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Short Comic -- Death of a Star

I'm not terrific at making comics, but I think this is one of my better written and illustrated ones. I hope I didn't make you too sad ;v;

Kind of half-assed but WOAH WHAT IF RAMONA VS ROXIE BUT ITS AN OMORI BOSS BATTLE OWHAHH

oh my god no

I have an obsession with sitting at the prairie lobby and watching shatterings occur its just so pretty

What exactly is Headspace?

Is it a dream? An alternate universe? (TW: mental illness, spoilers) 

In this post, I will be discussing a fictional phenomenon resulting from dissociative disorder that exists only in the OMORI universe. I want to impress two seemingly contradictory points:

1) Headspace is simply NOT possible in the real-life. 2) Headspace is still not a alternate universe, its just a dream.

Rather I would like to put forward a soft science fiction explanation using all the information we’ve been given about the topic.

Part 1: Headspace is NOT possible in the real life.

The true nature of Headspace is much close to that of a coma than secret universe. If a coma is sleeping, but longer. Then Headspace is dreaming, but longer. Headspace is not its own universe, just an extended dream that continues in the back of the patient’s mind during waking hours. We know this because whenever Sunny returns to the dream he find things have changed while he is awake. For example, when the Playground Kids enter Jawsum’s employment, and when Omori detains the Deep Well Creatures while Sunny is absent. Furthermore, Headspace creatures do not have sentience anymore than characters in our real-life dreams. Rather they are characters manufactured by the unconscious recesses of our minds. They only appear to have sentience, when in reality they are only puppets being manipulated by the sleeper’s mind.  Headspace being only a dream would also explain why every world is tailor made to the individuals symbolic ideas. Much like real-life dreams, every part of Headspace has a symbolic meaning. And if it was just a fantasy world, locations and characters would be more generalized. However, all that being said, I have reason to believe Headspace Disorder has fictional traits that do not exist in real life. Those being:

Dream Stability

Dreams in real-life are very limited in scope and spatial awareness, and more importantly, remembrance is extremely limited. Dreams are not really like real places with clearly defined parameters and object permanence. In fact, most sleepers forget their dreams immediately. Headspace is nothing like this at all. Sunny is capable of maintaining an entire island, and remembering every chest he’s opened. Mr Outback even mentions this. Noting that Sunny has an unusually large world and a big imagination. 

However, Sunny’s cognitive skill alone is not enough to change the nature of dreaming itself. Even if it was only a few areas, the level of stability and permanence of the Headspace dream is atypical of real-life dreams and therefore must have some fictional feature. Though it is important to note OMOCAT stated in an interview that only people with “big imaginations” are capable of having White Spaces. (We will be returning to that interview later) So having those skills make having the disease possible in for the “dreamer” but are not enough to make it possible in real-life.

Inter-Dream Communication

On the topic of Mr. Outback, he does indicate that Headspace is a shared phenomenon, and more importantly exhibits a self-awareness of his own place in these shared dreams. This is the main evidence people give for the alternate universe theory. After all, if Outback has a life outside of Sunny’s Headspace he must be an autonomous individual separate from him to some capacity. Outback goes further to even say that Headspace has existed since the beginning of time and even says he’s 33000 years old. An age that feels so oddly specific. Why not say he’s 1,000,000 years? or a billion? Why that age specifically? Outback’s age is roughly the same age as the Venuses of Willendorf, the oldest surviving pieces of human representational art. The oldest of which being only 4000 years off Outback’s stated age.

This means Headspace has been around for as long as Humans have been capable of creating representational art pieces/ stories.

Headspace has existed for a long time. And its a place people “visit”. But the question is, if multiple people can visit this place, does this imply that there can be cross communication between dreamers?

Yes. I think there is some evidence for this in Black Space, from the Stranger’s dialogue.

The Stranger in this conversation speaks with knowledge that only Basil himself would be privy to even saying “let my words reach you one last time” Implying this isn’t just some Headspace creature like the rest. It’s Basil. It’s the real basil speaking to Sunny through dreams. 

Seriously just read these statements:

How does Sunny’s mind know Basil waited for him at all? How does it know Basil has things he wants to say to him? 

Add the weird Mr. Outback stuff. Add the strange properties that are impossible in real-life dreams. Add OMOCATs comments, its all paints the picture that Headspace is not some run of the mill dream.

But is it really another world? Is it a dream or not?

Part 2: Headspace is likely not a alternate universe.

All of this seems incredibly magical. And by real-life standards it would be, but REAL WORLD is not the real world.

We already know the movie and videogame characters of real life don’t exist in Faraway Town or vice versa. Their world is like our world but slightly different. The biggest difference of all being Headspace. But what do we know about it for sure? Without further ado, lets see what OMOCAT has to say. Look at how they respond when asked about Basil’s White Space. 

Notice how OMOCAT in this interview uses psychologically driven language like “mind” and “memory”

u/xDal-Lio -  OMOCAT interview from Cydonia streaming translated in english

They even talk about it from “personal experience”, if that doesn’t ground it in reality, what will? 

At this point I’d like to add that I use the term “Headspace” rather liberally,  White Space is the foundation of Headspace, the latter cannot exist within an individual without the former. Think of White Space as the canvas and Headspace as the drawing. The OMOCAT states outright that “White Space is based on the ability of some people to completely isolate their minds when something traumatic happens”. This has lead many people to suspect that Headspace/White Space are not an alternate world but rather a symptom of Dissociation. Darly Talks has already done a full video on the topic and I would encourage everyone to watch it. 

This theory of White Space being connected to Dissociation is almost confirmed. Based on OMOCAT’s interview above and some hints in the game (like Humphrey soundtrack H2O HLC being a nod to Dissociation) I think this should just be accepted as the foundational truth. However, Dissociation doesn’t explain everything; people in real-life experiencing dissociation don’t get to visit Headspace headspace overnight. The closest real life equivalent to Headspace would probably be “Lucid Dreaming” a phenomenon where a sleeper is able to control their own dream.

But Lucid Dreaming has no attachment to dissociation, but like Headspace is more adaptable to certain individuals rather than others. As stated in the interview above, some people can’t make a White Space. Perhaps at this point it would be premiant to build a profile of who is more likely to be “able to do it” in OMOCAT’s words. Based on what we can guess its probably:

Sunny, Basil and Hero

OMOCAT doesn’t outright state whether Basil has a White Space, but as stated before, Basil communicates to Sunny in his dream through Black Space, so I would conclude it more likely than not that he has one since his mind is stated to be the very source of Something’s existence. Hero on the other hand is a more dicey proposition, we know he was locked away in his room for almost a year based on Kel’s account. Something also of note is how Hero is the only Headspace party member to have a Black and White afraid emotion. He used to have it be purple in the 2018 demo, but they went out of their way to make sure it was black and white for the final release of the game. 

The implication here, at the very least, is that Sunny understands that Hero has been effected by Mari’s death in a way close to his own. It also explains why he’s also the only character to get his own room in “The Docks” the deepest area of Black Space. (read my post explaining all the areas of Black Space for more info) But overall, the information we’ve been given is not enough to confirm where Hero had his own White Space. Its a coin flip. 50/50 whether he had one. But lets assume he’s more likely to have it than the others, this creates a profile of intelligence and creative individuals being the deciding factors of who gets a Headspace or not. 

Part 3: Sunny’s Choices vs Default Headspace

So what does this all mean? What is Headspace? A Lovecraftian entity? Based on everything addressed thus far, I have reason to believe that Headspace is a medically explainable phenomenon within the OMORI universe, and within said universe the collective unconscious is a very real thing. Meaning Headspace is a shared dream that’s been ongoing since Humanity became sentient. This would explain Outback’s comments about his age and why so many people have access to it. Headspace is not another world, its a shared endless dream. One that will go on until humans die out, or maybe even after. Traumatic events and dissociation allow an individual to escape reality and set up a new Headspace on this collective foundation by hiding away “truths”. Keys appear in these locking them away. Outback talks about it in a way that implies Black Space and the keys are a baked in part of the White Space experience, one a repression of the other. 

Lets consider what Daddy LongLegs has to say.  He says, after White Space, sleepers will then have multiple dreams. Each dream being redefined as a “world” in this context. Like real-life dreams, Sunny did not make these worlds, his mind did, and LongLegs said he “stumbled through them”. All Sunny’s worlds used to be separated but then later where combined, probably by Sunny himself or even Omori. On the topic of Omori, another interesting take away is how LongLegs implies that there was a period of time Sunny was in control of the dream but then allowed Omori to take over later on. 

This means that Omori himself, ironically, is the only part of the Headspace phenomenon that is actually unique to Sunny. Meaning that repressing one’s self is only optional, and entirely of Sunny’s own choosing. 

It is unknown whether the inclusion of the “three great creatures” of Headspace was also Sunny’s doing, or if they are a defined part of everyone’s Headspace. The fact that they have defined roles, “Oldest, Wisest, Favorite” implies that it might be a set of characters different to everyone’s Headspace, vaguely based on the Freudian Id, Ego and Super Ego. However its also mentioned they existed before Headspace, implying that they are imaginary friends that predated the creation of White Space and thus, might just be unique to Sunny, calling upon them to help him set up Headspace, giving them titles he just made up. But again, its uncertain. Since there is no evidence to Sunny having these imaginary friends refenced in Real World, not even mentioned in passing. So all of it is unclear. I could discuss the roles each member actually played in Sunny’s Headspace, but that is not relevant to the broader discussion here.

CONCLUSION 

Headspace is a shared dream of humanity only accessible by imaginative individuals through dissociated dreaming. Every “Dreamer” starts with a White Space and Black Space and from there can explore other dreams all built on the bedrock of the shared dream, but the actual nature of the dream itself is built unconsciously by the mind and is different for every person. Older “Headspace creatures” or dream characters can move between individuals Headspaces at will, and even dreamers may do so to a certain extent. Optionally, Dreamers may choose to repress themselves and forget themselves entirely. 

made a small army of usagi ringo (rabbit apple slices!)

I only applied a clear glaze to the "apple skin" part, so there's extra contrast between the matte body and glossy skin

crying

Kel and Basil get a divorce

I spent too much time on this lmao. It was worth it. You can tag this any ship you find suitable lol

REDRAW more under

sketch + og

plus.. doodles.

i wait for you 🧡

THIS SONG BELONGS TO HIM. literally so loyal i love him i want him to be my friend >:(

took a clip from a yt video and made it into a gif and I think this deserves to be seen by many

treat

Want to know everything that's ever happened in Project Sekai but don't have time to read all those stories? Guess what! For the low, low price of "it seems fun", I'll be summarizing every single event!

I'll be using official or trusted fan translations whenever possible. If none exist, I'll then rely on Google Translate as a last resort.

Please be patient with me as I build this blog! This is a passion project at heart, so other priorities can and will come first. However, if there's an event you'd really love a summary of, feel free to request it and I'll put it first on the priority list! Otherwise, events will be summarized chronologically. (I'll also do occasional card stories!)

If you have a question about any of the stories as well, feel free to ask and I will do my best to answer! (Or come and say hi :3)

Masterpost below the cut. All summaries will be tagged by unit, character appearances, and special type, if applicable.

Leo/need Key Stories

Main Story

Stella After the Rain (Saki1)

Don't Let Doubts Hold You Back (Honami1)

Twilight Parade (Shiho mixed)

Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms (Ichika mixed)

Resonating with You (Shiho1) (ARC1 ENDER)

Unnamed Harmony (Saki2)

Knock the Future!! (Ichika1)

Putting feelings into words (Honami2)

That day, the Sky was Far Away (Shiho2)

Live with Memories (Ichika2)

No Seek No Find (Saki3)

Don't lose faith! (Shiho3)

Echo My Melody (Ichika3)

Little Bravers! (Honami3) (LATEST EN EVENT)

get over it. (Saki4)

Connected by our Stellar Song (Ichika4) (ARC2 ENDER)

Stick to your faith (Shiho4)

The Courage to Lead, the Kindness in my Heart (Honami4)

MORE! MORE! JUMP! Key Stories

Main Story

Time to Re:Start! (Airi1)

Color of Myself! (Shizuku1)

Hear Me! HOPEFUL SHOW! (Minori1)

You deserve it! Break Time! (Haruka1)

Happy Lovely Everyday! (Airi1)

MORE MORE Making Christmas (Minori2) (ARC1 ENDER)

Cast a Spell on You! (Shizuku2)

Tied By Painful Hope (Haruka2)

Chasing The Sparkle Beyond the Blue Sky (Airi3)

Dear Me, From Back Them (Minori3)

Beyond The Dream of That Day (Haruka3)

At The End of The Unraveled Thread (Shizuku3) (LATEST EN EVENT)

Re-Tie Freindship (Airi4)

Step by Step! (Minori4) (ARC2 ENDER)

The Warmth that Guides Us (Shizuku4)

The Scars Left Behind, With Time (Minori5)

Vivid BAD SQUAD Key Stories

Main Story

Singing in Sync (An1)

NOCTURNE Interlude (Toya1)

STRAY BAD DOG (Akito1)

Awakening Beat (Kohane1)

Bout for Beside You (An2)

Same Dreams, Same Colors (Toya2)

Legend Still Vivid (Kohane2)

POWER OF UNITY (Akito2)

The Vivid Old Tale (An3)

Walk on and on (Toya3)

Find A Way Out (Akito3)

Kick it Up a Notch (Kohane3) (LATEST EN EVENT)

Light Up the Fire (An4)

On Your Feet (Kohane4) (ARC2 ENDER)

Burn My Soul (Akito4)

BREAK DOWN THE WALL (WORLD LINK)

Wonderlands x Showtime Key Stories

Main Story

It's On! Wonder Halloween! (Rui1)

On This Holy Night, I Sing (Nene1)

Smile of a Dreamer (Emu1)

Wonder Magical Showtime! (Tsukasa1) (ARC1 ENDER)

Mesmerized by Mermaids (Nene2)

Revival my Dream (Rui2) (Skipped in EN)

Pop! In My Heart! (Emu2)

On this Stage of Dazzling Light (Tsukasa2)

Desperate Times?! Island Panic! (Nene3)

A Sorrowful Farewell at the Curtain Call (Rui3)

Happy New Year! Lion Dance Robot's New Year's Show! (Tsukasa mixed)

To The Gleaming Stars Halfway Through a Dream (Emu3) (LATEST EN EVENT)

Towards the Phoenix in the Distant Sky (Tsukasa3)

The Canary Sings in a Quagmire (Nene4)

Our Happy Ending (Emu4) (ARC2 ENDER)

A Story where You are the Star (Tsukasa4)

Backlight Lens Flare (Rui4)

Nightcord at 25:00 Key Stories

Main Story

Imprisoned Marionette (Mafuyu1)

Insatiable Pale Color (Ena1)

Secret Distance (Mizuki1)

What's on your mind? Exciting Picnic! (Ena mixed)

Carnation Recollection (Kanade1)

Mirage of Light (Mafuyu2)

My Footsteps, Your Destination (Mizuki2)

Someday, From the Depths of Despair (Kanade2)

On This Blank Canvas, I Paint (Ena2)

What Lies Beyond Guiding a Lost Child (Mafuyu3)

And Now, This Ribbon is Tied (Mizuki3)

At This Festival Bathed in Twilight (Mafuyu mixed)

Hope Will Someday Go Beyond the Morning (Ena3) (LATEST EN EVENT)

Immiscible Discord (Kanade3)

Our Escape for Survival (Mizuki4)

Saying Goodbye to my Persona (Mafuyu4) (ARC2 ENDER)

Searching for a Reflection Underneath the Water (WORLD LINK)

The Tone Played on That Day (Kanade4)

MIXED EVENTS

Run! Sports Festival! Committee Rush (Emu, Miyajou)

Kamiyama High Festival! (Mizuki, Kamikou)

SEKAI Happy New Year! (Miku, all) (New Years)

Twilight Parade (Shiho, L/n and Wxs)

Doll Festival at the Tenma's (Saki, L/n, WxS, Toya)

Singing Among the Cherry Blossoms (Ichika, all units) (0.5 anni)

What's on your mind? Exciting Picnic! (Ena, n25, MMJ, WxS)

An Ode for the Pure of Heart (Toya, L/n, VBS, WxS) (Wedding)

The Sounds of a Summer Festival! (Akito, MMJ, VBS, n25)

The BEST Summer Ever! (Honami, Miyajou)

The Moon Rabbit & Us (Shizuku, L/n, MMJ, n25)

Scramble Fan Festa! (Minori, all) (1 anni)

Time to hang out (Kohane, MMJ, VBS)

The Warmth of Intersecting Melodies (Mafuyu, L/n, n25)

The Tomorrow We Hope For (Haruka, all) (New Years)

Secret Operation Valentine's Day (Airi, L/n, MMJ, WxS) (Valentine's)

A Gentleman Theif's Thrilling White Day ?! (Tsukasa, all units) (White Day)

Connected through SEKAI's Cherry Blossoms (Miku, all) (1.5 anni)

The Climax! Kamiyama Cheer Squad! (Rui, Kamikou)

Wishing to the Blue Sky for Your Happiness! (An, MMJ, VBS) (Wedding)

Let's Enjoy Together! Spojoy Park (Kanade, L/n, MMJ, VBS, n25)

CLOSE GAME OFFLINE (Nene, VBS, WXS)

Paint What I Love, Rainbow Canvas! (Ena, L/n, WxS, n25)

At This Festival Bathed in Twilight (Mafuyu, all) (2 anni)

Screaming?! Welcome to the Forest of Wolves! (Kohane, all units)

Raise Your Bow in a Snow-White World (Shizuki, Miyajou)

Happy New Year! Lion Dance Robot's New Years's Show! (Tsukasa, all) (New Years)

Memories that Come with the Scent of Candles (Ichika, L/n, WxS, n25) (Valentine's)

Never Give Up Cooking! (Toya, L/n, VBS, WxS) (White Day) (LATEST EN EVENT)

In the Corner of a Resonant Town (Shiho, all units) (2.5 anni)

One-Day Trip Before Setting Sail (Haruka, Miyajou)

Standing Next to the Kind and Gentle You (Honami, L/n, WxS, n25) (Wedding)

A Once in a Lifetime Pandemonium?! (Rui, 3rd years)

Slapstick Cafe REC (Airi, L/n, MMJ, n25)

Let your song resonate through SEKAI! (Miku, all units)

Weaving Precious Memories with You (Saki, Miyajou)

Let's Study Hard! (An, Kamikou)

Hello Good Day! (Ichika, all) (3 anni)

The Best Picture Wrap! (Nene, VBS, WxS)

Over Here! Over There! The Zookeeper Experience! (Minori, Miyajou)

Next to the Unchaning Warmth (Mizuki, all units) (New Years)

Take the Best Shot! (Kohane, MMJ, VBS, n25) (Valentine's)

Relax Teatime (Kanade, L/n, MMJ, n25) (White Day)

I made a lil gif of a stranger

He angry

kanpai funk omori edition!

i didnt have mari posts in my last one and i also didnt have any shippy ones. time to change this

(first one)

guess who just finished omori

im not really feeling like myself today

red hands & flower crowns

process video under the cut

EVERYBODY SHUT UP!!!!!!!! she is speaking

been trying to finish this for so long...

sunny is an empty concert auditorium. sunny is the warmth of hot cocoa in a cabin. sunny is crayons that are too short to draw with yet too long to throw away. sunny is a green, open field that doesn't seem to end. sunny is a set dinner table that is empty. sunny is the warm light that reflects through the shades and onto the floor. sunny is drawing on a foggy window with your finger. sunny is the one blurry photo you take while taking pictures.

aubrey is a broken chain fence. aubrey is going to the zoo, and wanting to bring every animal home. aubrey is a bus ride at night back home, anticipating punishment from your parents. aubrey is eating popsicles by the side of the road with your best friend. aubrey is selling lemonade during the summer. aubrey is going barefoot into the muddy lake. aubrey is a dog let off-leash for the first time, running freely through fields. aubrey is a messy collage of newspapers and dry markers.

kel is drawing on the sidewalk using chalk with your friends. kel is the sandwich and carrots your mom makes you after school. kel is waiting for the school bus early in the morning in your raincoat. kel is fear; fear of yourself, of what you cannot control. kel is the last slice of pizza that one person insists the other has. kel is jumping in a pile of leaves with your dog. kel is falling and skinning your knee as a child, yet having nobody around to hear your cries.

hero is nostalgia. hero is eating fruit loops with your siblings on a sunday morning. hero is colorful ice cream and brownies for dessert. hero is stuffed animals in a claw machine. hero is the bottom of a tea cup after it's been emptied. hero is coming home after a long day to nobody. hero is the stray cat that brings you something every day. hero is the feeling of a dog's fur. hero is a painting the artist recreated, new and refreshed while the old version rots. hero is breakfast in bed from your children.

mari is a tire swing hanging from a beautiful oak tree. mari is the taste of your grandmother's baking. mari is confiding in someone you trust. mari is the flowers swaying by the riverbank. mari is asking someone to not take a photo of you, then later regretting it. mari is an old piano, one overgrown with plants and long abandoned. mari is the pictures of generations of your family hung in the hallways. mari is going out to eat after your big volleyball game.

basil is scraping your knee and insisting you don't need a band-aid. basil is polaroid photos strung up in a teenager's bedroom. basil is an old, dusty key which you're not sure what it unlocks. basil is a kid's journal with a lock on it that you forgot the password to. basil is spilling something in someone else's house and watching them clean it up for you. basil is jars of honey and jam in a cupboard. basil is dry, cracked knuckles.

That's you.

Wanted to draw Hero

silly kel omori