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Negativedarke wrote:Kenji's mystery package? Custom DBZ Legos. Next he's thinking about Fist of The North Star.

Eurobeatjester wrote:

Mader Levap wrote:Very cute!

Oh, one comment about reasons that normies rarely attend Yamaku. You forgot about one additional possible reason - cost. In VN tutition costs are commented upon a few times (Misha mentioned she could attend Yamaku only because they agreed to lower tutition).

You know, I was considering that as well, but I've (so far) not decided to delve into it too deeply because it would have to be a fairly complex system. Obviously the school has some fairly serious backers(and it's headcannon for a lot of people that the Hakamichis and Satous fit that category). But how do disabled students with non-loaded parents get in? Using insurance money? Sponsored? Death benefits from a life insurance policy? It can't be universal and just based on money, since there's some evidence to suggest that the students there come from all kinds of financial backgrounds.

Case in point - if you look at the class photo, you'll see that Molly's artificial legs are simply metal rods, which is the basest type of leg prosthetic. Compare that to Emi's legs, which are much higher quality and actually shaped like human calves - something much higher quality, and therefore much more expensive. She probably is benefiting from her dad's life insurance for that, or using Nurse's connections, or a mixture of the two.

Also, there's Hanako to consider as well. In Lilly's route when she's talking about traveling, she mentions that she's saving up money. This heavily implies that she's receiving payments as a benefactor to her parents' policy and wouldn't have received anything as a "lump sum" after final expenses.

Plus, just to throw another wrench into it all, there should be plenty of disabled students there who don't actually need the benefit of medical staff there at the school. Take Miki for example. Sure, she lost a hand, but there's no ongoing risks or health problems. Same thing with Hanako.

But all this seems to contradict what Misha says about them lowering the rate so she can attend.

The exact admission progress for Yamaku, to me, is similar to a LOT of things that don't get answered in the novel, because as far as the story is concerned, they're unimportant. We know Nurse must have a name besides "Nurse," but he's only important to the VN as Nurse, so a name isn't needed. We don't know exactly what type of arrhythmia Hisao has, because it's only important that he has one. We never find out the names of Hisao's own parents, because from a story perspective, they're only important as Hisao's mom and dad. There are a lot of other details I could name, but I think you can see my point

I may decide to expand on it in a future chapter, but for now it's only really important that normal students can (rarely) attend Yamaku, as opposed to how they exactly end up attending Yamaku.

• Yamaku's tuition is sky-high, and/or there's prestige in being a donor to Yamaku. (You could also always go with the Nekonomicon interpretation, which is that Yamaku is actually a front for the local syndicate, and costs them money, but greatly helps their public image. And, this isn't exclusive with anything but the last one.)
• Yamaku is primarily a dumping ground for the inconvenient kids of rich families, who all pay full price or more.
• The Yamaku Foundation then subsidizes tuition for those that can't pay it and are either disabled or are studying to work with disabled people (this is canon, because Misha). It may also pay for some living expenses, too.
• There may also be some government (either national or prefectural) subsidy for students that the public schools aren't able/willing to handle. I don't know how this fits into how things work in Japan, though, but I went to a special school (this one for behavioral handicaps and/or learning disabilities) that was private, but most of their student base was paid for by their school districts, so income was all over the place. That said, if you go with the "Yamaku is a Yakuza front" interpretation, this most likely ain't happening.

bhtooefr wrote:There may also be some government (either national or prefectural) subsidy for students that the public schools aren't able/willing to handle. I don't know how this fits into how things work in Japan, though, but I went to a special school (this one for behavioral handicaps and/or learning disabilities) that was private, but most of their student base was paid for by their school districts, so income was all over the place. That said, if you go with the "Yamaku is a Yakuza front" interpretation, this most likely ain't happening.

Negativedarke wrote:Kenji's mystery package? Custom DBZ Legos. Next he's thinking about Fist of The North Star.

NekoDude wrote:So a secret package for him would be booze, surveillance equipment, or Thai ladyboy magazines.

NekoDude wrote:Somewhere, I got the idea that Kenji is into ladyboys. When Hanako finds out (in my story), she is much more amused and curious than she is shocked or offended, even going so far as to troll him about the topic. (She has a lot more swagger when she's drunk.)

So a secret package for him would be booze, surveillance equipment, or Thai ladyboy magazines.

Hanako is in love with you in Lilly's route and viceversa. The only thing that keeps you away from a threesome is the master or romance.

kimono wrote:- Hanako is in love with you in Lilly's route and viceversa. The only thing that keeps you away from a threesome is the master or romance.

Steinherz wrote: I have a feeling this is pretty damn true.

And who knows, maybe it does happen after their routes end

Taotao wrote:

Hanako is in love with you in Lilly's route and viceversa. The only thing that keeps you away from a threesome is the master or romance.

This is actually a really interesting point that I noticed, too, as the first 2 routes I've done are Hanako's and Lilly's in that order.

During Hanako's path, when you hang out with Lilly in the town, it almost comes across as if shes waiting for Hisao to ask her out or flirt with her, and seeing as he compliments her internally various times during this scene, it may be possible he likes her or they may be interested in eachother. Especially since Hisao himself doesnt necessarily come to terms with his feelings for Hanako until later. Then again, Lilly is a caring friend and its unknown if Hanako had told Lilly she likes Hisao.

In Lilly's path, Hanako gets flustered whenever Hisao is near, especially when Akira makes the playful jabs at her party. This might be because of Hanako's shy nature, but seeing as her reaction when Lilly mentions she confessed to Hisao is seemingly despondant, I personally came to the conclusion that Hanako felt a bit betrayed by Lilly if Hanako had feelings with Hisao during that time. Whether Lilly knew or not, thats really when Hanako begins to drift away from Lilly and Hisao, granted its covered up as giving them "space".
Just a thought.

kimono wrote: Hanako is in love with you in Lilly's route and viceversa. The only thing that keeps you away from a threesome is the master or romance.