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I can vouch for the fact that the female friend to whom I read KS cried several times during the reading. I think the only route that didn't bring tears to her eyes at least once was Shizune's.

My reaction after reading... :) I would like you to write a book. I tried once...sort of. A friend asked me to help with a fantasy novel he was working on. I think we got about 6-8 chapters done before throwing in the towel. However, that does not preclude him from being a jerk -- in this case, he ...

Before I answered this, I had to think about what makes an ending bad. In terms of the game, I think that means bad in terms of the relationship , so I'm setting aside how the endings might affect the girls or even Hisao (and disqualifying Kenji). From that perspective, I voted for Emi, because I th...

And I'm not really sure why Lilly's bad end should be "technically neutral" - because not everyone died in a shower of gore? I think the "technically neutral" end is referencing the fact that Lilly's "Bad End" is very much like the Neutral Ends for Rin and Hanako. Bad end implies there was a big bl...

Oddball wrote:

I have no idea for Emi, mind you

Ei or Emori perhaps?

Eiji?

Now I'm sort of thinking that this being a post-bad-end story, it'll in itself not have a happy ending at all. Which would be mighty interesting if written really well. And so far the writing is top-notch. :o You know, the title could be read as (Post-Lilly) Bad End rather than Post-(Lilly Bad End)...

While I'd be interested to know exactly how watching Hanako's bad ending would be antithetical to anyone's faith, I think Pandaphil has the right idea.

Wait, the ending doesn't cover that, despite it being foreshadowed so much? Of course it covers it. I'm just wondering if it needs to be addressed in a seperate chapter, rather than being included in an ending thats already going to have a lot going on. I would think that it would depend on whether...

The whole plan is what I meant, yes. That said, a direct approach could have let Lilly make the decision for herself, too. And communication could've made it clear that Lilly was actually extremely independent in many ways. Quite so. I never said her parents weren't flawed :D . I mean, the VN makes...

Blasphemy wrote:Or I think I misunderstood. I suppose you mean their whole plan to keep Lilly in Japan or make decisions for herself.

Yeah, that's what I took it to mean. The thing is, being direct about something like that would kind of defeat the purpose of doing it in the first place.

Something I realized while going over Chapter 31 again...the explanation that you give for Lilly's recall to Scotland actually fixes plot holes in the VN, and several fanfics as well. In Shizune's storyline, Lilly appears well past the time she should be in Scotland and the devs have basically said...

This stems from a quirk of UK citizenship laws. In 1983, the UK changed those laws so that children born to a UK mother were automatically granted citizenship. Since this story takes place in 2007, Lilly (born 1989) falls under that rule, but Akira (born 1981/2) does not. There's a little problem w...

Wow...a lot of good discussion this morning! A lot of it is stuff I can't respond to, but it's always good to see. First of all, as always, thanks to everyone for the kind words. I gotta say, I like the characterization of Lilly's parents here. That's definitely an interesting take on why they might...

"BEEP...BEEP...BEEP..." Ugh...what...time is it? I reach out and press the alarm button on my clock, then the time button. Its robotic-sounding voice tells me it's six-thirty. I swim against the eddies in my head as I struggle to remember why I would do this to myself again. I wouldn’t put it past ...

For some reason I thought I had already read this but I didn't, I the proceeded to spend the next 3 days reading it all and loving it. I love your writing style. Using different perspectives for each chapter is something I love. It feels like it adds so much to the story. This story is easily my fa...