iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Oh hey, that one gift Yakushiji likes turned out to be a plot gift.

"Next, she started dressing me up in a Class Armor replica made on the Gift-O-Matic."

100

Insane people are always saying "I'm sane."

"I can see the issue with my memories… but I wouldn't say I lost my sanity."

100

Because these two branches have the same name in my version of the flowchart, and because I knew a partway fix of the serial killer doesn't exist, I failed to notice that creating the clean Takumi from Zombie was not actually what they were trying to do. To me, the mission had been successful.

Takumi: "Are you saying, then, that on Day 50, we leaped to the Zombie TL instead of the Serial Killer TL!?"

100

Why is Takumi acting like he has any merit to comment on other people's intelligence? Did remembering Mystery make him mistakenly assume that's his default level?

"Those lovable goofballs…! Something is heating up in my heart."

100

Even if you haven't, I have already mentioned this about Takumi several times.

"You're not normal right now. You're out of your mind. Haven't I mentioned this before…?"

100

I can't believe I'm back to the "Slasher or CoA for my next route" choice. I feel like I physically experienced this screen so many times before Takumi had to, and by this point I thought I would never have to do it again.

Leap to which TL?
⬅️ Teen Flick TL
➡️ Serial Killer TL

Endearingly stupid that Shizuhara seemingly calls the genre parody routes by their genre names.

"We'll leap to one of its branches, somewhere I call the Teen Flick TL… Are we agreed?"

100

They're so lucky that Yakushiji evaporated without a trace, because otherwise, the optimal move for day 50 would be to PL to Cult to check his number.

Sumino: "So our only option is to PL to many other TLs to check the numbers one by one?"

100

I've seen the screenshot about Moko been being besties with Sakura before, but I'd never imagine Moko's bond 4 would be entirely about Sakura. I wish I'd have gotten this one before the memory fabrication reveal so I could speculate crazy about Danganronpa characters being canon in the TRC.

"The one closest to The Strongest Hominid, known by her nickname The Ogre, undefeated in over 400 battles…"

Note: The Strongest Hominid is a popular Japanese moniker for the real-life wrestler Mark Kerr, then later the Danganronpa character Sakura Oogami, which is the character described in this event.

100

Kyoshika bond 4 is incredibly worthless for someone who already played Romance. I could've sworn I've already knew all that she says here since First Scenario, but even then, Romance still covers all of it so much better.

"'Tis would mayhap be my formal high school debut! I'm aroused to see what form of To Love-ru might occur!"

100

I love how Uchikoshi composed this flashback in a way that spoils every section of Killing Game except the one section I haven't played yet. You can really tell he was thinking specifically of my route order when choosing the CG sequence to place on the screen.

Oh, I love the route's relative lack of threat allowing even the secondary members of the cast to be sympathetic towards the enemies.

(Turantammi and Nyewgank walked away)
Kako: "Just the two of them, clinging on to each other's shoulders to stand…"

Kurara: "And why didn't you tell anyone?"

Ima: "Why? Because…"

Kako: "They turned away from us looking so… desolate…"

100

Sounds like a problem with a very easy solution. They can simply undo Eva's brainwashing and allow her to be the best girl again.

Can't you see how introducing a new character at this juncture would divert attention away from me?"

Komatsuzaki just can't stop making more of SIREI.

100

I don't get why Uchikoshi felt the need to throw this emotionlessly mechanical spring metaphor when he could just stick to the simpler and more meaningful "Takumi defined saving the whole squad as the purpose of the do-over so he's stuck doing it until he succeeds".

"And this amalgam of lives will serve as the weight that can tear apart the sturdy spring of the time loop."

Huh… I thought using it on SDU soldiers was the whole purpose the machine was made for. Well, for now, I still believe the machine is how they obtained their initial memories, but my head is open for alternatives.

"Normally, the device doesn't work on SDU soldiers… but we can use this version on Aotsuki since it's an upgrade…"

100

God, how I miss being able to believe the things I used to believe. Aotsuki's actual characterization feels so, so, so, so much worse.

"I believe that, if you can figure out how, I can join your side in the truest sense."

Me in the 10 endings tier list update: "Aotsuki is basically only there in Coming of Age, where his arc is apparently about Takumi forgetting that Aotsuki's opinion about mankind are consolidated by years of history and politics studying and that fixing his vision won't magically fix, and Aotsuki owning him extremely hard as punishment, with Takumi […]"

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Hey, it's the thing I was discussing about with @rhizanthes.bsky.social a few minutes before reading this scene.

Shizuhara: "That would mean that there still is a Kako-G, then!"

Offscreen Mato: i do appreciate that the sponsors voices are just kako and eitos vas pitched down or pitched up

Partially offscreen me: Huh, I'd never notice
What about the middle part where 10 random zombies are playing Sponsor?

Partially offscreen Mato: (the source for this is 'it feels like it vibes correct based on eng dub')
id have to go back and check what they did there
they may have just used the first sponsor voice again iirc? either that or no voice at all

Me: Only in the third sponsor I noticed a voice differece, yeah

Mato: tho i always interpreted it as kako-G using a proxy for the first one so it was a random zombie that died there
and then she speaks through them all the same way monokuma would
or at least, we've never seen the zombie gie be capable of intelligent speech
but following orders to stand there i can get

Me: Yeah, that makes more sense

I already knew that hippocampus the animal (aka seahorse) was spelled with the kanji for sea + horse, but I didn't that hippocampus the brain part was also called that. This is a very important discovery because 海馬 is not only both meanings of hippocampus, but is also the Kaiba in Seto Kaiba.

"Are your hippocampi dead? I already told you that you won't hear it from me until you apologize."

100

How did I never see an English screenshot of this thrown out of context online?

Aotsuki: "Do you know goats? I've been told I'm a lot like one."

100

The ethics buddies discussing rightful treatment of prisoners of war!

Ginzaki: "Yes, Aotsuki has been confined in that room since Day 9."

Eva: "This might be inappropriate coming from me, but is he doing well, I mean, psychologically…?"

Ginzaki: "I regularly deliver him food, and haven't noticed anything strange. Believe it or not, he seems to like the room."

100

It checks out with how Slasher + Calamity Takumi never heard about Futurum. So when Eva dropped by saying this, I was sure she would simply go to the library with us and find the book title written in her language. The actual answer makes much less sense.

Eva: "I might have accidentally figured out where… the book is…"

100

Reminder that a Hiruko with 40 years of experience fell for Quenzelle's "look behind you" trick.

100

Funny how rigorously Takumi sticks to Kako's chosen name, down to also calling Aotsuki "senpai" despite them being the same age.

Takumi: "Isn't it obvious!? I'm talking about the ACE… Aotsuki-senpai Cage Escape!"

100

I think Eva's sister is another backstory death. V'ehxness is the only character important enough to fill the role in a way that matters, but here she says "my clan" instead of "our", so she's crossed off the suspect list too. Or maybe it's Zen'ta since she's important enough to me specifically.

V'exhness: "How foolish of you to double-cross me, Eva… Have you forgotten my clan's pride…?!"

100

Wow, without the cryptoglobin cannibalism buffs? Really? That's genuinely impressive.

V'ehxness: "I'd never fall to a bomb that weak."

100

Man, Uchikoshi really stretched this one pun with Addamaque.

For context, Kyoshika had previously misnamed Addamaque (spelled in kana as adamukyuu) as Nenchuumukyuu (no vacations throughout the year).

Darumi: "Kyohohoho, here comes Nenchuumukyuu."

Ima: "Dude's employer sure is abusive."

Kako: "I think that part is unironically true."

Omokage: "I'm feeling sorry for the poor man now. Let's put him to rest."

100

Huh, that's a really good question I never thought about. I guess I'm too used to Takumi in the other route not knowing the new attack schedule.

"Why aren't setting up large-scale traps or something of the sort if you know the schedule of the enemy attacks…?"

100

There's no follow up to this, be it in Shizuhara bringing alternatives or they actually delivering a different excuse, so I guess I'm supposed to assume they did say that to everyone.

Takumi: "Might as well get bold and actually tell them we were making babies."

100

So weird to see him on this side of the screen.

100

Man, what an unreliable machine. You set a time travel lock in one timeline, but once it splits, only one branch stay locks and you got probably no way to predict which.

"Yeah, we're safe… I just checked it and it's good to go. The device in the Hunt TL didn't get blocked."

100

Ok, Eva bond 4 really messed up my previous assumptions.Eva taking refuge in Valla-Garzo's base in First Scenario might have been just out of lack of alternatives and "going home" only meant reuniting with Kahmyun. Him and Szanshin don't fit as either the dead parents or the single foster parent.

Eva: "Today… My head is strange… Maybe strange is not the word… Many images are popping up on their own… Could these be what you call… memories? The images contained… my parents. Both were victims of the war, leaving my sister and I to be raised by another parent. A very devout believer in God…"

100

Takumi caught lying to me. The time display still says Morning.

"It's already evening… Shizuhara and I paused the book search and gathered together."

Moko bond 3 kinda doesn't say anything new but finally ties all the scattered pieces of her character together in a way I can easily understand.

"Wrestling is martial arts theaters, so the audience can't get immersed and relate to us unless techniques are authentic."

100

Distraught to learn that Jezz Befos exists in the Tokyo Residential Complex.

"I think we're gonna have to buy on Azamon, at the pace this is going."

100

Wow, they're insanely good at this.

Takumi: "What else were we supposed to do? We needed to prontackly acomplick the dangultool's jointcock in town."

Shizuhara: "Otherwise, we'd have to deal with the bimbergash's muffinghawl rogering on our hanpimbox."

Takumi: "But prontackly acomplicking the dangultool's jointcock was harder than we imagined."

100

Uh, yeah, that's actually perfectly accurate to Kako's idea, even if it isn't what Darumi is thinking of.

"Oh… Would a 'death game' be a competition of who deaths the most School Invanders?"

100

If we can get Eva and Nozomi to share blood from this, I'll take it.

"A death game… Sounds fun! I also would like to play!"

100

Ah. That's actually my first time seeing how Kurara interacts with Eva, huh? Well, now I'm glad they don't coexist for long.

Kurara: "But taking orders from the girls is fine, right? Eva, shake!"

Eva: "Woof!"

Narrator: "Eva dashed to Oosuzuki, kneeled, and then immediately put her right hand on Oosuzuki's extended left hand."

Kurara: "Ow, what a cutie~ Whooooo's a good girl? Eeeeeva's a good girl…!"

100

This is such a classic "Takumi digs his own grave" moment that it shocked me he didn't face embarrassing consequences for it.

Takumi: "We left to explore early in the morning on Day 24… But the rain made us catch a cold, and we collapsed with a fever…"

Hiruko: "And that got us immobilized? That won't do. The lie is too transparent."

Takumi: "Ok, you come up with something, then. Aren't you the expert?"

Hiruko: "…"

100

Once again, access to Kako's brain lets the queen quickly figure out all the computer tricks that Shizuhara has never thought about. Kako should specialize as a digital detective.

Shizuhara: "The PL device from the Mystery TL blocked us… In more intuitive terms, it's like setting your phone to refuse a number's calls…"

100

Wouldn't it be less suspicious if Takumi and Hiruko appeared in their normal outfits? They already know that they don't run into themselves in Box of Calamity.

Shizuhara: "Yeah, that's why we came here suited up."

100

Coutinho @comun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

I've never seen tic-tac-toe spelled as ◯× before, so I initially had a much dirtier idea of what Shizuhara was proposing.

100

53 endings done, 47 to go. The extenuating circumstances definitely justify it, but I would never have expected Moko's go-to murder method to be beheading by kitchen knife.

Coutinho @comun.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

One of the most "Does it still make a difference at this point?" we've ever got. I don't know why I expected better from Mystery.

Who killed everyone?
⬅️ Moko Mojiro
⬆️ Takumi Sumino
➡️ Nozomi Kirifuji