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I feel you. That's me with Bendy and the Ink Machine! I was there when it came out 8 years ago, and I'll be there when it ends. 8 years... wow. Sometimes I wish I could stop time, y'know?

Anyway. So, I know that this is a more complex game than Eternum. Unlike in Eternum, in order to unlock everything in My Bully is My Lover, you have to play different routes. That has been established, and I am 100% fine with that! I look forward to it! That said, there are some questions I have:

1. Am I correct in assuming that I will unlock the rest of the content (scenes and special images) if I do the other 8 solo routes, and then the harem route? Or am I gonna have to do really obscure routes like... I dunno, say like... Moon and... Aine only, or something? Or like Sky and... say, Gwen? Am I good by just doing the 9 solo routes and then the harem route, or am I gonna have to try different combinations of random characters to get what I'm looking for? I'm gonna be honest, as much as I love complexity and detail, I really hope NiiChan didn't set it up so that I'm gonna have to do this obscure stuff in order to 100% the game. That doesn't sound fun.

2. Although I'll still do it regardless, is there anything I'd get by doing a routeless playthrough?

3. What the canon route? Because depending on which route is the canon one, that's the one that I'll play last, so I have the freshest memory of the proper story. I imagine it's the harem route, because that's how most AVNs are, because nobody likes to be restricted to just one girl, lol. But, I just want to make sure, especially because Emma's route seems to be different than the others, probably because she's more special to Kei. I want to know what you say, though.

That's all the questions I have for now. I hope you can answer them, because, although I will absolutely journey through most of this game myself, because, as I said before, part of the journey is the discovery, some pointers wouldn't hurt, you know?