#Sunrider academy denpa edition

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Sunrider academy denpa edition

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Her default expression is a frown, and she almost never smiles during the story sections. She is cold and harsh towards everybody, demanding every student to obey every regulation, no matter how inane. This would be far more emotionally satisfying than simply having Chigara say they made up.Īva is a perfect embodiment of the overachieving childhood friend: she is the top student of Sunrider Academy, the President of the Student Council, and a stickler for the rules. This makes him involved in his story, giving agency to the player. Have him engage both sisters throughout the route, and convince them to make up. There’s a simple fix for this: have Kayto refuse to give up on the Asadas, and instead push them towards reconciliation. This is a romance story, though, and there must be a happy ending. The more likely and realistic outcome would be Kayto cutting ties with the Asadas permanently. The final reconciliation was also unsatisfying: it’s hard to imagine that Kayto would suddenly welcome Chigara back into his life after the sisters put him through so much emotional stress. The entire resolution occurs off-screen, delivered only by exposition. Throughout Chigara’s route, Kayto becomes increasingly passive, focusing solely on his club responsibilities and studies. Heartwarming, certainly, but with one problem: Kayto had nothing to do with it. By the story’s end, they have made up and stopped impersonating each other. Instead, the story is resolved in an extremely convenient fashion: as Chigara coaches Lynn to act like her, the sisters find common ground to bond, and resolve their differences. This could have been the setup for a psychological thriller. It gets to the point where Kayto can’t tell who is who anymore. Worse, Chigara gives in to her sister’s whims, allowing Lynn to take her place in the Academy. After all, Chigara is the favored daughter - created by their parents to be the perfect girl.Īs the story progresses, Lynn tries to impersonate Chigara and steal Kayto from her. Chigara just wants to get along, but Lynn wants to take everything from her sister. Where Chigara is all sunshine and bubbles, Lynn is broody and depressive. The conflict in her route is driven by her twin sister, Lynn. She is also meek, innocent and girlish, the very definition of a moeblob. She’s a genius, but she’d rather be a baker. Chigara is the captain of the science club. I’m a pessimist, so I’ll start with the worst route: Chigara’s. To illustrate this, I’m going to break down the romance routes in the story. Tropes are not bad in of themselves, but the developers relied far too heavily on them to carry the plot instead of building on them to build better stories. Sunrider Academy relies on a number of well-established VN, anime and manga tropes: the overachieving childhood friend, the moeblob, the genki girl, the emotionless girl, conveniently contrived clumsiness leading to predictable perverse positions, and so on. While Sunrider Academy delivers competent stories for all four routes, it is hamstrung by its Japanese influence. When you choose a girl to pursue, the humour gives way to drama, teenage angst, and romance. The common route, spanning the first few months, is chock-full of in-jokes and moments of hilarity. The player must juggle Kayto’s studies, club affairs and love life over an increasingly hectic school year. And, Kayto has to keep his grades up to retain his position. When he goes to school, his childhood friend Ava Crescrentia, President of the Student Council, charges Kayto with turning around three sports clubs in danger of being disbanded by the school. In the beginning of his second year, he promises his kid sister Maray that he would get a girlfriend. In Sunrider Academy, you play the role of Kayto Shields, Vice President of the Student Council. That said, I enjoyed my overall experience with the game.

#Sunrider academy denpa edition series#

If not for its tangential connection to the Sunrider series I wouldn’t even have picked up Sunrider Academy. I don’t play dating sims, and visual novels only rarely. Where the original game was a turn-based strategy game featuring intense battles between starships and mecha, Sunrider Academy is a time/stat management dating sim. The Sunrider series is a collection of visual novels powered by the Ren’Py engine, with gameplay sections interspaced with VN storytelling segments. Set in an alternate universe, Sunrider Academy reimagines the main characters as high school students. Sunrider Academy is a spin-off from the Sunrider series.