Basil
BASIL is a major supporting character in OMORI. He serves as one of the driving forces throughout the game as the party spends most of the game looking for him after his sudden disappearance.
PROFILE
APPEARANCE
In the dream world, BASIL is a medium height boy with pale skin, teal eyes, teal chin-length hair, and he wears a purple, blue, and pink flower crown. He wears denim overalls with a large pocket on the chest and a white t-shirt under. He doesn't wear any shoes.
In the real world, he has blond-greenish hair that he has a single pink flower tucked into. he wears a grey knitted tank-top over a white t-shirt, beige shorts, and black shoes, the same clothes that SUNNY wears.
PERSONALITY
BASIL is shy and socially anxious but cares deeply about his friends. He enjoys taking pictures, caring for plants, art, and reading. It is said in the game that "He will never throw away anything, no matter how worthless it is."
DREAM WORLD
BASIL's DREAM WORLD counterpart is rather cheery, yet shy and humble. He is quick to forgive, as can be seen by his encounter with BOSS after hide-and-seek, and he is very empathetic. He is friendly, and his shyness seems to stem from having low self-esteem and putting others' needs above his own.
He is incredibly sentimental, keeping memorabilia of his friends and happy memories through photos, and planting flowers that remind him of his friends, taking great care to plant flowers that he associates with his friends. His empathy stretches to his plants as well, showing a lot of worry when they're in danger of being hurt, and talking to them as he would his friends. It is noted that he avoids conflict. He doesn't learn to battle, even after his friends nag him to.
REAL WORLD
Compared to the dream world BASIL, the real-world version of him is more anxious and sensitive. He is a target for bullying, typically by AUBREY and The Hooligans, but usually KEL and SUNNY defend him from harassment. The increased anxiety he shows is most likely due to his guilt over Mari's death.
BACKGROUND
BASIL was born on February 18th to unnamed parents. He lived with his grandmother since he was a toddler because his parents were "too busy." As a child, he was friends with SUNNY, HERO, AUBREY, MARI, and KEL. He enjoyed taking photos and kept a Photo Album
After SUNNY accidentally pushes MARI down the stairs, BASIL recommends framing the accidental death as a suicide. They hang her body from a tree in SUNNY's garden. After looking back into the garden, the sight of the corpse's eye traumatizes them.
STORY
HIKIKOMORI ROUTE
Real-World Basil is not seen at all in the Hikikomori route due to Sunny never leaving his house, however, one of the Hikikomori endings has been theorized to imply that Basil committed suicide, as when Sunny leaves with his mother the sound of sirens can be heard.
NORMAL ROUTE
DAY 1
DAY 2
DAY 3
BOSS BATTLE
GALLERY
IN-GAME
- BasilBoss.jpg
Omori, Aubrey, Kel and Hero saving Basil from Boss.
- BasilFlowerCrown.png
Aubrey and Mari putting on a flower crown for Basil.
- BasilAndSunnyHugging.jpg
Basil and Sunny hugging in the Good Ending.
- BasilStaring.gif
Basil staring at the stars.
- BasilSunny.jpg
Basil and Sunny looking at many photos of their memories.
- BasilSunny2.jpg
Basil and Sunny standing together.
- BasilStruggling.png
Basil struggling to withstand his ongoing guilt.
- BasilChruch.png
Basil in the church (entered via Black Space)
- BasilCrying3.gif
Basil crying over his ongoing guilt on Mari's death.
- BasilDeath.gif
Basil committing suicide in the Neutral Ending.
SPRITES
FACES
HEADSPACE
- Basil.png
- Basil2.png
- Basil3.png
- Basil4.png
- Basil5.png
- Basil6.png
- Basil7.png
- Basil8.png
REAL WORLD
- Basilworried.png
- BasilworriedNoFlowerSide.png
- BasilWorriedSmile.png
- BasilSideGlanceworried.png
- BasilDarkWorried.png
- BasilSmileOpen.png
- BasilSmile.png
- BasilSmile2.png
- BasilNervousNoFlower.png
- BasilRegretNoflower.png
- BasilGreySad.png
- BasilCryingAnger.png
- Basilalmostcry.png
- BasilCrying.png
- BasilCrying2.png
- BasilworriedFlower.png
- BasilworriedFlowerSide.png
- BasilworriedSmileFlower.png
- BasilDarkWorriedFlower.png
- BasilDarkFlower.png
- BasilRegretFlower.png
- BasilNervousFlower.png
- BasilCryingAngerFlower.png
- BasilCryingFlower.png
- BasilCryingFlower2.png
PHOTO ALBUM
HEADSPACE
REAL WORLD
BOSS
- BASIL SOMETHING (BOSS).gif
- BASIL SOMETHING (BOSS) HURT.gif
- StrangerEnemy.gif
Stranger taking on the form of Basil.
ARTWORK
- OmoriPoster.png
- BasilWithPokemon.png
- OmoriBasilSketch.png
- BasilDoodle.jpg
- BasilTrailer.gif