How do you think the girls would react to different routes?

[Atario]

Is it just me or has this discussion gone uselessly into meta territory?

How would someone react to knowing he was just a character in a story? It's a really old idea and has been addressed in many ways.

To me it's more interesting to talk about the girls' various reactions to what to them are "might-have-beens". Example: good-end Lilly's reaction to Shizune's good path. I think she'd be quite torn between the idea of Hisao overcoming a bad situation like that, and Shizune "winning" in her own way.

[emmjay]

Even worse, the knowledge that all of her pain and history was due to some jerk writers...

Now all I can think about is Hanako as Calhoun. "She's programmed with the most tragic backstory ever."

[bhtooefr]

Hanako might actually snap when she realizes that her parents were also fabricated purely to give her a tragic backstory.

Typically she internalizes all of her negativity, but that might just be enough to get her to lash out.

[Potato]

Is it just me or has this discussion gone uselessly into meta territory?

How would someone react to knowing he was just a character in a story? It's a really old idea and has been addressed in many ways.

To me it's more interesting to talk about the girls' various reactions to what to them are "might-have-beens". Example: good-end Lilly's reaction to Shizune's good path. I think she'd be quite torn between the idea of Hisao overcoming a bad situation like that, and Shizune "winning" in her own way.

Or Shizune's reaction to Lilly's good path, seeing as they sort-of make up a bit during it. Really, when either catches the scene with that old festival photo, they're both bound to feel kinda shitty about things. As they should.

Hanako's reaction to either of Lilly's paths would be interesting, or vice-versa...

And now I can't help picturing Kenji's end. They arrive on the roof for their picnic, only Shizune's there to scold them and force them away after seeing what happens there.