Yet another Secret Message topic

[7gatsu]

EDIT: I managed to achieve "Secret Message" so i decided to write some sort of guide to help who's struggling with the trophy.

Ok, first of all it's important to understand that i DO NOT have any source code, so i unlocked the achievement by trial and error. If anyone will try my method DO NOT blame me if it does not work because I have no proof whatsoever that is the correct way to do it, it just happened to work for me. Ok, here we go under spoiler:

ACHIEVEMENT SPOILER

The developer yeo hinted on twitter that for the achievement to unlock you have to make all 3 school girls fall in love with you: Aiko, Mariko and Yuna. Each of them has a unique way of falling in love, Aiko after tutoring her in maths, Yuna after you read all the books she like and you talk with her about them and finally Mariko, who still is a big mistery.
That's what i did, i spoke with Mariko during the very FIRST DAY of school (she will mention something like Life is Suffering). During the first week i did not study anything at all (if you increase too much the grades she will stop talking to you) but i spoke always to Aiko (do it just to be sure).
I concentrated on other tasks such as READING ALL BOOKS (VERY IMPORTANT) (from library and bookshop) going to gym, attending judo club, making money, increasing HP, whatever you want but do not study and fail the first test (on saturday).

Then, i started to study slowly, increasing just MATHEMATICS, a little bit at time, not all at once, on the second test you should get a D, or a C. I spoke with Mariko once more on day 12 (she will speak about Aiko). When you finally get an A in mathematics you can find Aiko in the library from 17:00 to 19:00. When you speak with her in the library then RUSH to home and wait there for her, she will come to study with you. For the next TWO days you HAVE to stay at home before 20:00, she will come to study twice.

After you did that you can concentrate on studying Literature, increasing it slowly until you score an A so you can speak with Yuna (ONLY before first class, so go to school at 7:00 and speak with her while she's alone). You have to speak with her about all the books she like and since i cannot remember what those books were is better to read them all previously).
Speak every day with Yuna and Aiko and check if you can speak to Mariko (but DO NOT SPEAK WITH HER). If you can't speak with Mariko there is something wrong and you have to go back to a previous save.

Do not increase other subjects, just the ones i told you and i don't know if it influenced something but i also bought the Golden Chain (dunno what it does). Then, i finally spoke with Mariko on day 45 (she will speak about a trip to Kyoto). After that i went out of school at 11:00 and the scene for the "Secret Message" achievement unlocked.

That's what i know, like i said, it's NOT guaranteed it will work. So do it knowing that. If it works though, please come back here and report that it worked, thank you

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OLD MESSAGE:
Hello, I've seen some "secret message" achievement topics with few to no response. I am at my second playthrough and I have to say i'm actually loving the game and preparing a really good review for my blog.
That being said, Is there some tip to activate the achievement? It's the last One i Need and seems like i got hints from characters here and there on who might be interested in Ringo but nothing concrete. Thanks to whoever takes the time ti answer this!

[drell]

Publicado originalmente por shin-yeo:

Mariko is the real deal ) You can't figure her out even with some secret info )

Indeed. Surely you're quite well placed to help us out here :) ?

[7gatsu]

Publicado originalmente por shin-yeo:

Mariko is the real deal ) You can't figure her out even with some secret info )

and this is just the tip of the iceberg, pretty sure you've hidden more stuff inside! I didn't unlock yet the black cat :P

[DantE]

*put the song "I will survive" *
After 72 hours I finally have the achievement =')
Thank you Drell for the tips, Thank you 7gatsu for the topic
And thank you Shin-yeo, you and all your team for this excellent game !

7gatsu do you want the tips to have the cat ?

[shin-yeo]

I was doing achievements the last week before a release so I rushed and made only few. So I didn't left any clues for some things. I bet nobody maxed out STR stat, for example )

[7gatsu]

Publicado originalmente por DantE:

*put the song "I will survive" *
After 72 hours I finally have the achievement =')
Thank you Drell for the tips, Thank you 7gatsu for the topic :lunar2019grinningpig:
And thank you Shin-yeo, you and all your team for this excellent game !

7gatsu do you want the tips to have the cat ?

Absolutely yes! Thank you! I really want to get the black cat!

[DantE]

Ok, so you have to be next to the cat,
- get into yankee mode (when Ringo is sitting), normally he will turn in front the cat
- petting the cat with your action button ( Z key by default)
- after that the cat will be follow you until Ringo's house door
- Open the door for let him in BUT DON'T LET RINGO GO TO THE HOUSE he must stay in
front of the door until the cat will be inside the house.
- And normally after that the cat is yours =)

You can buy milk for the cat at the konbini, after some milk purchases you can talk with the konbini girl

[7gatsu]

Publicado originalmente por DantE:

Ok, so you have to be next to the cat,
- get into yankee mode (when Ringo is sitting), normally he will turn in front the cat
- petting the cat with your action button ( Z key by default)
- after that the cat will be follow you until Ringo's house door
- Open the door for let him in BUT DON'T LET RINGO GO TO THE HOUSE he must stay in
front of the door until the cat will be inside the house.
- And normally after that the cat is yours =)

You can buy milk for the cat at the konbini, after some milk purchases you can talk with the konbini girl

thank you! but could you tell me where and when does he appear?

[DantE]

If I remember, everytime he appeared I had a bottle of milk with me, don't remember at what time of the day sorry but he appear outside at the bottom of the Ringo's house, nearby to the videoclub job offer

[LightSparda]

This is just crazy... I tried to get the achievement in multiple playthroughs and I failed in all of them!! Though I am really amazed on how I kept discovering new stuff, even though I completed the game. Congrats to the DEV!

[LightSparda]

I am giving up for now though

[serebromix]

I received Маricos dialog about Кyoto, I spoke with Yuna about 3 her favorite books, I help Aiko with tutorial, but I do not receive achievement What Wrong I can not understand ?

[tired asf]

7gatsu and drell, thank you very much for the work done

i spoke with Mariko on the days 2 5 10 and 15,(all this time I read russian books and studied mathematics+literature for A grade) after that started Aiko's path, after dialogue about A-grade on her test (after all tutoring), I started talking in the morning with Yuna. Аfter a dialogue about Hamlet I went outside and got a scene (was without Masaru in party that day)

[Luiz_Alex007]

I don't get it, I spoke with Aiko on a Saturday while she was in the library and tutored her the same day. Then she said she would be there the next day at 8 but I kept entering and exiting the room and it didn't work. Afterwards Ringo said he was sorry for having missed but she said it was fine. Do I need to start a whole new run for this?

Also, Mariko has stopped talking with me and Yuna too... I am just confused...

[Sicarius]

Hi Guys,
Could someone please send me a save or link before the end of this achievement? I've been trying for 20 hours and can't get through the passage with Mariko, I'm on day 11 now and the conversation about Prom, was fine. However, I am then trying to read her last passage and thus day 17. Unfortunately that one always ends up being about her eyes and lips.
I don't study - neither at home nor at school, I've only read a few books. I go to the gym and the playground. I even fight with others and watch movies now and then.

The only events I've had are sitting in a restaurant, going to a fight with Garo and then a fight where ken broke his arm - I'm going to try to embrace the broken arm now. - doesnt help brokens Ken arm no effect on her

thx for any help

[DantE]

https://youtu.be/cpcWoe3EMEI?t=577

don't know if it work, I don't remember how I did it, it's been 2 years since I got the trophy