Talk:Hanako's route/@comment-76.123.22.159-20200427092005/@comment-78.27.113.210-20200630185808

You're probably not even going to see this comment, but I'm immensely happy that someone feels even remotely the same way that I do. About two weeks ago, when I was out of town I saw the "DID YOUR MOM GIVE BIRTH ON A MINEFIELD" meme, which piqued my interest. I haven't played any other visual novels (excluding the fact that I watched the whole gameplay of DDLC, and I absolutely loved it), because I hadn't found a visual novel that I thought would be worth playing, but after finding out the name of this game and what it was about, I thought that maybe this could be worthwhile. About a week ago I downloaded this game and fell immediately in love with it. In the span of about three or four days, scattered across the week, I got my first completion. Yesterday I completed my first run (pun intended) by getting the good ending for Emi. 

That shit hit me like a ton of bricks. 

The game and the characters spoke to me on a deep level. I haven't been able to think that much about anything else than this game for a couple of days. Yesterday I started a new save, trying to get Hanako this time (On my first run I originally wanted to go for Hanako, but went with Emi instead). I got the good ending about 20-30 minutes ago and I don't know how I feel. I'm really, really happy how the Hanako route went and I think the ending was great, but somehow I feel a deep... emptiness inside me. This game has affected me a lot, maybe even too much. Yesterday, when I completed the Emi route, I just had to vent my feelings somewhere. I found an article from 2015 , which talked about the game and I just had to get (at least some) of my feelings out there. 

Tomorrow I'm starting a new save and this time I think that I'll try to get the Shizune or Lilly route. 

I really don't know what I'll do when I eventually 100% the game... If I feel this weird and lost only after playing it once/twice I don't know how I'll feel when it's completely over. The only time that I don't spend a lot of my mental energy thinking about the game, or being kind of "stressed out" about it is when I'm actually playing the game. I think that this game has somehow made me re-evaluate my life and the things that I find important to me. (I'm acknowledging how stupid and overreactant this sounds) 

I'm extremely grateful for your comment and I'm happy to see that it is also (fairly) recent. I'm not sure if you feel the same way that I do, or if you still have the same feelings that you describe in your (magnificent) comment, but I thank you from the deepest part of my heart. I'm not sure what's the thing about this game that has gotten me so worked up for the past week or so, but I feel a bit better now that I have written this comment. 

You are a compassionate and thoroughly kind hearted human being. 

- E