Start → Meet Ayame (Route B) → Choice: “Support” / “Ignore” ├─ “Support” → Develop friendship → Multiple sub‑routes └─ “Ignore” → Missed opportunities → Alternate closure The decision tree demonstrates how the game’s branching system enables divergent narrative experiences while maintaining a relatively compact script—characteristic of visual novels produced in the late 2000s. [Your Name] Department of Media Studies, [University]
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[Your Name] – Department of Media Studies, [University] Dai Chichi Hitozuma Netoudan -V1.1a- -RJ01316416-
Dai Chichi Hitozuma Netoudan – V1.1a – (RJ01316416): A Cultural and Gameplay Analysis of a Japanese Visual Novel Start → Meet Ayame (Route B) → Choice: