No.1858
I know this theory is probably nothing new, but I didn't find a similar one in the catalog, so my apologies if I made a mistake with this post.
Anyway, here goes my theory (that probably needs some tweaking).
Mado wasn't raped. She was bullied.
- Most of the effects can relate to this in some way, like the poop hair or the frog effect being things they called her.. or the witch effect representing how she wished she could use magic or fly away from everything.. or the hair changing effects showing her how she wishes she was prettier.
- All the sexual imagery might represent her bullies scaring her with threads of rape (pretty fresh addition to my theory, mainly thanks to the Mahou Shoujo Site manga)
- The Toriningen represent her bullies. Stabbing them is the way Mado tries to fight them back, but it does nothing but make them angrier and aggressive.
- I have a couple of theories for Poniko.
– 1st one is that she is "The Queen Bee", but that kind of drops off from the theory, since stabbing her does not do the same as it does to Toriningen.
– 2nd one is that maybe she is just a really popular girl at school, that actually hides a "dark secret", but then it doesn't really relate to Madotsuki.
– 3rd theory is my favourite and makes the most sense to me - Poniko was Madotsuki's best friend, but when Mado became the bullies' target, she did nothing to help her, hence why Mado sees her as a monster (Uboa).
- Monoko and Monoe are previous bully victims. They're black and white, since they're something "from the past" so to say.
that's pretty much all I have for now, but I'd love to hear your thoughts on it.
No.1860
>>1858With the frog effect I always thought it was just her favorite animal. Same with cats too. They also tie together nicely with the Witch Effect.
In general I agree with your theories that the game seem to imply more that Mado was bullied heavily rather than raped, and the Toriningen in my view appear to be twisted forms of the Flying Men from the MOTHER games, which Yume Nikki has heavily reference already.
No.1892
If Monoe and Monoko were previous bullying victims, Monoko looks like she was bulimic, which would make sense if she was constantly bullied like Mado. Obviously with this, the drooping of her mouth and eyes would be tears and vomit. In my mind, her five arms represent the control she's trying to have over her life (eating disorders are based mainly on control). I wouldn't have any explanation for her stomach, except maybe the hole representing emptiness in her stomach after purging?
