[I like you, Tetsuya-kun.]
[Miyuki...]
[What do you think of me, Tetsuya-kun?]
A beautiful girl with glistening eyes looked up at the tall man.
Her sanpaku eyes, where the whites were just barely visible beneath her irises, were incredibly alluring.
With bright brown eyes that were at once innocent and somehow sensual, she gazed at the man, as if urging him to hurry up and confess his feelings.
After a long pause, the blushing man finally opened his mouth.
[...I'm sorry, Miyuki. I'm still not sure how I feel...]
The moment I read that line, I shot up from my computer chair.
Is this bastard a fucking idiot?
No, seriously. The most beautiful girl in the entire game just confessed to him, and out of all the heroines, the protagonist has the strongest feelings for his childhood friend, Miyuki. So why the hell...
It was absurd that he was still second-guessing his love this late in the game.
I was tempted to crack open the scenario writer's head just to see what was inside.
Scoffing, I clicked the mouse, praying the protagonist would say it was just a joke and that he liked her too.
But then…
[Thank you for playing Doki Doki Academy.]
The next screen that appeared had no background art, just that unexpected sentence plastered across it in huge letters.
Stunned, I couldn't help but curse out loud.
"What the fuck?"
What? Thank you for playing? Does that mean it's over?
So instead of ending on a sweet note that would melt the player's heart, they decided to make me boil with rage and then just cut it off?
If it ends like this, what happens to Miyuki after her confession?
She'd probably go home, clutching the pain of a broken heart, and cry her eyes out for days.
And what about the other heroines, Renka and Hiyori? Were they just being abandoned?
This game was supposed to be a sweet rom-com.
It's a genre where, despite some conflict, the protagonist and the main heroine are supposed to get their happy ending.
So what the hell was this insane ending? Even the most frustrating rom-coms don't pull something like this...
Did the writer do this just because they wanted to see players metaphorically cough up blood from frustration?
Is the writer some kind of psycho?
No sane person would release the final DLC like this.
"Isn't this completely nuts?"
If they wanted an open ending, they should have at least made Tetsuya shut his mouth.
If they had, I could have at least let my imagination run wild with positive possibilities. But this... this just filled me with negative thoughts.
Did they think I put up with this frustrating bastard of a protagonist, who was way more infuriating than any other dating sim lead, just to see this?
Even though the game wasn't popular, the art style was exactly my taste, and I loved the thrilling tightrope walk of their budding romance. I poured my heart into it.
I enjoyed it, even projecting myself onto Tetsuya and getting emotionally invested. I spent my days eagerly waiting for new DLCs to be released.
I even bought a bromide poster for the first time in my life.
And this is how they repay me? By stabbing me in the back? Don't they feel the least bit sorry?
If they were going to give the heroines such a tragic fate, they should have just pivoted and made it an adult game with tons of fan service scenes.
Then I would've ditched the emotional investment and at least had something to fap to.
Still dazed, I closed "Doki Doki Academy," or "DokiAka" for short.
Then I went to the developer's website and wrote a long, critical post.
It was the first time in my life I had ever expressed such intense anger or written a critique like that.
That's how immersed I was in this game, and how furious I was at the developer and writer for wasting my time with such a garbage ending.
I play rom-coms to feel something sweet, but this just left a disgusting taste in my mouth.
I think I may have just played the worst trash game of all time.
After I was done, I looked out the window and saw the night was deep.
I'd been so excited about the new DLC with the ending that I'd lost all track of time, getting absorbed in every line and every illustration.
Swoosh-!
I yanked the blackout curtains shut and buried my face in my pillow.
Fuck.
Playing this game was the biggest regret of my life.
But what could I do? I never imagined it would turn out like this.
Still, it was sweet while it lasted...
If only the ending had been decent, it would have been a certified masterpiece... Those sons of bitches...
Trying to calm my raging heart, I looked at the bromide posters of the three heroines on my wall.
Miyuki, Renka, and Hiyori.
They were all so beautiful.
If only they hadn't fallen for a dumbass like Tetsuya... they could have been happy...
To think that a game I'd loved for so long could turn into a piece of shit in an instant because of one bad ending.
The sense of betrayal was immense. Now I finally understood why this game was never popular.
It was because the developers were thoughtless.
Letting out a deep sigh that came from the bottom of my heart, I tried to sleep.
I thought I'd be too angry to fall asleep, but surprisingly, a wave of drowsiness washed over me.
The intense emotional outburst must have completely drained my mind.
Yeah, this is for the best. I should forget this trash game as quickly as possible.
With that thought, I soon drifted off to sleep.
Miyuki... Renka... Hiyori... You poor things...
I fell asleep desperately calling out the names of the three heroines, who were now undoubtedly fated for a heartbreaking end.