I thought Lilly's route would have more to do with her blindness being a bigger problem than hinted. All we actually get is that brief anger with Kenji but I expected the conflict to be much more focused on her prim and proper facade breaking down...The actual conflict is rather more mundane, really.
I expected Emi to have loss issues over her legs...She has the issues, but the reasons given are different. (I still maintain it's a blend of both.)
Prior to learning the twist, I predicted Shizune's arc would deal more with the communication barrier and its effects on the relationship. As-is, it's largely handwaved with "He learns sign language."
And for reasons even I'm not sure about, I figured Rin's conflict would heavily involve her parents, maybe some resentment or undue loathing...
And not to get beta-ish or anything but...The big twist in Shizune's arc was spoiled for me (but no less effective) and I accidentally saw pics of Misha's h-scene when looking up KS art. This changed my prediction quite a bit but it was still way off the mark. I thought the arc would have Misha go through some sort of super depression ultimately leading to a psychotic break where she chops her hair off to look more like Shizune and lures Hisao into bed...With the good or bad end dependent on your success or lack thereof in repairing said break as well as the break in her/Shizune/Hisao's little three-way relationship.
No doubt would've been dark as hell...But I'd be lying if I said I wouldn't really love that. I'm a sucker for the twisted psychological stuff.
Anyone else have ideas about where the routes would go, before actually reading them? And more importantly, were you correct? I got Hanako's right, at least...Sort of. Expected more bully stuff, not white knights.
