Ren'Py Lessons in Love [v0.53.0] [Selebus]

[SlidingSubject]

Spoiler: Niki

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You reminded me that both his blessing and his bff warned him.

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[Moonflare]

One day I'm going to be able to post "I told you so" about Ami and I'm warning you now, I'm going to be absolutely insufferable about it.

Ami is obviously redeemable, otherwise she wouldn't still be the most underdeveloped character according to Selebus. So I think this is a very safe bet.

Spoiler: thoughts

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Being totally honest right now, even if Akira was a lot more put together, that was an impossible situation to begin with. Let's set aside the supernatural stuff for a second and just consider the implications of having to take care of the child of your two abusers, when you yourself have no concept of either love or family, nor had a childhood to begin with. Controversial take or not, I see a very strong argument here for Ami to be adopted - Akira was just not capable of caring for a child.

But then we'd have no story, I guess.

 

[Bingoogus]

Bingoogus' split personality Sugoognib is that you???! Have you finally became the dominant personality and are finally sharing the analysis and theories, Bingoogus fought so hard to contain?

Lol, i might be a complete moron but i can still notice things, i have a thought about once every 3 or 4 days... and today's was 'Ami isn't really 15 though if she's retaining her memories between resets is she?'. Lmao at Sugoognib.

 

[TheGoodPastor]

I don't understand how so many people can come away from this update thinking "Yes, clearly the one in the wrong is the girl who:"

• Was abandoned when she was 15 by the dad who failed at raising her, leaving her completely on her own with no other family.
• Was also abandoned by her only close friend (assuming Maya doesn't exist here), who ran away to have a baby with her dad.
• Isn't even allowed to address the man who raised her as "Dad".
• Despite all of the above, managed to be a good "aunt" to the daughter of the people who abandoned her, such that her "niece" doesn't have a single negative memory of her.

Here's a take that really shouldn't be at all controversial: you don't get to decide to leave a toxic relationship for the sake of your own mental health when that relationship is with your own 15-year-old daughter. Especially when it's mostly your fault that she's broken in the first place!

I'm seriously considering making this my signature at this point:

I'll preface this by saying that I love Ami and don't find her irredeemable at all - I fully expect that she will have a redemption arc and that it will be the best thing in the game (until Yuki gets a purity route and Akira becomes Yumi's dad). I do think in the long run the general impermanence of events will palliate the sting of most of her actions, too.

Spoiler: Having said that

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I don't think Hima not having any negative memories of her really means much either, considering how manipulative we know Ami to be and their seemingly limited contact - not to mention Hima is a blood relative so Ami's probably in love with her lol

But yeah, definitely not irredeemable. It's a story about the reformation of a heinous sexual predator, writing Ami off knowing the end-goal for Akira doesn't really make sense to me.

 

[harrytrumankr]

To add onto this:
It actually proves she is completely unsaveable.
Look at what she says closely during the himawari event chain, barring even her venomous insults towards Ayane, insinuating that shes keeping akira from her, and has effectively kidnapped him.
At first she tries gentle manipulation, "oh i just happen to be in your town we should see eachother" as if shes not done it on purpose. She employs a huge array of manipulation strategies, she blames ayane, she tries to guilt trip akira, she tries to downplay the significance of what shes doing, she makes several backhanded insuniations. Its bad.

But man, if you ignore the things shes saying and just LOOK at what she is doing it is WAY more on the nose.

First thing first, she is wearing Sekai's dress, having not moved on from her past at all.
Secondly she is on the phone while driving, having not learned from her past either.
Thirdly she is attempting to use himawari to get back to her dad, more manipulation. The very thing that led to this outcome to begin with and cementing ayanes stance on no contact.

The fact she was able to let go in the Pocket Dimension shows that it’s possible for her to get better, let go of Akira and become a family member liked by Himawari should be proving that it should be our goal to get there, just like how we are striving for the happy family ending as shown in other parts of this update

So uhhhhh, still not part of the Ami club, but I have hope for her now