otoge.

soooo im in the middle of translating

and google is auto finishing sentences early, as it does

[everyone is just examining The White Boy, he has no signs of life but isn't the same as a c*rpse yet either so it's Weird and everyones deliberating, can you imagine sakyo randomly saying this while examining]

ugh i laughed so hard.. man wants to die SO BAD LMFAO

1) shibas first invitation to kyokos lmfao

so.. i tried evvvvery possible route w saying no to that, bc i just did not want that news to spread to my LI as an indicator, or lock me down w shiba... i didnt know how to manually save yet either, i had just been quicksaving with the + button.. the amount of confusion and distress when i realized i was gonna have to start alllll over again.. and again....... then i learned about rewinding hehe.

2) once i got over my resistance to rewinding, i started worrying abt all my early choices, including majima feet washing moment lmao (my very first play i said yes not to be rude.. i love that it happens no matter what though lmao), and those w hideo (uhh smashed the 'WE WOULD BE HAPPY' option IMMEDIATELY lmfao u already know.... but had to see if the other option would avoid disaster..) so.. messed around w redoing those... see if they had some strange impact on outcome.... buuuut nop..

......look.. when hideo said 'DO YOU THINK YOU COULD HAVE MY BABIES???' .......where's the option to shake his shoulders and say Y E S >_>

3) ahem. so, next was.. oh, not seeing him after house arrest.

LOOK. THE AMOUNT OF DANGER AND DAMAGE IT COULD'VE CAUSED TO SHOW UP AT HIS HOUSE.. IF HIS FIANCEE WAS THERE..... i realllyyy thought the endgame was going to be.. both of us getting married to other ppl in the public eye, but having our 'real' relationship together in the background. you know, like every other royal has ever done. so, i chose not to go.... buuuut no, that lead to SaburoWall #84920 lmfao. also, he TOLD me not to go..! i figured he would come find me when the time was better ::( i just wanted to trust him and follow his lead..... also. i also was like. where's the option to sneak over to his house at nighttime lmao..? form a better plan and not arouse suspicions..? ;u;

4) next waaaas sawako.. good lord......

by this point, i had kinda gotten a better feel for the 'doing what makes sense will burn you' lmfao, so i KNEW it was the wrong choice, but.. omfg like. the amount of risk in admitting to the daughter of an insanely wealthy aristocratic family that you are in love w -- and could be cheating behind her back w -- her current fiancé.... dude. the reality could be not only drawing her ire to you personally, but she could've also spread that info to her family, who could've like completely shamed the ozaki family to utter ruin.. SO much risk, unfathomable, unthinkable to just openly admit that 0__o ESPECIALLY SEEING AS HIDEO HAD JUST RISKED A METRIC FUCKTON JUST TO HAVE A SERIOUS ENOUGH REASON TO BREAK THEIR ENGAGEMENT???!?!? BY GOING TO WAR AND RISK DYING?!? AND WE'RE GONNA SAY THIS DUMB ISH AND POTENTIALLY RISK ALLLLLL HE JUST PUT ON THE LINE??? the MC lovvvves to call poor hideo selfish, but MC is selfish in a myriad of absolutely bizarre ways, and moments..

...so i just could not help but hit 'we're just childhood friends!', knowing the game would probably punish that lol. took me reading the next 3 lines after it to know it WAS, in fact, going to punish that =u= rewound immediately lmao

5) i know this one came before, but unless there was cheating or genuinely cruel insults involved, i would never slap anyone i had romantic feelings for. Ever.

...but seeing as the game seemed to punish inaction, i felt i had no choice. -__- sorry, my love. that whole argument was so infuriating lmfao.. i was 1000% shocked and overjoyed when majima boinged over and said what i had LITERALLY been yelling at the game for the last few min.. YOU NOW HAVE NO TIME LEFT TOGETHER JUST ENJOY WHAT YOU DO HAVE!!! D::::< thank you majima. you stinker

after that, it was smooth sailing til the end ::) except.. oh my god, when MC went into the storehouse.. and here comes drooling crazy saburo for the millionth time.. i was laughing SO hard, like.. WHAT DID I DO THIS TIME?!? but since it wasn't the same cookie cutter game-ender i had seen a zillion times already, I figured this was either a genuine moment in the forward momentum, or this route did seriously permanently end this way. seeing good ole saburo AGAIN after having no rewinds for so long... i laaaauuuughed so hard i probably woke some birds up outside lmfao. YOU AGAIN

now, all that said: once i understood the flow/pattern, the writing was honestly so specifically tuned for me to not be annoyed or upset with logical choices being burned, because the specifics of the illogical choices played out fine. it did not interfere with my enjoyment once the story flowed again, which says a lot -- plot holes, inconsistencies, etc., can just.. fully kill it for me, depending on how it's handled.. but it was very, very good n_n truly could nevvvver have expected how perfect hideo's route would get.. ;~; his personality/appearance was the only one that appealed to me at all, but i really was not expecting the level of love it led to ;w;

internet: CHOU NO DOKU OMG!!!!!! PLAY IT

me: ok :)

*buy's it (spensive)*

first saburo hardwall ending like 1hr into the game: what . its over???? wait . what????????? the hell??????

5x more saburo hardwall endings: ...? this game Suck... i wanted Love... this is like a murder mystery wtf....

*throws switch into the fire depressedly*

6 hours pass.

finally sucking it up and being ok w rewinding: oh...... ohhhh....

happy ending w hideo: