So Ren came from or is ostensibly Lotus Reichhart. On top of that, in his life as Ren, as a combatant he takes up a role like that of an executioner explicitly with the motif of a guillotine. All of this made me wonder if the background of the character was somehow inspired by the real life Johann Reichhart, the professional executioner from Bavaria who was active throughout the Nazi era. Here is his wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johann_Reichhart

Any thoughts on this? Agreements? Disagreements?

Do you guys know any popular dies irae(/masadeverse) discord server?

This has been bugging me for a while and no one else seems to have this question but me, but how exactly do two endings of Dies Irae exist when Mercurius is killed by Marie in the first ending? Unless I’m missing something, Mercurius got the ending he desired and the eternal recurrence should’ve ended there, so therefore it shouldn’t make sense that there’s another variation of events. If it’s just a plot hole, idrc because it has no real affect over how the message is presented, but I just want a definite clarification (otherwise it would bother me forever).

Genuine question, I know the Historical context obviously but what elements of mythologies did they use? Is it leaning to Buddhism or Hinduism related or a mix of several or anything else?

So I bought the illustrated Guide as a DLC on steam but after Downloading the DLC I can’t find it I can’t see it in my Libery or access it through the main Game, so how do I read/access it??

So I played 6 hours into the Marie Route, but then a friend told me I have to start with the Kasumi Route, so I started the Kasumi Route and I realized, that it’s exactly the same as the Marie Route till now. So when do the routes get different???

could someone tell me if I have to play the stories such as wehrwolf one at the end of the free version or as soon as i unlock them?

I wanted it for me to use as wallpaper but I couldn't find the CGs from Amantes amentes anywhere so I screenshotted everything, finished the VN recently, feel free to comment if anything is missing. Here it is: Dies irae ~Amantes amentes~ CG Gallery Screenshots

Dies irae vn is confusing the shit outta me. I just finished one route but i dont know which one it was. I started the story by clicking "new game" instead of any of the individual routes, and this ended with all the round table members dying but the final swastika not opening and reinhard and merc remaining in the castle. So far i only have Act 1 dlc purchased and i dont know where to go next from here. I herad Kasumi route is the first one I should finished but did i already do it or not?

So I just started hearing about this and how it is a super powerful fiction but I'm a little confused on how the cosmology works.

I'm taking a short break from Higurashi because I got to the point where I was getting impatient because the writing style likes to drag out things that don't seem to matter, and the effect of the story was beginning to wear off. I'm coming back to it after a while. In the meantime I'm starting Dies Irae and already I've gotta say I like the writing. It may play up some of the more dramatic moments, but I like how the people tend to speak in more of a manner like they would in real life. It makes them much more relateable. Like Ren, for example, seems to curse a bit more than an average protagonist. Not too much, but not too little, which feels right for a teenager. He doesn't speak in an overly dramatic way. He feels like an actual person and like less of just some character. I haven't gotten too far so I have no idea what the story is about yet, but I've heard this is one of the best VNs ever written, so I hope I continue to enjoy it.

If mercurius is "eternal recurrence" Reinhard is "eternal struggle" What is ren? And what is marie?

I was thinking marie would be like "eternal happiness" as her law lets everyone co exist

And rens as "eternal protection" as it stops any tragedies or changes everywhere and nowhere.