MAD FATHER’s Dual Narrative (Aya’s struggles examined)

The most thorough dissection of Mad Father I could cook up, focusing foremost on the game's protagonist, Aya. Though this video has been in the works for an unreasonably long time (started working on it before I started college and now here I am, about to start my second year), the game is on sale for a few days as of uploading this video so. Good timing?

Please ignore any typos you see in the subtitles I did my best

VIDEO SEGMENTS:
00:00 - Content Warning
00:30 - Introduction & Story Synopsis
04:43 - Shallow Waters & Key Pins
08:22 - Deeper Chambers & Shimmering Gems
12:21 - Family Catacombs & Troubling Youth
16:01 - Obsessive Negligence & True Kinship
20:49 - Aya's Projection & Alfred's Perversion
24:14 - To Help the Unhealable & The Dual Narrative's True End
26:52 - Closing Thoughts & Further Ideas

TL;DW:
Mad Father is a game about a little girl named Aya who suffers through horrific trauma at the hands of (mostly) her serial killer father. Once she grows up and chooses to become a doctor, the game leaves her fate open ended and because of that, most players assume she followed in her father's footsteps (of murder). This video lays out the evidence for the opposite, while also diving into the nitty gritty of everything that happened to make Aya who she is.

GAME LINKS:
Remake's Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/48...

Original game's English mirror: https://vgperson.com/games/madfather.htm

Mad Father website: http://novice2.web.fc2.com/game/mad/i...

SUPPORT LINKS:
My art tumblr:   / kookiart  

Dread Not:   / dreadnotau  

Aya voiced by Meowchela, here's a link to her tumblr page:   / meowchela  

See you all in another 2 years lmao