#thank you rain code

[yakool-foolio]

Honestly, I kinda find it fitting that Rain Code's narrative leaving so many things open for the community to ravenously speculate on is just plain fitting for one of the game's messages being all about reaching conclusions in your own way. We may not know everything, but there's satisfaction to be found in filling in the holes of the unknown with our educated guesses and theories. I dunno whether this was intentional on the writers' part, but it's hard to deny that this game has encouraged us to be detectives and seek out our own truths. Our deductions may not be perfect, but they bring us happiness.

[thehappyastronaut]

Here, have a garbage quality MS Paint comic

If any of y'all have done RW modding where you have to put your own hooks into the code, you'll know what I'm talking about lol. Like, who tf names their variables "num1, num2, etc." and "flag"???? And why is the whole EstablishRelationships() thing just a wall of code instead of a for loop?

[pixelatedraindrops]

Doodle I did based on Kazin’s adorable little nui dolls she made based on my design concept.

The little matching pjs are so cute 🥰💜

They’re both very cold…and have a cold 🤧 💦🌡️

I want to hold them… 🥹💕

BABIES…

[likesaly]

Even more text posts

[biggie-chcese]

This is the post where I talk about Yakou, Vivia, and Yuma

(buckle up, buttercup it's a spoiler-ridden ramble)

so these three knuckleheads (and makoto, but this post ain't about him) just so happen to be my favorite characters in the game. and part of the main reason for that is, well, *gestures vaguely at all of Chapter 4*, but also just the dynamic that these three share. a long time ago, i made a memey post about this dynamic, and while i'm sure you can very easily infer what i'm trying to say in it, i'll still clarify it here:

vivia and yuma both have very, very similar feelings towards yakou.

now, this is not a sentence i'm saying with shipping goggles on- i want to make it clear that this post is not about romantic ships. it's a joint canon character analysis, and i think it's important to stress this early on.

let me start from the end of the beginning: the part in chapter 0 where yuma just left the labyrinth, and despite his best efforts in fighting the peacekeepers with facts and logic, still finds himself about to be arrested. it's important to consider just how yuma's state of mind is at this point in the game. thanks to both the brutal massacre on the train and his amnesia, yuma is helpless. he's traumatized, and aimless, and feels like he has no one on his side. this even includes shinigami, because while they develop into incredible partners later on, at this point in the game, yuma does not see her as such.

it's not shinigami who saves him from this predicament, despite how much she brags about allegedly doing so. it's yakou who comes to his rescue. and when he's under yakou's protection, yuma even internally voices his relief: "finally, an ally."

now, yakou is the first person yuma sees this way. when he got onto the amaterasu express, he was immediately thrust into a situation where he couldn't trust anyone on board, including himself. the people he could've trusted died before he had the chance, and the peacekeepers are most certainly his enemies. so yakou is the one that yuma latches onto. over time, that submarine, the friends he'd meet, the memories he'd make, yakou himself, and everything he represents would become home to yuma. but that's a bit later. for now, yakou guides him through the city, and then to the roof where they'd look over the vast expanse of neon lights and share a much needed moment of solace. a moment of peace... and quiet.

speaking of that phrase, i am going to start talking about vivia now.

from vivia's DLC, we learn a lot about his first days in kanai ward. he arrives to the city depressed, constantly searching for his own peace and quiet. thanks to his forte and his upbringing, he's traumatized, and aimless, and feels as though he has no one on his side. when yakou gives him the rooftop talk he gave the other detectives, vivia is notably pretty cold with him. he immediately makes it clear to yakou that he doesn't intend to go around saving people, or solving mysteries, or even making friends. he even tells yakou to leave him alone.

this i find really interesting, because when yuma approaches him in the prologue, vivia is very receptive to him to the point of even calling him kind for bothering to speak to him. i think this is because of yakou. it's yakou's persistent kindness that eventually helps vivia inch out of his shell, bit by bit, until he's finally happy to be receiving that kind of attention from others. in that DLC, yakou showing just how much he cared over and over again saved vivia in a very different way than yuma. but don't get it twisted- there's a lot they share in common.

let's look at the way vivia talks about yakou and the submarine itself. in chapter 3, he calls the fireplace within it his "beautiful bed of peace and quiet." in chapter 4, he stresses it again, saying "Surprisingly... I liked it there... The little bit of peace and quiet I found at the Nocturnal Detective Agency." and in the epilogue, he looks back at the chief's empty chair, and says "It was rather... comfortable in here."

from this, it's easy to tell that the submarine, the friends he'd met, the memories made, yakou himself, and everything this man represented, was home to vivia. sound familiar?

and i wanna touch on the other detctives too, because i am not implying that vivia and yuma have stronger bond with yakou than them or anything. they, too, deeply care for their chief and vice versa. in fact, yakou treats all of the detectives pretty much the same way (this is also part of why the yakou fathero trope doesn't personally appeal to me- it's almost always exclusive to yuma, which i dont think is the case in canon. the only thing exclusive to yuma is the pushing around and light bullying from yakou, and this is because yuma lets everyone treat him that way). yakou sees the detectives not only as colleagues, but also as people he needs to protect. even in chapter 4, when he puts everyone in danger, he still had their safety in mind- otherwise he'd only bring fubuki and desuhiko along for his plan. halara and vivia were there to keep everyone safe, and yuma was to not be involved at all. of course, he didn't account for yuma's impeccable ability to get into trouble... but more importantly, he didn't account for the possibility that the detectives would bother to stay with him and try to save him.

they all love their chief so much. they all try to save him. they all break down when they can't. and while i don't find vivia and yuma's love for yakou greater than the other detectives', i do think it's different.

halara, fubuki, and desuhiko all have these implied outer lives from what we see in the game. once they're out of kanai ward, they still have people, passions, and duties to return to. but the same can't be said for vivia and yuma.

in his dlc, vivia says himself that he has no one. this means that, despite the big family he was raised in, it's likely none of them are keeping contact with him. he says he has no regrets- only things to do before he quietly passes on. the man came to kanai ward looking for a place to die. this is the attitude of someone who fully believes he has nothing to lose.

yuma has amnesia for most of the game, so he quite literally lost everything. he even says so. as far as he's concerned, everything he holds dear is localized entirely within kanai ward. also, it's not like the man he used to be- number one, who famously works alone- had anyone to begin with. even though there is a very different set of issues from vivia's happening here, selling off your memories is, frankly, also the attitude of someone who fully believes he has nothing to lose.

this very similar setup is why i think they see yakou as someone who takes up a large portion of what they consider their entire world. vivia simply sees this in a more metaphorical sense while, for yuma, it's much more literal. in a way, this also kinda parallels how these two act.

so you may be wondering why any of this matters. like, okay, they both feel the same way towards yakou. then what? well i just think it makes chapter 4, an already amazing chapter, even more compelling!!

think about it this way: chapter 4 is a clashing of ideals under the same exact desires- to protect yakou. to protect their home. to protect everything they hold dear and return to how things were before.

but the ways they go about doing this are completely different. yuma chooses to protect his home by revealing the truth and weathering the oncoming storm, no matter how uncomfortable it may be. vivia chooses to protect his home by sticking to a comfortable lie, preventing anyone else from seeing the cracks in the walls and skeletons in the closet.

but, regardless of their methods, everything they do is because of love. it's because of care. it's because of gratitude. it's because of this deep desperation to cling on to what they believe is all they have left...

...despite the fact that it's already slipping between their fingers like sand...

and this. this is what i think makes vivia's choice to let go of that desperation, take yuma's hand, and fight at his side as a detective all the more powerful.

[roseseatea]

2024 Art Summary

Just a year of rain code with a splash of love and deepspace~

[amaibambina]

halara and yuma play pocky game ♥︎

(commissioned by @llinnova)

[teddybearty]

I'VE GOT YOU!!!

YOU ARE A SAINT.

[asaka-lucy-dr-rc]

ヘッダー画像を更新しました〜多分3月いっぱいくらいまではこの画像にすると思います。 Updated blog header image. I will probably use this image until at least the end of March.

[brightstarblogs]

RainCode Ship Week Day 7: Free Day

Now I came up with this idea pretty much the second the prompts were announced. I just really wanted to draw Yuma asleep in Desuhiko's hoodie. It just seemed to sweet to pass up! Plus, I love the idea that Desuhiko's hoodie is a comfort item for him, so letting Yuma wear it is also a sign of trust. I also thought it would be cute if they were watching a movie before and Yuma just fell asleep.

Getting the lighting right was a challenge but I think it came out pretty good! Sofas are surprisingly hard to draw too. Thank you to everyone who helped my with the anatomy for this piece. You all were right, the blanket really makes it more cozy!

@raincodeshipweek

[dailyfubukiclockford]

Day 9 of Fubuki

[draconicsparkle]

So I was chatting to @kazinsblog one night about my spider cat boy au Web of Truth and talking about the design and the shenanigans that will eventually happen.

And then to my immense surprise, look what she came back with!

They are all so cute!!! I adore them all!

[renavi0]

Mmm I probably don’t even have to say it, by now you likely already know what I wanna see rq wise.

(feel free to make it vivia :3)

then sick Vivia, I guess

Vivia really feels terrible when he gets sick, and at this moment, he can really only dream about peace and quiet

Chief takes care of all his detectives, and if someone is sick, he'll try to do everything possible to make sure they get better quickly

Sleep helps during illnesses, and for Vivia, sleep became the little peace and quiet that he wanted

[pixelatedraindrops]

I think Shinigami would enjoy my headcanon and my personal agenda for Yuma. It means she can have more… fun with him~😈

Kyahaha~ You're pathetic... That's what I love about you Master 🩷

Idk I wanted to try something.

I do not like how this turned out… ;w; I was kind of onto something, but then I messed it up and just said “screw it” so have more nurse Shinigami tormenting patient Yuma. (I cannot draw a good nurse uniform)

Inspired by this

Older art

[yakool-foolio]

I feel like you guys are latching onto LDA trailers as definitive way too fast. raincode trailers and even ch0 advertised VERY heavily to DR fans. and then the game was pretty separated from it. Last defense will probably be like that too.

kodaka is already financially unstable which he’s been pretty open about. he has to advertise to his existing fanbase which is mostly danganronpa fans. that’s why the trailers and the school concept are being presented as so similar to dangan. also, he has made many games that aren’t with komatsuzaki, like worlds end club, but they do not perform as well lol. because you guys ONLY buy if he makes it look like DR..

also, 15-16 is a very common cast size for this sort of game, so I’m not sure how that makes it a dangan clone..

Always good to hear the other side of the argument! I think the marketing has done really well at showcasing its intriguing plotline(s) while only showing just enough to keep ya wanting to know more. The trailers have presented it fairly as an RPG with visual novel elements, akin to Fire Emblem. It may have the visual style and carry over the baseline of Danganronpa's plot, but it's clearly got a lot more going for it. I think people just need to give it more time to simmer. Gotta find that nice perceptual balance between 'it looks like Dangan, but that's not what it's trying to be.' And from what I've heard, Hundred Line and Rain Code (and even Tribe Nine) were being developed in unison directly after V3's release. I assume that the Dangan-isms in any of these recent projects are likely because they were all hopping right off the back of V3, so influence was inevitable.

While I understand why they have to market Hundred Line to appeal to the Danganronpa fans (god knows they don't want Tookyo to go bankrupt), it is a shame it has to be that way. It attracts the attention of those seeking something to scratch the itch the ending of Danganronpa left them with, but the crowd walking along that fine line is split in half. Rain Code was the same way, Hundred Line just ended up drawing more attention from Danganronpa fans (perhaps Rain Code sparked that increase of eyes staring it down).

I also think this debate is as prominent as it is because Rain Code, Tribe Nine, and Hundred Line are all releasing relatively close to each other. Barely two years apart between Rain Code and Hundred Line! Some people might just be a bit overloaded with the resurgence of Danganronpa and the release of Rain Code Plus. If people had time to cool off, maybe this argument wouldn't be as hot to the touch.

[evangelistofmurder]

Was it casual when you took the stairs all the way to the mysterious suicide elevator, looked everywhere for me, held my hand and gave me the most romantic gesture by giving me your umbrella?