Tuesday, Tuesday

Another quiet day in Towano, holding out for Thursday's big Premium Date. The first couple of shots are from today's instalment of the "Seishun No. 1 Page", with Rinko arguing with the other girls about roles in the band.

And these shots from my short dates with Rinko (who now has the nickname "Rin-Rin", which is kinda cute. I may actually keep it). At Winning Burger:

And at Fountain Park...

I love these next shots, where I was walking Rinko home from Fountain Park this evening. I was experimenting with the gyrosensor and various low camera angles. I think the clouds and city buildings in the background, tinted with the colour of the setting sun, look romantic.

At the end of each date or short meeting, Rink is always reluctant to say goodbye. I managed to catch that expression in the next shot. She really does love me a lot.

Well, that's all until tomorrow - which is the one week anniversary of Rinko's confession to me. I already have a small present for her (the blue wristband from the Flea Markets on Sunday), which I will give her when I meet her tomorrow morning. Then there's only one more day to wait, and Thursday will be our big Premium Date at the Aquarium.

Monday, Monday

Well, today was a quiet day in Towano after all. With the excitement of the weekend behind us, Rinko and I were able to slow down and catch our breaths today. I played through four days in Skip Mode and unlocked Aisha Dining, as well as getting 2/3 of the way through unlocking the Shrine.

Personally, I don't like to overuse Skip Mode - early on in the game it can be useful, to build up hearts for dating and unlock date locations - but I really believe that "New LovePlus" is made to be played mostly in Real Time Mode. And I only ever play Skip Mode early in the week. Why? Because if you play later in the week, there's a danger that your girlfriend will call you for a date, which ends up being a waste of stats (hearts). Early in the week, it's far less likely to happen.

The other reason I don't particularly like Skip Mode is that your girlfriend always asks LOTS of email questions about changing hairstyle, changing personality, and so on - and unless you're really careful, you can end up making bad choices that will affect the rest of the game.

The first time I met Rinko at Aisha Dining (after unlocking it), she wore this...ah..."interesting" outfit. I have to say that I don't really like Rinko-chan wearing casual clothes - either the "neat" or "cute" clothing style options are much better for her. I can't wait to get a choice for this!

At least this outfit, which she wore the second time, looked better on her.

I forgot to mention that now I can hold hands with Rinko while we're walking. I love this feature in the game, which seems to unlock when you reach Level 3. This last picture is from Skip Mode (which is why Rinko is wearing her school uniform).

At lunchtime, I invited Rinko to the Premium Date (the night entry to the Aquarium) this Thursday. She's been excited about it all day, and sent me a text message saying that she was "doki doki". Me too!

Oh, and later today Rinko-chan asked me the "hair length" question. Of course I replied that I would prefer he with long hair. Yes! I can't wait for her to change. Most of Rinko's long hairstyles are really nice - especially the one with two cute ponytails and bows, and also the straight hair with bangs and a hairband. I'm thinking that, this time around, I might find one hairstyle that I really like and stick with it most of the time...if I can. Sometimes Rinko seems to have a mind of her own when it comes to hairstyle and colour!!!

Back In Black

This morning, I bought the neko-mimi (cat ears) as a gift for Rinko. Now that I've reached level 8 in the game, there are a lot more things to buy in all the departments of the Shopping Mall. Plus I've been watching the "Moon Phase" anime over the past few days...so cat ears (and that "Neko Mimi Mode" song) seem to be stuck in my head.

Anyway, when I arrived for the date, there was a HUGE SURPRISE waiting for me. After long, long weeks for trying to get Rinko to ditch that appalling blue hair, she arrived this afternoon with medium-long black hair. And it looked so cute.

Okay, I admit that I liked the orange hair, and it was kinda bold...but after all is said and done, I think the black hair suits Rinko the best. She looks like she should - like a cute Japanese school girl. Works for me. I really must be more careful in future to check those email questions and avoid any more hair colour experiments!

Rinko had arranged today's date, so I didn't quite know what to expect. She met me at Towano Station, wearing a pretty blue top, with my headband, earrings, necklace and shoulder bag. She looked great.

We went to Aisha dining, where I ordered a milk shake. Rinko seemed very happy, and in high spirits today.

Next, we walked along the beach for our date at the Aquarium. Last week we walked along the beach at sunset, so it was very nice to see the blue water in the daytime.

We arrived at the Aquarium and started the main part of the date. I had several choices of where to go and chose the second one, the underwater tank, which Rinko didn't seem to like very much. Not sure why.

Of course, there was plenty of time for kissing. And the feeling of kissing this "new/old" Rinko with dark hair in a new style was.......nice. ^^

Another nice surprise was having a second option for food, and discovering that the bayside Italian Restaurant was open. It's very nice inside, and the food order actually turned out to be food this time (not just a drink or a snack).

Finally, here's Rinko walking home with me from the date.

At the very end, I gave Rinko the cat ears as a gift and said goodbye. A few minutes later she sent me an email asking about wearing the ears. And then, when I saved my game and went back to the sign-in screen, there was my cute Rin-chan with neko-mimi! Too cute!!!!

Saturday

Rinko cooked breakfast for me YET AGAIN today, and then we walked to school together.

Don't know why, but we were called into the Staff Room for some reason to talk to a teacher. (Kissing too much at school, perhaps?) I posted this shot because it's part of the school that you don't get to see very often.

Walking back from school to my job at Dixies in the afternoon...

When I called Rink out for a short date this afternoon, she arrived wearing this blue camo outfit, which was kinda cute and weird at the same time. With her blue hair, it's really a bit too much...

So I have a date with Rinko at the Aquarium tomorrow. Oh, I really wish she changes her hair colour - I'm so over this bright blue colour now! Maybe it's too much to hope for. Changing to orange or even back to black - or ANYTHING ELSE - would be good. Please!