Ibara Hime - Playthrough (Part I) Warning: Spoilers. R18 Story.Been wanting to write about this
Ibara Hime - Playthrough (Part I) Warning: Spoilers. R18 Story.Been wanting to write about this game ever since I’ve played it in December last year! Ibara Hime is a game I’ve been wanting to try since forever, so I’m glad to say I’m blown away by this small little doujin game. Frankly speaking, I thought it was very well-written, and playing it felt like a roller-coaster ride.Please note that this game contains sexual scene (I didn’t put any NSFW images though), incest, a depiction of blood, and crazy/twisted characters. If you think you can handle all these, please continue~The story started off from a memory where the siblings were young, and the neighbours had mistaken them as a pair of twins. The heroine, Ririko corrected them that she’s the elder sister, and Mizuki is her younger brother by 11 months. Even though they were born months between them, they’re still in the same school year and thus pretty much in the same age group.Even though both of them were really close to each other when they were small, something happened when they were in junior high, and after that, Ririko was always avoiding Mizuki whenever they’re in the same house. Also, Ririko has a pessimistic look on herself, with Mizuki growing up with good looks, tall (184cm OWO), and popular with girls, while she sees herself as short and fat (doesn’t seem so from the CGs though =w=“), and struggled to even converse with guys ever since then. She still wishes to be in a good relationship with her brother someday though…Recently, Ririko finally gets a boyfriend for the first time in her life. Her mum had known about it and even offered to make a bento for him if Ririko could help to bring her brother’s bento to him at school since Mizuki had forgotten his when rushing out of the house this morning. Ririko reluctantly agreed since the idea of carrying three bento was heavy for her. (Note: Mizuki usually leaves the house quite early for soccer practice, and Ririko would wait until he had left before making an appearance at the kitchen, as a way of avoiding the morning with him.)Ririko went off to school and met her friend, Minato in class. Minato had a crush on Mizuki and wanted to ask him out on a double date with Ririko and her boyfriend since Mizuki had recently broken up with a beautiful senpai awhile ago. She worried about her friend being in a relationship with Mizuki since it might be difficult for them to remain as friends if she breaks up with Mizuki later on. Seeing that her brother was popular among girls, he dated quite a few of them and had even brought one of them home in the past. Ririko knew that since… she had unexpectedly chanced upon their bed scene a few years ago. It turned out to be a trauma for her, as Mizuki and she would even sleep and bathe together just a few months before, and from then, she started to avoid Mizuki. In Ririko’s mind, she sees Mizuki as someone who had grown up into a man much faster than her, and felt abandoned, and also from then, she found herself tense and nervous whenever she sees him. Mizuki could sense that she was avoiding him, and thus decided to silently distant away from her. That was how it had been for the past few years, though Ririko knew that they can’t be like this forever…Ririko’s trauma was serious to the point that, other than not knowing how she should face Mizuki, she also struggled to get along with guys, since she doesn’t really like them. But one guy stood out among the other guys recently - Itoh Takayuki. (I shall refer to him as Itoh) He was Mizuki’s classmate ever since they were in junior high, and had confessed to Ririko. Itoh was a serious guy with good looks, but never plays around other girls nor goes on “goukon”, so pretty much a really good guy in Ririko’s eyes that she even felt that it would be a waste for him to pair up with her. It has been a week since the two has started dating, with Ririko still not used to the idea of having a boyfriend since she’s not even good at talking with guys in the first place D:As it was lunchtime, Ririko decided to go to Mizuki’s and Itoh’s class to pass them their bentos, and to borrow a textbook from Itoh as well. Minato decided to take this chance to tag along, even asking to eat their bentos over there too. Itoh immediately came over when he saw Ririko peeking into their classroom, and after knowing that she had brought bentos for him and Mizuki, asked Mizuki to join them together for lunch too. (Finally, the main characters for this game have all gathered. Blonde guy - Itoh / Brown hair guy - Mizuki)It was a nostalgic experience for Ririko to eat and have a conversation with Mizuki, since even though they do eat dinner as a family together, Ririko does not talk to Mizuki at all actually. Even Mizuki remarked that he felt weird eating bentos with Ririko in the classroom =w=“ (Damn, this pair of siblings really do not get together that well now…) However, with Itoh and Minato chiming into the conversation, the atmosphere felt much better overall for the group, and even agreed to go for a karaoke at the end of the day together.Apparently, some guys walked past them in class and remarked that Ririko was cute as they noticed that she’s Mizuki’s sister. Mizuki coolly told them that she’s already “taken”. (In a way Mizuki can still be protective over her) But turned out the guys were mistaken, and thought that Minato was Ririko, and that made Ririko felt more uncomfortable about her looks, knowing that she looks that different from Mizuki. (How can you mistake them from their looks? =w=“) Mizuki angrily chased them off, since the group could see that Ririko was very uncomfortable about those guys.When lunch was over, Minato was raving all about Mizuki as they made their way back to their classroom. (She really has a huge crush on him, even remarking that Ririko must be too used to Mizuki’s face by now) Ririko realised that she has forgotten to get the textbook from Itoh, and hurriedly went back.However, she stopped when she reached the door of the classroom, hearing loud laughter from the guys as they were in a discussion… about her. Mizuki complained how troublesome it was to have his friend and sister dating together, and felt that the lunch break together was dull, though Itoh still enjoyed it. (Gah, what a contrast when I thought they were getting along well together just now!) It was then revealed that Itoh confessing to Ririko was part of a punishment game, and the other guys were initially interested to know how cute Ririko was, but after seeing her today, they felt disappointed and honestly thought that Itoh was unlucky to get the punishment for their game. (Damn, these guys are cruel!)The realisation of this almost made Ririko blacked out. Even though Itoh told the other guys that Ririko is cute and it would be too pitiful for her to find out, all of these fell on deaf ears since Ririko could only think of how her relationship with Itoh was actually all a lie. The rest of her school day went by in a blur later on, and she decided to go home after school, giving an excuse that she’s not feeling well to opt-out from the karaoke session they had decided on going earlier on. (I don’t think anyone would be in the mood to go if they were in her shoes ><”)Ririko had wanted to stay alone at her home to calm down when she heard the doorbell rang. Usually, Mizuki will just enter the house without ringing the doorbell, but now that it’s raining, Ririko wondered whether he was wet from the rain, and since their parents aren’t home, she had no choice but to head down and open the door.Turned out it was Itoh at the door. He remarked that Minato and Mizuki were still singing karaoke, whereas he, on the other hand, wanted to have some couple time with Ririko by themselves. (All his words now sound like a lie after knowing the truth, ugh D:) Ririko was still pissed, and was thus cold to Itoh, telling him to make his way up to Mizuki’s room while she makes some coffee. Itoh, however, revealed that he wanted to go to her room instead. Ririko explained that she’s not feeling well, but Itoh could see that it’s a lie and she seems pissed at him, wanting to know what is it about.(Feels abit bad for Itoh but ughhhh I don’t really think he’s a good guy)Ririko reluctantly told him the way to her bedroom and brought coffee up to it. Itoh mentioned that he has a younger sister and thus was always interested to know what an elder sister is like until he realised that Mizuki’s elder sister, Ririko was actually the same age as them. Ririko went on to have a conversation with him, though deep down she thought about the matter of Itoh’s confession. It’s not like she really likes Itoh romantically actually, and was also making use of him to get rid of her fear and dislike of guys when she accepted his confession. (Wow, she’s honest~ But sounds like this relationship has no love TWT) But now, after a week of spending time together, Ririko realised that her days were heart beating of excitement and happiness of having a boyfriend for the first time, and that made her felt even more depressed after learning about the truth. She sighed and told Itoh that she wanted to break up with him, telling him that though she agreed to be his girlfriend initially, she doesn’t like him romantically.Itoh’s face turned serious and answered that he knew that (sir just takes in the truth so peacefully), but he believed that they can get along well in a relationship and this was what he had proposed initially when he confessed to her. Ririko revealed what she overheard at lunch, and told Itoh that he doesn’t have to take pity on her and forcefully date her and that she’s not hurt nor bothered at all. It seems like her words hurt Itoh as the latter was sad to know that she doesn’t care about his feelings for her, and told Ririko that his feelings for her were not fake, and in fact he was just playing along with the other guys and acting in the conversation earlier on, apologising if his act from then had hurt her. He confessed to Ririko again that he really likes her, not because she was his friend’s sister, and he doesn’t like other girls either. Ririko pondered whether she should believe Itoh’s words since she also knew that there’s no merit in him dating her just because of a punishment game as Ririko doesn’t like him either. In the end, she decided that they shall continue with their relationship for now, until the point that she was more used to be around guys. She also revealed that she feared that she might end up liking Itoh for real if they had continued to date (probably one of the reasons why she wanted to stop the relationship I guess?), to which Itoh assured her that he will always like Ririko. (What happens, later on, is some lovey-dovey time between the two~ Though Ririko keeps telling herself that she doesn’t like Itoh, I feel that she does, maybe just a bit~? You won’t want to kiss someone you don’t like at all, I guess?)Ririko thought back to the time when Itoh had confessed to her. He had stopped her when she was about to head home on that day, introducing himself as Mizuki’s friend and asking if she had remembered him since he came to their home from time to time. (She only knew him as Mizuki’s best friend from junior high at that time.) Itoh was interested to know if Ririko has anyone she’s fond of, which somehow pissed her off as she rebutted why did he want to know this, and Itoh sensed that she seems to dislike him. Ririko replied that she doesn’t dislike him, but found him very suspicious. (Ririko is so straightforward that I’m finding her cute XD) Itoh answered back that he has no motive for wanting to know that, other than his own desire that they won’t be able to date each other if Ririko has someone else she’s fond of. And with that came Itoh’s confession, as he told her that he has always been looking at Ririko though the latter never noticed him, and felt that things won’t look up for him if he didn’t confess to her. In the end, he proposed that they can try dating, and if Ririko had disliked him, they can then break up. This was how Ririko had accepted his confession in the end. She thought of how sincere Itoh’s confession was back then, and thus felt that Itoh’s feelings for her must be real…Back to the present, Ririko asked Itoh whether he likes her to the point that he wanted to have sex with her, he sees this as an invitation and what goes on is some foreplay of Itoh licking and grabbing Ririko’s breasts, and later on fingering her. But the two didn’t manage to proceed any further… since Mizuki had come back and were even standing by Ririko’s opened bedroom door watching them. (This may be a side info, but Itoh was surprised to know that Ririko did not wear any bra under her clothes at home, and cautioned her that it’s bad since Mizuki lives under the same roof as her. I wonder if this is considered a forewarning =w=“)Mizuki remarked that he’s surprised to see that Itoh was serious in a relationship with his sister, to which Itoh rebutted that Mizuki was rude that he did not knock and even interrupted their moment. Mizuki smirked as he warned Itoh not to play around with Ririko since she might end up falling in love with him for real, but Itoh affirmed that he really likes Ririko romantically. Mizuki made fun of them and then headed off into his own room. (What is it with this guy?!! OAO”)Due to Mizuki’s interruption, Itoh and Ririko didn’t feel any lust to continue their attempt at sex anymore. Taking this chance, Ririko told Itoh that she had accidentally opened the door to Mizuki’s room three years ago and found him in the middle of having sex with another girl, and with that, they started talking about their sex experience. (Okay, apparently Itoh isn’t exactly a virgin either. His first partner was a year ago, and… obviously, Ririko is still a virgin, which Itoh was elated about, and told her that she would only have sex with him forever now - sounds like a forewarning in this game ^^; Ririko sounds sad knowing that she probably won’t be able to have sex with any other guys other than Itoh since nobody probably will ever sexually like her.)Minato called later on and turned out Mizuki didn’t go for the karaoke, (rushing back to stop Itoh?!!) but she was elated to be invited for a pool date with him. She asked Ririko to accompany her to Mizuki’s classroom tomorrow at lunch again, as she had decided to make a bento for Mizuki (and Mizuki’s bento can be passed to Itoh instead XD) Hearing Minato so happy just made Ririko worry, as she would hate to see her friends in tears later on (knowing Mizuki had broken how many hearts of girls in the past)… In the end, the two girls decided that they would have lunch separately with the guy they’re fond of for lunch.Since there’s no soccer practice for Mizuki and Itoh in the weekend, Ririko wondered perhaps this would be a good chance for Itoh and her to have their very first date~During lunch, Ririko brought the bentos up for Itoh and asked him if he was free during the weekend. Hearing that Mizuki and Minato are going to the pool this weekend, Itoh proposed that they do the same too, but apparently, Ririko has a complex with her body and isn’t willing to. The two ultimately decided to go on a shopping trip and watch a movie instead. (The happy daily life segment will end here… what happens, later on, will be considered the main theme of this story~?)When Ririko reached home, she found that her father had come home earlier than expected, and her mother and he were in a hurry packing up things. Her mum explained to her that their relative at another state had passed away this morning, and thus they need to rush over there to settle some matters. They won’t be at home for the rest of the week until the weekend is over since there’s quite alot of matters and ceremonies to get through. Even though Ririko wanted to go along with them, her parents asked her to stay and take care of Mizuki’s meals. After her parents were gone, Ririko took a peek at the fridge to see what’s available and decided to make Mizuki’s favourite curry for dinner. But after she had finished making dinner and waited until 8pm, Mizuki was still not home. (Ririko usually had her dinner at 6.30pm, but seeing that she had made the dinner herself this time, she wanted to try eating together with Mizuki… What a pity…) Seeing that she had a television programme she wanted to watch at 9pm, Ririko decided to take a shower first before dinner.When she was done with her shower, she heard the front door opened and knew that Mizuki was home. She rushed out to the common bathroom to get changed, only to meet Mizuki there unexpectedly. Embarrassed, Ririko hid behind the bathroom door and asked Mizuki to pass her a towel so she can wrap herself up. (And… Mizuki passed a face towel.. what the….?! =w=“) After wrapping herself up properly with a towel, she chased after Mizuki, who had stepped out from the bathroom, asking him why had he returned home so late and whether he wants to have dinner. Mizuki showed a reluctant face and explained that he had his dinner outside since he got a message from their parents that they’re not at home. Ririko wasn’t pleased to hear that and complained that she had made this curry knowing that Mizuki was a fan of it, and was thus disappointed to know that he had eaten his dinner elsewhere. The two later got into a conflict, and Ririko lost her balance and fell in midst of that.But before she went crashing onto the floor, Mizuki caught her. Unfortunately, the towel that was wrapping around her fell off, and she could see that Mizuki’s gaze was on her bare breasts before him. She wanted to leap off from Mizuki’s arms to pick up her towel, but Mizuki scooped her up in a princess hug before she knew it, and suddenly complimented that her body was beautiful OWOMizuki’s words sent Ririko into confusion. She’s afraid of looking at his face and wondered why he had said that since in her mind she had seen herself as ugly and chubby, and Mizuki must have seen the naked bodies of much more beautiful girls than her. Mizuki asked her whether she had done all this (erm… making dinner and running out of the bathroom with just a towel, and falling to strip herself =w=“) to seduce him and even went on to ask whether she’s still a virgin, offering to teach her about sex so that she could perform better when she has sex for real with Itoh. (It was at this moment that both Ririko and I felt that Mizuki is definitely getting weird in his head…) He revealed that Itoh actually had sex with two girls before he’s with Ririko (Itoh said he only did it with one girl before so who’s speaking the truth?), and seeing that Ririko is still a virgin, he wanted to take her first time away before Itoh does. (Wow… That just sounds like NTR thoughts right there, Mizuki seems like a villain now ><”)Ignoring screams from Ririko to let her go, Mizuki carried her off into his bedroom…Mizuki climbed on top of Ririko after putting her down on his bed (I like how Ririko’s thoughts / diss that she can’t get him off seeing that he’s 70kg even though he’s slim, well… Mizuki is very tall after all). Mizuki smiled as he revealed that he was always frustrated with Ririko, tying up her hands with her bath towel (yikes, we are stepping into some SM play here) He could sense that Ririko had been avoiding him since three years ago like he was some dirty thing that she didn’t want to get close with. He wondered whether Ririko had viewed him as “dirty” since he had slept with a girl before, and thus felt that perhaps Ririko should remain as a virgin forever. Though what Mizuki had said was considered childish to Ririko, she knew that her avoiding Mizuki just because he had sex was also childish of herself, and apologised to him, explaining that she was just afraid of him after learning that he’s a man too at that time.However, even after she had apologised, Mizuki showed no sign of letting her go. He smiled at her and gently said that he’s not going to forgive her so easily seeing that he was being abandoned for 3 years. (I remember getting all tensed up during this part, Mizuki is scary D:) Ririko wondered whether Mizuki had hated her very much after being hurt by her all these years. She struggled to get him off her, but with her hands tied up, it’s impossible, while Mizuki grabbed onto her thighs and started caressing them. Mizuki even took out his phone and took photos of Ririko’s naked body after that, making Ririko all angry and embarrassed. He sneakily asked Ririko whether he should send the photo to Itoh (the blackmail part =w=“), which she could only shed tears in embarrassment. Who could expect that her brother was doing all this to her in real life, just like what had happened in erotic manga or novels?(Mizuki’s smile here is scary once you know what’s happening OAO”)Mizuki, putting his phone away, spread open Ririko’s legs and began licking at her private area. Ririko struggled but failed, wondering whether her brother was doing this was to punish her for abandoning him for three years, as Mizuki could always have sex with other girls he’s feeling horny. She begged for him to stop, and would rather get punched by him instead. Mizuki simply replied that after seeing Itoh and her in bed, he had initially wanted to ignore her like how she did to him in the past but realised that he can’t.Ririko’s brain went running wondering why things had developed to such a state. Did she really treat her brother that badly? But soon, she started to feel good from Mizuki’s licking and realised that she’s spreading her legs out by herself since Mizuki wasn’t even using much force to force her legs to open anymore… Mizuki could sense that she’s turning horny and wanted something more, and began to undress. Ririko stopped him, rebutting that she would rather bite her tongue and die than to have sex with him, but Mizuki was unfazed at all, even ensuring her that as long as they used a condom, it’s alright for siblings to have sex with each other. (Guy, what the hell are you talking about?!! D:) Initially, Ririko had thought that Mizuki was just toying and playing around with her to punish her, but she began to get scared when she realised that he wasn’t joking on penetrating her with his penis. She shouted that she doesn’t want to do it with Mizuki, but instead only with Itoh, wishing that her brother will wake up to the idea that they’re siblings and Ririko actually had a boyfriend. She was shocked when she felt a sharp pain on her right cheek, Mizuki had slapped her. (Damn, Mizuki you are the worst! D: He actually hit her pretty hard to the point she felt as if her head was going to fly off ><”)Ririko stared hard at Mizuki, who was looking right back at her with a cold gaze. She remembered that they used to quarrel and fight when they were small, but Mizuki had never fight back at her. He coolly replied that he had not hit her at full force since he was using his left hand. (Ughhhh I’m fuming just reading this part again D:) Ririko could feel herself shivering in fear as even though she could see a glimpse of sadness in Mizuki’s cold expression, he told her to die, even taunting her to bite her tongue right now to die. After staring at her up close for a moment, Mizuki suddenly unties her and… kicked her out of the room. (She was still naked so you can think how cold it was outside, at least return her her towel Mizuki D:) Ririko was shocked that things had ended suddenly, though she worried on how she’s going to face Mizuki from now on… (A real pity since she was just starting to think of getting on better terms with him from before.)(You thought things will be over that easily? It’s just starting…)The next morning, Ririko felt pain when she awoke, and remembered what had happened yesterday. Mizuki had hit her, and this was nothing like the Mizuki she had remembered when they were young. She still wanted to apologise to Mizuki once again for avoiding him in the past and rushed down to catch him before he left for school. (But still failed, guess Mizuki is sort of avoiding her now)She heads off to school, only to have to listen to Minato complaining about how Mizuki had not been replying to her messages. (That last thing Ririko would want to hear about is Mizuki at this moment =w=“) Though Ririko felt Minato was being annoying, she invited her to her house to have a sleepover. (I guess Ririko won’t want to stay alone with Mizuki at night in the house, I won’t either D:) Minato suggested that all four of them (the girls, Mizuki and Itoh) have lunch together since she knew that Ririko didn’t bring any bento and she had made enough sandwiches for everyone anyway, and while Ririko agreed, she left the task of inviting the guys to her while she went off to the infirmary.Along the way, she wondered perhaps Mizuki’s mind had gone off onto a weird path after being abandoned and hurt by her, and if that was so, she kind of blamed it on herself. Just at this point, she met Itoh and Mizuki who was on their way up the stairs as she was heading down, but just as she was about to call out to Mizuki, someone knocked into her, causing her to lose her balance and fall down the stairs… Ririko felt someone catching her as she lost her consciousness. (At this point of the game, you can choose to guess if it’s Mizuki or Itoh, which… will affect the ending.) When she awoke, she found herself lying in the infirmary, with Itoh looking worriedly over her. Turned out that Ririko had a fever at 39 degrees, and thus Mizuki would bring her home later on after lunch, with Minato coming over after school to take care of her (since Mizuki still had club practices to attend to after school). (Itoh had wanted to fulfil his duties as a boyfriend, but failed to even get a chance to send her home or accompany her to classes since apparently only family members and classmates are allowed to do so. That’s kind of a weird rule to set in school… or is that normal…? Feels kind of bad for Itoh though I’m still not a fan of this guy D:)It was revealed that Mizuki was the one who had caught Rirko while she fell from the staircase earlier on (so Mizuki still has a heart for his sister after all?). Mizuki made an appearance and sarcastically said that he’s afraid that Itoh’s arms would break if he was the one who caught Ririko instead. (Are you dissing Itoh is weak or Ririko is fat? Or maybe both? =w=“) Ririko noticed that Mizuki did not even look at her at all, and truthfully speaking, she did not want to stay at home with Mizuki alone currently. The two guys sort of fussed over getting Ririko to get up and head home, the teacher at the infirmary teased her that she’s lucky to be treated like a princess by two ikemen (Teacher, if you would have to know what’s going on in the mind of these two guys, you won’t say that she’s lucky anymore =w=“). Mizuki held onto Ririko’s hand while taking her home. Even though she could not see his face at all, Ririko could sense the warmth from his hand, and felt reassured somehow.It was night time when Ririko awoke after a nap on her bed. The time was 7.30PM and she could hear Minato and Mizuki conversing downstairs. Mizuki offered to send Minato to the train station but Minato had wanted to stay over and look after Ririko. She even wanted to stay at Mizuki’s room if it wasn’t good to stay in Ririko’s room while she was sick. (Wow, Minato sure is hinting hard at Mizuki here) But Mizuki rejected her, even cancelling their date plans in the weekend, explaining that he wasn’t able to accept her feelings. Minato felt hurt for being rejected suddenly like that, and even if her feelings were rejected, she still wanted to stay with Ririko since she’s worried about her, and know that Mizuki won’t be at home tomorrow due to practices. Mizuki scolded Minato off for being annoying (yikes, things are turning ugly D:), and concluded that if Ririko had not recovered, he won’t go anywhere and would stay by her side. (Erm, so in a way he still worries and cares about her…?) Minato started to get suspicious on why Mizuki kept rejecting her and didn’t even want her to stay by Ririko’s side, but Mizuki simply replied her that he wanted to be the one to be by Ririko’s side, and he felt that he treasured Ririko more than how Minato treasured her. (Somehow it just feels so ironic since I still remembered what you did to Ririko yesterday Mizuki =w=“ Am I supposed to get touched here?) Minato rebutted that of course, she understood Mizuki’s feelings since she likes Ririko more than Mizuki. (So I guess her feelings towards Mizuki is just a crush, friendship is way more important~! Somehow the whole situation turns into one where they both fight over Ririko XD)Before Ririko gets tired and faded off to sleep again, she heard Minato telling Mizuki that because she likes Ririko, it further leads onto her liking him as well, and thus wished that they won’t break up suddenly like that… (I thought they aren’t even at the dating stage yet…?)Ririko, later on, felt hot and that her clothes were drenched with sweat. She felt something cold on her neck and opened her eyes. It was Mizuki, who was touching her neck with his fingers, as he continued on to unbutton all her buttons on her clothes, telling her that he’s going to remove them since she was sweating badly. (Erm? Guy did you just casually strip a girl just like that? o.O) He grabbed a towel and wiped her body with no expression on his face, but later on, his expression turned to one that was filled with nervousness, and Ririko could sense that his hands were shaking. It was then Ririko realised that perhaps Mizuki might like her romantically, and felt her tears started falling even though she didn’t know why. Mizuki removed her entire shirt, and then get on top of her after getting his own clothes off. (Welp, it’s going down the forbidden route once again. OAO)Mizuki apologised to Ririko that he can’t restrain himself, and assured her that he would let her enjoy this time around, and to close her eyes if she didn’t want to see him doing it (as if just closing the eyes will work?!) Starting with the foreplay and removing her bottoms, Mizuki told her that he likes Ririko and didn’t want to give her up to anyone else. Even though Ririko wanted to deny it, she felt good being touched by Mizuki, and before she knew it, she was stretching out her arms to him. Mizuki kissed all over her body, making Ririko went into orgasm and continuing from there, the two have sex, even though Ririko found herself crying and begging Mizuki not to do it since they’re siblings. Mizuki tried to assure Ririko that this was all a dream she’s having now since she had a fever, and everything will return to normal the next day, with them avoiding each other again… In the midst of it, Mizuki suddenly felt like kissing Ririko and thus get off from her (initially he was lying on top of her with her back facing him). Ririko felt guilty that she actually sensed her body longing for him when he’s away from her. She kept thinking that what they’re doing was wrong, and it would destroy Mizuki’s future if they continued, as they were barely even twenty years old. Mizuki turned her to face him and kissed her passionately while penetrating her again. She refused to kiss him though and told him that it’s because of his “massage” that she felt good, and asked him to quickly cum since she just wanted to send all of this with him. However, he didn’t give up, and continued on, even laughing at himself for not having sex with Ririko any earlier, since their room was just next to each other, which means the distance between him and her was just a wall away. Ririko thought about how their relationship had developed from siblings who were avoiding each other to siblings who were having sex together, and wondered which of these relationships are “correct”. But before she could come to an answer, Mizuki cummed into her and told her that he loves her. Ririko rebutted that she hated him, but deep down she knew that she still loves him (as a brother), and wondered why Mizuki had chosen to go down such a path, rather than them being close siblings like how it was in the past…(I don’t know… this entire part felt like r*pe since Mizuki is taking this chance while Ririko was sick D: Somehow maybe this was why he was so insistent on chasing Minato home. Ririko’s mind might somehow be affected with all the brainwashing Mizuki is giving her while she’s still having a fever. Guys, please don’t do this type of things to a patient D:) It was the next morning when Ririko awoke. (Saturday - Their parents will arrive home on Sunday) She felt physically much better and was about to reach for her phone to contact Itoh when she realised that Mizuki was still asleep next to her on the bed.(He can still look like an angel when he’s asleep, but when he’s awake he’s like a devil TAT) Mizuki soon awoke and asked Ririko if she had felt better, which Ririko dissed that her lower part of her body is still in pain (so how ironic of Mizuki to ask her that when it’s his fault). He smiled in reply and told her to stay home and rest since he would be back before one, but when Ririko told him that she’s meeting Itoh, he frowned and told her that she’s being duped by Itoh, reminding her that Itoh’s confession was all just part of the punishment game they had. It was revealed that Itoh had to choose between he lying to Ririko or Mizuki duping his younger sister and to protect his younger sister from getting hurt, he chose to confess to Ririko instead. Ririko replied that she had already known all of that, and Itoh had told her that his feelings for her was real, and was in fact pissed off that Mizuki had let her be duped when compared to Itoh who had to protect his sister.(For those who want some eye candy of Mizuki in this outfit~)Mizuki frowned as he revealed that he had thought that Ririko would reject Itoh when he confessed since he knew that Ririko initially showed no interest to Itoh even the guys were friends for years. (He even said that Ririko might dislike guys who are tall and good-looking… are you talking about yourself? =w=“) But after he had seen Ririko and Itoh in bed, Mizuki started to panic. Now that there was no need for him to pull back anymore and avoid Ririko, Mizuki hoped that Ririko would break up with Itoh, saying that it’s not like Ririko was in love with the latter anyway. (But erm… I think Ririko had some feelings for Itoh already at this point of time OWO”) Ririko rebutted that she likes Itoh and Mizuki had no say in her relationship on who she must break up with. That pissed Mizuki off, as he taunted Ririko on what she’s going to do now, tell Itoh that she and her brother had sex? That made Ririko cry, as she doesn’t get what exactly Mizuki wanted to get out of a relationship with her. Seeing her break down made Mizuki smiled again, as he reminded her that she was already “dirtied” by him and that if she had told what had happened to Itoh, Itoh will break up with her, and thus she would be his. (Ughhh I want to punch Mizuki so badly~~~) Ririko kept crying and claimed that she didn’t want all of this to happen, begging Mizuki to return to how he was before. Mizuki smirked and asked her that by wanting him to return to how he was before, did she mean the Mizuki that she was always avoiding and somehow not even in her sight at all? He insisted that the reason why Ririko had avoided him was that she regretted seeing Mizuki in bed with another woman and felt hatred. Ririko denied of that being the reason, though she realised that other than being afraid of her brother who had become a man before her at that time, there seems to be another reason which she can’t remember.In the end, Ririko urged him to get out of the house for soccer practices, telling him that she wished that he would stop destroying his image in her since the Mizuki that she remembered puts soccer above everything. Reluctantly, Mizuki left, leaving Ririko alone. Ririko longed to meet Itoh, but she knew that she can’t meet him now. Itoh contacted her later on and asked to come and visit her, but she rejected him in the end. She didn’t want to stay at home since she dreads waiting for Mizuki to return home, though she had no idea where she should go since at the end of the day she still needs to return home.Finally, at 10am, a message from Minato arrived. She was glad to hear that Ririko was feeling better, and let her know that Mizuki and she aren’t dating anymore. Ririko felt apologetic towards her, but there was nothing she could do to even comfort her about. She now wished that Mizuki would pair up with Minato and that she would give them her blessings if that were to happen. But this was not possible, as Ririko now knew that Minato wasn’t even in Mizuki’s heart at all.Suddenly, Ririko remembered the person that Mizuki had dated just before he broke up - a senpai who was a year older than them, Ezaki Mana. It was rumoured that Mana was the one who dumped Mizuki, and thus Ririko guessed she must be the reason that causes Mizuki’s heartbreak. After some asking around regarding Ezaki Senpai, Ririko get to know that she was practising at the rooftop since she belongs to the Wind Ensemble Club. Sneaking off to school around noon, Ririko switched off her phone since Mizuki had called her (and she refused to answer it). She found Ezaki Senpai at the rooftop just as she expected, and asked her whether she wanted to get back into a relationship with Mizuki. (Is it alright to ask things that straightforward? OWO) However, Ezaki replied that even though she had wanted to be with Mizuki, unfortunately getting back together was impossible. She initially didn’t want to reveal the reason, but in the end, let out the fact that Mizuki was actually very bad at sex with her. (Hmmm??!!! So how did Mizuki get that good yesterday? O.o) Ezaki had guessed that Mizuki perhaps had someone else he’s interested in, since his penis can’t even get up when they’re having sex together, and thus… they broke up. (Well, that’s actually a very reasonable reason for breaking up I guess) (Poor Ririko is probably aghast that the person that Mizuki was said to be interested in… was herself D:)Even though Ririko begged for Ezaki to give another thought and patch up with Mizuki, she ultimately decided not to, since it was something she was unable to forgive Mizuki about in the first place. She gave his next relationship her blessings since she had spotted Mizuki walking home with another girl earlier on. Ririko deduced from Ezaki’s observation that the girl was Minato, and began to worry on what Mizaki would tell Minato about. As she rushed down to catch up to Mizuki and Minato, she switched on her phone and found two messages, one from Minato telling her that she’s meeting up with Mizuki to talk over their matter again, and the other from Itoh, who told her he really wanted to meet her today. Ririko replied to Itoh that she can’t meet him for today, and got a phone call from him asking where she was since Minato and he were both already with Mizuki at her house. She gave an excuse that she went out to buy the game she had wanted to buy, which Itoh accepted it easily and asked her to return home quickly. She, later on, got yet another phone call from Mizuki, asking her to return soon too, since he’s looking forward to “playing” with her, and thus wanted Ririko to stay at home tonight. (I could feel goosebumps on my arms already ><”) Ririko guessed from the messages that it means that Mizuki wanted to have sex again as it would be the last night before their parents return home. Ririko felt depressed, revealing her thoughts that she wants to die through the phone to Mizuki, but the latter was unaffected and even offered to kill her if she had wanted it. Ririko was pissed and asked that Mizuki should be the one to die instead, which he agreed easily though he said that he would definitely die before Ririko’s sight. Ririko told Mizuki that she really doesn’t want to return home, only to get a threat from Mizuki that if she didn’t return by three, he would tell what that had happened to Minato and Itoh (Woah… that’s harsh since she could lose both her boyfriend and best friend altogether). In the end, Ririko had no choice but to agreed to go home, on the terms that Mizuki urged the other two to leave their house by the time she returned since she really was in no mood to meet them.When Ririko rushed home, she was relieved to see both Minato and Itoh had left. Ririko asked to be left alone when she saw Mizuki, but the latter just urged her to break up with Itoh (Damn Mizuki you sure are annoying), which in the end Ririko decided to just send Itoh a message that their relationship was over. (Initially, Mizuki even demanded her to call Itoh and tell him, which frankly speaking, it’s going to be heartbreaking for Ririko to do that. Why are you so mean Mizuki?!!) Mizuki even followed Ririko into her room, and she told him that she had met up with Ezaki Senpai today, up to the point of what she had known about Mizuki’s body. Mizuki wasn’t affected by what Ririko had dug up about him though, coolly revealing the fact that none of the girls he had dated with was able to satisfy him. Only Ririko was what he had wanted, and guessed that perhaps Ezaki Senpai had already sensed that his heart wasn’t on her which is why they broke up. (Yep, so Mizuki getting his heartbroken after he broke up with Ezaki was definitely not true. Guy just seems like he doesn’t care about that now.)Ririko told him that she’s rejecting him and that what he’s doing now was stalkerish (asking her where she is, demanding and threatening her to come to him etc.), but Mizuki simply smirked and taunted her to make a police report about it. (Since Ririko felt very not confident about herself and always look up to Mizuki as the one who had better looks and height, she guessed that no one would believe her if she revealed what had happened to her and that she might be sent to the mental hospital instead. I feel bad for Ririko, it’s really unhealthy to be so not confident to the point that she even worried that no one would see her as a victim.)However, Ririko believed that their parents would think the best for her and told Mizuki that she would request to live far away from him. Mizuki sighed as he knew that there’s no way to convince Ririko to be his lover, and just silently took off his clothes and pushing her onto the bed. (…. Is that the only thing you can do?!! *Sigh*)(Mizuki really looks very evil here ><”)As he got on top of her on the bed, Mizuki revealed that he actually hates himself for how he behaved yesterday and today, but he felt suffocated and pain in his heart, calling Ririko his sister and asking her to help him. But Ririko replied that he didn’t seem to be suffering at all, and had been doing what he likes with her all this while. Mizuki was sure that Ririko must have realised something when she saw him having sex with other girls in the past, and that was why she had been avoiding him since then, but she could not understand how that incident would link to him liking her romantically, even blaming Mizuki being the reason that she dislikes guys later on. Mizuki did not buy that reason though and kept insisting that Ririko must have known that he likes her at that time, that the girl he was having sex with was a replacement of herself, since… he actually let Ririko caught him in the act on purpose at that time. (What?!!! So the entire thing was planned by Mizuki O.O”) Ririko thought back to what had happened three years ago. It was the summer vacation, and as she was eating ice cream in the house when she heard someone panting inside the bedroom that no one was supposed to be in it. She wondered whether Mizuki had brought his friends back home, and when she opened the bedroom door, she was shocked to see Mizuki shirtless with another girl in the room. The bedroom that Mizuki was in was actually Ririko’s bedroom, that has no lock, and thus it was weird that why Mizuki wasn’t doing that in his own bedroom, which has a lock that he could have some privacy in. This was the reason why Ririko had avoided Mizuki after that, since she had seen Mizuki trying to have sex with another girl in her bedroom, on her bed, and somehow knew that Mizuki was pretending the girl was herself while doing that. She cried and told Mizuki that she could only choose to ignore him after knowing that truth since there’s no way they could be lovers as they were siblings. Mizuki told Ririko not to run away from him, and look at him as a man. Though while Ririko had thought of her brother as a very charming and attractive man, she knew that it would be unfortunate to fall in love with her brother, and thus did not even bother to think about that ever since. Mizuki asked her once again whether she likes him as a man or not, which Ririko thought that she actually prefers Itoh rather than him (and even thought that Mizuki must be shameless to think all girls will like him or prefer him more than Itoh. Guess Ririko still has a crush on Itoh~) She rebutted that she doesn’t like him romantically nor will like him that way forever. Mizuki smiled as he knew that there’s really no way to convince Ririko to see him the way he sees her since Ririko would forever think that siblings can’t become lovers. He had initially wanted to hide his feelings and live that way forever for the sake of their parents, but now that he’s suffering so bad, he didn’t want to hide them anymore. Ririko told him that he’s just being a narcissist by liking her since they’re alike and it would be like him loving himself. (Oops, in a way that sounds kind of true.) Mizuki knew that and revealed that he really hates that the blood that flows in him was the same as Ririko’s since all he wanted was to able to declare his love for her out loud. In the end, he gave up on wanting to get Ririko’s heart, and just went for her body instead…As Mizuki gave her kiss marks all over her body, Ririko cried and decided that she didn’t want to care about these kiss marks left on her anymore, now that she had already broken up with Itoh, and she would probably not be able to get into a relationship with anyone anymore, even wanting to die even more now. (That really sounds so sad and depressing.) Later on, Mizuki even suggested that they should have sex again since he wanted to be with her until the morning, which Ririko dissed him that all he’s thinking of was about sex. (How horny is this guy? =w=“) Mizuki taunted her whether she was going to kill him, but Ririko replied that she can’t even stop Mizuki from touching her, and thus knew that she would be unable to kill him if she wants to. Instead, she decided that she shall disappear (meaning she’ll die) before him. Mizuki showed a sad face and told her that he won’t live either if she had died, and Ririko rebutted that why not both of them just die together. (Woah, guess even Ririko is going off to the crazy side) Even though Mizuki initially thought that was a good idea, he soon shook his head and told Ririko that he wants her to continue living happily (do you think that can still happen after what you’ve done?!), and he shall be the only one who dies instead. Ririko noticed that Mizuki had a really lonely expression on his face as he said that. With that, Mizuki left the room, leaving Ririko by herself, which led her to wonder perhaps her nightmare will end for today. Their parents are coming back tomorrow, and since her mother will be at home most of the time, it would be hard for Mizuki to lay his hands on her again.Ririko noticed that the time was 5pm, and decided that she shall start making dinner even though she didn’t have much of an appetite and didn’t really want to eat with Mizuki either. Even though Mizuki had done terrible things to her, she still treats him as a brother and knew that their mother will get angry if Mizuki wasn’t well taken care of and have his meals. As Ririko stepped out of the room, she noticed that there was no sound coming from Mizuki’s room at all, and wondered perhaps he was asleep. Just then, a stream of blood started flowing out from Mizuki’s room, which made Ririko panicked. What exactly had happened in Mizuki’s room? She grabbed onto the doorknob and tried to open the door, but the room was locked. She hurriedly knocked onto the door, calling for Mizuki to come out for dinner, hoping that her brother’s appearance will erase the fear she had in mind. But… there was no answer, as the blood continued to flow out from under his door…Ririko remembered that she was the one who had said she wanted to die, and thus couldn’t understand why Mizuki turned out to be the one who committed suicide by himself all alone and locking himself in the room. The thought of Mizuki dying led Ririko to believe that she was the one who had killed him (since she believed that without his obsession over her, he might continue to live on a normal life), though that also meant that she would be free from Mizuki forever. However, she wasn’t happy about the freedom she gained, and all she could do for the rest of the day was to tremble and drenched herself in tears…OmakeWhat you’ve read above is actually just the main story route and the first ending of this game~ This game has five endings in total, which I’ll write the playthrough for the remaining four in a later post. There’s an omake in the game, which is pretty much like a backstage talk, where Mizuki will make an appearance and talks about the various endings and what the author had thought when she (I think it’s a female) wrote the story. The first ending is pretty much the most normal and says… expected ending of this game. (I unknowingly reached this on my first run since I was both nice to Itoh and Mizuki, yet chooses not to rely on Itoh and rejected Mizuki’s feelings at the various option. These choices were logical to me when I self-insert myself in Ririko, but now that I look back at it, choices like this were why I wasn’t able to go into either character’s ending D:) This was also the first ending that the author had thought of when she wrote the story. Mizuki explained that this is what was considered a “default” bad ending, where his first-sided love for Ririko was never accepted, and thus he decided to end his life since he couldn’t see a future anymore. Initially, a love-hate relationship was planned for this ending, but Mizuki affirmed that he won’t do anything that will hurt Ririko. (Guess the author initially wanted to write even more horrible things done by Mizuki… D:)(There was this part where Mizuki talked about his sexual experience, and he revealed that he actually had sex with Minato on Ririko’s bed, and guessed that it was successful since it turned out that he’s okay doing it with anyone as long as it was on Ririko’s bed =w=“ It was noted that it doesn’t seem to be Minato’s first time in sex anyway, and revealed that Minato had dated her elder brother’s friend before so… yeah you can guess where her past experience came from.)Talking about an elder brother, Mizuki noted that Itoh was an elder brother in his family, but felt interesting that he was fond of Ririko, who had the vibe of an elder sister (well, it would be kind of weird if he became a sis-con for younger sister). Mizuki wondered maybe he won’t be such a spoiled guy in the story if he was the elder brother instead.That’s all for Part 1 of this playthrough~ Next up will be Part 2, where I’ll play through the rest of the endings for this game~ +W+ -- source link
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