Like Aura said, there was originally going to be more hints that Emi and Misha had crossed paths on more than one occasion. It was discarded (or more accurately, never really explored) due to a myriad of reasons, some to do with being a lousy writer, others to do with the fact that Emi's path was scrapped and started from (almost) scratch about four years into development. Other hints of the Emi/Misha connection include some editorial comments from Misha during a lecture on PDA (which, come to think of it, might have also been removed but I don't remember anymore) and the fact that Misha is the one to talk to you if things go poorly (which was not so much a vestige as it was a reference to what could have been, if I'd been a) better at writing b) better at negotiating c) less burned out on the project by the end of the writing process). I think there might be one or two off-handed comments from Emi and Misha in the path that serve as more references to it (and there was something in the dinner scene at one point, but again I can't remember what made it in and what didn't).Aura wrote:Please no wild fan speculation in this thread. It exists for making things clearer, not the opposite.Guest Poster wrote:Hisao already notes early in Lilly's route that there's a rather prominent rumor mill at Yamaku that even manages to reach Kenji from time to time. When Misha changed her brown, straight hair into whacky pink curls she was likely tossed into said rumor mill too and people jumped to the conclusion that's often reached when a female suddenly changes her hairstyle in Japan.
Anyway, Hive meant to write Emi and Misha as good friends, but that never materialized properly. The line is an undead remnant of that.
Isn't it sad Micchan ;____; etc. etc.
