Is it possible with how some of the female characters are presented, they are interested in Nika for reasons beyond just who he is? It feels like in some scenes, the characters (EX: book club ladies) know things about him that arent mentioned yet or known. Does anyone have any specific examples regarding this?
That's a massive question that requires an essay answer, I'm not going to attempt it right now. What I suggest is play through and pay attention to/ask yourself these questions:
- any mention of Nika's parents and how they died, and why he and Nami are with Noji
- any mention of Nami's earring, who looks at it or pays attention to it
- any mention of Summer's family and their connections
- any mention of how Summer's family viewed Nika
- how Nika met Summer, which really means how Nami met Summer and where
- who is paying special interest in Nika and why
- why did Nika and Nami get some kind of scholarship to ZPR (the way they had no choice)
- how long has Noji known people like Katie and Amber, if Jenna knows about things
- Who are the main players in ZPR? You'll have to play WiaB to find out, which will tell you about the earring without really revealling anything, and explain a bit about Katie and Ayua in particular
- Who is Emilio and how is he connected - you'll have to play WiaB
That should put you off to a good start, it's a LOT of detective work to dig through, with still a lot of blanks, but what you find out shows that there are many important things we need to pay attention to about these topics.
Also, save before each choice, and roll back to see alternative dialogues. There are quite a few important things that can be learned with different playthroughs. FOr example, if you don't go on the heist with Bella, you learn two important things, one is about Nika and basketball. Everything is fed in seemingly innocent answers, so you have to remeber them all and join the dots. There's still way too many gaps in our knowledge to have a true picture of what goes on, and changes in WiaB can affect SG as WiaB is ~20 years earlier.
I personally think wearing ties for a school uniform ages people, and we're used to only old characters being chubby in AVN's.
