It's specifically suicide that seems to cause the resets though right? I don't think we've seen any homicides yet (unless we count Ayane and the janitors). Ayane's chicken seemed to be murdered last time, so I do wonder if that's a hint for something.
I guess this also confirms that being killed by Ami is not the trigger for joining the rooftop squad. Or at least it's not the only one.
I'm not entirely certain that Yumi didn't kill Nodoka.
Considering both Chapters 1 and 2 ended with resets, and each contained 2 resets, the safe assumption (as safe as any assumption is with this game, at least) is that Chapter 3 will end with the next reset -- which is probably not until end of yeaer at the earliest, considering we just had a reset.
I mean, is it possible that there is no next chapter at all? Escalation has it's limits and things in chapter 3 are escalating really quickly. Many story arcs are close to their endings, especialy first floor.
Based on the outline Selebus has given us, the end of chapter 3 would mark the beginning of the second act/phase.
Thanks, it explains the omens. And second phase sounds like most patterns we used to would be broken
By the way, it used to be roughtly 4 patches between resets. v0.31.0 was second, so 6th reset would likely be in autumn
We're in the "harem phase" right now, when the next phase starts, it'll be the "dark phase," which is going to feel almost like a genre shift. I'd been expecting it to be a bloody mess, but Maya's warning reinforces that. Third phase is "purity routes," which are single-character endings for all 35 girls, followed by a True Ending (that has been confirmed by the dev to NOT be a harem ending).
Chapter 3 start to most recent reset spanned from 25p1 to .29, but it also took damned near a whole year to get there because of the various interruptions and breaks. I failed to account for that in my estimation. Assuming no interruptions, if it's five full version numbers again, we'd be looking at September for the start of Chapter 4.
I thought Kaori because I though she was 28, but she is 22 and would be 8 when Rin was born so probably not.
I don't think the mother herself is the important takeaway from that conversation. I think the father was -- with the implication being that it was Nozomu (as it was for Sara).
The fact that she seemed crazy stood out to me the most, since it seems extraneous to explaining why she couldn't keep Rin and why probably-Nozomu left. Maybe it's establishing a pattern; that Nozomu either sought out crazy/spirit-touched girls, or was causing them to become insane.
Older man seeking out young, emotionally vulnerable women. That's not at all a trait that runs in the Arakawa family.
