UPDATE: ENGLISH PATCH IS AVAILABLE!
I love this game. I love it so much it hurts for me to know that I finished playing the game. Everything is so perfect. It has the mystery, horror, humour, romance, brain killing plot, gray area, gORGEOUS TRIPPY ART AND HELLA SOUNDTRACK ARGHHHHHH
Warning: HELLA MANY PICTURES AND SPOILERS. Like, there're almost 90 pictures in this walkthrough alone. Most of the walkthrough in this blog only have 50 and below worth of pictures but this one, I can't choose...... I love it too much.....
And I don't spare any single secrets. I will lay down everything in here. Be warned if you haven't play this game and you're planning to play it later. Proceed if you're willing to be spoiled.
Table of Content
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE, WHEN AND AFTER PLAYING THE GAME
-STORYLINE-
Taisho era year 11 in the season of spring rain of June. Follow the story of a roninsei, Tamamori to understand which one is real and which one is an illusion in amidst of bizarre incidents that happen in between his best friends.
-BEFORE-
You are playing as Tamamori (voiced by Sakamaki Ryousuke), an aspiring writer who lives and works at an old book store in Umebachidou. Real name is Mizumori Tama. You will be playing five endings; no good endings or bad endings. It's all depends on your perspectives.
Also worth noting that the game automatically determines the routes you play. The orders are Minakami--> Kawase--> Hanazawa--> Hakase-->Kaoru.
Another note; there first time you play in Minakami route you won't be presented with any choices. His route is technically a kinetic novel. But when you finish playing Minakami and start from the beginning to go to Kawase, you'll get a choice. That's where the walkthrough starts.
-WHEN-
You don't need those save slots at all. Technically you need only 5 of them. Or is it?
-AFTER-
You can review still images and extras from the main menu. You can read profiles of the characters, key items in the game, and opening and endings of the characters.
Did you notice that there's no menu for reviewing scenes? Stop searching because there's no such menu in the first place. If you want to watch back certain scenes you have to get access through the main playthrough. Bookmark those places wink wonk :^)
Taisho era year 11 in the season of spring rain of June. Follow the story of a roninsei, Tamamori to understand which one is real and which one is an illusion in amidst of bizarre incidents that happen in between his best friends.
-BEFORE-
You are playing as Tamamori (voiced by Sakamaki Ryousuke), an aspiring writer who lives and works at an old book store in Umebachidou. Real name is Mizumori Tama. You will be playing five endings; no good endings or bad endings. It's all depends on your perspectives.
Also worth noting that the game automatically determines the routes you play. The orders are Minakami--> Kawase--> Hanazawa--> Hakase-->Kaoru.
Another note; there first time you play in Minakami route you won't be presented with any choices. His route is technically a kinetic novel. But when you finish playing Minakami and start from the beginning to go to Kawase, you'll get a choice. That's where the walkthrough starts.
-WHEN-
You don't need those save slots at all. Technically you need only 5 of them. Or is it?
-AFTER-
You can review still images and extras from the main menu. You can read profiles of the characters, key items in the game, and opening and endings of the characters.
Did you notice that there's no menu for reviewing scenes? Stop searching because there's no such menu in the first place. If you want to watch back certain scenes you have to get access through the main playthrough. Bookmark those places wink wonk :^)
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Minakami (voiced by Kanzaki Tomoya)
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| "Please give up on me." |
Don't be surprised that the plot begins with his death. Yes, that is the fact. He died. Mysterious death.
Minakami end: tamamori accepts who he is, successfully save minakami from suicide, then hashihime transferred to minakami
[Chapter 1: Juurokubashi no Hashihime/Hashihime of 16th Bridge]
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Kawase (voiced by a seiyuu under pseudonym of マルクス Marx)
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Best friend of Tamamori. A clean freak who loves to bully Tamamori. Have a lot of secrets too. Real name is Segawa Eiichi.
Second playthrough and you'll be presented with this choice. Do you take Naoshi's offer or you decline it?
right (take his hand)
Kawase end: in a way kawase comes to term about what he have done, exchange hashihime to kawase
[Chapter 2: Hikigeki no Hashihime/Hashihime of Tragicomedy]
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| "... Until the final moment, I just want your feelings." |
Second playthrough and you'll be presented with this choice. Do you take Naoshi's offer or you decline it?
right (take his hand)
Kawase end: in a way kawase comes to term about what he have done, exchange hashihime to kawase
[Chapter 2: Hikigeki no Hashihime/Hashihime of Tragicomedy]
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Hanazawa (voiced by Ouka Tayu)Back to top ↑
Best friend of Tamamori. Went to an army academy. Serious and stiff but still cares for his friends. Or is it? Real name is Umezawa Hachiro.
You're about to jump into the puddle but Hanazawa stops you. Will you take his hand or you decline him?
left (not take his hand), right (take his hand)
Hanazawa end: disregard his will to obtain hashihime, tamamori and hanazawa were casted off to an island?????????
[Chapter 3: Kigenzen no Hashihime/ Hashihime of B.C.]
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| "I have to save the country. By fulfilling this obligation I will be free." |
left (not take his hand), right (take his hand)
Hanazawa end: disregard his will to obtain hashihime, tamamori and hanazawa were casted off to an island?????????
[Chapter 3: Kigenzen no Hashihime/ Hashihime of B.C.]
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Hakase (voiced by Konno Seiichirou) |
| "Those people who can't be honest.... are all of them are evil?" |
A scientist who is also a customer of Umebachidou book store. Clumsy, easily flustered, awkward around Tamamori but bears a secret. Real name is Hikawa Kijuurou.
If you can't tell he's my favourite character. I love him with all of my bones my blood my whole heart my soul aaaaaaaaaaa I just want him to be happy with his dear ones T___T
Left (not take his hand), left (not take his hand), right (take his arm)
Hakase end: learn hakase’s sad past, prevent young hakase from meeting future tamamori, together with hakase
[Chapter 4: Buriki-zaiku no Hashihime/Hashihime of Tinplate Worker]
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Kaoru (voiced by Bitou Hideyoshi)Back to top ↑
You saw a praying bead laying on the ground. Will you pick it up or you leave it be?
Left (not take his hand), left (not take his hand), left (don’t take his arm), right (take the beads)
Kaoru end: umm uh huh, well, everyone is dead like years ago, story taken after the great earthquake
[Chapter 5: Koshotengai no Hashihime/ Hashihime of Old Book Town]
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| "Don't talk too much.... with unknown people." |
The mysterious man in a Noh mask. The man who lives under the basement. The big man who disappears when you look at him. No one knows who is he or where he came from. Real name is Mizumori Kaoru.
Left (not take his hand), left (not take his hand), left (don’t take his arm), right (take the beads)
Kaoru end: umm uh huh, well, everyone is dead like years ago, story taken after the great earthquake
[Chapter 5: Koshotengai no Hashihime/ Hashihime of Old Book Town]
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I'm sorry but I can't choose which screenshots to put into this walkthrough... Back to top ↑
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| My first manuscript was been crumpled away, and my second manuscript was been dumped into the river-- |
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| A--And the third one was been folded into paper planes and melted into the sky. |
Tamamori's manuscripts have been treated in various ways.
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| "..Ah! I'm sorry, you must be disgusted with me right now. To do these things so suddenly..... I'm sorry." |
This is the moment when I know that he's the one for me to love and support.
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| "Ah sorry. Today the manuscript is light as feathers." |
He basically just toss it into the air after reading few lines lmao so savage.
Also if some people want me to explain the game in a few words it'll be like this:
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| "You've mixed up between reality and imagination." |
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| "Aren't we.....just a... normal friends?" |
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| "Can the four of us ever go back to the previous us?" |
IT PERFECTLY SUMMARIZE THE WHOLE GAME I'M ACTUALLY CRYING
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| "You too be missing it. Did you get a cold that was transferred from stupid Tamamori-kun?" |
Kawase is so savage and no one can prevent him from saying these things.
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| "Be quiet for a moment. I'm looking for it with all seriousness. Hmmm Tamamori-kun's merits..." |
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| "Because it was written so prominently on the manuscript. To be able to say your name with this mouth... I feel glad..." |
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| "Won't you come to my house after the store closes?" |
SLAM THE BLUE YES BUTTON SON
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| "If I died, will you be as sympathize with me like this?" |
Dude that's not a laughing matter.......
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| "Just like the old days, you will want whatever other people have." |
Always the receiving, aye? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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| "It's nothing! To be able to sit here where you sit, my heart throbs...." |
HAKASE JUST BEING TOO HONEST HERE I SDASKDFADASDSLD TO GOD
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| "You have a poor fantasy." |
I don't think his fantasies are all bad. It's just..... weird?
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| Behind the opened door unveils a white Noh mask. |
Condolence to my heart who was playing this part in the middle of the night.
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| "Can you even write smut even though you don't have any experience?" |
OUCH TAMAMORI THAT IS CRITICAL HIT
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| "Your previous self is far more intelligent." |
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| "I don't even want to see your poor thing! But to not be able to see what you're doing, you might do something weird and that is absolutely no way!" |
So Kawase stays in the bathroom until Tamamori done taking a bath. He's worried that Tamamori will pee inside the bathtub LMAO I CAN'T THIS DUDE
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| "You just take all and not giving back? What unresourceful trash." |
I told you he's just all receiving ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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| "I thought so! You're not a killer! Because you hate touching other people so there's no way you'll be able to kill someone." |
Yeah, the kids don't even know about his clean freak attitude.
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| "Haruhiko-san, frogman, please disappear from me..." |
When you hear Tamamori's voice he's all.... giving up. And that's sad.
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| "Ah is it.... is this an evidence... of being intimate....?" |
YES MY LOVE YESS IT ISSSSS
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| "Kawase...... how dare you to do such things to a person's belonging...." |
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| "Sorry Minakami, but could you get here and tie yourself in this rope?" |
10/10 effective would do it again.
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| "Relax. I don't have the intention to take your Hanazawa." |
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| "I give this goldfish to those who I want to be close with. So please, accept my feelings...." |
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| "I was waiting, for someone to notice me here." |
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| "...I really like your pupils." |
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| "Then how about you confine me?" |
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| "That's impossible. I hate other people's temperature." |
Then how you guys gonna do the do? Hint: he admits that he can only touch Tamamori so ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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| "I like women in their forties and have big hips and chests." |
That's unexpected. HE LIKE THEM THICC
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| "Just think about it. I'm a boy. Then isn't it weird for me liking another man?!" |
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| "I just want Mina-san to realize his feelings towards you, Tama-san. That's why I lend him the book. Maybe..... the reason why he committed suicide... is probably me...." |
No tears were shed during this scene. Not at all..... *sniff*
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| "Ohhh good thinking, to dump him in the mud!" |
Dump Kawase in the mud. He's going to take a million times bath lmao
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| I'm the guy who wants to replace dead Minakami by clinging to Kawase. |
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| Is there a woman who's willing to read smut to a man? |
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| "D-don't worry about me. Tamamori-kun, thank you for stopping it. If it continues... I might be heading to a dangerous zone." |
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| "You don't have pride! How can you write such things even though you're a virgin?!" |
Is this a callout for most of the fanfic writers??
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| If I was a flower shop, I'll breed a rare kind of flower and then give it to Kawase. |
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| "Anyway, if it's going to be a waste of my time, will you listen to whatever I say as your punishments?" |
I've played enough visual novels to know the possibilities of where this heads to.
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| "It's nothing! The rain will surely fall!" |
Yeah he technically controls the weather so it's easy for him to make it rain SO HE CAN MEET tAMAMORI ohmygod thatsweet help
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| "It's impossible for me to hate Hakase." |
Me too frogman, me too...
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| "Ah, that's not love at all. An unrequited love can't be counted as love." |
MINAKAMI LOVES YOU YOU FUCK. Also I understand how he feels. Poor guy.
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| "Hahaha, you're too big. When we're kids your head will surely bump into something." |
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| "Being together with you is far more comfortable." |
*screams in high pitch* he seems vulnerable I love him too.
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| "Will you have a bath first or dinner first? Or maybe..." |
To do you first???? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
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| "I told him that the person that I like is here...!!!" |
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH
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| "All of these books are Ikeda-san's records. He records every moment of him touching every children. Is he thought himself as a pediatric?" |
No but Ikeda-san is freaky as hell I'm glad that he died.
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| "Since when did you develop eyestrain?" |
It's fake. His glasses are fake. His eyesight is fine. He just wants to impress you.
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| Although I do wish to explore every corner of this place... |
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| "You've been mentioned the previous example. Who is this person?!" |
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| "Don't just give me items of the dead! It's dirty!!!" |
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| "Why are you spacing out, Tamamori-kun. Don't tell me that you like that grandma?" |
He's been surrounded by women of his type of course he likes it.
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| "This is my lie." |
Did he have the hashihime curse since he was young?
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| "Don't you realize it? Celestial eye goldfishes are my favourite goldfish." |
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA MY HEAAAARTTTTT
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| "After Young Master met with Kurisawa-sama he became cheerful. But he became more cheerful after a month ago.... He said that he met with his dear person, gladly telling me all this." |
I AM NOT CRYING I LOVE HAKASE TOO MUCH I WANT HIM TO BE HAPPY PLEASE BE HAPPY MY LOVE
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| If I tell the maids that I thought of him as my slave, will they be furious about it? |
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| "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry at such time... I'm really not good with sports." |
Hakase is too relatable.
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| Even the sun cannot make the rainy clouds dry, will I be able to become Hakase's light? |
HAKASE LOVES YOU TOO MUCH PLEASE MAKE HIM HAPPY I BEG OF YOU TAMAMORI T_______T
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| It sounds sudden for me, but the truth is, I liked Sazan-san. |
Hakase will surely cry if he hears that.
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| "It's about a hanging corpse at Suidobashi, a story of detective." |
Now the whole game plot is a play????? And it's been acted by all of the characters??? Lmao?
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| "Then let me take the female role." |
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| "Did you already passed me the leading role?" |
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| "Then, should I take the female role...." |
Hakase offers to be the female role if Tamamori is the lead role lmao you really can't help yourself.
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| There it stands in the middle of the room, the man in white Noh mask. |
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| He has considerably a cute face. |
THE MAN BEHIND THE NOH MASK IS A CUTIE PASSED IT ON
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| Reasons why I love fantasy. Reasons why I like to write. And finally, the reasons for me to dream. |
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| "Could you pass my message to the storekeeper that there's someone who wants to talk to him?" |
Dude you literally talks to him rIGHT NOW
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| "....I'm Yumeno Kyuusaku." |
YO YOU'RE THE REASON WHY EVERYTHING FALLS APART AAAARKSKDSDKFHAKH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Other seiyuus (they are SUPER HARD TO FIND I SHALL NOT GIVING UP UNTIL I KNOW WHO VOICED HAKASE )
Storekeeper/Future Tamamori & Haruhiko: 佐山裕亮
Frog man: おみくじ
Auntie: 曹孫翔
Oizumi Naoshi: 君野りるる
Yumeno Kyuusaku a.k.a Kaijaku Ranpei:上條恵
Katou: 武田恵瑠々
Sanjou: 宮坂雪
Kudou: 凍由
Toba: 佐月ユーリ
Hitoturugi & Sazan: 彩瀬ゆり
AAAAAAAH IT'S THE BEST GAME I EVER PLAY I LOVE EVERY DETAILS AND QUIRKS AND STUFF AAAAAA ALSO
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Now let's go to a discussion part:
1. the whole Minakami suicide thing. I thought that he commit suicide because of Yumeno Kyuusaku's story? Or is it because of how he feels towards Tamamori?
2. Hashihime curse. So Hashihime chooses the suitor based on what attribute? We all know that the Hashihime is connected to the Suizenji family, Oizumi family, and Hikawa family, but why? It's also briefly explained in Hanazawa route that Hashihime curse is shown through the pupil of the bearer (it'll appear the brightest blue that ever to blue) and the bearer can time travel. But why? Also, the curse can be transferred to others if the bearer acts towards someone for the sake of them. Is this the reason why Hanazawa won't be able to get it because he wants to power to save the country a.k.a for himself?
3. Hakase's experiment and Hanazawa's intention. It's mentioned many times that Hakase's invention will help Japan to win the Great War if it has enough funds from the higher-ups to continue. So the reason why Hanazawa wants the power to time travel is to convince the higher-ups? That kind of makes sense.
4. Hakase. I noticed that Hakase acts a bit of possessive and downright yandere in Minakami route. And then he can snap back to his clumsy self. So.... imagine... if there's a chance for a fandisk..... I want to see Yandere Hakase. That'll be awesome. IMAGINE. He confining Tamamori in his lab because maybe Tamamori doesn't want to cooperate or something and then he just snaps and resorts to torture and violence and stuff.
5. Storekeeper a.k.a future Tamamori. What is wrong with him? Did he travel back to time just to let Tamamori suffers? To rearrange his destiny? Did he think that by killing his old friends will help him to kick some sense into Tamamori? What the hell Storekeeper.
6. Use of nicknames. Ok this one is interesting. Tamamori comes from Tama and Mori from his family name. Minakami comes from Mina from Minato and Kami from maybe from the authority of the Suizenji family as the head of the priest and also a famous sake brewer. Kawase comes from Segawa but rearranged; Se ga wa = Ka wa se. Hanazawa is a pun of his name. I don't know how Hachiro becomes Hanazawa but the Zawa part comes from his family name. Hakase is a straight one since he's a scientist. Is there a nickname on Kaoru the masked guy? Future Tamamori just renamed him because he kind of forget who he was. Pity him.
7. Minakami's pocketbook. In the latter route (I think it's at Hakase or Kaoru route) there's some kind of Buddhism mantra that appears on the cover of the book. It's 南無大師遍照金剛 a.k.a Namudaishihenjoukongou. Now I know the relation between priests and Minakami but are there any signs of showing such details? I mean it even appears on the main menu image where Tamamori holds Minakami's book, clearly with the mantra. What is the mantra's meaning? If the mantra is related to Minakami's life then it'll be epic.
8. Goldfish symbolism. You know the fact that goldfishes can detect earthquakes before anything can, right? Let me tell you that the story happens before the Great Kanto Earthquake strikes Japan. Now that's a clever symbolism right there.
I think that's enough for now before I make this walkthrough as a 45-page of plot discussions. Thanks for tuning in and I'll see you in the next walkthrough!
I just know that someone made english patch! I already played this pretty long time ago and whew.... the Japenese literature theme world is another level, same almost like historical or police/detective theme. But I like it how the Vn giving you mixing feelings and the art is indeed not my often style to like but they caught my interest as well!! Also how each character brings different genre of novel.
ReplyDeleteNow that I just know about english patch, would you mind to tell where I can get them?? I would like to replay again and if done, I would love to have discussion too!!
I haven't replay the game myself but my safe bet for buying the english version is from mangagamer: https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?goods_type=0&product_code=1137
DeleteThank you for the long content! Personally I'm in love with Kawase's voice (Marx WHO ARE YOU?) and his savageness. Every time he opened his mouth to ROAST Tamamori it's hilarious 🤣
ReplyDeleteHe also has the funniest(?) ending+extra story
*spoiler*
Kawase basically became the town's hero bc he always ended up catching criminals wherever he went and had been on the newspaper several times bc of it. That evil sadistic Kawase, saving people and preserving justice?? LMAO BEST JOKE OF THE YEAR 🤣 Even when he's "doing the deed" with Tamamori, it lead up to catching a criminal 🤣🤣🤣
OMG yeshh hKawase is snarky I love his character lol their relationship is basically Roast-to-Lovers 🤣 we need more of this please!!
DeleteLOL that extra story is totally what Kawase would do 🤣🤣