Initial concept

[Insert design images of Shinji]

(Note: This article contains spoilers about Shinji’s route.)

[Insert initial drawing proto-Shinji]
When I thought of narcissistic, I thought of long hair.
That’s how Shinji transformed into an idiot model madly in love with an idealized Hana.

I always thought of him as a comic element above all, that’s what saved him because I no longer had the heart to delete him.

[Insert drawings with Shinji and champagne flute, Shinji embracing a somewhat blasé Hana]

To my great surprise, his grandiloquent side was really easy to imagine. Even though I’m not a fan of this type of character at all basically, I ended up really liking Shinji.
This made him the fastest route to write in the game, even though it has 2 very distinct branches that don’t have the same atmosphere at all:

• Kyoko displays her pragmatic side and her own demons from the past here
• Hana shows that you have to earn her respect before being able to consider obtaining her heart

I loved laughing, I loved having my heart suffer on this 4th route in the reading order. It’s a good interlude before arriving at the last official route.