I've been watching Amagami SS, and even though I haven't finished it yet, it has been an depressing experience to me. Not because of the anime itself, but because of its way successively presenting one route after the other. The protag goes through a whole process of building a story with one of the girls just to go back in time after 4 episodes and start if again with another one (yes, I know it is so because it comes from a dating sim). It leaves off a certain feeling of nostalgia for something that didn't happen, in a world of fiction. And it reminds me too much of my own fantasy in real life, maybe even more so because so many of the interactions in it are cringy lol. How many times did I daydreamed about how things could be - this anime is like a visual representation of it.
I never played visual novels besides KS when it was released and I never managed to do more than one route because I grew attached.
You can watch the sequel SS+, in order to see the continuation of the routes
Lucas Richardson
Oh, thanks for the tip. I thought SS+ was about more routes.
Brandon Martin
To me, presenting a route for each girl to win seems like terribly weak writing. Not only that, it's also delusional. It is a weak way for someone to not get angry about losing, but then winning means nothing anyway.
Cameron Long
Well, it's probably the best way to fully adapt a visual novel, isn't it? Otherwise you would have to make it into a harem and pretty much rape the original story.
Mason Morales
It's a terrible cop-out for a certain harem manga for example, but it seems like the best way to adapt a branching VN if the routes themselves aren't that long.
Juan Fisher
I genuinely enjoyed Amagami when I watched, if I watched it now it would probably just give me depression.
Grayson Torres
What changed?
Robert Ortiz
When I first watched it I was still young and had hope that maybe I'd get to experience something like Tachibana, now I'm older and know I won't get to experience his happiness.
Anthony King
I know that feel. Real life crushes all of our dreams. Happiness is nothing but a mirage.
Joseph Collins
This is why Kimikiss split the male MC into two people with their own routes
Justin Thompson
It's like the MC is literally me and all the routes are his fantasies that never happened (like mine).
Brayden Mitchell
I downloaded the whole serie just to delete it before even watching one episode. Why? Well, because i knew i would feel depressed.
21 years of purity and i know i might never get my chance to have a girlfriend. I even got depressed by seeing how Ishigami from Kaguya got female friends, while i cannot even do that.
I get what you mean. I watch Amagami when I want to torture myself. Kaoru and Tsukasa's routes are my favourites.
Jaxson Allen
Even if you got a girlfriend, she wouldn't be a cute anime girl. That is at the same time relieving and depressing, don't you think? lol
Anthony Howard
Kaoru's was the one that left the strongest marks in me so far, I still haven't reached Tsukasa's though.
Jack Kelly
Tsukasa was my least favorite one. What did you think of Rihoko? She's my favorite.
Charles Smith
For me Tsukasa and Ai's, they felt the most normal, Tsukasa's end with the child would be soul destryoing to watch now.
Lincoln Green
I've just begun, to tell the truth. I'm at Sae's arc right now.
Michael Miller
unironically kill yourself toubunfag
Eli Price
>Tsukasa's end with the child would be soul destryoing to watch now
Ah, my eyes! Don't spoiler on me, bro.
Logan Bennett
You can get a girlfriend, Zig Forums. It might be difficult in a lot of ways, but it's not impossible.
David Powell
Yeah that end really is soul destroying Kaoru's is one of my faves cause she feels the most real out of all the girls.
Parker Wood
Kaoru felt very natural, the discovery of a lover in an old friend is cool too. Morishima and the MC also had their cringe vibe which I could get behind too lol
Noah Jones
You don't women to achieve happiness. However having friends is a big boost wish it was easy to make frens when you're a kid it took 2 seconds.
Jayden Wright
yeah I gotcha amagami was the only romance anime recently that really got me, even though romances don't usually do that for me anymore
Justin Nelson
This happens when toubunniggers discover omnibus format.
It's not so much that just the realization of missed oppourtunities.
Luis Scott
>You don't women to achieve happiness
That's real life. But the romantic representation of happiness that we see in our animes is probably the most fulfilling. Naturally it's just escapism.
Brayden Johnson
Whoever invented this was the one that got swept off his feet by Amagami. I wonder how he's doing.
