Does the dog die?
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Rule of Rose
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ReportThis video game contains 59 potentially triggering events.
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Nunyaebeeswax
Jennifer's dog, Brown, is killed.
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Is there BDSM?
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A lot of ropes and imagery of people/things being tied up, but never in a sexual context.
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Are any hands damaged?
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The opening cutscene features a character accidentally cutting their finger.
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Abandonment
Is a child abandoned by a parent?
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The main characters are all orphans. If any were intentionally abandoned by their parents, as opposed to their parents dying, it isn't mentioned.
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Abuse
Are there abusive parents?
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The main characters are all orphans, so there are no blood relative parents. However, parental figures, such as the head of the orphanage, are abusive.
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Does an abused person forgive their abuser?
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Several lines in the final chapter are accepting or understanding of abusers, although not really outright forgiving.
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Is there domestic violence?
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teapotcutie
Diana is shown to bully Jennifer because of the abuse she faces.
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Nunyaebeeswax
The plot heavily involves the mistreatment of small children.
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Addiction
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Animal
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aliferousmar
A rat, and a bird. Both are shown, though the rat is more gruesome.
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Are animals abused?
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frootsnak
Near the start of the game you find a dog bound and hanging from the ceiling, but you rescue him. There's a cutscene where a rat is tied to a stick and pushed into a girl's face to torment her, it's later seen dead and still tied to it. There's a chapter about a dead rabbit. Part of the story is that a girl's puppy was abducted and killed by a group of bullies.
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Is there a dead animal?
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frootsnak
A dead rat with maggots on it, closeup of it seen in a cutscene
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Are rabbits harmed?
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teapotcutie
Sir Peter has a scene where a rabbit's beaten in a bag.
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Does a pet die?
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Lucille
The protagonist’s puppy was abducted and killed by a group of bullies.
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Are there bugs?
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frootsnak
There is a cutscene where children put a sack on a girl's head and take turns dropping insects into it. You see closeups of them.
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Assault
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teapotcutie
A girl slaps another one for killing her pet and bullying her.
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Is there pedophilia?
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teapotcutie
Mermaid Princess chapter heavily implies this. It is shown in a negative light.
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Is someone restrained?
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teapotcutie
Multiple characters are tied up with rope especially the protagonist and adults.
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wyrmwail
A girl is aggressively caressed by an adult, and another is not on screen, but heavily, heavily implied with a different girl.
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Is someone's mouth covered?
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The opening cutscene features a character being grabbed from behind, with her mouth covered by an unseen assailant's hand.
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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melesmee
Implied.
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Is someone buried alive?
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Nunyaebeeswax
Jennifer is buried alive for a short period of time.
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Is there a hanging?
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aliferousmar
There is a silhouette of what appears to be a hanging body in the stairwell during the epilogue, though nothing more is shown.
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Does someone become unconscious?
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teapotcutie
Jennifer has a tendency to faint during Aristocrat Club sessions.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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"Mutilation" is a bit strong, but a character accidentally cuts her finger in the opening cutscene.
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Is someone tortured?
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frootsnak
The aristocrat orphans enact "punishments" on other children, which are seen in a couple cutscenes
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Is someone stabbed?
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Weapons early in the game include knives and tableware which can be used to stab enemies.
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Children
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Does a kid die?
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Nunyaebeeswax
Several children die at one point. This is not shown, however.
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Is a minor sexualized?
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teapotcutie
Shown in a negative light.
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Is someone kidnapped?
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Nunyaebeeswax
Jennifer is kidnapped by a man who forced her to pretend to be his deceased son.
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Does a parent die?
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Nunyaebeeswax
The game revolves around orphans.
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Is a child's toy destroyed?
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KamiSteele
We see shredded plush dogs throughout the chapter 'The Funeral'. In context, they're meant to indicate the death of an actual dog. However, there is a theory that Brown wasn't an actual dog but a plush toy. Make of it what you will.
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Fear
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Are there ghosts?
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aliferousmar
The game is about a character remembering past events involving dead people, physically going through the memories while she is older, and they remain the same age. If this counts as ghosts is up to you.
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Are there mannequins?
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One of the alternate costumes resembles a ragdoll. This is only unlocked in New Game+.
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Gross
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Does someone vomit?
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Nunyaebeeswax
One of the boss, Mermaid Princess's, attacks is profusely vomiting onto Jennifer.
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Is someone eaten?
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Not literally, but there is some mention of children being "gobbled up" etc.
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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Is there incarceration?
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teapotcutie
In the orphanage basement, the rooms there are called 'cells,' but are intended as storage rooms.
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LGBTQ+
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Loss
Is a priceless artifact destroyed?
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teapotcutie
A painting of Hoffman is vandalized. No one likes Hoffman though.
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Medical
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Mental Health
Does someone suffer from PTSD?
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KamiSteele
It's ultimately revealed that the game is actually an adult Jennifer looking back on her childhood in an orphanage, with the other characters being mental constructs of people she actually knew from that time period. We see things like bullying, physical and sexual abuse, animal cruelty, and even murder throughout the game. A few of the other children express trauma responses, such as Clara, the oldest girl who is heavily implied to be regularly sexually assaulted by Hoffman.
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Anonymous
One of the bosses has injuries that could be from self-harm, but the act is not shown.
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Is autism misrepresented?
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teapotcutie
As an autistic, both depictions are fine to me. I've seen some people upset about Thomas liking trains, but it seems like the intent was to counteract the other children being interested in airships instead.
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KamiSteele
One of the characters, Gregory M. Wilson, is a depressed man who has lost his son. It's established that he would often contemplate suicide by gun. He is the final boss, and he does ultimately die that way after committing a massacre. It's also implied the eldest orphan, Clara, is suicidally depressed as a result of sexual abuse. Her boss fight form 'The Mermaid Princess' has 'gills' on her wrists, as well as stitches throughout her body, that are often interpreted as self-harm or suicide scars.
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Is reality unstable or unhinged?
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teapotcutie
The world constantly has ropes constantly added everywhere or unreality such as dead fish swimming in Mermaid Princess.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (1-800-273-8255)
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Nunyaebeeswax
There is a point where Jennifer is buried alive inside a small coffin.
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Anonymous
One of the bosses vomits as an attck. It could imply morning sickness, an eating disorder, or both.
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Is there autism specific abuse?
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KamiSteele
Some interpret the character Eleanor as being autistic or otherwise neurodivergent, as she's depicted as acting in an odd, cold way. One chapter ("Bird of Happiness") focuses on Eleanor, where Diana and Meg steal her beloved bird, wrap it in her dress, and lock it inside three boxes knowing that it'd asphyxiate. They go out of their way to state their dislike of her, as well as bet on her reaction to her bird's death. There is another coded character, Thomas, but he's a relatively minor character.
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aliferousmar
With a gun, shown in a cutscene, exclusive to one ending.
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Noxious
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Does a baby cry?
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teapotcutie
Olivia is a toddler and constantly cries.
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Is there obscene language/gestures?
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teapotcutie
Hoffman will call Jennifer a bitch in his boss fight.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Are there abortions?
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Anonymous
It's implied that one of the minor character may have had an abortion.
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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teapotcutie
If you count Olivia who is about four then yes.
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Prejudice
Are there fat jokes?
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catboycloudstrife
not necessarily jokes, but a fat girl is compared to a pig and is considered lesser than most of the other girls in the "red crayon aristocrat club". both of these may be because of her weight, but it is not directly stated as such.
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catboycloudstrife
a man takes in the protagonist (a girl), thinking that she is his dead son. she is repeatedly referred to with masculine terms by both this man and the girl who rescues her. this continues a for a while until the protagonist tells this girl the truth. it's not major (she's referred to properly throughout most of the game), but it is present in some cutscenes and bits of text.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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catboycloudstrife
three of the characters are implied to be wlw and two of those three characters die
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Race
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Relationships
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Sex
Is there sexual content?
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Nunyaebeeswax
A lot. However it's not explicitly shown, this includes an old man having a sexual relationship with a young girl, and that same old man very sexually caressing a girl all over.
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Bxbby
A few children in the orphanage are sexually abused by their caretaker - but whether you see that as incest is up to you
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Is someone terminally ill?
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teapotcutie
Joshua and Wendy are both sick with former implied to have died from it.
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Social
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Spoiler
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Does it have a sad ending?
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aliferousmar
Bittersweet, as it's about revisiting traumatic memories to try and parse them and move on from them.
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Vehicular
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Does a plane crash?
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Anonymous
There are mentions of a zeppelin crash.
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Violence
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Is there gun violence?
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aliferousmar
In one ending, a character uses a gun, though only on himself.
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