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Limbus Company Story Analysis: Yuri's Sacrifice and the Emergence of a New Faction
In this Limbus Company story, the tragic sacrifice of the NPC Yuri is revealed, along with the emergence of a new force seeking the Golden Bough, and Gregor's past is revealed. The player learns not to get attached to NPCs, as they can be betrayed or killed at any time.
1. 🎭 Heathcliff and Sinclair's Conflict and Virgil's Warning
- 💢 Heathcliff and Sinclair continue to have conflicts and fight.
- 🕰️ Virgil stops their fight and expresses displeasure to the manager.
- ⚠️ The manager feels threatened and fears Virgil.
00:03 - 01:20
1. 🎭 Heathcliff and Sinclair's Conflict and Virgil's Warning
- 💢 Heathcliff and Sinclair continue to have conflicts and fight.
- 🕰️ Virgil stops their fight and expresses displeasure to the manager.
- ⚠️ The manager feels threatened and fears Virgil.
01:21 - 02:58
2. 🚌 Limbus Company, In Search of Lobotomy Corporation's Traces
- 🏢 Limbus Company enters the old building of Lobotomy Corporation.
- 💀 They discover horribly transformed corpses and speculate about what happened at Lobotomy Corporation in the past.
- 🪖 Gregor's past is revealed, and it is revealed that he was a war hero who participated in the Smoke War.
02:59 - 04:43
3. ⚙️ Smoke War and Augmented Humans, and the Appearance of Abnormalities
- 🧪 The Smoke War was a war in which humans were transformed into augmented humans.
- 🐛 People who were abandoned due to the side effects of the procedure live as war veterans in the back alleys.
- 👹 Abnormalities appear, and Limbus Company must deal with them.
04:44 - 06:29
4. 🧪 Toxic Gas and the End of Lobotomy Corporation
- They obtain Enkephalin through a gas attack, but Gregor wears Aya's gas mask, a memento.
- 💥 The last scene of Lobotomy Corporation is recalled, implying the pain that employees would have experienced during the energy transfer process.
- 💰 Tod rummages through the corpses and demands wealth, and the manager makes a choice that inflicts mental damage on allies.
06:30 - 07:56
5. 🍎 Gregor's Past and Ego Depth, and the Meaning of the Apple
- An abnormality that recreates the past appears, and Gregor's ego depth is revealed.
- 🍎 Gregor sees a vision of carving an apple, implying that he underwent a procedure to manipulate his cognitive state.
- 💪 It is revealed that Gregor is a special being with few side effects and even capable of regeneration.
07:57 - 09:40
6. 🐛 Hairtail Infection and Worms Crushed in Hand, and Yuri's Death Flag
- 🐛 Hairtail infection appears in Toma, and the Smoke War is depicted with insects holding flags and fighting.
- 🖐️ The image of worms being crushed in the hand implies Gregor's ominous past.
- 🚩 Yuri asks Charon to teach her how to read a map, setting up a death flag.
09:41 - 10:56
7. 🍎 Yuri's Sacrifice and the Discovery of the Golden Bough
- 🍎 Yuri is sacrificed to an abnormality, and Limbus Company discovers the Golden Bough.
- 💔 Yuri's face appears and looks at Gregor, and Gregor's arm reaches out towards Yuri.
- 🗣️ Yuri shouts, "I didn't want to die."
10:57 - 12:33
8. 🔪 Gregor's Conflict and Herman's Appearance, and the Robbery of the Golden Bough
- 🧠 Gregor is brainwashed and recognizes apples as people.
- 🪓 Yuri's head is cut off and falls to the floor, and the Golden Bough is spat out of Yuri's mouth.
- 👤 Knight Herman appears, kicks Yuri's head, and steals the Golden Bough.
- 🤝 Yi Sang's friend Kubo appears, and Herman calls Gregor "son."
12:34 - 14:36
9. 🚌 Limbus Company Returns Empty-Handed and the Lesson of the Story
- 🚎 Limbus Company returns to the bus empty-handed, and Virgil is furious.
- 🎭 Gregor hangs a gas mask on the front window of the bus to commemorate Yuri.
- 💀 We learn the lesson not to get attached to NPCs and to remember the fate of soldiers who were used as tools after the war.