FJH said: I've never understood how these lottery sketches work beyond "trace the line down to the prize."
That's exactly how they work. Usually, one end is covered up (like covering all the names), vertical lines are drawn down from every name and the results at the bottom. Someone (or perhaps everyone involved) draws lines between the vertical ones, and once everyone's finished they follow the line down from each name. Every time they reach a side-path, they must take it.
The general principle is that with one connecting line, two names are swapped over; in the end, each name at the top has a unique result at the bottom, regardless of where its result is or how many times it changed lane.
It's essentially like putting names in a hat, really. Just done in a Japanese way; a general cultural difference. Personally, I like this way. It feels like you have some input, even though there's no way to tell whether it's beneficial or detrimental.
FJH said: I've never understood how these lottery sketches work beyond "trace the line down to the prize."
Basically you "take" every path as soon as it appears. You see, you always go up/down depending on the side you start, and you turn left/right at any chance you have.
Follow the trace of a name (though they started on the flowers)...
It does make more sense to have the girls on one side and the boys on the other, but then someone would get left out. Also, this joke would be impossible if they did it that way.
It's November 11th, so let's commence with the traditional Pocky Game!Now, Mikuru-chan and Koizumi-Right! Hold it!!In order to make it fair, we should decide who gets paired with who through a lottery!Huh!?YukiKoizumiMikuruKyonIs this more to your liking?This sort of lose-lose situation is not what I had in mindI'm at a complete loss as to why you only ever give these kinds of perks to KoizumiNoFweh?