|
I played through every lagoon lounge games, and Yamato's ending hit me hard. I really loved his character, though displayed go be quite the antagonist in the very first game through the competition between Lounge and Kuronekotei. I despised him at first for the laxatives he put into the bento to fuck Gou and the Lounge over (though it's quite understandable that he goes to such extremes for the future of Kuronekotei, but still quite a messed up thing to do).
However, as I played through the games, I started seeing Yamato change for the better and I started feeling attached to his character. He sought Gou's forgiveness for the despicable things he did, and it's quite a feat considering they're competitors for business within Harusu and it makes it difficult to swallow one's pride when his livelihood was at stake. When I'd found out that Yamato was planning to leave the village, I knew it was bound to be considering the fact that Kuronekotei has been on the decline since "The Giant of Harusu" stopped occurring in LL1, but it was still hard to accept considering how things started going well for Yamato in terms of his connection with the other characters, as he gradually integrated into the village (I was so damn happy when Gou forgave Yamato). He even let Rai stay at his place when Sousuke kicked mc and Rai out of his place. He was extremely hospitable to both Rai and mc despite Yamato's being much smaller compared to the likes of Sousuke's and Rai's houses in Harusu. Though his hospitality can be intepreted as sign of desperation knowing a celebrity staying at the manager of Kuronekotei's place would boost its reputation.
In LL3, I kinda hoped Yamato actually went along with the other guys to the hot springs, though it's undeniable that it'd be better to stay in Harusu to ensure Kuronekotei gets as much profit as possible as it's still in the red. Yamato oversleeping and missing the boat for the evacuation was honestly one of the few moments I just smiled to myself, because it's such a stereotype for his character, same goes to the route of mc and Yamato shopping in town and Yamato ending up not being able to get any clothes of his size as well as purchasing so much food, both of which were quite cute.
When I chose Yamato's ending, I got very emotional as I played the visual novel. Yamato still intended to leave, as despite the spike of tourists, it wasn't sustainable as the number of tourists in the future are still hard to tell, keeping in mind the landslide occurred quite recently. He spoke of how he didn't want to ruin both the future of Lounge and Kuronekotei by continuing to stay and barely making it by stealing potential customers from the Lounge, and at this point I started tearing up a little, as the change in Yamato's character is basically a 180° change, and it's very remarkable indeed to see how he has changed from the selfish manager of Kuronekotei who only cared about his own restaurant, to the man who now cares so deeply for Harusu as well as the Lounge (I was also very upset over the fact that there was never any mention of the Lounge and Kurenekotei working together, apart from the Christmas menus. Wouldn't it be better for both Kuronekotei and the Lounge if they literally combined and became one complete restaurant that get every potential customer instead of two restaurants going at each other and being at a constant decline? WAS THIS SUCH AN ABSURD SUGGESTION!?). Yamato mentioned he was leaving the next day, and that his decision for leaving will not change, and this shock to me was amplified by the fact that I curiously went for the "?" option, as now I realised that if I didnt play Yamato's ending, I'd never find out Yamato was leaving, and it kinda hurt me thinking Yamato would just leave early the next day and that I, playing as the mc, would just wake up one day and realise that Yamato has gone, with no clue of whether he would come back or not (I try to live the life of whoever I'm playing as in every game, so do excuse me). Yamato's love for Harusu, just like the mc's, cannot be denied even though both characters lived in Harusu for a short period of time compared to other characters. There was no doubt that Yamato wouldn't want to leave Harusu at all, but he had to, as he valued Kuronekotei so much, and thus he has to leave the village, for Kuronekotei's sake. I was really disappointed when Yamato refused to bring mc along in his journey, but it emphasised on his love for mc, as he'd much rather have someone he loved lived a comfortable and steady life than, as Yamato said, live a potentially "aimless life", as their future cannot be predicted as compared to living in Harusu. As such, when Yamato left, I really hoped he'd turn back or mc would follow him or pester Yamato till he lets mc follow him, which honestly isn't that difficult considering how Yamato submits so easily to mc, but it may not be the case now that he truly loves mc.
As such, Yamato became one of the fictional characters I've become most attached to. Really though, he's a straight guy, but the part where he said "Again" on the bus from town back to Harusu after buying supplies, then saying "It's nothing" made me think that Yamato was kinda coming out of the closet and he truly loved mc. I mean, he even kissed mc despite the fact that he's straight and was quite reluctant about it, but it still displayed his affection towards mc. Yamato's interactions and reactions in the intimate scenes in LL3 were quite cute too. This ending was right in the feels, from every moment when the ending of Yamato begun, especially when mc read the letter Yamato wrote for him, because the dampness of the letter suggested that Yamato was crying while he wrote it, and being so emotionally attached to Yamato, reading his letter as mc was akin to reading this myself, and it just really amplified the sadness of Yamato's departure.
Side note: Kuronekotei's music is so damn catchy I keep finding myself humming to it. Also, I expected the bonus to contain maybe future scenes, where Yamato comes back to Harusu or invites mc to go over to him, instead of just the pictures of characters, so I was a tad bit disappointed by that.
(No mentions of details of sex scenes because I did not expect whatever happened to happen. At all.)
|
