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STRANGER serves as the final mandatory boss for the OMORI ROUTE in OMORI, where he is fought within BLACK SPACE and attempts to make SUNNY suffer for continuing his unhealthy escapism habits.
STORY[]
Upon reaching the CHURCH OF SOMETHING, OMORI finds BASIL trapped by his SOMETHING. BASIL awakens and expresses relief at seeing OMORI coming to rescue him. OMORI then frees BASIL by using his knife to cut him loose, and the two prepare to leave. However, STRANGER appears before them, telling "SUNNY" that he refuses to let him suppress the truth and repeat the same endless cycle of dreaming any further. STRANGER disappears, leading to BASIL's SOMETHING fully materializing. The shadowy abomination then lunges at OMORI.
It is possible for the player to attempt to flee from BASIL's SOMETHING, doing so will lead to a horrific chase sequence where OMORI narrowly tries to outrun the shadowy abomination. Either way, BASIL's SOMETHING will catch OMORI and the screen will distort.
SUNNY awakens and finds himself in a dark room, where STRANGER and BASIL's SOMETHING await him. STRANGER threatens SUNNY and chastises him for running away from his mistakes before engaging in mostly one-sided combat with the latter. SUNNY attempts to fight back but is not able to withstand the shadowy figure's wrath. SUNNY's attacks do not phase STRANGER and the skills he overcame his phobias with all fail him. In addition, STRANGER manages to bring SUNNY's health down to one, and depletes all of his MP.
Succumbing to intense stress and despair, SUNNY is warped to RED SPACE. He struggles to move as his sheer guilt slowly consumes him. OMORI watches from his throne and decides to lend a hand to his original self once more. Once OMORI reaches SUNNY, he takes control of the boy's body and is warped back to the dark void where STRANGER awaits him. However, STRANGER seems to have given up on his goal, and a RED HAND takes OMORI back to the CHURCH OF SOMETHING so he can finally save BASIL.
BATTLE[]
GENERAL[]
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 HEART
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 JUICE
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ATTACK | DEFENSE | SPEED | LUCK | HIT |
| 9999 | 9999 | 10 | 99 | 99 | 10 | 200 |
SKILLS[]
| NAME | NOTES | DAMAGE | ACTION |
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| SHADOW BASIL ATTACK | STRANGER strangles _____!
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(Foe's Health Points - 1) | 
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All skills STRANGER possesses all have a 0% variance rate. This is due to the fact STRANGER's fight is entirely scripted, which means there is no variance in any of his attacks.
AI[]
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| For the first to fifth turn, STRANGER will remain stationary while monologuing his bitterness and anger towards SUNNY.
For the sixth turn, STRANGER will proceed to unleash his wrath on SUNNY, inflicting huge damage to automatically end the fight. | ||||
Every turn, each enemy will start by trying to use the skill listed at the top. If the calculation fails, they move on to the second skill and so on, until reaching the final skill which is guaranteed to activate. Each calculation is done independently from the previous ones, so the added percentage is not 100%.
STRATEGY[]
Much like the battle with BASIL in the SUNNY ROUTE, none of the skills SUNNY acquired from defeating each fear boss work here. Unlike that battle though, SUNNY cannot actually harm STRANGER. Meanwhile, STRANGER does not attack at all until the end. Rather, he reveals his goal of keeping SUNNY in the dark room they are in forever. But when he does attack, he almost completely drains SUNNY's health and reduces all of his MP. This is the end of the fight however, as SUNNY get taken to RED SPACE afterwards.
QUOTES[]
Fighting Stranger (Enemy)
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STRANGER: SUNNY... All those times that I reached out to you... Why didn't you answer?  STRANGER: You promised me that we'd face this together... but you left me all alone. STRANGER: If we can't face it together... at least we can be together here. STRANGER: SUNNY... I'll trap you down here with me forever. |
Sunny's Actions (STRANGER ENEMY)
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You tried to CALM DOWN... but your lungs fought to breathe. You tried to FOCUS... but nausea overwhelmed you. You tried to PERSIST... but you couldn't hold steady. |
GALLERY[]
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TRIVIA[]
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Stranger's battle sprite, brightened and saturated for clarity.
- In the game's files, STRANGER is referred to as SHADOW BASIL.
- As the fight progresses, the screen slowly is covered by a dark void consisting of SOMETHING's eyes.
- STRANGER has the same battle background and boss theme used in the SOMETHING fight.
- When brightening the boss sprites, STRANGER is shown crying. This is due to the fact STRANGER actually shares the same boss sprite as BASIL, albeit slightly darkened.
- STRANGER's dialogue appears to share the same thoughts and feelings of BASIL himself.
- When OMORI confronts STRANGER to "protect" SUNNY, STRANGER's torso is entirely bisected, leaving endless drips of blood pouring down on the floor.
- This presumably alludes to the real BASIL committing suicide offscreen during the OMORI ROUTE's ending, evident by the ambulance noises heard during the ABANDON ENDING.