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Tsuchimi Rin and Shigure Asa’s courtship proceeds along. Slowly in game time as there is a lot of dialogue and clicking - just brief notes on the non-Asa dialogue. But actually it’s just over three weeks. All the important game choices are made in this period but nothing tangible is materialises. Yet but the relationship is becoming somewhat less tentative as both sides put out feelers towards the other. We also get to see a very different side of Asa - awkward and embarrassed that her desire for Rin is becoming so strong but being unable to really hide it - to the point that Rin finds her behaviour, on occasions, unusual.
Kareha, in my opinion, is a very important catalyst as she communicates a lot of Asa’s thoughts to Rin which Asa would otherwise be too shy to tell Rin directly. Asa is also unable to shut Kareha up and Kareha, being her best friend, has credibility so this helps to significantly erode the Blurness Barrier of Rin.
Usual caveat about my crappy translation. I tried my best to do a faithful translation but Rin and Asa’s speech is quite colloquial while I had the opposite problem with Kareha’s polite keigo. And above is my current wallpaper, based on work from the SHUFFLE! artbook.
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Introductory note. The dynamics in the game are very different from the anime because a decision is made by the player for Rin very early on; the game prompts the player to choose on 16/6 (Shia / Nerine / Kaede / Others) which is the second time such a prompt appears.
The anime, in contrast, is much less focused which results in the “complicit harem” situation. In contrast, the “involuntary harem” situation is where although the guy loves only one girl and is very clear about it, the other girls chase after him anyway.
In the game, once Rin’s choice of girlfriend is decided, the other girls rapidly recede into the background. As such, the back stories of the other girls will not be revealed much if at all and I suppose finding out those and the conquest of the H-scenes are the incentives to play and successfully complete the other threads.
The anime has to resolve the tension of dealing with each girl’s backstory while moving Rin towards a decisive end. Well, at least I feel it should be a decisive end. One of those wishy-washy prolonging-the-status-quo cop-out endings will ruin the series for me.
My Japanese is rudimentary so inevitably the translation of the game play will need more work. Any input on errors and omissions will be greatly appreciated!
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