due to my not-so-great memories of quarantine, i try not to think about it too often. however, i was a young teenager back then, so to a certain extent, i have to acknowledge the impact that those years had on me as a person. what's hard is that not many people have had their formative years shaped by an otome game, so it's kind of weird to explain. but i have. for better and for worse, i have.

anywho, homare arisugawa represents my idealized self. on both a conscious and subconscious level, i aspire to dress like him, articulate myself like him, and present myself like the eccentric gayass creative-intellectual that he is. i need to capture his essence in every way possible. i haven't played a3! in many years, but i feel like i took a little piece of this guy with me when i moved on. not a day goes by where i don't think about this weirdo.

i LOVED fuyugumi when i was playing this game, especially homare, azuma, and hisoka. for quite some time, they were my major comfort characters, and even now, i can't help but smile when i think about them. they're the sweetest found family, and honestly? i felt like i was included in that. so uhm! shoutout to these guys for getting me through the early 2020s 🫶

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