What Was Omori Originally About?

[@2161YT]

I just wanted to point out that some of the quotes that were said in the trailer like "Too bad saving the world isn't easy as the games make it to be" were actually quotes that OMORIBOY said in the original comic.

[@lennyface6828]

With just how long the game was being developed and how many times they had to switch RPG Maker versions means they probably scrapped more content, story beats, and ideas more than most of us can imagine.

[@im.claire]

Omocat also did a stream on basil’s birthday where she showed his older designs (he was also supposed to be called Rowan) and talked about some stuff that changed, for example basil’s grandma was supposed to have a much bigger role has later gone to other characters

[@WMBTUQ]

Bansnaseeeddddddd

[@BASILFOREVES]

Yeah thats also how mari got her perfectionist role so flower (basils first beta ever) is actully really important or else we wouldn't have the mari we have today! So basils betas are pretty important with certain stuff 😋

[@TheBreakingBenny]

That explains why Basil's grandma was relegated to the real world, after initially being part of the quest involving her grandson as we see in the 2018 demo.

[@PopLight459]

I remember finding out the trailer for this game a long time ago, (2014-15??), and I used to think that this would be a game about this guy who didn't have any friends, and would go have friends in his dreams. I was so wrong XD But I was thrilled when it came out in 2020! I didn't even know that there was a possibility of it never coming out.

[@JiJi_Art]

@Orange Soda If I pour coffee on you will you become orange joe?

[@ineedzemedic5810]

Saying 2014-15 was a long time ago hurts me inside. I cant accept its been a long time.

[@PopLight459]

@@JiJi_Art maybe 🤭

[@PopLight459]

@@ineedzemedic5810 ikr 😭

[@Witchy_Hoo]

If the game was still close to the original comics, you wouldn’t be too far off, actually! In the OMORIBOY comics, none of his friends are real and he never gets out of White Space throughout the entire comic.

[@mrzenox9835]

I used to think OMORI was about a spirit child trapped between heaven and hell in place in between 'whitespace', and he's trying to find his way to heaven and meet his friends but is kicked out of it every time, and sometimes he get dragged into hell.

[@gemeuax-143]

That’s actually a interesting fanfic idea

[@keaton5101]

i think "you're not crazy if even one person believes you" relates to Something. since both Basil and Sunny were able to see it even though it is implied to be a hallucination.

[@zodismegalame]

mari (who was originally called mary) didn't kill herself originally. this was a later addition to the game. initially, her character served the role of the antagonist, fun fact.

[@bobeany]

o where’d u learn about that? im curious and would love to read what she was like originally -0-

[@Nintendogs08]

No she did actually kill herself. I believe you are referring to a certain 4chan post, if you are that’s not real.

[@ILoveWhoHeIs]

@@bobeanyOmocat said Mari was a cake princess for cake castle (you can see a cake castle in early promo art), replaced with Sweetheart I guess

[@Conkel]

I think she may have been a bully perhaps. A cake princess like those in highschool who appear popular but are fake and bullies underneath which omori could have seen or subject to.

[@yalostmethere]

I believe Tako actually shows up in the Omoriboy comic as a hidden figure in one of the entries. OMORI’s trying to stab himself but doesn’t, and if you click the panel it shows that she stopped him. There’s text in hiragana which reads “madamada” (“not yet”). Edit: there’s also a panel where Omori carves a figure in the ground that somewhat resembles Tako (given the tentacle-like limbs and the question mark on its face).

[@Nintendogs08]

Amazing video! However there is *so* much more stuff! Here are some things I know: Mari had a slightly different name, originally called Mary. Mary was very different to Mari, according to the sprite drafts OMOCAT released her hair was more messier, implying she wasn't a "perfectionist" like Mari, she was also possibly more of a dreaded figure then Mari. We also have this scene kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6PdmJ2cipdqZ8k take it as you will. The story was most likely redone somewhere in 2016 but the Mary name was changed to Mari somewhere in 2018. Overall great video! Its nice to have someone not go back to the "OMORIBOY HAD IMAGINARY FRIENDSS AND THIS WAS CHANGE S IN 2014!!!!!!" theory!

[@JJC_Games]

Very interesting! it's crazy seeing how much the game changed over the years, I genuinely wonder what it would have been like if we got the original story

[@Nintendogs08]

@@JJC_Games I heavily agree with you! And have you heard of the Omoriboy mod? Its a mod thats basically "What if all the unused concepts were used in the final game"

[@JJC_Games]

Actually I haven't, ill definitely have to check it out!

[@WhatTheKel33]

i don't really think that's just 'messy hair...' i think it was originally intended for her to have died (the way she died has probably changed though. i've heard a theory that in one of the older versions of the game she commit s**c*de, sunny tries to k! ll himself and fails, which leads to him being in a coma. not sure how true this is though!)

[@Nintendogs08]

@@WhatTheKel33 I know that theory! It’s very much plausible (and I actually choose to believe this) but yeah.

[@shomaaa_zzz]

Heya! Just wanted to say that Tako, Meido and Uni are Japanese! Tako meaning Octopus, Meido means Maid, and Uni means Sea Urchin. And their designs do correlate to that. So it might relate to something sea-related? Who knows. Great video!

[@pixelatedsmug]

I wonder if tako and uni would have had something to do with the slime girls, and if meido had to do something with sweetheart.

[@eldritchangel4058]

Tako does look a little bit like Molly. Possibly an early beta version?

[@battleaxel]

I don't remember where I saw it, but I once saw something saying that Sweetheart wasn't going to be a major boss, and only became one because Omocat heard "World's End Valentine" and loved it so much she changed sweethearts plot, so that probably would've affected Spaceboy's plot as well. Also, I remember something about Mari originally being a princess or something in Headspace, but I really don't remember much about that.

[@cornblaster7003]

the you're not crazy if only one person believes you thing might be in reference to basil being the one other person who knows the truth

[@GL.Luv8]

Today I read the omoriboy panels that omocat released, those characters you almost never see in the final game (uni, meido & tako) were likely the imaginary friends omori had, since in one of the panels from omoriboy you could actually see tako, kinda faded, telling something to omoriboy, and in another panel you could also read he had imaginary friends

[@smallguy73]

One thing you overlooked in the 2014 trailer is how Sunny's room has a lot more things in it, like a TV, a game console, and a more modern laptop. Perhaps Sunny was originally not meant to move out of Faraway at the end?

[@ILoveWhoHeIs]

Omori 2017 Trailer has a hallway and not a staircase

[@lumon_]

my theory is that the shadow figures represent kel aubery and hero like how they feel in the real world

[@the_rat_in_your_walls257]

Okay hear me out, tako looks like one of the slime girls, meido looks like sweetheart and uni is uh…uni.

[@StairsDontLikeMari]

another amazing video i couldn’t ask for more!

[@Diamondfire5125]

Great job as usual. I really appreciate all the work you put into these videos and they really make my day. I think it would be super cool if you did a video about Deltarune and some of its characters. Its one of my favorite games and i think its kinda similar to Omori so it might be fun to make. Anyway whatever video you make next will be amazing so I'll definitely watch it.

[@JJC_Games]

Thanks, I'm glad to hear it! It's been a while since i played deltarune so I'd definitely have to replay it, it'd be fun though theorizing about the story while we wait for it to fully come out

[@sunny.suzuki.real.]

In the omori demo basils grandma actually appeared in headspace

[@froyenathestar]

Why'd they change the fact Basil shot himself, OMORI literally stabbed himself?? Then again it would be more brutal

[@SurmenianSoldier]

i like that ending better

[@dustpanman2998]

I can understand why they'd change that. While yes, the game does take place in the US, it makes more sense for Basil to have easier access to gardening tools than firearms.

[@SwiftlySev]

@@dustpanman2998plant shotgun shells!!!

[@catsinwonderland7473]

But why would Basil even have a gun in the first place 💀

[@froyenathestar]

@@catsinwonderland7473 idfk anything can happen

[@indigowendigo8165]

The original Omori reminds me more of Lee Hoon and Suicide Boy for some reason, LOL. :p Glad to see it become more Yume Nikki X Mother like instead in the end, but I guess the original is still rather interesting. :p

[@rockgirl6786]

Fun fact; OMORIBOY is around 19٫ though he has no specific age as far as I know

[@kenknipe4859]

this is void approved

[@3face857]

I wanna point out that the old Faraway Town kinda looks like something that would come from Pokémon lol. Ig Omocat kinda got inspired by it.

[@Bikumori]

i'm pretty sure basil's name, appearance and personality were changed 3 times. First, basil was more like aubrey, although i can't remember his name. All i can remember is it started with an R. The second time he was changed, he acted like basil but he still looked different and had a different name. The last time he was changed, he was made into the basil that we have today. Not sure about this though, as i heard it a while ago. Also i'm not sure if this is the exact order of the changes. I just checked, and omocat confirmed it themself.

[@sandorkarolydeneskarcsi3271]

i think he was flower then rowen then basil.

[@Sonicisthegamer]

10 ten omori characters (idk why here just felt like it) 10:Scibble from blackspace 9:Jackson From Hobbeez 8:Basil 7 Pluto 6 Rw aubrey 5 polly ( the babysitter) 4:Faze rugs mother 3: Mewo 2 Hector Before i reveal the best character THE WORST IS SUNNY CANT HATE HIM AS MUCH HE HATES HIMSELF BUT STILL 1: AUBREYS UMBRELLA

[@Goosea]

the enemy of your enemy is your friend

[@PamsWorld101]

3:30 haha just like how I’ll pronounce basil’s name however I want >:)

[@Omoli-zz9fw]

Baseal

[@lazylizard8123]

Meido looks very similar to monoko from yume nikki lol

[@carrionette6682]

What if the “alternate endings” turned into the hikikomori route

[@Francy1704]

the hikikomori route isn’t an ending, is a route that always leads to the neutral ending

[@S.S.07_]

early faraway town kinda reminds me of onett

[@VLuddd]

Omoriboy is a redditor too...

[@Sunny-ot6qq]

Idk if you already talked about it but what happened if the group found out that Sunny killed himself by stabbing or when he Oyasumi

[@DaCarrotBunny]

1:37 Still trying to understand what should be written... English is not my first language 😭

[@some_random_guy5763]

English is my first language and I can barely read it

[@Me-xr5ou]

It reads, “and here’s to not fucking this year up as bad as the last one”

[@Omoli-zz9fw]

Mari definitely deserved to be pushed during the early development of the game that’s all I’m gonna say

[@akiradkcn]

Huh?

[@CyberweaverVT]

What about Inko?

[@HikasCorner]

WAIT that face... sheep? is that you?

[@gomdgomd2268]

Idk why but this video says that it has 0 views but 11 likes.

[@starryskies0]

Yeah

[@tailzgimer1726]

KZbin moment

[@random_phrog]

KZbin is broken nowadays

[@dustpanman2998]

When I think of scrapped Omori content, I always think of this scrapped dialogue and narration that someone found. (Trigger warning because this is probably grosser and darker than any of the things that happened in Omori) (also, don't worry, this is almost certainly no longer canon) During this scrapped dialogue and narration, Mari molests Sunny. I can definitely understand why this was scrapped in the final game.

[@dustpanman2998]

@@tomotomoi Someone mentioned it in the Omori Discord

[@Mischievouslilfella]

What did the text say?

[@dustpanman2998]

@@Mischievouslilfella I don't remember

[@Omoli-zz9fw]

I’m sorry fucking WHAT

[@Omoli-zz9fw]

I think I found what you were talking about on Reddit. In the spider something boss right there were some really weird scrapped lines

[@UnofficiallyAPerson]

Damn why am I kind of early

[@UnofficiallyAPerson]

@@blurrymori Ah yes i wonder why that is I'm pretty sure I've seen you somewhere too hmm yes

[@UnofficiallyAPerson]

@@blurrymori HERO pulled his GLOCK on MERELYVERA!

[@UnofficiallyAPerson]

@@blurrymori HERO shoots MERELYVERA!! IT HIT RIGHT IN THE HEART! MERELYVERA took 5678 damage!

[@Oldchannel68]

hmm

[@SANSUNDERTALEREAL-q5q]

@@UnofficiallyAPerson hero nuke is real now

[@nope___4]

Why I'm I laughing 😰

[@treyflorek8592]

Cool video

[@treyflorek8592]

Fr

[@lolaxatif0609]

"mori" its "mary"

[@donotbendy]

No it's Mari with the E sound at the end.

[@3y3_weirdo55]

hi! early gang

[@treasurefriend2151]

Real

[@Mexicanobro]

W video

[@Tyler-2839]

Um yeah boys fap tho. There's nothing bad about that either.

[@russiandoggo4336]

I think the point is that Omori was meant to be older in this webcomic.

[@Tyler-2839]

@russiandoggo4336 Yeah I think that was the video's intent, because Omori Boy drinking is something I would associate with someone who is old enough to buy alcohol. But Sunny is approximately 16 and I don't have numbers about this but I think frequent fapping is quite common at that age. So I just don't agree that that's any sort of clue about Sunny vs. Omori Boy's ages. Anyway, I'm not trying to be too critical here. This was a great vid and I love JJ Game's videos.

[@russiandoggo4336]

@@Tyler-2839 I mean, I think there's precedent for it. There are a few lewd things in headspace.

[@Tyler-2839]

@@russiandoggo4336 True

[@Omoli-zz9fw]

What the skivuddy sholiers

[@TheColor-Red]

ok

[@Oldchannel68]

e

[@play.undertale.yellow]

Not real

[@play.undertale.yellow]

(this is to spite treasurefriend)

[@Rudy137]

Without basil omori could actually be decent

[@inactive.e]

Please elaborate.

[@Rudy137]

@@inactive.e I have no idea what that word means lol ok I just checked what that word means I dislike basil

[@src147]

But Something and its plushie wouldn't have existed....

[@Rudy137]

@@src147 I don't care I dislike basil

[@inactive.e]

@@Rudy137 Ah, thank you.

[@bossdoor]

I like your videos. You got a discord? Would love to talk about your videos.