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Where to Buy: Nintendo Switch | Idea Factory International
Sympathy Kiss Gameplay Tips
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- There are 3 types of endings in Sympathy Kiss: Perfect End, Work End, and Love End.
- For the Perfect End you will need to keep the Work and Love stats equal.
- For the Work or Love Ends you will need to have the corresponding stat higher than the other by the end of the route.
- There are 3 types of in game choices you can make in Sympathy Kiss
- Love/Work choices: These raise either the Love or Work stats meter. There are usually 4 options to choose from that correspond with either stat. The best choices for these have a visual catch of a colored tulip. Blue tulips correspond to Work choices and Pink for Love choices. Larger tulips indicate the best choice for that corresponding stat.
- Emotion Select choices: These choices do not raise affection or stats. But, they let you choose between 2 emotions to react to a character action. You can choose whichever option you want without consequence.
- Normal Choices: These do not effect your endings and are more or less just flavor text. Pick whatever you want.
- There are 6 romance routes and 2 Hidden romance routes in Sympathy Kiss.
- Saotome, Minato, Kobase, Yoshioka, and Tainaka are achievable from the start of the game.
- Usui’s route is achievable after completing at least one Perfect End for any of the first five love interests.
- The Hidden routes are playable at any time, however they are branch routes of two of the main routes.
Hidden character route branches (Click to reveal)
- Hidden character 1 is a branch of Yoshioka’s route.
- Hidden character 2 is a branch of Tainaka’s route.
Hidden Character 1 Walkthrough
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YOFY Perfect End Walkthrough
Note on choices: Affection based choices in Sympathy Kiss raise either Love or Work stats. To get the Perfect end you will need to balance the Work/Love meters. I have indicated below the choices that yield the highest Love or Work stat. You can choose either option, just make sure by the end of the playthrough you have made exactly 2 Work choices and 2 Love choices to get the Perfect end.
Rokuro Yoshioka Route – Episode 1
Load Hidden Character 1 Save
- Check YOFY’s e-mail immediately.
YOFY Route – Episode 1
YOFY CG Unlocked
- It’s nice to meet you. (Love Up) OR I have a few work questions (Work Up)
- Either choice (Personal Preference: Wipe with fingers. is just hilariously, ridiculous.)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
YOFY Spin-Off Episode 1 Unlocked
YOFY Route – Episode 2
- I don’t really understand… (Love Up) OR I think it’s convenient! (Work Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
YOFY CG Unlocked
YOFY CG Unlocked
- Either choice
YOFY Spin-Off Episode 2 Unlocked
YOFY Route – Episode 3
Content Warning
Stalking, Blood, Yandere, Forced Kiss
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
YOFY CG Unlocked
- Either choice
- Let’s pick another day to go. (Love Up) OR I’ll be more careful… (Work Up)
YOFY Spin-Off Episode 3 Unlocked
YOFY Route – Episode 4
Content Warning
Drugging, Kidnapping
- Don’t go./Can we talk? (Love Up) OR I’ll walk you downstairs. (Work Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best! (Both choices are equally dumb)
YOFY CG Unlocked
- Either choice (Personal Preference: WTF is this route…)
YOFY CG Unlocked
YOFY Perfect Ending Achieved
YOFY CG Unlocked
YOFY Love Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episodes from the title screen. Pick YOFY. Toggle over to Episode 4. From there set Love to High and Work to Low. Then follow the guide as listed.
Note 2: Or, if you want to playthrough this end first, simply select all the Love choices and you’ll get YOFY’s Love End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
YOFY – Episode 4
- Don’t go./Can we talk? (Love Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best! (Both choices are equally dumb)
- Either choice (Personal Preference: WTF is this route…)
YOFY Love Ending Achieved
YOFY Work Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episode from the title screen. Pick YOFY. Toggle over to Episode 4. From there set Love to Low and Work to High. Then follow the guide as listed.
Note 2: Or, if you want to playthrough this end first, simply select all the Work choices and you’ll get YOFY’s Work End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
YOFY Route – Episode 4
- I’ll walk you downstairs. (Work Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best! (Both choices are equally dumb)
- Either choice (Personal Preference: WTF is this route…)
YOFY Work Ending Achieved
Hidden Character 2 Walkthrough
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Tsukihiko Higa Perfect End Walkthrough
Note on choices: Affection based choices in Sympathy Kiss raise either Love or Work stats. To get the Perfect end you will need to balance the Work/Love meters. I have indicated below the choices that yield the highest Love or Work stat. You can choose either option, just make sure by the end of the playthrough you have made exactly 2 Work choices and 2 Love choices to get the Perfect end.
Nori Tainaka Route – Episode 1
Load Hidden Character 1 Save
- Buy food first.
Tsukihiko Higa Route – Episode 1
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
- Let’s talk again soon. (Love Up) OR You’re looking energized (Work Up)
Higa CG Unlocked
Higa Spin-Off Episode 1 Unlocked
Tsukihiko Higa Route – Episode 2
Higa CG Unlocked
Higa CG Unlocked
- Either choice
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
- Either choice
- Confess feelings to Higa (Love Up) OR Talk to Higa (Work Up)
Higa Spin-Off Episode 2 Unlocked
Tsukihiko Higa Route – Episode 3
Higa CG Unlocked
Higa CG Unlocked
- I can’t wait. (Love Up) OR Let’s make it a success. (Work Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
Higa Spin-Off Episode 3 Unlocked
Tsukihiko Higa Route – Episode 4
- I love you./I feel the same way. (Love Up) OR Thank you so much. (Work Up)
Higa CG Unlocked
Higa CG Unlocked
Tsukihiko Higa Perfect Ending Achieved
Higa CG Unlocked
Tsukihiko Higa Love Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episodes from the title screen. Pick Tsukihiko Higa. Toggle over to Episode 4. From there set Love to High and Work to Low. Then follow the guide as listed.
Note 2: Or, if you want to playthrough this end first, simply select all the Love choices and you’ll get Higa’s Love End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
Tsukihiko Higa – Episode 4
- I love you./I feel the same way. (Love Up)
Tsukihiko Higa Love Ending Achieved
Tsukihiko Higa Work Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episode from the title screen. Pick Tsukihiko Higa. Toggle over to Episode 4. From there set Love to Low and Work to High. Then follow the guide as listed.
Note 2: Or, if you want to playthrough this end first, simply select all the Work choices and you’ll get Higa’s Work End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
Tsukihiko Higa Route – Episode 4
- Thank you so much. (Work Up)









