Rina's storyline is in my opinion one of the better storylines that I have played through at this time, (at the time of this post I have only completed two of the four story arcs). Rina at the beginning is portrayed as a very athletic, intelligent, extremely motivated girl that is a role model to the other girls in her class.
Rina is extremely good at basketball and it mentions several times how she has been asked to join the school ball team as well as traveling teams but has refused them all. She also works two part-time jobs as well as attending high school. She also lives alone in a small apartment.
The Protag and her have been friends for a few years now and while the protag isn't as good as she is it is apparent that they share a common interest in athletics and basketball which helped them kindle their friendship. If you decide to take to Rina and decide to speak to her to earn her affection you will learn quite a few interesting quirks of Rina as well as the casual relationship the protag and Rina have.
Prior to completing the path to get Rina as your girlfriend, there is a 'date' you go on with Rina sat up by her close friend as a means to get you two alone together, in which you find out that Rina has a secret, she can't swim. Due to an incident early in her life, she has had a phobia of sorts when it comes to large bodies of water.
During this date, the protag assists her in learning the basics of swimming and they have a nice time at the waterpark after which they return home. This particular date will lead you down the path to eventually confessing to Rina and the protag and her dating.
Rina, you later find out lives on her own while obtaining some money from her parents. You later learn her parents are wealthy business owners who live in another nation to run their business and that Rina has since a child been pushed to the side for their business. While her parents do come to visit and spend time with her and show her a lot of love when they are around they don't spend that much time with her and they forget things like her birthday on a regular basis.
Due to how she's been pushed aside by her parents it has made Rina hide her true feelings for the most part and she tries extremely hard to be good at everything because she wants to be noticed and people to some extent take notice of her. During a study session with the protag, Rina, and a few others (Himari's Jealous route) Rina gets jealous of the interaction between Himari and the protag.
The protag reassures Rina that she is the only girl that he wants to be with and that he wouldn't leave her for any other girl. This scene plays in the story later when she finally confesses that the reason why she acts the way she does is because of her feelings of not having value to anyone. The longer the two are together the less she feels the weight of this feeling but it is still there and the protag does everything he can to help her through these times.
I won't spoil the end, but personally, I think the ending of this path was a little lackluster to my liking but it wasn't as bad as I have seen others so while I think they could have added a bit more to the end or added an after story but either way the ending isn't all that bad either. I did enjoy the deep character development in this story and the fact the protag was actually portrayed as someone with some sense.
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