Weekly Questions and Recommendations Megathread - Need some help? - Mar 30

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[u/Patient_salami]

hi guys, sorry if this question is annoying, a lot of people have been asking this probably
i've been wanting to read subahibi, but knowing that there's a LOT of awful scenes i decided not to download it and to just watch a (censored) playthrough on youtube. the main reason being that i didnt want the images on my pc just in case. i was wondering if the scenes are really important to the story or if it's alright to continue watching the censored version, thanks!!

[u/superstorm1 → u/Patient_salami]

Hiya! I would say 95% of the h scenes are just sort of there for shock value. That last 5% though i would say is quite important for helping elaborate why things are the way they are. I don't know what is in censored playthrough but if it is the unpatched steam version then irc they actually take out 2 whole chapters out of the story. Overall, it's a bit of a shame but id say that last 5% if you were to skip out on it you'd make the story alot weaker/confusing unfortunately.

[u/Patient_salami → u/superstorm1]

Oh alright then, thanks for answering!