DeSkel15

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I mostly just use the Ren'py Transparency Mod: https://f95zone.to/threads/renpy-transparent-text-box-mod-v2-6-3.11925/

And the, I think outdated, Dark Mod: https://f95zone.to/threads/lessons-in-love-v0-20-0-part-1-selebus.48158/post-6765026

Then simply screenshot, and cut off the extra black parts.

Some Random Reaction stuff because why not:
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I use the Ren'py Transparency Mod and outdated Dark mode.
 

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What's the whole deal with Ayane's mom? Any theories?
Presumably, Ayane's family getting Rich and her Mom leaving, happened a few years ago. She may have just not wanted to live that lifestyle, or deal with Ayane's father as he became a supervillain. The smooth jazz was a deal breaker.

Random Dark Theory:
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What's the whole deal with Ayane's mom? Any theories?
I don't have sources, and my memory is unreliable, so consider my sources "vibes"

She walked out on Ayane and her father. The vibe I got was that after Ayane's father came into wealth, he became so fixated on acquiring more of it and growing the business that he neglected her, so she moved on. I'm guessing she didn't take Ayane because she would have literally been building a life out of scratch, so she wouldn't have been able to give Ayane the life she deserves, but her father could.
 
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Presumably, Ayane's family getting Rich and her Mom leaving, happened a few years ago. She may have just not wanted to live that lifestyle, or deal with Ayane's father as he became a supervillain. The smooth jazz was a deal breaker.

Random Dark Theory: Ayane's father sacrificed her mother to the aliens as a sign of good faith which allowed him to live a luxury lifestyle in Kumon-mi. They simply altered the minds of the residents so that it seems like Ayane's mother chose to leave.

In the background, Ayane's father is actually working with the aliens to create better humans for this experiment of theirs, hence him being in the business of unpoppable bubble wrap, and sometimes the characters "pop" like they are the bubbles on bubble wrap. Touka's father possibly being the original human to join the aliens, hence them being rich because of inventing bubble wrap. Ayane's father being rich because he innovated it.

Ayane being the Bubble Wrap Princess, may be more notable than has been let on.

Or not.
Was it retconed after 0.24? Because for all I know her mother still lives with them just doesn't really care for Ayane.
 

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Was it retconed after 0.24? Because for all I know her mother still lives with them just doesn't really care for Ayane.
Shouldn't have been. The wiki doesn't claim that Ayane's 'Still Young' Event was changed.

In it she notes that her mom moved out around the time she turned 11:
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It's just not mentioned much.
 

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Btw, I just came across something rather interesting that I had definitely missed in previous playthroughs...

When Ayane is listing names for her future seven children, in her 'Names of Our Children' Event (which was changed during the rework meaning Sel likely added things to it that were notable in the grand scheme of things) she mentions the name "Ai":
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Which could be random, but the fact that Ai is notably a name that shows up in the last update:
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And seems to be a resident of the Upside Down House:
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Likely implies there's some importance to that name in particular.

It also makes me wonder if another possibility for the Shapeshifter's name is Ai?

I still haven't figured out how the other Shapeshifter names are apparently funny to her:
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As she notes in Maya's 'Three Halves Make a Whole' Event.

Himawari, Daisy, Sakura, etc, don't really seem all that funny to me. Daisy with the whole "Oopsy Daisy" thing might work.

Ai on the other hand apparently translates to "Affection" or "love", which is something the Shapeshifter apparently isn't allowed to have, due to the rules, which she might find funny in an Ironic way. If not in a cheesy way.

It'd also fit the alliteration naming scheme. Ai Arakawa/Amamiya.

Plus, Sensei thinking of Sunflowers might make him think of Affection or Love, which could lead to the name "Ai".

I'm probably going to add it to the list of potential names, just in case.

Edit: Just to add to this, I'm beginning to wonder if Himawari is more like a nickname for the Shapeshifter, than an actual name. Like, maybe she is her parent's "little himawari" or "little sunflower":
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Btw, I just came across something rather interesting that I had definitely missed in previous playthroughs...

When Ayane is listing names for her future seven children, in her 'Names of Our Children' Event (which was changed during the rework meaning Sel likely added things to it that were notable in the grand scheme of things) she mentions the name "Ai":
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Which could be random, but the fact that Ai is notably a name that shows up in the last update:
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And seems to be a resident of the Upside Down House:
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Likely implies there's some importance to that name in particular.

It also makes me wonder if another possibility for the Shapeshifter's name is Ai?

I still haven't figured out how the other Shapeshifter names are apparently funny to her:
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As she notes in Maya's 'Three Halves Make a Whole' Event.

Himawari, Daisy, Sakura, etc, don't really seem all that funny to me. Daisy with the whole "Oopsy Daisy" thing might work.

Ai on the other hand apparently translates to "Affection" or "love", which is something the Shapeshifter apparently isn't allowed to have, due to the rules, which she might find funny in an Ironic way. If not in a cheesy way.

It'd also fit the alliteration naming scheme. Ai Arakawa/Amamiya.

Plus, Sensei thinking of Sunflowers might make him think of Affection or Love, which could lead to the name "Ai".

I'm probably going to add it to the list of potential names, just in case.

Edit: Just to add to this, I'm beginning to wonder if Himawari is more like a nickname for the Shapeshifter, than an actual name. Like, maybe she is her parent's "little himawari" or "little sunflower":
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Dude, you really got a very sharp eye on things, don't you? ;) I've read through some of your explanations and predictions and they are really interesting to read. Only time will tell how much you're right on stuff. But a lot of it what you tell make sense so far :)

Only just finished my playthrough now from the start to the last update and I feel empty now. It's an amazing game. Weird, with a lot of things that don't make sense at first, but gradually start to make sense. I'll try to set up something for Subscribstar, because I really want to support the game. Just need to figure it out without Paypal ;) Dev. (Selebus) really deserves it.

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No new care packages yet?
This is lifted directly from the Lessons In Love discord server dated August 5th 2023 and is the last mention of Care Package development there, not including the release announcement of the August one;

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I note that this statement is actually quite vague as to whether the Care Packages will be continued at all when you look at it from a certain point of view. Ok so he say's that they won't be monthly anymore but there is no mention of a specific schedule so the next one could come in two months, six months, a year, 5 years, never, who knows? Guess we'll have to be patient and see what comes out in the wash.
 
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This is lifted directly from the Lessons In Love discord server dated August 5th 2023 and is the last mention of Care Package development, not including the release announcement of the August one;

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I note that this statement is actually quite vague as to whether the Care Packages will be continued at all when you look at it from a certain point of view. Ok so he say's that they won't be monthly anymore but there is no mention of a specific schedule so the next one could come in two months, six months, a year, 5 years, never, who knows? Guess we'll have to be patient and see what comes out in the wash.
I saw a mention on SS of Sel asking people what to add in the care packages back in September, so unless he changed his mind, we're guaranteed to get more.
 

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I saw a mention on SS of Sel asking people what to add in the care packages back in September, so unless he changed his mind, we're guaranteed to get more.
Fair enough. I don't have access to the SS posts. Discord is the only info I had to work with and though I couldn't imagine him abandoning them entirely I was just attempting to engage in a bit of expectation management with my commentary.
 
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