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I also really like the interaction in the arcs. Emi's arc made me want to know about about the student council. Shizune's arc made me curious about Lily. Lily's arc has me worrying about Hanako.

... and at the end of Hanako's arc, I think I'll still be pretty "meh" about Rin

I feel like I'll get the most from Hanako's arc, because (IRL spoiler): SpoilerI've dated a girl with severe burns. Not to get too in-depth, but she grew up in India. Apparently her middle school put on a Christmas/winter festival with their thousands of students that included a group of girls riding in a minivan around the school fields in Santa outfits... while holding sparklers. I think you can see where this is going... apparently the sparklers ignited the costumes. Some of the girls died before getting out of the inferno in the van. My friend "got lucky"; "only" her arms and part of her face suffered second and third degree burns. She spent a year in PT recovering from her injuries until she could again function normally; not only did her arms get horribly burned, but they rook skin grafts from her thighs to help her hands, causing additional scarring. In high school her family emigrated to the US, and I met her while she was in college. I'm not sure what her personality was before, but by that time she had adopted an almost Emi-esque personality; she refused to have her injuries define her. She openly told her story, and how it set the pace but not the limit for her life. I'm happy to say that she strove to get her masters in physical therapy, with a concentration in burn victims and just graduated this year. While things didn't work out for us romantically, she remains one of the most inspiring and beautiful people I've ever known. So, while I doubt Hanako will do an about-face and become Emi, I do hope she manages to overcome much of her social awkwardness. I felt a similar way in the Shizune arc, knowing hearing-impaired people IRL, and I was happy seeing a deaf girl doing so well.

Anyway, yeah, great series Act 3 with Lilly right now!

Thankfully, no. I also don't know anyone without arms or legs!

I'm divided on Lilly's path so far. I do like her character, but I feel like the writing is much different than for other characters. First of all, Hisao's heart condition is stressed much more in Lilly's path (although I feel like with all the walking he does, he's getting just as much exercise as in Shizune's). And Lilly is a sweetheart. Also, drop-dead gorgeous. But I kinda feel like the entire path seems a little... fake? Too "perfect"? Like Lilly is a Mary Sue who's wonderful. Even the interactions feel forced to "good" results; Spoilerespecially coming from Shizune's story, where the drama with Misha set the stage for almost two full acts... compared to Lilly's, where there should have been a major conflict with Hanako after you announce your relationship, but it ends up with her going "Oh goody!" No way. Sure, she's warming up to Hisao, but she relied almost 100% on Lilly previously. If she's suddenly talking about being in love with someone else, the girl would likely flip. It seems out of character for her... then again, I have yet to play her arc. But she comes across as the clingy type who freaks out if her world is suddenly changed. So even though Hisao's heart keeps coming up, things just keep going his way.

Maybe I'm describing it poorly. I also need to see what choices he'll get to make, to see what the good and bad endings are. It might not end so "perfectly."

Yup, that pretty much hits the nail on the head. The thing is, Spoilerthat isn't really revealed until the end. She gets obviously stronger as time goes on, but Hisao and Lily kind of assume it's been Hisao's influence, and keep trying to protect her.

I'm kind of taking my time with it, and just sort of going in the order I unlock them, so Shizune first, which I'm almost done with, and am not totally sure I'm enjoying Spoilerfor one thing, I actually like her dad, and would probably get along with him a lot better than hisao manages too, though not without being willing to tear his *** apart on the spot, then Emi, which I've only gotten the opening animation for, but have a feeling I probably won't enjoy as much as the rest of you, just because I know a lot of people with her personality, and they really annoy me.

Based on what I've seen thus far, though, I'm guessing I'll probably like Rin's story the most, just based on the fact that she's the most similar to myself as far as personality and interests go (and sans the fact that I have arms, and have anti-dextrous feet; I can't move my toes individually. I can move my big toe, and I can move the other four at the same time, in the same direction, but I can't, for example, wiggle my toes. I can sort of move my pinky toe, but only a little. and only on my right foot.), but I was an art kid in high school, so that might play a major role in that.

You're going to have to be more convincing than that.

SpoilerBy convincing, I mean post pics of many of the different female outfits. It's gotta be some hella awesome dress up for me to consider another subscription.

The result of reading the line about puns; I present my brain: