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Welcome to WHITE SPACE. You have been living here for as long as you can remember.  |
| — The line that appears when entering WHITE SPACE for the first time. |
WHITE SPACE is a location in OMORI. It is the area where OMORI primarily resides and awakens in whenever SUNNY falls asleep in the real world. WHITE SPACE is also known as the opposite variation of BLACK SPACE.
GEOGRAPHY[]
OMORI starts off inside of WHITE SPACE. A LAPTOP, SKETCHBOOK, TISSUE BOX, LIGHTBULB, DOOR, and MEWO are immediately in view. Everything is bright white; there aren't any walls. A black lightbulb hangs from the ceiling. There's a floor, but it's always cold.
Traveling outside of the room in WHITE SPACE spawns RED HANDS that will follow OMORI. Coming into contact with a RED HAND or with the outer extremities of WHITE SPACE will cause the game to fade out and warp the player back to the center of the room.
STORY[]
BACKGROUND[]
OMORI manifesting himself shortly after the creation of WHITE SPACE.
Shortly after the death of MARI four years ago, SUNNY's repression of the truth began with the creation of WHITE SPACE, as well as his alter ego OMORI. The BRANCH CORAL from DEEPER WELL describes it as "an emptiness, a home without warmth. A place to survive, but not to live." Serving as the one constant of the HEADSPACE (if one can even call it part of the HEADSPACE), WHITE SPACE serves as a safe-if-sad place for SUNNY/OMORI to escape from harsh reality and responsibility.
SUNNY's desire to keep himself safe via escapism became strong enough to create an imaginary world known as HEADSPACE. From there, SUNNY could relive happier times with the dream versions of his friends while exploring HEADSPACE on every occasion.
SUNNY's first encounter with OMORI, beginning his continuous cycle of escapism within Headspace.
The only thing that ever changes is the LIGHT BULB, a curious object filled with pitch-black darkness instead of light. If a lit lightbulb represents "the birth of an idea", then a black lightbulb is "the repression of an idea" -- it serves as a visual metaphor of SUNNY's repression of the truth, and its darkness pulses stronger the more the truth begins to leak out in the HEADSPACE, often in the form of SOMETHING.
WHITE SPACE is where SUNNY takes on the form of OMORI to explore HEADSPACE, and for much of the game this and its nature as a safe place are the only purposes WHITE SPACE serve for the plot. However, even after SUNNY manages to find a short lived peace, his mind continues to plague him with reminders of the truth. But as the game nears its end, WHITE SPACE gains more significance.
PROLOGUE[]
OMORI laying on the floor of WHITE SPACE during the start of the PROLOGUE.
The game opens with OMORI standing in WHITE SPACE. He checks his laptop, sketchbook, tissues, and talks to MEWO before hearing "Something fell nearby." He then finds a SHINY KNIFE, which he can equip as his default weapon. The door to the NEIGHBOR'S ROOM, and by extension, the rest of HEADSPACE can be opened, starting OMORI's adventures with his friends.
As OMORI reaches points in his adventures that bring him uncomfortably close to the awful truth, he will be abruptly pulled back into WHITE SPACE with no companions or any way out, and the LIGHT BULB will pulse with more darkness. The only way forward is to pick the STAB option to force SUNNY to awaken.
SUNNY ROUTE[]
SUNNY awakens in WHITE SPACE, ready to confront the truth.
In most cases, the player takes control of OMORI while entering WHITE SPACE. After SUNNY has reconnected with all of his friends in FARAWAY and found the strength to face his fears, the player is suddenly controlling SUNNY within WHITE SPACE while a separate OMORI watches and shows no apparent desire to fuse with SUNNY this time.
With no door to HEADSPACE present in this case, the only option is to inspect the LIGHTBULB. Feeling ready to confront the truth, SUNNY smashes the LIGHTBULB on the floor and ends his repression, to the shock of OMORI -- SUNNY is then expelled from WHITE SPACE and thrown straight into BLACK SPACE, where he has his final confrontation with SOMETHING.
SAVING BASIL[]
OMORI accepts defeat, fading away in SUNNY's arms.
Following his ill-fated meeting with BASIL in reality, and after reliving his favorite moments through MEMORY LANE, SUNNY finds himself within WHITE SPACE again. What few objects were within WHITE SPACE before are gone, leaving only the border of the room, the cord that used to hold the LIGHTBULB, and OMORI himself who stares at where it used to be. As OMORI turns to face SUNNY, the border and cord vanish, leaving only SUNNY and OMORI in an empty white void as the two begin to fight for control over SUNNY's mind. Over time, this void becomes distorted, becoming more reminiscent of RED SPACE as OMORI begins to manifest SUNNY's guilt into weapons against him, using silhouettes and background imagery to attempt to make SUNNY yield. Eventually, OMORI does strike down SUNNY. This is where a crossroads is reached:
If SUNNY falls but fails to persevere, OMORI takes control of SUNNY's mind and finds himself in WHITE SPACE once again after a repeat of the WHITE SPACE intro scene from the start of the game. He leaves for the NEIGHBOR'S ROOM again, wherein the door to WHITE SPACE disappears. He meets up with his friends, but his adventures are cut short as he has seized control of SUNNY's body and hurls himself off the hospital balcony.
If SUNNY perseveres, he falls into OMORI's arms while the latter fades away. SUNNY, with his newfound strength, takes one final bow as he leaves WHITE SPACE and prepares to come clean with his friends.
NEUTRAL ENDINGS[]
SUNNY chooses not to save BASIL and returns home to resume sleeping in his own bed. OMORI appears in WHITE SPACE as normal, but there is no door to HEADSPACE and the light bulb is still missing. All OMORI can do is STAB himself to wake SUNNY up.
If SUNNY picks up the knife on the kitchen counter before heading to bed, using the STAB option in WHITE SPACE as OMORI will cause the resulting effects to impact SUNNY's physical body.
OMORI ROUTE[]
OMORI "saves" SUNNY by taking full control of his mind and body.
Should SUNNY ignore the real world outside of his house, he will have no desire to find the truth, and thus OMORI will have no reason to be hostile. SUNNY is accosted by SOMETHING as he sleeps, but OMORI saves him and they fuse -- this time permanently as OMORI takes full control of SUNNY's mind.
WHITE SPACE in this case has a couple of subtle changes. The laptop screen now reveals the PIANO ROOM of the LOST LIBRARY, and a RED HAND appears in front of the white door leading to HEADSPACE. Interacting with it grants OMORI a very powerful skill, known as RED HANDS. The LIGHT BULB's pulsing also continues to cease, reverting back to its original state as shown in the PROLOGUE.
Defeating the three major SOMETHINGs in the LOST LIBRARY will turn the LAPTOP into a portal to an altered BLACK SPACE. However, if OMORI takes the ownership of SWEETHEART'S CASTLE before defeating the three bosses, the LAPTOP will return to its normal state.
CHARACTERS[]
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ENEMIES[]
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ITEMS[]
INTERACTIVES[]
| SPRITE | DESCRIPTION | SCREENSHOT |
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 TISSUE BOX |
A tissue box for wiping your sorrows away. | 
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 LIGHTBULB |
A lightbulb hangs from the ceiling, wherever it is. Look into the lightbulb?
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 LAPTOP |
You booted up your laptop. What would you like to do?
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 SKETCHBOOK |
Your sketchbook. Take a look inside? | 
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 THE DOOR |
A white door casts a faint shadow. What would you like to do?
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CONNECTED LOCATIONS[]
GALLERY[]
IN-GAME[]
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(Prologue and One Day Left of the Omori Route.)
(After completing the Cattail Barn on the Prologue.)
(After completing Lost Library on Three Days Left.)
SKETCHBOOK[]
(Unused)
TRIVIA[]
- According to OMOCAT, the concept of WHITE SPACE came to them in a dream they had during their high school years. The name "WHITE SPACE" notably originates from a term used in art that refers to empty areas surrounding an illustration.[1]
- WHITE SPACE was first created for the original OMORIBOY blog. Containing essentially the same items in the game, the only things that did not carry over into the final version are a window and a blanket.
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The unused "Look through Keyhole" option, featuring Kel smiling back at Omori.
- The sketchbook drawings' color palette resemble White Desert in Yume Nikki although it's probably just a coincidence
- In the 2017 trailer, there was originally an option to look through the keyhole when interacting with the door. Doing so will lead to a short glimpse of KEL smiling back at OMORI. This feature was removed from the full release for unknown reasons.[2]
- The layout of both WHITE SPACE and BLACK SPACE is exactly the same as MARI's picnic blanket.
- If the player chooses to cut open MEWO in CAT DISSECTION, she will no longer appear in WHITE SPACE on ONE DAY LEFT of the OMORI ROUTE and the NEUTRAL ENDINGS of the SUNNY ROUTE.
- On TWO DAYS LEFT within HEADSPACE, a special event can occur on that segment. When starting the segment, OMORI will wake up in the NEIGHBOR'S ROOM instead of WHITE SPACE. When rechecking the door to WHITE SPACE, a short cutscene will reveal SOMETHING lurking within WHITE SPACE.
- This will prompt OMORI to back down as he cannot re-enter the location due to SOMETHING's presence. WHITE SPACE can be revisited only after completing NORTH LAKE and LAST RESORT on either route of the game.
- 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 once all correct HANGMAN keys have been collected or a SOMETHING variant has 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 disappearing with an ominous noise playing in the background.
- When interacting with the light bulb on normal occasions, the player is given the option to see inside the light bulb. Doing so will reveal a closeup of the light bulb's pulse. The picture shown depends on the segment the player is on:
- Throughout the PROLOGUE, the light bulb will flicker normally. This view can also be seen after the player saves BASIL within BLACK SPACE on ONE DAY LEFT of the OMORI ROUTE.
- After completing the CATTAIL BARN during the PROLOGUE, the light bulb's pulse will begin to flicker more upon inspecting it again.
- After completing LOST LIBRARY on THREE DAYS LEFT, the light bulb flickers more rapidly than before, signifying that the repression within the object is slowly leaking out.
- SOMETHING appears on the last page of the sketchbook, only after BASIL vanishes from HEADSPACE.
- If the player does not move or interact with anything in WHITE SPACE for 2 minutes, OMORI will sit down in place.
- The background music for WHITE SPACE after the resetting differs depending on whether SUNNY opened the door for KEL during THREE DAYS LEFT.
- If SUNNY opened the door, the main version will be played.
- If SUNNY didn't open the door, one of the piano versions (whitespace_3.ogg) will be played.
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Omori can be spoken to when revisiting White Space as Sunny during One Day Left.
- WHITE SPACE and HUMPHREY both serve as the only locations where OMORI can be interacted with as an NPC. In both cases, OMORI will simply remain silent upon being spoken to.
- For HUMPHREY, OMORI can be spoken to on both routes of the game during the MOLLY easy puzzle segment. In WHITE SPACE, this can only happen on ONE DAY LEFT of the SUNNY ROUTE when revisiting it as SUNNY.