Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.50.0] [Selebus]

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BlackDays

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I have another thing that sat on my mind for some time now.

It's about bugs.
For long i wondered how bugs are connected to the story, and while what i came up with might not be the 100%, i guess it's close.

We have a couple of bug nets in some scenes, even one is a talking being with a knife for a mouth and whatever for eyes and speaking during some (reset/happy?) events.

So far what i got from animes and japanese games, bug hunting seems to be a thing in japan for kids.
Though i take this with a grain of salt, because those two sources might be overstatements.
Like cultural depiction in fiction vs real life.
Whatever.

Some people think that bugs are associated with Sekai.
And i share that opinion in this case.
I could see how Akira as a kid was into bug hunting, hence we get the bug hunting nets in some scenes (mostly reset/happy?).
They could be metaphors for a time Akira was into bug hunting and when he went out into the woods, he was accompanied by Sekai.
That might have been the first time and place he was "assaulted" by her.
Making it "their" special place (the woods/forrest), "a place where they can be free", "where nobody would find them".

Tl;dr
Bugs and bug hunting nets are metaphors for the time and place Akira and Sekai's "history" started.
 
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Moonflare

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derekthered56 said:
And I wonder if this plays into her being able to actually reject him, where the other girls would have begged forgiveness for having gotten upset.
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She didn't though. In Better Boy, Akira offers Karin a clean out and her exact words are:
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So yeah, in terms of rejection, Yumi's the one that really rejected him. Granted, he actually went through with it with Yumi - he managed to stop with Karin, only tackling her down. Also, even Noriko "rejects" him harder than Karin in my opinion, cause even though she proclaims her love for him and that she'll get over it...
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I do agree though that the Kanda sisters reasoning for being into Akira is kinda shallow. Kirin just wanted to be seen and used sex for that, then as Akira treats her like the trash she is, and points out that's not what she wants, she wants to be an actual person cause of course she does, she's a fucking bad joke.
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Maybe the Kanda sisters will bond over their love for him, or start an actual rivalry - those would be interesting. I just don't see Kirin taking Karin's side (she's too dependent on Akira), but I might be wrong.
 
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LessonsInDissonance

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Kitty Hawk said:
USER 2 is missing. So what? There's Tsuneyo's father in minor characters...
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WRONG

I can understand why someone like Sekai isn't there, but it's very disrespectful when you have HOPE and PAREIDOLIA in the wiki and not another MAJOR PLAYER who is just as important as the rest, not be present
 
Riolol

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LessonsInDissonance said:
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I can understand why someone like Sekai isn't there, but it's very disrespectful when you have HOPE and PAREIDOLIA in the wiki and not another MAJOR PLAYER who is just as important as the rest, not be present
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Nao? (Not Nao-chan)
Edit: I don't read the friggin wiki I'm just guessing
 
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DeSkel15

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LessonsInDissonance said:
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I can understand why someone like Sekai isn't there, but it's very disrespectful when you have HOPE and PAREIDOLIA in the wiki and not another MAJOR PLAYER who is just as important as the rest, not be present
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Technically none of the USERs are on there. USER1, 3, and 4, aren't on the Wiki either (at least in the cast part). Pareidolia and HOPE aren't linked on the Wiki to the USERs or gods that they probably are. (Pareidolia's first appearance is listed as an Event from Chapter 3, even though it actually appeared back in Chapter 1. It just didn't go by Pareidolia until way later. HOPE also has basically nothing on it's page.)

It is a free resource though, and trying to be spoiler free, so it's understandable that not everything is on it. Especially the more complicated supernatural stuff. It's useful even if it's lacking.

fdsasdf_p said:
I don't know why I didn't make the mental connection
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Three?:
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HOPEburger, Pareidoliaburger, USER2burger....? Kaori-ness intensifies.
 
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