Welcome to the ANIME Shouldn't Become Real, how ANIME Shouldn't Become Real are you? *note* The game has a lot of flashing lights around the 23 minute to 29 minute mark

"I'm sorry Castoria, there's someone else.. her name is Monika."

"Say my name" *Mickey Mouse voice* "Castoria!" I snorted so hard my nose hurts

Manly: "A walkthrough is cheating!" Also Manly: "Just download a save."

An easy way to not escalate with a "Sentient character" is to treat them as a person and not a npc.

What I've learned today: if you're not a dick about it and treat them with the same basic decency as you should any new person you meet, an isekai'd anime girl may not go full psycho and things could go pretty well. on the other hand denying their sentience and treating them like they're still an inconsequential game character is just asking for trouble.

You can notice the mood Castoria is in by looking at the "i" in her name. It's normally a spiral, and it remains a spiral after you make a good choice. When you've upset her with a bad choice, her "i" turns into a skull.

God her voice is gorgeous. This dev really lucked out and got a good actress. Just listening to her speak is pure heaven…

To be honest, I find even the 'good' ending chilling. Her asking protag to delete the game was more than just her not wanting them to fake-date more fictional girls from her game, she outright tells them 'i don't want you hanging out with other people'. That, alongside her insistence on being together forever and her claiming she wouldn't leave even if mc tried to force them out throws up a looooot of red flags. There's no true good end.

This game is basically: "Mom and dad wont stop fighting, please help" Im both uncomfortable, and interested

This is a little hilarious as I agree with Manly's interpretation of it that this is poking fun at yandere fans and those who dismiss the "vanilla" options in dating sims, but I do like it. Given how possessive some of the lines are even in the happy ending, I think the protagonist is probably doomed in the long run no matter what, but I could be reading too much into it.

"Get on your knees; it's okay! Go!" MBH trying to provide real time relationship troubleshooting to the protagonist is amazing. Like a frustrated shoulder angel.

Castoria: Say my name! Me: Heisenberg! Castoria White: You're goddamn right

Castoria: Go to sleep wtf you only slept for 5 hours? 😡😡 Also Castoria: Wtf you just left me?? Don’t leave!!!! 😡😡

Manly, every game with your narration is ASMR

Took me like 4 months to notice that little dot on the "i" in Castoria turn into a skull in the bad end route, right after the "Was our time together tedious" question. That's a nice bit of detail there showing how broken she was after the cruel answer knowing that she's nothing more than an object which sole purpose was to entertain rather than an actual being with sentience and the wish to love and be loved

"Castoria moves her hand swiftly down t-". JUMPCUT this was honestly way funnier than i expected

Game: literally glitching out in imposible ways, the title screen literally asking specific questions, the lights begin to flicker, literally something really scary. Protagonists: gee, what an *AwFuL WeAtHeR Am I RiGhT?*

Anime girl: I missed you MC: I miss you too Anime girl: Ahh I'm glad you missed me Everyone: Hold up wait a minute something ain't right

39:25 *UH OH* you've really done it now protag. Nothing escalates an argument like telling someone they're overreacting. It's like trying to put a fire out with gasoline.

The MC's ruthless reaction to Castoria and just willing to stay in the same house as her was him basically asking for crazy stuff. Glad there was a good end

How to escape her: 1)tell that you love her 2)Wait for her to go sleep 3)Call the cops, Its just that

Y'know, as much as I feel bad for Castoria and think Protag's a tactless, senseless dimwit, I can see where he's coming from. He can't help it if he doesn't like her character and probably found other girls' and their routes more interesting. I do think that tactfully and kindly saying that he wasn't interested in her wouldn't have worked tho. That girl's used to being the main love interest in a dating sim route. She may not comprehend rejection-especially from the guy that she confuses with his in-game character whose lines and personality were decided by her creators.

Castoria: "You need more sleep!" Also Castoria: "NO, DON'T GO TO BED YET!!"

Alright, folks, wanna explain why the most replayed part starts at around 1:18:18?

Castoria: *gets mad* _boss music begins playing_

I'm pretty late to the party here but just wanted to say a huge thanks to Manly and everyone who came to check out the game page after seeing the video! For a solo dev who is terrified of social media + terrible at trying to advertise my games, your support means the world to me and genuinely makes a huge difference :3 The game had practically no views/downloads before Manly put this up, haha. I'm super excited to continue Castor/Castoria's story + get the rest of the characters released! There's a lot more content to come :3

I like how Manly’s only excuse for her when she demands to know why we just “left” her in the MC’s dream is; “Gotta get all the routes.”

Minus the knifey yandere break, I had an ex who spoke just like this and I'll tell you, it's not "nice" or "sweet", it's controlling and manipulative

Castoria could've taken it better, but Protag-Kun had no tact whatsoever.

The main character clearly has not played DDLC.

Her stabbing herself non lethally over and over was so much worse than her just stabbing MC and being done with it, THAT was unpleasant.

She can be a yandere. She can be a dom. She can be a pure sugary cinnamon bun. ...If she did the Tsundere, she'd be a near doll of all trades. Aw. : )

Both Castoria & MC had valid reactions to the situation, in my opinion. Imagine you've gone on an adventure with someone, been with them through their darkest hours, and then they suddenly say they don't care about you? I'd be pretty pissed too. But MC obviously didn't know that the (as far as they knew) fictional character in a game they were playing was gonna come and confess her love to them. I'd be freaked the fuck out in their position. They both did shitty things, and both of their actions make sense as well for the most part.

I've never seen romance depicted so well in a visual novel. They know each other for a minute and they already fight like a divorcing couple! Just like irl, amazing

Imagine an epilogue where the childhood friend mentioned in the beginning comes to visit, remembering the promise they made and since the MC has been isolated ever since the events as far as she knows he doesn't have a girlfriend. So she's ready to marry this guy only to learn that some videogame waifu spontaneously gained sentience and manifested in the real world.

I think I'd quote Woody at this point. "YOU. ARE. A. TOY!"

The protagonist has clearly never interacted with a woman before

Castoria can't deal with the players rejection when she is brought into real life because within the confines of the game, she knows the player will inevitably complete all of her routes. To her, the only ending to the story is the player falling in love with her, because she is not allowed to interact with the player outside of the confines of what the game allows her to see. for example, if she sees the player perform a heroic action within the game, then as far as she is concerned the player is a hero. she can't understand that the player is anything else because the game doesn't show her the player themselves, only the stand in for the player, which is really only characterized by the choices the player makes. the irony is that even in her world the player is a pre written character destined to be her lover, so when the player is initially scared by her, she can't comprehend why because as far as she is concerned, the player is acting outside of their normal programming.

I just found your channel, I love your voice and how you analyse the story accurately through your POV and consider the character's POV's

the MC does that annoying thing where they talk mad shit but never give the proper context to why I'm willing to bet 90% of this entire game couldve been solved if your character just explained something for once

Monika: "Everyday, I imagine a future where I can be with you." Castoria: "Hold my Route."

Honestly, kudos to the VA for driving the crazy home. Really well done

So so far the bad decisions made me angry, and feel really sad and depressed when Castoria goes nuts because prior to that she is my type. The good end though made me happy.

Castoria: *"Say my name!"* Me: "My Name!" *"We did it bois no more violence"*

What I like about the whole metaness, is that you can feel when she's going yandere on him, there's a very visible doubt in her choice, constantly asking the protag for approval of her doings, i mean in the end she doesn't want to hurt him at all, she herself thinks this is wrong and she is not herself doing this, but yet she feels her actions are validated because she's being unpredictable, something apparently the protag holds as a trait of interest on a character and maybe even a person, since she wants him to love her that badly

I think it's just genuinely unsettling that in the beginning, she casually breaks the fourth wall throughout the gameplay and not even in a creepy way.. I think it's weird how she casually talks about her "route" and stuff

This is good content, I literally have searched everywhere for something to interest me since I have to wait for anime to expand more titles. Thanks alot

Little did we know that when Castoria said "Exiting game," we weren't the one leaving the game. _She_ was.

When you're watching someone playing a game watching someone play a game and the person you're watching playing a game watching someone play a game has his waifu turned to life and now you are watching someone play a game with a protaginist that has a waifu who was inside a game.

Bro. You're ending my life with the commentary. 😆 The line about gaslighting had me rolling 🤣

manly your voice is so nice i literally fall asleep to your playthroughs sometimes :") perfect asmr voice

Manly ASMR is better than any anime girl one

I wanna hear and see Castor, the male love interest, but turns out Manly is the only person who has a playthrough of this game. The free community copies are all claimed as well. Bummerrr

Yandere : Pros - 100% love u - will do anything to make u happy Cons - might restricting your life (cant go anywhere without telling her, cant hang out with your friends till late, etc) - 'Yuka Takaoka incident" (or something similar) will be repeated once more if not "loyal" to her

The way you speak makes the game feels so much more intense and i love it keep up the work man.

Bruh I can see why the protagonist doesn’t have a girlfriend

Castoria's dialogue at 1:01:04 really creeps me out. It sounds exactly as something an abuser would say after being called out

Did anyone else notice the wheel changing when Castoria’s tone changed? When she was positive it was white on the outside but when she would get negative and aggressive it would become black.

The music in this is really good. Wish there was a playlist of the OST somewhere. Also, I like the glitchy scene. Lol. Awesome gameplay, Manly. ^-^

The meta concept of a character knowing you want to start a route with a different character reminds me of "YOU and ME and HER". Check that out if you want some psychological horror. (Bear in mind that H-scenes exist in that game, but obviously they won't be on KZfaq!) Parallels have been drawn to DDLC, but apparently Dan Salvato had never played YOU and ME and HER...

I think Monika might be a little jealous that Castoria figured out of to leave the screen before her

14:35 Ah! It makes so much sense! I looked it up; apparently, LI stands for "Lithium-Ion"! She's a battery!

Her voice actress is absolutely great! I'm impressed

The Mickey Mouse “CASTORIA” got me laughing way harder than I probably should’ve been

*Intense traumatic Doki Doki literature club flashbacks*

how to get viewers! Castoris: "Knowing I have your heart." Manly: "symbolically metaphorically not literally right?" *me choking on a soft drink while laughing* XD your little phrases always get me off guard

I love this guy’s commentary

There is also the problem of illegal immigrant and all, she's an extracterial being with no identification number and existing nationality, so even if the relationship work out the main character become a criminal for bringing her here and Castoria has to live in isolation to avoid catching public eye for, you know. Having natural purple hair.

Anyone else thinks the voice acting doesn’t really fit Castoria’s character? It isn’t bad, but it would suit a more cheery character imo

>Asks you to delete dating sim You just know that she's the kind a woman who thinks looking at porn is the same as having an affair.

The voice acting is so good!!!

"say my name!" the bois: you're goddamn right

It's nice to find someone who loves you for your insides as well as your outside.

Manly: *promises to love Castoria* Castoria: so you have chosen *DEATH*

there should be a separate ending where you're a weeb and castoria pops up irl and you're just like: "oh hey, castoria got isekaied."

Manly going "wowoah" when Castoria started to psychotically moan is the highlight of my day 50:53

Castoria: "Say my Name" You're heisenberg! Castoria: "You're goddamn right"

Your voice sounds so good, I kinda want you to read me a story while I’m going to sleep

U know what this game reminds me of, it reminds me of that episode from gravity falls when soos buys a love game and the character griffany starts to fall in love with soos that's what this game reminds me of

Hey Manly. I had surgery 3 weeks ago and it hasn’t gone totally to plan so you’ve been me company throughout the many sleepless nights. Thanks for being awesome ❤️

This guy calms my anxiety so much 😌💓 ty

57:40 screen distorts manly : maybe its a dream we can just wake up fine 3 seconds later castoria pops manly : nope we are dead

Whoever desing this game.. did it in a way that it can frustate Manly's way of playing each route

Manly: It's like hearing your neighbours fight... Me, whose neighbours are constantly fighting: Nah, it's missing the door slamming and loud sobbing at 1 AM.

This is my favorite video from your channel so lemme say this, congratz ok 900k subs. Just a little more for 1M and hope u reach 10M,50M,100M and soo on.

Bruh: *Believes he is in a dream* Also Bruh: *GRABS A KNIFE AND CUTS HIMSELF*

Seems like this game is looking at the inner workings of abusive partners and domestic violence. Gaslighting, physical + emotional abuse, isolation from friends and family, preventing them from having hobbies (games) and constantly demanding shows/ demonstrations of love and loyalty. Threatening them, belittling them, using things (the knife and her name) to permanently tie themselves to their partner so that leaving is 'impossible'. In the NSFW version, using sex as emotional blackmail. This is textbook abusive partner stuff. Very intense.

Manly giving advice to the protag is so funny to me

I really like the small detail of the dot in the i changing depending on the mood and the pallette changing too

love your stuff manly i hope you can grow to become a bigger youtuber

Everytime I hear the name Castoria, I can't help but think of a certain Caster in FGO. Hopefully she won't turn out as crazy as this one, but given the tendencies of Fate series....

-Besides, you forced yourself into my reality just to be with me... there aren't many..." Ah. right. So, Castoria, I'd like you to meet Monika.

I actually really like Castoria's voice, I replayed this vid over and over just to listen to her soothing voice. I know she's meant to voice a 'vanilla' kinda character, but her voice just have a unique charm to it

man it's hilarious how sassy the protag is after getting tortured constantly, that man will not give up

Bad Route: Protag become literally a Badass that sadly cant escape Castoria. Somehow survived bloodloss and possible dismemberment, now lived with a completely broken Yandere. Good Route: Protag goes all sweet and friendly, goes a bit trolly in the NSFW part when Castoria becomes a total DOM (insert Family joke here xD), but still accepts her for who she is. Darling Duality *Expose your Two-sided desire* Also, i am calling it Castoria *IS* Cana. I mean, we never got the description of who Cana is, so there is that. And yes, i'll take that NSFW version, Manly. *I like FemDom xD*

imagine having to deal with this girl and monika from ddlc at the same time

57:00 "Did I maybe go a little overboard...?" NO SHIT, CASTORIA!

I always love manlys reactions to stuff, especially when she offered him a surprise

Can we take a minute to appreciate her incredible voice acting?