the similarities to deemo are so specific and detailed that it has to be intentional
both games center on a girl who lost her beloved older brother in a fatal accident where he died protecting her
the girls names are alice (deemo) and alicia (clair obscur)
both brothers were piano players who are shown in cutscenes playing piano with their sister
both girls end up in magical/dream worlds inside elaborate classical manors after the trauma
both games have the exact same belle époque/victorian classical aesthetic
the manor is the central location in deemo and a crucial recurring location in clair obscur
both girls are physically damaged from the same accident that killed their brother (alice is dying/comatose, alicia is scarred and mute)
both have mysterious figures trying to prevent the girl from learning the painful truth (masked lady in deemo, various family members in clair obscur)
the dead brother continues to protect and watch over his sister even after death
piano music is central to both stories as the connection between the siblings
both games feature interactive pianos where you can play songs
both have large ghostly piano players (deemo himself, the ghost in clair obscur's manor)
both stories are ultimately about grief, letting go, and accepting the truth about the brother's death
both end with the girl having to choose between staying in the fantasy world or returning to painful reality
like come on. a girl named alice/alicia loses her piano-playing older brother in an accident, lives in a classical manor, exists in a dream world shaped by grief, with piano music as the central connection to her dead brother? and they both have the exact same belle époque aesthetic?
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