#takado s3

[lys-lilac]

Everyone: OMG, Takado looks beautiful in s3! The story is great~

Meanwhile me:

...(INTENSE PTERODACTYL NOISES)

[aqvarius]

Did you play Romance MD Kyogoku's route? I personally think the MC is ways better in this route compared to Takado's and Hosho's. Kyogoku reminds me so much of Ayumu, which makes me more excited for his S3 next week!

hi! ahh kyogoku gave me such ayumu vibes from the start too! but actually i never ended up playing his route basically gave up on RMD after hosho’s MS for a number of reasons beyond just not being able to deal with the mc haha. i wasn’t super keen on the art, the price is ridiculous and every single mote of key information is hidden behind heart scenes. at one point i was considering playing just the free route and normal end but the continuity of the story is always reliant on stuff that happens in the heart scenes (meaning chapters will reference things that happened/information revealed only in heart scenes so it’s jarring if you didn’t actually get to read that part). i tend to find that the first 10-12 chapters of RMD routes drag on and i lose interest in them and i’m not keen on the overall pacing. i may come back to it just for ekuni but as of now i’m not sure if i have any plans to play kyogoku’s route. 

but anyway YES i am so HYPED for ayumu SS3!! i’ve heard such great things about it!! i swear hlitf content literally just keeps getting better and better. every single love’s battlefield route and CG and special ending set story and his pov have just been *chefs kiss* top notch. i’m so excited to see ayumu and his mc interact outside of the capacity of the academy and under shirogane’s overly competitive regime as well, since we all know ayumu is really proper when it comes to things like boundaries. also the characters who like to tease/bully their mcs are the ones who get the most annoyed when someone else (tsugaru!!!) messes with her even more. 

also just on a personal note.... new hlitf content = more/new scenes with my beloved momose?!?! 

[harisengokko]

i'm broke most of the time and also a serial rereader, if i like a story i would reread them for at least twice, so my reading pattern for love choice looks like this:

first run: no hearts at all

second run, if i liked it:

A) read again and only select options i really want to read

Kazuomi S3, Kei S2 S3, Banri etc.

B) if and only if collector's edition is available: refer a runthrough and select cheapest options possible + scenes i'm really really dying to know

So far the routes I do this for are my absolute favs only:

Kasumi, Yuzuru (S1), Kyogoku

C) if i'm neutral about the character/story: buy pov only

Kazuomi S1 S2, Kei S2, Takado etc.

this absolutely works for me precisely because i love rereading to catch details and i read very fast.

my feelings for LC is a love-hate kind, i love that i get to test-read the story from start to some kind of a finish with the option of better stuff, IF i loved it enough. it saves me the disappointment if i buy a regular story with coins and the story was bland.

but the downsides are the fact that LC titles are usually pretty strong so it's easy to love them. they're usually slowburns and i'm weak for good slowburns I LOVE THEM so it's bad for me. normal ends are usually unsatisfying, their marketing is doing its work and it compels me to buy argh

hearts are so so expensive AND the price hike is steep, my self restraint is constantly tested i had to be strong.......

look, if voltage keeps on churning good LC titles...i don't know whether to be happy or dread it.

so most of LC titles rants i make here are usually a no-hearts impression of it, unless it's my 3 favs lol take them with good amount of salt

(note to self: DO NOT adopt new favs DO NOT DO IT)

[lys-lilac]

So they postponed Takado's s3 in the JP app that was scheduled for May. I am low-key happy and sad at the same time.