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Rather than one traumatic event she experienced several over-time events that made her close off. I think it's more straight forward, she experienced multiple scars over the years that made her more reclusive and eventually just shut off from the world. I'm going to cover this more in the following points, but I think Madotsuki is a shut-off NEET not because she was raped (I don't think there's evidence for that) or even because of gender identity things. I don't know quite yet on this one if I'm reaching here, but all I'll say is I never got this theory in the original but have it pretty strongly in YNDD. Add to this the area you get the flute in the mall looks even more like a clinic than the original, and to add to this O-Man's updated look looks a lot more like a doctor, there's character's alluding to genitalia-esque objects on the walls, and E-Man who you go to see in the clinic gives you the Flute. Literally eyes closed next to the most phallic character in the game, eyes opened next to the character most with a 'female form'. Most related pictures are next to each other in her Dream Diary, but for this one a picture of her eyes closed are next to KyuuKyuu-kun, and her picture of her eyes open is a few pages later next to the picture of the feminine mannequin. In the sketchbook there's two pictures you get of Madotsuki that are practically the same, but one with her eyes closed and one with them open. To get the secret ending (and to finish the game) you have to activate the symbol of Venus aka the symbol representing female, and then enter into a giant Venus symbol to enter.
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The only bathrooms Madotsuki ever enters in YYDD are men's restrooms. I know many people have joked about this theory before, but I think there's actual evidence here. So I never pulled this much from the original game, but in this reimagining I am pretty sure there are strong themes here of gender identity.