An Error-ridden Prologue.Six months prior to the location scouting trip, Tomoya meets Megumi after he retrieves her lost beret, which inspires him to begin development on a video game with her as the main heroine. A week later at school, he meets up with his friend Yoshihiko Kamigo, who tells him about Eriri, a well-known member of the school's art club who Yoshihiko has a crush on. Unable to recreate Megumi's exact image, Tomoya approaches Eriri and asks for her help in creating the art for the dating sim, since she is also a popular dōjinshi writer and illustrator. Believing Tomoya isn't taking the subject too seriously because he is unable to even remember Megumi, Eriri turns down the offer. During lunch, Tomoya approaches Utaha and asks for her assistance, as she is an increasingly popular novelist, but she also turns him down after noticing an absence of originality in his proposal. After school, Tomoya expands his proposal and goes to the AV room, where he promised a meeting between him, Eriri, and Utaha. On the way there, he encounters Megumi, but he doesn't recognize her until she reminds him about how he returned her beret. Eriri and Utaha meet up at the AV room, where they both engage in a bitter rivalry before realizing Tomoya isn't going to show up.