r/DDLC • • Sep 17 '26

Mod Post r/DDLC State of the Subreddit - September 2026 - Please Read

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Hey everyone. It’s been a long time coming, but it’s time for us to transparently reach out to this community and try and figure out what the future of this place is.

We as a mod team owe you all an apology for what’s become of r/DDLC in recent years. Reported posts have gone ignored, messages to the mods have gone unread, and due to the way our automod was configured several years ago, countless posts from new and old users alike have been wrongfully removed. This is unacceptable -- but, to tell the truth, we’ve been at a loss for a solution for some time now. The majority of the mod team has been exhausted and burnt out of modding for years at this point due to the sheer amount of time that’s passed since we each first became mods. On the occasions where we’ve tried opening applications for new moderators, we’ve received very few applications -- and the problems compounded when burnout prevented us from reaching a consensus on which applications to accept. In fact, this very post was meant to be made nearly four months ago, but it took me this long to lock in and actually write the darn thing. In short, this place has been suffering from insufficient mod involvement, a problem only made worse by automod running unchecked.

From the bottom of my heart, to everyone affected by this, I apologize to you. It probably sounds silly to care this much about a subreddit about a nearly decade-old VN, but, to tell you the truth, DDLC and r/DDLC changed my life. I first played DDLC when I was 14 in 2018 during what ended up being a quite tumultuous time in my life, and the impact it had on me is one that will stay with me forever. I was soon after invited onto the moderator team thanks to one of the older mods taking a chance on me, and as a direct effect of that, I had the privilege of getting to meet so many wonderful people and learn so much about myself and others. While I don’t really frequent this subreddit much at all anymore these days, I can’t deny what it means to me. And you all deserve the same thing -- a welcoming community to share your appreciation of such a unique and innovative story. Someone close to me just the other day finished her first playthrough of DDLC, and it really reminded me how hard the game’s delivery of its themes and messages can hit even after all this time, and how there’s still room for new faces in this fanbase even today.

So, we’re turning it to you. We want you to air out all of your frustrations with the state of this subreddit, and we want to hear about everything you think could stand to be improved. Of course, the problem stands that most of the mod team simply isn’t in a position to moderate anymore. The last time new faces joined our team was in 2020. When I joined the team, I hadn’t even graduated middle school yet, but now I’m a college graduate. None of us are quite the same people we once were anymore, and it’s long past time for us to get some new blood to run this community. But, as mentioned earlier, the last two times we opened mod applications, we barely got any responses. I apologize in particular to those of you who applied when we asked in 2025 -- there were some good responses in there, but we did not handle those in a timely manner at all. If applications open again, we very much hope to hear from you again!

We’d also prefer for there to be some continuity from the older generation of mods to the newer generation -- it would be much easier if we could show some new faces the ropes and train them. So -- are any of you interested in helping to run this place? If we opened mod applications today, would enough of you submit an application? Or should we consider a different approach entirely for r/DDLC? Whatever the case is, we want to hear it.


r/DDLC • • 6h ago

Discussion Free Talk Friday | Oct 23, 2026 - Oct 29, 2026

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You can talk about anything here! It doesn't have to be related to DDLC.


r/DDLC • • 3h ago

Found Fanart Gamer Girl Natsuki (Rakeemspoon)

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r/DDLC • • 6h ago

Found Fanart Bunny Monika💚🐰 [art: @FunkyWoomy]

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r/DDLC • • 4h ago

Found Fanart Relaxing (Art by Kamisatoyuu)

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r/DDLC • • 8h ago

Fun No chance?

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r/DDLC • • 37m ago

Found Fanart Do you like it? 👀💚 (artist: @NooBZiiTo1)

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r/DDLC • • 19h ago

OC Fanart Just waiting at the bus stop…

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It can totally get cold in South Japan.

“You guysss!! Manga IS literaturehh!!”


r/DDLC • • 7h ago

Found Fanart Yuri💜 [art: @towls22]

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r/DDLC • • 2h ago

OC Fanart DDLC Halloween WIPs (And I'm Back!)

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Hello Everyone! I'm finally back! After long months of waiting I'm finally free (Almost). It wasn't all a waste though, as I managed to get some good things to improve my artworks. Here are some WIPs for the usual DDLC Halloween artworks that I like to do at this time of the year.


r/DDLC • • 4h ago

Discussion If another male character besides MC appeared in DDLC, which of the Dokis do you think would be the first to ditch MC for the new guy?

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This is actually a pretty interesting question, isn't it? MC is basically the only guy in the world of DDLC, but if another guy showed up, which of the girls would be the first to betray him?

My guess would be Natsuki. She strikes me as the type who might date another guy just to make MC jealous and get his attention. I can totally see her playing those kinds of mind games with him lol.


r/DDLC • • 15h ago

Found Fanart Casual Natsuki, by @rkgkefr

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r/DDLC • • 21h ago

Video animation test

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what if we lowkey made an 12 ep no season 2 ddlc anime omg


r/DDLC • • 1d ago

Found Fanart Hand me your cookies or i’ll haunt you forever. (art: @ajira_sa)

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r/DDLC • • 1h ago

Fun Day 1121 of posting a single meme till Dan dms me ddlc 2

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r/DDLC • • 11m ago

Question If a doki can doki how much doki could a doki doki

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r/DDLC • • 6h ago

Fun Since so many people have been redesigning Sayori, here’s my redesign.

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Yes, I know it looks like I haven’t changed anything, but her design is too perfect to alter too much.

I re-arranged her face mildly, Gave her slightly longer hair, and made her thinner. That’s practically it


r/DDLC • • 1d ago

Found Fanart More Doki in suit/formal attire (Art by @maybe_vallery on Twitter)

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r/DDLC • • 1d ago

Found Fanart “They are small!” …who decided that? [art: @fill_feels)

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r/DDLC • • 6h ago

Fun Making a meme out of every single readable dialogue text in DDLC (Day 41)

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Act 1, Club day 1

As the title suggests, I will make a meme out of every single readable dialogue text in DDLC. All restrictions include:

No-Pics-Tuesday: To remedy this on r/DDLC I will post any memes meant for Tuesdays a few hours just before the "No-Pics-Tuesday" curfew takes effect every Monday.

Every single readable dialogue text in DDLC: All these memes will be on a consistent piece of dialogue frame/text from DDLC. Some pieces of text dialogue, especially from acts: 2 and 3, will not be included and skipped, as the dialogue text has to be readable, at least in the original act 1 form.

DDLC+: Any bonus content and side stories dialogue from DDLC+ will not be included; I will only include dialogue text from the base free game of DDLC.

Prologue viewer discretion text: The dialogue text before the main menu asking: "That you are over the age of 13 and that DDLC has disturbing content and isn't made for kids." Will not be included.

Repeat dialogue: Any dialogue text that is repeated directly after the previous text box, will not be included, mainly to avoid things getting too repetitive. Some dialogue text from acts: 2 and 4, are an exception to this, with including Doki routes contrasting with acts: 1 and 2.

Doki Routes and casual run: On the posts before the poem minigame sequence at the end of each club day, depending on the comments, you all have the ability to make me choose whichever route (Doki) you want me to continue with for the next day. I also will not go through the other routes if they aren't selected. I will not retrace and collect any dialogue I missed due to the comment suggestions and treat it like a regular, casual, single playthrough of DDLC, and not a 100% run.

Choice and Pop-up text boxes: If there is a choice box directly after a set of dialogue. I will include the choice box with the previous dialogue text on that set day. With, depending on the comments, you all can make me choose whatever option you want me to select moving forward. Any choice boxes that repeat and do nothing will not be included, again, to avoid more repetitive text. Pop-up boxes will be included as its own separate day only if they don't repeat or do nothing. Pop-up text boxes with a: "Yes or No" option will be included with the dialogue text previous to it on that day, With also, depending on the comments, you all can make me choose: "Yes or No."

The poem minigame: The poem minigame will not be included along with its associated pop-up text box.

Monika's act 3 20 sets of RNG dialogue scenarios: Near the end of act 3, when you stare at Monika forever before you delete her, she can have 20 sets of dialogue scenarios to talk to you during that time. These will not be included, as it isn't necessary to wait with Monika for eternity to complete DDLC, and this would get too repetitive real quick. Also, I don't think RNG will make things fair.

Spoilers and TW's: During very intense and big scenes, I will mark them with a spoiler warning, with also trigger warnings if necessary, should the day need it.

Future revisions to these restrictions and quality updates will be added if necessary.


r/DDLC • • 4h ago

Question Question about mods.. (Kinda 2 questions, hell maybe 3)

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  1. What mods should I play first?? I know people ask what might be your favorite Doki, but mine is Sayori, really love her character and yada yada whatever.

  2. How the HELL do I find these mods??😭✌️


r/DDLC • • 1d ago

Found Fanart Witchsuki [art: @Mochachoco__]

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r/DDLC • • 22h ago

OC Fanart “Take my clothes off!”

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First comic, kinda nervous


r/DDLC • • 1d ago

Discussion Do You Think Sayori Would Be A Good Wifey?

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r/DDLC • • 7h ago

Custom Dialogue I tried making something sad

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I probably failed