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I'm pretty sure Monika would just about agree with you on that. Except Monika discovered that she can't alter the protagonist directly so she had to take more indirect means to manipulate him.

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Originally Posted by Suzerain of Sheol

Honestly, thinking about all of them as just being these superpositions of circumstance and their own nature fluctuating via forces beyond their perception or control is pretty damned nihilistic lol.

You should read up on Axiom Verge.

I won't advise that you play it because it doesn't seem like it'd be the type of game you'd want to actually play, but the story is up your alley I think.