

However, when possible, Jennifer can donate 4 Ribbons for a Minced Pie, 8 Clothespin for a Shortbread, 12 Marbles for a Shortbread Unfortunately, Jennifer can not go to the Gift Box immediately before the boss fight as the way is closed off.Rusty Scissors > Ribbon > Sock > Scone (not able to find soon before fight) > Clothespin > Candy (3 can be found soon before fight, other 4 are not) > Marble > Shortbread (approx 2 can be found soon before fight, 1 can not and is found on the middle elevator floor when accessible) and White Chocolate (one can be found in Smoking Room soon before fight).The Shortbread and White Chocolate are most important to find. Stocking up on health items before the boss helps a lot, so explore the chapter for as many as possible with Brown.The extra field-of-view on the left and right side of the screen can help immensely when figuring out where Hoffman is.

If you're playing on an emulator, consider using a widescreen hack.Hoffman will try to leap on Jennifer and attack her with his stick.Īs for the strategy, there really isn't a fool-proof one. Even attacking him from behind is dangerous. His boss battle is notorious as it is quite difficult (some players even ragequit), mainly because he is very unpredictable, often retaliates when attacked, has a surprisingly wide range, hits Jennifer hard in rapid succession, etc.

In the "Sir Peter" chapter, he is seen bound to a chair by Imps and walking in a abnormal way. Rule of Rose - Walkthrough (PCSX2) - Part 13 (Boss Mr. Wilson ( Stray Dog) murdered the orphans the following month.ĭuring the game, when the opportunities to talk to him arrive, he either insults Jennifer or complains about her, constantly telling her she has to stop playing truant when it comes to chores. It is also possible Hoffman became too scared of the Red Crayon Aristocrat Club, who were becoming increasingly sadistic, and left. It is most likely that he abandoned the children at the orphanage, however, there is a slim chance that the Red Crayon Aristocrat Club may have murdered him, as well as Martha. Bloody hell! All the trouble started when that wretched child arrived. Clara's here to look after things, and the children are quickly growing up. He wrote in his diary, "I'm leaving the orphanage. It is unknown what happened to him when he left the orphanage. Eventually, so did Martha Carol and Clara. In November 1930, Hoffman left the orphanage. It can be theorized that Hoffman truly wanted to be an admirable teacher and caretaker of unfortunate children, but his possible sexual desires got in the way of it, and it was too difficult to "keep up the hero act" due to his possible feelings of shame and guilt, so he left. However, children and adults live in the same world, and we must both play by society's rules." and he wanted to escape those restrictions. He had tried too hard to be someone he wasn't. Hoffman disappeared, like he was running away from something. Because of the chapter's reflective atmosphere, it is possible that Jennifer is trying to remember the positive side of him. In the Once Upon a Time chapter, Jennifer comments Hoffman used to be a "kind and admirable teacher," though he supposedly made a transition into a cranky and perverted man in the time that Jennifer was at the orphanage. It is never actually confirmed that Hoffman sexually abused the girls, and it is still possible that Hoffman never laid a finger on the girls in such a way, but the implications are still strong. However, he is probably a hebephile or ephebophile instead which refers to teenage children, due to his suggestive behavior toward two of the teenage girls at the orphanage ( Diana and Clara). Hoffman is theorized by many players to be a pedophile, which generally refers to pre-pubescent children.

Jennifer admits this is true and she was lazy to a degree, as she just didn't care and see the value in trying to make the orphanage as clean as possible - the exception being laundry as she likes clean clothes. He also thinks poorly of her because she was often late and didn't care about being scolded for not doing her assigned chores. He also notably dislikes Jennifer, blaming her for the children getting out of control, despite that it wasn't really Jennifer's fault and the orphanage children were inherently dark inside. He constantly frowns upon the children's mischievous activities, but does not give a second thought to whether or not he should help the children who are being picked on.
