SWEETHEART (2024)

SWEETHEART is a character and enemy in OMORI. She serves as a major antagonist who continuously causes trouble for OMORI and friends throughout the majority of the HEADSPACE segments in the game.

PROFILE[]

APPEARANCE[]

SWEETHEART is a young woman with tan skin and wears frilly feminine clothes (primarily in pink and red) and adorns herself with hearts, bows and polka dots. She has a large pink polka dot bowtie she wears on her head, and long wavy pink ponytails. In battle, she wields a pink flail with a heart-shaped striking head.

PERSONALITY[]

SWEETHEART is a narcissist, bragging about her demeanor and appearance often. Her vanity is fueled by the constant attention she gets from the SPROUT MOLES who make up the majority of her vast fan base. After her breakup(s) with SPACE BOYFRIEND, she begins to become entranced by the idea of true love, and causes havoc trying to find it. She presents herself as a very dramatic person and enjoys theatrics, following her every impulse and causing drama for no apparent reason.

She also loves being in the spotlight and has a strong desire to be adored, despite showing disdain for her love-struck fans. She is also a spoiled brat that is prone to outbursts and public displays of anger or rage when rejected or undermined, due to usually getting everything she wants. SWEETHEART is also quite narrow-minded due to her inability to comprehend why HERO rejected her twice, as well as her lack of tolerance towards those who oppose her, specifically OMORI and his friends.

Her easy lifestyle can lead to her becoming bored, which encourages her to run amuck with various antics that cause chaos for everyone involved (and occasionally those who are not). She is also ruthless and sad*stic, evidenced by her large dungeon as well as the torture room inside it, and her Ojou-sama laughter.

STORY[]

BACKGROUND[]

It is implied that, prior to the creation of SWEETHEART'S CASTLE, SWEETHEART lived in ORANGE OASIS, likely in the DONUT HOUSE with her family.

When ROCOCO was a baby, he was found by a young DONUT by the name of SWEETHEART. She brought him to her family and they took him in as their own. He and SWEETHEART grew up together. The two fought frequently but SWEETHEART would always win. He became good at running and knew he had to survive to repopulate his species.

At some point during this time, SWEETHEART travelled from ORANGE OASIS to PYREFLY FOREST to meet with the KEEPER OF THE CASTLE, and begged on her knees for it to make the dwelling hers. The KEEPER OF THE CASTLE agreed; it transformed its dwelling into SWEETHEART'S CASTLE, creating with it servants for her to command and a stage for her to flaunt her power. Yet, she still wanted more. The only thing she lacked was her one true love, whom she searched for tirelessly. Eventually, ROCOCO and SWEETHEART fell in love, became engaged, and moved into SWEETHEART'S CASTLE.

As SWEETHEART's fan base grew, the two grew apart. When she began searching for suitors, ROCOCO objected so. When he was asleep, SWEETHEART and her servants tied him up and sealed him inside the walls of her castle, and he had been wandering through the walls ever since. At some point, he decided to become an artist.

BOTH ROUTES[]

One of the game's most visible villains and the main boss of PYREFLY FOREST, SWEETHEART has connections to most of the problems that OMORI and his friends face in the HEADSPACE that aren't related to SOMETHING. The SPROUT MOLES that often menace the party are her servants, her initial break-up with CAPT. SPACEBOY makes him an obstacle to the children, and after her defeat her antics nearly get them killed by the SLIME GIRLS and HUMPHREY. The only incident she doesn't have a hand is when MR. JAWSUM forces the children into contracts.

After being defeated by the party, she is wooed by CAPT. SPACEBOY, whom she finally marries... and then divorces the very next day, believing she can love only another version of herself. She tasks the SLIME GIRLS with creating such a copy, only to reject all of them. Karma finally catches up with her when the SLIME GIRLS demand their payment, which SWEETHEART refuses to give (and couldn't if she wanted to, as she's flat broke after abandoning her castle), which ultimately leads to her unceremonious end at the hands of HUMPHREY. In the OMORI ROUTE, however, it is revealed she is alive, but was forced to be a handmaid of sorts for PERFECTHEART, being renamed to SWEEPHEART to fit into her position.

SWEETHEART's habit of derailing the friends' journey as they search for BASIL is uncanny to the point of frustration -- and very much invoked. With the knowledge that the DREAM WORLD is SUNNY's escape from reality and the truth about MARI, SWEETHEART's role in the narrative of the DREAM WORLD is quite simply to distract the friends from their goal by giving them a villain to pursue, as BASIL is the biggest hint to the truth that SUNNY's subconscious is trying to repress.

Only after SWEETHEART is removed from the equation can SUNNY make any headway, as her exit and the subsequent boss fight with the SLIME GIRLS and HUMPHREY is followed by finding the last required key for the HANGMAN game. She can also be refought in the BOSS RUSH simulator run by BOSS in HUMPHREY, only on ONE DAY LEFT of the OMORI ROUTE.

BATTLE[]

GENERAL[]

• SWEETHEART'S CASTLE

• BOSS RUSH

STATS
HEART	JUICE	ATTACK	DEFENSE	SPEED	LUCK	HIT
3,300	1,650	30	25	40	10	90

REWARDS
TYPE	EMOTION
	NEUTRAL	HAPPY	SAD	ANGRY
EXP	5,800	5,800	5,800	5,800
CLAMS	1,376	1,376	1,376	1,376
ITEM	0%	0%	0%	0%

STATS
HEART	JUICE	ATTACK	DEFENSE	SPEED	LUCK	HIT
7,600	3,800	90	70	130	20	90

REWARDS
TYPE	EMOTION
	NEUTRAL	HAPPY	SAD	ANGRY
EXP	0	0	0	0
CLAMS	0	0	0	0
ITEM	0%	0%	0%	0%

SKILLS[]

All skills, unless stated otherwise, have a 20% variance rate. This means they will do between 80% and 120% of their regular damage.

*Only these skills will be used when being OBSERVED .

**This skill will never hit in the HEART and its only variation is 10%. If it is not used, then it'll be automatically skipped.

AI[]

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%.

Additionally, she will do the following actions as their heart gets lower. Note that SWEETHEART's AI during her ECSTATIC and MANIC states is identical to her HAPPY A.I.:

• 80% : SWEETHEART becomes HAPPY.
• 50% : SWEETHEART will become ECSTATIC.
• 30% : SWEETHEART will become MANIC.

*This skill will never hit in the HEART and its only variation is 10%. If it is not used, then it'll be automatically skipped.

SPECIAL STATES[]

Alongside SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND and the UNBREAD TWINS, SWEETHEART is one of the three HEADSPACE bosses to undergo a special emotion state depending on how much HEART she has left for both variants of her battle. When doing so, she uses a different set of states that differentiate from regular emotion states the party can use in battle. SWEETHEART specializes in the HAPPY emotion state and the other two tiers of HAPPY, consisting of ECSTATIC and MANIC.

SWEET HAPPY[]

Once SWEETHEART reaches 80% HEART, her emotion state becomes automatically locked into HAPPY, resisting the SAD and ANGRY emotion states. This special state is referred to as SWEET HAPPY in the game's data. In this state, SWEETHEART's LUCK and SPEED have increased significantly but HIT RATE has lowered down. The following modifiers added to the enemy consist of:

• LUCK is increased by 100%.
• SPEED is increased by 25%.
• HIT RATE is decreased by 10%.
• Emotion weakness/resistance is the same as any HAPPY emotion state.

SWEET ECSTATIC[]

After being brought down to 50% HEART, SWEETHEART changes her emotion state into SWEET ECSTATIC. Under the effects of her ECSTATIC state, her stats for the aforementioned state have enhanced further due to her joyful state. The following modifiers added to the enemy consist of:

• LUCK is increased by 200%.
• SPEED is increased by 50%.
• HIT RATE is decreased by 20%.
• Emotion weakness/resistance is the same as any HAPPY emotion state.

SWEET MANIC[]

The final emotion state SWEETHEART undergoes upon reaching 30% HEART is her MANIC state, known as SWEET MANIC. The duch*ess' LUCK and SPEED have increased to the point of landing critical damage to any opponent she targets. The following modifiers added to the enemy consist of:

• LUCK is increased by 300%.
• SPEED is increased by 100%.
• HIT RATE is decreased by 30%.
• Emotion weakness/resistance is the same as any HAPPY emotion state.

STRATEGY[]

SWEETHEART is a tricky boss that takes full advantage of the EMOTIONS system. Similar to her ex-boyfriend, she can turn herself permanently HAPPY when she reaches 80% HP, which then escalates to ECSTATIC and eventually MANIC at 50% and 30% HP respectively. If SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND hasn't taught you to diverge away from constantly exploiting AUBREY'S ANGRY HEADBUTTS, SWEETHEART definitely will.

SWEETHEART is a more proactive boss than SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND, capable of hitting multiple party members and having no wasteful actions. Her HAPPINESS raises her speed and crit rate, and her own hit rate is high enough that the apparent drawbacks of HAPPINESS are not very evident. This can become problematic if she's critting your party members before even KEL can move and heal the injured.

While your only source of SADNESS is OMORI, you can stock up on POETRY BOOKS in the shops prior to her fight, so that everyone can gain an emotional advantage on her. Having one or the other is imperative for this fight, as one of her most dangerous attacks is her signature laugh, which can cause everyone in the party to become ANGRY and fight at a disadvantage. If she follows this with a mace swing with her skyrocketing crit rate, your whole party could go from 100% to TOAST if ANGRY isn't removed. You can also have up to two RAIN CLOUDS at this point, one from the JUNKYARD, the other from defeating KING CARNIVORE after rendering it SAD. This mass SADNESS inducer will completely counter her SHARP INSULT.

You'll have to make the most of debuffs here. HERO'S SMILE skill works wonders to whittle down her damage so that even her critical hits are bearable. OMORI'S TRICK skill is vital to counteract her elevated speed, leveling the playing field so that you can get some actions in before her. AUBREY'S MOOD WRECKER attack deals extra damage to HAPPY foes, which makes for a risk-free damage source throughout the fight. If you're keeping the party SAD, don't be afraid to use up JUICE-restoring items to keep the party fresh. If she lays out enough area attacks, which is likely as two of her attacks hit the whole party, you can build up enough ENERGY to unleash your all-out attacks to end the fight quicker.

A good strategy for this fight is to have OMORI use PAINFUL TRUTH to make himself SAD while still dealing damage to SWEETHEART without turning her SAD (this only applies after SWEETHEART permanently becomes HAPPY, as before that, she will still become SAD if hit by PAINFUL TRUTH). Have KEL use RAIN CLOUD or POETRY BOOKs to make the other friends SAD. Since SWEETHEART's best attacks are party-hitting, AUBREY's COUNTER is suboptimal here, so focus instead on using POWER HIT to whittle down her defenses and MOOD WRECKER for massive damage, and rely on HERO's COOK and SNACK TIME for healing.

OMORI should be the main damage dealer, constantly using STAB or HACK AWAY on SWEETHEART. If SWEETHEART makes the entire team ANGRY, repeat the process of having OMORI use PAINFUL TRUTH, have KEL start making the team SAD with items, and have AUBREY use TEAM SPIRIT, which turns herself and a friend HAPPY - while this will not give you emotional advantage against SWEETHEART, it can remove ANGRY from two characters in a single action and achieve immediate neutrality against her if a RAIN CLOUD is unavailable. After a few turns, SWEETHEART should be easily defeated.

Players who wish to save on ITEMS can consider using AUBREY's TEAM SPIRIT to remove the emotional disadvantage of her and another team member when SWEETHEART uses her signature attack. KEL could be a tank, using CAN'T CATCH ME to further debuff SWEETHEART's accuracy (since KEL's low attack and lowered speed from SAD makes him an ineffective damage dealer). KEL could use JUICE ME on turns that he's not tanking to replenish party members' JUICE, which would be depleted faster due to them likely being SAD.

FOE FACTS! Entry[]

RELATIONSHIPS[]

SPACE BOYFRIEND[]

SPACE BOYFRIEND was SWEETHEART's major love interest after her breakup with ROCOCO. They met at some point after SWEETHEART got her castle, in which they dated for a while before SWEETHEART got bored and dumped him in search of a fresh new relationship. He began being referred to as SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND after the breakup. They got back together after OMORI and friends crashed her love-searching show, SWEETHEART'S QUEST FOR HEARTS, a prompt rejection to her from HERO, and failing to marry herself. SPACE BOYFRIEND then was referred to as SPACE HUSBAND, only for them to divorce less than a day later and SPACE HUSBAND being relegated to SPACE EX-HUSBAND. He isolated himself at the top of SNOWGLOBE MOUNTAIN afterward.

ROCOCO[]

ROCOCO was found by a young DONUT by the name of SWEETHEART. She brought him to her family and they took him in as their own. He and SWEETHEART grew up together. The two fought frequently but SWEETHEART would always win. He became good at running and knew he had to survive to repopulate his species. Eventually, he and SWEETHEART fell in love, became engaged, and moved into SWEETHEART'S CASTLE. But, as SWEETHEART's fan base grew, the two grew apart. When she began searching for suitors, ROCOCO objected so, when he was asleep, SWEETHEART and her servants tied him up and sealed him inside the walls of her castle and he has been wandering through the walls ever since.

QUOTES[]

NPC[]

IN-BATTLE[]

GALLERY[]

IN-GAME[]

BOSS[]

SPRITES[]

ARTWORK[]

TRIVIA[]

• OMOCAT originally created SWEETHEART as an optional boss, but upon hearing how good her battle theme was, they decided to make her a mandatory part of the story.^[1]
• SWEETHEART is rumored to be a sentient donut, which is proven by the hole in her stomach shown in a photo shown in the DONUT HOUSE from ORANGE OASIS, in CREEPY GUY's room, and in one of the movies that can play in SWEETHEART's castle.
  • It is also noteworthy that if any party member eats a DONUT during her boss fight, SWEETHEART will react angrily at the sight of seeing a donut being eaten in her presence.^[2]

• The SWEETHEART statues seen throughout her castle can be interacted with to view one of SWEETHEART's different poses. There are a total of six poses shown, each playing the duch*ess's iconic laugh when changing a pose.^[3]
• SWEETHEART is one of the four HEADSPACE bosses with three-stage emotions, that being MANIC. The other three that possess this mechanic consist of SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND, the UNBREAD TWINS and SPACE EX-HUSBAND.
• If the player decides to head to the TRAIN STATION after defeating SPACE EX-BOYFRIEND, SWEETHEART (in a disguise) blocks the way to the train, demanding LEMON JASH let her see her family in ORANGE OASIS.^[4]
• Whenever HERO utilizes any of his charm-type skills, this will cause SWEETHEART to react with happiness. In addition, HERO himself will recover 100 HP after the dialogue text shows up.^[5]
• The three SWEETHEART clones that were created by the SLIME GIRLS as attempts for a possible suitor for SWEETHEART are named ROBOHEART, MUTANTHEART, and PERFECTHEART. All three characters are only found within HUMPHREY, and each one can be fought as an optional bosses.

• The SWEETHEART topiaries that can be seen throughout the castle's garden are based on SWEETHEART's unused design from the 2018 Kickstarter demo, which can only be found through the demo's files as it isn't used anywhere else in that build.
  • MUTANTHEART's outfit upon close inspection is presumably based on that iteration of the character.
• SWEETHEART's character is inspired by the fictional namesake in the REAL WORLD. During the sorting segment on the OMORI ROUTE, it's revealed SUNNY has a SWEETHEART DOLL. KEL also mentions this fictional character when talking about HOBBEEZ.^[6]
  • It is also possible that SWEETHEART's character is inspired by MISS CANDICE in the REAL WORLD, as both characters are quite pompous and have similar appearances.
• SWEETHEART's scripted HAPPY emotions are different from default HAPPY emotions, as the element rate will not change when the tier goes up, always being ANGRY 80% and SAD 150%.
• SWEETHEART appears to have an unused self-healing skill titled SNACK, in which she orders an unseen servant to bring her a snack to recover her HEART. She also has scrapped action text for the SWING MACE skill, reading "SWEETHEART swings her mace with fervor!"
• According to PESSI in the 2018 Kickstarter demo, SWEETHEART's favorite flower is the PINK STAR, noting that when not grown in a controlled area, these types of flowers spread like wildfire and are impossible to stop.^[7]

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