Front row reminder: This article has a full spoiler + in-depth analysis of "Anchor Girl Heavy Dependence"
Anchor Girl Heavy Dependence, formerly known as NEUDY GIRL OVERDOSE.
Needy, in the English parlance, has these meanings of needy, lack of self-confidence, and need for spiritual support.
Overdose, overdose.
With such a title in place, the game certainly has nothing to do with redemption, but I'm sure it doesn't want to satirize anyone, and this overly explicit expression of emotion doesn't match the maliciously dissuading ending that whips the player's psyche again and again.
In the comment area and online discussion of this extremely "non-mainstream" radio wave-based AVG game, some people resonate with the "sugar sugar" of mental disorder, some people are overwhelmed by the "taste" of the V circle, some people find it difficult to understand the distorted emotions in it, and some people are scared off by the author's malice. Players' experience of all angles of the V-circle ecology is nakedly exposed in this game. This AVG game, which is extremely niche and even seems to most players to be very curious, has sold more than 200,000 copies, making people have to look at it with the eyes of a blockbuster.
The game begins by reminding the player that if it is difficult to distinguish between the game and reality, it is best not to challenge the game. This is not so much a well-intentioned reminder as it is a prejudgment of the possible behavior of some players in advance, such as excessively bringing into the situation, challenging the author's thinking with his own three views, and so on.
Whether it is the female anchor Sugar Candy herself in the game, or the super sky sauce she interprets, or countless people who hide behind the screen to watch the live broadcast, it seems that they are directly excerpted from the countless similar live broadcast ecology in reality. The author's understanding of the vtuber ecology and the mentality of some anchors can be said to have reached the level of making a "documentary".
In view of the style of the V circle ecology, players think that "the taste is too rushed and can't stand it" after playing, coupled with the local black translation that the Chinese group understands too much, it can be said that Chinese players also feel that "two eyes and one black, fainted" after playing.
An unsound personality, but we can never wait for a gentle ending
"Anchor Girl Heavy Dependence" is an obvious, atypical radio wave game, the female anchor Sugar Sugar has obvious paranoid tendencies, and even if we don't know the so-called truth at the beginning, we can still play, agent A P's perspective, feel Sugar Sugar's delusions and paranoia.
In one of the endings, sugar sugar collapsed and left us because the player didn't receive the Line from Sugar Sugar for 5 seconds
It is said that it is atypical because the delusions of the heroine Sugar Sugar are all content that we can see and understand, rather than the usual text of the radio wave system to vent emotions and convey the delusions and paranoias of the protagonist, all the texts in it are human words, every sentence can be understood, and all the story direction and emotional flow are clear, and all the careful thinking and fear are buried under the clearest appearance.
In more OTAKU terminology, Sugar Sugar is a "mine girl", a term spread from the 2CH forum, specifically referring to people who dress cute and seem to care about others, but once they enter an intimate relationship, they will show a strong sense of possessiveness, make each other feel bound, and become hysterical at a small matter.
This is the general visual impression of the "mine system" girls
Or rather, people with borderline personality disorder. This reminds me of the fragmented stories of young girls and boys who were young, addicted to the world of "mixed circles", the world of the Internet, unable to face real life in the time of surfing the Internet.
I can't correspond to a specific person because they are really a group. Probably all have a terrible original family, a bad upbringing, and the blessing of the lost culture in the context of the times.
I don't think the author is bashing this group, in the circle in which sugar sugar is, attacking either side is unfair to the other. They just, exist.
What is it all about?
The goal of the game's surface is for the player to play as the agent A P, direct Sugar Sugar to conduct a webcast, and try to keep this manic and paranoid girl from going crazy, and then reach the goal of a million fans within 30 days.
But if you play, you will find that it is not easy to achieve this goal, and no matter how carefully we maintain Sugar Sugar's mood, she will "thunder" in some unexpected way, and the player will play more and more difficult to understand what kind of results can make Sugar Sugar satisfied. The problem of sugar sugar is obviously very serious, and even worse. Not to mention that she has a morbid desire for control of Ah P, the agent and lover played by the player, her news must be paid attention to immediately, and the trumpet is specially used to vent her feelings for Ah P, and at any time she follows Ah P's instructions, but no matter how much pressure she finally has, how dark and how good she is, she cannot be satisfied, and even opens the NTR ending because she is dissatisfied with Ah P.
Once, A-P took Sugar Sugar to the hospital and cured her of her mental problems, and she decided to retire to live an ordinary life, however, the reincarnation is endless, because she needs to "achieve the mental burden of the goal of a million fans"
Especially in the ending of "(Un)Happy endworld" - this is an ending that I reached earlier, because if you want to follow the goal of successfully achieving a million fans in a state of low pressure as much as possible, it is obvious that the game is guiding players to achieve this "sunny" ending - the fans are also over a million, the favorability is high, the heart is not dark at all, and everyone is happy. However, at the end of this line, Sugar Sugar built a new number behind "I", where he said that he was tired of ordinary happiness, did not want to consider the feelings of the audience, and had no passion with Ah P. This can't help but make me feel a little violent in my heart - obviously Sugar Sugar's mental state has recovered very well, and the dream has come true. If returning to the life of an ordinary person and realizing her dreams does not satisfy her, then what does she really want? Do you have to torture each other until you go crazy?
Whether it is success or failure, sunshine or darkness, this endless cycle of torture will never end, this is by no means the mentality of a person with mental illness, and it has proved to be true. And the author deliberately wants to lead the player to an irritable mood, with a sense of revenge, or unwillingness, to indicate Sugar Sugar to the so-called exciting ending she expects.
Such as in the "Do You Love Me?" In the finale, Sugar Sugar has a million followers, and is able to maintain the fun of drug use without complete insanity, and also discloses the relationship. In this ending that everyone was not satisfied with, Sugar Sugar reached the highest level of self-satisfaction of all outcomes, but the final ending words told us to be "wary of excessive emotional intake."
No matter how balanced, out of balance, extreme and gentle, it can not really impress and feel sugar sugar.
Even in the so-called hidden ending, that is, the real ending, we finally find that as "A P", we are only a personality imagined by Sugar Sugar, and when Sugar Sugar can rely on himself and succeed without relying on the help of "Ah P", he decisively abandons this personality and begins to fantasize about the next more perfect fantasy personality, and this sense of confusion has not subsided in my heart at all.
So the author made such a bold and crazy game, without the slightest consideration of the impact on underage players, and the malicious display of the Internet is undoubtedly a move, what kind of self-expression does he finally want to make?
Caring for someone with a mental disorder? No, most of the time we need to be cared for more as "A P", Li Personality can't save the Cousin Personality no matter what, and she finally walks out on her own. Don't be a cyber mob and pay attention to the reality around you? No, sugar candy and fans in the game are using each other, and whether people treat sugar or not, she can't really be happy and satisfied. Satirizing the hypocrisy of the "mine system" female anchor? No, Sugar Sugar has achieved 1 million powder from scratch in 30 days, so perseverance and determination, can we say that she is not a powerful and fierce character?
This confusion and confusion has brought me a strong impact - I, as a player, seem to be crushed by the IQ of the game maker. Game makers are usually not idle to crush whose IQ, they want to accurately convey their production intentions, and let players feel the most core part.
I had to reveal the biggest mystery of the game at the beginning, and it was the biggest reason I played it and tried to analyze it.
She doesn't depend on anyone
This is a very mature AVG game, even the least experienced players in this type of game, can follow the tusso ji to unlock one ending after another, and experience strong emotions. The game itself, as an AVG game, shows different hidden messages in 24+1 endings, and the clue hints are well done, even if the repeated exploration of the weekly eye will not be bored.
Obviously, the author is a person who knows the game very well, has a deep understanding of the mental state of a certain group of people, has a high level of cognition, and has extremely clear thinking, and is definitely not the anchor himself who is in this state of mental confusion.
To solve this puzzle, it may be possible to cut from two angles, the first is the puzzle on sugar sugar.
Darkness is a very key attribute in the game, and its role is not only to determine the conditions for achieving various endings, but also to hint at the secret of sugar sugar.
First of all, we know that after the darkness breaks through the critical value, sugar sugar will make such an extreme act as cutting the wrist, and even end up sinking into the pleasure brought by drug use, completely becoming a sick madman.
Secondly, the behaviors that will cause an increase in darkness are: over-taking drugs, taking illegal drugs, online anonymous versions of the line, telling conspiracy theories or engaging in welfare live broadcasts during live broadcasts, and live drug use. The commonality of these behaviors is that they are borderline behaviors that violate public order and good customs and release dark personalities.
Behavior brings results, and does Sugar Sugar really resist these shady behaviors? No, she never expressed a hint of resistance, which was what she herself asked for as a "P", and in many extreme endings, Sugar Sugar was happy and satisfied, even if it was empty satisfaction.
None of the drugs she took were used to treat mental illness, they were all cough medicines, sleeping pills and other drugs used to maintain her state and calm her bipolar mood, and when she overdose herself, there were LSD drugs such as "magic cigarettes" and "magic stamps", and she was always willing to degenerate and immerse herself in the pleasure brought by illegal drugs.
The existence of "A P" is even more hypocritical, it is not the spiritual sustenance of sugar sugar, but the imaginary goal she sets to surpass herself.
From the perspective of true end, Sugar Sugar has only a pure desire to control "A P", and this "A P" must allow her to completely and completely rely on and obey, solve all problems for her, realize all ideals, and can never be surpassed by herself. Once Sugar Sugar can realize her ideals on her own, "A P" is useless, and she must fantasize about the next stronger and more reliable "A P" to inherit this "post".
The goal of millions of fans is nothing more than sugar sugar to find a fun for their own life, after 24 rounds of reincarnation, sugar sugar found the best solution path, without relying on the premise of "A P" to achieve their own goals, and then decisively abandoned this "A P", the player played the "A P".
The last bit of fantasy of "A P" has also been ruthlessly exposed, Sugar Sugar has always known that "A P" is a fantasy existence, she has never delusionally imagined the image of "A P", all the interaction with "A P" in the game only exists on the Internet, even if it is pretending to interact with "A P" in reality, it is also to tweet and show off. And the most critical thing is that sugar sugar does not appear "after realizing that A P is not present, it is unacceptable".
At this time, I began to realize that it is not sugar that cannot be separated from "A P", but that "A P" cannot be separated from sugar sugar.
The true ending of "A P"
She was well aware of all her crazy behavior, and she didn't care about it at all.
In essence, everything about Sugar Sugar is performing, by creating a "lover" who is absolutely in line with the setting in his heart, making himself cool and achieving self-satisfaction in the performance. Compared with the superficial "unsatisfied interpersonal relationships in reality", Sugar Sugar is more about not needing real people at all.
She can accept all kinds of depraved forms, such as engaging in live broadcasting, or even ending up in the sea, or taking illegal drugs until she is insane, self-harming, or abandoning the "A P" who can't leave after becoming famous, or exposing her bad private life to millions of fans.
As long as this makes her happy and satisfied, she lives crazy, lives freely.
At this time, looking at the 24 endings, I suddenly found that those closing words were all said by "A P" to himself. When she finds fulfillment and steps out of a life controlled by "A-P", we tell ourselves that she needs some burden, and that the happiness of ordinary people is not the happiness he wants. When she chooses to fall, we warn ourselves not to let her fall, hoping to become a "person" who is useful to her.
As she walked toward truly healthy happiness in the happy end and quit the internet, we saw her vision in the trepidation of mental collapse.
Always remember that we as players play "A P", we as a non-existent, only spiritual body personality, the actual real purpose is to live, can not disappear in sugar sugar's mind, so when every sugar sugar gets happiness, or falls into the darkness to lose their own ending, we will see a closing sentence to "A P", that is "A P" for their own existence of the interpretation of the desire, so the real end of the game, is the end of the sugar sugar in reality completely no longer need "A P", The moment you move towards a new stage of life.
In an attempt to understand the true meaning of Sugar Sugar's character, I focused on the name of the game company, WSS playground.
It's the letter abbreviation for "why so serious," and apparently, it's the classic line from the Joker in Nolan's version of Batman: The Dark Knight, a summary of his crazy paranoid life choices.
The Joker is the opposite of universal values, he abandons order and embraces disorder, he believes that rules are the greatest deception of civilized society, chaos and impermanence are the truth of the real world, and he has always forced Batman to break the principle of not killing, which is the sublimation of his faith.
In the game, the sugar candy in any story line, after executing all the possibilities of torturing herself, has never changed herself, never mentally "mutated", and has not been called depraved, because her mental state is originally crazy itself.
If excessive drug use leads to the ugliness of the live broadcast, then she will insult the audience recklessly. If she found that live streaming could bring fans, she followed the most popular methods to do it. If all the crazy actions can bring her happiness, she will show it to the audience without reservation. But if it becomes possible to return to the ordinary life, then she will give up the Internet and try ordinary life.
She was the crazy clown, living like this crazy, free to enjoy her nature. In fact, the only person who really feels the discomfort is "Ah P", or the player.
If this is the author's interpretation of the role of Sugar Sugar, then "Anchor Girl Heavy Dependence" exists only because it is "interesting".
Don't lash out at the game's creators for their indifferent narrative tone. In the ending with the same name as the title, that is, the ending of the real point, in the end, Sugar Sugar's mental state is good, there is no pressure, the number of fans is not to a million but she does not care at all, she returns to the arms of "A P", and loves each other. In this ending, the author sets up a free dialog box where "A P" can pour out everything he wants to say to Sugar Sugar.
But the final closing words are, "Help her win more people's love, and find a home for her besides you."
This is probably not the encouragement of the "A P" to himself, but the author's words to the A P.