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“ | I can't very well leave a girl to wander into danger, no, no. ...So I'll go with you! Okay? | ” |
— Garry |
Garry (ギャリー Gyarī) is the deuteragonist of the game Ib and the first character to join Ib on her quest to escape the Fabricated World. His exact age is unknown. Not much is known about Garry, as he doesn't reveal much about himself throughout the game.
Appearance
Garry appears to be a young man with a tall and lean figure. He wears a long, dark blue, tattered coat that he claims to be "fashionable." Underneath, he wears a light green shirt. He has light purple hair with a few darker streaks, pale skin, and black eyes. His hair always covers his left eye. He wears pale brown pants with a black belt, and black shoes.
Personality
Garry is a gentle, soft-spoken man who utilizes effeminate speech patterns of the Japanese language due to the fact that he doesn't like using crude speech.
Garry is mysterious yet expressive, and his mood can change quickly depending on the situation. When talking to Ib, however, he is kind to her from the first moment they introduce themselves to each other.
Garry's gentler side grows as he spends more time with Ib. He will do much to protect her, even saving her when she faints, and later giving her a piece of candy to lighten her spirits. He will often help Ib in many ways, ranging from moving statues that block their way to translating words that Ib does not know.
As the game progresses, Garry continues to show signs of protectiveness over Ib, and can go to extreme measures to protect her, even to the point of risking his life.
Rose
Like Ib, Garry has a rose that represents his life, and as it wilts, so does Garry. Unlike Ib, Garry's rose is blue which is symbolic for "impossible miracles" (because blue roses don't exist naturally, so it seems impossible and miraculous). His rose has ten petals, unlike Ib's. The reason is most likely due to the fact that Garry is a young adult and that Ib is a child.
Another theory why Garry's rose is blue due to his personality. Blue is shown to represent kindness, mysteriousness, and emotion, but could also represent loneliness and depression.
Garry's rose is first discovered by Ib, who finds it in the hands of a The Lady in Blue. After getting it back, Ib revives the rose in a vase full of water and gives it back to Garry, who returns to full health.
Role
When Ib first meets Garry, he will be laying face down on the floor in the Red Area. He appears to be in a great amount of pain, moaning and not moving, and will be holding the Small Key. After taking the Small Key and some exploring, Ib will find the The Lady in Blue tearing apart a Blue Rose. After Ib retrieves the Blue Rose, heals it, and gives it to Garry, he will join Ib's party.
Garry seems pretty friendly, although a little shy. After he joins Ib's party, Garry aids Ib by clarifying words she does not know, protecting her, and often providing commentary. Garry is more easily startled in comparison to Ib by the events of the game. There is an instance where he falls over in shock and several other instances where he has the opportunity to damage items in the gallery, which can lead to the bad endings. He particularly has a distaste for the "disturbing" blue dolls.
In the Gray Area, Ib collapses out of exhaustion in a hallway and Garry carries her into the "safe room" and covers her with his coat. When Ib wakes up, Garry asks if she is okay and, depending upon Ib's answer, gives her a piece of lemon candy from his coat pocket. You are able to talk to Garry directly in this room. He mentions that he is sorry he wasn't looking out for Ib as much as he should have been and gets surprised if you apologize for causing him trouble.
In the Violet Area, Garry is followed by a blue doll after being separated from Mary and Ib. Garry becomes increasingly annoyed by this, and he has the option to either set it aside or kick it into the wall. Garry then proceeds to collect the seven balls of paint needed for Ib to retrieve the brown key at the upper level.
Garry discovers Mary's true identity in a small library in the Violet Area. Garry can either succeed or fail inside the Doll Room, which involves him searching for a key in one of the dolls' stomachs before time runs out and he is attacked by Red Eyes. Succeeding in the Doll Room leads him up the stairs to later regroup with Ib and Mary, while failing causes him to hallucinate and talk to himself. He is later discovered by Ib, who either snaps him back to reality by slapping him and calling his name, or, if he is incurable, collapses in despair next to him and gives up, which leads to two possible bad endings (Welcome to the World of Guertena or A Painting's Demise).
Ib can talk with Garry again under the fake sunlight in the Sketchbook. Depending on whether you're geared towards the best ending or the worst ending, Garry will either trade his rose for Ib's (and subsequently die) or he will insist on going up the stairs into the hallway of Mary's painting.
It is possible to receive an ending in which Mary kills Garry by plucking all the petals from his rose. If Ib approaches Garry after his death, Ib will think that he is "sleeping." Depending on Ib's actions afterwards, the player may receive either the Forgotten Portrait ending, the Ib All Alone ending, or the Together, Forever ending.
- Main article: Endings
Relationships
Ib
Garry is very kind to Ib and watches over her while they're trapped together, acting like her guardian. Even when he is startled and frightened, he always immediately thinks about Ib. For example, when he escapes the Doll Room (barely getting away with his life), he immediately rushes to save Ib from Mary, having been worried about her after learning the truth about Mary. He also feels very protective of Ib, which is seen when, in one possible outcome, he gives his rose to Mary in exchange for Ib's, even though doing so would cost him his life.
Mary
Garry's opinion of Mary isn't explored much in the short time she travels with him and Ib. He treats her like an ordinary girl, but doesn't show any particular interest in her as he does with Ib (especially after Mary ignores his tips for keeping her rose safe), and doesn't hesitate to knock her out when she corners Ib. He expresses feeling sorry for leaving Mary, but shows a much greater fear of her after he finds out she is a painting and could be dangerous to Ib. He seems to become very aware of the danger Mary poses in general, likely because he is mature and aware of such dangers.
Trivia
- kouri stated that it was hard to create expressions for Garry because only his right eye is visible throughout the entire game.
- When Garry first meets Ib, he mistakes her to be a Canvas Lady and yells that there's nothing left for her to take (as his Blue Rose was stolen by them). This is technically not true, as Garry had a lighter, candy, and a wristwatch in his possession.
- Garry can be seen in the gallery at the beginning of the game looking at The Hanged Man, which is quite ironic since if Ib doesn't stop Garry from breaking the mannequin head after it scares him, the room in the middle of the Gray Area will have a mannequin head suspended above the vase full of red paint (instead of water), which drips from the mannequin head. The red paint will wilt Ib's rose if she tries to place it in the vase. The text behind the notice on the wall will say "Hanged Garry." Also, in the Safe Room, Garry will ask Ib if there is something around his neck.
- He mentions in the Sketchbook that he particularly likes macarons. He asks Ib if she would like to go get some with him if they manage to escape, but then corrects himself and tells her that they will escape.
- Garry has a lighter with him for unknown reasons, though the candy he gives Ib may suggest that he was previously a smoker and is trying to quit by undergoing the "nicotine diet."
- Garry is one of three male characters in Ib, the other two being Ib's father and Guertena.
- In Japanese, Garry uses the personal pronoun atashi (an effeminate way of saying "I/me"), as well as feminine onee speech patterns. kouri has stated that Garry is "someone who’d like to cross the barriers of gender", along with a drawing of him in a women's kimono.
Gallery
External links
- vgperson's translation notes about Garry's use of atashi and feminine onee speech patterns (in the "GYAAAAAtashi" section)
- Quarterly Pixiv Volume 10 Amazon Page
- Ib Merchandise movic Page
- kouri's blog
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Mary ❀ Claws • Headless Statue • The Lady in Red • The Lady in Blue • The Lady in Yellow • The Lady in Green • Blue Doll • Red Eyes • Fake Mother • Fake Garry • Mistake • Naked Woman • Liars • Spitting Painting • |