It drags you in and they make it very real. Characters suggest things and you decide what to do. There is no confirmation yet, but we believe that the game could be linked to Ben’s death. It is hard for parents but this needs to be highlighted. Quoted in The Sun, Walmsley said:īen was growing up fast. His father Darren later stated that he believed Doki Doki Literature Club may have contributed to "dragging" his son into a dark place. In February of 2018, 15-year old Ben Walmsley of Greater Manchester, England, committed suicide. The game ends when the player exits the game and physically deletes Monika's character file from their computer.
It is then revealed that the character Monika is "sentient" and in love with the player, and has used her powers to manipulate the other characters and delete files in the game in an effort to force the player to fall in love with her. At the end of the second act, Yuri confesses her love to the player character, and again, regardless of the player's answer, Yuri kills herself. The character Yuri becomes psychologically and violently obsessed with the player character, and the player can not escape her route. This time through the game, technological glitches and strange occurrences dominate the action. The game then abruptly restarts and the events of the plot happen again, only this time altered to go in motion without Sayori.
Regardless of whether the character accepts or rejects Sayori's confession, Sayori hangs herself. At the end of the first act, Sayori confesses her love to the player character.