You, the player, are in the shoes of Miley Verisse/Mairu Hibisu, and your goal is to recruit at least three given characters. Cherry Tree High Comedy Club is a mix of managing leveling up skills, finances to fund training, homework from school, and trying to get a good conversation with potential recruits. All of this starting from March 22nd to April 30th.

There are 12 conversation topics to upgrade: Video Games, Whodunnit, Music, Art, History, Politics, Romance, Fashion, Sports, Travel, Pets, and Cooking (each with their respective icons). Each topic has a level, starting at 0 and maxed out at level 5. They can be increased by buying/reading magazines, visiting the movie theater/museum, participating in certain events, etc.

In each target preferences, the yellow smiley face means that the recruit likes the topic, giving a good boost to the relationship. A red smiley face means the recruit really likes the topic, giving a massive boost to the relationship. However, in conversation, if a topic is one that the recruit dislikes, it will set back the relationship. The goal is to reach the 5th stage of a relationship to finally recruit the character.

And now, to the characters:

Sara Croft/Yoriko Nagiwa is introduced on March 23rd as the new girl moving into Unity Dorm. She is very shy and has a dog. Sara/Yoriko lives across the room of Miley and Harriet (Mairu and Hoemi).

Sara/Yoriko likes Whodunnits and Romance.
She really likes pets.
She dislikes sports and travel
Sara/Yoriko is okay with everything else.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: She is on the 2nd floor of school.
-After School: In front of the Unity Dorm.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: She is at Orchard Shopping Precinct.
-Afternoon: She is at Cherry Hill Park.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

May Bonbon/Amane Inubo is a young girl who works at a local candy store and views Miley/Mairu as her big sister. She just enters High School and is available for relationship on March 24th.

May/Amane likes History, Travel, Sports, and Pets.
She dislikes Music, Politics, and Romance.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: She is on the bottom floor of school.
-After School: In front of the Unity Dorm at the candy store.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: She is in front of Unity Dorm at the candy store.
-Afternoon: She is at Orchard Shopping Precinct.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

Curtis Campbell/Shinnosuke Kamikata is a boy at Cherry High School with an anti-social personality. His father is Miley/Mairu's comedy idol, Stan/Rakutaro the Comedy Man. He is available on March 25th after visiting Campbell Residence and meeting his father. After that, Miley/Mairu must visit the school and read the bookcase to find the last name, with the help of Octavia/Chitose (this will pass time). Once that is done, he will be available to speak to once located.

Curtis/Shinnosuke likes Whodunnits.
He really likes Politics and Cooking.
He dislikes Video Games, Music, and Fashion.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: He is on the bottom floor of school in the Library.
-After School: At Prosperity Shrine.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: He is at Orchard Shopping Precinct.
-Afternoon: He is at the Park.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

Tyler Perez/Yoshiki Hanatsuki is a high school boy who is fond of "researching" people. He would be unlocked on March 26th after speaking to Harriet/Hoemi. He would be found the next day in front of Unity Dorm and available to pursue for recruitment.

Tyler/Yoshiki likes Video Games and Music
He really likes Romance.
He dislikes Whodunnits, Art, and Cooking.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: He is found outside of Miley's/Mairu's classroom.
-After School: At Cherry Tree Station.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: He is at Cherry Tree Station.
-Afternoon: At Cherry Tree Port Garden.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

Cindy Smith/Haru Mitsuki is an old friend of Miley/Mairu who did not continue with school and pursued her ambitions as a rock band member. She is available for recruitment on March 27th in the evening after an introduction.

Cindy/Haru likes Video Games.
Cindy/Haru really likes Music and Fashion.
She dislikes History, Romance, and Cooking.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: She is not available.
-After School: At the Cherry Tree Station.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: She is at Cherry Tree Port Garden.
-Afternoon: She is at Cherry Tree Station.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

Vivian Bergman/Ravian Merry is a Swedish immigrant who moved with her older sister, Marion/Marioa, and their father to run the Cherry Tree Port Garden. She is introduced on March 30th, needing help to run the museum. She is available for recruitment on April 7th when she is a new student in Cherry High school.

Vivian/Ravian likes Art.
Vivian/Ravian really likes History.
She dislikes Politics and Whodunnits.

During school days:

-Lunch Break: She is on the bottom floor of school.
-After School: At the Cherry Tree Park.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

During no-school days:

-Morning: She is at Prosperity Shrine.
-Afternoon: At the museum in Cherry Tree Port Garden.
-Evening: Available to call (if passed level 2 in the relationship.)

Here are some tips to help with improving the game and getting close to the end:

• Avoid topics that recruits DISLIKE, as it does not progress anywhere in the relationship and wastes time.
  
• Save the topics that recruits LIKE or REALLY LIKE for the stage 3 or 4 of the relationship to boost the probability to recruit them quickly.
  
• Once you use a topic in conversation, it will be gray and no longer available, so plan wisely (except for chit-chat).
  
• Casual chit-chat is available for all characters and can be repeated, unlike the other topics, however, it improves relationships by a little. Only use it if at school (and don't want to read their magazine or do homework).
  
• A higher level skill for a topic (like 2 or up) improves the relationship more than casual chit-chat (but can't be repeated.) Level 4 to 5 topics that recruits are indifferent about can still boost relationships quickly (near instantly in the early stages of the relationship.)
  
• Evenings in the room with Harriet/Hoemi is the only time you can save your game, so plan the day before the evening. Save often though.
  
• Roam around before doing an activity that will pass the time. Items can be found at the Shopping Precinct, Station, Port Garden, Park, Shrine, and front of the Dormitory, on the floor. They appear as glowing gold circles on the ground. It can be either: an empty bottle (collect ten to give to Dina for $3.00 bonus), a random magazine to help with skills, or dog dirt (useless).
  
• The more expensive activities, such as watching movies and visiting museum displays or speaker will improve learning skills a lot, however limited with only certain topics.
  
• Topics to aim for to level up a lot should be: Music, Pets, Romance, and History as they have multiple recruits that like them.
  
• It is fine to chat to the potential recruits about topics they are indifferent to, as higher level of knowledge, the bigger boost to get to the next level of the relationship.
  
• Do not be scared to ignore one or two characters to recruit for your first or second playthrough, as the game will have a New Game+, but that is only available if you get the proper ending (not the bad ending.) New Game+ will save the level of your skills from the previous playthrough.
  
• Evenings are probably better spent reading topic magazines or sleeping in early as work and phone calls do not give big dividends.
  
• DO NOT HIT F12 UNLESS YOU WANT TO RESET THE GAME. (It will send you back to the main menu.)
  
• ALT and ENTER (at the same time) gets you into full-screen mode.
  
• F1 is Graphical Improvement Menu (but no resolution change.)
  
• Work (such as Prosperity Shrine or Museum) if there is less than 2 drops of Fatigue, anymore will cause Miley/Mairu to slack at work, giving some money penalty.
  
• Four Fatigue droplets will cause Miley/Mairu to faint in the evening, causing a skipped Evening.
  
• You can have one drink and one food per day.
  
• Buy the cheap Cuppa Tea and Jelly Donut for money efficiency. Consuming both may reduce a half of a fatigue droplet.
  
• When in "Need for Speed" mode, working will double the money output.

But the biggest tip of all is: Enjoy yourself!

Thanks to my friend who got me this game; Circle 773, Nyu Media and Tezuka Productions for making the game and making it available to us.

Kunou and hardrockshurt for additional information that I missed.

And obviously you, the reader, thank you so much for reading!

(Will be up for continuous editing as needed.)

~kikiokyo