|
Gado posted:It seemed to me like everyone was especially unnerved after Monobear's latest speech. The nurse mentioned no one was returning her greetings, didn't she? I threw a vote her way this time mainly because I want to know whats up with her.
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:35
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 05:48 |
|
|
Is Ibuki's nose-boner a thing that's shown up in any anime, ever? It's so weird. I don't think I've ever seen it used to imply anything about someone's character. If this were American/European I'd just say "she is lying her rear end off, that's a reference to pinocchio." I have no idea what it means in a Japanese context.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:43
|
|
|
Krinkle posted:Is Ibuki's nose-boner a thing that's shown up in any anime, ever? It's so weird. I don't think I've ever seen it used to imply anything about someone's character. If this were American/European I'd just say "she is lying her rear end off, that's a reference to pinocchio." I have no idea what it means in a Japanese context. I think it's supposed to be an impish expression in Japanese media, it came up in the thread already. It doesn't translate that well to a Western audience but what can you do?
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:47
|
|
|
Krinkle posted:Is Ibuki's nose-boner a thing that's shown up in any anime, ever? It's so weird. I don't think I've ever seen it used to imply anything about someone's character. If this were American/European I'd just say "she is lying her rear end off, that's a reference to pinocchio." I have no idea what it means in a Japanese context.  The 'Uso' in his name evidently means lie or falsehood. I don't know if long noses generally have that connotation or not in Japan.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:49
|
|
|
fool_of_sound posted:
He is based on Pinocchio and Ibuki's nose thing is based on Pinocchio as well. Edit: OK I was wrong about Ibuki but Usopp is based on Pinocchio that's 100%. MonsterEnvy fucked around with this message at 00:46 on Feb 11, 2013 |
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:55
|
|
|
GAAAME! Why must you insist on bringing him along. Moving on, am I the only one seeing a possible friendship, or more considering what this game is like compared to the first one, between Kuzuryuu and Peko. Afterall she is the only one who, outside of free-time events with Hinata, is interacting with him in a way that's, to the event of our knowledge, neither hostile nor fearful, barring that one threat earlier, but she could have said that to anyone who said what he said.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 21:59
|
|
|
MonsterEnvy posted:He is based on Pinocchio and Ibuki's nose thing is based on Pinocchio as well. I kind of doubt that! As was mentioned, much of Ibuki's characteristics are more in relation to Japanese Oni (her hair-horns and
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:00
|
|
|
MonsterEnvy posted:He is based on Pinocchio and Ibuki's nose thing is based on Pinocchio as well. quote:This is gonna catch on, big time! Ibuki's gonna make sure it does! It’s gonna be sweet! If I ignore the nose I can parse this image and dialog perfectly. It's bravura and a cocksure attitude, probably unfounded in reality, but who gives a poo poo. With that nose I don't get it at all. Shoopuf posted:I kind of doubt that! That makes much more sense. Thank you!
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:01
|
|
|
Checking the results, I was surprised to see 750+ voters counted. I guess using this off-site poll means people who aren't registered can vote now.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:03
|
|
|
I voted for Sonia thinking "Gosh, this is a wasted vote, but I really really like her." Turned out I wasn't the only one to really really like her. Do we know why Koizumi winks all the time? Is she peering through an imaginary viewfinder?
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:06
|
|
|
Shieldhill posted:Checking the results, I was surprised to see 750+ voters counted. I guess using this off-site poll means people who aren't registered can vote now. Let's see, more voters, less clutter in the thread, and it's much easier to count. Why didn't we use this system before? RefinedUndefined fucked around with this message at 22:16 on Feb 10, 2013 |
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:07
|
|
|
MonsterEnvy posted:He is based on Pinocchio and Ibuki's nose thing is based on Pinocchio as well. I couldn't help but see Jughead in that sprite, which makes no sense whatsoever. Two things stuck out to me in the update: - I really hope Tsumiki ends up spotting vital evidence in a murder and people being grateful to her about it or something, it's really sad seeing her walked all over so much. She's getting the same treatment as Monomi, but doesn't have the option to leave and doubles down the negativity on herself. - Nagito's dead as hell, I can't imagine someone who comes up short drawing straws in a murder mystery surviving very long.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:18
|
|
|
DapperDinosaur posted:Nagito and Togami could also be working together. If they planned in advanced, that could explain why Nagito had the lots prepared. Something's been seriously bothering me since the last update, and I think it merits some consideration now that people are mentioning the possibility of Nagito and Togami acting in collusion. Recall when Monobear said there were only supposed to be 15 students, and there was a 'traitor' amongst them? Everyone took it to mean that there's one extra running around on the island, someone who doesn't belong, which may or may not be Hinata himself - his introspection near the end of the previous update certainly seems to be foreshadowing. However, Monobear never clearly defined what he meant by the word 'traitor', nor that there's just the one. Am I alone in thinking that rather than having an 'extra' student, we may actually be missing two?  If we take 'traitor' to mean "someone who isn't a student of Hope's Peak Academy", then it's certainly possible that miles down the road it gets revealed that Hinata's talent is "???" because he doesn't have one, and is in fact not a student in the first place (or a student from the Hope's Peak preparatory instead). If we also operate under the assumption that Fatogami == DR1 Togami and Nagito == Naegi, both of them Hope's Peak students even if they're from a different year than everyone else, then the current class would only have 13 out of 15 students accounted for.Of course, even if there were two missing students, this does nothing to indicate whether they're both SHSL Despairs working together, or whether one's Monomi and the other Monobear, or even if they were ever on the island to begin with. Hell, now that I think about it, we don't yet have confirmation that Monobear 2.0 is even a student this time around...
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:19
|
|
|
Son Conan posted:For some reason, I feel like this scene might be important, since, going by the dialogue, Chiaki isn't actually playing anything. She's just playing the mind game. Also, Saionji is a terrible little poo poo.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:19
|
|
|
I kind of hope Saionji lasts for a while, just so that she can develop and not be a little poo poo all the time.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:20
|
|
|
Call Now posted:She's just playing the mind game. Hanamura is going to be pretty mad when he sees Chiaki de-greasing all his gourmet food with napkins.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:22
|
|
|
Mersenne posted:snip
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:26
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Let's see, more voters, less clutter in the thread, and it's much easier to count. Why didn't we use this system before?
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:27
|
|
|
SingerOfW posted:I guess because no one expected this LP to be The Thing back when it started, and after that, we had less characters to choose from, which balanced out the increased amount of votes. Changing the system now, at the beginning of the new game, is perfect, especially since people are getting more and more conscious about the length of the thread. Is there a limit to the thread length, or are people just wanting a shorter thread compared to the 735-page monster the previous thread is now?
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:30
|
|
|
Krinkle posted:If I ignore the nose I can parse this image and dialog perfectly. It's bravura and a cocksure attitude, probably unfounded in reality, but who gives a poo poo. With that nose I don't get it at all. Yes, that's exactly it. Ibuki's nose isn't based on Pinocchio, and isn't used when she's lying. It's most likely a Tengu nose - one of the traits they're known for is vanity.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:31
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Is there a limit to the thread length, or are people just wanting a shorter thread compared to the 735-page monster the previous thread is now? What we want is to not have like five back to back pages of "Sonia, Gundam" with no other content. Try having a discussion with all that noise. It's impossible! There's been some back and forth in the last page or so of discussion - that wouldn't have happened had all of those people who voted done so in otherwise empty posts.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:35
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Is there a limit to the thread length, or are people just wanting a shorter thread compared to the 735-page monster the previous thread is now? Anyways, we gotta be having our first murder at the party tonight, and Kuzuryu is probably going to be the red herring for the case.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:36
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Is there a limit to the thread length, or are people just wanting a shorter thread compared to the 735-page monster the previous thread is now? There's no limit. 
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:38
|
|
|
Fedule posted:You win the prize! The prize may or may not be tangible, but you won it all the same.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:46
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Moving on, am I the only one seeing a possible friendship, or more considering what this game is like compared to the first one, between Kuzuryuu and Peko. Afterall she is the only one who, outside of free-time events with Hinata, is interacting with him in a way that's, to the event of our knowledge, neither hostile nor fearful, barring that one threat earlier, but she could have said that to anyone who said what he said.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 22:57
|
|
|
Sorry if this has already been asked but is anyone collecting all of this great fanart from these threads and keeping it anywhere? I don't want to miss any of it. 
ZeroCaim fucked around with this message at 23:13 on Feb 10, 2013 |
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 23:09
|
|
|
lotus circle posted:I can see it happening. Peko seems to be the most patient of all the students and exhibits a great deal of calmness, with maybe some smaller tense moments. If she can tolerate Kuzuryuu then I think that he could find her good company to some degree. It would be nice to see something along the lines of an Aoi-Sakura friendship in this game, as their friendship was one of the strongest parts of both characters, only where one of them is a bastard and not a nice person like Aoi was. Of course it could swing the opposite way and go along the lines of Togami-Fukawa, where one person is using the other to their advantage. It would be hilarious if the latter happens, with Kuzuryuu as Fukawa, just to mess with us.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 23:09
|
|
|
No murders yet, eh. It's interesting that the very first strategy that the students try to implement is one that was prohibited/difficult to do in the first game by its "no falling asleep outside of bedrooms" rule: keep everyone in a single place for the entire night. This certainly also happened: orenronen posted:
Tiny hints about what's going on meanwhile in mastermind-land, it looks like. How Monobear observed the kids last time turned out to be super important, so I think it's worth paying some attention to. Monomi's used the TV broadcast system while Usami, but never since then (incidentally, she and Monobear seem to broadcast from different rooms). Is the implication that she's doesn't have access to the security systems or is the implication that she never did? I think we can take for a fact that Monobear does have access to the system, since he's popped in on Hinata while he was alone before and would have needed a way of knowing where he was (and anyways, it's metagamey, but he'll need a way to see the murders as they happen to serve as judge, so I think it's a safe bet). Usami's also spontaneously popped in on Hinata and Nagito while they were alone together, when she did the weird cow thing on the farm. If her appearance right then wasn't a coincidence, I guess that she'd have needed access to the security system to know precisely where they were and what they were talking about. I'm wondering whether we can assume that she had access to the security system then, but has since lost it. We can also observe that ever since Monobear has shown up, Monomi has never been seen without the vast majority of students also being present. I put forward that idiotic ventriloquism idea earlier (which isn't especially compatible with anything I just said, since Monobear and Usami would both have needed surveillance-room access at some point) but this does seem to suggest that perhaps she needs one of the students as her eyes and ears (if this is the case, we can rule out Kuruzyuu, I guess?). Considering how I've been theorizing, I want to read into this evidence that Monobear's usurped Monomi's operation but it can still be interpreted in many ways. orenronen posted:
I am totally just imagining Hanamura in a dress, trying to infiltrate Girls Talk. ZeroCaim posted:Sorry if this has already been asked but is anyone collecting all of this great fanart from these threads and keeping it anywhere? There was this the other day.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 23:23
|
|
I heard your entire conversation! I heard it with my own ears!!
Heh heh! I am vewy proud of my ears! I'm a wabbit, you know!
I see. So you have to depend on your ears. That is most certainly strange.
Hoeh?!
............
Sigh... We need a diversion.
And I’m sure you don’t need to be told this is a girls-only event! Don't think you can just barge in!
This is so much easier than dressing up as a woman and sneaking into the women-only car on the train...
|
As far as Ibuki's nose-pose, Tengu-comparisons aside (which make a lot of sense) I think it might also have something to do with some Japanese idioms as well; some of those get hella strange.
|
|
#
?
Feb 10, 2013 23:24
|
|
|
Here is my second set of DR2 Perler sprites (the first set is here if you missed it). Thanks to Fantastisk for the incredibly helpful new non-walking sprite for Nidai.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 00:06
|
|
|
Hella Sonia is the best thing. I'm hoping the game's throwing a curve ball at us with Babyface's DR1 Togami-esque lone wolf attitude, this game ain't big enough for another Togami, the one we have is big enough already. I also wonder, is it too early to suspect anything of SHSL Good Luck flubbing up something as simple as drawing lots? I wish Monomi was eligible for Free Time, her role is far from established and her motives (though she continually restates them) don't come across. What's her deal? Is she going to continue to supply our cast with tidbits of beneficial info via slip of the tongue and general incompetence? I wouldn't mind that, while Monobear stays behind the scenes pulling all the strings Monomi tries her best to spread goodwill among the class but will continually get dumped on by Monobear, despite being indestructible. But then the question arises in that who is behind Monomi? We found out last game that Monobear ended up being some self-aware AI of sorts after Junko had perished, could the same be said of Monomi? It's not far-fetched as the last game itself established two perfectly competent AIs.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 01:07
|
|
|
Zyxyz posted:Here is my second set of DR2 Perler sprites (the first set is here if you missed it). Thanks to Fantastisk for the incredibly helpful new non-walking sprite for Nidai.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 01:07
|
|
|
orenronen posted:
I'd love to hear what the original JP pun was.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 02:29
|
|
'Eatings!
We’re having a breakfast meeting, so we’ll be greeting and eating, right?
|
orenronen posted:
I have to say, this bit threw me off a little. Even though it fits his current character, Togami's insistence for a (all-night) party struck me as odd. It's probably just Togami trying to stop them from murdering each other by forcing them to spend time with each other constantly, but throwing a friendship party could (at a stretch) support the theory that Togami controls Monomi. Or that Togami remembers DR1 and that murders generally occur right after motives, although that's stretching it a little as well. Just speculation. Hopefully something useful will happen at the party.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 02:47
|
|
You will be happy to hear I have decided to throw a party this evening.
A...A...A party?
An all-night course?!
I should warn you - absence is prohibited. This is a party with compulsory attendance.
H...Hey... What’re we having a party for, at a time like this...?!
|
ziddia posted:Just speculation. Hopefully something useful will happen at the party. Someone finds booze, everyone gets drunk off their asses, and the next day they find out that someone's dead, but none of them can remember what they did. That would definitely make the first trial interesting, in my opinion.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 02:51
|
|
|
RefinedUndefined posted:Someone finds booze, everyone gets drunk off their asses, and the next day they find out that someone's dead, but none of them can remember what they did. That would definitely make the first trial interesting, in my opinion. That would be a fantastic way to start off the first/tutorial trial. The murder wouldn't be hard or complicated, it's just that no one remembers it!
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 03:03
|
|
|
gnome7 posted:That would be a fantastic way to start off the first/tutorial trial. The murder wouldn't be hard or complicated, it's just that no one remembers it! I think that'd be loving dreadful. It's like an edgy high school version of The Hangover. The motivations and everything else would be pretty lovely too.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 03:08
|
|
|
Maybe Togami's testing Monobear's capabilities? Setting up a situation where Monobear would theoretically have limited entrances into a location might reveal more about how he operates/functions. Or, alternately, it could be a sort of Monobear trap, and Togami is using the party as an excuse to set something up to catch/deal with Monobear. I find this new Togami fascinating. I initially thought that, with his new appearance, he was mostly going to be played for laughs, but that's definitely not the case. The fact that he's changed so much, and that he seems to genuinely care about his fellow students, suggests to me that he's definitely grown as a character (pun not intended) since the last game, and that this newfound heart hasn't disappear despite possible memory alteration. I almost wonder if his new appearance is actually supposed to be symbolic of this character growth, but that's too much like a high-school english paper thesis for me to really pursue it. I do have to wonder when the first murder will happen, though. Maybe it's just the speed at which this threads progressing, but it feels like it's taken longer for one to occur. I suppose there could be some factors to consider, though: we don't have someone like Maizono around, so perhaps this group is a little more emotionally balanced than the last. There's also the fact that the setting is a beautiful island resort as opposed to an oppressive claustrophobic building, so its inhabitant are just naturally less stressed for the time being. I expect Monobear may have to up the ante if he wants to start a killing spree (though the giant killer robots were a good start). Maybe a mole will actually have to come into play here? The game has already brought up the topic of memory alteration... perhaps a mole might be the next concept to reappear? Monobear has already hinted that there should only be 15 students on the island.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 03:11
|
|
|
ziddia posted:I have to say, this bit threw me off a little. Even though it fits his current character, Togami's insistence for a (all-night) party struck me as odd. Considering that Togami specifically wanted a place where Monobear couldn't see in, he probably has something planned to tell the rest of the group that he doesn't want Monobear to overhear.
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 03:26
|
|
|
|
| # ? Apr 25, 2024 05:48 |
|
|
Brannock posted:Considering that Togami specifically wanted a place where Monobear couldn't see in, he probably has something planned to tell the rest of the group that he doesn't want Monobear to overhear. I'm seeing one really big flaw with this plan: Togami said all of that, openly, in the restaurant. Somewhere where Monobear would be able to hear it. And considering the entire class (save Kuzuryuu) was there, it seems really likely Monobear would have been monitoring the restaurant at the moment. He probably knows all about this Avoid Monobear Party, and now has a few hours to set up a camera in the lodge beforehand, or something. Hell, what's to stop Monobear from just physically showing up and walking into the lodge? Just get there before anyone else, hide, and eavesdrop directly?
|
|
#
?
Feb 11, 2013 04:03
|
|
