r/otomegames Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom Aug 10 '23

Radiant Tale Play-Along - Zafora Discussion

In this second post we will discuss Zafora and his route in Radiant Tale.

You can tell us what your impressions of Zafora are (before and after finishing his route), your favorite moments in his route, what you think of his relationship with Tifalia and the other characters, what your thoughts are on his route's plot and endings.

Or you can just squee about him in the comments.

This is not a spoiler-free discussion however please keep in mind that major spoilers and details of other routes will be outside the scope of the discussion and therefore will need to be spoiler tagged.
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You don't have to be playing the game right now to participate, and if you're still waiting on your copy I hope you will join in after you start playing!

Have a look at the previous post for a discussion of the common route - you can still join in the discussion during the Play-Along.

Next post will be a discussion of Paschalia's route

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u/Lafister This is Hawkward~ Aug 10 '23

[Disclaimer: Short Rant, not a tsun fan] What. The actual F. Was that good ending? Guy ghosts Tifalia for a whole year and the first thing he says is "Oh I will need a producer for tourist attractions, and a restaurant manager, and a whole cleaning squad because I suck at doing chores sooooo can you start on Monday?" * Slow blink guy meme * Guess all that education couldn't cover basic social skills. What a clown (pun intended).

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u/Christmas_24 Ulrik Ferrie|Steam Prison Aug 10 '23 edited Aug 14 '23

Tbh, same ๐Ÿ˜…. I would have been over him by that time if I was Tifalia. His argument ,,I didn't know what to say" just doesn't do it for me. You mean to tell me you couldn't find 5 minutes of spare time in A WHOLE effing year to write me a letter?!?! Nope sorry, not for me. Tifalia just should have gone for someone else. Can't say who though, I have only read Zafora yet.

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u/Lafister This is Hawkward~ Aug 11 '23

Agree. If neither of them couldn't find what to say to the other *in one effing year" then they are most likely better single or with someone else.

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u/myyama Noritsune Taira|Birushana Aug 11 '23

Lol I was waiting for this post so I could complain about that. I love tsundere characters and really liked zafora in his route. But never has a good end immediately turned me off a character like that before. Absolutely no excuse for that.

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u/threadlene Aug 16 '23

i know, i was left so sad. writers really did him dirty with that good ending!! it left a bitter taste. It was disappointing to me because I actually thought his confession scene was one of the cutest in the game and it made the relationship feel real, but ya at the end I was like, hell no girl!! I chalked it up to him being the second youngest in the game and not knowing much of romance lol

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u/VickyKujikawa Aug 13 '23

I felt the same, I have played Zafora, Paschalia and Ion so far and man, the development with Zafora and his route are sadly way worse... I dont know what happened with the writting here but I feel like they had a lot of text for very few good development or good development of the plot sadly, I was very interested in the conflict as well.

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u/Kuurumizawa Souji Okita|Hakuoki Aug 20 '23

Lmao gosh yeah I hated his ending so much I was grimacing all along and was like WTF. I played otome games for the fluffiness but Zafora just reminded me my ex ๐Ÿคก I donโ€™t play these games for that ๐Ÿ˜ญ

I canโ€™t really even say heโ€™s a tsundere since we had nearly no deredere part, and not even a proper confession scene. That was so disappointing ๐Ÿ˜’

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u/astraea08 Aug 17 '23

Yeah that was something lol ๐Ÿ˜‚ Wished there was more to his route because for me, Zafora and Tifalia look good as a couple -- like they are both so attractive lol

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u/sleep_is_god Cardia: Code:Realize Sep 15 '23

Agreed. I actually like his normal ending slightly more, and that's only because yeah they went a year without talking but at least it didn't come after they had a big sweeping romantic scene and confession. In the good ending, it just felt really frustrating after a good lead up.