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I asked this question on Twitter and Bluesky so it’s fair for the Reddit community to share their unpopular opinions about this subseries

Unofficial birthday art for the beloved celebrity Mai. Thigh-highs were added as inspiration from a friend who drew her with them on instead of just bare legs

OG Post: https://x.com/turnipdish/status/2032104927615442995?s=46

Shout out to my good moot for making my request! Here’s their Twitter and Bluesky post: https://x.com/urameshi\_trev/status/2072498720772395112?s=46 / https://bsky.app/profile/urameshitrev.bsky.social/post/3mpmwae3qrs27

Background: I posted a form on April Fools Day asking people to vote on which Desu protag ship is their favorite and I posted it here on this before getting shadowbanned for posting too much. But here are the results that many here on this platform have missed.

Desu1:

9th Place: Protagonist X Tadashi “Kaido” Nikaido, Keisuke Takagi, Eiji “Gin” Kamiya, Misaki Izuna, Shomonkai Founder Kuzuryu, Azuma, Shoji, Commander Fushimi, Yasuyuki Honda, Gigolo, 10BIT, and Aya [ShuKai, ShuKeis, ShuGin, ShuIzu, ShuKuzu, ShuAzu, ShuSho, ShuFush, ShuHond, ShuGig, Shu10, ShuAya] 0 votes; 0% votes)

Message(s) summary: none

8th Place: Protagonist X Mari Mochizuki and cut character Mai [ShuMari, ShuMai] (1 vote; 1.6% votes]

Message(s) summary: none

7th Place: Protagonisy X Black “Jacky/Frosty” Frost [ShuFro] (2 votes; 3.2% votes)

Message(s) summary: Hee-ho

6th Place: Protagonist X Midori Komaki [ShuMido] (3 votes; 4.8% votes)

Message(s) summary: None

5th Place: Protagonist X Atsuro Kihara [ShuAtsu] (6 votes; 9.5% votes)

Message(s) summary: Atsuro is the only one who still follows the protagonist no matter what unlike Yuzu and the others, even when the protagonist can be read as sinister at times

4th Place: Protagonist X Naoya [ShuNao] (7 votes; 11.1% votes)

Message(s) summary: None

3rd Place: Protagonist X Yoshino “Haru” Harusawa [ShuHaru] (9 votes; 14.3% votes)

Message(s) summary: An underrepresented morally and objectively correct pair; Haru is best girl; their quiet natures and dynamic as boy and rockstar meshes their personalities well together

2nd Place: Protagonist X Amane Kuzuryu [ShuAma] (15 votes; 23.8% votes)

Message(s) summary: The protagonist and Amane are reserved people, having the capability to be together in her route, as it’s implies she’s into him

1st Place: Protagonist X Yuzu Tanikawa [ShuYuzu] 19 votes (30.2% votes)

Message(s) summary: Yuzu is the best; the implied ship yet Yuzu will fight you if she feels she’s in the wrong

Desu2:

8th Place: Protagonist X Yuzuru “Joe” Akie, Hinako Kujou, Otome Yanagiya, and Male Tico [ShuJoe, ShuHina, ShuOto, ShuTico] (0 votes; 0% votes)

Message(s) summary: none

7th Place: Proragonist X Keita Wakui, Jungo Torii, Ronald Kuriki, Miyako Hotsuin, and Dera-Deka [ShuKei, ShuJun, ShuRona, ShuMiya, ShuDera] (1 vote; 1.6% votes)

Message(s) summary: Like the soccer guy from Fatal Fury (ShuRona)

6th Place: Protagonist X Female Tico [ShuFemtico] (2 votes 3.2% votes)

Message(s) summary: None

5th Place: Protagonist X Daichi Shijima and Airi Ban [ShuDai, ShuAi] (5 votes; 7.9% votes)

Message(s) summary: Childhood friends to lovers; first ship to come up with (ShuDai)

4th Place: Protagonist X Makoto Sako and Fumi Kanno [ShuMako, ShuFumi] (6 votes; 9.5% votes)

Message(s) summary: None

3rd Place: Protagonist X Anguished One/Al Saiduq/Alcor [ShuAl] (9 votes; 14.3% votes)

Message(s) summary: The protagonist and Alcor can show each other the wonders of human life and the universe, and being into each other mainly in the human administrator ending; Quasi-Divine BL

2nd Place: Protagonist X Yamato Hotsuin [ShuYama] (12 votes; 19% votes)

Message(s) summary: Yaoi love; An obvious ship due to Yamato loving the protagonist; An inescapable ship

1st Place: Protagonist X Io Nitta [ShuIo] (13 votes; 20.6% votes)

Message(s) summary: The vote doesn’t mean Io (and Yuzu) are best girl

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I posted the results on Twitter and Bluesky so you all could check on those platforms too if ya want (https://x.com/stormacross/status/2042968173419380868?s=46 / https://bsky.app/profile/stormacross.bsky.social/post/3mj7zb7vdkc2e)

OG post: https://www.tumblr.com/hotsuqueen/764276128356630528 / https://bsky.app/profile/hotsuqueen.bsky.social/post/3l6slxhk2662b

Using cheat engine, when you placed down Mai, her icons and portraits load correctly. However, since she doesn’t have her own model, a character placeholder is used and also the “Human” race is glitched but other than that she’s playable