Ever since the announcement of Dollfie Dream Sasara by Volks a few days ago, I have assigned utmost priority to learn about Sasara’s story.  It’s funny that I have been putting it off for more than a year, and I know I have been wanting to do it but the announcement of DD Sasara gave me the final nudge in the back I needed to start another visual novel marathon.  I suppose this is my first Leaf game as well.

Kusugawa Sasara 久寿川 ささら ,is a new character introduced in the PC port version of the game, she is one year older than the protagonist Takaaki Kono.  Her arc is almost in sync with Tamaki’s arc but branch off about mid-way through the game.  Kusugawa Sasara appeared in game as an unapproachable beauty, the student council president, with a very cold demeanor towards others.  But the real reason she acted this way was because of her family background.  Her parents had been separated for some time, and while both tried to care for her and love her, they didn’t understand her at all.  Sasara wanted to be loved but yet all she got was pretended love, and in response, she pretended to accept her parents’ pretended love (oh my, that’s complicated).  This complex family problem had caused Sasara to shut herself out towards other, and not wanting to make any friends.

Sasara made her first appearance in game when Takaaki was stuck helping out with the graduating ceremony preparation for the student council.  He ran into Sasara on the roof of the school building when she was tearing off a piece of photograph.  Takaaki’s appearance on the roof surprised Sasara and caused one of the two pieces of the photograph to get blown away by the wind.  Sasara cried her eyes out while holding on the other piece of photograph tight.

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Updated to include links to part 2 and part 3 of the story write up:

ToHeart 2 PC version Kusugawa Sasara Part 2

ToHeart 2 PC version Kusugawa Sasara Part 3

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