iiotenki

The Tony Hawk of Tokimeki Memorial

A most of the time Japanese>English game translator and writer and all the time dating sim wonk.



This is a particular bit of closure that's only going to mean anything to those of you who have followed my Amagami LP since its primordial days, but, separate from that gargantuan project, I ended up spending about the past week and change getting the last big ending I still hadn't snatched up after all these years, namely first-year kohai Sae's friendship ending, and y'know, what?

It turns out she was always a Good One worthy of being on the main cast after all. I don't really have the time or energy to go into detail as to why, but it's frankly a damn shame this wasn't made into her "canonical" lovers route because if you've read my coverage of that arc in my thread, you know just how strong of a distaste it left in my mouth, enough to sour me on her whole premise as a character. Just a weirdly toxic blemish in a game that's otherwise really good at depicting healthy, accepting relationships. So you can imagine that shock when, after about two years' of pestering from another Amagamist friend (yes, that's really the term the Japanese fandom adopts for its members!) similarly not keen on that, it turns out, Amagami had it in itself to give such a character one of the sweetest and most wholesome storylines in the entire game elsewhere.

All of which is to say, I'm sorry, Sae. I always intended to get around to this route after finishing the thread while pursuing a 100% complete save, but I should've a lot sooner because if I had, I would've given you more time in the sun. I don't think I have the time and the energy for it now when it's been enough of a struggle just to finish the thread on the Haruka content like I'm supposed to, but still.

I see what you're capable of and we're good now. I wish you were treated a lot better elsewhere, but we're good regardless. Thanks for being so patient with me. 😌


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