Starry☆Sky ~in Autumn~

Where Tsukiko goes after teachers who are all older than her ohoho. The signs in this game are Libra, Leo and Gemini. I can't decide who my favourite Autumn guy is... No wait, all things considered, I'll have to go with Naoshi  ( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ because he has the nicest CGs and best voice in the game. In comparison with the rest of the seasons, Autumn ties in second place with Summer even though it definitely has nicer graphics and a more fulfilling plot because I don't see myself liking Naoshi more than Homare, or Kotarou more than Miyaji.

Opening song sung by Daisuke Kishio is pure love XD Click to read my rants and of course, spoilers ahead!




Hoshizuki Kotarou, Libra CV: Akira Ishida

Has the most appealing character design in this game so I went after him first. Hoshizuki sensei is the school nurse who seems to be frequently out of office(in other peoples’ routes) or sleeping on the job. He does a terrible job of keeping the office table in order and it’s always in a mess, which Tsukiko has to clean up almost every other day.

I found hisvoice rather soft and muffled compared to the other two teachers, so it was aminus =( That aside, his yawns and just-woke-up voices amuse me to no end LOLHoshizuki sensei sounds downright like an old man in those scenarios. Greatjob, Akira san!

Sobasically, Tsukiko would visit the nurse office every day after school becauseshe always has something to do there ie called up by Hoshizuki himself, bodycheckup, reporting to Hoshizuki because she’s the health medic or something,standing by in the office for when he needs to leave or just going there toclean up the ever messy table.

I actually had a tokidoki moment when Tsukiko had to show her shoulder to Hoshizuki sensei for treatment due to an unfortunate accident in the student council room XD

The silly guy one day, all flustered, informs Tsukiko that Kanata had fallen ill and had been hospitalized. It turns out to be a false alarm in the end. From this this, Tsukiko subsequently learns from Mizushima that Hoshizuki sensei had been taking care of Mizushima and his twin sister, Yui, since they were young. Yui fell in love with Hoshizuki and confessed to Hoshizuki, but he did not give her a proper response and she passed away soon after. Guilt stricken that he deprived Yui of an answer she deserved, he was convinced that a person like himself did not deserve happiness. Doesn’t make much sense why anyone would think that way,but it does explain why he keeps rejecting Tsukiko.

All was going well, and I was rather engaged until Hoshizuki threw a stink bomb during the school festival and told Tsukiko that she was being too obvious about her feelings and gave her that “do not love me” talk T ^T I was like.. darn, so you realized her interest in you. Not so clueless after all.

Hoshizuki turns out to be the son of the school’s chair man and he takes on the role of the chairman while still keeping his position as the school nurse (Y) he looks great in a suit omg so handsome!

School trip was definitely the highlight of the route. Tsukiko, confused by her feelings towards Hoshizuki, was unable to sleep well for a few days in a row and finally fell sick during the school trip. She was nursed back to health by Hoshizuki and that was practically the entire duration of the trip. He held her hand as she drifted off into lalaland (similar to when she had a fever and went to sleep in the nurse office previously). While Tsukiko was sleeping, Hoshizuki stared at her lovingly and stole a kiss.

Then he himself fell asleep. Tsukiko woke up, saw a sleeping Hoshizuki who was still holding her hand and kissed him on the lips too. Both of them felt guilty, especially Hoshizuki who thought that he was the worst for stealing a poor innocent girl’s kiss while she was asleep, no less! SO PRECIOUS, THE TWO OF THEM!!! XD

Tsukiko overhears Hoshizuki’s conversation with his sister who urges him to go on a matchmaking session, and he agrees O_O she tries to talk Hoshizuki out of it and goes find him in his new principal office. Hoshizuki tells her not to interfere in his business )= she breaks down in tears in front of Naoshi and Mizushima after leaving the room ;_;

She decides to confess to Hoshizuki sensei but is unable to find him anywhere the next few days. Tsukiko finally meets him after falling asleep in the nurse office and makes her feelings known. That idiot Hoshizuki then assures her that it’s just an infatuation that young girls have, especially towards older men. Then he says that he will never love her because she’s out of his range ie too young. Tsukiko refuses to give up and this makes Hoshizuki say mean stuff like “don’t bother me with your stubbornness.” before walking out of the room. Ouch………

On the day of the matchmaking, Tsukiko waits for Hoshizuki at the school gate in hope of stopping him one last time. He ignores her yet again and leaves in the car. It starts raining and Tsukiko continues standing in the rain until Mizushima hands her an umbrella. She faints in front of Hoshizuki after he returns at night.

He bringsher back to her room and she wakes up to him holding her hand. She once again,tries to convey her feelings. He starts emoing and crying about how cowardly hewas to not give Yui a proper reply in the past and only escaping all the time.In the good endings, Tsukiko manages to convince him that he deserves a happyending too, and he goes all “Really? Can I really do that?” -_- Baka, you crytoo much.. even in the kiss-the-moniter CGs. Deducts some cool points.

Hot CG of Hoshizuki in the best ending, this wonderful guy thinks so much for Tsukiko and insists that she is sure of her love for an old man like himself before they finally get married. 

Sensei y u so sexy?!

The good ending shows how Hoshizuki is aware that Tsukiko feels the slight insecurity that he might leave her because she’s too young and it’s the same for him T_T Tsukiko might grow tired of him and want to move onto other people. Awww it’s bittersweet –loves this ending-

In the bad ending, Hoshizuki rejects Tsukiko till the end and she graduates with them becoming almost like strangers again. He looks back and feels regretful, but decides that it is for the best.

Haruki Naoshi, Leo CV: Daisuke Kishio

I wasn’texpecting much from Naoshi, and was not familiar with his seiyuu. But wow, Kishiohas a very energetic and youthful voice which fits Naoshi really well. It’s notannoyingly loud or sharp which characters like Naoshi tend to have. In short, Ilove his voice!! XD don’t get me started on the drama CDs, Naoshi was so hotthere gosh…….. –le blushes-

Naoshi’sthe home room teacher in charge of Tsukiko’s class and he’s well liked by thestudents, frequently the target of pranks LOL one of them includes setting up atrap to make Naoshi fall and say “gyahun” in the process. It was hilarious! XDSo anyway I don’t think I have much to say for Naoshi’s route, because theromance comes pretty late and is really quite unspectacular…

He’s theenthusiastic kind of teacher who is always ready to give a listening ear.Entrusted with the task of taking care of Mizushima during the attachment,Naoshi spends some extra time hunting down the ever slacking Mizushima whichthus brings him to the nurse office where everyone hangs out in the game.

Naoshi getsthe clichéd teacher student scenarios like fixing some computer wire togetherunder the table where Tsukiko glomps at his face, teaching her how to use thecomputer and unknowingly coming too close etc etc but his voice makes up for itXD The best voice in this game goes to Naoshi~~~ He’s so adorable when he getsall flustered, especially in the drama cds XD

One nice eventwas when a pile of cardboard or sth fell on top of the both of them in thestudent council room (where’s Kazuki when you need him lol) and Naoshi gets allpanicky because Tsukiko suffered a hit on her shoulder. He then carries herprincess style all the way to the nurse office XD Hoshizuki warns Naoshi not tolook when Tsukiko has to show him her shoulder for treatment and Naoshi waslike all “I –I won’t! I’ll make sure no one enters the room too so restassured.” Naoshi so cute!

Tsukikoslowly finds out that Naoshi seems to be unwilling to get into a relationshipbecause he feels that romantic love gives nothing but pain and bitterness.Naoshi’s best friend, Hiroki, was stubbornly in love with a girl who wasalready attached and did everything he could for her, including saving her froma car accident which resulted in him lying in a coma. Naoshi is unable tounderstand why Hiroki would risk his life for an unrequited love and this formsthe source of angst in his route.

This matteris resolved when Tsukiko accompany Naoshi to the hospital to visit Hiroki afterreceiving a call from the hospital that his condition has gotten worse. Theymeet the girl whom Hiroki loves and Naoshi urges her to stay by Hiroki’s sidetill the end.  

Naoshi realizesthat he has fallen in love with Tsukiko after that and doesn’t know what to dowith himself since teacher-student relationships are forbidden. (Ikr….. =/) Heeven confides in Hoshizuki XD In the end it’s Tsukiko who makes the first move duringHalloween when Naoshi asks her if she has anyone she likes. He mental hitshimself for asking such a question when Tsukiko admits to having someone shelikes and wants to tell him who that person is XD  Naoshi’s like “OH SHIT, WAIT, LET ME PREPAREMYSELF!” Huff and puff, deep breaths, “OK I’m ready, throw it at me!”

Of course,the person is him XD Naoshi’s like oh I’ll throw all that forbidden thing to thewind and they start dating =D However it has to be kept underground which makesdating a pain. They settle for ‘extra lessons’ after school in the classroom andmeeting up at night. He also fetches her from after her archery club practiceswalks her back to her hostel every night ^_^

As usual,Tsukiko falls sick during the school trip but this time she recovers in timefor a date with Naoshi on the free activity day. After escaping from the restof the students and saving Tsukiko from a random guy who was trying to hit onher while waiting for him, Naoshi brings Tsukiko to a beautiful meadow –love-He places a flower band thingy on her head and they have their first kissfinally. Both of them are so shy XD so cute!

 

They sharemore sweet times in school and Naoshi becomes more bold and even kisses Tsukiko in school. Howeversoon after, he starts ignoring her and not picking up her calls. Hoshizukicalls Tsukiko to the nurse office one day and asks if she and Naoshi are goingout. He then tells her not to see Naoshi for the time being. Naoshi later tellsher the same thing over the phone, sounding really upset but refusing to tellher the reason. I mean come on Tsukiko, it’s pretty obvious that you guys gotdiscovered right?

The nexttime they meet on the roof top, still refusing to tell Tsukiko what happened,Naoshi asks for a break up while hugging her -_- how convincing. He even givesher one last parting kiss.

She laterlearns from Mizushima that their relationship got discovered by the schoolmanagement and Naoshi had to deny everything in order to not get her punished.Hoshizuki also helped to cover up. Tsukiko starts crying because poor Naoshihad to shoulder everything himself and Naoshi comes  into the nurse office, sees Tsukiko cryingand rages at Mizushima. Tsukiko had to step in to stop him lol. Mizushimaleaves them to talk after that.

In the goodendings, they both agree to wait till after graduation to be together. It’squite sweet.. (: The true ending shows Naoshi and Tsukiko going to her house toask her dad for her hand in marriage. He gets all panicky there so cute XD the CG for the true ending is really pretty too

Look at that nervous face XD

In the badending, Naoshi refuses continue this painful relationship even after graduationbecause he has come to the conclusion that love is indeed painful. But it’s notbad in a sense that after a few years, Tsukiko returns to the school as atrainee teacher and he thinks to himself that he might finally have the courageto give it a try again and perhaps it will turn out better this time.

Mizushima Iku, Gemini CV: Yusa Koji

Generalyknown as the most creepy and the character with the longest neck in the StarrySky series. I do know of some people who love him though! I’m neutral.. but hedoesn’t rank anywhere near my top 3 starry sky guys. It was very hard to choose CGs to show here because they're either not nice or Tsukiko looks like she's going to get raeped.

Mizushimais a trainee teacher who has just started his attachment at the school when thegame begins. First thing he did was to hit on Tsukiko in the nurse office.Tsukiko also finds his face really familiar and recognizes him as the leadvocalist of a band she really loved in the past, but has since disbanded.Mizushima gets all mysterious and strongly hints for her to stop pursuing thismatter. Anyway he continues making really creepy and daring advances on her inthe nurse office which really bothered me. At the worst of his advances, hepushes Tsukiko down onto the bed in the nurse office and ‘threatens’ to rapeher. I was horrified………. Of course nothing happens since this is In Autumn, not After. And well…. Starrysky isn’t that kind of game. Tsukiko runs away but decides to take on hischallenge of becoming temporary lovers in hope of changing his views on love.(how naïve.. my dear girl)

So theybegan their dangerous game of pretending to be lovers. I actually likedthis part of the route the most =D it was quite exciting to see what wouldhappen each day when they met at the rooftop garden after school. Poor Naoshigot busted in his route and had to break up with Tsukiko, but Mizushima seemedto have no problems O_o well.. life is unfair XD

So the bothof them would without fail, meet each other and Iku (as he requested Tsukiko toaddress him by) would do very cute things like requesting to hold her handsaying “well, we haven’t held hands today, so let’s do it” Awwww you can besuch a child! XD and he becomes very caring –swoons- I know it’s just pretendbut even I got swayed and started to like him a little here. All was going welland he even admits that he wants to believe in Tsukiko’s beautiful idea oflove.

Iku wasindeed the main vocalist of a popular band in the past, but he overworked anddamaged his voice, after which his so called friends and band mates distancedthemselves, making it clear that the ‘friendship’ was only for benefits. In thesame period, Iku’s twin sister, whom he was really close to, passed away. Thisleft him with no one to confide in, resulting in this.. unhealthy personalityof making use of others and not believing in them.

He showedyandere tendencies, getting just a little violent and speaking fiercely andbecoming all sarcastic when he saw Tsukiko talking happily to another guy. =/It’s one thing to be jealous but another to show it in this way, me no likey.There’s almost always a yandere-ish guy in every game, and it happens to be Iku,so I accept it =/ Anyway this lasted for only a few minutes so it’s ok.. Iguess. Bad impression made

So duringthe school trip, Tsukiko falls sick again and Iku notices. Still, she gets wellin time for a date with him on the free day. It also marks the fast approachingend of their temporary lover game. They go to the beautiful meadow~~~ and talk-__- I was expecting something more since Naoshi had that lovely CG at themeadow haha

They endthe game a few days later… at the roof top garden, where it started. Ikuinsists that he feels nothing and his idea of love had not changed; it wasstill a game to him. Then he asks in a low voice if he could kiss her. SHOPRECIOUS LOL very nice sound effects there, 不愧是 Yusa kouji =X

Tsukikowould visit the roof top garden daily after that, but Iku never appeared thereagain. Naoshi and Hoshizuki subsequently asked her to speak to Iku, because heseemed out of sorts after the school trip. She agrees and miraculously meetshim at the garden one cold night. This is where it starts going downhill again.Iku throws a fit after answering a call on the phone from one of his formerband mates who was trying to convince him to join a band again because theywere unable to find another singer. Tsukiko tries to calm him down but wasforcefully kissed. Then he starts angsting about fair weathered friends, thepain of losing his sister and having no one to believe in. Tsukiko says hershare about wanting to stay with him and he hugs her, asking her to meet himthe following night at the same place.

Thefollowing night, it rains heavily and Tsukiko waits but he doesn’t show up D:The same thing repeats for a few days until he finally appears and asks whyshe’s so persistent. It’s cos she loves him duh.. He then asks her to go to theroof top garden after school in two days, where without her knowledge, arrangesfor a male student who likes Tsukiko to confess to her. That was so bad, man,especially when the student who was rejected started to get violent but wasfortunately chased away by Naoshi.

Tsukikodumbly continues waiting after that and Iku shows up at night, asking if she’sdisappointed in him.

In the goodendings, Iku is touched by Tsukiko’s feelings and accepts her. They get alittle touchy feely in the nurse office subsequently and I can’t quite rememberwhat happens XD

In the badending, he leaves her at the roof top and she gives up the next day, with Ikustill saying that he’s better off alone and that he’s too weak for being unableto believe in and be with another person. It ends with a kiss. Short and sweet,I like this ending the most in Iku's route

Conclusion
This marks the end of a relatively more angst filled game in the Starry sky series but it's not a bad play. The bad endings add a nice touch to the otherwise forever lovey dovey finishes. This game is not something I can relate to, and it appears too dramatic for the characters to behave the way they do.. or perhaps I just haven't experienced enough hardships in life lol. What I liked the most was Tsukiko's persistence (other than in Naoshi's route because he was way nicer to her than the other two). I found myself rooting for Tsukiko when she decides to confess, and feeling really sorry when Mizushima and Hoshizuki are cruel to her T_T


P.S thanks guys for reading till the end, I removed my tagbox again! If you are interested in the game, I can pass it to you in a thumbdrive! ;D