Slow Damage
Video Game • 2022 • Horror
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Does a woman get slapped?
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Is someone stalked?
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In a later route, the main character is stalked (and later kidnapped) by a love interest. The main character was unaware of the stalking
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Is there domestic violence?
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Child abuse is a major theme and explored in all routes. Do not play this game if you are distressed by child abuse.
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Addiction
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grimsgay
Drugs are a very common theme in all story routes. The setting is a Yakuza run city-state where drugs, sex, alcohol, and other forms of escapism are commonly abused. IV and hallucinogenic drugs both make an appearance.
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Is there addiction?
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The main character is addicted to smoking/nicotine, and possibly drinking alcohol as well
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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grimsgay
The main character is constantly drinking, often in place of food, and hangs out at a bar for a great number of important plot scenes. He also takes his prescription medication with alcohol instead of water.
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Are there bugs?
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I cannot stress enough that if you are triggered by bugs, avoid Taku's bad ending at all costs. Taku's insanity ending has Towa hallucinating bugs inside flesh and it is graphic and gorey.
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Assault
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The main character mentions that he had been gang raped in the past
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Someone rapes the main character for revenge purposes. In another situation the main character also purposely put himself into a situation so that he would be gangraped as a bad coping mechanism
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Bodily Harm
Is there shaving/cutting?
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towa
mc has visible scars. cutting (self inflicted and otherwise) plays a prominent role in the narrative
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Is there cannibalism?
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There is no cannibalism, but lots of blood drinking. Consent may vary.
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Is someone burned alive?
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The main character contemplates burning himself alive and almost does it but it stopped last second
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Is there body horror?
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Kind of, a pair of metal wings are carved/implanted into the main character’s back and the cg is very bloody and explicit. The wings are removed quickly
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Is there amputation?
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towa
thanks nitroplus
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Is there a hanging?
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There is mention of a side character dying by suicide from hanging, although it is a single line of text mentioning it without any visuals
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Is there genital trauma/mutilation?
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There is discussion of one of the main love interests attempting to cut off his penis, but he backs out of it. This is only mentioned in conversation.
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Does someone break a bone?
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There is a scene where a characters hand and elbow are broken by someone stepping on them.
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Is there finger/toe mutilation?
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There’s a scene where the main character’s hand is crushed under a boot to the point of breakage.
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Does someone fall down stairs?
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it's so weird that it happened twice
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Is there eye mutilation?
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towa
rei's bad ending gives us the pleasure of laying eyes on the term "eye-p*ssy" so uh. i think that speaks for itself. mc is shot in the eye
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Is there excessive gore?
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Yes. The main character gets slashed in a scene that occurs in first chapter and is pretty unavoidable, and in a madness ending particularly it includes woundfucking and. Uh. It’s all very bloody and explicit. Not for the faint of heart
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Children
Is an infant abducted?
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towa
can't tell if this counts properly but there are mentions of child trafficking
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Is a minor sexualized?
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towa
csa and the trauma resulting from it are used as important plot points
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Creepy Crawly
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Death
Does someone sacrifice themselves?
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towa
mc takes a bullet to the eye to protect another character
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Disability
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Drugs/Alcohol
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Family
Does a family member die?
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slowdamaged
Death of family members is a very common plot point in multiple routes. The opening to Taku's route features him finding his dead mother, and Towa + Fujieda both have dead younger/older siblings.
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Is someone kidnapped?
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A love interest kidnaps the main character in his route. The mc seems to have later developed stockholm syndrome-ish
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Does someone cheat?
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grimsgay
Technically…??? In one route, the main character agrees to be a “lover” to a guy, neither of them actually want to fuck and it’s mainly politics- the main character has sex with the corresponding love interest before he technically breaks it off with his “lover”.
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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towa
there are mentions of a ghost but in actuality said character is still alive
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Are there jump scares?
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bluenoodles
not per se. however, towa has sudden flashbacks of certain people and it startles the screen for a second. it can take you off-guard.
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Gross
Does someone vomit?
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It is not shown visually, but you can hear it
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Does someone spit?
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towa
lots of blood spitting
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Is there audio gore?
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towa
interrogation segments feature sound effects of stitches being pulled apart and the splatter of blood
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Large-scale Violence
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Law Enforcement
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This game is so anti cop- The MC is constantly commenting on how useless and corrupt the police are, and that’s also a big plot point…
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LGBTQ+
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Is there deadnaming or birthnaming?
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slowdamaged
Yes. The main character is called his birth name on purpose to antagonize him, and becomes extremely distressed once he hears it.
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Medical
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Are needles/syringes used?
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There is a scene in Taku's route where the main character has angel wings sewn to his back. The visuals do not show the needle, but the descriptions are vivid, and sound effects are included.
In another chapter of the same route, there is a medical needle shown before the main character is injected with drugs; the injection is not shown, only the needle itself.
In Taku's insanity end, there are numerous times a CG of a needle going into skin is shown. This is easy to avoid if you pursue Taku's good ending.
In another chapter of the same route, there is a medical needle shown before the main character is injected with drugs; the injection is not shown, only the needle itself.
In Taku's insanity end, there are numerous times a CG of a needle going into skin is shown. This is easy to avoid if you pursue Taku's good ending.
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Is there a hospital scene?
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There are a number of hospital scenes. The main character works as a receptionist at a medical clinic that sometimes gets emergency Yakuza patients.
One of the romanceable characters is a doctor.
One of the core reoccurring plots in the game is that the main character gets roughed up or gored to the point of being rushed to the hospital, which he later paints.
One of the romanceable characters is a doctor.
One of the core reoccurring plots in the game is that the main character gets roughed up or gored to the point of being rushed to the hospital, which he later paints.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Are there anxiety attacks?
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mc has these more frequently depending on how much a route is connected to his past
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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towa
not explicitly, though mc makes a point of skipping meals/undereating
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grimsgay
A side character commits suicide in one route.
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Noxious
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Are there sudden loud noises?
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slowdamaged
Depending on the route, certain triggers cause the main character to hear flashes of static or ringing noises, which may be startling. Additionally, gunshot sounds may be sudden.
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Are there flashing lights or images?
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Yes. The screen flashes very faintly every time the word "daijobu" is said by any character.
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Paranoia
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Pregnancy
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Prejudice
Are there homophobic slurs?
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bluenoodles
a character mentions he was bullied when he was a kid for being too feminine. he says his peers used to call him a 'he-she'.
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Is there ableist language or behavior?
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slowdamaged
The word "tweaker" is used once or twice.
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Are there "Man in a dress" jokes?
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In Taku’s route, the main character is forcibly dressed as a woman because of his resemblance to his mother.
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A major character’s backstory involves his father saying he was “not a real man” because he was gay, and was later bullied and treated similarly because he was “as pretty as a girl”.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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A side character is an anime-obsessed otaku covered with anime tattoos and in his ending (which leads to an early game-over) his room is shown covered with anime posters and merch, including a body pillow of his waifu. He has sex with the main character and makes him wear a wig because he looks like his waifu. The last cg of the ending shows him cuddling a body pillow of his waifu as the main character gets dressed to leave. This is a misrepresentation and exaggeration of Chinese gay otakus (as a Chinese gay otaku we’re not all like that I promise), and his pronunciation of Chinese words is also off. As a Chinese gay otaku we do not claim him. Mayu is an outlier and should not have been counted.
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Race
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Relationships
Is there a large age gap?
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In one route, 26 and 45, and it is mentioned that they’ve known each other since the former was young. The main character also is mentioned to be into guys in their 40s, and there are scenes with another side character as well as another route (one also 45 ish, another in his 40s as well)
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Religious
Is religion discussed?
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Jyusae
On Takus route, Chapter 2 "Doctor" (asakura, there is a lot of religious imagery and towa visits the church a couple of times
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Sex
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slowdamaged
Towa's relationship with his mother can be seen as sexually incestuous based upon interpretation. However, nothing in the game explicitly states that she directly sexually abused him.
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Is there sexual content?
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this is a porn game lol
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Sexism
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Sickness
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Social
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Spoiler
Is Santa (et al) spoiled?
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bluenoodles
even though the game happens between november and january, there are not much mention nor appreciation of Christmas. the protagonist is pretty much apathetic about it.
in some routes there are mentions of a Christmas party ocurring on the 25th in the bar the protagonist is frequent, and the manager is wearing a santa hat and a white beard.
in some routes there are mentions of a Christmas party ocurring on the 25th in the bar the protagonist is frequent, and the manager is wearing a santa hat and a white beard.
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Does it have a sad ending?
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Depends, most madness endings are all pretty depressing, although the euphoria endings could also be described as bittersweet. It’s not a very happy game overall but I wouldn’t say the ending is very sad in the traditional sense. It’s a story about living after trauma, and healing.
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Vehicular
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Is someone hit by a car?
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it was a truck, tho.
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Violence
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Is there blood/gore?
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Very much so
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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No, but there are other minor explosions, as there is a character who likes bombs.
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