caligula ep 4: lets defeat shonen-doll with the power of friendship

caligula ep 3: lets defeat sweet-p with the power of transphobia

i cant find any posts about it but i swear to god i said something about how mahiru is much more like stork than I initially anticipated after her report, but i was thinking about it and they are actually concerningly similar. they even both have the bird thing going on

caligula made me fall even harder in love w ao3 because before I found the discord server it was the only place i could get caligula content and that place was a GOLDMINE

Kranke is one of the characters I’ve started liking more over time like wow she deserved better.

You know thinking of it…

.Hack and Caligula Effect have some core similarities.

The characters in your party don’t look like that in their reality.

Strong escapism theme and going through why the characters want to escape reality.

Talk about mental illness and queer themes.

Do You Know This (non-canon) Autistic Character?

Propaganda:

One, he is incredibly gifted (a common trope amongst autistic people). Second, he struggles with communicating, being incredibly blunt and coming off as “bratty” or a “know-it-all”. While he realises this, he doesn’t understand why its so necessary/believes it takes too much effort for him to change his tone.

He also struggles to work in a team due to being a perfectionist and getting annoyed when other people can’t work the exact way he envisions. Has a very distinctive, formal speaking style. Is also very rigid in his principles and refuses to back down on them even when the scale is tilted emotionally.

random sweet-p headcanons

- before she went to mobius, she never tried to seriously date someone because in the end it felt shallow attempting to love someone else when she didn’t love herself

- the flower princesses were discussing dating at a tea party and sweet-p was like “huh. now that i’ve kind of worked on myself maybe it’s worth it to try opening my heart up to someone”

- she opens up to them, they’re all very excited to give sweet-p general dating advice- although they’re not sure how much of it is applicable to lesbians

- she goes by fuwafuwacinnamon alternatively online, like the real life oster project.

- i might end up coming up with a more discreet name sweet-p chose for herself which sounds more like a real name than “sweet-p” but that she also doesn’t hate like her birth name

- if she ever opens up that dreamy cute ramen store, she keeps the trans flag on one of the walls

- she’s taught herself sewing and cooking

- she also practices make-up via niconico tutorials whenever she can’t sleep

- the girl in the tokimeki reverie mv was sweet-p’s persona- but she got attached to it throughout her career if felt more like an oc than a representation of herself, so she designed a new persona and based her mobius appearance off that.

- she has the same tastes in perfumes as ichika, disastrously

- the group of dreamy-cute girls that made her discover she was trans were the flower princesses irl

- her twindrills droop when she’s sad.

- since after mobius she couldn’t medically transition (since she didn’t want her parents to have a heart attack), she tried experimenting with cosplay make-up and such

- although a part of her kind of wants to ignore what her parents think and go on E anyway

- as she was growing up, she struggled to discern how she could be transgender and a lesbian at the same time. a matter of “do i only like girls because i want to be one, or do I only want to be a girl because i like them?”

- Due to being a very frequent customer, she’s very close with the owner of Ramen Saburo (based on the fact that apparently there was a missing poster for her on the restaurant’s bulletin board according to naruko). they are the number 1 victim of sweet-p’s depressive rants irl.

- she tried to cut contact with the flower princesses after she was outed to them. Once she finally gained the courage to talk to them again, she noticed they didn’t feel betrayed and all and were just concerned that sweet-p was too upset to talk to them.

- nearly all her pictures have been reposted to mobius pinterest.

- she’s encountered ED content online but has the idea that eating disorders are limited to “not eating At All due to fear of gaining weight” and is like “good thing i don’t have an eating disorder!”

was told my sweet-ps are edible

SYSTEM OTD is…

★ kiriko miyasako from caligula effect 2

game │ headcanon │ submission

kiriko is an idol who sees her idol persona as a separate identity.

sweet

replaying caligula overdose remembering how real this game is

Do you know this (canon) bisexual character?

Mod note: Character goes by he/they pronouns and is non-binary.

Propaganda:

When asked by the protagonist whether they’re attracted to guys or girls, they say they “can see themselves ending up with anyone”. Interactions with both female and male protagonists can be percieved as romantic (as opposed to some characters who only act romantic towards one gender of protagonist).

Rating ymnk works based on how easy they are to recommend

MILGRAM - 10/10. Very accessible, big-name vocaloid producers and voice actors are on it, Really good visuals and music, and a really exciting premise.

Caligula 2 - 8/10. Less accessible and reputation is a bit ruined by the first game. Good visuals and music and a good premise, and easy to seperate for the first game.

The Harmony of Mille-Feuille - 5/10. Accessible and has a unique and interesting soundtrack, with positive reviews. However it’s clear it’s done on a budget of two cents and a button, and it’s hard to get anyone interested in the premise of “choir singers with high schooler syndrome start acapella group”. All the voice actors also seem to be no-names except Moepi.

Caligula Effect - 4/10. Less accessible, and many people are driven away by the visuals, it’s similarity to Persona or the overwhelming negative reviews. Has a really good soundtrack and an exciting premise.

Negative Happy - 2/10. Completely impossible to watch for non-Japanese speakers. Only reccommend to people who are highly committed to the bit enough to guess what’s going on, use machine tl or rely of the very few fan tls. Clearly low budget and only has one mid-sounding song.

non caligula fans match each character to the trauma just based on seeing their distorted low quality faces. For Science.

amane in caligula!! (ramble under the cut)

I wanted to give her a baton as a weapon but I had already drawn the pose and Wasn’t Bothered to redraw it. plus backpack-strap clutching is too perfect for her.

I like to think she went to Redo and made herself 15 (so she can be an adult in Puerto Rico and Haiti). You can’t really tell she’s been aged up here but I gave her a little braid since I’ve seen a few fanarts of an older amane braiding her hair. i think she’d go to the same school as Ryuto and be On The Student Council. she would be like “ryuto you are one year younger than me and therefore you must Respect Your Elders and obey me” knowing that she’s 12 irl.

she would end up in redo and join the go-home club the moment she notices something’s off. very similar case to ryuto in the sense that she would be like “regret is committing blasphemy by creating redo and I Must Get Out”. but the more she regains her memories of the real world the more scared she is of returning.

I think she’d get a fake family that’s Actually Nice to her and gives her a cat and she only realises later on that she doesn’t want to leave them. that redo is probably the safest and calmest she’s ever been.

sweet

all the bisexual characters fall for prez: ❌❌❌
prez TURNS everyone bi: ✅✅✅

Do you know this (canon) bisexual character?

Propaganda:

Falls in love with the MC regardless of the gender they pick at the beginning of the game.

izuru minezawa from the hit game caligula effect overdose

My four Medaka Ricefish and who they are named after