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Due to the nature and developments of the plot, especially with it utilising knowledge of continuity from the 3D series and game for later manga elements, all spoilers are unmarked.hololive ERROR is an horror-based multimedia projectnote Six 3D VR Episodes, a game demo and an animated manga video series as of March 2022 by hololive, a group of Virtual YouTuber idols by COVER Corporation. Announced on August 1st, 2021, the 3D VR series began on August 14th, with a game demo released on January 7, 2022, and the manga starting on February 19, 2022. The full version of the game was released on July 18, 2022, while the 2.0 update and Steam version were released September 16, 2022.The series starts with a New Transfer Student finding their way in a new school. The student meets several girls in Aogami High, all of whom are friendly and eager to get along with their new classmate, with some appearing to be attracted to her. However, there is also some slight apprehension around treatment of her, and students from another class are noted to have gone missing recently. On top of this, there may be something far darker going on just out of sight...The characters are portrayed by a number of hololive idols in either slightly similar or drastically different roles to the talent's characters established in hololive proper which varies from character to characternote For example, Fubuki is very cheery and upbeat, but Inari is meek and hesitant, whereas Polka and Honoka are both very energetic. The playlist for the 3D VR series is here, while the official site, which also hosts the game demo hololive ERROR: Escape from Aogami High, is found here; the playlist for the animated manga is here. In April 2022, a website dedicated to the Train Arc was launched. In June 2022, a website dedicated to the Revelations Arc was launched.Note: Where Episodes are remarked upon, it refers to events in the 3D VR, whereas Chapters refer to the Animated Manga Series. While events are detailed respective to where they happen, it is important to make the distinction what happens when and in which video as the two series offer very differing plot points and tropes.
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Urban Legends
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Urban Legends: In Episode 5, Yae tells Sakura the story of a female art student who had talent, but fell into a slump under the weight of others' expectations; she eventually holed herself up in the Art Prep Room regularly, to the point a custodian found her bloody body one night, a smile upon her face. She was so intent on creating a piece of art that was so unique that she resorted to using her own blood to create it, but bled herself to death in the process. The final painting is stated to still be kept in the art room and doom those who gaze upon it to death. The game implies the painting encountered in the Art Prep Room is this very painting. The expanded/altered version from the game specifically claims that the one who made the painting is still hanging around in the Art Prep Room after her death. She is still looking for more paint for her masterpiece, and is more than willing to use other people's blood for it... In the game demo, UFOs, an unknown train with an unusual whistle and children wandering the forest who spirit people away who "foolishly approach them" are remarked on in the Special Report notes. The second Aogami Station Report Incident note expands on the train legend with people whom are disappearing were last seen in the vicinity of the train station. Chapter 1 implies that Akane is one such victim, likewise in Chapters 8 and 9 with Yuka.
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Kimodameshi: Honoka suggests one of these to Nanase when she heard of the haunted art painting in the art room, and eagerly invites the Past Transfer Student, Shino, and the other named girls of the past.
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Darker and Edgier: The premise of the project. In general, the idols of hololive portray characters somewhat similarly to their streamer personas, but this is very pronounced with Nanase; her actress, Suisei, is well known for her Comedic Sociopathy, and her sociopathic behavior is Played for Laughs, whereas Nanase is the complete opposite, showing clear disdain for Shino and anyone else who gets in her way of getting close to the Past Transfer Student. It's even darker than hololive - Holo no Graffiti where, barring some 【Horror】 tagged episodes, the idols engage in Surreal Humor, and it escalates its randomness all Played for Laughs. This series takes itself very seriously, and has a total dark atmosphere, and is unapologetically open about it. Past Aogami High also acts as this compared to the Lighter and Softer Present version, due to its darker color palette (in both the uniforms and the environment itself) and a very serious plot about Nanase trying to get rid of all those that stand between her and the Past Transfer Student... which her increasingly unstable mental state comes to see as at least two of her classmates. The Train Arc is somehow this even more so than the Past Aogami High Arc. Whatever the hell is making things go wrong begins affecting things outside of the school and its students on-screen, the Ominous Visual Glitch becomes even worse than in the previous two arcs, Yuka ends up getting the Un-person treatment with very few people remembering she ever existed, and one of those few, Akane, blames the Transfer Student for it.
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Title Drop: The yearbook that the Transfer Student and Uzuki discover on the train in Chapter 14 has a clearly legible hololive ERROR on the page across from the photo of the school.
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Little Bit Beastly
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Little Bit Beastly: Justified, as several girls are portrayed by anthropomorphic idols, such as a white fox, fennec fox, white lion, a King Charles Spaniel, a cat, a wolf and a rabbit.
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Kaoru, Saya and Miku slip into inverted in part because the Transfer Student doesn't understand what's going on around her or with them, and it's only after Kaoru asks about Yuka do they become more akin to Touka in Chapter 2; specifically, Kaoru's warning is seemingly made with positive intentions in spite of the negative action, making this instance lean towards Poor Communication Kills.
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July 19XX. Similar to 20XX, this time period is used to introduce further elements of the project's story, and, from a chronological standpoint, is the earliest point in time until the Revelations Arc begins, which implies Sakura existed in a July 19XX in which Mari was alive. Considering the implications and Ambiguous Situation of the Transfer Student in this time period, there are subtle inferences that the two July 19XXs shown before the Revelations Arc take place after the time period with Mari.
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Real-Place Background: Aogami High is apparently based off of a real abandoned high school, which Polka explores in the Legend of Polka episode "Dragged to School at Night!".
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Share Phrase: "My head is killing me", uttered each by Nanase in Chapter 7, the Transfer Student Shino in Chapter 14 and Mari in Chapter 18, when they come down with a headache, and each precede a pivotal moment. With Nanase and Mari, it is implied by the latter to be a result of being in a place made from the wood of the cut-down haunted trees, but with Shino, it is solely just as a result of recalling "the Perfect World".
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Starting with Chapter 1 of the manga, while a good introduction to the world of ERROR and takes the incentive to introduce characters, isn't the starting point of the story - Episode 1 holds the honor, and the 3D series as a whole make up the first two story arcs that build up Aogami through dialogue - as noted under Adaptation Expansion above, the manga's initial chapters are more closer to the fourth and onwards arcs of the story, with the game demo being the third.
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Whilst heavily implied throughout the 3D Series, game demo and Chapters 1 to 5 and 8 in the manga, Chapter 9 of the latter really ramps up the implications by creating a small Anachronism Stew as detailed above as well as replaying near enough the same conversations Inari, Touka and the Transfer Student have in Episode 2 and Chapter 2, but with Kaoru. Saya, Yuka and the Transfer Student, and outright throwing an Ominous Visual Glitch Blue Screen Of Death that details Hex Codes for RGB values pertaining to the actress' palettes. An off-key version of the opening theme starting in Chapter 9 can also be heard for that brief moment with the BSOD.
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Funny Background Event: When the girls in the background finish their lines, they tend to idle or goof around; the only exceptions to this is Sakura and Honoka's conversation in Episode 4, where the conversation audibly finishes but continues with the former whispering something to the latter, and again in Episode 6 when Yae is left hanging and despondent when Nanase leaves.
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Stopped Clock: A report mentions a landslide occurred at about 10:10 PM. In-game, you can find wall clocks with bearing 10:08. Anytime the clock is in view in the episodes, it is always at 10:08, which granted, appears to be during breaks between classes, but nevertheless looks to function as a kind of Arc Number and is very coincidental to the landslide in Chapter 7. Chapter 1 has a Freeze-Frame Bonus that shows the time in the classroom if one focuses on Touka's right cheek during the scene transition, as it becomes too blurry to read once the girls are further away. It is also reading as 10:088, even though the morning bells have just tolled, and the morning recess is an hour later.
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Ghost Town
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Ghost Town: Aogami Landslide Event Report #3 notes that the residents of Aogami Town started to leave after witnessing a ghost, though that doesn't seem to be the case during the Present. However, the reports of people disappearing via Aogami Station and discussions by students on the topic imply it might be heading this way again, but through more nefarious means... After Shino leaves the train in Chapter 16, she finds Aogami in a unmaintained state, absent of other people. Then she learns of Mari and the Rumour of the Woods, which implies that the residents who fled Aogami had to lest the vengeful spirits claim their lives.
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Missing Child
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On which note, unless you've played the game demo in its absolute entirety (three playthroughs) and paid attention to each scene, all the notes and Shino's dialogue variations, then you won't know that it furthered the Missing Child plot point hinted at in Episode 2 with what becomes the Train Arc in the manga, and is the precursor to Chapters 4 and 5. Additionally, the game's notes hint at events to come after the Train Arc while carrying hints as to the fates of the characters seen in the 3D.
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Must Make Amends: The Burnt Notebook found in the game alludes to someone who wants to do right by Shino, but while it's ambiguous as to whom the author of the writing is, it's implied to be from either July 19XX or the time period introduced at the end of Chapter 14.
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Unseen Evil
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Unseen Evil: The true form of the Vengeful Ghost children is unknown, and they are heavily implied to be the cause behind both the events to the story, particularly the death of Mari and Nanase's outburst just before the landslide, and behind the more unusual and/or eerie actions of a number of the girls such as Miku, Kaoru and Saya seemingly hunting the Transfer Student throughout Chapter 13. For as dark and nebulous as Shino appears prior to Chapter 15, her actions completely pale in comparison to what these beings are capable of. Chapter 22 suggests that the reason for this is that the spirits don't even truly exist, with Nanase and Mari's situations happening due to the forest being polluted.
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Ominous Visual Glitch
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Ominous Visual Glitch: This series has ERROR in its name for a damn good reason. In general, there is plenty of static, pixelation, chromatic aberration and artifacting that adds to the unsettling nature of Aogami High and the town around it. Most are associable with Shino, especially in the way she typically appears in out of nowhere in the manga, though Chapter 9 implies that Inari and Touka are also a source behind them if they're not a result of them. Small, free-roaming lens flares also appear to highlight when things are not quite right in the manga compared to what was previously established in the 3D VR series. Episode 3's OVGs, being the Shino Jump Scare and the Discretion Shot, show that all is not right with Aogami High, and acts as a portend for things to come in later entries. Episode 6, on the other hand, has a massive one with Foreshadowing for the Freeze-Frame Bonus development in Chapter 7 when Nanase has her Freak Out, as a few Freeze Frame Bonuses occur in rapid succession: the classrooom, Nanase, Honoka, Shiina and Yae are riddled with blood splatter, vertical strips of red, green, blue, yellow, cyan and magenta amongst the white backdrop outside the hallway and classroom windows, and then the scenery looking like it's breaking apart or being deleted until Yae interrupts Nanase's rumination. Anytime a character is seen in the game demo, it is almost a given that they will contort into shadowy shapes and a very dark ultramarine-colored model that looks nothing at all like them as they disappear from sight, including Shino, except when she's behind you during the chase sequences. The manga has it nearly Once an Episode with the exception of Chapters 5 to 7. Chapter 1 sees the ones around Akane bringing the music to a grinding stop into static, as her words are kept drowned out by said static, and various visual glitches accompanying her close-up. Later, right after the narrator introduces Touka, the screen flickers into Touka, Suzune and Saki becoming emotionless with clouded over eyes, as a very minor visual fluctuation punctuates the shift to this small scene, and white noise rings in the background. Then high amounts of static, static noise and artifacts drown out the conversation between Inari, Hanabi and the Transfer Student, implying that the events in the manga do not fully align with, or are even a "second take" of, those seen in the 3D VR series. Chapter 2 inexplicably has Aogami Station show up when Inari and Touka discuss the missing students, Foreshadowing the later Train Arc. When Touka makes her rebuttal to the Transfer Student, scanning static lines like one would see on a old, just barely in-tune TV can be seen scrolling up over her. At the end, Inari appears in the classroom with a stronger version of those lines, and the focus on her face shows it distorted with glitches as she recites the rumor, while Shino is cut-in with more scanning lines. As soon as Touka declares her lack of belief in the rumor, the entire space glitches out, replacing the classroom with a darker variant that has Shino present, whom in the midst of these glitches appears as a disembodied face, all while the artifacting is met with digital numerals. Shino's proper appearance to the Transfer Student at the end is pronounced with the same artifacting that makes it seem like the screen is bubbling. Hanabi is covered with greyscale-palette vinyl-like ones when the Transfer Student notices that something is very wrong about her. Then the same happens with Inari, but with an inverted palette. The hand that grabs the Transfer Student's ankle before the shift to the past is comprised of nothing but glitches, and when she tries to get her bearings, her vision is filled with more vinyl-like glitches as she turns to find Shino behind her. When the Transfer Student looks out at Aogami from the train in Chapter 8, a very snappy glitch makes the view brighter, and when she notices Akane, the glitches that transition to the alternate shot of Chapter 1 and to Shino follow the same style of artifacting as Shino's Jump Scare in Chapter 3. Chapter 9 is riddled with them. The first is the Transfer Student suddenly moving position a fraction of a centimeter momentarily and a smile just as instantly cropping up on Akane's face; the moment Saya starts talking at 2PM sees a glitch, followed by static artifacting taking up the whole screen after she recommends going to Aogami Shrine; when Kaoru brings up the missing students, a brief distortion appears over her and again when she notes they can't be reached, followed by a greyscale, static-distorted shot of the backs of Inari and Touka from Chapter 2; when Yuka weighs in to the conversation, the colors on-screen lose contrast; and finally two happen in very quick succession: as Akane and Yuka prepare to lead the Transfer Student around Aogami, the street outright disappears, and the biggest one in the project yet occurs as a Blue Screen Of Death detailing RGB hex codes, with colorful and bubbling distortions transitioning quickly from the girls to the BSOD, to Aogami Station, to a clock reading 11:44PM and then a shot of the train. Chapter 10 is more minor compared to the previous chapter. he Parrot Exposition carried out by Saya and Kaoru is replayed again, with popping glitches used to indicate that the scene itself is problematic, and a Freeze-Frame Bonus turns the lifeless stares of Kaoru, Saya and Miku into Dissonant Serenity smiles. Chapter 11's only moment of this is itself a Call-Back to a certain event in the game. When the Transfer Student and Uzuki approach Akane, the latter is flanked by outright missing blocks of the scenery around her, which are replaced with static glitches, which change to a red hue as the scene behind Akane also becomes more and more red in hue. This is carried over into Chapter 12, which continues right after The Stinger at the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 17 has a static filter go over the screen as Shino touches the blood painting, before transitioning into a flashback to the one who likely created it.
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Evolving Credits: In the animated manga: Chapters 1 to 6 display (mostly-)everyday classroom scenes particularly drawn from Chapter 1, starting with drawing focus on a wider view of Aogami, the train station, the spider lilies at the school, and the classroom, where Saki, Suzune and Touka are glitched, followed by a glitch transition to Hanabi and Inari, before focusing back on the spider lilies and coming to the key visual animatic of Shino in the two time periods where the title comes on screen. Chapters 7 and 8 forgo most of the above scenes, showing only the title card animatic part. For Chapters 9 to 16, along with a different theme compared to earlier Chapters, the opening credits display a train carriage in a state of disrepair with black handprints all over the windows and a school desk leaning against a seat, then photos of Aogami Shrine and the 19XX Aogami Sation, before focusing on Shino's silhouette in between carriages and the train moving as speed past a crossing. Akane and Yuka are then seen guiding the Transfer Student, with a short, panned shot of Saya, Kaoru and Miku, which leads to a new key visual animatic focusing on Akane hesitatingly looking towards the PoV, turning her attention to Yuka on the seat when she cuts in, and then back towards the PoV just before Yuka disappears, while the logo takes Yuka's spot on the animatic, and Shino's silhouette draped in a red light similar to earlier in the sequence, which is then zoomed in on. Chapters 10 onwards only display the animatic portion.
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Don't Go in the Woods
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Don't Go in the Woods: The game demo has a note that states that if one were to step into the "dark even in daylight" forest in the dead of night, they'd see children wandering through the trees and if they're approached, one would be forever taken to their world. In Chapter 7, Sakura hearkens to this when she warns Nanase against going into the woods any further, and to inform her father not to continue cutting trees down for the sake of developing the town. It is implied in Chapter 16 that the bleak world Shino finds herself in is the town of Aogami overcome with the forest, putting her in danger of what the note highlights and Sakura suggests. Chapter 18 shows that Mari also took leisurely walks in the woods often, and it's inferred Sakura warned her like we saw with Nanase earlier; however, Mari raises a terrible implication as she recounts the rumour of the woods - the wood taken from the trees of the forest are used to make the buildings of Aogami... Chapter 22 reveals that the reason behind the implications is pollution, the buildings of Aogami were constructed using polluted trees which are bad for the villagers, hence Sakura's quest for Aogami's reforestation.
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The manga has it nearly Once an Episode with the exception of Chapters 5 to 7. Chapter 1 sees the ones around Akane bringing the music to a grinding stop into static, as her words are kept drowned out by said static, and various visual glitches accompanying her close-up. Later, right after the narrator introduces Touka, the screen flickers into Touka, Suzune and Saki becoming emotionless with clouded over eyes, as a very minor visual fluctuation punctuates the shift to this small scene, and white noise rings in the background. Then high amounts of static, static noise and artifacts drown out the conversation between Inari, Hanabi and the Transfer Student, implying that the events in the manga do not fully align with, or are even a "second take" of, those seen in the 3D VR series. Chapter 2 inexplicably has Aogami Station show up when Inari and Touka discuss the missing students, Foreshadowing the later Train Arc. When Touka makes her rebuttal to the Transfer Student, scanning static lines like one would see on a old, just barely in-tune TV can be seen scrolling up over her. At the end, Inari appears in the classroom with a stronger version of those lines, and the focus on her face shows it distorted with glitches as she recites the rumor, while Shino is cut-in with more scanning lines. As soon as Touka declares her lack of belief in the rumor, the entire space glitches out, replacing the classroom with a darker variant that has Shino present, whom in the midst of these glitches appears as a disembodied face, all while the artifacting is met with digital numerals. Shino's proper appearance to the Transfer Student at the end is pronounced with the same artifacting that makes it seem like the screen is bubbling. Hanabi is covered with greyscale-palette vinyl-like ones when the Transfer Student notices that something is very wrong about her. Then the same happens with Inari, but with an inverted palette. The hand that grabs the Transfer Student's ankle before the shift to the past is comprised of nothing but glitches, and when she tries to get her bearings, her vision is filled with more vinyl-like glitches as she turns to find Shino behind her. When the Transfer Student looks out at Aogami from the train in Chapter 8, a very snappy glitch makes the view brighter, and when she notices Akane, the glitches that transition to the alternate shot of Chapter 1 and to Shino follow the same style of artifacting as Shino's Jump Scare in Chapter 3. Chapter 9 is riddled with them. The first is the Transfer Student suddenly moving position a fraction of a centimeter momentarily and a smile just as instantly cropping up on Akane's face; the moment Saya starts talking at 2PM sees a glitch, followed by static artifacting taking up the whole screen after she recommends going to Aogami Shrine; when Kaoru brings up the missing students, a brief distortion appears over her and again when she notes they can't be reached, followed by a greyscale, static-distorted shot of the backs of Inari and Touka from Chapter 2; when Yuka weighs in to the conversation, the colors on-screen lose contrast; and finally two happen in very quick succession: as Akane and Yuka prepare to lead the Transfer Student around Aogami, the street outright disappears, and the biggest one in the project yet occurs as a Blue Screen Of Death detailing RGB hex codes, with colorful and bubbling distortions transitioning quickly from the girls to the BSOD, to Aogami Station, to a clock reading 11:44PM and then a shot of the train. Chapter 10 is more minor compared to the previous chapter. he Parrot Exposition carried out by Saya and Kaoru is replayed again, with popping glitches used to indicate that the scene itself is problematic, and a Freeze-Frame Bonus turns the lifeless stares of Kaoru, Saya and Miku into Dissonant Serenity smiles. Chapter 11's only moment of this is itself a Call-Back to a certain event in the game. When the Transfer Student and Uzuki approach Akane, the latter is flanked by outright missing blocks of the scenery around her, which are replaced with static glitches, which change to a red hue as the scene behind Akane also becomes more and more red in hue. This is carried over into Chapter 12, which continues right after The Stinger at the end of Chapter 11. Chapter 17 has a static filter go over the screen as Shino touches the blood painting, before transitioning into a flashback to the one who likely created it.
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Actor Allusion
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_392372f9
comment
Actor Allusion: Considering the girls of Hololive are playing similar roles in this project, this is to be expected. Shino being a ghost and haunting the school may be a reference to Sora's Nerves of Steel personality when she engages in horror games. Nanase's behavior as a subdued Cute But Psycho is reminiscent of Suisei's infamous Comedic Sociopathy, but here, it isn't Played for Laughs. Sakura is a shrine maiden who is lazy (at first) and doesn't like to exercise. Miko herself is a lazy shrine maiden who doesn't like to exercise.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_392372f9
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4054df52
type
Blue Screen of Death
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4054df52
comment
Chapter 9 is riddled with them. The first is the Transfer Student suddenly moving position a fraction of a centimeter momentarily and a smile just as instantly cropping up on Akane's face; the moment Saya starts talking at 2PM sees a glitch, followed by static artifacting taking up the whole screen after she recommends going to Aogami Shrine; when Kaoru brings up the missing students, a brief distortion appears over her and again when she notes they can't be reached, followed by a greyscale, static-distorted shot of the backs of Inari and Touka from Chapter 2; when Yuka weighs in to the conversation, the colors on-screen lose contrast; and finally two happen in very quick succession: as Akane and Yuka prepare to lead the Transfer Student around Aogami, the street outright disappears, and the biggest one in the project yet occurs as a Blue Screen Of Death detailing RGB hex codes, with colorful and bubbling distortions transitioning quickly from the girls to the BSOD, to Aogami Station, to a clock reading 11:44PM and then a shot of the train.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4054df52
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_40cad744
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Flower Motifs
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comment
Flower Motifs: The school in 20XX is absolutely teeming with spider lilies due to Saki’s love of them. In the game’s demo, you can also find a spider lily in a pot with a note that it signifies "sad memories". One appears where the Transfer Student previously stood after she escapes Shino in Chapter 5, which is picked up by the latter, and they also line the path Shino takes to the shrine in Chapter 8. Also in Chapter 5 is a Pangea Lily that Shino is holding by the riverbank. It's significance is yet to be elaborated on, but considering it's color and the what they can be a flower of choice for, it's implied that Shino is en-route to a funeral...
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type
Bittersweet Ending
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comment
Bittersweet Ending: At the end of the manga series, Shino manages to plant the seed that grows trees that replaces the old ones and breaks the curse. This causes all of the characters from every arc to be brought back to life and live a peaceful school life together...except for Sakura, who has become the town's new guardian deity and can't be with the others.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_40cc0c7e
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Face-Revealing Turn
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comment
Face-Revealing Turn: Used in the game demo and Chapter 5 of the manga. The character models that aren't using the talents' appearances are shown to be The Faceless during the classroom scene in the demo, whereas in Chapter 5, it is punctuated with Honoka to horrifying effect with some kind of wet, gurgling sound, and the students present in the classroom staring at the Transfer Student with no emotion and hollow eyes not too dissimilar to the unknown 3D models, giving an implication that the nine students have since lost their humanity, if the inference in Chapter 18 is anything to go by.
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type
Would Hurt a Child
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_479d4e5a
comment
Would Hurt a Child: The ancestors of Aogami routinely sacrificed children to appease the mountain spirits by having the poor souls Buried Alive, just to stop being struck by landslides.
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d18492
type
Scenery Gorn
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d18492
comment
Scenery Gorn: When Shino leaves the train towards the end of Chapter 16, the apparent state of Aogami evokes this, being in a state of ruin and disrepair judging by the appearance of Aogami Station and the street she finds herself in and at least part of the town appears to be Reclaimed by Nature.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d18492
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d59be9
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Scenery Porn
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d59be9
comment
Scenery Porn: Conversely, the first proper look at the woods in Chapter 18 makes it appear like a tranquil and beautiful place, leaving little wonder why Nanase and Mari enjoyed it there. It's a shame that it's implied to be the source of all the problems in 19XX and 20XX.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_49d59be9
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4a4d6f7c
type
Comedic Sociopathy
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4a4d6f7c
comment
The premise of the project. In general, the idols of hololive portray characters somewhat similarly to their streamer personas, but this is very pronounced with Nanase; her actress, Suisei, is well known for her Comedic Sociopathy, and her sociopathic behavior is Played for Laughs, whereas Nanase is the complete opposite, showing clear disdain for Shino and anyone else who gets in her way of getting close to the Past Transfer Student.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4a4d6f7c
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4e7c4536
type
Wham Line
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comment
Wham Line: When Shino appears at the end of Chapter 15, the Transfer Student attempts to interrogate her as to what she did to Yuka... but then Akane interrupts with a very important question:
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4e7c4536
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Wham Shot
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Wham Shot: We finally see the Transfer Student's face at the very end of Chapter 15... And it's a brown-eyed Shino.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_4e7f703c
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_5313c266
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Bookends
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Book Ends: The first and last chapters of the animated manga are titled "Welcome to Aogami High".
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_5313c266
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_54243cf7
type
Parrot Exposition
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_54243cf7
comment
Chapter 10 is more minor compared to the previous chapter. he Parrot Exposition carried out by Saya and Kaoru is replayed again, with popping glitches used to indicate that the scene itself is problematic, and a Freeze-Frame Bonus turns the lifeless stares of Kaoru, Saya and Miku into Dissonant Serenity smiles.
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_5541da8c
type
Lotus-Eater Machine
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_5541da8c
comment
Lotus-Eater Machine: It is heavily implied from various subtle hints and copious amounts of Ominous Visual Glitch across the three mediums that the majority of the story (barring Mari's reality) takes place in a multi-layered one, starting with the inferred death of Shino being given a "Perfect World" where she could have the friends she longed for, only to abandon it due to a pain that Yuka alludes to. 20XX as a whole leans towards this due to the way the characters act more to a scripted sequence to maintain the illusion, and any deviation raised by or pertaining to the Transfer Student is met with hostility and vague warnings, and memories are hinted to be method to break the script. With The Reveal regarding Aogami Forest, it is just as inferred that any 19XX that has Nanase present is also an illusion, considering her repeating Mari's lines regarding the forest, headaches, and being subject to something happening to her because of the woods. Shino's three variations of dialog in the game demo and Chapters 5, 15 and 16 further support this through her challenging the Transfer Student Shino on her "fantasies".
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_5541da8c
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type
Meaningful Background Event
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comment
Meaningful Background Event: Subtitles are provided to the characters in the background of the 3D series that adds more context for later elements of the project. With the exception of Suzune, Saki and Inari in each of the first three episodes respectively, you can focus on any of the conversations. The scenery frequently offers this, overlapping with Rewatch Bonus and Foreshadowing, especially in the manga; with the world outside of the school visible, and while much of the focus being dedicated to the characters and what they're saying/doing, there are various elements in the background that at first appear to be A Glitch in the Matrix but in fact are foreshadowing of later elements, such as the clocks in July 20XX perpetually displaying 10:08, the time the landslide struck the 19XX school, and the central shots of the school from the train as seen in Chapters 8 and 12.
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Dissonant Serenity
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Dissonant Serenity: With the exception of the Transfer Student and Uzuki, every character in 20XX in the manga are essentially fuelled by this. Touka and Saki's discussion of, and insistence that, the red spider lilies be viewed by the Transfer Student sees the former duo adopt The Un-Smile, which unnerves and confuses the latter due to the sheer shift from how they spoke to her before bringing them up. For all their eagerness to be friends and get along with the Transfer Student, the end of Chapter 3 unravels this notion when the five girls stop acknowledging, or rather, become completely unable to acknowledge the Transfer Student as the school collapses around them. Despite all her smiling when she elects to, which lapses into Slasher Smile and The Un-Smile, anytime Shino talks to the Transfer Student about going home/back is brimming with this, as her notions are blatantly nebulous and nefarious. When she's next seen in Chapter 8, it is left entirely ambiguous as to what she intends with the Transfer Student after appeared at point-blank range before her. In Chapter 9, after Inari and Touka disappear, Akane and Yuka, having been established as friendly, energetic/talkative individuals earlier, adopt eerie stares and speak in a tone as if they're possessed. Chapter 10 sees Kaoru, Saya and Miku take on this, as after creeping the Transfer Student out over the lack of knowledge about Yuka, whom they were speaking with the day before, they offer to take the Transfer Student around in the place of the disappeared girl and Akane, and fall further into it when Kaoru tries to stop the Transfer Student from going to look for Yuka. Chapter 13 builds further upon Chapter 10, with Kaoru seemingly pretending to be or instructed to act as broken as Hanabi in Chapter 4, and Saya's urging the Transfer Student, Uzuki and Akane to play displaying that what's about to happen will not be a game. Whatever happened to the seemingly friendly trio who knew something to try and keep the Transfer Student out of potential harm, they're gone. Chapters 15 and 16 take the situation with Kaoru, Saya and Miku to greater heights with Uzuki, Akane and Yuka; Yuka tries to talk about the "Perfect World" to the Transfer Student and that they go back to Aogami, all while in some sort of trance, which worries Akane and Uzuki. After The Reveal and Chapter 16 starts, the latter duo take on the same repetition and insisting as Yuka and the other three girls, which ends up pushing the Transfer Student away.
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The Seven Mysteries
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The Seven Mysteries: A magazine describes being trapped in a classroom with floating furniture as one of them, and another one is the story of an art student who bled herself out to use her blood as paint.
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Freeze-Frame Bonus
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comment
Chapter 1 has a Freeze-Frame Bonus that shows the time in the classroom if one focuses on Touka's right cheek during the scene transition, as it becomes too blurry to read once the girls are further away. It is also reading as 10:088, even though the morning bells have just tolled, and the morning recess is an hour later.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_62f9d08e
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6320eced
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Gameplay and Story Segregation
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6320eced
comment
Gameplay and Story Segregation: Due to the nature of 3D episodes being in interactive 360 VR, you, the viewer, can move their view freely and look backwards even while others (such as Shino and Nanase) are talking to them; this makes it easier to see what the other characters are doing in their conversations as well as background events.
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6325aec5
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Replay Value
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6325aec5
comment
Replay Value: Overlaps with Rewatch Bonus, as events that occur or are alluded to in the manga are first found here. While the fundamentals of the game (the notes, the scare moments, the "map" layout) remain the same in the game demo, there are key differences between playthroughs; Shino's dialogue has three different versions based on run (the Transfer Student's one line in the first run is absent later), and the apparition of Nanase and Shiina in the second corridor of the 19XX school is randomised on Shiina focusing entirely on Nanase, turning her head away slightly, turning her head away from and back to Nanase, or turning her head away from Nanase only to focus on you. Additionally, the speed with which the girls in the classroom perform their Exorcist Head turn varies between runs.
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6492f4ca
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Spirit Advisor
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6492f4ca
comment
Spirit Advisor: With The Reveal in Chapter 15, it is implied this was the Blue-eyed Shino's role all along, only becoming antagonistic and violent if her Brown-eyed, Transfer Student counterpart refused her beckoning to "go back"; by Chapter 15, she's mellowed out, but cold to Transfer Student Shino when she feels her words are not getting through to the latter.
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Drone of Dread
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comment
Drone of Dread: There is a constant droning ambiance on a loop throughout the game demo, which does little to abate the atmosphere or events. If one listens carefully through the majority of the manga chapters, it can be heard even outside of the corridors in which the game demo takes place.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_652bf890
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6b2b3b59
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The Reveal
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6b2b3b59
comment
Additionally, it seems as though the train is fond of having the schools from the two time periods on display in the background: Chapter 12 displays the 20XX school in the final scene, but the shot is the same as seen in Chapter 2, and in Chapter 14, the 20XX school, albeit very blurry, can be seen behind Uzuki when Yuka's found, matching the photo in the yearbook, while the closer image of the 19XX school can be seen, its shot coming from Chapter 6. Then in Chapter 15, prior to The Reveal, it appears as though chunks of the train's roof are absent because of a glitch appearing behind Akane, twice.
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_6bda9a30
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Meaningful Name
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comment
Meaningful Name: Most names are made up from the respective vtuber's name. Sora Tokino -> Shino Misora (Sora's name is written as 空 in kanji, itself containing the same Kanji for "sky" as Misora) Suisei Hoshimachi -> Nanase Furukawa (both Hoshimachi and Nanase contain the Kanji for "star" (星)) Miko Sakura -> Sakura Shinomiya Noel Shirogane -> Yae Shiromi Polka Omaru -> Honoka Omori (both Omaru and Omori contain the kanji for "tail" (尾)) Botan Shishiro -> Shiina Fukami Fubuki Shirakami -> Inari Shirayuki (Fubuki's name is written as 吹雪 in kanji, itself containing the same Kanji for "snow" as Shirayuki) Matsuri Natsuiro -> Natsuno Hanabi Aki Rosenthal -> Saki Ibara Lamy Yukihana -> Touka Yukihara Nene Momosuzu -> Suzune Karamomo Korone Inugami -> Akane Inukai Okayu Nekomata -> Yuka Nekomiya Mel Yozora -> Saya Kisaragi (both Yozora and Saya contain the Kanji for "night" (夜)) Mio Ookami -> Miku Kamishiro Pekora Usada —> Uzuki Mizuta (both Usada and Uzuki contain the Kanji for "rabbit" (兎)) Marine Houshou —> Mari Akagane (both Akagane and Houshou contain the Kanji for "bell" (鐘)) Towa Tokoyami —> Kana Tokiwa (both Tokiwa and Tokoyami contain the Kanji for "always" (常)) Kanata Amane —> Kanade Amano Luna Himemori —> Mitsuki Himekawa (Tsuki (月) translates to Moon, of which Luna's name is the Latin word for) Flare Shiranui —> Hotaru Shiratori (Both Shiranui and Hotaru contain the kanji for "fire" (火)) Roboco-san —> Yuki Kaizuka (although Roboco is an android (人造人間, jinzou ningen) instead of a cyborg (改造人間, kaizou ningen) lore-wise)
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 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_714741cc
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Like Reality, Unless Noted
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comment
Like Reality, Unless Noted: 20XX is riddled with this: for being set in the modern era, there is a substantial lack of technology of any kind, the most being seen is a corrupted digital screen in the first train carriage in Chapter 11. None of the girls from July seem to ask for or exchange contact details with the Transfer Student or vice versa, with no phones on display whatsoever.
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_714741cc
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7374ab13
type
Once More, with Clarity
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7374ab13
comment
Once More, with Clarity!: The manga serves as this relative to the 3D series and the game, with extra context provided where it hasn't been outright changed, and makes efforts to drive home the point of "Error" being in the title with a range of glitches. Meanwhile, the manga itself has a smaller-scale version of this in Chapter 17. As the present Shino (in the past/ghost Shino's body) looks over the ruins of Aogami, we see a few flashbacks to events in the 20XX Aogami High and Train arcsSpecifically... The conversation between Touka and Inari by the river, the brief talk with Saya, Kaoru, and Miku, and Suzune clutching the Transfer Student's uniform, in that order, this time with us actually seeing the present Shino as the previously-anonymous 20XX Transfer Student.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7374ab13
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7374ab13
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_740f59b4
type
ColorCodedForYourConvenience
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_740f59b4
comment
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: In Chapter 9, the Blue Screen Of Death Ominous Visual Glitch near the end lists out a bunch of Color Hex Codes that, when translated into RGB, appear to display the base palettes of all 16 named actresses of the cast up to that point.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_740f59b4
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_740f59b4
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_740f59b4
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7464705c
type
Arc Words
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7464705c
comment
Arc Words: "Transfer Students must be treated well, or bad things will happen." "It's a summer cold."
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7464705c
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7464705c
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7464705c
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7abba202
type
The Faceless
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7abba202
comment
The Faceless: In the game, there are two character models that look nothing like the rest of the cast, having jet-black hair that either barely grazes their shoulders or drops halfway down their torso; the upper half of their face is absent to the point that it looks like a hole starts above the cheeks and nose, and they have no discernible mouth. If one watches carefully when the other characters disappear throughout the corridors, these two models, in a silhouette form, replace them during the disappearing action.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7abba202
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7abba202
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7eb2bc15
type
Ambiguous Time Period
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7eb2bc15
comment
Ambiguous Time Period: July 20XX. Episodes 1 to 3 of the 3D series and Chapters 1 to 3 are used to introduce Aogami and the basic premise of the project, but the introduction of an implied second July 20XX in Chapter 14, noted to be "the Perfect World", calls into question the reality of these early entries. Additionally, due to various differences between the two series' versions of this time period, it is implied that the Ominous Visual Glitch ending of Chapter 1 means that installment takes place after both the "Perfect World" and the 3D version due to how the conversation is deliberately obscured out of inference it has happened at least twice prior. July 19XX. Similar to 20XX, this time period is used to introduce further elements of the project's story, and, from a chronological standpoint, is the earliest point in time until the Revelations Arc begins, which implies Sakura existed in a July 19XX in which Mari was alive. Considering the implications and Ambiguous Situation of the Transfer Student in this time period, there are subtle inferences that the two July 19XXs shown before the Revelations Arc take place after the time period with Mari.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7eb2bc15
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7eb2bc15
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7eb2bc15
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7fbe9a30
type
Freak Out
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7fbe9a30
comment
Shino, in the game demo and animated manga. She is very insistent about "going back" with the Present Transfer Student, and ignores anything the latter says otherwise. It's only after the Transfer Student refutes with "I won't go!" in the demo, or demanding answers to her questions before they follow along in the manga, does Shino Freak Out at the rejection, starting the chase back through the school corridors.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7fbe9a30
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7fbe9a30
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_7fbe9a30
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_816c63d4
type
Dramatic Wind
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_816c63d4
comment
Dramatic Wind: The wind distinctively howls when Shino comes face to face with the terrible state of Aogami after she leaves the train in Chapter 16.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_816c63d4
featureApplicability
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_816c63d4
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_816c63d4
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8b6394c
type
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8b6394c
comment
These Are Things Man Was Not Meant to Know: Heavily implied twice, once in Episode 3, once in the game demo, being the Schmuck Bait note that triggers the Exorcist Head moment as detailed above. In Episode 3, Hanabi tells Saki about trying to find information on the source of the rumour lead to a dead end as the school library was absent of answers, which Saki finds odd. Hanabi then considers asking her grandfather and people around town if anything similar has happened previously, and Saki states she'll ask her mother. However, neither appear to get the chance to carry out their investigation...
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8b6394c
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8b6394c
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e0430ab
type
Non-Standard Game Over
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e0430ab
comment
Non Standard Game Over: Getting caught by Shino in the game demo sends you right back to the title screen, after being pushed into darkness.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e0430ab
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e0430ab
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e0430ab
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e20979
type
Wham Episode
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e20979
comment
Wham Episode: Chapter 15, as it reveals the identity of the Transfer Student of 20XX - Shino (albeit with brown eyes), after implications in the end credits of each chapter preceding it, and direct implications in character dialogue and events in Chapters 12 and 14. Additionally, Yuka also posits knowledge of a world only the Transfer Student has just barely begun to remember, all while implying that for as perfect as it was, something went disastrously wrong.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e20979
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e20979
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e20979
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e3b5b4d
type
Minimalist Cast
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e3b5b4d
comment
Minimalist Cast: There are no more than seven students in each time period in the VR series, with no Ghost Extras. Touka suggests that some of the other students suddenly caught a summer cold; so far in February 20XX, including the Transfer Student and Shino, there are eight characters for the arc, the cameo appearances of Inari and Touka notwithstanding.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e3b5b4d
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_8e3b5b4d
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_906365a2
type
Demonic Possession
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_906365a2
comment
Demonic Possession: Thoroughly implied to be the case with at least Nanase and Mari after the latter's recounting of the Rumour of the Woods in Chapter 18, albeit downplayed as they still seem to have some control of their faculties depending on the moment, and that them being within the confines of the school, itself all but confirmed to have been constructed out of the wood from the haunted trees of Aogami Forest, enables the possession to take an even greater hold - indicated by them coming down with headaches. Going by Yae's perception of Nanase's "change" from a Nice Girl to the haughty and vitriolic individual we've mostly seen in the 3D series and manga, there is a clear implication she was not at all at the helm when Shino tried to check on her just before the landslide; meanwhile, Mari's desire to create the perfect painting is taken advantage of, leading her to drain herself of enough blood to expire as her friend finds her in the Art Prep Room.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_906365a2
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_906365a2
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9203bf6
type
Arc Number
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9203bf6
comment
A report mentions a landslide occurred at about 10:10 PM. In-game, you can find wall clocks with bearing 10:08. Anytime the clock is in view in the episodes, it is always at 10:08, which granted, appears to be during breaks between classes, but nevertheless looks to function as a kind of Arc Number and is very coincidental to the landslide in Chapter 7.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9203bf6
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9203bf6
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9203bf6
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_94f517db
type
Discretion Shot
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_94f517db
comment
Discretion Shot: In Episode 3, the scene fades to darkness with some errant glitches and low rumbling right as Touka's about to explain the rumour to the Transfer Student, with Touka then apparently having an Oh, Crap! realisation while Suzune outright has a Scream Discretion Shot. Due to the alternative nature of the manga, it is never made clear what actually happened to the poor girls in the 3D series. Chapter 3 uses this during the transition from the classroom to the corridor, with a very blurry smoke effect utilised. Chapter 4 does it again, this time with a clearer smoke effect transitioning the switch from the Present Aogami High corridor to the one in the Past. Overlaps with Ominous Visual Glitch in Chapter 9 and Chapter 10: the last thing we see from the Transfer Student's perspective is the Dissonant Serenity of Akane and Yuka, before the glitches cut to Aogami Station.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_94f517db
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_94f517db
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_97926168
type
Rewatch Bonus
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_97926168
comment
Rewatch Bonus: Overlaps with Replay Value. As the plot advances in the manga series, the Foreshadowing elements from the 3D series and the game demo become much more apparent and stronger in the implications that they carry; for example, the missing students, which becomes the focus of its own arc from halfway through Chapter 8 onwards.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_97926168
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_97926168
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_98e87f7
type
Sinister Silhouettes
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_98e87f7
comment
Sinister Silhouettes: A recurring element throughout the game demo is that when Shino, Nanase, Shiina or the July 20XX girls disappear whilst in sight, their form shifts and warps into either flat-colored versions of The Faceless models, or become vaguely-human shaped silhouettes, or both, as they phase out, which raises the implication as to each of the named characters being Ambiguously Human. It doesn't abate the atmosphere of Aogami High in either corridor.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_98e87f7
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_98e87f7
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_98e87f7
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9a1de231
type
School Festival
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9a1de231
comment
School Festival: The Present Aogami High is preparing its 50th festival, which has a religious background.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9a1de231
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9a1de231
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9a1de231
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9bee1a7f
type
Eldritch Location
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9bee1a7f
comment
Eldritch Location: The school in the game demo features Unnaturally Looping Location with apparitions of students in rooms you can't acccess. The physical condition of the corridor in both time periods gets worse the further you progress, with the route you took leading up to the chase sequences abruptly being wildly different the moment the lighting turns red, until you get home-free from Shino; even then, the corridor you finish the demo is much more dreary and dull in palette compared to the one you start in. By extension, the town of Aogami is falling into this as the manga progresses: the population is steadily disappearing with students in their numbers, with those of whom remaining commenting on the situation but only positing guesses at best; the school in July 20XX falling apart much like was seen in the game demo, but without a concrete reason as to what actually caused it (Saki states an earthquake in Chapter 3, while an official report states "gas leak" in the demo). In Chapter 9, the scenery disappears before everything else during the final Ominous Visual Glitch, Chapter 10 sees the street that the Transfer Student, Kaoru, Saya and Miku are on is devoid of life contrary to background noise earlier, not to mention what appears to be a completely absent sky, and in Chapter 11, the train, being a blatant Anachronism Stew of its own, is running after Uzuki remarks that the last train has already departed. Additionally, it seems as though the train is fond of having the schools from the two time periods on display in the background: Chapter 12 displays the 20XX school in the final scene, but the shot is the same as seen in Chapter 2, and in Chapter 14, the 20XX school, albeit very blurry, can be seen behind Uzuki when Yuka's found, matching the photo in the yearbook, while the closer image of the 19XX school can be seen, its shot coming from Chapter 6. Then in Chapter 15, prior to The Reveal, it appears as though chunks of the train's roof are absent because of a glitch appearing behind Akane, twice.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9bee1a7f
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9bee1a7f
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9d12bbc1
type
Foreshadowing
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9d12bbc1
comment
Chapter 2 inexplicably has Aogami Station show up when Inari and Touka discuss the missing students, Foreshadowing the later Train Arc. When Touka makes her rebuttal to the Transfer Student, scanning static lines like one would see on a old, just barely in-tune TV can be seen scrolling up over her. At the end, Inari appears in the classroom with a stronger version of those lines, and the focus on her face shows it distorted with glitches as she recites the rumor, while Shino is cut-in with more scanning lines.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9d12bbc1
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9d12bbc1
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9e8a2db8
type
Ignorance Is Bliss
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9e8a2db8
comment
Ignorance Is Bliss: The Blue-eyed Shino becomes completely content to leave her Brown-eyed counterpart to this mindset while directly confronting her in Chapters 15 and 16, coming of the opinion that there is no helping her counterpart if she continues to cling on to the notion of being with her friends instead of facing the truth. It takes her stating that the Transfer Student Shino will just keep "running away forever" and the forceful grab from Yuka, Akane and Uzuki to pull the Transfer Student away from it, much to the Blue-eyed Shino's delight. On the other hand, when the Brown-eyed Shino manifests herself as an apparent separate entity like the Blue-eyed one had prior to the Revelations Arc, she is more than welcome to feed into this sort of mindset for the at-the-time devastated Blue-eyed version, "confirming" her deluded claims that it's all just a bad dream and helping her "wake up" back in the Perfect World.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9e8a2db8
featureApplicability
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9e8a2db8
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_9e8a2db8
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a1b76006
type
Nerves of Steel
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a1b76006
comment
Shino being a ghost and haunting the school may be a reference to Sora's Nerves of Steel personality when she engages in horror games.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a1b76006
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a1b76006
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a1b76006
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a412cd2b
type
Lens Flare
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a412cd2b
comment
In general, there is plenty of static, pixelation, chromatic aberration and artifacting that adds to the unsettling nature of Aogami High and the town around it. Most are associable with Shino, especially in the way she typically appears in out of nowhere in the manga, though Chapter 9 implies that Inari and Touka are also a source behind them if they're not a result of them. Small, free-roaming lens flares also appear to highlight when things are not quite right in the manga compared to what was previously established in the 3D VR series.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a412cd2b
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1.0
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1.0
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a412cd2b
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a4c37cbe
type
Mood Whiplash
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a4c37cbe
comment
Akane and Yuka are subverted due to their Mood Whiplash Dissonant Serenity as Chapter 9 ends, and the former's hostility towards the Transfer Student in Chapters 11 and 12.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a4c37cbe
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-0.3
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a4c37cbe
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a4c37cbe
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a66109e3
type
The Un-Smile
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a66109e3
comment
Touka and Saki's discussion of, and insistence that, the red spider lilies be viewed by the Transfer Student sees the former duo adopt The Un-Smile, which unnerves and confuses the latter due to the sheer shift from how they spoke to her before bringing them up.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a66109e3
featureApplicability
1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_a66109e3
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_aa368af0
type
Two Scenes, One Dialogue
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_aa368af0
comment
Two Scenes, One Dialogue: Heavily implied in Chapter 9 and Played for Horror as a one-woman-show, with the two timelines/realities of July and February 20XX crossing enough for Touka to address both the Transfer Student (Chapter 2) and Yuka (Chapter 9) positing ideas alternative to her Insistent Terminology; the moment that Touka interjects in Yuka and Kaoru's conversation, it is exactly in the same tone she delivered her Death Glare response to the Transfer Student in Chapter 2.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_aa368af0
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1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_aa368af0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad1db87c
type
Oh, Crap!
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad1db87c
comment
In Episode 3, the scene fades to darkness with some errant glitches and low rumbling right as Touka's about to explain the rumour to the Transfer Student, with Touka then apparently having an Oh, Crap! realisation while Suzune outright has a Scream Discretion Shot. Due to the alternative nature of the manga, it is never made clear what actually happened to the poor girls in the 3D series.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad1db87c
featureApplicability
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad1db87c
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad1db87c
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad22fa80
type
Apocalyptic Log
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad22fa80
comment
Apocalyptic Log: In the game demo, the player can find notes from a reporter, incident reports, articles, paranormal logs and gossip notes, which detail various suspicious circumstances and act as Foreshadowing to anything not yet established in the 3D series or the rest of the game demo.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad22fa80
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_ad22fa80
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b02f996a
type
Town with a Dark Secret
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b02f996a
comment
Town with a Dark Secret: Aogami Town has a lot of old rumors involving the supernatural, one of them tells about a great misfortune if the New Transfer Student isn't treated well, the other involves Human Sacrifice. Nanase tells Honoka that her family built the school on a cemetery site.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b02f996a
featureApplicability
1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b02f996a
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b5ac90ac
type
"Groundhog Day" Loop
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b5ac90ac
comment
"Groundhog Day" Loop: Compare the events of Episodes 1 to 3 and Chapters 1 to 3. In the latter trio of videos, some conversations are shifted to more directly involve the Transfer Student, but with different atmospheres to those of the original, and small changes such as Touka's increasingly irritated attitude from seemingly repeating herself and the glitches are more rampant as opposed to being utilised at the end of Episode 3. The game demo is effectively this with its three runs. The only thing that changes is what Shino says, and the one line of refusal from the Player Character isn't carried over into the second and third runs of the game. The fact that the Transfer Student in 20XX remembers seeing Akane in Chapters 8 and 9 before it should be chronologically possible heavily suggests that Aogami Town is trapped in some sort of time loop.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b5ac90ac
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1.0
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featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b5ac90ac
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b6060b7
type
Run or Die
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b6060b7
comment
Run or Die: Irrespective of what Shino says when you encounter her after the Art Prep Room in the three variations, when the lighting shifts to red, move your feet. Lingering at any part of the chase sequence up to the final corridor sectionnote Crossing the threshold here sees the door close between you both, thus preventing Shino from catching up with you at all until you trigger the cutscene results in a Non Standard Game Over.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b6060b7
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b6060b7
featureConfidence
1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
hasFeature
hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_b6060b7
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_bd4264a3
type
Slasher Smile
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_bd4264a3
comment
Despite all her smiling when she elects to, which lapses into Slasher Smile and The Un-Smile, anytime Shino talks to the Transfer Student about going home/back is brimming with this, as her notions are blatantly nebulous and nefarious. When she's next seen in Chapter 8, it is left entirely ambiguous as to what she intends with the Transfer Student after appeared at point-blank range before her.
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_bd4264a3
featureApplicability
1.0
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1.0
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation)
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hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_bd4264a3
 hololive ERROR (Web Animation) / int_bf996668
type
Sliding Scale of Continuity
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Sliding Scale of Continuity: Level 5. Starting with Chapter 1 of the manga, while a good introduction to the world of ERROR and takes the incentive to introduce characters, isn't the starting point of the story - Episode 1 holds the honor, and the 3D series as a whole make up the first two story arcs that build up Aogami through dialogue - as noted under Adaptation Expansion above, the manga's initial chapters are more closer to the fourth and onwards arcs of the story, with the game demo being the third. On which note, unless you've played the game demo in its absolute entirety (three playthroughs) and paid attention to each scene, all the notes and Shino's dialogue variations, then you won't know that it furthered the Missing Child plot point hinted at in Episode 2 with what becomes the Train Arc in the manga, and is the precursor to Chapters 4 and 5. Additionally, the game's notes hint at events to come after the Train Arc while carrying hints as to the fates of the characters seen in the 3D.
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Ghost Memory: While not directly receiving them, this is implied to be the case at various moments in the game demo, especially in the Past School, with some overlap of Shared Dream via implication of Shino's dialog; when the characters other than Shino are seen in the game, they are extremely different to what we've seen in the 3D Episodes previously, appearing to interact in ways not seen even in the later manga plotline, and various scenes can be seen among the dark which imply somebody has been bullied. In addition, a projector starts whirring before the Exorcist Head scene, implied to be connected to the film that Nanase, the 19XX Transfer Student (and maybe Shino depending on source media) were meant to see, but never did, which raises the question as to who did see it or why it's even there.
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When the Transfer Student looks out at Aogami from the train in Chapter 8, a very snappy glitch makes the view brighter, and when she notices Akane, the glitches that transition to the alternate shot of Chapter 1 and to Shino follow the same style of artifacting as Shino's Jump Scare in Chapter 3.
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Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!
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Get a Hold of Yourself, Man!: When Suzune has her Heroic BSoD in Chapter 3 as the school comes down, Touka and Saki waste time trying to get her to snap out of it long enough to get to safety.
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Spiritual Antithesis
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Spiritual Antithesis: Of hololive - Holo no Graffiti. Holo no Graffiti features many of the hololive idols of the Japanese branch getting into odd and wacky antics, and completely runs on Surreal Humor. This series has a complete dark atmosphere with the idols portraying characters in the opposite direction, and completely runs on Surreal Horror.
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Lighter and Softer
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Past Aogami High also acts as this compared to the Lighter and Softer Present version, due to its darker color palette (in both the uniforms and the environment itself) and a very serious plot about Nanase trying to get rid of all those that stand between her and the Past Transfer Student... which her increasingly unstable mental state comes to see as at least two of her classmates.
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Nightmare Face
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Nightmare Face: The Painting. It's pretty awful to behold in the game demo, with descriptions noting it to cause pain in the head and chest, and the manga version is even worse, having realistic-looking teeth and hollow eyes; it doesn't help either that its expression is one of screaming.
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Red Filter of Doom
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Red Filter of Doom: The copious amounts of red colored blocks and blood splattered around the characters and classroom in Episode 6 foreshadow a very unpeaceful end for some of the girls. In the game, when the scene turns red, Shino will kill you when falling into her catch radius; she grabs a hold of you and seemingly drag-push you into a pit that didn't previously exist. In addition, there is also the red-toned Art Prep Room, which implies a painful curse to those whom are meant to behold the painting. In Chapters 11 and 12, Akane's hostile disposition is punctuated with an ominous red light can be seen behind her and outside the train. In Chapters 13 and 14, after Akane has abandoned her hostility in favour of searching for Yuka, and after Saya creeps the Transfer Student, Uzuki and Akane out, the red light doesn't let up in the slightest. However, it can only be seen from within the train.
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Driven to Madness
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Driven to Madness: Shino reaches this conclusion about Nanase and Mari in Chapter 18, realising the danger of the woods and going to investigate them.
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Exorcist Head
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Exorcist Head: If you try to read a note next to a window wherein you can see the Past and Present students sat at their desks, they will all simultaneously turn to stare in the direction of the note and you if you are close enough to the Schmuck Bait.
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A Glitch in the Matrix
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A Glitch in the Matrix: In a series of rapidly acting Freeze Frame Bonuses when Nanase has her Freak Out, vertical strips of various colors appear outside the windows of the classroom and hallway, which then distort as the glitch continues, giving the illusion of the scenery becoming corrupted or deleted. Chapter 2 is the earliest indication of this in the manga, as the conversation that Inari and Touka have in Episode 2 is replicated, but shifted in location and time of day; specifically, after the shot of Aogami Station is displayed, Inari asks Touka "Do you still think it's just a stubborn summer cold", but this is the first time they've had this conversation in this media. Touka also sounds increasingly irritated as she asserts her response to Inari and the Transfer Student, as if she dislikes repeating herself, even though there's no reason for her attitude to swing that way. Whilst heavily implied throughout the 3D Series, game demo and Chapters 1 to 5 and 8 in the manga, Chapter 9 of the latter really ramps up the implications by creating a small Anachronism Stew as detailed above as well as replaying near enough the same conversations Inari, Touka and the Transfer Student have in Episode 2 and Chapter 2, but with Kaoru. Saya, Yuka and the Transfer Student, and outright throwing an Ominous Visual Glitch Blue Screen Of Death that details Hex Codes for RGB values pertaining to the actress' palettes. An off-key version of the opening theme starting in Chapter 9 can also be heard for that brief moment with the BSOD.
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Insistent Terminology
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"It's a summer cold."
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Jerkass
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Nanase clearly has taken a liking to the Past Transfer Student, as she rudely interrupts and acts as a Jerkass to Shino in Episode 4 to monopolise the former, and is implied to have done something significant to a student in another class to prevent them from attending. She starts Episode 5 staring straight in the direction of the Past Transfer Student (or Sakura, whom is talking to the protagonist), and her conversation with Yae in Episode 6 even alludes to this to the point that Yae is understandably worried about her friend's behavior; after deciding on her own that even Yae is trying to take the Transfer Student based on the flimsiest of evidence, Nanase even ruminates to herself as a glitch flares up about making everyone else go away...
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Plot-Based Voice Cancellation
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Chapter 1 sees the ones around Akane bringing the music to a grinding stop into static, as her words are kept drowned out by said static, and various visual glitches accompanying her close-up. Later, right after the narrator introduces Touka, the screen flickers into Touka, Suzune and Saki becoming emotionless with clouded over eyes, as a very minor visual fluctuation punctuates the shift to this small scene, and white noise rings in the background. Then high amounts of static, static noise and artifacts drown out the conversation between Inari, Hanabi and the Transfer Student, implying that the events in the manga do not fully align with, or are even a "second take" of, those seen in the 3D VR series.
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Dark Reprise
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Dark Reprise: The full game's soundtrack also includes an eerie arrangement of Shiny Smily Story.
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Tagline
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Tagline: From the original PV and Chapters 1 to 10, the tagline is "We'll be friends forever, won't we?". Chapters 11 to 16 change it to "Can I still believe in our friendship?". Starting Chapter 17, it becomes "Will you be my friend again?".
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Time Loop Fatigue
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Time Loop Fatigue: By the time you see her for the first time in the third playthrough of the game, Shino has had enough, resorting later to chastising the Player Character in an effort to accept her urging to "go home/back".
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Buried Alive
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Buried Alive: The fate met by the children sacrificed to the mountain spirits by the ancestors of Aogami. A number of the girls in July 19XX are shown to suffer this fate by way of the landslide, and it is heavily inferred to be the case in the manga for the July 20XX girls, if not for the ambiguity of both the ending of Episode 3 and their existence after the events of Chapters 5 and 15. The narration in the retail release trailer states that the people of 19XX Aogami apparently resorted to this, burying children alive as part of a Human Sacrifice in desperation to stop deadly landslides from plauging the town. It worked, but the sacrificed children started haunting Aogami High afterwards.
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Player Character
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The game demo is effectively this with its three runs. The only thing that changes is what Shino says, and the one line of refusal from the Player Character isn't carried over into the second and third runs of the game.
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Unnaturally Looping Location
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The school in the game demo features Unnaturally Looping Location with apparitions of students in rooms you can't acccess. The physical condition of the corridor in both time periods gets worse the further you progress, with the route you took leading up to the chase sequences abruptly being wildly different the moment the lighting turns red, until you get home-free from Shino; even then, the corridor you finish the demo is much more dreary and dull in palette compared to the one you start in.
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