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

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If you saw our previous theory on Doki Doki Literature Club, then you're already aware this game is so much more than it'd have you believe. In fact, Doki Doki is full of characters from a completely different game. A game whose dark story goes far beyond anything you experience in the Literature Club. And the true villain in this world? None other than shy, independent Yuri!
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[@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!

[@StormStep]

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"

[@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!?

[@RAGHHHHHHHH]

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.

[@Sunnyside_Daycare]

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.”

[@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 💀

[@blitzar2258]

Everyones gangsta until KZbin tells you to hit the confirm button

[@cryowolf3743]

😂

[@Xelpie]

True

[@jevinstanley9618]

True

[@sopha402]

True

[@jackknechtl2651]

True

[@skyepope355]

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

[@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"

[@nisalpeiris1714]

The "lust" reference in Yuri's poem is also interesting. When writing MC's poems, Yuri reacts when we pick the word "lust" from the book.

[@iamwoke322]

Hey Monika, you know how you deleted the other members? *maliciously right-clicks her .chr file*

[@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?!?!

[@MrFrogOfficial]

Some people: Heh nice abstract art Reddit Users: How about I invert this and put it onto a cone

[@Whatahorriblenighttohaveacurse]

They dont see what's real

[@DreamingSomewhere]

Reddit is mad, so they see the truth behind the madness of the eye.

[@twinkiesmaster69]

Frogish ,the power of anime!

[@rendeer8822]

Yeah and photoshop has a feature to put pics on shape so it would be pretty simple to check out each shape

[@canoncorgi]

XD

[@JustSMILE-ob7vy]

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

[@mijnnaamisgijs]

I cant say this enough, but… HUGE props to the editors, it REALLY makes it so much more creepy and i love it

[@SuperMario152]

This is peak game theory.

[@annawhattt]

ikk i think they legit won an editing award for this video lmao

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@KuePidd]

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

[@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

[@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!!

[@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?

[@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?

[@tundrafrost9404]

Monika: “I’m the scariest character” Yuri: “hold my pen”

[@liameng4209]

Lol

[@monarchberry1107]

(Insert lenny face here)

[@weegeeboi5267]

@@monarchberry1107 I cant do that but i can do something similar (0w0)

[@FG-du8ih]

@@monarchberry1107 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@Abeer-fs1en]

@@FG-du8ih how do u do that

[@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

[@user-ry2pt3cl2g]

Lmafooooooo

[@KidLevitate]

Yes

[@isferbaad7367]

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

[@ZombiHomicide]

He did though?

[@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 👍

[@salad7568]

This man censors swear words, but not a high school girl stabbing herself in the chest 3 times. WELCOME TO GAME THEORY

[@celestewoodworth5627]

WITH BLOOD EFFECTS!!!!

[@gamergalz1608]

Lolololol

[@nerdymooncat4210]

but I love bloodshed :3

[@majajolie5451]

Flowey lol never thought about that

[@childmaulingpitbull6174]

Hi flowey I’m a dog

[@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*

[@ozerune]

I love how all the theories that come from this game are backed by hard evidence instead of deductive reasoning.

[@qiudoashinimura2907]

and does anyone else remembers when you read the novel with yuri, and you said "the main character kinda resembles you right?" she instantly tries to defend herself.

[@redbisector6750]

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

[@D4WN_]

Maybe their just backround characters that die?

[@Snoorlacks]

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

[@meek8472]

hhahahahahahahah

[@kasyk.k6859]

He basically challenged him

[@hopeforstariskies1132]

@@kasyk.k6859 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?

[@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

[@-.._sawks_..-]

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

[@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

[@connormcfey392]

correct

[@GasOfLaughter]

Coryxkenshin: "I think I'm in love"

[@theblaze5530]

Almost like we watched the same video huh

[@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....

[@mxchamelodies]

I think you also forgot to mention for the third eye. Yuri had stabbed herself 3 times. Edit: I forgot to mention she also stabbed herself in ACT 3 most likely, referencing to her third eye.

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@theburntpan]

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

[@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

[@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?

[@lcdream4213]

Team salvato: 2018 NEW GAME GUYS 2019: *cricket noises*

[@Adamjoko]

teamsalvato.com/blog/doki-doki-literature-club-anime-expo-2019/

[@elizabethafton4481]

...

[@elizabethafton4481]

@@Adamjoko NO!

[@salemmaxwell570]

Adamjoko that may be the wrong link pal

[@dazed_but_awake]

I was about to comment the same thing! TEAM SALVATOOOOOOOOO WHERE IS DA GAME

[@janekmorawski117]

This episode is the editing masterpiece

[@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.

[@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

[@VenomDkoc]

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.

[@serenamayes1307]

Monika: “2018!!” Everyone in 2020: WHERE IS THE SPOOPY POEM PREQUEL SEQUEL?!

[@xXMemelord]

Serena Mayes it did get delayed. im not a fan of horror games, but i mighttttt stick this one out.

[@Binqactions]

2018 is M in base64

[@jeremychicken3339]

@@Binqactions m for... Monika?

[@memerboi69.0]

Ca-Mai09 PROJECT M CONFIRMED

[@10nissan67]

Was there a reason it was delayed and when is it coming back?

[@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?

[@mr3rr0r15]

"Team salvato has a game coming out in 2018." Me: *laughs and cry's in coronavirus*

[@slimeicide_yt]

Ikr

[@dkp6822]

Nope

[@clairehuang136]

rip in chat

[@anthonyrufino9271]

Is taking them a long time to make it so I'm guessing they probably abandon the project of make the game

[@bnuuycomrade5089]

'2018' 2 years later and nothing :(

[@panictrash8847]

Matpat: Team Salvato has another game coming in 2018 Me: *laughs in 2019*

[@cygnus6135]

Me: *Laughs in Doki Doki*

[@manaskyes9081]

It was supposed to come out in 2018. It got pushed back due to the developer getting caught up in work and stuff.

[@damtrimontgomery9069]

@@manaskyes9081 wait but isn't this his job

[@ExcelonTheFourthAvalonHeirs]

@@damtrimontgomery9069 He is working by himself, except drawing the art. Also, he already said it in his account, rather than releasing rushed game in 2018, he rather that his time and release the final game with ease. He really want to release the game at 2018, but he decided to not do that.

[@filenotfound2600]

Me: *laughs in superhot*

[@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

[@kaylaiott9342]

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

[@viktorpriestley]

“2018!” Me looking at 4 days until 2020: so that was a fuvcking lie

[@ryusdarling]

The 2018 was revealed before doki doki got popular and you tubers started playing it, Dan salvato tweeted saying that because of doki dokis popularity, he gotta work on that first and he hasn’t even finished the script for project libitina yet

[@raegan-s.]

ACoolMinecraftGuy Plus, one of the team members got an illness so that delayed things.

[@ryusdarling]

Raegan S. Ye ye facts, and we don’t actually know if project libitina is the ‘ddlc related content’ or the flat out ‘new game’ that Dan is rewriting the script for.

[@aesther712]

lol so last decade

[@pareomp3]

still waiting

[@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

[@fightingknight2360]

Nice one

[@argentiniangentleman5728]

that's a good one !

[@MrEmeraldBoy]

The year is 2023 and I'm still religiously believe in Project Libitina. Meanwhile Dan Salvato streaming speedruns of Yoshi's Island and never ever talk about any projects 👍

[@darthcuckold1486]

Sadge

[@paradoxlaboratories8005]

I really hope that he picks up the project again and it doesn’t just turn into a Half Life III situation.

[@awesome0621]

Another thing that can tell us that the portrait of markov is yuri’s story is when you read with yuri you make a comment that yuri is like the character in the book, and she asks why you think that in a kind of panic. I dunno, but I think that confirms it even more

[@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!!!

[@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

[@kimcrump3781]

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?

[@rihohachi]

Dang this was 6 years ago feels like yesterday 💀

[@ecr1nn.n553]

Also, there‘s one scene where Mc says the main character from the book and Yuri are really similar and Yuri gets all nervous, maybe that also has to do smth with that

[@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"

[@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

[@rosalinadee632]

Another thing to back this up is the fact the yuri says she feels attached to one of the characters. When the MC says the character reminds him of her, she seems to have gotten the wrong idea. I wonder if the character he was talking about is Libitina?

[@alt.moons_8244]

This is so weird, before the video started my screen went black and i couldn’t get rid of it but i could still hear the audio of ‘Just Monkia just Monika’ i had to emergency lock my phone just to get the screen back

[@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

[@dark_galaxyy]

Also one thing I think fits here, is that if you pursue Yuri, you’ll tell her that she acts like the main character of the portrait of markov. When you do so she gets really nervous and says something like “we haven’t gotten to that part of the book yet.” Idk kinda sus.

[@diamondsoul6853]

That also explains in the second act why Yuri was so quick to deny the fact she related to the main character of the book when the protagonist mentioned that the main character reminded him of Yuri.

[@skookiposting]

"2018!" Monika said Us in February 2020: *British laughing*

[@laurendavey7274]

me: *irish* *laughing*

[@notatallnight]

me: just laughing

[@laurendavey7274]

@@notatallnight *you* *like* *j* *a* *z* *z*

[@amd3728]

Me: *Hispanic laughing*

[@dumbwhiteguy9704]

BRO WHAY

[@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

[@vaultboya6253]

Five years later and all they did was release some ddlc fan service. Im suprised Team Salvato went to this lengths to make a physiological horror game that was massively popular and do nothing with it at all.

[@MandDmommy]

Game development is a hard process plus its and indie studio. Also the pandemic hurt a lot of studios. Plus they have announced a game is in development. Also it was stated that they originally hoped to not have to focus on DDLC after release but because of the success they couldn't do that.

[@MysticMoonlight10120]

15:15 lmao that fade in transition

[@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".

[@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

[@balonga.phobic2706]

I didn’t know doki doki could get even deeper and/or creepier than it already was..

[@sebastianphipps2.049]

It’s not that they are in another game but they’re starting to notice there’s several universes where same thing happens

[@userlimelight]

*"This guy is hiding clues in more places than Scott Cawthon!"* Scott: _offended_ wow okay then, no more FnaF for you I guess

[@supersonicawesome7666]

Sans Skelepun that would be a good thing for Matt

[@fellowmemer5693]

The fact that MatPat had to completely bin his previous theories as lies told is exactly what he gets for the following statement lol

[@fellowmemer5693]

@Prerana Elwin If you are starving for internet points just write "2019 *anyone*????????"

[@stockholmsyndrome3379]

@@supersonicawesome7666 nah i think its going to be like well more games for you and im ginna make it harder

[@tenshi6293]

imagine a game made by scott cawthon and dan salvato, everyone who play it may go craizy

[@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

[@roseplayzgames1748]

Yea

[@cornflavor1476]

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

[@ddlc_player.]

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

[@explosivesilliness]

The editing of this video is SO COOL

[@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.

[@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)

[@DavidHuskyYT]

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

[@drtaverner]

I know it's an old video, but I remember Yuri relating to a character in the book when she's reading together w/ the player. "She reminds me of you" he says. And she says "we haven't gotten to that part yet." or something. It's her in the book!

[@siry_not_siri1335]

I love watching these with captions. He adds some tings and I love it

[@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!

[@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

[@user-nc2ng1fx6v]

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

[@practic4l349]

lust*

[@StellaMarisma]

Another allusion to Yuri's importance, later in the game when Yuri goes yandere and ushers Monika and Natsuki out the club room, Monika laughs and says something along the lines of "Hey, (MC Name), Yuri really is something special, isn't she?"

[@RachelForbes]

monika: *is the antagonist and deletes everything else* yuri: *has purple hair* matpat and markiplir: yuri bad

[@dpurut]

people: this might be base64, maybe it’s binary? what does this all mean? redditors: haha cone time

[@ewy4010]

Tbf, you can already see a face figure after the negative image

[@kiverix]

64*

[@sakurakeiko3672]

Redditors are a different breed of human

[@jamescollier9196]

@@sakurakeiko3672 What would the world do without extremely obsessive and intelligent people?

[@sakurakeiko3672]

James Collier a lot of cases would’ve still remained unsolved lol

[@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

[@katieosterchill5980]

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

[@Alexaq268]

Yeah, so, team Salvato didn't put it out in 2018. I hope they eventually do, though.

[@janjanplayztv1878]

When Mat said that the characters were from another horror game by Team Salvato, I checked the official site and in Steam, but the only game they made was just Doki Doki Literature Club, nothing else

[@herecomestheboy]

" Yuri's- *cough* Yuri's- *cough* Something about this visual novel makes me go through puberty... " Needless to say, I died

[@Ocean_Gaming]

"But i lived!"

[@user-ro6xu5yv3j]

@@Ocean_Gaming lol

[@imliterallyfake6171]

@@iamspeed5656 translation: hi if your reading this its already to late its not you fault libitina is coming i couldnt warn everybody her third eye making me stab myself messing up my body if you see her remind her of our times in diffrent words

[@karelsimek5871]

@@imliterallyfake6171 Hohoho im not santa

[@mrbones642]

@@iamspeed5656 is this binary or you just spamming?

[@jonahsiminak2993]

So, on Team Salvato's website it says that the guy who makes these has had some serious mental health issues. That's why the game is delayed.

[@samiacool9]

Why do I feel like that makes sense

[@iheartmilfs6666]

i ain’t surprised tbh

[@sorenthelurker5506]

Interesting......

[@yolo8283]

that creeps me out wtf...

[@dehydrated_13]

New theory: the creator is actually yuri

[@enochgraham4957]

Can we appreciate Stephanie's voice acting? It's kinda spot on.

[@felixfaeaudain6521]

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!!!!

[@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!!

[@gracielinden3468]

i remeber from the game that MC said yuri was like the main charicter from her book and she freaked out

[@Skell_FPE]

We Miss You Matpat

[@user-uj6ir8zz7z]

Scott cawthon: *I have raised you well son* Dan Salvato: *i know father* Scott: *laughs in lore* Dan: *laughs in glitch* Toby fox: wait what about me father? Scott: ah yes music perfection come here Toby fox: *laughs in endings*

[@missfk21]

True

[@stars4ali]

I-

[@algot7532]

Lol

[@sswiflty6857]

Underrated

[@tuberjaygaming5578]

Why does this fit so well?

[@Yuri-pg8vb]

Great, now everyone knows.

[@carolearnado]

Y-yuri?! Don’t kill me 😔

[@ayeezekrom8469]

Yuri bae

[@aydenoneill2764]

HA you psychopath

[@roaringthunder115]

Give it more info! Don’t Kill us.

[@roaringthunder115]

DONT KILL ME