Combat Mechanics

Combat Mechanics are used during various minigames initiated by the protagonist or NPCs in certain situations.

Gameplay[]

Struggle[]

Other characters will only attack the protagonist to apprehend her. In order to be able to struggle, she will need to have a small weapon in her hands; a minigame will pop up where the player has to repeatedly press prompted button to overpower the student. The difficulty of the minigame depends on how strong the protagonist and her opponent are; she will have to raise her strength at least once to be able to fight the teachers and heroes.

The list of the characters that will try to apprehend the protagonist includes:

All heroes.
All faculty members.
Student Council and other characters who usually carry pepper spray in 1980s Mission Mode.

Additionally, if a student witnesses their loved one being killed, they will react similarly regardless of their persona or strength. Their list includes:

Matchmade rival and her suitor on the subsequent weeks.
- A rival's suitor will react this way regardless of them being in a relationship.
Pippi Osu and Ryuto Ippongo;
Kokona Haruka and Saki Miyu;
Sakyu Basu and Inkyu Basu;
Riku Soma witnessing death of Kokona Haruka, but not vice versa;
Nagaharu Kurudo and Raizo Morioka;
The entire 202X Photography Club;
Osana Najimi and Raibaru Fumetsu;
Disarmed delinquents.

Fighting[]

Fighting with the delinquents mechanic utilizes QTE, which stands for "quick time event". A series of button prompts including Q, E, F and R will appear on the screen for a few seconds, and the player has to react on time. If the player fails, the protagonist will miss a hit; if she misses five hits, she will be injured and won't be able to fight again unless she rests in the infirmary, or she will be apprehended, causing a Game Over. The difficulty depends on the NPC's strength.

If the protagonist comes up close to a delinquent while holding a weapon or bumps into them more than five times, they will start a fight with her. If the protagonist wins, the delinquent will rest on a bench near the incinerator area and rest. If they see the protagonist murdering someone or carrying a dead body, they will attack her immediately; if the protagonist wins, they will give up and run out of school to call the police, and if the protagonist loses, she will be knocked out and arrested.

If Senpai witnesses the protagonist fighting a delinquent, it will cause a game over. If a normal student witnesses that, the protagonist's reputation will be damaged. If a faculty or student council member becomes a witness, they will break up the fight and the protagonist will be sent to a guidance counselor or apprehended if she killed someone.

The protagonist can ask the Martial Arts Club leader for a practice, which will start the same mini game. As the club members use a practice weapon, there will be no consequences for losing the fight, and the player can repeat it as many times as they want.

Fighting a Gang[]

If Ryoba takes Togo Atatsuma's task, she will have to defeat an entire gang. After leaving the school, a mini-game in "beat-em-up" style will start. If Ryoba manages to defeat them, the task will be completed, and she will be able to get in contact with The Yakuza. If Ryoba loses, the game will prompt to restart. In 202X, if Ayano joins the gang, she can ask Umeji Kizuguchi for a practice, which will start the same mini game, but in a slightly different location and characters.

There're three bars on the screen; the orange one shows the health of the currently targeted delinquent, the blue one represents Ayano's health, and the yellow one is for the super attack meter. Each delinquent has his own health bar, so to win, the player needs to reduce all of their HP to zero. When they attack the protagonist, their attack range is shown as a red rectangle, half-circle, or circle. If the protagonist is inside that range when they attack, she'll lose 10 health points. Successfully landing 10 hits will fill the super attack meter.

The exact amount of health the protagonist and the delinquents have, and the amount of damage dealt depends on the difficulty.

Controls

F ― standard punch.
R ― kick.
E ― forward roll.
Q ― super attack.

Trivia[]

If the player fights a delinquent near a member of the Student Council, they will run up to them and break up the fight. However, Student Council members will pepper spray Ayano if one of the delinquents witnesses her murder someone after breaking up the fight between Ayano and the delinquent.
In Mission Mode, the protagonist can fight the teachers and heroes regardless of whether or not she had raised her physical stat.
- Characters who normally carry pepper spray will initiate struggle instead.
If a 202X mode delinquent loses a fight, his first would be to ask Osoro about the situation.^[1]
The reason why no students except the delinquents, Raibaru Fumetsu, and those who carry pepper spray cannot defend themselves, even Budo Masuta, is because they don't expect to be attacked this way by a schoolmate.^[2]

Gallery[]

Music[]

Background music when fighting a gang.

Background music when fighting the gang that antagontizes Togo Atatsuma

Quotes[]

You won't get away with this!

— A hero initiating the mini-game.

What have you done?!/How could you?!/Stop right now!

— After catching Ayano killing a student or dragging a corpse in front of her, followed by her chasing down Ayano.

Huh?! Looking for a fight?/I'm not in the mood for this./Oh, you wanna go?! Let's go!/Bring it on, girl!

— When starting a fight with Ayano.

I'm not in top form today.../Seriously?! Forget this, I'm outta here.../I got better things to do, anyway.../You just got lucky, that's all.../Next time, it won't be so easy...

— When defeated in the combat mini-game.

Get her!/You can do it!/Go, go!/Put her down!/You got this!/Yeah-ha-ha!

— Egging on one of their members, when they are fighting Ayano.

You just gonna stand there?/Well? You gonna make a move, or what?/All talk and no action.

— Taunting Ayano.

Learned your lesson? Then get outta here./I'm letting you off with a warning this time, loser./That'll teach you to go around picking fights./You done? Good. Don't screw with me again./Don't. Try that. Again. Got it?

— Letting Ayano go after she loses the combat mini-game.

Next time, it won't be so easy.../What?/Go away./Don't make me hurt you.

— A delinquent sulking after being beaten by Ayano.

You psychopath! You won't get away with this!/You just killed someone, you freakin' maniac!/What have you done?! You lunatic!

— After seeing Ayano killing someone or carrying a corpse.

I won't be your next victim!/I won't go down that easy!/I'm not going down without a fight!

— Fighting the player after the delinquents witness her killing someone or trying to dispose of the corpse.

Where do you think you're going, huh?! We're not done!/ You think I'll just let you walk away after that?!/I'm not letting you get away...murderer!/Oh, you think you're tough, huh?! Let's go!/ Oh I'm gonna make you pay for that one!/Nice try...but it takes more than that to keep me down!/You think you can get away with this?!/ You're gonna PAY!

— Continuing to fight Ayano until she's knocked down or the player forces them to stop by killing them.