End of Lilly's arc

[Lassudael]

Just wanna speak up my mind. Just finished Lilly's arc and I must say that I was infuriated from the last part about her moving to Scotland. The whole part feels out of place just to add some drama.
She got a proposal to move back to family(even though she says that she barely even knows her family) a while ago before the relationship with the pratoganist. If she decided or she is unsure-why to confess love. If she knew that she is about to leave then she is a hell of a ♥♥♥♥♥ to play with emotions like this, basically she used the guy for fun.
And I am also annoyed by how the pratoganist takes it- relatively calm and he doesn't blame Lilly for manipulation. Usually, I liked the pratoganist in this novella- I could relate to how level-headed he is,but this is too much, she betrayed you and you say nothing but 'bye,be happy' wtf, I would be so furious if something like this had happened to me. Then for some reason he decides to do a cliche TV series thing and run to an airoport to say 'sorry' to her and he falls off because of the heart and... then magically Lilly(she apparently didn't even know that he was running to her at the moment) stays and everything is great again.. Why,why this part of nonsense exists, the whole story had been so good until this piece of cheap drama.
Don't think that I rant on the game itself, I had a great read. Just annoyed that such a great image was somewhat spoiled, I prefer to pretend it hasn't happened at all.

[arihuss]

i totally agree with the airport drama... like, couldn't you just call her or akira by phone?
although this event was also intended to stress that his inner will could defy the limits of his body and probably fate itself since the same happened with iwanako, I also think it was not necessary since he's the only one to blame if he keeps forgetting taking his meds and not exercising at all (that's why emi is my fav route: by discipline and perseverance you can certainly change your fate, not just by a sudden epiphany or by the magic of love). On the other hand, he also mentions that his lifespan was shortened due to this rush to the airport so not everything was positive...

Regarding the other points, I think lily's plot is not that "out of place" or intentional manipulation for several reasons:
*although Lilly portrays a mature/calm facade, deep down she was scared to lose her life in yamaku, but similar to hisao, she's reluctant to share her problems and worry / put a burden on others (hisao mentions multiple times her pride and discomfort to admit her shortcomings)
*even when her family abandoned her, the fact that her family was finally willing to have her around was still a difficult decision for her (during the dinner scene, hisao is surprised that she doesn't hold a grudge nor resent them, and if akira - her closest relative - was also moving, how could she abandon her when akira stayed with her when she was 12?). during hisao's confrontation, she initially mentioned something around "wishing to have more time to think about it", but...
*when hisao asks lilly about her decision in the shangai, hisao's first reaction is to assume that she was hiding it because she already made the decision to leave, which she ends up accepting for pride and hisao yells at her iirc, but calms down almost right away to emulate her good manners (btw his fake calmness and acceptance of "ok so when will you leave?" and "wish you the best" were a passive-aggressive way to let her know that she didn't mean anything to him neither)

all in all, I liked this path, the only thing that bothers me is the decision tree: based on the plot, hisao was able to positively reflect on his actions and advance his relationship with lilly by deciding to open up his thoughts with yuuko, but the decision points are at other random places that don't even affect the h scenes

[Lassudael]

I guess you are right in many things. I totally understand that a decision to whether to move or not to Scotland is a life changing decision. However, the fact that she was given a proposal to move back before the relationship and not all of a sudden when Akira decides to move back wraps me the wrong way. It has been a solid amount of time to weight things out. But again I think you are right, I wrote this under emotions. I will consider all of this as a Lilly's character flaw- a desire to keep harmony even by avoiding crucial topics untill the last moment

[yixiannl]

I actually thought about your question at the end of the game, and I think Lilly started weighing it when she learned she was moving to Scotland. This choice will affect her later life, and before knowing this choice, she should have fallen in love with Hisao, she mainly depends on how Hisao plans for her and the future, to decide whether she will stay or not. The key is whether she can be firm in her ideas or listen to her family. After all, she was not determined to return to Scotland in the first place, so I don't think it's cheating.