Sukisho

Suki na Mono wa Suki Dakara Shōganai! (好きなものは好きだからしょうがない!!), also known as Sukisho! is a light novel that has since expanded into a BL-anime-style video game, an anime series and OVA. The title translates into English as "I like what I like, so it can`t be helped", or "I like what I like, so there!" The best known of the versions is the BL game, which features shonen-ai and, in some versions, yaoi.

Plot
Sora Hashiba has been hospitalized as a result of a fall from the school building. Upon his return to the school dormitory, his first night was spent recovering from an unexpected sexual assault by another male in the room; though Sora pushes the attacker off, he finds the incident arousing. The next day, he encounters his attacker, Sunao Fujimori, who is sleeping in the other bed in the room. Sora then encounters childhood friend and dorm manager Matsuri Honjo, who informs Sora that not only is Sunao Sora's new roommate, but the three are childhood friends, something that Sora does not remember.

Sora then confronts Sunao, demanding to know what he thought he was doing the previous night, but Sunao didn't remember, because Sunao became possessed by an alter ego, Ran. However, while Sora is unaware of it, he is possessed by an alter ego as well, a persona named Yoru. In this story, Yoru and Ran fall in love, so every time Sora and Nao get possessed at the same time, they always find themselves in an "embarrassing situation", specifically because Sora speaks harshly towards Nao, and Nao just claims he hates Sora.

Characters
Sora Hashiba: The main character of Sukisho. Sora fell out of a three story building some time ago. While his injuries weren't severe, he had lost a part of his memory, mainly his childhood. Because of that incident, he cannot recall Sunao to have ever been his friend. Unbeknownst to him, Sora has an alter ego by the name of Yoru. Sora is usually easy going and loves to eat. He is usually the dominant male. (However, there are instances in the game where he becomes the uke instead) He didn't like Sunao in the beginning, but he progressively becomes more and more closer to Sunao. Normally, he refers to Sunao by his last name, Fujimori.

Sunao Fujimori: Sunao moved into the dorms around the same time Sora was released from the hospital. He is Sora's childhood friend, but Sora cannot remember the past he shared with Sunao. Easily angered, he isn't above punching anyone who makes him lose his temper, especially Sora. At first, he claims he hates Sora, but he becomes closer to Sora with each game/episode. Just as Sora calls Sunao by his last name, Sunao refers to Sora as Hashiba. He also has an alter ego by the name of Ran.

Yoru: Sora's alter ego. Unlike Sora, Yoru is both shrewd and flirtatious. Yoru loves Ran, but he isn't above flirting with anyone else. (in the games, he has been seen flirting with Sunao, Nanami, Sei, Hiromu, and even Sora) Nonetheless, he loves Ran and will often show it when in bed with him (which embarasses Sora and Sunao in the aftermath). However, Yoru will protect Sora when the time comes. Yoru can be distinguished from Sora by his slightly dark hair, tall body, deeper voice, and the glowing amber left eye.

Ran: Just as Sora has Yoru, Sunao has an alter ego by the name of Ran. In contrast to Sunao, Ran is more whiny and flirtatious. Ran loves Yoru and will obsess over him. He will occassionally flirt with Sora only to bring out Yoru. Ran can be distinguished from Sunao by his slightly brighter pink hair color (only in the game), higher voice, and ruby red eyes. Note that Kappei Yamaguchi is the voice actor for Ran in the Drama CD and games. However, the voice actor changes to Hoshi Souichirou (the voice actor of Sunao) in the anime.

Matsuri Honjou: The manager of the dorm, the Jack of All Trades (in the anime), and best friend of both Sora and Sunao. Matsuri is a very upbeat person who loves coming up with plans and teasing his friends. Most of his plans usually revolve around getting Sora and Sunao together. Sora and Sunao rarely like any of Matsuri's ideas, but they go along with them.

Nanami Kai: Nurse guy, a motherly chacter, is the almost-mother of Sora. He cooks very well, and Sora loves it. He is also Shinichirou's lover and they live together. He worked with Dr.Aizawa, and feels very guilty for what happened to Sunao.

Shinichirou Minato: The maths teacher, and the almost-father for Sora. When Nanami met him and falled in love with him, they tried to rescue Sora and Sunao, but they failed, since then he overprotects Sora from his past and sometimes argue with Nanami of it. His role in the serie it's like "a big brother" for Sora, and in the videogames he rapes him (in my opinion i think that sucks). Nanami says that he is a little inmature.

Gaku Ichikawa: Sora's friend, he is a year less than him. He has a supercrush for Nagase Kai, his chemistry teacher (he admires him). He seems to be always happy, and he tries to help his friend always he can. A sincere boy of pure feelings, Sora says that "He expresses four times more his feelings than the majority of the people ".

Nagase Kai: The chemistry teacher. A quiet, serious and mysterious man. Gaku is in love with him, admires him and always this one praising him whenever he can. Nagase knows this, and he will take advantage of it, but in the end he will reveal his feelings towards Gaku too, and also to himself. He has relation with Dr. Aizawa, and though he looks like an evil character, is the type of the ones who changes for the good. His haircut (and its colour) will never stop of surprise me.

Soushi Asaka: The homosexuality personified according to my criterion, the romantic one, always trying to flirt with Nanami just to bother Shinichirou. He behaves as a big brother for Shinichirou, thing that does not please him very much. He does not like the children, puts him of the nerves. He is a lawyer, and takes a nice pink suite. In the video games, he is the couple of Ayano-chan, and by snatches of Sora also. It seems to be that the pairing Ayano/Soushi is most indicated; they appear together in a DVD cover, in the OVA they are always together, in the video game...

Ayano Yamane: (Also known as 'Ryouna') A friend of Shinichirou and Nanami. He has a psychiatric clinic (I think), and he does analysis to Sora and to Sunao. He brings always with him a pink rabbit and does ventriloquía with it to his adopted child, Kano-kun (seemingly a bit unexpressive and shy enough). Very smiling, and like svery much the children. In the videogame, seems to be Soushi's lover.

Kano-kun: The adopted child of Ayano. He is really shy and unexpressive, seems to be a chibi-Gaku as Sei-kun to Sora (chibi-Sora). The first time he smiled was when Ayano used his favourite plushie (a pink rabbit) for talking to him. Since then, Ayano always brings it with him.

Shiina, Sei and Kitamura: Three children. They study in the school behind Sora's. Actually, Sei-kun is identical as Sora, and Gaku and Sunao says that they look like "lost brothers" or "a Chibi-Sora" (chibi = mini). Kitamura-kun is the little brother of Hako-kun (a Gaku's classmate). They go with all the group to a spa in the OVA, and they grow up by a magic term (just temporaly).

Sakura Hiromu: He is a ghost, looks really girly and admires Sora so much, he wants him to be his lover for two days and have a date with him (Sunao gets a little jelaous because of it). He appears in the videogames too, with Sora.

Games
Currently, there are four games and one spin off game in the Sukisho series. They were originally point-and-click visual novels released for PC. The game has sexual content in it, though certain body parts are censored

Three of the games have been released on the Sony Playstation 2. The PS2 versions have been heavily edited and many new CG scenes have been added. In addition, the PS2 version featured voice acting from the Drama CD cast, which was absent in the PC release.

First Limit: The first game in the series. Sora Hashiba was put into the hospital for quite some time after falling from one of the school buildings. He didn't receive any major injuries, but he has lost some of his memories in the process. However, he continually sees a vision of him being carried through several dark corridors and the voice of someone calling out to him. After being released from the hospital, Sora heads back to the dorms to find that a new boy by the name of Sunao Fujimori, who will now be his roomate. He is told that Sunao is his childhood friend, but he cannot recall spending his childhood with Sunao. As he spends time with Sunao, he notices some strange things about him, including his transformation into the alter ego Ran. On top of that, the spirit of a hospitalized schoolmate possesses Sunao and confesses his love for him. Depending on the player's decisions, Sora can either end up with Sunao, Hiromu, Ran, or Minato.

Target Nights: After spending some time in Shinichirou and Namami's place, Sora and Sunao come across a mysterious cosplaying bandit known only by the number 416. He claims that he has come to take away something precious from Sora. Meanwhile, Sora and Sunao meet Chris, who works at the nearby church. While he seems harmless, he begins to spend more time with Sora. To top it all off, Sora begins to realize that there are times when he and Sunao are mysteriously in bed together. He already knows about Sunao's connection with his alter ego Ran, but could that mean he has his own alter ego as well? Depending on the choices of the player, Sora will either end up with Sunao, Chris, Ran, Matsuri, or Minato. Also, obtaining all the CGs rewards the player with a special ending involving bandits 416, 773, and most recently 848.

Rain: Possibly the turning point in the series. Sora and Sunao continue their life in school. All seems normal until Sora notices a child that looks very similar to himself. Also, some of his schoolmates are beginning to act a little strange. Even Sora begins to notice that something odd about his connection to Sunao and the relationship between their alter egos Yoru and Ran. Depending on the choices of the player, Sora may end up with Sunao, Shinichirou, Matsuri, Soushi, or Minato. Collecting all the CGs allows the player to access secret endings that involve Sora, Sunao, Matsuri, Shinichirou, and Nanami banding together as cosplaying bandits 848, 370, 332, 416, and 773.

White Flower: The final game in the series. Taking place a couple of years after Rain, many changes have been made to the school. Not only is it no longer an all boys school, several of the former students are now working as teachers while others move onto other jobs. Sora is one of those former students and his life has been fairly normal as he takes Minato's place as teacher. However, he realizes that it won't stay normal for long when he sees that Sunao, who he has not seen since the events in Rain, reappears in one of the halls. This game finally wraps up the story between Sora and Sunao and ends their conflict with Professor Aizawa. Depending on the player's choices, Sora can either end up with Sunao, Nanami, Hiromu, Matsuri, Soushi, or Minato. There are two hidden endings in this game. The Yoru/Ran ending is received when achieving the true ending, while the Kaito ending is obtained when all the CGs are collected.

Mou Matte: A spin off of the Sukisho games. Takes place some time after White Flower. The player now controls Gaku Ichikawa, one of Sora's friends who worked in the Chemistry Lab. Gaku must now choose whether to continue his relationship with Kai Nagase or start a new one with Ren Shiina. Depending on the player's choice, Gaku may end up with Shiina, Nagase, or Kitamura. Most of the main cast from the previous Sukisho games are visibly absent, including Sora and Sunao. Of the original cast, only Gaku, Nagase, Shiina, Kitamura, Nanami, and Hano make appearances.

喜歡所以喜歡 好きなものは好きだからしょうがない!!