Slow Start vol14 extras
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Hey there! Momochi here!
Oku here!
Today, we're gonna imagine what characters we'd be like in a gal game!!
Gal game~
Hooray! Gal game!!!
Let's make the protagonist someone in the same class as the elite four.
Something like this
ProtagA safe and sound staple.
And let's start off with Hana-chan as the main heroine.
Woah!
Hana-chan sits at the desk in front of the protagonist.
That way, the back of her head will be visible in every classroom scene still!
The one that shows how much she turns to look back at you!Hana-chan looking back
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Ufufu
She seems to be a quiet and kind heroine, but she actually has a secret...
You mean the secret that she loves videos about destroying cellphones...?
No, not that one.
Come to think of it, Hana-chan would probably hate having that revealed, huh?
Like an otome game character with secret domestic violence traits.
Phrasing.
Next it me, Momochi Tamate!
Yay~ I've been waiting for this!
The type who's introduced as the bright and cheerful moodmaker!
Uhehehe. You're making me blush.
By raising their favorability, they'd probably get an event where they encounter you in traditional Japanese clothing.
That whole gap moe thing, huh?
Gotta have an episode where you're good at cooking too.
Like making bentos and stuff.
Yep yep.
...
I feel like that's too many positive episodes.
Don't you have any secret domestic violence traits, Tama-chan?
I don't, and neither does Hana-chan!
...I think.
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Next is Eiko-chan!
The somewhat mature and very popular classmate.
Ooh~
Very nice.
But her true identity is that of the Phantom Thief Hairpin!
Eeh!?
The protagonist becomes Phantom Thief Hairpin's accomplice and raises their favorability with Eiko-chan by supporting her.
Ah, that kind of system, huh?
Guess you do get characters with more than one world view, huh?
In order to steal all the hairpins in the world,
Phantom Thief Hairpin makes her move yet again!
Uwah~ Once she has all of them, I want to storm in with a powerful magnet~
Clang clang clang! ...and they're all recovered.
Sane-chan-senpai...
That's dark...
And then there's Kamu-chan!
The small and soft-spoken classmate!
Cute!
Kamu-chan!
Cute!
Her route would also have an affect on they're favorability with Eiko-chan.
Yeah.
You have to walk a fine line of favorability
so that you don't trigger Eiko-chan's event.
If Eiko-chan steals their hairpin, they're out!
Phrasing.
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Wah
Okay, next up!
Hannen-onee-san!
Hooray~ An older character!
I'd guess she'd be something like a rare character, maybe even a secret one.
You're have the "come across her at the convenience store route" and the "come across her while walking home from school with Hana-chan route".
If they get to know her through the convenience store route, they can win her heart by diligently talking to her, or something like that...
Ah, I see.
Hannen-san's timid, so the best strategy is to go on the attack, huh?
Heeheehee...
Phrasing.
And if they get to know her through Hana-chan, they'd get to learn about her profound circumstances.
Diverging routes, so to speak.
Wah, sounds good.
Next!
Shio-chan-san!
Bam!
Wait, would Shion-san be a high schooler in this scenario?
Yep.
Since I have the chance, I wanna see her in the school uniform.
So she'd be a third year?
No, we'd be in the same class.Classmates
Someone's on the offensive!
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A romanceable character who's an adult but also a high schooler!
She must have some kind of circumstances going on.
But wouldn't that overlap with Hana-chan's setting...?
...
...
...On second thought, let's just go with her original setting.
Yeah.
Now then!!
It's finally Sane-chan-senpai's turn!!!
Wah~ wah~ Yay!!!
If it were me, I'd like to be a character who doesn't become romanceable until the fan disc or sequel!
Tsukkun-senpai and Tsuzuri-chan would also fall into that group.
In that case, I'd like to throw in Eiko-chan's little sister Mikki-chan too.
Kya kya kya
Kouhai characters are so great.
So great...
Back
Now, now. That's fine and all,
but let's get back on topic.
I wanna make it so Sane-chan-senpai doesn't appear unless they unlock Hana-chan's "exposed as a ronin" event.
Like say, raising the flag for Hana-chan's ronin-exposed event leads to Sane-chan-senpai's transfer student event.
Ah, that sounds fun!
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If the protagonist's favorability with Hana-chan is too low, the ronin-exposed event won't happen,
so the protagonist will have to seduce Hana-chan a little.
Phrasing.
Ah.
In that case, Tama-chan, I have a little idea that involves both you and Hana-chan.
Hear me out.
Oh, what is it?
The high the protagonist raises their favorability with Tama-chan, the less time HanaTama-chan get to spend together.
Protag
Hana-chan...!
Yep yep.
And then when I appear and ronin-exposed event occurs, Hana-chan's already broken heart would become completely shattered and she'd disappear.
"I hear Ichinose-san changed school."
"Hmm."Protag's Friend
Protag
HUH?
Don't just go "hmm"!!
What's wrong with this protagonist!?
Calm down, Tama-chan.
But if HanaTama-chan are getting along, it'd go like this...
The successful coming out pattern!!
"I hear Ichinose-san is actually a year older than us."
"Hmm."
"I guess she must've been sick or something?"Protag's Friend
Protag
It's thanks to Tama-chan's support that she made it through.
Can we just lose the protagonist?
All they say is "hmm".
The protagonist's favorability is low with these two.
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My Profile
Name: Ichinose Hana
Birthdate: April 6th
Blood type: A
You can call me [Hana-chan]
My hobby is/hobbies are [taking it easy]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [bunny or a chick]
The thing I want most right now is [a high-grade pillow]
On days off, I often [watch videos of smartphones...]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Cream, pink
Favorite animal(s): Cute ones
Favorite place(s): Home, school
Favorite snack(s): Opera cake, tiramisu
Favorite drink(s): Coffee
Favorite food(s): Tofu, tofu skin
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My Profile
Name: Momochi Tamate
Birthdate: May 23rd
Blood type: B
You can call me [Tama-chan]
My hobby is/hobbies are [gal games, watching anime]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [pomeranian]
The thing I want most right now is [a Damascus steel kitchen knife]
On days off, I often [play gal games]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Orange, yellow
Favorite animal(s): Fluffy ones
Favorite place(s): Home, school, event halls
Favorite snack(s): Daifuku, potato chips
Favorite drink(s): Japanese tea, cola
Favorite food(s): Sukiyaki, white rice
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My Profile
Name: Tokura Eiko
Birthdate: June 20th
Blood type: B
You can call me [Eiko]
My hobby is/hobbies are [handicrafts and reading]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [cat]
The thing I want most right now is [a top-grade digital sewing machine]
On days off, I often [laze around with Kamu or play with my friends]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Autumn colors, ash grey
Favorite animal(s): Cats and dogs
Favorite place(s): Anywhere<3
Favorite snack(s): Fruity things
Favorite drink(s): Hot and cold water
Favorite food(s): Sushi, oden
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My Profile
Name: Sengoku Kamuri
Birthdate: October 30th
Blood type: AB
You can call me [Kamu-chan]
My hobby is/hobbies are [sleeping and eating]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [cat]
The thing I want most right now is [a soft-serve ice-cream machine]
On days off, I often [play with my cats or with Eiko]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Black, navy blue, light blue
Favorite animal(s): CATS and dogs
Favorite place(s): Home, school, next to Eiko
Favorite snack(s): Sweet things, salty things, everything
Favorite drink(s): Lactic acid bacteria drinks, black tea
Favorite food(s): Katsudon, yakiniku, sukiyaki, fried chicken, gratin, tendon, croquettes, hamburg steaks, omurice, pasta, fried shrimp, chawanmushi... everything
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My Profile
Name: Oku Kasane
Birthdate: September 30th
Blood type: O
You can call me [Kasane-chan]
My hobby is/hobbies are [watching videos]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [I don't think anyone's ever told me]
The thing I want most right now is [a desktop PC]
On days off, I often [watch videos]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Dull colors
Favorite animal(s): Red pandas
Favorite place(s): Home, school
Favorite snack(s): Macaron hinds, crunchy things
Favorite drink(s): Coffee, black tea
Favorite food(s): Ramen
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My Profile
Name: Chouno Tsuzuri
Birthdate: June 15th
Blood type: A
You can call me [Tsuzuri-chan]
My hobby is/hobbies are [making snacks]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [cat]
The thing I want most right now is [a superheated steam combination oven and microwave]
On days off, I often [make snacks, talk with Tsukkun]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Navy blue, white
Favorite animal(s): Birds
Favorite place(s): My room
Favorite snack(s): Cookies, sweet potato snacks
Favorite drink(s): Black tea, rooibos tea
Favorite food(s): Baked rice, curry
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My Profile
Name: Mizohata Tsukuru
Birthdate: March 19th
Blood type: B
You can call me [Tsukkun]
My hobby is/hobbies are [sleeping]
People say that if I were an animal, I'd be a [goat]
The thing I want most right now is [time to sleep]
On days off, I often [go back to sleep]
My Favorites
Favorite color(s): Ivory, greige
Favorite animal(s): Birds (the flashy kind)
Favorite place(s): My bed <3
Favorite snack(s): Pudding, jelly
Favorite drink(s): Coffee, water
Favorite food(s): Curry, porridge
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It's volume 14! Thank you very much! Some huge apologies and great thanks to everyone involved in this book that I made trouble for!! And a very gracious thanks to everyone who picked up this book!
The bonus this time is a full-color manga strip, but I'm sorry that it's pretty much nothing but text... I'm aware that for a colored comic, I should've just kept the dialogue to "wah, it's the sea!" and then filled the rest with swimsuit gals, but I ended up wanted to draw this instead... It was fun. Thank you very much. I had fun drawing the cover too, since it was a little different from the usual.
Well then, I hope to see you in the next volume.
Tokumi Yuiko
I wanted to draw her summer uniform...
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It's the 14th volume, so we tried making the number 14 out of people!
We've never done it before, so why volume 14 of all things?
What's wrong, Hana-chan?
i'm sad...
Huh?
I'm sad...
tears
The three of you got to be the 4, but I alone had to be the 1 on my own. It's because I'm Ichi(1)-nose, right? You don't have to spell it out. mumble mumble
Waaah! Hana-chan!!!
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