Rin's route

This page is about the route/plotline for Rin Tezuka. If you're looking for her character page, click here.

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Act 1 ~ Life Expectancy

Hisao first encounters Rin on his third day while finding supplies for the student council. With her usual lack of tact Rin asks Hisao what his disability is, guessing it is "in his pants" causing a stunned Hisao to explain his arrhythmia, making Rin the first student to know about his condition. After receiving an ineffective scolding by Shizune for delaying her art project, Rin enlists Hisao's help in mixing the paints while she draws on the wall below the student dormitories. The following day Hisao finds himself helping Rin painting the mural once again, all the while struggling to deal with her eccentric personality and nonsensical conversation. Later, Emi drags Hisao to the roof for lunch where he encounters Rin again. The three converse and Emi invites Hisao to join them again for lunch in the future. While coming back from the convenience store with Lilly, Hisao encounters a confused Rin wandering around and the two bring her to school, where Rin suddenly realizes that she might not finish the mural in time due to her procrastination, and spends the whole night and the following day painting. She enlists the help of Emi and Hisao to provide what paints she needs. That same day, Hisao encounters the art teacher, Mr. Nomiya, who is bringing colleagues of his to the festival to view Rin's work. On a spur of the moment decision, Hisao decides to join the art club. The day of the festival, Hisao ends up spending the whole day with Rin beside her mural talking about how she feels about her project, which seems to be unsure. As the sun sets, Hisao falls asleep against the brick wall. After a while he is awakened by the sound of fireworks, and is surprised to find Rin sleeping while leaning against him. Eventually Rin wakes up as well. As they watch the fireworks, the two discuss the brevity of human life and Rin remarks on Hisao's cynicism.

Act 2 ~ Disconnect 

Act 2: Disconnect

The next day after class Hisao accidentally bumps into Emi again in which she was in a hurry and offers to eat lunch on the rooftop again with Rin. Hisao makes it rooftop sees Rin lying on the rooftop watching the sky, and she reveals that she skips class just to experience the things she wants to do. Hisao then enters the art club room. To his surprise he finds Rin was opposite side of a blind boy that she was talking about then Nomiya announces the club members that Hisao will be their new club member, and tells everyone to begin there projects and choose a partner. Hisao asks Rin to be his partner, in which she agrees and the duo's start to draw a portrait of their partner. Hisao finishes his portrait of Rin, remarking how he is not much of an artist, disappointed. He states Rin's is seems to be perfect, and comments that he wishes to be good as her while looking at it. Rin remarks he seems to be gloomy looking. The next day after class, Rin asks if she can listen to his heartbeat, and Hisao comments that it should be private, to which Rin replies that she ate a orange for breakfast and that it is her favorite fruit. Rin asks Hisao as to why he has not smiled at all since coming to the school.Later on the Library Hisao had a little chat with Yuuko about his time in Yamaku was either refreshing or feels that he was stuck which Yuuko feels that she was now more reliable and joyfully on Hisao that they will meet each other again.On The day of the track meet arrives and Hisao attends with Rin and meets Emi's Mother Meiko Ibarazaki.After introductions, (and teasing), the trio watch Emi run her events.During the second event Rin's feet began to thump as she was enthusiast on the race but replies that she only watch Emi at her Emiest as Rin's put it.Hisao begans to be amazed by Emi in the event Meiko leaves before the final event.Hisao and Rin went together to congratulate Emi and invites Hisao to join her and Rin for a celebration later in the week.In the art club after Nomiya finishes his lecture on the class he ask Rin to help out Sae by giving her one of her Art causing a hesitant Rin to think about it.After Rin leaves the art room Hisao catches up asking about her problem.Rin decides to go somewhere and Hisao offers to come with her to which she agrees the duo's went to the forest and stop by to a large tree called the Worry Tree by Rin here she wallows up her misery to the tree and here Hisao feels that he should change.On sunset the duo's return to their dorms but was interrupted by Kenji which he offers to visit his room anytime they want to about his feminine conspiracy and secretly gave them a password to enter(HONEYMUFFIN).The next day Hisao recieves a letter from Iwanako,bringing official closure to the relationship that didn't even start Hisao mails a letter to her but no replies.In the art club Hisao had a chat with Rin during her work about RIn losing many words she knows as she paints and this is the proof of her existence and resolves that change scares her.Nomiya ask if Rin agrees to which Hisao supports the idea.The afternoon of Hisao's picnic with Emi and Rin starts off bad with overcast sky Rin suggest that they should had a picnic while raining but Emi declines and decided to seek shelter at the shanghai where Hisao encounters with Yuuko and surpirsed that she also works as a waitress.After the trio enjoys at the Shanghai Emi begans to go back at her own during raining Hisao offers Rin to go back to school with him while Hisao covers her and himself with his umbrella while the duo's walk together Rin argues about the rain that she feels it was connected to her art,after they reach to school the two returns to their dorm for tomorrow.Hisao visits to the Nurse for his check up and mentioned that Emi got a cold for today,there Hisao arrives at the roof and began to watch the sky,this was interrupted by Rin and ask about why Emi wasn't here bringing luch for them,to her surprise that she was sick.But unexpectedly Rin sneezes and Hisao help her wipe her nose with his hankerchief.While waiting for the school bell the duo's talk to eachother there Rin suprisingly hugs Hisao and confesses that she was not very good at it cause one time Emi hugs her and got surprised ending up kicking her stomach after the hug Rin offers Hisao to visit someplace if they had time.After class Hisao and Emi finally got together and on her way visit Rin to bring her a cold medicine cause she got sick.2 Days later a nerveous Hisao decide to visit Rin in her room,surprisingly after managing finding her room Hisao knocks the her door and Rin answers the door appearing on him with a almost any clothes on there Rin was surprise that nobody visits her before who is not Emi,After the non-esccential chat Hisao wanted to tell her that he is going to change and apologize for saying stupid things Rin also apologize too for saying stupid thing too and returns to bed their Rin ask Hisao that he likes to see girls sleeping and tells to stay but Hisao told her that he had homework to do and begins to leave her room.Rin jumps out of her bed and escorting him out of her room there Rin kisses Hisao and returns to bed Hisao tuck her up and leaves.The next day Hisao bumped into Rin again and ask if she remember what happen last last but Rin can't recall it however Rin offers Hisao to visit a place that she had promise to him to which Hisao agrees.The duo's began to walk to the forest and pass the worry tree and stopped by in the valley where there are sea of dandelions there Rin litterally outburst and thought that Hisao was upset but he calms her down.Rin reveals that she never had friends(despite Emi is with her)but Hisao really wanted to became her friend and they spend together during sunset Hisao decided to either quit or continue in the art club.Rin finally decided to accept to work in Sae's gallery, while the duo's returning to their dorms Hisao feels that their friendship is about to put to the test that the distance between them is in his grasp.

Act 3 ~ Distance

Act 3: Distance

One day during class,Mutou Lecture Hisao and sclod him for sleeping in class,then after class he stop by at the art club seeing Rin talking to Nomiya that she decided to work at the gallery for Sae causing a joyful Nomiya to grab his cellphone in order to call Sae and bringing the two at the 22nd Corner Art Gallery.There they meet the gallery owner Sae.Nomiya privately talk to her then he agrees to make Rin work at art gallery.Next day Nomiya manages to convince the principal that Rin will no longer attends to class while still maintaining that she will be still as a student at the Yamaku.Hisao waits for Rin but didn't show up at the hallway so he's goes at her class there he saw Rin sleepsat the last day of her class,while waiting for her to wake up she begins to shed tears believing that she was dreaming,However when she woke up she said that the reason she cries is that she learned to,while the duo are at the the stairs she said to Hisao that she's gonna change.On a Hot day another chat for Emi she was really mad because Rin told her to stay away from her for a while, causing Rin to be isolated from her only friend,after the chat Hisao would either continue at the art club or go to the library(depending on the choice).One day Hisao takes a long ride on the bus to visit Rin at the atelier on the top of the gallery building where he waits for her to go talk to him,after waiting Hisao confesses to Rin that he liked her romatically but she delines however she ask if he will come tomorrow.Second day Hisao arbitary visits Rin again ,where she begins to ask him if he was her friends.On the third day Hisao tries to visit her again but this time he visits first at the local convenient store to buy some oranges before hitching a ride in the bus.After arriving at the atelier Hisao manage to temp Rin to take abreak in order to ensure her health.On fourth day Hisao finds Sae and Rin outside at the gallery where they chat about Rin's progress to which that she can't make a dent yet but Sae cheers her up,Rin ask her that if she can have some cigarretes causing a schoking Sae to mechanically give some to her along with a lighter and begs not to tell the teacher.At the atelier Rin tells Hisao that even her old techniques won't work anymore decing that she should destroy herself in order to begin her progress by smoking  there she begans to pick up one cigarrete straight from her mouth,then they began to share cigarrete one by one but still wasn't enough so Hisao decides to take a walk with Rin,after they take a trip in town Rin tells Hisao that he should not come visit her causing a stunned Hisao to confess about the painful distance between them and Rin tells him that he can touch her,there he touch Rin in the cheeks and they say their goodbye.On the fifth day Hisao disobidiently goes to the gallery where they had a chat with Nomiya and Sae.Nightfalls Nomiya offers Hisao to drive back home but interrupted by Sae.At the atelier Hisao saw a desperate Rin who was litterally overwhelmed.Hisao embrasses her and unexpectedly Rin ask Hisao to comfort her to which he agrees but stated that this was not what friends should do Rin replies that they can't be friends for now then Hisao begans to comfort her,there Rin worries that why he came for her and Hisao confesses that he dind't want to lose her.In the morning before class starts Hisao interpret last night and ask why this art was so important to her to which Rin can't explain cause he would even understand but Hisao acknowleges that he will understand then Rin wanted to do she wants causing Hisao to get enraged cause her decision was too unhealthy for her and isolated from everyone,Hisao departs.

Bad Ending

If Hisao demands Rin explain what he is to her, she struggles to do so. He becomes angry, feeling used, believing she is treating him as nothing more than a muse, and expresses many of the feelings he thinks in the more supportive storylines. He gets through to her, although not in the way he intended, causing her to stumble trying to offer an explaination, and realizing that she cannot. She demands that he leave, and he does so, returning to his room. He contemplates the strange change that has emerged in their relationship, unable to decide if this change is in him, or in her. Before lying on his bed, he looks at his watch, noting that it is 3:30 am. He considereds how dependable it has been, always "knowing more about what is going on than I do." He looks at the medications lying on his desk, considering how much he will have to depend on these, and considers the time that stretches out before him, before removing the watch. Before fading to sleep, he notes how much time he wasted chasing things out of his reach.

Act 4 ~ Dream

Act 4: Dream

While in class, Hiaso feels disapointed about Rin. Afterwards he goes to the art club meeting so he can talk to Nomiya. 5 days pass with Hiaso finishing his exams on the 5th day. Nomiya invites him in the gallery that he cannot say no as long as he doesn't discuss anything about Rin. After the next day's dinner, Hiaso bumps into Rin while on his way to his dorm. He responds in anger because of her not being prepared for the exhibition. Later that day, Rin rudely enters Haiso's room and sits on his bed. Leaning on his desk, Hiaso anrgrily stares at her, waiting for her to say why she went to seem him. Rin responds in desperation, saying that she needs him, but after, starts talking about seemingly unimportant things, like why Hiaso's would draw a pattern on his dusty desk. Hiaso backfires, saying that Rin in toying with his head. Then Rin response in desperation that she needs him but ends up returns to asking less important stuff like why Hisao draw a pattern in his dusty desk and search for a word for it.But Hisao backfires claiming that Rin is toying his mind.But Rin response that she needs to paint that cause Hisao to Say that he is not a muse and express in anger that he has many important things to do and reveals that he was interested in art a little so that she can feel that he had a really interested at all. Then in desperation Rin says that she can't do anything besides art.Hisao shouts that she never explains everything that he needs to understands her and demands an answer. Unexpectly causing Aa frustrated Rin say to Hisao to go away only in reply that she was on his room then she departs.Hisao reliazes that Rin was Actually upset about he said and bump his head twice and decides to visit the art exibition. There Sae invited some guest to look at Rin's work which impresses them.There Hisao Encounters Emi that she wants to see and congratulates Rin for her work of art. Together they finally met Rin with Nomiya both Hisao and Emi congratulates her but Rin only response to Emi.After Sae introduced the guests to Rin the guests ask her questions that littlerally overwhelms her causing her to fall and seat between her legs then Hisao escorts her outside the exibition helping her catching her breath then Hisao ask her to go back but Rin doesn't like to be asking question that she cannot answer and looks for a person that never had to ask question on her that she cannot answer right.

Good Ending

If Hisao asks Rin that if she find that person then what will be the outcome for her.Then Rin realized that she make a mistake and runs off back to school so she can be herself.Hisao tries to stop her from running away but failed then returns to the gallery where Nomiya then asked Hisao that where she had gone to.Causing him to get angry then Emi tells Hisao that they should go find her but Hisao resolves that it's best to leave her alone for now then the duo's decided to go back home for the tomorrow's exams.The next day after Hisao easily finishes his exams Nomiya enters his class and urgently ask Mutou that he needs to talk to Hisao.After they come out of the class Nomiya ask Hisao where Rin is hiding however Hisao doesn't know where she is right now causing Nomiya to be worried.Then Hisao ask Nomiya that he's the one that pushes Rin to do the exibition which Nomiya replies that her goal was his goal and never wanted to see her talents go to waste and tells him that many of the guest in the exibition likes her work and one of the piece is even sold to a reasonable price then Nomiya tells him that if he finds Rin he should bring her to the art room.Hisao finds out that Rin was hiding in her old class room there he finds her and tells her that Nomiya was looking for her but Rin ask if he also was looking for her Hisao replies that he already did.Then Hisao ask Rin that why she runs away from the exibition but Rin is trying to dodge the question and doesn't want to explain.Hisao tries a different approach by asking her that why she paints Rin replies that it's the only path that she can choose then Hisao tells her about what Sae said about a true artist 'must'paint the reason Rin paints is to express her feelings so that she won't be lonely However Hisao confesses that he hated art and art is just to be comprehend and not to understand but ends up changing the subject by telling Rin to apologize to Nomiya.After they reach to the art class Rin enters and Hisao waits outside then Nomiya argues Rin that why she just run off but replies that she  couldn't say anything.Nomiya furoiusly tells Rin that she embarassed not just him and Sae but all the other guest and the path she takes is 'thorny' Rin's reply causing Nomiya to yell at her(the way Hisao did to her previously)expecting that Rin throw her artistic talents for nothing then departs.Rin talks to Hisao that her apology did not recieve well during Hisao's conversation with Rin she tells him to go away because she thought that Hisao failed her as a friend the way Nomiya does but Hisao confronts her telling her that Nomiya was forcing her to be someone than herself and confesses that the reason that he gets angry at her as well is to become someone for her more than a friend.Then Rin became confused and no longer had any idea what she did wrong Hisao utterly relpies that she should either accept it or give up for the things that she did wrong causing Rin bursted to tears.Rin reveals that the reason she paints so that she can express her feelings to others so that she won't be alone but ends up that she cannot use art as a condult to express it this was because others can't see the way Rin does.After Rin feels better hisao escorts her to her dorms then during thier way across downstairs Rin says'i think i had to change'.On the next day Hisao was awakened by the heavy rain outside while waiting for the rain to stop he pack his stuff and take a shower then unexpectedly he hears a loud bump from his door hoping it was not kenji but ends up seeing Rin right in front of him where she was soaked wet from the downpour during she was walking that she never saw it's going to rain.Rin ask Hisao that she needs him to get dry but Hisao ask that Emi should do it but Rin replies that she left and tells him that he was not a fuzzy type then hesitantly Hisao invites her to his room to help her get dried from the rain but ends up turning into love-making.After waking up Rin invites him to go somewhere with her then impatiently ask to dressed her up during Hisao helping her get dressed she starts to speak backwards then after helping her get dressed Rin starts running to the forest Hisao follows her up to where the sea of dandelions that where now shedding seeds.Rin ask Hisao that do he loves her to which Hisao's reply that he doesn't know the same answer as Rin then confesses that she loves Hisao but then also confesses that she was afraid of Hisao to which she respond that she wanted to runaway from it then Hisao feels it like from another life he has before.Then they kissed suddenly Rin told him that she was afraid from his kindness but overcomes it. After Hisao gently blows one dandelion he ask Rin about becaming a true artist but replies that it doesn't matter and starts cloudgazing Rin decided that she should be herself and begins raising her short arms the story ends when Rin ask Hisao that what's the right word that she was searching for.

Neutral Ending

If Hisao tells Rin that she should be happy that everyone likes her art and ask questions for it Rin becames upset and returns to the gallery suprising Nomiya that nothing is wrong about her.The Next Day After Hisao easily finishes his exam and returns to his room he tries to visit Rin but she was not on her dorm causing him to wait for the next day.When Hisao tries to visit Rin again he ends up meeting Emi she tells him that she is back at the gallery.Hisao goes to the gallery and meet up with Nomiya and Sae and saw one of Rin's work even some had already been sold then Sae told Hisao about the story of two friends(one that commits suicide while the other died form exaustion during pursiung his art career)then Rin appears and run outside Hisao follows and covers her from the rain with his umbrella then the duo's start walking together then after the rain stops Rin moves away from Hisao and tells him that she looks for someone that can understand her.But Hisao cynically responds that it doesn't matter that if someone can see the way she feels and people are always alone causing Rin to feel alone even more and decides to accept a scolarship in Tokyo leaving Yamaku for good.Rin hugs Hisao and tells him that she can hug someone on her own and pursue to became an artist Rin tells Hisao to forget about her for now on.Rin walks away from Hisao for good.