Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Final Thoughts

Hurray for the first milestone in my history of writing otome game reviews! Now we're finally at the end hahaha. I bet no one else could have milked more than TEN review posts out of a game lol.


Okay, enough of crapping. Moving on to my thoughts upon completion.

WARNING: NOT MAJOR BUT STILL SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Bonus Talk

To reward you for going through the horrible raep scenes completing the whole game, a bonus talk pops up after you're done with your last ending. Basically a bitching round-table session consisting of Ginji, Unoya, Takumi and Erina.

Note the "To Be Continued" text on bottom right.

So yeah, I decided to transcribe the thing so that it's easier to refer to when making personal comments. However, I don't vouch for the accuracy of it. So don't get all nasty on me if there're mistakes or a team of yandere men from my harem will come to kill you in your sleep for hurting my feelings. :D (I'm just joking for those who don't get it.)

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Normal End

Normal end clear!

CG spoiler oops. Lol.

To get to the Normal ending, you basically make your decisions to follow or bump into different guys each day instead of just one of them like you do for the guys' individual routes. Also, since I left this end for the last, it means that I was able to skip through 3/4 of the game before I get to something new.

This is my first time playing a Normal ending so I was quite curious as to how it'd turn out without all the romantic elements. I mean the aim of playing an otome game is to hook up with one of the guys and a Normal ending means that you don't end up with any of them. Conflict much? Yeah. Like why bother if you're not gonna end up with anyone??? So I was pretty surprised when some of the reviews specifically brought up the Normal ending and rated it as their favourite. I mean I personally had this impression that Normal endings are likely to be boring and filler-ish.

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Karasuma Reiji

Masutaaa~~~ (Note: Must end on an increasing note in a flirty way.)

I think having an otome gaming blog really helps to discipline my gaming behaviour. I used to jump all over the place, flitting among dozen of games and putting several of them on hiatus. But now I’ve toned down considerably and only flit around between three games at most.

Anyway, back to the topic, finally down to the last character! Certainly helps that they only have like 2-4 endings per character (out of which only one is good ending wtf stingggy).


So Karasuma is the owner of a cafe-cum-bar that the Crazy Rabbits frequent. However, the truth is that he's a super-rich obocchama who technically owns Usagiri Jimusho. Also, possibly as a result of his upbringing, he's a perfect gentlemen with good social etiquette (as shown in the party scene in Mission 3) and speaks fluent English (having studied in New York once). He often encourages Aoi when she's in one of her emo I-screwed-up-I'm-so-useless mode. And in fact, being the gentleman he is, he's the only person out of the four guys to have never insulted Aoi. He also has this therapeutic voice which is very nice to listen to. すごく癒される～～～ Oh, and his 「おいで」 is a killer. *melts*

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Inukai Makoto

Inukaaaaaai!!! キャーq(≧∇≦*)(*≧∇≦)pキャー (Because it's necessary for me to open every character review post with a unique yell for the said character ohohoho.)


So Inukai is this super majime (i.e. serious) lawyer with a serious case of OCD (like me). If you weren't doing his route, he's actually pretty much invisible throughout the game, except in Mission 2 when he is the target.

And honestly speaking I wasn't expecting much from this guy when I started playing his route. I mean I just completed Unoya and Takumi's routes daze??? How can he be more interesting, funnier and cuter than Unoya's boke and Takumi's tsukkomi??? Right...???

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Inaba Takumi

TAKUMIIIIII!!! ♥♥(o￫ܫ￩o)♫ღ THE SUPER SUPER IKEMEN ZOMG.


Takumi is kind of the polar opposite of Unoya. Gives out an icy cold aura. Doesn't talk much. Genius hacker. Good fighter. ♥ A damn awesome tsukkomi. Oh, and he loves sweet stuff! :DDD Yet, despite his coolness, there seems to be a trace of childishness (in a good sense) in him as well. このギャップには超萌え～～～

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Unoya Kyousuke

Unoya-san~! ♥


Honestly I wanted to do Takumi's route first after previewing the character profiles on the official website. だっていちばんイケメンだもん！ But I found Unoya really attractive (and funny) when I started playing the game which made me waver in my decision. Then finally I was like "ah heck it just go by order like I usually do" and did Unoya's route first エヘヘ。*kena slapped*

*ahem* Well, let's just start off by continuing with the rest of Mission 4.

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Mission 4

いよいよミッション④！

We start out the scene with a CG of a dead woman lying in a pool of blood. Σ(･ω･ﾉ)ﾉ Well, I must say I was suitably creeped out since I was playing the game in the middle of the night zzz. Then we hear this unidentified voice that undeniably belongs to the person who killed the woman. He was panting, presumably due to the adrenaline rush from having murdered the woman but he didn't sound very panicky that he had committed a crime because all he said was "Well well who knew things would turn out to be like this." and "Aw shucks got my clothes dirtied." Uh... （；￢＿￢）じ～…

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Mission 3

Mission 3...brings the spotlight back to Unoya. This time it's to break up a relationship between a young guy and a cougar. The iraisha is a 30+++ year-old OL who has a 20+++ year-old boyfriend who apparently likes older women. The older the better. Gee it must suck to lose a younger boyfriend to an older woman. Although I guess it's partly because the cougar is rich and powerful??? Yeah.

Naturally Unoya was not too thrilled about this. Apparently the iraisha is one of their regular clients and every time she comes, it's always because her little boyfriend is cheating on her with some old woman. So when she stepped in, Unoya was all "Oh no I think I'm getting sick. Let me just retire now." hahaha sucks to be him. (^○^) アハハ

Takumi then showed his good buddy support by wishing him good luck lol. To which Unoya grumbled and asked why Takumi never tries to help out with the charming and sweet-talking role. Takumi responded by saying that that's Unoya's specialty hahaha. (≧∇≦)/ ハハハ *raises sansei sign*

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Mission 2

Mission 2 involves one of the main characters i.e. Inukai Makoto!

Looking at the CG gallery on their official website, followed by the walkthrough, it doesn't take a genius to figure out that there's an Inukai raep route somewhere. =/ I haven't got down to playing Inukai's route yet. Precisely because I dread doing the second bad route. I know I can always not do it but I read that there'll be a bonus unlocked after completing all the endings, whereby you listen to each character discuss about the story??? (Reminds me of Gin no Kanmuri, Ao no Namida. Oh Ryoooooou-kuuun!!! ♥). And I'm the type who aims to collect all CGs and memories. So...I know I'll just end up doing it even though I know the ending is gonna suck. (After playing through so many bad routes, you'd think I'd have gotten used to it but NO. The sucky endings get stuck in my mind for days. Especially if I like the character LEON-SAMAAA *sobsob*.)

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / Mission 1

In Mission 1, you are suppose to help a wimpy obocchama break up the arranged marriage engagement between him and his fiancee (an annoyingly spoilt ojousama who despises people she deems lower in status than her and treats them like dirt) because he's in love with one of his maids (how romantic, except...not really as it is revealed later on). The plan was to make his fiancee to fall in love with Unoya so that she would break the engagement from her side (the wimpy obocchama couldn't break it off from his side because his fiancee's father is the owner (I think) of the bank who is providing most of the funding for his father's business).

WARNING: SUPER MAJOR CONTENT AND CG SPOILERS AHEAD

Crazy★Rabbits ~Wakaresaseya no Usagiri Jimusho~ / First Impression

Just for the record, I love the OP!!! They showed it 4 times throughout each route at the beginning of each mission and I sat through it every single time. Usually I just skip the OP but this is just too cool to skip. I love how the animation match the beat of the music. ♥

Plot

You play Mochizuki Aoi, who is sadly out of job and lodging and found this crummy piece of paper advertising for a position and decided to take it even though she had no idea what it's about because the pay is good and free lodging is provided. Turns out it's a wakaresaseya i.e. a company that helps to break up relationships (within a week) for a hefty sum of money. It also turns out that her co-workers consists of a cool jiji, a smoking hawt guy and a ikemen, who call themselves Crazy Rabbits.

There are 4 missions in this game. Each time, a client comes in to request Usagiri Jimusho to break up a relationship, such as with an unwanted fiancee or between their cheating boyfriend/spouse with the cheating partner. Each mission lasts for seven days and your relationship with the character you're pursuing develops as you go through these missions.

Main Characters

Unoya Kyousuke: Member of Usagiri Jimusho. Pairs up with Inaba and does the front-end work i.e. making the girls/cougars/guys(!) fall for him by charming and sweet-talking to them. Super confident of his good looks and talent in charming ladies. Finds women a nuisance. Apparently. Well I do find him pretty good looking when I was viewing his profile on the game website and his red and black outfit makes him look hotter. なんか俺様で強引なタイプにも見えるんだけど。

Inaba Takumi: IKEMEN OMG!!! I love this guy to death. *ahem* Also member of Usagiri Jimusho. Pairs up with Unoya and does the back-end work such as collecting information on the target, setting the stage for Unoya to "coincidentally" bump into the target and create opportunities for Unoya to charm the target. This guy is a genius hacker. Emits a cool (cold would be a more accurate description though) aura.

Inukai Makoto: Lawyer. Cho-majime. Kanari OCD. Despises Usagiri Jimusho (I guess he thinks what they do is immoral???) and vows to crush them one day. 鬼畜眼鏡とのイメージがある。 I think it's kind of sad that glasses characters in otome games are (almost) always seen as the kichiku type. And the thing is, it's almost always true. ALMOST. Because Kanade (from Sumire no Tsubomi) wears glasses but he's NOT kichiku! Instead he's a raburii raburii tsundere~ ♥ Anyway, Inukai doesn't look that attractive compared to the previous two. Maybe if his chin was shorter... Also, that blue hair reminds me of Souichiro from Brothers ~Koisuru Oniisama~.

Karasuma Reiji: Owner of a cafe(day)/bar(night) that sells awesome coffee and 3972782 types of cocktails, and is frequently frequented by Crazy Rabbits. Has a rabbit called Hana-chan which acts as a mascot for the cafe. 優しいお兄さんタイプ。 他のキャラより、ちょっと印象が薄いかな。（因幡さんのこと気になりすぎるから？ふふふ。）

Other Characters

Usagiri Ginji: Boss of Usagiri Jimusho. Non-catchable thank god because I have no interest in pursuing an ossan character kthx.

Koizumi Erina: OKAMAAA!!! She (he?) is the owner of an okama bar and also takes on the role of an information provider, selling information to Usagiri Jimusho to aid them in their missions. Oh well, she's pretty at least. XD

Kagamine Kiriko: Boss of a rival wakaresaseya. Unoya's ex-boss (I think). I like the shade of purple they gave for her hair. ^^

(Add on 08/11/2010: I've decided that instead of an overview which doesn't have much added value (hey it rhymes hahaha), I'd add my first impressions of the game in various aspects. It should be quite interesting to compare and see if and how much my views change when I do a concluding post of the game upon completion.)

First Impressions

I have no idea why but the first time I went to the website I got a "military" vibe from the whole thing lol. And the CG gallery further made me think that there is some sort of military spy theme going on. Ha. But maa, at least I got the spying part correct! \:D/

Based on the character profiles, I like Takumi the most. Which is quite out-of-character for me since I always prefer "hotter" type of guys (think Kyo over Yuki from Fruits Basket and Doumyoji over Hanazawa from Hana Yori Dango). But や～～～ん！イケメンはイケメンだもん！にゃはは。 Anyway, yeah, since he catches my attention the most, I plan to start playing his route first.

(Last edited on 25/12/2010)