#i ❤️ halara nightmare

[beebmo]

you can say what you want about rain code but it so casually having a nonbinary character who’s exclusively referred to with they/them prounouns by everyone around them and who’s color palette is literally the nonbinary flag is awesome to be honest. their name is halara nightmare. that’s the coolest name ever. they show up to beat the shit out of the police in multiple parts of the game. they’re mysterious and a bit of an asshole but they also like cats. everyone thinks they’re so awesome and cool and they are. halara nightmare

[hopeymchope]

Finished the main story of "Rain Code"

As you likely expected of me, I loved it. There were times when I had misgivings, of course. But as per usual with Kazutaka Kodaka's works, they were extremely minor compared to all the things I loved.

Random spoiler-free thoughts:

The messaging in this game is both very anti-late-stage capitalism AND very anti-privatization of criminal justice, and I'm so fucking here for ALL OF THAT. PREACH.

Yuma is reminiscent of Shuichi in that he starts off so deeply insecure that it actually pains me to watch and embody someone so completely incapable of speaking up for themselves that they'd only ever do so if they're about to DIE. Holy FUCK. ... I'm so glad he eventually gained strength in his convictions, because JEEBUS.

Furthermore: Yuma is one of the shortest grown-ass people in the whole game, yet he still has like three characters that I believe are clearly attracted to him. Between him and Naegi, I guess Kodaka likes himself a Short King... ?

Speaking of liking people? I like Halara Nightmare a ❤️❤️❤️ completely normal❤️❤️❤️ amount. Our precious non-binary monarch, may your reign be long.

Shinigami's snark-ass comments about Desuhiko during Chapter 2 feel SO real. I see/hear those, and I can easily imagine people in my life who'd say the same shit if they had to deal with him.

Is it me, or is Iruka one of Rui Komatsuzuki's sexiest character designs ever? ............................................... oh? Just me then?

Halara's cat allergy = DR3 Seiko Kimura's sugar allergy in that both of these are presented as a life-altering issue with no possible workaround. Meanwhile, those of us in the real world are like "There's an extremely obvious solution to this. Multiple possible solutions, even."

I still prefer Class Trials over Mystery Labyrinths, and that's mostly because Non-Stop Debate >>> Reasoning Death Match. Having to dodge text that's flying FORWARD at the player character without having any depth perception to rely on because the screen is only 2D? That ain't it, chief.

[charcoalwings]

Halara nightmare from raincode fanart by me

I drew her with her alleged cat ❤️