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#일번가데어라콜라보

#데이트어라이브

#데이트어라이브Season 5

Honestly just remove these options for late game players, like asking them if they gave any ***** about being in nightmare mode. What's even the point of still having the normal chaos if there are zero benefits to doing it???  And really, you want us to keep all the useless basic cards and reduce our credits by 100 to get an equipment that has basically zero use? And the season boss being basically unbeatable unless you have Nine just kills the fun, there's no way to win the battle unless by some godfkin miracle you manage to deal enough damage. BTW JUST FKING REMOVE SENECTUS.

It was a quest that made me feel a lot of thoughts and emotions.

I think that those who have had pets as family members or are with them will be able to empathize a lot.

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 Everyone has a story they hold most deeply in their hearts for their own reasons. For me, that place is definitely taken by '52 Hertz'. To me, 52 Hertz is not just a visual novel. Just as Yeon-hee saved the protagonist in the story, I was saved by the story of 52 Hertz. That's why I can't help but love this work so much. So today, I'm going to leave a slightly different review. First, I will analyze and review some of the attractive points of the game 52 Hertz itself, and then I will tell you how I became entangled with this work and how it kept me alive.

1. Funeral

52 Hertz After Story deals with the story 2 years after the main story. The introduction of the story starts differently and intensely from other visual novels.

It's a story about someone's funeral. As a player of the game and a reader of the story, I was immediately drawn into the story from the beginning, and as soon as I saw the word funeral, I felt like I had been hit in the head. "Whose funeral is it?" It must have been Lee Myung-jin or Yeon-hee. If it's the latter, I'm curious whether the subsequent development will focus on flashbacks to the past before the funeral, or on the remaining protagonist, etc. 52 Hertz is characterized and has the advantage of having a device designed for readers and works to constantly interact with each other. It's a good article, a good story, so it's not a passive and one-sided script delivery, but a work that always has something to think about.

Fortunately, it was Lee Myung-jin's funeral, not Yeon-hee's. I was curious to see what Lee Myung-jin, who had harassed the protagonist and Yeon-hee as the main villain in the main story, would do in the DLC, but it was an unexpected and attractive development. The setting that Lee Myung-jin was in debt due to gambling gave causality to his death, and the compensation smoothly led to the resolution of the 'money' problem among the many problems the protagonist experienced in the main story.

2. The Connection Between Two Loners

 After that, the episode of Yeon-hee and the protagonist organizing their luggage in the monthly rent room was also impressive. What I found really interesting while playing the game was that Yeon-hee and the protagonist are so different. The protagonist who likes Aliens and Yeon-hee who likes Predators. Yeon-hee who likes thrilling shark boat experiences and the protagonist who hates it. The protagonist wearing neat clothes and Yeon-hee wearing a flashy sukajan. Like this, the two have so many different things, but they are a pair of 52 Hertz whales that are the only ones in the world whose frequencies reach each other. One thing that has changed about the protagonist like Yeon-hee is that he, who used to call AC/DC ABCD, has come to like rock. It was impressive that the rock that comforted Yeon-hee when she was having a hard time became a connection between a pair of whales that embraced each other.

3. A Desperate Dream That Had to Be Given Up

The two talk about the protagonist's frustrated dream, a cartoonist. I think many people will sympathize with the protagonist here.The difference between what I like and what I'm good at. It's a sad thing in a way. It's like living with a wall that you don't even know if you can overcome it even if you try your whole life. It would be a relief if you knew you couldn't overcome it, but in reality, you can't know that cruelly. I could also greatly sympathize with the protagonist.

“I should be a cartoonist after all.” Even with such uncertainty, the protagonist desperately wanted to become a cartoonist and challenged himself because he loved comics. He challenged himself again and again with the feeling of chewing on broken glass and staring into the abyss of despair, but his dream of becoming a cartoonist gradually faded due to repeated failures. In addition, his parents were addicted to a pseudo-religion, he didn't have enough money, and he was getting older. In the worst situation, the protagonist's choice was compromise and death. Everyone must have thought like the protagonist.“I’ve done enough.” “If it doesn’t work, it doesn’t work.” At this point, I was easily immersed because I remembered the painful memories of giving up my dream in the past while thinking about this. After that, the protagonist, who left for Mangyeongdo to die, met Yeon-hee and decided to live again after being saved by her.

However, even at this point, the protagonist's dream remained frustrated, and hekept the lingering feelings for his dream as a cartoonist as a small spark inside. This is something you can see in the conversation with yourself in the latter half of the play.

4. Happy, But Uncertain Daily Life

The dates of the two who became lovers are the same as those of any other couple. They eat together, go to comic book cafes, and go to movie theaters, spending peaceful and happy days. They joke around and have tiki-taka, expressing their love for each other.

However, Yeon-hee's brain tumor did not improve, and it threatened their daily lives like a bomb that could explode at any moment.

The protagonist's inner monologue after hearing about Yeon-hee's examination results conveyed the protagonist's self-blame and despair to the reader at a rapid pace.

5. Contract with the Doctor

 The doctor, who noticed that the protagonist could not accept the fact that Yeon-hee was about to die, took him to his private laboratory and offered him a contract that the protagonist could not refuse. The protagonist becomes the subject of illegal bioexperiments for the doctor's research and achievements, and a large sum of money. And the doctor's contract was to 'try' to treat Yeon-hee in an illegal way.

 Looking at it coldly, it was a pretty unfair contract. It is not only unethical, but also almost certain to harm the body and cause disorders in the nervous system and mind.The price of surgery is not'successful treatment'but'attempt'.'The ordeal that came to the protagonist again was'uncertainty'. That was what had always tormented him when he was pursuing his dream of becoming a cartoonist and when he was with Yeon-hee, who he didn't know when she would leave. However, the protagonist agreed to the surgery without hesitation. What was interesting while playing multiple times was thatthe protagonist was less likely to give up than I thought. He dropped out of school to work part-time day and night to draw in order to become a cartoonist, and he kept looking for ways to save Yeon-hee and didn't give up, and then he lay down on the operating table. Rather, he was a person with stronger will than average. In the past, he lived for his one and only goal of becoming a cartoonist, but now it was an interesting point that he was sacrificing himself for the more important goal of saving Yeon-hee, without even thinking about his unfulfilled dream.

Also, what was impressive to me was the process of Yeon-hee receiving treatment. Thanks to the very specific treatment and surgery methods in the play, it gave me a sense of immersion as if it were an actual treatment method. I liked that it wasn't simply "a miracle happened and Yeon-hee's tumor was completely cured."

I have learned something from watching many stories in my life. “Give maximum causality with minimum coincidence.”The way to increase immersion by reducing coincidence and giving causality isto give solid and detailed settings. Thanks to the well-organized story, I think the development of After Story was able to become a good work by wonderfully satisfying this point.

6.Body exchanged for opportunity (- Best directing)

As many people feel, the most satisfying directing throughout the entire work is the part where there are gaps in the protagonist's memory. I was greatly impressed by the directing where the vision was distorted like a static TV, gaps appeared, and the BGM was distorted strangely. It felt like I was directly experiencing the protagonist's situation, with directing that was like something you would see in a horror movie. I have experienced some of the symptoms that the protagonist experiences, and it was a sudden but immersive directing that made me feel the fear and embarrassment of that time.Another advantage of 52 Hertz that I felt in this part is

that it is good at crossing genres.52헤르츠가 가진 또 하나의 장점은Usually, constantly changing genres interferes with immersing and focusing on the play, but 52 Hertz was able to feel a variety of fun by crossing various genres such as romantic comedy, suspense, and horror thanks to its solid and elaborate structure.The part where he argues with the doctor without knowing that Yeon-hee is next to him is one of the most fun parts while playing multiple times. It wasa conversation between the two where you could feel the doctor's struggles to somehow clean up the spilled water.

7. The Direction of Love That Goes AstrayThe protagonist and Yeon-hee both found the meaning of life by meeting each other, but they loved each other in different ways. The protagonist's method was'I can die for you.'

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but Yeon-hee was'I want to live with you.''The protagonist gave up his body for Yeon-hee in his own way, and Yeon-hee, who found out about this, pushed him away and said goodbye for the sake of the protagonist. I felt sympathy for the fact that the fact that Yeon-hee had not finished her treatment was binding the protagonist, rather than the sadness of the separation or his physical condition. I think I would have gone crazy if I were in the same situation as the protagonist. It was a situation where the only chance to save the person you love was blown away by your mistake. Even though it was obvious to anyone that Yeon-hee would not come back to receive treatment, it was a desperate situation where he threatened the doctor to carry out his surgery and Yeon-hee's treatment so that Yeon-hee could receive treatment if she ever came back. As I said before, he was a person who did not give up in the face of uncertainty this time either.‘너와 함께 살아가고 싶어.’였죠. 주인공은 자신의 방식대로 연희를 위해 자신의 몸을 포기했고, 그걸 알게 된 연희는 주인공을 위해 그를 밀어내고 이별을 고합니다. 당장 이별의 슬픔이나 자신의 몸 상태보다는 연희가 치료를 끝마치지 못했다는 사실이 주인공을 옭아매는 것에 동정심이 들었습니다. 제가 주인공 같은 상황이었어도 미쳐 페인이 돼버렸을 것 같습니다. 사랑하는 사람을 살릴 수 있는 단 하나의 기회가 자신의 실수로 날아가버린 상황이니까요. 누가 봐도 연희가 다시 돌아와 치료를 받지 않을 상황이지만, 혹시라도 연희가 다시 돌아오면 치료를 받을 수 있도록 의사를 협박해서라도 자신의 수술과 연희의 치료를 감행하는 처절한 상황이었지만. 앞서 말했듯, 그는 이번에도 불확실성 앞에서 포기하지 않는 사람이었습니다.

8. Threat and Surgery

I found this doctor to be a very attractive character. In the story, he isa figure with ambiguous good and evil, which I think was an excellent setting. If the newly 등장한 character in the after story was completely evil, it would have been difficult to escape the feeling that Lee Myung-jin showed in the main story, and if he was completely good, he would have been less attractive.

He performs ethically and legally illegal treatments for money, and when Yeon-hee's mother dies, he seems to be a heartless person who thinks about the surgery fee first, but unlike Lee Myung-jin, he is reluctant to kill others, andI liked the character that he doesn't cross the line he set. I think the existence of the character of a doctor made it possible for the story to flow smoothly from beginning to end.

9. Facing the Embers

 As Payne, the protagonist, who underwent surgery with the determination to save Yeon-hee even in the worst physical condition, experiences a systemic shock and is at a crossroads between life and death, faces his childhood self inside. 

 I think 52Hz has two main themes, combining the main story and DLC. The first theme is the theme that runs through the entire work"Two outcasts abandoned by the world comforting each other's wounds.". The second theme is the main theme in the protagonist's inner world"My uncertain dream."is.

  In the story, the protagonist worked quite hard to become a cartoonist even in a bad environment. However, in the main story, he was fed up with uncertainty due to the trigger of 'money' and tried to give up both his dream and life as a cartoonist. But seeing that the embers were still there, it seems that he still had some regrets.

 The inner child who wants to become a cartoonist does not scold the protagonist for his lack of talent or the amount of effort he put in.The child points out that he compromised without finishing. It's the same thing Yeon-hee said while walking with the protagonist on the railroad tracks. Not drawing the cartoon you started to the end. Giving up without trying to create different stories each time. Defining and compromising on one's own limitations. 

 In the inner world, the protagonist faces his own contradictions. In the after story, the protagonist's way of love was 'I can die for you'. The interesting thing is that this was Yeon-hee's mindset in the 52Hz main story. She was going to give the protagonist her 200 million won insurance money. When the protagonist realized this, he scolded Yeon-hee, asking if she thought he would live happily with the money he received as her life price. On the other hand, in the after story, he scolds the protagonist who is trying to save Yeon-hee by sacrificing his body, asking what meaning it has for her to live if his body is ruined. It was impressive to realize that he, too, was doing a love that didn't think about the person who would be left behind because he was more precious than himself. When the protagonist realizes that his contradiction and his method were all leading to unhappiness, his inner self forgives the protagonist.

 This is one of my favorite phrases in this DLC, about embers. 

"

A dream is like... a small ember.

Even if all the fire that was burning brightly on the firewood is extinguished, the small ember inside... lasts a very long time.

Hyung thought that because the fire was all extinguished... he couldn't do anything with the small ember. But that ember will burn hot again if Hyung blows wind on it again and puts firewood in it. That ember... never disappeared from Hyung's heart in the first place.

"

The pure ember continued to draw in that spot. Imagining himself becoming a cartoonist someday.

 The young protagonist asks the protagonist to stop compromising and crouching down and run to the end before the embers go out. 

 After the reconciliation between the two, before regaining consciousness and returning to the real world, the young protagonist makes a promise with the protagonist, hooking their little fingers. A very small and warm hand full of charcoal. It was the hand of a pure child who didn't feel pain when drawing, didn't want to give up, and liked drawing. I am very moved by this scene. It was the first time in a long time that I almost cried while playing.

This is the most impressive phrase in the entire DLC, and it still gives me strength.

"

Doing what you like... won't always be fun. 

Difficult things will come again and again in the future.

You'll have a lot of doubts about whether this is the right path for you... But whenever that happens, remember how much we liked this...

Even if a moment comes when you want to give up, never look back.

When I'm Hyung, make me smile... like the current Hyung.

"

I also have a dream, and I'm living for my dream, but there are more difficult days than happy days. I make mistakes, blame myself, and sometimes I feel like this isn't my path. Whenever it's really hard, I remember how much I liked this. As the inner child told me, it was a good phrase that made me determined to run to the end without looking back.

10. Goodbye (Climax)

I really liked the directing. From the inner world, the main story's ending song was played as an instrumental version and built up, and when I finally opened my eyes and faced Yeon-hee, I exclaimed out loud when the lyrics came out. I couldn't help but smile when my favorite song came out at the climax.

The protagonist eventually regains consciousness and faces the girl he wanted to protect even at the cost of his life. Fortunately, Yeon-hee's NMG treatment was successful.

 The way the protagonist, who is in shock, is treated here was impressive because it was in line with the first theme of the work. Yeon-hee's treatment was done by taking the protagonist's cells. Conversely, the treated Yeon-hee's cells were used to treat the protagonist.

"An outcast abandoned by the world comforting each other's wounds." 

I was impressed. Throughout the story, the protagonist and Yeon-hee seemed to be saving each other. The non-unilateral direction of love seems to have made the story beautiful.

The protagonist, who faced his younger self in the inner world, changed. He no longer thinks about dying for Yeon-hee or giving up his dream of becoming a cartoonist for Yeon-hee.

"I decided not to give up on myself for you."

Finally, the protagonist, like Yeon-hee, resolves to live with her, and to not give up on his dream and to put wind and firewood into the embers.

Yeon-hee is eventually cured thanks to the protagonist's dedication, the protagonist succeeds in becoming a cartoonist, and the story ends with him expressing gratitude to his inner child who taught him how to live again.

11. 52Hz Review

 I watched it all the way to the end as soon as it was released, and it was as fun and touching as the main story. Comparing it to the ending of the main story, the ending of the main story was the connection between the two 52Hz whales, which was uncertain when it would be cut off, but therefore more desperate and affectionate. None of the problems were solved: the brain tumor of a lover, Lee Myung-jin threatening his life, lack of money, and a fading dream, but that's why it was more lingering. On the other hand, the ending of the dlc seems to have put a pleasant period to the story in a direction where all four problems are solved and everyone is happy. I've played the after story several times, just like the main story, and I'm receiving different reverberations each time I play it.

 Also, I liked that the beer that often appears in the story acts as a device between the two. In the main story, they drank together and achieved Yeon-hee's first bucket list, and after they became lovers, they started drinking together on a daily basis. Later, when the protagonist was unconscious, Yeon-hee brought it to the hospital room because she wanted to drink with the protagonist, and I liked that it was a connection between the two throughout the work.

 Having played it several times, I think the biggest advantage of the 52Hz production team is the power to immerse you. It was especially fresh and good to start the after story with a heavy story of someone's funeral and then divert attention. Also, I was impressed by the excellent visual and auditory directing when the protagonist's memory was cut off due to aftereffects. Even if you only look at the story excluding the directing, it was a story that made me really curious about the back story while playing. In addition, I really liked the story that continued to interact and give me things to think about.

 I think the only ending where everyone can be happy is the ending of the after story. Even if the protagonist wasn't caught lying at the hospital and Yeon-hee continued to receive treatment without knowing and was completely cured, the protagonist would have collapsed. If that had happened, both Yeon-hee and the protagonist would have been hurt and unhappy.

 I think the two themes of 52Hz, "An outcast abandoned by the world comforting each other's wounds" and "My uncertain dream," are so well combined that the story couldn't be better organized from beginning to end.

12. Me, and 52Hz

 I have been suffering from complex post-traumatic stress disorder (C-PTSD) and depression due to a series of events. The roots were deep, so treatment was not easy. On the outside, it didn't show, but while my inner self was collapsing, I experienced frustration with my goals. I didn't have outstanding talent, but I liked it so much that it was my dream and goal. However, due to repeated major failures, I compromised and tried to give up my dream like the protagonist. Also, I faced myself seriously planning the act that the protagonist was going to do in Myeongyeongdo in the early part of the main story. However, I didn't want my life to end so bleakly, so I wanted to read a warm and good story before I died. I usually liked reading, so I tried to read a literary novel, but I couldn't find one that I liked. When I couldn't find an answer in literary books, I started looking for games with warm stories. If I played directly from the protagonist's point of view in the game, I would be immersed and feel the beauty of that warm and cozy story. That was my first encounter with 52Hz. It was my first visual novel in my life.

52Hz was a very well-made story, so it was easy to get immersed, but it was also easier to get immersed because the protagonist's situation was so similar to mine. A fading dream, and various difficult situations.

 I faced myself crying while watching the story. It wasn't because I was sad. It was because it was such a touching, affectionate, and desperate love. I've seen so many stories in my life, but this was the first story that resonated with me so much.

 The lyrics of the ending song that came out when the ending credits rolled after the game also pierced my heart. Later, while looking into 52Hz, I learned that a DLC was scheduled to be released, and at that time, I had only one thought in my head.

"I want to know the ending of this story."

 With the determination to see the ending of the DLC, I temporarily postponed the extreme plan to after the DLC was released. Every time the DLC release was delayed, the plan was also delayed little by little. Until then, I set a bucket list of wanting to experience the things that Yeon-hee liked one by one and achieved them one by one. The day I set the bucket list, I immediately bought a Walkman. 

I brought in the TPS-L2 that Yeon-hee uses in the story, but I didn't have a cassette tape to put in. I immediately visited Seoul Records, the background of the record store in 52Hz, and bought several rock albums. Before doing 52Hz, I wasn't even interested in rock. It was the day I developed a hobby of collecting and listening to albums.

There are other albums, but I took pictures of the 6 I listen to the most these days. AC/DC, Guns N' Roses, and Metallica and Led Zeppelin, which Yeon-hee likes and seems like she would like.

It was refreshing to visit places that were the motifs of the story, such as Seoul Records and Aqua Planet Jeju, with the Walkman and tapes and listen to the music that Yeon-hee liked.

After that, I also tried drinking bottled beer, and with the help of Gemini, I bought and mixed various medicinal herbs to recreate the afterimage of Yeon-hee's favorite Doraji cigarettes, and I was achieving my bucket list one by one. The scent of the incense pouch made at this time is better than expected and it is a scent that makes me feel comfortable, so I hang it in my room and live with it.

 Then, a new bucket list was created: I wanted to draw a fan art of Yeon-hee in a great picture. When I was young, I dreamed of becoming a cartoonist like the protagonist. I drew all day at school and at home. But when I was in middle school, I faced ambiguous talent and realistic difficulties and compromised with reality and gave up my dream.

 After a few years, when I tried to take out the dusty tablet from the warehouse and draw, it was difficult to draw anything easier, let alone Yeon-hee. To make matters worse, my physical condition had deteriorated significantly due to the side effects of the treatment drugs. I wanted to draw Yeon-hee well, so I worked like crazy. After the fan art drawing was added to the bucket list, I spent almost all of my free time drawing.

I focused solely on drawing, analyzing and imitating Yeonhee's face in the official illustration. I was genuinely happy while drawing. It reminded me how much I loved it in the past, and it was my desperate dream. Drawing was so much fun that I wondered if I had compromised too early, and I regretted the past. It seemed that my spark had not yet been extinguished. Fortunately, now I have another desperate dream that is burning brightly. However, for my younger self who desperately wanted to become a cartoonist, I want to continue to fan the flames and add fuel to the fire for drawing.

Originally, I wanted to finish it around February 11th, in time for the release date. Unfortunately, the time was delayed a lot due to my physical condition, but during that time, I learned the ending of the DLC that I really wanted to know, erased extreme plans from my head, and gradually the treatment began to take effect. And finally, I finished the drawing.

  I am still alive thanks to 52 Hertz and Yeonhee. Just as the protagonist is saved by Yeonhee, I have been saved many times by the story of 52 Hertz, and I am endlessly grateful.

Thank you so much to the production team for creating the best story and game. I'm really looking forward to the next one.

Thank you.

After the update on Saturday, March 14th, 

you can purchase the "Fox's Whisper" viewing item set in the recommended items using additional costume rights. 

The composition of the product is as follows.

◆ Live 2D Lobby・Video - Border of Yeon (can manually switch between the present world and Myeongbin)

◆ BGM (Lobby) · Silence

◆ BGM (Lobby) · Other Shore

◆ BGM (During the game)・Night Walk

◆ BGM (Riichi)・Meeting with a Fox

⏰After the update on Saturday, March 14, 2026 - Sunday, April 12, 23:59

#마작일번가Ichibangai

 I didn't know. From the beginning, I wasn't much of a gamer, let alone someone who played visual novels. At best, I would play League of Legends to kill time when I had nothing to do, or hang out with school friends during breaks. Then, by chance, I came across information about a unique whale called the 52 Hz whale, and I became interested and searched the internet to learn more about it. But lo and behold, a game called <52 Hertz> popped up out of nowhere. Out of curiosity, I searched it and found an introduction that said, "The story of two outcasts abandoned by the world."

"What is this...? From a quick glance, is it some kind of dating sim?"

I think I've seen people playing similar games on YouTube from time to time. With nothing else to do, I decided to learn more about the game <52 Hertz>. Then I saw a picture of what appeared to be the female lead, and I thought,

"Oh, she's pretty."

That was my reason for starting the game.

[Game Story]

In short, the protagonist, who wants to achieve her dream of becoming a cartoonist, works hard to pursue her dream, but becomes exhausted due to her lack of talent and environment. Then, her mother, who is addicted to a cult, takes all the money she has saved. As a result of that incident, the protagonist, who is broken, heads to Mangeongdo, an island village famous as a suicide spot, where she meets a heroine in a similar situation and they heal each other.

[Brief Overview of the Main Story (Spoiler)]

DAY 1: First meeting with Yeonhee in Mangeongdo, contract proposal (Neoul Merchant)

DAY 2: Cleaning the Neoul Merchant shop

DAY 3: Cleaning the Neoul Merchant warehouse, discovering the bucket list notebook, beer with Yeonhee, starting to live together

DAY 4: Record store, old ramen

DAY 5: Aquarium

DAY 6: Yeonhee and the protagonist run away, Yeonhee's past, motel

DAY 7: The protagonist is kidnapped, a fight with Lee Myung-jin, Yeonhee's confession

2 months later: Trip to Australia and ending

This is a brief overview to help you remember when playing the DLC. The detailed story is quite lingering if you enjoy it while playing it yourself. I have never played a visual novel before, but I felt that the story itself was quite solid and the foreshadowing was properly recovered, so I enjoyed it. However, there are choices in the main story that affect the story, and I personally felt that the process of creating conflict in this part was a bit forced. Except for that part, the highlight (warehouse rush) of the main story was very refreshing, and I enjoyed playing the DLC, feeling that the writer's writing skills had improved.

The endings according to the choices that affect the story are listed below.

DAY 5 → DAY 6

To see the true ending here, you have to meet Detective Lee Myung-jin exactly once when making the two choices. If you meet Detective Lee Myung-jin twice or don't meet him at all, you will move on to the bad ending.

[Bad Ending 1. Unkindness](If you meet him twice)

You can check this if you choose "Go to the convenience store." → "Let's take a walk." in the previous choice. The protagonist and Detective Lee Myung-jin sense something suspicious. The protagonist quickly takes Yeonhee and runs away to a motel, but worries that Detective Lee Myung-jin will abuse the cell phone left at Neoul Merchant, so he returns home. However, he is ambushed and kidnapped by Detective Lee Myung-jin, who arrived first, and meets his end in a waste material warehouse.

[Bad Ending 2. Unspoken Truth](If you don't meet him)

You can check this if you choose "Look around the house." → "Let's clean." in the choice. The protagonist watches a movie with Yeonhee at home after taking a walk. He is curious about the identity of the medicine bag that Yeonhee didn't tell him about during the day and falls asleep. The protagonist wakes up in the early morning and finds the front door of the house open, sees sand on the living room floor, and rushes to find Yeonhee. Yeonhee's room was full of medicine he had never seen before, and a letterhead in the corner only said "To the Mister," and Yeonhee was nowhere to be seen.

If you choose only one of the convenience store or the walk and meet Detective Lee Myung-jin, the story continues and you can check the true ending.

[Impressions of the DLC]

The story takes place 2 years after the main story. I played the main story quite impressively, so I was quite looking forward to the DLC. In fact, I thought both the story and the direction were good. Because this game had an influence on me without me knowing it, I felt a little sad that the ending in the main story was open. Then, I heard the news that they were releasing a DLC and that it would end with a happy ending, and I remember waiting for the game to be released. So I played the game on the day it was released.

If you play the DLC, Yeonhee appears in a fun way from the beginning after a long time. I hope you try it if you haven't seen it. Also, if you look at the story, there are quite a few familiar details. Like in the picture above, she says the same lines as when she first appeared, and the small nuances that Yeonhee mentioned in the main story are also well incorporated into the DLC. There are quite a few hidden things, so it's fun to find them while playing. 

The DLC starts with Lee Myung-jin's funeral, and I personally found it ironic that the person who was trying to get Yeonhee's insurance money ended up giving Yeonhee compensation. In addition, in the DLC episode, the story progresses in a structure that contrasts with the main story. In the main story, the relationship between the protagonist and Yeonhee and the story progression were like this.

Isolated island village (Mangeongdo)

Yeonhee's importance > Protagonist

Yeonhee sacrifices for the protagonist (insurance money)

Yeonhee hiding a secret

Conflict subject = external (Lee Myung-jin)

However, there are many parts that are reversed in the DLC.

City

The protagonist's importance is great

The protagonist sacrifices for Yeonhee

The protagonist hiding a secret

Conflict subject = internal

Also, I felt that they tried to express more diverse directing than in the main story. I think people who enjoyed the main story will also be satisfied with the DLC.

[Influence received through this game]

The first thing I thought after finishing this game was, "Let's go to a record store." To be honest, I don't know why. I just wanted to go. I turned on the map app and checked the record stores, and I saw a store that I thought, "Huh? This is very familiar?" It was the store that was the motif for 'Geumgang Records' in the game. It wasn't that far from home. I usually played the guitar, but I was ignorant of rock. So I just found AC/DC's Back In Black, which Yeonhee mentioned in the game, in the corner. It was a popular album, so there was only one left.

After that, listening to music at record stores and buying albums such as LPs and CDs became my hobby. This costs a lot of money. In addition, when I was traveling in Japan, I suddenly remembered Yeonhee's outerwear from the main story and bought it at a clothing store, and that's when I learned that such clothes are called sukajan. I must have enjoyed the game a lot. I think I'm lucky to have played such an attractive game.