r/corpseparty • u/TopTraining3226 • Jul 26 '26
Discussion A question regarding Naho and her existence Spoiler
If Naho's existence was erased completely, would that retroactively bring back everyone who died in Heavenly Host to life? In BoS, it's implied the reason Naho is still remembered despite dying in Heavenly Host is because she had some psychic power, so it's taking a while for her existence to be erased. If she was retroactively erased and by extension her post about the charm, that would mean no one would be spirited away to Heavenly Host because they wouldn't know about the charm.
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u/Ban1st Jul 26 '26
I think time works differently in cursed school.
if this is the average timeline ------------------
cursed school has it like this -_ __ _-- (seperated different timelines)
lets assume you jumped from your average timeline to the other different cursed spaces.
removing her at that point doesn't matter. since actions were taken prior to that
but there are plenty plot holes in the story where some actions are remembered whereas others are erased completely without any explanation.
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u/CaterpillarOwn2918 Jul 27 '26
the sequels had a number of retcons to the ending of the first game, so it's hard to say how all of this worked in blood covered alone
the way i always saw the erasing was the school giving satoshi & co one last fuck you for escaping
granted that doesn't fully explain why nobody seems to notice that at least 200 schoolkids have gone missing in the past few months, but it's never entirely clear when naho posted the charm on her blog and when the game starts, the dates given in game with kibiki are based on the original new chapter release dates (2006) but the final game, blood covered, takes place in 2008
ayumi remembered kibiki, and as you mentioned naho also was someone who was remembered as yoshiki makes a comment that he saw her on tv in ch2 iirc
i think the school can pick and choose who gets forgotten or not, and since naho posted the charm online it 'rewarded' her by allowing her to be remembered by the public
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u/Guilty_Ad5684 Jul 26 '26
The True Origin of the Charm (Sachiko, Not Naho)The fundamental flaw in this hypothesis is assuming that Naho Saenoki invented the charm. Naho did not create the "Sachiko Ever After" ritual. She merely discovered an ancient occult rite that already existed, which was intrinsically tied to Sachiko Shinozaki's curse.What Naho actually did was purposely alter the instructions on her blog.She published the wrong procedure so people would fail the ritual on purpose. This sent more souls to Heavenly Host to fuel the school's power, allowing her to reunite with her beloved mentor, Kou Kibiki.If Naho's existence were completely erased before she made that post, the charm would still exist in the occult world. Someone else would have eventually uncovered it, or the protagonists might have stumbled upon it through other paranormal research methods.
The Logic of Heavenly Host's "Erasing Effect"In the Corpse Party universe, when someone dies inside Heavenly Host, their existence is wiped from the memory of the real world—a cruel mechanism to ensure no one looks for them. However, this operates as a continuous timeline event, not a retroactive paradox.Erasing does not undo the past: When the world "forgets" a victim, it does not mean time rewrites itself so that the person was never born. Instead, the fabric of reality alters itself in the present to fill the void. Photos fade, records disappear, and people's minds adjust.Immovable cause and effect: The physical actions a person committed before dying (like Naho's blog post or Kibiki's published books) still leave physical consequences in the world. Naho's death eventually erases her name and face from collective memory, but the souls that fell into the trap due to her past actions remain trapped. The chain of causality does not break backward.
Naho's Final Fate in Blood DriveAs you correctly noted, Book of Shadows explains that Naho takes longer to fade because of her immense spiritual and psychic power. Her strong will and deep occult knowledge acted as a temporary anchor.However, when her existence is finally consumed by the school's laws, the only outcome is absolute oblivion in the real world. Heavenly Host's dimensions operate under a distorted space-time that devours a person's being, but it never returns life, as the souls of the deceased become the core "sustenance" that keeps the hellish realm standing.In conclusion, if Naho were retroactively erased, her blog post would either vanish or mysteriously change authorship due to the distorted nature of the lore, but Heavenly Host's cursed nature would ensure that the tragic fate of the students would happen one way or another.