Rabbit Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 As the topic title implies, have you ever felt depressed or extremly sad by a VN? It could be for different reasons, the bad endings got to you, or the good endings made you remember something/made you feel lonely etc. Wether or not you wanna answer or if you wanna say why is upto you as this question may be abit too personal. I myself felt depressed after finishing the Katawa shoujo route Hanako, both good and bad endings aswell as Lilly, it's one of the reasons i haven't picked it up these past 2 years. I also felt depressed from Clannad's, Kotomi and Nagisa route. As for why, I think there's multiple factors that I cba to go into unless someone wants to know comes. ^^ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikimir Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Rewrite's Shizuru route made me a bit sad but it only lasted for hours and Inwouldn't say I was depressed... The closest situation I got to getting depressed was when I lost my laptop and couldn't play VNs I guess. 12kami 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monmon Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Sharin no kuni made me remember those days i want to forget. Memories r mysterious things, thing tht u want to forget r actually the things u will always remember because its too hard not to remember, and SNK amplified those memories for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlessn1ght Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 That's the purposed of an utsuge. But LB! got me a little depressed. I had to stop in Refrain in one point, because I couldn't take it anymore. I CRIED so much in that scene of Rin opening the notebook. Then, I continued the following day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosebleed Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I think there's a fine line between feeling extremly sad and being depressed, I can't say I ever went into a legitimate state of depression because of a VN and I feel like saying otherwise would be a bit disrespectful to some who actually suffer(ed) from depression. But I can confirm there were some VNs that left quite the void in my heart and made me quite sad for a while and for this I'll bring up Saigusa Haruka's route in Little Busters, no matter how much anyone bashes the game or Key, even coming from me, Haruka's route was one of the saddest things I've witnessed and since it belonged to my first ever VN, all the more impactful it was and I remember bawling my eyes out over it and took me a while before I could continue the game. Hanako's route in Katawa Shoujo was also pretty impactful, but I have to say the ending cheered me up enough not to leave me in a completely wrecked state. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ariurotl Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Luckily I'm already clinically depressed, and have been for years, so nope! \o/ Kara no Shoujo put a bit of a strain on my nervous system, but I hadn't noticed it until the final scenes, after which I felt sort of relieved in the "nightmare is over" kind of way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Getsuya Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I felt let down by some of the things that happened in the last chapter of Aiyoku no Eustia so I was kind of glum while flipping through that, but I think the only VN that really made me depressed was Symphonic Rain. Thanks to a stupendously idiotic main character some things happen that will just suck the happiness right out of you. Some of it happens to my favorite character too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 I think there's a fine line between feeling extremly sad and being depressed, I can't say I ever went into a legitimate state of depression because of a VN and I feel like saying otherwise would be a bit disrespectful to some who actually suffer(ed) from depression. Thats true, there is a fine line between being very sad and depressed, and it's a line not everyone knows the difference too, either because they don't know what being depressed is like or because they haven't legitimate noticed that they were depressed, not everyone notices it. And saying that you're depressed when you aren't may be disrespectful. Pain is a relative thing tho and different humans feel different amount of pain. Ill fix my question to add depressed or extremely sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuko Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I was depressed or had a void in my heart (how you ever want to say it) everytime I finished a route in Hatsuyuki Sakura. After finishing it 100% I felt weird for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheFantasm Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I felt pretty sad after I finished Tomoyo After, wouldn't go as far to say it made me depressed, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Harukoi Otome was without a doubt one of the most depressing experiences of my life. I still feel like crying whenever I think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babiker Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 One word: Narcissus If you don't want to be depressed, do not read that VN. You have been warned... ScarfSeeker 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 One word: Narcissus If you don't want to be depressed, do not read that VN. You have been warned... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heizei_koukousei Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 For some reason R11 was kind of depressing for me. Not sure if I was feeling bad for the characters or if I was just getting paranoid, but I definitely remember being in a melancholic state after each time I played it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Poltroon Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Muwahahaha! I skip all the sad things! Therefore, no, I have managed to avoid sad and depressing things at all costs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderfullyevil Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I got depressed after finishing Umineko because I could relate to Beatrice in a lot of things, and in each interpretation of hers at that. I couldn't read, watch, or play anything afterwards for like 3 months. @Rabbit Nagisa's pretty obvious, but I'm interested on why Kotomi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Harukoi Otome was without a doubt one of the most depressing experiences of my life. I still feel like crying whenever I think about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tesla Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Michiru's route in Grisaia no Kajitsu hit a few sore spots for me and had me relive a few moments in my life I'd rather not. I wouldn't say I had gotten depressed but it was fairly close to it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 @Rabbit Nagisa's pretty obvious, but I'm interested on why Kotomi. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnoob Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I was depressed or had a void in my heart (how you ever want to say it) everytime I finished a route in Hatsuyuki Sakura. After finishing it 100% I felt weird for a week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yuuko Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 I so very much want to read that VN but the translation D: Vince 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Rewrites Shizuru ending made me extremely sad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iamnoob Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Japanese lessons are calling for you I think a functioning brain is currently my main priority seeing as how I lack one for languages Rewrites Shizuru ending made me extremely sad Oh god........... Up till the end I was hoping for a Key style somewhat happy end but they gave us such a bittersweet ending. And that Diary.... commence crying* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Soulless Watcher Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Kara no Shoujo - When Yosomiya Tsuzuriko dies that was probably the only time I stopped on a first playthrough of a visual novel to look up a walkthrough to see if that event could be avoided. When I learned it couldn't I was a bit distrought and was unable to play the vn for the rest of the day. Seriously who just axes off the comedy relief like that in a depressing murder mystery? sarayne 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezyo22 Posted May 6, 2015 Share Posted May 6, 2015 Fate/stay night heaven's feel true ending Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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