Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.48.0] [Selebus]

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Detective Dc345

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Moonflare said:
I might be ignoring something crucial, but, as I see it, Chika simply is whatever she is to conform to a certain color of skin associated with the common gyaru. And then Selebus chose whatever ancestry he could to justify it being natural instead of the actual gyarus that tone their skin.

I don't recall any significant heritage trait from her background for it to matter... Not that I'd know either if someone didn't point it out to me, since I'm not familiar with either Filipinos or Latinos (that's a bunch of very different countries under a single name, which also doesn't make much sense).

Edit: for instance, Molly is very clearly Irish. It's a significant part of her character, it gets referenced all the time. Chika is just Chika, if she was Latina or whatever I don't see how that'd change anything in her character.
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Yeah Chika just looks like Chika. Nobody could really guess what her nationality was until she started speaking/cursing Gary out in Tagalog. Same thing with Rika, Sel said he doesn't know what nationality she is she's just tan. But I think that's just do too Koikatsu limitations and writing I guess.
 
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LessonsInDissonance said:
Let your inner Selebus take over
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as the resident goth chick, I can safely say the closest Selebus is ever going to make it to me is Wakana.

Btw, since it's you, it reminds that no one commented on Tsuneyo yet.
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as the resident goth chick, I can safely say the closest Selebus is ever going to make it to me is Wakana.

Btw, since it's you, it reminds that no one commented on Tsuneyo yet.
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I can promise you I am not Selebus and I am disgusted by the accusation.

I thought you guys already knew that roots, trees and branches is all related to WIRES.
In the very first event of this update, there was specifically a line about "Ayane growing branches in her heart" and you thinking she's USER 4 or something is weird to me, I don't even know where you got the connection and I am kinda dissapointed. And nobody picked up on the line that only Ayane loves Akira for real, or the script stuff.

I don't know anything about Sekai and I thought she wasn't real so hey I was wrong about that. Now I think she is probably in a different plane of existance but can communicate/whisper into the "real" world. She could technically still be dead, seems like dying here is a flimsy concept.
 
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Moonflare said:
I might be ignoring something crucial, but, as I see it, Chika simply is whatever she is to conform to a certain color of skin associated with the common gyaru. And then Selebus chose whatever ancestry he could to justify it being natural instead of the actual gyarus that tone their skin.

I don't recall any significant heritage trait from her background for it to matter... Not that I'd know either if someone didn't point it out to me, since I'm not familiar with either Filipinos or Latinos (that's a bunch of very different countries under a single name, which also doesn't make much sense).

Edit: for instance, Molly is very clearly Irish. It's a significant part of her character, it gets referenced all the time. Chika is just Chika, if she was Latina or whatever I don't see how that'd change anything in her character.
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I can give Selly the benefit of the doubt and say that maybe it’s because Chika is a second gen at best (forgot if she is or not) and Molly is literally an international student, but in reality it's more than likely to be just his unbalanced familiarity with these two cultures and thus how much he can flex. But I bet the root of all these (as in why Filipinos) is the authentic need to justify why every Chosokabe looks gyaru-ish without making little sense.
 
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well... crap. Osako looks hot now. Will this turn into an Otoha situation where I want her to suffer, but then I remember her ass? Question is: Is Osako's new look because they've broken up, or is her new look because they're about to?

It's a fairly common concept for people to start taking care of themselves more just before ending a relationship (not intentional most of the time it happens).

Also, shit, so Karin's event will probably be with Akira. She'll meet him when he goes to see Osako and it goes from there. Osako only has one event, and she's wearing completely different clothes with Maki, therefore, the karate thing must be Karin's event. I'm guessing.

Finally, Karin couldn't be taking self-defense because of what happened, right? [...] right?
 
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Someone PLEASE recommend any book or game or show or anything that is something like this game and its psychological aspects. My standards are in space because of this syllabus dude man
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My favorite works besides LiL, which should handily meet those standards and make thrilling additions to the syllabus:

Manga: Berserk - it's absurdly long, incredibly well-drawn, has alternate planes of reality, and intense psychological elements

Novels: The Stormlight Archive - it's comparable to LiL in word count, has 10+ years left until completion, astonishingly well-written, lots of vivid intrigue and mystery about the past
 
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lmao I can imagine Osako treating Sensei as a punching bag, throwing him all over the place with ease, and then telling Karin to do the same. Things might get awkward

Though it could also be an ego and mood boost if Karin beats up the man who threw her to the floor and almost raped her, thinking "huh he isn't as strong as I thought"
 
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Someone PLEASE recommend any book or game or show or anything that is something like this game and its psychological aspects. My standards are in space because of this syllabus dude man
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Inscrutable eldritch forces mess with people in a very confusing manner? House of Leaves.

Total dickwad ruins the life of everyone he comes in contact with but somehow stays sympathetic? Bojack Horseman.

Edit: since it was just referenced in-game: Twin Peaks. Weird, mysterious, hilarious; it has everything.
 
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itsmebaz said:
Someone PLEASE recommend any book or game or show or anything that is something like this game and its psychological aspects. My standards are in space because of this syllabus dude man
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I can recommend a movie called Skinnamarink. It's about these kids who wake up to no parents, windows or doors in their house and their stuck in a time loop being tortured by a demon. The movie is nothing but dark hallways and it has a similar vibe to some of the earlier happy events. It's also one of the most terrifying movies I've seen.
 
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I'm not fond of Sekai. Her personality is way too sinister. Can't really see her in a sympathetic light for now. But reading Ami describe her to Niki moved me as few things did in this game, surprisingly. To such a degree that I felt an inkling of a tear. Amazingly written scene. Ami's pain felt raw. Thinking of a girl losing someone she loved above everything...

This update was pretty lore-heavy and full of supernatural stuff. So, great. Yumi events were terrific, as most are. Near-term consequences should be interesting. As I thought, there's something deeper between Akira and Yumi.

I think their first sex scene will involve one of them gaining memories from previous timelines upon penetration. Something of an inverse of what happened to Maya.

New Osako looking cute.
 
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