Nari

Nari is one of five main protagonists of Metaware High School (though one could argue she is the antagonist due to her perspective towards the Player).

## Appearance

She is shorter than average, clocking in below all of the 2nd years, and almost narrowly approaching her fellow 3rd year, Hope, in height.

She has messy, green, curly hair, with a thin ahoge pointing left. This style bears a faint resemblance to Isadora, though this is more likely simply due to it being unkempt, rather than any actual connection.

She sports the same uniform as the rest of the gang, and shares a purple ribbon and skirt pattern with Hope, the other 3rd year, however, her uniform shows viable stains, her ribbon is unruly, and her stockings are equally greasy and tattered, coinciding with much of the rest of her appearance.

## Personality

According to the Special Features, Nari was named after and ascribes to the philosophy of Nihilism:

> Nothing matters.
>
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As such, Nari is very quiet over the course of the game, and in most routes remains completely uninvolved with the events that transpire around her. This is due to her depression, as well as her fear of attaching herself to things. However, she will open up a little bit at the end of most routes, when the entire game world and the rest of the gang disappear leaving only Nari and the Player in an empty black void.

The main cause of her behavior was her discovery and investigation of the Game Files. Before this, it's implied Nari was more caring and kind, especially through her interactions with Hope. During her investigation, traces of which can still be identified in both spare files, as well as comments in the source code itself, she managed to find the program the Creator embedded into the game that causes it to delete itself.

This initially caused her to develop a great fury towards the Player, going as far to make a collection of knives and other bladed weapon to kill the Player with, but her personality evolved again to her current self, where she still doesn't like the Player, but simply doesn't care enough about them to actively hinder them, instead only berating them in the void.

However, despite her nihilist outlook, Nari is shown to still deeply care about Hope, and it is implied there may have been some kind of romantic tension between the two in the past. Nari will also criticize the player for mocking or messing with the rest of the gang, and will do almost anything for gummy bears, to the point where Hope carries gummy bears with her for the sole purpose of getting Nari to do things.

## Analysis

* Much like the other characters, Nari's given philosophy seems to be misidentified; over the course of the game, she demonstrates that her hatred for the Player has not disappeared, and that she still has surprising amount of compassion towards her companions. A true nihilist would not have nearly as much of an attachment, even of a negative sort, to the world or anyone in it. However, her actions and dialogue seem to indicate that she believes nihilism is the *correct* philosophy after her discovery, even though she can't fully get herself to commit to it.
* Although every *MetaWare* character is self-aware, Nari is probably the "most" self-aware, as she is the only (confirmed) person to access and, undeniably the only one to *modify* the code of the game. She is able to access most of the game's files, and memorized the Creator's letters.
	+ During her "hacking spree" (as described by Hope), she leaves several messages; a mix of somewhat diary-like files in the earlier ones, as well as messages for the player in the latter, as ".nari" files.
	+ Furthermore, if you de-compile the game's script, you can find even more encrypted comments in the code which, when decrypted, can be discovered to have also been made by Nari.
* Nari takes the game deleting itself as a sign that the arrival of the Player and the completion of the game will mean the destruction of their world, and while the game does delete itself upon completion of the Final Route, the fate of the characters is left somewhat ambiguous, as what "deletion" means for them is also debated, even in the confines of the game world itself.
* Nari seems to be a deliberate subversion of Monika from *Doki Doki Literature Club!*, who despite making similar discoveries to Nari's, develops a great *affection* for the player and continually works to try improving her situation by getting alone with her player to the detriment of her peers, while Nari develops a hatred for the player, doesn't do anything, only interacts with the player when she is forced to, and stands up for her peers. Additionally, Nari isn't shown to have any Monika-like abilities, though it's possible she simply doesn't care to use them.

## Fun facts

* Hope explains that she confiscated Nari's collection of knives using gummy bears, while Nari explains that she simply didn't bother to start a new collection since she wouldn't be able to kill the real Player anyway. Hope also appears to be unaware of the purpose of the collection.
* Nari is the only member of the gang to know Chris plays visual novels, though Chris does not know this herself.
	+ She also mocks Chris for this, despite berating the player for mocking Chris on other routes.
* Nari used to play *Touhou* as confirmed by metamochigurl.
* Nari was the first character the game's artist, Sparkbag, drew concept art of.
* Nari was the second *MetaWare* character to have a twitter account created for her, though it's not canon.

## Gallery

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