Koisuru Natsu no Last Resort Discussion Thread

[Nimbus]

"According to Wataru-San, he loves himself more than anything or anyone".

 

I think I finally found my soul-mate.

[oxczen]

To summarize Shiori's letter: "I need to get my shit together first."

 

And then, she just did it. Not much of a climax here, we don't even know how far goodbye and reunion are timewise.

 

Oh, that makes sense. Thank

[Darbury]

"According to Wataru-San, he loves himself more than anything or anyone".

 

I think I finally found my soul-mate.

 

A Wataru route would have been god-tier. Just saying.

[atorq]

So far kind of disappointing. Riho's route was just a big meh and Nagisa's felt short and rushed. And then someone had to go ruin the art for me. I'm hoping the other routes will be better.

[TexasDice]

I have seen both sides of Riho's coin now and I really enjoy doing her route. Contrarily to another route in this VN, the other characters are showing up and have actual lines. Stunning! 

 

Unless the ending completely botchers it, I would recommend this one.  

[Satsuki]

My low motivation on starting up the next route is telling me that this VN is unrecommended.

[MFrost]

^lolicon.

 

I liked Umi's route, felt natural...kinda, but I think the MC is a wuss. Think I'll try Riho's route *(I'm on the lawnmower part now) then go off on to the fandiscs with a Hook.

But seriously, way to wimp out Soutarou. There needs to be more options with this too...maybe that's why I think MC is a wuss, wouldn't have made the same choices he did.

[TexasDice]

I actually don't mind the protagonist in this. He's certainly a little whimpy and I couldn't identify myself with him for 90% of my reading time, sure. But I do prefer something resembling a human being with flaws over the usual "I can do anything!"-protagonist, which we see so often. In fact, the only time I didn't like Sotarou, was when he suddenly broke character.

 

Let's get into Shiori and Sango spoilers once again:

In Shiori's route, the protagonist was great. At first, he had no idea what he was supposed to do for the girl he loves, got frustrated and then slowly pieced together his approach and gathered the confidence he needed.

 

In Sango's route, Sotarou also had no idea how to solve the incoming drama. But contrarily to the learning experience in Shiori's route, he suddenly just knew exactly what he had to say to solve everything. Deus ex diploma in psychology?

[CeruleanGamer]

Done. Onwards to the fandisc. I want my damn Yuuhi and Konami routes along with some threesomes. 

 

Also from looking at the CGs of the fandisc, there's a....

wedding scene with Umi?!

[nohman]

Quick question, what marks the ending of the common route?

[TexasDice]

Quick question, what marks the ending of the common route?

[nohman]

Sotarou and Umi talk about whether or not to continue their couple act in their room, after Nagisa had them fess up.

[TexasDice]

I agree. The plot is supposed to take place over a month, but it felt like the common route ended on the third day. Lots of off-screen happenings which I'd like to see, actually.

[Abyssal Monkey]

Don't they get found out after the first week? I think this is what really causes the disassociation. Each route, common + route, is ~6k lines. When the common route which is about a week takes the same amount of lines as the route which is 3 weeks, it really comes off as chronologically odd.

[Darbury]

Each route, common + route, is ~6k lines. When the common route which is about a week takes the same amount of lines as the route which is 3 weeks, it really comes off as chronologically odd.

[Abyssal Monkey]

Technically, the common route takes place over four months. It starts in early April and ends about a week or so into August.

[Darbury]

Smartass? Me? 

 

Any idea how many lines the August week is when they are on the island?

[Abyssal Monkey]

Smartass? Me? 

 

 

About 1,100 lines before they get to the island. The first week length varies based on your early choices, but it averages about another 3,100 lines before the common route ending. And then 5,000-7,500 lines per route on top of that.

[TexasDice]

You can't really call it mismanagement. Visual Novels are not Zoo Tycoon, so not every day has to be treated with the same amount of attention as others. Dedicating an amount of lines shouldn't be dependent on the ingame day, but the importance of the scheduled scene.

[Darbury]

That first week is so long, relatively speaking, because they want to give equal screen time to each of the girls before you make your pick — and that takes lines. Once you do choose, of course, all the other girls get eaten by sharks or something, so there's nothing but quality time for you and your sweetie.

[Abyssal Monkey]

You can't really call it mismanagement. Visual Novels are not Zoo Tycoon, so not every day has to be treated with the same amount of attention as others. Dedicating an amount of lines shouldn't be dependent on the ingame day, but the importance of the scheduled scene.

[TexasDice]

A wise man called William Shakesman once said: "Brevity is the soul of wit". Which means don't waste my time. Get to the point and keep it nice and simple.

 

Adding any more words to the portion you mentioned would've destroyed the point of it.

[Abyssal Monkey]

A wise man called William Shakesman once said: "Brevity is the soul of wit". Which means don't waste my time. Get to the point and keep it nice and simple.

 

Adding any more words to the portion you mentioned would've destroyed the point of it.

[MFrost]

There's no way to change the resolution from 1280:720 / 16:9, is there?

[TexasDice]

Riho route = good route. I really enjoyed the banter and games with the other characters in this one, even though the great whammy moment could've used a little more wham. Shiori in particular was just hilarious here.