極限脱出 9時間9人9の扉 (Zero Escape: 999) 🗝 Week 10 (Visual Novel Book Club)

Week 10: Starting June 2nd

極限脱出 9時間9人9の扉 :old_key: Home Thread!

This is being read as part of the Visual Novel Book Club.

Previous Part: Week 9
Next Part: Week 11 (starting June 9th)

Reading

This week we’re reading five scenes starting from the first square on the right side of the first branch.

Further instructions (not spoilers if you're up to date)

As we reached another ending last week, we’re circling back around to the beginning to replay for a different route. You are free to replay from the beginning and make any choices you like up through the first branching point. (note: you will need to make a choice in the first branching point for which door to go to, but that scene is not included in the five we’re reading since it’s mostly a repeat.)

If you don’t want to replay and make different choices for different dialogue, you can skip to the first branch point on the flowchart and begin from there. If any of this is confusing, please let me know!

Note: it’s not always obvious when a section ends, so try to keep an eye on the flowchart when you think you’re getting close to the end. Below is a screenshot of how your flowchart should look and where the section ends. Screenshots are under a double spoiler so you can unblur one at a time (minimizing spoilers).

Screenshots (potential spoilers)

Current flowchart:

Stop here:

General Advice

In the remastered version, novel sections have two reading modes: novel and adventure. The mode you are currently in is displayed in the top right; click on it to swap between the two. Novel mode includes both dialogue and narrative text, while adventure mode includes only dialogue. Which you read is up to you; novel mode generally gives you more information by nature of writing out descriptions of events, while adventure mode is less reading by nature of being only dialogue.

Note: the game will occasionally force you into the other mode. When this happens, you can simply click the button in the top right to swap back; however, if it forces you into novel mode, there may be a reason it does so, so proceed with caution!

Choices

The choices are under a double spoiler so you can unblur one choice at the time (minimizing spoilers). For those of you who would like to go through the game blind as to which choices matter, I am including baseline responses for all choices. However, for those of you who would like to make your own choices where it doesn’t affect story progression, whether a choice is critical or not is marked under a second spoiler below each choice.

Note: the appearance of some choices is triggered by previous choices, so if you pick different responses on ones that aren’t required for story progression don’t be concerned if you don’t see some of the choices listed below.

Choices

≪どっちの扉に⋯⋯?≫
やはり【 5 】の扉に入ろう

required: yes | no

Guides if you want to check choices yourself (beware of spoilers!)

From what I can tell it seems like major spoilers and puzzle answers are hidden, but proceed with caution!

Japanese guide
English guide

Puzzles

In case anyone has trouble with the puzzles or that just isn’t their thing, I’m including the relevant puzzle instructions. Of course you’re welcome to ask for help in the thread as well! If you are trying to figure it out I’d recommend asking for hints here first, as the guides are somewhat hit or miss with how much they reveal and how quickly.

Puzzle guides (beware of spoilers!)

カジノバー
Japanese guide
English guide

Discussion Rules

  • Please use spoiler tags for major events in the current chapter/part and any content in future chapters/parts.
  • When asking for help, do your best to provide context. Pasted text, screenshots, descriptions, etc. Unlike book clubs we can’t flip to relevant pages, so we may need a little help identifying exactly what is being discussed.
  • Feel totally at ease to ask questions or give your thoughts, any time! Clubs live and die by participation, and asking whatever question you have, no matter how silly it may seem, helps others who are reading it and even the answerer themselves.
  • Have fun, and do your best to interpret anything said with as much good faith as possible :slightly_smiling_face:

Participants

Mark your participation status by voting in this poll.
(Please feel free to update your status whenever you like!)

  • I’m reading along
  • I have finished this part
  • I’m still reading but I haven’t reached this part yet
  • I am not reading this VN

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Length estimate as usual: this section took me about 1h 50min, so fairly typical even going up to five scenes. As always let me know if you have any questions or other thoughts!

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Yeah, this week’s amount isn’t so bad. Dealing with some health problems so to keep it very brief –

Spoilers

There’s not a ton storywise with us returning to the earliest choice, but it’s good to finally get to talk to Nils a bit. Seven + Nils is one of my favorite combinations to hang out with; there’s a more relaxed vibe to the group. Love how much Seven enjoys the jokes, haha. Fun week.

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I did this week out of order by mistake (played next week first) but I’m convinced it doesn’t matter.

I was surprised by Seven’s good mood here. He sure laughed a lot. I laughed too at Hermes=hell+メス=Yashiro :joy:

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Definitely a fun week! Casino Bar is my favorite escape room so far. Took my time and enjoyed the puzzles even though I’m lagging so far behind the group. I really get a kick out of Seven. Like the way he gets amped up when he gets a chance to share things.

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