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Brothers Conflict Passion Pink

summer88 — Sun, 01 Sep 2013 06:58:33 GMT

Frankly I am playing this because of the anime, I don't like being spoiled... I remember looking forward to it when it was about to release, but decided against playing it because I heard that the system was a little buggy. Well, the game turned out to be pretty enjoyable!

Story ★★★3
The game runs for a year and there are fixed events so the plot is pretty predictable. Some routes are also overlapping and can get quite repetitive. What I like however is the ‘staying ovenight’ event for each guy xD The love events are pretty nice too, but it depends on the character (your personal preference).

Character ★★★★4
There are 13 brothers in the Asahina family. For Passion Pink, 7 brothers’ routes are available. Though there are so many characters, the plot wasn’t too diluted.

Graphic ★★★★4
Each brother has about 15-20 CGs, including variations, so I would say, maybe 8-10 CGs per brother. I wished some events like the school cultural festival had CGs too, but overall I am satisfied. I suppose the CGs were mostly used for the love events.

I'm pleased that the other brothers also had some CGs (about 2) and there were also quite a few family CGs.

The chibi character scenes during the schedule are adorable as well. I love how the background is the setting, for instance, the brothers' rooms or the restaurant.

Gameplay/System ★★★3
Not that straightforward since you have balance between family love and the brother’s love (the affection level for other brothers affect the route too!). Very recommended to use a guide... Once you use a guide, the game becomes very very straightforward and you can skip repetitive parts and just focus on the brother you are going after. I used the guide at peche and everything went smoothly other than Fuuto and Kaname. For Fuuto, do follow the guide strictly. For Kaname, keep family love at 1/4.

You are able to see if you made the right choice as there are love indicators.

System is a bit buggy, but still bearable. When you click ‘select’ to repeat your schedule, sometimes there are empty spaces. The skip function doesn’t work at times. The skip event function as well.

Music ★★★★4
Cute. And each brother has their own theme.

Rankings:
No official ranking, but my favorite based on character and route.
#1: Subaru / Tsubaki
#3: Yusuke / Fuuto
#5: Masaomi / Kaname
#7: Hikaru

Overall, I enjoyed the game and the brothers’ interactions. The routes were all actually pretty good!

I am looking forward to play Brilliant Blue now. There are only 6 brothers for BB, so perhaps Juli might have a route?

I have no suggestions as to who to go for first, but some routes are slightly overlapping because when you raise the family stats, some brothers’ affection would increase as well. You might want to go for the brother you like most first (: Hikaru is only available at the 2nd gameplay.

Overlaps
Subaru – Masaomi
Yusuke – Fuuto
Kaname – Hikaru
Tsubaki (Subaru/Masaomi/Yusuke)

Subaru
Sporty university dork. He blushes really easily and is so shy~
He is dedicated person and he is genuinely concerned about Ema, but can get quite 不器用 as he struggles to express this concern.
In the epilogue though, he kisses Ema on the forehead and Ema kinda teases him. He picks up the courage and kisses her on the lips kyaaa~

Tsubaki
The most eroi of the triplets. Very playful and flirty.
He is a seiyuu so he always saying moe~ And his interactions involves lots of anime/game references, which was really fun!
I also enjoyed his teasing xD

Masaomi
The typical oniichan character. Doctor and the first son.
He is very good with children and very gentle! However I found his route too mild compared to the rest of the brothers..
Though, putting in his love message in the rabbit toy and then having Ema found out only 3 months late was pretty interesting.
The only brother who marries Ema at the end of his route. In the epilogue they even have a babyyyy :D I wonder how old Ema was then :x I mean the age gap is... 15 years?

Yusuke
Yankee, slight tsundere. 能天気 and makes Ema suffer. However in other routes, he suffers xD
From the start of the game, Yusuke already has feelings for Ema, but tries to hide the fact that they're step siblings in school.
All is fine, till Ema finds her heart aching time to time when Yusuke denies having any feelings for her.
But Yusuke finally mans up when Fuuto scolds him for making Ema suffer!

Fuuto
Teasing, ijiwaru younger brother. Idol. Voiced by Okamoto-sounding KENN.
He is also teasing Ema, but in a different way from Tsubaki, kind of... in a rude way. But Ema still gives in to him.
He actually wants to be an actor rather than an idol, and gets discouraged at one point. He confides in Ema.
In the ending, he decides to enter the same high school as Ema, saying it would be more interesting this way. He also tells her he will slowly become an adult (and not to treat him like a little brother!)

Kaname
Eroi bouzu, but I don’t really know if he is one... or is he a host?! His danna sama is a lady...
At first he keeps hitting on Ema and even kisses her during the family trip, making Ema (and myself as well) confused about his true intentions. He always says he loves Ema...
Finally, he decides to be more serious, he cuts his hair, quits his job as a monk (host?!) and joins Miwa's company.
The epilogue shows a steamy (seemingly after-sex) scene heh heh.

Hikaru
Cross dressing brother who is actually quite manly. Writer. And deep voiced Okamoto!
I actually thought Hikaru was gonna be an okama character, but no! Turns out he only cross dresses because it's easier to get information for his books.
He's always saying suggestive things to see Ema's reaction for his new novel. What was interesting for me was that he would act out the personalities of the different brothers xD Eventually he finds himself falling for Ema.
On the other hand, Ema also finds herself falling for him, but she felt that Hikaru was only using her as reference. One day, it finally hurt her so much that she told Hikaru that she couldn't do it anymore.
Months later, Hikaru sends a story to the mansion, addressed to Ema, a love story about how a writer eventually fell in love with his book reference subject. He visits Ema and they make up. (And all the brothers read the story though they usually don't heh heh)

That was my play order! You realize I write more at the end. I can't really remember the first brother's story anymore :x

The game can move pretty fast, so I finished the game quite quickly. I enjoyed all the different personalities, and the game wasn’t too draggy. I loved the ending scenes and the epilogues. Recommended if you want to know more about the brothers, especially after watching the anime.

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Amnesia Later

summer88 — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 15:44:49 GMT

Introduction:
The fan disk for Amnesia.
There are 5 routes: New World, After Story, Waka-san World, Girls Party, Orion.

New World: It’s August, MC still has not gotten back her memories and she spends the summer with the gang and finds out that all of them had promised to go to see fireflies with her. Just a bit doki doki, and opens the other routes (except Orion’s which you must finish all routes).

After Story: What happens after the main story in Amnesia. If you noticed the title of Amnesia Later, there is actually a ring, so yes, the fan disk appears to focus on proposals / marriage / wedding ring (:

The rest is kinda obvious. Though don’t expect much from them other than Orion’s route which is pretty cute.

Story ★★★★4
Amnesia Later is definitely more otome game-ish compared to the original Amneisa where mystery was a main portion of the plot. The routes were sweet and there were quite a lot of doki doki moments. And a bit of suggestive moments hehe. It was fun to see the guys as boyfriends and being in couple-ly situations with MC. The story always leads up to marriage, or at least a marriage proposal, so it closes the loop nicely. One down point though was that the dialogue seems to be more draggy than the original game.

Character ★★★★4
All the characters had their different personalities and I didn’t feel like anyone had become out of character. And because their personalities are different, you can get lots of interesting scenes!

Graphic ★★★★4
About 20 - 25 CGs per guy. Most of them were the doki doki scenes. There is also a bonus CG of each guy in their (wedding) suits, with pictures of the guys growing up in the background.

Gameplay/System ★★★★4
Pretty straightforward. Just make the right choices. Quick save and quick load options available. Pretty standard otomate system.

Music ★★★3
Similar to Amnesia.

Rankings:

There were no official rankings for Amnesia Later.
Whereas for myself, I think regardless of the plot, my favorite guy will always remain Toma. All the routes were enjoyable. Pleasantly surprised by Orion’s! (:

Shin

In Shin’s route, he tries to control his urges to have any physical contact with MC because she doesn’t seem to be used to it. In the end MC goes to him herself and www :D

Ikki

After speaking to MC’s dad, MC stays with Ikki and Ikki is always trying to get her to ask him to join her in bed xD Which she eventually does :x

Kent

Kent is still really shy but gradually opens up to MC. He has a bit of problems expressing his love as always :D

Toma

Toma is apologetic to MC for putting her through so much i.e. locking her up in a cage. Though MC forgives him, he is still distant. Till Shin comes and beats him up. Haha.

Ukyo

MC still doesn’t really know about Ukyo’s split personality and suspects that Ukyo is *cheating* on her (because it appears that there are 2 people living in Ukyo's apartment). Lots of feels when dark!Ukyo appears.

Orion

The story follow after Ukyo’s route in Amnesia. I really missed having Orion around during the whole gameplay, so this was nice (: In the end he asks MC to name him since he's human now, and they celebrate his birthday!

Recommended if you loved the original series. Probably hard to play it as a standalone though there *are* some flashbacks in the game.

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[Sale] Books: Illustrations/Guides/Data Books/Fanbooks

summer88 — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 10:43:44 GMT

I accept payment via..
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Post a comment if you're interested in anything. Use the codes of the item(s) if available; other useful information like your location (so I can include the shipping price to the total amount), and payment method, would be much appreciated.
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Game

Tales of Xillia Official Databook
US$25 (shipping included)

Contains loads of information on the story, characters, settings, seiyuu interviews.

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[Sale] Games

summer88 — Tue, 18 Dec 2012 09:55:41 GMT

I accept payment via..
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Post a comment if you're interested in anything. Use the codes of the item(s) if available; other useful information like your location (so I can include the shipping price to the total amount), and payment method, would be much appreciated.
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PSP

Hanayaka Nari Waga Ichizoku Twin Pack
US$90 (Shipping to anywhere included).

Consists of:
- Main game
- Fandisk (Kinema)
- Box (picture 1 2)

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Diabolik Lovers

summer88 — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 14:09:07 GMT

The ドM game that everyone has been looking forward to! I wasn’t interested in the game till I saw how pretty the boys were :P And since I really enjoyed Gekka Ryouran Romance, I thought why not? (Both are by Rejet.)

Story ★★★★4
I was pretty confused during my first gameplay since I wasn’t sure what to do. But after I did (play all the chapters and go straight to End01 first), it was actually pretty good, you can see the story unfold and the guys’ love for you (or your blood) increasing. Can be a little dark and pretty エロい at some points xD

Character ★★★★4
I enjoyed all the characters and the blood sucking / kissing sounds were so funny at times xD Through this game, I also able to see another side of Kaji Yuki’s voice acting as Kanato. I couldn’t tell Konishi’s voice acting too! The boys were all very good looking that I took screencaps of their close-ups! I even lost my track of thoughts looking at Shuu haha.

Graphic ★★★★4
Shuu I felt didn’t have enough affectionate / エロい CGs. But the rest were great, the right amount of normal CGs, エロい CGs and bloody CGs. I like the coloring of the CGs and how Yui looked great with all of the guys! Especially Subaru IMO.

Gameplay/System ★★★★4
The game goes by an auto-save after every chapter which is good for me. (My PSP is a first gen and in not so good condition, a little impact will cause my PSP to switch off).

The first 2 gameplay was quite daunting as I figured out how to get Ends 1, 2, 3 faster, but after that it was pretty smooth sailing. Have no complaints about the system, everything was fast and smooth enough for me. I will probably write a post on the gameplay later for people who are confused about the game or yet to start the game (:

Music ★★★★4
I am quite pleased with the music and I really liked each brother’s BGM, especially Shuu’s and Kanato’s.

Rankings:
Official
#1: Shuu
#2: Subaru
#3: Kanato
#4: Raito
#5: Ayato
#6: Reiji

Personal
#1: Ayato / Subaru
#3: Shuu
#4: Reiji / Kanato
#6: Raito

Looks wise, Shuu is actually my favourite, but his route was kinda... lazy. Haha. Not so exciting. Ayato had lots of エロい scenes so I really enjoyed his route :x And he is quite... lovable. And Subaru is so gentle! *gushes* His End 01 is one of my favourites and most memorable. Mini write-ups on each character.

Raito
Raito was my first character by random choice (closing my eyes and randomly picking). I tend to go for characters I don't really like first. Looking back at the CGs, actually Raito's scenes must have been really エロい. His route was mostly teasing Yui, and he has a really really big mum con! I mean most of the guys have issues with their mothers, but wow, Raito almost sounds like he is in love with her (not obsessed, but in love D: *gasp*) Anyway that's why he's ranked last for me, and I don't like playboy types.

Subaru
Subaru was my next choice. He's a tsundere, so it was soooo cute to see his dere side :D He is actually pretty gentle and gets embarrassed easily.

I really liked one of his endings where Subaru asked Yui if she is willing to be with him forever, like a marriage proposal, and she drinks his blood or something and becomes a vampire too so that they can spend eternity together. I thought that was pretty romantic.

Reiji
I placed a vote for 'which brother I should go for' on my tumblr, and Reiji had the lowest votes! (followed by Kanato, Ayato and Shuu) So I decided to do the lowest votes first. (ドM game, remember?)

I liked Reiji's character design and his snarky character. He isn't as extreme as the other brothers in my opinion, and is almost like one of the most normal brothers. Unfortunately, his route got a tad wtf? when Cordelia took over Yui's body. But thanks to that, I got to see Reiji being whipped xD あたしドSかも(笑) His endings weren't too bad though... And I remember his ドS ending very clearly xD (Last CG)

Kanato
Kanato is kinda like a crazy kid, and like what Ayato calls him, hysteria. Kanato goes bonkers over every small little thing D: It's kinda scary and wow amazing Kaji Yuki! I am learning to appreciate you more. Anyway, if you ask me, I think Kanato is the most extreme out of all the brothers.

And his endings are like omg, probably the darkest? With Yui killing all the brothers and also the one wanting to turn you into a wax figure for his museum.

Ayato
I actually was looking forward to Ayato's route, to me he's kinda like Diabolik Lovers' poster boy. Anyway I wasn't dissappointed! I enjoyed all his teasing and エロい scenes. His words and actions are all sooooo エロい <3 And I like how straight forward he is that he wants Yui.

Shuu
I was also super looking forward to Shuu! He's so pretty! Actually after uploading pictures of his scenes on tumblr, he's actually pretty エロい too xD
Doesn't harm that he is so good looking. Look at these!

His route was pretty okay...? Lots of backstory.

I really liked this scene where Shuu gets riled up after being challenged by the brothers with Yui as a prize. He proceeds to show off after beating all the brothers.

Recommended for fans of vampires, pretty boys, and SM relationships.

Arcana Famiglia

summer88 — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 02:38:30 GMT

Started with Arcana Famiglia quite a while ago, then stopped because my data got corrupted. Had to replay, but with the introduction of the anime and the fandisk, I decided to finish the main game quickly to avoid spoilers.

Story ★★★3
The game runs for 2 months. Though all the days are playable, it is not everyday that you get to have an event with the guy. The scenes aren't too bad, especially the love ones, where I get lots of feels, not just the doki doki kind, but the sad kind, happy kind. The flow of the story is a bit weak though.

Character ★★★★4
With the exception of Dante, I actually enjoyed all the characters' routes. Their personalities are all really fun (:

Graphic ★★★★4
Too little CGs IMO. Some of the CGs have strange proportions. But I really really like the manga art style, not just for the CGs, but for the daily conversations as well.

Gameplay/System ★★★3
Quite straightforward if you just choose the guy on the map. There are 3 endings, Ending 1 & 2: Win the duel, with more than or less than 600 affection points. Ending 3: Lose the duel, with more than 600 affection points. You can get the endings through a common route, but the hard part could be not getting enough affection points for Ending 1 & 3. One bad thing about this system is the daily save option which you cannot switch off. But I also liked how you can customise your buttons to your liking, meaning like you can choose which button to press for skip, etc.

Music ★★★3
Normal?

Rankings:
No official ranking, but again, my own opinion!
#1: Luca, Pace, Debito
#4: Jolly, Nova, Liberta
#7: Dante

My favourite character would most probably be Pace because he is voiced by Sugitan, hehe. And I think he did a great job here! I didn't think about Gin-san at all, haha. Pace's route had some twists, but I think I enjoyed Luca and Debito's routes much more.

Jolly exceeded my expectations because he's supposed to be really cold. Nova did as well, and I just loved Liberta's character. Dante is okay, but his route was a tad boring.

Pace
Pace is a glutton! But he is also very mellow~

I love this last wedding photo :D

Debito
Debito is so hot! And voiced by Yocchin <3

Luca
Luca is Felicita's caretaker and cares a lot for her.
I found his route/love for Felicita really touching.

Jolly
Jolly appears pretty cold, but he is trying his best as well to save Mondo. I really love his stigmata on his eye xD

Nova
Nova is the tsundere cousin. I really liked how he begins to open up to Felicita, and he is the only one who calls her Fel.

Liberta
Liberta is very cheerful and bright! But he has a complex with his inability to use his Arcana. He is immature in love so it's cute to see him fumble hehe

Dante
Dante is your typical ossan, so for me it felt kinda weird?? But the ending where he marries Felicita was pretty cute. His love scenes weren't very interesting though...

I would only recommend because of the fresh art style and the stellar seiyuu cast. Story wise could be better, but because of the art style and seiyuu, the game was really enjoyable (:

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Storm Lover Kai!

summer88 — Sat, 18 Aug 2012 08:13:09 GMT

I played Storm Lover long time ago, and continued with Storm Lover Kai! recently. I think the latter has added some new features and perhaps new events/dates such that there would be more things to do. I remember Storm Lover being more boring (and that's why I gave it up the last time).

Story ★★★3
Storm Lover lasts for a year (Apr to Mar) and the main story for the guys actually starts in Jan, so I wouldn't say there's much of a story. Even if there was, it comes a bit... sudden? But a redeeming point is that, there *are* some hints in the earlier parts of the game regarding the guys' main story.

Character ★★★★4
I absolutely enjoyed all the characters. Even with Rikka, who I initially did not like, but he grew on me. There is a well balanced range of guys, though I didn't like how Kyousuke and Sugai looked alike, and also Souya and Yuuto. Also Takeshi and Chihiro sensei didnt have routes! Luckily that is solved in Natsukoi.

Graphic ★★★★4
The CGs were well done, and quite a lot! I loved the group CGs.

Gameplay/System ★★★3
I didn't really have to use a guide, other than Takeshi and Chihiro sensei's sorta endings. Managed to get most of the CGs without the guide. There are a lot of save slots, so it may be a good idea to save frequently in case you miss anything. I typically save every 3 months. There is no auto save button, which in this game I feel is alright, because everything is supposed to feel natural, like the boy is really your boyfriend in real life, there is no saving in real life!

Music ★★★3
Music was generally enjoyable, but nothing special for me.

Rankings:
D3P doesn't usually have rankings, but here's my ranking!
#1: Kyousuke
#2: Yuuto - Takumi - Souya - Mio - Tsukasa - Rikka

From the start, lookwise, I knew Kyousuke would be my favourite. I am unable to choose who I like the most next, but maybe I liked Rikka's route the least, since he has a sad end.

Kyousuke
I just love Kyousuke's tsundere character! His gentle parts are great and he's really good looking, and he can cook!

Kyousuke makes a bento for Yuna

Kyousuke gets into a fight with his sisters and stays over at Yuna's place. His hair down ♥

Kyousuke and Yuna were watching a movie and they see a intense kiss scene. She makes some excuse to go off and trips. Kyousuke catches her, and end up in this position. And Kyousuke says he can't control himself anymore... ...

The main story reaches 2 endings.

To save Yuna, Kyousuke misses his boxing exam. He tells Yuna the only reason he is doing this is because of her, and there would no point if she is gone. He tells her he can try again anytime and for now, they stay in St Louis. Sharing in a kiss in the library~

The other ending is when Kyousuke wins his first championship, but he says that he promised Yuna to be a champion of the world. Finally after a few years, he does, and he finally tells Yuna he loves her, and proposes!

Mio
Mio is a strange third year who is pretty my pace. There's lots of funny situations xD

Haha, the scene where Yuna sees him naked xDD

The main story is regarding Mio's passion for photography.

In this end, Mio gets invited to join a pro studio, but he doesn't do too well. Then he realises that he only wants to take photos of Yuna and he only does well when the viewfinder is on Yuna. And in the future, they take photos together and increase their memories!

Mio joins a competition, where his sorta rival, Oohashi, who tried to hit on Yuna joins. Oohashi wins like 2nd prize or something, and Mio is disappointed. Yuna sees his photo, which is of her smiling and Mio named it 'The person I love the most'. Mio is happy, and also thanks Yuna for being with him.

Rikka
Rikka is the cheerful first year, I think his hair is really cute xD He is a amaibou, so adorable~ And he always plays tricks on others.

In Rikka's main story, we focus on his illness.

I played the sad end first and omg no T_T I almost cried on the train playing this.

The happy end where Rikka comes back from his overseas operation, healthy again. But with no contact for 1 year, omg T_T Also sad, but at least he lives.

Takumi
Takumi is a エロイ repeat student xD Who is actually pretty smart and plays stocks.

Takumi's main story is about his time in the orphanage and his 'sister'.
I kinda forgot what happened, but both result in Mika (Takumi's 'sister) leaving, just whether she remembers if Takumi was with her in the orphanage or not. Either way, Takumi asks Yuna to stay with him.

Souya
Souya is the musical one, and the playboy. Actually I don't like his goatee and that mole at his collarbone area :x But his character is fun!

Souya's main story is about an accident in his first year when he was in the orchestra. He hurt his fellow orchestra member, and quit. Yuna makes him go apologise to the orchestra members.

In the first ending, Souya rejoins the orchestra as the conductor and they win the award. Souya is offered a scholarship to study overseas, which makes Yuna mostly upset. Before he leaves, he tells her that he probably can't do any boyfriend like things while he is overseas, but when he comes back, he asks her to marry him. But! Before his one year overseas is up, Souya comes back during Christmas and proposees to her under the same tree he promised to come with her the previous year (:

In the second ending, Souya says that he is focused on his band now, and he wants to show Keiichi (the member that he injured) that he has moved on. Unfortunately, the keyboard guy gets into an accident. In the end, Keiichi helps with the performance. Souya's band becomes really popular. One day, while on a date, Souya and Yuna get caught by the reporters and Souya proudly announces that Yuna is his lover and he loves her a lot!

Tsukasa
Tsukasa is Yuna's maths teacher so it is kinda interesting to watch, and their dates tend to be in some faraway place. And omg Yasumoto's voice is so hot.

Btw his brother is hot too xD

Tsukasa's main story is about his family who excels in playing a traditional instrument called the shamisen. He gave up originally, but Yuna encourages him.

The first ending I didn't really get it, but Tsukasa ends up transferring to another school. But he comes back for Yuna one year later.

In this ending, Tsukasa beats his brother in the shamisen 'contest' and fast forward to this, and I think it hints that Yuna is pregnant (or not). Tsukasa says something like 'This body is not yours alone anymore.' which may mean she belongs to him, or can also mean, there's a baby inside you nowwww.

Yuuto
Yuuto the rich boy and also the student council president. So his dates are always different and in some high class place.

Anyway I really like him in his winter wear, the gloves and scarf.

Yuuto's main story is about him taking over his father's company, but he doesn't approve of Yuna.

In this ending, Yuuto decides to leave the Uzuki family to be with Yuna. Which makes me a bit D: But nevermind that xD

In the other ending, Yuuto and Yuna convince Yuuto's dad and Yuuto kinda interns at his dad's company with Yuna visiting. Hehe.

This isn't a game that I would highly recommend, but I enjoyed it enough to finish it so...

You also get to enjoy many couple scenes, that was kinda fun.

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Amnesia

summer88 — Sun, 29 Jul 2012 11:16:46 GMT

Story ★★★★4
Mysterious, with a good plot. The setting is such that the MC has amnesia, which is a good concept because there are no lengthy introductions like most otome games. I also liked the speed the characters spoke, just right for me, and sounds more like daily conversation. The endings were also mostly satisfying.

Character ★★★★4
With the exception of Ukyo, I loved all the characters, which all have a great personalities, none overlapping. There's something interesting about all of them. I thought I would be bored with Ikki since playboy types are usually not my type, but surprisingly I enjoyed his route too.

Graphic ★★★★4
The graphics were all well done, and appropriate. I also liked the elaborate clothings.

System ★★★3
I mostly used a guide, so I don't use the quick save or anything much. But I find the affection gauge kinda hard to understand. I might not have gotten all the ending without the guide.

Music ★★★3
Quite a small range of music, sometimes silent, but it suits the game just fine.

Popularity rankings:
#1: Toma
#2: Ikki
#3: Shin
#4: Ukyou
#5: Kent

My ranking:
#1: Toma
#2: Shin
#3: Ikki - Kent
#5: Ukyou

Frankly I was so shocked with Toma, he gave me so much turmoil while playing his route, but the ending was omg. Shin's plot was mysterious. Ikki being so.. loyal was strange for me. And Kent's route is actually pretty lame, but points for Ishida Akira voicing him xD

Kent
I played Kent's route first. At first I was really wondering if he was really the MC's lover? Haha.

The scene where Kent says he cant control anymore and kisses the MC xDD And he misses, hehe.

I also love this dinner with family scene because it seems so normal xD The other characters seem to live alone. Though the family is kinda strange too :x

Anyway it turns out that Kent is afraid that MC remembers the 'cruel' words he said to her when her dog died... Hm, I found that kinda lame, but oh well :x

In the good end, he brings her over to study with him!! Yay! So romantic and I love the scenery here.

Shin
This is random selection. But Shin was pretty good as the main guy of the series. He is pretty straight forward with his love to MC and so there were lots of dokidoki scenes here, almost on par with Ikki. The route was really mysterious, I felt very into the story, and kept asking myself what has exactly happened?!

Random kisses by Shin.

I loved the dynamics between Shin and Toma. And felt sad for Toma actually :x

Ikki
I know Toma was the most popular so I decided to play his route last. So next was Ikki. I expected Ikki to be a playboy, but in the end, he was actually quite a sweet person. Even his bad ends showed how much he cared for MC. In most routes, MC is killed off by Ukyou or some freak accident, but for Ikki's bad ends, it has something to do with Ikki's fangirls, so something different. More acceptable bad end :x

As expected from a playboy, his CGs/scenes really made my heart beat xD
And the things he says >////<

And at the end of his good end, he kisses MC in front of everyone XD Heh heh.

Toma
Toma's route did not disappoint. It was at first very sweet, and then frustrating, and then got me all puzzled and then made me forgive Toma. Frankly I had a bit of Wabisuke (Gekka Ryouran) deja vu. And Toma is also voiced by Hino Satoshi hahaa.

I especially love this scene above. MC trusts Toma no matter what. And believes that Toma will never do anything to hurt her.

I do encourage everyone to play this game. Another of those games that I actually finished at one shot. (Usually I play 2 games at the same time and alternate after I finish one route.)

Nowadays I post most of otome game scenes on my tumblr and then a short write up on LJ. So do follow me on tumblr too!~

Wand of Fortune FD ~Mirai e no Prologue~

summer88 — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 05:26:16 GMT

I enjoyed Wand of Fortune quite a lot, so I had high expectations for the FD, hm, but the system was kinda lame for me. After completing the routes for the new character Edgar, Cynthia's story and then the individual guys' stories will be available. Note here that I say story and not route, because there are totally no options, just scrolling. Now, doesn't that feel more like a book then a game?

Julius

So Julius is so caught up with looking at Lulu and accidentally kisses her!! Lulu is upset because she thought her first kiss would be more special. She starts avoiding Julius bla bla. And one day Julius can't stand Lulu avoiding him anymore and approaches her. So they talk it over and redo their kiss, lols.

I love Julius' seme face :D

Noel

Noel is one of my favourite characters! And he is still cute with his exagarrating comments and easily duped personality xDD Over in this FD he is shy about his relationship with Lulu and feels that they are still too young. Though Lulu doesn't really notice or mind, Noel is super affected! And he gets all troubled.

The scene below is when he tries the potion Alvaro gives him which turns him into a sweet talker xD

Bilal

Bilal and Lulu are still raburabu but Lulu is getting embarassed by Bilal's advances (I love it though :P). Anyway Bilal has not been going for classes and stuff which makes Lulu worried. Turns out he was practising his skills??? Lulu tells him not to put all the burden to himself. They probably did it (again), and make up yay!

Lagi

Ever since he was able to more or less control his transformation, Lagi has been able to speak naturally with others. Lulu gets jealous! And Lagi says she is an idiot for wanting to hug, Lulu runs away and avoids him! Thinking that Lagi doesn't like her anymore. After a few days, Lagi finally breaks into the girls' dorm and demands for Lulu! Haha, they kiss and then they kiss till they were out of breath because they didn't know when was the right time to stop :P So cute. I actually enjoyed Lagi's story this time.

Alvaro

Alvaro keeps blaming Lulu for casting the binding spell on him xD His dark hair side appears *swoons* Anyway, as usual Lulu is unsure about Alvaro is thinking, but she decides that she would not care and just do whatever she wants.

Est

Est has been leaving the dorm at strange hours etc, seems like he is having some problems maintaining his life (I think). In the end he falls sick and Lulu takes care of him ! Est is not my fav character so I didn't enjoy this v v much, but his coldness *was* kinda cute.

After you have cleared the guy's story, you get to spend some time with him by choosing some options (comments and questions). This would increase or decrease the guy's affection for you, and when you get 9 hearts/sweatdrops, you get a scene and a CG! I thought the guys' reactions were pretty cute.

Anyway I gotta share this CG where Bilal gives Lulu a lovebite ♥ SO sexy, lovelove.

Okay, this is all from me. And as a bonus, there are also CGs (and comments) of the main guys when they were young! How cute xDDD :D I love Noel's. He is being bullied by his older brothers xD

In short, I wouldn't say I love the game, but the CGs were definitely as lovely as before (: Plot's a bit meh, but oh well!

Uta no Prince sama Repeat

summer88 — Sun, 27 May 2012 07:40:10 GMT

Actually I completed this game a long while ago but didn't get to write anything about it.

Anyway the game was quite satisfying and I liked most of the routes (except for Cecil's). It was quite easy to get the different endings and the mini games were okay...? Till you played a few times and it feels repetitive xD The music quiz was interesting though, I played a bit of violin in my secondary school days so I could answer most of the questions.

Game guide
Buy the game @ Amazon.jp

I don’t think UtaPri does rankings like the Otomate games, so my personal ranking (based on personality and their routes):
#1: Otoya
#2: Tokiya
#3: Sho – Ren – Masa – Natsuki
#7: Cecil

Haha, nice ranking isn’t it? Since the anime I have liked Otoya, well, actually his route is not as satisfying as Tokiya’s for me, but I still like Otoya’s personality the most. As for the rest, I didn’t like Ren too much, but his route was pretty surprising for me, out of my expectations. I like Sho, Masa and Natsuki equally.

#1: Otoya

The reason I like Otoya is simple. He is cheerful and lively, just the type I always like. I also like sporty types and older brother types, so Otoya does that *nod*

His route wasn’t too bad with him objecting to the ‘Love is forbidden’ rule. And there are lots of sweet moments. What I kinda disliked though (in general for the game and not just Otoya’s route) is that the text would show some really sweet moments like the one sharing a kiss, etc, but there’s no CG!!!! Boooo. Oh well xD

I can’t really remember anything because it’s been so long.

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Moving on, #2: Tokiya

I actually think he’s really cool. Though I am not a big Mamo fan… so… But his route was good! Probably explains why he is the ‘main’ character of UtaPri.

Tokiya wasn’t so much a cold character as I thought he would be. A hard worker. My favourite ending was when he seduces Haruka, whispering into her ears xD Hehe.

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#3: Masato, Natsuki, Ren, Sho (in no particular order)

Masato

In fact I did Masato’s route first. And he too, wasn’t as cold as I thought he would be! He’s actually very gentle and his sister is so cute~~

I was surprised he had a kissing scene cos he’s so pure :x (or rather looks so pure)

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Natsuki

I actually liked there was Natsuki and Satsuki. Interesting concept, and the back story for Natsuki having an ‘another side’. I love Natsuki and Sho together xD So cute.

I so loved the fireworks CG! And also the one Satsuki pushed her down!! And the passionate kiss ending :P I think I liked this route cos of the things that Natsuki/Satsuki say, so saccharine.

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Ren

Hm, you know, I think I have stereotyped the UtaPri guys wrongly. Seeing how I misjudged Tokiya and Masato’s personalities. It’s the same for Ren as well; I thought he did jump at any girl. But his attitude to Haruka at the start of the game, made me go like ‘OMG, he is like that?!??!!’

So it was kinda abrupt for me when he changed 180 degrees and went to Haruka’s side to practise.

And though I don’t really like Suwabe :x :x :x And actually I don’t like Suwabe characters, Ren’s ending was… sexy. As usual for Suwabe characters though xD I think only Kouichi (TMGS3) was different for me.

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Sho

I thought I wouldn’t like Sho’s route because I usually hate shota characters. But I guess because Sho is kinda manly (or he tries to be), it’s actually pretty cute. And I can’t believe he is taller than Haruka xD

His twin is really cute too. And he eventually gets well from his sickness, so yay!

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#7: Cecil

Even Toriumi can’t save Cecil’s route for me. I kinda just skipped this whole route. Didn’t know what was going on at all so no comments :x And he even had Normal, Happy, Love end like the others!!!

Okay, that’s all for me. I actually bought a few UtaPri books when I went to Japan in April. Maybe I will write on those when I feel like it xD

Hanayaka Kinema: 2nd year mode Part 1

summer88 — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 14:40:41 GMT

Just gonna briefly jot down my thoughts on the brothers' routes (: Not a full writeup about what happens, since some great blogs already do that! Probably I will just pick a few CGs and go kya kya over them.

Part 1 will consist of Tadashi, Isami and Shigeru! SPOILERS ALERT!!! There are CGs under the cut.

Same old, and Tadashi is still my favourite brother. I love his looks, his seriousness, his shy parts. And I found a new side of him!! He actually cares quite a lot for his brothers and easily gets influenced to join their activities xDD

In this scene, Tadashi goes to Haru's hometown to kinda stop her enagement. He asks to hold hre hand! Awww. And tells her that he had come to learn lots of new things about himself about she became his personal maid.

The scene where he wipes her tears away ♥ Tadashi tells Haru to be more confident as he himself had chosen her as his personal maid. Haru starts crying apologising for not being able to serve him forever (because she would be married). Tadashi tells her he will never forget these times, and he probably would never ever have a personal maid again.

Haru confesses her feelings for Tadashi. He tells her not to say anymore, and just hugs her.

At the end of the day, Tadashi goes stop Haru and Hideo's marriage, and brings her back to the capital. She stays at Sanae's, and apparently Sanae is teaching her sewing, omg. Tadashi comes meet her and gives her a ring. Haru comments that Tadashi has asked her to place the ring on the marriage finger. Tadashi gets shy and proposes (: Aw.

Another thing I liked about Tadashi's route is how he finally wakes up and realises that all his life he had been just seeking the position of the Head. Everything he had done had been for the sake of being the Head. He has never had his own opinions or desires. The trial with Haru helped him to see this (: I'm happy to see Tadashi have some growth in this FD (despite his age hehe xD)

Isami is still as hot as ever and super straight forward such that many many funny situations arise.

Let's jump to one of my favourite CGs of Isami. The beach CG xD

Isami tells Haru to get in the water but she says she shouldn't because she would get wet. Isami lifts her up and proudly announces "Now there's no problem!" Dork xD And I love how fit he is :P

Isami wears a suit! OMG. To meet Haru's parents?! To talk about her marriage engagement. He tells Haru that even if she is just a servant, she is special to him. He doesn't need a reason not to let her go, and he needs her.

This is another cute scene. Haru runs off and Isami finally finds her. Isami tells her that people have been telling him that he *likes* her, and he is starting to think to himself that this may be true. He asks her to close her eyes, and tells her that he wants to kiss her... ♥;

They get married and live happily ever after~

Btw, there are still lots of funny/sweet/interesting stuff that I didn't put in. I am writing this entry based on just the CGs, so if you're reading this, you should really play the game yourself! I liked Isami's ending in the main disc more though :x

If I had to pick a brother that I like least, it would be Shigeru. Hm, let me rephrase that, out of all the brothers' routes, I probably liked his the least. Shigeru has a great personality! Always teasing and funny. But in his route, I guess I find him pretty... pathetic?

Everyone gets dragged in to help in the beer fair going on during the Taito Exhibition!!! The brothers is waitering clothes~~ And Haru being teased for wearing a short skirt xD

Shigeru thanks Haru for encouraging him with the western clothes shop, and many other things.

Oh oh! This CG made me go *kya* Shigeru wants to take Haru's measurements and asks her to strip to her underwear. Haru does so and after he is done, he teases her by saying "It's a rare chance to get you to this state... You think I will let you off so easily?"

OMG!!!~~ Anyway this CG wasn't easy to get. You gotta get your 献身 to 4 if I don't recall wrongly.

They get married in the gown that Shigeru designed! I think the gown is really pretty and Haru looks great in it ((: I think I may have enjoyed this route more that the one in the main disc.

And that's all from me this time! Who knows when I'd write another. At this time of writing, I am already done with the game (: Moving on to TokiMemo Girls 3, Clock Zero, WOF FD and Aracana... Ah, so many things I wanna play. Kinda sad that I've finished Hanayaka FD. I really hope for a 2nd installment!!!

Chou no Doku, Hana no Kusari VIsual Fanbook: Le Sang Dit

summer88 — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 01:03:14 GMT

Bought this quite a while ago! Decided to write about it! I always like to buy artbooks but I can't find nice sites that write about the contents etc. Hope this will be of help to people who are interested in getting the book~

Chou no Doku, Hana no Kusari is a R18 otome game, so proceed with caution!

Opening page

Colored illustratios span over 19 pages.

8 pages are used for 2-page spreads.

8 pages are short stories for Shiba and Mashima (with 1 illustration each)

The rest are one page, and compilation.

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Characters consists of Yuriko, and 5 main guys and side characters.

Sample page of the character profile (With Shiba)
Which includes a short profile, poses, expressions, fashion.

More expressions, and my favourite part which is 'Questions to...'

Sample questions are: When's your first kiss? First H experience... blah blah. And also, what is your impression of... xDD

And I really like the pictures captured on the bottom right corner... ♥

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The next part is the routes/CGs of the 5 main guys.

Prologue first.

Sample pages with Hideo this time.
CGs, short quote, short recap and short comment from the game producer.

Bad ends included.

And background settings.

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I can't really translate 官能. This means sensuality; carnality.
But these are a collection of the drama cd excerpts with a picture ((((: Loved it.

Probably be enjoyable if you listen to the drama cd while reading this!

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Interviews with the game producer and artiste.

Capture guide

Glossary

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Short manga for Fujita, Hideo and Oniisama. (I almost forgot his name :P)
Each short is 8 pages!

Pretty satisfying book. I haven't played the game myself, so I don't know if it's sufficient. But for me, the CGs were very well collected and I get a rough gist of what is going on. Also liked the character profile pages a lot. The drama cd excerpts and picture was great for me because I loved the drama cd a lot so it was great to see them illustrated. The short manga were sweet too.

If you've any questions regarding the visual fanbook do comment!
Amazon jp link

Hanayaka Kinema 2nd year mode

summer88 — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 01:29:35 GMT

Hanayaka Kinema has 3 modes, the main mode is probably the 2nd year mode. The story continues from Haru’s 2nd year at the Miyanomori family, as a maid.

This post will be about some of the new features in the game, and also the prologue.

New features

Now when you walk out of the house, it’s no longer straight to Ginza. You will go to the huge pond, which I guess makes more sense, haha.

And if you walk to the left...

You’ll reach the cleaning area, where the new mini game is~!

The mini game is quite straightforward. Basically there’re baskets of clothes and you’ll have to hang them up. Some take 3 spaces, some 1 space, so you’ll have to allocate them on the drying pole accordingly! There’s also a time limit.

The point of this game is to increase your ‘Exercise’ parameter. When that increases, you walk faster. The exercise stats are brought over every time you start a new game!

And now, you can also observe different weather conditions!

Similarly, when the season changes, the leaves on the trees change color too.

In Ginza, there are some changes too. Other than a new bookstore, you can also access the 2nd floor of the department store!

With regards to the gameplay, there are 2 new features which I find pretty helpful.

Free days can be skipped over.

Requests are much easily fulfilled with maps like below.

The notice board in Ginza also gives information about the requests available.

Prologue – So what happens in the 2nd year?

Well, Mamoru is invited to the Miyanomori family! On the first day, he joins the other brothers in the morning greeting, and brothers of course don’t know who he is. And Masashi comments that Mamoru is a rude servant :x

Oie, who said I was a servant!

A new male servant by the name of Onoda Hideo joins.

Hiroshi also returns from his studies in England (well, he came back right after he reached England) due to serious cases of cholera. I thought this was really smart!

An exchange between Hiroshi and Masashi, with Hiroshi saying he thought Masashi would be a little happy that he was back xD But Masashi says he does not, and Hiroshi is an idiot.

Because no one became the Head previously, Genichirou adds some new factors into the ‘game’. He will give 1000 yen (which was a lot then) to each brother to entertain him. Also, Mamoru will be joining the game, and if no one wins, Mamoru will be the Head.

Genichirou also implements a Personal Servant survey, asking all servants who they want to be a personal servant to.

And then from here... you’re asked to make a choice...

So far I’ve done till Shigeru, and am playing Kisuke’s route now. Because I am getting lazy (and busy as well), I’ll probably just post some thoughts, but I would include a zip file with all CGs at the end.

Winter Anime 2011

summer88 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 14:31:42 GMT

The new season starts~ In Fall 2011, I enjoyed some pretty nice shows like Kimi to Boku, Haganai, Fate/Zero (like it so much better than FSN!), and continuations of NuraMago and Working!!~

Sugita's character in Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou

The main reason for me to watch this series is because of Sugita. I didn't know who he was voice acting as, but of course I immediately recognised his voice. I thought he would be voicing the yellow haired yankee like boy, but nooooo, he was the megane boy. Which I still love anyway ♥

The names are pretty hard to remember; not your typical names, I only remember the main Tadakuni. The show is split into many short sections. At fist I thought the humour was pretty bland, but it got funnier (:

Will continue to watch!

Amagami SS Plus

I enjoyed the first season, so this is definitely a must-watch for me. I like Junichi, and most importantly, I love all the girls! They've such cute and interesting characters~

Natsume Yuujinchou Shi

4th season. Somehow, everyone seems to love this show, I like it too, but I didn't expect this to be like a hit series. Maybe it's due to Kamiya Hiroshi.

As for me, I like this show for its heartwarming moments, and it makes me happy to see Natsume growing up (:

New Prince of Tennis

I didn't like the OP, so here's the ED! I like the ED sequence, it looks like a TeniMyu dance x3

I guess I have been looking forward to this. Though from the manga, the tennis moves are getting more and more absurd, but for the boys....... To see more of the boys and their interactions! I think that's the best!

I am also planning to watch Brave10 and Inu x Boku SS!

Arcana Famiglia Visual Fanbook

summer88 — Sat, 24 Dec 2011 06:56:00 GMT

Went to Kinokuniya on Thurs and saw the Arcana Famiglia Visual Fanbook. It was supposed to be out on the 21st or 24th Dec, so I was surprised to see it there, and bought it~ (:

Cover

Content

The illustrations are about 22 pages.
The following are just a few samples.

Felicita in a wedding dress! (:

Character & Story
This section contains the character profiles, expressions, and main story/ending of each guy.
It also has information/story boards(?) of the common part of the game.

For sub characters as well

Art & Special
This section contains scenes/events in the guys' routes.
And also scenes of those discussions in the evening..
And the game's settings.

Lastly, Capture, etc
Which is a capture guide.

Back

Good: Satisfying amout of illustrations, and character information. Words are minimal.
Bad: No seiyuu interviews, and also I prefer CGs to be placed all together, instead of in seperate sections of the book. (But I think all the CGs are covered.)

Hanayaka Kinema: Tadashi After Story

summer88 — Wed, 21 Dec 2011 16:34:10 GMT

I played Tadashi’s 後日談 first. According to the official website, it’s the sequel/after story of the PSN download content, but it still makes sense even without seeing that. The after stories are pretty short, about 20-25mins? No options, just plain text, and 2 CGs for each brother (: I think that’s quite a lot!!

Tadashi’s after story focuses on Haru not acting like the Head’s wife, and also about continuing the Miyanomori line :P

So as I said, it starts with Haru telling Tae that Tadashi-san always scolds her for not acting like the wife of the Head, and still having some of her maid habits. In fact during the last dance party, she got mistaken as a maid, hahahahaa. So she discusses with Tae on how to be more wife-like.

Meanwhile, Tadashi is out drinking, ok, entertaining with Norio. Norio and Tadashi talk about saying sweet nothings to their wives xDDDD

Regardless of whether you’re married or not, it is your fault for not saying stuff like ‘I love you’, ‘I like you’.

So things like ‘I lo—love you’, you say them?
I just love how Tadashi is stumbling at these words xDD

This is the responsibility of a married man. If I don’t say them, she gets into a bad mood.
I didn’t see Kurenai as such a person xDD And Norio calling Kurenai あいつ is just weird :x Maybe they’re just at that stage of their marriage/relationship?

I think it’s impossible for you. For the sake of saying these, you go all the way to the family villa.
OMG too funny.

And there on to talk about children.

By the way, when are you planning to have kids?

W-What are you asking?
OMG TADASHI xD So cute. I actually wonder if he has any experience with women :x

Norio is like as the eldest son, aren’t they pestering you to have children? Because apparently at his place, they are. And Tadashi says somehow it doesn’t get into that mood. Norio replies saying Haru is still young and doesn’t have any experience with relationships.

Moving on and Tadashi returns home and Haru is quiet. Tadashi wonders what’s wrong and asks her if Genichirou said anything to her, or was it Isami, or Masashi? But Haru just doesn’t answer. Haru gets frustrated and runs out of the house, with Tadashi chasing after her XD

So turns out that Haru was trying to be more wife-like by being more reserved and calm. Then she starts sneezing, haha.

Tadashi hugs her, and tells she is the only Head’s wife who would go outside in this cold winter in such thin clothes. The both of them start sneezing and Tadashi says they should go back in, and that she should just stay the way she is!

And back to children. So finally it comes. Chitomi tells Tadashi that he needs to carry on the Miyanomori line.

If you’re not going to carry on the line, what’s the point in getting married?

Haha, what old fashioned thinking! That’s what I like about this game xD Marriage is not for love, it’s to carry on the line xD

So after being nagged by Chitomi (on top of Norio), Tadashi finally decides to do something!

In this one room, there’re 2 beds huh.

Shall we sleep together on one bed tonight?
*kyaa* What an invitation~

There’s no deep meaning to this! Just, as the head of the Miyanomori family, carrying on the line is an important job too!

Ah, looks like indeed there’s some deep meaning... No wait, that is...

So that means that I will have sleep together with Tadashi-san?

Then Tadashi goes on about how if she doesn’t want to it’s okay, and that he isn’t gonna do anything funny, when Haru goes “Please let me sleep with you!!” HAHHA, this couple is priceless. I think she also says something about being his wife and all. Hehe.

Using this low, sexy voice, he tells Haru to come over *_*

But she falls asleep xD Tadashi says he had thought it would turn out like this. And he is wondering if she is tired due to nervousness, or sleeping because she feels safe being with him, awwww.

But the baby plans look like they’re being stalled for now :x

I think this was pretty convincing, but raised more questions about Tadashi for me, especially his experience with women.

Man, they must have a 2nd instalment. Since the game is just Hanayaka Wari, Waga Ichizoku, it means the heroine doesn’t have to be a maid!! As long as the story revolves around the Miyanomori family it’s fine :x *self denial* I wanna see Haru as a wife of the Miyanomori head for an entire game... And her interactions with Genichirou, and the mothers, and the brothers and servants.

New books~ And Working!! Ep 9!

summer88 — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 15:39:51 GMT

Bought less stuff this month because I am jobless! xD

I haven't played Akazukin to Mayoi no Mori, but I like the art! So I bought it. I really like Ryoushi-san, but no one seems to like him. T_T Cos he looks too old I guess? Voiced by Konishi Katsyuki though~~

And Yokozawa Takafumi no Baai! The last time I tried to get it, it was out of stock. So whee! I haven't read my Yoshino Chiaki no Baai too, but oh well xD

This month, a friend is going to Japan, so I'll probably ask her to get stuff for me? Or hopefully I would be able to go next year...

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Finally watched Working'!! Ep. 9. I've heard that it was a SatouxYachiyo episode. So I just watched FFFpeeps's version instead of m.3.3.w's... Since now I can understand most of the anime, subbing / translation quality doesn't matter much. As long as the font is good to look at.

My favourite's gotta be when Yachiyo grabs onto Satou~

Too cute ♥

Gekka Ryouran Romance: Kano brothers

summer88 — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:50:54 GMT

I am just gonna make this really short with a few CGs, because I am too lazy and no one really reads these. But I wanna keep a post of my thoughts so I can read it again myself sometime later xD

*spoilers from here on..

Finished the Kano brothers' route recently. I liked Atsumori's character. How at first he was so ドS and mean and エロ but later became so sweet and mild and gentle. I didn't like the endings very much though, all seem too mild for me :x Not very satisfying. I wished they talked a bit more of Atsumori and his mother, and whether they made up in the end.

Aoi's routes were satisfying for me. Aoi's not the usual type of character I would like, so yeah. I liked his story, about him being born to be an organs provider for his brother. But what I liked most was how both his brother and him loved each other so much, and also how Atsumori tried to help Aoi. Though I gotta admit, close to the ending, instead of Aoi, I started to hear Otoya (UtaPri) :x

鹿野葵
..... cv 寺島拓篤

During their first date, Aoi pushes Nazuna down xD

And two times, two times in the game, he appears on Nazuna's bed xDD Sleeping beside her. OMG, it was so funny, espcially when Nazuna goes all flustered wondering if Aoi and her did anything xD

I think this was the last date, and Aoi lets Nazuna choose where to go. She chooses the library and wants to pick books for Aoi to read and Aoi asks her to recommend エロ books for him xD Anyway, he gets her to go to one corner, lying to her that there seems to be books that she would like, and starts teasing her xD Hehe.

Pure Love: されど愛は燻り、人は嘆く
In the Pure Love route, Aoi's brother dies, and this sets Aoi free from being an organs provider, so he doesn't need to do the surgery.

Pure Love Hard End: 希望の丘で
In the Hard End, Aoi mops around about his brother's death, and even Nazuna can't help him cos he rejects any of her coming to talk to him. In the end, he attempts suicide, but is found and saved. He tells Nazuna that after he cut his wrist, he thought of her, and regrets what he has done.

So hopefully they'll treasure each other from now on?
Ya, anyway, Aoi leaves the Kano family.

Pure Love Normal End: さよならははじまり
In the Normal End, Aoi is sad that his brother is dead, but he also believes that his brother's death has brought him his freedom. But now that he is free, he doesn't know what to do anymore, since he was born to be an organs provider for his brother. Nazuna suggests that he sets a goal, and asks what he likes. Aoi says singing (and there I go onto the Otoya route :x), and after the year ends he goes be a singer thru Daria's connections?

Nazuna is really upset of course. Aoi teases her not to go on dates with strange guys (Wabisuke? :x), and Nazuna retorts by saying he can't date other girls too xD Hehe.

He gives her a ohime-dakko! Oh, I love these :D Liked this ending.

Prohibition: されど罪は消えず、人は躍る
In this, Nazuna, with the help of Atsumori, sneaks into the hospital where Aoi is. Nazuna says it's strange that Aoi must die in place of his brother, and asks him to run away with her.

Prohibition Hard End: 私が守るよ
They spend the night together. (I like it when that happens :x)
But Aoi still insists on going back, saying he doesn't want to abandon his brother. Nazuna again, insists that it's wrong.

Aoi says he really can't choose between his life, his brother's life and her. He takes a knife out and asks her to kill him. Nazuna of course, doesn't consent.

Atsumori rushes in when the two are about to get caught (and Aoi was planning to return), and tells them he'll lure the guards away.

They run away somewhere, like in a forest? Haha. Ya I liked the drama in this ending.
The CG looks kinda weird to me though :x

Prohibition Normal End: 手にした星は。。。
The two get caught by Yamato, but he tells them that Aoi's brother is refusing to do the surgery, because he doesn't want to hurt his brother. Aoi doesn't want his brother to die too, and Yamato says this is the exact same thing his brother said. Yamato says Aoi is free now because even if Aoi were to return, his brother would not accept his organs anyway.

So we go to Xmas, and Nazuna goes get the star on top of the Xmas tree for Aoi, like how his brother did in the past.

Anyway, thoughout, I was just thinking... With their money and influence, Kano family can get organs for Aoi's brother! Why Aoi...!? Strange.

鹿野敦盛
..... cv 高橋直純

I think this picture when Atsumori removes his glasses is really hot! *_*

First date, and teasing already xD

I can't really remember what happened here, but he is biting her lips? XD

And back in the Kano house, where I think Atsumori is frustrated and pushes Nazuna down.

Pure Love: 愛の虜
In this route, Wabisuke kidnaps Nazuna and locks her somewhere.

Nazuna watches on TV that Atsumori will be the next head, and when asked if he has any words, he talks about Nazuna!! Aww!! ♥ He says like how bad it was of her to leave him, and he will take her back in whenever, and call her Usagi chan and whatever she likes xDD Sweet!

Nazuna tries to run away and gets caught by Wabisuke. Anyhows she manages to get away. She meets Yamato in school.

Pure Love Hard End: ただ、傍に居て
I can't really remember, but basically Atsumori receives news that his mother has passed away. Atsumori runs off to the chapel. Nazuna recalls that Atsumori was here the last time saying "I'll live," Atsumori confesses that all he ever wanted was for his mother to love him.. Aw... ):

And Nazuna says she'll always be there for him now.

I like the CG.

Pure Love Normal End: いつかはきっと

Atsumori has returned to the Kano house, and Nazuna begs Yamato to bring her there. Atsumori doesn't want to see her, so Nazuna loiters around and meets Atsumori's mother!! She is carrying a knife and tries to stab her, but luckily Yamato appears.

Nazuna is looking over Atsumori's mother, she wakes up and Nazuna asks how she is. Atsumori's mother says Nazuna is a strange one, caring for someone who tried to stab her. Nazuna talks to her about Atsumori, and Atsumori's mother says actually she does love Atsumori, but everytime she sees his face, that looks so much like hers, she becomes full of hatred (for herself).

Atsumori finally speaks to her and tells her that they're going back to school. Nazuna continues to bug Atsumori xD And Atsumori forgives her to leaving him, an Nazuna hopes one day Atsumori and his mother will be able to reconcile.

I liked this end for the conversation with the mother xD Atsumori being all yeah yeah, I guess I'll forgive you, was kinda cute xD

Prohibition: 暗闇の中で
In this route, not only does Wabisuke, but Aoi also helps in kidnapping Nazuna.

Prohibition Hard End: 縺れあう心
Nazuna manages to escape and also find Atsumori. Atsumori is also not angry with her. Just when they're about to say touching stuff to each other... OMG, SOMEONE STABS ATSUMORI! And... it's AOI!! D: *gasp* Aoi tells Atsumori it's not fair for just him to be happy. Don't leave me behind... he says.

And so there. THIS. I really like this CG. How Atsumori and Nazuna are facing each other. The look on Nazuna's face. The position of Atsumori and Nazuna's hands. Aoi's hand on Nazuna's hair. Ahhh. Though it's kinda unfair for Atsumori's ending to be with Aoi :P haha. I think this is my favourite ending of Atsumori's.

Prohibition Normal End: あなたなしでは。。。
Aoi lets Nazuna escape and Wabisuke goes crazy, ahaha :x

Anyway, I can't really remember, so yeah :x I think they quit school or something. Hm. Can't remember the rest.

Needless to say, I was dumbfounded by the Hard End so the Normal one seems too mild in comparison xD

Apologies for any mistakes xD
Probably am gonna write a short overall post for this game.

Okay, and I guess it's got longer than expected.

Hanayaka Kinema!!

summer88 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 17:10:06 GMT

Hanayaka Kinema will be released on 8th Dec 2011! I am really excited about it since I loved the first game ((:

There are 3 modes this time. I think the last doesn't apply.
The first mode is second year at the Miyanomori family, it follows that you've worked in the Miyanomori house for 1 year (without dating anyone), and am continuing your second year!

The second mode is viewing the game in the viewpoint of Kisuke! I don't know if that means it's a Kisuke route, but it would be great if it were~

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Seems like there would be some mini game~

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Items from the previous saved game will also be ported over!

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Some additions
- Nickname. Your nickname will be called. If I recall correctly, in the previous game, the guys would call Haru by her name (if default), so I guess this time the brothers will call her by a nickname on top of the usual?

- Personal maid. In the 2nd year mode, you can choose to be the personal maid of one of the brothers immediately.

- Map. More information is given on the map now.

- Skip. The skip function is now extended to the days where you spend in your room aka your free days.

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New requests.

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Some improvement from the previous work.

And the change to Mamoru's room!!

Haaaa. How exciting! I will definitely go for Tadashi first :x
Check out the official website!

I've a medical checkup tmr so I shall sleep ~

Gekka Ryouran Romance: Fuji Reito

summer88 — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 16:17:57 GMT

Maybe I shouldn't write so much, since there're other proper otome game blogs with detailed/funny posts xD <3

藤隷人
..... cv 平田広明

First impression: Kotetsu ossan~~ I don't think I associate Hirata with anyone else. I like Fuji sensei's look. And in the other routes so far, he's nice.. But there must be something there!

Just jumping straight to the end. Nazuna has a fever and goes take a bath. When she's back, she finds Fuji sensei in her room (He's here to fix the air con.)

She is like why are you in my room!?!? She wearing nothing but underwear and Fuji sensei tells her to wear smth. Unfortunately her clothes are where Fuji is standing. He finds out she has fever and helps her to bed.

After that Nazuna asks for her clothes and he passes them to her, she sits up and Fuji sensei is like you're really unguarded. Nazuna says she trusts him, but Fuji replies you shouldn't trust guys too much, or you will end up hurt. Nazuna still insists that she trusts him, so he pushes her down.

She feels good, but asks him to stop anyway. Next day Yukiyanagi spots the kiss mark and tells her a kiss mark is a sign of suspicion. The person who left it wants others to know that she belongs to him. And the person who sees it and gets jealous cos he wasn't the one that left it. Interesting thought.

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Nazuna spots Fuji kissing a female teacher, their eyes meet and Fuji continues what he was doing. Nazuna runs away to the library. Fuji finds her and says this is just a game, and he will teach her a bit about it.. He kisses her, but being her first kiss, she slaps him.

She admits she has lost the bet and says tmr she will go tell Aoi. Fuji says ok, but he'll do smth about the bet, and she can treat it as payment for the kiss.

She still looks for him for the date, and Fuji tells her she is weird, and Nazuna says she thinks so too. Fuji asks her to lock the door of her own free will. She does.. And Fuji says since you locked the door yourself, you should be prepared for what is coming right.

He pushes her onto the bed, again. Fuji sensei smells of the cigarettes he always smokes. He leaves a kiss mark on her, again.

Fuji is about to tell Nazuna about his secret, but the chime rings, and Fuji says we must abide to the rules of the game. Nazuna thinks to herself that rules don't matter anymore.

At the end of the chapter, Fuji reveals his secret as to why he is so against loving someone and has been avoiding Nazuna.

He had an INCESTUOUS relationship with his mum!!! What!?!? And he was actually happy to monopolise his mother, who was always waiting for his father to return. His mum was also very happy when he started smoking cos he smelled like his father. Then he talks about his mother's twin sister. And about how after her husband died, she often called him saying she is concerned about him like her own child. But in the end, gave in to her desires. (Man, Fuji has a totally screwed up life.)

That's why he doesn't believe in love, in the end it's just people drowning in lust. He also doesn't believe Nazuna's feelings for him. But Nazuna still wants to be with him. He tells her he can't go into the perfect world she is in now, but he can easily drag her to his.

Prohibition: 緑の糸
The two spend the night together and Fuji starts calling Nazuna ohime sama. He makes her coffee and tells her surprisingly he feels happy. Nazuna says she does too, and there's nothing wrong with it isn't it. You don't need a reason to feel happy.

After that Nazuna returns to her room and... OMG. Wabisuke is waiting for her. He uses his yandere voice (Hino Satoshi ♥) and shouts at her. She lies to him and obviously he knows because he's been waiting the whole night for her. He scares her so much that she runs to the girls' bathroom and locks herself inside. When she comes out, Wabisuke is gone.

In school, she is lovely dovey with Fuji and her classmates are glad she is looking much better now. On the way back to the dorm, she spots Suou and Renge talking about smth. The two see her and asks her about Wabisuke who hasn't been coming for club practices and classes.

She is worried but also recalls how Wabisuke was being weird previously. She receives a text from Wabisuke saying he's not feeling well, so he isn't going to school, and tells her not to worry.

Nazuna is out buying Fuji sensei's present. After she gets it, she is distracted by a newly opened magazine store.

Prohibition Hard End: 全てを捨てて
On the way back to the dorm, she passes the dark forest route and spots Fuji and Wabisuke talking to each other. Wabisuke tells Fuji to leave his sister alone. Fuji admits that he is unsure of whether his feelings for Nazuna is love or not. Wabisuke starts hitting Fuji sensei and Nazuna steps forward to stop him.

However, that makes Wabisuke more angry and he takes out a knife!! He stabs Fuji sensei. (Damn lots of stabbing going on in this game.) And as if once is not enough, he stabs him like 2 more times, omg D: and kicks him down some cliff. Nazuna is upset at Wabisuke's actions, but Wabisuke insists he is doing all these for her.

Nazuna breaks off from Wabisuke in search of Fuji sensei.

Fuji sensei is admitted to the hospital and is paralyzed waist down )))): Wabisuke was caught, turns out he has been monitoring Nazuna's every move (so had a strong motive). Nazuna says she'll take care of him, smth like that :x

Prohibition Normal End: 貴方の傍で
On the way back to the dorm, she passes the dark forest route and Wabisuke finds her. He tells her that HE KNOWS about Fuji sensei and her.

Wabisuke locks her in the underground cellar place (like in his pure hard end ._.). She tries to reason with him, but he doesn't listen.

Finally Fuji sensei finds her (about time!), and says he's here to save her.

But Nazuna doesn't wanna leave cos she doesn't wanna hurt/betray her oniichan (seriously!? After all he's done!?). But Fuji tells her she shouldn't think that way, in the end everyone gets hurt. He had done the same thing before, and now he sees it clearly. When he was young, if he had reached out to his father, or anyone for help, he wouldn't have turned out this way. And he doesn't want the same thing to happen to Nazuna.

In the end, Nazuna chooses Fuji sensei and they run away together.

Pure: 約束の丘
Fuji kisses her on the cheek, and asks her to go back home.

Nazuna wants to invite him for a Christmas date, but she can't seem to meet Fuji sensei. Finally one day, she hears rumors about Fuji sensei quitting.

She meets Renge and Renge tells her that Fuji sensei has indeed quit. Renge asks Nazuna how much she knows about Fuji, Renge and Fuji are actually childhood friends. Renge says he regrets not caring more when he was young. If he had visited Fuji more, or tried to understand him better, perhaps Fuji wouldn't have turned out this way. He gives Nazuna Fuji's address.

Pure Normal End: 導きの光
Nazuna goes to Fuji's hometown and spots him. He's trying to commit suicide... (drama!) and tells Nazuna not to stop him cos he deserves it. But Nazuna says it breaks her heart to see the person she loves doing this. He jumps anyway, and Nazuna quickly calls the ambulance.

Fuji is saved, but in a coma. The doctor advises for Fuji to be placed somewhere familiar to rest. They end up back in school. She talks to him everyday and stuff.

And he finally wakes up! (I was kinda afraid he wouldn't.. Cos this game well...) He tells Nazuna that opposite the cliff that he was about to commit suicide at was where his mother was buried. Shamed by her actions, his father's family did not want her buried with the rest, wanted her to be buried alone as punishment. But in the end, before his father died, he requested to be buried beside his mother. Though she did so much wrong, he still forgave her. Maybe that is love.

So ya they lived happily ever after :x

Pure Hard End: もう一度
Nazuna doesn't go find Fuji, but she believes he'll come back eventually.

On her graduation day, Nazuna is happy but at the same time upset cos leaving this school means she wouldn't be able to wait for Fuji sensei anymore.

Renge comes inform her that she has a visitor, but she thinks it's her brother. But of course, we know it's Fuji!!!

When they see each other, they hug. Fuji tells her he went back to his hometown, and wrote a novel about his life. It was a kind of release for him. He wrote about Nazuna as well, thinking that he could forget her, but the more he wrote, the more he missed her. They say they love each other and yay! This part was kinda short, but I guess he let go of his past so it's great!

Thoughts: Not bad. I kinda liked Fuji sensei. He was generally nice, but quite teasing when he asked Nazuna to leave him alone... But hmm, all those yummy scenes :9 Hehe. His story is pretty screwed up and the yandere!Wabisuke is scary man. Preferred the pure endings xD but the prohibition part when they woke up from after their confession was cute.

And there! I'm done with Atsumori's and just started Aoi's. I think I would just be writing really short thoughts, since like, I am lazy + there're many nice otome game blogs writing the full ones anyway ((:

Gekka Ryouran Romance: Saionji Seri

summer88 — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 14:27:09 GMT

Getting the hang of how to write the review/game play for Gekka Ryouran.

西園寺芹
..... cv 岸尾だいすけ

Shall touch briefly on the dates, since I already wrote them out.

Date #1:
Pure, innocent date where you two take a stroll in the gardens. Seri asks a few questions, which turns out to be psychology tests, haha. He says logic can be used to get what he wants, lol.

Date #2:
More psychological stuff again. This time Seri makes Nazuna repeat 「私は芹くんが好きです。」 many times and she admits that she is beginning to feel conscious of Seri. But she says that this is not love, and Seri is disappointed that logic has failed him.

Date #3:
Seri and Nazuna go to the rose garden to look at new breed of roses. Being too excited, Nazuna causes Seri to trip. And he says to make his injury better, she must lick his wound for him. Nazuna is like ... And Seri just says oh well. He bullies Nazuna, like saying how she is stupid, giving suggestions that would hurt him even more like going all the way to the infirmary.

Nazuna helps him to the benches, and helps him with his injuries.

Date #4:
Seri brings Nazuna to the scary underground prison cell place. He says with the book he is reading, this place's atmosphere is ideal. Nazuna is scared, and Seri says let's talk then, or else it won't be like a date. Nazuna is happy till Seri starts to tell her scary stuff related to this place, and about how someone would say 'kiss me please...'. And if they were to hear anything, they need to kiss to prevent from being cursed. Seri then plays a trick on her, imitating the voice. He asks her where she is going to kiss him? The 2 options are hand (pure) and cheeks (prohibition). Seri is satisfied. But Nazuna realised what he did because his eyes were smiling.

Date #5:
Sooo, the last date, Seri asks Nazuna to decide where to go cos it's always him deciding. They go the museum and Seri keeps commenting on her lousy choices xD But in the end, he gives in to her and says he will accompany her for a bit more xD

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I think every boy has a secret that is revealed near the end of the game. For Seri, it's this Junya guy. Nazuna and Seri's school are having an exchange program with another school, and Junya is in that school. Seri wasn't expecting him so he was surprised. Junya keeps taunting Seri by asking Nazuna to dance with him instead, and also makes bad comments about Seri. Nazuna slaps him and grabs Seri to leave the place. Seri thanks her, but she says she's not doing it for him, and that anyone would be angry in this situation.

Anyway, Junya comes to harass Nazuna again, and succeeds this time. One corner, he talks about how he is enjoying seeing Seri's unhappy face. He reveals that Seri is living with his family as a freeloader. Seri's parent were both from well known families, and had their own arranged fiancé, but they fell in love with each other and caused the Saionji family to be destroyed. No one was happy that Seri was born, and his parents passed away after his birth. So Seri hates his parents.

But Nazuna still says she will accept him, stuff that that. They have a near kiss!

Prohibition: あなたの為なら
Nazuna is buying Seri's Christmas present, and gets kidnapped by Junya D: Seri is informed of this, and rushes to where she is.

Turns out they're at Junya's attic. Junya starts raging about how he always tried to get close to Seri and be nice bla bla. But Seri just closes himself off to his studies.

Seri tells Junya he can do anything to him, but please let Nazuna off and she has nothing to do with this. (He used a very loud, and un-Seri like voice.)

Junya is like you like her that much? Usually you're so cold and distant. Junya threatens Seri, saying he wants to see more of that frantic face. He takes a knife out and lines in around Nazuna's face, then her neck. And then rips her clothes. Seri goes NOOOOO. Seri leaps up grabs the knife from Junya.

Junya just laughs and says, what will Seri do? Seri usually doesn't do anything (apparently he was bullied, but never ever fought back). Junya taunts Seri saying he can't do anything cos he doesn't want to lose his place in his family, bla bla. Taunt taunt taunt.

Seri is like.. You think so?
...and he stabs Junya.

Prohibition Hard End: 永久に
Seri doesn't want to implicate Nazuna, so he asks her to run away, but of course Nazuna refuses. In the end Seri grabs some clothes and money (well, this *is* his house too) and they run away together.

So we see the pair some time later, and Nazuna's stomach is growling. Seri says for fun, let's just go in and take the bread. But Nazuna says they shouldn't, and they should buy it like always. Seri goes quiet, and Nazuna says, "why don't you use the money to buy it?" Seri remains quiet. He then tells her this will be the last time they'll see each other cos he has told Wabisuke to come pick her up. Nazuna refuses, and convinces Seri that she'll stay by his side.

They sit down in a corner, and rest in the snow... (I think it's implied that they're gonna die..)

Prohibition Normal End: その温もりが全て
Seri asks Nazuna to leave so as to not implicate her.. But she refuses. And then, Yukiyanagi appears out of nowhere. (OMG, I swear he's freaking me out..) He asks Seri what he is gonna do, and Seri says he would turn himself in. Yukiyanagi tells both of them to run away, and leave it to him. Seri retorts, but Yukiyanagi just comments that they can still make things interesting in the school, kinda like more fun can be derived from them, so they can't be caught.

Seri and Nazuna leave and return to Seri's room. The news reports that a well known family's heir (Junya) has committed suicide. Nazuna doesn't know what is happening, and what is gonna happen from here on, but as long as she can hug Seri like that it's ok...

Pure: 繋がる想い
Nazuna realises her feelings for Seri and wants to asks him out for Christmas. She meets him at the rooftop and is really shy about it. Seri says to spill out what she wants, and she is really not good at lying. He also says he'll tell her everything, for instance, he's wondering about the softness of her lips...

Nazuna finally asks him if he's free to spend time with her during Christmas. And he gets all shy and flustered this time xD Saying stuff like this is my first time spending Christmas with someone, so you better feel honored. And you better make sure I am the only one you say Merry Christmas to.

She returns to class and meets Yukiyanagi and he asks why she is in such high spirits, and if it's because she found Seri's weak point? She says no, and it seems like she wun be able to. Yukiyanagi asks if she has fallen in love with Seri and she says yes, and apologizes for not keeping her promise (of ruining the date club by finding the boys' weakness). Yukiyanagi comments aside that well it was within calculation. (He's scary man...)

Pure Normal End: 内緒のクリスマス
On Christmas day, Nazuna is considering what to get for Seri and decides on a picture book. She goes to the meeting place when Seri sends her a text saying he'll be late, and that he seems to be having a flu. Nazuna rushes to the boys' dorm. She is caught by Fuji sensei but he says he'll let her off as her Christmas present.

Seri is sick but insists still on going on, but Nazuna stops him. They say Merry Christmas to each other. Mb>Seri says this is his first, and it's kinda nice, so he says it again.</b> (He was adorable.) Nazuna puts him to bed and makes him porridge. He comments that it's delicious. He has another request, bring your ears close to me... Nazuna is doubtful, but obeys anyway.

Seri pulls her to bed, saying he's cold and to stay like that for a while. Nazuna says she'll stay like that till Seri falls asleep, and Seri says he won't fall asleep then.

After that, Seri quits the date club, but girls are still looking for him. Seri is slightly frustrated, cos apparently Nazuna and him were waiting for the girls to be gone before they appeared. Nazuna asks about their relationship. And Seri kisses her. He apologies for not making it clear, 大好き。好き。好き。誰よりも。

Pure Hard End: 芽生える、感情
Seri is already waiting for Nazuna and they wish each other Merry Christmas and they exchange gifts. Seri says it's his first time celebrating Christmas. They chat and suddenly the Christmas tree burns. Nazuna apologizes, and Seri says what for? Nazuna says since it's Christmas, she thought they could go see the tree together. But Seri says the tree burning may be a good thing. Nazuna asks why, and Seri answers, "Cos everyone else is looking at the tree."

Meanwhile in the school building, Yukiyanagi and Renjou are onlooking, and Yukiyanagi exclaims that the two are kissing~~ Then he goes all evil and like "Good for you, Nazuna, your parents are gonna be fired~ Cos I am the chairman of the company they're working at~" Renjou comments that Yukiyanagi has such a lousy personality. Anyway, in Nazuna's monologue, she mentions that the two of them are tied/bound together now :x You know what that means. Though I really can't imagine! Seri is like... 15? Or am I mistaken?

Fast forward, Seri quits the club, but they still hang around in the clubroom. The two are arguing.. About who likes who more. (ガキかよ！) And Seri says if Nazuna doesn't stop, he'll push her down right there and there. lols. Atsumori goes, decide if you wanna fight or be lovely dovey! Aoi is super shocked by Seri's character, but Daria says she feels that this behavior is more Seri-like. And Wabisuke is all "I'm not gonna hand over my sister!" lol. Too late, Wabisuke :x

So, they go see Sakura trees, and Seri says after they started going out, everything just seems so nice and refreshing. And in memory of the pretty Sakura they're seeing, let's kiss.

Thoughts: I actually think Seri is pretty cute after the gameplay xD I don't usually like 年下 characters. I think it helps that unlike most 年下 characters with their whiny voices and innocent, Seri has quite a low voice, and quite tsun x3

The Prohibition end was really OMG. This game is dark.. But it's different, so I like this game (: And I really wonder what's with the teachers.. Maybe I will learn more in the Kano brothers' routes? Yukiyanagi is creeping me out. Though it's good that whatever Yukiyanagi said didn't affect Seri and Nazuna's ending, I kinda hoped it had... Just to see what really happens.

I liked the Pure endings more, they were sweet and funny xD

Blackout
The most notable one for me must be the baking one, where Seri goes "Look, it's already getting this big...", "I'm not gonna let you have any..."

Haha.

3 more routes~~ Fuji sensei! But I am back to playing UtaPri now. 2 more routes in UtaPri!

Hanayaka: Susumu

summer88 — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 16:36:14 GMT

Fourth brother of the Miyanomori family.
Serious young man, one of the peace loving ones who always stops arguments between the brothers. Nice to everyone, so we can’t really see his true feelings. Thinks dearly of his mother, Ariyoshi Fumiko. Police officer, 22.

First impression: Nice guy. But I already read somewhere that he's not as goody two shoes as we think, and I wasn't disappointed. I relatively enjoyed his route (: Though his slightly whiny/sloppy ways made me a bit arggggh.

Gameplay writing start.

So first CG.
Haru spots Susumu in the gardens in the middle of the night. She is not supposed to. Susumu tells her not to worry, and lends her his jacket, saying that his mother taught him to treat ladies with care.

Told you he's nice.

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But we start to see a bit of his 'dark' side.
During the dance party by the Sumida, all the brothers are being introduced to a potential partner. Susumu's partner is not very pleased about having him because though he is a Miyanomori, his mother is an ordinary woman with no status.

Susumu senses her displeasure, but still treats her gentlemanly, and also waits for her to ask to leave, though he himself wanted to end the dance, but it would have been rude to the lady,

He leaves, standing at a corner, comtemplating about his humble birth.

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Ya anyway things happened :x
The problem with Susumu, as what Sanji, his good friend/colleague, says, is that Susumu is nice. But he is not nice because he is nice, but because he was taught to. So like, he's not being honest and true to himself. The actual fact is that he doesn't actually care. And because of his attitude, he often misleads or hurt people.

Anyway, he opens up to Haru about this.

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Some notable scenes.

During summer break, Haru goes back to her hometown for an arranged marriage meeting, but she wants to continue working at the Miyanomori's. Susumu goes to speak to her parents. He is successful, and the family invites him for dinner. He busies himself by cutting wood for Haru's weak sickly (kinda) dad. He's topless saying that it's too hot, and Haru is like Thank you for such a pleasant sight. Something along those lines :x

Haru talks about how close Susumu and Sanji are, and Sanji tells Haru both of them are bonded by the red string of fate. Susumu says he doesn't want to have this sort of bond with Sanji xDD Anyway, Haru is real blur, and actually tries to find that red string xD

As you can see. During the dance party, Susumu invites Haru to dance much to her surprise.

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Okay, now the exciting part.
Turns out Sanji is a spy. So yup, he's a bad guy!
During the Prime Minister's party, Sanji aims for Susumu...

進　「どうやら俺が甘かったようだ。　貴様を友と思っていた、俺の落ち度だ。」
三治　「らしーな。　んで、どーすんだ？　撃つのか？　お前に撃つてるのか？　友だと思っていた俺をお前は撃てるのか．．．．．．？　ククク．．．．．．撃てるワケねーよな？」
進　「．．．．．．何を言っている？」

AND BANG. He shoots him.

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Sanji doesn't die anyways.

The mastermind behind this wants to torture Susumu somemore, and now makes plans for Sanji to have an arranaged marriage meeting with Haru

And obviously Susumu is not happy because he already knows about Sanji.
Susumu asks her to reject the meeting, but Haru can't do anything about it.

Haru asks if he dislikes it? Susumu answers, He actually doesn't care, but it's just irritates him that she is getting married.

Strange.

And up till the date of the meeting, Susumu thinks... And talks to his mother.
He doesn't know his feelings, but the only thing he can be sure is he doesn't want to let go of Haru.

He goes stop Haru from attending.

~

The arranged marriage fails, and one day Susumu brings Haru out for shopping, and she falls asleep on the train.

He talks to himself, saying that he's glad that the arranged marriage failed, and he is just happy to be able to see her again. He didn't know why he disliked it so much... but now he is clear of his feelings and wonders to himself when he started to fall for her.

~

So I think in Susumu's route, the main thing is not about Susumu wanting to be the next head.. but more of him overcoming his nice, not really nice character.

Anyway, the assasin comes to kill Genichirou, but Susumu kinda saves him? After that he goes to Haru's room and they admit their feelings for each other.

~

So the Epilogue.
They lived happily ever after, woohoo. I can't remember what's going on, but they're just shopping? I guess?

Haru says Susumu is too close, and Tae and Sanji are around.
Susumu just replies with a 'So?'.
NICE :D

Btw, Sanji and Tae probably got together or smth xD

~

After

Haru continues working as a maid. One morning Haru comes to his room, and he asks if she likes him, and Haru answers yes, very much.

Then show me with your actions.

「ほら早く。　俺は待っているんだけど。」

Susumu is so cheeky :x And daring.
Anyways I think he proposes (:

OMG. I really have forgotten so much. I need to write these things faster. For now I am like typing Gekka Ryouran stuff in my IPhone so I won't forget.

「アルカナ・ファミリア─La storia della Arcana Famiglia─」

summer88 — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 17:03:49 GMT

I wonder how this game will be like. From the official site, I can tell that.
1) It's based on mafia.
2) There's arcana stuff, aka The Hermit, The Fool, etc. (And I like it, and to me, it's like associated with Persona, and True Fortune, haha)
3) SUGITA IS IN IT.

Ok, that's it. I am gonna play this next.
Hope I can find a guide..

[EDIT] FOUND
http://otome.girly.jp/arcana/menu.html

[EDIT] x2
Official site: http://www.comfort-soft.jp/products/arcana/top.html
7 attainable characters.. 1 old man ._.

[EDIT] x3
YOCCHIN IS IN THIS TOO.
Yoshino Hiroyuki ♥

Gekka Ryouran Romance: Kaneda Wabisuke

summer88 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:40:02 GMT

SOOOO. I finally finished ~~(sorta)~~ Daria's route and went ahead to Wabisuke's xDD So here are some thoughts, specifically, related to the ending. Well, it's also kinda a summary.

Spoilers and some CGs included, so be warned!

八重原ダリア - わけわからなかった。
I kinda read the front parts (aka the parts which were same for all routes) and totally skipped the last few branching chapters. Through the front parts, I knew Daria was a girl, so it got kinda strange? And cos she's a girl, so it got kinda boring too.

Some CGs still though xD

I thought she looked kinda hot there :x

Don't know what happened :x But it looks kinda cool?

兼田侘助 - Liked the character. Liked the feeling of incest. But turns out they're not real siblings.. I was slightly disappointed I guess :x I also liked how they talked about him liking her since middle school.

One of my favourite scenes was when Wabisuke went on a date with some random girl and she made him pretend-marry her. Nazuna (heroine's name) tells him it's no big deal, so not to be too concerned with it. Wabisuke asks her to pretend-marry him as well, so he will really see that it is no big deal. It was cuteeeee. And well, at the end of the chapter, there would be a short monologue by the guy, and Wabisuke was like saying he was so happy and shiwase that he got to pretend-marry his beloved sister, and he thought of it for so long, been thinking about it, etc etc etc.

Ok, back to the endings.
At the last chapter (before the endings), Wabisuke confesses to Nazuna and also tells her that they aren't real siblings.

Based on your options so far, the route then splits to Prohibition and Pure.

Prohibition first.
Both of them take some time to think about it. Nazuna approaches Daria for advice, and she asks her to talk it over with Wabisuke and that Wabisuke has also asked her about their relationship. Nazuna is touched about how much Wabisuke thinks of her. Daria says that she will let Wabisuke know that Nazuna wants to see him too.

So she texts him, and they meet at the chapel one night.

Prohibition Hard End : たとえ神に背いても

The two meet at the chapel and saying that it's cold, Wabisuke tells Nazuna to go into the chapel. Immediately he hugs her and they confess to each other bla bla.

And they did it!!!
Wahaha. だって！！　They woke up in underwear!!! And Nazuna mentioned something about picking up Wabisuke's pants.
Here's proof xD

Anyways they were awoken by noises outside the chapel. An angry horde is here lol, the soccer team ppl, which includes this girl who thinks Wabisuke and her are dating. They throw them in the prison cell place, wth, this is crazy. But Fuji sensei comes save them and tells them to run away. They don't go to school, thinking that everything is fine but the students spread nasty rumors about the two of them on the school gossip site and they get strange looks from the ppl in their neighborhood. The ending is, they elope? Leaving their parents with a note, and hoping to find a place where no one will recognize them. Like what??!?!! What kinda ending is this?? So are they happy??? Oh well. Kinda a... not so satisfying ending.

Prohibition Normal End : 恋は盲目

They go into the church and confess to each other bla bla. Rumors spread about them, and Nazuna decides that they should not be afraid because they aren't really siblings and they didn't do anything wrong.

But they also decided that they need to leave the dating club cos they didn't want to cause any trouble. My thoughts? But they were the ones who got you into this in the first place... But anyway, Aoi tells them not to be silly, and no one can cause him trouble. Haha. And it's something along the lines of the dating club supports your r/s :D :D. Strange :x

Now, Pure.
So in the pure route, after some thinking, Nazuna decides to remain as brother and sister despite knowing they aren't really related by blood cos she is already too used to their siblings relationship. (Then hey! What's with all those jealously and doki doki moments!?)

Obviously upset by being rejected, Wabisuke starts avoiding her and Daria sees it and advises Nazuna to try to talk to her brother. Nazuna texts Wabisuke to meet her in front of the chapel during Christmas, saying she wants to make up with him.

Pure Normal End : 最後の思い出

Wabisuke turns up 5 or 15 min late, and they talk about presents exchange; both of them bought something for each other despite not saying anything. Then they go see Christmas illumination and reminisce about the good old days with their parents. Wabisuke talks about how perhaps he may have confused brotherly love and love, but still insists that he does love Nazuna and noticed it especially after Nazuna started going out with Aoi.

So they are happy, and Wabisuke says they've already made up and let's be happy family :D :D

Pure Hard End : 愛に囚われて

This is the ultimate!! Nazuna waits for Wabisuke but he doesn't appear. She enters the chapel to wait for him and falls asleep. Then someone wakes her up and it's Wabisuke! She asks what time is it and he says it's 11.50pm and Christmas is going to be over soon. Nazuna asks why so late? Then he says he wants to see if Nazuna really waited for him. Then he starts getting all yandere, saying stuff like the longer she waits, the happier he would be when he realises she is still here. He also asks how she plans on making up with him. Nazuna says present exchange and he continues being yandere, and if she wants to make up, then she has to accept his feelings but it's impossible for Nazuna..

Sooooo. In the end, he chains her up, and brings food and stuff to her everyday.

I mean, look at ripped leggingssss!

Nazuna wants to be freed but Wabisuke won't allow it. He tells her she better not anger him cos her life depends on him, and that this way, she will not come to love anyone, and she will never by touched by anyone else but him. I am thinking to myself, wow, how'd such a gentle person become like this!? And like, Hino Satoshi whoa. And これのどこがピュアなんの！？ Like, he purely loves her so much that he needs to chain her and keep her to himself. Something like that? O_O

Anyway it was an interesting gameplay!! Very different! I like :D

OH! Wabisuke also had a great Blackout scene (#03). Loved it!! It was him moaning, and going 'Atsui!', 'Mou ganman dekanai!' >////////////< It was awesome lols. But anyway it was a scene where he was holding his breath (probably) in hot water, and breaking his personal record.

I am probably doing Seiri, then Fuji sensei, then Atsumori, then Aoi. Aoi seems to be the funnest :D

this month's purchases

summer88 — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 13:01:13 GMT

- Last volume of Kimi ga Koi ni Oboreru : Didn't know there was still a continuation so yay! :D
- Junjou Mistake and Junjou Minimum : To complete the set! Both come with drama cds!
- Gintama Character Fanbook Vol 3 : Takasugi and Katsura~ Also to complete the set!
- Sekaiichi Hatsukoi ~Yoshino Chiaki no Baai~ vol 1-4 : Yay! Finally got the novel! Now I can read outside! But gotta get some kinda book cover to hide the actual cover I guess?