a guide to omori

the main characters;

OMORI a 12 year old boy with a black tank top, striped shorts, and black socks.
nicknamed "omori" after the japanese word, "hikikomori", meaning "the extreme avoidance of social contact, especially by adolescent males."
an "alter ego" of SUNNY
his starting weapon is SHINY KNIFE
OMORI does not speak, and tends to show no emotion, however when he does, it is often extreme emotion.
OMORI's relations are his friends, and MARI

AUBREY a 12 year old girl with a teal dress and a pink bow, with no socks or shoes.
she carries around an eggplant toy
the headspace version of AUBREY
her starting weapon is STUFFED TOY
AUBREY is playful and gets into fights with KEL often, and she can be a bit short-tempered
AUBREY's relations are her friends

KEL a 12 year old boy who wears a shirt with different squares of various colors; such as blue, teal, off-white, white, and purple. he wears shorts, and no socks or shoes
KEL particularly enjoys MILK, and does not like PICKLES.
the headpsace version of KEL
his starting weapon is RUBBER BALL
KEL is playful and gets into fight with AUBREY often. he can be a bit mean and demanding at times
KEL's relations are his friends, and HERO

HERO a 15 year old boy who wears pajamas, with no shoes or socks. his pajamas are white with blue stripes.
HERO is capable of making LIFE JAM (jam that is capable of reviving someone who is TOAST), and healing friends
the headspace version of HERO
his starting weapon is SPATULA
HERO is polite, and charming. he tends to be the one to break up AUBREY and KEL's fights.
HERO's relations are his friends, and KEL

BASIL a 12 year old boy with teal hair, a green shirt, and blue overalls. he does not wear shoes or socks. he also wears a flower crown.
BASIL enjoys photography and gardening.
the headspace version of BASIL
BASIL does not have a starting weapon, as he does not engage in any fights
BASIL is polite and kind
BASIL's relations are his friends

MARI a 15 year old girl who wears a white shirt, with a black one over it, a bowtie, pleated skirt, and mary jane shoes.
MARI is OMORI's older sister, and enjoy picnics.
the headspace version of SOMETHING.
MARI does not have a starting weapon, as she does not engage in any fights
MARI is kind, and sweet.
MARI's relations are her friends, and OMORI

SUNNY a 15 year old boy who wears a white shirt with a black shirt over it, tan shorts, white socks, and black shoes.
SUNNY is a hikikomori of sorts, and didn't leave his house for 4 years.
the real world version of OMORI
SUNNY does not have a starting weapon, but is seen using KITCHEN KNIFE before KEL takes it away from him
SUNNY is described as being a good listener, and a good person. SUNNY is quiet, and does not express many emotions.
SUNNY's relations were formerly his friends, and MARI.

AUBREY a 16 year old girl who wears a white and yellow sweater, a black crop top, a jean skirt, black socks, and sneakers with a variety of colors. she has hot pink hair, and wears a teal bow.
AUBREY was planning to dye her hair with MARI, but MARI didn't end up dying her hair.
the real world version of AUBREY
AUBREY does not have a starting weapon, but is seen with a NAILED BAT, however she does not use it in battle, and instead HEAD BUTTs her enemies.
AUBREY is aggressive, and rude. she tends to be very quick-tempered, as well. her and KEL often get into fights.
AUBREY's relations are her new friends, and her former friends

KEL a 15 year old boy who wears a orange and white sportswear shirt and shorts, with matching orange sneakers.
KEL enjoy ORANGE JOE, which is coffee mixed with orange juice.
the real world version of KEL
KEL does not have a starting weapon, and is seen only using his fists
KEL is cheerful, positive, and playful. he enjoys sports
KEL's relations are HERO, SUNNY, a few friends from other places, and his former friends

HERO a 18 year old boy who wears a navy blue sweater, light blue jeans, and navy blue sneakers.
HERO's real name is HENRY, and he was nicknamed HERO because of his love for HERO SANDWICHES. he is KELS older brother.
the real world version of HERO
HERO does not have a starting weapon, and does not engage in any fights
HERO is well-tempered, charming, and is not quick to judge
HERO's relations are KEL and his former friends

BASIL a 15 year old boy who wears a white shirt with a green shirt over it, tan shorts, white socks, and black shoes.
BASIL was SUNNY's best friend, before SUNNY isolated himself.
the real world version of BASIL
BASIL does not have a starting weapon, but is seen using GARDEN SHEARS during a fight
BASIL is socially anxious, nihilistic, and overthinks often.
BASIL's relations are AUBREY, POLLY, who is his guardian, and his former friends

SOMETHING a black figure that resembles hair, with a sideways eye on it.
SOMETHING is a hallucination that is from SUNNY and BASIL's guilt, and resembles MARI's hanging body.
the real world version of MARI
SOMETHING does not fight in the game.
SOMETHING does not have a personality.
SOMETHING's relations are SUNNY and BASIL.

the games events in chronological order !

BEFORE EVERYTHING
SUNNY, MARI, KEL, HERO, AUBREY, and BASIL are all good friends and hang out regularly. SUNNY practices VIOLIN, and MARI practices PIANO. MARI often pushes SUNNY to practice VIOLIN more often, leaving him to be left out from hanging out with his friends.

THE INCIDENT
after SUNNY throws his violin down the stairs, breaking it, MARI starts yelling at him. in the spur of the moment, he pushes MARI down the stairs, which ends up killing her. BASIL was at his house at the time, and the two boys not knowing what to do, and also very shaken up (as they are 12 year old children) decide to stage MARI's death as a suicide. BASIL ties a noose with JUMP ROPE and hangs MARI on a tree. this incident greatly shakes up the friend group, and they fall apart. each of them experiences MARI's death differently, and each ends up getting stuck on one of the stages of grief.
HERO represents the 4th stage of grief, depression. after MARI's death, he falls into depression, and blames himself for MARI's death.
KEL represent the 5th stage of grief, acceptance. after MARI's death, he continues to stay positive and tries to see the bright side of things.
AUBREY represents the 2nd stage of grief, anger. after MARI's death, she begins to become aggressive and rude to her former friends, and eventually starts hanging out with the wrong crowd, and begins to bullly BASIL.
BASIL doesn't represent any specific stage of grief, but can be seen as both the 4th and 3rd stage of grief, depression and bargaining. after MARI's death, he falls into a depression and grows very attached to his old memories.
SUNNY represents the 1st stage of grief, denial. after MARI's death, he begins to live more in his dreams than in the real world as a coping mechanism, in his dream, everyone is alive and well.
no one besides SUNNY and BASIL know about how MARI actually died, and they all believe that she died from suicide.

PROLOGUE
SUNNY spends his times in his dreams, as a coping mechanism from the guilt and pain he experiences because of MARI's death.
OMORI is his alter ego, which is both a coping mechanism and an enbodiment of his suicidal thoughts.
OMORI starts off in WHITE SPACE, where he has to find a SHINY KNIFE.
OMORI hangs out with his friends, when suddenly, BASIL drops a photo out of his photo album, and tries to put it back in, only to realize it was a picture of MARI, died. the game starts back up in WHITE SPACE, where in order to get out, OMORI has to stab himself in order to wake SUNNY up. SUNNY wakes up, incredibly hungry. he goes back to sleep, before waking up again, even more hungry. while trying to go downstairs, SOMETHING appears, and SUNNY has a panic attack of sorts while on the stairs (likely because of his fear of heights, and because MARI died there.) he goes to eat COLD STEAK downstairs, before getting sick and vomiting it. SUNNY then goes back to sleep. during this, we also find out SUNNY is moving soon. OMORI wakes up in white space, and goes on to go hang out with his friends, only to find out that BASIL has gone missing (OMORI's way of protecting SUNNY from THE TRUTH, by continously killing BASIL, because BASIL reminds SUNNY of THE TRUTH.) the friends go looking for BASIL, and end up in a boss fight with CAPTAIN SPACEBOY. at some point, OMORI ends up back in WHITE SPACE, and stabs himself in order to wake SUNNY up. when SUNNY wakes up for the second time, he has the option to open the door for KEL or to not. we will be following the SUNNY route for this timeline, however i will be exploring both.

THREE DAYS LEFT
SUNNY opens the door to KEL, and KEL greets SUNNY and brings him to hang out. KEL and SUNNY go to the shop to get a present for HERO, who is coming back from college tomorrow. after buying a present for HERO, they go the park where they find BASIL begging AUBREY to give him his photo album back, however she refuses. KEL and SUNNY get into a fight with AUBREY. the fight is ended abruptly, when SUNNY pulls out a knife. BASIL walks home with SUNNY and KEL, where they promise to get his photo album back. the two leave BASIL alone, and go on an adventure to get BASIL's photo album back. after getting his photo album back, they stay at BASIL's house for dinner, where BASIL finds out SUNNY is moving in three days. BASIL goes to the bathroom, where you are forced to enter, and find BASIL having a mental breakdown in the bathroom. when SUNNY leaves the bathroom, BASIL begs him not to leave him, but SUNNY leaves anyway. the two then go back home, and SUNNY goes to sleep and wakes up in WHITE SPACE as OMORI. they proceed to look for BASIL in a new area, where OMORI overcomes his fear of spiders, and explores the PINWHEEL FOREST in search of BASIL. after traveling through the PINWHEEL FOREST, they end up in the LOST FOREST, and eventually end up in MOLE SPROUT VILLAGE. after exploring MOLE SPROUT VILLAGE, they visit SWEETHEARTS show, "SWEETHEART'S QUEST FOR HEARTS." which is a dating show, in which SWEETHEART tries to find a lover. after a contestant dies, HERO is brought as a spare. SWEETHEART ends up falling in love with HERO, and after he rejects her, she sends him to THE DUNGEON. OMORI and his friends escape the dungeon, where they end up at SWEETHEART'S CASTLE, where they have to various favors for the people in the castle, and battle multiple sprout moles, until they can get out due to the crowd blocking the exit. they then end up back at SWEETHEART's show, and have a boss-battle with her. after the boss battle, SWEETHEART sees CAPTAIN SPACEBOY again, and the two decide to get married, despite having just broken up. OMORI jumps into a hole, and is led to the LOST LIBRARY, where he reads SUNNY's memories in the form of books. in the LOST LIBRARY, there are flowers scattered around that symbolize "your memories will follow you into your dreams." after this, we are greeted with a cutscene of BASIL, and wake up in WHITE SPACE. OMORI stabs himself in order to get SUNNY to wake up, and we're onto the next part now.

TWO DAYS LEFT
SUNNY wakes up, and greets KEL at the door once again, and goes to pick up food for HERO (since he is coming back today) with KEL. they both show up

i'll finish this part later

the overall story

SUNNY, MARI, BASIL, AUBREY, HERO, and KEL all are good friends. after a fight SUNNY has with MARI, he throws his violin down the stairs, which breaks it. MARI starts to yell at him, and in anger he pushes her down the stairs, which ends up killing her. BASIL was there to witniss the whole thing, and in a panic the two stage her death as a suicide. BASIL ties a noose and hangs her on a tree with SUNNY. after this, SUNNY shuts himself in for four years, living life mostly in his dreams as a coping mechanism, and he also develops hallucinations of SOMETHING, a representation of his guit for killing MARI, and hallucinations of his dreams. OMORI is SUNNY, and OMORI is a coping mechanism and a embodiment of SUNNY's suicidal thoughts. BASIL grows incredibly attached to his old memories, and falls into a spiral of depression, he also experiences suicidal thoughts, and also hallucinates SOMETHING.

the endings and routes

SUNNY ROUTE
this route is accomplished by opening the door for KEL on THREE DAYS LEFT.

OMORI ROUTE
also known as the HIKIKOMORI ROUTE, and NEUTRAL ROUTE. this route is accomplished by not opening the door for KEL on THREE DAYS LEFT. instead of having adventures, SUNNY does his chores inside the house, while encountering SOMETHING.

GOOD ENDING
after SUNNY and BASIL's fight, SUNNY fights with OMORI, and if he decides to try again after losing to OMORI, he will win control of his body. he then will tell his friends what he has done. a secret cutscene shows SUNNY and BASIL smiling at eachother, while SOMETHING fades away from both of them, showing that they have told their friends and no longer have to live in guilt, that they are finally free.

BAD ENDING
after SUNNY and BASIL's fught, SUNNY fights with OMORI, and if he decides to not try again after losing to OMORI, OMORI gains control of SUNNY's body. (this is symbolism, and not literal, it symbolizes the suicidal thoughts winning over SUNNY.) SUNNY goes up to the roof of the hospital, and jump down. we are shown SUNNY falling from the hospital while my time by bo en plays in the background as the ending credits play.

NEUTRAL ENDINGS
there are two neutral endings. these can be obtained in both routes, but are easier to obtain in the OMORI ROUTE.

ABANDON ENDING
SUNNY wakes up in BASIL's house, and goes into the hallway to see what is happening. SUNNY's friends talk to him, and seem sorrowful. they also tell him not walk into the bathroom. SUNNY walks into the bathroom anyway, and see's BASIL dead on the floor with GARDEN SHEARS by his side. there is a large hole in his stomach, which is where he stabbed himself. SUNNY see's a hallucination of SOMETHING around BASIL, before leaving the bathroom. SUNNY then goes home, and decides not to pick up the kitchen knife, where he then goes to sleep. he wakes up in WHITE SPACE as OMORI, and has no other option then to stab himself in order to wake up. there is a cutscene showing SUNNY walking into his mothers cars while SOMETHING follows him.

KNIFE ENDING
SUNNY wakes up in BASIL's house, and goes into the hallway to see what is happening. SUNNY's friends talk to him, and seem sorrowful. they also tell him not walk into the bathroom. SUNNY walks into the bathroom anyway, and see's BASIL dead on the floor with GARDEN SHEARS by his side. there is a large hole in his stomach, which is where he stabbed himself. SUNNY see's a hallucination of SOMETHING around BASIL, before leaving the bathroom. SUNNY then goes home, and decides to pick up the kitchen knife, where he then goes to sleep. he wakes up in WHITE SPACE as OMORI, and has no other option then to stab himself in order to wake up. there then is an image of SUNNY on his bed, with a KITCHEN KNIFE stabbed into his stomach.

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Pub: 05 Feb 2023 00:15 UTC
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