I don't think so? Visual novels are mostly just stories where you occasionally have to pick between two or three dialogue options, which can cause the story to branch.
Well, there's different types of love interest, I think. Usually there's different "routes" where you can pursue different girls... It seems a bit cruel now that I've talked to miss Aoi.
[With her worry of fading into the background on other routes.]
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[A tilt of their head - the bells jingle lightly.]
I admit, I don't know exactly how those systems work...which game are you trying?
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[Do they even make that sort of game for consoles? He has no idea.]
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[Ohhh?]
You mean...with CGs? And "zappy" scenes? Ohoho. I don't know myself, but what an interesting choice.
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I meant more a romance type game... It's not a genre I'm familiar with.
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[Just smirking a little.]
But romance? I'm not familiar with that either...are they hard to play, you think?
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[(ye olde voice) LIKE PICTURE BOOKS??]
Well, if you find one, I want to see how you play! You've got me intrigued.
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[He's not sure how to ask this.]
You've got an interesting name, Mr Douman.
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[A light smile.]
How so?
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[He did consider that maybe it is that Douman but he's pretty sure someone would have written about Ashiya Douman being this tall and unique looking?]
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Indeed, there are legends about me and...that man. You are correct on that.
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... Ah, you're the real Ashiya Douman?
[WILD? Unless this is another Aoi situation? Who's to say any more.]
I'm sorry for bringing that up, then.
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[They trail off, letting out a sigh.]
Mmm. Quite alright! Its quite alright. This humble priest has nothing that particularly displeases them...except for that man.
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So that's why you're unfamiliar with video games?
[As he resumes rummaging. Before finding a title he vaguely recognizes.]
Ah, I think this is one...
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[Thanks, Approximate Knowledge of Modern Things!]
Oh? Go on, let's play!
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[Sometimes when he was a kid he'd had games. But he hadn't really since he'd grown up.
Anyway he puts in Cl*nnad, sitting down on the floor before the tv because that just feels to him the way you play video games.]
But I want to understand miss Aoi a little better.
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[That earns Fukuda a curious look.]
Because of her nature?
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[So really she might as well be?]
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[They move to sit, crosslegged as they stare at the TV expectantly.]
You know...there were contraptions like that even in the past. Dolls. Karakuri, they called them. Human, and yet not. She reminds me of that.
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[And now his attention is getting split as he starts the game.]
... Ah this girl's eyes are quite far apart.
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[The uncanniness only seems to amuse them.]
Now, now, do we start playing this novel?
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[Which he has been, slowly, since he's dividing his attention.]
I think she's the love interest, so this is a sort of meet-cute, as it were.
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[Doesn't seem much like "playing", but sure.]
Oh, she's like Aoi, then? She doesn't talk like Aoi, though.
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[With her worry of fading into the background on other routes.]
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[Poor miss Aoi, indeed!]
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