left to right: Yusuke, Hikaru, Subaru, Futo, Rui, Tsubaki, Natsume, Azusa, Kaname, Iori, Wataru, Masaomi and Ukyo

Masaomi (age 31)- Oldest of the group and a pediatrician who doesn’t like the sight of blood.

Ukyo (age 28)- …The housewife of the brothers (he cooks and organizes everyone). A lawyer and the voice of reason.

Kaname (age 26) – A guy who likes hitting on girls, but is a monk of all things. He has a serious side to him though.

Hikaru (age 25)- The crossdresser of the family. Only, he does it for his job, which is writing novels. …I don’t know if that makes the crossdressing thing better or not.

Tsubaki (24)- Tsubaki is Azusa’s identical twin (he dyes his hair) and works as a seiyuu. He’s kind of a straightforward idiot and he totally has a fetish for imoutos.

Azusa (24)- Tsubaki’s identical twin and pretty much his complete opposite personality-wise. Meaning that he’s cool headed and pretty calm. Also a seiyuu.

Natsume (24)- Okay, I lied above. Azusa, Tsubaki and Natsume are actually triplets. Only, Natsume isn’t identical like Tsubaki and Azusa are (since he’s from a different egg cell), so he’s the odd one out. He doesn’t live in the same complex as everyone else and seems rough at first, but is a nice guy.

Louis (21)- Professional hairdresser and the only person Ema has ever met that understands Juli. His name is romanized as Louis, but I’ll be using his nickname Rui. He’s kind of a airhead I guess?

Subaru (19)- The guy plays basketball in university and is SUPER awkward around Ema since he has 342092 brothers and zero experience with girls.

Iori (18)- A student who looks like a prince and is idolized by a lot of girls. …I’m pretty sure that he has issues, but this game doesn’t go into them. So for now, he’s a bit soft spoken, but a guy with seemingly no flaws.

Yusuke (16)- Yusuke was actually Ema’s classmate before he was her brother and he’s liked her since forever ago. A ~tsundere~ who acts tough on the outside.

Futo (14)- A rather popular idol who goes under a different surname for his job. Ema was a fan until she actually met him since he uh, has a pretty terrible personality.

Wataru (10)- The youngest of the brothers, a bit immature, but really close to Masaomi.

The first real event with Masaomi is Ema having to go deliver a bunch of left behind important papers to Masomi at the hospital he works at. However, when she gets there, Masaomi is busy giving an injection to a patient and it turns out that he’s really, really good with kids (…though duh, that’s his job). After learning about all of the things Masaomi carries around to keep them happy while seeing him (candy, toys, etc), Ema is also introduced to a stuffed rabbit named Usa-tan. Masaomi made the thing himself and it’s like a swiss army knife of keeping children happy, but Masaomi is called away to do his job before Ema and him can talk more.

Sometime after a trip to the Asahina vacation home (and Ema playing with fireworks with Masaomi and basically feeling glad that he’s treating her like part of the family), Ema is doing dishes in the kitchen and Masaomi asks her to wash a mug. Ema ends up dropping it accidentally, cutting herself when it breaks, and Masaomi ends up needing more attention than Ema since the sight of blood doesn’t sit well with him. If you’re thinking about how stupid it is for Masaomi to become a doctor with an issue like that, blood was never a problem for him until he actually had to preform a practice surgery in uni. As for why he became a doctor, Miwa had a ton of children (obviously) already when the triplets were born and Masaomi wanted to help out somehow. He decided on a pediatrician since that way he could help take care of his brothers (since Miwa wasn’t really at home often since she had to work to support her ridiculous amount of children). He’s dedicated to his patients though and makes sure that he makes it through all treatments even when there’s blood. For Ema, it becomes painfully obvious (if it wasn’t already) that Masaomi is so well loved because he’s extremely dedicated and caring. Her saying so just makes Masaomi embarrassed though~.

There’s another event involving Ema having a cold and Masomi examining her, but since this is Masaomi, he does it as if Ema is a kid (like the people he’s used to examining) and it’s all professional. …Until Ema lifts her shirt a bit too high accidentally and Masaomi gets embarrassed over Ema’s bra. After that, the cultural festival happens at Ema’s school and Masaomi brings Wataru to visit, but Mahoko knows what’s up and takes Wataru to buy food so Ema and Masaomi can be alone. …It’s kind of uneventful though. However, shortly after, Rintarou and Miwa finally get married. During the wedding, Miwa gives Ema the bouquet and basically tells Ema that she hopes Ema marries one of her sons one day~. Rintarou seems okay with the idea as well. This causes Ema’s thoughts to wander to Masaomi and of course, he shows up then. He asks if she’s feeling alright (since her face is flushed), and so she gets embarrassed. (Though this happens with all routes where the formula is ->Ema thinks of a guy -> guy shows up and Ema gets embarrassed).

So it’s about a week after this that Ema finds out that her entire life is a lie. …Okay not really, but from her reaction, you’d think it was. It turns out that Rintarou isn’t actually her real father and Ema flips out and runs away all upset (this also happens every route) without bothering to hear what Rintarou has to say. It’s Masomi (or at least in this route it’s him) who finds her and he explains to Ema that he’s there for her, it’s important to share burdens with your family, etc. Basically, he reaffirms that he’s the nicest guy ever, and so Ema finally gives up and goes home to talk to Rintarou. It turns out that Ema’s father was actually Rintarou’s adventuring senpai, but he died in a tragic adventuring accident (why does my mind automatically wander to Indiana Jones?) along with Ema’s mother shortly after Ema was born. Oh and I can’t remember if it was stated in this route or not, but both of them also happened to be orphans, so Ema has 0 blood relatives. Ema finally realizes that even without being related by blood, she’ll always think of Rintarou as her father and things are solved pretty quickly.

Following that event, Miwa convinces Masaomi to go to a matchmaking meeting since someone she works with’s daughter likes Masaomi (though under her breath, Miwa says that she much prefers Ema). Ema feels weird about this though and so when Kaname suggest they go to spy on how the meeting goes, Ema agrees. (…Wataru also tags along for reasons I can’t remember.) However, Masaomi goes into a private room at the restaurant, so they can’t hear the conversation. All they know is in the end, Masaomi tells the woman that he’s actually interested in someone else, so he can only think of dating that person. Ema feels weird at the thought of Masaomi liking someone else and being an otome game heroine, doesn’t even consider the fact that he could have been referring to her.

Christmas, Ema helps Masaomi pick out gifts for children in the hospital with Masaomi for a party. We don’t actually get to see any of this, but apparently it’s a success (the children kept asking if Ema was Masaomi’s girlfriend~) and on the way home, Masaomi gives Ema a present. It’s Usa-tan 3 and Masaomi made it especially for Ema. New years, Miwa makes Ema dress up in one of her old kimono and the family all goes to visit the shrine. There are Valentine’s Day and White Day events too where Ema gives homemade chocolate to whoever’s route she’s on and they reciprocate, but Masaomi’s are pretty uneventful. In January, Masoami and Ema attempt to go on a date, but find an old womanunconcious  in the alleyway instead and spend the day accompanying her to the hospital and such. Long story short, Ema realizes for the 2309th time that Masaomi is pretty reliable (…and kind of cool, when he’s not fainting at the sight of blood). He blushes and hugs her when she tells him this and he says that she’s always giving him encouragement.

One day in March, Masaomi walks in on Ema, Yusuke and Subaru gaming in the living area and none of them notice. However, Masaomi seems to be in a bad mood and Ema wonders if she did something since he won’t look her in the eye. She ends up getting upset and Wataru notices. In a conversation with him about Usa-tan’s back pocket holding candy, Ema is reminded about what Masaomi said about Usa-tan 3 when he gave it to her at Christmas. And when she looks, there’s a pink heart necklace inside instead of candy like the other Usa-tans. Meaning the Masaomi doesn’t see her like a kid like she thought he did. She wears it the next day to Masaomi’s surprise and he admits that he was upset because AGE DIFFERENCE and he thought Ema should be with people her own age. They clear up the misunderstanding though and Masaomi admits that Ema is family, but also a special person to him.

One day, Wataru tries to help out in the kitchen and injures himself pretty badly after breaking a plate. There’s a ton of blood and while Ukyo calls an ambulance, Masaomi walks in to see what the loud crash was about. …Obviously he doesn’t take it well and can’t even give instructions to treat Wataru. Ema bitchslaps him back to reality though since Wataru is kind of bleeding to death and Masaomi calms down enough to be useful. …And then he ends up going to the hospital too after fainting. Wataru ends up being fine and Masaomi wakes up with Ema watching over him. He talks about how he really needs to get over the sight of blood because he wants to help his family if that happens in the future. He also thanks Ema for always helping him move forward. Finally, a couple months later, Ema is up late waiting for Masaomi to come home from work. She’s worried that he’s pushing himself too hard and it turns out that he’s been watching surgeries after his usual shift to get used to blood, so that’s why he’s been looking terrible. He admits that he wants to change for Ema and then confesses that he doesn’t want her as a sister, but as a lover. Ema agrees and it turns out she was also the reason that Masaomi turned down the matchmaking (he wasn’t entirely sure of his feelings back then, but he did know that he loved Ema). The attempt to kiss, but it wouldn’t be Masaomi if it wasn’t adorably awkward, so they end up bumping foreheads by accident instead.

Finally, the two get married sometime later and while there are mixed feelings from the family (mostly because Yusuke and Tsubaki are busy wishing that Ema had chosen them), Ema and Masaomi are obviously happy. After the ending, there’s a kind of bonus epilogue type story where Tsubaki makes an announcement to the family : Ema is pregnant! He goes on to brood over about how Masaomi did that when the time came for it, but Azusa quickly shuts him up with a smack to the head. Poor Yusuke thought he actually had a chance even after the wedding, Rui wants it to be a girl so he can arrange her hair, and Tsubaki wants it to be a girl so he can shove all of the imouto fantasies he had for Ema on to her. …Luckily Azusa is there to remind him that dating Masaomi’s kid would be actual incest. In any case, while this is going on, Ema is excited about the fact that she’ll finally have an actual blood relative and Masaomi is already planning on Usa-tan 4 for their child~.

The game starts off with Ema walking into the living area and seeing Kaname sleeping on the couch. He was out late last night doing his job and talking with his followers. …And by that, I mean flirting with women who go to his temple. Needless to say, Ema isn’t very impressed. On the family trip however, Wataru suddenly disappears and Kaname and Ema go out to find him (along with everyone else). It starts raining pretty badly and Ema keeps searching desperately, despite obviously being cold. Kaname thanks her for caring so much about Wataru, but hugs her to keep her warm and tells her that he also cares about her, so she shouldn’t push herself so hard. Shortly after, they find out that Wataru actually just fell asleep during hide and seek, so really, all of the melodrama was over nothing. …And then out of nowhere during a walk on the beach at night,  Kaname falling into the ocean (pulling Ema in too for laughing at him) and a discussion over Kaname’s tattoo turns into him kissing her. Ema runs away since this came out of nowhere and things are really awkward between them for a bit.

It’s not until Kaname asks Ema to go for a drive, says that he only wants to show her someplace and says that she can send texts to Ukyo every 30 minutes if she wants, does Ema actually do anything with Kaname. He takes her to this hill with a really nice view as an apology for jumping on her like that and  says that he’s need told anyone else about his spot like this (…to which, Ema thinks he uses this line on all of the ladies). Kaname brings up the kiss and Ema starts making excuses to get the hell out of there (she wants to watch Tsubaki’s anime, Ukyo might be worried), but then Kaname tells her to stop talking about other guys and starts licking her ear. …Which is sexy and all, but way to build trust, Kaname. And then he stops out of nowhere and they go home, leaving Ema really confused.

The next day, of course, is still awkward and so Kaname goes to Ema’s room to sincerely apologize. He teases her because he thinks she’s adorable when she’s blushing, but he doesn’t want to ignore how she feels about these things now. Since he wouldn’t want her to hate him. So the issue is resolved and the relationship goes back to normal. The cultural festival, Ema is dressed in a waitress costume with bunny ears for her class’s cafe (she is in all of the routes, I’ve just never mentioned it before) and Kaname, Ukyo and Subaru come to visit. Mahoko gets Ema to tell her which one she’s interested in and takes Ukyo and Subaru off to some basketball thing so Kaname and Ema can be alone. Yusuke and Sasakura show up just after Mahoko leaves though and so Kaname lies about him being Ema’s boyfriend so they can leave during the confusion. Plus he wanted to crush his rivals (since Yusuke’s crush on Ema is practically family knowledge and Sasakura’s crush is pretty obvious too) before they could even have a chance.

And then somewhere in here, I hit one of Subaru’s events (to which I was like “Where the hell did this come from!? I’ve never even talked to Subaru on this playthrough! Where is Kaname?! щ(゜Д゜щ)”) where on his birthday, he accidentally kisses/falls asleep on Ema. Kaname comes in and gets upset over the whole thing on his route (less so in Subaru’s), but this was clearly Subaru’s event and even had a CG. Can you understand my stress? OTL

After the wedding, Ema has her usual freak out about not having a real father and runs away. Kaname finds her and Ema is like “you don’t understand my paaaaaaaaaaain”, but Kaname’s monk training comes in and he tells her that it’s his job not to understand an individual’s pain, but to help them get over it. He also tells her that she has his support, but this is something she needs to get over this herself. This convinces Ema to go talk to Rintarou, they make up, etc. After the talk, Kaname asks if he can go with Ema and Rintarou to her father’s grave since he wants to greet her real father, but doesn’t want to disturb Ema and Rintarou’s time together. Ema says he’s more than welcome to though since he’s a monk (so Rintarou would be happy to have him there), it would make her real father happy, and also because Kaname really helped Ema with her relationship with Rintarou.

If it hasn’t been obvious from his actions already, Kaname gets more serious about Ema. It’s to the point where he actually gets jealous over Tsubaki asking Ema to go with with him and Azusa to the movies and pulling her away saying that she already has plans with him. This is a pretty big shock to the siblings, considering how carefree Kaname usually is. He even calls Tsubaki by his full name instead of the usual “Tsuba-chan” and he only does that when he’s angry. Though, this all goes right over Ema’s head and Kaname apologizes since he didn’t expect to be so irritated over something small like that.

Christmas, Kaname sends Ema a text in the evening telling her to get ready to go out. They end up going to a hotel (…for dinner, though Ema thought it was for other reasons at first) and Ema asks Kaname straight out if he was intending to take someone else here and if she was a last minute replacement since his invitation came so late. However, Kaname explains that he fully intended to take Ema out, it was just that he wasn’t sure how busy his work would be and didn’t want to have to cancel on her. …And then he goes “oops! I drank alcohol! Looks like we’ll have to spend the night together anyways!” since he drove them there, but it’s a joke and they end up taking a cab home. New Years, the family all goes to pray at the shrine and Kaname kind of steals Ema away since she was with Yusuke and Tsubaki (and he got jealous). Ema accuses him of attempting to kidnap her (ahaha) and when Tsubaki joins them, Ema notes how they get along despite clashing sometimes. Poor Yusuke was left behind for being annoying (according to Tsubaki).

Kaname’s serious side shows through again after they have to bury a dead cat at the side of the road. Kaname says that Ema should stay in the car, but she follows him out and he has this whole speech about how a senpai taught him that when a person dies, they remain behind in people’s memories. However, the cat was a stray with no one to remember it, so Kaname take it upon himself and Ema says she’ll remember the cat with him. …The moment is ruined later when Kaname says he’ll help with dinner since he wants to see Ema in an apron. Then in February, Ema goes to Kaname’s room at night to stay over and she falls asleep while waiting for him to shower. When she wakes up, he starts kissing her neck and while she totally likes the guy at this point, she’s all “noooo we’re siblings”, so Kaname stops. Ema’s still embarrassed in the morning and she’s still not entirely sure if Kaname is totally serious about her or not. Again, there were Valentine’s Day and White Day events, and I guess the White Day one was kind of unique in that Kaname gives Ema perfume, but tells her to only wear it around him (which she agrees to). Juli isn’t too happy about this, but he’s never happy with any of the brother’s advances.

Finally, one day walking home with Yusuke, Ema runs into Tsubaki and he says that there’s something that he needs to show Ema. He takes them to see a scene with Kaname sitting with another woman (who they speculate is one of Kaname’s ‘followers’) and then Yusuke says “Why are you crying?” to Ema. …Honestly. Why do you think she’s crying? Ema’s upset and thinking that she shouldn’t have pushed Kaname away all those times, and Tsubaki feels bad about this, so he says he’ll talk to Kaname. The talk they have is more of an argument (that Ema accidentally overhears) and Kaname insists that he’s always gone after Ema seriously. Tsubaki doesn’t believe this at all and Kaname breaks his phone (to show how serious he is about not seeing other women) and walks out of his room… right into Ema. She apologizes for overhearing everything, but Kaname is okay with it and takes her to the hill again. It turns out that he was with that other woman to tell her that things are over between them since he’s totally serious about Ema. He knows things are all his fault, but he asks Ema to believe that his feelings for her are true. She does want to trust him though, they proclaim their love for another, and then they have implied car sex. Because why not.

Skip to a year later and Ema has a visitor at the school gate after her graduation ceremony. It’s Kaname and he’s had a haircut, quit his shady job for one at Miwa’s company and is totally a changed person because of Ema. In the epilogue, it even states that Kaname has totally stopped flirting with other women and he’s think of talking to Rintarou about getting married with Ema. There’s more implied sex and in the morning, Kaname answers a call and Ukyo goes “….why are you answering?” since Kaname accidentally picked up Ema’s phone. Kaname then asks if Ukyo would let her sleep since they did a lot last night and he’d tell Ukyo about it, but he doesn’t want other guys to know. And while Ukyo is yelling at him, Kaname hangs up. ヽ(*・ω・)ﾉ

Ema is invited to a seiyuu event of Tsubaki and Azusa’s at the beginning of the route and she’s taken away by how popular and talented they are. She’s invited to their dressing room afterwards and tells them how she really wanted to tell the fans beside her that they were her brothers since she was just so amazed. Tsubaki immediately hugs her since he’s so happy with her words~. Then during the family vacation, Tsubaki, Azusa and Ema go boating (since the two have their licences) and end up on an island when it starts storming. Tsubaki tells them that the boat’s motor is broken and Ema gets really worried, so Azusa and Tsubaki hold her hands to make her feel better. …And then it turns out that Tsubaki was just joking in the first place, so he feels bad about making Ema worried.

I guess I should mention that Tsubaki is always super clingy with Azusa, so when Ema goes into the living room and hears Tsubaki confess to Azusa, her mind wanders into BL territory. Feeling really awkward (and Juli doesn’t want to see what’s coming after this), she leaves. She tries to brush it off as them practicing their lines, and the next day when she asks straight out if they’re dating, she learns that they really were just practicing. Since Tsubaki is playing a role in a incest drama CD. Tsubaki thought all girls were into BL, but Ema admits that she’s not particularly interested and knows next to nothing about it.

October after a date, Tsubaki and Ema go magazine shopping and Ema finds a magazine with Tsubaki and Azusa on the cover. Though Tsubaki doesn’t seem too happy when they find a section on how Azusa is doing his best this season with his anime roles. Tsubaki brushes this off when Ema asks him if theres anything wrong. During Tsubaki’s visit to Ema’s cultural festival, Ema learns that he and Azusa have some weird psychic twin connection (due to being from the same egg cell) so they can vaguely tell where the other is. …This seemed like it was pushing the realism boundary a bit, but then I remembered that this game also has a talking squirrel. When Ema runs away after the wedding, Tsubaki skips work to find her. He also calls himself Ema’s prince and that he’ll always go save her. D’awww.

One day, Tsubaki invites Ema to play a new game he voiced a role in, but when they finally get to his character, he’s not so happy. Since it was recorded like, half a year ago, Tsubaki notes that he could act the role way better now and even after Ema points out that he tried his best, Tsubaki admits that even then, that doesn’t mean that his acting was any good. He has this whole complex about how despite joining the industry later (and due to Tsubaki asking him to), Azusa is extremely talented and levels above him. It’s not that he regrets bringing Azusa along, but Tsubaki feels kind of inferior and says that he’s only popular because twins are rare in the seiyuu industry. Oh, but there’s a robot anime that inspired him as a child that he really wants to voice a role in someday… Which makes it a slap to the face when a little while later, a remake is announced, but the director isn’t even considering Tsubaki for the lead role because he specifically wants Azusa. So Tsubaki sulks in his room until Ema comes by with dinner and to ask him what’s the matter. After Tsubaki explains what happened, Ema tells him to try and smile for Azusa’s sake. …Which sounds kind of harsh written like this, but it does cheer Tsubaki up (since she tells him that he works harder than anyone for his dreams and etc). Azusa doesn’t even want the role since he didn’t audition and he’s obviously worried about Tsubaki, but eventually he does take it and his relationship with Tsubaki is the same as it always is.

Christmas, Tsubaki is forced to go out and buy lights and Azusa has work, so Ema accompanies Tsubaki shopping. They look at lights on the way home and then Tsubai insists that Ema put her hands in his pockets because they’re cold. …Which sounds sketchy as hell now that I look at this, but it was cute at the time, I swear. New years, Ema goes with the triplets to draw fortunes and it turns out that they have a competition where whoever draws the worst luck has to buy the others lunch. Ema joins in and wins with good luck twice with the triplets all drawing the worst possible luck twice (since the first time they drew the worst possible luck didn’t count apparently).

…And then one day, Azusa collapses out of nowhere and Tsubaki acts like it’s the end of the world. He won’t even let go of Azusa to let Masaomi take a look at him until Ukyo points out that he might accidentally kill Azusa by getting in the way. …Japan and their melodramatic illnesses. It’s up to Ema to make Tsubaki calm the hell down, but when they go to the hospital they’re not allowed to visit be cause Azusa needs rest. Also, he needs to be hospitalized for quite a bit of time. So not even a week later, Tsubaki gets a call from his manager about him taking over Azusa’s role in the robot anime. Obviously, Tsubaki has really mixed feelings about this since he knows that he’s only getting this offer because Azusa is ill, but after his manager says it’s what Azusa would have wanted (since he kept saying that it should have been Tsubaki’s role), he accepts.

Valentines, Tsubaki is super pleased at the fact that Ema is giving him chocolates (since it’s like an affection event in a galge) and then he reciprocates White Day by planning his work purposely so he gets the day off and he takes her to a cafe and karaoke. In between the two days though is an event where Tsubaki stresses about Azusa’s role that he took up since he still can’t reach Azusa’s level. However, Ema reassures him that she loves his acting. As in his unique voice, instead of Azusa’s and how Tsubaki can’t be Azusa, but he has his own things that make him special. This cheers Tsubaki right up and he kisses Ema. And despite pushing him away constantly, Ema just can’t tell him no this time.

When Azusa is discharged, Tsubaki decides to be upfront about his inferiority complex regarding Azusa’s talents. Though he also mentions that he’s over that now, and that his acting is different from Azusa’s, so he’s going to go develop his own style instead of constantly comparing to Azusa. So he loves him as a brother, but they’re also rivals. Azusa says that he won’t lose either~. It’s Ema who set Tsubaki straight, so he hugs her as gratitude… until Azusa hits him. Then he confesses quietly that he’s actually in love with Ema too… but he knows that she already has Tsubaki. NOOOOOO WHERE ARE YOU BRILLIANT BLUE?! OTL DON’T DO THIS TO ME. …The fact there is a 3P end with Ema ending up with Tsubaki AND Azusa (and the 3 of them being perfectly okay with this) makes things slightly less heartbreaking for me though.

Finally, Ema goes to Tsubaki’s room one night to watch Azusa’s new anime. Ema is worried about Tsubaki angsting again, but he’s still cheerful and doesn’t want to loose. Of course, it was Ema who helped him overcome his issues and that Ema has actually become more important to him than even Azusa. Ema goes to leave since it’s late, but Tsubaki goes “…wait a moment” and then kisses her. He loves her as a little sister, but he wants her to be his girlfriend. Ema agrees of course~. Since then, she’s been helping Tsubaki with his line practice and they’ve been dating happily. Then one night when they’re practicing Tsubaki basically says “you know, my room is sound proofed (so I don’t bother anyone while practicing my lines) … So no one will hear us do other things either.” and then the screen fades to black shortly after. The epilogue is less ero, but it’s still cute in Tsubaki finally having time to hang out with Ema (since he’s busy with work) and trying to get Ema to call him “Tsubaki” instead of “Tsubaki-san” like she normally does (which she agrees to do when they’re alone).  …Then they go off to find somewhere to be alone.

The first event gets right into things with Ema going to the living area wearing only a towel with Juli raging at her that she’s living with 11 males and any of them could walk in (since her own bath is broken and there’s one attached to the living area, so it’s not like she’s walking around naked at random). …And then Subaru comes in also wearing nearly nothing (he has boxers on, but still). Awkwardness ensues until Juli’s shouting brings Ema and Subaru back to reality. Things kind of go back to normal after that though. Yusuke unknowingly gets Subaru and Ema together a lot in this route and the first instance of this is him inviting Ema to see Subaru in a match. …Only, Ema gets really excited seeing Subaru play. Afterwards when Yusuke needs to get something he left behind in the stands, Ema tells Subaru how awesome he was (and she notes how he’s always training so dedicatedly), making him embarrassed. They can kind of talk normally now though (but with the weekend dates and such, they’ve been doing that anyways. It’s just not part of the storyline).

On the family vacation trip, Subaru gets really embarrassed seeing Ema in a bikini and gives her a parka (…what the Japanese call a hooded sweater/jacket, meanwhile I keep thinking of the North Amercia (or maybe just Canada) version where its a coat made for like -2348942 degrees and totally inappropriate beach wear, provided that you don’t live in the Arctic), but this happens every route. As for Subaru’s event, Ema goes off to swim with Subaru and almost drowns due to incompetence a sudden depth change in the water. Subaru lifts Ema out pretty easily (and makes a big deal out of whether she’s eating properly since she seems so light). …And then he realizes that the two of them are super close and drops her. Subaru is just the poster boy of chivalry.

Then on Subaru’s 20th birthday, Ema makes a cake for him and he has a drinking party with some of the older brothers. Ema finds him passed out on the floor later in the evening and tries to help him, but he accidentally falls on her (refuses to get up) and asks why she put all that effort into baking for him. Then he kisses her and passes out again, leaving Tsubaki, Azusa and Kaname (who all walk in to make sure the Subaru is still alive since they kind of ditched him there) to help Ema up. Subaru is kind of awkward the next day and he’s a bit troubled by the fact that Ema calls the whole thing an accident (since he kind of confessed), but he apologizes for his actions. Ema thinks nothing of this, though she does note that Subaru has been acting differently lately LOL otome game heroines. The cultural festival, Maho creates a good opportunity for Ema as usual and Subaru recalls having to breakdance with the basketball team for some reason in his high school years for a cultural festival and it being really embarrassing.

Ema freaks out about being adopted and Subaru comes running (out of breath) to find her. He reminds her that she has a rather large amount of siblings waiting for her to come home and that she should share her worries with him. So thanks to that, Subaru has been on Ema’s mind a lot and she runs into him at the park. After a conversation, Ema learns that Subaru was inspired to play basketball because of a manga that Tsubaki had laying around his room of all things. Ema loves the series too and she was inspired by the same character that Subaru was. By now she’s kind of started to realize how she feels about him.

Christmas Eve, Ema gets invited to watch DVDs with a few of her brothers. They all decide on something Ema has seen before, but she choses not to say anything, and then despite liking what they were watching, Ema falls asleep. Tsubaki wants to take a picture, but everyone else in the room all goes “NO.” in unison since as Kaname puts it, “Tsubaki will do things with it”. …Kaname and Tsubaki have the greatest lines in this game, I swear. Then Subaru walks in and Kaname and Tsubaki come up with a plan to make things interesting. So they use really horrible acting to pretend that they’re too into the movie and ask Subaru to carry Ema to her room since she might catch a cold if she sleeps where she is. Subaru picks her up (while everyone’s like “You’re carrying her like a prince!” “Good for you, Subaru!” xD) and he gets embarrassed and leaves. Ema wakes up as Subaru is going through her pockets outside her door and he manages to stutter out that he’s not doing anything suspicious, but he’s looking for her room keys. Ema thanks Subaru for carrying her to her room and he runs away pretty quickly because of embarrassment/ the fact that Tsubaki will definitely say something if he stays for long.

New years, Subaru comes and holds hands with Ema to scare off some rough looking guys who keep eyeing her. …Of course, Kaname and Tsubaki get their fun in and Juli is not happy whatsoever, but Ema is secretly happy. Then later that month, Subaru and Yusuke go practice and Subaru knows that his game has been off recently. …He also thinks it might be due to Ema (since he’s been distracted by all of his feelings). Directly after that, Ema goes and watches him and Yusuke and realizes that Subaru isn’t doing as good as he normally does. Yusuke gives her advice about just standing beside Subaru and encouraging him because that will help the most and Ema agrees that Yusuke’s advice sounds like a good idea. …It’s only too late that Yusuke realizes that he probably just played wingman for the two.

Valentines and White day are your basic chocolate giving and candy receiving events (with the bonus of having Subaru acting embarrassed on both occasions). In between is an event in the park where Subaru talks about how he used to admire Natsume since he was super athletic, and then felt betrayed (because Natsume quit sports and all). On the plus side though, Subaru makes a three point shot and it makes it in for the first time in a few months. Subaru is pretty happy and says something under his breath about it all being thanks to Ema being there with him, but he quickly tells Ema that it’s nothing when she asks if he said anything. The next event is Subaru asking what university she plans on attending when he finds her filling out forms in the living area. Her answer is Meiji, the same one that Subaru attends, and her reasoning is that it’s mostly because of Subaru. He looks like he enjoys going there and it’s convenient to get to. The rest of the conversation is Subaru saying that they should travel together when she goes and when Ema goes “is that okay with you?”, Subaru answers with “No”, leaving Ema terribly confused. Ahahaha. Though he expands on that though and explains that he just realized that the campus is divided by years, so he and Ema won’t be attending class in the same place. They can still get together for lunch and stuff though… (plus they live together).

Finally, Subaru has a big game coming up, Ema says she’ll come to cheer him on, and he says that he’ll try his best. …To which, Kaname and Tsubaki tease them about since they seem to have completely forgotten that there are other people in the room too. The day of the actual game, Ema gives him a good luck charm and before she goes to the game, Yusuke tells her to go support Subaru (…and almost cries, poor guy). At the game, Ema cheers Subaru really loudly, he hears her, and he scores a whole bunch of three pointers, winning the game for his team. He realizes that he’s always at his best with Ema’s support (because otome game logic) and asks her to stay by his side forever. Ema agrees of course and they finally become a couple.

Skip to a little while after and the two of them go on a lot of dates to basketball games. While they make plans in the living room, Tsubaki and Kaname harass them again for going off in their own world again. Kaname asks if their dates are even fun since Subaru only has basketball going on in his head. When asked what they even talk about, Ema says “basketball, university basketball, pro basketball… e-ehhhh??”. …She can’t even deny that basketball is all that they talk about. She’s happy with Subaru though and after a date, Subaru realized that he’s never said how he feels clearly and tells Ema that he loves her and to go out with him. Ema says that they were already dating though. Ahaha. In the epilogue, Subaru has been busy with practice and then he finds out that a classmate confessed to Ema the other day . She never spoke to Subaru about it since she didn’t want to bother him (plus she rejected the guy anyways, obviously), but Subaru admits when they’re in his room that he’s kind of jealous. Subaru worries that he’s leaving Ema alone for basketball too much, but she tells him that she’s happiest when he’s following his dreams and that she fell in love with him because of his love for the sport. …But she would like him to take action from time to time. So Subaru kisses her forehead (which Ema laughs at him for since she finds his shyness adorable), and then her lips since she won’t stop laughing.

Tags: Brothers Conflict, Brothers Conflict Passion Pink, so moe i nearly died

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