Girls of the Overflow Universe

When one first discovers the absurd Overflow Family Tree the specific character to catch people’s attention is Tomaru Sawagoe because he’s literally all over it.  And I like memeing on what an over the top villain he is too.

But I also believe plenty of the Girls on the Tree are more than just perpetual victims.  They have interesting stories to tell as well. 

For one thing I can’t help but see a possible compelling Marxist Feminist reading of the meta narrative, where this very literal Patriarch is the owner of the Radish Trilogy’s ritual Restaurant Chain, but it is all girls who are actually running and staffing it.  This is why the Radish setting is so interesting in Summer Days and really makes me want to somehow experience the Radish Trilogy Games.

The common “Apple not falling far from the tree” expression being said in reference to Tomaru’s sons I find amusing given we meet even more daughters and they never turn out to be bad people.  The most Evil Women in these games are the ones who don’t descend from Tomaru. So no being Evil isn’t Biologically Determined in this universe.

I feel like proclaiming Kagura Inou the Matriarch of the Overflow Universe.  Her mother may be Ancestral to even more branches, but Kagura is the protagonist of the Chronologically first game and is mentioned in key ways in both Summer Days and Shiny Days.  I do dislike Shiny Days revealing her to have passed away already.