Dies irae: Amantes amentes – English walkthrough

This is a walkthrough for the English version of Dies irae – Amantes amentes. The Japanese walkthrough it’s based on can be found here.

Recommended route order: Common (Chapters 1-6) → Kasumi → Kei → Marie → Rea

Follow the above route order, trust me. Otherwise you’ll ruin the story for yourself.

Okay, so here’s the thing. Before you start the game, you’re shown this screen:

If you’re a first-time player, make absolutely sure to pick “New Game” on the left. If you pick any of the heroine buttons on the right, the game will lock you onto said routes regardless of your dialogue choices.

Note 1: The Other Stories can be accessed from the main menu, under (you guessed it) Other Story. One thing to note is that “Omnia vincit Amor” is essentially a Marie route epilogue, while “Nihil difficile amanti”, in a similar fashion, provides an epilogue for Rea’s route. As such, I would recommend reading those two extra stories immediately after finishing their respective routes. As for the other three side stories, I’d recommend reading “Wehrwolf” after finishing Kasumi’s route, then “Die Morgendämmerung” and “Verfaulender segen” after completing Kei’s route.

Note 2: Rea’s route has two endings. Go for Ending 1 first (“danced to the… etc.), then Ending 2 (…sought the truth) afterwards for the optimal reading experience. Also, make absolutely sure you follow the walkthrough very closely. Particularly in Rea’s route, you need to pick “Look for Rusalka”, “Trust Rusalka” and “Rescue Rea Himuro”, otherwise you won’t see some very important optional scenes.

Note 3: You can press F7 in-game to immediately jump to the next choice, while F6 will take you back to the previous choice.

Common / Kasumi Ayase

I was lying, you idiot

Try to persuade her

Take a look

Other Story “Wehrwolf” unlocks after Chapter 1

Explore the church

Don’t give my name

Look for Sakurai

*pick every question when talking to Rusalka: What are you people? – What’s Zarathustra? – Where’s that other guy? – Why’d you come to this city? – What do you plan to do with me?*

…All right.

There’s no way in hell I can do that

Save 1

Drag Kasumi away

Disappear right now

To fight

Run away from Sakurai

Can’t even consider!

Other Story “Die Morgendämmerung” unlocks after Chapter 6

Save 2

Suppress the tattoo

Kasumi END

Kei Sakurai

From Save 2

Ask Sakurai about what’s going on

Sakurai

Never give up

Kei END

Other Story “Verfaulender segen” unlocks

Marie

From Save 1

Drag Sakurai away

Hide right now

To protect her

Kill Sakurai

Can’t even consider!

Marie END

Other Story “Omnia vincit Amor” unlocks

Rea Himuro

*Start a new game*

The jailbait stuff, I guess

Run away

Go home

Go to the chapel

Don’t give my name

Look for Rusalka

*pick every question when talking to Rusalka: What are you people? – What’s Zarathustra? – Where’s that other guy? – Why’d you come to this city? – What do you plan to do with me?*

What do you think?

Do I have no other choice?

Drag Sakurai away

Hide right now

To fight

Kill Sakurai

Will never do!

Trust Rusalka

Rescue Rea Himuro

The truth about my being

Save 3

…danced to the mercurial tune

Rea END 1

From Save 3

…sought the truth

Rea END 2

Other Story “Nihil difficile amanti” unlocks

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Extra note: In the Other Story “Nihil difficile amanti”, you will be faced with a choice at one point. These lead to two different variations of the scene, so make sure to pick both choices if you want to see everything.