Muramasa: Hikaru Limited Plot & Text Manipulation

[Megaraptor149]

Hikaru should gain Limited Plot Manipulation and Text Manipulation, as she was shown to be able to create a choice box and slightly interfere with the player when trying to choose an option during her infiltration of Kageaki's dream to find out what type of girl Kageaki likes.

It was also shown that during Hikaru's infiltration into Kageaki's dream, several cameos appeared from visual novel characters created by the same developer, Nitroplus, as Muramasa.

What we know about a Choice Box in visual novels is that it is a feature where the game presents the player with multiple options to choose from, usually in the form of buttons or text choices on the screen.

When a choice box appears, the player must select one of the given options. The choice they make can affect the story's direction, dialogue, relationships with characters, or even lead to different endings. Depending on the choice made, the scene and future events could change and different based on each option.

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[FriendOfTheTeaParty]

This is just breaking the fourth wall

 

[Megaraptor149]

This is just breaking the fourth wall

Elaborate

 

[FriendOfTheTeaParty]

Elaborate

It's relatively minor, it's a silly gag moment without much to it. Nothing much about some actual underlying plot structure.

 

[Megaraptor149]

It's relatively minor, it's a silly gag moment without much to it. Nothing much about some actual underlying plot structure.

There is a scene in the visual novel where a choice box appears, normally, this is the moment when the player selects one of the given options. However, in this instance, Hikaru slightly interferes with the process. The scene then transitions to her expressing joy over the success of her infiltration into Kageaki’s dream, followed by another scene where the player is shown selecting a choice within that dream. As for the textual aspect, the choice box is a component of the visual novel's UI (User Interface) that directly determines the story's branching paths based on the player's input. So yes, while it's a minor instance, it still counts.

Also im no problem count this as Breaking the Fourth Wall.

 

[Theglassman12]

This looks like 4th wall breaking at best, not really seeing plot hax here.

 

[Megaraptor149]

This looks like 4th wall breaking at best, not really seeing plot hax here.

Okey, so thats fine. How about text stuff?

Since choice box or text box is a UI element in Visual Novel.

 

[Theglassman12]

That still feels like some 4th wall breaking akin to some cartoon characters grabbing their text bubbles in a comic and messing with it somehow.

 

[Celestial_Pegasus]

4th wall breaking works fine, I suppose.

 

[FinePoint]

Snip

I can't really tell from the scan: How exactly is she manipulating the choice?

 

[ActuallySpaceMan42]

Yeah, 4th Wall.

 

[Megaraptor149]

Okey, since 3 staff leaning toward Breaking the Fourth Wall, this thread can closed while i applied to her profile.

 

[FinePoint]

Okey, since 3 staff leaning toward Breaking the Fourth Wall, this thread can closed while i applied to her profile.

I will do so.

 

[FinePoint]

Either or I'm blind or this wasn't actually applied, so I'm re-opening.

 

[Megaraptor149]

Either or I'm blind or this wasn't actually applied, so I'm re-opening.

Done.

I forgot it lol.

 

[FinePoint]

Done.

I forgot it lol.

Thank you for your help.