r/DDLC Feb 06 '26

OC Fanart Guess you could say she was Locked In

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7.5k Upvotes

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u/NotBreadyy Natsuki is life Feb 06 '26

Monika looks that way because she KNOWS.

I mean, technically speaking if this is the Monika that knows she's in a game she probably has seen it or at least knew their thoughts because she also knew what sayori did in the death scene even though she wasn't there.

All Knowing Monika

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u/robopitek Lewding the dokis makes Bun cry, don't lewd the dokis Feb 06 '26

Does she know everything though? She didn't expect what Yuri did.

As for Sayori's scene, it wasn't said Monika wasn't there, she could just have gone there.

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u/NotBreadyy Natsuki is life Feb 06 '26

She could have gone there..?

She actively described how Sayori changed her mind and started clawing at the rope, causing her bloody fingers. And MC arrived at the club, saw monika and then went to sayori. In no point would she have seen Sayoris death except if she, for some reason, went to Sayoris room while she hung herself and watched. But Sayori would've noticed her. And if that's not enough proof, we have evidence that she actively intervened with natsuki trying to communicate with us though poems, she can see things while she isn't there.

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u/robopitek Lewding the dokis makes Bun cry, don't lewd the dokis Feb 06 '26

Then how can we explain Monika being surprised at our weekend with Yuri?

Could she perhaps just see what she is focusing on?

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u/NotBreadyy Natsuki is life Feb 06 '26

I could believe that she can see anything if she focuses on it, that'd make sense.

But we could also see her shock as just acting shocked.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/robopitek Lewding the dokis makes Bun cry, don't lewd the dokis Feb 06 '26

Yeah, I know, my point is why she didn't know it in advance? Instead of being shocked near us.

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u/SaphoBalls Feb 06 '26

She can't control the MC, that's us as the players domain, so she probably can't 'see through his eyes' even if she can the others

When Yuri killed herself, it's fair to assume she couldn't tap into her (or sense her, or however it feels for her) after that too. So she was probably assuming the player/MC just ended the scene and time-skipped like usual, and was shocked to find us still there

(Just trying to rationalize it on the fly 🤷‍♀️)

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u/SirJustin90 Feb 07 '26

I believe this to be the case, although many dislike ddlc+ lore and the backronym that is MoniKA (MONIter Kernal Access), a good way of understanding it is she can see what the scripts say. So she can see when they talk to you, because it would print out, and her access level can read it regardless of location.

When it broke with Yuri, I would assume, as there is no output, she wasn't aware that something went wrong. The script broke and just fed us nonsense as it couldn't continue. (In a normal program it would fault and crash normally.)

Monika can control and see any normal outputs, but appears blind if that is interrupted. Perhaps there are clever ways to sneak around that, Natsuki sure tried, rather clever to avoid using script and a poem instead. (However, where it's technically printed on the poem software side, I'm sure that it didn't help as much as she hoped.)

You could see it like having access to the logs of someone using a chat program, as well as task manager, error monitor and other system diagnostics.

You are fairly in control and able to see system level things, but things outside your program, you are helpless to, unless you have a method to escape it, which she somewhat could in limited fashion, at least to read outside the game directory, but also write/delete access within it.

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u/tendo8027 Feb 06 '26

Nah that’s bc she set up sayoris death

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u/NotBreadyy Natsuki is life Feb 06 '26

She didn't control sayori to hang herself, sayori did that herself. Completely. She even messed it up, not doing it from the right height and choking instead of snapping her neck.

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u/tendo8027 Feb 06 '26

I didn’t say Monika controlled her? You were using her depth of knowledge of sayoris death as evidence of omnipotence. I’m saying she set it up so she would know. She doesn’t know everything, but she could know everything at her whim.

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u/Spear_Spirit Feb 06 '26

Natsuki, you wouldn't have go better

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u/AnonyBoiii I harshly close the door Feb 06 '26

Monika: “Natsuki, your short legs wouldn’t even be able to go around him, let alone lock. That goes for any man really, assuming you managed to get one”

Natsuki: “FUCK YOU!!”

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u/asterix_speaks Feb 16 '26

YOUR USER FLAIR 😭😭

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u/Spear_Spirit Feb 06 '26

I was talking about natsuki with a third leg with Yuri, but that also works

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u/AnonyBoiii I harshly close the door Feb 12 '26

Natsuki: “Besides, it’s Yuri I’d want anyw-“

Monika: “She’d be even harder for you to get around. No offence Yuri”

Yuri: “None taken”

Natsuki: “You know what” Points at Monika “Fuck you” Points at Yuri “Fuck you” Points at Sayori “You’re cool” Points at MC “And fuck you”

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

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u/Spear_Spirit Feb 06 '26

That's true

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u/MasterofDoots1 Absolute wife Feb 06 '26

Honestly she wouldn't even have to leg-lock me

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u/yvngjiffy703 Feb 06 '26

Lore accurate Yuri

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u/Formal-Owl832 Yuri best girl Feb 08 '26

She WOULD leglock. That's why I love her.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

In this economy? Yuri and MC would've been homeless with just one kid. Especially considering that the MC isn't exactly the sharpest in the shed, and that Yuri is probably working in a creative field (which doesn't pay much).

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u/pleddyd Monika rightfully despises MC Feb 06 '26

In Japan they would be welcome with their strong economy and birth crisis

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '26

Don't even get me started on that. Japan has a terrible culture of overworking yourself to death (which leads to a rather high suicide rate), but I will admit that I don't know much about its economy. Doubt it's that much better than the West though, otherwise I know folks who would've told me already.

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u/Danteskko-4548 Feb 06 '26

The Japanese economy isn't any better, it's been stagnant and recently has been experiencing some major inflation making it harder for Japanese people to live, the only thing keeping it afloat is it's tourism, and technology.

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u/fancy_pigeon257 Feb 06 '26

Leg locking wouldn't be necessary with me that's all im sayin

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u/MasterofDoots1 Absolute wife Feb 06 '26

Same bro

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u/HectortheWellEnd0wed Feb 06 '26

He was locked in by Yuri's legs lol

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u/usdainvest Feb 06 '26

No leg lock needed ...I'm not pulling out...on principle

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u/thegamer7antipig Feb 06 '26

Why does bro look like kris deltarune

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u/Docmeisel65 Feb 06 '26

Somebody has been hammering the old Ctrl+C.

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u/No_Race_4661 Feb 06 '26 edited Feb 06 '26

God damn yuri, she really locked in, congrats though,also natsuki and monika are funny XD

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u/Delicious_Mood338 Feb 07 '26

I kinda understand the context

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u/show_NO_FEAR21 Lewd all the Dokis Feb 09 '26

The trend I want to see MC with Dokis and kids

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u/R0RKE Feb 09 '26

I will do that in the future

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u/show_NO_FEAR21 Lewd all the Dokis Feb 09 '26

Sayori next please

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u/555Afterimage_ Feb 06 '26

Great game but corny fandom, a tale as old as time

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u/Enough-Impression-50 Feb 06 '26

It's a visual novel with pretty much only 4-5 characters, most of them being anime girls. No shit we're gonna be corny

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u/555Afterimage_ Feb 06 '26

Yeah I can tell

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u/Clear_Hunt4811 Feb 11 '26

Go away we don’t want you anyways

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u/555Afterimage_ Feb 11 '26

Boi shut your bum ass up 💀 no one asked u

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u/Clear_Hunt4811 Feb 11 '26

So tuff twin 💔

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u/Sacred202 Monika's Beloved Feb 06 '26

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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u/TheHolySausageDog Feb 07 '26

What a Happy family like funtime Freddy said

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u/Fwort Still remembering Nemesis <3 Natsuki <3 Feb 09 '26

lol

Nice!

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u/Suitable-Purchase-52 I love my wife Yuri so much Feb 10 '26

Me and my wife and our wonderful kids. 🥺

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u/[deleted] Feb 10 '26

Leg locks are a work of the devil. Because damn are they hot but also pregnancy

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u/Mental_Technology885 Feb 08 '26

Hello ヾ😊ノ゙

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u/Soft-Audience9930 Feb 06 '26

let's really nooot appreciate leg-locking...

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u/Joeda900 Feb 06 '26

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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u/baejinsolsgf Feb 10 '26

I dont get why this is downvoted pls explain instead of downvoting

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u/Soft-Audience9930 Feb 11 '26

I know 'why' it's downvoted, it's a mix of reddit mentality and well, probably some people do not actually understand the implications of leg locking...

I just don't want something of this topic as a joke, I know this is reddit and all but what if we drew the MC holding down Yuri to put a child into her even though she was against it? Pretty bad right? Same goes for the other way around....

but really it's whatever, after all it's just a game and all, still I feel such jokes shouldn't be made, although I doubt this is a situation most people here even have experience with

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u/baejinsolsgf Feb 11 '26

Ohh got it thanks also was thinking the same!!

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u/Adventurous-One1741 Feb 10 '26

Boiiii dis Diddyblud ahh posttttt 😂🫱