E9 - Where Am I?

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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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