So yeah, I've restarted about twice because I was an idiot and forgot to talk to the SU then had my people die like four times in a row >_> finally got an optimized first few turns, at least!
There's only Senna and Kunagi routes, determined by whose plan you follow in the district chapter, but you can get the endings for the other girls by H-ing them a lot.
Ahhh. I rushed the bikers because I wanted Aya, apparently I missed the plan thing <_<
Only get the neighboring territories that produce income at first. Dream Island and Hawaii, I think, require buildings before they can make any money. So get Yokohama and whatever else and go after the PGG right away. You should be able to finish them off and then move on to Nightmare Eyes before they declare war on you. There's nothing you really need to rush early on. I think the first thing you might need to push for is saving Ulruka (against NE).
Yeah, I was rushing Yokohama turn one, took them over turn two with one unit while stationing all my fighters in Shinjuku, then took it over long enough to get Touma before abandoning it and immediately attacked the PGG. I think I had them down in about 10 turns last time before the friggin' SU told everyone to nom me.
The best way to get generics is to stockpile them in the school and district chapters since there's not a lot going on there and they're cheap, but once you get to national you should persuade prisoners, otherwise you have to waste a turn recruiting them. I forget which ones are the best types. PGG and Kansai students are pretty good, I think.
I've gotten more serious about capturing guys now. Found out that recruitable students from Tokyo are good, but execs are also pretty nice. And actually not useless on defense with high hit rates and medium attack range, yess.
Time to reload it and see where I ragequitted last night, woot!
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