Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.45.0] [Selebus]

[BlackDays]

Imagine disliking Otoha for being Sensei-lite. Her "how do I cope with being a bad person" confession to him was one of the stand-out scenes of the update. And there's also a lot of delicious irony in Chika feeling intense dislike for someone like this when they are not wearing the mask of her beloved.

On another note, what do people think about Noriko and Maya apparently having a childhood pact that divides the city between them, and one that Maya feels so strongly about she is not visiting the Old half to this day?

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[derekthered56]

So, any thoughts on the Ayane Chika Sensei Threesome after the last update?:

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I don't think Ayane is happy about it.. Being straight, and seemingly into Monoamory. Especially after possibly Kirin, and how Chika doesn't seem aware of her with Sensei, while she has already been aware of Chika.

Kind of hoping Ayane slaps the shit out of Sensei.

Wow, that looks exactly as rude as I expected it to be. If there are scenes for Rin and Yumi later on that's gonna be rough.
I imagine Ayane has a lot of shit to call Sensei out on next update.

- Is it just me or did the Sensei writing a poem subplot feel hyped up/expected? Don't get me wrong the scene that we received w/ Wakana was worth it, but I was kinda like oh ok no poem i guess.

It was a little underwhelming, but I bet it gets brought up again more extensively in Wakana's next events. She also needs to slap some sense into him.

 

[fdsasdf_p]

- i wonder if the sana confession scene plays out differently if you choose to not take advantage of her in ad infinium

It plays out exactly the same without deviation. The finger-blasting in the public restroom scene and her accumulating feelings (or desires) are not affected by your choice back then .

 

[wamzzz]

It's morbidly fascinating but also intensely engaging to watch. Hearing she desires access to Sana and Makoto is... i don't get why but it sends strong waves of dopamine through my head.

Yeah, it was hot.

 

[fdsasdf_p]

LOL judging from tier lists posted here seems like everyone already had their preference gradient figured out;

meanwhile I am sitting here with like 20 girls in S and 10 girls in A without anyone below B, before realizing how either indecisive or not selective I am

 

[Angiboat]

- Is it just me or did the Sensei writing a poem subplot feel hyped up/expected? Don't get me wrong the scene that we received w/ Wakana was worth it, but I was kinda like oh ok no poem i guess.

Yeah, I was pretty disappointed. Expected him to at least submit anonymously, since he at least wrote something when Touka gave him the apartment. Guess Selebus wanted to create a reason for Nodoka to dig into Arakawas that wasn't just more stalking Sensei and if he had submitted a poem he'd have just won instead of Ami.

 

[DeSkel15]

LOL judging from tier lists posted it seems like everyone already had their preference gradient figured out;

meanwhile I am sitting here with like 20 girls in S and 10 girls in A without anyone below B, before realizing how either indecisive or not selective I am

I'm probably far too blunt to be indecisive lol. Like I don't think I've ever been more disappointed in Miku after this update:

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She lost some brownie points.

Miku could have been higher than Molly:

Did a Tier List thingy:

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It's more of a "who I find more interesting at the moment", list, tbh.

But Miku's excessive dummyness on top of Molly's true love mention:

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plus her recent attempts to seduce Sensei, has edged her out when it comes to being interesting imo. Miku being dumb is losing it's flavor. If she wasn't pro Harem and on drugs, she'd probably be in C. Maybe D.

 

[hario1225]

Well, serves her right for being a total fuckin' chicken, like Sensei is gonna give a fuck about her scars, hot, wet, tight pussy is all he gives a shit about. She could've had a threesome with fuckin' Niki Nakayama but once again, a stupid human with stupid 'insecurities' cockblocks themselves from a good time. Lame.

She could have gone with the opportunity if she told him about her scars beforehand tho

Idk fuck you Sel and your bitches if you even have one (probably his discord bitches)

 

[crustlord12]

I might have missed this, but is there an in-game lore reason that everyone is associating certain gods with certain seasons? I'm a bit lost on why everyone is calling HOPE winter, etc

 

[hario1225]

I posted one a page or two back, just search 'nothing missed .32 save file' and you should find it.

Yeah I figured it out eventually, anyway thanks

 

[barglenarglezous]

I might have missed this, but is there an in-game lore reason that everyone is associating certain gods with certain seasons? I'm a bit lost on why everyone is calling HOPE winter, etc

HOPE has explicitly stated that he is dormant in the winter, and has given Akira until the end of summer to complete his task.
Paredolia has explicitly stated that a new season is coming that is neither summer nor winter, which would presumably be Autumn.

The association of Winter with the God of Wires is an assumption based on the other two facts.

 

[fdsasdf_p]

On another note, what do people think about Noriko and Maya apparently having a childhood pact that divides the city between them, and one that Maya feels so strongly about she is not visiting the Old half to this day?

I was thoroughly confused during that TBH.

First is this pact was probably made before Sensei disappearing the second time, and it was not something in the pact that led to Sensei disappearing with Maya. Otherwise, it would greatly contradict what Noriko said in Loxosceles Reclusa, the "came out of nowhere" and "I took it upon myself to go out and find you". Plus, Noriko would never agree to any pact IF she knew the outcome of the pact would be like that, but this wasn't something she pointed out during the most recent beach conversation.

Second is that it's been circulating that a part of the reasons Maya not visiting old towns is because it's something existential; like something unexplainable will happen to her if she did go there. But, this would be disapproved if she is just sticking with the pact, a pact made with Noriko who seemingly doesn't have enough "world-shattering" attributes (in comparison to the likes of Ami or Nodoka). So this pact may not carry any god-related weight.

I.e., it's like two goddesses fighting for the same thing while not leaving their own realm due to supernatural reasons. But looking back on the past events, Noriko isn't really this type of character. She is at best a red herring created by Maya's prejudice because so far, Noriko really is a just nice person who can't help falling in love with a dickhead (well unless a weird plot twist comes out of nowhere and shows that she really is THE bad person)

Still, it's apparent that Maya now follows the pact due to different reasons now (the hard reset and everything), but as long as Noriko isn't on the same world-related boat with Maya, bringing up the pact to Noriko really doesn't mean a lot.

So to me, the pact might be more or less just a love rival thing (from Noriko, a stupid promise); it might be something only as serious as the Nakayama Sister Laws. I really want to think that this pact actually means something more to Sensei's past because of this scene, but I don't know how to make sense of it (even this post looks incoherent TBH, someone else help me out pls)

Edit: after revisiting Goodnight, the pact might be related to how Maya and Noriko needed to "tread lightly" without breaking Sensei to an unfixable point by reminding him of the old days, but one person sticking to only one side of the city still isn't making much sense.

 

[hario1225]

Sensei starting to feel less predatory and I'm here for it. Finally, a fuckin character development.

 

[AbsoluteA522]

Did a Tier List thingy:

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It's more of a "who I find more interesting at the moment", list, tbh.

FINALLY someone who understands tsuneyo! She's like the only character that has "character" heh.
also she's LITERALLY canonically sensei's wife AND they have a bird son

 

[barglenarglezous]

Edit: after revisiting Goodnight, the pact might be related to how Maya and Noriko needed to "tread lightly" without breaking Sensei to an unfixable point by reminding him of the old days, but one person sticking to only one side of the city still isn't making much sense.

Theory -- the pact isn't with each other, it was with another entity, and Maya's of the belief that Noriko's school collapsed into a sinkhole specifically because Noriko had violated her terms of the pact, so now Maya is even more resolute about not crossing into the old part of town per the terms of the pact that apply to her.

 

[Angiboat]

FINALLY someone who understands tsuneyo! She's like the only character that has "character" heh.
also she's LITERALLY canonically sensei's wife AND they have a bird son

They divorced, it's already over.

 

[butterfly boy]

I might have missed this, but is there an in-game lore reason that everyone is associating certain gods with certain seasons? I'm a bit lost on why everyone is calling HOPE winter, etc

Yasu often talks about how her god is stronger in the summer and dormant in the winter. HOPE probably talked about it too but I can't remember when.
Also, Tsuneyo said something that heavily implies her dad is the wire god, or strongly related:

 

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You know, i gotta say, twisted as it would be in reality and definitely not something i'd want to see with real human beings, watching Haruka's induction into statutory raping is intensely enjoyable. It's morbidly fascinating but also intensely engaging to watch. Hearing she desires access to Sana and Makoto is... i don't get why but it sends strong waves of dopamine through my head. I'm probably not explaining it well but we've all had those moments where something new we never knew we were into suddenly dumps tonnes of neurotransmitters through our heads, the excitement and adrenaline jitters can be overwhelming, like a drug it just blows your current self out and leaves you wanting more. I want to watch her fall, i want to watch her fulfil her fantasies, i want to watch her experience the full breadth of her corruption and see how she reacts to it all. I guess i'm a lot like Nodoka in this sense and i can totally get why she reacts to it the way she does, true novelty and authentic experience... damn, never actually thought i'd relate to fucking Nodoka of all people... i must be more fucked in the head than i realise...

Edit: doubt anyone will touch this post

It's too late, I've already grabbed it with both hands

 

[blackredfish]

LOL judging from tier lists posted it seems like everyone already had their preference gradient figured out;

meanwhile I am sitting here with like 20 girls in S and 10 girls in A without anyone below B, before realizing how either indecisive or not selective I am

And then there's me, someone who found it impossible to make that list, at some point I didn't even know which parameters I was taking into consideration, so I came up with an excel, a fucking excel. I thought of different attributes to consider and put a value on each one of them to get a final score. Guess what... I'm not happy with the results. Probably should make a different formula where not every attribute is valued the same, but I get the feeling that that maaaaybe would be overdoing it a little bit.
All I know is that Yumi, Touka and Wakana are best girls.

You know, i gotta say, twisted as it would be in reality and definitely not something i'd want to see with real human beings, watching Haruka's induction into statutory raping is intensely enjoyable. It's morbidly fascinating but also intensely engaging to watch. Hearing she desires access to Sana and Makoto is... i don't get why but it sends strong waves of dopamine through my head. I'm probably not explaining it well but we've all had those moments where something new we never knew we were into suddenly dumps tonnes of neurotransmitters through our heads, the excitement and adrenaline jitters can be overwhelming, like a drug it just blows your current self out and leaves you wanting more. I want to watch her fall, i want to watch her fulfil her fantasies, i want to watch her experience the full breadth of her corruption and see how she reacts to it all. I guess i'm a lot like Nodoka in this sense and i can totally get why she reacts to it the way she does, true novelty and authentic experience... damn, never actually thought i'd relate to fucking Nodoka of all people... i must be more fucked in the head than i realise...

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I totally get you (always speaking in game universe, not real life ofc). This event combines the two things I'm not proud to admit. One is that Sana is the only loli character that does something to me, I want to protect her and corrupt her all at the same time if that makes any sense. And the other is that Nodoka gets to me almost the same way she does to Akira. I... hate her, but if she were to set a trap on me using her allure, I would fall for it, I just know it. Wanting to puke on her sums it up perfectly.

 

[Mori Enjoyer]

Is it confirmed that Ami's parents died in the car crash as being the ones inside one of the car during the accident or being between two car crash collisions?

I ask this, because I see a lot of people in the thread assume/theorize that Sensei or Maya would've had something to do with sabotaging the car etc. etc. and I assumed this as well. Maybe to a certain extent a role was played that hasn't been revealed yet. That or I missed a memo entirely.


Don't know how reliable the monologue can be with the text being crossed out, or trusting Sensei's perspective or wording at times.

Spoiler: Chapter 1 Event - Reset

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That and a bunch of other times cars are seen:

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Don't know what disproving/proving matters or how important in the manner of how they died, but after seeing the latest Sekai flashback in patch 0.33.0 it made me want to go back.

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