Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.49.0] [Selebus]

[Mori Enjoyer]

I'm thinking The Old One might be Akira's imaginary friend from when he was a child (perhaps the same narrator who was talking about how Akira was looking at him back then), possibly a representation of the abuse he experienced from Nozomu, the "friends" he has with him could be Nozomu's other victims.

I agree with your interpretation of the old one. It makes sense. Especially with the corner dialogue you mentioned,

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and how in a way the old one appears in the corner(?) last update arguably i'd say.

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I have heard from word of mouth and others experiences that kids having imaginary friends either be it from trauma, to cope, or it being a healthy thing for them to have practicing social skills. I have not read any studies about it though.

It feels weird to think the old one is in tandem with pareidolia especially with it being a crow mauler last update, but would answer(?) to who was narrating the final event this update. It feels way too formal to be Himawari talking and no where near cocky/wicked enough as when Sekai is talking.

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Though this does leave me still guessing to whoever was "???" during Not the Nightingale event and with how each the returning to form line changed meaning when the CGs would change each time. The middle Ami dialogue could be a bug I had to click twice to read through the event.

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[DeSkel15]

I'm thinking The Old One might be Akira's imaginary friend from when he was a child (perhaps the same narrator who was talking about how Akira was looking at him back then), possibly a representation of the abuse he experienced from Nozomu, the "friends" he has with him could be Nozomu's other victims.

I agree with your interpretation of the old one. It makes sense. Especially with the corner dialogue you mentioned,

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and how in a way the old one appears in the corner(?) last update arguably i'd say.

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I have heard from word of mouth and others experiences that kids having imaginary friends either be it from trauma, to cope, or it being a healthy thing for them to have practicing social skills. I have not read any studies about it though.

It feels weird to think the old one is in tandem with pareidolia especially with it being a crow mauler last update, but would answer(?) to who was narrating the final event this update. It feels way too formal to be Himawari talking and no where near cocky/wicked enough as when Sekai is talking.

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Though this does leave me still guessing to whoever was "???" during Not the Nightingale event and with how each the returning to form line changed meaning when the CGs would change each time. The middle Ami dialogue could be a bug I had to click twice to read through the event.

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Meant to mention this, but if you go back to the 'Mysterious Abundance of Chickens' Chapter 1 Main Event, there is what seems to be a "very concerned" old friend of Sensei's talking:

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This could be The Old One. The fact this appears around Kaori, and it mentioned it's "concerned", implies some connection to Pareidolia. If The Old One and Pareidolia aren't simply the same thing.

 

[Pedro4545454]

Meant to mention this, but if you go back to the 'Mysterious Abundance of Chickens' Chapter 1 Main Event, there is what seems to be a "very concerned" old friend of Sensei's talking:

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This could be The Old One. The fact this appears around Kaori, and it mentioned it's "concerned", implies some connection to Pareidolia. If The Old One and Pareidolia aren't simply the same thing.

DeSkel, you are the King of theories and get it right 99% of the time, what do you think happened to Akira at that moment that led to this reaction from the girls? as some are blushing, worried and no reaction.

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[DeSkel15]

DeSkel, you are the King of theories and get it right 99% of the time, what do you think happened to Akira at that moment that led to this reaction from the girls? as some are blushing, worried and no reaction.

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If I were to guess, Ayane asked Ami to let Sensei return to school even though he hadn't recovered yet, just to let the girls know he's safe. Sensei fearing that if he didn't return soon would lose more affection points, convinced Ami that he needed to try. Ami thinking this was a bad idea, but also acknowledging it'd stop the girls from invading their home, begrudgingly let Sensei and Ayane have their way.

Edit: More or less, the girls are seeing that he's actually not okay mentally, for the first time in 2 months. Wouldn't be surprised if he just said something depressing and sexual though.

 

[Spanklolis]

Does anyone have a save file for before the new update?
Mine are lost

 

[Pedro4545454]

If I were to guess, Ayane asked Ami to let Sensei return to school even though he hadn't recovered yet, just to let the girls know he's safe. Sensei fearing that if he didn't return soon would lose more affection points, convinced Ami that he needed to try. Ami thinking this was a bad idea, but also acknowledging it'd stop the girls from invading their home, begrudgingly let Sensei and Ayane have their way.

Edit: More or less, the girls are seeing that he's actually not okay mentally, for the first time in 2 months. Wouldn't be surprised if he just said something depressing and sexual though.

That's why I wanted to see your theory, it makes a lot of sense and the chance of it being that is 99% certain.

 

[GSwole]

Does anyone have a save file for before the new update?
Mine are lost

Have you tried looking for them?

 

[Spanklolis]

Have you tried looking for them?

I actually managed to fix the save file
I thought I fucked it up with the update but its good now

 

[Pedro4545454]

If I were to guess, Ayane asked Ami to let Sensei return to school even though he hadn't recovered yet, just to let the girls know he's safe. Sensei fearing that if he didn't return soon would lose more affection points, convinced Ami that he needed to try. Ami thinking this was a bad idea, but also acknowledging it'd stop the girls from invading their home, begrudgingly let Sensei and Ayane have their way.

Edit: More or less, the girls are seeing that he's actually not okay mentally, for the first time in 2 months. Wouldn't be surprised if he just said something depressing and sexual though.

Bro, now that I noticed and rewatching the game here I remembered something, the two who are blushing the most are Rin and Sana (she looks happier and blushing, in fact, but you can understand what I mean) and the girls who look more surprised and looking almost horrified are Chika and Touka (who knows about Akira and Chika's relationship), what are the chances that Akira said what happened in the infirmary in the form of a "bad joke"?

 

[DeSkel15]

Bro, now that I noticed and rewatching the game here I remembered something, the two who are blushing the most are Rin and Sana (she looks happier and blushing, in fact, but I understand) and the girl who seems most surprised and seems almost horrified It's Chika, what are the chances that Akira said what happened in the infirmary?

I'd think Kirin and Nodoka would be more excited, if he mentioned it. Sana and Rin are probably thinking about it though, and may have not stopped thinking about it since.

Chika is likely just now realizing that her boyfriend really was in a bad place. She seemed to think Ami did something to him, or that he thought she was fat so he was avoiding her, etc. It probably just clicked for her. Hence horrified. Most of these girls are used to Sensei barely having feelings at all.

 

[k1n5l4y3r]

It kinda feels like he's having the "no pants to school" nightmare, I'd expect those reactions if he's got his jingle balls out past christmass.

 

[Wardtnaci]

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[barglenarglezous]

It kinda feels like he's having the "no pants to school" nightmare, I'd expect those reactions if he's got his jingle balls out past christmass.

I think there'd be a lot more stunned faces if he did that.

 

[Pedro4545454]

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It would probably be Noriko calling her and telling her that Akira went to school today.

 

[Pedro4545454]

There are 22 days until the next version...... at least it's not 60 days like the other one.

 

[ElukiaTV]

Makoto being indiferent while Ayane is surprised, makes me believe that the one that actually gets Sensei out of the house is probably Makoto.
Because on 0.36 we know that Makoto wants to win "the love war" so she is not indiferent towards sensei. So her "indiferent" reaction probably means she already knew he was coming to class.

 

[JelF547]

In a poetic sense, those points remain reserved for the relationship between Sensei and the old Maya, or how Sensei thinks old Maya thinks of him if that makes sense. Maya getting her reset doesn't mean your previous point should go to zero since 74 68 69 73 20 69 73 20 6e 6f 74 20 68 65 72.

I've reached the point where I can read the hex without translation

If Selly does it right it could be the best update in the entire game. (Logically in my opinion)

It would be hard to surpass 0.28

It almost looks like Yumi is smiling.

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Can't say which is bigger miracle: smiling Yumi or recovered Sensei

Makoto being indiferent while Ayane is surprised, makes me believe that the one that actually gets Sensei out of the house is probably Makoto.

Makoto is like, I am fucking sick of Ayane's whining, it would be easier to recover Sensei than to listen to this one more day

 

[Apollo259]

To me Yumi in that preview looks more like she is concerned.

 

[Average_LIL_Enjoyer]

Is there like an unofficial LIL discord server with better leadership? The official server is a the most wertched hive of scum and villainy.

 

[Bingoogus]

Is there like an unofficial LIL discord server with better leadership? The official server is a the most wertched hive of scum and villainy.

No, if there was, Selly's sycophants would flood it to bring it down, that's if Selly didn't knock it down with a DCMA cause someone shared a screenshot. You can hang out here, that's the best anyone can offer you.