DeSkel15

Engaged Member
Sep 29, 2019
2,501
8,030
One question did he mean that the fourth chapter will be the saddest of the chapters ever released? Or will the fourth chapter be the saddest of the entire game, counting future chapters?
Well, "of them all" probably means out of every chapter before and after. All of them. If it was just those that have already happened, it'd probably just say "yet" or "for now".

Still, It's also been said that no one will remember this chapter:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Which could mean a couple things.

Overall: Whether this chapter will actually be the saddest, or simply forgettable, is something we won't be able to judge fairly, until later.
 
  • Thinking Face
Reactions: Pedro4545454

DeSkel15

Engaged Member
Sep 29, 2019
2,501
8,030
I swear if sel get's rid of ayane, Lord all mighty am I going to be pissed beyond belief
I will be incredibly surprised if Sel gets rid of Ayane. She's like perhaps the safest girl out of the cast, as far as I can tell.

The bubble wrap princess is at the bottom of my "Another one bites the dust" list:
I definitely think, if anyone has plot armor in this game, it's Ayane.

The Shapeshifter actually seemed to break the rules to help Ayane, during the last Beach Vacation:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
and Ayane may literally have plot armor as part of the plot right now. She seemed confident about things going well for her, recently:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

In a more meta sense, even Sel, during the Rework, deleted Events that made Ayane look bad:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Like when she sucked off Sensei under his desk while Ami was talking about wanting to spend time with him. (It's on Sensei's computer)

There's also how Kirin was incredibly lax with her blackmailing. I mean, don't get me wrong, it was messed up, but Kirin could have and probably would have done way worse, if she was allowed to.

There's not really much of a reason that Kirin wouldn't have Ayane eating her out or be eating her out. Pictures, videos, etc. Instead, there's only like 3 Events related to it, and it began back in Chapter 1 lasting until Chapter 3. That's months if not a year of blackmailing, by someone who rationalizes that sexual assault is okay, according to a Narrator:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
and got turned on while thinking Molly was raped while drunk:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
It's immersion breaking if you really think about it.

I don't necessarily want Ayane to suffer, but I would appreciate something that makes her feel less invincible. Even Paper City showed her as being literally unstoppable:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Ayane is like a daughter to Sel, afterall:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
 

Apollo259

Member
Sep 27, 2020
178
648
Another thing I have been thinking about. Based on this update in "When the Sun Sleeps". It seems to me like Noriko is getting close to breaking through and noticing the nature of the world. The catalyst of this seems to be Maya being reset. She has noticed the change in her personality And also that the rest of the class has not noticed this change.
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Its also possible that as she is one of the few people that knows Maya liked Akira (I don't remember does she also know there was some kind of relationship between them). She might have already or will soon put together that the change she noticed in Maya is connected to Akira breaking.
 

DeSkel15

Engaged Member
Sep 29, 2019
2,501
8,030
Another thing I have been thinking about. Based on this update in "When the Sun Sleeps". It seems to me like Noriko is getting close to breaking through and noticing the nature of the world. The catalyst of this seems to be Maya being reset. She has noticed the change in her personality And also that the rest of the class has not noticed this change.
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Its also possible that as she is one of the few people that knows Maya liked Akira (I don't remember does she also know there was some kind of relationship between them). She might have already or will soon put together that the change she noticed in Maya is connected to Akira breaking.
Yeah, Noriko seemed well aware of their relationship:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.

Noriko is also probably the only girl that actually cares about Maya:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Besides maybe Ami:
You don't have permission to view the spoiler content. Log in or register now.
Ayane seems to care in a 'I don't want Sensei to be sad' kind of way, though.
 

Spaceodin

New Member
Aug 9, 2016
10
34
This isn't really a comment directly about the latest update but more about the direction of the game over the last year or so, does anyone else want chapter 1 Sensei back?

I miss the story of a piece of shit groomer manipulating his way through his students while trying to cope with existential dread and the ghost of his past mistakes trying to break his sanity. This whole personal growth stuff with 'feelings' hasn't really been hitting home with me.

I've been playing this game for years now and I really didn't like the removal of a bunch of the best early game sex scenes during the rewrite because it made Ayane, Mokoto and Futaba come of as too easy. Ayane and Mokoto falling for Sensei's tricks right away made sense since they really trusted/loved him, Futaba just had low self-esteemand was really naive, I never thought it made those characters look in a bad light and just really highlighted how our protagonist focuses on easy targets.

I started to like the game less when it stopped being a first person experience and more than half the events are not from Sensei's perspective, I thought the point of this game is that we are along for a ride in the head of a bad man doing bad things because he doesn't give a shit.

I'm probably in the minority on this stuff, but I enjoyed the denpa horror stuff in the background more while our fearless hero did his best to pretend his mind wasn't fracturing around him and focusing the entirty of his being on how to do the sex. It felt sort of like a story with a man on a quest to out run his demons by walking further into hell and it was an enjoyable read.

Now it feel like we the audience are just the plants or angels watching the twisted trueman show parody instead of having our perpective locked inside Sensei's head and being as confused as he is about everything.

TL;DR I want Chapter 1 Dennis Reynolds Sensei back.
 

joryuken

Newbie
Sep 19, 2018
82
78
if you all want to experience a *great* way to go through the latest update just listen to
The Weeknd - Moth to a Flame + Faith (slowed and reverb)
and believe me it just makes the latest update that much gripping
 

JelF547

Active Member
Mar 15, 2023
996
1,927
There is a theory that 0.36 goes inside reset. Something like this (special for Bingoogus <3)

1705172238112.png

So it works following way:
1) Sensei is not here, he is still reseting (and probably would recover after meeting Ayane)
2) Paper City references actual postcards class made and Ami gave to Sensei during timeskip / will give in 0.37
3) It may works so due to Maya last wish, because she felt she is already reseting and possibly could trigger "strange" reset for Sensei to spend her final moments with him

Don't like it, but it explains Remember to Smile transition and some allusions
 

joryuken

Newbie
Sep 19, 2018
82
78
There is a theory that 0.36 goes inside reset. Something like this (special for Bingoogus <3)

View attachment 3259887

So it works following way:
1) Sensei is not here, he is still reseting (and probably would recover after meeting Ayane)
2) Paper City references actual postcards class made and Ami gave to Sensei during timeskip / will give in 0.37
3) It may works so due to Maya last wish, because she felt she is already reseting and possibly could trigger "strange" reset for Sensei to spend her final moments with him

Don't like it, but it explains Remember to Smile transition and some allusions
this explains part of the reason why maya could not feel the reset coming, as sekai explained that if he failed to take something that was not his, something really bad was going to happen, I just want maya back man this fucking game is not the same without her
 

JelF547

Active Member
Mar 15, 2023
996
1,927
this explains part of the reason why maya could not feel the reset coming, as sekai explained that if he failed to take something that was not his, something really bad was going to happen, I just want maya back man this fucking game is not the same without her
I dunno. New Maya is funny, I love her desire to see other girls kiss
 
  • Like
Reactions: rianzz

fdsasdf_p

Active Member
Apr 24, 2021
938
3,525
Its also possible that as she is one of the few people that knows Maya liked Akira (I don't remember does she also know there was some kind of relationship between them). She might have already or will soon put together that the change she noticed in Maya is connected to Akira breaking.
I just realized that, perhaps Touka also still remembers Maya loves him if she manages to remember that little sweet arc on the beach.
1705174178731.png
This to me, along with Noriko's newly gained awareness, is a proof that Maya's previous track in the world is not gone with the reset (especially those that involves romance considering Maya's affinity status is currently quite dubious).

Also, this indicates that you probably don't a dated history with Maya (particularly, a history within that tutoring time) to remember something about our shrine maiden; if you knew something prior, you will keep knowing. Those memories in your head that involve Maya are not deleted (nevertheless, the chance of those memories being altered is still on the table; maybe Touka only remembers she cockblocked a girl on the beach but she can't remember who, or completely misremembered into someone else).

Of course Noriko no doubt would have a bigger role in "figuring something out" as you suggested if that position ever becomes open. Touka at the end of the day only happens to know a key hidden part of Maya but is never familiar with Maya enough to thoroughly know the rest of her and spot incoherence.
 
Last edited:
4.10 star(s) 307 Votes