Some perspective on this
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Note: Real talk about unfun stuff to follow
1) Exactly
2) That did happen, but I didn't even consider it playing into the situation with how it played out. It was part of a game where that kind of thing is inherently involved, granted Rin did seem apprehensive and hadn't exactly made it clear she wasn't in on said game.
3) That it does
4) I can definitely see a distinct possibility. Otoha is the kind of girl that wants to be the ONLY one for her lover and she can see that won't be happening any time soon with Rin. This is likely a big turn off toward the idea of getting together with Rin and could be a catalyst for a repeat of the original beach event. Rin obviously doesn't see this, she's too love struck to or she just doesn't care enough to notice and she won't until she hears words to that effect come from Otoha because Otoha is all she sees. I didn't really think it was going to happen this update, but I did think there was going to be major progress in setting up for it and boy was I right, unfortunately. That poor girl is going to need some serious help, possibly more than Futaba and Chika can handle.
And presumably Tsukasa as well, who wasn't excluded when Selebus answered the question, but also didn't exist yet.
I would say anyone fitting a similar description to that of Chinami will not get anything official.
Read through the last pages and I think I have something to add to the discussion.
I partly agree that some events seemed rushed or somewhat out of character, but I have some kind of explanation to this (though I'm not sure it's exactly the case here).
The thing is, the game world is breaking apart. In some cases slower, in some faster, but everything around Sensei is crumbling down, including himself. I don't know how to describe it, but look at Kirin, look at Ami, at Makoto (who's already gone past breaking point and reverted). Some of the girls are stronger and resist, some are weak and succumb faster.
As alex said about Denpa genre - "Familiar characters acting in unfamiliar ways.". I would rephrase it as something like "Familiar characters starting to manifest their worst traits and take them to the limit".
I know it's a slippery slope and may seem like an excuse for bad writing, but that's how I understand what's going on - the world is breaking and that's leading to all kind of weird and uncharacteristic shit snowballing faster and faster as the story progresses.
That quote isn't actually my words, it was from VNDB. What you added is very much a part of their definition, not necessarily stated, but it is under consideration as part of what is. We are definitely starting to see some very bad things brewing and it is only a matter of time until things get to their worst. I think Rin is on the edge as of this update and next update we might actually see her break entirely, hopefully with a reset after like with Makoto.
I still love how Selebus writes, and found this last update still pretty good. Not every update will be critically acclaimed by all.
But, still, I do have questions/curiosity about how much of the story has been planned, and how much is being written up as they go along. I understand that the whole story can't be fully written already, and that there's likely a loose plot Sel has written out, I'm just a bit curious how concrete the plan is
Definitely not, otherwise this game wouldn't be slated for multiple years of development. I would say it's probably more of a middle ground, not entirely set, but not a completely blank slate. He has some idea where it will go, but only has the full idea closer to release per update.
Android Port please. this game is Great
Use Joiplay on the Windows version, the game is getting too big to port.
