However, from a game design perspective, if the second playthrough were that simple, it wouldn't be a second playthrough.
Next, the disheartened female protagonist returns to the church, filled with regret for her past lack of honesty. She hates that she didn't realize Iwa Sejian's feelings sooner and hates that she didn't confess earlier.
Why couldn't she have been more proactive?
At that moment, a strong sense of regret and a desire for a second chance takes hold of Yoshida Li's heart.
Driven by this very emotion, the Fairy appears once more.
This time, the Fairy is willing to help the female protagonist travel to the past to change her life.
"Time is limited."
"Whether you use it for something effective or waste it away..."
"...depends on your choice."
...The video starts playing again.
Throughout the entire second playthrough, Li travels back into the past through one photo after another, attempting to confess to the male protagonist and save their relationship.
It's practically a mirror image of the first playthrough.
Although they are experiencing the past of the same two people, many details are different.
Furukawa Hirozawa truly admires Pokeni; they've mastered the Galgame genre to such a degree.
reverse degree person also had a similar game structure.
First, the male protagonist's perspective for the first playthrough, then switching to the female protagonist's perspective for the second.
The main plot seems similar, but if you experience it carefully, you'll find many small details that were previously undiscovered.
Many things that seemed ordinary in the first playthrough become incredibly tear-jerking when looking back during the second.
So that's how it was.
Why was it like that?
Many scenes that didn't feel like much the first time around suddenly become unbearable during the second.
It's like being hit by a tear gas grenade.
While playing the second playthrough, Furukawa Hirozawa couldn't stop crying... You can see all the little details of their past interactions, including every time Yoshida Li tries to change what happened after traveling back.
From Yoshida Li's perspective, the reasons why the two of them missed each other countless times are actually easier to perceive.
Sometimes, caring too much about the other person makes it impossible to be straightforward.
It's just like what Iwa Sejian said: things that were so easy to do as a child become impossible to find the courage to say once you've grown up.
It's the same for Li.
But that is life.
That is the process of growing up... All opportunities are used up.
Yoshida Li returns to the church once more; what was missed is missed.
The outcome still cannot be changed; this is likely what proposal daisakusen wants to convey to the players.
There are no do-overs in life.
Even if it's fate, once it's passed, it's passed.
Only the present is worth cherishing.
Fortunately, at the end, just as the Fairy helped the male protagonist return to the moment before the wedding speech to give him the courage to confess, the Fairy gives the female protagonist a similar chance this time.
He lets her return to the moment Iwa Sejian is getting into the taxi to leave.
So, ignoring everything else, the female protagonist grabs her skirt and starts running fast... "Are you kidding me? How can it suddenly be out of gas?!" Iwa Sejian grumbles while pushing the car.
"I am truly sorry, thank you for your hard work, sir," the driver says guiltily.
But just then...
"He-san!!!"
A girl's voice rings out from behind him.
At this point, it connects to the very end of the first playthrough... Iwa Sejian turns around, and Yoshida Li is standing right behind him.
She finally caught up; Li smiles while panting for breath.
Seeing her, the male protagonist also breaks into a happy smile.
The two of them gaze at each other silently. After a few seconds, the male protagonist suddenly remembers something.
"What are you doing?" Iwa Sejian asks reproachfully.
"What about you!" Yoshida Li puffs out her cheeks. "What are YOU doing?"
"Eh?"
"Why are you pushing a taxi?"
The female protagonist, wearing her wedding dress, takes two steps forward to the male protagonist's side.
The stubborn Iwa Sejian puts his hands in his pockets and takes a step aside. "Because I'm bored."
"You're so bored that you're pushing a taxi?"
"I hesitated for quite a while whether to go play ball or push a car here," Iwa Sejian says stubbornly.
"Are you an idiot?" Yoshida Li starts laughing.
"I don't want to hear that from someone wearing a wedding dress and covered in sweat," Iwa Sejian retorts.
Being told that, Yoshida Li touches her forehead sheepishly.
"What on earth are you doing?"
"Eh?"
Yoshida Li panics for a moment, then swings her arms back and forth. "I'm running away."
Hahaha... These two are way too dishonest with themselves, aren't they?
Furukawa Hirozawa has a motherly grin on his face the whole time.
"Running like that?" Even Iwa Sejian is amused by her.
"Because it's quite eye-catching, so even if I'm running on the road, I don't have to worry about being hit by a car."
The two bicker for a while until the taxi driver in front shouts out somewhat impatiently:
"Um, excuse me, could I trouble you two to help me push this to the gas station?"
...After refueling, not knowing where to go, the driver takes the two of them to the seaside.
After stopping the car, the driver says, "Thank you both for today."
"I wish you a married life that doesn't go off the rails."
The two look at each other and say nothing.
"And I wish you a happy marriage!"
Seeing what the driver said, Furukawa Hirozawa can't stop laughing... After the taxi leaves, only Yoshida Li and Iwa Sejian are left on the beach.
"Hey, why did you want to call me Miss Moon when we were rehearsing that play back then?"
Yoshida Li and Iwa Sejian walk along the beach.
The wind and waves are strong, blowing Yoshida Li's skirt.
The main reason he brought her here was because Li's shoes were too difficult to walk in.
"That's because..."
In the first playthrough, the male protagonist really liked the moon, especially when looking at the starry sky at night, so Furukawa Hirozawa knows why he designed the female protagonist to be Miss Moon in the play.
However, Iwa Sejian hesitates and says dishonestly, "That's because you already have a round face, just like the moon."
"How mean," Yoshida Li says resentfully. "I regret it now. I don't want to call you He-san anymore either."
"Then what are you going to call me?"
"I'm going to call you the Ocean!"
The male protagonist is bewildered, and before he can react, Yoshida Li shouts:
"Because you're too fat!"
"Dammit, where am I fat?" Iwa Sejian says, flexing his arms. "This is called being fit, okay? I worked really hard to build this up."
"Well, my face isn't round either!" Yoshida Li mutters.
"You had a round face back then."
"You were a fatty when you were little too! Idiot."
Just then, hearing the female protagonist's words, the male protagonist can't help but laugh.
"Ha?" Li looks at him in confusion, wondering if this guy is stupid.
"The two of us."
The male protagonist stops walking.
"We're still bickering even now."
Li's smile freezes on her face.
"Li."
"Eh?"
"It's because we're so dishonest that things turned out like this," Iwa Sejian says.
"Ha? Whose dishonesty are we talking about exactly?" Li responds unhappily.
"I'm sorry," Iwa Sejian says bluntly.
"Eh?"
"I'm sorry I was so dishonest."
"Eh?"
"Look at us now, walking on the beach, this beautiful sand, and such a lovely sunset."
Iwa Sejian says with a smile, "If we keep arguing like this, the moon will be out soon."
"Li, I'm sorry."
Li is stunned for a moment, not expecting Iwa Sejian to be so honest.
"I'm sorry, I'm the one who was dishonest, I have a lot to be sorry for too."
Just then, the male protagonist turns around, takes a few quick steps, and pulls Yoshida Li into a tight hug.
Under the setting sun, the two are plated with a thin layer of gold.
Amidst such beautiful scenery, Iwa Sejian kisses her.
The two embrace and kiss deeply.
Seeing this scene, Furukawa Hirozawa's heart is about to melt... Just then, a wave crashes in, submerging their ankles.
"Ah!!!"
Yoshida Li screams and grabs her skirt to walk toward the shore, but accidentally one of her shoes is swept into the waves.
The spray curls, and it vanishes instantly.
"Ah! My shoe!"
"I hate this," Yoshida Li says dejectedly.
With only one shoe, she stands on the sand, exposing her other foot.
Without a word, Iwa Sejian takes off his shoes and goes into the sea to fish for Li's shoe.
But the wind and waves are too strong; there's no sign of the shoe at all now.
As time passes, the tide rises, reaching up to the male protagonist's knees.
He is completely soaked by the waves.
"Forget it, Jian! Stop looking!"
"No," Jian shouts stubbornly.
The wind and waves are too strong; Yoshida Li, worried for his safety, shouts anxiously:
"Really, stop looking!"
...The male protagonist searches for a while, but there's really nothing he can do, so he walks back with his hands in his pockets.
Yoshida Li is almost moved to tears.
Not because of the shoe, but because she was worried about Jian, and even angrier that he wouldn't listen to her.
This stubborn guy.
Seeing the expression on her face, Iwa Sejian also feels very bad.
"Don't make that face."
"Then what kind of face do you think I should make?" Li says with a pout.
"You're the one who lost it, right?"
"And who was it that brought me to the beach?"
"I brought you to the beach because I was thinking of you, don't be ungrateful."
"But..."
The two continue to bicker.
However, the male protagonist gently picks up his own shoes and then squats down in front of the female protagonist.
"Alright, get on."
Eh?
The female protagonist is stunned for a moment, then smiles happily, leans onto Iwa Sejian's back, and wraps her arms around his neck.
Iwa Sejian stands up carrying her.
The long hem of the wedding dress trails on the ground.
The seawater laps at the beach, kissing Iwa Sejian's feet.
The afterglow of the setting sun casts their shadows onto the sand.
It's truly romantic.
"Sigh, if only I had written my name and address on the high heel," Yoshida Li says with a laugh.
"Ha? You're still talking about that? Miss Moon."
"The one who couldn't find the shoe was you, He-san, wasn't it?"
"I'll find it for you one day."
"Ha? If you can help me find that shoe, then I'll marry you."
"Even if I have to search the whole world, I'll find that shoe for you!"
"You said it..."
By now the sun has set, and the moon has risen into the sky.
It's perfectly round, casting bright moonlight onto the sea.
On the path paved by moonlight, Iwa Sejian carries Yoshida Li on his back along the beach.
One in a suit, one in a wedding dress.
Leaving behind two small shadows.
This scene is truly perfect... [TRUE END]
Satisfied.
After completing the second playthrough, Furukawa Hirozawa is finally content.
"Great job! Pokeni!"
The end of the first playthrough was truly frustrating.
Even worse than the Quilt Man.
You had no idea if Yoshida Li and Iwa Sejian ended up together in the end.
As it turns out, all of that was just preparation for the second playthrough.
After the game ends, Furukawa Hirozawa sits there in a daze, thinking.
Overall, this game has a very strong narrative performance, more so than any Galgame he had encountered before.
Many times your choices are just about the photos, the point in time to travel back to, or some simple dialogue options.
But all the storylines have already been laid out.
It's more about watching the plot within the game and the feelings between the characters.
to the moon used a similar technique, except that was an RPG style of presentation, while proposal daisakusen is more like an animated presentation.
The game's visual quality, music, and plot quality are all very high.
The sense of pacing throughout the experience is excellent, and it always manages to capture the player's expectations.
Traveling back again and again, returning to the past, each time with new hope—you could even say the hope grows as you go, building up layer by layer.
Yet each time, for various reasons, they fail to successfully confess.
Fate is such a mysterious thing... Even though it's a game and he knows it was designed by Aoki Haruhi.
After finishing it, Furukawa Hirozawa didn't feel like it was just a game.
Just like Pokeni's slogan says—
Games are life.
Every journey in a game is actually an experience of a segment of life.
However, different from before, this time Furukawa Hirozawa felt as if he were experiencing his own life.
So many scenes, so much dialogue, so many plot points really felt as if they had actually happened to him.
Every time he saw the interactions between Iwa Sejian and Li, Furukawa Hirozawa would always think of his own past.
In everyone's life, there is always such an experience.
During student days, you always meet that one person.
Bickering with each other, yet thinking about the other person every moment.
Clearly knowing deep down that you like her/him, yet unable to speak out because of fear.
In Furukawa Hirozawa's memory, he clearly remembers—
During the school trip in his third year of high school.
He once sat on the grass watching the stars with a girl in a long white dress, just like Miss Moon and He-san.
The moon wasn't round then.
But it was unforgettable.
Curved, like a sickle.
Even more like that girl's eyes when she smiled.
Unfortunately... she is no longer by his side... Furukawa Hirozawa fell asleep with a heart full of sorrow, melancholy, and regret.
In his dreams that night, he dreamed of sitting on the grass watching the stars with Yukitake Junna.
The girl was softly humming a song, but he couldn't hear clearly what she was humming.
When he woke up the next day, he found tears on his pillow. Only then did Furukawa Hirozawa realize he had cried last night.
The sunlight streamed in, and the sparrows outside were noisy.
Furukawa struggled to get up to go to work, but his body felt unusually heavy.
Not good.
It seems he really has a fever this time.
Damn it!
Pokeni's games are truly harmful!
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