Season 1
- E1 - I Traveled Back in Time?!
- E2 - Let’s Make Bishojo Games Together!
- E3 - I Wanted to See All of You Again!
- E4 - It's Fine!
- E5 - Good Things Come in Threes!
- E6 - Believe in Me!
- E7 - Every Storm Hardens the Earth
- E8 - Echo
- E9 - Where Am I?
- E10 - I'll Give It All I've Got!
- E11 - Original Cuu
- E12 - U... U-U-U-U-U...
- E13 - The Things I Hold Dear
E1 - I Traveled Back in Time?!
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SIGN Akiba Electric
SIGN Day of Nurina
[00:27] Konoha
E-Excuse me!
[00:28] Konoha
What year is it right now?
[00:33] Uni Student B
Um, it's the year 1992...
[00:38] Konoha
1992?
[00:42] Konoha
What?!
[00:44] Konoha
This is the worst of the worst!
[00:49] Konoha
Deep breaths! Deep breaths!
[00:53] Konoha
U-Um...
[00:54] Konoha
My name is Konoha Akisato!
[00:57] Konoha
I-I-I'm from the year 2023,
and I ended up in Akiba in 1992!
[01:05] Konoha
Something's weird here!
[01:06] Konoha
You've got the wrong person!
[01:08] Konoha
I'm just a poor, lowly illustrator!
[01:12] Konoha
I can't handle this at all!
[01:16] Konoha
It's freezing!
[01:18] Konoha
L-Listen!
[01:19] Konoha
You, watching this video right now!
[01:21] Konoha
If I end up dying here,
[01:23] Konoha
take the PC in my apartment,
[01:24] Konoha
and completely demolish it, without looking
at the contents of the hard drive!
[01:27] Konoha
Please, do it for me!
[01:30] Konoha
My home address is Tokyo-to,
Musashino-shi—
[01:33] Konoha
I'm out of battery...
SIGN "I Traveled Back in Time?!"
[01:36] Konoha
This is the worst of the worst!
[02:01] Konoha
I'm Konoha Akisato!
[02:03] Konoha
I work as an illustrator at Blue Bell,
a bishojo game company!
[02:07] Konoha
In the near future, I plan on
becoming a super-popular artist,
[02:10] Konoha
who brings cute, cheerful heroines
to life, one after another!
[02:14] Konoha
But the truth is...
SIGN Curry House Bongo
[02:19] President
Listen up, everyone!
SIGN Blue Bell
[02:21] President
This is going to be our next work!
[02:23] President
The title is, that's right,
Welcome! MILF Hypnosis Salon!
SIGN New Game Title Proposal
SIGN Welcome!
SIGN MILF Hypnosis Salon
SIGN Blue Bell
SIGN Confidential
Final Draft
[02:28] President
Oh, just look at the time.
[02:30] President
We'll go through the rest tomorrow,
so read over the proposal.
[02:39] Konoha
The bishojo game industry these
days is doing really badly,
[02:42] Konoha
with light novels, gacha games,
and VTubers clobbering it left and right,
[02:47] Konoha
and my company, Blue Bell,
is the worst of the worst!
[02:50] Konoha
Our prez has given up on
selling full-priced games,
[02:52] Konoha
and he's going all in on the bargain market!
[02:55] Konoha
And in this two-bit bishojo game company...
[03:00] Konoha
I'm nothing more than a sub-illustrator!
[03:04] Konoha
As for the company's main artist...
SIGN Total lost cause with those ugly characters
Are they even trying with that box art
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Hard pass with that outdated art style
Did they really think anyone would buy that
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Whoever approved these character designs needs to see an eye doctor
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN That box art is just fundamentally bad
SIGN That box art is just fundamentally bad
SIGN Total lost cause with those ugly characters
SIGN Hard pass with that outdated art style
SIGN Plain awful character designs lmao
SIGN Please stop letting this guy do the designs...
[03:09] Konoha
He's completely shattered after
getting dragged on social media,
[03:12] Konoha
and lost all his will to draw...
[03:16] Konoha
I joined this company because I love
cute girls and bishojo games...
SIGN First Day at Work
[03:24] (Flashback) Konoha
I'm gonna be a star illustrator!
[03:28] Konoha
That's what I said back then...
[03:32] Konoha
So why am I stuck coloring
in back views of men?!
[03:38] Konoha
Reality is just a crappy game!
[03:45] Employee A
Done for the day!
[03:47] Employee B
Let's get out of here.
[03:48] Employee C
Yep, time to leave.
SIGN Swipe up to unlock
SIGN Sofmap - Pick up pre-order
[03:57] Konoha
Good work today!
[03:59] Konoha
I'll be heading out!
[04:00] Main Artist
Good work...
[04:05] Cashier
Can you please confirm that this
is the item you pre-ordered?
[04:09] Konoha
Ah, yes, th-that's the one.
[04:12] Konoha
Yep, th-thanks, um, a lot...
[04:16] Cashier
Thank you very much!
[04:21] Konoha
The latest Purple game!
[04:23] Konoha
I can't wait to play it!
SIGN Box Innards
SIGN Hungry
Off to the corner store
SIGN White Scrap of Cloth
SIGN Lick lick lollipop
[04:26] Konoha
Oh, that's cute!
SIGN Mental Plaque
SIGN Living up your youth?
[04:28] Konoha
Have a like!
SIGN Midnight Pizza Liker
SIGN Drew this with the motif of jellyfish and a jellyfish girl
[04:29] Konoha
Whoa, this one's sick, too!
[04:32] Konoha
This one's also good!
[04:42] Announcement
The next station is Nishi-Ogikubo.
[04:44] Announcement
Nishi-Ogikubo.
[04:46] Announcement
The doors on the right side will open.
[04:48] Announcement
The next station is Nishi-Ogikubo.
[04:52] Announcement
The doors on the right side will open.
SIGN The eroge industry is going to die out before we know it
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Why this...
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Time to jump ship (to gacha games)
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Of course (if you keep making nothing but shallow trash) it'd end up (with consumers leaving) that way
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Blame the devs who don't put out anything decent too
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Otaku nowadays are too busy with anime and gacha games to buy eroge
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN There are a lot less engaging titles now for real
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN It really is a serious matter
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Where are all the anons who said that eroge was life?
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN Otaku nowadays are too busy with anime and gacha games to buy eroge
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN There are a lot less engaging titles now for real
SIGN Anonymous Blue Belly
SIGN It really is a serious matter
[05:03] Konoha
Grr...
[05:06] Announcement
Mitaka. Mitaka.
[05:28] Konoha
Just you wait, world!
[05:30] Konoha
One day, I'll have a game
with my art on this shelf!
[05:34] Konoha
But before that...
SIGN Overall Daily Rankings
SIGN #448 Debut!
SIGN #449
SIGN #450
SIGN Romancing HMX
[05:49] Konoha
I've gone down in the rankings!
[05:53] Konoha
It came out really good this time, too...
[05:56] Konoha
What am I missing?
[05:59] Konoha
Dang it!
[06:00] Konoha
Next time for sure!
[06:04] Konoha
Now, then...
SIGN Image color is white
Angel who's half-human, half-fairy
Likes:
Lily-of-the-valley, cats, pudding
Dislikes:
Spicy food, bitter food,
fighting, evening sky,
spiky things
Fluffy
floaty
Only child Sisters?
Always a bright smile on her face
Makes everyone around her happy
Envision soft lines
Draw 1 10 3 pictures every day!
SIGN Can't swim. (likes the sea)
Hair takes on color when she uses her power
Length? Long hair could work too
(Make design sheet!)
Collects flower and wing accessories
Bad at lying
Angel
Angel who's half-human, half-fairy
Love!!
Love!!
I'll make her a popular heroine for sure!!!
Pay attention down to the tips of her toes and fingers
Important to establish her character!
Aim for over 1,000 likes!
SIGN I'll make her a popular
heroine for sure!!!
SIGN Curry House Bongo
SIGN New Game Title Proposal
SIGN Welcome!
SIGN MILF Hypnosis Salon
SIGN Blue Bell
SIGN Confidential
Final Draft
[06:38] President
Okay, continuing where
we left off yesterday,
[06:41] President
have you all taken a look at the proposal?
[06:45] Konoha
I have a suggestion!
[06:46] President
Oh, it's just you.
[06:48] President
A suggestion, you say?
[06:50] President
An idea for our new game?
[06:51] Konoha
Yes!
[06:52] Konoha
It's a way better idea
than what you have now!
[06:55] President
So what's it about?
[06:57] Konoha
It begins, well, in the midst of battle!
[07:01] Konoha
On a far-off planet, there's a war underway!
[07:05] Konoha
I think every story needs to start
in a super-distant location!
[07:11] Konoha
Is this Earth in the future?
[07:13] Konoha
Or are we in a different
dimension altogether?!
[07:16] Konoha
My, oh my!
[07:19] Konoha
Meanwhile, you have a girl who attends
school in the Japanese countryside!
[07:25] Konoha
But then, half of her body
melts away to nothing!
[07:32] President
Hey, now!
[07:33] President
How long is this story?!
[07:36] Konoha
Um, this is still the opening,
so the heroine hasn't shown up yet.
[07:41] Konoha
So far, I've talked about
the heroine's friend—
[07:44] President
That's enough of that!
[07:46] President
How many minutes are you going to
waste on explaining the opening?!
[07:49] President
What kind of game are you
trying to make here?!
[07:52] President
Do you know how much it'd cost
to make a game like that?!
[07:56] President
Are you trying to bankrupt
us with your dream game?!
[08:02] President
The days when people would buy
monumental games are long gone!
[08:08] President
This 4,500 yen MILF hypnosis
game is all we can manage now!
[08:35] Konoha
It's still cold.
[08:37] Konoha
Is the microwave busted?
[08:42] Konoha
I'm gonna go buy some lunch!
[08:47] Konoha
Making a MILF hypnosis game
because you have no funds...
[08:51] Konoha
You're gonna have plenty of rivals,
[08:53] Konoha
and there's no way you can compete with the
ones that specialize in hypnosis plots...
[09:00] (Flashback) President
The days when people would buy
monumental games are long gone!
[09:07] Konoha
I know. In times like these...
SIGN Seven Lucky Gods
[09:13] Konoha
When you're in trouble, turn to the gods!
[09:16] Announcement
I wish for a full-priced game,
with me as main artist!
[09:20] Konoha
If you can grant that
wish, I'll do whatever...
[09:24] Konoha
Well, maybe not.
[09:26] Konoha
But I'll do almost whatever you ask!
[09:28] Konoha
So please consider it!
SIGN Used Games
[09:46] Konoha
Game Shop BiBi?
[09:49] Konoha
A used video game store? Here?!
[09:53] Konoha
I had no clue.
[09:55] Konoha
I can't believe I hadn't noticed!
[10:08] Konoha
Not a very exciting selection.
[10:13] Konoha
They sell bishojo games here!
[10:15] Konoha
What do we have here?
[10:20] Konoha
A hundred yen for Kanon?!
[10:22] Konoha
A hundred yen for ComiPa, too?!
[10:24] Konoha
A hundred yen for Rance?!
[10:26] Konoha
What?!
SIGN First Edition
Bonuses Included
[10:33] Konoha
It's not an empty box.
[10:34] Konoha
It comes with everything inside...
[10:38] Konoha
U-Um, excuse me!
[10:41] Granny
Oh, welcome.
[10:44] Konoha
You see, I'm not trying to buy this.
[10:47] Konoha
Um, why is this game so cheap?
[10:51] Granny
Oh, I thought the box looked a little grimy.
[10:55] Konoha
This much is nothing!
[10:57] Konoha
This is a first press edition of Kanon!
[11:00] Konoha
If you sell this for 100 yen,
resellers are going to snatch it up!
[11:03] Granny
Resellers?
[11:05] Granny
I don't know much about all that business...
[11:10] Konoha
Granny, this here is a masterpiece!
[11:12] Konoha
It's very valuable!
[11:14] Konoha
Even if you didn't dump it in the
bargain bin, plenty of people would...
[11:18] Granny
What kind of game is it?
[11:22] Konoha
Huh?
[11:23] Konoha
What kind of game?
[11:25] Konoha
You want me to talk about it?
[11:27] Konoha
Me?
[11:28] Granny
Yes.
[11:29] Konoha
Really?!
[11:30] Granny
Of course.
[11:31] Granny
Tell me all about it.
[11:34] Konoha
Ahem!
[11:35] Konoha
Well, you see, Kanon was released in 1999,
[11:40] Konoha
and it's a really entertaining game!
[11:43] Konoha
This girl's name is Ayu,
and she goes "uguu"!
[11:46] Konoha
"Uguu"!
[11:47] Granny
"Uguu"?
[11:54] Konoha
This bin is filled with all
of these incredible games!
[11:59] Konoha
So please give them some higher prices...
[12:02] Granny
You sure do love video games,
don't you, young lady?
[12:07] Konoha
O-Oh, well...
[12:09] Konoha
A-All of this is common knowledge
for bishojo game otaku!
[12:17] Konoha
I-I'm so sorry!
[12:19] Konoha
I went off and blabbed on all
by myself for so long...
[12:21] Konoha
I need to get back to the office.
[12:25] Granny
Konoha-chan, do you like
games with girls in them?
[12:31] Konoha
Huh? I-Is that weird?
[12:33] Granny
No, not at all.
[12:37] Konoha
Seeing cute girls really cheers me up.
[12:43] Konoha
But the girls in these games
are more than just cute.
[12:48] Konoha
They cry, laugh, face lots of worries,
[12:53] Konoha
but despite that, they stay
strong and try their best...
[12:56] Konoha
These girls shine brightest within a game!
[13:03] Konoha
There's a girl who I want
to star in her own game.
[13:08] Konoha
I want her to go on a grand adventure!
[13:13] Konoha
Which is why I want it to be a game,
and not just illustrations.
[13:16] Konoha
Bishojo games are where cute
girls can truly come alive!
[13:23] Granny
I don't know much about video games,
[13:27] Granny
but I'm sure that any game you
make would be very fun to play.
[13:39] Konoha
Granny!
[13:40] Granny
Goodness, what's wrong?
[13:43] Konoha
No one at work will listen
to what I have to say.
[13:47] Konoha
I'm just as aware as everyone else!
[13:49] Konoha
Our company could never
make a full-priced game!
[13:52] Konoha
Even so, I just want someone to hear
me out a little, just a little!
[14:00] Konoha
Games are supposed to be fun
and fill you with excitement...
[14:05] Konoha
But no one at our company dares to dream!
[14:09] Konoha
A game that doesn't dare to
dream isn't a game at all!
[14:12] Konoha
I don't care if it's a game about hypnosis!
[14:14] Konoha
I want to make a game that dares to dream!
[14:19] Granny
And you can't stop working at that company?
[14:22] Konoha
Well, um...
[14:24] Konoha
I don't have it in me to be so assertive...
[14:27] Konoha
Quitting would be too scary, so that's
gonna be a no sirree from me...
[14:32] Granny
Dearie me...
[14:36] Konoha
But thanks to you, it feels like I
managed to shake off some of my gloom!
[14:42] Konoha
Um, may I come back here?
[14:45] Granny
Yes, of course.
[14:46] Granny
Feel free to visit whenever we're open.
[14:51] Konoha
Thanks, granny!
[15:07] Konoha
Maybe I'll stop by that BiBi game
store I found during lunch.
[15:13] Taiyaki Man
Thank you very much!
SIGN Taiyaki Specialty Truck
Homemade Ogura-an
SIGN Taiyaki Specialty Truck
Homemade Ogura-an
[15:15] Konoha
Taiyaki...
[15:17] Konoha
Maybe I should bring something to thank
her for listening to me earlier.
[15:23] Konoha
Excuse me!
SIGN FOR LEASE
SIGN Please feel free to contact us
SIGN Akihabara Properties
[15:26] Konoha
Eh?
[15:26] Konoha
Huh?
[15:29] Konoha
Wasn't this the place?
[15:37] Konoha
It's unlocked...
[15:49] Konoha
A paper bag?
[15:55] Granny
For Konoha-chan.
SIGN For Konoha-chan
SIGN Thank you for the fun chat
[15:56] Granny
Thank you for the fun chat.
[16:00] Konoha
Granny...
[16:01] Konoha
Everything looked normal during lunchtime.
[16:04] Konoha
Did she fly the coop in the afternoon?
[16:07] Konoha
No, that's impossible!
[16:09] Konoha
No way she cleared this
place out so quickly!
[16:22] Konoha
Don't tell me that this is
a parting gift from her...
[16:32] Konoha
Wait!
SIGN Doukyuusei
[16:33] Konoha
These are the games I
talked about back then!
[16:36] Konoha
All masterpieces!
[16:38] Konoha
It must have been so thrilling back then.
[16:42] Konoha
The golden age of bishojo games!
[16:47] Konoha
Look at all of these cute
girls out in the world...
SIGN Doukyuusei
[16:56] Konoha
Am I going to spend my entire life
without accomplishing anything?
[17:09] Konoha
Doukyuusei...
[17:14] Konoha
The DOS version...
[17:31] Konoha
Huh? Wh-What?!
SIGN Personal Computers
OA
System Place
SIGN OA
System Place
Personal Computers
& Word Processors
for Cheap
SIGN Personal Computer Station
SIGN Personal computers
are going to
get more exciting!
SIGN Tanaka Radio
SIGN Sewing Machines &
Washing Machines
SIGN TVs & VHS
SIGN Freezers & Microwaves
SIGN Special Audio Campaign
[17:44] Konoha
Huh?!
SIGN Tanaka Radio
SIGN Color TVs
Karaoke
[18:01] Radio Host
We're almost at the end of 1992.
[18:04] Radio Host
How did the year turn out for everyone?
SIGN Choice "I'll go with Erina"
"I'm not sure"
SIGN Rie "Hmm, perhaps this is fate at work. Why don't you go with
SIGN Choice "I'll go with Erina"
"I'm not sure"
[18:08] Radio Host
As for me, this was finally the year...
[18:11] Radio Host
that I still didn't get a boyfriend!
[18:15] Manager
Kaori, turn that radio off.
[18:18] Manager
It's bumming me out!
[18:19] Manager
Here we are on Christmas, busy with
working instead of out on a date!
[18:23] Kaori
If that's how you feel,
get to debugging, Manager!
[18:27] Meiko
Kyonshi-san, are you done
with the text for Scene 33?
[18:31] Kyonshi
I'm on it right now!
SIGN Execute in debug mode? Y
Save logs? Y
Display report on error? Y
A:\beta\prog_dbg.exe /p /e /l
Allocating execution memory... OK
Initializing... OK
Reading gconf.bin... OK
Executing
Log saved [A:\beta
A:
[18:35] Meiko
Um, Mamoru-kun.
[18:37] Meiko
I'm getting an error.
[18:38] Meiko
Do you know why?
[18:40] Mamoru
Hey!
[18:43] Mamoru
Can't you read this?
[18:45] Meiko
Um... PBA?
[18:50] Kaori
What's that mean?
[18:52] Mamoru
Programming skills, bozos! Acquire them!
[18:56] Mamoru
My program is flawless.
[18:59] Mamoru
You're the ones meddling
with it without thinking,
[19:01] Mamoru
forcing it to error out, and then
I have to clean up after you!
[19:06] Meiko
W-Well...
[19:09] Mamoru
Think about how this 98 must feel!
[19:12] Mamoru
The 9801 is working as hard as it can!
[19:17] Mamoru
Don't make wonky files and
make it spit out errors!
[19:20] Mamoru
Things used to be better...
[19:22] Mamoru
Back when everyone was a programmer...
[19:26] Kaori
There goes Mamocchi's
98-itis acting up again.
[19:30] Kaori
Only 15 and already missing
the good old days.
[19:32] Meiko
U-Um...
[19:33] Meiko
We're all counting on you, Mamoru-kun.
SIGN Revised Edition
SIGN Programmer Training Course Ver. 5.2
SIGN Programming
Basics of Basics
SIGN What every beginner should do first
What's happening while a personal computer runs?
Steps and essentials to make it run
[19:39] Meiko
I'm learning how to program, too.
[19:42] Meiko
So help me debug it!
[19:44] Meiko
Pretty please!
[19:48] Mamoru
The file size on save is probably
what's causing the error.
[19:53] Mamoru
I'll fix it later.
[19:55] Kaori
Where are you going, Mamocchi?
[19:57] Mamoru
I'm going outside for some coffee.
[19:59] Kaori
You know 100 yen isn't enough anymore!
[20:01] Kaori
Not with the consumption tax now!
[20:03] Mamoru
I know that!
SIGN Warm
SIGN Warm
SIGN Warm
[20:16] Mamoru
What's so great about bishojo games?
[20:20] Manager
Why are we still debugging?
[20:23] Manager
We should have finished a long time ago!
[20:25] Kaori
That's how game programming works!
[20:28] Mamoru
Grown-ups should really know better!
[20:30] Mamoru
If I didn't have to help
out Dad with his company,
[20:33] Mamoru
there's no way I'd bother with this!
[20:38] Mamoru
I'm calling it quits.
[20:40] Mamoru
Once this game is finished,
[20:42] Mamoru
I'll call it quits with these
no-good bishojo games!
[20:50] Mamoru
What was that?
[21:02] Mamoru
Ouch!
[21:06] Mamoru
Ow, ow, ow...
[21:09] Mamoru
Wh-Who are you?!
[21:11] Konoha
Ah! Sorry! Sorry!
[21:13] Konoha
I-I was just in a bit of a panic...
SIGN Personal Computer Shop "R"
[21:18] Konoha
I-It's gone!
[21:19] Konoha
My workplace!
[21:22] (Flashback) Uni Student B
Um, it's the year 1992...
[21:27] (Flashback) Uni Student B
The year 1992...
[21:31] Konoha
Seriously? For real?
[21:35] Konoha
I traveled back in time?!
SIGN Akihabara, December 1992
[22:01] Mamoru
Huh?
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN "Let's Make Bishojo Games Together!"↵
SIGN <INS> HELP for help
SIGN MENU1 MENU2 MENU3 SPLIT FIND REPLACE CUT COPY PASTE TAG:JP
E2 - Let’s Make Bishojo Games Together!
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[00:06] Konoha
Seriously? For real?
[00:08] Konoha
I traveled back in time?!
SIGN Personal Computer Shop "R"
[00:13] Konoha
Wait!
[00:14] Konoha
Hold that thought!
[00:15] Konoha
Let's think about this!
[00:16] Konoha
Maybe I just made a mistake!
[00:20] Konoha
That's right!
[00:20] Konoha
Let's calm down before
I make a fool of myself!
[00:22] Konoha
There's no way an SSR event like
time travel would happen to me!
[00:28] Konoha
I must have taken a wrong turn!
[00:30] Konoha
That's why it's a different building!
[00:32] Konoha
Tee-hee!
[00:33] Mamoru
Hey!
[00:35] Mamoru
What's the big deal, running
into me like that?!
[00:38] Mamoru
Get off me already!
[00:40] Konoha
S-S-S-Sorry! Sorry!
[00:42] Konoha
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
[00:43] Konoha
Sorry! Sorry! Sorry!
[00:45] Mamoru
Seriously, what's wrong with you?
[00:48] Konoha
U-Um...
[00:50] Konoha
Wasn't there a game company here before?
[00:53] Mamoru
Game company?
[00:56] Mamoru
Yeah, this is the place.
[00:57] Konoha
Huh?
SIGN Alcohol Soft
SIGN Right upstairs
Ask an employee for details
[00:58] Mamoru
Do you see that sign there?
SIGN Right upstairs
Ask an employee for details
SIGN Alcohol Soft
SIGN Alcohol Soft
[01:03] Mamoru
This is the rock bottom of the
game industry, Alcohol Soft.
SIGN Alcohol Soft
SIGN Right upstairs
[01:07] Mamoru
Alcohol Soft?
SIGN Doukyuusei
[01:15] Mamoru
What do you want?
[01:16] Mamoru
Are you a customer?
[01:18] Konoha
S-S-S...
[01:19] Konoha
So sorry! So sorry!
[01:21] Konoha
So sorry! So sorry!
[01:22] Konoha
So sorry!
[01:25] Mamoru
What was that all about?
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN "Let’s Make
Bishojo Games Together!"
[03:00] Meiko
Bad news, Mamoru-kun!
[03:03] Meiko
Kao-san wants you to take a look
at a new error we're getting!
[03:07] Mamoru
You're not going to find any bugs.
[03:09] Mamoru
My program is perfect.
[03:11] Meiko
Oh yeah, were you talking
with someone outside?
[03:15] Mamoru
I bumped into a weirdo.
[03:17] Meiko
Huh?
[03:20] Mamoru
So sad to see, at the end
of the year at that.
[03:23] Konoha
Wh-Wh-Wh-What do I do?!
[03:25] Konoha
I really, really traveled back in time!
[03:29] Konoha
My workplace is a different company now,
[03:31] Konoha
and everyone in Akiba's low key
dressed for a funeral!
[03:35] Konoha
Why did this happen to me?!
[03:38] Konoha
I'm not cut out for an ordeal like this!
[03:42] Konoha
This is the worst of the worst!
SIGN Akihabara
Radio Kaikan
SIGN Audio
SIGN Pagers
SIGN 5F Video Center
4F Seishiba Personal Computers - Now on sale
Akihabara Radio Kaikan
Personal Computers Audio Pagers Appliances Word Processors
Big Bargain Sale
SIGN Audio Pagers Appliances
[03:53] Konoha
What do I do now?
[03:56] Konoha
I don't know who I can turn to...
[04:17] Mamoru
So damn noisy!
[04:18] Mamoru
Oh, it's the girl from earlier.
[04:24] Konoha
U-Um...
[04:26] Konoha
I know this is a lot to ask of you,
but can you please help me?!
[04:30] Mamoru
Huh?
[04:31] Konoha
Until recently, I was in the year 2023!
[04:35] Konoha
For whatever reason, I traveled
back in time to 1992,
[04:40] Konoha
and now I'm in big trouble!
[04:41] Konoha
I don't have anyone else to ask for help!
[04:42] Mamoru
What the hell is she saying?
[04:44] Kaori
Friend of yours?
[04:45] Mamoru
Not a chance!
[04:46] Meiko
She looks so cold.
[04:48] Meiko
Why don't you let her in?
[04:50] Mamoru
Huh? Why, exactly?!
[04:51] Kaori
I agree.
[04:53] Mamoru
Huh?!
[04:54] Mamoru
Hey, stop!
[05:00] Kaori
You must be freezing.
[05:02] Kaori
Come inside.
[05:05] Konoha
Th-Thank you very much!
[05:07] Konoha
You're angels!
[05:09] Konoha
Total angels!
[05:12] Group
Traveled back in time?
[05:14] Konoha
I don't understand it, either!
[05:17] Manager
Traveling back in time, you
mean like a time warp?
SIGN President of Alcohol Soft Manager
SIGN Concept/Line Art/CG Kaori
[05:20] Kaori
That takes me back!
[05:22] Kaori
Reminds me of that old movie!
SIGN Line Art/CG Meiko
[05:24] Meiko
So you mean this girl came
here from the future?
SIGN Time Traveler Konoha
[05:27] Konoha
Th-That's right!
[05:29] Konoha
I was in a shop eating donuts,
when Akiba suddenly changed!
SIGN Programmer Mamoru
SIGN Scenario Writer Kyonshi
[05:33] Konoha
I can't even use my mobile
wallet to get home,
[05:36] Konoha
or look up a map online,
or check my socials!
[05:39] Konoha
I'm in a real life-or-death situation here!
[05:41] Kyonshi
Hey, Mamoru.
[05:42] Kyonshi
Did you understand a single word of that?
[05:44] Kyonshi
I don't have a clue what she just said.
[05:46] Mamoru
Nope.
[05:48] Mamoru
Okay.
[05:49] Mamoru
Let's call the police.
[05:52] Mamoru
She's just an otaku
with anime on the brain.
[05:55] Mamoru
It's obvious looking at her.
[05:57] Konoha
No!
[05:58] Konoha
Not the police!
[05:59] Konoha
Not the polic—
[06:00] Konoha
Please don't!
[06:02] Konoha
Don't kick me out of Akiba, pwetty pwease!
[06:05] Mamoru
Stop talking like that!
[06:07] Konoha
Wh-What do I do? What do I do?!
[06:09] Konoha
If he calls the cops on me,
I know it won't end well!
[06:13] Konoha
They won't believe me if I say,
"I traveled back in time from the future"!
SIGN Alcohol Soft
SIGN Right upstairs
[06:21] Konoha
Oh yeah, didn't he say
this was a game company?
SIGN Doukyuusei
[06:26] Konoha
By games, does he mean bishojo games?!
[06:29] Konoha
If it is, if it is...
[06:33] Konoha
U-Um...
[06:35] Konoha
D-Do you make bishojo games here?
[06:38] Mamoru
Huh?
[06:40] Meiko
Y-Yes, we do.
[06:41] Meiko
We run a computer shop, and also
develop games on the side.
[06:44] Konoha
U-Um...
[06:46] Konoha
Can you please let me work here?!
[06:49] Meiko
What?
[06:49] Konoha
I work at a bishojo game
studio as an illustrator!
[06:53] Kaori
An illustrator?!
[06:56] Manager
We're not hiring at the moment...
[06:59] Konoha
Um, please take a look at my art!
[07:01] Konoha
I'm pretty confident in my
drawings of cute girls!
[07:05] Konoha
I may not look it, but I've made my way
on the daily rankings countless times!
[07:09] Konoha
Around 1,000th place!
[07:16] Konoha
I-It won't turn on!
[07:19] Konoha
This stupid tablet!
[07:21] Kyonshi
What's that? A PDA?
[07:23] Mamoru
They don't make ones that big.
[07:27] Meiko
What should we do, Kao-san?
[07:29] Meiko
I'm starting to feel a little sorry for her.
[07:38] Kaori
Hey, Manager.
[07:40] Kaori
She seems funn— to be in trouble,
[07:42] Kaori
so why don't we have her help with painting?
[07:44] Kaori
We just happen to be
short-handed right now.
[07:46] Manager
Well, I guess we'd take anyone
who can paint at this point.
[07:52] Manager
Is she really going to be useful?
[07:53] Kaori
You can paint CGs, right?
[07:55] Konoha
Y-Yes!
[07:56] Konoha
Why, I've painted hundreds in my time!
[07:59] Kaori
Okay.
[08:01] Kaori
Please help us, then.
[08:03] Kaori
For now, you'll be working
unpaid, if that's okay.
[08:06] Konoha
Yes! I'd be happy to!
[08:08] Kaori
Okay, Mamocchi.
[08:10] Kaori
Please teach her how to use all the tools.
[08:14] Mamoru
Huh? Why me?!
[08:16] Kaori
The two of us still have CGs to work on.
[08:19] Kaori
Besides, the programmer's got nothing
to do without any bugs, right?
[08:24] Meiko
Ask if there's anything you need help with.
[08:24] Mamoru
I know how to use the tools, but I can't
teach her anything about painting!
[08:26] Konoha
Yes!
[08:28] Kaori
She's in your hands.
[08:32] Konoha
Now I'm stuck with this scary kid!
[08:35] Konoha
P-Please go easy on me...
[08:40] Mamoru
Fine.
[08:42] Mamoru
Let's go upstairs.
[08:43] Konoha
Wait, upstairs?
[08:46] Mamoru
The development room.
[08:48] Konoha
The development room!
[08:53] Mamoru
This is where we make games.
[08:55] Konoha
That old computer still works! Pog!
[08:58] Mamoru
That's a DA.
[08:59] Mamoru
It's not that old.
[09:01] Mamoru
You'll be sitting over there.
[09:03] Mamoru
Go take a seat.
[09:04] Konoha
Y-Yes!
[09:09] Konoha
Check out these clicking noises!
[09:10] Konoha
Is that the disk drive?
[09:12] Mamoru
What else would it be?
[09:13] Mamoru
You don't own a computer?
[09:15] Konoha
I-I sure do!
[09:17] Konoha
But my computer doesn't have a floppy drive!
[09:20] Mamoru
What, are you still using tape drives?
[09:23] Konoha
I have an SSD!
[09:26] Mamoru
The hell is that?
[09:27] Konoha
Anyway, I'll be fine!
[09:29] Konoha
I've been drawing on my
computer since middle school!
[09:34] Konoha
Hold it!
[09:36] Konoha
Everyone in this era is drawing
on these ancient machines!
[09:40] Konoha
Which means...
[09:42] Konoha
as an artist from the 21st century with
my cutting-edge bishojo art techniques,
[09:47] Konoha
if I make art in this era...
[09:52] Konoha
I could be invincible!
SIGN Maru Painter
[10:00] Mamoru
Have you used a painting program before?
[10:03] Konoha
Yeah, more or less.
[10:07] Konoha
Um, that's a mouse you're using.
[10:10] Mamoru
Yeah, it's a mouse.
[10:11] Konoha
Where's the pen display?
[10:12] Mamoru
Huh?
[10:13] Konoha
Wait, you want me to paint with a mouse?
[10:15] Mamoru
Of course.
[10:17] Mamoru
What else are you going to use?
[10:19] Mamoru
Were you expecting a paintbrush?
[10:20] Konoha
U-Um, um...
[10:22] Konoha
I've only ever used Photoshop
and a tablet to paint!
[10:26] Mamoru
What are those?
[10:29] Meiko
We use MaruPaint and a mouse here.
[10:34] Konoha
This isn't good!
[10:36] Konoha
I've never done it that way before!
[10:40] Mamoru
First, you scan the line art
and load it onto the computer.
[10:42] Konoha
Y-Yes!
[10:44] Meiko
Okay, here you go, Kono-chan.
[10:46] Konoha
Yes!
[10:49] Konoha
What a cute drawing!
[10:51] Konoha
Um, who drew this?
[10:54] Meiko
Well, me...
[10:58] Meiko
Please stop staring at it.
[11:00] Meiko
It's a little embarrassing.
[11:01] Mamoru
Hey, hurry up and get it on the computer.
[11:08] Mamoru
Wait, wait!
[11:09] Mamoru
You can't just scan the pencil lines!
[11:11] Konoha
What?
[11:13] Mamoru
That should do it.
[11:15] [SONG] Sign
An old trick using a photocopier to adjust the darkness
of line art and make the line work stand out
prior to the spread of photo editing software.
[11:16] Mamoru
Make a copy of the line art so that you
get lines with the right thickness.
[11:23] Mamoru
Then take the copy you made,
[11:25] Mamoru
scan it in grayscale...
[11:29] Mamoru
Look, there you go.
[11:32] Mamoru
The data's on here.
[11:34] Mamoru
Meiko's lending it to you,
so use that for now.
[11:34] [SONG] Sign
Meiko's
[11:37] Konoha
Transferring data with a floppy...
[11:40] Konoha
Th-That's so 90s!
[11:44] Mamoru
Next, convert the grayscale
line art into black and white,
[11:47] Mamoru
and redraw all the jagged lines
while cleaning everything up.
[11:51] Konoha
Redrawing all these lines with just a mouse!
[11:54] Konoha
Wh-What a pain...
[11:57] Kaori
Mei-chan, how much longer for that one?
[12:00] Meiko
Sorry, I'll be done in a moment.
[12:03] Konoha
They're both working so fast!
[12:07] Konoha
There goes my confidence
as a time traveler...
[12:11] Konoha
Is this really only 16 colors?
[12:15] Meiko
Yeah.
[12:15] Meiko
The system takes up one
color, so actually it's 15.
[12:19] Konoha
15 colors?!
[12:21] Konoha
It really looks like it
uses a lot more colors...
[12:29] Konoha
This spot right here is painted
a little differently!
[12:32] Meiko
That's called "dithering".
[12:34] Meiko
You place two colors in
a checkerboard pattern,
[12:36] Meiko
to create the illusion
of a color in-between.
[12:39] Konoha
T-Technology of the ancients!
[12:43] Kaori
Mei-chan had the same reaction that you did.
[12:46] Meiko
Anyone would be surprised.
[12:48] Konoha
I thought pixel art was
only for chibi stuff!
[12:52] Konoha
They're drawing huge bishojo
game graphics with it,
[12:55] Konoha
representing shades of
colors with just pixels!
[12:57] Konoha
Absolute peak!
[13:00] Mamoru
Okay, try using what you
just saw to paint this.
[13:03] Konoha
Yes.
[13:05] Konoha
Um... this color goes here...
[13:08] Konoha
And this one... huh?
[13:10] Konoha
How do I undo? Huh?
[13:13] Meiko
How's it going, Kono-chan?
[13:15] Meiko
Think you can handle it?
[13:16] Konoha
Meiko-san!
[13:19] Meiko
Wh-What's wrong?!
[13:21] Konoha
Look at this!
[13:22] Konoha
All of my knowledge is
completely useless here!
[13:29] Konoha
It's just so frustrating!
[13:31] Konoha
I'm mad salty!
[13:36] Meiko
Don't cry, Kono-chan!
[13:38] Kaori
You can do it!
[13:40] Konoha
Wh-Wh-Wha?!
[13:42] Konoha
They're so touchy-feely!
[13:44] Konoha
Is this what it was like
at old game studios?!
[14:41] Konoha
I-I did it!
[14:43] Konoha
I finally finished this CG!
[14:46] Konoha
I made it with just 16 colors!
[14:49] Group
Congratulations!
[14:51] Kyonshi
Huh, you really pulled it off.
[14:53] Konoha
Thank you very much!
[14:58] Mamoru
Does she really have prior experience?
[15:06] Konoha
The hot water is melting
all my fatigue away!
[15:10] Meiko
Kono-chan, do you dye your hair?
[15:13] Konoha
Yes, that's right.
[15:16] Kaori
How unique.
[15:21] Konoha
When will I be able to go back?
[15:24] Konoha
And how did this happen to begin with?
[15:31] Konoha
If I don't find a way to go back,
[15:33] Konoha
I wouldn't mind just staying here!
[15:37] Mamoru
Did you finally snap?
[15:40] Mamoru
You started laughing to
yourself at nothing just now.
[15:43] Konoha
Ah, no...
[15:48] Mamoru
You've been here working for days on end.
[15:50] Mamoru
Aren't you getting sick of it?
[15:52] Konoha
Well, I don't have anywhere else to go.
[15:56] Konoha
Not to mention...
[15:59] Konoha
Making games is fun!
[16:03] Mamoru
You're so weird.
[16:04] Konoha
Oh, that's right!
[16:07] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, do you want some fruity milk?
[16:10] Mamoru
"Mamoru-kun"?
[16:11] Mamoru
Why is it "Mamoru-kun" now?!
[16:13] Mamoru
You called me "Mamoru-san" before!
[16:14] Konoha
Hey, I'm 19 years old!
[16:17] Konoha
You're younger, aren't you?
[16:18] Mamoru
And what if I am?!
[16:19] Kaori
It looks like those two are getting along.
[16:19] Konoha
That's why you're Mamoru-kun!
[16:21] Mamoru
I still have seniority here!
[16:22] Meiko
Thank goodness.
[16:23] Mamoru
You're just a temp worker!
[16:28] Kaori
The end is finally in sight!
[16:31] Kaori
I can sleep tonight!
[16:33] Kyonshi
I'm stepping out to go buy some cigs.
[16:35] Meiko
Kono-chan, if you're cold,
we have some extra bedding!
[16:38] Konoha
I'm fine!
[16:40] Konoha
Now then, good night!
[16:43] Mamoru
Hey, why are you sleeping here?!
[16:45] Mamoru
Go sleep by your own desk!
[16:47] Konoha
But it's cold over there!
[16:50] Konoha
And it's so messy with all
the stuff lying around!
[16:53] Mamoru
You always sound so timid, but you're
incredibly demanding, you know.
[16:57] Kaori
I'm turning off the lights!
[17:10] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you're not going home tonight?
[17:13] Mamoru
I can do whatever I want.
[17:15] Konoha
Are you looking at a bug?
[17:16] Mamoru
My program has no bugs.
[17:19] Mamoru
This is something I'm working on for fun.
[17:21] Konoha
Fun?
[17:22] Konoha
F-Fun...
[17:25] Konoha
Oh yeah, why do you work here, Mamoru-kun?
[17:29] Konoha
Because you like bishojo games?
[17:31] Mamoru
I'm not doing this because I want to.
[17:34] Mamoru
I just help out because my dad asked me.
[17:37] Mamoru
Well, I've always liked
fiddling with computers.
[17:41] Mamoru
But I'm calling it quits.
[17:42] Konoha
What?!
[17:43] Konoha
You're quitting?!
[17:44] Konoha
What a shame!
[17:45] Konoha
I think you could become an
amazing game programmer!
[17:50] Mamoru
I'd rather join a normal
game company, then.
[17:52] Mamoru
Bishojo games are made by people
who can't make regular games.
[17:57] Mamoru
These aren't real video games.
[18:00] Konoha
That's not true!
[18:01] Konoha
Bishojo games are so much fun!
[18:04] Mamoru
They may be selling now, while
they're not very common,
[18:07] Mamoru
but people will stop buying them in no time.
[18:09] Konoha
No, they won't!
[18:11] Konoha
Y-You're wrong, Mamoru-kun!
[18:13] Konoha
Eventually, Akiba is going to
be filled with cute 2D girls!
[18:16] Konoha
No, not just Akiba!
[18:18] Konoha
Games, anime, and manga, too!
[18:21] Konoha
Trains, buses, and even bags
of rice and bottles of sake!
[18:24] Konoha
They're all going to be plastered
with bishojo characters!
[18:27] Mamoru
Like that'll ever happen.
[18:28] Konoha
It really will happen!
[18:30] Konoha
I'm telling the real, honest truth here!
[18:32] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[18:33] Konoha
The future is filled with cute 2D
girls because of bishojo games!
[18:37] Konoha
Even a cringe otaku like me,
thanks to bishojo games,
[18:41] Konoha
can play it off as, "that's just my
character trope, tee-hee", and keep on going!
[18:47] Konoha
Maybe you're right that this company
can't make normal video games.
[18:52] Konoha
But you know, everyone here is making
the bishojo games of their dreams!
[18:58] Konoha
What could be better?!
[18:59] Konoha
I love this company, and
everyone who's a part of it!
[19:07] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, let's make
bishojo games together!
[19:20] Mamoru
You really do have a screw loose.
[19:21] Mamoru
Go see a doctor.
[19:26] Konoha
After I tried so hard to talk with him!
[19:28] Konoha
I thought everyone would be nicer here!
[21:07] Mamoru
There, done.
[21:09] Manager
That's a wrap! Good work!
[21:11] Kakori
We did it...
[21:12] Meiko
It's over.
[21:13] Konoha
We're finished?
[21:14] Kyonshi
Wait, in that route—
[21:16] Manager
Okay, you there!
[21:17] Manager
Hands off the keyboard!
[21:20] Kaori
Everyone! It's complete!
[21:22] Kaori
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
[21:25] Group
Hooray! Hooray! Hooray!
SIGN Warm
SIGN Warm
[21:33] Manager
Well, Mamoru?
[21:36] Manager
Think we can use that
self-proclaimed time traveler?
[21:38] Mamoru
No, she's a total beginner.
[21:41] Mamoru
She definitely lied about having
worked at a game company.
[21:44] Manager
Well, what can you expect from someone
who says she's from the future?
[21:47] Manager
Boy, oh boy...
[21:50] Mamoru
But it might not be a bad idea to hire her.
[21:54] Manager
Why's that?
[21:55] Konoha
"Making games is fun!"
[21:58] Konoha
"Mamoru-kun, let's make
bishojo games together!"
[22:02] Mamoru
Not a lot of people would get so
passionate about mere bishojo games.
[22:07] Mamoru
She's an odd one.
SIGN Sunny with a
SIGN Chance of Vacation
[22:12] Kaori
Does everyone have their drinks?
[22:14] Kaori
Okay, let's formally celebrate the
completion of Sunny with a Chance of Vacation!
[22:19] Kaori
Cheers!
[22:20] Group
Cheers!
[22:23] Manager
Good job!
[22:25] Kyonshi
Hey!
[22:26] Meiko
Good work, Kono-chan!
[22:28] Meiko
You gave it your all to the very end!
[22:30] Kaori
That's right!
[22:31] Kaori
We wouldn't have been able
to make it without you!
[22:34] Kaori
Our savior!
[22:36] Konoha
I did draw with a mouse back
in the oekaki board days!
[22:41] Konoha
No wonder it came so easily to me!
[22:48] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you worked hard, too!
[22:51] Mamoru
S-Stop it!
[22:53] Mamoru
Get off of me!
[22:54] Konoha
What?
[22:55] Konoha
Let's share in this happy moment together!
[22:59] Konoha
This is the satisfaction
that I needed in my life!
[23:04] Konoha
Seriously!
[23:05] Konoha
I love making games!
[23:07] Mamoru
I said, get off me!
[23:14] Donut Shop Employee
Miss!
[23:16] Donut Shop Employee
Miss!
[23:19] Donut Shop Employee
Are you all right, miss?!
[23:31] Konoha
This is...
SIGN "I Wanted to See All of You Again!"↵
SIGN <INS> HELP for help
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SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN Curry House Bongo
SIGN "I Wanted to See All of You Again!"
SIGN Blue Bell
[02:01] President
We've got a hit on our hands for sure!
[02:04] President
It's real filthy, dirty smut!
[02:08] President
Yes, of course!
[02:09] President
We should definitely go drinking again!
[02:13] Konoha
Why this?!
[02:15] Konoha
I traveled back in time, so why?
[02:19] Konoha
Why am I back to doing
lowly illustrator work?!
[02:24] Konoha
I was instantly transported into the
world of 1992 Akiba, made a game,
[02:28] Konoha
and then I came back just as instantly...
[02:33] Konoha
After that,
[02:35] Konoha
I sprinted as fast as I could
to where Alcohol Soft was...
[02:39] Konoha
But all I found was my own workplace!
[02:44] Konoha
I'm sick of painting back
views of faceless characters!
[02:50] Konoha
Good job today.
[02:52] Konoha
I'll be taking my leave now.
[02:56] Konoha
Ever since then, to be ready
in case I travel back in time again,
[02:59] Konoha
I packed my bag with some money,
a change of clothes, and snacks,
[03:04] Konoha
but nothing's happened!
[03:08] Konoha
This is the worst of the worst...
SIGN Top > R18/Adult > PC Games
SIGN Sunny with a
SIGN Chance of Vacation
SIGN This product is currently unavailable
SIGN Alcohol Soft
Sunny with a Chance of Vacation
SIGN Special Price
SIGN ¥8,580 (tax incl.)
Sales tax: ¥780 Before tax: ¥7,800
SIGN Points
SIGN 82 reward points
SIGN Release Date
SIGN Released 1993/1/14
SIGN Inventory
SIGN Out of Stock
SIGN View larger image
SIGN Add to favorites
[03:15] Konoha
It wasn't a dream.
[03:17] Konoha
I really did work on this game!
[03:20] Konoha
I tried calling Alcohol Soft,
but the number didn't work.
SIGN Top > R18/Adult > PC Games
SIGN Sunny with a
SIGN Chance of Vacation
SIGN This product is currently unavailable
SIGN Alcohol Soft
Sunny with a Chance of Vacation
SIGN Special Price
SIGN ¥8,580 (tax incl.)
Sales tax: ¥780 Before tax: ¥7,800
SIGN Points
SIGN 82 reward points
SIGN Release Date
SIGN Released 1993/1/14
SIGN Inventory
SIGN Out of Stock
SIGN View larger image
SIGN Add to favorites
[03:27] Konoha
I finally finished this CG!
SIGN This product is currently unavailable
SIGN Alcohol Soft
Sunny with a Chance of Vacation
[03:29] Konoha
I made it with just 16 colors!
[03:32] Group
Congratulations!
[03:34] Kaori
Everyone! It's complete!
[03:35] Kaori
Hooray!
[03:36] Group
Hooray! Hooray!
[03:42] Konoha
Maybe it really was all a dream...
[03:46] Konoha
I finally had my chance, and all
I did was paint some CGs and leave!
[03:51] Konoha
I'm so stupid!
[03:53] Konoha
If it was just a dream, I should
have drawn some line art!
[04:03] Konoha
Huh?
[04:04] Konoha
What happened to the games I had here?
SIGN Game Shop
Afro
SIGN Game Shop Afro
[04:09] Afro Owner
Alcohol Soft?
[04:11] Afro Owner
Ah, I seem to remember an
old brand with that name.
[04:15] Afro Owner
I can't imagine they still exist.
[04:17] Afro Owner
There aren't many game companies
from the DOS era still around.
[04:23] Afro Owner
Are you looking for that?
[04:25] Afro Owner
We stopped carrying DOS titles a while back.
[04:30] Afro Owner
Except for the extremely popular ones...
[04:33] Employee A
Alcohol Soft?
[04:35] Employee A
Never heard of them.
[04:36] Employee B
I'm not familiar with them.
[04:42] Konoha
I've checked a bunch of
stores, but zero leads.
[04:45] Konoha
Maybe it was all in my head,
[04:48] Konoha
because I wanted to make a game so badly.
[04:50] Konoha
No, no, no, no!
[04:52] Konoha
That was real!
[04:53] Konoha
Totally real!
[04:55] Konoha
Okay!
[04:56] Konoha
I need to remember what I did that day!
[04:59] Konoha
If I follow the same steps,
[05:00] Konoha
I might be able to go back in time again!
[05:03] Konoha
It's just a hunch, though!
SIGN Proposal
18bit Sensation
A tale of memories brought back by nostalgic computer sounds
SIGN Proposal
18bit Sensation
A tale of memories brought back by nostalgic computer sounds
Rejected
[05:09] President
I swear...
[05:10] Konoha
That day, the prez rejected
my idea for a game...
SIGN Out
of
Order!!
[05:14] Konoha
The microwave was broken,
so I went out for lunch...
SIGN Seven Lucky Gods
[05:19] Konoha
Visited a shrine...
[05:22] Konoha
Then...
[05:25] Konoha
That's right!
[05:26] Konoha
I received those games
from that granny here!
[05:29] Konoha
But that shop isn't here anymore...
SIGN FOR LEASE
SIGN Please feel free to contact us
SIGN Akihabara Properties
[05:37] Konoha
I forgot I had the games
she gave me in here.
[05:43] Konoha
Kizuato...
[05:49] Konoha
Hey!
[05:50] Konoha
Stop!
[05:54] Konoha
Stop!
[05:55] Konoha
That's my copy of Kizuato!
[06:00] Konoha
Why, you!
[06:06] Konoha
Frigging dog!
[06:08] Konoha
Making me run all over for you!
SIGN Kizuato
Rave reviews! The second entry in the novel format series!!
Vol. 2 of Leaf's Visual Novel Series
[06:39] Konoha
E-Excuse me, what year is it?
[06:43] Swim Team Member A
What?
[06:44] Swim Team Member B
I-It's 1996.
[06:48] Konoha
1996?!
[06:52] Konoha
Could it be?!
[06:54] Konoha
It very well could be!
[06:59] Konoha
Alcohol Soft!
[07:02] Konoha
I did it!
[07:03] Konoha
I traveled back in time again!
[07:09] Mamoru
No way in hell!
SIGN Start Today
Intro to Personal Computers
Learn Windows 95
[07:13] Konoha
Magazines?
[07:14] Mamoru
I'm done with this place!
[07:24] Konoha
Mamoru-kun?
[07:26] Konoha
You're Mamoru-kun, right?!
[07:28] Konoha
It's me, Konoha!
[07:33] Konoha
Hey! Mamoru-kun!
[07:35] Meiko
Mamoru-kun!
[07:36] Kaori
Mamocchi!
[07:38] Konoha
Meiko-san! Kaori-san!
[07:39] Kaori
What?
[07:41] Meiko
Kono-chan?!
[07:43] Konoha
I've missed you so much!
[07:46] Meiko
Kono-chan!
[07:48] Kaori
Why are you soaking wet?
[07:54] Manager
Who was she, again?
[07:55] Meiko
It's Kono-chan!
[07:56] Meiko
The part-timer from a long time ago!
[07:58] Kyonshi
Oh, I remember now.
[08:00] Kyonshi
The girl who called herself a time traveler.
[08:03] Manager
She was still alive?
[08:04] Meiko
Why did you suddenly disappear?
[08:07] Kaori
That's right.
[08:08] Kaori
We didn't even get a chance to pay you.
[08:10] Meiko
We were worried sick about you!
[08:13] Konoha
I didn't know how to get here,
[08:16] Konoha
but I finally made it back!
[08:19] Meiko
What?
[08:19] Kaori
Are you saying you lost directions
to this place for four years?
[08:22] Kaori
You've gotta be kidding!
[08:25] Meiko
We would have come and found
you if you'd called us.
[08:28] Konoha
Four years later...
[08:29] Konoha
Um!
[08:31] Konoha
I know this is sudden,
[08:33] Konoha
but please let me work here again!
[08:36] Meiko
What?!
[08:37] Konoha
I want to make games at this company!
[08:41] Kaori
That really did come out of nowhere.
[08:45] Kaori
You went missing for four years, and
now you want to work with us again?
[08:48] Konoha
But, but...
[08:49] Konoha
I wanted to work here again!
[08:51] Konoha
I've been trying all this
time to come back here!
[08:54] Kaori
All this time, for four years?
[08:57] Konoha
Well, you say four years, but it was
really more like a week or so...
[09:02] Konoha
Um...
[09:05] Manager
Don't do it.
[09:06] Manager
We should kick her to the curb, pronto.
[09:08] Kyonshi
Yeah, she's only become more of a menace.
[09:13] Meiko
Listen to me, Kono-chan.
[09:15] Meiko
The environment we're working in has
changed a lot since you were here.
[09:19] Konoha
Environment?
[09:20] Meiko
Yeah.
[09:21] Meiko
The next Alcohol Soft game is
going to be made for Windows.
[09:25] Konoha
What? Windows?!
[09:27] Meiko
You've heard of it, haven't you?
[09:29] Meiko
It's selling like hotcakes now,
[09:31] Meiko
so we're thinking of making our next game
on Windows instead of just for the PC-98.
[09:36] Meiko
The way we paint CGs and
all has changed, too.
[09:39] Konoha
I-I know all about Windows!
[09:43] Konoha
I use Win10 everyday!
[09:45] Meiko
Win10?
[09:47] Konoha
Looks like the times have
finally caught up with me!
[09:53] Konoha
Behold!
[09:54] Konoha
My drawings that I made in Photoshop!
[10:12] Konoha
I-It won't turn on!
[10:14] Konoha
Because I fell into the pool?!
[10:16] Konoha
No way!
[10:17] Manager
Kick her out! Kick her out!
[10:22] Kaori
Okay, Kono-chan.
[10:24] Kaori
Can I ask you to act as
detective for Mamocchi?
[10:28] Konoha
Detective?
[10:30] Manager
Hey! You're hiring her?!
[10:32] Kaori
By "detective," I mean someone to bring
troublesome employees back to the office.
[10:38] Kaori
Please find Mamocchi and
bring him back here!
[10:41] Konoha
What?!
[10:43] Meiko
You see, the development of our
game is currently on hold.
[10:46] Meiko
Mamoru-kun says he doesn't want
to make games on Windows.
[10:50] Kaori
He said he'll quit unless
it's a PC-98 exclusive.
[10:53] Kaori
Mamocchi's the only programmer we have.
[10:57] Kaori
Without him, we can't make any games.
[11:00] Konoha
Grr...
[11:01] Konoha
They're sticking me with the chores again!
[11:03] Konoha
Why am I stuck in this
loop of part-time work?!
[11:06] Konoha
But without Mamoru-kun here,
there won't be any game dev to speak of!
[11:11] Konoha
I'll take up the mantle of
detective for Mamoru-kun!
[11:14] Konoha
Super cop Konoha is on the case!
[11:20] Manager
She really is a menace...
SIGN Personal Computer Shop "R"
[11:22] Konoha
I'll have him back here in a sec!
SIGN Personal Computer Shop "R"
[11:27] Meiko
Kao-san, you're bringing her on?
[11:30] Kaori
Just like last time, I can't
say no to that energy of hers.
[11:34] Kaori
She hasn't changed a bit.
[11:35] Meiko
I wonder what she was up to
these past four years...
[11:41] DJ
That was PUFFY's hit single, "True Asia."
[11:46] DJ
They say, "Wear your finest sandals
in search of an older wife."
[11:51] DJ
I'm still looking for a
marriage partner in sandals!
[12:00] Konoha
So hot...
[12:01] Afro Owner
Alcohol Soft?
[12:04] Afro Owner
Ah, I seem to remember an
old brand with that name.
[12:07] Afro Owner
I can't imagine they still exist.
[12:09] Konoha
Is the reason because Mamoru-kun
ended up quitting?
[12:14] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[12:15] Konoha
Where are you?!
SIGN Messe Sanoh
SIGN Messe Sanoh
[12:23] Sanoh Employee
Both of these titles go on sale today!
[12:26] Konoha
That's right.
SIGN Kizuato
SIGN Rave reviews! The second entry in the novel format series!!
Vol. 2 of Leaf's Visual Novel Series
SIGN Cocktail Soft
SIGN Welcome!!
[12:27] Konoha
*Kizuato and Pia Carrot *both
released on the same day.
[12:32] Konoha
I've been reading up on old
bishojo games on Wiki this past week.
[12:37] Konoha
I'm practically an authority
on eroge by now!
[12:39] Konoha
The internet sure is handy!
[12:53] Toya
U-Um, can I ask you a weird question?
[12:56] Konoha
Y-Yes!
[12:58] Toya
Um... so...
[13:02] Toya
Well... could it be...
[13:08] Toya
that you've bought a bishojo game before?!
[13:13] Konoha
U-Um...
[13:15] Konoha
Yeah, lots of them.
[13:16] Konoha
Pretty much every week.
[13:18] Toya
I knew it!
[13:19] Toya
U-Um, would you come with me
to buy some games over there?
[13:24] Konoha
G-Go with you? Wh-Why?!
[13:27] Toya
H-How do I put it...
[13:29] Toya
You seem like you're used to
buying those kinds of games.
SIGN You seem like you're used to buying those kinds of games
[13:37] Konoha
Do I really look like
I buy eroge all the time?
[13:41] Toya
E-Ero...
[13:41] [SONG] Sign
Ero Ero Ero
[13:42] Toya
Th-Th-Th-That's not what I meant!
[13:45] Toya
You just looked so confident,
even in a place like this.
[13:48] Konoha
A place like this?
[13:49] Konoha
You mean a video game store?
[13:52] Konoha
C'mon, it's not any kind of
seedy shop or anything...
[13:56] Konoha
Wait, are you under the age of 18?
[13:58] Toya
Oh, no, I'm 19!
[14:00] Toya
There's no issue with my age!
[14:03] Toya
I just can't work up the
courage to enter the store...
[14:07] Konoha
Then you should just go
on Amazon or Getchu...
[14:10] Konoha
Wait, those don't exist yet!
[14:17] Konoha
Wh-What do I do?
[14:19] Konoha
I should be looking for Mamoru-kun...
[14:22] Konoha
Still...
[14:25] Konoha
Sure thing!
[14:28] Konoha
Let's go in together!
[14:31] Toya
Y-Yes!
[14:33] Konoha
Okay, off we go.
[14:34] Toya
U-Um...
[14:36] Toya
My name is Toya Yamada.
[14:39] Toya
N-Nice to meet you!
[14:41] Konoha
Oh yeah, I forgot to introduce myself!
[14:44] Konoha
I'm Konoha Akisato!
[14:46] Konoha
You'll be fine!
[14:48] Konoha
There's nothing scary about eroge!
[14:56] Konoha
I've actually never been
inside Messe Sanoh, either!
[15:00] Konoha
My first time at Sanoh!
[15:04] Konoha
She's shaking in fear!
[15:05] Konoha
That's adorable!
[15:07] Konoha
A reward event this juicy
is rare even for eroge!
[15:11] Konoha
Look, they've got lots of games for sale!
SIGN Doukyuusei 2 - Kakyuusei - Isaku
Welcome to Pia Carrot!! - Kizuato
[15:19] Konoha
Oh, they have them!
[15:20] Konoha
Pia Carrot and Kizuato!
[15:32] Konoha
You got them!
[15:33] Toya
Yes!
[15:34] Toya
I'm so glad.
[15:36] Toya
I read about these two
games on the NIFTY forums,
[15:38] Toya
and I really wanted to play them!
[15:40] Konoha
Good for you!
[15:42] Toya
Th-Thank you very much!
[15:44] Konoha
It's fine, it's fine!
[15:45] Konoha
Don't worry about it!
[15:46] Toya
Do you come to Akihabara often?
[15:49] Konoha
Ah, yeah.
[15:51] Konoha
I'm always here, I guess?
[15:54] Konoha
Oh, yeah!
[15:56] Konoha
I should really get going!
[15:58] Konoha
Well, enjoy your games!
[16:00] Konoha
Bye-bye!
[16:06] Konoha
Man, she sure was a cutie.
[16:09] Konoha
I guess in this era, you didn't find
a lot of girls in those kinds of stores.
[16:17] Konoha
Ah! Mamoru-kun!
[16:21] Konoha
Stare.
[16:24] Konoha
Suspect in sight.
[16:26] Konoha
Mamoru sure has grown up.
[16:30] Konoha
Last time I met him, he was 15.
[16:34] Konoha
So now he's... 19?!
[16:38] Konoha
We're the same age now!
[16:40] Mamoru
Look at you all, real fine and handsome...
[16:44] Mamoru
Oh! What a find!
[16:46] Mamoru
A 98 VM!
[16:48] Mamoru
You must have worked real hard...
[16:52] Konoha
Mamoru-kun's talking to the used PCs
with such kindness in his eyes...
[16:57] Konoha
What a creepy kid.
[17:00] Konoha
I hate to interrupt him
in the middle of this...
[17:03] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you're under arrest!
[17:06] Konoha
J-Just kidding...
[17:09] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, it's been a while!
[17:11] Konoha
You still remember me, don't you?
[17:13] Mamoru
I've never seen you in my life.
[17:15] Konoha
What?!
[17:16] Konoha
Didn't we make a game together?!
[17:18] Konoha
I've never had so much fun
making a game before!
[17:21] Mamoru
I don't want to remember any of
the games we made in the past.
[17:25] Konoha
Uguu...
[17:26] Konoha
I-I guess you don't remember it as fondly...
[17:29] Mamoru
So much for that enthusiasm of yours...
[17:31] Mamoru
Disappearing on us like that...
[17:36] Konoha
Eh?
[17:38] Kaori
Do you think she'll bring him back?
[17:40] Meiko
Huh?
[17:41] Meiko
Oh, you mean Kono-chan and Mamoru-kun?
[17:44] Kaori
That's right.
[17:47] Meiko
Mamoru-kun's passion for the
PC-98 is the real deal.
[17:51] Meiko
But if she doesn't bring him back,
we can't transition over to Windows.
[17:56] Kyonshi
We can just hire someone else.
[17:59] Kyonshi
Just because he's the manager's son,
[18:01] Kyonshi
we're the ones who have been
relying on him all this time.
[18:04] Meiko
That may be true...
[18:07] Meiko
but I know that Kono-chan
will bring him back!
SIGN Computer Workshop Tanaka
[18:12] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun!
[18:15] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, let's go back!
[18:18] Konoha
I don't know how long I can stay here.
[18:22] Konoha
So I wanna go back soon and make some games!
[18:26] Mamoru
Just how demanding can you be?!
[18:28] Mamoru
Why do I have to make games for your sake?!
[18:34] Mamoru
I won't develop any games for Windows.
[18:36] Mamoru
I only make games for the PC-98.
[18:39] Mamoru
Go find someone else.
[18:41] Konoha
Does it really matter that much
whether it's PC-98 or Windows?!
[18:48] Mamoru
Come over here for a minute!
[18:53] Mamoru
Pop quiz.
[18:54] Konoha
What?!
[18:55] Mamoru
Explain what all of these rear
ports are, one by one.
[18:59] Konoha
What?!
[19:00] Mamoru
If you get everything right, I'll go back.
[19:04] Konoha
Um...
[19:06] Konoha
Th-That one's a power plug!
[19:08] Mamoru
Anyone could figure that one out.
[19:10] Konoha
Th-Then there's...
[19:12] Konoha
Um, um...
[19:16] Konoha
Wh-Who cares if I don't know what they are?!
[19:19] Konoha
I can draw pictures just fine either way!
[19:22] Mamoru
That's what they all say.
[19:24] Mamoru
We live in a time where the people buying
computers don't know anything about them.
[19:28] Mamoru
And what's more, it's people
like them who are making games!
[19:32] Mamoru
It's so messed up!
[19:33] Mamoru
Listen up.
[19:34] Mamoru
Programming is about
tinkering with machines!
[19:36] Mamoru
It's a conversation with the machine!
[19:39] Mamoru
Hey there, 98 VM-kun!
[19:41] Mamoru
Can you run this program for me?
[19:44] Mamoru
Your 256KB of memory
ought to be enough, right?
[19:47] Mamoru
There, you managed it!
[19:49] Mamoru
You did a great job!
[19:51] Konoha
I-I can't stop shivering, Mamoru-kun.
[19:55] Mamoru
This is what programming is.
[19:57] Mamoru
But now there's this thing called
Windows trying to butt in.
[20:01] Mamoru
That means you can't talk
directly to the PC-98 anymore!
[20:05] Konoha
B-But Windows is so convenient!
[20:08] Konoha
I don't know how to use
anything other than Windows!
[20:10] Mamoru
That's why you don't understand
how computers work!
[20:13] Mamoru
Kaori and Meiko are going
to follow suit, right?
[20:16] Mamoru
Help yourselves!
[20:18] Mamoru
I've had enough!
[20:20] Mamoru
It's PC-98 or nothing for me!
[20:30] Konoha
Mamoru-kun...
[20:31] Mamoru
What now?
[20:33] Konoha
That...
[20:35] Mamoru
What?!
[20:36] Konoha
That's great!
[20:37] Mamoru
Huh?
[20:38] Konoha
I think that's really great, Mamoru-kun!
[20:40] Konoha
You're the best!
[20:41] Konoha
You love the PC-98 so much!
[20:44] Konoha
I've never met anyone who was so
passionate about making games!
[20:48] Konoha
No, everyone else at
Alcohol Soft is the same!
[20:52] Konoha
No one at my company ever says anything...
[20:55] Konoha
None of them would ever argue like this.
[20:58] Konoha
That's why I wanted to come back here!
[21:01] Konoha
I wanted to see all of you again!
[21:08] Mamoru
What are you saying?
[21:10] Konoha
I was assigned as a detective for you!
[21:13] Konoha
I promised them I'd bring you back!
[21:17] Mamoru
I'll do it if they make
it a PC-98 exclusive.
[21:19] Mamoru
Other than that, not a chance.
[21:21] Mamoru
That's all there is to it.
[21:23] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[21:25] Mamoru
Are you really a time traveler?
[21:29] Konoha
What?
[21:30] Mamoru
Of course I don't actually
believe you are one.
[21:33] Mamoru
But if it's true...
[21:36] Mamoru
Don't you dare do anything.
[21:40] Mamoru
Time travelers aren't supposed
to change history, right?
[21:44] Mamoru
In that case, don't interfere
with what I do, either.
[21:59] Konoha
I'll make sure I capture you!
[22:01] Konoha
Fugitive Mamoru-kun!
SIGN "It's Fine!"↵
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E4 - It's Fine!
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[00:02] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[00:04] Konoha
Please come back to Alcohol Soft!
[00:07] Konoha
Everyone wants you back, Mamoru-kun!
[00:18] PC-9801 DA
I'm not going back.
[00:22] Konoha
Is this... voice synthesis?
[00:30] PC-9801 DA
You don't understand the consequences
that Windows will have.
[00:34] PC-9801 DA
The PC-98 carries on a rich, long legacy.
[00:38] Konoha
I-It's so hard to make out...
[00:41] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[00:44] Mamoru
I'm telling you to scram!
[00:46] Konoha
D-Does that mean you're okay with
the game not being finished?!
[00:50] Konoha
If a staff boycott ends up
pushing back the release date,
[00:53] Konoha
the round-up blogs are
going to eat you alive!
[00:55] Mamoru
Stop spouting nonsense!
[00:58] Konoha
I don't know how long
I have until I go back!
[01:02] Konoha
I still don't get how this
time travel stuff works!
[01:05] Konoha
So I want to hurry up and make games—
[01:07] Mamoru
Seriously!
[01:07] Mamoru
Stop talking about time travel
in such a loud voice!
[01:09] Konoha
But, but...
[01:11] Mamoru
Didn't I tell you?
[01:13] Mamoru
Stop trying to change history!
[01:17] Konoha
Grr...
[01:18] Konoha
He's got some nerve for someone who used
to be younger than me not too long ago!
[01:23] Konoha
Everyone just ignores what I have to say!
[01:26] Konoha
History's not going to change!
[01:31] Konoha
Okay, have it your way!
[01:33] Konoha
I'll be back, and fully armored this time!
[01:36] Konoha
Just you wait!
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN Shizuku
[03:37] Kaori
This music sounds so clear!
SIGN "It's Fine!"
[03:40] Kaori
Did they record the MIDIs
into CD-DA for this?
[03:44] Meiko
It sounds a lot nicer than
the PC-98 version I played!
[03:47] Kaori
It looks like they had no problems
porting Shizuku to Windows.
[03:52] Kaori
After Kizuato,
[03:54] Kaori
I think Leaf's next game will be
exclusive to Windows for sure.
[03:57] Meiko
Alicesoft as well.
[03:59] Kaori
We've all been turning a blind eye to it,
[04:02] Kaori
but we need to move on to Windows too.
[04:05] Kaori
If we want to survive, that is.
[04:09] Meiko
Kao-san, do you think Mamoru-kun
is going to return?
[04:13] Kaori
That's up to our detective, I think.
[04:16] Konoha
I have returned!
[04:18] Meiko
Welcome back!
[04:23] Konoha
I'm going back in!
[04:25] Meiko
What?!
[04:26] Meiko
Wait, a sleeping bag?!
[04:28] Konoha
I'll hit him with an overnight camp-out!
[04:30] Konoha
It's a showdown to see who
bites it first, me or Mamoru!
[04:35] Meiko
Please don't offer up your life so easily...
[04:38] Kaori
You've got some guts!
[04:40] Kaori
I knew you had it in you!
[04:44] Konoha
It's so cute!
[04:47] Meiko
These are the graphics
for our upcoming game.
[04:52] Konoha
That's moe AF!
[04:54] Meiko
Moe AF?
[04:56] Kaori
Windows is so nice.
[04:59] Kaori
You can use lots of colors,
Photoshop is great,
[05:02] Kaori
and tablets are so easy to use.
[05:04] Kaori
I can't go back to PC-98 after this!
[05:08] Konoha
Whoa, a pen tablet!
[05:10] Konoha
This takes me back!
[05:11] Konoha
So small! How adorable!
[05:14] Meiko
Takes you back?
[05:15] Meiko
This is the latest tablet.
[05:17] Meiko
That reminds me, Kono-chan.
[05:19] Meiko
What kind of stuff do you usually draw?
[05:23] Konoha
W-Well, y-you see...
[05:28] (Flashback) Mamoru
Don't you dare do anything.
[05:31] (Flashback) Mamoru
Time travelers aren't supposed
to change history, right?
[05:36] Konoha
It...
[05:37] Meiko
It?
[05:40] Konoha
It's a secret!
[05:44] Konoha
If I can't tell them that, why the
heck did I come to the past?!
[05:48] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you idiot!
SIGN Messe Sanoh
[06:00] Konoha
This bag is so heavy!
[06:03] Toya
Konoha-san!
[06:05] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[06:09] Toya
You sure are carrying a lot.
[06:11] Toya
Are you camping out somewhere?
[06:12] Konoha
Yeah!
[06:13] Konoha
I'm prepared to stay there
until I complete my mission!
[06:16] Toya
Is it the release of a big title?
[06:19] Toya
Doesn't seem to be the case...
[06:21] Konoha
This is for work!
[06:23] Konoha
As a super cop...
[06:25] Konoha
Ah! That's supposed to be confidential...
[06:27] Toya
I see.
[06:28] Toya
I'll leave it at that, then.
[06:30] Toya
I'm sorry for inviting you
to lunch during work.
[06:34] Konoha
Nah, I hadn't eaten anything yet.
[06:37] Konoha
Are you sure you're okay paying for me?
[06:39] Toya
Yes! I wanted to thank you for last time.
[06:42] Toya
Feel free to get extra toppings or noodles!
[06:45] Konoha
Yay! Thanks!
[06:48] Konoha
Did you buy some more games?
[06:50] Toya
Yes.
[06:52] Toya
I heard about them on NIFTY a while
back, and I've wanted them ever since.
[06:55] Toya
I didn't have the courage to
enter a video game shop before,
[06:59] Toya
but I managed to buy them
all by myself today.
[07:02] Toya
It's all thanks to you, Konoha-san!
[07:05] Konoha
So cute!
[07:07] Konoha
Toya-chan, you really
love bishojo games, huh?
[07:10] Toya
Yes!
[07:11] Toya
I really like the cute girls, and bishojo
games nowadays are really fun to play!
[07:17] Toya
People line up outside
stores for their release,
[07:19] Toya
and there's a lot of art in the magazines.
[07:21] Toya
I feel like they're getting
more and more mainstream!
[07:23] Konoha
Mm-hmm!
[07:24] Konoha
In these days, people bought them
even without any bonuses attached!
[07:28] Toya
What do you mean by bonuses?
[07:30] Konoha
Extra goodies that come with the game.
[07:32] Konoha
Um, you know, like telephone cards!
[07:35] Toya
Phonecards?
[07:36] Konoha
Also, tapestries!
[07:38] Konoha
Digital design references!
[07:40] Konoha
Life-size cut-outs!
[07:42] Konoha
CDs of two older sisters sweetly
soothing you to sleep!
[07:47] Konoha
Ah, um...
[07:49] Konoha
Imagine if that's what the future held!
[07:52] Toya
I see.
[07:54] Toya
It really does feel like
the momentum is there,
[07:56] Toya
so a future like that wouldn't surprise me.
[07:58] Konoha
Yeah!
[07:59] Konoha
It's gonna happen! I guarantee it!
[08:00] Ramen Shop Employee
Order up!
SIGN Kyushu Jangara
[08:05] Konoha
That was good!
[08:07] Konoha
Okay, I've gotta get back to work.
[08:09] Toya
Yes.
[08:10] Toya
I still have some games I want to
buy, so I'm off to search for them.
[08:15] Konoha
All right, see ya!
[08:16] Toya
U-Um, Konoha-san...
[08:19] Toya
No...
[08:20] Toya
Onee-sama!
[08:23] Konoha
O-Onee-sama?!
[08:25] Toya
W-Well, you're the first person I've met
that I could freely discuss bishojo games with.
[08:31] Toya
A-And so, if you're okay with it...
[08:34] Toya
I'd love to meet up with
you like this again!
[08:36] Konoha
Yeah, of course...
[08:39] Konoha
S-Sure, sounds good.
[08:41] Konoha
We'll probably run into each other again.
[08:43] Konoha
Bye!
[08:46] Konoha
The future of bishojo
games is looking bright!
[08:49] Konoha
Man, "Onee-sama", huh?
[08:53] Konoha
Okay!
[08:55] Konoha
That's what happened today, Mamoru-kun!
[08:59] Mamoru
I'm really going to call the cops on you.
[09:02] Mamoru
You're disturbing the peace!
[09:03] Mamoru
It's 1 in the morning!
[09:05] Konoha
This apartment's at the end of the
hallway, so no one passes by.
[09:08] Konoha
And I'm using my inside voice.
[09:10] Mamoru
You blatantly lowered your voice just now.
[09:13] Konoha
If you don't want me here, give
up and go back to Alcohol Soft!
[09:17] Konoha
Just to warn you, I've
brought plenty of food!
[09:21] Konoha
Besides, I'm used to pulling all-nighters!
[09:24] Konoha
All-nighters are an otaku passive skill!
[09:27] Konoha
I'm going to stay up and
make you change your mind!
[09:30] Mamoru
What are you, a land grabber?
[09:40] Mamoru
She fell asleep so quickly...
[09:44] Mamoru
This is...
[09:47] Mamoru
the device from the future she mentioned...
[10:05] Konoha
Mamoru-kun?
SIGN Breaking point
SIGN Script
SIGN Programming
SIGN Debugging
SIGN Breaking point
[10:10] Kaori
I think our limit is here.
[10:12] Meiko
We've got most of the writing
and CGs wrapped up.
[10:15] Kaori
All we need now is the programming...
[10:17] Kaori
In other words, Mamocchi.
[10:19] Meiko
Yes...
[10:20] Kaori
No, wait!
[10:22] Kaori
There's also Comiket!
[10:24] Kaori
We need people to help us with our cosplay!
[10:27] Meiko
In a situation like this?
SIGN Summer
Comiket
[10:29] Kaori
No matter how busy we are,
we can't skip Summer Comiket!
[10:33] Meiko
O-Okay, I get it...
[10:35] Kyonshi
Sheesh.
[10:36] Kyonshi
You want me to write the script
without the game system in place?
[10:40] Kyonshi
What a backwards way of making games.
[10:41] Kaori
We have the specs written up, so
make sure your script follows them.
[10:45] Kyonshi
Already on it.
[10:47] Kyonshi
Just make sure I don't have to do major
rewrites later to match the system.
[10:51] Kaori
Kyonshi, you want Mamocchi to
write our game system, don't you?
[10:55] Kyonshi
Guess I do.
[10:58] Kyonshi
He can implement everything that
we ask for, which is great.
[11:03] Manager
That's because Mamoru's been raised
on the PC-98 since he was a kid.
[11:08] Kaori
Manager.
[11:10] Manager
The PC-98 is practically
a part of him by now.
[11:15] Manager
He really might not come back.
[11:19] Kaori
He'll be back.
[11:21] Kaori
Mamocchi may be a PC-98 devotee,
[11:24] Kaori
but before that, he's
Alcohol Soft's programmer!
[11:30] Meiko
Yes, Alcohol Soft speaking.
[11:32] Meiko
Ah, Kono-chan!
[11:35] Meiko
Kao-san!
[11:37] Meiko
Kono-chan said Mamoru-kun's gone missing!
[11:42] Kaori
Mamocchi's gone missing?!
[11:43] Konoha
I-I-I'm so sorry!
[11:45] Konoha
I ended up taking a teensy nap, you see!
[11:48] Konoha
And he ran off while I was asleep!
[11:51] Kaori
Do you know where he went?
[11:53] Kaori
Do everything you can to find him!
[11:54] Konoha
Got it!
[11:56] Konoha
I'll look for him as hard as I can!
SIGN Computers Mice Keyboards
SIGN Junk Shop
Akihabara
[12:50] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[12:52] Konoha
Where are you?!
[12:54] Junk Shop Employee
Feel free to take as many as you want.
[12:56] Mamoru
Thank you very much.
[12:58] Junk Shop Employee
Moving out?
[13:00] Mamoru
No.
[13:01] Mamoru
I guess... I'm drawing the line.
SIGN New Release
¥800
[13:16] Meiko
Th-This is embarrassing!
[13:19] Kaori
You look great!
[13:21] Kyonshi
In the end, Mamoru never showed up.
[13:26] Konoha
I'm so sorry!
[13:28] Konoha
It's all my fault!
[13:30] Konoha
I failed as a detective!
[13:31] Konoha
I died in the line of duty!
[13:33] Meiko
That's not true! Not at all!
[13:35] Meiko
You did just fine!
[13:36] Kyonshi
Looks like we'll need to
find another programmer.
[13:40] Kyonshi
Do any of you have someone in mind?
[13:42] Kyonshi
We can't wait any longer.
[13:47] Kaori
Mamocchi is...
[13:58] Mamoru
This is...
[14:00] Mamoru
This is my...
[14:03] Mamoru
love for the PC-98!
[14:05] Mamoru
Have a good look!
[14:10] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun?
[14:15] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[14:19] Konoha
Welcome back!
[14:21] Meiko
Welcome back, Mamoru-kun!
[14:23] Kaori
I knew you'd come back, Mamocchi!
[14:27] Mamoru
Glory to the PC-9801!
[14:33] Group
Glory!
[14:36] (Flashback) Kyonshi
Everything is proceeding
according to the script.
[14:36] Group
Glory! Glory!
[14:40] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, I thought you
would never come back!
[14:45] Konoha
Serious protag move there!
[14:48] Konoha
So you were making that cosplay!
[14:50] Konoha
Wow!
[14:51] Mamoru
This is a funeral for the PC-98.
[14:56] Mamoru
Hey, what year did you come from?
[15:00] Mamoru
You're from the future, right?
[15:03] Mamoru
What year?
[15:05] Konoha
U-Um, you said...
[15:08] Mamoru
I believe you.
[15:09] Mamoru
Just tell me.
[15:12] Konoha
I-I came here from the year 2023.
[15:18] Mamoru
Normally, there's no way I'd
believe any of what you said.
[15:23] Mamoru
But I knew it was true the moment
I held that PDA of yours.
[15:27] Mamoru
Something like that could
never exist in this age.
[15:30] Konoha
My tablet...
[15:32] Mamoru
You came from the future, and
you knew about computers,
[15:36] Mamoru
but you didn't know
anything about the PC-98.
[15:39] Mamoru
In the future that you came
from, the PC-98 is long gone.
[15:43] Konoha
U-Um, well...
[15:45] Mamoru
I had already known it deep down.
[15:47] Mamoru
The age of the PC-98 is coming to an end.
[15:49] Mamoru
I just didn't want to admit it.
[15:52] Mamoru
I didn't think it'd be your broken
PDA that made me realize.
[15:57] Mamoru
Which is why this is my
send-off for the PC-98.
[16:03] Konoha
And you're fine with that, Mamoru-kun?
[16:06] Konoha
Wh-Why do you think that because
I didn't know about the PC-98,
[16:10] Konoha
the PC-98 won't exist in the future?
[16:12] Mamoru
The fact that you didn't
know about it means—
[16:14] Konoha
In that case, if the PC-98 doesn't exist
in the future, you can just change it!
[16:19] Mamoru
Huh?
[16:20] Konoha
In movies about time travelers,
all of them change the future!
[16:23] Konoha
You say they can't change the
future, but that's a lie!
[16:26] Mamoru
That's because we're talking about movies.
[16:27] Konoha
Is that how little you love the PC-98?!
[16:32] Konoha
It's fine to change a future
like that, if it sucks!
[16:36] Mamoru
No...
[16:36] Konoha
It's fine!
[16:38] Mamoru
And to make it happen, you
need to work your butt off!
[16:43] Konoha
To make the PC-98 number one!
[16:46] Konoha
I know you can do it!
[16:48] Konoha
Because you're the one,
more than anyone I know,
[16:52] Konoha
who really loves the PC-98!
[16:55] Konoha
And you're not alone, Mamoru-kun!
[16:58] Konoha
Everyone else at Alcohol
Soft is there for you!
[17:00] Konoha
The people at Alcohol
Soft are all super nice!
[17:04] Konoha
If you all work together as a team,
there's nothing you can't do!
[17:07] Konoha
You love the PC-98, don't you?!
[17:10] Konoha
Isn't that right?!
[17:15] Mamoru
Which is why you want me
to go back and make eroge.
[17:18] Konoha
W-Well...
[17:22] Mamoru
You really are a weirdo.
[17:26] Mamoru
I've never seen anyone get
so fired up about eroge.
SIGN South 98 K Works this way!
SIGN Not the end of the line!
[17:48] Toya
Konoha-onee-sama!
[17:52] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[17:55] Toya
I've always wanted to see it for myself,
[17:57] Toya
so I finally worked up the
courage to come this year.
[17:59] Toya
It's all because you helped me
buy those games, Onee-sama!
[18:03] Konoha
Now you're exaggerating...
[18:05] Toya
That cosplay is really cute!
[18:08] Konoha
Y-You think?
[18:09] Kaori
K Works is all sold out!
[18:15] Toya
K Works is the circle run by the
folks at Alcohol Soft, isn't it?
[18:20] Toya
Onee-sama, do you know them?
[18:22] Konoha
Well, I did a bit of
part-time work for them.
[18:25] Konoha
Oh, I know!
[18:28] Konoha
Here, have a copy!
[18:30] Toya
Are you sure?!
[18:32] Konoha
Go ahead!
[18:33] Konoha
Well, it's not like I drew any of it.
[18:36] Toya
Must be nice...
[18:38] Toya
I'd love to be the one
selling a doujin one day!
[18:42] Konoha
Oh! Yeah, that sounds great!
[18:44] Mamoru
I didn't know she had any friends.
[18:44] Konoha
Toya-chan, you know how to draw as well?
[18:47] Konoha
What do you draw?
[18:52] Announcer
Comic Market 50 has now come to a close.
[18:58] Announcer
Good work, everyone!
[19:01] Photographer
All right, here I go!
[19:04] Mamoru
Hey.
[19:09] Konoha
And so, Comiket came to an end
for us, as a rousing success.
[19:22] Konoha
Mamoru-kun came back!
[19:25] Konoha
Under the condition that he could make a
PC-98 version alongside the Windows release,
[19:29] Konoha
Mamoru-kun returned as
Alcohol Soft's programmer!
SIGN Comiket
SIGN Final deadline
[20:09] Manager
Okay!
[20:10] Manager
It's complete!
[20:12] Group
We did it!
[20:16] Kyonshi
I just wanna go home and sleep...
[20:17] Group
Yay!
[20:21] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, it's thanks to you
that we finished another game!
[20:27] Mamoru
I got suckered into it by
that smooth tongue of yours.
[20:30] Konoha
In the end, I was just a
sub-illustrator again,
[20:34] Konoha
because I spent my time
playing detective for you!
SIGN Amazake
SIGN Amazake
[20:38] Mamoru
I can't believe you're drunk off this stuff.
SIGN Amazake
[20:41] Mamoru
Oh yeah.
[20:46] Mamoru
I fixed that PDA of yours for you.
[20:51] Konoha
Really?!
[20:53] Mamoru
I modified the connector
to supply it with power.
[20:56] Mamoru
Doesn't look like anything's
wrong with the circuit board.
[21:00] Konoha
It turned on!
[21:02] Konoha
Look at this!
[21:03] Konoha
This is my art!
[21:05] Mamoru
What's this?
[21:07] Mamoru
The whole thing is an LCD?
[21:09] Mamoru
W-Wait...
[21:11] Mamoru
You're the one who drew this?
[21:14] Konoha
That's right!
[21:15] Konoha
Isn't it cute?
[21:18] Konoha
Everyone! Take a look at this!
[21:21] Mamoru
Stop it!
[21:21] Mamoru
Don't show them that!
[21:22] Konoha
Why not?
[21:24] Mamoru
If they see that...
[21:26] Mamoru
Whoa, hey!
[21:29] Mamoru
Ow, ow, ow...
[21:32] Mamoru
Hey, you!
[21:39] Konoha
Mamoru-kun...
[21:42] Konoha
Let's make a game...
[21:49] Mamoru
H-Hey!
[22:02] Mamoru
She's gone?
SIGN "Good Things Come in Threes!"↵
SIGN <INS> HELP for help
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[00:02] Onlooker A
What happened to her?
[00:04] Onlooker B
Well, she just suddenly collapsed...
[00:06] Onlooker B
What on earth?
[00:07] Onlooker C
Did she faint from some sort of condition?
[00:15] Konoha
Huh?!
[00:16] Afro Owner
You're the one who visits
our store all the time.
[00:19] Afro Owner
What's wrong?
[00:21] Konoha
Ah, I'm a huge idiot!
[00:23] Konoha
I ended up back here after doing
nothing but part-time work again!
[00:25] Konoha
If I showed them the drawings on my tablet,
[00:27] Konoha
I'm sure they'd ask me to make a
game with me as head illustrator!
[00:31] Konoha
I'm not cut out to be a protag at all!
[00:39] Konoha
Next time for sure!
[00:43] Afro Owner
I-I didn't realize she was so unstable.
[00:51] Konoha
I still have a chance!
[00:53] Konoha
Good things come in threes!
[00:57] Konoha
I know I can return to the past again!
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN "Good Things Come in Threes!"
[02:39] Konoha
The games I got from that granny's shop...
[02:42] Konoha
Both times I opened the boxes,
I was sent back into the past.
[02:47] Konoha
The first date was before Christmas 1992,
[02:52] Konoha
and the second date was...
[02:54] Konoha
the day Kizuato *came out: July 26, 1996.
[02:59] Konoha
The release date for Doukyuusei *was...
[03:02] Konoha
December 17, 1992!
[03:05] Konoha
I knew it!
[03:07] Konoha
I'm going back to the day that
the game I open came out!
[03:09] Konoha
And whenever I open a
package, it disappears!
[03:12] Konoha
That's right!
[03:14] Konoha
That must be how it works!
[03:18] Konoha
I should try opening another
game, just to make sure.
[03:23] Konoha
I should pick a game that's as close as
possible to when I went back before.
[03:38] Konoha
There!
[03:50] Konoha
I can't travel back in time
with just any ordinary game.
[03:54] Konoha
It has to be a game from that shop...
[04:01] Konoha
Why are there so many games missing?
[04:04] Konoha
What games did I have here again?
[04:09] Konoha
Could it be that history has changed?!
[04:12] Konoha
Is this because of what I did?
[04:14] Konoha
Nuh-uh! That can't be it!
[04:17] Konoha
That can't be it! No way!
[04:20] Konoha
I mean, all I did was work
part-time for Alcohol Soft!
[04:25] Konoha
Seriously, I haven't done a single thing!
[04:30] Konoha
But if something I did in
the past caused this...
[04:41] Konoha
Maybe I should just stop...
[04:44] Konoha
It's all too...
SIGN Blue Bell
[05:13] Konoha
I'm so sick of my job...
[05:16] Konoha
No, no!
[05:17] Konoha
I wanna go back to Alcohol Soft!
[05:19] Konoha
I wanna see everyone from
Alcohol Soft again!
[05:27] Konoha
Maybe one more time wouldn't hurt...
[05:31] Konoha
I get it now!
[05:33] Konoha
I won't do anything!
[05:34] Konoha
I'll lay nice and low, like
a fugitive on the run!
[05:39] Konoha
I bet it's just coincidence
that my games went missing!
[05:43] Konoha
That's right!
[05:44] Konoha
It must have been a burglar
who only steals eroge!
[05:47] Konoha
I'll just lay low this time around!
[05:53] Konoha
The game closest to when
I went back last time...
[05:58] Konoha
This one?
[05:59] Konoha
Kanon, released on June 4, 1999!
[06:09] Konoha
Uguu!
[06:29] TV Announcer
There's one month left until July,
SIGN Nostradamus's "prophecy of the end of mankind"
Everybody's reactions, one month before July 1999
SIGN In the seventh month of
1999, a great King of Terror
will come from the sky
[06:32] TV Announcer
when Nostradamus predicted a great
King of Terror would appear!
[06:35] Konoha
The year 1999!
[06:42] Konoha
What?!
[06:44] Konoha
Alcohol Soft is gone!
[06:47] Konoha
Th-This is my company's...
[06:49] Konoha
Blue Bell's office building!
[06:51] Konoha
Did I fail to go back in time?!
[06:55] Hashimoto
Do you have some business with us?
[06:58] Meiko
What? Kono-chan?!
SIGN Alcohol Soft
[07:02] Meiko
Kao-san!
[07:04] Kaori
Kono-chan!
[07:05] Konoha
Kaori-san!
[07:06] Meiko
You went and disappeared on us again!
[07:08] Meiko
Goodness!
[07:09] Kaori
You haven't changed a bit, Kono-chan!
[07:12] Kaori
It's amazing how you look exactly the same!
[07:14] Kaori
What have you been up to?!
[07:16] Konoha
U-Um...
[07:18] Konoha
Well, you could say I went to
go get a change of clothes...
[07:23] Meiko
Three years to go change clothes?
[07:25] Kaori
You sure are a joker.
[07:27] Kaori
Wanna work part-time again?
[07:30] Konoha
I always make the weirdest appearances,
but they're welcoming me with open arms!
[07:34] Konoha
I'm so happy!
[07:36] Konoha
Everyone's so nice here!
[07:40] Konoha
Alcohol Soft turned into this huge building?
[07:45] Kaori
That's right.
[07:46] Kaori
As part of the redevelopment
here in Akihabara.
[07:49] Meiko
Just look at how much space we
have now in our development room.
[07:52] Kaori
Ta-dah!
[07:54] Kaori
Game cabinets!
[07:55] Konoha
Arcade! It's an arcade!
[07:58] Kaori
All of it is thanks to
our game becoming a hit!
SIGN Do you
remember
that star?
[08:01] Sign
The latest
Alcohol
Soft title!
[08:01] Meiko
You know, the game you
helped us make, Horoscope!
[08:04] Meiko
We ended up selling over 100,000 copies!
[08:07] Kaori
We released a sequel
as well as a fandisc...
[08:10] Kaori
I never thought we'd put out a fandisc!
[08:12] Kaori
Booyah!
[08:15] Kaori
We hired more people as well!
[08:17] Hashimoto
I'm Hashimoto, in charge of marketing.
[08:19] Hashimoto
I also manage the fan club.
[08:22] Kikiko
I'm Kikiko, scenario writer!
[08:25] Lalako
I'm Lalako!
[08:26] Group
We're twins!
[08:27] Konoha
Are those your real names?
[08:29] Group
They're our pen names!
[08:31] Kikiko
My real name is Senri Koyama.
[08:33] Lalako
Mine is Mari.
[08:34] Group
Call us Kikilala!
[08:36] Kaori
We're not done yet!
[08:38] Yuki
I'm Yuki, on the graphics team.
[08:41] Kamiyama
I'm Kamiyama.
[08:42] Minamizato
I'm Minamizato.
[08:44] Haruhiko
I'm Haruhiko, in charge of music.
[08:47] Hashimoto
So is she the legendary
phantom staff member?
[08:51] Meiko
That's right.
[08:52] Meiko
Kono-chan is a mysterious graphic artist
who shows up once every few years.
[08:57] Meiko
She may not look it, but she's a
real veteran here at this company!
[09:00] Meiko
Isn't that right, Kono-chan?
[09:01] Konoha
Th-That's right!
[09:04] Konoha
I may not look it, but I'm a real
veteran here at this company!
[09:09] Konoha
Ahem!
[09:10] Konoha
Let me introduce myself.
[09:11] Konoha
My name is Konoha Akisato!
[09:13] Konoha
My favorite food is anything sweet!
[09:16] Konoha
My specialty is doing impressions of
a VTuber reading off Super Chats!
[09:20] Konoha
Wow! Thanks, everyone!
[09:22] Konoha
It's nice to meet all of you!
[09:25] Group
I-It's nice to meet you.
[09:28] Kaori
And back there, feeling totally out of place,
is our veteran old-timer staff member!
[09:34] Kyonshi
Who're you calling an old-timer?
[09:40] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun...
[09:42] Konoha
H-Hey there.
[09:47] Konoha
R-Rocking the glasses look, huh?
[09:51] Konoha
Mamoru-kun's looking even older now!
[09:54] Konoha
And way scarier to boot!
[09:55] Mamoru
How many times are you going
to show up like this?
[09:58] Konoha
Huh?
[09:59] Mamoru
Vanishing out of the blue like you did,
[10:00] Mamoru
only to show up again, out of the blue.
[10:02] Mamoru
At least tell me how it all works.
[10:05] Konoha
Y-You see, Mamoru-kun...
[10:06] Konoha
I figured it out!
[10:08] Konoha
How the time travel works!
[10:11] Mamoru
What?
[10:12] Konoha
See, when I open up a game...
[10:15] Mamoru
A game?
[10:25] Manager
How's it hangin'?!
[10:27] Manager
You folks better not be goofing off!
[10:29] Meiko
Manager!
[10:31] Kaori
The only one goofing off here is you!
[10:34] Kaori
You're always out of the office partying!
[10:36] Kaori
Just look at that awful getup!
[10:39] Kaori
The spitting image of a president
who's suddenly got cash to burn.
[10:43] Manager
Whoa, harsh words there, missy!
[10:46] Manager
But I've got just the thing to shut you up!
[10:49] Manager
Hear me out, Kaori!
[10:51] Manager
I'm about to say something amazing!
[10:54] Kaori
What is it?
[10:56] Kaori
Spare us the theatrics
and spit it out already!
[11:01] Manager
Our game...
[11:12] Manager
is going to be released on console!
[11:17] Group
What?! On console?!
SIGN Alcohol Soft
[11:24] Konoha
C-Console...
[11:26] Kaori
Don't give me that nonsense!
[11:28] Kaori
I'm not joking here!
[11:31] Manager
Take it away, Gaya-san!
[11:35] Ichigaya
Heya!
[11:36] Ichigaya
I'm Ichigaya, from Diamond Studio!
[11:39] Kaori
What?!
[11:40] Meiko
Wait, by Ichigaya, do you mean
the one and only Ichigaya-san?!
SIGN Hit-Maker Special Feature
SIGN Hit-Maker Special F
SIGN On the History and Future of Games
Fire Dragon...
Genius Producer
Ichigaya...
[11:43] Meiko
He created the Fire Dragon series!
[11:45] Meiko
Even I've heard of him!
[11:47] Kaori
I've spent so much time on those games!
[11:49] Yuki
Wow!
[11:50] Kamiyama
A celebrity!
[11:52] Minamizato
What's he doing here?
[11:54] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, who's that?
[11:56] Mamoru
I vaguely recall that name.
[11:58] Ichigaya
I've been a long time fan of Alcohol Soft!
[12:02] Ichigaya
I played your latest game, Horoscope.
[12:04] Ichigaya
It was wonderful!
[12:06] Ichigaya
I can just see it now!
[12:08] Ichigaya
We're about to enter the age of bishojo!
[12:12] Ichigaya
Console ports of bishojo games have
been thriving for a while now!
[12:16] Ichigaya
The Mystery of Nonomura Hospital!
[12:17] Ichigaya
Doukyuusei! Kakyuusei!
[12:19] Ichigaya
YU-NO!
[12:20] Ichigaya
Can Can Bunny Premiere 2!
[12:22] Ichigaya
They've all been hits!
[12:23] Ichigaya
However!
[12:25] Ichigaya
The morons in the industry have been
turning a blind eye to that fact!
[12:28] Ichigaya
Refusing to acknowledge bishojo while
using them to rake in the cash!
[12:33] Kaori
You may be right.
[12:35] Kaori
There are a lot of folks who
are ashamed of bishojo.
[12:38] Ichigaya
However!
[12:40] Ichigaya
The times are changing!
[12:41] Ichigaya
In this economic recession, bishojo
are the one thing continuing to grow!
[12:46] Ichigaya
They're booming like crazy!
[12:47] Ichigaya
The biggest genre of the 21st
century is going to be bishojo!
[12:52] Ichigaya
I guarantee it!
[12:54] Ichigaya
We at Diamond Studio have a proven
record of porting games over to console.
[12:59] Ichigaya
Won't you trust us with producing the
port of Alcohol Soft's Horoscope?
[13:04] Ichigaya
It'll be a masterpiece that surpasses
the console version of To Heart!
[13:09] Ichigaya
Everyone from Alcohol Soft,
let us join hands...
[13:13] Manager
Gaya-san!
[13:13] Ichigaya
And start a worldwide revolution!
[13:16] Ichigaya
That's all from me!
[13:20] Manager
Well? Well?
[13:21] Manager
Isn't it amazing?
[13:23] Manager
The famous Ichigaya!
[13:24] Meiko
What a surprise!
[13:25] Meiko
I had no idea you knew a celebrity like him!
[13:28] Kaori
Well... I guess it was a little surprising.
[13:31] Manager
I wasn't just drinking myself
silly for nothing out there!
[13:34] Manager
I'm expanding my network every day!
[13:36] Manager
You'll say yes to the port, right?
[13:38] Manager
I'm all for it!
[13:39] Kaori
Well, there doesn't seem
to be any downside for us.
[13:43] Kaori
Sure, why not.
[13:44] Meiko
Wow! Amazing!
[13:46] Manager
We're gonna go mainstream with this!
[13:49] Kikiko
A console game!
[13:51] Lalako
Wow!
[13:52] Yuki
I wonder what platform they'll target!
[13:54] Meiko
Kono-chan!
[13:55] Konoha
Meiko-san!
[13:57] Meiko
We did it!
[13:58] Konoha
A console game! Console!
[14:00] Meiko
It's like I'm in a dream!
[14:01] Konoha
You're not dreaming!
[14:03] Meiko
It is my dream, though!
[14:04] Konoha
It wasn't just a dream!
[14:09] Konoha
And so, when I open up one of these
games, I travel back in time.
[14:13] Konoha
Not that I know why it happens.
[14:15] Mamoru
And you end up on the day
that the game was released?
[14:19] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, do you know how it works?
[14:21] Mamoru
How the hell would I?
[14:23] Konoha
Maybe I should try opening another one.
[14:26] Mamoru
Stop it!
[14:27] Mamoru
What if it sends you back further in time?
[14:29] Konoha
Y-You're right...
[14:34] Konoha
U-Um...
[14:36] Konoha
Um, like, you see...
[14:39] Konoha
There's one teensy thing that's weird.
[14:41] Mamoru
What is it?
[14:43] Konoha
Every time I go back,
[14:46] Konoha
there are games missing from my place.
[14:50] Konoha
My eroge.
[14:53] Mamoru
Do you mean they disappeared?
[14:55] Konoha
I-It's probably just a burglar
who only steals eroge!
[14:59] Mamoru
Are there burglars like that in the future?
[15:01] Konoha
N-Not really...
[15:03] Mamoru
Then don't mention it!
[15:04] Konoha
M-Maybe I've been changing history...
[15:09] Konoha
The possibility...
[15:11] Konoha
made me a little bit scared.
[15:14] Mamoru
Hey, weren't you the one who told me
[15:17] Mamoru
that it's okay to change history?
[15:20] Konoha
M-Maybe I did...
[15:22] Mamoru
What was the point of that, then?!
[15:24] Konoha
W-Well, seeing those games disappear
right off my shelf took me by surprise.
[15:29] Konoha
I mean, I'm sure it's totally unrelated!
[15:33] Konoha
Well, I'm sure you wouldn't get it!
[15:36] Konoha
Guess you could call it
a time traveler problem.
[15:39] Mamoru
You really get on my nerves.
[15:41] Mamoru
In that case, why did you come here?
[15:44] Konoha
Huh?
[15:45] Mamoru
If you don't want to change
history, why did you come here?
[15:48] Konoha
Th-That's because...
[15:51] Konoha
I-I wanted to meet the people here!
[15:54] Konoha
Everyone at Alcohol Soft!
[15:57] Konoha
The truth is, I came here because
I wanted to make a game!
[16:01] Konoha
Same goes for last time!
[16:02] Konoha
But it's fine now if I don't get to!
[16:04] Konoha
I'm trying to behave myself!
[16:06] Konoha
I won't change history, and I don't
mind if all I do is part-time work!
[16:09] ---
I won't even talk to anyone!
[16:10] Mamoru
There's no way you can pull that off.
[16:12] Konoha
Whoa!
[16:14] Konoha
You think I'm just a big, fat wimp!
[16:17] Konoha
That's wimp discrimination!
[16:19] Mamoru
It's impossible.
[16:21] Mamoru
Besides, what's the point in doing that?
[16:23] Mamoru
What exactly did you come here to do?
[16:27] Konoha
W-Well...
[16:33] Kaori
Okay, let's decide on what everyone
will be doing for the console port.
SIGN Conference Room
SIGN Occupied
SIGN Kaori
Director
[16:39] Kaori
I'll be the director...
[16:44] Kaori
The director of a console game!
[16:47] Kaori
Next, Mei-chan will do the
designs for two new characters.
[16:51] Meiko
Sure thing!
[16:53] Meiko
How nerve-wracking...
[16:55] Kyonshi
Hey, how come I'm not in
charge of the new scenarios?
[16:59] Kyonshi
I did the original scenario for this game!
SIGN Kaori - Director
Meiko - Character Designs
Kikilala...
[17:02] Kaori
I know you'll add in sex scenes, so no way!
[17:05] Kaori
You focus on fixing up the main scenario!
[17:08] Kaori
The new story segments will
be left to Kikilala-chan!
[17:12] Group
'Kay!
[17:14] Kaori
They're our writers for all-ages content!
[17:16] Kyonshi
How wishy-washy!
[17:22] Kaori
Mamocchi.
[17:24] Kaori
You'll handle the system, won't you?
[17:29] Kaori
Mamocchi!
[17:30] Kaori
Are you paying attention?
[17:32] Mamoru
Y-Yeah, got it.
[17:33] Mamoru
Diamond will be lending us a
specialized development kit,
[17:36] Mamoru
so I don't foresee any problems.
[17:38] Kaori
You're not going to be developing
on a DOS/V machine?
[17:41] Kaori
It's finally time for you
to make your debut, huh?
[17:43] Mamoru
I'll be working on a PC-98, of course.
[17:45] Kaori
Also, for a console release,
[17:47] Kaori
we'll need to make an animated opening,
[17:50] Kaori
and hire voice actresses
to voice the characters...
[17:52] Hashimoto
Um, Konoha-san.
[17:54] Hashimoto
You're really okay with performing
chores as a part-timer?
[17:57] Konoha
Yes!
[17:58] Konoha
Just let me know if you
have any errands for me!
[18:00] Hashimoto
Why are you whispering?
[18:02] Konoha
Oh, don't mind me!
[18:05] Konoha
I'm just trying to influence
things as little as possible!
[18:08] Hashimoto
Influence?
[18:09] Kaori
Okay, I think that covers
it for today's meeting!
[18:14] Meiko
Kono-chan?
[18:15] Meiko
Why do you have a mop?
[18:17] Hashimoto
Konoha-san insisted strongly on
being assigned to cleaning duty.
[18:21] Konoha
That's right.
[18:22] Meiko
Why?
[18:23] Meiko
We've got plenty of
illustration work for you.
[18:25] Konoha
Well, it's just for this once...
[18:36] Meiko
How should the additional characters look?
[18:39] Kaori
Let me think...
[18:41] Kikiko
Kyonshi-san!
[18:42] Lalako
Please give it some proper thought!
[18:45] Kyonshi
I'm thinking!
[18:46] Group
Hurry!
[18:47] Kyonshi
Yeah, yeah.
[18:48] Group
One "yes" will do!
[18:49] Kyonshi
Yeah, yeah...
[18:51] Konoha
This is nice...
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[19:01] Mamoru
Dad, are you really going forward
with the console release?
[19:04] Manager
Huh?!
[19:05] Manager
You bet I am!
[19:07] Manager
Isn't this what you wanted?
[19:10] Manager
I know you used to hate eroge.
[19:11] Manager
All that talk of working
on something way bigger!
[19:14] Mamoru
A port wasn't what I had in mind.
[19:16] Manager
Now's your chance to strut your stuff!
[19:19] Manager
Things are about to get busy!
[19:24] Manager
Gaya-san!
SIGN Ichigaya-san
SIGN Voicemail Sub-menu
[19:26] Manager
Ah, Gaya-san?
[19:28] Manager
I'm down! I'm down!
[19:30] Manager
Where are you right now?!
[19:33] Manager
See ya!
[19:38] Konoha
I am a maid! Your very own maid!
[19:41] Konoha
Cleaning, laundry, cooking, hm-hm-hmm!
[19:46] Konoha
Mamoru-kun?
[19:48] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[19:51] Mamoru
Hey, didn't you say you were going
to steer clear of everyone?
[19:54] Konoha
You don't count, Mamoru-kun!
[19:56] Konoha
I can finally talk normally!
[19:59] Konoha
Everyone's real fired up
about the console game!
[20:02] Konoha
How nice...
[20:04] Mamoru
Yeah.
[20:05] Mamoru
It's been a while since I've
seen Dad so motivated.
[20:08] Mamoru
He's been out of the loop on
company matters for a while.
[20:11] Mamoru
He can't keep up with all the changes
bishojo games have been going through.
[20:16] Mamoru
All he does every night is go out drinking.
[20:18] Mamoru
I don't think he knows the first
thing about Windows games.
[20:22] Konoha
I guess the Windows phobia
runs in the family!
[20:29] Mamoru
Which is why, with this console game offer,
[20:32] Mamoru
Dad must have wanted to show Kaori and
Meiko that he could still be useful.
[20:38] Mamoru
Hey.
[20:40] Mamoru
What do you think about a console release?
[20:42] Konoha
Huh?
[20:44] Mamoru
Never mind.
[20:46] Mamoru
I know I shouldn't ask you.
[20:51] Konoha
A console release sounds great to me!
[20:53] Konoha
I'd totally go for it!
[20:55] Konoha
Everyone in the office
is so excited about it!
[20:59] Mamoru
Are you really gonna stick
to doing menial tasks?
[21:02] Mamoru
I thought you wanted to make a game.
[21:05] Konoha
Deep down, I want to work on the game, too.
[21:08] Konoha
But everyone else is trying so hard,
without time travel or anything.
[21:12] Konoha
It doesn't feel right for
me to butt in on that.
[21:19] Konoha
I'm just fine handling the chores!
[21:22] Konoha
No matter the era I'm in, this
is what it's like for me!
[21:30] Konoha
Ow, ow...
[21:34] Konoha
Ah, this sucks!
[21:36] Konoha
All of my hard work!
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[21:40] Mamoru
Wait...
[21:42] Konoha
What's that?
[21:43] Mamoru
Where'd you get this garbage?
[21:45] Konoha
That trash bag is from when
I cleaned the garage just now.
[21:48] Mamoru
This is a cosplay club run by Ichigaya.
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[21:52] Mamoru
I saw it on his website.
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[21:57] Mamoru
Maybe it's time I looked
into this Ichigaya...
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[00:02] Manager
Our game...
[00:04] Manager
is going to be released on console!
[00:06] Ichigaya
Everyone from Alcohol Soft,
let us join hands...
[00:10] Ichigaya
And start a worldwide revolution!
SIGN Come over
Kogyaru Club
[00:14] Mamoru
This is a cosplay club run by Ichigaya.
[00:18] Mamoru
Maybe it's time I looked
into this Ichigaya...
[00:28] Konoha
Alcohol Soft is real busy working on
the console port with Diamond Studio!
[00:33] Konoha
I'm so jealous!
[00:35] Konoha
I want to make a game with my art,
[00:37] Konoha
and port it over to console, too!
[00:41] Konoha
But look at me...
SIGN Kogyaru Club
[00:47] Konoha
Why am I out here on a stakeout?!
[00:51] Konoha
Just to double-check, but
I'm a time traveler!
[00:56] Konoha
I am, right?!
[00:59] (Flashback) Mamoru
Starting tomorrow, you'll
be staking out this club.
[01:01] (Flashback) Konoha
Huh? Why me?
[01:04] (Flashback) Mamoru
Isn't it obvious?
[01:05] (Flashback) Mamoru
No one will miss you if
you're not at the office.
[01:08] (Flashback) Mamoru
I'll lend you one of my cell phones,
[01:10] (Flashback) Mamoru
so let me know immediately
if anything happens.
[01:13] (Flashback) Mamoru
Listen to me.
[01:13] (Flashback) Mamoru
Make sure you keep a good lookout.
[01:15] (Flashback) Mamoru
Don't do anything unnecessary.
[01:18] Konoha
Grr...
[01:20] Konoha
I know I said I was okay
with doing chores...
[01:23] Konoha
I did, but still!
[01:25] Konoha
What's the point of staking this place out?
SIGN Kogyaru Club
SIGN Come have
some fun
with me
Let's play
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN Newsflash
SIGN Y2K Problem: What is the PM's Answer?
[03:00] Newscaster
On the Year 2000 problem,
[03:02] Newscaster
the Prime Minister has issued
instructions to take full measures,
[03:05] Newscaster
and prepare for any
unforeseen circumstances.
SIGN "Believe in Me!"
[03:07] Newscaster
Now for our next story.
[03:09] Kikiko
First Nostradamus, now the Year 2000 problem!
[03:09] Newscaster
Tokyo police have denied alien involvement
in the uncovered case from 14 years ago...
[03:13] Lalako
One apocalypse after another!
[03:15] Kaori
Whoa!
[03:16] Kaori
That's super cute!
[03:17] Meiko
I made so many revisions after
getting feedback from everyone!
[03:22] Kaori
The CG repaints are proceeding
on schedule, too.
[03:25] Kaori
Now we just need to swap out the
hentai scenes for cute ones!
[03:29] Kaori
Like adding steam to hide the naughty bits,
[03:32] Kaori
or putting clothes on naked shots.
[03:34] Kaori
It may be a port, but it's best
that we handle the CGs ourselves!
[03:39] Meiko
Kao-san, you're really pulling
out all the stops here!
[03:41] Kaori
That goes without saying!
[03:44] Kaori
A bishojo game lives and dies by its art!
[03:46] Kyonshi
An eroge with no ero, huh?
[03:49] Kaori
Call it a bishojo game!
[03:51] Kaori
Oh, look at the time!
[03:54] Kaori
Okay, Mei-chan and I have
a meeting to attend!
[03:57] Group
Take care now!
[04:00] Kyonshi
When did this place turn
into such a chick fest?
SIGN Come over
Kogyaru Club
SIGN Phone us any time
[04:06] Mamoru
The cosplay club that Dad's
been hanging out at...
[04:09] Mamoru
There was more stuff from
there in the trash.
[04:12] Mamoru
He has been reckless with his money lately.
[04:16] Mamoru
But I have a nagging feeling
that it's more than that.
[04:19] Mamoru
He's hiding something.
[04:21] Mamoru
If I asked him directly, I'm sure
he'd just dodge the question.
[04:24] Mamoru
I need some evidence here!
[04:28] Mamoru
Boy, searching this Internet
sure is a pain, though!
[04:31] Mamoru
Maybe I should whip something up!
[04:37] Ichigaya
I see, I see...
[04:39] Ichigaya
This character is excellent!
[04:41] Ichigaya
Another winner from Meiko-san!
[04:43] Meiko
You're too kind!
[04:44] Ichigaya
I'm about to head over to
a TV network after this.
[04:48] Ichigaya
Care to join me?
[04:52] Meiko
A-A TV network, Kao-san!
[04:55] Meiko
What do we do?!
[04:56] Kaori
What do you mean?
[04:58] Kaori
We came here for work, so we need to go in!
[05:01] TV Producer
Hey, Gaya-san!
[05:03] TV Producer
What's going on?
[05:04] TV Producer
How've you been, man?!
[05:06] Ichigaya
Hey! Y'know, I'm so sorry!
[05:08] Ichigaya
I haven't had any time to call you!
[05:11] Ichigaya
He's a producer at this network.
[05:13] Ichigaya
He and I go way back.
[05:16] TV Producer
I mainly work on TV anime productions.
[05:20] TV Producer
If Gaya-san's scouted you out,
I'd be happy to talk showbiz!
[05:24] Meiko
T-TV anime!
[05:26] Kaori
Th-This is a whole new level here...
[05:28] Meiko
Is this the world of console ports?!
[05:29] TV Producer
Anime is great!
[05:31] Kaori
But in the future, eroge could very
well get turned into TV anime!
[05:36] Kaori
And that could be us!
[05:40] Kaori
We're back...
[05:42] Meiko
That sure was mentally draining.
[05:47] Kamiyama
Ah. Kaori-san, Meiko-san.
[05:49] Kamiyama
Welcome back.
[05:50] Kaori
Sounds like you girls
are having a good time.
[05:52] Kaori
What were you talking about?
[05:54] Kamiyama
About Kanon, the game that just came out.
[05:57] Kamiyama
It's really something else!
[05:58] Minamizato
I can't believe how unique the heroine is.
[06:01] Yuki
Her trademark phrase is "uguu"! "Uguu"!
[06:04] Yuki
I could understand "dayomon," at least!
[06:07] Meiko
That almost reminds me of Kono-chan.
[06:09] Kaori
I can see that.
[06:10] Kaori
You don't know what she's going to say next,
[06:13] Kaori
and she's got such a unique way of talking.
[06:16] Konoha
It's still cold out when
it gets this late...
[06:21] Konoha
Is the manager really going to show up?
SIGN Mamoru
SIGN Dad should show
up at the club.
Let me know as
soon as you see
him.
[06:28] Mamoru
Dad should show up at the club.
[06:30] Mamoru
Let me know as soon as you see him.
[06:33] Konoha
Is the manager really showing up?
[06:36] Konoha
I want to go back to the office.
SIGN Inbox
SIGN °Prev Next#
SIGN Mamoru
SIGN Stay on the lookout for him
[06:42] Mamoru
Stay on the lookout for him.
[06:52] Konoha
What's up with that kid?
[06:54] Konoha
He looks like he needs help.
[06:56] Konoha
But right now, I'm in the
middle of a stakeout!
[06:58] Konoha
Mamoru even told me, "Don't
do anything unnecessary!"
[07:06] Konoha
What's wrong?
[07:09] Boy
My coin rolled under the vending
machine, and now I can't reach it...
[07:13] Konoha
Dang...
[07:18] Konoha
Do you mind if I borrow that?
[07:21] Konoha
Use this like that and...
[07:24] Konoha
There, got it!
[07:26] Boy
Thanks, lady!
[07:29] Boy
Bye-bye!
[07:30] Konoha
Yeah!
[07:33] Konoha
Ah!
[07:34] Konoha
My mission!
[07:35] Toya
Onee-sama?
[07:38] Toya
It's you!
[07:40] Toya
Onee-sama!
[07:41] Konoha
O-O-Onee-sama?!
[07:43] Toya
Do you remember me?
[07:46] Toya
You helped me buy Pia Carrot and Kizuato!
[07:49] Konoha
Huh?
[07:54] Konoha
Toya-chan?!
[07:55] Toya
That's right!
[07:57] Konoha
You look way different from back then!
[08:00] Konoha
A total redesign!
[08:03] Toya
I actually work for a game studio now!
[08:06] Toya
We're making an eroge!
[08:08] Konoha
What?!
[08:09] Toya
I was tabling for a circle at Comiket,
and they invited me to do lineart work.
[08:13] Toya
Now I'm a lead illustrator!
[08:15] Konoha
What? That's amazing!
[08:17] Toya
I'm on my way to an event for our new title,
[08:19] Toya
which is why I'm dressed in this cosplay.
[08:23] Toya
The artist herself, promoting the game!
[08:25] Toya
The game I made is really popular!
[08:28] Konoha
What?!
[08:29] Konoha
That's great, Toya-chan!
[08:32] Toya
It's all thanks to you, Onee-sama.
[08:35] Konoha
Huh? Did I do anything?
[08:37] Toya
Yes!
[08:38] Toya
You did so much for me!
[08:40] Toya
When we met, you talked about
the future of bishojo games.
[08:45] Toya
Hearing that gave me the
confidence I needed!
[08:47] Toya
That maybe I could do it, too!
[08:50] Toya
You were also the one who encouraged
me to participate in Comiket.
[08:55] Toya
I really can't thank you enough!
[09:02] Toya
I used to just be a plain-looking otaku,
[09:05] Toya
but now I get treated like a princess.
[09:07] Toya
I didn't think it'd be so easy.
[09:10] Konoha
Huh?
[09:11] Toya
Men are such simple creatures.
[09:20] Toya
Oh yeah, Onee-sama.
[09:21] Toya
Are you free after this?
[09:23] Toya
Would you care to join me
for dinner after the event?
[09:27] Toya
There's this one café that I really like,
[09:29] Konoha
It's the manager!
[09:30] Toya
and I'd love to catch up—
[09:31] Konoha
I-I'm a little busy right now!
[09:33] Konoha
See you around, Toya-chan!
[09:35] Toya
What?
[09:39] Toya
Onee-sama...
[09:41] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[09:42] Konoha
The manager's here!
[09:44] Mamoru
Go after him!
[09:45] Konoha
What?!
[09:45] Konoha
You want me to go in?!
[09:47] Mamoru
That's right!
[09:48] Konoha
I don't wanna go in a place like that...
[09:51] Mamoru
Shut up and get going!
[09:52] Mamoru
That's an order!
[09:53] Konoha
R-Roger...
[09:58] Kogyaru Hostess A
No one plays with Tamagotchi anymore.
[10:02] Manager
Don't be like that!
[10:04] Manager
You were so happy when
I gave you one the other day!
[10:07] Kogyaru Hostess B
It's totally out of fashion now.
[10:10] Kogyaru Hostess C
Is it any fun for a girl,
coming to a club like this?
[10:13] Kogyaru Hostess D
Whoa, check it out!
[10:15] Kogyaru Hostess D
What's up with this hair?
[10:16] Kogyaru Hostess D
You dyed it blue on the inside?
[10:18] Konoha
Shh!
[10:19] Konoha
Please be quiet!
[10:22] Kogyaru Hostess B
Buy me an Aibo instead!
[10:25] Kogyaru Hostess B
That thing's so cute!
[10:26] Manager
Hey now, girls!
[10:28] Manager
I'm the owner of this joint, you know!
[10:31] Manager
You've got some nerve talking
to the owner like that!
[10:34] Konoha
The owner?
[10:35] Manager
You should be a little nicer to me!
[10:39] Manager
I'm about to become a big shot real soon!
[10:43] Kogyaru Hostess A
For real?
[10:44] Manager
Well, I bet you wouldn't get it, anyway!
[10:47] Manager
Kaori and Meiko should
be thanking me, dammit!
[10:51] Manager
They're always looking down on me for
not knowing jack about video games!
[10:56] Manager
Talking real big for a bunch of artists!
[10:59] Kogyaru Hostess A
I don't get it, but that's wack.
[11:02] Manager
Just you wait!
[11:03] Manager
Ichigaya and I are gonna take the
video game industry by storm!
[11:06] Manager
I'm the one who managed
to land the console deal!
[11:10] Manager
They don't know...
[11:11] Manager
how much money I've invested
to make that happen!
[11:15] Konoha
Invested?!
[11:17] Manager
Screw the artists!
[11:18] Manager
The president deserves the most credit!
[11:27] Manager
Good job, prez!
[11:27] Konoha
I need to let Mamoru know!
[11:28] Manager
Wait, that's me!
[11:30] Manager
Good job, me!
SIGN Alcohol Soft
[11:36] Manager
Just you wait!
[11:37] Manager
Ichigaya and I are gonna take the
video game industry by storm!
[11:40] Manager
I'm the one who managed
to land the console deal!
[11:44] Manager
They don't know...
[11:45] Manager
how much money I've invested
to make that happen!
[11:48] Manager
Screw the artists!
[11:49] Manager
The president deserves the most credit!
[11:55] Manager
What the hell is this?
[11:57] Manager
Am I the one who said that?
[11:59] Manager
I was drunk, so I don't remember.
[12:02] Meiko
Manager...
[12:04] Kaori
What investments are these?
[12:05] Manager
W-Well, that's not important here...
[12:09] Kaori
It damn well is important!
[12:10] Kaori
Are you saying the console port was in
return for putting money up for Ichigaya?
[12:16] Manager
Y-You've got the wrong idea.
[12:18] Manager
Ichigaya liked the game you guys made...
[12:25] Manager
What's the problem with that?!
[12:27] Manager
No matter the reason, the
game is gonna be on console!
[12:30] Kaori
So, how much are we talking?
[12:31] Manager
Huh?
[12:32] Kaori
How much money did you
fork over to Ichigaya?!
[12:34] Kaori
In exchange for the console port!
[12:36] Manager
Sh-Shut your trap!
[12:37] Manager
What would you know about doing business?!
[12:40] Mamoru
Dad.
[12:41] Mamoru
You became the owner of that
cosplay club, am I right?
[12:44] Mamoru
I looked it up.
[12:46] Mamoru
You took joint ownership with Ichigaya
for a number of his businesses.
[12:49] Mamoru
You used company money for that, didn't you?
[12:53] Kaori
You didn't raise the pay for any of us...
[12:56] Kaori
How dare you spend it on that?!
[12:58] Manager
Shut up! Shut up!
[13:00] Manager
Don't talk back when all you
do is make your little games!
[13:03] Manager
Are you the ones making the deals?
[13:05] Manager
Running the business?!
[13:07] Manager
Why do you get to have all
the fun making games?!
[13:10] Manager
You guys get all the damn credit!
[13:13] Manager
I'm the president of this company!
[13:15] Manager
When do I...
[13:17] Manager
When do I get to do something great?!
[13:24] Manager
Have any of you heard
about dot-com companies?
[13:27] Manager
It's never been a better time
for American IT companies!
[13:31] Manager
Which is why it's the perfect
time for me and Ichigaya
[13:34] Manager
to start a new company in the US that
combines the Internet and video games!
[13:38] Manager
This is gonna be real big!
[13:40] Hashimoto
Excuse me, everyone.
[13:41] Manager
Huh?
[13:42] Hashimoto
Please excuse my interruption.
[13:45] Hashimoto
If I could ask you all to
come to the conference room.
[13:47] Kaori
I'm sorry, Hashimoto-san.
[13:49] Kaori
Now's not the time for—
[13:50] Hashimoto
This is an urgent matter.
[13:52] Hashimoto
Ichigaya-san has been arrested.
[13:55] Announcer
Game creator Hikaru
Ichigaya has been arrested
SIGN Tokyo
Diamond Studio
SIGN Suspect Hikaru Ichigaya
Arrested on scene today
SIGN Breaking News
SIGN Renowned game creator suspected of fraud
Approached multiple individuals with startup offers
[13:58] Announcer
on suspected charges of massive fraud.
SIGN Arrested for alleged fraud
SIGN Suspect Hikaru Ichigaya (37), game creator
[14:01] Announcer
Ichigaya is charged with colluding with
those in the television industry.
SIGN Total losses may exceed three billion yen
[14:05] Announcer
He is said to have approached multiple
individuals with false startup business offers,
[14:08] Announcer
and fraudulently soliciting
investments from them.
[14:11] Announcer
The total losses are estimated
to exceed three billion yen.
[14:15] Announcer
Ichigaya, a renowned game creator known
for the hit 1987 series, Fire Dragon,
[14:24] Announcer
is believed to have been facing
financial trouble in recent years...
[14:24] Konoha
They arrested Ichigaya-san...
[14:27] Meiko
What?!
[14:29] Kaori
What's going on here?!
[14:31] Kyonshi
Manager.
[14:32] Kyonshi
He suckered you out of your money.
[14:36] Manager
Th-This is some sort of prank.
[14:38] Manager
It must be a misunderstanding.
[14:40] Manager
He would never lie to me.
[14:42] Manager
He said that we were...
[14:44] Mamoru
Dad.
[14:45] Mamoru
He was stringing you along.
[14:58] Kyonshi
Oh, brother.
[15:01] Manager
Give it back...
[15:03] Manager
Give it back...
[15:05] Manager
My one billion...
[15:07] Kaori
What?
[15:09] Group
O-One billion?!
[15:17] Konoha
With the manager a scam victim
in an investment fraud scheme,
[15:20] Konoha
Alcohol Soft suddenly found themselves
one billion yen in debt.
[15:38] Meiko
Kao-san!
[15:39] Kaori
I just came back from Ichigaya's
Diamond Studio office.
[15:43] Kaori
It was swarming with debt
collectors and policemen,
[15:45] Kaori
so I didn't manage to get anything back.
[15:50] Kyonshi
Maybe it's time we closed up shop.
[15:58] Kaori
In the end, Ichigaya was no better than
a scummy eroge company president.
[16:04] Kaori
Nothing but big talk, while
never showing up for work.
[16:08] Kaori
If only the manager had been
content with humbly making games.
[16:12] Kaori
Having a hit title on his hands
completely messed up his life.
[16:18] Kyonshi
If we had taken a step back, we could
have realized something was wrong.
[16:23] Kyonshi
But we all bought it hook, line, and sinker.
[16:25] Kaori
Well, come on!
[16:26] Kaori
Who wouldn't want to see
their game on console?!
[16:29] Meiko
I'm sorry.
[16:30] Meiko
I wasn't thinking clearly...
[16:31] Kaori
You're not to blame at all, Mei-chan!
[16:34] Kaori
Treating us like your personal wallet!
[16:36] Kaori
He won't get away with this!
[16:39] Konoha
Um...
[16:40] Konoha
Kono-chan.
[16:42] Konoha
Does this mean you're not
going to make games anymore?
[16:48] Kaori
I'll still make games.
[16:51] Kaori
Only...
[16:54] Kaori
it may not be at this company.
[18:58] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[19:00] Mamoru
You're still here, huh?
[19:02] Konoha
Well, the development room
is where I've been sleeping.
[19:06] Mamoru
Dad was hospitalized from
the shock of it all.
[19:09] Mamoru
Makes you laugh, doesn't it?
[19:11] Mamoru
He's never had an ounce of business sense.
[19:13] Manager
One billion yen...
[19:19] Mamoru
Opening a computer shop after mass
retailers started carrying them.
[19:23] Mamoru
Starting a game company, despite never
really having played a video game.
[19:28] Mamoru
I knew all of this, but I let
him be, so maybe I'm no better.
[19:33] Konoha
Was there really nothing
more I could have done?
[19:37] Mamoru
You did plenty.
[19:39] Mamoru
You even tracked him down.
[19:41] Konoha
Still!
[19:42] Konoha
I came back in time again, but
I was powerless to do anything...
[19:45] Konoha
It's just too awful!
[19:48] Mamoru
I had a hunch that something was wrong.
[19:50] Mamoru
When someone from the future like
you had no idea who Ichigaya was.
[19:53] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, who's that?
[19:56] Mamoru
I didn't take things seriously.
[19:59] Mamoru
I had second thoughts about
believing what you said.
[20:02] Mamoru
However...
[20:04] Mamoru
I might have been able
to prevent all of this.
[20:07] Mamoru
And even if I couldn't,
[20:09] Mamoru
I could have at least paid
attention to what Dad was up to.
[20:13] Mamoru
If I had done that, maybe I could
have kept everyone's dream alive.
[20:17] Konoha
Everyone's dream?
[20:19] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you think this is your fault?
[20:22] Mamoru
Maybe it wasn't.
[20:24] Mamoru
But I can't deny I was a
little too unsuspecting.
[20:27] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you love Alcohol
Soft deep down, don't you?
[20:31] Mamoru
Not really.
[20:32] Mamoru
I've been...
[20:34] Mamoru
just stuck here the whole time.
[20:49] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[20:51] Konoha
Let's make a game!
[20:53] Konoha
I'll do the art, so let's make a game!
[20:55] Konoha
We'll use it to save the company!
[21:00] Mamoru
Ugh...
[21:01] Konoha
Hey!
[21:02] Konoha
This is the part where you go
all whammo, then "yeahhhh"!
[21:06] Konoha
What's with the "ugh"?!
[21:10] Konoha
I've always wanted to make a game
with everyone at Alcohol Soft!
[21:14] Konoha
I knew if I was going to make a game,
I wanted it to be with all of you!
[21:18] Konoha
But I couldn't say it...
[21:20] Konoha
I was too afraid of changing the past.
[21:23] Konoha
But still!
[21:24] Konoha
If we don't use my powers now, then when?!
[21:27] Konoha
The game I've always wanted to make!
[21:30] Konoha
I know that I want to make
it right here, right now!
[21:34] Mamoru
Ugh...
[21:35] Konoha
What?!
[21:35] Konoha
"Ugh" again?!
[21:37] Mamoru
I can't deny that your drawing was amazing.
[21:40] Mamoru
To be honest, it feels
straight out of the future.
[21:44] Mamoru
But what can you do with just drawings?!
[21:46] Mamoru
We're talking one billion yen! One billion!
[21:50] Mamoru
You can't possibly make one
billion yen off an eroge...
[21:55] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you still don't
understand the power of bishojo.
[22:00] Konoha
Bishojo has way more power than you think!
[22:03] Konoha
As someone from the future, I guarantee it!
[22:05] Konoha
Besides, I'm not alone!
[22:08] Konoha
Everyone at Alcohol Soft believes
in the power of bishojo!
[22:12] Konoha
If we all work together,
nothing's impossible!
[22:15] Konoha
The other day, I helped out a boy I met,
[22:18] Konoha
because he was in trouble!
[22:20] Konoha
It doesn't matter whether
I change the past or future!
[22:23] Konoha
I want to do whatever I can, right now!
[22:27] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, are you fine
with just giving up?!
[22:30] Konoha
Are you fine with losing everything?!
[22:32] Konoha
I don't think you are!
[22:34] Konoha
I know all too well that your heart
is burning with passion deep down!
[22:39] Konoha
So please!
[22:40] Konoha
Believe in me!
[22:41] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[22:47] Mamoru
Can you do it?
[22:50] Mamoru
Can you really make that amazing of a game?
[22:53] Konoha
I can!
[22:54] Konoha
I'm going to make the
ultimate game, right here!
[22:59] Mamoru
Then have it your way.
[23:02] Mamoru
Whatever you want to make,
I'll bring it to life.
[23:06] Mamoru
So make the game that you want!
[23:09] Mamoru
You can leave the programming to me!
[23:11] Konoha
Really? Whatever I want?
[23:13] Mamoru
Yeah.
[23:14] Mamoru
You name it!
[23:16] Konoha
You mean I can activate beast mode?!
[23:18] Mamoru
What the heck is beast mode?
[23:20] Konoha
Um, beast mode is when,
well, you go all out!
[23:24] Mamoru
Sure, whatever.
[23:27] Mamoru
Do it!
[23:28] Mamoru
Go beast mode!
[23:31] Konoha
All right!
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[00:03] Mamoru
Can you do it?
[00:05] Mamoru
Can you really make that amazing of a game?
[00:09] Konoha
I can!
[00:10] Konoha
I'm going to make the
ultimate game, right here!
[00:14] Mamoru
Then have it your way.
[00:17] Mamoru
Whatever you want to make,
I'll bring it to life.
[00:21] Mamoru
So make the game that you want!
[00:24] Mamoru
You can leave the programming to me!
[00:26] Konoha
Really? Whatever I want?
[00:28] Mamoru
Yeah.
[00:29] Mamoru
You name it!
[00:32] Mamoru
Do it!
[00:34] Mamoru
Go beast mode!
[00:37] Konoha
All right!
[00:40] Konoha
I said all that...
[00:42] Konoha
but that's a heavy fate to bear...
[00:45] Konoha
Hey, Mamoru-kun.
[00:47] Konoha
What's in this hand cart?
[00:49] Mamoru
You wouldn't understand anyway,
so I'm not going to tell you.
[00:51] Konoha
That's mean!
[00:53] Mamoru
Worry about yourself first.
[00:55] Mamoru
The agenda that we wrote down.
[00:57] Mamoru
You memorized it, right?
[00:59] Konoha
I-I've got it down pat!
[01:00] Mamoru
Do you really?
[01:02] Konoha
Believe in me!
[01:05] Mamoru
Remember now.
[01:06] Mamoru
You're not a time traveler!
[01:08] Konoha
Y-Yeah.
[01:09] Mamoru
Everyone's already in a
state of frenzy as is.
[01:12] Mamoru
Don't make things even more complicated.
[01:14] Konoha
I-I know that!
[01:16] Mamoru
The most important thing...
[01:18] Mamoru
is to get them motivated to make your game!
[01:31] Konoha
I can't do it!
[01:33] Konoha
They'll all say stuff like,
"I don't get it!"
[01:35] Konoha
or, "You're such a weirdo!"
I know it!
[01:37] Mamoru
I can't tell if you're
bossy, timid, or what...
[01:42] Konoha
That's what we introverts
from the future are like!
[01:45] Mamoru
Your only choice is to do it.
[01:46] Mamoru
So do it.
[01:51] Konoha
I'm going to put on some
music to give me confidence!
[01:55] Mamoru
You're such a pain in the butt...
[01:58] Lyrics
I won't forget the promise
we made each other
[02:01] Lyrics
I close my eyes to make sure
[02:04] Lyrics
I'll shake off the surging
darkness and move forward
[02:13] Konoha
Okay!
[02:17] Konoha
Here I go!
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN Alcohol Soft
SIGN "Every Storm Hardens the Earth"
SIGN Theme for our
next title
SIGN Interesting
SIGN Game
that will
earn one
billion yen
SIGN No way!
[03:58] Kyonshi
A game to make us one billion yen?
[04:00] Kyonshi
That's impossible!
[04:04] Kyonshi
Where's the manager?
[04:05] Kaori
Still hospitalized from the shock.
[04:07] Kyonshi
I wish I was the one in the hospital!
[04:11] Konoha
G-Good morning!
[04:14] Kaori
You two are late!
[04:16] Kaori
The meeting's started already.
[04:18] Kaori
I say that...
[04:20] Kaori
but we've just been standing here
overwhelmed at the colossal task in front of us.
[04:24] Konoha
U-Um...
[04:25] Konoha
Th-There's something I need
to tell everyone here!
[04:30] Konoha
I've been keeping a secret from all of you.
[04:33] Konoha
I'm not a mysterious freeloader
or a phantom staff member...
[04:37] Konoha
The truth is, I came from the year 202—
[04:40] Konoha
I-I mean, um, well...
[04:44] Konoha
Th-The truth is, I used to be
an illustrator in the US!
[04:49] Konoha
USA! USA!
[04:52] Konoha
Just kidding...
[04:54] Mamoru
Go on, keep talking!
[04:56] Mamoru
Lay it on!
[04:57] Konoha
E-Everyone!
[04:58] Konoha
I've got an idea for an amazing game!
[05:01] Konoha
Here!
[05:04] Konoha
Take a look at this!
[05:07] Kaori
I wish I could always be as positive as you...
[05:13] Meiko
K-Kao-san!
[05:15] Meiko
Look at that drawing!
[05:28] Kaori
S-So cute...
[05:31] Meiko
Did you draw this, Kono-chan?
[05:33] Konoha
Yes!
[05:34] Konoha
I've been doing chores at this company,
[05:37] Konoha
but I won't lose to anyone
when it comes to bishojo!
[05:39] Konoha
I've wanted to show you this
drawing all this time!
[05:43] Konoha
Ever since the day we first met!
[05:45] Konoha
I want to make my game at this company!
[05:48] Konoha
That's why I came back here!
[05:50] Konoha
Across time!
[05:53] Group
Time?
[05:54] Mamoru
Not time! The sea!
[05:57] Konoha
Across the sea!
[05:59] Konoha
I came all this way!
[06:03] Meiko
Looking at it again, it's still amazing!
[06:06] Meiko
What program did you use to draw this?
[06:09] Konoha
Photoshop!
[06:10] Meiko
What? Photoshop?!
[06:11] Meiko
You're using the same program?!
[06:14] Konoha
You can use other programs, too.
[06:15] Konoha
Like Clip Studio.
[06:17] Meiko
Clip Studio?
[06:18] Kaori
The way you drew these highlights
in her eyes is exceptional.
[06:22] Kaori
You split these highlights
up into all these colors.
[06:25] Meiko
Kono-chan, how many layers did
you use for this illustration?
[06:29] Konoha
Um, around 200 layers in total!
[06:31] Meiko
T-Two hundred?!
[06:34] Meiko
Kao-san.
[06:34] Meiko
Don't you think Kono-chan's
drawing is incredible?
[06:36] Meiko
I've never seen anything like
this, even in a console game!
[06:39] Meiko
If we made a game with this art,
it really might just sell!
[06:46] Kaori
No, it's not going to work.
[06:47] Konoha
What?!
[06:48] Kaori
We don't have the computers.
[06:50] Meiko
Sure we do!
[06:51] Kaori
Our computers can't possibly
handle 200 layers.
[06:56] Kaori
They'll freeze up for sure.
[06:58] Kaori
It's true that this art
is extraordinarily good.
[07:01] Kaori
But it's impossible for us to replicate.
[07:04] Kaori
We don't have the computers needed for that.
[07:06] Kaori
Maybe you could find computers
like that where Konoha came from.
[07:11] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[07:12] Konoha
What do we do now?!
[07:16] Mamoru
Hey, all of you.
[07:17] Mamoru
Use this!
[07:18] Konoha
What?!
[07:19] Group
What?!
[07:25] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun.
[07:26] Konoha
What's that?!
[07:28] Mamoru
Sorry to keep you waiting.
[07:29] Mamoru
It's time to unveil my super machine
to solve all your problems at once.
[07:34] Mamoru
Behold!
[07:35] Mamoru
My creation, the most powerful 9821!
[07:39] Mamoru
The PC-9821 MATE!
[07:41] Mamoru
Super Octa-Core!
[07:44] Group
Super...
[07:46] Group
Octa-Core?!
[07:47] Mamoru
I've linked up PC-9821 Ra models that
have been overclocked to the max,
[07:52] Mamoru
so that they can distribute their load.
[07:54] Mamoru
A pseudo-recreation of the "multi-core
processor" that Konoha told me about!
[07:58] Mamoru
I've loaded it up with
tons of memory as well!
[08:01] Mamoru
If we're talking images at VGA resolution,
it can easily handle 200 layers!
[08:06] Mamoru
The PC-98 is the future of computing!
[08:09] Konoha
Ah!
[08:10] Konoha
So that's what was in that hand cart!
[08:14] Mamoru
Give it a whirl!
[08:15] Konoha
You say that, but...
[08:18] Konoha
This isn't Photoshop!
[08:20] Mamoru
It's a paint program exclusive
to the Super Octa-Core!
[08:23] Mamoru
It's optimized for this machine!
[08:28] Konoha
It may look a bit outdated,
[08:30] Konoha
but it doesn't freeze when I add layers,
[08:32] Konoha
it feels great to draw with,
and it's easy to use!
[08:35] Konoha
I can work with this!
[08:38] Meiko
I think we can do this, Kao-san!
[08:40] Konoha
Please, Kaori-san!
[08:43] Kaori
Can I ask you something, Kono-chan?
[08:47] Kaori
It's true that your art is amazing.
[08:49] Kaori
I've never seen such an incredible drawing!
[08:52] Kaori
It's just...
[08:52] Konoha
Y-Yes?
[08:56] Kaori
You won't disappear?
[08:59] Kaori
This time around, we really can't have
you suddenly vanish like always.
[09:04] Kaori
Will you stay until the end and take
responsibility for making this game?
[09:10] Konoha
There's a lot of things I want to do.
[09:13] Konoha
Not just the art.
[09:14] Konoha
The story! The music!
[09:17] Konoha
There are so, so many things I want to do!
[09:20] Konoha
I almost feel like I'm gonna burst!
[09:22] Konoha
So cute it makes you
scream, like To Heart 2!
[09:26] Konoha
Makes you bawl your eyes out, like Air!
[09:28] Konoha
With hot-blooded action, like Fate!
[09:31] Konoha
That you can keep on replaying
over and over, like Rance!
[09:34] Konoha
Packed to the brim with
the sexiest characters!
[09:36] Konoha
That's the awesome, wonderful
game that I want to make!
[09:40] Konoha
I swear that I won't disappear!
[09:49] Kaori
Great!
[09:50] Kaori
Then I'll give it my all as well!
[09:53] Kaori
Is that okay, Mei-chan?
[09:54] Kaori
If I make Kono-chan the
main artist this time?
[09:56] Meiko
I want to see it, too!
[09:58] Meiko
Kono-chan's game!
[10:00] Kaori
What about the rest of you?
[10:01] Group
We're in!
[10:08] Konoha
I'll do my best!
[10:10] Meiko
We're counting on you, Kono-chan!
[10:11] Konoha
Yes!
[10:12] Group
Let's work hard!
[10:13] Kaori
All right, everyone!
[10:14] Kaori
Let's work hard for that one billion yen!
SIGN Akihabara General Hospital
[10:26] Kaori
How long are you gonna
be down in the dumps?!
[10:29] Manager
Shut up!
[10:29] Manager
One billion yen!
[10:31] Manager
I was robbed of one billion yen!
[10:33] Manager
Do you understand how I feel?!
[10:35] Kaori
There's no way I'd understand.
[10:37] Kaori
I've never been conned while refusing
to give my employees a raise.
[10:43] Meiko
Don't say that, Kao-san!
[10:45] Kaori
Everyone's already moved on
and gone back to working!
[10:48] Kaori
You need to work your
butt off, too, Manager!
[10:50] Kaori
This next game is going
to cost a lot to make,
[10:52] Kaori
so let's talk budget!
[10:54] Manager
I don't have any money!
[10:55] Manager
Nothing at all!
[10:57] Kaori
Goodness gracious...
[10:59] Manager
Nothing at all...
[10:59] Meiko
Oh yeah, there was something
in the mail for you, Manager.
[11:02] Manager
Nothing at all...
[11:03] Meiko
What could it be?
SIGN Alcohol Soft Building 5F
Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
[11:06] Meiko
Lock for Rock?
[11:07] Manager
Nothing at all...
[11:15] Konoha
Her and her!
[11:17] Konoha
As well as her, her, and her as well!
[11:20] Kyonshi
Hey, who are they?
[11:23] Konoha
The heroines!
[11:24] Kyonshi
What? All of them?
[11:25] Konoha
Yes!
[11:26] Konoha
I'm confident that they're all cute designs!
[11:28] Kyonshi
I-I see.
[11:30] Kyonshi
Let me have a look.
[11:33] Konoha
Wh-What do you think?
[11:34] Kyonshi
I admit that they're good character designs.
[11:37] Konoha
Don't you just want to flirt
it up with all of them?
[11:41] Group
Yeah, yeah!
[11:42] Konoha
Heck yes!
[11:44] Kyonshi
But that'll really drag out the length.
[11:46] Konoha
That's fine!
[11:48] Konoha
That just means more time to show
off how cute the heroines are!
[11:52] Kyonshi
With so many heroines,
[11:54] Kyonshi
it's gonna require multiple times
the text of a normal game.
[11:57] Konoha
In that case, I can cut down
on some of the heroines...
[12:02] Kikiko
Is there any need to cut down here?
[12:04] Lalako
Nope, nope!
[12:06] Kyonshi
Huh?
[12:06] Kikiko
These heroines are all cute
and shining with life!
[12:10] Lalako
So we should pile on the
game with all of them!
[12:14] Kyonshi
I guess if these heroines all
suddenly showed up at once,
[12:18] Kyonshi
it'd make for one hell of a
fun time in school with them.
[12:22] Kyonshi
But won't it be too long
and bore the player?
[12:24] Konoha
It's the other way around!
[12:25] Konoha
If you have a story that makes them
want to stay in this world forever,
[12:28] Konoha
they'll never end up getting bored!
SIGN Past lives
Dystopia
SIGN Time loops
SIGN Supernatural
SIGN Occult
Lovey-dovey harem
SIGN Denpa
SIGN Anthropomorphism
[12:30] Konoha
Past lives, occult, dystopia,
lovey-dovey harem, time loops,
[12:33] Konoha
denpa, the supernatural, anthropomorphism!
[12:35] Konoha
Let's add it all!
[12:37] Kyonshi
Are you performing "Jugemu" here?
[12:41] Kyonshi
You're okay even if it ends up running long?
[12:43] Konoha
Totally fine!
[12:44] Konoha
The bishojo will take on the burden!
[12:48] Kyonshi
You two there!
[12:49] Kikiko
Yes?
[12:50] Lalako
You mean us?
[12:52] Kyonshi
Go out and buy as much Jolt
Cola as you can find.
[12:55] Kikiko
Again with the Jolt?
[12:57] Lalako
Don't you get sick of it?
[12:58] Kikiko
It's a real pain to find!
[13:00] Kyonshi
Quiet!
[13:01] Kyonshi
It's the only thing that gets me going!
[13:03] Kyonshi
Okay!
[13:04] Kyonshi
Let's start with an all-nighter
to hammer out the plot!
[13:07] Group
Sure!
[13:09] Kyonshi
Hey.
[13:10] Konoha
Y-Yes!
[13:11] Kyonshi
You talked me into this.
[13:14] Kyonshi
So it's your responsibility.
[13:16] Konoha
Yes!
[13:17] Konoha
Just leave it to me!
[13:20] Yuki
Animation for the character sprites?
[13:22] Yuki
Like blinking and lip flaps?
[13:24] Konoha
No, not just that.
[13:26] Konoha
Like this.
[13:27] Minamizato
Wh-What is this technology?!
[13:30] Konoha
Can you do something like this?
[13:32] Konoha
If we can pull this off, the
result will be even cuter!
[13:35] Kamiyama
That's asking for way too much!
[13:36] Kamiyama
You'd need an animation
studio to pull this off...
[13:39] Konoha
Please, I'm begging you!
[13:41] Mamoru
Hey!
[13:43] Mamoru
Will something like this work?
[13:45] Konoha
Whoa!
[13:46] Konoha
She's really moving!
[13:48] Kamiyama
Th-That's amazing!
[13:49] Konoha
H-How'd you pull it off, Mamoru-kun?!
[13:51] Mamoru
Nothing is impossible for
the Super Octa-Core!
[13:55] Minamizato
Konoha-chan.
[13:57] Minamizato
We'll try doing what we can as well.
[14:02] Hashimoto
A body pillow?
[14:05] Konoha
That's right!
[14:06] Konoha
I'd like to add a body pillow
as a bonus for the game!
[14:09] Hashimoto
And what exactly would a body pillow entail?
SIGN Body
SIGN Pillow Proposal
SIGN Body Pillow Proposal
[14:12] Konoha
Like this!
[14:13] Konoha
I want one for myself, so
I drew the illustrations!
[14:16] Hashimoto
What? Illustrations already?
[14:18] Konoha
Yes!
[14:19] Konoha
During my breaks from work!
[14:20] Hashimoto
Wouldn't that be work?
[14:22] Hashimoto
No, that's all well and fine...
[14:25] Hashimoto
Is there anyone who would
buy such expensive merch?
[14:28] Hashimoto
It would end up costing quite a bit.
[14:30] Hashimoto
Phonecards are the mainstream
lately for bonuses.
[14:33] Hashimoto
Would that not suffice?
[14:36] Konoha
Phonecards are a must as well,
[14:37] Konoha
but otaku want lots of bonuses
for characters they like!
[14:41] Konoha
Body pillows, tapestries,
acrylic stands, art books,
[14:45] Konoha
illustration boards, soundtrack
CDs, drama CDs, sleeping voice CDs,
[14:48] Konoha
phonecards, trading cards,
life-size cutouts!
[14:51] Hashimoto
Is that "Jugemu"?
[14:53] Hashimoto
But if you add these expensive items,
will anyone even buy the game?
[14:56] Konoha
They will!
[14:57] Konoha
I know I would!
[14:58] Konoha
I mean, it's all cute!
[15:05] Konoha
Manager?!
[15:06] Hashimoto
I thought you were in the hospital.
[15:11] Kaori
Hey!
[15:12] Mamoru
What happened?
[15:14] Kaori
I-I'm not sure...
SIGN Alcohol Soft Building 5F
Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
[15:16] Kaori
The manager got an envelope addressed to him,
[15:19] Kaori
with a key and a marked map inside.
[15:22] Kaori
We found a bag inside a locker
at the marked location.
[15:26] Kaori
And then the manager grabbed
it and suddenly ran off...
[15:31] Manager
It's money.
[15:33] Manager
There's money in this bag!
[15:36] Kaori
Where'd you get that idea?
[15:38] Manager
This envelope!
[15:40] Manager
This is Ichigaya's handwriting!
SIGN Alcohol Soft Building 5F
Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
[15:42] Manager
This message, "Lock for Rock"...
[15:44] Manager
"Lock" here refers to the key for
the locker with the bag inside!
[15:48] Manager
"Rock" is for Rokuta, my name!
[15:51] Manager
In other words, right before
Ichigaya was arrested,
[15:54] Manager
he left the one billion yen in
this bag, to give it back to me!
[15:58] Manager
Ichigaya hadn't tricked me after all!
[16:01] Kaori
There's no way everything
would work out like that.
[16:04] Manager
Shut up!
[16:06] Manager
Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!
[16:08] Meiko
Manager!
[16:09] Meiko
Please calm yourself!
[16:11] Mamoru
Everyone, let's get back to work.
[16:14] Manager
Thank goodness...
[16:15] Manager
I got the money back.
[16:17] Manager
Now the company is—
[16:19] Manager
What's the big idea, Mamoru?!
SIGN Console port version
SIGN Files - 04
[16:24] Mamoru
Does this look like money to you?
[16:27] Kaori
These are...
[16:28] Meiko
The materials for the console port?
SIGN Prim and proper
character
Gentle
personality type
SIGN Idea 2
SIGN Idea 1
SIGN Ribbon 2
SIGN Better with
the ribbon
SIGN Ribbon 1
SIGN 1st New
character
SIGN Check how she speaks
[16:34] Meiko
Everything's in here, including
the new characters!
[16:37] Kaori
What a relief.
[16:39] Meiko
Um, Kao-san.
[16:42] Meiko
Could it be that Ichigaya-san was really
trying to make the console version happen?
[16:46] Kaori
What?
[16:48] Meiko
I mean, all of the design sheets have
lots of memos from Ichigaya-san.
SIGN Appt with ethics org rep
SIGN Make use of contacts!
SIGN Keep the
feel of the
main
scenario
as much as
possible!
SIGN Use the
voice
actress'
name?
[16:52] Meiko
If he didn't really like our game, I don't
think he'd have gone to all that trouble.
[17:01] Kaori
Looks like you were right.
[17:04] Kaori
Ichigaya really did love our game,
[17:07] Kaori
and was trying to get a
console version made.
[17:10] Kaori
He returned them to us in secret,
[17:13] Kaori
so they wouldn't be lost,
even if he was arrested.
[17:16] Kaori
For your sake, as well as all of ours.
[17:18] Kaori
Well, I mean, he was as rotten as it gets...
[17:21] Kaori
but he meant well.
[17:22] Meiko
You weren't wrong about him!
[17:30] Meiko
Isn't that great, Manager?
[17:31] Kaori
Stop your crying!
[17:33] Manager
Kaori.
[17:34] Manager
How much do you need for this new game?
[17:37] Kaori
Huh?
[17:38] Manager
I'll scrounge up as much as you need!
[17:41] Manager
Acquaintances! Bargaining! Extended family!
[17:43] Manager
I'll do everything it takes to raise money!
[17:46] Manager
I've caused all of you so much trouble...
[17:47] Manager
I'll make it up to you, starting now!
[17:49] Manager
So please!
[17:51] Manager
Let me...
[17:54] Manager
come back to this company!
[18:02] Kaori
You know that you own this company, right?
[18:04] Kaori
You can come back at any time!
[18:06] Meiko
Manager, welcome back!
[18:12] Manager
Mamoru, I was...
[18:16] Mamoru
Right now, we've got a
super interesting game...
[18:21] Mamoru
that she's making.
[18:23] Mamoru
So get us the budget to make it a reality.
[18:27] Mamoru
Please, Dad.
[18:31] Manager
Sure thing!
[18:33] Kaori
We're counting on you, Manager!
[18:36] Manager
Yeah!
[18:36] Kyonshi
They say that every storm hardens the earth.
[18:42] Hashimoto
This really is a great company.
[18:45] Konoha
Huh?
[18:45] Hashimoto
I came here because the bank I was
working at went out of business.
[18:50] Hashimoto
Everyone at this bishojo game
studio is so full of life.
[18:54] Hashimoto
Your energy in particular feels like
something from another universe.
[18:58] Konoha
Y-Y-You think so?
[19:02] Hashimoto
This is my personal view, but...
[19:04] Konoha
Huh?
[19:06] Hashimoto
I think this company is slated for success.
[19:09] Hashimoto
As for our earlier talk about
bonuses, I understand.
[19:12] Hashimoto
Please send me an e-mail
with all the details later.
[19:15] Hashimoto
With all the images included
in an LHA file attachment.
[19:19] Konoha
Sure...
[19:21] Konoha
LHA?
[19:23] Hashimoto
Konoha-san.
[19:24] Hashimoto
Let's give it all we've got.
[19:29] Konoha
Yes!
SIGN Theme for our next title
SIGN Interesting
SIGN Game
that will
earn one
billion yen
SIGN No way!
[19:31] Konoha
And so, Alcohol Soft began
to take on the challenge
[19:35] Konoha
of making a game that would
make one billion yen.
[19:39] Konoha
I let everyone know what I wanted to do.
SIGN fs10\frz-12\pos(515,145)\c&H000000&\1a&H81&}Last Waltz*
Main Scenario No. 003
[19:43] Konoha
At first, we ran into lots of trouble...
SIGN fs10\frz-10\c&H000000&\1a&H81&\pos(561,131)}Last Waltz*
Main Scenario No. 003
[19:49] Konoha
with so many things that
needed to get done...
SIGN Bonus Items Planning Document
SIGN Please look it over before
EOD today
- Hashimoto
[19:59] Konoha
Even so, as we went on group trips
to the pool as a change of pace...
[20:06] Konoha
And the manager provided extravagant
meals for us as we worked...
[20:10] Konoha
Time passed by in a flash...
[20:15] Konoha
And our game slowly began to take shape.
SIGN Theme for our next title
SIGN Interesting
SIGN Game
that will
earn one
billion yen
SIGN No way!
[20:21] Konoha
Before we knew it,
[20:22] Konoha
rather than the pressure of making a
game that would make one billion yen,
SIGN We can do it!
SIGN Theme for our next title
SIGN Interesting
SIGN Game
that will
earn one
billion yen
[20:26] Konoha
our desire to make a fun game like
nothing before it had won out.
SIGN We can do it!
[20:45] Mamoru
One billion...
[20:46] Mamoru
One billion, huh?
[20:49] Konoha
Excuse me...
[20:52] Konoha
This cut looks good, but
let's add some variations...
[20:56] Mamoru
Hey!
[20:56] Konoha
Let the scenario team know...
[20:58] Mamoru
I swear...
[21:03] Mamoru
What's this?
[21:10] Mamoru
Whoa!
[21:14] Mamoru
I need to put out the fire right away!
[21:16] Mamoru
F-Fire extinguisher!
[21:22] Mamoru
It went out?
[21:26] Mamoru
That's absurd!
[21:28] Mamoru
It's only burnt the contents!
[21:30] Mamoru
What's going on?!
[21:35] Mamoru
What's this?
[21:37] Mamoru
Gogo no Tenshi-tachi.
SIGN Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
[21:39] Mamoru
It's a pretty old game, I think.
[21:42] Mamoru
And what's with the light coming from it?
[21:45] (Flashback) Konoha
When I open up one of these
games, I travel back in time.
[21:48] (Flashback) Konoha
Not that I know why it happens.
SIGN Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
SIGN <INS> HELP for help
SIGN MENU1 MENU2 MENU3 SPLIT FIND REPLACE CUT COPY PASTE TAG:JP
SIGN "Echo" ↵
E8 - Echo
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[00:40] Echo Two
Hey! Make it stop!
[00:43] Echo Two
What in the world was that?!
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN "Echo"
[02:32] Echo Two
Sensei! What's with him?!
[02:37] Echo One
Looks like a guest has dropped
in through the ceiling.
[02:40] Echo Two
Is that how guests are supposed to come in?
[02:43] Echo Two
I heard they used a thing
called an "entrance"!
[02:47] Echo One
Perhaps you could call it a
multidimensional entrance.
[02:57] Echo Two
Ah, he's awake!
[03:03] Mamoru
What year are we in right now?
[03:05] Echo One
It's the year 1985.
[03:09] Mamoru
1985?
SIGN Latest
Model!
SIGN Recommended
[03:40] Mamoru
Where is it?
[03:42] Mamoru
Not that!
[03:44] Mamoru
Where could it be?!
SIGN Latest model!
[03:48] Mamoru
There!
[03:51] Mamoru
The PC-9801 U!
[03:53] Mamoru
Released in May 1985, it's the first
model with 3.5" floppy drives!
[03:58] Mamoru
Which means...
[04:00] Mamoru
What?!
[04:01] Mamoru
It really is the year 1985!
[04:04] Mamoru
Amazing!
[04:14] Mamoru
By the way, what is this place?
[04:16] Echo One
This is Echosoft, a small, brand-new
software company in Akihabara.
[04:22] Echo Two
Waah!
[04:23] Mamoru
When I opened the video game case,
[04:25] Mamoru
there was a bright light and
I traveled back in time.
SIGN Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
[04:28] Mamoru
*Gogo no Tenshi-tachi *is a game from 1985.
[04:32] Mamoru
In other words, you're sent back to the
release year of the game you open.
[04:36] Mamoru
Is that how it works?
[04:39] Mamoru
And this place...
[04:42] Mamoru
It's the Alcohol Soft building!
[04:45] Mamoru
This place was a game studio even
before Dad opened up his shop here?
[04:49] Mamoru
But how do I get back to the
world that I came from?
[04:54] Mamoru
How did Konoha go back, again?
[05:00] Echo One
Mamoru-san.
[05:02] Echo One
How about it?
[05:03] Echo One
Would you like to make games with us?
[05:06] Mamoru
Huh?
[05:07] Echo One
The truth is, we began creating something
called "bishojo games" just the other day.
[05:13] Echo One
However, we don't have any
clue on what makes a good one.
[05:16] Echo Two
Indeed!
[05:17] Echo One
Therefore, Mamoru-san, could
we ask you to help us?
[05:27] Mamoru
On one condition.
[05:29] Mamoru
A PC-98.
[05:30] Mamoru
Let me use a PC-98.
[05:32] Mamoru
I'd be happy to work for you then.
[05:35] Echo One
Very well.
[05:37] Echo One
I forgot to introduce myself.
[05:39] Mamoru
Hm?
[05:40] Echo One
I'm the head of Echosoft, Echo.
[05:44] Echo Two
I'm an Echosoft employee, Echo!
[05:48] Echo One
Okay, Mamoru-san.
[05:50] Echo One
We'll have you start working
for us right away.
[05:53] Mamoru
Sure.
[06:02] Mamoru
I started working part-time at Echosoft,
[06:05] Mamoru
a company I came across when
I traveled back in time.
[06:09] Mamoru
Basically the exact same
thing that Konoha did.
[06:12] Mamoru
The people at this company know
my name for some reason,
[06:16] Mamoru
and had no qualms in
letting me work for them.
[06:19] Mamoru
I can't help but worry how
Konoha's game will turn out,
[06:23] Mamoru
but if I'm in the year 1985, you could
say that time has basically stopped.
[06:29] Mamoru
Nothing will come out of worrying about it.
[06:32] Mamoru
Since I don't know how to get back,
[06:35] Mamoru
I had no choice but to stay here.
[06:39] Mamoru
That said, Echosoft is a strange company.
[06:43] Mamoru
They call themselves a game studio,
but there are only two people working here.
[06:48] Mamoru
What's more, the president's
name is also Echo.
[06:51] Mamoru
His assistant's name is Echo, too.
[06:53] Mamoru
Even their dog's name is Echo.
[06:56] Mamoru
You can't be serious.
SIGN Echo
[06:58] Mamoru
Well, I'm not one to butt
in on other people's business.
[07:05] Mamoru
Since I've been hired part-time,
I'll put in my wage's worth.
[07:09] Mamoru
Game programming is a part of my duties.
[07:13] Mamoru
The president, Echo One, gets an
astounding amount of work done,
[07:16] Mamoru
and he develops games
at an incredible speed.
[07:26] Mamoru
Graphic artist, scenario
writer, sound composer,
[07:31] Mamoru
not to mention programmer.
[07:32] Mamoru
Echo One has taken on all of those roles.
SIGN Echosoft Bishojo Game vol.
[07:36] Mamoru
Well, that wasn't too uncommon in the 80s.
SIGN Echosoft Bishojo Game vol.
[07:41] Mamoru
This is an old technique called
"cling wrap scanning".
[07:45] Mamoru
You copy the line art, like this...
[07:49] Mamoru
and then trace over it in a graphics editor.
[07:51] Mamoru
No mouse involved.
[07:59] Mamoru
Here, he's actually composing
the background music.
[08:02] Mamoru
Music Macro Language, or MML for short,
[08:06] Mamoru
is a specialized description language that
he's using to type out the musical score.
[08:10] Mamoru
You can also use dedicated
programs to compose music,
[08:13] Mamoru
but for some people,
writing MML directly is much faster.
[08:17] Mamoru
To draw the characters, he's using a
special tool called a pattern editor.
[08:21] Mamoru
As you can see, he can use it to
make pixel art of the characters,
[08:24] Mamoru
and it also allows you to
create animations for them.
[08:28] Mamoru
Hey, do you have a minute?
[08:30] Echo One
Yes, what is it?
[08:32] Mamoru
How come you're not using any green?
[08:34] Echo One
There are only eight
colors available to use.
[08:36] Mamoru
No, I know that much.
[08:39] Echo One
This character has blue armor.
[08:42] Echo One
I'll use green for a different character.
[08:44] Mamoru
Ah.
[08:46] Mamoru
So I guess this black part is
supposed to be the shadow, then?
[08:49] Echo One
That's right.
[08:51] Mamoru
Can you let me try something?
[08:54] Echo One
Sure...
[08:57] Mamoru
How's that?
[08:58] Echo One
Well, well.
[09:00] Echo One
It looks just like a commercial game.
[09:02] Mamoru
This is what's called dithering.
[09:05] Mamoru
Well, I'm just going off what I've seen.
[09:08] Echo One
Mamoru-san, could you teach
me some other things as well?
[09:12] Mamoru
Yeah.
[09:13] Echo One
Thank you very much.
[09:16] Mamoru
For example, there's no need to
use the PSG for sound effects.
[09:21] Mamoru
If you use system beeps like this...
[09:23] Echo One
I see, I see.
[09:26] Echo One
You're a programmer, but you
can do all sorts of stuff.
[09:30] Mamoru
Of course I can.
[09:31] Mamoru
Programmers are the kings
of game development.
[09:34] Mamoru
In the past, it used to be that programmers
would have to do everything by themselves.
[09:40] Mamoru
Incidentally, the games
we're making are for PC-88.
SIGN Keep It Neat & Tidy
[09:44] Mamoru
This may be a shady game company,
[09:46] Mamoru
but what they're doing is no
different from a normal studio.
SIGN Keep It Neat & Tidy
[09:49] Mamoru
However, their speed is
on a different level.
[09:53] Mamoru
Echo One never goes through trial and
error, or makes any corrections.
[09:58] Mamoru
It may sound absurd,
[09:59] Mamoru
but in just one day, he can complete
a surprisingly hefty game.
SIGN Echosoft Bishojo Game vol. 39
[10:06] Mamoru
Instant beyond belief.
[10:09] Mamoru
His assistant, Echo Two,
[10:11] Mamoru
always wears weird clothes and asks me
to give her a score on how cute she is.
[10:16] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[10:17] Echo Two
How many points do I get today?
[10:20] Mamoru
I don't really get it, so I
just make up random numbers.
[10:23] Mamoru
Apparently this is also part of my job.
[10:53] Mamoru
Maybe I can just stay here...
[10:58] Mamoru
Guess not.
SIGN Imagination
[11:09] Mamoru
Do you really need this many TVs to watch?
[11:12] Mamoru
One should be more than enough.
[11:14] Mamoru
It's all just the same program.
[11:15] Echo One
Do they look the same to you?
[11:18] Echo One
To me, they all look quite different.
[11:28] Echo One
An utter failure, it seems.
[11:33] Mamoru
What's this?
[11:35] Echo One
This is a device to measure
the energy that a game has.
SIGN Gogo no Tenshi-tachi
[11:38] Echo One
An interesting game contains lots of energy.
[11:43] Mamoru
Huh...
[11:45] Mamoru
What an odd device.
[11:46] Echo One
The games that I make are
completely devoid of energy.
[11:51] Mamoru
Well, I don't know whether
fun translates into energy,
[11:56] Mamoru
but I can't tell from the design of
the box that it would be any fun.
SIGN Echosoft Bishojo
Game vol. 39
[12:00] Echo One
Is that something that you imagine?
[12:02] Mamoru
How can you not imagine it?
[12:04] Echo One
I don't have the power to imagine anything.
[12:07] Echo One
I came from a place where
imagination doesn't exist.
[12:10] Echo One
Therefore, I don't understand it.
[12:13] Echo One
Every time, my calculations are correct,
[12:15] Echo One
but when I actually create a game,
[12:17] Echo One
it doesn't have any of the thermal
power that I'd expected.
[12:21] Echo One
To learn about this thing
called imagination...
[12:24] Echo One
That's why I'm creating these games.
SIGN Neat & Tidy
[12:31] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[12:33] Mamoru
Hm?
[12:34] Echo Two
How many points do I get today?
[12:41] Mamoru
I was surprised at the idea of anyone in the
world completely lacking an imagination,
[12:45] Mamoru
but teaching someone what imagination
was turned out to be fairly difficult.
[12:55] Mamoru
It doesn't make any sense
to not have an imagination.
[12:58] Mamoru
You know what a donut tastes like, right?
[13:01] Echo One
For the ones that I've eaten, I do.
[13:04] Mamoru
These two donuts taste basically the same.
[13:07] Mamoru
Knowing that, you should be able
to imagine how this one tastes.
[13:11] Echo One
That's not imagination.
[13:13] Echo One
It's reasoning based on experience.
[13:15] Mamoru
No, that's not my point.
[13:17] Mamoru
Um...
[13:19] Mamoru
Now I'm getting confused here...
[13:22] Echo One
Mamoru-san.
[13:24] Echo One
Your kind have the ability to feel
that something is interesting.
[13:28] Echo One
You can sense how other people
feel, as if it was yourself.
SIGN Imagination
[13:32] Echo One
In other words, that's imagination.
[13:35] Mamoru
You can explain it to me,
but not understand it yourself?
[13:39] Echo One
This is nothing more than analysis.
[13:42] Echo One
I wasn't using my imagination.
[13:44] Mamoru
Hmm...
[13:50] Mamoru
Imagination.
[13:53] Mamoru
What is imagination?
[13:59] Mamoru
One day, Echo Two disappeared.
[14:02] Mamoru
And a full week passed without her return.
[14:11] Mamoru
Two's been missing for a while.
[14:13] Echo One
You're right.
[14:14] Mamoru
Is that all you have to say?
[14:16] Mamoru
Aren't you worried about her?!
[14:17] Echo One
Worried?
[14:18] Echo One
What is that?
[14:20] Mamoru
She vanished under unnatural circumstances.
[14:22] Mamoru
What if she's in danger right now?
[14:24] Echo One
Echo's just fine.
[14:27] Echo One
There's zero risk of her being in danger.
[14:30] Mamoru
Is she really okay?
[14:32] Echo One
Yes.
[14:33] Echo One
That said, it sure is inconvenient
without her around.
[14:39] Mamoru
I'm going to go look for Two.
SIGN Echosoft Bishojo Game
[14:56] Echo One
I wonder what kind of games
Mamoru-san finds interesting.
[15:09] Mamoru
Where have you been?
[15:11] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[15:13] Echo Two
What are you doing here?
[15:15] Mamoru
Don't give me that.
[15:16] Mamoru
You didn't come back,
so I came looking for you.
[15:18] Echo Two
Why?
[15:20] Mamoru
Why, you ask...
[15:23] Mamoru
Well, I guess it's no big deal
since I ran into you here,
[15:26] Mamoru
but of course I'd be worried, after you went
missing for a week without a word!
[15:31] Echo Two
Worried?
[15:32] Echo Two
What does "worried" mean?!
[15:35] Mamoru
What have you been up to over the past week?
[15:38] Echo Two
I went on a walk with Echo!
[15:41] Mamoru
That's one hell of a trek.
[15:44] Mamoru
Okay, I'm heading back.
[15:58] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[15:59] Echo Two
I'll go back with you!
[16:20] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[16:21] Echo Two
How many points do I get today?
[16:45] Echo Two
Akerue!
[16:46] Mamoru
Huh?
[16:47] Echo Two
Akerue!
[17:04] Echo Two
Sensei.
[17:06] Echo Two
I understand what imagination is now.
[17:10] Echo One
What is it, then?
[17:12] Echo Two
I can't explain it.
[17:14] Echo Two
I don't have any way of
putting it into words.
[17:17] Echo One
Is that so?
[17:18] Echo One
Perhaps I've come to an
understanding of sorts as well.
[17:24] Echo Two
Let us merge into one.
SIGN Please come up to the rooftop
[17:49] Mamoru
Were there always this many stairs?
[17:56] Echo One
Up here, Mamoru-san.
[18:09] Echo One
Hello, Mamoru-san.
[18:11] Mamoru
What's with the get-up?
[18:14] Echo One
I was performing maintenance on the device.
[18:17] Echo One
You can see all of Akihabara up here.
[18:19] Mamoru
Did this building always go up this high?
[18:24] Echo One
Mamoru-san.
[18:25] Echo One
What do you think about this town?
[18:29] Mamoru
Compared to '99, it's not as bright.
[18:33] Echo One
I can see it.
[18:39] Echo One
The abundance of energy
gathering in this town.
[18:44] Echo One
In time, this will become a place
where anything is possible.
[18:47] Echo One
That's the future that awaits this town.
[18:50] Echo One
This isn't reasoning based
on my observations.
[18:54] Echo One
It's what I imagine.
[18:56] Mamoru
You gained the power to imagine things?
[19:01] Echo One
Mamoru-san.
[19:02] Echo One
What do you think about the
human power of imagination?
[19:06] Mamoru
Beats me. I'm an engineer.
[19:09] Mamoru
I let people like Konoha or Kyonshi
deal with cultural ideas like that.
[19:14] Echo One
A world where fantastic
monsters roam freely.
[19:18] Echo One
A paradise floating in the sky.
[19:20] Echo One
The dead rising from their graves.
[19:21] Echo One
A place that exists nowhere.
[19:24] Echo One
The power to recall things that
don't exist, and give them form.
[19:29] Echo One
All humans have the power to
create things of that nature,
[19:32] Echo One
as well as to experience them.
[19:36] Echo One
Perhaps that's what makes them human.
[19:39] Echo One
Don't you think?
[19:41] Echo One
The games that we created,
[19:43] Echo One
along with manga, novels, movies,
[19:46] Echo One
countless tales dating
back to ancient times,
[19:50] Echo One
not to mention religions,
nations, communities,
[19:54] Echo One
dreams, hopes, and despair.
[19:56] Echo One
All of these are concepts created
through a shared imagination.
[20:02] Mamoru
You can't just explain every
single thing with imagination!
[20:05] Mamoru
Sounds like you're the one
imagining things now.
[20:08] Echo One
I know that you're well aware, Mamoru-san.
[20:10] Echo One
Of the energy that gathers when
imagination is unleashed.
[20:15] Echo One
You should have experienced
it not too long ago.
[20:19] Echo One
Isn't that right?
[20:27] Mamoru
An earthquake?
[20:28] Echo Three
An exceedingly rare kind of lifeform.
[20:31] Group
Through their imagination, humans
become multidimensional beings,
[20:36] Echo Two
and access present, past, future...
[20:40] Echo Two
Different space-times, different events...
[20:43] Echo Two
Gaining massive energy from
quantum possibilities.
[20:50] Echo One
Upheld by thermodynamics as well.
[20:55] Mamoru
You people...
[20:56] Mamoru
What exactly are you?
[20:58] Echo Three
Your kind are the future.
[21:01] Echo Two
As well as the past.
[21:02] Echo One
And the present.
[21:05] Echo One
Imagination has the power to
alter both time and space.
[21:09] Echo One
Imagination is what defines reality.
[21:15] Echo One
I'm a supporter of the
games that you all have made.
[21:25] Echo One
I know we'll meet again someday.
SIGN Theme for our next title
SIGN Interesting
SIGN Game
that will
earn one
billion yen
SIGN We can do it!
[21:49] Mamoru
I see.
[21:50] Mamoru
So that's what it's like.
[22:00] Mamoru
I left everything I bought behind...
SIGN "See You Later!"↵
SIGN <INS> HELP for help
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SIGN December 1999
[00:05] Group
What?!
[00:07] Kikiko
It's better this way!
[00:09] Lalako
You like bad endings way too much!
[00:12] Kyonshi
This isn't a bad ending.
[00:14] Kyonshi
According to Konoha, it's
called a "merry bad ending".
[00:18] Kyonshi
It's a little bit different from the games
popular now that love to kill the player.
[00:23] Kyonshi
Guess you're a bit too young to get it.
[00:27] Kikiko
Kyonshi!
[00:28] Lalako
You sound like an old fart!
[00:30] Kyonshi
I'm just fine with that!
SIGN Scenario text size: 2,186 KB
SIGN Endings: 16
[00:40] Yuki
Meiko-san's fan is here again!
[00:43] Kamiyama
To think that we live in an era where there
are obsessives for bishojo game artists.
[00:47] Minamizato
No one calls them "obsessives" these days.
[00:50] Group
A stalker!
[00:54] Meiko
Hey, Kono-chan.
[00:55] Konoha
What is it, Meiko-san?
SIGN ° Konoha's desk was too cluttered, so she had another one set up next to Meiko
[00:57] Meiko
Are we going to be adjusting
each other's line art or...
[01:00] Konoha
Feel free to draw the way that you want!
[01:03] Konoha
We just need to match the colors that we use.
[01:05] Meiko
But your art style is
so different from mine.
[01:09] Konoha
As long as the story is interesting,
[01:11] Konoha
the different art styles
will just make it more moe!
[01:14] Konoha
It's totally normal in gacha games!
[01:15] Meiko
Gacha games?
SIGN Total CGs: 552
SIGN Ratio of HCGs: 35%
SIGN Total BGM tracks:36
[01:29] Kaori
This game is even more amazing than
our previous title, Horoscope!
[01:33] Kaori
First, the sheer amount of story...
SIGN Exclusive bonuses: 15 stores
SIGN (Alc.) Alcohol Soft, 12th Shot
SIGN 1. Heavy Drinker
SIGN ° Previous thread (Alc.) Alcohol Soft, 11th Shot
° Please behave yourselves
SIGN 2. Anonymous
Anyone reading this?
SIGN 43. Anonymous
Hey, the new Alcohol
game kinda looks
mad dope?
SIGN 44. Y
Saw M-ko-san buying
a book. So cute
SIGN 44. Y
Saw M-ko-san buying
a book. So cute
SIGN 45. Anonymous
When are they gonna announce
that it's gone gold?
SIGN 46. Y
Saw M-ko-san. She was eating
at Jangara Ramen. So cute
SIGN 47. Anonymous
Getting hyped up!
SIGN 46. Y
Saw M-ko-san. She was eating
at Jangara Ramen. So cute
SIGN 47. Anonymous
Getting hyped up!
SIGN 47. Anonymous
Getting hyped up!
SIGN 48: Dragon Caravan '99
Hey, did you check out this month's PasoPara and PC Angel?!
They show off The Last Waltz
It's seriously sick so everyone
take a look!!!!
SIGN 49: Anonymous
Seriously? Need to
stop by a book store!
SIGN 50: Anonymous
I saw it
Is that thing really going to run?
If so, I'll buy three copies
SIGN 50: Anonymous
I saw it
Is that thing really going to run?
If so, I'll buy three copies
SIGN 51: Anonymous
So excited
SIGN 51: Anonymous
So excited
[02:08] Kaori
We did it!
SIGN Plates of curry eaten: 1,500
SIGN Utopia
SIGN Public bath tickets used: 99
SIGN Bottles of fruit milk drunk: 792
SIGN Total development time
SIGN Unmeasurable
SIGN December 22, 1999 (Wednesday)
[02:44] Sign
Alcohol Soft's latest title
The Last Waltz
SIGN Hits gold master
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN I was hoping that I wouldn't have to fight you...
but it seems that we must settle this here.
[04:26] Girl Character
I was hoping that I wouldn't
have to fight you...
[04:29] Girl Character
but it seems that we must settle this here.
SIGN "See You Later!"
[04:35] Manager
H-Hey...
[04:37] Manager
This looks like a really fun game!
[04:40] Kyonshi
We've been working hard to make it fun!
[04:42] Meiko
Did we really make all of this?
[04:45] Kaori
That's right!
[04:47] Kaori
And in only five months' time!
[04:48] Group
It's a miracle!
[04:50] Mamoru
The master copy, a backup copy,
and a spare copy on top of that.
[04:53] Mamoru
We've finished burning them all.
[04:56] Konoha
Which means...
[04:58] Kaori
We're done, everyone!
[05:00] Kaori
Hooray!
[05:02] Group
Hooray! Hooray!
[05:06] Group
Hooray!
[05:09] Konoha
And so, the new title that would
determine Alcohol Soft's fate,
[05:13] Konoha
The Last Waltz, was finally complete!
[05:16] Group
Cheers!
[05:19] Kyonshi
Time to drink and eat our fill!
[05:22] Kaori
I couldn't care less about
that one billion yen now!
[05:24] Manager
You couldn't?!
[05:25] Kaori
Making a game like this is more than enough!
[05:28] Manager
N-No, it isn't.
[05:29] Manager
No, it isn't!
[05:30] Manager
Hey!
[05:31] Meiko
I really think this game
will be a hit, though!
[05:34] Kaori
Yeah, everyone's reactions
seem really positive!
[05:38] Kaori
I think we might be onto something here!
[05:40] Meiko
Yeah!
[05:43] Group
Kyonshi kept saying that
we'd never pull it off!
[05:48] Kyonshi
I mean, who wouldn't
[05:49] Kyonshi
after that insane proposal?
[05:51] Group
Sounds like you need...
[05:54] Group
a little punishment!
[05:57] Kyonshi
Not the arms! Not the arms!
[05:59] Kikiko
It's fine!
[06:01] Lalako
We'll have Mamo-chan whip up
a speech recognition program!
[06:04] Lalako
Problem solved!
[06:06] Kyonshi
Hell no!
[06:09] Konoha
This is hell on earth!
[06:11] Konoha
I-I'm scared...
[06:13] Manager
Wait, where is Mamoru, anyway?
[06:17] Meiko
Mamoru-kun should still
be back at the office.
[06:20] Manager
I swear!
[06:23] Manager
He's as cold as ever!
[06:26] Hashimoto
I just remembered.
[06:28] Hashimoto
Sofmap already put up their
poster for The Last Waltz.
[06:31] Meiko
I-I want to see it!
[06:33] Kaori
Let's go! Let's go!
[06:39] Group
I'm so excited.
[06:41] Konoha
It's so cold out!
[06:44] Konoha
Ah! There it is!
[06:50] Konoha
Wow, that's great!
[06:52] Konoha
Seeing it here makes it feel so real!
[06:55] Meiko
Yeah.
[06:56] Kikiko
Hey, let's all take a photo together!
[06:59] Lalako
Did anyone bring a camera?
[07:01] Hashimoto
I have one.
[07:04] Group
Let's take it over there!
[07:08] Meiko
Kono-chan.
[07:14] Meiko
You know.
[07:15] Meiko
I used to be a bit ashamed
about making bishojo games.
[07:19] Konoha
What?!
[07:20] Meiko
I mean, a woman drawing cute
girls... and hentai at that.
[07:25] Meiko
Isn't that a little weird?
[07:28] Konoha
That's not true!
[07:29] Meiko
But now I realize that none of
that matters at all.
[07:35] Meiko
After all...
[07:36] Meiko
Right now, I just want
everyone to play our game!
[07:42] Meiko
I know for sure that this game is fun!
[07:47] Meiko
We all drew art for it,
[07:49] Meiko
painted it together,
[07:51] Meiko
and contributed to the story,
the voices, and the audio.
[07:55] Meiko
We brought it all together.
[07:58] Meiko
All of you took away a little piece
of the shame that I was feeling.
[08:03] Meiko
Which is why...
[08:04] Meiko
Now, I want everyone to see!
[08:07] Meiko
I want people all over the
world to play our game!
[08:10] Konoha
Th-The world?!
[08:12] Meiko
M-Maybe that's a little much to ask for...
[08:16] Konoha
No!
[08:17] Konoha
That's not true!
[08:19] Konoha
I like it! The world!
[08:20] Konoha
We can beat 'em to the punch!
[08:22] Konoha
Yep!
[08:22] Konoha
Let's have people around the world play it!
[08:25] Konoha
We can be the next Nekopara!
[08:27] Konoha
Nyagan!
[08:29] Meiko
Ny-Nyaga...
[08:30] Konoha
Nyagan!
[08:36] Manager
Hey, get over here!
[08:39] Manager
We're about to take a picture!
[08:40] Group
'Kay!
[08:43] Konoha
Meiko-san, let's hurry up!
[08:47] Lalako
Hey, Manager.
[08:49] Lalako
Once we take the photo,
let's go to that place!
[08:51] Lalako
That place!
[08:52] Manager
What place are you talking about?
[08:55] Kikiko
We're talking about...
[08:57] Group
The Dejiko building!
[09:01] Meiko
So this is the Dejiko building!
[09:03] Meiko
It's my first time seeing it!
[09:04] Kyonshi
It really is amazing though, isn't it?
[09:07] Kyonshi
I can't believe they let
that fly here in Akiba.
[09:10] Kaori
Bishojo have finally made it
to the top of these buildings!
[09:14] Kaori
Who knows, maybe we'll be able to
put up a huge billboard like this!
[09:19] Konoha
The Dejiko building!
Just after it was built!
[09:24] Konoha
Huh?
[09:25] Manager
Okay!
[09:26] Manager
Off to the next location! Let's go!
[09:29] Group
Yeah!
[09:31] Manager
Oh, it's snowing!
[09:34] Kaori
No wonder it's so cold.
[09:36] Group
Yay! Snow! Snow!
[09:43] Toya
Onee-sama!
[09:48] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[09:50] Toya
What are you doing out here so late?
[09:53] Toya
Oh, the Dejiko building!
[09:56] Toya
It really is incredible!
[09:58] Konoha
Yeah, it is!
[09:59] Toya
Onee-sama, we're about to
enter the age of bishojo.
[10:03] Toya
Just like you said.
[10:05] Konoha
Yeah! It'll happen for sure!
[10:09] Toya
By the way, Onee-sama.
[10:11] Toya
I see that you were making
a bishojo game, too.
[10:15] Toya
With the people over there.
[10:18] Toya
Those are the Alcohol
Soft folks, aren't they?
[10:21] Konoha
Th-That's right.
[10:23] Konoha
Until now, I was just doing
part-time work for them.
[10:30] Toya
Onee-sama, I'm going to
start up a new company!
[10:35] Konoha
What?!
[10:36] Toya
A company to develop games worthy
of the era that is coming.
[10:40] Toya
I wanted to be the one to
start it from scratch.
[10:43] Konoha
Really?!
[10:44] Konoha
That's amazing!
[10:45] Toya
Yes...
[10:48] Toya
And, well...
[10:52] Toya
Onee-sama, won't you join me...
[10:56] Toya
Won't you join me and make games together?!
[11:00] Konoha
What?!
[11:01] Toya
Ever since the day we met in Akiba,
[11:03] Toya
I've been following in your
footsteps the whole time!
[11:07] Toya
If I could make games with you by my side...
[11:10] Toya
That would make me so happy!
[11:13] Konoha
What?
[11:14] Konoha
D-Don't look at me like that...
[11:17] Konoha
I-I don't deserve such praise!
[11:20] Toya
Onee-sama!
[11:21] Toya
I'm begging you!
[11:26] Konoha
Yeah, sure!
[11:29] Konoha
But now's probably not the time.
[11:32] Toya
What?
[11:33] Konoha
I'm not sure how long I can stay here.
[11:38] Toya
Do you mean you're going on
a trip, or moving somewhere?
[11:42] Konoha
Hmm, I'm not sure how to explain it.
[11:45] Konoha
But, that being said,
[11:47] Konoha
the next time we meet,
let's talk about games!
[11:50] Konoha
We can make games together,
[11:52] Konoha
or I'm fine with just
eating at Jangara Ramen!
[11:56] Konoha
The two of us share a bond
through bishojo games!
[12:03] Toya
Yes, Onee-sama!
[12:05] Kaori
Kono-chan!
[12:07] Kaori
We're about to go for some more drinks!
[12:09] Kaori
Wanna join us?!
[12:12] Konoha
I'm going to go back to the office!
[12:15] Konoha
Okay, Toya-chan.
[12:17] Konoha
See you later!
[12:26] Toya
Yes, Onee-sama!
[12:37] Mamoru
Found it.
SIGN Welcome to
the Game House!
SIGN Echosoft
[12:39] Mamoru
Echosoft...
[12:41] Afro Employee
A discerning eye, I see.
[12:43] Afro Employee
Isn't it amazing?
[12:45] Afro Employee
A truly cult video game:
[12:47] Afro Employee
Echosoft's Welcome to the Game House!
[12:51] Afro Employee
A mysterious company that
disappeared after that one title.
[12:54] Afro Employee
The game itself is utterly incoherent,
but it's one of a kind!
[12:57] Afro Employee
Surely you've heard the name, at least.
[12:59] Afro Employee
I hear they were up to some real shady
business and caught the eye of the police!
[13:04] Mamoru
Hm? The police?
[13:06] Afro Employee
You don't know?
[13:07] Afro Employee
I heard it on the grapevine.
[13:09] Afro Employee
You could say it's a bit
like the Saori incident.
[13:12] Afro Employee
Or they say the parent company
was, well, you know...
[13:16] Mamoru
You could say that about the
people in question, I suppose.
[13:19] Afro Employee
Huh?
[13:20] Mamoru
No, it's nothing.
SIGN Welcome to
the Game House!
SIGN Echosoft
[13:26] Mamoru
Echosoft...
[13:27] Mamoru
I really did travel back in time.
[13:30] Mamoru
It wasn't a dream or a hallucination.
[13:34] Mamoru
The games that Konoha got from
that used video game store...
[13:37] Mamoru
Using those, Konoha, as well as
I, were sent back in time.
[13:42] Mamoru
Could it be that those games were
altered by Echo in some way?
[13:48] (Flashback) Konoha
The games went up in flames?
[13:50] (Flashback) Konoha
But why?
[13:51] (Flashback) Mamoru
I don't know.
[13:53] (Flashback) Mamoru
This was the only one left.
[13:54] [SONG] Sign
Comic Party
[13:58] Mamoru
All the games that Konoha had burned away.
[14:01] Mamoru
Since I opened up Gogo no Tenshi-tachi*,
[14:04] Mamoru
the only one left now is Comic Party*.
[14:08] Mamoru
I don't remember the titles too well,
[14:11] Mamoru
but all of the games that disappeared are
the ones that had yet to be released.
[14:16] Mamoru
Was it really okay that I was
the one who went back in time?
[14:20] Mamoru
Was that game actually
meant for Konoha to open?
[14:25] Mamoru
Also, meeting them...
[14:28] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[14:36] Konoha
I-I thought you were at the office!
[14:38] Mamoru
What's wrong?
[14:41] Konoha
Here you go!
[14:43] Konoha
The food from the drinking party!
[14:44] Konoha
I had them pack it up!
[14:45] Konoha
This is your share!
[14:51] Mamoru
I'm not hungry.
[14:53] Konoha
What?!
[14:56] Mamoru
In the end, you didn't disappear on us.
[14:59] Konoha
Of course not!
[15:01] Konoha
I can't just vanish in the
middle of making our game!
[15:04] Konoha
Man, I sure am glad I didn't get sent back!
[15:11] Mamoru
It might be that your desire to make the
game is what let you stay here in this era.
[15:19] Konoha
How exactly would that work?
[15:21] Mamoru
I don't know about the
mechanics or anything.
[15:23] Mamoru
I just thought that's how it might work.
[15:27] Konoha
Does that mean I might vanish at any time?
[15:32] Mamoru
Maybe so.
[15:34] Mamoru
Or maybe you'll still be here next year.
[15:36] Konoha
Well, since I don't know when I'll
vanish, I'll just tell you now!
[15:41] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[15:42] Mamoru
What is it?
[15:43] Konoha
It was awesome getting to
make a game with everyone!
[15:47] Konoha
Really, really, really awesome!
[15:50] Konoha
I love everyone at Alcohol Soft!
[15:53] Konoha
This is exactly what I was
hoping to get a taste of!
[15:57] Konoha
And if you weren't here, I wouldn't have
been able to make such an amazing game.
[16:03] Konoha
Thank you so—
[16:04] Mamoru
Ah, you can spare me all of that.
[16:07] Mamoru
You're kind of grossing me out.
[16:08] Konoha
G-Grossing you out?!
[16:11] Konoha
Hey!
[16:12] Konoha
I'm trying to thank you honestly here!
[16:16] Mamoru
I didn't do any of this for you.
[16:19] Mamoru
It just happened to benefit both of us.
[16:22] Konoha
Sheesh, I really wish you'd drop the
emotionless act at times like this.
[16:27] Konoha
Well, we still don't know for sure.
[16:29] Konoha
I may be satisfied, but it still
needs to make one billion yen.
[16:33] Mamoru
Don't you worry.
[16:35] Mamoru
That game will sell.
[16:36] Konoha
Huh?
[16:39] Mamoru
It'll be a hit for sure.
[16:41] Mamoru
That game has enough energy
to accomplish that much.
[16:46] Mamoru
Eroge still holds so much possibility.
[16:48] Mamoru
It's a barren world out there.
[16:50] Mamoru
And now a game with this
much passion shows up.
[16:53] Mamoru
There's no way it wouldn't sell.
[16:55] Mamoru
It's exactly what everyone
has been waiting for.
[16:59] Konoha
You think?!
[17:01] Mamoru
Forget paying back one billion yen.
[17:03] Mamoru
I'm more worried that the money will
end up driving Dad crazy again.
[17:12] Mamoru
You sure do have energy to spare.
[17:13] Konoha
Huh?
[17:15] Mamoru
It's people like you who make
their own dreams come true.
[17:19] Mamoru
I don't have the power that you do.
[17:21] Konoha
That's not true at all!
[17:23] Konoha
This game, as well as all the previous
ones, got made because of you!
[17:28] Konoha
I know that you can accomplish
way bigger things than I can!
[17:32] Mamoru
I'm not so sure.
[17:34] Konoha
Don't you have any dreams?
[17:36] Mamoru
Not really.
[17:38] Mamoru
As long as the PC-98 conquers the
world, I don't need anything else.
[17:42] Konoha
I-I'd say that's a pretty
big dream already...
[17:45] Mamoru
I just don't want anything to change.
[17:50] Mamoru
This town, the PC-98...
[17:52] Mamoru
I want them all to stay the same.
[17:54] Mamoru
But people and places change
at a terrifying rate.
[17:59] Mamoru
And no one can stop it.
[18:01] Mamoru
But this time around, Alcohol
Soft will probably survive.
[18:08] Mamoru
Thanks to you, that is.
[18:13] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[18:14] Konoha
Look, it's snowing!
[18:16] Mamoru
It sure is.
[18:18] Mamoru
Let's hurry on back before you catch a cold.
[18:24] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, look!
[18:25] Konoha
There, up in the sky!
[18:27] Mamoru
Huh?
[19:10] Konoha
I'm back here...
[19:14] Konoha
The food...
[19:16] Konoha
I didn't get a chance to give it to him.
[19:18] Konoha
Well, nothing I can do about that...
[19:22] Konoha
Yeah!
[19:24] Konoha
I'm done time traveling!
[19:26] Konoha
Now I'll do my best here in this world!
[19:30] Konoha
Back to being an employee at Blue Bell, huh?
[19:34] Konoha
But I've grown during my adventures,
and I'm a whole new person!
[19:43] Konoha
Huh?
[19:44] Konoha
What?
[19:45] Konoha
What?!
[19:48] Konoha
I'm in Akiba, aren't I?
[19:51] Konoha
Where's Animate?
[19:53] Konoha
Where's Donki?!
[19:56] Konoha
What?
[20:01] Konoha
I-I-I-Is this the Skytree?!
[20:05] Konoha
No, something's off!
[20:09] Konoha
Th-The layout is just like Akiba...
[20:12] Konoha
But still!
[20:14] Konoha
Where am I?
[20:25] Konoha
Akihabara...
[20:27] Konoha
Is this really Akiba?
[20:31] Konoha
What's going on?!
[20:39] Konoha
Wh-What was that?!
[20:46] Konoha
This building...
[20:54] Konoha
Radio Kaikan!
[20:57] Construction Manager
Hey!
[20:59] Construction Manager
You there, missy!
[21:01] Construction Manager
It's dangerous!
[21:02] Construction Manager
Please don't get any closer!
[21:04] Konoha
I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!
[21:07] Konoha
B-But...
[21:08] Konoha
This is the only place left
of the Akiba I remember...
[21:11] Konoha
My dear Akiba!
[21:13] Construction Manager
I'll call the cops on you!
[21:16] Mamoru
What is it?
[21:17] Construction Manager
Ah!
[21:17] Construction Manager
It seems that she wandered in here...
[21:21] Mamoru
Leave her to me.
[21:22] Mamoru
If you could return to your work.
[21:24] Construction Manager
R-Right...
[21:36] Mamoru
It's been a while.
[21:39] Konoha
A while?
[21:41] Konoha
What?!
[21:43] Konoha
C-C-C-Could it be...
[21:46] Konoha
Could it be that you're Mamoru-kun?!
[21:50] Konoha
Mamoru-kun...
[21:54] Konoha
Mamoru-kun's...
[21:56] Konoha
Mamoru-kun's...
[21:59] Konoha
Mamoru-kun's an old man!
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E10 - I'll Give It All I've Got!
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[00:05] Mamoru
Are you awake?
[00:08] Konoha
Who's there?
[00:09] Konoha
Is that Mamoru-kun's voice?
[00:12] Mamoru
Sounds like you're fine.
[00:13] Mamoru
Guess we won't need a doctor.
[00:17] Konoha
I had the weirdest dream.
[00:21] Konoha
I came back to the year 2023, and then a
wrecking ball smashed into Radio Kaikan...
[00:26] Konoha
After that, I ran into
Mamoru-kun as an old man.
[00:30] Konoha
And in a slightly different
way from the manager...
[00:35] Mamoru
Hey!
[00:35] Mamoru
What are you mumbling about?
[00:37] Mamoru
If you're fine, then get up.
[00:41] Konoha
Y-You're still old!
[00:44] Mamoru
Quit your screaming.
[00:45] Konoha
O-Old... Old man...
[00:48] Mamoru
Be quiet for a minute.
[00:50] Mamoru
Computer, call Matsubara-san.
[00:52] Computer
Right away.
[00:54] Matsubara
Yes, Matsubara speaking.
[00:56] Mamoru
Rokuta here.
[00:57] Matsubara
Good evening, President.
[00:59] Mamoru
I'm sorry, but please move the rest
of my appointments and meetings
[01:02] Mamoru
to tomorrow at the earliest.
[01:04] Mamoru
Some urgent business came up.
[01:06] Matsubara
Understood.
[01:07] Matsubara
I'll be sending over your
revised schedule shortly.
[01:11] Mamoru
Thank you very much.
[01:12] Matsubara
Take care now.
[01:15] Mamoru
It's been twenty years. No, longer?
[01:18] Mamoru
You haven't shown your face for a while now.
[01:20] Mamoru
Why did you travel back in time again?
[01:23] Konoha
I-I didn't!
[01:24] Konoha
I didn't travel back in time!
[01:27] Konoha
This is the era I came from!
[01:29] Konoha
2023 is the year I was in originally!
[01:32] Konoha
But after making my way back from 1999,
[01:36] Konoha
the Akiba I know is nowhere to be found!
[01:38] Konoha
No concept cafés or
people handing out flyers,
[01:41] Konoha
and not an otaku in sight!
[01:42] Konoha
There's nothing that I recognize!
[01:45] Mamoru
I'm not sure I understand,
[01:46] Mamoru
but otaku-related stuff disappeared
from this town ages ago.
[01:50] Konoha
What?
[01:51] Mamoru
Akiba's been a high-end residential
area for the past several years.
[01:54] Mamoru
Redevelopment plans have
led to high-rise apartments
[01:56] Mamoru
and office buildings being
built left and right.
[01:58] Konoha
S-So you're telling me all of it is gone?
[02:01] Konoha
Akiba doesn't have any otaku,
games, or bishojo left?!
[02:05] Mamoru
Bishojo are still here, aren't they?
[02:07] Konoha
Huh?
[02:10] Mamoru
Look, the building over there.
[02:13] Konoha
What?!
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[02:15] Narration
A tale of heroes that you create.
[02:18] Narration
All Heroic Spirits assemble!
[02:21] Narration
America's number one hit game is
finally being released in Japan!
[02:26] Narration
Fate Gears of Order.
[02:29] Saber
Let us join forces in battle, Master!
[02:31] Konoha
F-F-F-F-Fate?!
[02:33] Konoha
You're telling me that's Fate?!
[02:35] Konoha
Th-That can't be right!
[02:39] Konoha
Ph-Phew...
[02:41] Konoha
This one's the real deal...
[02:44] Saber
Master!
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[02:46] Saber
Welcome back!
[02:47] Konoha
Wait, no!
[02:49] Konoha
What?!
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Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
[04:28] Mamoru
Well, it's been ten years.
SIGN "I'll Give It All I've Got!"
[04:30] Mamoru
The electric town disappeared,
and the radio tower took its place.
[04:33] Mamoru
Right now, they're in the middle
of building a stadium here.
[04:36] Konoha
What about shops aimed at otaku?
[04:37] Konoha
Where do you buy games and doujinshi?
[04:41] Mamoru
All the shops that sell
those are in Ikebukuro now.
[04:44] Mamoru
If you want to find otaku, you'll
need to go to Ikebukuro or Shibuya.
[04:48] Konoha
What about arcades?
[04:49] Mamoru
Nope.
[04:50] Konoha
Maid cafés?
[04:52] Mamoru
Nope.
[04:52] Konoha
Jangara?!
[04:53] Mamoru
Inside the train station.
[04:54] Konoha
Kebabs!
[04:55] Mamoru
Go to Ueno instead.
[04:56] Konoha
C-Canned oden?! Gachapon machines?!
[05:00] Mamoru
We're almost there.
[05:11] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun.
[05:13] Konoha
What about Alcohol Soft?
[05:15] Konoha
What happened to Alcohol Soft?!
[05:17] Mamoru
Alcohol Soft is in the US now.
[05:20] Konoha
What?!
[05:21] Konoha
Wh-Why the US?
[05:24] Mamoru
The game that we created, The Last
Waltz, became a hit as I expected.
[05:28] Mamoru
No, it was more than I imagined.
[05:30] Mamoru
It got ported to consoles, and
adapted into a TV anime and drama.
[05:34] Mamoru
But that's not all.
[05:35] Mamoru
American corporations happened to take notice,
[05:38] Mamoru
and the game's development got moved there.
[05:40] Mamoru
W-Wow!
[05:42] Mamoru
Everyone except for me is in
the US now making games.
[05:47] Mamoru
And I don't mean just Alcohol Soft.
[05:49] Mamoru
There's also Elf, Aquaplus,
Type-Moon, Nitroplus...
[05:53] Mamoru
The Chiyoda Ward Alliance,
or Chiyoren, is now the LAA.
[05:57] Konoha
LAA?
[05:59] Mamoru
The Los Angeles Alliance.
[06:01] Mamoru
The big names are all in America now.
[06:03] Mamoru
It's easier to raise big capital over there.
[06:06] Mamoru
Nowadays, the bishojo of the world
come from the US west coast.
[06:11] Mamoru
Alicesoft is just about the only
big player still left in Japan.
[06:16] Konoha
S-So are you saying this is
what bishojo look like now?!
[06:19] Mamoru
That's right.
[06:21] Konoha
Wh-Why did this happen?!
[06:23] Konoha
Wh-What happened to Japanese
bishojo games, then?
[06:27] Mamoru
Japanese bishojo...
[06:29] Mamoru
I guess you'd say they're
on the brink of extinction.
[06:32] Konoha
What?!
[06:34] Mamoru
They can't compete with the overwhelming
amount of bishojo from overseas.
[06:37] Konoha
Y-You can't call this bishojo!
[06:41] Mamoru
People argued about the same
thing about 15 years ago.
[06:44] Mamoru
But that debate has been settled.
[06:47] Mamoru
Times have changed.
[06:49] Konoha
These changes are news to me!
[06:52] Konoha
This must be a different world line!
[06:54] Mamoru
What the hell is a world line?
[06:56] Konoha
A world line is, well, you know!
[06:59] Konoha
Like in Steins;Gate or YU-NO—
[07:00] Konoha
Wait... do those games
not exist in this world?
[07:08] Konoha
I-I'm going back!
[07:10] Konoha
To the world I came from!
[07:13] Mamoru
What do you mean by that?!
[07:15] Mamoru
Hey!
[07:20] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, what do you do now?
[07:23] Mamoru
You're as restless as ever, I see.
[07:25] Mamoru
My job here is to supervise
American bishojo content.
[07:30] Konoha
Even though you're not in the US?
[07:32] Mamoru
I have a number of things left to do here.
[07:36] Konoha
Does that mean you don't make games anymore?
[07:41] Mamoru
No, I don't.
[07:43] Konoha
I see...
[07:47] Konoha
Hey, Mamoru-kun.
[07:48] Konoha
The food from back then...
[07:51] Konoha
No, never mind.
[07:53] Konoha
See you around, old man Mamoru-kun!
[07:56] Konoha
Thanks a lot for your help!
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unmanned control by AI!
[08:12] Konoha
A taxi, huh?
[08:19] Taxi
Thank you for riding with us.
[08:23] Taxi
This is a self-driving taxi.
SIGN Currently in AI-operated self-driving mode.
SIGN You will be guided by voice.
Please face the screen and state your route
or destination.
[08:24] Taxi
Please state your desired destination.
[08:27] Konoha
U-Um, can I use mobile payment for this?
SIGN Currently in AI-operated self-driving mode.
SIGN You will be guided by voice.
Please face the screen and state your route
or destination.
[08:30] Taxi
We accept all forms of mobile payment.
[08:33] Konoha
U-Um...
[08:35] Konoha
Is there any place left
of the old Akihabara?
[08:38] Taxi
I'm sorry.
[08:39] Taxi
Please repeat your destination.
[08:42] Konoha
Well...
[08:43] Konoha
Um, please drive around
Akihabara in a circle!
[08:46] Taxi
Understood.
[09:00] Konoha
Th-This can't be real.
[09:02] Konoha
There's no way this could be happening.
[09:04] Konoha
I mean, all I did was make a single game.
[09:08] Konoha
How could that lead to all of this?!
[09:12] Konoha
Um, taxi!
[09:14] Konoha
Is there anywhere around
here that sells games?
[09:17] Taxi
Understood.
[09:29] Mamoru
The world Konoha came from?
[09:32] Mamoru
Where exactly did she come from?
[09:35] Mamoru
Konoha's trip through time...
[09:37] Mamoru
My trip through time...
[09:41] Mamoru
That's right.
[09:42] Mamoru
After I went back in time, I returned
to the place where I was at that moment,
[09:47] Mamoru
as though a part was being drawn
to its original location.
[09:51] Mamoru
It should be the same system for Konoha.
[09:54] Mamoru
Which means...
[09:56] Mamoru
Konoha should have been dragged back
[09:58] Mamoru
to the original location where
she began her time travel.
[10:01] Mamoru
But if it worked like it does in the movies,
[10:04] Mamoru
and we're talking parallel worlds
or diverging timelines,
[10:08] Mamoru
Konoha should have returned to the
2023 where history didn't change.
[10:08] [SONG] Sign
Original
[10:08] [SONG] Sign
Altered
[10:12] Mamoru
Since that's her original location.
[10:15] Mamoru
But that's not what happened.
[10:17] Mamoru
Konoha ended up here, in this
world that's foreign to her.
[10:22] Mamoru
That doesn't make sense if
these are parallel worlds.
[10:25] Mamoru
In other words, what Konoha thinks
of as her original location...
[10:28] Mamoru
no longer exists.
[10:31] Mamoru
Konoha has...
[10:34] Mamoru
nowhere to go back to.
[10:51] Afro Owner
Well?
[10:52] Afro Owner
Isn't it amazing?
[10:54] Konoha
What?!
[10:55] Afro Owner
Huh? Is something wrong?
[10:57] Afro Owner
More importantly, what do you think?
[10:59] Afro Owner
A first edition of The Last Waltz!
[11:01] Afro Owner
And a sealed copy at that!
[11:03] Afro Owner
Ever laid your eyes on that before?
[11:05] Afro Owner
It's this shop's precious big treasure!
[11:10] Konoha
Is this game really that amazing?
[11:13] Afro Owner
Huh? Y-You don't know?
[11:16] Afro Owner
Why, it was really something else!
SIGN End of line
Please line up in single file
Softmap
SIGN The Last Waltz
Available for
purchase here
[11:19] Afro Owner
It sold like hotcakes, not only
in Japan but in America as well!
[11:23] Afro Owner
This game founded a culture over there!
[11:26] Afro Owner
Man, I can't imagine what the world would
be like without this game!
[11:32] Afro Owner
Over in the US, they call this game the "OC"!
[11:36] Afro Owner
"Original Cuu", that is!
[11:39] Afro Owner
Cuu!
[11:40] Afro Owner
Oh, "cuu," you see, stands for "cute"!
[11:44] Afro Owner
It's a little hard to explain.
[11:46] Afro Owner
The word "cute" in America got
shortened into "cuu," they say.
[11:52] Afro Owner
Nowadays, everyone uses
it like any other word!
[11:56] Konoha
Is it something like "moe"?
SIGN The Progress of Ever-Evolving Cuu Games!
SIGN The History of Cuu Games
[12:06] Konoha
This is a timeline of games from this world!
SIGN Top Star Makers
[12:13] Konoha
I've never heard of these...
[12:15] Konoha
There's not a single title here I recognize!
SIGN "The Last Waltz"
considered...
the origin and the peak...
all Cuu games.
[12:22] Customer A
Huh!
[12:23] Customer A
So this is The Last Waltz!
[12:26] Customer B
So cute!
[12:27] Customer C
The old art style's good in its own way!
[12:30] Customer D
You can really tell this
is where it all started!
[12:32] Afro Owner
Ahem.
[12:33] Afro Owner
Well?
[12:34] Afro Owner
Do you understand now,
[12:36] Afro Owner
just how amazing this game really is?
[12:38] Afro Owner
The video game that united the world!
[12:41] Afro Owner
Don't you think it's wonderful?
[12:43] Afro Owner
Today, Alcohol Soft is a global corporation!
[12:47] Afro Owner
No one would believe that they
got their start right here in Akihabara!
[12:52] Afro Owner
Honestly, Alcohol Soft is the pride
of Japan! Its pride and joy!
[12:58] Afro Owner
As you can see, cuu has become
a downright phenomenon!
[13:02] Afro Owner
Cuu!
[13:03] Group
Cuu!
[13:05] Afro Owner
Cuu!
[13:06] Group
Cuu!
[13:07] Konoha
It really is this game's fault...
[13:13] Afro Owner
Excuse me, miss?
[13:15] Afro Owner
U-Um, hello?
SIGN Breaking News
SIGN Shooting Stars Announces Merger Agreement
[13:18] Newscaster
Breaking news.
[13:19] Newscaster
Game development company Shooting Stars
[13:22] Newscaster
has announced a merger agreement.
[13:24] Toya
We at Shooting Stars have decided
to enter a merger with Planet Games,
[13:29] Toya
the world-renowned game company.
[13:33] Toya
With this deal, we hope to create even more
[13:37] Toya
captivating games that a greater
number of players can enjoy.
SIGN Shooting Stars
SIGN Toya Yamada, CEO
[13:42] Newscaster
This merger will result in
a domestic company that ranks
[13:47] Newscaster
as one of the world's biggest in
terms of market capitalization.
[13:48] Konoha
Toya-chan?
[13:57] Konoha
Mamoru-kun said that everyone from
Alcohol Soft is in the US now.
[14:03] Konoha
What about the Alcohol Soft building, then?
SIGN NOTICE OF DEMOLITION
SIGN Location of land Summary of structure to be demolished
SIGN Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo
SIGN Height:
SIGN Levels Above Ground 5
SIGN Material: Reinforced concrete
SIGN Floor area:
[14:11] Konoha
Oh no...
[14:29] Mamoru
How long are you going to keep crying?
[14:31] Konoha
I mean... I mean...
[14:33] Konoha
This is all my fault, isn't it?
[14:37] Konoha
None of the games I know
ended up coming out!
[14:41] Konoha
History changed because
we put out that game!
[14:46] Konoha
Akihabara and bishojo are both gone now!
[14:49] Mamoru
Hey, are you really still saying that?
[14:52] Mamoru
Thanks to your game, Alcohol
Soft didn't go under.
[14:57] Mamoru
In fact, it's wildly successful.
[14:59] Mamoru
Akihabara is developing greatly as well.
[15:02] Mamoru
Isn't that a good thing?
[15:04] Mamoru
Aren't you the one who told me back then?
[15:07] Mamoru
That it's okay to change history?
[15:09] Konoha
I did!
[15:10] Konoha
But I didn't know it'd turn out this way!
[15:13] Konoha
I was so stupid!
[15:17] Mamoru
It just means the game
we made was that good.
[15:19] Konoha
That's not it!
[15:21] Konoha
I mean, the only reason
I was able to make that game
[15:23] Konoha
was because of the amazing
games that existed!
[15:26] Konoha
All I did was use those games as an example!
[15:29] Konoha
But thanks to me, all of those
amazing games stopped existing!
[15:42] Mamoru
There's something I want to show you.
[15:51] Mamoru
This way.
[15:52] Konoha
Huh?
[15:53] Konoha
Wh-What is this place?!
[15:59] Konoha
Hey, M-Mamoru-kun!
[16:03] Mamoru
You said earlier that it's your
fault that history changed.
[16:07] Mamoru
So how are you going to take
responsibility for this?
[16:13] Konoha
What?!
[16:16] Mamoru
Do you know why I stayed
behind here in Akiba?
[16:20] Mamoru
It's all for the PC-98.
[16:22] Mamoru
I can't leave the PC-98
behind and go to America.
[16:25] Mamoru
And yet!
[16:26] Mamoru
No matter what I do, the
PC-98 remains obsolete!
[16:30] Mamoru
Campaigning on social media!
SIGN Mamo-9801
The PC-98 really is so nice.
Obviously... great internals, but
the PC-98's design... great, the
sound is great, it smells great...
great, the back ports...
does its best to run programs...
Such a wonderful computer, yet...
In the shadows of human evolution,
the PC-98... In my next life, I want
to be a PC-98 and with my silicon...
and turn Akihabara
into Aki-98-bara...
[16:31] Mamoru
Creating doujinshi!
[16:33] Mamoru
I've tried everything, but the
PC-98 won't make a comeback!
[16:36] Mamoru
And all of it is your fault!
[16:39] Konoha
What?!
[16:40] Mamoru
Because you created this world, the
PC-98 has completely died out!
[16:44] Konoha
Huh?
[16:45] Konoha
Wait, no!
[16:47] Mamoru
You murdered the PC-98!
[16:48] Mamoru
I'm holding you responsible for it!
[16:50] Konoha
What?!
[16:52] Konoha
Th-That's totally unfair!
[16:57] Mamoru
You don't know what to say to that, right?
[16:59] Konoha
Huh?
[17:01] Mamoru
What I just said requires
some preposterous logic.
[17:04] Mamoru
But how do you know it wasn't your
fault that the PC-98 went obsolete?
[17:09] Mamoru
It could have been caused
by your game, couldn't it?
[17:13] Mamoru
Likewise, no one can say whether you
caused Akihabara and bishojo to decline.
[17:20] Mamoru
Listen up.
[17:21] Mamoru
You're just conveniently picking
out facts to feel guilty about.
[17:25] Konoha
That's not true!
[17:27] Mamoru
I'm saying that you don't
have to feel guilt over it.
[17:30] Mamoru
Everyone in this era took part in
deciding on this outcome.
[17:34] Mamoru
What you're doing now is
being just plain arrogant!
[17:39] Mamoru
Look.
[17:41] Konoha
Meiko-san.
[17:43] Mamoru
Meiko is now considered a living legend.
[17:46] Mamoru
And it began with that game of yours.
[17:49] Mamoru
Are you saying that was a mistake?
[17:51] Mamoru
Were the efforts of everyone
at Alcohol Soft a mistake?
[17:57] Mamoru
Or are you saying that you still
prefer your original world?
[18:01] Mamoru
Is the world you came from better than this?
[18:05] Konoha
It's not good at all.
[18:08] Konoha
Akiba is obscene, noisy, and a crowded mess.
[18:13] Konoha
In the summer, it's packed
with sweaty people.
[18:16] Konoha
It's totally chaotic, and
not a great place at all.
[18:20] Konoha
But that's what I liked about it!
[18:23] Konoha
It was a place for people
like me to have fun!
[18:26] Konoha
This squeaky clean Akiba
isn't the Akiba I know!
[18:30] Konoha
But in my short time here, after
wandering around Akiba, I can tell.
[18:36] Konoha
There are lots of people who
enjoy Akiba as it is now.
[18:40] Konoha
And...
[18:42] Konoha
I don't want to erase all of the work
that everyone at Alcohol Soft put in.
[18:47] Konoha
I want to go back to my world, but
I can't get rid of this one, either.
[18:53] Konoha
What should I do?
[18:56] Mamoru
I wasn't done talking.
[19:01] Mamoru
We're about to get down to business.
[19:03] Mamoru
Pay attention.
[19:05] Mamoru
I can't guarantee that what I'm
about to suggest will work out.
[19:08] Mamoru
But if it does, you might be
able to go back to your world.
[19:12] Konoha
What?!
[19:13] Mamoru
You used to carry those games
around with you, right?
[19:17] Mamoru
The ones from that used video game store.
[19:20] Mamoru
Do you still have them?
[19:21] Konoha
Huh?
[19:22] Konoha
Y-Yeah.
[19:25] Konoha
This is the only one that's left.
[19:31] Mamoru
Comic Party.
[19:33] Mamoru
A game from 1999.
[19:36] Mamoru
Okay!
[19:37] Mamoru
You're going to make another game.
[19:40] Konoha
Excuse me?
[19:41] Mamoru
And not just any ordinary game.
[19:42] Mamoru
A game that's fun enough to
stand against The Last Waltz,
[19:46] Mamoru
which we made back in '99.
[19:47] Mamoru
You'll take that game and go back
to 1999 one more time.
[19:52] Mamoru
And immediately after The
Last Waltz is released,
[19:55] Mamoru
you'll release this game from a
company other than Alcohol Soft,
[19:58] Mamoru
so it can compete as a rival game.
[20:00] Mamoru
By doing that, Alcohol Soft's
success will still exist,
[20:04] Mamoru
while preserving the course
of video games in Akiba.
[20:07] Mamoru
In other words,
[20:08] Mamoru
we'll create the course of events that leads
to the 2023 you know, here in this 2023.
[20:13] Mamoru
We'll bring both histories into
existence simultaneously!
[20:16] Konoha
What?!
[20:17] Konoha
I-Is that even possible?
[20:19] Mamoru
I don't know.
[20:21] Mamoru
Either way, it's impossible to perfectly
bring about the same future, even with this.
[20:25] Mamoru
However, we should be able to
preserve bishojo culture in Akiba.
[20:30] Mamoru
Now all that's needed is passion.
[20:32] Mamoru
As long as the passion is there, bishojo
games can continue to exist in Akiba.
[20:36] Mamoru
You're the one who needs
to create that passion.
[20:39] Mamoru
Make a game that's capable
of that much, one more time.
[20:42] Konoha
O-One more time...
[20:45] Konoha
There's only one of me!
[20:46] Konoha
You want to me to make a game
all by myself this time?
[20:49] Mamoru
I never said you had to do it alone.
[20:51] Mamoru
I'll be there to help you out.
[20:54] Mamoru
And that's not all.
[20:57] Mamoru
You have these to help you, too!
[20:59] Konoha
Huh? Ah...
[21:03] Mamoru
They can do anything
that you ask of them!
[21:06] Mamoru
These PC-98s, that is!
[21:08] Mamoru
Well?
[21:10] Mamoru
They're the most reliable
partners you could ask for!
[21:18] Konoha
You're amazing, Mamoru-kun!
[21:20] Mamoru
Huh?
[21:21] Konoha
You haven't changed a bit!
[21:24] Konoha
You may be an old man, but you
haven't changed, even a little!
[21:28] Mamoru
Of course not.
[21:30] Mamoru
Listen.
[21:31] Mamoru
The world hasn't changed
as much as you think.
[21:33] Mamoru
It just looks a little
different on the surface.
[21:36] Mamoru
And your job is to change
it just a little again.
[21:38] Mamoru
You can pull off that much, can't you?
[21:40] Konoha
Yeah.
[21:42] Mamoru
Now it's a matter of motivation.
[21:44] Mamoru
Do you still have some
motivation left in you?
[21:47] Konoha
Yeah!
[21:51] Mamoru
You're facing off against your past self.
[21:54] Mamoru
Can you beat her?
[21:57] Konoha
Okay, Mamoru-kun.
[22:00] Konoha
I'll give it all I've got!
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[00:00] Mamoru
We'll create the course of events that leads
to the 2023 you know, here in this 2023.
[00:06] Mamoru
We'll bring both histories into
existence simultaneously!
[00:09] Mamoru
You're facing off against your past self.
[00:12] Mamoru
Can you beat her?
[00:15] Konoha
Okay, Mamoru-kun.
[00:17] Konoha
I'll give it all I've got!
[00:36] Konoha
Hey, Mamoru-kun.
[00:38] Konoha
I know you said it'll just be
the two of us making this game,
[00:43] Konoha
but we need writing
and music to make a game,
[00:46] Konoha
not to mention the hundreds
of illustrations we'll need!
[00:49] Konoha
Trying to do all that
with just two people...
[00:52] Mamoru
Other than system-related support,
I can't help you with any of that, either.
[00:55] Mamoru
I'm just a programmer.
[00:57] Mamoru
You need to do it all by yourself.
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
SIGN You need to do it all by
yourself
[01:01] Konoha
That's asking for way too much!
[01:04] Mamoru
Game development has evolved.
[01:06] Mamoru
Now, if you really want to, you
can make a game all by yourself,
[01:10] Mamoru
with the help of AI.
[01:12] Konoha
AI?!
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[02:48] Mamoru
AI is responsible for creating the bulk
of illustrations in video games today.
[02:53] Konoha
Wait, these are...
[02:54] Mamoru
That's right.
[02:55] Mamoru
These are your drawings from the past.
[02:57] Mamoru
As a test, I'm going to train
the AI on this data.
[02:59] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[03:02] Mamoru
Don't worry.
[03:03] Mamoru
This is a private AI that I created.
[03:06] Mamoru
It hasn't been released to the public.
[03:09] Mamoru
If we load in these images...
[03:12] Mamoru
The AI will analyze them and
create similar-looking pictures.
[03:16] Konoha
Whoa, that's amazing!
[03:19] Mamoru
You can easily change the
coloring style as well.
[03:21] Mamoru
From standard illustration coloring,
[03:24] Mamoru
to anime-style coloring...
[03:25] Mamoru
You can even make it look
like watercolor art.
[03:28] Mamoru
It can automatically correct
issues with proportions as well.
[03:31] Konoha
What?!
[03:32] Konoha
That's super handy!
[03:34] Mamoru
And it's not just art.
[03:35] Mamoru
AI can assist you with the story and
music, both indispensable for a game.
[03:41] Mamoru
This method of utilizing AI is now
mainstream for game development.
[03:46] Mamoru
With this, you can make a
game by yourself, right?
[03:49] Konoha
If AI is so advanced, can't it just make
games without humans doing anything?
[03:55] Mamoru
It's true that, as a whole, that's where
game development is headed right now.
[04:00] Mamoru
But even as AI evolves, there's
one thing that it can't create.
[04:05] Mamoru
Do you know what that is?
[04:07] Konoha
Huh?
[04:08] Konoha
What could it be?
[04:10] Mamoru
Passion.
[04:12] Mamoru
AI can create games quickly, cheaply,
and at a high level of quality.
[04:17] Mamoru
But there's no passion in them.
[04:20] Mamoru
An AI doesn't have a reason to create games,
[04:23] Mamoru
and it can't feel conflicted or
afraid about what it's made.
[04:26] Mamoru
It simply carries out the instructions
that it's been given.
[04:30] Mamoru
As a result, the games it spits out end
up lacking the passion of a creator.
[04:34] Mamoru
That said...
[04:35] Mamoru
Games without passion sell just fine.
[04:38] Mamoru
Since they still appear to be well-made.
[04:40] Mamoru
That's why we're flooded
with games made by AI.
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SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
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SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
SIGN The Spread of AI Anyone Can Use!
[04:47] Mamoru
Well, Meiko and the others still do
the majority of their work manually.
[04:51] Mamoru
But what we need now is no ordinary game.
[04:56] Mamoru
It's a game that can change history.
[04:58] Mamoru
You can't make a game
like that with just AI.
[05:00] Mamoru
You need human hands for that.
[05:03] Mamoru
Which means it's up to you to create it.
[05:09] Konoha
So much pressure...
[05:11] Mamoru
No need to look so grim.
[05:14] Mamoru
We also have plenty of items
to combat fatigue now.
[05:17] Mamoru
For example...
[05:19] Mamoru
Office chairs with massaging built in!
[05:21] Konoha
Is it supposed to be that intense?!
[05:23] Mamoru
Mammoth Energy, to jolt you fully awake!
[05:25] Konoha
Look at those messed-up colors!
[05:27] Mamoru
Happy Supplements, to magically
reduce your stress to zero!
[05:31] Mamoru
Now available in packs with a
needle-free injector as an add-on!
[05:34] Konoha
This seems fishy in so many ways!
[05:36] Konoha
S-So many items that all
scream "crunch time"...
[05:43] Mamoru
It's this late already?
[05:47] Mamoru
This lock will open with
fingerprint authentication.
[05:50] Mamoru
You can go out any time you'd like,
[05:53] Mamoru
but make sure you don't
let anyone else in here.
[05:55] Mamoru
Also, don't go near the shelves of PC-98s.
[05:58] Mamoru
The PC-98s are very delicate!
[06:01] Konoha
I'm not gonna touch them!
[06:03] Mamoru
Well then, I'm leaving.
[06:05] Konoha
Huh?
[06:05] Konoha
You're leaving?
[06:07] Konoha
Where to?!
[06:08] Mamoru
Work, where else?
[06:10] Mamoru
Didn't I tell you that my
job is content supervision?
[06:12] Mamoru
I'm the one who manages everything.
[06:14] Mamoru
I don't intend on racking up debt like Dad.
[06:20] Konoha
You've grown up into a fine adult!
[06:23] Mamoru
Don't you talk down to me.
[06:25] Konoha
Why not?!
[06:26] Konoha
Why, I remember when you
used to be this small!
[06:30] Konoha
You used to be such an obnoxious child!
[06:34] Mamoru
I wasn't that small!
[06:36] Mamoru
I was fifteen when we first met!
[06:39] Konoha
Oh yeah, Mamoru-kun.
[06:42] Konoha
Do you live here all by yourself?
[06:44] Mamoru
Yeah.
[06:45] Mamoru
There's nothing interesting
back at my apartment,
[06:49] Mamoru
so I spend most of my time here.
[06:50] Konoha
All alone, huh?
[06:53] Mamoru
Is that weird?
[06:55] Konoha
Ah, no!
[06:56] Konoha
It's not weird at all!
[06:58] Konoha
You're exactly as I expected!
[07:02] Mamoru
Okay, I'm going now.
[07:04] Konoha
Ah, sure!
[07:06] Konoha
Have fun at work!
[07:09] Mamoru
Y-Yeah.
[07:28] DJ
How are you all doing?
[07:30] DJ
Oh yes, my daughter's about to take
her university entrance exams!
[07:35] DJ
Time sure does fly!
[07:37] Konoha
This really is impossible!
[07:40] Mamoru
It's only been a few days.
[07:42] Konoha
Well, c'mon!
[07:43] Konoha
I've never made a game to
change history before!
[07:47] Konoha
This is way harder than creating a
game to earn one billion yen!
[07:52] Konoha
At first, I thought I could do it,
[07:55] Konoha
but even after thinking real
hard, I've got nothing!
[07:58] Konoha
I used up all my talent on the last game!
[08:02] Konoha
I'm a one-hit wonder!
[08:04] Mamoru
You traveled all the way across time
just to make video games, right?
[08:09] Mamoru
Are you saying you're done
after one measly game?
[08:12] Mamoru
I was sure that you'd be dying to make more.
[08:15] Konoha
Yeah, yeah!
[08:16] Konoha
You're just a consumer who's never made
anything, and does nothing but criticize!
[08:20] Konoha
Just keep your mouth shut!
[08:22] Mamoru
Who are you calling a consumer?!
[08:23] Mamoru
I did all the programming, didn't I?!
[08:25] Konoha
Don't give me that!
[08:27] Konoha
Reading with the radio on, and
listening to music on top of that!
[08:30] Konoha
Must be nice!
[08:31] Mamoru
Ah!
[08:36] Konoha
Wh-What the heck?!
[08:37] Mamoru
Give it back!
[08:38] Mamoru
It's the sound of a PC-98 running.
[08:40] Mamoru
Listening to it helps me relax.
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[08:43] Konoha
What?!
[08:46] Mamoru
Let's get this straight.
[08:47] Mamoru
I never told you to make a
game that will sell well,
[08:50] Mamoru
and I didn't say you had to
make an interesting game.
[08:52] Mamoru
What is it that you want to make
most in a video game right now?
[08:56] Mamoru
That's all you need to think about.
[09:03] Konoha
I'm going out for a change of pace!
[09:06] Mamoru
That reminds me...
[09:09] Mamoru
Is it me or do you sound
more grown-up lately?
[09:11] Konoha
What?
[09:12] Mamoru
Before, you used to talk
a lot more like a child.
[09:15] Konoha
Huh?
[09:17] Konoha
Haven't I always been like this?
[09:22] Mamoru
You...
[09:24] Mamoru
should hurry up and make that game.
[09:38] Mamoru
You're changing as well.
[09:39] Mamoru
You're being influenced by this world.
[09:43] Mamoru
If this keeps up, you might end up losing
your memories of your original world.
[09:53] Konoha
No, I still remember it!
[09:55] Konoha
It may look completely different
now, but I still remember!
[09:59] Konoha
Like the first time I came to Akiba!
[10:07] Konoha
I'd never seen such a
weird place in my life.
[10:10] Konoha
With mountains of games and
anime, and tons of cute girls!
[10:16] Konoha
It was a place that felt
like a year-round festival!
[10:21] (Flashback) Konoha
So this is Akihabara!
[10:33] Konoha
That's right.
[10:35] Konoha
I should get back soon
and work on that game!
SIGN Toya Yamada
[10:43] Konoha
Toya-chan?!
SIGN Toya Yamada
[10:51] Konoha
Toya-chan...
[10:54] Konoha
Hello? Toya-chan?
[10:57] Toya's Voice
Onee-sama?
[10:58] Toya's Voice
Onee-sama!
[11:00] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[11:01] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[11:03] Toya's Voice
I-It's been so long!
[11:05] Konoha
Huh?
[11:05] Konoha
How do you know my phone number?
[11:08] Toya's Voice
We exchanged numbers back
in the day at Comiket.
[11:11] Konoha
Ah, is that so?
[11:13] Toya's Voice
But no matter how many times
I called, it wouldn't go through...
[11:17] Toya's Voice
I thought I'd never get
to talk to you again.
[11:20] Konoha
S-Sorry about that, Toya-chan.
[11:22] Konoha
O-Oh yeah, I saw the news!
[11:24] Konoha
That's amazing!
[11:25] Konoha
Looks like things are going
well with your company!
[11:28] Toya's Voice
Thank you very much.
[11:30] Toya's Voice
Um...
[11:31] Toya's Voice
Onee-sama, where are you right now?
[11:33] Toya's Voice
Would you like to meet up and
chat for old times' sake?
[11:35] Konoha
What?
[11:36] Konoha
Ah, um...
[11:38] Konoha
Well, I don't mind meeting up at all,
but you might be a little surprised.
[11:45] Toya's Voice
That's fine by me!
[11:46] Toya's Voice
Onee-sama, where are you right now?
[11:49] Toya's Voice
Just name the place, and
I'll go and find you!
[11:51] Konoha
Huh? Right now?!
[11:52] Toya's Voice
Is that a no?
[11:55] Konoha
That's not it at all!
[11:57] Konoha
I'd love to see you, Toya-chan!
[12:03] Construction Worker
That should just about do it, Rokuta-san.
[12:05] Mamoru
Good work.
[12:07] Construction Worker
Gosh, I can't believe Radio Kaikan is gone.
[12:11] Construction Worker
I used to come here all the time.
[12:14] Construction Worker
Back in the day, I used to really
be into places like this.
[12:19] Construction Worker
I'm a little sad to see it go.
[12:22] Construction Worker
Anyway...
[12:24] Construction Worker
I wonder when they're going to
finish building that stadium.
[12:27] Construction Worker
I hear that the company
funding it got absorbed,
[12:30] Construction Worker
and the parent company is
now different or whatnot.
[12:34] Construction Worker
Wonder if they ran into
some sort of trouble.
[12:36] Mamoru
Well, at the breakneck speed that
this redevelopment is going at,
[12:40] Mamoru
nothing would surprise me at this point.
[12:42] Construction Worker
I suppose you're right...
[12:44] Construction Worker
Well then, Rokuta-san.
[12:45] Construction Worker
I'll be leaving now.
[12:46] Mamoru
Thanks for your hard work.
[12:51] Mamoru
That goes for you, too.
[13:01] Mamoru
Even if Konoha manages to finish her
game, what should we do after that?
[13:07] Mamoru
Just taking the game and going back to 1999
doesn't mean she can get it released.
[13:13] Mamoru
She needs to get copies made in the past,
[13:15] Mamoru
so that the data can become
a part of history.
[13:18] Mamoru
So who can she entrust with that task?
[13:21] Mamoru
Someone who will believe
Konoha's bizarre tale,
[13:24] Mamoru
and turn her game into a success...
[13:31] Barista
Thank you for waiting!
[13:48] Mamoru
Another coffee, please.
[13:50] Barista
Right away!
[13:55] Konoha
When's Toya-chan gonna get here?
[14:31] Glenn
What do you think of your new office?
[14:34] Glenn
We think it's perfect for someone
as beautiful and talented as you,
[14:42] Glenn
Ms. Toya.
[14:44] Toya
Yes.
[14:44] Toya
It's quite a splendid office.
[14:47] Toya
There's one thing, though.
[14:49] Toya
Why won't you let me meet
your founder, Mr. Glenn?
[14:54] Glenn
My deepest apologies.
[14:55] Glenn
Our founder is currently dealing
with a very important matter.
[15:00] Glenn
I have word that you'll be the first
priority as soon as it's settled, Ms. Toya.
[15:05] Toya
Is there something that takes
priority over our meeting?
[15:09] Toya
I thought we were supposed to
be equal business partners.
[15:12] Glenn
Why, of course it's an equal partnership.
[15:14] Glenn
That's exactly the reason you're
sitting at that desk, Ms. Toya.
[15:18] Glenn
You saw our cuu game development know-how,
[15:21] Glenn
struck a deal, and agreed to the terms.
[15:24] Toya
I was...
[15:24] Glenn
Ah, yes, I know.
[15:27] Glenn
I understand how you must feel.
[15:29] Glenn
That said, you're speaking with
the CEO of Planet Games Japan.
[15:33] Glenn
My authority is nothing to make light of...
[15:35] Glenn
Oh?
[15:37] Glenn
My word.
[15:39] Glenn
Yes, excellent!
[15:41] Glenn
Rejoice, Ms. Toya!
[15:43] Glenn
Konoha Akisato-sama is headed your way.
[15:47] Toya
Onee-sama?!
[15:48] Glenn
You've been dying to meet her, haven't you?
[15:51] Toya
Headed my way?
[15:52] Toya
Mr. Glenn!
[15:53] Toya
Why is Onee— Konoha Akisato-san coming here?!
[15:57] Glenn
Why, it's simple.
[15:59] Glenn
All I did was call her up.
[16:00] Glenn
A single phone call.
[16:02] Glenn
Ring, ring!
[16:03] Glenn
Ah, and I just happened to
enlist your help in the matter.
[16:08] Toya
What?
[16:09] Toya's Voice
Onee-sama, where are you right now?
[16:12] Toya
You used my voice...
[16:14] Toya's Voice
In order to get Onee-sama's phone
number, I hacked into your cell phone!
[16:20] Toya's Voice
I'd do anything to meet Onee-sama again.
[16:24] Toya
But I couldn't reach her, no
matter how many times I tried...
[16:27] Toya
So how?
[16:28] Glenn
Now we've achieved what we set
out to do with this merger.
[16:33] Glenn
It was truly a long process getting here.
[16:36] Glenn
But now it's finally in our hands:
[16:39] Glenn
Original Cuu.
[16:41] Glenn
The genius creator
behind The Last Waltz.
[16:45] Glenn
The mysterious figure sought out by all,
[16:48] Glenn
so that they might learn
the source of her ideas.
[16:51] Glenn
Konoha Akisato.
[16:53] Glenn
Even as her name became known around the
world, no one knew of her whereabouts.
[16:59] Glenn
There was nobody who had met
her, or spoken with her.
[17:02] Glenn
With a limited number
of exceptions, that is.
[17:05] Glenn
And you were one of those
lucky few, Ms. Toya.
[17:09] Toya
What are you planning on
doing with Onee-sama?!
[17:13] Toya
Don't tell me...
[17:14] Toya
You're going to subject her to that?!
[17:16] Toya
Is that...
[17:17] Toya
Is that why you acquired my company?!
[17:20] Glenn
Ms. Toya, have you heard the saying,
"A flower cannot bloom without secrecy"?
[17:26] Glenn
Now, we can become the masters
of global entertainment.
[17:31] Glenn
The fame, fortune, and admiration you
so desired is practically guaranteed.
[17:36] Toya
Why are you telling me all of this?
[17:39] Toya
If I report this to the police...
[17:45] Glenn
You'll do no such thing.
[17:47] Glenn
We did our research on you going
into this merger, Ms. Toya.
[17:53] Glenn
You're cut from the same cloth as us.
[17:57] Glenn
Therefore, you won't go to the police.
[18:01] Glenn
Or rather, you can't!
[18:02] Glenn
Am I wrong, Ms. Toya?
[18:06] Glenn
Let's settle this peacefully, Ms. Toya.
[18:09] Glenn
I promise we'll make it worth it for you.
[18:12] Glenn
So long.
[18:13] Toya
Wait!
[18:18] Toya
Onee-sama...
[18:27] Konoha
The hospital?
[18:30] Konoha
Why am I...
[18:35] Konoha
That's right.
[18:37] Konoha
I was waiting to meet up with Toya-chan,
when I was dragged into that van...
[18:41] Konoha
After that...
[18:43] Konoha
What is this?!
[18:46] Konoha
They put me into a plugsuit-looking thing!
[18:50] Konoha
My clothes? They're gone!
[18:52] Konoha
My phone? Gone!
[18:53] Konoha
My backpack? Gone!
[18:56] Konoha
But seriously, what is this place?
[19:00] Konoha
Am I going to be sold off
to some super rich guy?
[19:04] Konoha
Like in one of those games...
[19:06] Konoha
Huh?
[19:07] Konoha
The door's not locked!
[19:12] Konoha
In situations like these,
when the door is unlocked,
[19:15] Konoha
in most games, that means there's
something waiting outside.
[19:25] Konoha
E-Excuse me...
[19:31] Konoha
Anyway, let's look for a way out.
[19:40] Konoha
Wait.
[19:41] Konoha
Is this a life-size figure?
[19:53] Konoha
Is that the exit?
[20:00] Konoha
What?!
[20:04] Konoha
Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh-Wh...
[20:06] Konoha
What is this place?!
[20:13] Konoha
Wait, more figures?
[20:15] Konoha
It's really creeping me out...
[20:19] Konoha
N-No...
[20:21] Konoha
This isn't a figure!
[20:23] Konoha
These are people...
[20:25] Konoha
There are humans trapped inside!
[20:28] Konoha
In all of these tanks?!
[22:26] Mamoru
When I saw her...
[22:28] Mamoru
It looked like she was waiting for someone.
[22:32] Mamoru
But in the brief moment that I took my eyes
off her, she vanished into thin air.
[22:38] Mamoru
Her words immediately
before she disappeared,
[22:40] Mamoru
as well as the vehicle
that I saw drive off...
[22:50] Matsubara
Yes, Matsubara speaking.
[22:51] Mamoru
This is Rokuta.
[22:52] Matsubara
Hello there, President.
[22:54] Matsubara
Is something the matter?
[22:56] Mamoru
I need a car.
[22:57] Mamoru
Send over the fastest one
we have to the warehouse.
[23:00] Matsubara
Understood.
[23:01] Mamoru
Thank you. Good-bye.
[23:19] Mamoru
Sorry for waking all of you up so suddenly.
[23:23] Mamoru
But right now, I need your help.
[23:27] Mamoru
Find out where Konoha went.
[23:29] Mamoru
I'm counting on all of you.
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[00:14] Mamoru
Sorry for waking all of you up so suddenly.
[00:18] Mamoru
But right now, I need your help.
[00:22] Mamoru
Find out where Konoha went.
[00:25] Mamoru
I'm counting on all of you.
SIGN Sending analysis results.
SIGN Sending analysis results.
SIGN Sending analysis results.
SIGN Currently tracking travel route
of specified vehicle.
Please wait.
[01:00] Mamoru
You found her?
[01:01] Mamoru
Where is she?
SIGN Specified vehicle has entered
the premises of Akihabara Stadium.
SIGN Akihabara
Stadium
[01:07] Mamoru
Akihabara Stadium!
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN 16bit Sensation:
Another Layer
SIGN "U... U-U-U-U-U..."
[02:48] Mamoru
Akihabara Stadium...
[02:50] Mamoru
The car that abducted Konoha
was seen coming here.
[02:55] Mamoru
That van...
[02:58] Mamoru
Who are those people?
[03:01] Mamoru
Going by their outfits and gear, they
don't look like regular security.
[03:06] Mamoru
What are these guys doing
at a construction site?
[03:10] Mamoru
What's going on here?
[03:12] Mamoru
What's Konoha gotten herself into?
[03:15] Mamoru
I don't know why they kidnapped
her, or where she is now.
[03:19] Mamoru
I can't just waltz in
through the front door.
[03:21] Mamoru
Now what, then?
[03:25] Mamoru
That's right.
[03:26] Mamoru
On top of constructing the stadium,
[03:28] Mamoru
there was one other
project that got put on hold.
[03:32] Mamoru
If that's still around, that can get me
part of the way there.
SIGN Joban New Line Project
[03:46] Konoha
Th-There are...
[03:48] Konoha
There are people trapped inside!
[03:51] Konoha
What is this place?!
[03:53] Konoha
None of this makes any sense!
[04:01] Konoha
A robot?
[04:03] Konoha
Th-That scared me...
[04:07] Konoha
For crying out loud!
SIGN Akihabara FOODiX AKIBA Map.pdf
SIGN Floor Guide Map B1-3F
[04:46] Mamoru
The way forward is...
[04:49] Mamoru
That door, huh?
[04:54] Mamoru
The security at the Akihabara underground
market is as lax as ever.
[04:59] Mamoru
I can make do with this.
[05:03] Mamoru
Thanks for your hard work!
[05:09] Mamoru
As a kid, I cracked copy protection
schemes on games all the time.
[05:14] Mamoru
Burn hole protection, long track
protection, and CRC protection.
[05:19] Mamoru
You could even say that part was
more fun than the actual games.
[05:23] Mamoru
And now that I'm older, this time,
I'm hacking my way into Akiba.
[05:28] Mamoru
I swear.
[05:29] Mamoru
I haven't changed, even as an adult.
[05:31] Mamoru
No, perhaps I was never
an adult to begin with.
[05:35] Mamoru
This town is like a giant playground for me.
[05:39] Mamoru
Even after all these decades.
[05:49] Mamoru
Now then, for this type
of card key reader...
[05:54] Mamoru
Looks like it's time to use this.
[06:00] Mamoru
All right!
[06:10] Mamoru
No one's gotten in my way so far...
[06:13] Mamoru
But that's about to change here.
[06:16] Mamoru
The abandoned site of the
Joban New Line project.
[06:19] Mamoru
It was supposed to be a railway line to
connect to Tokyo, from Tsukuba to Akihabara.
[06:25] Mamoru
But they made a last-minute decision
not to run the line through Akihabara.
[06:31] Mamoru
Construction of the train
station was halted,
[06:33] Mamoru
and in its place, they built the radio
tower that is Akihabara Sky Tower.
[06:38] Mamoru
Could there have been a timeline
where this line ended up opening?
[06:46] Mamoru
If I climb up here...
[06:53] Mamoru
What now?
[06:57] Mamoru
A rat?
[07:03] Worker
What?
[07:04] Worker
Is someone there?
[07:13] Worker
Wh-What's that music?!
[07:18] Worker
Over there!
[07:19] Lyrics
Another busy day running around in circles~
[07:22] Lyrics
I don't mind, I'm used to it by now~
[07:35] Toya
Halt!
[07:38] Konoha
Th-They stopped.
[07:45] Toya
O-Onee-sama?
[07:47] Toya
Is that really you, Onee-sama?
[07:49] Toya
You look exactly the same as back then.
[07:52] Toya
But how?
[07:53] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[07:54] Toya
Don't come any closer!
[07:56] Toya
I-I'm sorry.
[07:59] Konoha
I-It's fine.
[08:00] Konoha
Anyway, Toya-chan, what is this place?
[08:04] Konoha
There's a ton of people trapped here!
[08:09] Konoha
Toya-chan?
[08:11] Glenn
Welcome to Planet Games.
[08:16] Glenn
Konoha Akisato-sama.
[08:18] Glenn
Oh, what a surprise.
[08:20] Glenn
Just how old are you, Original Cuu?
[08:24] Glenn
The genius creator behind The Last Waltz!
[08:27] Glenn
You should be close to 50 years old,
but you look like a young girl!
[08:31] Glenn
I see, I see...
[08:36] Glenn
You truly are an extraordinary being!
[08:39] Glenn
The perfect fit for this place!
[08:41] Konoha
Wh-Who in the world are you?!
[08:43] Konoha
Take me back to Akiba!
[08:45] Konoha
And what's the deal with this place?!
[08:48] Glenn
Oh, I do apologize, Ms. Konoha.
[08:52] Glenn
My name is Glenn Faulkner.
[08:54] Glenn
I'm the CEO of Planet Games Japan.
[08:58] Glenn
And Ms. Konoha, you happen to find
yourself in our development room.
[09:03] Konoha
D-Development room?
[09:05] Konoha
You mean for developing video games?
[09:08] Konoha
B-But...
[09:11] Konoha
I don't see any desks, or even a computer!
[09:15] Konoha
S-So what are these people doing, then?!
[09:18] Konoha
They're trapped in these weird tanks!
[09:22] Glenn
Why, they're working for us, of course.
[09:26] Glenn
You could say that they're something
like sustenance for our CI.
[09:31] Konoha
C-CI? Sustenance?!
[09:33] Glenn
Cybernetic intelligence.
[09:36] Glenn
Our company's glorious integrated
entertainment development system.
[09:41] Glenn
Ms. Konoha.
[09:42] Glenn
I'll be open with you and
tell you everything.
[09:47] Glenn
As you know, AI has surpassed
humanity in the past few years,
[09:52] Glenn
and all creative matters
have been left to AI.
[09:56] Glenn
At first, there were no problems with that.
[09:58] Glenn
A game that would take humans several years
could be finished by AI in a single day!
[10:03] Glenn
A bright new future was upon us!
[10:06] Glenn
Boo!
[10:07] Glenn
However, it wasn't long
before we reached a limit.
[10:11] Glenn
The things AI create end up
pretty much all being the same.
[10:14] Glenn
AI are completely lacking in anything
like imagination or spontaneity.
[10:20] Glenn
And so, the quality of a game ends up
depending yet again on time and money spent.
[10:25] Glenn
Game development goes right back
to becoming a numbers game.
[10:29] Glenn
But then we came up with an idea.
[10:31] Glenn
It was time once again for
humans to be put to work.
[10:35] Glenn
This CI is hooked up to 200 people.
[10:40] Glenn
All of them were originally
creative professionals.
[10:43] Konoha
What?!
[10:44] Glenn
By connecting their brains and
neural networks to computers,
[10:49] Glenn
the CI becomes able to consult
human sensibilities,
[10:52] Glenn
to create completely original games,
[10:55] Glenn
the likes of which no one has seen before.
[10:58] Glenn
24 hours a day, 365 days a year.
[11:01] Glenn
These people do a great
deal of work for the CI.
[11:04] Glenn
With compensation, of course.
[11:07] Glenn
AI used to assist human beings.
[11:10] Glenn
Now it's the other way around.
[11:12] Glenn
That's all there is to it.
[11:13] Glenn
It's not a bad deal for these folks, either.
[11:17] Glenn
The CI get to make use of their talent,
[11:20] Glenn
without any of it going to waste.
[11:22] Konoha
S-Still!
[11:23] Konoha
Say what you will, but
this is way too cruel!
[11:26] Glenn
Ms. Konoha.
[11:28] Glenn
That talent of yours...
[11:29] Glenn
We're the ones who can utilize it 100%.
[11:34] Glenn
I promise we won't put those
phenomenal gifts of yours to waste.
[11:39] Glenn
Okay, let us proceed, Ms. Toya!
[11:43] Toya
Onee-sama.
[11:44] Toya
Please enter this CI.
[11:49] Toya
Starting today, you'll be...
[11:51] Toya
hooked up to this system!
[12:03] Mamoru
It feels different here than it did earlier.
[12:05] Mamoru
Where could Konoha be?
[12:15] Zombie Debugger A
Cuu... Cuu...
[12:24] Mamoru
What's the deal with him?
[12:26] Mamoru
Doesn't look like he's dead.
[12:27] Zombie Debugger A
Cuu... Cuu...
[12:36] Group
Cuu... Cuu...
[12:38] Group
Cuu... Cuu...
[12:43] Mamoru
Wait, is this a debug room?
[12:47] Mamoru
But look at them...
[12:49] Mamoru
They're practically zombies!
[13:10] Mamoru
Based on the personnel
upstairs and down here,
[13:13] Mamoru
we're not dealing with
anyone ordinary here.
[13:16] Mamoru
Konoha... Is she all right?
[13:19] Konoha
I don't wanna!
[13:22] Toya
Onee-sama.
[13:23] Toya
You won't be in any pain
when you enter the CI.
[13:26] Toya
You'll just be spending time
in a tank for a while.
[13:30] Toya
That's all.
[13:31] Konoha
N-No!
[13:33] Konoha
No, I don't wanna!
[13:34] Konoha
Toya-chan, you've completely changed!
[13:37] Konoha
What's gotten into you?!
[13:40] Toya
It's been over twenty years since then.
[13:44] Toya
To save my company, to survive...
[13:48] Toya
I needed to accept this merger.
[13:50] Toya
If I didn't, my company
would have gone under!
[13:53] Toya
But as a result, I ended
up getting you involved.
[13:58] Konoha
Toya-chan...
[14:01] Toya
You've...
[14:02] Toya
You've always been my idol.
[14:04] Toya
I still look up to you to this day!
[14:06] Toya
Creating such an incredible
game and changing the world!
[14:09] Toya
I wanted to be just like you!
[14:15] Toya
But I couldn't do it.
[14:21] Konoha
Th-That's not true!
[14:23] Konoha
Toya-chan, you're amazing!
[14:24] Konoha
You started your own company!
[14:26] Konoha
Y-You're way, way more
incredible than I ever was!
[14:30] Konoha
Really... Really!
[14:32] Toya
I'm not...
[14:34] Toya
I'm not a genius like you are.
[14:37] Toya
But I have my employees,
[14:39] Toya
and fans with expectations,
[14:41] Toya
so I need to keep on creating games!
[14:45] Toya
So... Onee-sama...
[14:48] Toya
I'm sorry.
[14:50] Toya
I'm sorry...
[14:53] Konoha
Toya-chan...
[14:55] Konoha
P-Please don't cry.
[14:57] Konoha
I'm... I'm not...
[15:08] Toya
Onee-sama?
[15:09] Konoha
I'm sorry!
[15:10] Konoha
I'm sorry, I'm sorry!
[15:12] Konoha
The truth is that I'm no genius!
[15:16] Konoha
I'm nothing but ordinary!
[15:18] Konoha
And yet... And yet...
[15:21] Konoha
It's my fault that the Akiba I love is gone!
[15:24] Konoha
That the games I love are gone!
[15:26] Konoha
Even the bishojo I love are gone!
[15:29] Konoha
And worst of all, I was
causing you so much pain...
[15:32] Konoha
I hate this world, and
this way of making games!
[15:37] Toya
Onee-sama...
[15:40] Konoha
I have a lot to thank computers for!
[15:44] Konoha
I mean, it's thanks to my computer
that I became a good artist!
[15:50] Konoha
It may not be that impressive
to anyone else,
[15:54] Konoha
but I learned to make art
that I thought was amazing
[15:57] Konoha
because of computers and
the programs on there!
[16:01] Konoha
But if this is where that leads us,
then to Hell with computers!
[16:06] Konoha
There's no joy to be had making
games in a world like this!
[16:10] Konoha
I'll make sure I rewrite it!
[16:12] Konoha
I'll make sure I completely
overwrite such a world!
[16:16] Konoha
I'll... I'll...
[16:20] Konoha
create a game to make everyone happy!
[16:25] Toya
O-Onee-sama...
[16:28] Glenn
Goodness gracious.
[16:29] Glenn
I have places to be, you know.
[16:32] Glenn
I think that's enough catching up.
[16:34] Glenn
Please make up your mind, Ms. Toya.
[16:37] Glenn
If you refuse, then I'll take
matters into my own hands.
[16:41] Glenn
I'll give you three seconds.
[16:45] Glenn
Three.
[16:46] Glenn
Two.
[16:48] Glenn
One.
[16:55] Mamoru
Konoha!
[16:57] Konoha
That voice...
[16:59] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[17:02] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun?
[17:04] Konoha
What are you doing here?!
[17:05] Mamoru
I'll explain later!
[17:07] Mamoru
Right now, just run!
[17:08] Konoha
O-Okay!
[17:11] Glenn
Damn it!
[17:12] Glenn
What happened?!
[17:14] Glenn
Ah! They're getting away!
[17:16] Glenn
What are you doing?!
[17:17] Glenn
After them!
[17:21] Toya
Please let them go!
[17:23] Toya
Keep your hands off them!
[17:25] Glenn
Don't be ridiculous!
[17:28] Glenn
So be it.
[17:29] Glenn
I'll just assume command directly.
[17:38] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you came to rescue me?
[17:41] Mamoru
I-I'm not very athletic!
[17:44] Mamoru
Besides, do you know how old I am?!
[17:46] Mamoru
I said I would help you, but
I never agreed to all this!
[17:51] Mamoru
I swear!
[17:54] Konoha
Sorry!
[18:00] Konoha
The robots from before!
[18:02] Mamoru
Don't worry about them.
[18:03] Konoha
What?
[18:04] Konoha
Huh?
[18:05] Mamoru
They're on our side now.
[18:08] Konoha
Our side?
[18:09] Mamoru
Yeah.
[18:10] Konoha
I've hacked them to link them up
to the PC-98s in the warehouse.
[18:14] Konoha
What?!
[18:16] Mamoru
I've said it countless times:
[18:18] Mamoru
nothing can beat the PC-98!
[18:22] Guard A
I see them! There!
[18:24] Guard A
Geez, wasting our time like that...
[18:27] Guard A
Return to the lab!
[18:29] Konoha
Wh-Wh-Wh-What now, Mamoru-kun?!
[18:34] Konoha
What?
[18:37] Konoha
What?!
[18:40] Guard C
H-Hey, look!
[18:42] Guard D
Return fire!
[18:48] Konoha
D-Don't shoot!
[18:49] Konoha
I'm just an illustrator!
[18:53] Mamoru
This way!
[18:53] Konoha
O-Okay!
[18:55] Mamoru
Open!
[18:56] Konoha
Sesame!
[18:58] Guard E
Wait up!
[19:00] Guard E
Wh-What?!
[19:01] Robot
The doors are closing.
[19:03] Guard E
Cut the crap! Open up!
[19:06] Robot
I can't do that.
[19:07] Guard E
Why not?!
[19:10] Mamoru
Is your next game an
action game or something?
[19:13] Konoha
I don't wanna make a game
full of dead ends like this!
[19:18] Guard F
Found them!
[19:22] Guard F
A flare?
[19:24] Guard F
The hell is this?
[19:26] Guard F
Trying to create a smokescreen?
[19:28] Guard F
That's cute.
[19:29] Alert
Extinguishing fire.
[19:35] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, what was that back there?
[19:37] Mamoru
I used a flare to set off the
fire extinguisher system.
[19:41] Mamoru
It should buy us some time.
[19:44] Glenn
What are all of you idiots doing?!
[19:47] Glenn
How much time are you going to
waste capturing two people?!
[19:51] Glenn
Damn it!
[19:53] Guard H
Mr. Glenn!
[19:54] Glenn
What now?!
[19:54] Guard H
Targets have been spotted!
[19:57] Guard H
They're heading to the
surface on the cargo lift!
[20:00] Glenn
Cut the power to the lift!
[20:03] Glenn
Shut down all systems other
than the CI and this room!
[20:06] Toya
Stop it already!
[20:09] Glenn
Oh, it's just you.
[20:11] Toya
Hook me up to the CI!
[20:14] Toya
I'll take Onee-sama's place!
[20:18] Glenn
And here I was wondering what you'd say.
[20:21] Glenn
You, take her place?
[20:25] Glenn
You'll never be fit to take her place.
[20:32] Glenn
Beat it.
[20:33] Glenn
Go and get out of my sight.
[20:41] Konoha
Yes!
[20:42] Konoha
We're almost there!
[20:43] Mamoru
Yeah, we are.
[20:55] Guard C
It stopped...
[20:57] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun!
[20:59] Konoha
The lift stopped moving!
[21:02] Glenn
You sure have given us a
hard time, Original Cuu.
[21:08] Glenn
But our game of cat and mouse ends here.
[21:15] Glenn
You have nowhere to run.
[21:16] Glenn
This is checkmate.
[21:19] Glenn
I don't see the need to be civil anymore.
[21:22] Glenn
You're getting in that CI, Konoha Akisato!
[21:26] Mamoru
Damn it!
[21:27] Mamoru
After we made it so far!
[21:31] Konoha
Stop this already!
[21:36] Glenn
Guards, bring both of them along.
[21:39] Group
Yes, sir!
[21:44] Glenn
Wh-What is that?
[21:47] Mamoru
H-Hey, look!
[21:51] Konoha
What?!
[21:57] Konoha
U... U-U-U-U-U...
[22:00] Konoha
UFO?!
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[00:04] Pedestrian A
Hey, look!
[00:08] Pedestrian B
Whoa...
[00:09] Pedestrian C
What the hell is that?!
[00:15] Konoha
A UFO?
[00:17] Glenn
Oh my...
[00:22] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun!
[00:23] Konoha
Someone's coming out!
[00:25] Mamoru
Is that...
[00:27] Mamoru
E-Echo?
SIGN "The Things I Hold Dear"
[00:40] Mamoru
You're... Echo!
[00:43] Glenn
What are you standing around for?!
[00:45] Glenn
Hurry up and capture Konoha Akisato!
[00:48] Guard
R-Right away!
[00:51] Echo Two
Bang!
[00:58] Mamoru
Echo, you saved us?
[01:10] Konoha
M-Mamoru-kun!
[01:12] Mamoru
It's okay.
[01:13] Mamoru
She's not our enemy.
[01:23] Mamoru
Are you awake?
[01:24] Konoha
Y-Yeah.
[01:26] Konoha
M-More importantly, Mamoru-kun...
[01:28] Konoha
Where are we?
[01:30] Mamoru
Dunno.
[01:31] Mamoru
Don't ask me.
[01:33] Mamoru
At the very least, it's not
where we were a moment ago.
[01:38] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, you're
pretty calm about all this.
[01:42] Mamoru
It beats being chased around
by those weird thugs.
[01:45] Echo One
Have you come to?
[01:49] Mamoru
You're...
[01:50] Echo One
Oh, if it isn't Mamoru-san.
[01:54] Echo One
Did you try out the game that we made?
[01:58] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, do you know him?
[02:01] Mamoru
It's a long story.
[02:07] Echo One
I'm glad we made it in time.
[02:09] Echo One
If something had happened to you here,
[02:11] Echo One
we would have had to make another long trip.
[02:15] Echo One
But now we finally get to meet.
[02:17] Konoha
U-Um...
[02:19] Konoha
Who exactly might you be?
[02:21] Echo One
You could call us many things.
[02:24] Echo One
I'm afraid I don't have a concise answer.
[02:30] Mamoru
You...
[02:34] Echo One
I have embarked on a long journey
to come face to face with you.
[02:39] Echo One
And to tell you these words.
[02:43] Echo One
May I have your autograph?
[02:46] Konoha
Huh?
[02:47] Echo One
I'm a fan of yours.
[02:50] Konoha
Fan?
[02:51] Echo One
Yes, a big one!
[02:54] Konoha
U-Um, well, what do you want
me to autograph?
[02:59] Echo One
Right here.
[03:02] Konoha
Autograph this?
[03:04] Konoha
This box?
[03:05] Echo One
Yes, please!
[03:12] Konoha
H-Here you go.
[03:18] Echo One
Thank you so much.
[03:20] Konoha
N-No, it's my pleasure.
[03:25] Echo One
This is a video game.
[03:27] Echo One
The game that you'll complete in the future.
[03:30] Konoha
What?
[03:31] Echo One
I believe you should be in the
middle of development now.
[03:35] Echo One
This game is a masterpiece.
[03:39] Konoha
Thanks for the kind words, but we're
in the middle of making it...
[03:45] Echo One
That's true. Let me think...
[03:48] Echo One
Would you like to see
what kind of game it is?
[03:51] Konoha
What?
[03:53] Echo One
This is what the game you're
about to create is like.
[04:02] Echo One
This is how your game appears to us.
[04:06] Echo One
Konoha-san, do you know what this light is?
[04:09] Konoha
Not really...
[04:11] Konoha
But there's something mysterious about it...
[04:15] Echo One
This is human imagination.
[04:18] Konoha
Imagination?
[04:20] Echo One
Isn't it fascinating?
[04:22] Echo One
Even as it takes on new form
with the passage of time,
[04:24] Echo One
it continues to live on, as you can see.
[04:29] Echo One
And it's not just you.
[04:31] Echo One
Every human being possesses
the same faculty.
[04:35] Echo One
Why, take a look.
[04:40] Echo One
For humans, it's not any
sort of special power.
[04:52] Toya
Wh-What's this light?!
[04:54] Echo One
Children, adults, and the elderly alike.
[04:57] Echo One
No matter where they may live, it's
an ability that they all possess.
[05:02] Echo One
And depending on how it's used,
[05:04] Echo One
it can produce enormous power,
and make anything possible.
[05:08] Echo One
Yes, like this game.
[05:11] Echo One
When I first came across this game,
I couldn't understand this sensation.
[05:17] Echo One
In search of the truth
behind this sensation,
[05:19] Echo One
I've gone on a long, long journey,
and finally arrived here.
[05:24] Echo One
It ended up taking far longer
than I had originally planned,
[05:28] Echo One
but even so...
[05:31] Echo One
I'm glad I was able to meet you.
[05:36] Echo One
Right then.
[05:37] Echo One
I eagerly await the completion of your game.
[05:41] Echo Two
Mamoru-kun!
[05:43] Echo Two
Bye-bye!
[05:45] Konoha
U-Um...
[05:47] Konoha
Who in the world are you?!
[05:49] Konoha
Have I met you somewhere before?
[06:13] Mamoru
So I passed out?
[06:18] Konoha
Huh?
[06:19] Konoha
Where's the UFO?
[06:23] Toya
It disappeared?
[06:25] Pedestrian A
That wasn't a dream... was it?
[06:27] Pedestrian B
It wasn't.
[06:28] Pedestrian D
No way!
[06:29] Pedestrian D
I didn't get any of it!
[06:33] Mamoru
Hold on tight.
[06:35] Konoha
Thanks, Mamoru-kun.
[06:38] Toya
Onee-sama!
[06:41] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[06:45] Konoha
Toya-chan?
[06:47] Toya
Here, Onee-sama.
[06:50] Konoha
Those are mine...
[06:51] Konoha
Toya-chan, did you find them for me?
[07:01] Mamoru
They're finally here.
[07:04] Meiko
Kono-chan!
[07:07] Meiko
Kono-chan!
[07:08] Kaori
Mamocchi!
[07:10] Konoha
Meiko-san! Kaori-san!
[07:13] Meiko
Kono-chan!
[07:15] Meiko
Sheesh, you had me worried sick!
[07:18] Kaori
Seriously!
[07:20] Kaori
And you, Mamocchi.
[07:21] Kaori
It's been a while since we've met in person.
[07:23] Mamoru
You sure came late.
[07:25] Manager
We're not late!
[07:27] Manager
We chartered a scramjet
plane to cross the Pacific!
[07:32] Manager
Do you know how much it cost me?!
[07:34] Kyonshi
Ah, my back's killing me!
[07:36] Konoha
Everyone!
[07:38] Konoha
But why are you here?
[07:39] Meiko
Huh?
[07:40] Meiko
He didn't tell you, Kono-chan?
[07:43] Meiko
Mamoru-kun reached out to all of us.
[07:47] Meiko
He told us you were in trouble, and asked
us to help you make your game.
[07:52] Kaori
Hey, Mamocchi, what's the big idea?
[07:56] Manager
Mamoru!
[07:57] Manager
That side of you still hasn't changed, huh?
[08:00] Kyonshi
Ah, my back's killing me...
[08:08] Kyonshi
Aw man.
[08:09] Kaori
Mamocchi!
[08:11] Manager
Mamoru!
[08:14] Meiko
You haven't changed at all.
[08:18] Meiko
Thank goodness.
[08:20] Kaori
Kono-chan sure is full of mysteries.
[08:24] Kaori
How is she the same?
[08:25] Meiko
Why, isn't it obvious?
[08:29] Meiko
It's because Kono-chan is an angel!
[08:35] Meiko
Kono-chan.
[08:36] Meiko
Can we help out with the game you're making?
[08:41] Meiko
We want to make a game with you!
[08:45] Konoha
Yes!
[08:47] Manager
All right!
[08:48] Manager
Now that that's settled,
everyone in the chopper!
[08:51] Manager
The 90s Alcohol Soft crew is back in action!
[08:59] Konoha
Toya-chan!
[09:02] Konoha
Do you want to come with us?
[09:06] Toya
I'm sorry, Onee-sama.
[09:09] Toya
There are still things
I need to take care of here.
[09:12] Toya
I'll be staying behind.
[09:15] Toya
Besides, after getting you
involved in all of this,
[09:19] Toya
I have no right to make a game with you...
[09:21] Konoha
Sure you do!
[09:23] Konoha
Didn't we promise each other?
[09:26] Konoha
We said we'd make a game together!
[09:28] Toya
You remembered our promise?
[09:32] Konoha
Of course!
[09:33] Konoha
I'd never forget my promise to you!
[09:37] Konoha
So come with us!
[09:41] Toya
I'm sorry, Onee-sama.
[09:43] Toya
I can't go with you right now.
[09:47] Toya
That said...
[09:50] Toya
I'll call you once
everything's settled down.
[09:53] Toya
I still want to make a
game together with you!
[09:59] Konoha
Yeah! Sure thing!
[10:01] Konoha
I'll be waiting for you, Toya-chan!
[10:11] Dispatcher
110, emergency services speaking.
[10:13] Dispatcher
Are you calling about a crime? An accident?
[10:15] Toya
My name is Toya Yamada.
[10:18] Toya
Can you make your way immediately
to Akihabara Stadium?
[10:21] Dispatcher
T-Toya Yamada?!
[10:24] Meiko
Say, Kono-chan.
[10:26] Meiko
That was Toya Yamada-san
just now, wasn't it?
[10:29] Meiko
From Shooting Stars.
[10:31] Meiko
You're friends with that celebrity?
[10:35] Konoha
Toya-chan is my dear friend!
[10:43] Kyonshi
That's the last one!
[10:47] Kyonshi
Ah, my back's killing me...
[10:49] Kaori
Good work, Kyonshi.
[10:50] Manager
That makes all of the desks
and PCs I asked for.
[10:54] Mamoru
Thanks, Dad.
[10:56] Konoha
Huh?
[10:57] Konoha
Don't we have a few extra desks here?
[11:00] Kikiko
Sorry!
[11:02] Lalako
We're late!
[11:03] Konoha
What?
[11:04] Kikiko
Wow!
[11:05] Kikiko
It's really Kono-chan-san!
[11:07] Lalako
You're right!
[11:09] Hashimoto
Long time no see, Konoha-san.
[11:11] Kikiko
It's the manager's fault for getting a
helicopter with the wrong number of seats!
[11:12] Konoha
Kikilala-san! Hashimoto-san!
[11:15] Lalako
It was a real pain in the tush!
[11:17] Manager
Didn't I apologize already?
[11:20] Kaori
Let's leave the chitchat for later.
[11:22] Kaori
Everyone, now it's our turn
to help out Kono-chan.
[11:26] Kaori
Let's get Kono-chan's game finished!
SIGN New Title Merch Sales Proposal
SIGN Store Name Plan Name Sales Merch Sales Target Est. Mfg. Qty Mfg. Deadline Delivery Date Notes
SIGN Sofmap
SIGN Messe Sanoh
SIGN Sofmap - LE Deluxe
Bonus 3-Pack
SIGN Messe Sanoh
SIGN Bonus 2-Pack
SIGN Original Promo Art
SIGN Original body pillow cover
Original B2 tapestry
Lovey-dovey drama CD
LE storage box
Original body pillow cover
Original B2 tapestry
Original B2 tapestry
SIGN MG option
SIGN MG option
SIGN TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
TBD TBD
SIGN Make sure characters don't overlap with other stores.
Look into having mfr. bear expenses based on qty.
Proceed in tandem w/ placing storefront ads
and increasing promos.
Plan on distribution trend analysis. Confirm date.
SIGN Make sure char. don't overlap w/ large rival stores.
Bear part of promo expenses to strengthen sales.
Reserve increased qty of early pre-order bonuses.
SIGN Store representative is an Alcohol Soft fan.
Best to take time and explain style
differences and merits.
SIGN The path we've walked...
...not about whether it's good or bad...
I can't possibly choose...
SIGN Our future
SIGN Hold Dear
[12:10] Konoha
We finished it!
[12:12] Mamoru
Yeah.
[12:13] Mamoru
Dad and the others left in a flash,
as soon as the game was wrapped up.
[12:17] Konoha
Still, I had fun making
a game with everyone again!
[12:21] Mamoru
We spilled the beans in the end.
[12:24] Mamoru
About the time travel stuff.
[12:25] Konoha
Yeah.
[12:26] Konoha
There wasn't a way to hide it any longer.
[12:29] Konoha
I mean, my appearance has
stayed exactly the same.
[12:32] Konoha
But in the end, everyone
wished me good luck!
[12:36] Mamoru
Yeah.
[12:39] Mamoru
It's almost time.
[12:41] Mamoru
You don't have any unfinished
business, right?
[12:43] Konoha
Nothing.
[12:44] Konoha
I crammed in everything
I wanted to get done!
[12:46] Konoha
Oh, one last thing!
[12:53] Mamoru
You want to walk around Akiba one last time?
[12:57] Mamoru
I can't believe that's the
one thing you wanted to do.
[13:00] Konoha
I-Is that weird?
[13:01] Mamoru
No, it's just like you.
[13:04] Mamoru
More importantly, you made sure to
bring the game with you, right?
[13:08] Konoha
Sheesh!
[13:09] Konoha
Don't treat me like a little kid!
[13:11] Konoha
I have it right here!
[13:14] Konoha
See?
SIGN The Things I Hold Dear
[13:16] Mamoru
The Things I Hold Dear, huh?
[13:20] Konoha
I-Is that no good?
[13:21] Mamoru
No, I think it's fine.
[13:24] Mamoru
Besides, I know that the game inside is fun.
[13:27] Konoha
Yeah!
[13:28] Mamoru
Right, I should give this
to you while I can.
[13:31] Mamoru
I wrote down everything
you need to do in here.
SIGN To Mamoru
[13:34] Mamoru
Give that to me in 1999.
[13:38] Mamoru
Then pray that 1999 me
will figure out the rest.
[13:45] Konoha
Mamoru-kun.
[13:48] Konoha
It won't be easy.
[13:49] Konoha
You're going to spend over twenty years
keeping watch over history, all by yourself?
[13:55] Mamoru
Yeah.
[13:56] Mamoru
I guess that's how it's going to be.
[14:01] Mamoru
Don't feel sorry for me.
[14:03] Konoha
But...
[14:05] Mamoru
I love Akiba as well, you know.
[14:08] Mamoru
As much as you do.
[14:11] Konoha
Mamoru-kun...
[14:12] Mamoru
That's why this is a two-person
plan between you and me.
[14:18] Mamoru
You've already done everything you can.
[14:20] Mamoru
Just leave the rest to me.
[14:22] Mamoru
Have faith in the game that you've made.
[14:26] Konoha
Yeah!
[14:28] Konoha
You know, Akiba's so clean now,
and the corner stores are gone.
[14:31] Mamoru
Whenever we pulled all-nighters,
you always fell asleep right away.
[14:33] Konoha
Th-That's not true!
[14:35] Mamoru
You didn't mess with the PC-98s, did you?
[14:37] Konoha
I didn't touch them!
[14:38] Mamoru
You haven't grown up at all.
[14:40] Konoha
What was that?!
[14:51] Mamoru
Here we are.
[14:53] Mamoru
Well, good luck.
[14:55] Konoha
Okay.
[15:02] Konoha
Hey, Mamoru-kun.
[15:05] Mamoru
What?
[15:06] Konoha
I'm about to go to 1999, change history,
and then come back to 2023, right?
[15:15] Konoha
I-In that case, when I come back
to 2023 and meet you again...
[15:22] Konoha
Will that Mamoru-kun be the same as
the one standing here right now?
[15:30] Mamoru
Strictly speaking, we'll
be two different people.
[15:33] Konoha
S-So all the things that
happened up until now,
[15:36] Konoha
including this conversation...
you're going to forget all of it?
[15:39] Konoha
Am I going to forget about the
Mamoru-kun I'm talking to right now?
[15:44] Mamoru
Yeah, that might be the case.
[15:48] Konoha
Oh no...
[15:51] Konoha
I don't want that...
[15:53] Konoha
I don't wanna forget!
[15:59] Mamoru
You won't forget.
[16:00] Konoha
Huh?
[16:02] Mamoru
Back when I met Echo, we had a conversation.
[16:06] Mamoru
He told me humans are bursting with energy.
[16:09] Konoha
Energy?
[16:10] Mamoru
Yeah.
[16:11] Mamoru
That energy is what makes
everything possible.
[16:14] Mamoru
So you won't forget.
[16:16] Mamoru
As long as that energy burns
inside us, we'll never forget.
[16:22] Mamoru
Why don't we test it out?
[16:24] Mamoru
Let's see if we still remember each other.
[16:32] Konoha
Sure! Fine by me!
[16:34] Konoha
I'll never forget what happened today!
[16:36] Konoha
No, not just today!
[16:39] Konoha
All the things we did together!
[16:43] Mamoru
Yeah.
[16:45] Konoha
Okay, Mamoru-kun.
[16:50] Konoha
See you later!
[16:58] Mamoru
See you later, Konoha.
[17:10] Konoha
This is really the last one.
[17:13] Konoha
Comic Party.
[17:15] Konoha
It's fine.
[17:16] Konoha
I need to have faith
[17:18] Konoha
in everyone who helped me!
[17:20] Konoha
In Mamoru-kun. In myself!
SIGN Nanako
[17:34] Nanako
"Hello there, everyone."
[17:36] Nanako
"Thank you for buying this game."
[17:39] Nanako
"This game isn't a sweeping epic saga, and
it's not full of surprising twists and turns."
[17:47] Nanako
"But I really wanted to tell all of you
my story, so I turned it into a game."
[17:53] Nanako
"There's so much I want to tell you."
[17:56] Nanako
"There are fun parts, scary parts,
parts to make you laugh,"
[18:01] Nanako
"as well as the story of
some very wonderful girls."
[18:07] Nanako
"It's all jam-packed in here."
[18:09] Nanako
"I hope you enjoy it!"
[18:11] Nanako
"Okay, let's get started!"
[18:16] Konoha
I-I'm back?
[18:25] Konoha
This is...
[18:26] Konoha
This is the Akiba I remember!
[18:32] Konoha
It's back!
[18:35] Dejiko
Nyo!
[18:38] Konoha
What?
[18:39] Konoha
What?!
[18:40] Konoha
This place looks crazier than I remember!
[18:43] Dejiko
Welcome to Akihabara, nyo!
[18:48] Konoha
That's right, Alcohol Soft.
[18:50] Konoha
What about Alcohol Soft?!
[19:02] Konoha
All the lights are off...
[19:05] Konoha
Everyone...
[19:07] President
What are you doing?
[19:09] Konoha
Ah! Prez!
[19:13] Konoha
Oh, that's right!
[19:15] Konoha
It completely slipped my mind,
[19:17] Konoha
but it was Blue Bell that
was here in the original 2023!
[19:23] Konoha
Prez!
[19:24] Konoha
You wouldn't believe what I've been through!
[19:27] Konoha
Video games have the power
to do great things!
[19:29] Konoha
No matter the game, I've decided
I'll work on them as hard as I can!
[19:33] Konoha
Just leave it to me, Prez!
[19:36] President
Huh? What are you talking about?
[19:38] Konoha
What am I talking about?!
[19:40] Konoha
You know, Blue Bell's latest game!
[19:43] President
Blue Bell? My company?
[19:47] President
We don't make video games.
[19:49] Konoha
What?
[19:50] President
Take a look.
SIGN Welcome!
SIGN Welcome!MILF Café Blue Bell
[19:52] Konoha
M-MILF Café Blue Bell?!
[19:55] President
Wait, a game studio?
[19:58] President
Are you talking about Alcohol Soft?
[20:00] Konoha
Alcohol Soft?!
[20:02] Konoha
Can I find them here?!
[20:03] President
That's in the past.
[20:05] President
After their game became a hit,
they all moved over to the US.
[20:09] President
After Alcohol Soft moved out, a different
game studio bought out the entire building.
[20:15] President
They must have a lot of
money to throw around.
[20:17] President
I should have gone into making games.
[20:21] President
Damn shame...
[20:24] Konoha
I see.
[20:25] Konoha
Everyone's in the US.
[20:27] Konoha
Yeah, of course they are.
[20:31] Konoha
That's good.
[20:33] Konoha
It's all for the best.
[20:35] Konoha
This is what I wanted.
[20:38] Konoha
Thanks, Mamoru-kun!
[20:42] Konoha
I remember...
[20:45] Konoha
I still remember!
[20:47] Konoha
Mamoru-kun, and everything else!
[20:52] Konoha
Thanks, Mamoru-kun!
[20:54] Konoha
I'll stay here, in Akiba,
and make video games!
[20:59] Konoha
Forever and ever!
[21:05] Konoha
I say that, but what do I do now?
[21:08] Konoha
Blue Bell turned into a
MILF café and all...
[21:28] Mamoru
Twenty years without anyone
to actually make the games.
[21:31] Mamoru
Small as it may be, it was a real
pain to keep this company going.
[21:35] Mamoru
You sure did take your sweet time...
[21:39] Mamoru
Okay, let's make some games.
[21:42] Konoha
Mamoru-kun...
[21:45] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[21:48] Konoha
Mamoru-kun!
[22:03] Mamoru
Konoha.
[22:06] Mamoru
Why don't we make a game together?
[22:14] Konoha
Yeah!