I suspect that about Yumi as well. Environments like the Yakuza teach the opposite, be as strong as you can be and push anyone you don't already trust, which should be basically not even your closest friends, away. She seems to have backed off a bit before the story began through the lack of pushing Chika away, so there is hope in that respect.
'Twas Kawaii (Chinami) that tamed the Beast.
Yes, this is a horror game, Denpa genre specifically. Selebus could pull anything on us at any time, which is why my guard is never down around this game. I am literally expecting something at any and every given moment I play because not only could he put anything anywhere, but I have a nasty habit of just stumbling right into things without even realizing I unlocked them. This has gotten me through a perfect run so far, but one of these days it's going to lead me right into a 'happy' scene or worse that I was not yet prepared to handle.
Is anyone ever prepared to handle a happy scene?
Looking at some of the examples of
Denpa, I could just imagine that Sensei suffered a psychotic break and now only
thinks he is a new person in his old body, only imagines that the world keep resetting.
I would say the opposite on that first part, I'm actually really into that, but that's something that is extremely hard to do right when using graphics that are almost completely prearranged. Selebus would be lucky he chose Koikatsu if he ever decided to go with a deflowering scene because Koikatsu can do it, but not every game with an attached graphics maker like Koikatsu's CharaStudio is capable of it. Then there's the issue of realism, which Selebus made part of the game to an extent in how he wrote the characters, so he might want to do it that way with the scene as well, but not all virgins show any visible sign, meaning there would have to be a dialogue cue that it happened like the girl mentioning it. It gets to be a real pain to set up once you take all that into account, so I would typically stay clear of scenes like that in a game like this from a developer standpoint.
Part of is definitely suspension of disbelief. Some women never had a hymen to begin with. In nearly all the others, the hymen naturally thins out as they mature such that very few post-pubescent women actually have any structure then to break and bleed--many have no pain with their first intercourse. Also the history of the idea of female virginity and the patriarchal baggage that goes with it.
You're right on the second, there is way more to this game than any one fetish type, sometimes causing a clash because people reefuse to play with a certain fetish, but not often and it is more likely to bring more people into the game than anything. Then there's the beautiful writing, which brings those that actually take the time to play the game for a while closer to the characters as if they were real people. We laugh, we cry, we get pissed off all because of the things that happen to them. I'll tell you now, I was about two seconds from punching player Sensei for that one Miku part because it made me so angry that he tried to pressure her into rushing things and I was extremely worried I would never see Rin again after "Delirium" because of the state she was in. Futaba has me similarly worried that she'll snap one of these days before she can get some backbone because Yumi is obviously pressuring her way too much no matter her intentions.
Yes, Delirium was very very hard to take, and since I had to rewind, I had to go through it twice. Also, the reference to
"drowning" after the confession was a bit worrisome. What doesn't kill us may make us stronger, but that means there are some things that
will kill us. Given we are talking about Japanese culture, the chances of one of the girls being pushed too far is a worry, especially given the
Denpa aspect.
I also progressed too far with the girls without reading the walkthrough（and my English is poor so I didn't realize I should listen to Rin's words），now a long long journey is waiting for me
