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Every story has an ending. Boy finds girl of his dreams, boy gets together with girl. Boy finds multiple girls of his dreams, boy ends up with harem who decidedly love-hates him. Boy settles with girl not-of-his-dreams, girl stabs boy in the chest with a cooking knife. You, however... aaaah, fuck it.

Who cares about the same old opening anymore? Nobody even looks at it, you bet they just skip it or something. What the hell should you do in this situation? You thought you were an unimportant joke of a character until your childhood friend tearfully confessed to you and a few girls dropped out of the harem. Now you're stuck in a position where all you want to do is run away.

Fuck this show.
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You collapse on the ground, your legs finally giving out on you. Arms flat on the ground, you prop your body up. What just fucking happened? You suck in some air. Deep breaths, deep breaths. Closing your eyes, you think back to the last episode. Yori, after her heart-wrenching talk with you, confessed. Not to Hiro, but to you, Satoshi. You heave a great sigh. Opening your eyes, you face your best friend, who offers you a hand up.

“Thanks,” you mumble, grabbing his hand and pulling yourself up. “I still can't tell if this is real or not.”

“Why wouldn't it be?” Hiro abashedly puts a hand to your shoulder. “I think Yori's liked you ever since we were kids.”

“What?” You can't even fake a smile anymore.

“Yeah,” he nods slowly. “I don't know for certain, but I think she's been looking your way ever since we all became friends.”

“I was a hundred percent sure she liked you, Hiro!” You raise your voice, exasperated. “I didn't even think for a second that she liked me.”

“I didn't really notice either. It was only recently that she told me,” Hiro scratches his head. “I suspected you figured it out when you called me. You were always good at figuring stuff out. But,” he smiles weakly. “You've always been kinda dense around other people.”

“Me? Dense?” You almost laugh at the notion, but Yori flashes through your mind and instantly your low chuckle is caught in your throat. “...I'd say you're denser.”

“Do I win the contest?” Hiro speaks softly.

“It's not a contest you want to win, man,” you state miserably. Hiro shuffles around, like he still has something to say. “Whatever it is you want to say, just say it.”

“When Yori said that we're here for you... you know that includes me too, right?” He looks over to you with hopeful eyes.

>”I trust you guys, but it's something I should take care of myself.”
>”I care about you two a lot. Which is why I can't tell you right now..”
>”...Yeah.”
>Say nothing.
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SHADOWRUNS

>”I care about you two a lot. Which is why I can't tell you right now..”
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>>45961055
>>”...Yeah.”
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>...Yeah.
No Satoshi, you are the dense protagonist.
And then Satoshi was the dense protagonist.
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>>45961055
>>”...Yeah.”
IT CONTINUES.
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>>45961055
>...Yeah

It would make sense that we're the dense protagonist all along though.
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>>45961055
>"...Yeah."
Given our current state, maybe a simple answer is enough.
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>>45961055
>”...Yeah.”
No need to incite any more drama.
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>>45961055
>”...Yeah.”
IT BEGINS
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Shadow runs from last night for the people that missed it.

Theory 1: This is the anime adaption of a one shot. It explains why all the big events like valentines day and the beach episode are so closely packed together. This is a test to see how well a new premise (protagonist is in a _____ scenario and he knows it). Time constraints also explain why we have been confessed too so early on.

Theory 2: Yori is actually a lot more sick then we thought and is going to die soon. This also explains the early confession. Whoever is controlling things behind the scenes is trying to build up our character and artificially extend the run of the show by affecting us psychologically. This can be seen as lazy writing by the viewers and also a punishment for us because we keep mucking things up.

Possible solution: Force a genre shift. Get into fights on purpose and turn this into a shonen. This will make it so that the director wI'll have us (and probably Hiro if we drag him into it) fight increasingly harder enemies over a long series of arcs. The pros of this is that shonens are long as shit in run time and the chance of a possible time skip will give us years of non TV time. The cons are that we will be putting ourselves and our friends in danger. Secondary con is that this will not save Yori if she really is going to die.
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My own half-baked theories from last thread:
Theory 1. our bro here is think HE IS best buddy in harem's anime and try to support us (and failing miserably) to get us a girls. All of them.

Theory 2. Everyone here is aware about its anime, but no one knows exactly which one. Patty maybe think it's a mystery, for a Shina it's a romcom, Yuko - highly random slice of life etc.. Hiro is aware too and all his denseness it's just an act.

Theory 3. Hiro is protag, and soon we gonna get our obligatory fight/reconciliation with him. Either way it's gonna end in manly tears and bruises. And it WILL convert into other genre before we even realize this. We can't prevent forceful genre shift.
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My personal theory?

The show was originally about Hiro and was just going to be another harem anime, but then the writers decided to make two characters self aware and 4th wall breaking. Now the plot of the anime follows the best friend as he tries to stop his world from ending, while little does he know that the actual ending will happen when he prevents Hiro from getting all the grills.


tl;dr
>The way to win will cause us to lose
>The only way to win, is to refuse to play
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>>45961399
It may also be possible that she took us for a protagonist, assuming we all started from the same point in the plot. Plus, I'm rereading over first two threads and we've been tripping Yori's flags like mad, it's not really a wonder if she confused the show genres.

On the flipside though, if she's not aware that we're in a show it would explain absolutely everything. We are also absolutely fucked.

No, you are the dense harem protag theory is retarded though

Mechas when
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>>45961553
You're retarded though.

Mecha Never
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>>45961530
>>45961553
>>45961593
I'm telling you guys. Let's go fuck with a deliquent school and make a rivalry between our two student bodies. Turn this into "change guy" or "sugarless" or some shit.
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>>45961622
But what if forcing a genre shift breaks the universe?
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>>45961622
Could we do that only if they engage first? I don't want Satoshi to be known as the guy who caused a school war.
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“...Yeah,” you say brusquely. Man. Despite everything, Hiro's got your back. You'd like to explain yourself, but you don't know where to begin. Today's been a hell of a roller coaster and doing the classic exposition bomb on your best friend isn't something you'd like to add to your plate. “I know. The thought alone is enough. Thanks, dude.”

“You're welcome.” Hiro exhales in relief, smiling. He extends his arms out. “Now c'mere, Satoshi. I know you want a hug.”

“Yeah, fine, if it makes you feel better about yourself.” Hiro pulls you in and you exchange a quick hug. “We cool?”

“Of course!” He laughs. “Oh yeah, did you know that I had a crush on Yori when I was a kid?”

“Oh, are you serious?” You can't really imagine Hiro being in love with anyone. “Didn't realize.”

“Uh-huh. Quickly went away though. Figured out that I love her as a friend.” Hiro rubs his chin thoughtfully. “But dang, at that point I still didn't realize that she liked you. I guess we're all dense, huh?”

Wait. “You said I was dense, right?”

He blinks. “Yeah, why?”

Oh, you are a dumb motherfucker. “Nah, it's nothing. I need to go talk to someone.”

“Wait!” Hiro cries. “What are you going to do about Yori?”

You bite your lip. “I don't know.”
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>>45961643
It will never happen if we don't force it. That is why we would need to be the ones to engage it, lest our anime ends earlier then expected and we miss our chance.
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You rush over to find Nina and tell her the business. You have a theory, one that you hope is completely wrong. The fireworks show is all over by the time you get to the inn. Everybody seems to have disappeared off into their rooms. The only problem is, you have no idea where her room is. You do know that the second floor consists of your class, so...

>Door 1
>Door 2
>Door 3
>Door 4

Wait, fuck that. You know where this leads. First of all, you're not going to barge in. Second of all, you're at least going to knock. Rapping your knuckles on the door, you await a response, if any.

Yuko opens the door, complete in a track jacket and shorts. “Sup, Satoshi?”

“Uh.” You blink. “Are you going to go for a run or something?”

“Haha, yeah right,” she snickers. “I sleep in this. It's comfy as heck. Anyway, did you need something or did you want a late-night rendezvous?” Yuko wiggles her eyebrows at you.

“No thanks,” you sigh, “I need to know which room Nina is in.”

“Oh!” Yuko gasps. “You're shacking up with her? I'm not surprised. She's a cutie, alright.”

>”This is kind of important, so could you please just tell me already?”
>”It's not like that. I have some business with her.”
>”Could you just tell me? I'm a little high-strung right now.”
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>>45961665
>>”It's not like that. I have some business with her.”
Yuko would tots be awesome in a shonen.
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>>45961665
Oh fuck. SHE KNOWS WE ARE IN HAREM SHIT.
>”Could you just tell me? I'm a little high-strung right now.”
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>>45961665
>”Could you just tell me? I'm a little high-strung right now.”

>going on a shonen route
>when the show is directed by Urobutcher number two
you're just asking for the show to go full meguka
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>>45961665
>"It's not like that. I have some business with her."
The other options still leave room for doubt, so going with this.
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>>45961665
>”It's not like that. I have some business with her.”
>”Could you just tell me? I'm a little high-strung right now.”
Don't see that these are particularly mutually exclusive choices.
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>>45961734
>Urobutcher
>>>45961734
>meguka
I'm afraid I'm unfamiliar with these terms.
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>>45961768
This works. Let's go with this.
Consider this a vote.
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>>45961649

Love triangle. Fuck.
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>>45961665
Can we ask Yuko if we're dense while we are at it?
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>>45961787
Consider lurking more, bundle of sticks.
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>>45961801
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>>45961813
We are a little dense. Fuck. Those 4th walls gonna break, and we will be stoned to death by a debris.
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Looks like votes are tied with options 1 and 2 along with a combination of the two.
If there are no complaints, I'm going to combine them and call it.
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>>45961830
>Recommending Madoka

Ayylmao.

>>45961787
Urobutcher is the director for madoka magica puella magi, a shitshow people praise cause "MUH HOMURA" and "WOW this NOTEDGE writing is so good!"
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>>45961889
I'm starting to suspect that Yuko has been flirting with Satoshi in her own weird way. That's why I'm thinking we should ask if we're dense.
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>>45961925
For me, it was obvious she was hitting (on) us. Like two minor non-harem character would make a couple in harem. But now... Fuck.
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>>45961665
>”It's not like that. I have some business with her.”
In addition to >>45961813
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>>45961922
>implying telling a new person to lurk more is recommending something
>spoonfeeding in the same post
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>>45961998
>Not making someone subject themselves to reading up on the Urobutcher
>Spoonfeeding

I just don't want to torture the poor guy anon.
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>>45961998
fuck off
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>>45962022
I appreciate your thoughtfulness.
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>>45962022
Let him suffer. It's for the greater good.
>>45962023
Make me.
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>”It's not like that. I have some business with her.”
>”Could you just tell me? I'm a little high-strung right now.”

“Yuko, you and I both know that it's not like that.” You consider leaving altogether and asking someone else, but any of these other rooms could be Yori and... you wouldn't know what to do if she opened the door. Come to think of it, you could've knocked on her door. Holy shit. “I have some business with her.”

“Hehe, 'business,' huh?” Yuko giggles to herself.

“Could you just tell me already?” you complain. “Sorry, Yuko, I'm a little high-strung right now and I need to talk to Nina as soon as possible.”

“Sorry, sorry.” Yuko leans forward on the door, pushing her outside a bit. “It's the third door to my left. Don't make her wait, now!”

You glare at her. “I'm telling you, it's not like that.” But before Yuko closes her door, you speak up. “Oh, also. I just have a question. Do you think I'm dense?”

Yuko ponders for a bit with a 'hmmm.' Then, finally, she responds with, “I dunno.”

“Thanks for the help,” you gripe sarcastically.
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>>45961665
>Yuko hitting on us
>Then ribbing on us about shacking up with another
>No seriousness in her words
>Realize I've never been loved because I was the Yuko of my friends group
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>>45962184
>I dunno.
WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
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>>45962264
It means yes.
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>>45962264
I think this means THE SHOW WILL END SOON AND WORLD WITH IT TOO.
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>>45962291
Love is over.
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>>45962184
Remember:
Anything we leave to chance is the director's choice

If we are put into a situation where a choice could mess things up, we need to get hiro to do it for us.

Additionally we need to gather information on others knowledge if this is an anime

Furthermore, we need to find WHY we think we're in an anime.
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>>45962314
We were designed that way anon. Everything that's happening is all apart of the directors Keikaku.
editors note: keikaku means plan
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You walk three doors over and knock again. Nina's not particularly a target for harem hijinks, but you can never be too sure. “Coming.” You are relieved when you hear that it's Nina's voice.

“Hey, can I let myself in?” You ask, already stepping foot inside. “We have business to talk about.”

“You do realize that you're breaking into a girl's room, right?” Regardless, Nina opens the door and lets you in completely. She shuts the door lightly and sits down on the floor mats, motioning for you to do the same. “So?”

“I'm going to give it to you straight: Yori confessed to me.” You aren't going to mince words here. “And now I'm here with no idea how to proceed.”

“She confessed... to you!?” Nina almost jumps to her feet in surprise. “You know what this means, right?”

“Yeah,” you pull on your cheeks in irritation. “It means that the plot is going nuts.”

“No, you idiot!” Nina shakes you by your shoulders, a wild look in her eyes. “Remember when I said I was the main girl, right? I know about the anime. The only other person who knows is you.” She lets go of you and stands up, pacing back and forth. “Hiro is liked by everyone. But the problem is, he's too well liked. The typical harem is swung around in some kind of crazy love-hate merry-go-round. That's why it never gets resolved. The protagonist does something to win the affections of the girls, and then gets into some kind of perverted situation and then they hate him. This goes on forever. Now...” She eyes you directly. “Who does that describe here?”

“Nina,” you respond flatly. “Have you lost your mind?”

“It actually makes sense.” She's completely determined. “Think about it.”

“I can't believe it,” you say, shaking your head. Suddenly, it clicks. Not completely, but you have an idea. “Then do you like me?”

With no hesitation in her voice, Nina replies, “Yes.”

>It's time to leave. You need some time to think over today.
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
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>>45962387
>>It's time to leave. You need some time to think over today.
GODDAMMIT. WE WERE THE PROTAGONIST ALL ALONG.
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>>45962387
>>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
Suggest the shonen plan. It'll at least extend the animes run time by an absurd amount.
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>>45962387
>It's time to leave. You need some time to think over today.
If there ever was a time to nope the fuck out, it is now.
Meet up with Nina tomorrow though.
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>>45962387
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.

We need to come up with a plan, and if we are the main character maybe we'll catch a break and someone will catch us in Nina's room causing one of the "Aww pervert moments." It might buy us some time.
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OH SHIT

>>45962387
>It's time to leave. You need some time to think over today.
ISOLATE OURSELVES
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>>45962387
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
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>>45962387
>>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
>Wait, does that mean I'm going to end up taking all the girls interested in Hiro? I don't want to be that kind of jackass
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>>45962437
>>45962455
>>45962470
Stop panicking shadowrunners! It's not like Nina is gonna jump out bones. She knows how serious this is.
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>>45962387
We best plan with her

If this is the case, the premise of the show is us knowing

Means that there's a good chance of a new season. Or even with this season ending with us realizing we're the protagonist.

Additionally additional funding is based on interest. Anime generally don't show the planning until after the plan is over, so we earn privacy by starting a planning session
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>>45962387
>It's time to leave. You need some time to think over today.
Abort Mission! ABORT MISSION!!!!!
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>>45962387
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
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>>45962387
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
What's the point of leaving? Unlike everyone else, she knows the situation and is in our side.
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>>45962387
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
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>>45962518
Smart. The one flaw with this is the director will know the plan... Unless he is going full kubo and is gonna wing everything forever.
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>>45962557
We can't be sure it will be canceled. I don't know what we gonna do now. We need a plan and time to process all this info.
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>>45962387
I've figured out the premise:
A full subversion of harem anime.
Hiro is the foil to us. Girls like him for little reason in that they barely know him personally.

We run into the girls and ended up helping them out, establishing personal connections.
These conversations had them see how nice we are, creating a harem around us.
They disliked us at first, but began liking us more over time.

But minimization of wacky harem antics (stuck in the closet with a girl then interupted by another, etc...) and more a "real" version of multiple girls liking a guy?

Hell it's a subversion even to the audience... if the focus has been our building relationships with "hiros harem", then most of our interactions have been audience veiwed.

Which in turn means, we know it's an anime because the director made us that way
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Called.
>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.
Writing now.
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>>45962615
You forgot one thing - anticlimactic ending. It will happen to us.
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Shadowrun time. Does Nina like us genuinely, or, as she mentioned not 5 seconds beforehand, has she identified her target and is playing the role of "main girl"? Is she trying to catch up to Yori?
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>>45962671
I'm really scared guys...

and just a little bit turned on
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>>45962693
Didn't WE tell her to keep up the Main Girl charade?

And then she didn't actually interact with Hiro.

She's known we're the protag the entire time.
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>>45962671
So wait, this will continue on until we get a girl, or Nano gets bored and quits?
That's like two layers of meta.
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>>45962671
Technically, it is "Beware of Anticlimactic endings" quest. That implies we can avoid one if we're careful.
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>>45962693
She's already a main character just by also being knowledgeable of the anime

She's possibly second lead as she's also trying to figure out what's going on
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>>45962671
What if we pull a Kodaka? Our best friend might as well be the master of dense arts, we can learn from him.
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>>45962698
actually, im too scared and anticipating an ending.
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>>45962732
Oh god we need to keep nano entertained
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>>45962740

Kodaka isn't dense, kodaka is a dick who refuses to see whats infront of his nose.

And all the girls getting fed up and leaving MC is quite an anti climatic ending.
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>>45962736
This... This seems highly plausible.
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>>45962671
Well if it's an anime, there's a chance this season ends with our realization.

Gives the audience a reason to anticipate a new season
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>>45962671
Many endings are anticlimactic.

In a shounen, a mid-tier enemy succeeding in killing the hero, who had the misfortune of tripping over a rock, thus allowing the main villain to usher in a new age of darkness would be anticlimactic.

In a slice of life high school anime, the protagonists graduating without any fanfare, and all becoming hikkikomori as the close bonds they have forged over the past years are severed by their dispersal to different universities would be anticlimactic.

In a harem anime? Remember what the one thing we noted never ever happens in a harem anime is - because no one wants a resolution in a harem anime; because it means an end to the wacky hijinks; because it would be anticlimactic.
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>>45962387
Shadowruns about waifuing

Truely we've reached the pinnacle of tg quest trope meta
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>>45962762
He still has to get mechas into the setting, so while there's no mechas we're relatively okay.

When he's gonna run out of things to add though, we're gonna be boned unless we produce unnecessary amounts of drama. And even then we're not safe.
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>>45962772
That would be the shittiest anime ever. The camera is almost always on Hiro but by the end of the series he would be all alone because he never tried to get together with a girl. So in the eyes of the anime he truly is the main character and all the girls leaving him for us is probably the most anticlimactic ending ever. It would just be Satoshi walking away with the harem while Hiro is on the ground crying or some shit.
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>>45962820
>shitposting about shadowrunning about waifuing
Shit, just how deep are we going to go?
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We should start calling Nina 'main girl'. Satoshi is just fed up with this stupid anime.
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>>45962854
waifuing the anons who are shitposting about shadowrunning about waifuing?
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>>45962728
Confront her on this
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>>45962851
This isn't Harem Anime.

This is an entirely new genre altogether.

NTR Anime.
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>>45962886
No, he's been doing it all this time, and has been enduring it just fine.

What he's fed up with is the changes to the status quo he's been carefully maintaining.
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>>45962851
Did OP just railroad us into acting like a more likable person than Hiro, causing the girls to try to get on our route?
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>>45962913
What if the director caught onto Satoshi and realized there was an innovative new premise thanks to Satoshi's actions
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>>45962851
NTRing our bro is the worst ending ever. We must avoid this at all cost.
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>>45962937
No. Only thing he railroaded was us coming into contact with the different girls one on one.

Our own actions may have done the rest
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>>45962937

He did not. Several anons had noted that perhaps we should have been abit more of a dick earlier before this mess went tumbling downhill.

/tg/ is just abit too nice.
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>>45962937
We brought this on ourselves. We could've acted like dicks but we said, "let's be nice to the girls." And here we are.

>>45962939
Is it really NTR if he didn't like any of them? Romantically, of course.
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>>45962913
Dude. Satisfied is definitely not ok in the slightest. He may be mildly disturbed considering his entire life is a lie. Do you see the way he talks with Nina? It seems to me that he wants to continue the anime just to continue it. He constantly says in his own head how he "forces" himself to do things and puts up a fake smile all the time. He has a fake smile even when he's alone with his best friends...
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>>45962970
Jeez what if everyone got small snips thinking what this anime was, but misinterpreted?
Satoshi knew there was a harem aspect. Nina may have figured she's main girl, but not for the reason she thought. It's a mystery anime, but not because of crime or anything. It's horror, but only in the existential way...
Etc...
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>>45962970
Can we all start calling Satoshi "Satisfied" from now on?

I think it's a much better name.
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>>45962970
>Satisfied
That was supposed to be satoshi God damnit.
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>>45963041
The irony is delicious.
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>>45962814
... if only we could fully transition to a one on one romcom.

Like toradora or something.
But doing so would make things rougher for yori...

What's more important? The universe or our childhood best friend?
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>>45963145
>What's more important? The universe or our childhood best friend?
The age old question. If this was a fighting anime it would obviously be our best friend.
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What if we get amnesia or pretend that we have it?

It would nullify the effects of Yori's confession, we wouldn't have memories of her and Hiro being our childhood friends, we would have a chance to act more dickish and perverted to put girls off and we get another chance at being the background character with a twist.
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>>45962671
You know, as far as the quests plot goes: Satoshi giving up and submitting to the fact the anime will eventually resolve would be an ending.
The plot essentially revolves around his desire to keep the anime from ending.


Also the pacing is way too quick. Theres the possibility this is only a pilot to studio execs to prove the concept is viable.
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>>45963176
Are we actually an OVA to test the viewership waters?
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>>45963171

We'd have better luck getting hit by a truck.

...Actually, that would work but it'll probably lead into a Kimi ga Nozomu Eien situation.

Imagine fucking up Nina and Yori up that badly mentally.
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>>45963176
We're already on episode 5 of, perhaps, 13. Still a few more episodes of hint-dropping to go until everything starts tumbling down.
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>>45963176
I ALREADY SAID THIS AT THE START OF THE THREAD. We were a one shot manga that was popular enough for a short TV show but not popular enough for a full series. We were doomed from the start. Also is no one gonna acknowledge the Yori death flags?
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>>45963171
That's almost cruel but falls under exciting enough for more plot.

But would Satoshi get with yori if he was garunteed that the anime world would go on regardless?

What if we went on a "practice date"with nina considering we don't know how things work as a main character. This in turn is seen by others which creates misunderstanding. Additional plot and still keeps yori in our possible future sights.
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>>45963222
No one's acknowledging Nina knowing we were the protag for a long time.
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>>45963222
Which ones other than the too quick confession and the change from shy to temporarily confident/resolute?
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>>45963198
>pretending to have amnesia is hard
>I know, let's just give up on the universe
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>>45963171
>pretend that we have it?
Hiro and Yori are our childhood friends and could tell that we were faking our smiles and happiness (for the most part). What's to say they can't see that we're faking amnesia?
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>No matter. You'll believe her for now. Plan with her to figure this out.

“I don't particularly believe you,” you shake your head at her.

“I'm not going to insist that you believe me, but...” Nina clutches at the fringe of her shirt. “I was scared to be the main girl. Why should somebody else choose who I should like? I barely know Hiro. And I thought it was fine – until you told me we were in a harem anime. Then what? I stick around and pretend to like Hiro forever? I don't think I could have done that. Because I've started to love you. So... when I realized that you could be the protagonist,” she blissfully smiles, “that made me the happiest I've ever been.”

“...Alright.” You brush your hair aside. “Then, I think we should figure something out. Maybe a plan or something.”

“I agree. I actually thought about something. We've more or less confirmed that you're the protagonist, but how far can we push things? So far, we seem like we're doing fine. But... we can never be too careful. So, I'm going to take a risk here. Um...” Nina pauses and blushes. Hard. You scoot back, but she sits you down and says, “Forgive me for this.”
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>>45963198
>amnesia is too hard
>let's get hit by a truck instead
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>>45963254
Huh, fuck you're right.

Wish she'd have told us, we've been cock-blocking our friend for no reason.
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>>45963297
>“Forgive me for this.”
No.... NINA NO!
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>>45963297
>Forgive me for this.
Should we panic?

>>45963304
Didn't she realize just now or something?
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I need an adult!
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IT WAS HENTAI.
IT WAS HENTAI ALL ALONG.
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>>45963297
NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE NOPE
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>>45963297
Best Girl, please.
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>>45963297
Damnit boner, we had a deal.
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>>45962508
You were saying?
>>45963297
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>>45963297
Shit storm in 3...2...1...
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>>45963297
>no action option
we're fugged
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>>45963297
Goddamn it girl, you're raising a flag for someone to barge in on us now!
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>>45963340
Dude. That thought never once grazed my mind. It isn't outside the realm of possibility.
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>>45963297
NO, NINA! DON'T DO IT!!!!
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>>45963331
Mentioned it earlier. We told her to keep up the Main Girl act and she immediately continued to follow and interact with us rather than Hiro
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>>45963297
>inb4 another girl opens the door to this for a misunderstanding
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>>45963340
I am fine with this. But only if we shack up with Hiro at the end.
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Be right back. I have some real life obligations to do real quick. Expect an update in 15 minutes.
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>>45963389
NANOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

YOU FUCKING COCKBLOCKEEEER
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>>45963297
Oh shit? She's testing how eroge this is. If it's a hentai she could strip completely. If only eroge, she'll be partly naked and both us compromised by someone walking in. If for a younger audience, it'll have us interrupted only in a compromising position.

Smart girl, but opens us to issues. Can we voice that concern if we understand her right?
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>>45963389
RIGHT IN THE FUCKING CLIFFHANGER, DAMN IT!
its okay nano, just please hurry
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>>45963389
Eh, I got youtube and Smash Bros. Continue one, small one.
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>>45963402
NANO WAS THE BEST FRIEND ALL ALONG!
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>>45963409
Only afterwards. I wonder if the audience knows that we know that they exist.
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>this cliffhanger cockblock update

Does this mean Nano is the true best friend?
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>>45963409
>eroge
I think you mean ecchi
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>>45963409
The test of the target audience will let us know how much we are allowed to push things. If it's more sinien, theres the chance for darker things to fuck with us.
If we're compromised too early, then wiggle room / audience is smaller.

Then again if she gets fully naked? We're possibly off camera. Unless someone is shlicking in the closet or something and this is a hentai

But the hentai market is too small for a plot like this, so more likely we'll be off camera
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>Beware of Anticlimactic Endings Quest
Goddamnit, it was in our face all along.
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>>45963446
I think we are the audience guys. Both literally and figuratively.
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>>45963481
Please, if anything things have gone nuts right now
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>>45963491
If that's the case, the scenario will go full hentai. If not we can assume otherwise as far as audience classification goes.
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>>45963491
What about the in-out-of-universe-audience? Because this is a quest about an anime about a guy that knows that he's in a harem anime.
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>>45963297
inb4 NICE BOAT
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>>45962970
He was supposed to be that messy haired fuck whos always smirking at nothing, right? Maybe we were always intended to be the villain.
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>>45963491
How the hell does that work if we're Satoshi as well?
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>>45963297

Then Nina closes her eyes and tilts her head slightly, brushing her lips against yours. You can feel her hair tickling your cheeks. Covering her face, she looks around. “We're not dead.”

“You.” You glower at Nina. “What the hell!? You put the entire world at risk for a fucking kiss!?” You fume angrily. “Less importantly, that was my first kiss.”

“You know how harems have those accidental kisses? Guy slips and falls and then their lips meet? What's so different about a normal kiss?” She nods to herself. “I think I'm beginning to understand more now. And... that was my first as well.” Nina absentmindedly puts a finger to her lips. “A-Anyway. I have a plan. It's a little rough, but it'll keep the harem at bay.”

“Alright, tell me.”

“You run the hell away.” She says, completely straight-faced.

“What,” you cough out.

“At the very least, it'll minimize your interactions with the rest of the girls. I'd say avoid Yori until you figure out what to do.”

>Roll with her plan for now. It's not a bad option.
>You prefer to prioritize Yori.
>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
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>>45963382
>>45963340
>Hentai
Do you WANT nightmare mode to happen? Don't fucking jinx it. Here is a list of things that you'd need to do to keep up the masquerade in THIS setting -
-Variety
-Action in at least 3/4s of the episode, plot is almost always non-existent or serves as something to get the atmosphere going
-As characters become repetitive, they don't get scenes
-When there's no fucking, a hentai ends.

On top of that, the second there's nakedness on camera without obligatory censorship, anime gets a 18+ which falls straight into the hentai category. There's always a chance that we might turn this into an OVA or something, but would you really fucking risk the universe going into a crashdive for this?
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>>45963557
>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
This is way too risky. Especially if Hiro is the true main character and we've been faking out the plot.
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>>45963557
>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>We will try to avoid flagging Yori though
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>>45963557
>Suggest the amnesia option
if we run away, we risk getting written out of the plot as the cast divides up
there's also a hidden suffering coefficient which is gonna rise and fuck us over the goddamn second they find us
staying is even worse
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>>45963557
>Roll with her plan for now. It's not a bad option.

>>45963559
I kinda want it to be the Rance type of hentai to be honest.
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>>45963557
>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
Just because it might end the world doesn't mean we're comfortable abandoning those who are closest to us.

And, of course, we might still be wrong about everything.

Also, if we're the protagonist, does that mean the camera has been on us all this time with all our meta discussions?
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>>45963557
>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>>Kiss her again
Test it again. For science. To make sure it holds true.
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>Everyone calms down the moment Nano comes back with an update.
We really love the tightrope don't we?

>>45963557
>Keep up the best friend charade for a while longer.
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I mean we could pic related.

But we've gotten this far by throwing ourselves at every problem we've had. So therefore there is one clear answer.

>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>>Kiss her again

If we're the protagonist we need to make sure whether or not we need to initiate the kiss.
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>>45963639
I kinda want that to be an actual anime that is taken seriously and not just be a comedy now. Where the protagonist is up to date on the audiences thoughts on the series and is a serious asshole to them. And he also ages in real time as well.
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>>45963557
>Roll with her plan for now. It's not a bad option.
Drop the drama bomb on the main cast. If she's right, maybe we can shift the tone enough to make this a more manageable world-wandering shonen?
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>>45963557
>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>>Kiss her again

make it a good proper one. for science.
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>>45963650
I will second doing another kiss.... For science of course.
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>>45963675
Kissing her wouldn't end it as it isn't a kid of love.

Additionally, what if the director is faking us out? If this run option is to keep us out of hiro's way? Or even to add more action?

Plus the beach is done day after tomorrow evening
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>>45963557
>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>>45963624
>amnesia
We'd need a fucking event that would put us in a near comatose state, and even then, who's to say we won't actually be in a coma?
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>>45963707
>>45963704
No, you idiots. It's still harem anime. If we kiss her, SOMEONE will come into this room in very inconvenient time. And I bet this SOMEONE gonna be Yori.
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>>45963740
>Kissing her wouldn't end it as it isn't a kid of love.

Yea, a kid of love would need much more.

And probably let the whole floor know.
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>>45963740
Perhaps it's non-canon. But we will remember it, whenever we like it or not.
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>>45963765

Exactly.

And that would basically confirm our MC status.

It has to be done.
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>>45963557
>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
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Called.
>>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>>Kiss her again
God, I love harem anime. Writing now.
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>>45963765
Wouldn't that mean that, if we manage to kiss her without being interrupted, we can conclusively say that we're NOT actually in a harem anime (or at least, are not its protagonist)?

Fallout we can deal with, but we need information fast before we entirely lose control of the situation.
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>>45963801
>God, I love harem anime.
What.
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>>459635
>Keep up the best friend charade for a while longer.

Please don't kiss her again.
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>>45963764
What if we get put in a coma and that leads to the mecha? A coma would make for an easy time skip and we could wake up with the world fucked in some way.
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>>45963801

I have shifted between glee and panic so many times these couple of days.

Nano you magnificent faggot.
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>>45963557
>Roll with her plan for now. It's not a bad option.
What's more important, our best friends or the universe?
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>>45963801
>God, I love harem anime.
OP confirms we're in a harem anime and the protagonist.
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>>45963801
>God, I love harem anime.
...what are you trying to say?
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>>45963808
Obviously it isn't a romance anime in any way.

It's a horror mystery
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>>45963801
>God, I love harem anime.
I can no longer tell if this statement is part of a carefully constructed ruse.
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>>45963808
>Fallout we can deal with
No, we can't deal with the fallout of a childhood friend confessing to us and shortly after that finding us in the same room with a girl that we're kissing with that we don't even love.

Mostly because that's gonna fuck our relationship with Hiro and set us up for S U F F E R I N G
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>>45963849
>the morning before we're about to depart, a typhoon hits, necessitating our evacuation into the fortified storm shelter in the basement of the resort built exactly for situations like these
>as Hiro's best friend, we notice that he hasn't been seen for a while, and go to get him from his room where we're sure he's probably sleeping like a log through the alarm siren
>forcing our way through his locked door, we instead find his corpse
FUCK
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>>45963900
This

And Nobody's gunna believe this is an anime
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>>45963900

We can, easily though.

Because if it does happen, we're in a harem anime.

And if Nina declares her rivalry and shows that shes the one that tried to initiate, everything goes to status quo, harem wars.
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>>45963912
Oh god. That would be terrible.
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I really like boats, guys. Do you like boats as well?
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>>45963961
Is it nice?
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>>45963933
But if we're the one on top /leaning forward....

Additionally, if we immediately go for yori, since there's still episodes left, we can force a romcom.

Unless we accidentally start a Clannad. It'd ensure we all make it to adulthood, but Satoshi would have to endure a trauma conga
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>>45963961
Fuck you captcha!
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>>45963978
So what would the Nice Boat look like as a boatslut?
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>>45963978
It's enough to lose your head over!
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>>45963982
Then we say we tripped.

Pokerface.jpg
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>>45964170
>tripped
>pulling Nina while falling onto the bed
>landing on top of us, near straddling
>all while kissing
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>>45964170
So the real question is where is the camera?
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Here's an unrelated thing while we wait. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv_2OKxZr8
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>>45964238
In the Twilight Zone.
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>>45964227
>tripped, tried to grab Nina for balance, but ended up pulling her down as well
The apparent 'kiss' was just a byproduct of her falling on top of us.

Clearly.
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>Keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer.
>Kiss her again

“While I would love to get the fuck away from this mess, I don't think running from my problems is going to do me any good. I think we should keep things the same... for now.” You cover your vision with your hand, resting your weary eyes for a second. “Right now, I don't think I can calm down and think out what to do. It's been a hell of a day. So I'm going to keep up the best friend charade for a bit longer. We're going to play it off.”

“Okay, that's fine,” agrees Nina. “But I can't help you with that. You're going to have to do that on your own. I'll cheer you on as the main girl!”

“Mmhm.” Your thoughts go back to the kiss. You weren't aware that she was going to do that. But what if you do know? If this is a harem anime, then... “Nina,” you cup her cheeks, leaning towards her face. You crack a smile. “Forgive me for this.”

“E-Eh, waitwaitwait!” Nina squirms around. “I'm not ready!”
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>>45964346
You are the biggest bag of Dick I have ever seen.
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“Good.” But right before you could touch her lips, your phone blares throughout the room. You don't even flinch. Nina, however, jumps right onto her bed. Picking up the phone, you respond with, “Hello?”

“Satoshi!” Hiro worriedly exclaims. “Curfew is in ten minutes! You should hurry back before the teachers find out you're not here!”

“Okay.” You click the phone shut. Nina looks like she's about to faint. “Now, one more time for good measure.” You take a hold of her shoulders before she can say anything. She's a little nicer this time, staying still for you. And, as you predicted, a couple of knocks interrupt the kiss. You let go of Nina and answer the door yourself.

Yuko peeks in. “Hey, Satoshi, they're doing curfews so you'd better run off before you get caught.” She blinks. “Nina's glaring at you real hard there.”

“Yeah, I know. I said something mean,” you shrug. “But yeah, I'll get going. Thanks for the help Yuko.”

“Honestly,” she smiles mischievously, “I was trying to see what you guys were doing over here. I'm kinda disappointed, actually.”

“Yeah, whatever.” You roll your eyes. As soon as Yuko disappears, you smirk over to Nina. “That's payback, by the way.”

Red-faced, Nina mumbles out, “Not fair.”

You close the door shut. Now, you have two options. You could be a good boy and let this day end. Or, you could trigger another event after curfew.

>Let it all end, please.
>One last thing.
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>>45964378
>>Let it all end, please.
Sato needs rest and drink.
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>>45964378
>Let it all end, please.
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>>45964378
>Let it all end, please.
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>>45964378
>>One last thing.
MYSTERY BOX MYSTERY BOX
try to kiss yuko
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Well that confirms it.

Congratulations tg we're protagonists.

>Let it end
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>>45964378
>One last thing.
I must see where this goes. Also confirmation that we are in fact, the protagonist.
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>>45964378
>Another event
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>>45964378
>One last thing.
Information is king.
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>>45964378
This is bait option but I don't really care.
>One more thing.
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>>45964378
>One last thing.
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>>45964437
Changing to
>One last thing

Because fuck it we're protagonists we are allowed to use our screentime now.
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>>45964378
>Let it all end, please.
Nina is the best girl confirmed. Time to end it on a good note. Yorifags please go.
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>>45964378
>One last thing.
Is this what it feels like to take the bait?
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>>45964378
>One last thing.
The temptation is too great.
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>>45964510
I agree that Nina is best girl, but Mystery Box.
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Question Nano, are all the threads taking place one day after another in universe or over a few weeks? Cause if it's daily, we just stole about half of Hiro's harem in 4 days. What the ever living fuck.
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>>45964510
Yuko is the best girl and we know it. Everything else is the worst girl.
except maybe Hiro. Hiro can be the best girl
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>>45964546
Timeskips happen sometimes. See Valentine's Day. Harem show timeline.
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>>45964555
My nigga. Yuko is number one.
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>>45964555
>>45964608
You heathens. Get the straw poll in here.
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I like patty, we had some cute interactions with her
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>>45964694
I think you're one of two people who like Patty. Feels bad. I don't hate her but there are better gjrls.
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>>45964737
*cough cough Yuko.
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>>45964737
desu, I'm torn between Patty and Yuko. One is a hothead tsundere and other one is fighting ara-ara.
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>>45964555
>best
As far as this goes, I can see us liking Nina long run.
As the show goes, it'd be a twist.
As for us, she's the only one who understands what's going on. She'd figure a way to make it work while keeping it interesting for the audience ensuring more time together
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I appreciate that we actually have something to bond with Nina on.
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>>45964810
It's true. When she was introduced I thought she was gonna be the hardest girl to try and talk too. I'm starting to think she just falls in love easily. Like the way she wanted to marry Hiro just from him being nice to her once.
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I keep seeing Nina and thinking Nano. Makes everything way funnier.
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>>45964864
That was an act. She played the part of the main girl. I think she likes us genuinely however.
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>>45964878
Best girl confirmed?
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>>45964914
>>45964878
Add Nano to the best girl poll please.
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>One last thing.

There is just one more thing. You are already sure that you know what's going on, but this should confirm everything. Better get everything done today and then sleep on it. You walk outside of the inn, breathing in the cool air of the night. The moon lays high over the clouds, letting the beach bask in moonlight.

You rest your arms on the railings, watching the waves crash into the beach from above. You're going to get a scolding by the teacher when you get caught, but you resign yourself to it. Shina, right on time, joins you, sighing in discontent. The girl hasn't noticed you yet.

“It's a nice night, isn't it?” You speak softly, careful not to startle her too much.

Still, Shina almost topples over the railing. You catch her by the shoulder. “Jeez, Satoshi. Don't scare me like that.” She carefully adjusts the ribbon tying up her hair. “I thought I was here alone.”

“For your information, I was here first,” you grumble. “Maybe if you looked around more, you would've seen me.”

“...Well, you're the last person I wanted to see right now,” she softly mumbles.
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>>45964555
I'm conflicted on best

We oughta like yori... she's been by our side since "forever"

But that's mostly in our prewritten history.

Technically Nina knows us best
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You raise an eyebrow. “Well, why's that?”

“Oh, uh, you heard me?” Shina laughs meekly. “I've just been thinking about Hiro... and you.”

“Thinking about trying to get together with him again?” At this point, you are certain that she's going to say no, but it'll do to progress the conversation.

“I don't know why you do this.” Shina rests her arms on the railing. “You make me have second thoughts.”

“There's always a chance, you know that,” you shrug. “Hiro just needs a push in the right direction.”

“I wasn't talking about Hiro.” Shina keeps her gaze fixed onto the beach. “I was talking about you. I figured out that I've been crushing on Hiro for a while. But that's all it was: a crush. I think I understood that when I met you in the bakery. You keep being so nice to me, but you tell me to go chase after Hiro. I keep getting so confused.” She grips the railing tightly. “I don't really feel like I've known love. I don't really blush when you're around, but I want to stay by your side. I want to see you happy. That's why I'm going to tell you now."

“Shina–” You know what she's going to say.

"I love you.” She cuts you off. “I don't expect an answer. I just needed to get this off my chest.” As she faces you, you can see a couple tears trickle down her cheeks. But she smiles, laughing it off. “Heh. That's why I didn't want you to be here.”
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>>45965159
I didn't expect this.
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>>45965220
TUMBLING DOWN, TUMBLING DOWN

TUMBLING DOOWN
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>>45965220
It keeps happening!
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>>45965220
Three outta five now. I'm now expecting Yuko to come into our room and we'll wake up next to her and then she'll confess.
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>>45965303

Second for having Yuko jump our bone.
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You return to the inn and, after a scolding by your teacher, you head inside to your room. You're triggering flags like crazy. You guess you really are the protagonist. Throwing yourself on the bed, you mull over today. You've gotten three confessions from Yori, Nina, and Shina, in that order. This is not optimal. You can disregard Nina's confession, but you still have Yori and Shina to worry about. You haven't gotten a chance to talk to Yori yet, though you aren't sure if you want to. Shina says that she doesn't expect an answer, but it'd be best not to leave her hanging for too long.

The image of Nina kissing you is burned into your mind, though. You throw the covers of you and shake away your thoughts. Some shut-eye would be nice.

...Too bad you can't even get that. You didn't sleep very well. Your eyelids feel pretty heavy, but you can't seem to close your eyes and rest. You roll around in your bed in frustration.

>Go out for a morning walk. You know what this leads to, but who cares.
>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
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>>45965406
>>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
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>>45965406
>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
Can't deal with all these flags.

>mfw we wake up to find Hiro in our bed
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>>45965406
>>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
Fuck it, let's get Yuko while we're at it. She'll invite herself in.

Also, what are the chances of Hiro becoming permanently genderbent and admitting that he was gay for us all this time?
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>>45965406
>>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
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>>45965406
>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
ESCAPISM IN FULL GEAR OR BUST
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>>45965406
>Go out for a morning walk. You know what this leads to, but who cares.
This is Yuki isn't it?
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>>45965406
>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
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>>45965445
>not_your_younger_brother.gif
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>>45965480
Yuko*, fuck
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>>45965406
>>45965406
>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.
Being a protagonist is one thing. Being sleep deprived is another. And if the director wants to have harem hijinks wake us up, then we will cross dimensional boundaries just to kill him.
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So we went from a standard harem show for otaku to seinen romance story for adults?
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>Sleep in or die trying. You're not ready to be a protagonist at 6:00 A.M. in the morning.

Fuck that. You are going to sleep in even if it kills you. The anime can go fuck itself until you're fully rested. This is a vacation and damn it, you're going to make it a vacation. You manage to get about an hour and a half of sleep before a loud voice stirs you from your sleep.

“Satooooshi!” Yuko's boisterous voice echoes through the door. “Let's go for a run! C'mon, it'll be fun!” After no response, she seems to have given up. You close your eyes again and rest your head back on your pillow.

What you don't expect is your door to slam open. Still, you aren't going to wake up even if a tsunami comes in and washes the inn away. You can hear Yuko shuffle around your room. “Hmmm.” She inches towards the bed. Then, heading over to the other side, she enters the covers and and joins you on the bed. “Nighty night.” Yuko says as she drapes an arm over you.

Immediately, you reel back. “Yuko,” you murmur drowsily. “What the hell are you doing?”

“Shh, I'm trying to sleep.” Creaking open an eye, she does a fake morning stretch. “I'm bored. Let's go do something, Satoshi!”

You glare at her. “I was trying to sleep. I haven't been getting enough rest lately. You should've bothered Hiro instead.”

“Yeah, but he doesn't respond the same way you do.” Yuko grins. “You pass, by the way.”

“I don't care if I pass,” you moan. “I want sleep.”

“Oops.” She gives you a pair of puppy dog eyes. “But, since you're up and awake, wanna play?”

>Give in to her demands. You don't know if Yuko will take no for an answer.
>Give her Hiro.
>”Good night.”
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>>45965873
>>”Good night.”
We're going to raped in our sleep, aren't we?
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>>45965873
>”Good night.”
We sleep or kill the person that thought of this show.
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>>45965873
>Give her Hiro.
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>>45965873
>”Good night.”
Dream sweet dreams of punching the director.
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>>45965873
>"Sorry, but I really need the sleep."
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>>45965899
>”Good night.”
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>>45965873
>>”Good night.”
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>>45965873
>Give her Hiro.
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>>45965873
>”Good night.”
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>>45965928
>"Good night."
This is only going to end well.
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>>45965873
>”Good night.”
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This is obligatory harem hijink isn't it. Oh well gotta do it for the fans.
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>>45966085
Dammit you're right...

For the audience
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>>45966085
Fuck. We should have whipped it out.
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>>45965873
>Give her Hiro.
Clearly, the director thinks the darkhorse romance will bring in ratings. Move the spotlight back to our bro.
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>>45966085
No we seinen, the hi-jinks can go fuck themselves
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>>45966356
That's what you say now, but wait until we find our teacher dead, his blood slowly flowing out into the hot spring.
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>>45966402
No that's horror and edgy
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Whatever. You fluff your pillow and go back to sleep. “Good night.”

“Oh, me too.” Yuko gets herself comfortable, shuffling around under the covers. “At least share the pillow.”

You ignore her and try to sleep. But ignoring her might have been a bad idea. Yuko grabs your arm and uses it as her pillow. You try and move away, but she grabs ahold of you, forcing you to stay still. Still, she's soft. You'll worry about the unfortunate consequences when you wake up.

When you come to, you're face to face with a dozing Nina. What the hell? Your arm is killing you though – it's fallen asleep. Pressing up to you from behind is Yuko, snoring lightly. A light knocking is heard from your door. Oh. You yawn and prepare yourself.
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Shina comes walking inside, freezing when she spots you and the other two girls under the sheets. “Wh-Wh-Wh-”

You rub your eyes wearily. “Good morning.”

“What are you doing!?” Shina rushes over, shaking your shoulders. This wakes the other two. “Did my confession not mean anything to you!?”

“Uh, it's not what it looks like?” You're still recovering from your nap.

“Mmrh, actually.” Yuko murmurs, stealing your pillow. “It's exactly what it looks like.”

Nina hops off the bed and smooths out the wrinkles in her clothes. “I was going to wake Satoshi up for lunchtime and... I fell asleep.”

Yuko smiles. “Oh, I just wanted to sleep with Satoshi." She lifts open the blanket. "Wanna join?”

“No!” Shina replies hotly, crossing her arms.

“What, even after you confessed to him?”

Shina goes completely white. “Who told you that!?”

Yuko points over to the class rep. “You just did. 'Did something something confession' and stuff.”

You're doing a great job of pretending to be the best friend. Not. You give Shina a sheepish smile. “I just woke up.”

“Yuko,” Shina ignores you. She looks over at the track team captain hesitantly. “Do you like Satoshi?”

>Time to slap your mouth over Yuko's mouth.
>Let her talk. You wonder what Yuko will say.
>Look over to Nina. Maybe she has an idea.
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>>45966713
>>Let her talk. You wonder what Yuko will say.
Now where's Patty?
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>>45966688
>When you come to, you're face to face with a dozing Nina. What the hell? Your arm is killing you though – it's fallen asleep.
She's a crafty one alright! Her 'main girl' senses must have been tingling!
>>45966713
>Let her talk. You wonder what Yuko will say.
I'm betting on her saying "Why did you think I wanted him on the track team?"
And then she reveals her plan to have a track team harem.
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>>45966713
>Leave the room.
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>>45966713
>Look over to Nina. Maybe she has an idea.
please no
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>>45966713
Look over to Nina. Maybe she has an idea.
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>>45966713
>Leave the room.
Nope. Not dealing with this. Hope they have a pleasant chat.
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>Leave the room

Yeah we should go get a coffee or something, anyway it's obvious this is all or a dream.
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>>45966713
>go get some food. Ignore harem antics.
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>>45966765
changing my vote to
>Leave the room
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>>45966713
>>Let her talk. You wonder what Yuko will say.
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>>45966732
Anons, convinced me.
>Leave the room.
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Don't we want to stay and see what happens? I don't want to be out of the loop.
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>>45966713
Leave the room, Get food
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>>45966713
>Stop them all before it gets out of hand.
We could here and now pull an "im not emotional ready for a relationship". Women do it all the time and if they love us like we think they do they will for the most part respect our boundaries while not out right rejecting any of the girls. "it not all of you, it me" type of deal
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>>45966911
> Women do it all the time and if they love us like we think they do
Do you actually think that will happen?
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>>45966911

This is a bad plan. Since we are the protagonist we need to keep the girls interested enough so that the show isn't cancelled.
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Get a gun and enough rations to last the turn of the century.

Lock self in room and wait it out.

Best plan
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>>45966945
Yes
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>>45966713
>Let her talk. You wonder what Yuko will say.

The other girls got to own up to it, might as well let Yuko. We should confirm where she stands anyway.
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>>45966953
I dont know, id figure it would keep them fighting for our attention, just in more cleaver subtle ways.
Maybe im too naive about the tastes of our audience but i would think why would think our particular show has a smarter group of lonely neckbeards watching than average harem show.
Motherfuckers who would enjoy a more psychological take on the harem show.
Maybe im just fooling myself.
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I'm confused desu senpai. Can we go back to being the annoying best friend?
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>Leave the room.

“Weeeell, this has been fun. I'm off to get food. See you three later.” You're going to leave before anything can happen. Nina looks over to you worriedly. You give her a shrug that tells her, 'You take care of it,' before leaving.

You head over to the dining area and grab yourself some food. You take the curry and rice, as well as a coffee. You need it. You sit yourself down and silently go through your food. Patricia, oblivious to everything that has happened, smiles and sits down next to you. “Oh, Hiro. Having a late lunch?”

Between bites, you reply, “This is my breakfast.”

She giggles. “Isn't it a little to early for that?”

You sip your coffee. “I'm not a morning person.”

“It's afternoon,” she points out.

“I'm not a morning person,” you repeat. “I would've slept through the noon too, if people didn't come into my room to wake me up.”

“Ohh.” Patricia mindlessly stuff rice into her face. “I've been up since seven. I took a walk around the beach because the weather was so nice. The beach trip is great!” She smiles innocently.

God bless Patricia. She doesn't know a single thing that happened. “Yeah, I guess it is.”

“I made a lot of good memories here. I've even made some friends.” Patricia finishes the rest of her rice. “And with that, I'm satisfied.”

“Good memories, huh?”

>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
>”What would you think if somebody confessed to you here?”
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”
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>>45967236
>>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
might as well have some fun teasing before the confession.
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>>45967236
>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
I just want to be snarky and sarcastic again. Please.
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>>45967236
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”
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>>45967236
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”

Is what I would choose but I'm onto you Director! These be trap options!.
I propose we just say that the fireworks were pretty nice last night. But we're not really a beach fan.
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>>45967236
>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
Why she call us hiro?
does she also know that this is an anime?
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>>45967236
>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
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>>45967236
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”
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>"Wait why did you call me Hiro."

Have, Have we changed characters.
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>>45967309
Oops. Typo. Consider it Satoshi.
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>>45967236
>>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
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>>45967309
Oh shit, I didn't catch that.
Turns out we're a body snatcher and took over Hiro's life.
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>>45967236
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”
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>>45967236
>>"Wait why did you call me Hiro."
>>45967355
Bullshit
Shadowrun people
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>>45967236
>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
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>>45967369
Anon, not everything is a shadowrun.
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>>45967422
Know who would say that.

A pod person.
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>>45967236
"Wait why did you call me Hiro."
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>>45967236
>”Hope you can make some more before we leave.”
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Called for
>”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”
We also need a new thread. I'll link to it once I finish writing.
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>>45967573
Ride this one out until page 9 or 10.

It takes a while before threads die on /tg/.
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>>45967585
If it's on autosage we should make a new thread. I don't want it to die on me spontaneously.
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>>45967422
THAT'S WHAT YOU WANT ME TO THINK, ISN'T IT??!?!?
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>>45967611
Its not going to die for hours. Just make a new thread when we hit page 10.
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>God bless Patricia. She doesn't know a single thing that happened.

OH SHIT.

LITERALLY EVERYONE IS GOING ON A SATOSHI ROUTE EXCEPT HER
THIS SHOULD BE A CAUSE FOR PANIC SINCE SHE HAS NO COMPETITION AND A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE UNIVERSE DIES A HORRIBLE DEATH

AND WE STILL DIDN'T WORK OUT THE FURBALL OF DRAMA WITH YORI

FUUCK
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>>45967675
Eh looks like the world ending is on us now anon, she can go hook up with hiro fine
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>>45967675
>A SUCCESSFUL RELATIONSHIP MEANS THE UNIVERSE DIES A HORRIBLE DEATH
Not necessarily, because right now Hiro has become the best friend side character and harem shows don't end if side characters hook up.
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I feel bad we had to cockblock hiro for so long,

Let them hook up
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>>45967675
Besides, her not knowing that every other girl confessed to us just makes her more likely to confess as well not less so.
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With a smirk, you say, ”Was the outdoor bath a good memory?”

Patricia, with a frozen smile, drops her chopsticks onto her tray. Shaking, she covers her entire face with her hands. “Oh my God. I completely forgot that happened. Please erase that from your memory.”

“It's way too late for that. I couldn't forget even if I wanted to.” You dip your spoon into your curry. Taking a bite, you continue. “I still couldn't believe that you barged into the men's bath. What would you have done if someone else were there?”

“I didn't know!” she whines. “Besides, it was fine because it was you. I like you enough for that.”

You blink. “Patty. Was that a confession?”

“Oh, uh!” Patricia slaps her hand to her mouth. Then, slowly dropping her hands from her mouth, she adds, shyly, “Err, do you want it to be?” Patricia, then understanding the weight of her words, turns completely red. “Actually, forget I said anything!”

Wow. That was probably the easiest confession that came out of a harem show ever. With a smile, you respond, “Don't worry, I wasn't going to answer anyway.”

“Good!” Patricia blushes crimson. “We're still friends, right?”

“Yeah. Why wouldn't we be?” You are fairly certain that Patricia, even after her confession, isn't much of a problem. You finish your food and clean up. “I'm off.”

You return to your room and prepare to take a shower. The inn has a neatly wrapped towel for bathing use, tied with a silk ribbon. Fancy. As soon as you enter the bathroom, you can hear someone stumbling in. It's definitely Yuko, by the sounds of their steps.

>Lock the bathroom door.
>Don't say a word. Better hide here.
>Casually call out to her.
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>>45968177
>>Lock the bathroom door.
NOPE.
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.
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>>45968177
>>Don't say a word. Better hide here.
ITS HAPPENING. HAREM SHOW HOOOOOO.
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.
>Let me guess, you want to talk to me?
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.
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>LOCK
How is it harder being the protagonist than what we were doing before,
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.
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>>45968266
Because hiro isn't covering us


ALSO LOCK THAT DOOR
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>>45968177
Lock door, let her know we'll be out soon right after.

We got a change of clothes right?
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>>45968177
>Don't say a word. Better hide here.
If there are no hjinks and stuff the viewers will get bored. If they'll get bored there will be drama.
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>>45968177
>Lock the bathroom door.

>>45968266
As the protagonist, you don't make events. The plot slaps them across your face.
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>>45968177
>>Lock the bathroom door.
>>Don't say a word. Better hide here

We need to do both, Yuko is relentless and will hunt us without mercy
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>>45965873
>“You pass, by the way.”
Just noticed that. What exactly did we pass? I don't remember talking about anything like that.
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>>Lock the bathroom door.
Play it cool. No need to invite unnecessary cliché.
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>Lock the Bathroom door.
once we avoid yuko, can we just call all the girls together and flat out state that they all just confessed to the same guy in the same 24 hour period? Should make for good shenanigans to extend the shows life and also help hash out what the hell is going on.
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Page 9.

Might want a new thread now, unless the next one is the last.
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>>45968596
Not acting like a dork
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>>45968686
But it would also be in our interest to at least response to the confessions. If we ignore all of them bad stuff will definitely happen.
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>>45968822
cant do it during this bloody rush that the plot forcing us through
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I began to wonder if Hiro knows about the harem and secretly shift the spotlight to us
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I still think that we can turn this into a pretty good murder mystery. Everyone loves a murder mystery.
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>>45969037
Go away patty.
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>>45969037
Remind me of that VN when main character rape/murder his friends...both gender.

On the other hand, this quest should be a real anime
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Update written. Making new thread now.
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>>45969037
After about 5 episodes of Harem? Most would see it as an ass pull to make it interesting. I mean, the whole "best friend tries to stop the harem but takes away from him" is appealing for a bit but now that the haremettes are just confessing one after another, people are probably going to get bored.

I mean if it was just Yori at the moment, with the rest later down the road, fine, but after literally 24 in-universe hours all of them confessed? Shows the director is starting to get a bit desperate.
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>>45969219
He'll probably start throwing more girls in next.
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Next thread here:
>>45969240
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>>45969219
>not liking almost-arbitrary-but-actually-foreshadowed genre shifts
It's the new thing nowadays, man.
Expect harem antics, get shounen.
Expect high fantasy, get economics.
Expect magical girls, get suffering.



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