Man. I'm only at the first reset and seriously in love with Rin rn. Btw, should I also focus on raising lust points? Its seems like there r lots of insteresting scenes locked behind it
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You joke, yet Akira's obsession to inanimate objects really grows more and more verisimilar every day.
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so if I'm currently need both affection and lust points to get events. Then which one should I focus on then?
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Shit, maybe Io is the girl for him after all
There are not multiple paths in this game - there is one path, which you are either on or off.
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I agree with you guys, the writing has been shit lately and that's despite Selebus having more free time to work on them, what a damn shame!
At least he reached his goal of 3 million words written, good job Selly such a talented solo dev.
At least he reached his goal of 3 million words written, good job Selly such a talented solo dev.
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Socks, desks, buckets, watermelons, doors, cabinets. Sensei is the embodiment if there's a hole there's a way.
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Here's what Selebus should've done:
Double down on Nodoka being a villain, instead of having Sana willingly drag her mother into this, blackmail her into doing so while she cries knowing that her Mom will see her being a nymphomaniac. (I know it sounds evil, but you guys would love shit going next level)
There is currently a "godly intervention" plot device being used to justify the girls getting extremely horny and irrational but it has been overused too much. This has resulted in the assassination of characters like Chika and Sana.
The truth is that Selebus is simply afraid to move things too quickly and making mistakes, because he's a dumb fucking idiot and wants to drag the story for some sort of world record.
He said in the past that he created characters that no longer require writing for, because they write themselves. This is correct, the problem is that he is now interfering with their own natural progression as well, and it's all because he has the need to put his own spice of writing into situations that do not require it. He has Light Yagami syndrome and his ego is destroying the gift he posseses, he's a very frustrating person and sometimes I just wish he got hit by a truck.
Selebus, you lost your spark and you're a pussy, make the chapter go DARK, and admit that you need help.
Double down on Nodoka being a villain, instead of having Sana willingly drag her mother into this, blackmail her into doing so while she cries knowing that her Mom will see her being a nymphomaniac. (I know it sounds evil, but you guys would love shit going next level)
There is currently a "godly intervention" plot device being used to justify the girls getting extremely horny and irrational but it has been overused too much. This has resulted in the assassination of characters like Chika and Sana.
The truth is that Selebus is simply afraid to move things too quickly and making mistakes, because he's a dumb fucking idiot and wants to drag the story for some sort of world record.
He said in the past that he created characters that no longer require writing for, because they write themselves. This is correct, the problem is that he is now interfering with their own natural progression as well, and it's all because he has the need to put his own spice of writing into situations that do not require it. He has Light Yagami syndrome and his ego is destroying the gift he posseses, he's a very frustrating person and sometimes I just wish he got hit by a truck.
Selebus, you lost your spark and you're a pussy, make the chapter go DARK, and admit that you need help.
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in a conceptual world without, many men in a story driven by sex, sometimes they might not want to lose that option on the assumption Akira is naturally great at it.
in any case im waiting to see nodokathon 2 and really hoping it's not as shit as everyone is saying.
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Ayane's had a decent amount of a sort of... 'underlying' appearance recently tbh, like she comes up in places you wouldn't expect.
I've got my own sort of "Sensei winners ranking" in my head and I keep finding myself bumping Ayane up over time.
As for Maya I actually quite like her, obviously this 'iteration' of her is miles weaker than the one we got to know through seasons 1 - 3 but I think watching her try and find herself could be a very interesting story and I like that she's opening up quickly to things we wouldn't expect.
I do hope we got OG Maya back though, whether its just a case of her remembering or whether its an alternate universe thing I can't say.
As for the whole writing go down thing other people are on about I honestly don't think I'd say the writing is getting worse at least not personally, sure there's some things here and there that don't hit too hard or fumble our expectations but there's still a lot of good stuff.
Stomache wasn't even that long ago but it was well done, and IOs first kiss is adorable.
Yumi's recent events have almost all been bangars, and I love Touka as a whole.
I worry we brigade the "quality" of the writing just because there's an event or two we don't like.
Until we get to a point where nothing is well written for an extended period I won't call it a degradation myself, especially cause dry spots are always going to be a thing.
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I don't think it's shit, I think it could've been way better
When a story revolves around perception, identity, and reality, and how those three influence each other, it is easy to lose the suspension of disbelief for the reader. So far Sel has done a great job writing a story that deals with metaphysical reality questioning themes. I agree with Moonflare and others about this update feeling worse than Sel's standard, and for me this is largely due to my suspension of disbelief growing weak from certain reactions of the characters in this update. In a narrative with a fluid sense of reality, the character's identities have to contain a certian level a nuance, and I feel like this update in particular simplified characters rather than build upon their nuance. My suspension of disbelief isn't shattered yet, I feel like how good/bad this update is hinges on what happens immediately after in .5, but I fear that certain aspects of this update will be ignored when they need to not be. Update reminds me a lot of Heavenly Delusion for those who have seen it, and I'm not too big of a fan with how that manga/anime spent little time on the immediate aftermath of its most notable traumatic incident.
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Budoop
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My suspension of disbelief is itself suspended a bit because we KNOW that the gods can influence the actions and thoughts of the characters.
Given the nature of Nodokathon 2 its almost certain that the characters weren't fully "with it" while it was ongoing, especially considering how Nodoka considers it a failure as her hypothesis proved untrue.
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Yeah I don't know about WE. I think the writing has been 100% consistent the entire way through. The problem from my end of things is that this appears to be written by someone with depression and psychosis who doesn't actually realize they have these issues. Alternatively they realize they have these issues but are actively antagonizing people who have these issues and don't realize it. If neither of these are actually the case then I don't know what Sel could possibly be other than an absolute psychopath who is broken beyond repair.
Sel has made how "with it" or not characters are clear in the past, with either visual distortions or alterations in syntactical tendencies, and when it wasn't clear the obfuscation tended to be intentful. Recently, especially in this update, the only indications we have that characters aren't quite there is what they say or do, not how. It's easier to get whiplash from the subversion of short term reasonable expectations the way Sel did it this update. Putting a different way, how long / consistently to do you feel like your suspension of your suspension of disbelief ought to be? How long does the reader have to suspend their suspension of disbelief before the essence or meaning of LiL changes completely? Just because everything in this update makes sense with the rules Sel gives us doesn't mean it's as impactful. Past turmoil was both heavy hitting and well placed, the weight of the narrative blow hits hard, but this update contains heavy content without the expert placement that events like Stomachache has, and I would argue it's due to the lack of visceral on screen reaction from participants and bystanders, not the plot beat itself. A heavy punch that grazes this update is, not a knockout punch like past climactic events. Looking forward to next update, I trust Sel to make it work, but for the longest update in the game's history it reads as incomplete, uncommon for Sel imo. Think Moonflare's post put this idea better, but this update definitely gave me reason to pause instead of continue more than any other, though I've only been reading live since .35 so maybe early updates also had this air of ending in media res.
That's the beauty of it, there could be better or worse options, but we don't know. Also, why this update exists considering he's very particular about his "magnum opus" is a mystery. Either he's losing it (subject deliberately left vague) or he thinks this fits in his grand vision.
i thought at the time that the shift from maya to nodoka driving the plot wouldn't work well. however, it was necessary to "lose" maya, both because it was in some sense the payoff to the first part of the story, and because it's one of the only real consequences a time loop story could have. it was also necessary for maya to stay lost for at least a chapter or two, to reinforce the pathos.
the focus moved to ayane after maya left, and it should have stayed that way. most of what nodoka is doing should take place behind the scenes. very difficult to execute that well, though.
the focus moved to ayane after maya left, and it should have stayed that way. most of what nodoka is doing should take place behind the scenes. very difficult to execute that well, though.
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I like to see this difference, while some were disappointed with lessons in love, I actually got more hype for the next update, I feel like this update was just a preparation update for what will happen in the next version, Sara's upcoming events look very interesting, I feel like they're going to be one of the most important events in the games for her character so I'm really looking forward to seeing them.
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I am absolutely dying to see Sara's reaction to all of this. I cannot wait to see her blow up at Akira for this.