Kanata Nanami is a Pisces, and has been best friends with Tsukiko and Suzuya since childhood. I said before that In Autumn is dark in terms of the Starry Sky series, so expect more light-hearted and sillier characters this time around. Three dateable options and all of them have grown up with Tsukiko Yahisa. While In Autumn focused on student-teacher relationships, In Spring is a game entirely populated with childhood friends.

Starry Sky ~ In Spring is the first game in the Starry Sky otome series. In each characters description, I will include the type of childhood friend they are and a short overview of why they fit into that particular group. Type C The quiet type, he often acts distant and harsh but he cares deeply for the main character, often only showing his true self to her Type B The flirty type, he is a charmer who often becomes confrontational when it comes to his feelings Type A The brotherly type, he is kind and caring and spends a lot of time with the main character (Ryouta fits into this category) Since the childhood friend and the main character already have an established history, less has to be done within the route itself to develop their relationship.įor the sake of clarity, lets define three particularly common childhood friend templates: Part of the popularity of these characters in the dating sim genre could be that less has to be written about the pre-relationship phase. Unfortunately, this can also make these characters predictable, and therefore they can be boring to interact with. They come in a couple different flavors, but most of it comes down to a mix-and-match list of traits to make an immediately likeable character. Some of them try to act really cool and uncaring on the outside and hide their feelings, others are upfront about how they feel, and others just act embarrassed while trying to hide their feelings (this is the most common of the three). They can be playful or timid (though they tend toward timid), but they all act protective of the main character, always backing them up when trouble comes along and keeping undesirable boys at bay. In many cases, these characters already come with a crush on the main character, though they try their best to hide it to avoid awkward situations.

Theyre also one of the biggest archetypes in the dating sim genre, with most standard games including at least one childhood friend in their roster.Ĭhildhood friends are almost always honest and good-natured, and they tend to have the easiest routes due to the pre-existing relationship between the main character and their childhood friend. In comparison to teachers, childhood friends are more homogenized as an archetype. Part 117: Supplementary Lesson #2: The Childhood Friend Archetype

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