KuroBasu the Otome Game

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The following is your unofficial strategy guide to unlocking all the routes in the game:

Kuroko Tetsuya

Difficulty: 5/5

The probability of encountering Kuroko in the game is approximately the same as finding a Shiny Pokemon in the wild. However, unlike a Shiny Pokemon, Kuroko is much harder to notice on the screen. If you encounter him, please resist your urge to glomp him. This will lower your relationship counter drastically.

In order to win Kuroko's affection, it is advisable that you take the time to compliment his friends and teammates and that you feed him at least one vanilla milkshake a day.

Kagami Taiga

Difficulty: 3/5

It may seem difficult to win Kagami's attention in this game, but once you learn the trick to it, it is quite simple. There is a button you can click at the bottom of the screen that turns you into a basketball. If you click that button, you will automatically win Kagami's route.

Hyuuga Junpei

Difficulty: 3.5/5

Hyuuga is an ordinary guy. Respond diligently and politely to his needs and he will fall in love with you. However, be wary of Aida Riko. She will not punish you in the slightest, but if Hyuuga acts too responsive with you in Riko's company, he may never live to see another day.

To prevent this from happening, it is advisable that you make friends with Riko and offer to join in on the training arc of hell. Hopefully, she won't actually make you go through with that. (… right? RIGHT?)

Izuki Shun

Difficulty: 4/5

The reason why this route is rated as relatively difficult is because you have to laugh at his lame jokes. At one point in your relationship, he will bring out his joke books and share them with you. I advise you at this point to count slowly to ten in your head, and then visualise Kagami Taiga in a bikini.

If you laugh hard enough, Izuki will love you forever.

Mitobe Rinnosuke

Difficulty: 3.75/5

Mitobe is a silent boy who expresses himself through his actions. He may be hard to communicate with at times, but if you have the patience, his lack of words will seem sweet. You may need to make friends with Koganei Shinji, who will translate his "words" for you. An underrated but very worthy choice.

Kiyoshi Teppei

Difficulty: 2/5

Why the heck are you going for Kiyoshi? He's a huge weirdo and at lot of the time, whatever he says makes no sense. You will need to be able to keep up with his goofiness if you want to date him. He will say that he likes you openly and somewhat frequently, even when his love meter is relatively low. That's just his way of being friendly. Kiyoshi will always be nice to you, so his route is one of the easier ones in the game.

Koganei Shinji

Difficulty: 1/5

Honestly, all you need to do is talk to him once and he'll be all yours.

Kise Ryota

Difficulty: 2.5/5

Out of all the characters in the game, Kise has the most CG scenes and one-on-one cutscenes with you. The difficulty is in trying to compete with his fangirls. Although it will cost a lot of time and money in the game, you must buy all of Kise's CDs, photobooks and affiliated merchandise. You won't regret it – he's smokin' hot!

Your relationship will start to change as soon as Kise starts calling you '-your name-cchi'. Try not to be forceful with your affections and instead treat him as an equal. If you succeed, you will have a friend in Kise for life.

Midorima Shintarou

Difficulty: 3.75/5

To become friends with Midorima, you must be acquainted with Takao Kazunari and agree to carry him around constantly in his lucky cart. At one point of the game he will ask what your horoscope is and it must be compatible with his. If you do not respond to this question correctly, you may as well restart the game because your ending route is predetermined as: Forever Alone.

To gain affection points, read up on the daily horoscope lucky items and give them to him. When you choose to confess, you must do it on an auspicious day for romance. You will know if your confession was successful if Midorima turns away with a huff and says, "Shut up! It's not as if I like you or anything!"

Aomine Daiki

Difficulty: 4/5

It would be for the best if you did not talk about basketball with Aomine because he doesn't really give a shit. Try to give interesting responses to his questions and do not try to compliment his abilities as a basketball player too much or he will get tired of you. Do not diss his friends unless it is your desire to unlock the CG where he punches you repeatedly in the face.

(NOTE: When deciding your appearance, give your character a D cup or above.)

Murasakibara Atsushi

Difficulty: 5/5

Better take a lot of cooking classes and study all his favorite snacks. If you do this, Murasakibara will genuinely come to love you... as his food servant. Never talk about hard work because all your love points will decrease to zero unless you filled his meter to the top and he has been defeated once. However, if you speak too much about talent when your character isn't talented then he will think its fake, get angry, and never talk to you again.

A small note: You can also never tell if Murasakibara loves you or not because his love meter is obscured by his ridiculous height.

Akashi Seijuro

Difficulty: ?/5

The only way to complete Akashi's route is to defeat him at 100 games of Shogi. Only then will he gain respect for you. According to the developers of the game, the grand Shogi masters of Japan have yet to win a single match against Akashi, but please do not let that deter you. Have perseverance and you may be guided towards victory.

Upon satisfying the requirements, Akashi will agree to date you and this will result in several CG images of him smiling benignly at you. He will then reveal during the end credits that dating you was part of his plan for world domination. You will never be seen again.

Disclaimer: This game doesn't actually exist. Sorry.

Also, thanks goes to AquaJet for helping me come up with these routes.