I remember what he said. He said the source of power were the orphans. I thought he meant because he killed them all or something
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Well we’re probably going to get more information on what did happen in Book 4 since the ending happened. And apparently the ronin has two things that he/she wants to do during that. Find Jun/ko and get back the Hell’s Release Style.
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In Book 3, both the answers to the source of the Jigoku and why Junko/Jun wasn’t chosen as the heir are only vaguely alluded to. These will both be answered more thoroughly in Book 4!
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I can’t believe it’s already (almost) been a year! Time really does fly
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get same feeling two how time fly
Of course that drama can’t be optional, but that’s where stuff outside of the player control happens or where you’re put in a situation of the organic, natural choices lead themselves to drama without forcing you to it.
[spoiler]You can tie Momoko having the hots for you with you being a good friend with Hatch. that way it doesn’t feel that she’s forced to fall for you. And if you’re not a good friend with Hatch, then the drama itself is void cause you don’t care about him
Give the choice to be clear about your intentions, it might lessen the drama, but you can still have Hatch resent you for it. [/spoiler]
But at the end, there is a particular drama that’s forced regardless of the circumstances, and its one that could be easily avoided. It’s like a history that instead “oh, the analgesics for your pain made you addict to opioids OR your untreated pain makes you lash out and hurt the people around you” goes “oh, you decided to try heroin for shits and giggles”
At the end of the day is your story and you do as you please, but I think that kind of forced situations not only hurt the gameplay, but also the story itself by creating an inconsistent character in certain routes, and if you were to read as a book (following that particular route) it would be a bad story with inconsistent characters
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Hey there , just wanted to say that this is one of my favorite games ever and on top of the list of those I happily spend my money on . 
I like the realism that makes it immersive- personally , I find a lot of the games on choice of games too…politically correct? Tame ? I don’t know , basically it often feels as if we are reading about some fantasy , ideal world where everything is accepted and where stuff that actually happens such as racism , homophobia, prejudice, rape etc doesn’t happen. I really appreciate how reading this game feels like reading about the real world rather than some PC version.
I know some writers give up on that because of the commentary they receive from readers that insist on seeing a conspiracy in everything - all I can say is that regardless of any of my past experiences, I didn’t get a feeling anything was handled in an insulting or discriminatory way. Plus I don’t see why anyone would actually keep a head count of whether the characters that die are male or female (I guess bc I actually don’t discriminate based on gender lol ).
Furthermore , I am far more irritated when such issues are ignored and when the writers set up perfect worlds in which they are avoided like the plague- firstly, because I can’t relate to such stories or find them entertaining and it’s like reading children’s books, and secondly because pretending it doesn’t happen feels kind of derogatory when it’s about things you see happening all the time.
To each one their own, though - there are plenty of games out there that portray ideal worlds, but I am so very delighted this one is not one of them and please , keep it that way . Tacking on more trigger warnings should satisfy everyone. xD
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No, there’s no way to save Ige and as for the release date, just a reminder that we don’t ask for updates from authors (please read the FAQ). It will be release when the author is ready for it to be release.
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Much thanks comrade. I won’t ask about release dates again. You just saved me another 6 play throughs.
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Same here this is why this is my favorite HOG on this site besides wayhaven chronicles and mass mother murder.wish their were more dark and gritty stories on here.
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Lost my replay count trying to maintain 100% attunement. So easy to lose chunks of it, so difficult to gain it all back.
That ending still hurts, looking forward to where the story will go next, if the MC can be persuaded to resume demon hunting after leaving their group and going solo. Who knows where Book 4 will start off and how much time has passed since Book 3.
Why does General Shatao speak so oddly - is it because he’s in pain from the wings?
Does attunement undermine the Jigoku Itto Ryu - if so is it inherently stronger or weaker?
Probably. Or it’s just one of his weird character traits.
And I really want to say no to the second question but I can’t be sure on it. I get a feeling that the attunement is more like staying within your character’s true self but I could be wrong.
I actually dreamt about playing Book 4 (in visuals and text), although it followed an alternate set of events where Hatch was the one to die instead of Ige. Now that would have been devastating, I already feel pretty bad for the poor guy, in my most recent playthrough of Book 3 the MC attacked and scarred his face. Add to that my MC’s tryst with Momoko, the woman he proposed to.
Can’t wait to see him again in Book 4, he was left in a pretty interesting new position, I wonder how he’ll develop from there.
Can anyone explain Hatch’s mindset at the end of Book 3 when he became so mellow towards the MC?
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Well I would assume that Hatch finally found his path. His spirit animal was a small horse but the horse also had some armor on it from what Hatch said in Book 3, and the fact that it told him that Hatch needed to learn how to wield a katana from the MC. All of these clues that were provided to us seems to hint towards Hatch having a bigger role in Hyuga now that Shatao is dead and perhaps Hatch was always destined to take the role.
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I read that Book 4 will be focusing on the MC’s past and give more insight into Jun/ko, which makes me pretty excited. I’ve been curious about who the MC used to be and the context of their prior relationship with Jun/ko.
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I just wanted to check if anyone else kinda…overlooks Jun/ko’s behavior. They’ve cut the MC open, tried to slash the kids neck, cut momokos’ tongue out and I’m just like well…they are crazy
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No please no the Jun/ko discussion again Dx
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Seriously! Last time it happened, the author had to shut it down personally. And all points for both sides were already said so at this point, it’d be like beating a dead horse.
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Don’t beat a dead horse
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Yep, it’s don’t feed a fed horse now, kids!
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