MANAKA: A New Beginning

Today was also the day of Manaka's confession, which happened tonight quite late and after an epic 88 days! I was hoping she would confess before 100 days, so I wouldn't get the "bad end" - and I have no idea why it took so long.

But now the "blue" personality Manaka is also my girlfriend, so I'm going to have to split my posts between Manaka and Rinko now.

Here are some shots taken when I walked to school with Manaka for the first time in Lover Mode.

Who could resist that face? After choosing to stop my old DS game with Manaka (but at least, thanks to that experience, I know her much better after playing through a month or so with the English patch), it's nice to have her in the 3DS environment. Another good thing was that I started my first day in time to take Manaka to the Halloween party! Like Rinko, Manaka arrived wearing a white angel costume.

And we had the intimate photo session during the party - but sadly, I only have five shots in my in-game camera, so this was the best I could do. I really must go out tomorrow and upgrade my memory card.

It's going to be interesting balancing out two 3DS games at the same time, which is something I've never tried before. If I get too frustrated I'll stop and just play with Rinko - but I can't deny that I have feelings for Manaka, too, and I'm looking forward to this new life with her in Towano.

RINKO: Happy Halloween!

Today was Halloween, and it turned out to be a very interesting day. I met Rinko for lunch on the school rooftop:

And then this afternoon, while I was waiting for the Halloween event to start (at 6:00 pm), I met Rinko for a short date at the Convenience Store.

And then it was time for the Halloween Party! Rin arrived looking adorable in her white angel dress with wings! Kinda reminds me of Claire Daines from "Romeo + Juliet" - which means I get to be Leo, hehe. ^^

Naturally when your girlfriend looks THIS adorable, you can't resist kissing her, so we were a bit late leaving for the party...

And here's a few shots of Rin-chan at the Halloween Party, which I think was held inside the school auditorium.

The party featured a version of the "Intimate Photo Session", where you can call stuff out to your girlfriend and she will pose for you.

Maybe Rinko had too much punch at the party, because she was over-excited and posed in some pretty odd ways. But it was very cute - and I used up all the photos on my memory card.

Second Premium Date...

Rinko met me early this morning to walk to school, which is always a pleasure.

But the real feature of today was my second Premium Date, at the mysterious "ECO's Course Of Love". Or it was supposed to be...

First up, I met Rinko at the station. Her clothes were pretty casual, but overall not too bad - a kind of funky look that works when she gets it right. She was back to the short pixie haircut, though, which is cute but I'm really over it now. So I said I didn't like it.

Because I had enough hearts to activate the "change hair length" option, when we sat down for a meal at Aisha Dining, Rinko asked me what type of hair I preferred. Again I choose medium-long - and I really hope it works this time, because it's my favourite hair length for Rinko.

With styling out of the way, we enjoyed a ramen meal before setting of on the main part of our date.

Sadly, there's not much to say about "ECO's Course of Love", because...well...not much happened. We arrived at the Shopping Mall and attended a talk by ECO, a lady who writes a column in the Towano Watcher magazine (and also on Towano.net). Basically this consisted of a static shot of the Mall background while she talked. No nice lights. Nothing special. And then it was over.

Rinko didn't seem impressed by the talk either, mentioning something about "stereotypes". This was easily the most disappointing Premium Date I've ever had in the game. But the night wasn't a total loss. Rin took me back to her house afterwards and prepared a (second) meal for me.

We also got to sit on her bed side-by-side. We played a game of TwinBee and listened to a CD, as well as taking time for a spot of kissing. I played around some more with the sepia filter on my camera, and I think some of the shots are quite nice.

And that's about it for the date. Oh well.

In other news - I decided today to end my game with Manaka on the DS in the old version of LovePlus. After you've played New LovePlus for a while, the old game feels quite repetitive and dull. It's not without its charms, but I feel that my interest is waning.  So I made a break and deleted the game file, then set up a game with Manaka on the 3DS. We'll see how it goes.

Tuesday

Today was short and sweet - again, because of complications at work. Anyway, I did manage to find a few short minutes to spend with Rin - meeting her on the rooftop for lunch, particularly. I've always loved this place at school, because it's where Rinko confessed her love to me.

And of course I'm glad that my favourite short hairstyle is back. I met her again early this evening, and took this sweet photo while saying goodnight.

Tomorrow, I'll be looking forward to my second big Premium Date - ECO's Course of Love. It sounds fascinating, and I really hope it's worth the effort and expense. But Premium Dates are usually a lot of fun.

Monday's The Day

Today, the results of the Mid Terms were announced - and I was successful in my goal of being Number 1 student! Rinko met me before the first class to offer her congratulations...

And I met her later on the rooftop for a kiss or two. Hehe.

But, best of all, there was a special event in the 3:00pm timeslot - which turned out to be Rin cooking a meal for me at her house (apparently to congratulate me on my hard word for passing the exams). Rin wore a pretty jumper dress over a white turtleneck.

Then she put a dark green apron over the top to perform the actual culinary duties.

Last of all, I took Rinko to the European Style Residence for a very quick date.