Chapter 3 spoilers
I love all the character development we get in this chapter.
Erika starts noticing Chidori more and more. This triggers Erika to slowly start coming out of her own shell. I enjoyed the coincidence that when she goes to the cooking club to cook with Yashiro-senpai, she makes Mapo Tofu, which is the favorite dish of another character in a different VN that I also like a lot.
One of the fun Yashiro-senpai winks!
Erika finally manages to score a point against Yashiro-senpai
The scene where they get to decide the participants for the read-aloud is also hilarious.
One of the few moments where Chidori actually pokes fun at Erika, when her nomination of Souh backfires. Of course, she just can’t let this go and takes Chidori down with her 
Of course, Suoh feels just as betrayed…
I always thought that one of the downsides of Flowers 1 was that since Suoh was the main character we never got to enjoy a lovely close-up of her like this one 
Erika, did you really think they had the budget to create a new Senpai and draw new sprites for her? you could escape the chains of destiny?
I feel that Erika’s struggle in her role as Rapunzel does lots to show her character development, as another weakness she needs to overcome. It has been mentioned before, but her attempts to compensate by going around talking like an Oujo-sama are also hilarious
I couldn’t agree more with Ringo’s reaction here
The mystery this chapter is really nice. While it has many similarities in nature to the Yashiro-senpai incident in Flowers 1, it feels a lot more light hearted, and Erika takes on the challenge just for the fun of it. Everything around it feels so very Erika-like.
I can’t remember how exactly this line went in the English version, but I find it really interesting how Erika uses 拝む here, which means “to see” but is used for looking at something holy, sacred, or someone of high status, but Erika uses it for underwear. Such a difficult nuance to translate!
I loved that we finally get Chidori and Erika to investigate a mystery together, running around looking for anything related to St. Joseph. The VN does a great job to show that while they are getting close, their personalities still clash often.
While she never says it aloud, I feel it’s clear that Chidori starts to respect and trust Erika more when she manages to find the missing Rapunzel scripts. Erika also realizes how much Chidori has grown when it comes to figuring Erika out.
Suoh has her own character development, using the arranged version of Rapunzel to express her own feelings, and eventually, her own determination as she decided to change the ending to a happy end.
I thought the actual read-aloud scene is lovely. Chidori doing the “evil” witch voice really feels like an actual pro, and the others do a decent job that feels appropriate for them as amateur high schoolers. Erika shedding a tear as she gets overwhelmed by the feelings Suoh poured into the script. The final scene where Erika and Chidori open up a bit more in their room is the icing in the cake.
It’s an stellar chapter. 11/10.
Random side note:
Some of the few fun moments where they went for a bit of animation with the old engine they used for this game. It’s a nice touch.
) where Yatsushiro Yuzuriha asks Erika why are you in a bad mood, are you on your period? and Erika says, “If I were believe me you would know” or something like that, so could be
The tone of the song just follows the mood of the final scene purrfectly.
Suoh. From where I see it, Erika is certainly interested in Suoh (there’s even a scene where Erika wishes Suoh had become her Amitié), and there’s certainly some level of chemistry between them when they are interacting. It would have also been a one-sided thing for Erika, but I think that would have been more interesting and enjoyable than with Dalia, because Suoh is already highly developed as a character.
