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by Loonie » Wed Aug 01, 2012 11:33 pm
I like building things up so - let's do this from bottom to top.
Shizune and Lilly were both...nice...in their own ways. But that's about as far as my feelings go for them. Yeah, they both have good and bad qualities and their stories certainly have great statements about what it means to be a grown-up, but neither of these good or bad qualities of theirs honestly drew my attention that much.
Hanako I could empathize with deeply, having spent a majority of my school years in her shoes (though not quite *that* severely - still) and I gotta say the good ending summed up perfectly not just what that felt like, but also what I should've done to make things better back then. But empathizing with someone is not the same as getting attached to. The Hanako part in me...it's history now and getting more and more distant - it's a part of me, but everyday less and less relevant.
Emi was honestly refreshing to see as a 'romantic interest path'. Reminded me of a PowerPuff Girl a fair bit, but moreso concretely reminded me so much of my brother - especially the way she threw herself into her challenges with wild abandon until she hurt herself, then just shrugging it off by saying 'It's nothing.' when of course...that wasn't the case.
So really...who else could I be most attached to other than Rin? And not just because her path clarified for me what I really wanted out of a possible life-partner (not necessarily someone exactly like Rin, but someone that stands for what her character is about at its core and I'll leave it at that).
It was because of what she represented to me as a person as she went through her path that I grew the most attached to her. Of how easy it is for someone, who truly cares about their job or calling in this day and age, to either destroy themselves or to give up on their basic human rights, because their job demanded it (yes...I went back to see her Neutral Ending and out of all the bad or neutral endings, that was the only one that *really* evoked a negative reaction out of me).
I guess for the same reason as to why I'm not attracted to Hanako as much (since she's part of my past), I am attracted to Rin because in her I see my future. Maybe I won't be like Rin, maybe I'll be more like Hisao is in her path (for the record, I didn't consider him a dumbass during her path). But I do know one thing for sure - by going through Rin's path...I feel more hope about my future than ever before after seeing that good ending of hers on my first go.
So yep. Rin it is.
That's a keeper.
The feelings doesn't seem to disappear. :/
