Question: Walkthrough of the Sunrider Academy novel. Mysterious - a fanfiction for the fandom Sunrider Academy Ruth Sola

It is recommended to activate all events from the Main Route and increase the affection of each girl (hearts, each should have at least 6), no matter which route you choose. I can't tell you exactly which events need to be activated for which girl, so I apologize.

• Have lunch in the cafeteria
• Have lunch in the courtyard
• Take a walk in the park

• Tell Chigara that she should be the head of the science club
• Pray at the Ryvian Temple
• Study in the library
• Take a walk in the park

• Watch the club\Raise morale in the gym

• Watch the Club\Raise Pool Morale
• Accept an invitation to the Winter Festival
• Have lunch on the patio and invite Sola
• Pray in front of the Love Monolith at the Winter Festival
• Watch the Club\Raise Pool Morale

• Report to the student council room
• Study in the library

• Accept an invitation to the slot machine hall

• Watch the experiments\Prepare baked goods in the laboratory, then join Chigara in walking to the museum. Tell her that you want to become the captain of a starship.
• Watch the club\Raise morale in the gym
• Take a walk in the park
• Play in the slot machine hall

• Pray at the Ryvian Temple
• Watch the Club\Raise Pool Morale
• Eat either in the classroom, or in the courtyard, or in the cafeteria
• Study in the library, then buy a holo-tablet in the shopping center and give it to Sola during a random meeting (when there are many topics to talk about)

• Study in the library

• Watch experiments\Prepare baked goods in the laboratory

• Accept Asagi's invitation to Elder's Day
• Pray at the Ryvian Temple and accept Sola's invitation (VERY IMPORTANT FOR OPENING RUTA SOLA!)

• Watch the club\Raise morale in the gym
• After talking to Asaga in class, Observe the club\Raise morale in the gym again

• Have lunch on the patio (someone in the comments said you can eat anywhere as long as you don't study or do homework)
• Watch experiments\Prepare baked goods in the laboratory

• Watch the club\Raise morale in the gym
• Study in the library

Asagi's birthday: M4N1D3

• Buy her a gift at the mall the day before her birthday. You will be able to buy it a week before the event..

If you activate all the events and the attraction of girls is at the level (hearts), you will open all the routes:

You can save your game at this point. After completing one route, you can return here to start another route.

Ava's explanations were already giving her a headache. She reminded me of the cooler in my holocomputer, which either accelerated to maximum speed, or hummed quietly almost to the point of audibility...
“...with this we will confirm the status of the most prestigious academy on Ser...” an excerpt of her speech reached me as if through a layer of thick cotton wool. God, I just wanted a uniform... I didn't want to hang out here for days with my childhood friend...

The mind again floated somewhere far away, where Asagi frolicked merrily in the clouds, wise Chigars invented new types of pies, and Ava...

Kaito Shields! Wake up immediately! - her voice burst into my brain like a milling cutter, breaking all neural connections.
“Ufufuf,” I muttered, opening my eyes and looking around the student council room, “I didn’t sleep, prez.”

Of course, there had been no one in the room for a long time. No one would agree to work in such a tense atmosphere as my childhood friend created around herself. I looked at her pitifully, but did not see a drop of compassion. Just the usual grimace, as if the girl had eaten sour cream.

Kaito! How's the swim team doing? - She looked at me sternly.
- It's okay, Prez. We won gold this month... - I yawned widely.

She narrowed her brown eyes in disapproval, automatically tucking her brown hair behind her ear. By golly, maybe Asaga is right about the sexual tension...?

No! This red-haired beast could not be trusted! Give her power, she would have turned the Academy into a brothel, or even, had the Emperor not brought it, a military base for the revolution!

Sorry, prez,” I looked up from these gloomy thoughts and got up from the table, “I need to watch the clubs.”

Ava had already forgotten about me, immersed in a pile of papers that never disappeared from this office. The teachers definitely came up with this student council in order to load us with work, while we ourselves were idle...

“Uh-huh,” she muttered, without even looking at me.

With a feeling of great relief, I closed the door and quickly walked towards the pool, where the swimming team was currently practicing. Honestly, it was my most active club, winning gold every month, and it was also the exact opposite of the kendo club, or the science club.

However, Chigara often snatched victory from various schools and institutes; she rarely received silver, unlike the careless Asagi, who always fell a little short of gold, or even slipped to bronze. It’s good that she hasn’t lost even once, otherwise Ava would have eaten her whole...

Finally, I made it to the pool, where I could hear Sola's swim team chirping. I opened the door and went inside, as usual heading towards the benches to watch the activity of this now definitely not a problematic club.

The girls simultaneously dived into the pool, where they formed a kind of ring, into which, obviously, another swimmer was supposed to jump. And I even knew who it would be... Lifting my head up, I saw a slender body in a swimming suit and short white hair, which undoubtedly belonged to Sola.

Briefly pushing off from the board, she rushed down like an arrow, entering the water exactly in the center of the circle. As soon as she surfaced, the girls immediately applauded her, it was unclear how they kept afloat.

Sola herself did not react to the praise, only blushing a little. Noticing me on the benches, she swam to the edge of the pool and climbed out, brushing the water from her white hair.

Yo, Sola! - I waved my hand to her, going down to the pool, - I see, as always, you are on top.

The girl came closer, with her usual emotionless face, and answered:
- Oh, it's you, Kaito. Training goes according to schedule, the club operates optimally in accordance with your expectations.

And all this in complete monoton. No flirtatious notes like Asagi, no embarrassed quiet whispers like Chigara. This would probably confuse and even terrify an ordinary person, but I knew the reason for this phenomenon. And I was going to fix it...

Okay, Sola, keep up the good work,” I turned and was about to leave, but the girl held me by the sleeve, which made me flinch.
- Listen, Kaito. Tomorrow we will have a festival in our temple in honor of Purity Day. I would like to invite you to accompany you on this important festival of the Ryvian calendar.
- Of course I'll go! - great, idiot, couldn't you think of a better answer?!

Sola nodded slightly.

Then I will prepare everything for your visit. See you later,” and she went to the locker room, following the rest of the team.
“See you later, Sola,” I said quietly, looking after her...

The next day flew by, despite the abundance of exams and the hard work of supervising the clubs. And more and more often I began to think about Sol, not only as a key person in the overall Sunrider Academy system.

She pushed Asagi's setups, Chigara's sweet smiles and tense conversations with Ava out of my thoughts, filling me with absolutely incompatible feelings - calm and anxiety... Her problem worried me more and more, despite her assurances of a period of stability. Chigara has been diligently racking her brains over the reasons for her breakups, but so far all to no avail...

During these reflections, I, unnoticed by myself, reached the courtyard where there was an exit from the Academy. I looked around the walls that had become familiar to me over the past two years. I wanted our academy to become the best of the best...

Glancing briefly at my watch, I almost slapped myself on the forehead: it was already half past five, and I wasn’t even at the stop yet! I rushed as fast as I could to the transport station, trying to catch the shuttle...

So, I still made it. Now, shaking in a transport packed with people, I was thinking about Sol. And also about what I saw literally three weeks ago... Still, her slender figure, covered with small drops of water, could not get out of my head, because of which I could not sleep for a long time at night. Even though I only saw her from the back...

Although in this case let is not quite the right word. The shuttle arrived at the temple station, after which I walked out onto the platform with a gaggle of girls. Standing out for my height, I walked up the steps, and for some reason my heart began to beat faster, but not because of the ascent.

Having risen to the very top, I looked around and immediately noticed a familiar girl in miko clothes. It was none other than Sola, who had her hair braided in her usual way and had an orange and yellow flower attached to it. There was cordiality on the face, and the body was covered with a spacious robe, painted in red and white.

Blood rushed to my face, and I, cursing myself at every step, awkwardly raised my hand and said:

How are you, Sola?

The girl, who had been watching me for a long time, obviously from the very rise, only answered:

Oh. Welcome to our temple.
“You did a great job, Sola,” I said, involuntarily starting to adopt her manner of speech.
- Yes. The abbot says that this type of festival will bring in much more donations than the previous one,” the girl indifferently looked around the rows of stalls.
- Let's go to? - I looked at Sola uncertainly.
“Of course,” the girl answered briefly, and we began to slowly move along the rows.

About halfway through, Sola suddenly spoke:

Actually, I don't really like them. I'm talking about festivals.
- Why? - I looked at the girl in surprise. I always thought that mikos should be happy about such things, but...
- People bring a lot of noise and strange smells with them to the temple. They distract and irritate me. However, as long as it brings donations...
“Hmm, money doesn’t grow on trees...,” I laughed awkwardly, thinking about something completely different... I was distracted from reality by the pleasant aroma of a white-haired girl near me.
“But most likely,” she looked at the nearest couple, “I’m just jealous.”
- Why? - I was surprised, looking at Miko in confusion.
“Happy couples,” Sola’s eyes slowly became moist, causing my heart to bleed, “Families.” Children. Smiles. Seeing them laugh and enjoy life...

I listened to the captain of the swimming team with a smile stuck on my face and felt how lonely she was...

- ... and all this makes my heart clench with envy. But,” she wrapped her hand around my hand, “Sometimes festivals are still a fun thing,” she smiled barely noticeably and blushed.

During such idle conversations we reached the sacred pool, where we sat down away from the crowd and loud sounds. Brings back memories...

Hmmm. I remember the moment when I found you here... - a phrase escaped my tongue that I did not want to utter at all.
“Yes,” Sola said simply, and I was a little indignant at this reaction, so I wanted to tease her a little.
- Hey... Didn’t you specifically want to show me everything?.. - I made a surprised face.

Sola looked away, staring at the waterfall.

“Don’t say such strange things,” she muttered, frowning, “I was just performing a cleansing ritual.”

She started to get nervous, which planted seeds of doubt in my mind. Really...

A-As you know, being completely immersed in a pool helps with disconnections, so it’s nothing like that...

I casually put my hand on her shoulder. Well, come what may, I still wanted to confess for a long time...

And-and in general, I had a troubled childhood. This body cannot experience emotions. S-so even if a guy sees me naked, it won’t cause any response in me...

Silly girl,” I looked into her brown eyes that looked at me in surprise, “Then why does it make your heart beat like that?”

I leaned forward and kissed the girl's thin lips. She closed her eyes, hesitantly responding to the kiss, stretching out the sweet taste on my lips...

A-ah,” Sola moaned when we pulled away from each other. She touched her lips, smiling mindlessly, “I... Feel it, Kaito.”
“Well,” I said with a victorious grin, “You’re not an automaton, Sola.” You are human.

My head was still a mess. I couldn’t come to my senses after the kiss, but I still continued the conversation. Obviously, it dawned on her that we had done this. And she became sad again, looking into the pool.

I'm sorry. Most likely, I will not satisfy you.
- Why? - I bowed my head to the side and looked tiredly at Sola.
- A strange girl with an extraordinary problem in the form of the threat of complete disappearance from reality is hardly suitable for the role of your companion.
“Well, no,” I snorted, “I’ve already decided everything and won’t leave you.” Let's find out what these disconnects are, solve it together and continue to have fun!

I loved bringing that half-displeased smile on the miko's face.

Mmmm... So self-confident as usual,” she was now smiling openly, “Then... Take care of me while I’m still here.”

I didn’t answer with words, I simply covered her lips with mine again... And an old thought, only now sounding maliciously, closed in my head:

“I just wanted to promote the holographic uniform to our school!”

If our love is tragedy,
Why are you my remedy?
If our love's insanity,
Why are you my clarity?

While studying a selection of visual novels available on Steam (why exactly and what specifically prompted me to do this research - I’ll tell you another time), I quite accidentally came across Sunrider: Liberation Day. Since the description strongly recommended that you first read the previous part, I followed the link provided and found out that the first Sunrider is a completely free game. Freeware. Not expecting anything good, I launched it and... got stuck in it for almost 20 hours.

Mask of Arcadius. We will devote the first half of the game to collecting pilots, each of whom, fortunately, has his own combat vehicle. Even young girls. Actually, besides them, there are no other pilots here...

Sunrider launched on Kickstarter in 2013. The authors asked for 3 thousand dollars, but collected almost 15 times more. This is understandable: although this game is primarily a visual novel, conversations are constantly interrupted by the need to tinker with your own spaceship, the development of your charges and turn-based tactical battles. This is not news to those who are familiar with VN (and indeed with Japanese games in which the plot is presented primarily through dialogue in the spirit of VN), but who would refuse a Japanese-style Mass Effect? Albeit low-budget. ( In fact, there are many, but that’s not about that now).

Captain Kaito Shields had just taken command of the newest ship in his home planet's fleet when evil foreign revolutionaries, who had recently overthrown one of the strongest monarchies in the galaxy, suddenly swooped in and destroyed the city where the commander's relatives lived with one shot. And at the same time they tore into shreds the entire fleet in which Shields served. Kaito, along with his first mate Ava - charming in her unyielding desire to work, work and work some more - and the Sunrider crew are the only ones who managed to escape from the villains. Now their space aircraft-carrying cruiser (in the game they prefer to call it an “assault aircraft carrier”) without aviation will plow the airless space, look for friends and allies, find problems and enemies, and all this for the sake of returning home.

The first two chapters of Sunrider (which make up Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius) are classic space opera with a Japanese twist. That is, of course, the enemies burned down our home, and we are running away from them on the best ship on our planet, and all that, but at the same time, the chief engineer is a girl of at most 18 years old. The ship's doctor is a cheerful girl with a huge bust, stretching out her hands to touch the captain's... hmm... courage. The story seems to be fantastic, but there are ghost ships, a runaway princess, and ancient artifacts. Well, everything else is in the same spirit. In addition to Shields himself (in my opinion, drawn by some completely vanilla snotty guy), there are other men on the ship, but they are assigned the role of invisible extras.

The plot of this typically Japanese story, full of ambiguities and awkwardness, languid hints and extensive borrowings, in the original game can hardly be called outstanding. The combination itself is captivating - a visual novel (with moral choices!), typical role-playing tactics and combat fantasy. Although this symbiosis looks unsightly in every sense (which is not so scary, the game is free), juggling the skills of your assistants is very interesting. The battles take place exclusively in space, and the point is that each rider - a huge humanoid flying machine - has his own set of weapons and tricks.

While the authors could do with some tweaking of the balance compared to other visual novels, they certainly did a great job. Different types of ships are protected in different ways: it is better to get closer to some and shoot them with cannons, while others should be fried from afar with lasers, etc. There are always a lot of enemies, in every mission they constantly throw “unexpected” reinforcements to the enemies, and in the heat of battle you can no longer remember that at first you thought that this was just “another” visual novel.

Of course, our decisions do not greatly influence the development of events; the promised side tasks (“we simply won’t have time to complete everything!”) are forgotten almost immediately and, in fact, until the very end of the game. Nevertheless, it’s interesting to beat enemies, and using the money you earn to buy new systems for ships or upgrade the aircraft of your charges is even more interesting. Of course, Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius stands out among the free (not to be confused with f2p!) games on Steam. Moreover, the developers of many paid visual novels after the release of Sunrider should be ashamed, because the artist for this game is very skillful.

The recently released Sunrider: Liberation Day is a completely different caliber. Of course, it is also free for Kickctsrtarter contributors, but, apparently, Love in Space has decided to give up charity. Having released Sunrider Academy (a spin-off for fans, with favorite characters, but in, so to speak, a parallel reality), the authors of the unexpectedly popular saga took up the continuation. We drew many original scenes. We worked on the interface. We sped up the battles by removing unnecessary screens. The dialogues were voiced. In Japanese. And... they stumbled.

The fact is that the new Sunrider begins immediately after the events of Mask of Arcadius. Unlike the usual interstellar adventures of the original, in Liberation Day we are practically not moving anywhere - the whole story revolves around several important battles and events. The narration seems somewhat crumpled, and some kind of incomprehensible cliffhanger was presented as the ending. Another analogy with the most popular space opera: the outcry over the ending of Liberation Day is quite comparable to the storm that erupted after the release of Mass Effect 3. Naturally, adjusted for scale.

Correctly understanding the tone of the first reviews, the developers quickly (as if they knew this would happen!) released version 2.0, to which they added a solid piece of the VN part of the planned fourth chapter (and third game) of the series. The update has not yet been announced. Yes, and no new tactical battles were added, and in Liberation Day itself there are quite a few of them: the paid game turned out to be more beautiful, in many ways even smarter, but half as long as its free predecessor!

But what they really worked on was the plot. Many Japanese games have long taught that a villain is a villain, a friend is a friend, and a traitor is always visible a mile away. But in Liberation Day, the hitherto simple and understandable layout suddenly turned into a very intricate interweaving of storylines, heroes and factions. On the one hand, of course, it’s dishonest to constantly pull pianos out of the bushes, on the other hand, it’s much better than just watching plot twists sewn with white thread.

In fact, it feels like Love in Space hasn't figured out the ending to this story yet. A great victory, a bitter defeat or perhaps a mass orgy - who knows? This is dangerous, because small companies that start long-running game series risk - to put it mildly - not telling fans the whole story.

There are no real forks here (the branches quickly return to the mainstream of the main plot), you are not allowed to choose which of your subordinates to have an affair with (or whether to have an affair at all) (it’s good that they are rare - literally, in my opinion, one or two per game - erotic the footage is censored, because, actually, I've never asked for this), so there is hope that the authors of Sunrider themselves know how all this should end in the end.

What about Sunrider itself? For obvious reasons, I will not recommend Liberation Day, and I don’t want to give it a rating, because I perfectly understand that in comparison with, say, The Banner Saga (it’s definitely a tactic, and it looks a lot like a visual novel) or Hyperdimension Neptunia (also a largely fanservice visual novel, even if combat takes up most of the time) Sunrider is... well... rather weak. But I still liked her.

Another thing is that the authors, with their temporary generosity, played into the hands, by and large, of all of us. Mask of Arcadius is an inexpensive (in terms of production costs), simple (though not in terms of tactics - some of the battles here just make you want to smash your keyboard) game, but very exciting. And most importantly, it’s free, so by trying it, you won’t lose anything (except time). Liberation Day is a completely different matter, but if you like the first portion of Sunrider, then you will like the second even more: even though it is smaller, in terms of its richness with unexpected plot twists, it will give odds to many other VNs, in which, in fact, there is nothing else except VN . The authors have thoroughly twisted the intrigue, but now the main thing is that all this, in the end, was not in vain.

• Sunrider Academy. Release year: 2015 Type: ADV, Mixed Platform: Windows, Linux, Android Duration: 10-30 hours
• ATTENTION!!! There remains a native bug with Sola's event on M5. This does not interfere with the passage of the game, it just spoils the atmosphere a little.