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I greatly enjoyed this game when I first played it 6 years ago. I got into it a second time recently, and got super obsessed with trying to figure out what was supposed to be the true ending. I want to write my findings out for anybody who's interested in this game - will try to make accessible to new players, no major spoilers ahead.

The actual endings in the game are:
1 bad end for War(Blue) - You can unlock her seal without ending the game.

1 bad end and 1 good end for each of Famine(Purple) and Death(Pink). 

1 bad, 1 very bad, and 1 good end for Pestilence(Green)

The game advertises 9 endings, and I assume the 9th ending is meant to be the true ending. however, there seems to be no dialogue for the true ending in the game files.

It's explained if you do the right thing at the right time in the tutorial, but basically the "seals" in game are unlocked (and give special abilities for future runs) by getting the good ending for a character. Each ending is largely independant of the others. War and Pestilence (AKA Blue and Green) seem to play well together - I recommend doing them at the same time if going for the good ending for both, but you don't have to. Famine and Death seem to be independent of one another, and require 2 different runs.

I looked in the game files. As far as I can tell, the true ending wasn't written. I'm not sure if it was intended to be the same thing as the Band Arc (I think it probably was). There is some cool art for a fifth seal that has a band icon, as well as some code that references two different "true endings" and a fifth possible main character named Eris. There's also some art of the characters in shilohette in their band poses that I don't think is ever used in-game? But I could be wrong about that.

Another thing I couldn't figure out was the impact of the THIS. IS BULLSHIT segments (AKA moments of blantant racism). Primarily, it seems like they contribute to Pestilence's story. I'm not sure if you get anything for finding all of them, but the game has a counter, which indicates that you're supposed to.

My hunch (based on the fact that the pestilence arc has by FAR the most content, and also contains an action that can only be taken once you've beaten it once) is that the pestilence arc is also supposed to host the true ending. However, since the true ending was cut...there's no way to know!!

I have gotten very very obsessed with this game over the past two weeks, and, on a personal level, I both love it and really wish it were  more complete in a lot of ways. Thank you so much to the creators for making such an awesome story and for all of the great writing and art that went into this. If you have not played it (and are still here somehow) I highly recommend playing the game and at least completing the pestilence storyline. it was very meaningful.

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Also, some hints below if you can't figure out where to go (SPOILERS!):












- For War, the path is pretty linear. the main things to do are to craft and do every thing with a blue seal. Make sure you are going to the shop regularly and buying things that cost $15 or more

- For Famine, I am the most unclear about how to trigger his arc. but generally, always say the most loud/"masculine" thing to your dad. (and make sure you say "are you fucking kidding me?" when the time comes)

- For Death, make sure you build the wi-fi password sniffer, and talk to sharon/llorona every night. If you are having trouble at the end, remember the power of friendship conquers all.

- For Pestilence, you need to find at least 3 THIS. IS. BULLSHIT moments. The easiest way to do this is to be loud and in the face of the citizens of the oppressing/majority group as much as you can. each one appears in a different daytime activity. There's a lot more to pestilence's arc, but I'm not giving any hints for that! it's better to discover it yourself :3

good luck! let me know if anyone ever reads this, lmao