After Kangtai falls from the balcony yet again, the protagonist retreats back into the house. In his last living moments, Kangtai begs for his mom to come save him, but the letters are no longer in his usual red but in the pink of the protagonist. Gainax Ending: One of the endings has the protagonist hunt down and repeatedly shoot Kangtai with a gun.If you want at least a little more clarity, you'll have to experiment. Guide Dang It!: The game does very little to explain the mechanics apart from basic controls and offers no advice whatsoever in the way of unlocking paths or finding secrets.The only way to break the loop and escape is for Persia to successfully get Kangtai to hang himself, allowing the Birdman to take his soul. This is because everyone is stuck in a purgatory by the Birdman. 'Groundhog Day' Loop: Every time Kangtai dies, the day rewinds with no one remembering what has happened.

Food as Bribe: Kangtai doesn't want to play with the protagonist at first, but changes his mind when she offers him a piece of cake.In almost all of the game's endings, Kangtai is attacked by an unseen person and seemingly commits suicide by jumping off the balcony to get away from them.The newspaper article pinned to the house's garden wall talks about the murder of a little girl during a burglary.Fox to him in exchange for giving him his doll back. Cat- after having engineered his death, he demands Cat sacrifice Mr. In the blonde girl's story, the Birdman does this again with Mr.As a result of this deal, Persia is trapped in a 'Groundhog Day' Loop while her soul slumbers in his grasp, and the Birdman becomes quite displeased if she tries to defy the deal. The Birdman promises to revive Persia so she can see her mother again- if Persia performs an elaborate and symbolic ritual to essentially give him her soul as well as Kangtai's, which she does. The protagonist Persia, having been killed by the burglar Kangtai, wants nothing more than to see her mother again. One deal with him sets off the entire plot.Deal with the Devil: The demonic Birdman is shown to make these with at least two characters, if not more.Much later on, you have to do the same with Mr. Cruelty Is the Only Option: Eventually, you will find yourself in the position that you have to sacrifice Kangtai to the Birdman by getting him to hang himself, despite every indication that this is clearly not a good thing, in order to progress with the plot.

Big Bad: The Birdman is the entity responsible for abducting Kangtai and keeping the protagonist and the others trapped in an endless loop so he can consume their souls.

The news article about a girl's death during a burglary states that the killing took place on July 13th, implying that the diary details the protagonist's last days before the burglar came into the house and murdered her. The last entry on July 12th says that the man has seen the protagonist and how much she wishes her mother would come home soon.

Apocalyptic Log: The protagonist's diary takes note of a strange red-haired man who has been watching her house for some time.

Anti-Frustration Features: Once you have gotten one ending and started a new play through, you are asked by the game if you want to skip any scenes that you've already seen in the next playthrough so you don't have to go through them again and can instead jump right to the new scenes.

The surface plot of a girl being home alone and inviting strangers into the house to play with her is obviously meant to be a cover for something much more sinister, but just what that is is largely up to interpretation.

Ambiguous Situation: It's very difficult to determine what exactly is going on in this game.

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