HMDS Cute's hidden Bachelor
Before I start, this is going to get rather long and there’s a number of images, but hey, it’s actually harvest moon related as opposed to a number of the text posts in the tag, right?Â
So hi there! I’m here to tell you about a bachelor in Harvest Moon DS: Cute that is often overlooked since he has no face.
As he’s a bachelor, I can assume you can’t really do this if you are already married.
For those of you that have played Harvest Moon DS: Cute, you will remember that from the phone you can call May’s Tailoring over in Mineral Town, a tailors set up by the grown up version of the young girl May from (More) Friends from Mineral Town. It’s been almost a hundred years since the events of (M)FOMT, and May is long gone, but the shop is now run by someone else.
What a lot of people don’t seem to know however, is that this person is a boy named Mason, the grandson of May.  (and yeah I just realised Mason sounds like May Son kill me)
Every five things you buy from the tailors unlocks a new conversation with Mason, and over about 8 of these, you start to learn more about him.Â
(This is pic heavy so please be aware! I’ve numbered them for your convenience,)
The first conversation, as you can see above, doesn’t really go well. You can’t think of anything to say, and he hangs up.
Buy 5 more things and call him again, and you unlock a new conversation. Mason can be very quick to woo, I managed it in a single game day, but our boy ain’t cheap.
The second goes a bit more smoothly since you actually have something to talk about this time. (And I have no idea what he means by “why do you hear such things”, I’m guessing it’s another one of Natsume’s infamous mistakes and it’s supposed to be “why do you want to hear about such things” or something)
Again, it takes another 5 items from the shop for another conversation. You’ll probably find yourself buying the wallpapers over and over again.
It seems Mason has a thing for cooking, but has been made fun of by the other boys in Mineral Town for it.  (This is the first time so far he’s hinted at his gender. You don’t even find out his name until the proposal scene.)
Again, Five items later…
In Japan, people with blood type O are said to be confident, hard-working and optimistic, but can also be cold, unpredictable and workaholics. That’s either what our MC was looking for or she’s a vampire and was scoping out what blood type he was to see how tasty a snack he’d make.
Here we learn a little about Mason’s family and his attitude towards them, Someone’s obviously put out by being left behind to look after the shop by himself.
Again, more information about the tailors and Mason’s family, proving that he is the grandson of May from (More) Friend’s From Mineral Town.
Since he’s probably the only one there now, he can obviously sew and cares a lot about his products. (That and he’s the one that comes up with the cute little names for everything,)
He’s very proud of his wallpapers and his names for them what a cutie
Basically the closer you get to him, the sweeter he gets.
This was his last conversation before the proposal, and the penultimate conversation you can have with him.
Saying yes to the Tailor boy will make the credits roll and take you back to the main menu, and back to the last time you saved.Â
Say no, and while you’ll still be able to buy things from his shop, you’ll never had another conversation with him.Â
So that’s it really. There was a thread about this on Fogu back in 2011, and they made fansprites and fan heart events of him. (Personally, I don’t really like their version of Mason. They made him shy and awkward and more like Cliff, when he always struck me as a bored introvert who was amazed that the MC wanted to talk to him)Â
http://www.fogu.com/hmforum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=136011 Here is the thread if you want to check it out.Â
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