MARI

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MARI
Sprites
Gender	Female
Age	15 (At time of death)
Birthday	March 1st
Location	SUNNY'S HOUSE (formerly)
Relatives	Unnamed Mother Unnamed Father SUNNY (Younger Brother)
Relations	HERO (Love interest) KEL (Friend) AUBREY (Friend) BASIL (Friend)
BGM	By Your Side.

I'll be around whenever you need me. If you're ever stuck or don't know what to do, just talk to me, and I'll try my best to help!

— MARI

MARI is a major supporting character in OMORI. She is the older sister of OMORI in HEADSPACE, and SUNNY's older sister in the REAL WORLD. Her presence as a whole also serves as one of the major driving forces behind the game's story.

PROFILE

APPEARANCE

MARI is a teenage girl with long, straight hair and bangs. In HEADSPACE, she has dark hair and eyes which are stylized as purple. She wears what looks like a variation of a Japanese seifuku.

In the REAL WORLD, MARI had black hair, black eyes, and wore a purple jacket or sweater over a white dress. She wore purple shoes. Her appearance also influenced her HEADSPACE counterpart's appearance.

As a spirit, MARI looks slightly older than her HEADSPACE counterpart. Similarly to OMORI, she is completely black and white, and her eyes are black with white pupils. She also wears a long, white dress.

PERSONALITY

She's often spoken of as being kind and gentle, and plays a sisterly role in the friend group with SUNNY, HERO, KEL, AUBREY, and BASIL. Her first appearance shows she has a mischievous side, poking fun at KEL and AUBREY's mannerisms and afterwards teasing HERO. These traits are shared with her HEADSPACE counterpart.

Later in the game, it is also revealed when MARI was younger, she would pull pranks on HERO especially, such as putting bugs in his school desk. It is also shown that she was a perfectionist, spending hours at a time practicing the same piano piece over and over again.

Even after her death, her spirit form is shown to be forgiving towards SUNNY despite what he did to her. She also tries to help SUNNY forgive himself and reminds him to remember what's important. Despite knowing that her brother accidentally killed her in the past, MARI wishes for SUNNY to move on and live out his life without any regrets.

CHARACTER INFO

According to the official walkthrough and strategy guide, info regarding MARI consists of:

Big sister MARI is the glue that holds everyone together. She is always around with her warm smile and a word of advice. Take a break at her picnic blanket for some well earned respite and refreshment.

STORY

BACKGROUND

MARI with SUNNY and their parents.

MARI was born on March 1st to an unnamed mother and father around 19 years before the main game. Three years later, her parents had her little brother, SUNNY. The two grew up in FARAWAY TOWN, living next to KEL's family. MARI used to play softball before suffering from a permanent knee injury. She was friends with HERO and later became friends with KEL, AUBREY, and BASIL. The group would often spend time together, with a romantic relationship forming between her and HERO. MARI also had a black cat named MEWO.

Once, on a trip to FARAWAY PARK, SUNNY nearly drowned but was saved by MARI. Because of this incident, the group stopped going to there.

Prior to the events of the game, MARI would spend a lot of time practicing the piano and taking college prep classes. Because of this, she would spend less time with her younger brother, SUNNY. In an attempt to spend more time with his sister, SUNNY picked up violin and the both of them would often practice together for an upcoming recital.

On the day of the recital, MARI and SUNNY had an argument that resulted in him accidentally pushing her down the stairs, killing her. In his shock, SUNNY brought her to bed. SUNNY closes in on himself, creating the beginnings of WHITE SPACE.

MARI buried away in Faraway Cemetery after her death.

BASIL, who was dropping by, came up with a plan to frame her death as a suicide. Together, they dragged her body into the backyard. BASIL utilized a jumping rope to create a noose to hang MARI's body with, successfully staging her suicide. Stepping back into the house, both of them looked back at her corpse to see one of her eyes staring at them, traumatizing the children and haunting them in the form of SOMETHING. Though SUNNY and BASIL knew the truth, everyone else was under the impression that MARI had taken her own life.

She was buried at FARAWAY CEMETERY, with her gravestone reading "OUR DEAREST MARI; THE SUN SHINED BRIGHTER WHEN SHE WAS HERE."

PROLOGUE

While confronting SOMETHING, SUNNY hears MARI's voice, telling him to CALM DOWN.

THREE DAYS LEFT

When climbing up the stairs, SUNNY sees SOMETHING, who fades out to MARI's spirit when interacted with, and vanishes when SOMETHING confronts SUNNY. While facing SOMETHING, SUNNY hears MARI's voice again, this time teaching him how to FOCUS. After the house returns to normal, checking the fridge will cause the screen to briefly darken, revealing MARI's spirit behind SUNNY. When going to sleep, a faint outline of MARI's spirit can be seen.

When visiting LOST LIBRARY for the first time after defeating SWEETHEART, a brief vision of MARI's spirit can be seen walking down the stairs before vanishing away.

TWO DAYS LEFT

When SUNNY dives into the HANGOUT SPOT's lake to rescue BASIL, he finds himself inside a dark version of his house that seems to be submerged underwater. From there, he once again encounters MARI's spirit, who calmly guides him down the stairs to a STEAK KNIFE. She then disappears, and a large face appears behind SUNNY, engulfing him in darkness. When facing SOMETHING, SUNNY can hear MARI's voice encouraging him to PERSIST. Sometime after that fight, SUNNY briefly visions MARI saving him from drowning in a similar fashion to the time she saved him four years ago. After SUNNY goes to his house with KEL and HERO in the night, he can briefly see MARI's spirit in his parents' room.

In the SUNNY route, MARI later appears in HEADSPACE, appearing at first as her HEADSPACE counterpart. She asks OMORI to accompany her across NORTH LAKE to find their friends. She also encourages him to enter the water, using the same dialogue when she encouraged him to PERSIST. Before entering UNDERWATER HIGHWAY, MARI remarks that he is still scared of SOMETHING, and that it is harder to OVERCOME it. She then addresses SUNNY by name, telling him that she misses him. She then changes from her HEADSPACE form to her Spirit form and then bids farewell, exiting SUNNY's dream through a window resembling the one in the piano room of SUNNY'S HOUSE. It is left ambiguous if this is actually representative of MARI's spirit who was disguised as her HEADSPACE counterpart, or is merely another figment of SUNNY's imagination to help seek closure.

Later, in the SUNNY route, SUNNY wakes up in the middle of the night after exploring BLACK SPACE. In the piano room, he finds MARI's spirit playing the piano. She then tells SUNNY that waltzes were her favorite, leading her to choose one for their recital. She then acknowledges that SUNNY didn't like how MARI practiced over and over again, and how repeated practice eventually drove SUNNY to drop the violin. She apologizes for pushing him too hard during recital practice, and asks him that since they were never able to do the recital, whether he wants to do it with her now. HERO then enters, causing MARI to vanish, and making HERO wonder about the music he heard.

MOVING DAY

After SUNNY's fight with BASIL, he wakes up in a facsimile of FARAWAY TOWN. He follows a vision of MEWO and later talks to a vision of BASIL. He soon enters his house, where MARI's spirit is playing the piano. She requests SUNNY to forgive himself for his involvement in her death, and encourages him to reveal the truth to his friends.

She then reassures SUNNY that she'll always be watching over him. MARI makes one final appearance only if SUNNY chooses to continue against OMORI during their final battle. She appears with an apparition of her old piano once SUNNY regains composure and readies himself to play his violin.

The two siblings perform their duet recital together, with SUNNY remembering the good times he's spent with MARI and his friends during his youth. At the end of their duet, MARI's spirit departs for the final time through the same window she left through at NORTH LAKE. Afterwards, SUNNY is able to overcome OMORI and accept the truth. Upon waking up in the hospital, SUNNY wakes up crying in his hospital bed, finally coming to terms with MARI's death.

RELATIONSHIPS

SUNNY

SUNNY and MARI hugging.

MARI is SUNNY's older sister. Both siblings are shown to dearly love and care for one another as shown throughout many flashbacks and photos from the PHOTO ALBUM. One demonstration of this dear love was when SUNNY accidentally fell into the FARAWAY PARK lake, and almost drowned. He was saved from drowning when MARI jumped in after him, rescuing and resuscitating him. After saving her brother, MARI collapsed and sobbed out of relief that SUNNY was okay.

Nevertheless, their relationship was not without tension. As MARI grew older, she had less and less time to spend with SUNNY, as she became busy with prepping for college courses and practicing piano. In order to spend more time with her, one Christmas SUNNY received a new violin and started playing violin again, with the intent to eventually play together at a recital. Unbeknownst to MARI this arrangement would eventually sour in the months leading up to the recital: the frustration of being unable to play violin perfectly overwhelmed SUNNY, and he began feeling frustrated and angry toward the commitment he made as well as MARI.

SUNNY's frustrations would eventually meet a tragic peak the day of the recital. After finding SUNNY's violin destroyed at the bottom of their house's stairs, MARI and SUNNY got in an argument. In the heat of the moment SUNNY pushed MARI down the stairs of their house, which tragically resulted in her death. This, along with the disguising of MARI's accidental death as a suicide, left SUNNY deeply depressed and paralyzed with guilt.

However, in spite of having her life accidentally taken at the hands of SUNNY, it is possible that MARI may not harbor any ill-will toward her brother. Throughout the events of the game, MARI's spirit appears multiple times, telling SUNNY that she still loves him, watches over him, hopes that he will forgive himself, and find happiness.

Furthermore, MARI's spirit often offers words of consolation and comfort to both OMORI and SUNNY, encouraging him to overcome his fears and reveal the truth of her death to their friends. Over the course of the game, MARI's spirit helps SUNNY learn how to CALM DOWN, FOCUS, PERSIST, and CHERISH. While it's possible that MARI's spirit may simply be a figment of SUNNY's imagination, some events in the game - such as HERO hearing music coming from the piano room in SUNNY's home - imply that she may be real.

HERO

MARI and HERO together after the beach trip.

HERO was one of MARI's childhood friends and next-door neighbors. As the two were the oldest in the friend group, MARI and HERO often took responsibility over their younger siblings and friends, watching over them when they fell asleep and making sure everyone was safe. It was strongly implied that they had mutual romantic feelings for one another, as MARI and HERO often spent time together and greatly cared for each other, and on a number of occasions even rested together, such as during BASIL's birthday party.

This is implied further by BASIL describing the two as a "match made in heaven" and by SUNNY envisioning their HEADSPACE variants as being flirtatious with each other. However, it seems that the two may have never publicly considered themselves to be a couple, as none of their friends or siblings described them to be dating. Whether this was because they didn't want to make MARI's dad upset or because they were simply just friends, is unknown.

Regardless of their relationship status, MARI's death was incredibly devastating for HERO. Following her death HERO became severely depressed, to the point that he stopped taking care of his basic needs and withdrew from his hobbies. HERO would remain this way for almost a year, before an emotionally charged encounter with KEL roused him from his stupor. This encounter caused HERO to somewhat regain the ability to take care of himself, beginning to attend school again, and also joined extracurricular activities.

However, though improved from his state of severe depression and emotionally stable on the surface, HERO remains emotionally entangled with his grief over MARI's death. HERO still thinks about MARI everyday, and as revealed by KEL before ONE DAY LEFT, never visited MARI's grave. If SUNNY tries to visit FARAWAY CEMETERY before ONE DAY LEFT while HERO is in the party, HERO refuses to enter, telling SUNNY that he isn't ready yet.

When SUNNY leaves him alone in the piano room, he can be found quietly crying to himself. If SUNNY and his friends visit MARI's grave and leave her flowers, HERO apologizes to MARI for failing to visit her. When SUNNY and his friends visit the stump of the tree where MARI was hanged, HERO tearfully implores for the group to move past the stump after acknowledging that the stump was where the tree used to be.

AUBREY

MARI eating a popsicle with AUBREY

AUBREY was one of MARI's childhood friends. The two were very close, with both viewing the other as the sister they never had. MARI can be seen consoling AUBREY in one of SUNNY's memories. AUBREY and MARI spent a lot of time with each other, as well as their other friends, and even wanted to dye their hair together at some point - MARI's hair purple, and AUBREY's hair pink. This hair-dyeing would not come to be, as MARI tragically died before they could do anything.

In the years following MARI's death, AUBREY changed greatly. The reaction of their friend group to MARI's death as well as the estrangement of their friend group caused AUBREY to become deeply embittered. To AUBREY, it appeared as though none of her friends cared about MARI, as they outwardly didn't express any grief over MARI's death, and seemed to carry on without sentiment for MARI. Furthermore, none of her friends were there for her when she suffered more tragedy, such as her abandonment by her father.

Left isolated by the loss of MARI and the rest of her friends, AUBREY turned to other outlets to try and process her emotions surrounding MARI. She adopted a rebellious, angry persona and dyed her hair pink, honoring the promise that she made with MARI to dye their hair. She became acquainted with KIM, integrating into KIM's friend group and becoming the de-facto leader of THE HOOLIGANS. In order to find some peace over MARI's death, AUBREY began to regularly attend church, becoming the only member of her old friend group to regularly visit MARI's grave.

In the events of the game, AUBREY lashes out against SUNNY, HERO, and KEL for their reactions to MARI's death - SUNNY and HERO for distancing themselves from the group, and KEL for moving on too quickly. They come into conflict after its revealed she mistakenly believes BASIL vandalized his photos with marker. AUBREY took possession of his photos to safeguard her memory of MARI, later going as far as throwing away all the photos that don't include Mari. By the events of ONE DAY LEFT, she manages to reconcile with the three. When AUBREY visits the TREEHOUSE with everyone else, she takes a pinwheel and places it on the stump of the tree where MARI was hanged to honor her memory.

BASIL

BASIL was one of MARI's childhood friends, introduced to her after AUBREY invited him to join their friend group. MARI was greatly nurturing of BASIL. In addition to treating him with the love and care she showed to the rest of the friend group, MARI purchased him his camera as well as his PHOTO ALBUM, and encouraged BASIL to pursue a hobby of photography. Both the camera and PHOTO ALBUM became highly valued treasures to BASIL, as he listened to her encouragement, using the camera to express himself and fill the PHOTO ALBUM with precious memories.

Following the tragic death of MARI at the hands of SUNNY, BASIL's relationship with MARI became complex. In order to protect SUNNY, BASIL convinced SUNNY to help him disguise MARI's death as a suicide by hanging her body. This act left BASIL mentally crippled, unable to handle the guilt of lying to the rest of his friends and the horrific memory of MARI's hanged corpse staring back at him.

To cope, BASIL deluded himself into believing that SUNNY was innocent of any wrongdoing, fabricating the delusion that "something else" had to be responsible for MARI's death and that his gruesome actions were done to protect an innocent SUNNY. He maintained this delusion even as the last remaining memories he had of MARI and his friends in happy times in his PHOTO ALBUM were tarnished with black marker (implied to be either by him or SUNNY), believing that whoever ruined his PHOTO ALBUM was the "something else" that killed MARI.

However, BASIL's actions with MARI's death and the state of his precious PHOTO ALBUM may suggest that BASIL did not truly love her, but other actions suggest otherwise. Despite the tarnished state of his PHOTO ALBUM and no longer using his camera, he still safekept both in his bedroom. Throughout the events of the game he also expresses on multiple occasions his desire to return to a happier time when MARI was alive. Furthermore, it's possible that BASIL may have expressed his grief over MARI through white egret orchids.

In the game, potted white egret orchids can be found in only three FARAWAY TOWN locations: in BASIL'S GRANDMA'S BEDROOM, beside MARI's grave in FARAWAY CEMETERY, and beside the picnic mat at the HANGOUT SPOT. Given the meaning of the white egret orchid in the language of flowers ("my thoughts will follow you into your dreams") and BASIL's affinity with horticulture, it is possible that BASIL may have left these white egret orchids in locations he associated with his loved ones as a gesture of love.

KEL

KEL was one of MARI's childhood friends.

Although KEL and MARI's relationship is the least explored in their friend group, it can be inferred that they cared for one another. MARI acted as a loving sister figure to KEL, making sure that he and the rest of their friends stayed safe and out of trouble. They were comfortable enough that MARI could tease KEL about his height in comparison to HERO's. Furthermore, as MARI and KEL were the only known members of their friend group to participate in sports, it's possible that they may have shared an interest in sports together.

Following MARI's death, KEL - like the rest of their friends - grieved deeply. Of those in the friend group, KEL was the only one who channeled his grief into positivity. Rather than focus on the void created by MARI's loss, KEL decided to involve himself in sports and make himself a positive force in people's lives. He helped rouse HERO out of his state of crippling depression, returning HERO to a state where he could properly take care of himself. In the events of the game, KEL serves as a driving force behind the discovery of the TRUTH and the reunion of the friend group MARI cherished in life in the TRUE ROUTE. When the group reunites and HERO and AUBREY express grief over how much they miss MARI, KEL opts to lift their spirits by stating that MARI would be happy that their friend group is back together again.

QUOTES

For a list of her quotes, see: MARI/DIALOGUE.

BOSS BATTLE

For an in-battle description, see: MARI (Enemy).

GALLERY

IN-GAME

Omori's friends greet him.

Group hug in Headspace.

Mari standing behind Sunny.

Sunny hallucinates Mari saving him from drowning.

A faint vision of Mari seen before falling asleep.

Mari and the others happy for Sunny in a flashback.

Mari and her family posing for a photo.

Child Mari and Baby Sunny.

Sunny and Mari sleeping in bed together.

Mari and Sunny as children.

Mari and Sunny meet Hero and Kel.

Aubrey meets Mari, Hero, Kel, and Sunny for the first time.

Aubrey introduces Basil to the friend group.

Mari plays the piano with Sunny.

Everyone stargazing.

Hero and Mari doing the dishes after a sleepover.

A picnic at the park.

Mari saving Sunny from drowning.

Mari crying after saving Sunny from drowning.

A relieved Mari hugs Sunny.

Mari & Sunny's "final" recital.

Mari & Sunny's "final" recital.

Sunny sneaking one last look at Mari during their final duet.

A shot of Mari's funeral.

Mari bidding farewell to Sunny.

SPRITES

FACES

• HEADSPACE
• SPIRIT FORM

(Unused)

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PHOTO ALBUM

• HEADSPACE
• FARAWAY

"OMORI and KEL gave up and ran off, but AUBREY and I got the hang of it really fast!"

"We're having a picnic today! MARI wanted to take a picture of everyone. Say cheese!"

"After eating, everyone fell asleep, except HERO and MARI. I'm getting kind of sleepy myself."

"All of our feet in a circle! can you guess whose feet are whose?"

"Everyone helped me water my plants today! I tend to ramble on for too long when I start talking about plants, so I'm glad my friends listened to me!"

"A spider suddenly fell from a tree and surprised everyone! HERO is too AFRAID to look."

"Oh, boy! Oh, boy! We were able to score five tickets to "SWEETHEART'S QUEST FOR HEARTS"! I sure hope nothing unexpected happens..."

"We stopped by the MUSTARD SUB for some grub! COMBO MEALS for everyone!!"

(2/18 - MY BIRTHDAY): It's my 12th birthday today! I thought my friends forgot, but they all surprised me with a strawberry cake. I feel so lucky... This year is looking to be a good year!

(2/18 MY BIRTHDAY): Another group photo. This was a little after I opened all my presents! MARI bought me this photo album, and everyone else bought me film for my camera. I'll try my best to use it all.

(2/18 - MY BIRTHDAY): MARI and HERO fell asleep on the couch. They look so cozy together... Hehe... I hope they don't mind the photo. MARI's dad might be kind of mad if he saw it...

(3/9): HERO and MARI washing the dishes from breakfast. We're staying over with MARI and SUNNY this weekend. It's getting warmer lately so we're about to go to the park. KEL says there's a secret lake area behind some bushes, so we're all going to check it out!

(3/31): It's already the last day of March! We're having a picnic with MARI at our secret lake spot. MARI wanted to take pictures of everyone! Say cheese!

(3/31): After eating all the food, everyone fell asleep, except me, HERO, and MARI. Something unfortunate happened when I was taking the photo. Ahem... Thanks a lot, HECTOR. I'll have to cover it up with tape later.

(4/9): I caught MARI carrying SUNNY on the way home from school today. He must have fallen asleep on the bus. I thought it was so cute, so I got my camera out as quick as I could to snap this once-in-a-lifetime photo! Sigh... Sometimes I wish I had a sibling.

(4/21): SUNNY and KEL gave up on making flower crowns and ran off, but AUBREY and I got the hang of it really fast! Everyone thinks a flower crown really suits me. Maybe just a flower is okay.

(5/25): MARI bought everyone popsicles, one of every flavor! SUNNY got lemon, HERO got root beer, KEL got orange, AUBREY got watermelon, and MARI got grape! Mine was banana... It tasted okay.

(5/25): All of our shoes in a circle! Can you guess whose shoes are whose?

(6/22): MARI says she wants to get a summer tan! I'm scared to fall asleep in the sun, since I get sunburned really easily. Hmm... I'm not sure what KEL is doing here, but he's probably having a good time.

(6/22): HERO sleeping on MARI. He's all tired out from swimming. Well... It seems like MARI won't be able to get her summer tan after all.

(6/22): We're about to head home, but I managed to catch one last photo with MARI and HERO! They look so happy. A match made in heaven!

(8/4): MARI says this beetle is a giant stag. It suddenly fell from a tree and surprised everyone! HERO is too grossed out to look.

(8/14): Ta-da! All summer, we've been working on a treehouse in SUNNY's backyard and today it's finally finished! HERO and his dad did most of the heavy work, but AUBREY and I made paper plants to put in the window sill! We all did a pretty good job, if I do say so myself!

(8/16): All of us hanging out in our brand new treehouse! Looks like SUNNY is finally reading the book I showed him! I want to spend every day in here, but it's a shame that summer vacation is almost over. I hope we get to use this treehouse more next summer!

(8/18): We went to HOBBEEZ to read the latest edition of CAPT. SPACEBOY! Everyone's so into it right now! I'm sure it's all anyone is going to be talking about once school starts.

(9/6): I'm playing cards with KEL, HERO, and AUBREY. They're so easy to read. They can't hide anything on their faces! MARI baked everyone cookies from scratch. They were chocolate chip and super delicious, like always!

(9/6): Looks like I have the winning hand, hehe... But nobody knows that yet...

(9/9): SUNNY giving MARI a big hug! MARI doesn't come home until late now because she's taking extra classes to prepare for college. Me and SUNNY have been hanging out a lot, but I'm sure he still misses her a lot.

(9/22): MARI practicing her part for a big recital next month. We're all going to go watch! It's going to be MARI and SUNNY's first performance together, but I know they'll do just fine! We will all be showing our support from the audience!

(9/22): MARI getting a little camera shy, because she's made a small mistake. Don't worry, MARI! Just keep going! No one will even notice!

(9/22): After some begging, SUNNY came to join MARI for recital practice... Hehe... They're still working out some stuff, but they already sound so amazing! I know they're going to be great. Go, MARI! Go, SUNNY! You can do it!

BOSS

NEUTRAL

HURT

DEFEATED
(Unused)

HAPPY

SAD

ANGRY

ARTWORK

CALENDAR

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

STICKERS

TRIVIA

• According to OMOCAT, MARI's personality was a result of examining relationships that involved big sisters taking care of their younger siblings, as well as having friends who worry about and take care of them like older sisters.
  • OMOCAT mentions that within HEADSPACE, MARI's perfectionist tendencies are well-hidden but present in other places.
  • Some of OMOCAT's personal experiences inspired MARI's character, explaining why they understand her greatly. These include playing the piano, attending a recital, and being a perfectionist.
  • In addition, OMOCAT notes that while MARI herself seems perfect on the outside, she secretly hides a lot on the inside, similar to that of HERO. OMOCAT considers this similarity the reason the two characters make a perfect match.
  • In early drafts, MARI was originally conceptualized as one of SUNNY's friends, but this was changed to make the story more impactful.
  • The outfit that SUNNY, MARI, and BASIL wear is based on OMOCAT's school uniform from elementary to high school.
• MARI is often associated with the recurring number 143 alongside SOMETHING and HELLMARI. It is noteworthy that the number 143 can mean "I love you". This also most likely refers to MARI's warm-hearted love for SUNNY, even after the hardships both siblings went through in the past.
  • This was eventually confirmed in the OMORI Preorder Promo. When MARI is shown glitching onscreen after 28 seconds passes by, HELLMARI briefly appears alongside the words "I love you" and "143" before the screen fades to black.
  • This even extends to her simulated enemy variant, which has a total defense of 143.
• MARI's birthday can be abbreviated to MAR 1, which is a short play on her name.
• In the 2014 trailer, there are a few short clips featuring an early version of MARI, indicating she was already conceptualized during the game's early stages. The closest viewed shot of her is shown very briefly after 25 seconds passes by.
  • It is likely that this early version of MARI was named MARY. Evidence supporting this includes concept art of an enemy titled "MARYONETTE" as well as the names of the SOMETHING variations such as DOROTHI originally ending in a "y".
• In the game's files, MARI's spirit form originally had more portraits, implying she was originally going to have a more prominent role in the story. However, most of them are unused in-game except for the one where MARI bids farewell to SUNNY in NORTH LAKE.
  • In addition, the game's files refers to MARI's spirit form as WS MARI, implying some sort of connection to WHITE SPACE, evident by her briefly appearing in that area as a vision.
• During the game's early development stages, MARI was originally planned to be an ice cream princess. This idea was conceptualized around the same time when ORANGE OASIS was supposed to be required for story progression.
• The flower MARI is strongly associated with is the white egret orchid, also known as the Pecteilis radiata. The game mentions that in the language of flowers, it symbolizes the phrase "my thoughts will follow you into your dreams". However, the flower does not actually symbolize the phrase shown in-game.
  • On the same topic, the plant BASIL associates MARI with is the Lily of the valley. BASIL describes them as being able to ward off evil spirits and help people see a brighter future. The plant is actually poisonous as it can cause abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, and irregular heartbeats if any part of it is ingested.
• In one of the cutscenes and a few post-release artworks, MARI originally lacked her signature red ribbon. This was fixed starting with the V1.0.8 Patch Update, which was released on May 7th, 2021.
• The developer notes for MARI in the 2018 Kickstarter demo label her as "SECRETLY BESTEST GIRL".
• The player can encounter brief visions of MARI's spirit in the empty space around WHITE SPACE. Note that MARI's spirit will no longer be encountered in that area once all correct HANGMAN keys have been collected or a SOMETHING variant has already been encountered.
  • During the THREE DAYS LEFT segment, MARI's spirit can be encountered only once.
  • During the TWO DAYS LEFT segment of the SUNNY ROUTE, MARI's spirit can be encountered eight times at most. One of them will briefly turn into SOMETHING before vanishing with an ominous noise playing in the background.
• When she was younger, MARI would hide bugs in HERO's desk.
• MARI took flower arrangement classes with her MOM, occasionally bringing SUNNY along.
• MARI has trouble falling asleep, so she reads before bed.
• MARI and SUNNY traded beds when she realized he struggled to fall asleep.
• MARI and HERO share the same age.
• SUNNY would sleep in MARI's bed with her when he had nightmares.
• In the NORTH LAKE segment, if the player runs for too long without having enough break, MARI will tell OMORI to slow down; continuing will cause her to shout at OMORI, disabling running until she leaves him.
  • However, the limit can be removed by going ashore, as dashing will always be enabled when the party leaves the water due to dashing being disabled when swimming.

• The window MARI's spirit often leaves through bears a striking resemblance to the one present in the piano room of SUNNY'S HOUSE. If MARI's spirit is indeed real and not a hallucination, the window likely represents a door to the afterlife; if she is a hallucination, it may represent SUNNY's interpretation of one.
  • This may explain why MARI's spirit often appears in the piano room where the window is located.
  • At NORTH LAKE, MARI tells OMORI the last time he saw the window was at "the lake". When SUNNY fell into said lake, it was a near-death experience, as he would have drowned if not for MARI saving him. This likely references many real-world claims of seeing the afterlife during a near-death experience.

• There is an unused sprite of MARI's spirit transforming into SOMETHING in the game's files. It is unknown what this sprite was originally intended to be used for.
  • The later portion of the animation is reused for the HANGMAN game; the 10th correct key will cause SOMETHING to emerge from the hole, but for a split second it resembles MARI with her face in shadow.
• Unlike the other main HEADSPACE characters, MARI is never seen getting into any sort of trouble, no matter where her picnics are set up.
  • It is later revealed by the voice in DEEPER WELL that she was confined to her picnic blanket and protected by the world itself because SUNNY couldn't bear the thought of her getting into danger and potentially dying again in his dreams.
• In his PHOTO ALBUM, BASIL states that SUNNY and MARI's recital is "next month". The photo is dated as being taken on September 22, so it can be assumed that MARI died sometime in October.
• Because of the ambiguity of SUNNY's perceptions being objective reality, it is up to interpretation if MARI's spirit was indeed SUNNY's hallucinations or another manifestation of his dreams or not, as only SUNNY has seen her. If so, if all visions are him truly being in contact with MARI or some are also visions or are apart his imagination.
  • However, it may be implied that it is at least not entirely true, or that her spirit at least exists in some form, as HERO says he heard someone playing music, after MARI's spirit plays the piano. Although due to HERO's former relationship with MARI, it could also be interpreted that he also is having similar hallucinations to SUNNY due to being close to MARI as well.
  • Additionally, on TWO DAYS LEFT of the SUNNY ROUTE, HERO comments on the piano being well-taken care of. This encourages the idea that MARI's spirit is within the house, looking after her beloved piano. However, the piano was also probably cleaned by SUNNY'S MOM, who left the house only days ago.
• After SUNNY briefly encounters MARI's spirit in the piano room on TWO DAYS LEFT, checking the bathroom mirror will reveal MARI standing behind him with her face obscured.

SITE NAVIGATION

[v · e · ?] OMORI WIKI NAVIGATION GAME: OMORI  •  MUSIC  •  EMOTIONS  •  HANGMAN  •  PET ROCKS TEAM: OMOCAT  •  SLIME GIRLS  •  CLOVER & SEALIFE  •  ARCHEIA  •  YAMI  •  KITSUNORA  •  VANCE  •  EMS CHARACTERS MAIN: OMORI  •  SUNNY  •  AUBREY  •  KEL  •  HERO  •  BASIL  •  MARI NPCs: BERLY  •  VAN  •  PLUTO  •  SPACE BOYFRIEND  •  SWEETHEART  •  MORE NPCs ENEMIES: LOST SPROUT MOLE  •  FOREST BUNNY  •  WORMHOLE  •  SPACE BUNNY  •  MORE ENEMIES GAME CONTENT LOCATIONS: WHITE SPACE  •  NEIGHBOR'S ROOM  •  PLAYGROUND  •  VAST FOREST  •  MORE LOCATIONS ITEMS: WEAPONS  •  CHARMS  •  SNACKS  •  TOYS  •  IMPORTANT QUESTS MAIN STORY: STUFFED TOY  •  BASIL  •  CAPTAIN OF THE SPACE PIRATES  •  FRONT-ROW TICKETS  •  MISSING FRIENDS  •  EMPTY HOUSE SIDE QUESTS: A GOOD LISTENER  •  B.E.D.  •  BERLY'S LOST BALL  •  CALL OF INSPIRATION  •  CARE PACKAGE  •  DAISY'S DILEMMA  •  FASCINATING LITERATURE  •  GHOST PARTY  •  HECTOR  •  ITCHY  •  PESSI'S THING  •  PRESENT FOR PALMIE  •  RABBIT KILLER  •  RAIN TOWN  •  SQUIZZARDS  •  STICK IN THE MUD  •  STRANGE REQUEST  •  SWEATY THING  •  THE CONVICTION OF ORANGE JOE  •  WEEPING WILLOW  •  WHEREABOUTS OF DUCKIE JR HIKIKOMORI: FEED HUMPHREY  •  MARINA'S OPERATION  •  MEDUSA'S EXPERIMENT  •  MOLLY'S ANALYSIS  •  SON OF A SPACE PIRATE