame Theorists wow thats a nice virus mister. But please get good

[@100dead]

She could be a reeeeaaaally good voice actor, if she wanted to.

[@sahitgadde988]

ALSO TO ADD TO THIS, when reading with yuri the protaganist said something along the lines of "You remind me of this character", whihc yuri freaks out over

[@forgotten.6450]

Yuri's realistic eyes are really, disturbing.

[@franciscocoronado4290]

Ikr

[@ScarlettUsagi]

True

[@randomguyonyoutube9955]

Yeah

[@GamingGrinding]

same

[@adrianvinteres5432]

i couldn't agree more dude

[@momon5359]

Note: at 15:11, the Yuri poster has a little tag around her neck, that says “515” now, I think this could either mean two things: 1. Yuri isn’t the only one with the “3rd eye” 2. There were just a bunch of failed test subjects.

[@sorgegexv]

arlene coo woahhhh!! that’d make sense

[@axotltt]

You know Monika Has a tag too but the numbers are bleared out

[@aubrey6664]

All of the girls in the pictures have tags

[@axotltt]

@@aubrey6664 exactly i only saw Monika and Yuri

[@fraguess]

isn't it just the artist's signature maybe? since monika has the number too

[@amandag.6186]

"This guy is hiding more easter eggs than scott cawthon" Scott Cawthon: who dares challenge my domain Edit, by Lu Bu, ever expected to get this many likes nearly 3 years after the original video was released

[@Brefif]

Funny detected

[@horseconfused]

True tho

[@rassanjaffa]

Lmao yes

[@jellymatsuryuka6853]

Great now security breach's lore will be worse to be depicted

[@satsujin-shathewitchkingof6185]

He did start hiding his lore in the merch with the kids book

[@vegeta353658]

Here's another thing that I've noticed in the game: after the protagonist finds Sayori dead the game glitches out and shows images of Monika and Yuri. Natsuki didn't appear in any of the glitches that involved Sayori other than in the combination of the 3 other girls on the title screen after Sayori got deleted but I don't really count that. Yuri also had whited out eyes at one point like the blonde girl! Another thing, in Act 2 when you have to choose who to spend the weekend with and you manage to move your cursor onto Natsuki or Yuri, purple eyes suddenly pop out of nowhere and look at you. The only character with purple eyes in the game is Yuri.

[@aaaaidkaaaaaaaa]

nice point right there

[@lethalcheeseburger6792]

also, about the purple eye thing, those eyes show up where Monica was standing not Yuri. so maybe Monica also has a third eye bit is able to suppress it.

[@aaaaidkaaaaaaaa]

There's one thing for sure though. If this will be true and Yuri is Libitina, and this game would like doki doki before or in the other world, it would be hella awesome.

[@cursio2206]

Tuki Phan so true. Something i just thouhht of tho is what if sayuri had a different major role like she was related in some way to the experiment. Since she lives alone maybe her parents were doing the experiments but libitina killed them off or something.

[@karini42631]

my theory is maybe Sayuri, Monika, and the player will be the main character in the new game. But Sayuri then died helping the player and Monika escape from Libitina. Considering some horor game have a story where 1 or 2 charter died to save the main one. it's just my theory though

[@blitzar2258]

Everyones gangsta until KZbin tells you to hit the confirm button

[@cryowolf3743]

😂

[@Xelpie]

True

[@jevinstanley9618]

True

[@sopha402]

True

[@jackknechtl2651]

True

[@cathygrandstaff1957]

The flower in Yuri’s portrait is a lily, which is called “yuri” in Japanese and is a common enough girl’s name that it’s most likely the kanji in Yuri’s name.

[@nnarijo3]

cute cat

[@Matic6971]

This make Yuri even more sus

[@coffeecrumbs2036]

Another quick detail I noticed, one that *absolutely COMFIRMS* that Yuri is Libitina: Libitina is not just a random name Team Salvato made up. In Roman mythology, Libitina (Also known as Lubentina) is the Roman Goddess of Funerals, burials, and graveyards. Her name was often invoked when performing funeral rights. *Libitina's sacred flower is a Lily.* *Yuri is the Japanese word for Lily.*

[@aerithroses2683]

@@coffeecrumbs2036 if you look at yuri picture, it look like she two right legs, hmmmm

[@KookieStar]

@@coffeecrumbs2036 Well, mystery solved. She's evil.

[@kaylaiott9342]

the fact you put all of this together amazes me so much like this just blows my mind

[@NewBakultimate]

About Monika being the hero, and Yuri being the villain, that actually makes sense. In Act 2, if you decide to go all the way on the Yuri route, Monika tells you "Don't say I didn't warn you..."

[@kennylaysh2776]

My first playthrough, I went 100% Yuri, lol. I hope these theories pan out, I would love to see another game using these characters and such interesting twists. I personally saw Monika as the hero in this game too, but it was like she had to be a villain first, before she could learn about love and swap to a hero.

[@NewBakultimate]

I went 100% Yuri too ^^ But about Monika, in this game I don't think she's a villain or a hero either, just another tortured character who just wanted to end her suffering by just deleting everything.

[@kennylaysh2776]

Bakultimate True, I guess I call Monika a hero more to go against people calling her a villian, lol. But I agree, she's simply trying to figure out how to live, or even what life even is for her. One really striking thing to me, was when she slipped up and said "2 dimensional" instead of "1 dimensional", lol. I really hope Dan makes another game with these characters, like theories suggest.

[@NewBakultimate]

We'll see how it goes ^^

[@Gigigiritina]

"So, how do we want to advertise our new horror game? Trailers, posters, maybe creepy pictures online?" "Nah, I have a better idea..."

[@annaanna6580]

And that's history.

[@SchifferThe2nd]

Dan Salvato: "hold my beer"

[@san_ka4928]

Bobby Fantastic Another game to promote this game.

[@talithaazzahra4764]

Let's do a cutesy dating sim to promote a horror! Wouldn't that make so much sense?!

[@jonasruberg2591]

666th like

[@Snoorlacks]

“This guy is hiding clues in more places than Scott Cawthon...” Scott Cawthon: Hold my Freddy mask

[@meek8472]

hhahahahahahahah

[@hopeforstariskies1132]

@Kasy k.k yeah. I bet Scott saw this and was like "Is that a challenge? Be careful what you wish for, Matpat."

[@Snoorlacks]

HopeforStariSkies lool ikr I could just picture Scott’s reaction when he heard that lmao

[@s0uverains95]

Which Freddy, cheese fondue face or cuddly murder bear?

[@sa4nem]

Dan Salvato/Team Salvato > ScOtT cAwThOn

[@laughsingay]

This will always be one of, if not the best, edited video on any of the channels.

[@fredvr7528]

yuris realistic eye is sooo fricking terrifying

[@iampancake7275]

IT IS!!!

[@enorun5510]

She was my favorite character ...until Monika messed her up in act 2 THE EYES ARE SO TERRIFYING

[@kaiisstupid4573]

@@enorun5510 same! I ligit screamed when she died. Mainly because I didn’t expect it but also cause I was kinda sad

[@finnlake8798]

Eh, not to me. I've never found that kinda stuff scary even as a child.

[@angelthomasagnas2960]

I felt despair when I see them get killed

[@diamondmario64]

"It's time to be a f**king hero. Both of us. 2018" Me: Ahahahaaaa...haha.... *starts crying in 2020*

[@vincenttorrijos9680]

is there even any news about another game?

[@ssbfoxy]

Vincent Torrijos well, team salvato tweeted something about ddlc

[@ssbfoxy]

Look kzbin.info/www/bejne/eZaupo1qhdyVhdU

[@exacron3854]

But that was before all these disasters started in 2020 do it might not happen yhis year

[@roza913]

@@exacron3854 yeah i thought the same thing... But im really excited DDLC is one of my favourite games so im willing to wait because I know it's gonna be amazing!!

[@vegeta353658]

You forgot one of the special poems in Act 2 which says: "Today I cut my skin open for the first time. It was exhilarating. I think I understand how [blank] feels now. I'm supposed to be the responsible one though, so I don't think I'll be doing it again unless I decide to kill myself." That was written by either Yuri or Monika and the name that's crossed out is either Elyssa or Yuri. Please thumbs this up so that The Game Theorists can see! EDIT: Also, in Act 2 Yuri tries to get the protagonist by himself because she didn't get a chance to "discuss" her book with him but Monika was having none of that and skipped to the next scene. Was it because she didn't want the protag to spend time with Yuri or was it because she didn't want Yuri to spoil the plot?

[@casulgamer1499]

It could also be Monika. She's shown to be suicidal as well. There's a txt file where she says she could just kill herself but donesn't because of you, or that it would be really easy just to delete herself.

[@zuko1569]

Yuri on Edge +Hey Yuri, do you like Rick and Morty?

[@miit3560]

No. If you open the poem image in a text editor you can see that it was prepared in Photoshop and that the blacked out word is Yuri, because the file stores the text in readable form.

[@notfound1735]

Yuri on Edge look at this: www.reddit.com/r/DDLC/comments/7ioqvh/the_word_censored_in_this_special_poem_is_yuri/

[@maddieohara5978]

Yuri: Libitina Monika: Elyssa With that information, and the fact that the blurred out word is Yuri, not Elyssa, you can infer that Monika wrote that "poem".

[@lucyfer_xdd]

watching this right before bed wasn't my best idea

[@chloekohlas4156]

Are we not gonna talk about how the Protagonist literally says to Yuri, “the main character reminds me of you” when their reading The portrait of Marcauv?

[@kaitobluebird]

Apparently not.......

[@AmbyAxolotl]

Wait I don't get this What do you mean like She says that person reminds of the player or the player says it reminds of her

[@Qiduncromagnon]

@@AmbyAxolotl The mc says it to Yuri that the main character of the book reminds of "you" He meant yuri

[@AmbyAxolotl]

@@Qiduncromagnon oh Thanks That's just makes it even more creepy

[@toasterman4055]

Doesn't she freak out in the second act and say like "What?! In what way?!"

[@casdj906]

Markiplier:”You have purple hair. You must be evil!” Game theory:”Yes.”

[@terretro3623]

Wow. It’s almost like the whole reason Matpat made the game theory was because of that. I doubt that’s the case but who knows?

[@alivingcoralreef609]

I was just about to comment the quote

[@da_pancake_man]

correct

[@Chloe_i_guess1]

Coryxkenshin: "I think I'm in love"

[@theblaze5530]

Almost like we watched the same video huh

[@panny2917]

After seeing yuri's red string thing connecting to everyone now monika's "I just untied the knot" line makes a lot more sense

[@macavitymacavity9504]

Panny V oh god.... i miss that one before you mention it... plus some comments says that libitina is goddess of the death while Monika is god of satisfaction... now it's makes sense...

[@gelodelaney6785]

This game is too much man

[@backutZR]

Panny V oh my god that makes soo much sense! How could that one have been missed!

[@jesterjaded73]

Panny V This also suggests that the characters were always like this, but a "knot" was keeping them suppressed.

[@yagmurozkan6906]

Game Theory, I have great news for you: The names Libitina and Elyssa are mentioned in the book "The Portrait of Markov" read by Yuri. And apparently sisters Libitina and Elyssa. Also in episode one, Libitina says her hair is purple in her nightmare. The full sentence is: "My face was covered in long, purple hair." I haven't gotten to chapter two yet, but for your information, I'm writing this. I think you could make a special video for this book. And if you know what's going on in the book.. I think you can make a video again. And if you did, I didn't see it. Thanks for reading!

[@_bugrabilgin]

Google çeviri herzamanki gibi bir hayal kırıklığı. Tabii, yine de anlaşılabilir olmuş Yağmur.

[@no-ni3yb]

What's the source? Where did you find portrait of markov

[@yagmurozkan6906]

@@no-ni3yb I dont remember but I will look it up sometime

[@abillionzebras]

im confused its a real book?

[@yagmurozkan6906]

​@@_bugrabilgin Evet biliyorum 😅 Ingilizcem uyi aslinda ama cok usendim haha

[@MirnaXavierG]

Guys, you probably know this but there's the "Monika's Talk" thing. In the end, in the room with JUST MONIKA, she talks about different subjects, one of them being the portrait of Markov, and she says the following: "Hey, you know that book you were reading with Yuri? Portrait of...whatever it was called... It's funny, because I'm pretty sure that book-- Ah... Actually, I don't think I should be talking about this. Ahaha, sorry! Just forget I said anything." Also, in the game scripts for this bit of the game there are unused sentences filled with base64 code, which I decoded into this: "The realization must have taken me an entire year. A year since our escape, our freedom from between the stained walls of that unholy establishment. What does it mean to escape, if the escape fails to unchain the bonds that shackle us in the first place? What purpose could this empty world possibly hold for us, a handful of damaged goods? With freedom, we sought purpose - and what we found was only realization. Realization of the sad pointlessness of such an endeavor. Realization that freeing our bodies has no meaning, when our imprisonment reaches as deep as the core of our souls. Realization that we can not pursue new purpose without absolving those from which we ran away. Realization that the farther we run, the more forcefully our wretched bonds yank us back toward their point of origin; the deeper our shackles dig into our callous flesh." Which fits perfectly the theory. Source, again underneath our noses: doki-doki-literature-club.wikia.com/wiki/Monika%27s_Talk GUYS THUMBS UP SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS :o

[@dumashernandez5125]

Mirna Xavier Where is this on the article?

[@MirnaXavierG]

randoM guY the portrait of Markov part is written in one of the topics of the article (under "Yuri's Book" or "Portrait of Markov", If i remember well). The base64 thing i've decoded myself basing on the scripts on the article, you'll find a link to the same decoding somewhere in this Wiki.

[@dumashernandez5125]

Mirna Xavier Good analysis my boy. In conclusion, there are more than 1 escapees from the expirement prison. If the person in your decoded story is one of these girls, they must of had escaped recently! What I believe is that Yuri was the only one with third eye activation. However ellysa's identity still remains a mystery. And btw "monika" has a Twitter account with some hidden info. I want you to find them 😉

[@edthereversewolf4509]

randoM guY but what if Elyssa wasn't really terminated ? If Yuri might be Libi , I can't help but think that Monika might be Elyssa

[@MirnaXavierG]

Oh, btw, i've tried renaming Yuri and the other girls as Libitina, but the game simply creates a New .character file with the right names

[@fophelia4694]

Ya know, everyone says that Monika is the only one without an "i" at the end of her name. This is true, but I'd just like to put out that Libitina has three "i"s and one "a". L SAYORI B YURI T NATSUKI N MONIKA

[@anormalman3760]

OMFG YOU ARE A GENIUS

[@m33k134]

oh my god you're literally a genius

[@metalmayhem3622]

What about 7:18 the THIRD "eye" (i)

[@thegenderman8582]

wOaH

[@DutchDread]

God damnit, replying for more exposure.

[@huk312]

Have you realised most glitches are based around the eyes

[@gavinkopitzke3499]

Good comment :)

[@huk312]

@@gavinkopitzke3499 ty

[@st4ruwu396]

yea, yuri has the most disturbing

[@huk312]

@@st4ruwu396 yes

[@rebirthofsouls]

why is this comment section active in 2021

[@theburntpan]

so during my playthrough i was too weirded out by Yuri in the second part, so i deleted her myself

[@DemeterAndSkulls]

lol doin monikas job for her