Tokimeki Memorial: Densetsu no Ki no Shita de (SNES) - RetroAchievements/guides GitHub Wiki

Introduction

Tokimeki Memorial is a dating simulation game by Konami, released on multiple platforms in the mid-1990s. It was a commercial and critical success in Japan, but remained obscure elsewhere in the world for many years, as Konami never localized it (or any of its spinoffs/sequels) for other regions. However, in recent years Tokimeki Memorial has had increased exposure to western gamers: first in 2021 with an extensive video review by Tim “Action Button” Rogers, and in 2022 the first ever fully-playable English translation (plus MSU-1 enhancements) courtesy of https://translated.games/. The achievement set was primarily developed using the English translation, but the original Japanese version is supported too.

Walkthrough / Gameplay Loop

This section is mostly spoiler-free.
Rather than present a step-by-step walkthrough per se, it makes more sense to describe Tokimeki Memorial in terms of a gameplay loop. The game contains multiple endings, and it persistently tracks your progress toward seeing all 13 “good” endings. As such, you’ll need to complete no fewer than 13 full playthroughs to master the achievement set.

Let’s outline some core gameplay mechanics common to every playthrough of Tokimeki Memorial.

Timeslots

The game’s events span a 3-year calendar, April 1996 through March 1999. You’ll be given a limited number of timeslots of two basic types, "School Days" and "Days Off". The distribution of timeslots on the calendar is the same for every playthrough.

Stats

Your character has several stats reflecting their physical, social, and intellectual aptitudes. These stats determine which girls you’ll meet and how much they like you, as well as your performance in special events like festivals and exams. “School day” timeslots are reserved for doing activities that will boost one or more stats. You can also use “Day off” timeslots to boost stats with a significant bonus, but doing so means sacrificing day-off-exclusive activities like dating.

Clubs

Your character can choose to join one of several school clubs. Doing so is optional, but it’s usually a good idea. Clubs provide special stat-boosting activities, boost your reputation with the girl who’s in the club with you, and lead to a few unique events/cutscenes. Each girl except for Mira, Yuko, Megumi, and Yumi will be a member of one club. Shiori’s club membership varies depending on her birthday, while the others are predetermined.

Meeting girls

Your character starts the game only knowing one girl, Shiori. The other girls have to be met (or “unlocked”) over time. Some girls will be met semi-randomly once you raise their favorite stat to a certain threshold. Other girls are met through more specific ingame events. Protip: If you’ve joined a club that one of the dateable girls is in, doing your club activity will give you a higher chance of an initial meeting with that girl, while also preventing you from meeting any other girl during that week. Use this strategically!

Dating

Once you meet a girl (and call Yoshio to get her phone number), you can use a “Day off” timeslot to invite her out on a date, which will be scheduled for a subsequent day off. Invitations are one of the game’s more RNG-dependent mechanics; no matter how much a girl likes you, there’s never a 100% chance she’ll accept. (Anecdotally, I think you have a higher chance of a Yes if you set the date further out from the current day, but this is unconfirmed.) Depending on your choice of date location and dialog responses, you’ll either gain or lose affection with your date partner. Sometimes you’ll see a unique “event date” if you match up specific combinations of girl, location, and calendar season.

Bomb Warnings

You may receive periodic notifications that unsavory rumors are circulating about your character. This means one or more girls are about to “bomb” you. This generally occurs when too much time has passed since you’ve interacted with someone. When you get a bomb warning, you’ll need to quickly arrange a date with the girl in question, as a detonation will lower your affection with every girl. Due to this mechanic, it’s wise to limit the number of girls you meet in each playthrough; girls you haven’t met can’t set bombs. I recommend trying to limit your meetings to no more than 2-3 girls (besides Shiori and Yumi) per playthrough.

Endings

When you reach the final day of the ingame calendar, you’ll see one of several ending cutscenes based on how you performed throughout your playthrough. Each girl has a unique “good ending” that can trigger if you have both a high affection level with her and have raised your stats above specific thresholds. Each time you see a new good ending, a “heart” counter on your save file will increment, and you’ll be prompted to start a fresh playthrough. Your biggest overarching goal while mastering the achievement set will be to gain 13 hearts on a single save file.

Spoiler Warning

This guide contains spoilers beyond this point. If you haven’t played Tokimeki Memorial at all yet, I highly recommend completing one playthrough on your own before referring back here for more detailed information.
Also, there will be some "TBD" notices regarding gameplay details I have yet to fully confirm. It's a complicated game!

Achievements I: Meet the Girls

Meeting each of the dateable girls will unlock an achievement. It is not advisable to try meeting as many girls as possible in a single playthrough, due to the bombing mechanic.

Welcome to Kirameki High School (1)

Watch the prologue to meet Shiori Fujisaki.

The game technically considers you to have “met” Shiori no matter what, but choosing to watch the intro shows you her only proper introductory cutscene.

Badge: The Library Girl The Library Girl (2)

Meet Mio Kisaragi.

Mio can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Culture stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for either the Drama Club or the Literary Club. Mio will be randomly assigned to one of these two clubs at the beginning of each playthrough, though she might be overridden by Shiori. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Science Girl The Science Girl (2)

Meet Yuina Himo.

Yuina can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Logic stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for the Science club, if Shiori is not also in that club. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Art Girl The Art Girl (2)

Meet Ayako Katagiri.

Ayako can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Art stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for the Art club, if Shiori is not also in that club. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Baseball Girl The Baseball Girl (2)

Meet Saki Nijino.

Saki can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Guts stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. (Good luck doing so without meeting Nozomi or Yukari too!) This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for either the Baseball Club or the Soccer Club. Saki will be randomly assigned to one of these two clubs at the beginning of each playthrough, though she might be overridden by Shiori. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Tennis Girl The Tennis Girl (2)

Meet Yukari Koshiki.

Yukari can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Fitness stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for the Tennis club, if Shiori is not also in that club. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Swimming Girl The Swimming Girl (2)

Meet Nozomi Kiyokawa.

Yukari can be met in three ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Fitness stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Doing the club activity for the Swimming club, if Shiori is not also in that club. [TBD: I'm not sure whether this can happen in the 3rd school year.]
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Beautiful Girl The Beautiful Girl (2)

Meet Mira Kagami.

Mira can be met in two ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Looks stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Trendy Girl The Trendy Girl (2)

Meet Yuko Asahina. Yuko can be met in two ways:

  • Randomly during a school week if your Insight stat is ≥40 in the 1st school year or ≥80 in the 2nd school year. This type of meeting cannot happen in the 3rd school year.
  • Randomly at the Christmas Eve party, if you have not already met at least two girls besides Shiori.

Badge: The Shy Girl The Shy Girl (2)

Meet Megumi Mikihara.

If you have a high affection level with Shiori, there's a random chance you'll meet Megumi on either Valentine’s Day or Christmas Eve (even if you're turned away from the party). This can happen in any year, so you’ve got 6 chances total.

Badge: The Sisterly Girl The Sisterly Girl (1)

Meet Yumi Saotome.

Yumi is the only girl besides Shiori who you’re guaranteed to meet in every playthrough. She will always introduce herself on the first day of the 2nd school year, April 4th 1997. Also like Shiori, you’ll automatically know her phone number as soon as you meet her.

Achievements II: Events

There are three types of special events (cutscenes) you can see for each girl.

Seasonal

Each dateable girl has four event dates you can trigger by taking her to a certain location during a certain season. Unlike real life, the seasons align cleanly with calendar months. Spring is March-April-May, Summer is June-July-August, Fall is September-October-November, and Winter is December-January-February. Some seasonal event dates also require a high affection level; if you take a girl to the right location during the right season and don’t get the event, just try again once your affection is higher.

School

Each girl has one event that can trigger randomly during school days. For better or worse this is another RNG-heavy part of the achievement set; even after 13+ playthroughs I’m still uncertain which elements of the game state (if any) influence the likelihood of seeing these events. On average I saw school events for about 2-3 girls per playthrough.

SFC

Each girl also has one extra event date that’s exclusive to the Super Famicom version of Tokimeki Memorial; I call these “SFC Events”. These each involve a small minigame, though actually winning said minigame is not required for the achievements.

There are a lot of these to unlock, but the good news is that you can (and probably will) see multiple events for multiple girls per playthrough.

Badge: Just a Childhood Memory Just a Childhood Memory (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Shiori.

Take Shiori to the Central Park during Spring of any year.

Badge: A Genuinely Hearty Laugh A Genuinely Hearty Laugh (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Shiori.

Take Shiori to the Pool during the 2nd or 3rd Summer (1997 or 1998). You’ll see some unique dialog if you trigger this event two years in a row, though doing so is not necessary for the achievement.

Badge: Right Here, Ten Years Ago Right Here, Ten Years Ago (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Shiori.

Take Shiori to the Local Park during Fall of any year.

Badge: Don’t You Feel Lucky? Don't You Feel Lucky? (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Shiori.

Take Shiori to the Amusement Park in Winter, and choose to ride the Ferris Wheel.

Badge: Precipitous Pairing Precipitous Pairing (3)

See a special event at school with Shiori.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Not For The Faint-Hearted Not For The Faint-Hearted (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Mio.

Take Mio to the Amusement Park during the 3rd Spring (1998), and choose to ride the Scream Machine.

Badge: Turn the Sun Down Turn The Sun Down (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Mio.

Take Mio to the Beach during Summer of any year.

Badge: Wrapped up in Books Wrapped Up In Books (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Mio.

Take Mio to the Library during Fall of any year.

Badge: Inscrutable Tears Inscrutable Tears (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Mio.

Take Mio to the Movie Theater during the 2nd Winter (Dec 1997 - Feb 1998). A dialog option near the end of this event can make a cosmetic change to Mio’s ending cutscene, but this has no impact on either achievement.

Badge: Share the Load Share the Load (3)

See a special event at school with Mio.

Occurs randomly on a school day.

Badge: Heartthrob Fortune Machine Heartthrob Fortune Machine (5)

Try out a special attraction at the Shopping Mall with Mio.

Take Mio to the Shopping Mall. [TBD: Specific season/year?]. This event has a random chance to occur after the normal date dialog.

Badge: A New Biological Weapon A New Biological Weapon (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Yuina.

Take Yuina to the Zoo during the 2nd Spring (1997).

Badge: Always A Genius Always A Genius (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Yuina.

Take Yuina to the Bowling Alley during the 3rd Summer (1998).

Badge: Proof Of My Abilities Proof Of My Abilities (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Yuina.

Take Yuina to the Arcade during the 2nd Fall (1997), and choose to go to the Medal Games.

Badge: Buying in Bulk Buying in Bulk (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Yuina.

Take Yuina to the Shopping Mall during Winter of any year, and choose to visit the Junk Shop.

Badge: No One Knows My Plan No One Knows My Plan (3)

See a special event at school with Yuina.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Certain season, certain year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Clinical Trial Heartthrob Clinical Trial (5)

Accept a special gift from Yuina on your birthday.

Occurs randomly on the player’s birthday when Yuina is at a high affection level.

Badge: Yamate Street In The Morning Yamate Street In The Morning (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Ayako.

Take Ayako to the Karaoke Center during the 3rd Spring (1998).

Badge: Water Hazard Water Hazard (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Ayako.

Take Ayako to the Beach during Summer of any year.

Badge: Grotesque Maximalist Art Grotesque Maximalist Art (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Ayako.

Take Ayako to the Art Gallery during the 3rd Fall (1998).

Badge: Asleep Beneath The Stars Asleep Beneath The Stars (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Ayako.

Take Ayako to the Planetarium during the 2nd or 3rd Winter (December 1997 or later).

Badge: Water Skipper Water Skipper (3) See a special event at school with Ayako.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Hair’s Breadth Heartthrob Hair's Breadth (5)

Try out a special Arcade game with Ayako.

Take Ayako to the Arcade. [TBD: Specific season/year? Video/Medal games?]

Badge: Sandwich Artist Sandwich Artist (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Saki.

Take Saki to the Central Park during Spring of any year.

Badge: A Breathtaking Date A Breathtaking Date (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Saki.

Take Saki to the Pool during Summer of any year.

Badge: The Old Ball Game The Old Ball Game (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Saki.

Take Saki to the Stadium during September or October of 1997 or 1998.

Badge: Looking Out For Others Looking Out For Others (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Saki.

Take Saki to the Shopping Mall during Winter of any year, and choose to visit the Jewelry Store.

Badge: The Fastest Way To Your Heart The Fastest Way To Your Heart (3)

See a special event at school with Saki.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Lottery Roulette Heartthrob Lottery Roulette (5)

Try out a special attraction at the Shopping Mall with Saki.

Take Saki to the Shopping Mall. [TBD: Specific season/year?] This can occur randomly after the normal date dialog.

Badge: Nepenthes Nuts Nepenthes Nuts (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Yukari.

Take Yukari to the Botanical Garden during the 3rd or 4th Spring (1998 or 1999).

Badge: Sheer Coincidence Sheer Coincidence (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Yukari.

Take Yukari to the Aquarium during the 2nd or 3rd Summer (1997 or 1998).

Badge: Sweater Weather Sweater Weather (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Yukari.

Take Yukari to the Central Park during Fall of any year.

Badge: Beginner Slopes Beginner Slopes (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Yukari.

Take Yukari to the Ski Resort during Winter of any year.

Badge: Trip To The Nurse Trip To The Nurse (3)

See a special event at school with Yukari.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Clay Figurines Heartthrob Clay Figurines (5)

Try out a special attraction at the Shopping Mall with Yukari.

Take Yukari to the Shopping Mall. [TBD: Specific season/year?] This can occur randomly after the normal date dialog.

Badge: Let’s Give Her A Big Hand Let's Give Her A Big Hand (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Nozomi.

Take Nozomi to the Art Gallery during the 3rd Spring (1998).

Badge: Weathering The Storm Weathering The Storm (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Nozomi.

Take Nozomi to the Beach during Summer of any year. Requires a high Fitness stat. [TBD: How much?]

Badge: A Shy Soul A Shy Soul (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Nozomi.

Take Nozomi to the Botanical Garden during the 2nd or 3rd Fall (1997 or 1998).

Badge: Love Will Bowl You Over Love Will Bowl You Over (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Nozomi.

Take Nozomi to the Bowling Alley during the 2nd or 3rd Winter (1997 or 1998).

Badge: It’s The Thought That Counts It's The Thought That Counts (3)

See a special event at school with Nozomi.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Watermelon Split Heartthrob Watermelon Split (5)

Try out a special activity at the Beach with Nozomi.

Take Nozomi to the Beach during Summer of any year.

Badge: Style Savvy Style Savvy (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Mira.

Take Mira to the Shopping Mall during Spring, and choose to visit the Clothing Store. There will be an extra dialog choice here that can raise or lower your affection level, but this does not affect unlocking the achievement.

Badge: Rated T For Tokimeki Rated T For Tokimeki (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Mira.

Take Mira to the beach during Summer of any year.

Badge: Of Course, She Has A Secret Of Course, She Has A Secret (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Mira.

Take Mira to the Amusement Park during Fall of any year, and choose to visit the Haunted House. She will initially refuse to enter, but you can change her mind with a dialog choice if your affection level is high.

Badge: Feel The Glaciers Melting Feel The Glaciers Melting (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Mira.

Take Mira to the Ski Resort during Winter of any year.

Badge: Such A Hit With The Boys Such A Hit With The Boys (3)

See a special event at school with Mira.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Slot Game Heartthrob Slot Game (5)

Try out a special Arcade game with Mira.

Take Mira to the Arcade anytime during or after September 1997, and choose to visit the Medal Games.

Badge: Trendy Game! Trendy Game! (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Yuko.

Take Yuko to the Arcade during Spring of any year, and choose to visit the Arcade Games.

Badge: The Most Magical Place The Most Magical Place (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Yuko.

Take Yuko to the Amusement Park during August of any year. You can choose any attraction. The event occurs after normal date dialog, rather than replacing it.

Badge: Beanthusiast Beanthusiast (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Yuko.

Take Yuko to the Concert Hall during the 3rd Fall (1998).

Badge: Slip Slidin' Away Slip Slidin' Away (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Yuko.

Take Yuko to the Skating Rink during Winter of any year.

Badge: Fashionably Late Fashionably Late (3)

See a special event at school with Yuko.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Quest Heartthrob Quest (5)

Try out a special Arcade game with Yuko.

Take Yuko to the Arcade, and choose to visit the Arcade Games. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: I Hope Sentai Notices Me I Hope Sentai Notices Me (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Megumi.

Take Megumi to the Amusement Park during Spring, and choose to visit the Hero Show. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: You Can Pet The Dog In Tokimeki Memorial You Can Pet The Dog In Tokimeki Memorial (5)

See a special event on a Summer date with Megumi.

Take Megumi to the Central Park during Summer of any year.

Badge: Just In It For The Monkey Just In It For The Monkey (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Megumi.

Take Megumi to the Zoo during Fall. [TBD: Specific year?]

Badge: Cold Embrace Cold Embrace (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Megumi.

Take Megumi to the Skating Rink during Winter of any year.

Badge: Silent Rainfall Silent Rainfall (3)

See a special event at school with Megumi.

Occurs randomly on a school day. [TBD: Specific season/year?]

Badge: Heartthrob Horse Racing Heartthrob Horse Racing (5)

Try out a special Arcade game with Megumi.

Take Megumi to the Arcade anytime during or after September 1997, and choose to visit the Medal Games.

Badge: Have A Nice Trip Have A Nice Trip (5)

See a special event on a Spring date with Yumi.

Take Yumi to the Amusement Park during Spring of any year.

Badge: Sailing Through Adolesence Sailing Through Adolesence (5)

See a special event on Summer date with Yumi.

Take Yumi to the Central Park during Summer of any year.

Badge: Exhibition Match Exhibition Match (5)

See a special event on a Fall date with Yumi.

Take Yumi to the Stadium during November of 1997 or 1998.

Badge: Stay Chill Stay Chill (5)

See a special event on a Winter date with Yumi. Take Yumi to the Ski Resort during Winter of any year.

Where's Shiori's SFC event, and Yumi's school and SFC events?

I have not been able to confirm the existence of an SFC event for Shiori; it may be that one was simply never implemented in the game. If you have information otherwise, please let me know!
Yumi does have both school and SFC events, but their occurance is disproportionately rare compared to those of the other girls, to the point that I decided to omit them from the achievement set as a potential RNG-unwelcome-concept issue. Yumi's school event is unique in that it requires high affection with both Yumi and Saki, and you have to have already seen Saki's school event within the same playthrough. Yumi's SFC event can happen randomly on New Years' day after meeting her, but with an unusually low probability of triggering; even if you have a high affection level, she will usually just invite you to the Shrine like anyone else would.

Achievements III: Endings

The end of the game is always on March 31st, 1999. Each girl has different requirements to trigger their “good” ending (a confession under the Tree of Legends). In the event you’ve met the requirements for multiple girls’ endings during a single playthrough, the game will choose whoever you have the highest affection level with. (Your affection ratings are more granular than just the 7 levels you see in Yoshio’s notebook.)
The first 11 endings listed below each require some combination of your stats to be at a minimum threshold. They may also require you to pass a certain level of university/career exam (administered about five weeks before graduation). As of this writing I have yet to confirm what all of these requirements actually are - doing so will take several hours of testing. What I have confirmed is that if you've managed to find one of the other text guides available online covering other versions of the game (PC Engine, PlayStation, etc), then great news! The stat requirements do not match precisely between versions. They'll be close, but don't be surprised if you have to grind some stat more or less in this version than you would on PlayStation.

Badge: Myself Isn’t Here Myself Isn't Here (50)

Confess to Shiori under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Not Just Another Fantasy Not Just Another Fantasy (25)

Confess to Mio under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: I Don’t Want The World I Don't Want The World (25)

Confess to Yuina under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Rough Around The Edges Rough Around The Edges (25)

Confess to Ayako under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: All About Making The Effort All About Making The Effort (25)

Confess to Saki under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Ojou My Darlin' Ojou My Darlin' (25)

Confess to Yukari under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Hope And Change Hope And Change (25)

Confess to Nozomi under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Cast Away The Charade Cast Away The Charade (25)

Confess to Mira under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: I Don't Need Anything Else I Don't Need Anything Else (25)

Confess to Yuko under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Finding The Courage Finding The Courage (25)

Confess to Megumi under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: Someone's Idea of Cute Someone's Idea Of Cute (25)

Confess to Yumi under the Tree of Legends.

[TBD: Stat / Career Requirements]

Badge: The Mysterious Girl The Mysterious Girl (25)

Meet the elusive Miharu Tatebayashi under the Tree of Legends.

Miharu cannot be met and dated like most of the other girls. Her ending will occur if you have at least one other girl at the highest affection level, but have not met the stat and/or career requirements for their ending.

Badge: Playing Telephone Playing Telephone (25)

Become close to Rei Ijuin and learn more about them.

I left this achievement’s description vague to avoid spoiling too much, but yes, Rei is a confession candidate. The conditions for this ending are rather unique: you just need to call Rei on the phone. A lot. The exact number of calls required is unclear, but it’s a reliable strategy to simply call Rei with every Day Off timeslot for an entire playthrough. As far as I know, your stats and relationships with other characters do not matter. You’ll know you’re on track if you see at least three unique events with Rei prior to the end of the playthrough.

Badge: Memories Beneath the Tree Of Legends Memories Beneath The Tree Of Legends (50)

Re-re-do high school to earn 13 hearts in your album.

This one is simple, albeit time-consuming. Your save file has a “Hearts” counter which tracks the number of unique confession endings you’ve seen, and this achievement requires reaching the maximum of 13 (for the 11 dateable girls, plus Miharu and Rei.) In order to earn multiple hearts, you must save your game using the prompt that appears immediately after the credits, and then start a new playthrough using the same save file. As such, it’s not possible to save time by rolling back to partially-complete save backups; this truly requires 13 start-to-finish playthroughs, so buckle up. Fortunately, you’re free to complete the endings in any order.

Achievements IV: Miscellaneous

This section covers all the ingame events which aren’t tied to any specific girl.

Badge: That’s Not Actually That Bad That's Not Actually That Bad (5)

Score over 350 points in the school exams.

School exam scores appear to be based on the sum of your Art, Culture, and Logic stats.

Badge: Heartthrob Valedictorian Heartthrob Valedictorian (10)

Score over 470 points in the school exams.

Again, just grind your Art, Culture, and Logic stats. It will likely take until the 3rd school year to be able to score this high.

Badge: Dashing Heartthrob Dashing Heartthrob (5)

Place 1st in the 100 Meter Race at the Sports Festival.

This is a simple minigame of rapidly alternating A and B button presses. However, even if you do the inputs perfectly, your speed is capped by your Fitness stat, so you'll need to grind that a bit beforehand.

Badge: Bound To Win Bound To Win (5)

Place 1st in the Three-Legged Race at the Sports Festival.

Very similar to the 100 Meter Race, just a different input pattern - press A and B in rhythm with the onscreen prompts, not as quickly as possible. You will still need a high Fitness stat, too.

Badge: Throwing The Game Throwing The Game (3)

Win the Ball Toss at the Sports Festival.

This minigame is technically possible to win with a low Fitness stat, but becomes significantly easier as your Fitness increases, as doing so increases the width of the target you're aiming at.

Badge: Thanks, I'll Pass Thanks, I'll Pass (2)

Win the Ball Race at the Sports Festival.

This is by far the easiest Sports Festival minigame. Your Fitness stat influences how far the ball travels per throw, but even if your Fitness is paltry, you can still win consistently with well-timed inputs.

Badge: Love In This Club Love In This Club (1)

Join a school club.

This can be done on any Sunday from the school icon in the main menu. Any club will do.

Badge: The Boss Of This World The Boss Of This World (5)

Defeat a challenging enemy with the help of your club ability.

There are a few steps required to reach the special event for this achievement.

  1. Join any club, ideally as early in a playthrough as possible.
  2. Do the club activity... a lot. There’s a hidden “club” stat that you’ll need to grind to a very high value, which will likely take until your 2nd or 3rd school year. This will reset if you change clubs mid-playthrough.
  3. Once your club stat is high enough, you’ll see a message and animation announcing you’ve unlocked a special ability, the purpose of which isn’t immediately obvious.
  4. The next time you take any girl out on a date, you’ll be interrupted by a mock RPG battle. (Note that this will cancel any date events you would have seen otherwise.) To win the battle, use your Special ability as often as you can, and use the Defend command when the boss does a "Sleeve Dragon" attack. The cooldown timings work out such that you'll usually settle in to a simple rotation of Attack, Defend, Special, repeat.

Appendix I: Magazine Info

This is a reference on the information you'll get in the magazine for each season. The magazines always display information about the next season; the dates listed in the left column here are when the information applies to, not when it's visible in the magazine.

Season Movie Music Stadium New Date Spot Month-long Event(s) One-time Event(s)
Apr-May 96 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A
Jun-Aug 96 Monkey Bython (Comedy) Koko (Pop Idol) N/A Kirameki Central Park Night Parade @ Amusement Park Aug 4: Shrine Festival
Sep-Nov 96 Stormy Fields (Romance) Beikichi Yazawa (Rock) N/A Art Gallery None None
Dec-Feb 97 Burning Knuckles (Action) Kai Natsutoya (New) N/A Aquarium Koalas @ Zoo None
Mar-May 97 TwinBee-ks (Horror) Riko Kodama (Pop) Wrestling/Baseball/Baseball Stadium Cherry Blossoms @ Central Park, Dolphins @ Aquarium None
Jun-Aug 97 Torahemon (Cartoon) XX (Rock) Wrestling/Baseball/Baseball Botanical Garden Night Parade @ Amusement Park, Water Slide @ Pool Aug 3: Shrine Festival
Sep-Nov 97 Axia (Action) KNM (Classical) Baseball/Baseball/Wrestling Bowling Alley Medal Game @ Arcade None
Dec-Feb 98 Hills of Hope (Romance) 3x3 (New) None/Wrestling/None Planetarium None None
Mar-May 98 Cyber Eye (Action) Science Ninja (Pop) Wrestling/Baseball/Baseball Karaoke Cherry Blossoms @ Central Park, Dolphins @ Aquarium, Sculpture Exhibit @ Gallery None
Jun-Aug 98 Death Smiles (Horror) KNM (Classical) Wrestling/Baseball/Baseball None Night Parade @ Amusement Park, Water Slide @ Pool Aug 2: Shrine Festival
Sep-Nov 98 Emerald Moon (Romance) Beans Club (New) Baseball/Baseball/Wrestling None Gergi Exhibit @ Art Gallery None
Dec-Feb 99 Our Youth (Comedy) Dew and Ballads (Rock) None/Wrestling/None None VR Machine @ Amusement Park None
Mar 99 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A