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Yui Yuigahama - Oregairu Analysis

“I want it all.” 

A powerful line that defines not just Yui herself, but the Oregairu series as a whole. In a story with characters written so skillfully, so rich with nuance and life, it should not have surprised me how much I fell in love with Yui Yuigahama in particular. 

Through all the highs and lows, the laughter and even the tears, Yui doesn’t care, she wants it all. In this piece, I will breakdown and analyze the meaning behind Yui’s definitive line, and the significance of Yui’s character and her ending in the overall narrative of Oregairu. 

I hope you enjoy reading!

There will be spoilers ahead.

#oregairu#yahari ore no seishun love come wa machigatteiru#yui yuigahama#Hikigaya Hachiman#yukino yukinoshita#my teen romantic comedy snafu
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Crimson Flower: Why Follow Edelgard?

So I wrote my whole analysis on Felix’s negative character development in Crimson Flower, during which I briefly touched on the reasons all the other units have for joining her. However, I didn’t go in-depth, so I’m gonna do that now.

As with the other post: this isn’t a post supporting or denouncing the Crimson Flower route. It’s merely an analysis. Additionally, I’m not looking to get into arguments about how ‘in-character’ any one unit’s decision to join is. I may briefly touch on if a unit has what I consider to be a weak reasoning (as some of these are definitely more thought-out than others) but I’m not seeking to start arguments. Everyone has their own headcanons and justifications for why units join but I’m going to be dealing solely in canon text here.

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#fire emblem#Fire Emblem Three Houses#Edelgard von Hresvelg#magnificent piece!
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FE: Three Houses - Hypothetical Battle Conversations

If there’s one thing I will sing compliments to high heavens for, it is Three Houses’ impeccable character relations and writing! We are treated to some really great battle conversations, but there were a few I noticed weren’t lucky enough to make it into the final game. Here are my ideas for a few hypothetical battle conversations. Spoilers below. I might update a few more as I get inspired.

#fire emblem#Fire Emblem Three Houses#fe3h#FE16#spoilers
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advisors but fluffy

[image 1 is a drawing of edelgard in modern dress walking two dogs, one a smirking, sinister, skeletal black hound and the other a grinning orange collie. image 2 is a drawing of claude in modern dress, sprawled on the ground with two sighthounds sitting by him; a pink saluki with pigtail-like ears, and a smug-looking purple afghan hound. image 3 is a drawing of dimitri in modern dress, holding the leash to a patient-looking white malamute with one hand, and clutching the leash to a boisterous orange hound in the other; the orange hound is grinning and tugging toward a hissing, yowling black cat.]

#Fire Emblem Three Houses
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Negative Character Development: Felix in Crimson Flower

I said on Discord at 3 am that I’d write this and I’m going to.

First: this is not an argument for or against supporting the Crimson Flower route. This is merely an analysis on how and why Felix joins Edelgard’s cause and how it negatively impacts him, personally. Any dialogue I make alluding to Edelgard being in the wrong or being ‘a monster’ (actual words used at one point in here) are written with the intention that it’s Felix’s internal thought processes, not my own views. I’m not interested in starting discourse on this post. I’ll block you if you try.

Second: note that when I say ‘negative character development,’ I don’t mean character development that’s bad. It’s still developing the character. It just doesn’t develop them in a positive way. Dimitri also undergoes negative character development throughout the school phase, setting him up for his positive development arc in the war phase. As for Felix, his negative development (which he suffers on all non-AM routes, really, but is more pronounced on Crimson Flower) is to compare and contrast his positive development on Azure Moon. The negative development is part of why his non-AM endings differ from his AM endings.

With that out of the way, let’s jump right into it. Spoilers for all routes but mostly Crimson Flower (obviously).

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#fire emblem three houses#felix hugo fraldarius#Im glad they wrote a character like Felix who could show someone choosing to join you and living to regret it
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I just want to remind everyone to talk to Gatekeeper-kun  EVERY CHANCE YOU GET. He stands at the entrance near the marketplace and gives commentary about what he’s up to while Byleth is saving the damn continent. He’s seriously the unsung, unappreciated hero of Three Houses. 

Also, apparently, he’s voiced by Kyle McCarley, aka Alm. And that’s hilarious.

#fire emblem#fire emblem three houses#fe gatekeeper
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Favorite part about Three Houses so far are the little details they put into character positioning and interactions you can observe while walking around the monastery. The developers clearly put a lot of thought and care into how they set up everyone. 

Where is Leonie? Why, talking to Jeralt of course!

Dedue is always looming a few feet behind Dimitri where ever he goes.

Annette loves to cook so she’s hanging around the cafeteria.

The genuine care makes for a very nice touch in bringing the world to life.

#fire emblem#fire emblem three houses
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Anyone else noticing how the Blue Lions have such a strong fellowship amongst them? Dimitri is the leader, Dedue is his loyal guard, Felix is Dimitri’s best friend and rival, Sylvain is the big brotherly figure to the gang, Ingrid is Dimitri, Felix AND Sylvain’s childhood friend, Annette and Mercedes are best friends with nicknames for each other. Blue Lions is seriously looking like #squadgoals. 

Contrast the Black Eagles which has Edelgard as leader with Hubert as her right hand and Ferdinand as her rival, but everyone else are kind of just meeting each other. Caspar and Linhardt seem to get along, but that’s about it. And the Golden Deer has almost no established relationships going in, with Claude just leading a breakfast club of oddballs and misfits. 

I quite like that the cultures and interrelationships amongst the three houses are all very clearly different from each other. It will make for very different experiences depending on the house the player involves themself with.

#fire emblem#fire emblem three houses#the traditionalist in me tells me to start with the Black Eagles#but I cant deny the appeal of the Blue Lions
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