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Spirit Armor posted:Man, Sanzo really has it tough, doesn't he? Eating properly prepared Sanzo grants immortality is why. Can I propose that when the voting comes, everyone picks their top 3(ranked of course) instead of one? Might make poor Spirit Armor go nuts from tabulating the votes though.
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Spirit Armor posted:I... totally did not know that. Huh.
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Spirit Armor posted:Man, Sanzo really has it tough, doesn't he? In addition to the whole "eating a saint makes you immortal" thing, there are a few monsters out there interested in being the first to tap Sanzo's yang, which means exactly what you think it does. And I think on a couple occasions he was just kept around because he was good company. In a metaplot sense, everyone's after Sanzo because he has to undergo 81 sufferings to become a Buddha, which gets rather hilarious right at the end when the heavenly scribe writing the whole sad chronicle down is like "oh crap guys he's returning home having only suffered 80 times UNLEASH THE GRUDGE MONSTER".
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PunkBoy posted:I've been following this thread long before I registered here, and I want to say that I've enjoyed reading every update. I must say it's hard to choose which girl to support. Well...any girl but Iris, of course. You're just begging to be rushed by people with pamphlets, aren't you?  The crowds seem to be quieter than I remember, but then I guess they'll be out in force once the vote for the Decision begins.I'm still fiercely devoted to Kohran, but I dare say this chapter was stupid. Since it's PS2-exclusive filler, though, I guess I can just ignore that it even exists to begin with.
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Snot Man posted:You're just begging to be rushed by people with pamphlets, aren't you? Sounds like Decision time is going to be like election season. Are we going to see slogans, pins, and TV spots?
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PunkBoy posted:Sounds like Decision time is going to be like election season. Are we going to see slogans, pins, and TV spots? More likely to be porn than TV spots. Ninja edit: I make no apologies...
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veekie posted:Eating properly prepared Sanzo grants immortality is why. I like this idea. If you gave each person's 1st place pick 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point, then added everything up, I think we'd get a more accurate view of who everyone would prefer.
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Haz posted:I like this idea. If you gave each person's 1st place pick 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point, then added everything up, I think we'd get a more accurate view of who everyone would prefer. A splendid idea! 1st: Sumire 2nd: Sumire 3rd: Sumire Do I win? 
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Welcome back to Sakura Wars: In Hot Blood! After a year and a month of playing, we've hit the seventh chapter, which is a bit shorter than the others. ... well, okay, it felt that way when I played it through, but it's probably not going to make too much of a difference when LPing it.  Anyways, it's the eyecatch screen, which I keep forgetting to show! This is where you save the game, check out everyone's stats, fiddle with the difficulty, and so on and so forth. As you might be able to tell from the backdrop, it's Sakura's chapter. Kinda.  This is currently where each character's trust level is. Sumire's been holding the top position for a while, but Kohran's gotten a huge boost from the last chapter; Maria and Kanna are, for now, just kinda there. And meanwhile, Sakura and Iris are at the bottom because no one likes Sakura and Iris, not even Sakura and Iris. They seem to be pretty darn popular in Japan, though. I guess all of us Westerners just have a lower tolerance for saccharine adorableness. Alternately, Japan is masochistic for jealous Sakura types and pedo for little blond girls. But all that aside...  ... let's get started. [Tenkai]  ... Miroku. Are you sure that you have not made any blunders? [Miroku]  None at all... please, leave it to me. I have already divined the whereabouts of their main base... ---- [Satan]  Oh ho? Was it because the members of the Imperial Assault Force never actually bothered to hide their true identities when "masquerading" as the Imperial Operetta Troupe, so after we found out everything about Maria Tachibana you were able to do a little research and confirm that the IAF and the IOT are indeed one and the same? [Miroku] What? Of course not, you fool, I used a gremlin. [Tenkai] Ignore him, Miroku, he keeps getting all these fanciful ideas in that brain of his. [Satan] But they're seriously just-- [Miroku] Honestly. "Do a little research" indeed! [Satan]  No one understands me. ---- [Tenkai] There is only one Earth's pulse point remaining! At last, the time has come for the completion of our "Roku-Hassei Kouma-Jin"!! A great judgement from the very creation of heaven and earth shall fall upon and destroy the Imperial Capital!! The future of Japan, the land of the gods, has been corrupted by gratuitous Westernization! I was resurrected once again for the sake of reviving the Tokugawa Shogunate. Go forth! Drive out every remaining piece of Western culture!! [Satan]  Yes... [Miroku] It is all as you say, Lord Tenkai... [Tenkai]  Mmm... ---- [Tenkai] I can taste that post-victory barbecue party already. And everyone's invited! [Miroku] A... party, sir? But was your plan not to just nuke everyone from orbit? [Tenkai] That's the joke! HAW HAW HAW man, I slay me. [Satan] You've... you've certainly slain me, my lord. ----  Cue title.  Back over at the  [Ogami]  After that incident at Fukagawa, we can breathe a bit more easily about Sumire-kun and Kanna's performances together... And thanks to the "Mr. Cloud" that Kohran had created, the stage productions have become also become more eye-catching... So after the closing performance, we got an incredible number of requests for an extension of the performances. Well, it's good that the customers are enjoying themselves, but... [Ogami]  Even so, I'm beat. I really want a break... And when I say "nothing's really changed," I mean "Ogami is getting worked to the bone yet again."  [Ogami] My work is pretty much finished; I take it that you aren't quite done yet, Tsubaki-chan? [Tsubaki]  Yes, it's right when the customers are all filing out that the shop is the busiest. ---- [Tsubaki] You have no idea how many purchase requests we get at about this time. [Ogami] For bromides and souvenirs and stuff? [Tsubaki]  For the actresses. [Ogami]  ... you mean by rival theaters and stuff, right? [Tsubaki] Unless there are any theaters called "my basement" around these parts, probably not. [Ogami] ... that WOULD explain why you kept calling me over and making me stand with my ticket clipper held out in a threatening manner. ---- [Ogami]  I see... then I shouldn't get in the way, huh. In that case...  [Ogami] In that case, I'll go meet up with everyone else. Hey, misery loves company. We can gripe about our lack of a break, together! [Tsubaki]  If you're looking for everyone in the Flower Division, they said that they'd gather at the salon after the performance. I believe they said they were going to throw a party. [Ogami] Aah, I'm not surprised. They all love that kind of festive stuff. ---- [Ogami] Yes indeed, festive stuff like "Spin the Ogami," "Pin the tail on the Ogami," "Hang Ogami from the ceiling and beat him with a stick until candy falls out," and the classic favorite, "See how far we can hit Ogami with the weapon of our choice." [Tsubaki] Um. [Ogami] Ha ha ha, it's not nearly as bad as it sounds! They try not to hang me by my neck AND they let me keep some of the candy that falls out. ---- [Boy]  Hey, miss! Gimme a picture of big sis Son Goku! Big sis Son Goku-- Man, these kids are going to be so confused when they grow up.  [Tsubaki] Yes, right away! A bromide of Kanna Kirishima, is it? That'll be fifty sen, please. We'll be putting on a new show in the fall, so please come to watch us again, okay? [Ogami] ... you look pretty busy. Well, I'll excuse myself here, then. Good luck. [Tsubaki] Yes. Thank you for your work!  Now we're free to roam wherever we please (within the theater. Outside world? What's that? Is it tasty? ) for about the next hour. And right off the bat, it's Kanna, who seems unaccountably pleased that Ogami didn't completely ignore her and the  [Ogami] What's up? Is something the matter?  [Kanna]  And eventually, it seems that he just got straight-out lost. [Ogami] I see... [Boy]  Mommy... ---- [Ogami] ... kid, weren't you just buying a bromide from the shop? [Boy] Huh? [Kanna]  Captain, he's been standin' here for the past ten minutes bawling his eyes out. It's gotta be someone else. [Ogami]  Man... lemme tell you, Kanna, I've been living here all my life and I STILL can't tell all these Asian people apart from each other. [???]  I'm not Kanna. Who're you? [Ogami] Wha-- gently caress!! [Kanna] Not in front of the kid, Captain. And for chrissakes, get yourself down to the infirmary and get someone to look at your head. ----  [Ogami] Aah, I got it. We'll find her as fast as we can. [Kanna]  But y'know, Captain... where do you think we should start looking? I'm thinking that she might still be close to the audience seating, but... Well, lessee...  [Ogami] Let's try going to the secretarial office.  ---- [Ogami] Actually, I just was thinking to dump the kid in the lost and found bin. [Kanna]  Hey, that's an even better idea. Less time wasted! [Boy] B-but... [Kanna] Shut up, kid, else it's gonna be Kanna time. [Boy] NO, MISS, NO!! ----  Meanwhile, back in reality... [Boy] 'kay!  [Kanna]  Well... this kid got lost, so, y'know... Could you use the in-theater broadcast system to call for the kid's mother? [Kasumi]  ... I understand. Please wait just a little bit.  [Ogami] Hahahahaha... that's not true at all. ---- [Ogami] If I'd been SMART, I'd have figured out how to defend myself from everyone in the theater. [Kanna] Or you'd have devised some plan to flee the theater and the country without getting caugh-- [Ogami] Exactly. ---- Bing bong bing bong. [Kasumi] Reporting a lost child. He is about ten years old and is clad in a kimono; we will be waiting in the secretarial office. If his mother is still in the theater, would she please hurry to the secretarial office as quickly as possible? ---- [Kasumi]  He is safe... for now. We may be persuaded to give him back for approximately 20,000 yen. Thank you for your coopera-- [Ogami]  Wait, what the hell are you doing!? [Kasumi]  Manager Yoneda's orders. He'd thought up another way to generate revenue for the theater. [Ogami] By holding them for ransom!? [Kasumi] That actually just seems to be the backup plan. Manager Yoneda has commanded Kohran to research some way to turn the spilt blood of children to gold, so... [Ogami] That's, that's sick! Sick AND unhygenic!! [Kasumi] Not necessarily, Kohran's reportedly making sure to wash her hands first-- [Ogami] That doesn't help. ---- [Kanna] Kid... just wait a little longer. You're a man, ain't'cha? [Boy] 'kay! Soon enough... [Woman] I-I'm so sorry! I'd looked away for just a second!! [Boy] Mommy! [Kanna] Good for you. Try not to get lost again, 'kay? ---- [Kanna] ESPECIALLY not in this theater. Not if you know what's good for you. ---- [Boy] 'kay! Kanna, try not to get lost too, okay!! ---- [Boy] ... not if you know what's good for you, or I'm gonna break your kneecaps like Son Goku did to that one demon lady. [Kanna] Hah! Touché, kid! See, Captain, I taught 'im that! [Ogami] First off, wasn't that an accident? [Kanna] Eh, Sumire'll live, she's too high-class to notice anything like busted kneecaps. [Ogami] ... and secondly, what kind of an example are we BEING for these kids!? [Kanna] An awesome one! Or I'm gonna break your kneecaps. [Ogami] T-touché. ---- [Woman] Now now, don't be rude. Thank you so very much. Now then, good-bye... [Boy] Bye-by~e! Let's play again~! Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 06:32 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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 [Kanna] 'Cause, well, that loneliness when you lose sight of your parents... I'm familiar with that feeling, too... And when you think that maybe they've left you behind, you just can't bear it... you really feel like you wanna cry, huh? Those kids who've come to see the Flower Division's shows... I don't want them to go through those kinds of feelings.  [Ogami] Kanna...  [Ogami]  But... fighting is an important duty, too. ---- [Kanna] ... [Kanna] Aw, man, I can't believe I'm being reminded about fighting by the guy who didn't stop wetting his bed until last week. [Ogami] That's not true at all!! [Kanna] To be fair, it's also common knowledge that you didn't START wetting your bed 'til you started living at the theater. [Ogami] That, that's true. ----  [Kanna] Everything that's important to those kids... important people, important towns, important dreams-- I'll defend all of them!  [Ogami] Not at all. That's actually something very wonderful. [Kanna] C-come off it. You've got nothin' to gain through flattery.  [Kanna] ... Captain, thanks for helping me out.  That and the on-stage beatings she regularly dispenses. As you might remember, according to the theater's focus groups (i.e. Iris), kids loev violence. [Ogami] Now then... I should get going, too. Where was I...? Ah, yes.  Bugging the hell out of busy co-workers.  [Ogami] Yeah, between Kohran's new stage device and Sumire-kun and Kanna's acting skills, it became hugely popular. We're just going to gloss over the REST of the actresses because the game isn't really going to be throwing out any more character art. I'll just say that while it makes sense to have Maria play the serious priest, there's something horribly bizarre about letting Sakura and Iris portray the pig and the kappa, respectively. [Tsubaki] And there are a lot of people who said that they want to see it more, and want us to keep it going. [Ogami] Hahahahaha... well, "Journey to the West" IS the play where the entire Flower Division really came together. [Tsubaki] The summer performance has come to an end... and for a little while, it'll become quieter around here due to the rehearsals for the autumn performance. Nothing like a busy theater to keep all the pilots from doing completely crazy poo poo and wrecking everything around them! Never you mind the fact that Sakura and Sumire nearly started beating the holy hell out of each other during the rehearsals in the first chapter, or that one time a pillar nearly broke Ogami's back, or that whole thing about Maria becoming oh so sad, or that time Kohran nearly lodged a motorcycle into the side of the theater, or... [Ogami] That's true... during that time, we're going to have to go through all the work that's piled up in the meantime.  [Ogami] Hahahahaha... let's see... Whenever he laughs like that, I always imagine him saying it in a kind of tortured deadpan as his mind continues getting tortured by reality going  all around him.Anyways, bromide-buyin' time.  Hmmm... [Tsubaki] That's Iris-chan's bromide, isn't it. It draws your eyes towards it, doesn't it? Everyone acts a little embarrassed when they buy it. Well... they probably have every reason to be embarrassed when buying a bromide of a ten year old girl.   [Tsubaki] That's Kohran-san's bromide, isn't it. Hmmm, Kohran-san seems to be popular with a pretty mysterious type of people. You mean... there are people who dig Kohran for her glasses, her accent, and her high-slit dress even WITHOUT knowing that she's a master tinkerer with ork-like qualities? ... holy crap.   [Tsubaki] That comes to fifty sen~. Thank you very much for your business!  We have the means... we have the technology. Let's chat her up. [Ogami] It must have been pretty tough down at the shop today. Good work, Tsubaki-chan. [Tsubaki] Thank you. We sold so much stuff that it just feels good. [Ogami] Our inventory of items has certainly started running out... we've got to restock by tomorrow, don't we. [Tsubaki] Eheheh... actually, we have a vacation starting from tomorrow. The extended performance of "Journey to the West" has ended, and our work has settled down for the time being. [Ogami] Eh, is that so... The entire Wind Brigade-- Tsubaki, Yuri, and Kasumi-- all get a vacation? Well then, there's only one proper way to react to this happy piece of news!  Why the hell doesn't OGAMI get a vacation!?  [Ogami] I want a vacation, too... I've been taking tickets straight, and I haven't gotten any breaks... [Tsubaki] Shouldn't it be alright if you took a short vacation? Maybe if you tried talking it over with the manager? [Ogami] Yeah... Maybe-- just maybe-- the Manager will find enough kindness in his gnarled badass heart to take pity on Ogami's plight, and maybe he'll see fit to give Ogami even half a day off so that the ticket-taker can lock himself in his room and do his best to ignore all the psychopaths in the theater!  [Ogami] Ah, Manager.  ----  Or maybe he'll just torment Ogami as he usually does, because Ikki Yoneda exists to allow us all to laugh at Ogami's plight and the fact that he is, indeed, a poor bastard.  [Ogami] ... yeah.  [Ogami] Yeah... I got it. I'll do my best... And Ogami slinks away, trying not to listen to Yoneda laughing uproariously at him, somewhere in the distance. ...   But there's no time to be depressed!  It's time to celebrate, because Kanna might not be here to beat the stuffing out of an already-tired Ogami!  ---- [Ogami] ... belay that. Between the thing at the shop and this, today is clearly the day where all my wishful thinking goes horribly wrong. ---- [Kanna] Just as I promised you last time, I'll teach you the Super Rinpai, Captain. Wait, wha-- [Ogami] I'm looking forward to that. Let's get started!  And just as things start to look up, the screen fade to black.  Without even a montage to symbolize the HARD WORK AND GUTS that Ogami put into his less-than-five-minute-long training session, how can we even be sure that he's learned this new final attack!? ... well, okay, it's really not THAT hard to imagine. ---- [Kanna] Alright, first, you gotta kick the air once an' hold your pose. [Ogami] Okay, got it. [Kanna] Then you gotta spout an awesome line. You'd better make drat sure that you yell out the name of the attack. [Ogami] ... okay. And then? [Kanna] Then the hard part's over, and you just go to town on your opponent. [Ogami] Wha-- that's it? Punch the opponent as hard as you can? [Kanna] What, you didn't get it all the first time? You want me to tell you again? >YES NO [Ogami] Yes! I mean, wait, no, no, NO-- [Kanna] Alright, first, you gotta kick the air once an' hold your pose... [Ogami]  FfffffUUUUUUUUUUUUCCCCCCCCKKKKK-- ----  [???]  Help! M-momoko, someone please help Momoko~~!!  Never mind the fact that we'd have heard the alarms go off if there WAS a demon attack or the fact that we'd kind of have to suit up into our robots and all.  ----  ---- [Kanna] Curse you, Hive of Darkness, curse you and your rampaging bulls! [Ogami] I don't think so, Kanna. [Kanna] 'Course it is! It'd be totally random, horribly planned, and completely pointless! This carries all the hallmark of bein' a Hive of Darkness attack! [Ogami] ... well blow me down, you're right. [Kanna] You sure? I mean, I COULD punch you so hard that you fall to the ground, but-- [Ogami] Figure of speech, Kanna. ---- [Old Man] Momoko, Momoko~~~! Someone please help Momoko~!! [Bull]  Nnmmrrooo~!!  [Ogami]  Right! Let's go, Kanna!! [Kanna]  Deryaaaaaaaa! Y'see, where most dating sim characters have their little romantic scenes and adorable cuteness, Ogami and Kanna...  ... they go bull-wrasslin'. gently caress YES.  [Kanna] Captain, now's your chance! Use the Super Rinpai that I just taught you!! ---- [Ogami] C... can't I just shoot it or something? [Kanna] Hell no! Whaddaya think this is, a Maria event!? [Ogami] Point taken. ---- [Ogami] R-right, here I go!  After a long and fast-paced Action LIPS... [Ogami] Uuooooaaaargh! Take this! Super Rinpai!!  Ogami socks the bull in the face. [Bull] Nnmuumooorgh!  [Old Man] Momoko~~! My dear bull, Momoko, just got beaten up~!! [Ogami] M-Momoko... you mean, that was the BULL'S name...? I'd ask why the old man named the bull Momoko if I wasn't so busy wondering what the gently caress he was doing dragging a bull through Ginza.   [Bull] Moo. [Old Man] Thank you so much. You really saved us... now... let's go home, Momoko. [Bull] Nmoo~!  QUICK TRANSITION!!  [Kanna] You pulled it off perfectly, even though it was the first time you'd used that attack in a real fight!  I hereby suggest the following acronym every time something like this happens: WCIOD? (What Can't Ichiro Ogami Do?) [Ogami]  N, not at all... that was... that was all thanks to your training, Kanna, so...  I dunno, we wrassled a bull, I don't think we can really top this kind of event. ... on the other hand, this is Kanna we're talking about here, so...  ----  Now that Ogami's learned a new final attack, he's gotta go put it to good use!  Oh Manager Yone~da~... NEXT TIME: Talking with old men, IT CAME FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE DRESSING ROOM, and good god Maria what in the world are you doing Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 06:38 on Mar 31, 2013 |
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Spirit Armor posted:good god Maria what are you doing
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Spirit Armor posted:WCIOD? (What Can't Ichiro Ogami Do?)
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comrade sampo posted:Get a better job, apparently. Well, its not exactly like they he can go on a job interview. Sakura would just murder the interviewer.
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I've gotta agree with Vimes. The teaser practically made me forget about this update, and given Kanna and Ogami wrestled a bull to the ground in this one, that's saying something. Or maybe I just prefer Maria to Kanna. Same diff.
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Kanna promises that every day will be a wild adventure. A Man Vs. Wild adventure.
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She helps a kid and teaches Ogami how to punch out a Bull. Kanna is so awesome. 
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I like that punching out a bull is merely an optional event in the game.
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quote:'Course it is! It'd be totally random, horribly planned, and completely pointless! This carries all the hallmark of bein' a Hive of Darkness attack! I loled at this.
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Spirit Armor posted:
Owch... Meh, We'll manage  Also 'Journey to the West' is a good read... long, but good. How far in/near the end are we anyway?
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Did Ogami really learn a new final attack? Also, let me get this straight. You are doing Sakura Taisen 1-5? ... You have too much free time
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PunkBoy posted:I've been following this thread long before I registered here, and I want to say that I've enjoyed reading every update. I must say it's hard to choose which girl to support. Well...any girl but Iris, of course. Glad you like it! Count your lucky stars that you didn't get mobbed by the fiercest proponents of the various girls.  veekie posted:Can I propose that when the voting comes, everyone picks their top 3(ranked of course) instead of one? Might make poor Spirit Armor go nuts from tabulating the votes though. Haz posted:I like this idea. If you gave each person's 1st place pick 3 points, 2nd place 2 points, and 3rd place 1 point, then added everything up, I think we'd get a more accurate view of who everyone would prefer. Yeah, that sounds like a good idea. Thanks-- I'll take you up on that proposal when it comes time to vote. SirSamVimes posted:I am intruiged. Continue. ZeeToo posted:The teaser practically made me forget about this update, and given Kanna and Ogami wrestled a bull to the ground in this one, that's saying something. It might not be as utterly crazy as you think it is... ... though, yeah, I can safely say that Ogami and Maria probably think it's crazy. comrade sampo posted:Get a better job, apparently. Sure, but outside of being able to pilot a machine that can save Japan, what the heck could he put on his resume? "Cuts things, plays instruments, is a martial artist, waxes on and off like a pro"... Revenant Threshold posted:I like that punching out a bull is merely an optional event in the game. Verty posted:How far in/near the end are we anyway? More than halfway done. There're... what, 11 chapters total? 12 at most? This is separate from "how far we are to the voting", however. Hellioning posted:Did Ogami really learn a new final attack? 1) No, 2) yes, and 3) if I did before I started this LP, I don't anymore.
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Hellioning posted:You are doing Sakura Taisen 1-5? By calculations Spirit Armor will finish the entire Sakura Wars series in about... 7.5 years time. Assuming Sakura Wars 6 and 7 don't come out soon, which he would probably finish in about 10 years. Say goodbye to your life, SA! :iamafag:
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Now that Ogami has wrestled a bull, what will be next for his training? Shark Dropkicking classes. One can only hope.
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Morgenthau posted:By calculations Spirit Armor will finish the entire Sakura Wars series in about... 7.5 years time. No? Oh man, it's never going to end 
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Spirit Armor posted:Sure, but outside of being able to pilot a machine that can save Japan, what the heck could he put on his resume? "Cuts things, plays instruments, is a martial artist, waxes on and off like a pro"... Surely that's an important job skill for something.
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comrade sampo posted:"Survived being locked in a house with a dozen psychotic women for months on end." I'm pretty sure that's only an important job skill for the very kind of job Ogami'd be trying to get away from.
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comrade sampo posted:"Survived being locked in a house with a dozen psychotic women for months on end." Asylum counselor.
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CannonFodder posted:Oh man, it's never going to end Fixed!* *Applicable to us merciless slave driving LP viewers only. comrade sampo posted:"Survived being locked in a house with a dozen psychotic women for months on end." Feral cat caretaker. Demonic feral hellcat caretaker.
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comrade sampo posted:"Survived being locked in a house with a dozen psychotic women for months on end." He could run a whole wing of a female only detox center in Los Angeles by himself at this point. The guy's proven he can withstand emotional and mental beatings, and he can punch large bovines into submission.
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CannonFodder posted:Oh, it's not that bad, it's not like every new game introduces more girls to torment the poor bastard... right? And the storylines didn't get longer to handle the added girls and locations... right? You say that like it's a bad thing.
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RyuujinBlueZ posted:I'm pretty sure that's only an important job skill for the very kind of job Ogami'd be trying to get away from. I'll bet every night, Ohgami weeps before sleeping, pining for a simpler life as a clam farmer off the Izu Peninsula. The only consolation of happiness after a day's worth of insanity is at least sweet dreams. But all he gets are tentacled nightmares; Ohgami's dreams washed out by the psychic backlash of 6 borderline crazy psychic girls dreaming of raping Ohgami at the same time.
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Morgenthau posted:But all he gets are tentacled nightmares; Ohgami's dreams washed out by the psychic backlash of 6 borderline crazy psychic girls dreaming of raping Ohgami at the same time. I'm pretty sure those tentacles aren't nightmares. It's Mr. Tentacle! Kohran's latest invention.
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Aug 26, 2008 20:36
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I just read all of the updates in one sitting. Oh dear me, I didn't know I can laugh THAT loud, seriously. Points of note: I too thought that Iris's cthulu theme is a joke... I was SO wrong. The final combination attacks are weird but when I saw that Sumira x Ogami one killed the whole army of bosses I was basically slain with the amount of awesome [one attack, one motherfucking attack to kill them all],humor [I mean, the whole animation where Ogami just barges in to the wedding is crazy and loving weird. Especially weird, I can't get used to seeing how suddenly a big heart comes out of nowhere and basically summons rain of death upon the opponents in range. Something came to my mind: Does final combination attack take whole spirit gauge from both concerned [i.e. Ogami and the lady in question] or just from the one who used the attack? And can you use it more then once per battle? Because of reading your thread I seriously want to play those games, but there's no English version. Why is the world so cruel?
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Aug 26, 2008 22:22
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DoublePLayer posted:Because of reading your thread I seriously want to play those games, but there's no English version. (How did Persona 3 sell, anyway? I know goons loved it but goons are known for flocking to games the general public ignores.)
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Aug 26, 2008 23:52
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Well I guess it did well enough that they brought over FES and are going to be bringing over 4, infact I think they announced they would be bringing 4 over before it was even actually out in Japan. It is kind of sad there aren't more games like Persona 3 out in America, I think something like Sakura Wars would have done okay, at the very least worthy of being a niche title. Its not like there isn't other Sakura Wars merchandise that has been brought over.
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Aug 27, 2008 00:26
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Ryuujin posted:infact I think they announced they would be bringing 4 over before it was even actually out in Japan. I was pretty sure it was out a few months back over there. I know we're supposed to get it sometime around christmas though.
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Aug 27, 2008 01:34
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Grunduggerer posted:I'm pretty sure those tentacles aren't nightmares. Naw, it's just Iris.
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Aug 27, 2008 01:40
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veekie posted:Naw, it's just Iris. I don't know what would be worse... Well, Kohran is cute and closer to being legal then Iris, so I will say Iris is worse.
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Anyways, it's time to visit Yoneda. We should talk to him about possibly giving Ogami a break before the poor bastard snaps and goes on a murderous ticket-clipping spree  Steam-powered computers, huh. I'm kind of afraid to ask "What ISN'T steam-powered in this world?", if only because the list would be worryingly short. It's only a matter of time before we have steam-powered food, steam-powered clothes... And, perhaps in a few years, steam-powered cyborgs, which would put one helluva creepy spin on Kohran's dream of people and robots being born to support each other. ---- [Ogami] Hey, Kohran, how's it-- [Ogami] -- SUFFERIN' SHOGEIMARU, KOHRAN, WHAT THE gently caress HAVE YOU DONE!?  [Kohran]  Hey, Ogami-han, I've switched out all my fleshy bits with badass robot bits, an' I've done th' same to everyone else! Now get over here an' bend over, you'll thank me later. [Ogami] N-no! Stay aw-- GYAAAAAAAH!! ---- [Yoneda]  Oh, I see. "Kusabi"-- linchpins, huh? ... right, we'll try adding that data to our current steam-powered computers. The people in the Flower Division...? They said that they'll be throwing a party or something. They'll be fine. ... hm, don't worry about it, we'll get results. Now then... [Ogami] Huh...? Commander Yoneda in the middle of a phone call, it seems... ---- [Ogami] Hmm. Maybe I should back out and leave Yoneda to finish his serious-sounding phone call; interrupting such an important conversation may have horrible consequences for the defense of Japan. [Ogami] ... ----  ---- [Ogami] Ha ha screw that, it is a door, it was made to be knocked, I WILL KNOCK IT. ---- [Ogami] It's Ogami... could we talk for a moment? [Yoneda]  Yeah, sure. C'mon in.  ----  [Ogami] Um... Times like these make me wonder if Yoneda's whole drunken-old-man routine is actually a fabricated facade that's meant to take everyone off guard. ... and then I remember all those other times where Yoneda was actually drunk, which are more than enough to put this debate to rest. [Yoneda]  More importantly, you guys... you're throwin' a party, right? [Ogami] Eh...?  Ogami thought about how to respond for a moment. He could be a courteous young man and either invite his boss to the party or make polite conversation...  ... or he could be someone who knew full well what kind of person Yoneda is and answer accordingly.  [Ogami] ... there won't be any alcohol.  ---- [Yoneda] I mean, it's BOUND to have hookers too, right? [Ogami] ... Manager, please think for just a second about the people who will be holding this party. [Yoneda] Oh, sure, Maria's a stick in the mud about these kinds of things, but if KANNA'S gonna have a part in it, I'm sure that she's-- [Ogami] She's a woman, Manager. [Yoneda] Pshaw, well, yeah, but she's still man enough to appreciate a good set of melons and a familiarity with swinging around on one of them poles and... [Ogami] I can't believe I'm having this conversation. ---- [Ogami] No... that's not what I meant, but... [Yoneda] It's fine, it's fine. Well... I already got some plans that'll take me out of the theater anyways, so. ---- [Ogami] You lucky bastard, TAKE ME WITH YOU. [Ogami] I... I haven't been outside the theater and unsupervised since... I can't even remember when!! [Yoneda] I'd be with you. [Ogami] The difference is, you aren't trying to break me if I even talk to another woman or hit on me or surprise me in the most horrific ways possible. [Yoneda] ... d'you want me t-- [Ogami] gently caress NO. ---- [Yoneda] Either way, I ain't gonna be able to join the party. You guys just have fun without me, alright? [Ogami] Is that so... well, we'll definitely invite you to the next party. Assuming that there even IS a next party. ...   ---- [Yoneda] It's called "I gots a bottle of alcohol on my desk that hasn't been emptied yet, so make like a leaf and go away." ---- [Ogami] Right... understood. Now then, please excuse me.  And that's it for that. Now, let's see who's baaaaawing in the Dressing Room.  It's Sumire! Well, she's either about to look horrifically surprised, or she's-- [Sumire]  P-pffft... E-Ensign, I must excuse myself here... mmmmph. -- trying her best not to laugh her rear end off as she flees the scene. O... kay. Let's see what Tsubaki has to say.  ... G-good god. I KNEW that this scene was coming, I was PREPARED to whip out something along the lines of "Why so serious!?" because it'd have been way too easy, but there's not much I can do when I'm snickering like  and just staring like  .[Ogami] Kya!! ... wh-what, what happened, Tsubaki-chan!? [Tsubaki]  Uwaaaaah, Ogami-sa~n! Even though I followed Sumire-san's instructions to the letter, my face... my face~!! ---- [Ogami] It's melting!? [Tsubaki] N-no! It's not! It's just-- [Ogami] Because I'm having trouble focusing on your face due to my eyes kind of skittering away and refusing to gaze upon the hilariously clownish application of makeup that looks so bizarre on you, and-- [Tsubaki] UWAAAAAAAAAAAAH!! [Ogami] ... maybe that was the wrong thing to say. ---- [Ogami] Tsubaki-chan... just stay still, I'll wipe that make-up off for you.  ----  That's funny, Ogami can't seem to get the rest of that rouge off of Tsubaki's face. I wonder why. [Tsubaki] I wonder if I just won't be able to become pretty at all... [Ogami] Tsubaki-chan... As with all such questions...  The only correct choice is to answer with a ludicrous and completely unnecessary amount of HOT-BLOODED COURAGE YEAAAAAAAAAAAAH. [Ogami] That's not it at all!! [Tsubaki]  O-Ogami-san!? [Ogami] Beauty is a mirror that reflects what's inside. You won't become pretty just by decorating your outward appearance. [Ogami] Have a little more confidence in yourself, Tsubaki-chan. That is the shortest route to becoming pretty. We can add "knows everything about inner beauty and true beauty and non-exterior beauty," and he's perfectly qualified to counsel teenage girls about how they shouldn't be pressured to drastically change their personalities and/or exterior appearances just to satisfy society's preconceived perceptions of beauty, etc. ... once again, WCIOD? [Tsubaki] Ogami-san... that's true. I'll do my best!!  [Tsubaki] Thank you very much, Ogami-san. I... thought that if I put on make-up, I could become pretty, just like that. But... that was wrong, wasn't it. Thanks to you, Ogami-san, I understand now! Well, THAT little teenage girl dilemma only took about fifteen seconds to solve. [Ogami] Truly beautiful people don't just put on make-up; maybe they simply allow their inner selves to shine. ---- [Tsubaki] Even if that beautiful person's inner self is an rear end in a top hat, like Sumire-san? [Ogami] Especially if that person's inner self is an rear end in a top hat, like Sumire-kun. [Ogami]  Bonus points if that person is all domineering AND would look good in a dominatrix outfit, like Sumire-kun. [Tsubaki] ... you probably shouldn't have included that last sentence, Ogami-san. ----  [Ogami] Aah, I'm looking forward to it.  Now that we've brought a Happy End! upon this little character-building arc, it's time to move on to greener pastures and solve the problems of other damsels in distress! Well, that and we gotta move onto the next scene 'cause our five minutes is up. Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 05:42 on Apr 7, 2013 |
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 Right next door... well, if you'll recall, someone's been hanging around the Costume Room pretty darned frequently as of late.  [Ogami] Maria's voice again, huh. I wonder what she's been looking for all this time... Given that she's been searching for, oh, months, I'm pretty interested in seeing what all the fuss is about, too. So, Ogami goes in. When he does, though, the situation quickly deteriorates into something...  ... something... uh, something... ... It deteriorates into something. [Maria]  C-Captain! Um... [Ogami] That dress is what Sakura-kun wore for "Because of Love," isn't it...  [Ogami] Maria... ---- [Ogami] You're like a head taller than Sakura-kun and have bigger, uh... bigger biggers, so I really don't think you'd be able to squeeze into that thing. [Maria]  ... of all the times to leave my gun in my room, why did it have to be THIS time? ----  [Ogami] ... you really surprised me, Maria.  [Ogami] No... it's not something you should apologize about. I mean, Maria, you're a girl, after all. I... think that that means something like "even YOU have a feminine side to you," but I can't possibly imagine how to sculpt that into an English phrase that won't sound horribly bizarre and/or insulting and/or condescending. So I kept the more direct translation which makes me go every time I see it pop up in dating sims/anime/manga/etc. [Ogami] You ARE cute, Maria, so I think you'd look good even in more feminine clothes. [Maria]  Eh... is that so? I... um, I don't know much about that sort of thing... ---- [Ogami] I kind of figured, what with the huge trenchcoat that you wear all year. [Maria]  Truth be told, I just... wear it so that I don't stand out as much. [Ogami] I. [Ogami] That. [Ogami] ... I don't even know where I should begin. ----  [Ogami] Hm? What's up, Maria? [Maria] Could you please... not tell anyone else about this? [Ogami] U~m, let's see...  [Ogami] Hmm, now what SHALL I do? I decided to go with the midpoint between "stupidly serious" and "stupidly suicidal." ... granted, I was tempted to hit the third choice, but I refrained from doing so. I know that you can't go directly to the game over screen in the dating sim portion of Sakura Wars, but some choices really push that assumption sometimes.  [Ogami] Just kidding, I was just kidding! I'll keep it a secret.  ----  In a heartbeat, all the cute and happy atmosphere drains from the conversation, leaving a frigid chilly awkwardness between them. ... what have I done? [Ogami] Aah. Okay, see you later...  [Ogami] I guess Maria's a girl after all, huh. Now then, guess I'll go elsewhere.  ----  Yay, it's Sumire!  And she's in a mood to tear off the head of anyone who messes up even a little bit. ... Yay, it's Sumire!! [Ogami] You mean...  There's only one correct choice here. [Ogami] Let's see, it's... about Kanna, right?  [Ogami] ... but you managed to make peace with her a little while back, didn't you? [Sumire]  I simply have my doubts about the casting of our plays. That is a seperate matter entirely.  ... hmm.  [Ogami] No, I don't think so. [Sumire]  What did you say, Ensign!? What exactly do you mean by THAT? [Ogami] I'm simply a newcomer where it comes to plays, so I can't really say this for sure, but... No matter how well one plays the main character, the play won't be able to come together without the supporting cast. [Ogami] Even the Demon Woman is a splended role. Furthermore, I think it's a role that no one but you could pull off, Sumire-kun. As we've seen all too often during the course of this game, the only way to deflate Sumire's anger is to appeal to her vanity. ... even if you CAN take Ogami's statement in a number of rather unflattering ways.  ---- [Sumire]  And what you are saying is that I am such a huge bitch that I can pull off evil bitches excellently! Is that it!? [Ogami] Wait! Wait, no, that's not-- [Sumire] KIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII--  ---- [Sumire] I believe that I was wrong. Even the supporting cast has its own wonderful roles to play... it is exactly as you say, Ensign.  [Ogami] That's it. That's exactly what I wanted to say. ---- [Ogami] O-oh yeah, that was totally what I wanted to say. Oh yeah. Yup. Mm-hmm. ----  [Sumire]  Now then, I shall retire to the salon... please be sure to come by yourself, Ensign.  ... Swordsman, Mecha Pilot, Piano/Contrabass Player, Master Waxer, Martial Artist, Naval Ensign, Ticket Taker, Clothes Changer, Boy Toy/Master Pimp, King of Children's Card Games, and now Psychiatrist... WTFCIOD? (What The gently caress CAN'T Ichiro Ogami Do?) NEXT TIME: There Are Times When You Should drat Well Listen To What Kohran's Telling You To Do, Ayame Fujieda: Master Of Crushing Young Men's Dreams, and Let's Talk To Everyohgod. Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 07:37 on Apr 2, 2013 |
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