Thursday, May 21, 2020

Kintouka (PC) Walkthrough

Absolutely masterpiece. I love this game. I definitely recommend this game if you want to take a dip into Shinto vs Koshinto beliefs, Japanese funeral ceremony, well-developed suspense, cliffhangers and BITTERSWEET MOMENTS DAVAI LET'S GOOOOOO

I also have a special tag while I was livetweeting and playing the game (it's #chem_kintouka at twitter). A good way to see my own theories and thoughts after completing the game. I definitely have some galaxy brain takes on some stuff but it ended up being right lol

white screen with black japanese letters

Table of Content
WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW BEFORE, WHEN AND AFTER PLAYING THE GAME

-STORYLINE-
After a decade of staying away from Nakanojima, Suzumura Souta returns back to the island to attend his grandmother's funeral and to lead the ceremony. He meets all of his childhood friends but they seem to be distant from him. 

However, something feels off. The weird death ritual he never heard of. The unusual sensation he felt after he steps onto the island. A taboo word that should not be spoken of. 

He can hear whispers of the dead. The flower of the dead, "Kintouka", seems to call for him. Should he listen to the words of the dead or ignore it?

“Kintouka, a flower which grants wishes.”

-BEFORE-
You are playing as Suzumura Souta (voiced by Furukawa Tetsuto), a former photographer from Tokyo. You will be playing a total of 18 endings; 2 common bad ends, 4 for Munesada, 4 for Shuu, 4 for Kyou, and 4 for Tsukasa. 

There are two types of endings; a bad end is where the credit rolls with a black background while the good end is where the credit rolls with a beige background.

A true end unlocks after you completed all of the other characters endings

Suggested order of completing is Munesada --> Shuu --> Kyou --> Tsukasa, but you can mix around whoever you like actually. 

-WHEN-
Right-click/press ESC to access the menu. A keyboard shortcut is there for you to use. Sometimes there'll be a popup at the top left corner stating something like "new words added to library".

Save slots are your friend. Use it to its fullest. Got a bad end? Just reload that bad boy up!

-AFTER-
Access the Extra menu at the title screen. There're CG, Scenes, OSTs, and Glossary. 

Also if you want me to condense this game plot into one sentence it's like this:

young man standing in the road
"I'm getting crazy after arriving on this island..."

Also VA for supporting characters because they are amazing at supporting!:

Watari Michio voiced by Namura Yukitarou
Asakura Hitomi voiced by 桃桃太??
Tsumori Mana voiced by Shiraishi Minoru 
Oumi Natsuko voiced by 六番街マリ???
Watari Yousuke voiced by Ishii Kazutaka

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Common bad ends 

These bad ends are accessible early in the game if you don't mind the mindf*ck of the moments lol

kyou standing near the river

Kyou drags you away from the scene. Do you follow him or you stay?

Fourth (Tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], third (we shouldn’t meet), down (let go of kyou’s hand)
Common bad end – tsumori forced to do with souta while crying calling for harusawa 

black screen with japanese letter

You heard a voice in the darkness. Whose voice is it?

Fourth (Tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option],  third (we shouldn’t meet), up (follow kyou), down (my voice)
Common bad end – souta reconnected with his other self? sunk into deep pleasure or something

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Here's the character route branch:

moon viewing at night

When you're lost in the middle of the field, whose voice did you hear?

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Watari Shuu (voiced by Sudou Shou)

shu in traditional clothes
He looks like he's closer to the dead rather than to the living things. 
A childhood friend of Souta. The current head of the Watari family whose in charge of the funeral on Nakanojima. Has 3 bad ends and 1 good end.

souta fights with shu

Start of the bad end or a good end. Souta is fighting with Shuu about not telling his past. Do you shift the blame or you apologize?

souta in mourning ritual

Souta is feeling very weird again. Do you hold Shuu's hand or you look away?

view of the beach

Tsumori demands to see Munesada. Do you take action or you let things be?

Do this and you'll get:

Second (shuu), second (you cried a lot), second (shakes my head), third (instructor?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), second (talk to shuu), second (shuu’s calling), up (when will you go out), down (you’re the same too), down (I looked away)
Shuu bad end- souta is too afraid of shuu, separated with him before anything special began

Second (shuu), second (you cried a lot), second (shakes my head), third (instructor?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), second (talk to shuu), second (shuu’s calling), down (when will you go to sleep), up (I’m sorry), up (hold his hand), down (surprised look), up (appreciate the help), up (let things be)
Shuu bad end- let things be, tsumori stabbed souta, dies, shuu commits suicide

Second (shuu), second (you cried a lot), second (shakes my head), third (instructor?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), second (talk to shuu), second (shuu’s calling), down (when will you go to sleep), up (I’m sorry), up (hold his hand), down (surprised look), up (appreciate the help), down (takes action)
Shuu bad end- taka-san curses shuu, shuu chokes souta to death in his sleep, souta died, shuu regrets his action

Second (shuu), second (you cried a lot), second (shakes my head), third (instructor?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), second (talk to shuu), second (shuu’s calling), down (when will you go to sleep), down (you’re the same too), up (hold his hand), down (surprised look), up (appreciate the help), down (takes action)
Shuu good end- shuu send taka-san to the afterlife, made appease with kashiwagi, together with shuu

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Watari Kyou (voiced by Majima Junji)

souta and kyo standing
"There's no childhood friend named Suzumura Souta to me!"
A childhood friend of Souta. A university student. ALERT TSUNDERE BOI ALERT /cough
Has 3 bad ends and 1 good end.

white screen with blinding light

Souta wants to go to the other side. Do you commit to the feeling or not?

souta in the house

Start of the bad end or a good end. Do you tell Kyou that Tsumori is at your house or not?

the house at night

You know Kyou's biggest secret. Do you tell him or not?

Do this and you'll get:

Third (kyou), third (you’re a good boy), first (raises my hand), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], second (I have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), third (talk to kyou), third (kyou’s calling), down (it was unexpected), up (even if you throw everything away)
Kyou bad end- what the fuck wada-san 

Third (kyou), third (you’re a good boy), first (raises my hand), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], second (I have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), third (talk to kyou), third (kyou’s calling), up (it’s not bad), down (even if it’s not come true), up (talk to kyou about tsumori), up (hug is ok), up (persuade him seriously), up (talk about the secret)
Kyou bad end- decided to tell the secret, kyou broke down, he abandoned the watari

Third (kyou), third (you’re a good boy), first (raises my hand), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], second (I have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), third (talk to kyou), third (kyou’s calling), up (it’s not bad), down (even if it’s not come true), down (don’t talk to kyou about tsumori), down (no hug), down (refuse him gently), down (don’t talk about the secret)
Kyou bad end- breaks up with kyou, kyou returns to his university, souta will never see him again

Third (kyou), third (you’re a good boy), first (raises my hand), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], second (I have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), third (talk to kyou), third (kyou’s calling), up (it’s not bad), down (even if it’s not come true), up (talk to kyou about tsumori), up (hug is ok), up (persuade him seriously), down (don’t talk about the secret)
Kyou good end- decided to not tell the secret prematurely, made appease with watari ryo, together with kyou

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Oumi Munesada (voiced by Furukawa Makoto)

munesada standing near the wharf
"I won't let you suffer.  Just like the olden days, think of me as your brother and rely on me."
A childhood friend of Souta. The current head of the Oumi family whose in charge of pretty much anything that happens on Nakanojima. Has 3 bad ends and 1 good end.

souta and munesada standing

Start of the bad end or a good end. Munesada asks Souta if he likes to look at charming things. Do you agree or not?

souta and munesada standing

After the ceremony or soul cleansing. Certain someone is misunderstood what's happening. Do you laugh it off or you ignore it?

munesada angy

Munesada asks Souta what Asakura is talking about. He seems pissed. How would you react?

black screen of death

Munesada is about to leave Souta's house. Do you call him back or let him go?

in a car in the middle of the road

You are forced to get into Munesada's car. Will you get out of the car or you follow him?

Do this and you'll get:

First (munesada), first (you’re a cute boy), third (inclines my neck), first (farmer?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), first (talk to munesada), first (munesada’s calling), up (it’s not like that), down (laugh it away), down (I was confused), down (keep silence)
Munesada bad end- didn’t stop munesada from going away, didn’t get together with him

First (munesada), first (you’re a cute boy), third (inclines my neck), first (farmer?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), first (talk to munesada), first (munesada’s calling), up (it’s not like that), down (laugh it away), down (I was confused), up (call him to stop), up (yes), down (go to the oumi)
Munesada bad end – stay put in the car, munesada turns souta into his mistress

First (munesada), first (you’re a cute boy), third (inclines my neck), first (farmer?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), first (talk to munesada), first (munesada’s calling), down (maybe it is), up (fell silent), up (remembered the anger), up (call him to stop), down (no), up (jump out the car)
Munesada bad end – munesada gave up on oumi family, he burn the house and himself to end it all

First (munesada), first (you’re a cute boy), third (inclines my neck), first (farmer?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], first (I don’t have a plan), up (follow kyou), up (granma’s voice), first (talk to munesada), first (munesada’s calling), up (it’s not like that), down (laugh it away), down (I was confused), up (call him to stop), up (yes), up (jump out the car)
Munesada good end – rolls away from the car, overcome every turbulence, make appease with chieko-san, together with munesada

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Tsukasa (voiced by Kawada Shinji)

young man smiling
That expression... that smile...
A mysterious man who lost his memories. UNLOCKS AFTER PLAYING EVERY THREE CHARACTERS ENDINGS. Has 3 bad ends and 1 true end. 

tsukasa standing near water

After you play every characters endings, replay from the beginning and then you'll reach the part when Souta and Tsukasa are playing at the beach. You look at your protection charm from your grandmother hanging at your neck. You feel the urge to take it off for some reason...

a view of the sky

After you know the truth. What decision will you choose? To die with Tsukasa or live your life together to the fullest?

souta and wada at grave

Wada-san approaches Souta and tells that there's a way to grant his wishes. Do you listen to him or ignore it?

in bathroom

In the middle of the shower with Tsukasa and you're about to ehem ehem. You do it or not?

(I apologize for the maximum blurriness. Gotta maintain my blog age rating lol)

Do this and you'll get:

Fourth (tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], down (take it off?), up (can I come along), down (friend from Tokyo), up (obediently follows), down (die together with tsukasa)
Tsukasa bad end- decide to die with tsukasa

Fourth (Tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], down (take it off?), up (can I come along), down (friend from Tokyo), up (obediently follows), up (make the most of tsukasa), up (please teach me)
Tsukasa bad end- perform eye sacrifice to the god, “together” with “tsukasa”

Fourth (Tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], down (take it off?), up (can I come along), down (friend from Tokyo), up (obediently follows), up (make the most of tsukasa), down (no)
Tsukasa bad end – properly say goodbye to tsukasa, memory got wiped out, meet someone who looks like him

Fourth (Tsukasa), second (story where you cried a lot), third (inclines my neck), second (host?), [first (island’s origin), first (cannibal mermaid), up (ship ghost), the only option], down (take it off?), up (can I come along), down (friend from Tokyo), down (to touch more), up (make the most of tsukasa), down (no)
Tsukasa TRUE END – properly perform sakaokuri to tsukasa, memory of tsukasa retains, everyone happy

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angry kyou
"Should I just wash my hands? Like preventing norovirus or something."
Dude I play a game to escape from reality. Don't rub it like that...

shu and souta at night
"I don't know how to describe it. It feels off to describe a man as beautiful. But your whole being is a thing of beauty." 
Sigh Shuu you're a dreamboat....

kyo blush
"You don't do that to other people. To me it's ok because I'm always cool and collected..."
Awaawawa Kyou I love you already

souta and kyo in grieving room
"Like opening meeting and closing meeting."
Zoom meeting with your dead relatives.

three men near a boat
Live on an island surrounded by sea, but you can't go near the ocean.
It's a sad life tbh

twomen at river
"You hate people around you, but you can't live without people."
Ey who said you can attack me like that?

twomen at bamboo grove
"He also has an interest in men. A long time ago, he seemed to be attracted to the Head Family."
Wada-san attacks literally anyone lol

three men in a japanese room
"You guys are like the other end of the scale. Shuu is an eco-friendly air purifier while Kyou is a powerful energy-consuming BBQ grill."
A valid character description.

man in a room at night
"I do not accept a bondage play request."
Pfffft sure you do

three men in a light japanese room
"Souta has a bad habit of pushing people away."
SOUTA IS ME AND I DO NOT LIKE IT

three people in a room at funeral
"There's no way that the chief mourner and the mourner doing that kind of stuff right now in the middle of a funeral ceremony!"
Ohhboyyyy you have a lot to learn Kyou

one tired man and one perplexed man
(What should I do to cure someone's fatigue...?)
PET HIS HAIR, MASSAGE HIS BODY, DO SOME "OTHER" STUFF

man embarrassed in a room
Shuu-san's embarrassed face looks like Kyou's face.
That's a proof of siblingness.

a man conflicted with his choice
"Doing this kind of stuff in the house... can grandma sees it...?"
She's been taking notes for you to improve in smexy time dude.

man standing near body of water
Shuu-san is standing at the edge of the cliff.
NOOO DON'T DO THAT SHUU

man smile in the darkness
"..... I love you."
STOOOPPPP MY HEART SHATTERS IN A MILLION PIECES

siblings in a study room
"....Your crying speed is really fast. If there's a crying champion you'll surely win."
I'll be in the second position because fUCK I'M SAD

man blushes under the sun
"No one will be annoyed with you if you confessed to them. Whatever their feelings are about it." 
Who dares to reject Kyou I'm going to punch someone.

man standing near a road
"It's not nonsense. It's just an inconvenience."
Super Difficult Definitely An Inconvenience. /a reference

men at the beach
"You have a lot of good points. I can even give a presentation on it too."
And you'll score a full mark on that!

man explaining things
"When I was touched by Munesada-san, a strange voice came out of me."
That-- that doesn't help the situation Souta.

hallway of bamboos
"Let's think of other beautiful people. Natsuko-san... no that's not good, I'll get killed by Michio-san. The twins... no. That's a crime."
Souta's heart beat faster when he's with Kyou lol you must accept his love~

man in suit smiles
"Today is our anniversary."
Please protect Kyou he's too adorable.

two men happy at the beach
"You look at me like that because you're crazy in love with me."
(ノ∀`♥) (ノ∀`♥) (ノ∀`♥) (ノ∀`♥) (ノ∀`♥) (ノ∀`♥) 

two men look embarrassed
Kyou looks discouraged. Uff, my heart breaks.
Please please protect him.

two men in a room japanese style
"How do you feel after graduating from your virginity?"
And Kyou's response is golden. He says, "How do you feel that you came after did it with a younger man?" Souta laments, "My cute Kyou is gone..." XDDD

men in a suit be complimented
"I've thought about this, you look sexy in mourning clothes."
RUDE but also yes, yes you do.

watari sensei at the beach
"...Even after his death, his words keep on encouraging me to push forward."
I am touched.

sad kyo be assured by souta
"... But I can't be as usual anymore. I can no longer smile like I used to..."
Oh no here it comes.

man breaking up in a room
"...You should be free from me..."
NO I DO NOT WANT 

two men separated at pier
"One day, there will definitely a ship that won't leave the shore, waiting for you."
NOOOOOOOOOO I CRY BLOOD

two men in a bamboo grove
"I've always thought about this. The Watari family is a family of tsundere. Because everyone is a tsundere, the story becomes difficult to talk to."
Agreed.

munesada and souta in a room
"When I become the Head Family, I cannot leave the island for the rest of my life."
Another bad fate decided by old customs.

asakura and munesada
"It's this dream of Asakura to hold your child when the time comes."
Munesada can adopt kids, right?

munesada and shuu fight lol
"What are we, a high school student?! There's a girl that you like and you want to give her a flower, that kind of young brat?!"
Munesada is sooo confused with his feelings please help him.

natsuko and michio
"That's a kabe-don, right? After chasing women in the pub, you go to men now?! Because Souta-san has a tempting body?!"
Fight fight fight!

munesada separated with souta in a room
"I apologize for falling in love with you..."
Why these people love to give me suffering...

tsukasa and souta in a room at night
"We met at Akeno field, had sex at grandma's room, and confessed to each other at Kawahara river!"
Dude that's a bad take

munesada preparing for the ceremony
"...no I don't remember him. But every year I go and visit his grave. It seems like my father is indebted to him..."
....sobs

asakura and shuu at home
"Push people down in public, such a bold person.  You should wait until night to do this." 
You're terrible at making jokes, Shuu.

three men at the beach
"I'm thankful for the extra life."
Here comes the feel trip choo choo...

tsukasa and kyo
"I have to be thankful for them. Thanks to them, I get to see you all grown up."
choo choo................

shuu and souta at night
"Thanks to you, we all get to meet each other."
choo chooo................................

tsukasa and kyou at road
"..... Thank you... Tsukasa--.... I love you, Tsukasa-nii...." 
choo choo............................................................

four men looking sad at flower field

.... this is hard for me.....................

flower field at night
".... Thank you... for accepting me, for loving me....."

tsukasa lying at the bed of flowers
"Sorry for making you cry a lot."
TEARS. EXE HAS STOP FUNCTIONING PLEASE SEND HELP AAAAHHH---

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While Chem is having an emotional breakdown up there, let's enjoy some happy scenes: 

smol

LORGE 
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CONGRATULATIONS IN FINISHING THE GAME! 

This game is a very good welcoming back surprise for me. Nice moments, good tearjerking moments. All of that good stuff is just *chef's kiss*

See you in the next walkthrough! Bye bye!

8 comments:

  1. Omg gurl thank you so sooo much for reviewing this game! I really love your blog i follow it since the beginning damn i feel so old now lol....
    Btw have tried running the game with visual novel reader? In my case it can't translate for some reason....got any tip maybe? Thank you in advance and your hard work!

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    1. Lmao we're now pretty seasoned haha glad you 're enjoying my rambling for all these years XDD

      No sorry, I haven't tried VNR with any of the games I played. Maybe there's a new dictionary to be install or a new update available?

      Right now I'm using Textractor. It does need internet connection to work but it's easier to configure. Another worthy alternative to check ^^

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    2. Thank you for the reply <3 I will try Textractor thank you for the tip. Atlas is making my eyes and brain cells burn so yeah hahaha. Vnr has online translation for some Bl that's why its pretty useful sometimes. Omerta for example its translated full there (KIRYUU tsundere power <3 so.. sorry for that) I will try Kintouka then with textractor but as i saw on your twitter too i will need a lot of tissues.. TSUKASAAAA :"(

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    3. Kyun kyun Kiryuu~~ *U* OH SHIT HAHAHA my twitter is a total mess during livetweeting this fecking game lmaooo tissues aren't enough I use the whole bloody towel for that hahaha

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  2. Aaaa it's been a while I didn't check on your page and now I caught up you already played this game! Yay!!

    And I'm happy you also think this VN one of masterpiece! The story and the characters is truly a wow written. Especially tradition ritual or stuffs such shinto religious deep like this pretty rare. Which is reading the Japanese is a wow to be understanding fully of the theme, aside of the usual conversation. But it was worth while on how heartwarming as well and good romance they brought up toward each characters. Also the voice actors.. *claps claps* are wow wwww.

    If I may ask, is there anyone you specific like??

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    1. Hellooo *3* yess found another fellow kintouka fan!!

      Oh man if I were to choose which one is my fave then I'll have to go with Kyou because goddamn this kid had it rough ;_; how about you? Do you have any fave characters?

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    2. sorry for the very very late reply orz.

      Honestly, I like them all ahaha. But the most one actually between Kyou and Shuu. The tsundere kyoudai kind of hit me a lot in heart with their own way.

      The conversation with Shuu is just awesome and deep. He is amusing with good maturity and teasing that indeed fun to see.

      Kyou is indeed adorable and really had rough. He is indeed precious too and his route damn makes my heart being squeezed so much.

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    3. The game is really well developed so the characters are memorable in their own ways T_T

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