Monday, May 12, 2014

Harutoki 5: Chinami's Route

I wasn't planning to go down chinami's rout at all when I first got this game a week ago.  I some how ended up in his rout so I thought I might as well go through it.  First of I'm not really into shotas and there are 2 maybe 3 in this game if you count Sou.  I usually avoid them but Chinami is different.  Even though he's hot blooded and shy he's not mean about it (like a certain horse man in rune factory 4)
He does this little thing with his braid when he's embarrassed and every time he does it I just dawww.  There are some scenes where you interact with the other men where he gets all embarrassed like when Shyun... I don't know if he's feeding you or cutting up your food for you but it's somewhere along those lines, Chinami gets all red faced and runs out of the restaurant.  He's just the cutest little thing.  Miyako gives him a rough time.  I really like the dynamic between them.  First thing he does is berate her from having such a girly name and you have to say "Well, that's because she's a GIRL."  He's shocked which is funny because he looks pretty girly himself.  There gets to be a point when you've watched anime for so long, you can tell what gender a character is.  I'm not sure what the signals are but I'm usually able to tell.  With him it was easy, but wiith Miyako, it was really tough but I really like her now and see her as a woman.  It's just funny when even the characters in game can't tell.

So the reason why I decided just to go with Chinami's route was after he found out his brother had become a vengeful spirit and had run off.  The scene where you sit with him on the sea shore just hit me so hard because I know what it's like to have someone die.  I just wanted to help this poor babbys.  Amami convinces him that it was his fault that his (troup?) died and he wasn't there with them or something like that and he's in a lot of pain emotionally.  He goes to get his revenge against amami and ends up horribly injured at which point we take him into the other world and bandage him up at the collapsing hospital there.  (I'm thinking that Shun has medical experience.)  When Chinami wakes up we find that he has the DREADED AMNESIA!  OH NO! (you should all know how I feel about amnesia)

As for romance, there's a lot of chemistry between you two because of you wanting to help him after his brother's death and then helping him when he has amnesia.  Add onto all that that he gets flustered and frustrated easily.  My favorite scene with him is when after he lost his memory, You go to wake him up and find him fighting to braid his hair (you hear him cussing through the door, it's the funniest thing.)  You decide to help him braid it and the whole time he's just staring at you.  As she tries to explain things, perhaps how to braid all he does is stare and say yeah... even if you don't say anything he's still like "yeah..." SO CUTE.

Chinami's route was fantastic.  I loved his reactions to things and his scenes.  I'm just mad that he cut off his braid when he comes to the other world with you. NO NOT THE BRAID!  NOOOOOO.

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