# E9 - Where Am I?
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/G31UXW0E7/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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