What if Rin had prosthetic arms?

[Bad Apple]

In what universe?

The one everyone else resides in, apparently.

@Apple: How does living in Japan change that it'd cost a lot? That graph doesn't exactly show a big difference. And I don't see Rin ever having anything as regular as a 'career'.

What. Are you incapable of math and commonsense? You seriously think $7,450 per capita compared to $2,740 is not a big difference? Mind you, that's 764,593.5 versus 281,206.2 in yen (present rate).

In canon, Rin's paintings seem to be right in the way to achieving success, mostly thanks to Nomiya and Sae's connections. Like I said (not like you're paying attention) Yamaku is well-funded, and that in itself implies connections. Following on that premise, it is fact that bonafide paintings, modern or otherwise, can go for hundreds of thousands of USD. This would be millions (maybe tens of millions) of yen easily. Seeing your prior ignorance on healthcare costs, however, I don't see this argument drilling through your skull either.

Even without this lucrative source of income, if I recall correctly, Yamaku supports their students. Even so, Rin is disabled in a country with splendid universal healthcare. What I'm trying to say is, there's this little thing called "Welfare"... perhaps you've heard of it.

But she does fine around crowds there...

Yes, colon-question mark indeed. I am also wondering how you know this. Proof?

Oh, of course. Because, you know, her problem was the crowd. Not the internal burden she had been crumbling under for weeks on end.

Now, I remember a lack of any problems whatsoever when dealing with crowds that weren't relentlessly interrogating her against her will. I also remember her suffering similar problems when under forceful interrogation by individual people with no crowds around. It's almost as if the presence of a crowd was entirely coincidental and not really relevant to her troubles at all.

Again, the burden of proof is on you. Deliver. You point to a scene in the VN where this happens, or you add a caveat that you're making shit up. Which, let's face it, you are.

It really couldn't though. She has the same problems when dealing with Nomiya and Hisao, and those two are far from a crowd even when together. Plus she's around crowds at other points and has no trouble at all. Ergo, there's nothing to suggest she has any problems with crowds so much as people hounding her about things she'd rather avoid.

Your argument fails. Rin's avoidant behavior towards uncomfortable questions (regardless of who asks) is irrelevant to Rin's clear introverted qualities. Try again. And try not to be willfully ignorant this time. There's no need for baseless speculation. There's canon. There's posts up there. Try reading them. It's a fundamental part of the Internet.

Or not. I'd rather not be silently cooked in the same pot as you. I don't like baked potato stew.

[Atario]

Jesus, dude. Hostile much?

This kind.

You know I was talking about this kind.

I know no such thing. Yamaku, and any other place Rin is likely to agree to live, will most certainly either not have these, or will have them replaced with suitable kinds for very little money and trouble — certainly far less than bionics. I encounter the lever type all day every day and I'm not even in any particular handicapped-specific environment.

This is actually the strongest argument for. Shirts and feminine hygiene.

Eh... Rin is the least feminine of the five girls Hisao can romance. But whatever. I think you know what I meant.

I can't figure out if you're trolling or just an ESL student. "Feminine hygiene" refers to things women use because they have women's parts between their legs. You know, tampons, maxi-pads, all that stuff. Which applies to Rin, regardless of her rankings in the femininity derby.

Anyway, I wasn't being sarcastic, if that's what you're reacting to. Those would be legitimate arguments for her to adopt the high tech arms.

And honestly, she'd probably consider it too much of a hassle to learn to use them in any case. It's more immediately-convenient to have people open doors for her and pester Emi.

That implies Emi will be Rin's lifelong carer.

I'm not the one who said that, but I will point out that the word "immediately" precludes "lifelong".

And that's ignoring the question of expense.

Expense? She lives in Japan, not America. Besides, Yamaku is well-funded

Unless we have a clear idea of what Japan's national health care (or Yamaku) does and does not pay for or how much of it it pays for, that's speculative too.

You seriously think $7,450 per capita compared to $2,740 is not a big difference?

National per-capita costs have little to do with the specific cost of an advanced, customized, wearable, personal robotics system.

But she does fine around crowds there...

Yes, colon-question mark indeed. I am also wondering how you know this. Proof?

Again, I didn't say that, but just off the top of my head, there's the track-meet scenes.

[wazuzu]

"I can hug you now, Hisao"

...but she was able to foothug him before. Normal people use hands to hug and feet to align their bodies, Rin could use her stumps to align her body and her feet to hug Hisao.
Yes, she can't do it from standing position, but well, wtf, Hisao can hold her in this situation.

[Steinherz]

"I can hug you now, Hisao"

...but she was able to foothug him before. Normal people use hands to hug and feet to align their bodies, Rin could use her stumps to align her body and her feet to hug Hisao.
Yes, she can't do it from standing position, but well, wtf, Hisao can hold her in this situation.

The sheer amount of spoilered text makes that seem like it could be so dirty

[Munchenhausen]

"I can hug you now, Hisao"

...but she was able to foothug him before. Normal people use hands to hug and feet to align their bodies, Rin could use her stumps to align her body and her feet to hug Hisao.
Yes, she can't do it from standing position, but well, wtf, Hisao can hold her in this situation.

Suddenly, boner.

[Potato]

[words words words no boobs]

Wow, okay. You enjoy yammering on, linking to things that make you feel smart, and generally being a hostile twat. I'll just go on over here talking to the adults.

@Steinherz: Foothugs are the dirtiest thing known to Baby Jesus. Fun fact. Though this does raise the question of why Hisao never gets a hug from her...

[SpunkySix]

[words words words no boobs]

Wow, okay. You enjoy yammering on, linking to things that make you feel smart, and generally being a hostile twat. I'll just go on over here talking to the adults.

@Steinherz: Foothugs are the dirtiest thing known to Baby Jesus. Fun fact. Though this does raise the question of why Hisao never gets a hug from her...

Can I ask an honest question here that I feel is related enough to foot hugging and the general "not having arms" thing to warrant a slightly odd tangent? Well... I'm going to. Is there ever any foot related H content in Rin's route? If there isn't, then I'm surprised they never even tried that. Seems like the equivalent of hand fun tiem for them.

[AaronIsCrunchy]

[words words words no boobs]

Wow, okay. You enjoy yammering on, linking to things that make you feel smart, and generally being a hostile twat. I'll just go on over here talking to the adults.

@Steinherz: Foothugs are the dirtiest thing known to Baby Jesus. Fun fact. Though this does raise the question of why Hisao never gets a hug from her...

Can I ask an honest question here that I feel is related enough to foot hugging and the general "not having arms" thing to warrant a slightly odd tangent? Well... I'm going to. Is there ever any foot related H content in Rin's route? If there isn't, then I'm surprised they never even tried that. Seems like the equivalent of hand fun tiem for them.

I don't think there is actually, despite I was expecting there to be the entire time. I'd have thought it'd be one of the more obvious avenues to go down... which is maybe why it didn't happen? I dunno

[Potato]

[words words words no boobs]

Wow, okay. You enjoy yammering on, linking to things that make you feel smart, and generally being a hostile twat. I'll just go on over here talking to the adults.

@Steinherz: Foothugs are the dirtiest thing known to Baby Jesus. Fun fact. Though this does raise the question of why Hisao never gets a hug from her...

Can I ask an honest question here that I feel is related enough to foot hugging and the general "not having arms" thing to warrant a slightly odd tangent? Well... I'm going to. Is there ever any foot related H content in Rin's route? If there isn't, then I'm surprised they never even tried that. Seems like the equivalent of hand fun time for them.

There is not. Rin does ask "Do you want me to do it with my foot or my mouth?" once, which EVERYONE expected to lead into a scene, but she's just asking about drawing Hisao's portrait. In general, they avoided any h-type cliches like that. But that's what delicious fanart is for anyway.

[Sea]

"I can hug you now, Hisao"

...but she was able to foothug him before. Normal people use hands to hug and feet to align their bodies, Rin could use her stumps to align her body and her feet to hug Hisao.
Yes, she can't do it from standing position, but well, wtf, Hisao can hold her in this situation.

The sheer amount of spoilered text makes that seem like it could be so dirty

Indeed, I kinda want a sound bit of that with bleeps and see who reacts.

[words words words no boobs]

Wow, okay. You enjoy yammering on, linking to things that make you feel smart, and generally being a hostile twat. I'll just go on over here talking to the adults.

Hey now spud, it's not his fault, he's just a bad apple
. . . . . Yeah, Ill just go hang myself now

[SpunkySix]

GAH. Okay, that was totally my bad, but I clicked that link in the library... luckily, nobody was around. Dodged a bullet there...

Thanks for the answers, anyhow. I guess it makes sense that they avoided that, I just got the sense that it might happen.

[ababol]

This is something I gave much thought to, because no matter how many times the game stressed that point, I couldn't help to think "But... there are things you only can do with arms! What about opening doors (as somebody pointed before)? What if you have an itch, how do you scratch, I don't know, your butt? What about hygiene? ?I've always wondered how Rin took her showers. What about dressing? Are you going to need a valet your whole life?"

My opinion on this is that she would probably be uninterested on them, since her views about her ailment are pretty well known. She doesn't see anything wrong with lacking arms, so she'd probably just shrug the idea. Maybe, if pushed (we've seen that under the proper circumstances she can be influenced), perhaps she'd give them a try. I think she'd still use her feet and mouth mostly, due to a lifetime's habit, but probably she'd be grateful for all that things she'd be able to do finally on her own (like getting dressed). Of course, she wouldn't vocalize that gratitude, or would do so in a way that nobody understands. But it'd be there.

In short, how would Rin be with prosthetic arms? Probably still awesome.

[SpunkySix]

In short, how would Rin be with prosthetic arms? Probably still awesome.

It would be really hard to make Rin not awesome.

[Potato]

This is something I gave much thought to, because no matter how many times the game stressed that point, I couldn't help to think "But... there are things you only can do with arms! What about opening doors (as somebody pointed before)? What if you have an itch, how do you scratch, I don't know, your butt? What about hygiene? ?I've always wondered how Rin took her showers. What about dressing? Are you going to need a valet your whole life?"

All of those except dressing can be done without arms. And dressing too, depending on what she decided to wear.

[someguy1294]

I don't think she'd want to use them to be honest. I can see her asking why she would want them, as she exists just fine how she is. Not only that, but her entire life has been spent trying to express to people who she is and has failed except for art, and hers is unique in that she doesn't need arms to do it.
Maybe someone else with her condition may jump at the chance, but not Rin. You see this as a solution to her problem, but her lack of arms is not it.

I think nailed Rin's character pretty well right here. If I recall, I think Hisao once asked her if she wished she wasn't disabled, and she said something along these lines.