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How was Tsubasa buffed?

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How was Tsubasa buffed?

"Decelerate: Expanded range"

It's a buff that only matters for the fuck you difficulty

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/e/e8b42c15.jpg

Band themed popup art and no Gaku, boy is suffering (good).

Gaku is easily the most despicable character in the game.

where's the percussion

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Gaku is easily the most despicable character in the game.

Especially when he causes Tsubasa's death in the Slasher Route. Gee you fucking idiot what did you think activating the call zombies device early would do?

Definitely the worst moment for any character in this game.

And the thing is, if you were a DR game....you KNOW he would survive until the end.

Gaku is definitely not my least favorite character in the game. He has more than a few scenes where he gets strangely confident and helpful, or his personality quirks are subdued and he's actually normal and nice. Which is so much more than I can say for Little Miss "literally all I can talk about is how everyone is beneath me and/or a pervert".

Kurara is great and I want to bully her

MrSmartGuy posted...

he's actually normal and nice

incel nice

Finally finished another route. The Slasher Route, this time.

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072: Slasher Route: Goodbye Kiss - While the zombie path is more satisfying overall than the serial killer path, I feel like this is the most complete and satisfying Slasher ending overal, largely because you get that moment where Takumi is revealed as the killer, and we get everything explained to us in perfect detail. And Hiruko's final reaction, sticking with Takumi to the very end and kissing him feels satisfying in conjunction with the overall game (though it's probably weirder if you get this ending early).
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076: Slasher Route: History Repeating - This ending feels mostly satisfying, with Takumi sacrificing himself to ensure that Kyoshika survives, and getting infected by the Queen G'ie in the process. My only issue is that I think his ultimate infection is a bit stifled by the missiles going off and wiping out all organic life.
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074: Slasher Route: Flight of the Living Dead - I mean, by the time this ending rolls around, everyone is a zombie, so Takumi killing Kurara so the zombies can head onto the escape pod and slaughter the satellite is kinda awesome. There's something so goofy about the zombies just being in their escape pod chairs.
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075: Slasher Route: Kyoshika's Last Wish - This one is sad because it's actively worse for Takumi than his original ending. Everyone else is dead, his lower body is fucked up, and he's the sole survivor here. But Takumi in a final girl route makes sense here.
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073: Slasher Route: Kurara's Last Stand - Don't get me wrong, it's fucking hilarious to see maskless Kurara going home with a power saw, but the whole zombie route builds the zombie horde up as unstoppable, and then for her to solo them is a bit of an anticlimax (plus of all characters...Kurara is the survivor?)
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Blaziken posted...

(though it's probably weirder if you get this ending early).

I actually loved getting this ending first. Felt like classic Uchikoshi in the best way. It kinda makes the other path work better, too, since you know that Gi'e Takumi is still coming back, despite the missiles.

13/16 of the social bonds maxed.

I have been hunting for the #knowledge keyword for a while and can't get anyone to give it up.

I started playing this over the long weekend. I'm at day 70 or so, I think. I'm mostly enjoying it, though the pacing has been a bit rough. Most of the time I'm just sitting around waiting for stuff to happen, and I have no clue if I'm using my free time efficiently.

Don't worry too much about free time. Just do whatever feels right in the moment

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2025-07-11/-the-hundred-line-last-defense-academy-nearly-bankrupted-too-kyo-games

Hell yeah

you left out the part of the link that makes it work for non-subscribers

Oh but that's like 5 billion characters.

I guess just go through here lol

https://bsky.app/profile/jasonschreier.bsky.social/post/3ltpd4rmles2z

Okay after taking a somewhat forced and somewhat self imposed break, I'm back to playing, and the first route I do after I get back is...

Serial Skipping Battles lol

Definitely one of the worst routes overall and I imagine it was much, much worse before they added the skipping. The final part was interesting and the battle fun, though. I really wish they had done more than just redo all the old battles. Like, mix and match commanders that didn't fight together before. I think if they cut it down to about 8 unique battles instead of the insane amount they have that are just repeats it could have been a fun route. But oh well.

Also they should have captured the 2nd Eva and brainwashed her too and then ordered them both to make out. Yup.

The only "positive" I could give that route is that I could feel myself going crazy alongside the characters. I did it before skipping was allowed there

I'm still in self-imposed break time. Been 2 1/2 weeks so far. As soon as my horse girl racing gambling addiction settles down, I'll be back.

tcaz2 posted...

Also they should have captured the 2nd Eva and brainwashed her too and then ordered them both to make out. Yup.

DLC

I still feel like just not doing SB is the right choice! Especially since it's basically the game punishing you for making that choice.

I don't disagree

That said its like, maybe an hour long with skipping and the final battle is interesting so also eh

Finished Multiple Eitos

Easily one of the best routes. Also if Kodaka really wants to expand already existing routes, this would be a fun one to do where he expands either the ending where Eito exists is still in Takumi's head or after Eito wakes up as Takumi after the 500 suicides. Or both. Make it have a fight where everyone is Eito, all your allies and all your enemies.

Finished Eva Route too.

Also really good. Takumi canonically got laid in at least one route (that isn't Cult of Takumi's bad end) heck yeah go Takumi. The other route where Eva dies is better for her character obviously but I have a personal bias toward the other one <____<

Maaaan give more non-brainwashed Eva in the DLC Kodaka. Please. She would be a best girl candidate (probably not beating the others but certainly a contender) if she like, existed as a character more.

Up to 84 endings now. Getting close.

Actual huge spoilers, read at your own risk if you haven't gotten through the game yet:
Wait, it's incest all the way down?
Always has been.

You know I got it so early on that it completely slipped my mind that it's not brought up ANYWHERE else.

Makes some of the other endings kinda awkward
Or better, depending on your point of view

And now finished the Rebellion Route.

Really wish that one was better than it was. It started interesting and had a lot of promise from the concept of the route, but then kind of just fell into same old, same old and the final choice was extremely contrived. Did get some more Kamyuhn though which was nice.

Alright, I got my first real ending - 072 Slasher Route: Goodbye Kiss

Thought it was fairly obvious that Takumi was the killer early on, but I did not predict the time-traveling mind control parasite! How'd I overlook that one?

So...this was probably not the best ending to get first? I feel like I didn't really learn anything about any of the overarching questions (artificial satellite, Commanders' motivations, etc.). The only things I really learned were that Hiruko is also able to remember alternate timelines and the existence of the time-traveling mind control parasite.

It's easy to see how people could quickly get burnt out on this game. The scale is just daunting.

But here's a question: after y'all got your first ending, what did you do next? I'm not sure if I should just work backwards from the ending I got and try the alternate choices, or if I should go all the way back to the beginning to try something drastically different.

mcflubbin posted...

work backwards from the ending I got and try the alternate choices,

This is what I did.

Same here. And 72 was somewhere around my 60-70th ending I think. Bet it hits a lot different as the first

Finished Goodbye Eito, Reset, and Last Defense Academy: 2nd Scenario.

Goodbye Eito: This was a neat, unique route that gave a bit of insight into Eito. Sad, and I really liked it. Eito is definitely one of the best characters in the game.

Reset: "Go make babies" the ending. Not much to say here, other than it was kinda funny seeing them talk about having to repopulate the planet. Went down basically how I expected it to.

2nd Scenario: Despite Kodaka apparently writing this route, this is a very Uchikoshi ending. Everyone dying on the path you learn the truth and it carries a lot of the major themes of the story. Quite a good ending, even if it wasn't a 'good ending'. Taken all of the route as part of this ending (ie everything that isn't branched as a different route), certainly one of the best in the game.

10 more endings to go.

EDIT: Oh also I think it's really funny that they just disable your strategic items in the Defense Room battle because if they didn't that fight is 100% cheesable to not have to have everyone die lmao.

Wait they did what? Guess that was patched in lol.

When I did that battle I used strategic items. I destroyed all the missiles without anyone dying, but unfortunately you need everyone but Takumi dead to do the final attack

Yeah they definitely patched that out because it was really easy to accidentally fuck yourself by doing too well and making the win condition impossible.

I will say, Kodaka isn't not-funny, but man Uchikoshi is way funnier (...well, usually, I'm looking at you Date and porno mags) lol
The dialogue in the final route is hilarious.

3 endings left. Finishing tomorrow for sure.

So, I did finish yesterday.

Hmmm... Not sure how I feel about Steady Fundamentals (why is it called this anyway?). It provided a nice happy ending, and it wasn't a bad route really, but it also wasn't as good as I wanted it to be in a loooot of ways. Aside from completely lacking new gameplay, it didn't involve the rest of the cast much or really have a big satisfying climax. It also introduced a bunch of stuff that never gets resolved, and glosses over a bunch of plot points that really shouldn't have been glossed over for what is essentially 'the finale'. The Hiruko development was good, the interactions with Takumi were good, Eva was GREAT (though I'd also want an unbrainwashed Eva ideally for a final route- and Kamyuhn wasn't in this at all!)... but stuff like Eito just kind of magically getting cured and none of the Humanity vs Futuran stuff being addressed at all really rubbed me the wrong way.

In some ways, it feels like the route was never actually intended to be the finale and that it was actually supposed to be a setup route for future content, ESPECIALLY with the random offhand mention of the labcoat lady giving Hiruko a device that lets them travel through time as well as parallel universes that never gets used.

I think I'd be more down on the route if I didn't know more was coming, but I do, so... I guess I'll just say it was 'fine'? Probably not in the top 5 but it was still overall enjoyable if you set aside the big picture stuff.

Maybe I'll do some kind of ranking of routes/characters if I feel like it before the topic dies.

I mean involving major spoilers for about 10 other routes and addressing them leaving the time loop being the final goal (that seemingly gets completed) makes it a pretty tough sell to recommend it before finishing literally everything else. It's as final as it gets with how the game is currently.

My point was more that I think they had budget/schedule concerns and probably used this one as a 'its good enough for the Good End that people will want' than it ever actually being intended for that purpose. It would also explain the Gaku ending being required for SF but then having nothing to do with it- it was clearly just a dropped plotline.

tcaz2 posted...

(why is it called this anyway?).

because it abbreviates to SF

And yeah the route could've been better. I definitely enjoyed it, but it felt like it should've been top tier.

The best thing about SF is honestly the comedy moments.

Hi Folks I am on day 33 or so so I'm not reading anything here but I was wondering if I could ask for advice on how to use my free time? I don't really understand the system for leveling up grades at all - My first social time with each character gave me a level up of the main category (gym/linguistics/etc) but then future social time (or even gifts) just level up the little sub-stats (like mobility for the motorcycle guy not) and I have no idea what those do or how they relate to the big stat?

Is gifting strictly superior to spending free time if you choose the right gift? Or do they have different purposes? Is reading books worth it? How often do you go explore outside...? Are the VR battles repeatable and is that ever worth it for the BP if so?

plz ping my username if you answer 'cause i don't wanna read the other posts... thank you!

Ended my break at 4 weeks. And it turns out I left off at a truly hilarious point in the game.

I dunno what route this is, but the very next day in-game after I resumed, there was a mutiny in the gym caused by Yugamu so he could torture Sirei, then I battled a bunch of Eito copies, kept the real one alive and immediately literally learned what the entire game is actually all about lmao

Everything escalated SO FAST

Just finished up my 18th ending. I'm realizing I almost certainly won't finish all 100 endings, as I'm getting pretty burned out. Would you guys say there are any must-play, quintessential routes?

The ones I've played are Slasher -> Comedy -> started to play the panty-stealing route and noped the fuck out -> Coming of Age -> Rebellion.

The main route... which you should be pretty close to the end of if you did Rebellion. Also do Goodbye Eito for sure.

mcflubbin posted...

started to play the panty-stealing route and noped the fuck out

Unironically go back and do it.