I dont know how many other people have though this same thing but the tracks "Don't Say Goodbye" and "My Confession" from Asagao Academy and Doki Doki Literature Club are eerily similar
honest to god Mai is such an amazing person and insanely well done character. She was my favorite part of playing asagao so props to Illus seed for making an awesome OC
The tough truth about Shanes route is that its the most well written and cute and complex and beautiful and the game KNOWS this so they make it insanely difficult to get the good or best ending. My first run I got bad, and I thought I was doing WELL. i just looked up the best ending after that and my god.... it NEVER ENDS. it lasts for a good 10 minutes and its insanely cute wth god damn this game and Shane's route
Asagao Academy: Normal Boots Club EVERY ENDING GUIDE (IN PROGRESS!!!)
So Asagao Academy, the visual novel where you can hook up with Youtubers (or not, I guess). It’s really fun, it has beautiful art, astonishing backgrounds, cool music and immersing story! Tons of endings too, jeez!
Download it for free here
Visual novels are known for being light and fun but sometimes frustrating when you can’t get a certain guy’s best ending or any other ending tbh.
So! I’m gonna try and complete every single ending and every single scene (though I think some are not available for some reason? We’ll see)
For now, this guide is IN PROGRESS. I haven’t even seen most of the routes myself yet, but seeing how obssessed I am with this game now this shouldn’t take too long! Also, if you see any mistakes or if something didn’t work out for you, please do tell me so I can update this guide!
For the new people, I recommend doing your first route blind and accept whatever ending you get :) I got PBG’s good ending on my first try.
In general, the BEST ending means you get the guy and win the tournament, good ending means you lose the tournament but get the guy, bad ending means you win the tournament but lose the guy and worst ending, deductively, means you lose both. This could possibly change from route to route
The next choices do not affect what ending you get (except for one). The only thing they do is make their corresponding guy available to date in the Flower Festival, near the end of Chapter one:
Take it/Leave it behind - Satch (Leaving the book behind gives you +5 tournament points, so unless you want to do Satch’s route or you don’t plan on winning the tournament, always pick “leave it behind”)
Try talking to him/Give him his space - Shane
Of course/I don’t really like sports... - PBG
O-Okay, sure/No, thank you - Jirard
Student government, obviously/I think it’s the fashion show/I don’t want to choose between you! - Paul (Countinue?)/Jared/Neither
Um... okay?/I don’t know... - JonTron
I recommend skipping everyone except they guy you’re laying your eyes on, as it would be quicker to get through the first chapter.
One last thing: There are possibly more than one way to get some endings, I’ll be giving every choice I made for each of them, but it doesn’t mean that’s the only way to get them. Also, I still can’t figure out how some decisions affect the game, for those ones I will write both options and bold the one I choosed; that means I think that particular decision won’t affect the ending
PBG
Best ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Leave it behind
Of course
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Pick PBG
Well of course I will
Yeah, let’s leave him alone
Follow Mai
I want to support you
Don’t look
Yes
Good ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Of course
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Pick PBG
Can’t I just complain sometimes?
Yeah, let’s leave him alone
Follow Mai
I want to support you
Don’t look
Yes
Bad ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Leave it behind
Of course
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Pick PBG
Well of course I will
Everyone could use someone to talk to
Follow Mai
I want to support you
Look
No
Worst ending
It came to my attention there seem to be two worst endings in PBG’s route. One just seems to be a combination of the bad ending and the good ending (with you losing the tournament and PBG not confessing to you) so I decided to only include the really really worst ending:
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Leave it behind
Of course
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Pick PBG
Well of course I will
Everyone could use someone to talk to
Go talk to PBG
You’ve been pushing yourself too hard
Look
No
Satch
Best ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Pick Satch
I’ll keep your secret
The vanilla/The chocolate
The moon/The star
I don’t blame them for how they reacted
Sure!
Keep the promise. Don’t tell Mai
Trust Mai
The American Revolutionary War
Damage Per Second
No, I am not a prostitute
???
Urgh...
Poke through her backpack
Defend Mai
Dance!/Tickle fight!/Make a confession!
Good ending
Again, there seem to be more than one Good Ending for Satch’s route. The main difference between both of these is that in the second one Hana wins the tournament. Apparently, the “true Good ending” is the second one, as the scene only becomes available on the Ending menu after you do that one. I included the other one in case anyone wants to see it.
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Pick Satch
I’ll keep your secret
The vanilla/The chocolate
The moon/The star
I don’t blame them for how they reacted
Sure!
Keep the promise. Don’t tell Mai
Trust Mai
The War for Independence
Run around and do lots of damage
No, I am not a prostitute
???
Urgh...
Rifle through the regular drawers
Defend Mai
Dance!/Tickle fight!/Make a confession!
True Good ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Pick Satch
I have to tell them
The vanilla/The chocolate
The moon/The star
I enjoy the game
No thanks
Break the promise and tell Mai
Doubt her
The American Revolutionary War
Damage per second
That’ll cost you
???
Urgh...
Poke through her backpack
Side with the guys
Dance!/Tickle fight!/Make a confession!
Bad ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Pick Satch
I have to tell them
The vanilla/The chocolate
The moon/The star
I don’t blame them for how they reacted
Sure!
Keep the promise. Don’t tell Mai
Doubt her
Screw the brits
Dreadbeard Pirate Skin
That’ll cost you
???
Urgh...
Try the locked drawer
Side with the guys
Dance!/Tickle fight!/Make a confession!
Worst ending
On this route you unlock the extra scene on Chapter three “Just as bad”
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Pick Satch
I have to tell them
The vanilla/The chocolate
The moon/The star
They were wrong
Break the promise and tell Mai
Doubt her
Screw the brits
Accidentally take the aggro off the tank and die
That’ll cost you
???
Urgh...
Try the locked drawer
Side with the guys
Dance!/Tickle fight!/Make a confession!
JonTron
Best Ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Leave it behind
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Um... okay?
Pick Jon
Tell PBG
Dissuade Jon
Go after him
Check out Mr. Birdie
Tell her the truth
I guess I could try to get him less stressed
Well, um, about that...
Nevermind, I trust you
Be real with him
Good Ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Um... okay?
Pick Jon
Tell PBG
Dissuade Jon
Go after him
Check out Mr. Birdie
Tell her the truth
I guess I could try to get him less stressed
Well, um, about that...
Nevermind, I trust you
Be real with him
Bad Ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Leave it behind
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
I’d like to try
Um... okay?
Pick Jon
Tell PBG
Dissuade Jon
Give him his space
Tell her the truth
I guess I could try to get him less stressed
Well, um, about that...
Nevermind, I trust you
Be real with him
Worst Ending
Uh, not really/I guess so...
Take it
Yes?/No?
They’re your friends too/It’s understandable/Some friend you are!
There’s no way it’d work
Um... okay?
Pick Jon
Keep it between you and Jon
Support his decision
Check out Mr. Birdie
Tell her the truth
Talking to him about it would only make him more stressed
You’re really not going to tell people about Jacques, right?
Um... he’s blunt?
Be sympathetic
Be considerate
Next is Jared!
Hidden route! (Ian & Hidden Block Club)
This route, omg
Leave it behind
Give him his space
I don’t really like sports...
No, thank you
I don’t want to choose between you!
I don’t know...
Pick Ian
That’s literally it xD every other choice does’t matter. Once you’re in the route you will be given another set of options but don’t worry, pick any of them, you’ll get to choose all the others later. The order doesn’t change anything.
Oh my god, you guys. I’ve been waiting to bring this team and their amazing game to your attention, and now the time has come and I have no idea how to coherently put my thoughts on virtual paper in a way that isn’t me just shrieking in delight. Mirroring my descent back into the genre, the fine folk at Illus Seed recently released their first game—an otome game—that plunged me straight into feels hell and left me wishing on every star for more.
