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Forty-Two
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Very good. You found the hidden chapter! While there
isn't actually much here in the way of story, I figured I'd share with you some
of the hardships I've taken regarding this story. If you haven't yet read to your
heart's content and you don't want to have it spoiled, I suggest turning back
now. However, if you're all done and are just looking for some post-coitus,
well, I'm your man.
Oh, FYI, the sex between Hasukawa and Shun is in Chapter style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Fifteen. If that's all you wanted to
read, feel free to check it out.
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This is the map I used when I rewrote the beast. To
figure out how few times you'd have to read to get every chapter, I used
colored markers. I quickly learned that it would take more colors than I had
available (that is, >144) to plot each unique path. I used class=SpellE>cobinometric-math to approximate that one.
This was
such an involved process that a lot of ideas had to be scrapped. class=GramE>Which is kind of a shame, really, since there's still a lot that
can be done with this story line. Because some things just couldn't be
worked into the actual plot, I thought it would be fun to draft up little
vignettes that kinda embody the spirit of a few other options. So, think of
this as an Easter egg. Let's go!
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Hasukawa as a girl: Astyle='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>fter banging his head, Kazuya is convinced that he's
of the female persuasion and tries to court Shun and possibly the class=SpellE>semapis. Hilarity ensues as Shun proves to be both more
masculine than Hasukawa and as Hasukawa tries on some of Shun's more girly
things, convinced that they're his.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Shun thinks he's a girl: style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>So obvious. Shun bangs his head instead and plays up
being a girl to the girliest extremes. Gets all
giggly and embarrassed about sharing a room with a boy, tries to class=SpellE>mac on Hasukawa which totally confuses (and arouses?) him,
and flips out when he realizes he has a penis. Hilarity ensues.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Shun actually is a girl but plays it off as a boy: style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>The bang to the head results in a class=SpellE>comatic dreamworld where Shun
actually is a girl and has been doing a great job at pretending to be a boy.
Obviously 'AU,' results in many dodges, heterosexual relations (boring) and
some tricky gadgets that allow her to pee standing up.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Hasukawa/Shinobu/Mitsuru threeway:
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> NO.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Hasukawa kidnaps Sumire-chan (WTF?): style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>Also, no.
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'>The alternate song ending:style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:
"Courier New";color:black'> Rather than do "Fly me to the moon," the
boys do a rap to some Gorillaz, or something. I'm
thinking they do "Sabotage" by the Beasties Boys. That'd be sweet!
Can you imagine Shun and Hasukawa
playing detective and then doing it? That'd be hot. And you know they
have to finish up with some "Paul Revere."