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Denouement wrote:

OtakuNinja wrote:

Denouement wrote: But you're right, in Shizune's path he was great.

You didn't get the bad end, did you?

No sir I did not.

Then let me say that he's not great in her path.

OtakuNinja wrote:Then let me say that he's not great in her path.

The ending is not her path. Plus he's not even in the endings...

metalangel wrote: Consider most of the people playing this game. Here's a timid, submissive, shy girl rejected by almost everyone she knows. Just like them! But she's also their dream of a hot Japanese/anime babe, plus she's DAMAGED, see, so they can gallop in on their charger and claim to understand her and she'll be so happy to have someone finally open up to her that they'll totally make out on the spot.

Then there's Lilly, who conforms to the Western ideal of beauty: blonde hair, blue eyes, large breasts. Plus she drinks! (such a mystique for pubescents) and she actively wants to have sex! (wow, I didn't realize girls enjoyed or wanted sex) and she's half Scottish/half Japanese (so Britain and Japan, two cultures that are completely misunderstood and held in almost unassailable esteem by the ignorant) but she's also very passive and patient so she's completely non-threatening to the sort of person who gets a semi when the cashier in 7-11's fingers touch their palm giving them their change.

Agreed...Hanako and Lily are very attracting

ericngui13 wrote:

metalangel wrote: Consider most of the people playing this game. Here's a timid, submissive, shy girl rejected by almost everyone she knows. Just like them! But she's also their dream of a hot Japanese/anime babe, plus she's DAMAGED, see, so they can gallop in on their charger and claim to understand her and she'll be so happy to have someone finally open up to her that they'll totally make out on the spot.

Then there's Lilly, who conforms to the Western ideal of beauty: blonde hair, blue eyes, large breasts. Plus she drinks! (such a mystique for pubescents) and she actively wants to have sex! (wow, I didn't realize girls enjoyed or wanted sex) and she's half Scottish/half Japanese (so Britain and Japan, two cultures that are completely misunderstood and held in almost unassailable esteem by the ignorant) but she's also very passive and patient so she's completely non-threatening to the sort of person who gets a semi when the cashier in 7-11's fingers touch their palm giving them their change.

Agreed...Hanako and Lily are very attracting

Whoa, I missed this earlier. Damn, and I thought I was cynical.

Xanatos wrote:

OtakuNinja wrote:Then let me say that he's not great in her path.

The ending is not her path. Plus he's not even in the endings...

Wow... I didn't even realize you guys were talking about Kenji.

I love Misha because of Misha and Misha.


That is all.

Didn't see this topic.

Gonna be quick about this since these girls have stolen every word I could possibly muster up.

Rin and Hanako.

Perfect characters in every aspect and I'm strongly attached to them. If I met a girl who was even remotely similar to these lovely fictional characters, I'd probably end up marrying that girl.

metalangel wrote: Consider most of the people playing this game. Here's a timid, submissive, shy girl rejected by almost everyone she knows. Just like them! But she's also their dream of a hot Japanese/anime babe, plus she's DAMAGED, see, so they can gallop in on their charger and claim to understand her and she'll be so happy to have someone finally open up to her that they'll totally make out on the spot.

Then there's Lilly, who conforms to the Western ideal of beauty: blonde hair, blue eyes, large breasts. Plus she drinks! (such a mystique for pubescents) and she actively wants to have sex! (wow, I didn't realize girls enjoyed or wanted sex) and she's half Scottish/half Japanese (so Britain and Japan, two cultures that are completely misunderstood and held in almost unassailable esteem by the ignorant) but she's also very passive and patient so she's completely non-threatening to the sort of person who gets a semi when the cashier in 7-11's fingers touch their palm giving them their change.

1) Do not ever, EVER think that Scotland = the UK. Or England = the UK.
2) Drinking would be fun if only there isn't the possibility that you get hooked after one drink.
3) Sex being enjoyable is an evolutionary thing. It is nothing to be surprised of.

Emi end of story (so far).

Im new to this game and v-novs for that matter. IMHO i think Emi has a strong and cheerful personality and im attracted to those with an identical personality to my own (in fact Emi's personality reminds me of my current and past girlfriends). I can't comment on the other characters as i've only had one play through but i will say that Shizune and Misha i find to be quite annoying Their 'high horse and loud' personality respectively i found more agitating than funny.

As i said though im only on my first play through (currently in act three of Emi's story)

Nineball wrote:Emi end of story (so far).

Im new to this game and v-novs for that matter. IMHO i think Emi has a strong and cheerful personality and im attracted to those with an identical personality to my own (in fact Emi's personality reminds me of my current and past girlfriends). I can't comment on the other characters as i've only had one play through but i will say that Shizune and Misha i find to be quite annoying Their 'high horse and loud' personality respectively i found more agitating than funny.

As i said though im only on my first play through (currently in act three of Emi's story)

Welcome aboard my friend. All I'll say is, you ain't seen nuthin yet.


*Sits back and waits for the you know whats*

Nineball wrote:Emi end of story (so far).

Im new to this game and v-novs for that matter. IMHO i think Emi has a strong and cheerful personality and im attracted to those with an identical personality to my own (in fact Emi's personality reminds me of my current and past girlfriends). I can't comment on the other characters as i've only had one play through but i will say that Shizune and Misha i find to be quite annoying Their 'high horse and loud' personality respectively i found more agitating than funny.

As i said though im only on my first play through (currently in act three of Emi's story)

That was basically my exact reaction to my first playthrough. I did Emi's first, and loved her and thought her story was unbelievably touching. But I was surprised when I figured out for myself that that was only the beginning. It just gets more touching and emotional the more routes you play.

Here's a pointless list of routes judging on emotional level from greatest to least.

Hanako's. An emotional roller coaster that ends in the most beautiful way. Many manly tears ran down my cheeks.
Rin's. Same. Her's is a more intense emotional roller coaster and it might piss you off at times, but it ends in the most perfect way. More manly tears.
Lilly's. Her's will fuck with your emotions bro. Be prepared.
Emi's. I think Emi's is more light then the above. But still has it's feels.
Shizune's. I honestly didn't feel much emotion at all in this one. The whole thing with Misha is the closest I got. It was rather sad when Misha was saying maybe it'd be better off if she didn't exist. I Nearly cried when she said that

Oddly enough...Kenji.
I-I can't really explain it, but for some reason I see myself in Kenji just a little.

And then if Kenji doesn't count, then Yuuko. I was reading a lot of the text out loud in voices that might have fit, and Yuuko's voice was just too fun. <3
I would seriously perk up every time that Yuuko popped up, and everything she said was so interesting to me for some reason-- well, same with Kenji.

Miki is my favorite, but I'm more attached to Kenji or Yuuko.

Emi is my answer. I too am fond of her cheerful disposition, though this doesn't come as a surprise to me since I have had crushes on cheerful girls before (real girls, mind you). And while I can certainly see parts of myself in each of the heroines, Emi's "take it as it comes" attitude struck me the most closely. I can't say I exhibited such a trait to the same extent as Emi, and in my case it probably developed more as a coping mechanism for being pretty socially inept and thus having few friends as opposed to losing a family member so suddenly like with Emi. And because it wasn't so big a part of me, I didn't give it much heed. That is, until about a year ago. This kind of attitude gained a greater foothold in the greater expanse of general freedom known as college, and it, I think, ended up legitimately threatening my graduate work. Even after getting that part of my life back on track, that mindset is still affecting me in other ways. It's not something I'm proud of, but I have a better understanding of it now, which makes me identify with Emi even more than I expected to be the case.

I only read the first five pages, did this thread ever stop being so retarded

talk about a bunch of annoying people stirring up stuff for no reason

@Dr. Casey, Meh.

For me, it was Shizune.
I actually liked Emi (familial similarities) and Rin (Helloooooo), but I admire Shizune's work ethic and personality. There weren't as many emotional moments in her arc, in my opinion, but I saw it as seeing/understanding her life through the eyes of Hisao. Shizune's the type of person that wouldn't have her path change much if you hadn't gone down her arc, unlike her purple-haired classmate. Hanako's arc was emotional, and I really loved her story, but I see a spark of something in the Student Council president.


Also Kenji. Seeing a little bit of his story through Shizune's arc made me feel a little bad for him. He's had a couple bad experiences and doesn't really tell anyone about them because there's this wall called "his (in)sanity/plan to defend against the feminist revolution". There's probably a lot of stuff going through his head, I constantly wished Hisao would just ask someone about the guy. Preferably the nurse. He's kind of just there for comic relief (or to unintentionally kill you, depending on whatever you make Hisao do).