Oookay, so it took a month longer than I planned on, but here is the playthrough of Hikari's first week at Spica. Like in Nagisa's story the big event the first week is a welcome party for her respective school. But more on that in a little bit because first Hikari encounters some familiar faces on the way to class. And in doing so establishes the early frontrunners for her playthrough's romantic pairing!
Being that they're the same age it doesn't surprise too much when
Yaya is the first one our girl meets in the morning. She's always very happy to see Hikari and though it's been a while since I played this section of the game, I think she mentioned the party too. Hikari meanwhile is just excited for her day and parts ways pleasantly just in time for a special encounter. Turns out that first encounter with Shizuma was enough to inspire her to take a
trip to Spica'scampus! All just to talk to Hikari again,
which shocks the blonde when she hears it and Shizuma notices the top button of Hikari's jacket is undone. Being a helpful oneesama she offers to fix this for Hikari. This brings up another
angel/devil minigame where Hikari has the tough decision to make as to if she'll allow it. Since they're cute together and I'd like to see an inter-school relationship I have her say yes. After which Shizuma does in fact button it up.. and surprises Hikari with
some bold statements (I'm pretty sure at least).
After Shizuma departs amidst whispered gossiping about how she came to Spica just to see Hikari, it's time to head to class. Except Hikari is stopped by none other than
Tsubomi, who's just about to be off to PE for baseball or softball (it doesn't say which). She does mention a bat and glove though, so it's one of the two. Tsubomi's
very excited to see Hikari again as you can tell by her dramatic reaction to the girl's presence. Actually she's most excited about the party and asks if she can go together with Hikari. With a more or less affirmative answer
she gets really fired up to do her best at baseball.. or softball.. or whatever.
In their classroom after the lesson Yaya comes to find Hikari and mentions the party. Hikari happily mentions that a cute younger girl asked to go with her, which
doesn't make Yaya very happy. Yaya gets pretty upset and says,
'oh, so you don't want to go with Yaya?'. Though Hikari apologizes and makes good with her classmate there's still that lingering feeling that Yaya's dead set on going with Hikari too. This will end up being the player's decision, which is a nice way to actually pick and choose a girl when a lot of things might need to be timed right.
En route to her room, Hikari stops at the church and meets..
Tamao, though the scene is very brief. When she reaches her room Hikari
wonders aloud who she should go to the party with. You have three choices at this point:
go with Yaya,
go with Tsubomi or
go by yourself. For the most adorable option, it's time for Hikari to be met in her room before the party by..
Tsubomi.
Who's very pleasedto go to the party with Hikari-oneesama, though she does get distracted for a while and run off to help with some things. When she gets back she mentions that when she's with Hikari it's the time when she's happiest. And then gets fired up again, this time about
there being rivals for Hikari (again, I think.. it was a month ago).
And for Hikari's first diary entry I decide she'll
write about Shizuma. On the off chance that doing so will make Shizuma pop up more often in Hikari's story, thus increasing the chances of a Shizuma/Hikari ending. Tsubomi is strong in the running too, but she and Hikari will cross paths more often since they're both Spica. Next is week 2, when I get down to playing it tomorrow.