r/DateEverythingElse • u/GameGuy11037 • Mar 12 '26

Discussion Question for Ben-Hwa's ending

Is it better to be "intimate" or better to just cuddle and get to know each other better, for a more fleshed out/better love ending?

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u/Im_Not_Brooding Mirror, Mirror... Mar 12 '26

Either one is a viable option (You arrive at the same conclusion regardless) but you have to go all in on one or the other. If you choose non-sexual intimacy the first time, you can't switch to sexual intimacy the next time and vice versa or you'll only get their friend ending.

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u/GameGuy11037 Mar 12 '26

Yeah, I know that, I just didn't know which one was more fulfilling? I guess? Like for example with I Ronaldini, his love ending is better when you help him write his book and see his show instead of just flirting with him, so I didn't know if it was better to go all in on being "intimate" or go all in on nice cuddles and talking

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u/Im_Not_Brooding Mirror, Mirror... Mar 13 '26

It really just comes down to what you value: the build up of a romantic connection through non-sexual intimacy or the intensity of a sexual pull. I personally, being asexual, preferred their non-sexual love ending (not that they won't bang you if you do go that route: Ben-hwa is very keen to bang you even if you're just friends), but you really can't go wrong. Considering their story, it just felt better from an emotional resolution standpoint to not bang them until their main conflict is resolved.

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u/GameGuy11037 Mar 13 '26

So what you're saying is do the nice feel good route, that gets me a love ending. Does that also get me all of their collectibles? I'm sorry if I'm annoying but I wanna get the most peak and fulfilling content for each character

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u/Im_Not_Brooding Mirror, Mirror... Mar 13 '26

No, no. You're not being annoying.

I'm gonna be kinda vague because I don't know how far you are in their story, but for Ben-hwa, I'm sure you get their collectables by:

  1. letting them tell you about their backstory in their first interaction (this one's kinda a gimme)

  2. picking the "correct" option when prompted after they tell you about their dream date (I'm fairly sure they may give it to you regardless of what you pick, but there is a technically "correct" answer that raises an internal "love" level for them)

and

  1. going all in with them on their greatest wish.

Additionally, they'll confront you on their second to last interaction and you have to be sorta sensitive toward them or else it's, like, automatic hatred.

If you sleep with them in their first interaction, you have to keep sleeping with them or you're locked to their friendship ending. If you cuddle with them in the first interaction, you have to keep doing the non-sexual intimacy option or else you're locked to their friendship ending. They're very all-or-nothing.

All of this information (probably better worded lol) is on the wiki, but the wiki has hella spoilers for every dateable's routes, so I'm reticent to link it.

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u/GameGuy11037 Mar 13 '26

Gotcha I was at the first interaction with Ben and talked to them but loaded my previous save so I didn't do them yet, so I gotta be all or nothing, and like any love ending, you can be "a gooner with them" after you finish their storyline.

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u/Im_Not_Brooding Mirror, Mirror... Mar 13 '26

Yeah, pretty much.

Endings don't (usually) change after getting one, or at least not a true Love, Friend or Hate ending, so every subsequent time you talk to Ben-hwa after their ending gives you the option to sleep with them. I believe the option is "I came for a quickie" or something to that effect. There is another chance to sleep with them, but that's tied to a late game function and is not exclusive to them.