So which ending is supposed to be canon? (spoilers, of course)

[K-rollin]

I get the feeling Ukyo's route is supposed to be the canon one, since it's the only one you have to unlock and it ties the other four together, as well as tying up all the loose ends between them. I would assume his good ending is the 'true' ending, for better or for worse.

But since every route happens in a parallel world, apparently, are they all supposed to be canon? I guess there's supposed to be infinite parallel worlds, in theory, and thus there's infinite copies of all these characters. So, if we've seen five of these parallel worlds, is each happy ending canon to its respective world? (So Shin would be canon to the heart world, Ikki to the spade world, etc.)

Does that even make any sense? Anything involving parallel universes or time-travel type stuff is basically nonsense to me, so my explanation may not be very clear.

[sunshine]

It's a toughie tbh 'cuz when it comes to time travel and parallel universes, things tend to get messy. But, under the idea that there is one Heroine per universe (as well as one Orion), then even the bad and normal endings would be canon. Those are parallel universes too.
I mentioned specifically her and Orion 'cuz it's obvious there are at least 5 Shins, 5 Ikkis, etc. but it's not so clear on her part. Considering that she regained her "memories" of Ukyo when the original her of that world was dead... It's hard to tell, really.
I guess the most likely and logical assumption is that there are infinite hers just as there are universes. How many of those were affected by Ukyo's wish, though? That's the real question.

[K-rollin]

Originally posted by moonlitsakura:

It's a toughie tbh 'cuz when it comes to time travel and parallel universes, things tend to get messy. But, under the idea that there is one Heroine per universe (as well as one Orion), then even the bad and normal endings would be canon. Those are parallel universes too.
I mentioned specifically her and Orion 'cuz it's obvious there are at least 5 Shins, 5 Ikkis, etc. but it's not so clear on her part. Considering that she regained her "memories" of Ukyo when the original her of that world was dead... It's hard to tell, really.
I guess the most likely and logical assumption is that there are infinite hers just as there are universes. How many of those were affected by Ukyo's wish, though? That's the real question.

I would assume all of them. As long as there's an Ukyo in her route, he's affecting things.

[sunshine]

Originally posted by K-rollin:

Originally posted by moonlitsakura:

It's a toughie tbh 'cuz when it comes to time travel and parallel universes, things tend to get messy. But, under the idea that there is one Heroine per universe (as well as one Orion), then even the bad and normal endings would be canon. Those are parallel universes too.
I mentioned specifically her and Orion 'cuz it's obvious there are at least 5 Shins, 5 Ikkis, etc. but it's not so clear on her part. Considering that she regained her "memories" of Ukyo when the original her of that world was dead... It's hard to tell, really.
I guess the most likely and logical assumption is that there are infinite hers just as there are universes. How many of those were affected by Ukyo's wish, though? That's the real question.

I would assume all of them. As long as there's an Ukyo in her route, he's affecting things.

Hmmm... That might be the case. That every single her was affected by his wish... but then again, we don't know how long he's been stuck in the dying/killing route. It wasn't an infinite amount 'cuz Nhil ran out of juice, but it could've been extremely long, travelling to countless universes. After all, during that time Ukyo was immortal. Still, I'm not sure his wish caused Orion to be around every single time. I say this especially 'cuz if he'd truly met other hers in the same amnesiac situation then he would've known about it. Instead, he was shocked to find she'd forgotten things in his route. And this is coming from someone that wasn't surprised she didn't remember him in every other route. I know he never knew about Orion but he should've known about her loss of memories, don't you think?
Other thing to bring up is that (I think this happens in Ikki's route) Orion speaks of not having seen Nhil for a while before he even "collided" with the heroine. Perhaps the little helper only got involved (and hence: had her lost her memories) as a result of Nhil's last effort to accomplish Ukyo's wish (since she would've died without him in that world). That seems very plausible to be honest. It also points towards Ukyo's route being the most likely canon route. That was her original universe and she took the place of other "hers" when she went to the other 4. Because, honestly, she didn't need Orion to go to any of the other worlds... Unless she was a foreign subject to those too, then they'd all be equally canon.

[KOKOLXO]

Definitely seems to be Ukyo's route to me. My reasoning is: He was still there looking for her in every one which kinda says to me it's really all about Ukyo and the MC's 'one in a million chance' romance. Since her hometown is full of prospective suitors the chances of finding a world where the two of them were together was probably super duper rare. Add in the amnesia and he had a basically impossible task. The main reason why I think Ukyo is the 'real' route is because there's absolutely no way the MC would leave him in that kind of cycle 'knowingly' so the end game would be when she finds out and stops it.

[K-rollin]

Originally posted by moonlitsakura:

Originally posted by K-rollin:

I would assume all of them. As long as there's an Ukyo in her route, he's affecting things.

Hmmm... That might be the case. That every single her was affected by his wish... but then again, we don't know how long he's been stuck in the dying/killing route. It wasn't an infinite amount 'cuz Nhil ran out of juice, but it could've been extremely long, travelling to countless universes. After all, during that time Ukyo was immortal. Still, I'm not sure his wish caused Orion to be around every single time. I say this especially 'cuz if he'd truly met other hers in the same amnesiac situation then he would've known about it. Instead, he was shocked to find she'd forgotten things in his route. And this is coming from someone that wasn't surprised she didn't remember him in every other route. I know he never knew about Orion but he should've known about her loss of memories, don't you think?
Other thing to bring up is that (I think this happens in Ikki's route) Orion speaks of not having seen Nhil for a while before he even "collided" with the heroine. Perhaps the little helper only got involved (and hence: had her lost her memories) as a result of Nhil's last effort to accomplish Ukyo's wish (since she would've died without him in that world). That seems very plausible to be honest. It also points towards Ukyo's route being the most likely canon route. That was her original universe and she took the place of other "hers" when she went to the other 4. Because, honestly, she didn't need Orion to go to any of the other worlds... Unless she was a foreign subject to those too, then they'd all be equally canon.

Who knows? Since Nhil is a god, there's definitely only one of him. But since Orion doesn't have that status, there could be a version of him for every universe. He'd still be aware of the parallel worlds, which puts him on higher ground than ordinary humans, anyway.

Plus, she could've died easily in any of the other worlds, hence the numerous bad endings. I don't think any route has no bad endings where the heroine dies. It's just a lot less apparent how much danger she's in in most of them, probably because she hasn't been alerted to the danger in any world but Ukyo's.

[K-rollin]

Originally posted by Pinkie Pie:

Definitely seems to be Ukyo's route to me. My reasoning is: He was still there looking for her in every one which kinda says to me it's really all about Ukyo and the MC's 'one in a million chance' romance. Since her hometown is full of prospective suitors the chances of finding a world where the two of them were together was probably super duper rare. Add in the amnesia and he had a basically impossible task. The main reason why I think Ukyo is the 'real' route is because there's absolutely no way the MC would leave him in that kind of cycle 'knowingly' so the end game would be when she finds out and stops it.

I was about to be like 'but that's what happens in the normal ending, right?'

But come to think of it, Ukyo's normal ending does end the cycle. It just doesn't end with his wish being completely fulfilled

[Musashi]

There isn't one. I'd like to say that because, in Later and Crowd, all of the worlds are continued.

And if you can take it that way, everyone is happy instead of people simply choosing their favorite boy as the "canon end."

Let's face it, that's how everyone's gonna answer.

[Sorin]

What is Later and Crowd?

[slothmama]

Originally posted by Sorin Markov:

What is Later and Crowd?

Amnesia Later and Amnesia Crowd are sequel games, more or less.
It's not on Steam though.

[Sorin]

Ty
Where can we get the sequels and how do they compare to the original?