Say It In Red | Episode 11: Dokidoki Literature Club

Say It In Red

This week, Sara and Runa take the concept of a visual novel book club to its next logical step and join an exciting, breathtaking, Dokidoki Literature Club! What will happen when we spend our days reading novels and discussing manga and writing poetry with cute girls? Will we get to snack on cute cupcakes and get to know our fellow club members? Will we have heartpounding discussions about our favorite literary tropes? Well, whatever happens, I'm sure it will be extremely safe and normal!
Dokidoki Literature Club!(2017) is a visual novel that begins as a very cute, lighthearted dating sim where you play as a faceless high school boy at the beginning of a new week, unsure of what club he might join in school and without any particular direction for the time being. He quickly encounters his childhood friend and neighbor, Sayori, who coaxes him (with the promise of cupcakes) to try out the literature club. Once there, Sayori introduces him to the other current members: Yuri, a tall and introverted girl who reads intricate fantasy and sci-fi novels; Natsuki, a small and contrary girl who loves baking and reading manga; and the club president, Monika, who your protagonist notes is one of the most popular and beautiful girls in school. As you spend more time in the literature club, you'll start to grow closer to Sayori, Yuri, and Natsuki, all while Monika is getting closer and closer to something as well...
Please note that, if you haven't played DDLC before, the game features explicit images and themes of self-harm, suicide and suicide ideation, and unreality. The game itself has a more complete list of content warnings and we'll list content warnings for our discussion in the episode below, but we wanted to give you a heads up in case you plan to read along before you listen!
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Content Warnings for this episode:
Self-Harm - 00:26:45 to 00:27:40
00:28:30 to 00:29:10
00:36:15, 00:43:20

Suicide & Suicidal Ideation - 00:23:00
00:43:20 to 00:45:20
Mentions of Child Abuse - 00:26:35