Here's an odd thought that just struck me. If the MC rejects Sage in Episode 3, he will not get a sex scene with her in Episode 5. Instead, she will talk about how surprised she is:
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I didn't think much of this the first time I saw it, but looking back... how often has Sage successfully propositioned guys?
I know it seems like a silly question, but Sage being untouchable because she's Chad's girlfriend was a big part of the early game. Jacob even has to pull the MC off Sage (if he stays at the party with her), lest word of their tryst get out. So clearly she hasn't successfully offered herself to many guys since she started dating Chad.
Given that Chad clearly hasn't been interested in her for some time (if he ever was), that suggests Sage probably
should be used to rejection. Or at the very least, she shouldn't be nearly so confident of success.
I guess it's the VN version of the
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. We can see Sage really does have a wild side if we pursue her, so it's easy to chalk Chad rejecting her as an anomaly (or even proof something is wrong with Chad). But in other playthroughs, the game continues to treat her as irresistible when we see nothing but examples of men turning her down!