[Otome Game] Black Wolves Saga: My thoughts about Fiona in the twin’s route

Since I’ve been talking so much about Sugita lately, let’s talk about Black Wolves Saga’s heroine for a change 8D Yay. This post is a result of a discussion between me and biscuit after I played through the twins’ routes, as well as me thinking way too much about the games I play (and everything in general). It focuses mainly on that one choice that takes Fiona back to the castle, so you can see the “exciting” routes the creators prepared for the cats, lol. Naturally, it will have lots of spoilers and, also naturally, it requires previous knowledge about the game, and preferably having gone through the twins’ routes (one or both). If you want a good and to-the-point overview of the game, biscuit made a post about it here.

From what I saw/heard, some people seemed to either say that Fiona’s choice to go back to the castle was stupid and completely lacking common sense or they labeled the choice as a plot device; or some tried to explain Fiona’s actions by saying that she tried to have hope in the midst of all the despair. Let’s see how all these fair from the game’s perspective.

Ultimately, what I’m trying to do here is show that Fiona’s character is well thought-out and that she isn’t just your standard “stupid and lame” otome game heroine. Also, I think the game’s plot is good enough to explain itself without resulting to some convoluted and make-believe explanations. Once again, and I cannot stress this enough, this is my own interpretation of things.

So, once again, there will be SPOILERS. Don’t read past this point unless you have played the game or don’t mind spoilers (although this may be a bit hard to understand without knowing what happened, because I don’t go into details).

[Seiyuu] Sasuga Sugita no Corner 4

Hello everyone! I hope you’re all doing fine! It’s this time of the month (???) already, so here’s another Sasuga Sugita no Corner! *fanfares* I can’t believe it’s already the 4th one xD Sure, it’s not much, but I’m amazed at myself that I managed to keep this up long enough to get to nr 4, however long it took. I have a tendency to get distracted easily, and my interests change drastically. I’m that type of person who can only 100% concentrate on one thing at a time… ;w; That said, my interest in Sugita somehow manages to resist this personality trait of mine, and he’s regularly coming back to remind me about himself xD
I’m slowly catching up with Anigera, so I hope I can write these posts more often now (as long as I won’t forget to take notes, lol). I could write a book using excerpts from Anigera alone, seriously. This radio is so full of references and random talk, it’s an absolute must for a Sugita fan. After all, it’s a radio where Sugita is free to talk about anything he wants xD I’m really glad it became so popular it can continue to this day without problems~

[Otome Game] Starry Sky short story: Before the next Spring comes…

This is another thing I started working on long ago (last year I think), but then a lot of things happened and I forgot about it. Since I was in the mood for translation, I decided to go back to it and finally get it done xD
It’s a short story that was published in Dengeki Girl’s Style, written from Kanata’s point of view, and when I read it I thought it’s cute. It had a double appeal for me, since I’m also a Kanata fan xD

I couldn’t help thinking about Neo Armstrong Cannon whenever I wrote the word “snowball” haha ^^;; *shot* Way to spoil the mood lol (Gintama messed up my brain)

Despite it being short, it actually took effort and time, so please don’t post it anywhere without my permission first, thank you. I’m also sorry for all the possible awkward-sounding phrases m(__)m

Cast:
Nanami Kanata
Touzuki Suzuya
Miyaji Ryuunosuke
Aozora Hayato

[Merchandise] Spring loot desu

GPOY of the day: I can’t resist the charm that is “limited edition” either ww.

These are some merchandise I collected over this spring! Gintama Chibi-kyun figures, Elkrone no Atelier ~Dear for Otomate~, Black Wolves Saga –Bloody Nightmare-, and Tokimeki Memorial Girl’s Side Art Galleries.

My goal is to eventually collect all the Banpresto chibi-kyun figures for Gintama, since the quality is great (maybe even better than Petit Chara Land??) and I love how each figure will remind you of a certain moment. I definitely wanted the Gintoki ones from the arcade prize set, but I didn’t really want the lottery ones until I saw that the secret was Madao!! ;o; Doesn’t he look so adorable in his sweet home ww? I’m super looking forward to the lottery prizes for summer season!!

Well, the rest of the loot is obviously otome stuff. I am not really good at taking pictures, so please excuse the quality too. If you see blurry spots, they are due to my inability to focus the camera. \o/

[Otome Game Log] Fashion in Tokimeki Memorial GS3

One of the features that I love to explore in TMGS3 is the dress-up part because they made a lot of cute items that can be mixed and matched to create different styles. Each main guy has a style that they love and a style that they hate, but it is NOT true that you have to wear only what they like! In fact, it is possible to get them to love a different style besides their favorite one.

[Seiyuu] Sasuga Sugita no Corner 3: B’s Log Interview Part 2

Welcome to Sasuga Sugita no Corner! As promised, here’s the 2nd part of Sugita’s B’s Log interview, in which he mainly talks about a game and drama CD called Corpse Party (PC remake is titled Corpse Party Blood Covered). The other part of the interview tells us what kind of roles Sugita likes the most and what would he like to act as in an otome game (all I can say is: as expected of Sugita, lol). Oh, and we have an unexpected (no, not really) mention of a toilet, too. But first, I’ll talk a bit about the Corpse Party franchise (I’m mainly listing the games that came out so far); feel free to skip this and click “continue reading” if you’re here just for the interview xD

Corpse Party was originally a fan made game (by doujin circle Team GrisGris). It was mainly thanks to the audio, which was done exceptionally well and that managed to create a tense atmosphere fitting the game’s theme, that the game became quite popular among doujin game players. So popular that it was remade for cell phones (Corpse Party: New Chapter) and PC (Corpse Party Blood Covered), it got two drama CDs with a well-known seiyuu cast (which is very fitting, imo), an interest and support of Sugita Tomokazu, who narrated a promo video for the PC version and voiced one of the side characters, and finally, a very “upgraded” PSP remake (Corpse Party Blood Covered: Repeated Fear) by a known company 5pb., that uses the cast from the drama CDs and dummy head recording for all the dialogues (it can be quite scary at times xD). They also made a visual novel version (Corpse Party: Book of Shadows; also for PSP) that tells the original story from a different perspective, and gives insight into the past of some of the characters. A “love comedy” version of Corpse Party is being made (again, for PSP), which is a compilation of “lighter” stories written by various scenario writers. On top of it, the original creator of the game is making another Corpse Party game (Corpse Party 2: Dead Patient; as Team GrindHouse). It’s not only the games, there are also various novel and manga versions of the series (the only thing lacking in this line-up is an anime, lol). What was originally just a fan made game grew to amazing proportions and created a huge fanbase. I think it deserves it, and I’m not surprised Sugita likes it so much. I started from the PSP remake, and I fell in love with it xD However, I realize that it’s definitely not for everyone. It’s not only about the horror element, there’s also a lot of gore moments, especially in the bad ends (seriously, the way they are written is really descriptive, and voice effects+voice acting isn’t making things any better, lol). Also, in my ears, the music is BRILLIANT. I’d love to have a soundtrack, but it was released only as and extra for the limited edition of Repeated Fear. For those interested in playing the game but not knowing Japanese, there is an English version of the PSP remake (Repeated Fear, not Book of Shadows) done by XSeed. They translated the game’s text, but left the original audio intact, including voice acting.

On a side note, while we’re at doujin games, Sugita is involved with a circle called AGRS. They recently released a new 月英学園 (Getsuei Academy) game (visual novel style), 月英学園ergo. Sugita came up with the concept for both games. He actually showed up at the circle’s booth at Winter 2011 Comiket, cosplaying as the game’s heroine.

Ok, enough of my blabbering, let’s get to that interview! I’m sorry for any possible mistakes and awkward-sounding phrases m(__)m

[Seiyuu] Sasuga Sugita no Corner 2: B’s Log Interview Part 1

It’s finally time for a second Sasuga Sugita no Corner! It’s been a long (way too long) time since the first instalment, and I’m sorry to anyone who’s been looking forward to it. I blame games *kicked* This time, for a change of pace (hm? wasn’t there only one corner so far? …don’t mind the details!) we have an interview from a March 2010 issue of B’s Log (a magazine focusing on games for females)! It’s part of a series of seiyuu interviews, very nobly called “Voice of Prince”. This is nr. 56 in the series.
It was about time I posted this, I’ve been working on it since forever, and on biscuit’s request (I’m REALLY sorry it took me so long ;w; you can treat it as a very late b-day present 8D *kicked*). It’s not really that I had lots of problems with it or anything, I was just being lazy/distracted most of the time… >.< I had it handwritten for quite some time now xD;; But since I don’t have my PSP today and so Ruka can’t work his evil magic on me, I decided I may as well use the time to do something productive(?) lol Besides, I didn’t write anything about Sugita for a long time now, and I’m seriously dying to deal with this guy some more ;w;
But back on topic… despite the fact that this interview was featured in an otome game magazine, I’m sure not only otome lovers among Sugita fans will find it interesting, because he mainly talks about other things (lol). I split it in two parts because one part deals mainly with his work as a seiyuu, and the other is almost exclusively about a game/drama CD called “Corpse Party Blood Covered” (I hope I can post it soon, I’ll certainly do my best to make it a reality). It’s there as something that Sugita introduces as his favorite “item” (namely, the drama CD for this game). To tell you the truth, this is where I found out about this, and what made me want to play the game (which I eventually did, and I’m in love with this series now).  Loving a seiyuu can be useful sometimes, lol. I don’t think I’d notice this otherwise… (it’s not only Sugita’s favorite game, he also voices a character in it) BUT it’s not about the motives, only the result counts 8D *bricked*