Let's Play SRW Z2 Saisei Hen! (arranged version) v2

Except it never gets that far. Kallen and Lelouch only get Friendship bonuses... and yet Gino gets love. Even if it's not reciprocated. Though I admit that I'm kinda irritated that Lelouch's relationship bonuses have absolutely nothing to do with his canonical or in-game relations with any of those characters.
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Operation Latex Turtle is a go.

According to the Japanese, at least.
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Operation Latex Turtle is a go.

According to the chart on the Japanese atwiki, Gino's Relationship bonus with Kallen is Love lv1. Not reciprocated, but it's there.

SazukeEX posted...

Friendship bonuses are because they don't kiss, officially become an item, or say I love you(Okay, Lelouch doesn't since he's always thinking of Nunnally but it's obvious on Kallen's part).

Ah, but Kamille and Fa don't kiss, nor do Lacus and Kira, or Kouji and Sayaka, or Chirico and Fyana, and I'm not sure if Shinn and Luna do in the Z series, either. And Klan and Michel have Love bonuses from the start, despite Michel playing hard to get all through the series. And Marguerite and Esther both have Love with Crowe. (though not reciprocated) It's normally given based on how the characters feel (and what we see them feeling), not merely on what's expressed in the game. There is reason for Lelouch only having friendship since he's pretty closed about that, so we really can't be sure, but Kallen is obvious enough.

And just as bad is Lelouch having Friendship with all of the Black Knights. He barely knows most of them, and when those people are Asahina and Chiba, it just gets weird - they never speak to him, and greatly distrust him and disapprove of working with him. And I could see Rivalry with Tohdoh and Xingke, but... Friendship? Outside of the IF Route, none of them even like him. I have no idea how Ohgi, of all people, gives Lelouch the same Lv2 Friend bonus as Jeremiah does. Jeremiah gets a Lv3 bonus from Lelouch, but still, Lelouch doesn't trust the two of them equally. And why does Kallen have Friendship with Gino and Anya when they're not friends, and Lelouch has nothing!? Kallen doesn't even talk with or meet Anya in canon, and her interactions with Gino aren't really friendly on her side, and Z2 isn't any different, while Gino and Anya get a little friendly with Lelouch at school, and Anya's only given motivation for joining Schneizel is "I don't like this Lelouch". I have no idea how these are being assigned, and the result makes no sense to me.

Then again, the definition for Friendship Lv1seems to be "barely knows who the other is" or "friend of a friend", despite that logically being the definition for "no bonus", and there are plenty of "no bonuses" being assigned to other characters.
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Operation Latex Turtle is a go.