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YZQ wrote:More "You'll feel: "Wait, what's the status of this girl on this route?"" Also, I do find it slightly disheartening that Hisao has to be a lover in order to help some of the girls. Hanako on Lily's route is a very welcome exception.

To be fair, unless he gets really close to the girls, most of the time their problems aren't even apparent. On Emi's route, nothing seems particularly wrong in Rin's life, and on any other route, Emi seems perfectly normal emotionally. On Shizune's route, at least where I'm at so far, the only apparent conflict at all is between her and Lilly, and Hisao does seem to moderate between them some, but he never has the chance to catch on to Lilly's other problems. Even when he sees Hanako, she seems shy, they play chess, then she leaves. Nothing seems all that wrong.

Then again, "close friend" seems an oxymoron for them. Even Lily couldn't thrash things out between her and Hanako.