....well fuck, this is awkward now.

Should this really qualify as hilarious-in-hindsight? For those not in the know:
Hanako has a huge complex about her birthday. Her parents died protecting her from a fire and on her birthday, she goes into seclusion, thinking she has no right to live. Dealing with this is a big part of her and Lilly's routes.

So I see why you would want to add this, but isn't weee (raemz) the main artist for Hanako's route? Surely the artist knew about the plot twist...

On the other hand, as long as we, the audience didn't know, it might still qualify.

Is it entirely out of the question to assume that this might be after her route, where those problems are solved/worked on?

Well, they're all 3rd year students at the school, so the fact that they're still in uniform suggests it's not after they graduated.

Or they all flunked and will be repeating forever.

BakaHoushi said:
Should this really qualify as hilarious-in-hindsight? For those not in the know:
Hanako has a huge complex about her birthday. Her parents died protecting her from a fire and on her birthday, she goes into seclusion, thinking she has no right to live. Dealing with this is a big part of her and Lilly's routes.

So I see why you would want to add this, but isn't weee (raemz) the main artist for Hanako's route? Surely the artist knew about the plot twist...

On the other hand, as long as we, the audience didn't know, it might still qualify.

Agreed. Adding it to "Harsher in Hindsight".

BakaHoushi said:

Should this really qualify as hilarious-in-hindsight? For those not in the know:
Hanako has a huge complex about her birthday. Her parents died protecting her from a fire and on her birthday, she goes into seclusion, thinking she has no right to live. Dealing with this is a big part of her and Lilly's routes.

So I see why you would want to add this, but isn't weee (raemz) the main artist for Hanako's route? Surely the artist knew about the plot twist...

On the other hand, as long as we, the audience didn't know, it might still qualify.

I don't think so. What she hides herself when it's her birthday wasn't the fact that her parents died in the same accident that got her those scarring, that dreadful fire. It was because she doesn't want people to look at her with what she feels like pity.