I think that's part of what Selebus was going for, a parody of the genre.This game as a whole feels like a parody of the harem genre.
If you look at this from the lens of a dude that's just kinda skimming through text in a hentai game so he can get to the good parts, well, that's kinda how Sensei acts.
He's not an asshole per se, he just doesn't care enough to care (if that makes sense).
The game (for it's part) shows what kind of impact acting like that would have on the members of his harem (many of which don't even know they're a part of it).
Yumi at one point even comments about how strange it is that they keep being put together in situations where they have to interact, from our perspective she's a tsundere and her behavior is cute, from her perspective it's an incredibly creepy behavior on the part of some dude who she has made clear she wants no part of.
Oh no, player Sensei is definitely an asshole. Sensei as a whole is not, but player Sensei is. He's not some mass murdering psycho, but he definitely isn't a good guy. I would say asshole is the minimum he could be described as.
She says she doesn't, but I think that was only at the beginning and in the aftermath of the kiss. I think she's starting to realize, albeit slowly, that she does at least want to interact. Otherwise she could have ignored him at the Christmas gathering entirely, she literally had little to no interaction except one thing that tells me she doesn't want him to stop interacting. Creepy behavior in general, yeah, any girl would want a guy to cut that out real freaking fast, but interaction in general not so much.
I mean, I stand by what I said in response, flash memorization puzzles are a thing, though they are usually timed. These ones are not.I still get upvotes on this so I have to look back on this comment and am reminded of these 'puzzles' that are not really puzzles all the time now. I feel slightly unnerved by them. I think I have finally pinpointed WHY I do though.
like I said these are not puzzles, they are flash card memorization and word association tests... the kind of tests you give someone under psychological observation... especially if said person has amnesia/alzheimers/dementia/etc.
this is why I felt uncomfortable with them.
Selebus... what are you trying to tell us about Sensei with these tests.
more importantly what kind of data are you collecting about us...
The truth has come out...
LIL is a massive psychological test for some grad students thesis lol jk
I think there really is a message about Sensei in there, something is seriously wrong with him, as if the other things didn't already tell us that much.
There's also the out of universe aspect, Selebus is testing whether the player is paying attention to every single detail in the text, those who fail these puzzles by getting stuck weren't paying attention.
I typically just don't say anything and keep all incoming packages to myself. As for the shirt, "kimochi warui," which means disgusting in English, but has many uses depending on context that are usually about something being disgusting. Used alone, it can usually be translated as the word or as the phrase "that's disgusting," "you're disgusting," or similar.Anyone want to translate what Maya's shirt says?
If it's not "Watermelon", then I'm disappointed.
(also I hope the merch store restocks in about 1 1/2 years, so I can buy it without my family questioning why I bought a ~21 Euro shirt)
If I remember correctly, when Touka was with Tsubasa in the Councilor room and Sensei correctly guessed/answered Aristotle, he himself questions how he knew that. Rather than accidentally slipping from his façade, I think he's also confused.
But hey, I take pretty much everything at face value, so I might not be reading between some obvious lines.
Not needed, there are cheats in game, but be warned you WILL be marked as a cheater in the save with definite future consequences that have yet to be revealed. It may be as little as a text change or it may block off entire paths because the girls 'become aware' of your cheating.cheat mods?
Definitely, so he has the skills of old Sensei, just not the memories. Considering the current possible causes of his current state, I would say memory loss with skill retention is a distinct possibility. This is part of what makes me believe my own split personality theory.He definitely retains a LOT of OG Sensei's academic knowledge, even going so far as to recognize a poet by a single line of poetry.
But his personal memories? They only come through in flashes. Like catching a smell of Ami's shampoo and flashing back to her mother. It's gradually coming out more and more, but it's still just bits and pieces. I don't think he's faking the amnesia, but he is hiding just how much has started to come back. He's still missing substantially more than he's recovered of his personal memories.
Edit:After some cursory reading on brain damage and memory.
Anyway, retaining academic knowledge after a brain injury but forgetting large amounts of past emotional memories is not uncommon, different parts of the brain store different types of memories, though it rarely happens in the scale depicted here -- this is "TV Trope" level exaggeration of the phenomena, but it's still not entirely out of the realm of possibility.
I think I'll hold off for now, but I do intend to buy when things that are currently unavailable are made available.The Lessons in Love merch store will be going live to the general public on 10/27 at 12:00 AM EST.
Patrons will have access 24 hours early and supply is limited, so there may not be any items available to you when the site goes live if you are part of the general public.
Only the smile logo shirt is available for the first run.
Expect a restock sometime in late November in time for the holiday season.
Shirts are $25 each.
US shipping is roughly $3.50.
International shipping is available, but very expensive for some countries.
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What seems to be happening is memories are returning in flashes, which is not uncommon for amnesia patients. What I got from the very first moments of the game is that this is a self contained personality with its own memories, but shared skill sets like how real life amnesia patients sometimes retain their skills even if they can't remember their own family.He's weird about it. He says a bunch of small things here and there that would suggest he remembers. It's really small and can be interpreted as him just saying shit out of his ass, which is why it flies under radar.
Its like he's awoids thinking (something he admits he's good at) about it and so he "doesn't remember", but occasionally, he lets his guard down and slip small things here and there.
Maybe it's not fake, maybe there some sort of mechanism to it, but it's faulty.
It's a matter of perception, mostly, you can just call it "another personality", real Sensei peaking in.
It does. I said at some point that he cares enough about what's right in front of him to feel bad, just not enough to course correct to avoid future problems.
My earliest beliefs was that it was all, without overcomplication it, just a buggy VN that took control of.
No Noodles t-short? Booo, what is even the point?
That's what makes him an asshole, he doesn't care enough to not do things that he knows perfectly well are bad.