LateWhiteRabbit wrote:And I really like the idea of a VN where you play the parent trying to keep your promiscuous teenager from hooking up with people you don't approve of. That could be a great game, especially if it was done as a comedy. Parent goes undercover at the school, or hides in bushes following along, volunteers to work at the school to stay close, sabotages the teen at home, arranges meetings with the preferred partner without their child's knowledge, spreads rumors, etc.
Where's clannadman? A better Clannad spin-off than Okazaki Naoyuki's story would be you play as Akio pwning guys who hit on Nagisa.
Edit for those uninformed: it'd be a VN expansion of this scene.
@LateWhiteRabbit:
Yep, I know we've seen all of them in other works (that's why there's a quote "Originality is an illusion"), but some are more often while others are still rare.
Still, there's no harm in using excuse that still haven't been used to often. Or simply finds an interesting excuse why his/her parents isn't around...
"Double the princesses, quadruple the fun!" - Haken Browning (SRW-OG Endless Frontier)
Parents being around, again, goes back to what time period you set your VN in
-The classic period: Parents play a HUGE role in the child's disciplinary time. Therefore, it's normal for them to be around. However, in some cases, like if the parents have been executed and the child becomes an orphan... well, there's really no parent for her. I also see a lot of grandparents taking care of the MCs in many animes/mangas as well.
-modern: busy parents, almost never alone. present only when the child is asleep, traveling constantly... that seems to be the trend.
All in all, if the story flows nicely with any of the redundant parents' story, I really don't mind the parents not being there
