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Gloomy Rube
Mar 4, 2008



One of the two reasons I signed up was to vote for Kanna.

So of course, I'm voting for her. She's the only one who can protect Ogami. :3:

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oilcheck my ass
Mar 8, 2006

Well, hello ladies.
Sumire and all that. :colbert:

Dominic Hokage
Nov 11, 2003

Do you know who else has a name that starts with K like Kanna?

That's right. :kamina:

Kirbyoto
May 2, 2008

by Tiny Fistpump
but we wouldn't try to get into kamina's pants

Raitzeno
Nov 24, 2007

What? It seemed like
a good idea at the time.

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN! :argh:

Zaphiel
Apr 20, 2006


Fun Shoe
Sumire, because Ogami at least shouldn't have to worry about his physical well-being.

Psycho Serum
Apr 28, 2008

by Y Kant Ozma Post
Kanna. It's not like our bones are the ones being shattered into a fine powder, right?

Crono S. Magnum
Feb 29, 2008

Kirbyoto posted:

but we wouldn't try to get into kamina's pants

Sure we wouldn't...

Lt. Broccoli
Jun 4, 2006

It just sits there. Completely harmless.
I for one enjoy Ogami groin pummelings, which is also known as a vote for Kanna.

Also you have to wonder what methods Sumire will use to escape her comic hijinks without Ogami there.

Ice Phisherman
Apr 12, 2007

Swimming upstream
into the sunset



Mile'ionaha posted:

MicrobeKanna

She's the best.

I can't believe you goons. You won't go for the comedy option of Ogami dating a girl whose muscles are larger than him and is at least a foot taller? Sure Sumire will abuse him. But Kanna can dish out abuse in a far deadlier and amusing fashion. :colbert:

Ice Phisherman fucked around with this message at 02:43 on May 6, 2008

baby breath
Aug 20, 2007

is it time for my musical number? because I could really use a musical number.
Yeah, voting Sumire. At least we wouldn't have to deal with the constant danger of being broken in half while engaging in certain nighttime festivities. :psyduck:

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007

Ice Phisherman posted:

She's the best.

I can't believe you goons. You won't go for the comedy option of Ogami dating a girl whose muscles are larger than him and is at least a foot taller? Sure Sumire will abuse him. But Kanna can dish out abuse in a far deadlier and amusing fashion. :colbert:

See this is where the Kanna fans are all wrong. Sure ol' Magilla can do the slapstick beatings and that'd be fine for a laugh. But with Sumire you get slow agony that lasts for years and years.

Terashell
Dec 19, 2007

Gaben-chan~

Shyrka posted:

Voting Sumire because she's Sailor Mars.

... Explain yourself :colbert:

Schadenfraulein
Dec 23, 2006
a front row seat to the gun show

Shyrka posted:

Voting Sumire because she's Sailor Mars.

Terashell posted:

... Explain yourself :colbert:

Sumire's seiyuu is Tomizawa Michie, who played Sailormars.



So remember, a vote for Sumire is a vote for Kotobuki C-ko.

The Good Witch
Sep 13, 2004
Sailor Mars!

Besides, Sumire is still wearing her impractical kimono and so she'll inevitably trip and twist her ankle and so Ogami will have to carry her. And she's so soft...

Samurai Sanders
Nov 4, 2003

Pillbug
I don't know if it's been mentioned yet (search is down as usual), but the Teikoku Kagekidan is a spoof on the Takarazuka Kagekidan, an all women's musical troupe founded around the same time and place. I remembered because I was just watching on TV an interview with the current "top star" of the Hanagumi, Sei Matobu. Having experienced Sakura Wars first though, before ever hearing about Takarazuka, it's odd to hear anyone other than Sumire claiming to be the Hangumi's Top Star.

edit: though to my knowledge, the Takarazuka Kagekidan doesn't have any power armor, nor do they fight demons.

Samurai Sanders fucked around with this message at 07:43 on May 6, 2008

Terashell
Dec 19, 2007

Gaben-chan~
And here I thought it was because she was just a fire-y bitch.

Hm.

SirPhoebos
Dec 10, 2007

WELL THAT JUST HAPPENED!

Kanna-can't go wrong with someone who'll punch their way to success every time

SeedyV
Nov 10, 2005

Water Triiiiibe
Voting Sumire for reasons described in my previous post.

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.
Good GOD, that's a lot of replies. :gonk: My original plan was to wait 'til the reply rate had slowed down before replying to some of you folks. Th-that didn't quite work out.

In any case! The votes ended up at 'bout 43 for Sumire, and 32 for Kanna. It got close one or two times, but it appears that the be-kimono'd rich girl gets the last laugh: Sumire's route it is.

Thanks for your participation! I'm aiming to get the next update out by Thursday (though since I also have one last paper due on Thursday, it might be closer to Friday).

GruntyThrst
Oct 9, 2007

*clang*

Spirit Armor posted:

Good GOD, that's a lot of replies. :gonk: My original plan was to wait 'til the reply rate had slowed down before replying to some of you folks. Th-that didn't quite work out.

In any case! The votes ended up at 'bout 43 for Sumire, and 32 for Kanna. It got close one or two times, but it appears that the be-kimono'd rich girl gets the last laugh: Sumire's route it is.

Thanks for your participation! I'm aiming to get the next update out by Thursday (though since I also have one last paper due on Thursday, it might be closer to Friday).

Luckily you let off some of the voting steam that has been building up. If you had declared "vote for partner" open again you might have gotten something on the scale of Chewbot's AC Box vote.

Crono S. Magnum
Feb 29, 2008
Victory goes... TO THOSE WHO ENJOY PAIN!

BrooklynBruiser
Aug 20, 2006
Curses! You Sumire-loving bastards :argh:

Dominic Hokage
Nov 11, 2003

I hope Sumire visits you in your dreams tonight as a S&M queen. :mad:

Crono S. Magnum
Feb 29, 2008

Dominic Hokage posted:

I hope Sumire visits you in your dreams tonight as a S&M queen. :mad:

...:blush:

Dash Magnum
Jul 25, 2007

That's no moon...
It's a Face Station!
I'm not sure, but somehow this seems appropriate:





Victory to the Cactus Woman! Viva la Sumirevolucion!
Let the cries of 'OHOHOHOHOHOHO!' ring forever in the halls of the Kanzaki Money Bin! :iia:

ManSedan
May 7, 2006
Seats 4
Damnit why do all the interesting things have to be while I'm away doing Important Things.

Regardless using internet technology I will somehow postdate my post and add my everlasting Sumire Vote.

Wait I can't do that can I?

Sylphosaurus
Sep 6, 2007
Goddamnit, screw that Santa Sumire.

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

Love, Justice, and Mid-Season Upgrades Steam-Powered Robots.
Yeah... Kanna is MORE than capable of looking after herself. She could single-handedly beat down any threat that might be in this mansion, which would leave her with one hand free to punch a new breathing hole through Ogami's chest.



On the other hand, Sumire-- no naginata, no weapons, no nothing-- is more inclined to get her fool self killed. Thus, we should accompany her for Ogami's her own safety.


----


Aaaand Sumire makes it into an adjoining room before Ogami catches up with her.

The hell does she move so fast? :gonk: SHE IS WEARING A KIMONO.



[Sumire]

She's crude, thick-skinned, and has zero femininity! Zero!!



----


But that's what makes her so special! :smith:

[Ogami]

You have a point... no matter what, that was a bit of a troublesome false alarm.


(Wisely, Ogami neither confirms nor denies Sumire's accusations.)



----
[Ogami]

Between the whip-tongued princess and miss I-Can-Break-Things-With-My-Face, ONE of us has to be level-headed between bouts of screaming and being curled up under the sofa.

----

[Ogami]

Anyways, let's investigate deeper into the mansion.
We might be able to link up with Kanna along the way.




[Sumire]

If we linger in such a place, the smell will never come out of my clothes.


----
[Ogami]

Yeah... I'm more worried about the fact that there doesn't seem to be any ventilation in here and that it's the middle of summer.


[Sumire]

Oh, Ensign, I'm sure that we will die from all the potentially toxic mold growths in the building before the heat roasts us alive or dehydrates us like crazy.


[Ogami]

... wait, you didn't bring any water?


[Sumire]

You left it all with Kanna, Ensign.


[Ogami]

...


[Sumire]

No running off after Kanna, Ensign.


[Ogami]

...

----

[Ogami]

Now, now... at any rate, it won't be any use if we just stay here, so let's try going further in.




Of course, the best way to get Sumire galvanized for ANY sort of action is--

[Ogami]

Right, right! If it's you, Sumire-kun, searching this mansion won't take too long.


-- to appeal to her vanity. :ssh:



The second she moves off, there's a sound like the tinkling of glass.



[Ogami]

... maybe it was my imagination. Sumire-ku~n! Wait up for me!!




[Ogami]

Sumire-kun, what's wrong? You've suddenly slowed to a standstill...




[Ogami]

Eh...




... it's hard to see it in this screenshot, but I'm very strongly resisting the urge to hit the third choice.



This costs me my reply. :smith:

[Ogami]

..............




[Ogami]

C, could it be... a... a ghost? I... I'm not too good with those kinds of things...


Chalk up another stupidly crippling Achilles' Heel to our valiant, heroic protagonist's list of stupidly crippling Achilles' Heels. :gonk:



[Ogami]

Wh... when you put it like that... I'm not really happy...


----
[Ogami]

I mean... i-if ghosts exist, what does this say about the afterlife? Does this mean that our souls won't dissipate upon death? Wait-- oh, poo poo, what does this say about Iris's stuffed animals?


[Sumire]

Ensign?


[Ogami]

What about demons? Where do THEY fit into all of this? What... what have we been fighting for? Sumire-kun? Sumire-kun? O-oh god I'm scared, Sumire-kun, hold me...


[Sumire]

E-Ensign, the middle of a mission is a horrible, horrible time to start having an existential crisis!

----



[Sumire]

If I do not concentrate my senses, I will be unable to feel this spiritual energy...


[Ogami]

..............



----


Tinkle.


----


[Ogami]

But... it looks like there's nothing here...


Other than furniture, but that's besides the point.

[Sumire]

That is true... there is a large mirror, but nothing else.
... that mirror on the left wall. I can sense the spiritual energy coming from there, but...


[Ogami]

But... wouldn't that mean that it's coming from the room next door?


----
[Sumire]

Or that the spiritual energy is emanating from the mirror ITSELF, which means that the thing might suck out your soul the second you look into any one of its fragmWHAT--


[Sumire]

... Ensign, I don't care that you are currently scared witless. If you try to dive under my kimono again, I will be forced to end you.


[Ogami]

Just checking for centipedes, ma'am.

----

[Sumire]

Yes, that would be true. Now then, let us go! First, let us take action!!




Tinkle.

[Ogami]

S... somehow, there's that weird noise... Sumire-kun, please wait for me--!




Popping back out into the hallway before going to the next room--



[Ogami]

E... even if you ask ME...




[Ogami]

... the right? Just now, in that mirror room, you'd felt it from the left, right?




... :raise:

[Ogami]

And if that's the case...


Then the cursed mansion has stuck us into an endless loop, forcing us to wander its halls while keeping us locked inside... forever.



... sadly, that's not a valid answer choice, so it's got to be something else.



[Ogami]

There might be something between these rooms... you sensed it to our left in that last room, and to our right in this room?




[Sumire]

Hmm... and if that is the case... then THIS is how it is.


[Ogami]

Sumire-kun...?




----
[Ogami]

You mean, you know the reason why Manager Yoneda was dumb enough to send two of the least stealthy, least compatible pilots out on a reconnaissance mission!?


[Sumire]

... the OTHER mystery, Ensign.


[Ogami]

The TRUE reason why you and Kanna fight so much, which must inevitably be rooted in a deep-seated sexual frustr--


[Sumire]

PLEASE stop talking and just let me finish, Ensign.

----

[Ogami]

What!?


[Sumire]

Ensign, please follow me! I shall announce the results of my great inference!!


I'm starting to worry about Sumire's borderline psychotic abuse of exclamation marks. :cry:

[Ogami]

H... hold on a second!

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 05:51 on Dec 27, 2012

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

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[Ogami]

That's true...




[Ogami]

It feels like the space between doors is too big... even though the rooms felt just a bit narrow when we went in...


[Sumire]

Hmhmhm... that is exactly it. There is a trick to how these rooms are placed!!




[Ogami]

I see... if that's true, then it could explain the mystery of that spiritual power.


----
[Sumire]

That just explains the LOCATION of the spiritual power, Ensign. The REAL kicker will be just what kind of frightening monstrosity it will turn out to be!


[Ogami]

WILL YOU STOP SUGGESTING THESE KINDS OF THINGS!?

----



[Ogami]

Right! First...



----


Like two clocks. :pseudo:


----


[Sumire]

Now then... there must be a hint as to where we can enter the hidden room.


[Ogami]

Yeah... in any case, let's search the inside of the room.


And thus begins the search, which adheres to all the traditions of the classic point-and-click adventure games.



[Ogami]

... there's nothing here. There's nothing but dust under the table, so...


[Sumire]

Ensign... be careful. It looks like it is about to collapse at any time.


[Ogami]

Yeah... there's nothing strange about this place, huh.




[Ogami]

A painting, huh... I can't quite understand it. Is this valuable?


[Sumire]

Can you not understand any of its value other than its monetary value?
If a painting... can move the hearts of those who view it, then it is a masterpiece.
It is the same thing with pictures that a child draws... in that they move the hearts of her parents


[Ogami]

I see... that's probably true.


----
[Ogami]

So how much could we sell it for?


[Sumire]

...


[Ogami]

... too far?


[Sumire]

No, at least you did not make any jabs about the child or her parents.


[Ogami]

If you want, I--


[Sumire]

NO, Ensign.


[Ogami]

Nuts.

----



Looking at the clock on the left...



... gives us a quick close-up.

[Ogami]

... hm? The hands are stopped at eight o' clock, huh.


[Sumire]

Because there is already... no one who will wind its springs back up...


[Ogami]

Huh!? This clock's hands... they've been fixed to stay at eight o' clock.


[Sumire]

Haah? Then the clock does not actually have a point, would it not?


[Ogami]

No... that's true, but I wonder WHY this is the case.



----


The same thing applies to the clock on the right.

[Ogami]

A wall clock, huh... it seems like it's been a long time, since it's not moving anymore...


[Sumire]

Because there is already... no one who will wind its springs back up...



Oh, delicious copypasta.

[Ogami]

Yeah...


[Ogami]

This clock's hands seem to be moving.


[Sumire]

... however, why are there two clocks, I wonder?
They are placed like facing mirrors, as well...


[Ogami]

Facing mirrors! That's it, Sumire-kun!!
These clocks must have some kind of trick mechanism to them!


[Sumire]

I see! It may very well be related to the door to the hidden room!!
This clock's hands are still moving, so the trick must be somewhere in this clock's hands!


[Ogami]

Right... then I'll try moving the clock's hands.


Mirrors, eh?



[Ogami]

I'll try moving them to four o' clock.


[Sumire]

I see! Mirrors facing each other!!


[Ogami]

That's right. If you reflect eight o' clock in a mirror, it becomes four o' clock.


[Sumire]

Great job, Ensign! That was truly a genius-level flash of inspriation!!


----
[Ogami]

Actually, I just figured that having your clocks set four hours apart would have made a great excuse for coming in to work late. "Oh! Sorry boss, turns out I was looking at the wrong clock again," et cetera.


[Sumire]

... have you EVER managed to hold a job, Ensign?


[Ogami]

Not for longer than four hours, no.

----

[Ogami]

Then... I'll try moving them to four o' clock.



----


:woop: Thank you, home decorators with too much free time on your hands!



Five hours later, it turned out that the key was actually for the second floor bathroom. Much wailing and gnashing of teeth commenced.



[Sumire]

This room had the key... in that case, the door must be in the room with the mirror!!


[Ogami]

That's right. Okay... let's go.



NEXT TIME: Puzzle Complete! And possible exposition.

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 05:55 on Dec 27, 2012

Glazius
Jul 22, 2007

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

Clapping Larry
...see, I'm reading this update immediately after the Witness thread, so the burning question in my mind right now is - does Sgt. Duffy wear the ticket-clipper uniform or the kimono held on with spirit gum and prayer?

CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

Spirit Armor posted:

[Sumire]

... Ensign, I don't care that you are currently scared witless. If you try to dive under my kimono again, I will be forced to end you.


[Ogami]

Just checking for centipedes, ma'am.
He's just making sure that she's wearing the kimono according to the original way.


Because he's a perv.

Donkringel
Apr 22, 2008
Hrm, puzzles set inside too many grandfather clocks?

The house-owner is either a resident evil fan or a descendant of the Oregon Trail LP thread.

Dominic Hokage
Nov 11, 2003

This arc ends with Sumire's death. Kanna and Ogami live happily ever after in Okinawa. Kanna writes a series of best-selling romance novels.

Wind Tempest
Oct 9, 2007

I am the culmination of all that is wrong with japan.
You mean this arc ends with Ogami being sealed in Sumire's vast tracks of land until Iris or Kohran do something about it?

Grunduggerer
Jan 20, 2007
Ok, ok... we all know how Kanna's version of this would turn out anyway.

Ogami: Hm, these two rooms are suspicious.
Kanna: (punches through the wall, revealing the hidden room)
Ogami: Kanna! How did you know?
Kanna: Ensign?
Ogami: Um... the hidden room?
Kanna: Hey! There IS a hidden room! How about that?
Ogami: You didn't know? But you... smashed...
Kanna: B-but I always punch through walls. The doors are all so tiny...

GruntyThrst
Oct 9, 2007

*clang*



How can you have a great response like this and not show us the result? :smith:

Spirit Armor
Jul 11, 2007

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Glazius posted:

...see, I'm reading this update immediately after the Witness thread, so the burning question in my mind right now is - does Sgt. Duffy wear the ticket-clipper uniform or the kimono held on with spirit gum and prayer?

I'm sorry, but I'll have to debate that point: it would have to be steam-powered gum. What were you thinking? :colbert:


CannonFodder posted:

He's just making sure that she's wearing the kimono according to the original way.


Because he's a perv.

You're assuming that he has room in his mind for something OTHER than the raw, overpoweringly instinctual fear that is common to most small rodents.


Donkringel posted:

Hrm, puzzles set inside too many grandfather clocks?

The house-owner is either a resident evil fan or a descendant of the Oregon Trail LP thread.

Curses, I didn't actually make the grandfather clock connection until you mentioned it. :smith: Don't think there are very many Oregon Trail settlers that tried to ford the Pacific Ocean, but after Kanna's little swimming trip, well...


Dominic Hokage posted:

This arc ends with Sumire's death. Kanna and Ogami live happily ever after in Okinawa. Kanna writes a series of best-selling romance novels.

The love scenes would be filled with enough passion to shatter a brick building, the dialogue romantic enough to kill an elephant in under two seconds, and the protagonists muscle-bound enough to fill five issues of Weightlifting Monthly.


Wind Tempest posted:

You mean this arc ends with Ogami being sealed in Sumire's vast tracks of land until Iris or Kohran do something about it?

They probably wouldn't have to resort to THOSE two. I'd imagine that the Shogeimaru would have enough firepower to (omitted


Grunduggerer posted:

Ok, ok... we all know how Kanna's version of this would turn out anyway.

... it's more likely than you think.


GruntyThrst posted:

How can you have a great response like this and not show us the result?

I was torn between the need to not sabotage Ogami's relationship to Sumire and THE HOT PASSIONATE GAZE! :cry:

Spirit Armor fucked around with this message at 06:15 on May 11, 2008

Gloomy Rube
Mar 4, 2008



This just helped prove how much better Kanna's would have been. BUT YOU PEOPLE! :arghfist::mad:

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CannonFodder
Jan 26, 2001

Passion’s Wrench

Grilox posted:

This just helped prove how much better Kanna's would have been. BUT YOU PEOPLE! :arghfist::mad:
Oh come on. If Kanna was there, she'd just go "Ahh, the source of the spirit energy is behind this wall!

*smashes through wall*

OH YEAH!!!"

and there's no puzzle solving skill in that. And no hiding under kimonos, just Kanna laughing at how wimpy Ogami is before throwing him through the other wall.

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