But, yes, we' end up with a Tower of Druaga-style ending that makes no sense.
ZystraL wrote:It was an awesome scenario. Sitting on green grass staring at the clouds...with a laptop slowly burning your junk and giving you testicular cancer.
I haven't read this thread for a while, but I got an idea. someone said somewhere upthread that the problem with KS being animated would be figuring out which girl Hisao gets in the end, 'cause if it's a VN, you can't really say which ending is canon or not (I think. this is the first VN I've played, so don't hurt me if I got that wrong). so I was thinking this:
you do the whole thing like it's going to end up a harem anime, with all the girls having feelings for Hisao one way or another. some stuff happens - he goes on a date with one or two, there's some "d'awwww" moments, some moments where it seems like something's going to happen, some almost-confessions. then, in like episode 12 ('cause we don't want to stretch this over 26 episodes, that'd be fan-torture), Hisao's heart goes out. he lives, but he's rushed to the hospital. all through episode 13, the girls visit him in the hospital one at a time. none of them confess, but he realizes how good he has it and all that.
then?
HE DIES.
last part of the anime is all the girls walking out of the hospital, sad music playing, all that. no one hooks up in the end, it's all one massive ship tease, and the fans can argue over who he would have been with for all time. viewers cry. (I'd be one of them.)
of course, if you're gonna end it like that, who else could you get to make it but Gainax?
*runs like hell*
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." - Sir Francis Bacon
Emi = Hanako > Lilly > Rin >>>>>>> Shizune
amazing how preference changes now that the game's actually out.
Akira/Hanako for the win. Meiko/Nurse for even more win. Miki/Misha for win that goes BEYOND THE IMPOSSIBLE.
Who'd he end up with without completely alienating canon ship factions?
Misha, naturally after 11 and a half episodes of teasing a Shizune ending.
With Lilly/Hanako being the beta couple, with buttloads of gayngst and teasing with other pairings but ultimately a happy ending(i HATE bait and switch lesbians).
How are canon OTPs decided on with other VNs? Especially those turned into anime series? Perhaps we could ask the devs for a canon pairing (although I'm sure that'd probably open up a world of hurt for all of us).
<coldacid> hanak-o's
<coldacid> taste best when burnt
Most VNs actually have a canon pairing, or it's easy to see which of the girls is the "main girl". Being the assholes we are, KS has no such thing.
<Aura> would you squeeze a warm PVC bottle between your thighs and call it "manaka-chan"
<Suriko> I would do it if it wouldn't be so hard to explain to my parents
Aura wrote:Being the assholes we are, KS has no such thing.
I actually like that you did this, as Shizune probably wouldn't have been the main girl. Based on popularity levels perhaps it would have been Hanako, or Rin. Better that they all be on equal footing.
It's a good thing Shizune is deaf, she is the only one who can stand (not) hearing "Wahaha~!" over and over.
G3n0c1de wrote:I actually like that you did this, as Shizune probably wouldn't have been the main girl. Based on popularity levels perhaps it would have been Hanako, or Rin. Better that they all be on equal footing.
ditto. that's sorta why I wrote what I wrote - I don't want there to be a canon pairing, 'cause that would leave the other girls out. and I don't wanna do that to Hanako. or Rin. or Shizune. or Misha.
"There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion." - Sir Francis Bacon
Emi = Hanako > Lilly > Rin >>>>>>> Shizune
amazing how preference changes now that the game's actually out.
Akira/Hanako for the win. Meiko/Nurse for even more win. Miki/Misha for win that goes BEYOND THE IMPOSSIBLE.
coldacid wrote:How are canon OTPs decided on with other VNs ... turned into anime series?
Personally, I'd like to just answer "Badly. Very very badly.", but since the premise is bad, no surprise there. Anyway, check the amount of 'childhood friends' who make it to the top of the podium, for starters.
coldacid wrote:Perhaps we could ask the devs for a canon pairing (although I'm sure that'd probably open up a world of hurt for all of us).
The line for whipping forms on Aisle Four. Please don't shove.
Shattering your dreams since '94. I also fought COVID in '20 and '21, and all I got was this lousy forum sig.
after 11 and a half episodes of teasing a Shizune ending.
