This was an absolutely W I L D ride lmao

The words "coming in blind" and "Doki Doki Literature Club" go together like butter and toast

Started watching your reactions a few weeks ago and wasn't expecting to stumble upon myself! Thanks for the reaction!

You should definitely play the game. You'd love it, definitely right up your street. I mean, you've had... everything spoiled... but it's still really fun!

"The person voicing Sayori is a pretty solid voice actor" Well the song is originally a musical from random encounters, The Minecraft version is just a fan work that got more popular since it was turned into well minecraft. Considering that kinda weird choice not reacting to MMD version of Dok doki forever since the animation is just soo brilliant.

"I have zero context" Me: Oh N o . Edit: mans is traumatized Also isn't that last song the credits song? Anyway, Matthew, do not trust this game with any of your feelings it shall crush you in more ways than one. GL!! :) 🍀

In case anyone here doesn't know. the original "Just Monika" music video is a live action made by random encounters. I know Monika was voiced by Or3O(Who Mathew REALLY should react to) and Natsuki if i'm not mistaken was voiced by Adriasaurus.

OMG THANK YOUUU NO ONE EVER CARES ABOUT THE FAN MUSIC!! THIS IS WHY YOURE MY FAVORITE KZfaqR ❤️

"I didn't even know the genre" Me: oh well he's in for a ride- (Edit: also Heads up, the game is a psychological horror game so the scary things are really a part of it-)

If the music soundtrack "Your reality" is so chill and good vibe, it's because it's an apology song from Monika, for all the horrible things she's done to us and her friends. So she's also apologising for all the traumatizing things you witnessed xD

A warning to ya, don't play the game when in a bad state of mind. I played the game when I was in a pretty dark place and let's just say it had an effect on me that only made my mental state plunge. The game is a psychological horror and it's one of the best out there, but that also means it can affect people very differently. Just a fair warning before you jump into that game.

ok so since matt here is confused, here’s all the dokis and their names Sayori- short, brownish hair, single red bow Natsuki- short pink hair, red ribbons Yuri- long dark purple hair, no hair accessories Monika- long brownish hair in a ponytail, white bow

I completely forgot how much of a banger DDLC songs are- also, imma continue to recommend the Mystery Skulls Animated series, lol- in order, of course XD

"And then the bitch pulls out a harmonica" is my new favorite quote lmao

Your Reality plays at the end of the game while the credits are going. That's why it's so sweet, it's supposed to calm you down after going through all that stuff. (Monika actually sings the song too!)

Hell yeah, definitely worth a playthrough because it's all you're expecting and more

Yessss Stupendium!!! Listen to more of him he's really good with word play and all animation is made by him

06:04 *Literally hangs the girl* "Oh man, I really like the vocals"

I recommend reacting to more Random Encounters things, they are the ones who made Just Monika. And the singer of Monika is Or3o and she was also Monika in Doki Doki Forever! I’m glad you’re looking into other fandoms 😌✨

"Scarred for life" Yep, that's Doki doki for ya!

Haha, the trauma from going into this with no context is great. The vocalist in the second song that was doing Monika's voice that you kept talking about is called Or3o, she's crazy talented. The whole Random Encounters crew from the second song is, but I think Or3o was the one you kept asking about.

Yeah I'm sure it's clear at this point, but Doki Doki Literature Club is a psychological horror game disguised as a visual novel dating simulator. It's great.

DDLC presents itself as a normal dating sim but at the start it says “this game is not suitable for children or people who are easily disturbed. Please click “OK” to verify you are over the age of 13” The game slowly morphs into a horror game with Monika, the club president, being the main “villain” The plot for DDLC is basically that Sayori, your childhood friend, drags you to her club, the literature club, and you meet a bunch of girls. You start writing poems trying to impress any 1 of the 4 members, but Monika always seems a bit left out. You can’t choose to help her in the festival, nor are you able to make your poems appeal to her. The poems you read from every character eventually gives more info on them and their… troubles. Yuri’s first hints are in a poem where she writes about feeding a raccoon, but she almost puts too much detail in the way she cuts the bread, and repeats the phrase “brandishing my knife” multiple times, this is hinting to how she likes knifes, and gets a certain kind of high from cutting herself. Yuri dies by committing suicide, more so stabbing herself multiple times in both the stomach and the chest, after confessing to you and being deleted after. Sayori’s first hints are in a poem where she talks about giving away little bottles of happiness, but leaving almost none for herself. This clearly shows how she try’s to make everyone around her happy, and in doing so leading her to depression, and eventually suicide, by hanging herself in her bedroom. Sayori is deleted after the game restarts, ending the first play through with you walking into her bedroom and finding her. Natsuki doesn’t really do much wrong though, nor do we see her mention anything in her poems. She’s overly dramatic and rude, and likes to write about more sad things in a cutesy manner. The most we hear from her about her own life is in the second play through, out of 3, where she says “my dad would kill me if he knew about this” as well as when she shuts down after not having enough food or energy to stay awake. This is clearly hinting to how her dad abuses and starves her. She is more of a vessel to help Monika stray you, the player, away from other characters. Mentioning how herself and Yuri “aren’t good enough” for you, and how you should hang out with Monika more. She never really dies, she actually gets deleted after running off screen, from throwing up at the sight of Yuri’s dead body. Monika’s first hints are in a poem where she talks about looking outside through a “window”, and seeing a young boy. This obviously hints at how she is self aware. Monika continues to talk to the player directly and begins breaking the fourth wall, more and more often. After all the characters are dead, and deleted, she casually explains… while eating a cupcake, that she had become so obsessed with you as a person, instead of the character you’re playing, that she figured out how to kill off the characters and delete them. She also mentions how at first she tried just convincing you to pay more attention to her, but not being able to break through the original code, which prevents you from being able to grow closer to her. One of her poems even crashes the game for a split second, and people suspect she tried to write code as the poem. The second play through ends with you and Monika talking about random things in an empty classroom, seemingly floating in an endless void. In order to get to the end of this stage of talking endlessly, you have to go into the character files and delete her file. Monika then decides that she was too selfish and instead lets you play through one more round, bringing back all the characters but leaving herself out. You play through the first day as if it were the first play through, the only change being that Sayori had the title of president of the literature club. But, in inheriting the title of president, she herself becomes self aware, and pulls you back at the end of the first day to tell you. She says that she knows what had happened to herself and all the other members, including how you had deleted Monika. She spirals down the same path of obsession that Monika did. Monika suddenly appears in front of the screen and claims that it would be better off if the entire club didn’t exist, clearly realizing that anyone who becomes president will also become self aware. The game ends with the entire game being deleted, ending with the first voice lines you ever hear. Monika saying: “C-Can you...can you hear me? Uh...can you hear me? Uh, can you hear me? Hi, it's me Um... So you know how I've been like, practicing piano and stuff? I'm not really any good at it yet, like, at all But I wrote you a song and I was kinda hoping that I could show it to you because I worked really, really hard on it So...yeah!” She then proceeds to sing a song about wanting to be with you forever, and not knowing wether she loves you enough to just let you be, trading out her happiness for yours. Lyrics: Every day, I imagine a future where I can be with you In my hand is a pen that will write a poem of me and you The ink flows down into a dark puddle Just move your hand, write the way into his heart But in this world of infinite choices What will it take just to find that special day? What will it take just to find that special day? Have I found everybody a fun assignment to do today? When you're here, everything that we do is fun for them anyway When I can't even read my own feelings What good are words when a smile says it all? And if this world won't write me an ending What will it take just for me to have it all? Does my pen only write bitter words for those who are dear to me? Is it love if I take you, or is it love if I set you free? The ink flows down into a dark puddle How can I write love into reality? If I can't hear the sound of your heartbeat What do you call love in your reality? And in your reality, if I don't know how to love you I'll leave you be So, in conclusion, we can tell that Dan Salvato is a genius and that this game is scarring 😀 Edit: I didn’t realize I knew this game well enough to review the entire game, including a small fan theory

Here's a suggestion for a game to listen to, the game is called Subnautica and I personally like (almost) all of the fan songs that came out of it. The in-game music was really good and the story is one of the more interesting ones I've ever seen (the second story kinda flopped after being changed but everything else is good)

8:22 "This person who I believe is Monika..." *Shows Natsuki*

All of these songs are my childhood bro Stupendium is GOATED broskis Listen to his other songs, he animates them himself too!!

I'm so glad you reacted to the Stupendium!! I love his songs so much, he's so talented :D I recommend listening to more of his stuff if you want to

the minecraft music video you watched isn't just voice acting the original song is by random encounters and features actual people playing the characters! and there's actually a cool animated video for Doki Doki forever too

OOoohh, Stupendium makes some really good songs, his wordplay is on another level!

I SPEEDRAN my way over here, gosh I love my childhood 🤩

Your Reality is a nice change of pace in the game after you finish it.

OR3O sings as Monika in Just Monika! definitely react to her songs!

YESS OMG I LOVE DDLC BC IT WAS SUCH AN INTERSTING TAKE ON A "DATING NOVEL"

Every time, DDLC gives me chills, or I guess you could say it makes my heart beat. It's a shame that he's going to play DDLC while knowing about the game. In my opinion the game is best played without knowing anything about it and I can confirm that It's scarred me for life. Good job btw. It's good to know that you're making amazing content.

Out of all the fandoms, I did not expect DDLC tbh

I'm so sad he didn't watch the animation for Doki Doki Forever. It's so well done and kind of explains the story a bit better than some of the others in my opinion

Hey Mathew you should listen to Will Wood! He’s an great artist and his band Will Wood and the tapeworms mixed with his separate album has an lot of unique music!

Matt: "OK, so people keep disappearing. Like being *deleted* from people's minds." Me: oh no

"It turned from vaguely uncomfortable to *very* uncomfortable." Now he gets it!

Please do more Stupendium music!!! His music is absolutely great and he has amazing lyrics.

doki doki has one of the best soundtracks

I just saw you reacted to the artist Mitski a couple months back. You should check out some of her other stuff too! I really like I don't smoke and Drunk walk home which you should totally check out in another video. (pls listen to more Mitski I love her so much and your reactions are always really entertaining) She quit making music and touring a couple years back, saying "its time to be a human again" so if you want to listen to her entire discography in your own time you don't need to worry about catching up before she puts any new stuff out lol. to end off this comment here's a not so fun fact: When she was writing Nobody she was having a mental breakdown, the repetitive "nobody"s was her scribbling the word over and over in a frantically upset state of mind. :(

I love how you listened to the most peaceful one at the end and was afraid that it was gonna be like others. The OST of the game itself is quite nice, tho. Anyway, DDLC time. The game is a horror-dating simulator type of thing. You have three options, Natsuki, Yuri, and Sayori. Monika is supposed to be a side character. Monika becomes self-aware and tries to get rid of the other girls, by messing around with their files, which causes their weird behaviour. That's basically it, without too many spoilers.

I love how the songs are basically the game in a nutshell.

Or3o is talented, her voice is so satisfying to listen to!

mathew: looks at natsuki mathew: hmm, yep thats monika

the stupendium is amazing you should watch more of him

You can not believe how happy this made me! I love DDLC with a passion, but I honestly didn't expect you to cover it here. Thank you so much! Btw, the singer for Monika in both Just Monika and Doki Doki Forever is named OR3O, I'd highly recommend listening to more of her.

when he called natsuki "monika" i didnt know how or what to feel.

For the surface level, you were right about the game

You have no clue how happy I am to see that you’ve reacted to the music from my comfort game!

How did you end up watching the MINECRAFT version of Random Encounters' DDLC song first?!

You should absolutely watch more of the Stupendium's stuff! He's a brilliant lyricist!! He does a lot of songs based off of different games, like I said absolutely amazing!

You should really try reacting to genshin demo’s

Basically it’s based off a game where you’re playing a game where you’re in this literature club with four girls you in the joining and trying to get to know one of them or all of them but they all have their own flaws and most of her kind of crazy in a way but they are all good except for Monica The club president

Bro, you MUST listen to NSR music! I recommend listening to all the EDM versions of each of the 6 songs. The game is pretty obscure, so many of your fans would also get to learn about its existence. I think you'd love it!

The one with the amazing vocals was or3o! She has original songs that would be worth checking out. The original songs are all connected to each other in some way, and have nice stories packed in them, so I would recommend watching them all in one video :).

I'd say the second song is the one that gives a bit more of a clear indication of what happens in game.

I would love you to react to more songs from the first artist the doki doki song is his most popular but most different out of his and he has great animations and my favorite wordplay/lyrics out of any artist you could listen to some songs from him. -The Fine Print -Slide Into The Void -Rest Employed(my favorite one) -Losing My Patients -Data Stream

You should do a livestream of playing doki doki literature club! it takes a minute for it to really get good but it would be so intresting!

Lemme explain the plot in a simple way: It’s a typical dating sim but Moinika happens to be aware that they’re in a video game AND happens to fall in love with the player (aka you) so she kills all the other girls so it’s just her.

After "Why Did I Say Okie Doki?" I think you grasped the core essence of the game!

Monika in Just Monika and Doki Doki Forever are both played by OR3O!

Love how Your Reality is last after all the screwed up songs I before it and your reaction to it when it’s just a slow piano song song with amazing vocals

I think you gotta do more reactions to this fandom as there are alot of really good fanmusic and stuff. Also the "Just Monika" one you reacted to was not the original- the original was made by RandomEncounters which you should react to sometime!

It’s funny that in every single video Monika seems to be the green eyed character but Mathew keeps not knowing who is Monika after listening to 3 different songs

This would be great to watch him stream the game his reactions would be amazing 🤣

I knew from like the first few sentences that this was going to be fun, as someone who's known and played DDLC. Pure joy

Omg your posts gets better and better!!!

ddlc is certainly a trip, and I suggest you give it a play! Its so good, with a great plot/story. 11/10

THE NOSTALGIA!! OMG I listened to all of these songs before and it has been so long!

You should react to more of The Stupendium's songs if you haven't already! He's got some really, really good songs and the music videos are super cool.

We appreciate you and what you do man! Keep up the funny

*points to Natsuki* "THIS one, who I believe is Monika,"

Watching people react to DDLC blind is like watching someone go through the 5 stages of grief

Even though you’re kinda late I’m so happy you reacted to these song I literally smiled the entire time I love you so much

THIS IS MY CHILDHOOD. Listening to fan made music and just memorizing it

I’d honestly love to see a part 2 of this where you react to the animations or the endings to the game (if I’m not incorrect there is more than one-)

Please play the game! it's several hours long but i'd love to watch your playthrough :) and thanks for reacting, DDLC is awesome

Him: *mistakes Natsuki as Monika* Me: SO YOU HAVE CHOSEN DEATH

WOW this brings back some nostalgia

"Doki doki literature club" "No idea what it's about" Hm. Uh oh.

I so want to see his playthrough. It's gonna be fantastic.

Ok, ddlc looks like a dating sim. HOWEVER, Monika becomes self-aware and starts killing off her friends to make you love her. Eventually, you have to delete her from the game file. Bam.

These videos always makes our days better

"It sounds so beautiful!" Matt says, crying

YOU GUESSED THE CONTEXT CORRECTLY! CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU FOR REACTING TO THE VIDEOS! Now for you to play the game.

This entire video I just kept saying, "well, you would get it if you played the game" and that's basically the best way to explain what is going on in these videos-

you should react to more stupendium. My personal favorite are: art of darkness, the aftermath, it's a joy, and the toybox

I can’t believe he picked up on Cupcakes being important but not the fact that Sayori was constantly being associated with Hanging.

I recommend Doki Doki: Literature Club Song ▶ Insanity [ft. Chi Chi ] ▶ Original. It's really good song

I highly suggest more of Stupendium, he is a great artist. "Four" is one of my favorites.

It would be absolutely amazing to see you play the actual game

*Why did I say Oki Doki:* Introducing the Characters... *Just Monika:* Introducing the Story... *Doki Doki Forever:* Introducing the clashing tones/Psychological mindfuck.... *Your Reality:* The Ending!

Doki Doki is one of those games that successfully screws up your heart and brain for the next three months

Sorry I’m a bit late, I just found your channel and I love it! Could you please do a full vid of reacting to the stupendium?

If you do a part 2 to DDLC songs I got two big recommendations! Insanity by Dolvando ft. Chi-Chi And Manipulate by Natewantstobattle Both are amazing songs about Doki Doki!

I would recommend listening you Laufey! Songs: Like the movies Street by street I wish you love Magnolia

The moment I saw the title, I was like- “Oh God”

You should listen to some songs by Tom Cardy, they’re all hilarious but some of my favourites are Mixed Messages, 4055, Business Man and Why am I Anxious? also great video as always :D