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Oh boy, here we go! Even though I started reading the first LP pretty early, it still doesn't compare to reading it from the very beginning. Doesn't compare to its despair, I mean. Good job with the thread's format, it feels like it has everything you could ask for, even the voices. And those gifs are pretty cool, too: I did think that it's my monitor / internet connection acting up. Waiting warmly for the character introductions. By the way, the scarf dude is the only one who didn't say a single word.
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suuchan posted:Might wanna edit out that name there. Not sure how far the no spoilers policy goes, but you can never be too sure.
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Dec 11, 2012 16:06
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njsykora posted:Well it didn't take very long for speculation to start running wild in here.
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Dec 11, 2012 16:19
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kidcoelacanth posted:So has everyone else decided who they want to live and die based on the tiny amount we've seen so far? I'm rooting for backpack girl personally.
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Dec 11, 2012 16:33
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orenronen posted:
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Dec 11, 2012 16:54
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...Oy. How about you at least come into the room?
Eh? Oh, excuse me!
Right after we came here, I felt an urge and figured I’d go use the crapper...
But that door wouldn't budge an inch!
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Rangpur posted:The original LP (alternate title, Let's Make Lowtax Mad Bank on New Avatars)
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Dec 11, 2012 16:57
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Haifisch posted:And for all the attention paid to Fat Togami, I'm surprised there hasn't been more of a reaction to Sakura Fukawa(with a dash of Ishimaru's crazy eyes). I'm torn between the writers running with the honorable warrior schtick again or making her evil specifically to go against that(and to go with the red eyes). (Before people take out their torches and pitchforks: no, I haven't spoiled myself beyond the official promo materials and some spoiler-free fan art.) SingerOfW fucked around with this message at 17:21 on Dec 11, 2012 |
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Dec 11, 2012 17:15
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By the way, I'm not sure anyone noticed this (or it's worth noticing at all), but we have sixteen students here, from the very beginning.
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Dec 11, 2012 20:33
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DaveWoo posted:That just means there's a secret seventeenth student hiding out somewhere.
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Dec 11, 2012 20:49
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orenronen posted:I'm conflicted about that. I know what the Japanese text behind the codes reference, and it will not make any sense at this point in the game, but it's still semi-spoilerific.
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Dec 12, 2012 14:07
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...Well that is certainly a way to introduce the cast, alright. Love that Usami/Monomi got the pink background for her portraits, makes a nice contrast with Monobear's red. Also, could you guys make the voice clips a bit louder? Tindeck tends to play the music loud, so I tune my sound system down, which means I have to make it louder again when a voice clip comes up. And the volume slider is way too small to use comfortably there. Meanwhile, the purple-scarved Gundam keeps silence.
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Dec 12, 2012 14:49
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IceBorg posted:Okay I might be wrong here, but isn't Nagito Komaeda a anagram of Makoto Naegi?!?
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Dec 12, 2012 15:04
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HGH posted:Quick question about translation! What exactly does the "Heart-thumping" part of the the field trip mean? I've seen this translated differently in multiple media, from "Heart-pounding" to "Heart-throbbing". Is the character literally saying heartbeat noises?
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Dec 12, 2012 15:08
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Haifisch posted:So Usami's quirk is tawking wike this. I'm guessing the original Japanese had her using their equivilant of baby talk, and this was the best way to get it across without being too annoying? I don't really mind it, although that might just be because it brings Elmer Fudd to mind whenever Usami speaks.
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Dec 12, 2012 16:24
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EchoPrima posted:It seems Usami took the students the students to the island to learn about hope, also either this is a computer simulation or Usami's a loving wizard.
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Dec 12, 2012 16:35
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 Just noticed that we still have our surveillance cameras (machine guns in case someone decides to swim away?) and announcements monitors, even on the beach.
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Dec 12, 2012 17:28
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loquacius posted:e: Also, question for Oren or anyone else who can read Japanese, is Sonia Nevermind's last name actually a transliteration of "nevermind" or is it the Japanese word for "never mind"? ApplesandOranges posted:
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Dec 12, 2012 19:54
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Hiyoko Saionii
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Captain Bravo posted:I was really wondering about that, is Singer's avatar actually Peko? What's the quote from? I thought it was a touhou thing or something. (Sorry for the off-topic, Slowbeef.)
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Dec 12, 2012 20:14
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orenronen posted:The second example is from a much more thoroughly localized game. Detective Itonokogiri ends his sentences with a casual, easygoing -ssu, and Gumshoe replicates the feeling by throwing "pal"s everywhere. Since there is an actual -ssu character in SDR2, I will expand on this when we get to them. Raitzeno posted:It's more that, aside from being fat, he looks absolutely no different. 
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Dec 13, 2012 17:06
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ApplesandOranges posted:Also, I'm kind of dreading the first case where everyone's going to be full of crazy theories when it'll most likely just be a simple tutorial case (11037!)
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Dec 13, 2012 17:35
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The idea I had about Togami gaining weight is that he did it because food is so scarce in Monoworld. If he were to travel between small pockets of Hope around the world, he would probably eat as much as possible whenever he could (and no one would be able to object because of his gigantic ego). For all we know, he may be fluctuating between obesity and weight deficiency pretty often, and the game just happened to catch him in the Fatogami phase. This theory has its downsides (where does he get all this food to eat if it's so scarce?), but the overall idea of eating to survive still stands. (USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)
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orenronen posted:
As for the Naegi-Nagito debate, I'm inclined to think that he really is Naegi, just after a short time skip. The main reason of doubting that is his birthday, and all explanations I can come up with are rather shaky. It can be the birthday of his Nagito personality, but who would actually bother remembering that? Syo certainly didn't have a separate birthday from Fukawa. That means that it's probably made up, but it's made up well enough to fool Hope's Peak Academy and have it written down in the student's profile. So Naegi either has a powerful ally who can do such a thing (Togami, perhaps?), or he has a more important role in this affair, important enough to mess with his own student profile. He might even be the mastermind: that would sure make it easy to do, well, anything. Which leads to another question: if Nagito's birthday date is made up, what is the actual meaning behind it? Even fake dates are rarely chosen at random, so there's some room for speculation here, too. Then again, it might be something we wouldn't know, like Naegi's sister's birthday. At the very least, it doesn't seem to be an abbreviation (is that a proper term?) that the Japanese love so much (like 765 being Namco or 961 being Kuroi, "Black").
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Dec 15, 2012 17:00
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Tee-hee... I'm not ashamed of apowogies. They're vewy impawtant!
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This hand of mine is burning red! Its loud roar tells me to RAISE ANIMALS! Sugita is one of my favorite male voice actors simply because he's having so much fun at work, which usually leads to some very impressive performances. Add to that the fact that he called the original Dangan Ronpa one of his favorite games of 2010, and you got yourself the best animal breeder you've ever seen. And I guess I can repost this from the general discussion thread now: http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=manga&illust_id=31341518 
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Speaking of the interactions between SHSL ??? and SHSL Neurologist, I suppose that her love for him took roots before she had her condition, and it's so strong that it is one of the few things she never forgets (after all, it's more about the emotion than knowledge). SHSL Neurologist, however, constantly tests her memory by acting contrary to her few long-term memories: as long as she keeps being friendly with him despite his constant harassment, he knows that there are some things that even she won't forget. Or he could just be a male tsundere character, but that would be way too boring. And I gotta love that stylish arrow scalpel on the illustration.
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Dec 17, 2012 20:49
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Ibuki is pretty much everything Leon ever wanted to be. No wonder her design reminded some people of him. Mikan reminds me of Fukawa, too, except that she blames herself when she's innocent instead of blaming everyone for nothing. I almost expect her to have a second personality, except that she resurrects people instead of killing them. Speaking of which, is she SHSL enough to cure the dead? SingerOfW fucked around with this message at 16:48 on Dec 18, 2012 |
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SHSL Photographer sounded like one of the most boring talents in the game... Until I've seen her voice actor. She's going to snap sooner or later, mark my words. And yeah, Fuyuhiko gives some strong Togami vibes. This may be one of the minor reasons they've made Togami fat, not to mention dressing him in a suit of a different color. Having two lean unsociable heirs of powerful families in black suits would be too much. Did Nekomaru train Leon? I don't remember Leon's achievements in detail, so I'm not sure they mean him. And what is that LEVEL UP notification that we got?
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Dec 20, 2012 17:59
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Son Conan posted:It's sad to admit, but this is pretty much how I am as well. I wonder if Chiaki is going to make meta comments on the cases, since she's in a game and all. Something like, "If this was a game, the first case should be pretty obvious to teach the player the basics, so don't look for double meanings". By the way, she shares a birthday with Chihiro! And Peko is off to a good start, but I'm biased as hell.
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Dec 23, 2012 20:09
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Cardiovorax posted:I suppose it makes sense if the whole point of the school is to research "talent," but goddamn do they assemble some useless skills. And then you get such overpowered displays of swordsmanship as Goemon's from Lupin III.
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Dec 23, 2012 20:41
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chiasaur11 posted:"Most adult men can't beat her" implies that there's a few that can.
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Dec 23, 2012 20:56
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Hanamura's pink nosebleed pleases me greatly for some reason  SystemLogoff posted:I'm still sorry I made that first-post guess in the first LP. I'm still in the middle of listening to the podcast, so I'll comment on it later.
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Um, this may seem a measure impudent... but... if I may be perfectly honest, that I am here pleases me a little.
Sorry about the problems I caused.
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Now that you mention it, this time, we have at least three characters whose SHSL talent is being a descendant of a famous family. Both Kuzuryuu and Sonia kind of steal some spotlight from Togami, which makes me wonder even more about his return from the narrative point of view. I mean, Fukawa doesn't seem to have any competition so far, so bringing her back would make for a more varied roster of talents. At least Sonia and Kuzuryuu don't resemble Togami at all. It also makes sense for Hope's Peak to teach many descendants of powerful families.
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Some thoughts on the podcast now that I've finished listening to it (I know it should be in the DR general thread, but everyone's been commenting on it here, so whatever): - I have to wonder if the Naegi execution scene is going to have the same impact in the anime version. Like you said, in the game, you are never sure of what's coming next, and you can totally see them killing off the main character. In the anime, however, things like that only happen either very early or at the very end, and simply knowing the number of episodes left is going to make you feel safe about Naegi even when he's about to become a SHSL Sandwich. Even having Kirigiri around as a secondary main character won't make you feel like she's going to take Naegi's place. - This LP really is in an interesting position concerning the promotion of the game. On one hand, it basically gives you all the content you will get from buying it, so it's very close to the whole piracy debate. On the other hand, I'm sure I'm not the only one who bought a physical copy exactly because of the LP, and it feels like I'll have to buy the sequel, too. Let this be the lesson to all those silly PR managers who think that any kind of publicity will keep people from buying the game. - I don't agree that the SHSL skills are just "there" in the first game. One way or another, each one of them did matter in some way, even if it's just Ishimaru being strict enough about the rules to challenge Mondo over it, which leads to their friendship and Ishimaru's breakdown. I suppose Celes and Hagakure's skills are close to being irrelevant, but the former made a huge gamble by having an accomplice, while the latter did make some accurate predictions. - My post got mentioned, I suppose I should be proud of myself. orenronen posted:Regarding Sonia's language, and I'll expand on it in my translation notes, her English (that is, Japanese) isn't supposed to come out as terrible -- Sonia is almost never actually grammatically incorrect. What she does, though, is use overly formal and polite language (partly because she's a princess and partly because it sounds like textbook-Japanese), has some surprising vocabulary choices, and her language just sounds a little awkward in general. She also has some more language quirks that don't come out until later.
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Sherringford posted:Did Asahina's skill matter though? That's the one skill that comes to mind as being pretty useless in both character and plot last game. She could have been Super High School Level Pokemon Trainer and I don't think much would have changed.
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Dec 26, 2012 20:18
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ApeHawk posted:Yamada's creepiness was mostly harmless since it was just him fantasizing about fictional 2D characters.
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Dec 27, 2012 10:51
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Jeek posted:I, as a non-native speaker, is reading English edited by a native speaker which is supposed to read like something spoken by a non-native speaker. Once again, I'm glad that my English is good enough to actually understand Sonia's speech and appreciate the work Fedule puts into her lines.
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Dec 27, 2012 14:37
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HelloWinter posted:Better yet, As for the Monobear plushy, it's too bad that I already have one from the game's Best Hits edition. And even then, it will probably just sit and gather dust here. Still, it's magnificent, and you should feel awesome for making it.
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Dec 28, 2012 21:37
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Akane's introduction made me realize that they've been writing down the chest size in the profiles since the first game. Even for males. Saionji's profile seems to note that she likes "Popping things", so I suppose that bubble wrap was used in the translation simply because it's the best popping thing ever? Unless the Japanese really call it ぷちぷち. Now that Togami got introduced properly, I guess it's a good time to share some fan art of him:  
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Dec 29, 2012 17:54
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Omniphile posted:The best part about Fatogami is that he manages to make "thin people" sound like an insult. Sherringford posted:That's more than interesting, that's contradictory. Think back about what Nagito said earlier - he looked up his classmates on the web. He also said that there was only one High School Level Luck dude per year. Everyone in the thread more or less agreed that this meant they were either seniors or juniors to DR1's class. What I'm getting at is, Nagito can't have been on the same year as Togami, but he says that they were on the same year as evidenced by saying that he looked up info on his classmates on the internet. Those two statements don't really match up well, so we definitely need an explanation for that.
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Sherringford posted:Hm, that's possible, but Togami doesn't seem particularly talkative. Plus Nagito seems to know an awful lot about him having earned money on his own and all - that's generally the kind of thing that doesn't come up in a conversation when you are talking to someone who seems keen on shutting you up. Also, Togami might be famous enough for people to know him even without lurking the Net. I suppose reading about him in a newspaper or seeing him on the news and then recognizing him when you meet in person is quite possible.
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RandomYoshi posted:Hey, I just noticed something about Chiaki. Her birthday is on the 14th of March, otherwise known as the Pi Day. I'm not sure what else this says about her, but if there's one thing that's certain is that she just got goonier than she already was, and I'm loving it.
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