Ijiwaru My Master / Delta (3)

HAPPY NEW YEAR GUYS AND HERE'S DELTA PART 3 FOR YOU. ♥ :D


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Random Observation

Just get the feeling that Saitou Hajime (Hakuouki) and Alfred (Moujuutsukai to Oujisama) give off similar vibes. Fact that they have the same seiyuu aside.

Trick or Treat?

I'm most probably late on this but in case any one of you still has no idea, Honeybee has put up special Halloween website...which is password-protected.

That, and apparently Miyaji has stolen the Halloween party candies and is nowhere to be found ahahaha. I almost forgot that he's got a giant sweet tooth. XD

Anyway, the deal is that you have to count the number of Miyajis appearing throughout the entire Starry Sky portal and use it as the password to access the website. Or perhaps you'd rather do trial and error if you're too lazy to count like me. Up to you. :P

The whole thing ends on 10/11 so hurry up over and do it! :D

Ijiwaru My Master / Delta (2)

Delta Part 2.


Don't ask me why this post came out so fast. Just felt like it.

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Ijiwaru My Master / Delta (1)

Delta!


The Megane.

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Another Milestone

Haven't been playing a lot of otome games lately, except for Starry Sky ~in Spring~ Portable (pillow fight scene ftw). Instead, I'm spending most of my time reading Gintama fanfiction.

I want to continue with Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari but whenever I see Fujita and his pale old face (GOMENASAI FUJITA FANS m(_ _)m) it's like zzz and I don't feel like playing anymore. XD Not even Majima can motivate me to get Fujita's route over and done with. Ha.

Then there are times when I feel like playing a new otome game but seeing so many half-played games installed on my bloated laptop holds me back. Meh.

Yesterday (or rather, this morning...at 1am), I decided to watch Sekaiichi Hatsukoi. ONLY BECAUSE I SAW THIS (while searching for anime with Tachibana Shinnosuke in it) AND CRACKED UP LIKE CRAZY:



Kondou Takashi ftw. ♥

Then I watched this, this and this, and decided OKAY I'M SO WATCHING THIS EVEN THOUGH IT'S SHOUNEN-AI. I WILL PUT UP WITH ALL THE GUYXGUY STUFF FOR ALL THE LOL ABOUT A BUNCH OF GUYS WORKING IN A SHOUJO MANGA DEPARTMENT. :Dv (Plus it has a great seiyuu cast.)

Is this the beginning of my stepping onto a path of no return? Only time will tell. /lame

Ijiwaru My Master / Leon (3)

Moving on to second storyline aka jun-ai(?) route!

Double-recycled teaser picture lol.

奇跡は待っていても起こる物じゃない。この手で起こす物なんだ。

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Summer Uniform

Just completed the friendship end for Starry Sky ~in Spring~ Portable and I just want to say: KANATA AND SUZUYA IN SUMMER UNIFORM!!! ヾ(*´∀｀*)ﾉ゛ｷｬｯｷｬｯ

Starry☆Sky ~After Whatever Season~

You think honeybee will port the After games to PSP? （´・ω・｀）

Like after they release After Winter?

I really hope they do. I mean, HOW CAN THEY NOT AFTER PORTING THE MAIN GAMES TO PSP RIGHT. It's like an opportunity to make more moolah out of the franchise. I have the PC version of After Spring and After Summer with me but I'm putting playing them on hold, hoping that a PSP version will be released. (I'm assuming they will add new scenarios and CGs on the PSP version like they did with the main games.)

Good thing I have yet to play in Autumn and in Winter (ya I'm slow I know) so I can still afford to wait. Meanwhile imma just have just to avoid all After-related reviews, picspam, chatter and whatnot like the plague until...next Spring maybe?

Yes, I'm a very patient person. :D

Ijiwaru My Master / Leon (2)

Finally forced myself to finish this. ^^;

Recycled teaser picture lol.

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Starry☆Sky ~in Spring~ Portable Get!

Finally got the PSP version! :D

The game arrived yesterday and I started playing it straight away during the night (I like to play otome games in the night for minimal distractions and interruptions). Decided to do the friendship route first before going for the individual guys.

I'm actually quite excited about playing this even though I've played the PC version already. According to some reviews I've read, the "volume-up" in the PSP version is quite substantial and definitely value-for-money even if you've already played the PC version. (Well in the first place, this thing is like half the price of a regular Otomate PSP otome game.) So far I've went through two new scenes (White Day and sakura blossom viewing) (compared to the PC version) and I'm looking forward to the rest! :D In addition, the fact that I already love the characters makes the game more enjoyable this time round. XD Ever since I started listening to Starry Sky drama CDs, I've grown to love the Spring guys a lot. Their interactions with each other always make me lol.

Ugh I'm so excited about this that I feel like ditching my IMM review and jump to this one after I'm done with Leon's review (writing it now). Shall see how it goes.

Shukan Soine Love!!!

Omg I looove the Shukan Soine series. ♥ ♥ ♥

Out of the six CDs released, four of them are by my favourite seiyuus i.e. Toriumi Kousuke (gonna listen to it later), Tachibana Shinnosuke (sexy voice!!!), Terashima Takuma (so cute!!!) and Hirakawa Daisuke (haa haa lol) (in order of preference). Oh man, BlackButterfly, ilu. XD

I hope Toriumi uses his Kanade (Sumire no Tsubomi) voice in the CD. I prefer his Kanade voice over his Yukio (Kuro to Kin no Akanai Kagi) voice. Tachibana sounded exactly like Yanagi (Sumire no Tsubomi) in his (I can almost pretend it IS Yanagi because even the personality was similar oh man almost fainted in my bed ahaha ahem) and my life would be complete (for the week) if Toriumi uses his Kanade voice here as well. :D

Anyway, I really hope they continue with this series! There're tons of seiyuus whom I hope can participate in this series. Like Katou Masayuki (Shiba-san!!!), Kondou Takashi (Majimaaa!!!), Sugita Tomokazu (Gintoki!!!...plus really loved listening to him in KISS x KISS collection Vol.11 Flying Kiss), Nakai Kazuya (Hijikata-san!!!), Ishida Akira (loved listening to him in Tsun na Petto-kun (Mousou Kareshi series) and Kareshi Igai ~Douryou to no Ayamachi~), Kamiya Hiroshi (Miyajiii!!!), Ono Daisuke (Suzuya!!!) etc. (Fans of Shukan Soine! Any more suggestions?)

Oh by the way, I noticed that BlackButterfly is under the same parent company as honeybee. Just saying. (Also, can I work there please?)

And speaking of honeybee, I hope my Starry Sky ~in Spring~ and Starry Sky ~in Summer~ portables (hurray!) arrive soon. I ordered them two weeks ago. Unfortunately Play-Asia had some problem getting the Summer one (wth) so they decided to ship Spring first last week while Summer was shipped this week. Ugh. Can't wait!!! I've been reading some Starry Sky fanfiction lately and I'm kind of getting into this series again hurhur. (I also hope they will port the After games to PSP. Please do!!! *waves her debit card at honeybee*)

(Apologise for the excessive abuse of brackets. XD)

Ijiwaru My Master / Leon (1)

LEON-SAMAAA!!! :DDD (I think by now you can tell how much I like a particular character based on how I start their post.)

Doesn't this guy look like Ookami-san from Akazukin??? XD

Leon-sama is a lovely tsundere oresama. He's the ruler of a large territory and being an arrogant and selfish man who is prone to violence, he's not well-liked by his people. However, because of the immense amount of power he holds, no one dares to rebel and go against him. Nevertheless, Leon is very popular among women who flock to him eagerly, mainly attracted by his wealth and good looks. He himself also enjoys fooling around with them. That is, until THAT happened.

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Kannou Mukashibanashi Portable Updates

The website for Kannou Mukashibashi Portable is updated!

Here're the stories they'll be covering in the game:

• Hosokawa Tadaoki (CV: Hirakawa Daisuke)
• Leda and the Swan (CV: Kondou Takashi)
• Hansel & Gretel (CV: Toriumi Kousuke)
• Issun Boushi (CV: Suzuki Tatsuhisa)
• The Little Mermaid (CV: Sakurai Takahiro)
• Banchou Sarayashiki (CV: Shimono Hiro)

THEY INCLUDED TWO OF MY FAVOURITEST STORIES (in bold) ZOMG YAYS. \:D/

Actually I've listened to all of the stories except for Issun Boushi and Banchou Sarayashiki. Quite excited to see how they'll game-ify it! I assume they're gonna lengthen the story from the mere 15-20 minutes they had on the drama CD. (What am I saying they obviously have to wtf.)

Personally, I'm hoping they'd retain the implied "haa-haa" scene in Hosokawa Tadaoki's story lol. That was just...haa haa. XD Hirakawa is not my favouritest seiyuu but lately his voice is starting to grow on me. His haa haa voice is just...haa haa lol. ←　わけ分からん。

Okay, seriously I'm really concerned that they may "tame" the stories since it's being ported to PSP. Because I read that Sony has some sort of rules about no pr0n in games for their consoles or something? Not sure about how they set the definitions though...but this one should be okay...right? I mean it's just implied haa-haa. :P

Ugh can't wait for the game to be released! XP

Please No More

I can't take it anymore.

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Poisoned

Okay. So, like, I really really liked Chou no Doku Hana no Kusari after playing the trial game and am playing the full game now. Just completed Osaki Hideo's route today (f**k the bad endings I actually cried okay *sobs*) and started on Shiba Junichi's. And I just have to say I LOVE SHIBA-SAN!!!!!! Like even though I was playing Hideo's route, I was ogling at Shiba whenever he appears. Despite the fact that I do like Hideo as well. Tsundere osananajimi characters have always been one of my weak points. But...Shiba is just tooo charming for words. *swoons* Oresama characters are another of my weak points. *double swoons* XD

I actually wanted to save Shiba for the last but decided that ugh, I really can't wait. I have a feeling that if I start on other characters first, I'd probably end up ogling at Shiba and not pay attention to the main stories. So yeah, doing Shiba's route first. *makes excuses*

Also, I've checked the walkthroughs and it looks like there's only one good ending per character. Why???!!! T_T

On another note, I've been feeling quite guilty about neglecting my Ijiwaru My Master review for the last few weeks. Shall force myself to return to it...after I finish Shiba's route. :P

Ijiwaru My Master / Luca (3)

Here's a short(?) afterthoughts post on Luca. ^^

Thoughts

So...LUCA IS CUTE. :D

Considering that Luca is a non-main character, his stories were quite voluminous. In my opinion at least. Or maybe it's because he's the first character I played, so I couldn't compare his story with the main characters' which obviously is going to have more meat.

Anyway, to me, this is almost like a twins story, except that we have the two personalities in one body. I really enjoyed both storylines. Even though there were some overlap between them, it's not exactly a repeat because Luca was in a different mode in most of the overlapped scenes. In fact, I think it's quite interesting to see how Luca behave in the same situations under different modes. It allows the player to interact with both personalities and helps to satisfy different preferences. ^^ Like if you prefer the sexy, go for Storyline 1 and if you prefer cute, go for Storyline 2. I personally prefer the cute arc (Storyline 2) a little more than the sexy arc (Storyline 1). ;)

Endings-wise, I think they are pretty well-written on the whole.

The good endings were literally oozing with sweetness, though the one for Storyline 1 had a slight trace of bitterness. Although I was happy that they got together, the fact that Kurumi can never meet day!Luca again is just... T_T I mean obviously two Lucas are better than one haha. Which is why I prefer the ending for Storyline 2 where our day!Luca finally woke up to his manly senses! Good job Kurumi. *thumbs up* But I imagine it's gonna be tough for her...physically. *wink wink* Then again, she gets to enjoy both worlds hahaha. Anyway, since she became a succubus, she should actually enjoy it hurhur. Lucky her.

For the bad endings, the one for Storyline 1 was a little creepy while the one for Storyline 2 felt a little bit abrupt to me. ^^; Nevertheless, I'd still give both bad endings a passing grade given that there's a "complete" ending and not one that makes me go "Huh???". Yeah.

I used to think bad endings are just bad endings, and it doesn't matter how they end since it sucks either way but having played otome games for some time, I've gradually changed my mindset. Of course, it's not like I like to see the story end badly but I'd give extra points for games with well-written bad endings ON TOP OF well-written good endings. It just gives off an additional air of sincerity from the game makers. Like you know, they even bother to crack their brains for an interesting bad ending.

Yup. So that's it for Luca! Moving on to the next character...though I'm not sure when I will actually post the next review entry since I'm thinking of adopting a new format for my reviews to make them more writer and reader-friendly but have absolutely no idea how it should look like at the moment hahaha. Plus I'm currently hooked on watching Gintama, reading Gintama fanfics and playing Hiiro no Kakera (goddamn why is the story so long). Busy busy otaku here hurhur. ^^;

Kannou Mukashibanashi Portable

I don't know if there're any drama CD addicts out there reading this blog but anyway I just found out today that Otomate is going to be releasing a PSP game for the Kannou Mukashibanashi series omggg!!!

For those who don't know, Kannou Mukashibanashi is a drama CD series produced by 5pb.Inc.. It's basically a story-telling kind of drama CD, where the seiyuus narrate out well-known tales from the past (including acting out the dialogues). And as the title implies, these stories are all given a slightly(?) sensual twist hurhurhur. /sukebe

Also, one of the main features of this drama CD series is the use of dummy head mic for recording. Meaning that the seiyuu will talk to different parts of the "head" during recording, resulting in a more realistic sound effects. So if the character is suppose to whisper into your left ear, you will feel exactly as if someone is whispering into your left ear! The first time I experienced it, I seriously just went "!!!" and squirmed while covering my ear haha.

A total of 7 CDs have been released so far, and each features a unique theme. For example, the 2nd CD features Andersen fairy tales such as The Little Mermaid and the 4th CD (for Starry Sky fans, you might be interested to know that Kazuaki did the cover art for this CD) features Grimm fairy tales such as Hansel & Gretel (how would you like to hear Hansel going 「僕の可愛いグレーテル。」 haha incest zomg).

Anyway, back to the original focus of the post, OMG CAN'T WAIT FOR OCTOBER TO COME!!! :D I seriously have no idea how the game is going to be like since the drama CDs is basically just normal storytelling. How the heck are they going to game-ify it??? Will they be using new stories or those that have been released on the CDs? If it's the latter, I assume they will use the same seiyuu cast??? Really looking forward to more details from Otomate! Currently, the website is still blank. (Also, lol at the genre they set for the game i.e. 朗読型AVG wut.)

Oh, and something I'm really really curious about: are they going to use dummy head mics for the game??? OH PLEASE DO. In fact, I wish they can use such mics for otome games. Imagine what will happen during the rabu scenes lol death from excessive nosebleed wtf.

Add: Okay, according to Kannou Mukashibanahi's production blog, it seems like one of the challenges of the game is to make the correct decisions to "unlock" the dummy head mic (OMG THEY ARE GOING TO USE IT YAY) recorded scenes. Wow. I hope this game inspires other game makers to use dummy head mics for otome games!

Ijiwaru My Master / Luca (2)

It's Luca Part 2!


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Sumire no Tsubomi Complete!

337 CGs
914 Memories
73 Endings

All collected! \^o^/

Finally. I finally finished my first ever otome game (trials not counted)!!! (Edit 03/05: Okay, this is pretty misleading. I mean that Sumire no Tsubomi is my first otome game and I finally finished it. I've already completed a few games which I started later. Check out here for the list.)

And I swear Mirai has (one of) the longest otome games. =.=

Had a pretty hard time trying to collect all the memories. Thanks to the walkthrough here and hints here, I finally managed to get them all. Whew.

As a result, I'm feeling really tired now. *flops* I think I'll have to leave the fandisc to next weekend instead. I don't want to play it with my mind numbed from the excessive replays to get the missing memories (no, I can't cheat and load from the save points). I want to play it with a fresh mind so that I can allow the moe-ness to fully sink into my consciousness and slowly savour the goodness of it. Yeah. :D

Edit 24/04 5:39pm: Okay, forget it. I can't wait one week. So I'm playing it now. Just cried buckets over Yanagi's after story. *sniffs*