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Game: Sengoku Rance
Platform: PC
Category: New Game+ Any% (Official History ending)
Difficulty: 0-star (Standard)
Completion time: 0:56:42

Route notes here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Ztekh5jLFwitch8W9g7iLEpcd5kWdvIUpzzM1utcloE/edit?usp=sharing

First of all: yes, this is an H-game. This is the Manga Gamer version with the censor patch applied to minimize the lewd. Still set the video to 18+ though, for obvious reasons.

With that out of the way, what you see here is a speedrun of a "second game." This is essentially New Game+, since you can use accumulated points to buy items and bonuses for the start of your playthrough. It also opens up some new choices during the game. Both of these things are important to this run, but especially the new choices. You can only recruit Inukai in a second game, and he's critical to this route.

As for the starting bonuses, I went into this with a rather low score (24). I'm sure you could save time with a larger point pool and more bonuses unlocked, but I kind of like this route as a "low score requirement" type of run. Lower barrier for entry for a new runner, if you're interested in trying this yourself.

I won't bother explaining the specifics of the route (see linked notes above for that), but generally:

1. It's better to vassal opponents than to conquer them in this run, because you can use them to set up a buffer zone to prevent further enemy attacks.

2. Instant Time Pass is very important, and is used heavily in this run. It's used to instantly win battles, turn castle sieges into quick wins, and defend against attacks without any risk.

3. Rance doesn't strictly need to get to level 58, but it's one of the safe numbers that I found in testing. I chose to keep him there for the final battle in this run, since extra levels don't make a significant difference at that point. It's better and faster to get some levels for Kentarou.

4. I chose to throw the fight against the final boss a few extra times to lower his level even more than usual. Testing has shown level 78 to be a winnable fight, but it's definitely not guaranteed. Since you can't reset your team setup between retries, it seems better overall to intentionally lose a few more times before committing to an actual fight.

That should cover the basics for what you see here. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Enjoy the run. :)