It could just as easily be a case of fans making an ending they wanted, right?

>>9764 Yes, in fact I would say that's more likely than not. There were a few characters in the cast that some anons loved to hate back then, Kounosuke maybe more than most, and there's even an archived thread from shortly after the announcement of Homecoming where someone suggested that a Kounosuke suicide ending was a necessary feature. I'm asking anyway because number one we all love a good myth about video games we like, and on the off chance that I'm not the only person who remembers it I'd like to know if there's any more of a story behind it or if it literally was just some anon who was reasonably good at imitating art styles doing some wish fulfillment. Number two, I've been speaking with someone recently who's a super fan of Morenatsu and, if there's any truth to this alternate ending thing, or even a story that turns out not to be true, he might be interested in having it for archival purposes.