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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.
Shuya Usui Perfect Ending Walkthrough
Prologue
- I appreciate your concern.
- Good morning!
Common CG Unlocked (Group)
Common CG Unlocked (Usui)*
Note: *The scene with this CG triggers after the first playthrough when you choose START from the title screen and don’t load from a save file
Common CG Unlocked (Kobase & Yoshioka)
Common CG Unlocked (Group)
Common CG Unlocked (Tainaka)
- Ignore him and leave
- Support Oe… (Unlocks after 2nd playthrough)
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 1
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 3 Work choices and 3 Love choices to get the Perfect end.
- Either choice
Usui CG Unlocked
- Either choice
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
Content Warning
MC is approached by an aggressive drunk guy
- I want to stay with you. (Love Up) OR I understand… (Work Up)
Usui CG Unlocked
Usui Spin-off Episode 1 Unlocked
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 2
- Either choice
- Either choice
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best! (Personal preference: Laughter face)
- Either choice
Usui CG Unlocked
- I’m so nervous. (Love Up) OR I’m fine. Let’s continue. (Work Up)
- Either choice
Usui Spin-off Episode 2 Unlocked
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 3
- Either choice
- Either choice
- Either choice
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best!
- Either choice
Usui CG Unlocked
- Either choice
Usui CG Unlocked
- Either choice
- I enjoyed our time together. (Love Up) OR The piece will turn out great. (Work Up)
Usui Spin-off Episode 3 Unlocked
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 4
Usui CG Unlocked
- You should stay at Evergreen. (Work Up) OR Make a choice you won’t regret. (Love Up)
- [Emotion Select] Choose the choice you like best! (Personal preference: Laughter face)
Usui CG Unlocked
Shuya Usui Perfect Ending Achieved
Note: Shuya Usui Profile unlocks after completing the Perfect end!
Shuya Usui Love Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episodes from the title screen. Pick Shuya Usui. 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 Usui’s Love End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 4
- Make a choice you won’t regret. (Love Up)
Shuya Usui Love Ending Achieved
Shuya Usui Work Ending Walkthrough
Note 1: The simplest way to get this is to select Episode from the title screen. Pick Shuya Usui. 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 Usui’s Work End without issue. There are no additional CGs for this end, so either way works.
Shuya Usui Route – Episode 4
- You should stay at Evergreen. (Work Up)
I didn’t plan on being hook on Usui… but man was I wrong… got me a little emotional too but I loved it.
His endings were super emotional! Some of the best in the game!! I’m glad you liked Usui!
Hidden Character 2 was good too!!! 😭
Do you know how old he is, my guess is like 35?
Hey hey!! Oh I love him too! I think he’s 33-35… older than Yoji but younger than Usui.
His age isnt too bad, but then I had to remind myself MC is only 23 so of course there’s concern. 😅
Hidden Character 2 is one that will stick with me for a while 🤭
I’ve played like 4+ different guys’ routes and I can’t get Usui to unlock. Do I need to do both endings for a guy and unlock all CGs for it to count as the second playthrough or something? I don’t understand why it’s not unlocking.
Hmmm, You should only need to get the Perfect ends to unlock Usui. Sometimes the games are picky and you have to watch through the credits for it to lock in the ending… Let me know if it’s still giving you issues