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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry
...why can I picture Iris on "To Catch a Predator", gleefully PKing silverware at people on national television?

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Rose wood
Apr 4, 2006

You're a superstar!
Please start insulting iris every chance you get :gonk:

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007
1. Treat Iris like she's three years old. She'll hate it. Therefore I'll enjoy it!

2. Um, so why is Kohran naked while she's working on her laundry machine?

3. Still prefer Sumire. I like that she keeps calling Sakura a country hick. Also her cleavage hangs out for a reason - she has warm, tasty bread that needs eating, and it has to be put out in the open to cool off.

CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench
VAST

TRACTS

OF

LAND


Also good work with the random MS Paints. It's super effective!

TheGreenAvenger
Jun 23, 2005

I killed Chin the Conqueror.
I'm voting for Maria~~~!!! Is it a tie again? Also, curse you Spirit Armor... :( I had to preorder the Best Price PSP version of this game because of this LP. :doom:

Thuryl
Mar 14, 2007

My postillion has been struck by lightning.

Grunduggerer posted:

2. Um, so why is Kohran naked while she's working on her laundry machine?

Because washing all her clothing at once is more efficient! :pseudo:

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.

Morgenthau posted:

Thanks to you and my imagination I now know what Kohran looks naked!
And yet after calling you a pervert she gives you a coy smile, as if she liked it?

You're welcome and I have no goddamn clue either. :cry: First the robotics-assisted S&M, then the kamikaze 'bots, and now this... learning more about Kohran is like gradually peeling off gift wrapping to reveal an ever-growing :can:

Morgenthau posted:

Strangely enough, I use FAQs for my Sakura Wars plays as well. Maybe The reason I don't get perfect is my habit of visiting all the shower scenes in each chapter.

... give my regards to your version of Ogami, the poor battered bastard. :patriot:


Bakanogami posted:

Exactly why my vote is firmly behind Maria. Sumire's cleavage just hangs out there, but we won't get Maria's assets out from under that coat without some proper effort. :colbert:

... or without a bullet-proof vest.


Semiru posted:

And Kohran's aren't swaying me. Sticking with Sumire.

We've got more bikini-clad lessons to look forward to, too!

I honestly have no clue how they're going to end, but it ought to be an interesting ride. And by interesting, I mean...

... well, I think you already know what I mean. :pervert:


Sylphosaurus posted:

I'm still for Kohran but I'm weak for girls that can wipe out half of Tokyo with nothing more than a gleeful smile.

You've just described about half the brigade right there, Kohran included.


Dexanth posted:

This update lacks soul devouring pain. I am registering a formal complaint!

... does this mean I need to get Ogami to go hit on Iris some more? :(


Glazius posted:

...why can I picture Iris on "To Catch a Predator", gleefully PKing silverware at people on national television?

... I'm not sure if you mean if she'd be an undercover agent, or if she'd be a predator, in her case attempting to rip out and consume the souls of her poor hapless victims. :gonk:


Rose wood posted:

Please start insulting iris every chance you get :gonk:

I'M TRYING :gonk: She shouldn't even be in first place anyway, for crying out loud!


Grunduggerer posted:

1. Treat Iris like she's three years old. She'll hate it. Therefore I'll enjoy it!

2. Um, so why is Kohran naked while she's working on her laundry machine?

3. Still prefer Sumire. I like that she keeps calling Sakura a country hick. Also her cleavage hangs out for a reason - she has warm, tasty bread that needs eating, and it has to be put out in the open to cool off.

1) Oh, believe me, I plan to. Not that there appear to be that many opportunities in this particular chapter.

2) ... because clothes static can be harmful to the exposed innards of machines? I DON'T KNOW.

3) I have to admit that I've not heard THAT particular euphimism before. Now I've got the mental image of a berserker Ogami burrowing through Sumire's chest cavity using nothing but his teeth, causing an enormous explosion of blood. :gonk:


CannonFodder posted:

Also good work with the random MS Paints. It's super effective!

... thanks! :shobon:


TheGreenAvenger posted:

I'm voting for Maria~~~!!! Is it a tie again?

No. :(

Greeny posted:

Also, curse you Spirit Armor... I had to preorder the Best Price PSP version of this game because of this LP.

O-Oh man. Good luck with that- it's a bundle pack of the ORIGINAL version of the first two games as-is, so it'll probably be somewhat different from what you see here.


Thuryl posted:

Because washing all her clothing at once is more efficient! :eng99:

.... this. I change my answer to this.



Update coming in a few days.

On a random note, have a totally untranslated, live stage version of one of the in-game plays' main themes: Because Of Love.

Insane Totoro
Dec 5, 2005

Take cover!!!
That Totoro has an AR-15!
Sumire must win! If only for the reason that Iris creeps me out more and more each time I read this thread.

Morgenthau
Aug 28, 2007
Circumstances have gone beyond my control.
As I said, fastest way to lower Iris' love points towards you: Gatecrash her shower scene. Though mind-scarring, it's effective!

Anyway we can't do much in this chapter to Iris though. The next chapter after this is Iris' character development chapter and the event there will definitely see her being bumped back to No.1.

And I always felt that Kohran's the most bold of the girls. Hell, she saw Ohgami naked and you get a lot more intimate scenes with her compared with the others. In fact, I think she's the only one that you get to kiss with at the end.

Psychodude
Nov 12, 2004
You do realize you're not wearing any pants, right?

CannonFodder posted:

Also good work with the random MS Paints. It's super effective!
Agreed. The MS paints seem to convey Ogami's horror in a very lovely fashion.

Also, I'm formally throwing my vote in for Maria. The poor girl seems to need the help right now. SHE'S COLD BECAUSE SHE LOVES YOU! IT'S JAPAN IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!

Wyvernil
Mar 10, 2007

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons... for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
I'm also agreeing with the notion that the Paint pictures help the effect(of soul-crushing horror, at least).

Looking forward to the next update, whenever that might be. Wonder if it's time to introduce the last pilot yet?

The Lone Badger
Sep 24, 2007

I'm going to have to vote for Maria here. Because I'm pretty sure that if we piss her off enough we're going to get assassinated by a mysterious sniper and she'll be forced to take over command for the good of the country.

BlondRobin
May 29, 2005

Sssh! Be vewy vewy quiet. It's wabbit season.

The Lone Badger posted:

I'm going to have to vote for Maria here. Because I'm pretty sure that if we piss her off enough we're going to get assassinated by a mysterious sniper and she'll be forced to take over command for the good of the country.

At Ogami's funeral...

[Yoneda]

Ahh... Before we toss Ogami's body off into the lan-

[Maria]

ix-nay on the andfill-lay

[Yoneda]

Ah! I mean, before we consign Ogami's body to the waves or whatever it is the Mecha Forces do, Maria Tachibana would like to say a few words in memory of the greatest and only commander this force has ever known. Certainly he was the first to be murdered in the line of duty. Yes, it's very likely that this has not happened three times before. ...Er, Maria?

[Maria]

Thank you, Sir. (turning to face the assembled crowd) The name Ogami has a different meaning for all of us, I think. To some of us, we think of a brave, knightly captain figure, charging suicidally in front of attacks to protect his squad even at the risk of his own life- indeed, even when it was totally unnecessary.

[Maria]

Some of us loved him like a brother-

[Iris]

Now, I merely have to wait for nightfall and he will be mine FOREVER! Oh, you needn't fear, big brother, I have a very special teddy bear for you... a VERY SPECIAL TEDDY BEAR!

[Maria]

and some of us remember him for all he did for us and our personal interests-

[Kohran]

I don't need another dead body. My closet already stinks.

[Maria]

but I think we can all agree that he was very special to us.

[Sakura]

Don't worry, Ogami, the person who did this to you will be following right after... as soon as I find out who they are... then I'll come- I promise! I'll meet you in Heaven! WE'LL BE HAPPY!

[Maria]

Admittely more special to some of us than others.

[Yoneda]

Want to get on with it, Maria? My beer's going to go flat by the time you're done at this rate.

[Maria]

Of course. I just wanted to say that he did not deserve to die; certainly not such a sad, meaningless death as a 7.62 bullet fired from a Model 1891 at extreme range impacting the back of the skull, destroying his brain and ensuring Kohran could not find some way to revive him as a killer android.

[Yoneda]

Wait, what?

[Maria]

Nothing. Anyway, I will strive to do my best as the leader of the Imperal Flower Division in Ogami's place, to honor his memory.

[Yoneda]

Wait, no one's said you're the next commander.

[Maria]

I still have the rifle.

[Everyone]
...

[Maria]

Very good. My first orders; report to the hangars at 8:00 tomorrow, you will be cleaning your Koubu with your tongues. That is all.

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007
After the funeral...

It's sad and all, but I did save the most important part for a device I've been working on.

But his brain was...

No, silly, not his brain. The IMPORTANT part.

Oh. I see...

I'm going to install it in my Koubu! It'll be rocket-powered!

This is why you're third in the voting, you know.

Dominic Hokage
Nov 11, 2003

Oh gawd, Awesome-chan can't arrive soon enough! :cry:

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007
Pilot 6 has just as much crazy as 1-5, I suspect.

Sumire Legion onward - because everyone else will end up killing Ogami within a year.

Verbose
Apr 23, 2006

Mike believed in the shooting star, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then,but that's no matter. Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... and then one fine morning-
So we beat on, subs against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
I'd like to vote for Maria again and have it count twice.

Wyvernil
Mar 10, 2007

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons... for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
I'd say it's about high time for a new update, myself.

Where's that OP? I'd have thought with the long break that he'd have gotten though all of chapter 3 by now.

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.

Insane Totoro posted:

Sumire must win! If only for the reason that Iris creeps me out more and more each time I read this thread.

Vote noted!


Morgenthau posted:

As I said, fastest way to lower Iris' love points towards you: Gatecrash her shower scene. Though mind-scarring, it's effective!

... she has a shower scene? :pwn:


Psychodude posted:

Agreed. The MS paints seem to convey Ogami's horror in a very lovely fashion.

Also, I'm formally throwing my vote in for Maria. The poor girl seems to need the help right now. SHE'S COLD BECAUSE SHE LOVES YOU! IT'S JAPAN IT MAKES PERFECT SENSE!!

Thanks. Then... the drawings have fulfilled their purpose. :science:

Also, vote noted... a while back, actually.


Wyvernil posted:

I'm also agreeing with the notion that the Paint pictures help the effect(of soul-crushing horror, at least).

Looking forward to the next update, whenever that might be. Wonder if it's time to introduce the last pilot yet?

Yay, soul-crushing horror! :neckbeard:

Also: yes.


The Lone Badger posted:

I'm going to have to vote for Maria here. Because I'm pretty sure that if we piss her off enough we're going to get assassinated by a mysterious sniper and she'll be forced to take over command for the good of the country.

BlondRobin posted:

(In Which Ogami Gets Assassinated By A Mysterious Sniper And Maria Is Forced To Take Over Command For The Good Of The Country.)

....... I love you goons.


Grunduggerer posted:

(In Which A Rocket-Powered Part Of Ogami Gets More Action Dead Than Alive.)

.... rocket-powered.









... no... no, I don't see that ending well at all. :gonk:


Dominic Hokage posted:

Oh gawd, Awesome-chan can't arrive soon enough!

Yeah, the above stories really put everything into perspective, huh.


Grunduggerer posted:

Pilot 6 has just as much crazy as 1-5, I suspect.

Sumire Legion onward - because everyone else will end up killing Ogami within a year.

Probably!

Also, I'd give it like... half a year.


Verbose posted:

I'd like to vote for Maria again and have it count twice.

That would be madness.

I mean, like, more madness than that which takes place at the theater on a daily basis.


Wyvernil posted:

'd say it's about high time for a new update, myself.

Where's that OP? I'd have thought with the long break that he'd have gotten though all of chapter 3 by now.

Remember that it usually takes me about 3-4 days to crank out an update, so... I only managed to get about one and three-quarters updates done during my probation'd time.

Update's coming tomorrow, 'cause most of it's done.

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 05:15 on Sep 25, 2007

Morgenthau
Aug 28, 2007
Circumstances have gone beyond my control.

Spirit Armor posted:

... she has a shower scene? :pwn:

Yes, yes she does.
Mercifully it's way late in chapter 7 when your relationship with your chosen girl is up and running so you'll have to find other creative ways to crush her young heart.

So I guess the best way is to just insult and ignore the hell out of her and toady up as much as you can to your chosen girl to even the odds. Ah poo poo, requesting you do Iris' shower scene anyway for pedophilic shits and giggles. :gonk:

TheGreenAvenger
Jun 23, 2005

I killed Chin the Conqueror.

Morgenthau posted:

So I guess the best way is to just insult and ignore the hell out of her and toady up as much as you can to your chosen girl to even the odds. Ah poo poo, requesting you do Iris' shower scene anyway for pedophilic shits and giggles. :gonk:

Is this one of those "ironic-but-not-really" requests, like those threads on GBS with all the cartoon porn?

:pedo: : Barge into the shower when a 9-year-old girl's in there! It'll be hilarious!!

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007

quote:

... no... no, I don't see that ending well at all. :gonk:

You know, that's pretty much what I figured would happen.

Wyvernil
Mar 10, 2007

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons... for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Morgenthau posted:

Ah poo poo, requesting you do Iris' shower scene anyway for pedophilic shits and giggles. :gonk:

I've got a better idea. Let's not do that.

Please.

For the love of god. :gonk:

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.


Okay, fine, I'm going into Kohran's room, but only because I can actually SEE her standing behind that door without a blunt object in hand.



Maybe it'll be something that WON'T directly or indirectly cause pain and suffering to come crashing into Ogami's life. You know, maybe it'll be something SIMPLE, like a thermonuclear bomb.

[Kohran]

Ah?! A-aw, crap!!

[Ogami]

W-what?!

Why can't ANY of Ogami's visits to Kohran's room just be NORMAL and HAPPY and NON-LIFE-THREATENING?



[Ogami]

Kohran! What's wrong?!
I'm coming in!



[Kohran]

Ogami-han, one of the machines somewhere next by yer feet's triggered its self-destruction mechanism!

:wtc:

WHY ON GOD'S EARTH WOULD YOU INSTALL A SELF-DESTRUCT MECHANISM ON A DEVICE THAT YOU KEEP IN YOUR ROOM.

[Kohran]

You've gotta press that machine's button t' stop its self-destruct mechanism! If ya don't...!!

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[Ogami]

What?! That's horrible! It looks like I have no choice!!

[Kohran]

I knew I could count on you, Ogami-ha-

[Ogami]

Kohran, I delegate the responsibility of diffusing this bomb to you!

[Kohran]

Wait, what're ya--



[Ogami]

SO LONG, SUCKER!!

[Kohran]

.... son of a bitch.
----

[Ogami]

It'll detonate, right!! I got it! Which machine should I stop?



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[Ogami]

Kohran... it really doesn't help that your room is a wall-to-wall carpet of machines.

[Kohran]

Really? I think it has a nice, lived-in feel, ya know? I mean, I jes' gotta be careful that I don't trigger any o' the five hundred bomb-like devices I keep in here.

[Ogami]

... how do you get OUT of your room?

[Kohran]

Oh, that's real simple. Anti-grav device!

[Ogami]

A... what?

[Kohran]

Ah, crap, I fergot, he wasn't supposed t' know about that kinda technology. Hey, Ogami-han, couldja look into this here Neuralizer fer a second?

[Ogami]

Sure, that's a reasonable and not at all suspicious topic change. Let's see now--



[Ogami]

... buh?

[Kohran]

Hehehe. He won't remember a thing...
----



C'mon, c'mon, c'mon...



[Ogami]

Kohran, is this it?!

[Kohran]

That's right! Hurry up an' press the "cancel" button t' stop it!!

[Ogami]

Right, I got it!!



It's really so convenient that everything from ticket clippers to Koubu controls to ticking bombs of death are wired according to the same, vaguely PS2 controller-like scheme. :frogbon:

[Ogami]

How's that!



:tinfoil:



[Kohran]

Jes' a little bit more, an' this entire theater woulda gotten blown t' smithereens.

[Ogami]

B, blown to smithereens...?

... wonderful. Thanks to that one device, she's got the lives of everyone in the theater right in the palm of her hand.

And to make it better... it's probably something totally mundane. Like a steam-powered toaster. Or a steam-powered nail clipper.

I don't think I want Ogami's obituary to read "splattered across the landscape because Kohran's bread got too toasted." :gonk:



[Ogami]

H, haah...

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[Ogami]

... Kohran...

[Kohran]

Don't worry, Ogami-han! Explosions are jes' my way of laughin'! An' I got fifty o' these devices strung up all over the theater!!

[Ogami]

... what.

[Kohran]

So the next time I hear somethin' reaaaaal funny, I'm gonna set 'em all off!! It'll be the biggest laugh EVER.

[Ogami]

... Kohran, explosions DO kill people.

[Kohran]

EXPLOSIONS don't kill people! I do!!

[Ogami]

BUT PEOPLE DIE IF THEY ARE KILLE--



[Ogami]

-- DERP.

[Kohran]

... he knew too much anyways. Gyaha... gyahaha... GYAHAHAHAHAHA...
----

[Kohran]

Now then... jes' gotta get my wits back together, an' I'll get started on th' next invention!

[Ogami]

Ha ha ha ha ha..... do your best, Kohran.

[Kohran]

Leave it t' me! I'm gonna make somethin' amazin' this time around!!

Boy, am I glad that I'm not in any of the rooms next to Kohran's. And I think IRIS is. :woop:

[Ogami]

N, now then... I'll be leaving here...


----


Well, I better get to making sure that Maria won't go on an insane killing rage. The last thing I need to hear is that Kohran or Iris are contagious.


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[Ogami]

Ah... I wanted to talk to you for a bit...

[Maria]

I understand. Then, let's talk in my room. Please come in.

Oh boy oh boy Maria's room oh boy oh boy. :neckbeard:



... aww. I was expecting something a little more, you know.

Bullet-ridden.

[Ogami]

Haha... this is the first time I've been to Maria's room, huh.


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Well, for starters, I'd like to nibble at your nose in an overly flirtatious manner, thus invading your personal space and ensuring that Ogami will be able to die while his soul remains mostly whole and uneaten by Iris. I'm also confident that Maria will be able to dispose of his body in such a way that it will never be usable by Kohran.

[Ogami]

Maria... is something wrong today? You're not acting like your usual self.

[Maria]

.......

[Ogami]

If you'd like.....



[Ogami]

Maria... you can consult with me at any time, so... if you ever feel like it, you can talk with me about anything.



Isn't that nice! We've done good-



- though as usual, it's a fleeting thing. :(

[Maria]

I apologize, since you went out of your way to come here....

[Ogami]

I see... I got it. In that case, I'll be leaving, so...



That's that. Well, there's really nothing left on the second floor, so--



Oh, hey, the salon. And we know who frequents the salon more often than not. Cleavage wrapped in a kimono!





I swear to god that she's haunting my save file or something.

[Ogami]

Oh... so you're my opponent this time, Iris.

[Iris]

We're going to duel, right?

[Ogami]

In that case....

In the interest of brevity and censorship, I decided against including the epic card duel that took place between Ogami and Iris. However... let it be known that the match was extraordinarily close.

You see, Iris made a quick wager at the beginning:

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[Iris]

Hey, hey, Oniichan, look at this!

[Ogami]

What is it, Iris? It looks like a blank card to me.

[Iris]

It's just the card that will

[Iris]

BE THE NEW VESSEL FOR YOUR IMMORTAL SOUL, BECAUSE ONCE I TRIUMPH OVER YOU IN THIS PIDDLING CARD GAME, I WILL REND IT FROM THE RUINS OF YOUR ALL-TOO-FRAGILE MORTAL BODY. YOU SHALL BE, FOR ALL ETERNITY, ONE OF MY MANY TOYS.

[Ogami]

Awww, isn't that adorable? Okay, but if I win...

[Iris]

Hahaha, you won't win, silly!

[Ogami]

Hahaha, okay, let's play!

[Iris]

EXCELLENT.
----

... the fate of the world rested on the result of this card game...

----
:siren: OPTIONAL VIDEO:

Koi Koi Battle #2: VS Iris.

IT'S TIME TO D-D-D-DUEL!!

Google Edition.
Youtube Edition.
----



[Iris]

Do your best in the remaining matches, Oniichan!!

----
Inwardly, Iris Chateaubriand seethed, and the darkness trapped within the nine-year-old girl raged mindlessly. It had been so close to harvesting Ogami's delectable soul! Two, three more points, and Ogami's mysterious power- that woman-attracting "virus"- would have belonged to IRIS!! And she was so close to owning him in body and in spirit-- this game would have provided the perfect catalyst...!!

Outside the Grand Imperial Theater, hundreds of birds took flight, panicking in their hurry to get as far away as possible. Dogs whimpered, howled, and refused to go in the theater's general direction, no matter how their owners tugged at those leashes. All over the city, stray cats and housecats alike yowled in pain and hid under whatever was handy. Animals fled Ginza that day, much to the confusion of all concerned.

Inside Iris's room, what was left of the stuffed animals'' minds caused them to cringe, and they instinctively shied away from the palpable wrath of their mistress.

Little Jean-Paul, cradled in Iris's arms, took the brunt of wave after wave of raw elemental darkness, which hammered into its already-shattered mind, reached past those pitiful remains...

... something at the core of Jean-Paul, something dormant, began to stir.

And so, the gears of destiny turn...

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[Ogami]

Bye, Iris.

Last stop on the second floor is-



GAAAAAAAH

... I totally didn't notice Maria until I was standing right on top of her.



Well, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. :geno:

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[Ogami]

SURPRISE SHOVE!!


----

... no, Ogami, the OTHER thing that a man's gotta do.

----
[Ogami]

You never let me have any fun.
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[Ogami]

Maria.....



[Ogami]

What's wrong, Maria.... you've been acting oddly for a while now.



[Maria]

Now then... see you.



And the plot thickens. Aww, Maria. :(

Well, we've got exactly five minutes left on the clock.



And what better way to spend that time than to sneak around and snoop in peoples' private affairs? TO THE COURTYARD!!



[Ogami]

.... Sumire-kun. What're you doing?



[Ogami]

No, it's just... there're an incredible number of flower petals on the ground around you.....

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[Ogami]

Hahaha... wow, whoever's stuck doing the odd jobs around HERE'S going to be pissed as hell whenever she finds out that she's gotta clean all this poo poo up.

[Sumire]

Isn't that YOU, Ensign?

[Ogami]

YES, I KNOW, THIS IS WHY I AM FILLED WITH SO MUCH FRUSTRATED IMPOTENCE THAT I AM LAUGHING AND SHEDDING TEARS WHILE GRINDING MY TEETH TOGETHER IN DESPAIR.
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[Sumire]

Ah.... thi, this was for... using flowers for fortune-telling....

[Ogami]

Flower fortune-telling?



You'd THINK that a top star actress like Sumire'd be able to think up a better cover-up than THAT.

[Ogami]

Could it be....



... huh. Is this answer worth the risk of dy-



DAMMIT.

[Ogami]

.......



[Ogami]

No... I just didn't think that you would believe in something like fortune-telling...


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... you know, Sumire is turning out to be surprisingly easy to manipulate into a good mood. :pwn:

[Ogami]

Hahaha.... good luck with that...


----


[Ogami]

Who's going to be the one to clean up all these flower petals? ... I should hurry up and get out of here.

Pshaw, you shouldn't even TRY to run away. It will catch up with you... in the end... :smith:



See what I mean?!

... oh, hold on a second, we can use this.

[Yuri]

They were going to get the set cleaned up by all means necessary... Ogami-san, maybe if you went and helped?

[Ogami]

The set, huh... I got it, I'll go take a look. Thanks, Yuri-kun.

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[Ogami]

CONGRRRRRRATULATIONS!! YOU'VE JUST WON AN ALL-EXPENSES PAID TRIP TO CLEANING UP THIS poo poo.

[Yuri]

H-hey, wait a sec-

[Ogami]

YOINK!

[Yuri]

... sunnovaBITCH.
----

Aaah... finally, something goes Ogami's way.


----


O-oh god, have I heard THAT one before.

[Ogami]

What' s up?


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[Maria]

Th, that's not true at all. Now, let's keep going with the repairs.



(... RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE RUMBLE...)



[Ogami]

Uwaaah! Th, the set's...!!

[Sakura]

Kyaaaaaah! O, Ogami-san!!

----
Ogami turned... to see death staring him in the eye.

[Iris]

Hiiiiiiii~~, Oniichan~!!

... I meant IMMEDIATE death, ergo the set about to fall right on top of h-

----



[Ogami]

Guoooooarrrrgh!! Ghi, it's heavy!

[Kohran]

Uhyaah.... that's amazin'! Ogami-han, you've got some amazin' strength there, don'cha!? I'm impressed!

[Ogami]

.... wh, whatever, j-just hurry up and do something about this!!

[Sakura]

W, we'll hurry up and pull it back up with some rope!

[Iris]

Oniichan, are you okay? You're covered in sweat, you know.

As usual, Iris derives enjoyment from watching others suffer.



----
[Ogami]

(I'm a MANLY MAN, I... I CAN DO THIS!!)
----



----
[Ogami]

(o-oh god, my spine, I can feel my spine compressing like, like a thing that ultimately breaks in three places due to the strain of something really loving heavy pressing down on it--)
----



----
[Ogami]

(Lungs... imploding... c-can't... vocalize... words...)
----

[Ogami]

(Kkkhh... endure it! Endure it, Ichiro Ogamiii~!!)

[Sumire]

Oh, my... you're really trying your hardest, aren't you?

----
[Ogami]

(YOU GUYS CAN GET INTO A GIANT FREAKIN' TIN CAN AND LAUNCH YOURSELF AT FLESH-RAVAGING STEAMPUNK DEMONS, BUT YOU CAN'T GET OVER HERE AND HELP HOLD UP A loving SET?!)
----

[Kohran]

Ain't that th' truth! Ogami-han, keep fightin'! Ya gotta stand firm here!!

[Sakura]

Please do your best, Ogami-san! We'll have it pulled back up in just a second.

[Iris]

Oniichan, do your best! Iris is cheering for you!

----
[Ogami]

YOU'RE ALL FIRED. :cry:
----

[Ogami]

(Kh.... urgh... I-I'm... at my limit...)

[Ogami]

I, I can't hold it any longer!!

[Iris]

Kyaaaaaaah! Oniichaaaaaaan!

----
[Iris]

Protect me!!

[Ogami]

Haha, gently caress that, you were standing too drat close to the thing in the first pla-

[Iris]

SHIELD ME WITH THINE OWN FLESH, MORTAL.

[Ogami]

M-my body's moving on its own....!!

[Iris]

YES. EXCELLENT!

[Ogami]

... towards the bath...

[Iris]

... GODDAMN IT.
----

[Ogami]

Iris! G, get down!!



And with that, they were crushed beneath some kinda stage prop pillar thing THE ENTIRE SET, APPARENTLY.



... except... not.

[Iris]

.... heh? Oniichan... you're we're still alive?



[???]

Aa~aah, don't tell me that you're worn out already... and from somethin' like this?
Hey, you with the glasses. Hurry and pull this thing back up with the rope, willya!

[Ogami]

(Amazing... she's supporting the set with one hand...)

OGAMI lost 20 Self-Confidence!
OGAMI lost 20 Manliness!
OGAMI has become afflicted with Feelings Of Inadequate Masculinity!

[Kohran]

O... okay...

[Ogami]

Y... you're...

I think we've found our adventuring party's tank.



[Sakura]

Eh?

[Kohran]

W, who the heck? Who're you?

[Iris]

Kaaaannaaaa~! Where're our souvenirs?



[Sumire]

Kanna!! ... you were alright?

[Ogami]

(Kanna... this person's Kanna?)



... swam.

...

... she SWAM most of the way from Okinawa to the Imperial Capital. Exposed to the elements for god knows how long, deprived of food and water and rest.

Our party's tank? Hell, Kanna's the motherfucking JUGGERNAUT.

[Ogami]

(S, swam?)

[Maria]

You haven't changed a bit, I see.


----


Aw, c'mon, Ogami only screamed once! Though I'm sure he would've screamed more, had he been able to spare the oxygen.



I think we've heard her name enough times to make a few deductions of our own. :monocle:

[Ogami]

I'm Ichiro Ogami. I used to be a Naval ensign, but I'm this brigade's captain now.

[Kanna]

He~h, an ensign, huh?! So that's why you've got such a nice look about you. Hah, I like you already!!

RECORD BROKEN. First place for "Fastest Attraction to Ogami" has been taken by Kanna!

[Maria]

Kanna... these are our new members, Sakura and Kohran.



----
[Sakura]

(Ohgodohgod she's going to eat me whole ohgodohgod--)
----

[Sakura]

I'm Sakura Shinguji. It's a pleasure to meet you!

----
[Kohran]

(Ohyesohyes she's going to eat me whole ohyesohyes--)
----

[Kohran]

An' I'm Kohran! Nice t'meetcha- though, hey... you really look like y' could be a good-lookin' guy, ya know?

h-how can you mistake her as being anything but a woman look at her breasts they're HUGE.



[Yoneda]

Kanna.... I'm glad you've come back!

[Ogami]

Manager Yoneda, this person is...

[Yoneda]

Kanna Kirishima... successor to the Kirishima school of Ryukyu karate.
With this, all of the Flower Division's members are gathered here!




[Ogami]

(Kanna Kirishima... she's the final member of the Flower Division, huh?


----
:siren: VIDEO! :siren:

The previous scene (Kanna's introduction AND Ogami's back breaking), this time with voices!

Watch it, for Kanna's voice is made of win and awesome and distinctiveness.

Google Edition.
Youtube Version COMING SOON!
----


NEXT TIME: Kanna kanna kanna kanna kanna. Also, can it be Maria tiems nao.

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 07:43 on Dec 7, 2012

GoodShipNostalgia
May 7, 2007

"The good ship Nostalgia for Infinity. Still very much as you left her."

Spirit Armor posted:

Kanna
AWESOME! We must immediately set about making Ogami her bitch! Er, more so than he already is.

(Although at first glance, she did look a bit guy-ish)

Morgenthau
Aug 28, 2007
Circumstances have gone beyond my control.


I still think Kohran's insanely high-slit cheongsam is much better than Sumire's pseudo-tits. :colbert:

I never really did any effort to end with Kanna. She scares me. Also despite public consensus, Kanna actually has bigger tits than Sumire. :ssh:

Also, Hanafuda! Sadly, thrashing Iris will do nothing to alter her love to you. :gonk: The Hanafuda mini-game is surprisingly enjoyable you get to play against the Hanagumi and watch their outraged expressions as you own them. Kohran is actually the big boss of the Hanafuda game! She's insanely hard. I could never win against her.

Morgenthau fucked around with this message at 10:13 on Sep 26, 2007

Thuryl
Mar 14, 2007

My postillion has been struck by lightning.
Kanna, whilst, uh, impressive, is frighteningly mannish. My vote remains unswayed. :colbert:

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007
Let's see...

I like Kohran's slit skirt too. Not a vote changer though.

Does it seem like the ladies are letting Ogami win the Koi Koi matches? Iris could have taken the first round but went for more points - if I understood the match right.

I expect Kanna to hit Ogami over the head with a club and drag him off for snoo-snoo. Still, second place for not being insane.

Grunduggerer fucked around with this message at 06:55 on Sep 26, 2007

Verbose
Apr 23, 2006

Mike believed in the shooting star, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us. It eluded us then,but that's no matter. Tomorrow we will run faster, stretch out our arms farther... and then one fine morning-
So we beat on, subs against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.
Clothes > personality and looks ITT

Wyvernil
Mar 10, 2007

Meddle not in the affairs of dragons... for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.

Spirit Armor posted:

Well, a man's gotta do what a man's gotta do. :geno:

----
[Ogami]

SURPRISE SHOVE!!


----


AHAHAHA! :roflolmao:

Who doesn't get that urge whenever an open balcony presents itself? I mean, besides sane people.

Mandoric
Mar 15, 2003

Grunduggerer posted:

Wait a sec. Isn't 50 sen like, half a yen? Even for 1923, no wonder the theater is losing money.

Before the war, the yen was pegged to an amount of gold a few thousandths of a gram off from the dollar; thus, it's nearly the equivelant of a 50-cent item in American advertisements from the Harding administration, and the same product would likely be $5ish, or maybe \600, today.


The bath scenes are amusing as hell; I forced myself to play through without FAQs so I absolutely -had- to comprehend and answer each LIPS event within the time limit, so I kind of missed them all just by not being there at the right time.

... Except for Grand Mere in 3. :gonk:

Sylphosaurus
Sep 6, 2007
So how do Kannas mech look like? Are we talking plenty of fisticuffs here, or what?

Have to say that my vote might slide from Kohran to Kanna but we'll see how things develop from here.

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying
I'm switching my vote back to Kohran because it doesn't seem to matter any more. :argh:

With any luck Kanna will split the manly woman vote and dethrone Miria.

One Legged Cat
Aug 31, 2004

DAY I GOT COOKIE
Yeeeah, I might switch my vote to Kanna after they flesh her out a bit. Completely aside from what the readers here think of the girls, Kanna just seems so... appropriate for Ogami. With his a continuously-crushed sense of self and personal will, she would be the perfect match for him. Like the stereotypical confident male lead/submissive female lead, but in reverse.

And she's more woman than the rest of the gang, and yet more man than Ogami will ever be.

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

Morgenthau posted:

Also, Hanafuda!

Well, will you look at that? The crazy moon game actually has rules to it.

The strategy is a little interesting - do you take good points early and then close out the game with easy victories, or hope for a big win but give your opponent more chances to shut you down? You couldn't beat Iris with two little 1-point nothings once she landed her 3.

Other comments:

- Ah, silhouette MS paints. You sir are a genius.

- I'm not surprised by Maria's room. A couple of books and a picture of someone are about all the creature comforts she could ask for.

- Clearly her sudden appearance at the balcony is due to secret camo sniper training. Ogami thought she was a decorative statue until he got close enough.

- This:

Spirit Armor posted:


[Ogami] M-my body's moving on its own....!!
[Iris] YES. EXCELLENT!
[Ogami] ... towards the bath...


= :lol:

- It may just be due to an entire day with Gurren Lagann, but I'm getting a very :kamina: vibe from Kanna.

---

:SOMETHING EMBARRASING HAPPENS:

[Ogami] .oO(How exactly did my face wind up here?) Uh, Kanna...
[Kanna] Aw, don't worry about it, Ogami. It's okay to screw up now and then.
[Ogami] Well gee, that's awful nice of y-:RIGHTCROSS'D!:
[Kanna] It's also okay for somebody to belt ya when you screw up. :kamina:

---

These are not your hammer girl launcher punches, but solid, character-building socks to the jaw.

- Also at some point I'm expecting Kanna to go "DAHAHAHAHA!" and backslap Ogami through the nearest solid surface.

- Also also: "IMPERIAL FLOWER DIVISION! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!"

Reactions: I like Kanna. I think I'm going to enjoy her character a lot.

I am, however, still voting for Maria.

Dominic Hokage
Nov 11, 2003

Kanna! I want to be held in your strong arms tonight!!!

seorin
May 23, 2005

2 Sun's Dusk (Day 78)
Of the Seven Visions of Seven Trials of the Incarnate, I have now fulfilled the Fifth Trial.
You know, whatever I was expecting Kanna to be, butch lesbian was not it.

Morgenthau posted:

I never really did any effort to end with Kanna. She scares me. Also despite public consensus, Kanna actually has bigger tits than Sumire. :ssh:

"It's not the size that matters" can go both ways, ya know. Vote unswayed :colbert:

Icedude
Mar 30, 2004

Oh man, I almost totally forgot about the Kanna/Sumire rivalry. This LP is only going to get more awesome :D

Still keeping my vote on Kohran though :colbert:

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.
Fun fact: sorry guys, but it seems that I'm going to be really freaking busy for the next three or four days, so I don't think I'll be able to crank out another update 'til, like, Sunday or Monday. I'll probably just go about tidying up the thread- reformatting the earliest updates, adding a table of contents to the first page, that sort of thing.




GoodShipNostalgia posted:

AWESOME! We must immediately set about making Ogami her bitch! Er, more so than he already is.

Worry not, it's the natural way of things around the theater: Ogami is everyone's bitch. :colbert:


Morgenthau posted:

I still think Kohran's insanely high-slit cheongsam is much better than Sumire's pseudo-tits.

Fair enough! To each his own legs.

quote:

I never really did any effort to end with Kanna. She scares me. Also despite public consensus, Kanna actually has bigger tits than Sumire.

I think the instruction booklet actually gives you each pilot's sizes.

Then again, the instruction booklet says a lot of wacky things, like "Sumire is sixteen." :rolleyes:


Thuryl posted:

Kanna, whilst, uh, impressive, is frighteningly mannish. My vote remains unswayed.

I maintain that it's a refreshing change from how athletic women are usually portrayed in dating sims. :colbert:

Granted, for me, it's the fact that Kanna is a-freakin' hilarious.


Grunduggerer posted:

Does it seem like the ladies are letting Ogami win the Koi Koi matches? Iris could have taken the first round but went for more points - if I understood the match right.

Yeah, I'm guessing she banked on being able to score more points.

It's not always a throwaway manuever, though. The first time I played Koi Koi against Sakura, she swept me clean with some freakish combination of combos, docking me for sixteen points. Since you only have FIFTEEN points, needless to say... Sakura broke me within the first round. :gonk:

quote:

I expect Kanna to hit Ogami over the head with a club and drag him off for snoo-snoo. Still, second place for not being insane.

She wouldn't need a club.


Verbose posted:

Clothes > personality and looks ITT

Fashion sense triumphs over all odds?


Wyvernil posted:

Who doesn't get that urge whenever an open balcony presents itself? I mean, besides sane people.

And the theater's totally a place for sane people, amirite? :iamafag:


Mandoric posted:

.. Except for Grand Mere in 3. :gonk:

... the guys over at Red Entertainment are sadistic bastards, aren't they. :gonk:


Syphlosaurus posted:

So how do Kannas mech look like? Are we talking plenty of fisticuffs here, or what?

In a word and a smiley: yes. :black101:


Sindai posted:

I'm switching my vote back to Kohran because it doesn't seem to matter any more. :argh:

... actually, I think you just caused Sumire and Maria to tie yet again.


One Legged Cat posted:

And she's more woman than the rest of the gang, and yet more man than Ogami will ever be.

YES. :roflolmao:


Glazius posted:

The strategy is a little interesting - do you take good points early and then close out the game with easy victories, or hope for a big win but give your opponent more chances to shut you down? You couldn't beat Iris with two little 1-point nothings once she landed her 3.

It's a more interesting game than I give it credit for, that's for sure. I just tend to blow past 'em regardless, so. :sweatdrop:

Once again, though, it's still a pity that they axed the original minigames. I can't wait 'til I get to Sakura Wars 3.

quote:

It may just be due to an entire day with Gurren Lagann, but I'm getting a very :kamina: vibe from Kanna.

---

:SOMETHING EMBARRASING HAPPENS:

[Ogami] .oO(How exactly did my face wind up here?) Uh, Kanna...
[Kanna] Aw, don't worry about it, Ogami. It's okay to screw up now and then.
[Ogami] Well gee, that's awful nice of y-:RIGHTCROSS'D!:
[Kanna] It's also okay for somebody to belt ya when you screw up. :kamina:

---

These are not your hammer girl launcher punches, but solid, character-building socks to the jaw.

- Also at some point I'm expecting Kanna to go "DAHAHAHAHA!" and backslap Ogami through the nearest solid surface.

- Also also: "IMPERIAL FLOWER DIVISION! WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WE ARE?!"

Reactions: I like Kanna. I think I'm going to enjoy her character a lot.

I am, however, still voting for Maria.

1) Glad you liked this update! :unsmith:
2) ... I can easily see Kanna doing most, if not all, of the above. SHE WILL BREAK OGAMI OVER ONE KNEE.
3) poo poo, I really need to see Gurren Lagann now. :smith: PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH YOUR DRILL


Dominic Hokage posted:

Kanna! I want to be held in your strong arms tonight!!!

GET IN LINE

... I mean, uh, CALM DOWN.


seorin posted:

You know, whatever I was expecting Kanna to be, butch lesbian was not it.

:saddowns:


Icedude posted:

Oh man, I almost totally forgot about the *BLOCKBLOCKBLOCK*

It will be glorious. GLORIOUS.

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Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

Hail all those who are able,
any mouse can,
any mouse will,
but the Guard prevail.

Clapping Larry

Spirit Armor posted:

3) poo poo, I really need to see Gurren Lagann now. :smith: PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH YOUR DRILL

Gurren Lagann is entirely as MANLY ROBOT PUNCHING AND/OR DRILLING as advertised.

If you should manage to track down licitness-impaired copies, be aware of three things:

1) Episode 16 is just a clip show, so it's not usually included.
2) Episode 6 is a mostly clip show interspersed with some of the most blatant fanservice known to man and/or god. We're talking bathhouse full of naked bunnygirls blatant.
3) The Japan Escalation Rule (a trip to the corner grocery store will kick off a chain of events culminating in the defense of the world and/or universe) is in full effect.

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