wowow, some cool wacky time loop-reincarnated-soulmates to lovers-red string trope.
first off from my experience and what i have seen of others’ gameplay, it was recommended to play right from the beginning/through new game rather than in saves as it was a knotty way to navigate to the full extent, so things might be jumped/skipped (e.g how the game took it as me already on the third cycle despite replaying for the second time from my save on the very first choices, another instance was at some point where you could choose to not text/maybe text Sage later but still somehow got your hands on the soup even though i didnt meet Sage). couldnt really blame Yasha for having lost his marbles after all the loops lol here i was playing it wrong and would be thrown confused, barely keeping track of how many deja-vu mc moments if i try recalling off memory.
i think it was easy to know right away even into the first playthrough that meeting Yasha could throw you into a state of fight, flight, freeze and/or fawn response from all the red alarms and flags he triggered despite how charming he tried (hard) to play it off so it just felt almost comical contrast and swinging whiplash whenever this hottie stranger of a self-proclaimed soulmate switched unhinged to ‘normal’/‘concerned’ at best and vice versa in abrupt notice.
if we consider Sage as the genuine nice alternative love interest, most players (including me) might lean heavier invested to him in the short span of getting to know him and earned chemistry, plus the gap moe of his obvious old soul catching up to current modern age with media references, from his at-a-glance intimidating look and as if he chose/attempted to blend by wearing that kind of getup, tells a lot about his character.. so like, while personally Yasha came off strong as a distant sicko-in-love who was into noncon asphyxiation play (giving) that scratched the tip of the iceberg atm, we still got to the meat of content where you can match his freak and be lovey dovey enough with him to reach a happy end, so that ticked the yan aspect box! either that or we boutta get some painful lore/background of the past timelines through the dlc i think so imagine feasting (suffering) on the angstragic dose 😋 plus PLUS for the finished polished version of this!
personal fav ends; 3, 10 & 12 (though this one was more sad witnessing him so reasonably desentisized and just ready to retry following after).
on a side note, where can we get the stickers? they were TOTES adorbs that i had this urge to use them for real chatting, would it be permissible?
and also, not sure if this count as unregistered yet expression or glitch..but it was funny to see floating blush of Sage’s sprite around here when encountering him on train.
