Today’s post is about “Locolocca -da capo-“, a dark, free doujin otome game (though in my personal opinion it’s just a horror story with a female protagonist and a single romantic interest, hardly any tropes you find in “romance”) by Japanese doujin otome game creator Kirue. Most games by Kirue are dark, and many of them have at least one yandere hero in the story. Despite being a free game made with minimal resources, the story of this game really punched me in the guts and I want to share that feeling with others~ So I’m going to narrate the whole story of the game in this post, making it less a review and more a complete summary. As usual, expect raging and memes in the middle of story description.

For anyone curious, you can download the gamehere on freem! and enjoy it along with me. Before you start reading: this game is all about craziness and psychological horror, the “romance” isn’t fluffy in any way and there areno happy endings. 💣😱🔪You have been warned 👍

(Note: Our protagonist’s name is Vega by default so I left it at that.)

The game begins with Vega waking up and immediately being greeted by this weird teddy bear which claims to be her guide and seems to know her name. We get choice right from the get go about whether to go back to sleep or to say that I’m not sleepy. During my first playthrough I plan to pick all the stupid choices, so I’m just going to saying that I’m going back to sleep. But as soon as I do so, Vega is assaulted by a sudden headache which reminds me of Alice from the heart no kuni series.

She hears this disembodied voice saying“You cannot sleep, there’s something you must do right?”, whereas the teddy bear seems to be encouraging her to stay asleep. It mocks for trying to go out even though she does not know what she wants to go, but quickly changes gears and says it’s going to teach her where she needs to go.

“There’s something you must do,that’s why you must go. Isn’t that so?”

Twilight is a Japanese free otome I played last year (you can get it fromfreem) and liveblogged on discord, but never got to making a full-fledged review. It was fully voiced (only mc partially voiced) with pretty nice art and a somewhat crazy yandere plot (no vampires here though, just only lolicon herbalists), so I figured I could edit my crazy comments into a somewhat readable form in this post.

Finally, the trip down the memory lane ends :’) This last tweet compilation covers mostly Megane Katsuya x Midou route from the fandisc, with a few comments about Honda x Normal Katsuya. (also some links to me crying on tumblr and makingpie charts for personality analysis lmaooooo)

Catching up! This part will cover mostly Taichi’s route, next part should be the last (from 2016 at least, maybe I’ll play again)!

After several years, I’m putting together the tweets up to Midou’s ending with Megane Katsuya XD. Better late than never yeah?

Hello friends! I have been having lots of hashihime feels lately, so here is the translation of a Minakami/Tamamori short story from BL visual novel Hashihime of the Old Book Town, developed by ADELTA and localized to English by Mangagamer. This particular story set 2 years after the ending of Minakami’s route was published in the artbook of the game and is described from Minakami’s POV. I love how he’s letting himself be more cheeky~

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~After the Storm~
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The nightingales were already chirping by the time I woke up.
When I open my eyelids slightly, a shining spring garden greets my vision.
The rain seems to have stopped during the night.

With both the sliding doors to the living room and the glass doors to the garden left open, the cool outside air enters the room directly.
My hands that are lying beside me no longer have Tamamori’s warmth in them.
He definitely was in my arms during the night though.

I wonder where he went.
When I raise my upper body and look around, I find my change of clothes messily folded by the pillow.

The nightingales are still chirping.
Standing on the eaves, I can see the footprints continuing from the garden to the outside.

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This is a small update on the translation project of a free short otome game I previously mentioned inthis post and some more sneak peeks. (The game seems to removed now, probably because the creator seems to be moving to a different website, but they gave me permission to translate beforehand.)

(EDIT: Will update video Later)

The common route is finished, now moving on to the route stories. Although the system text are all still Japanese in this video, I have a graphic designer friend working on them 😉

Other than the system image translation, I’m doing this by myself and the game is pretty short (<30 min), but if anyone who has played and enjoyed this game wants to join me in translating you’re most welcome to comment here or email me at aurora6290@gmail.com! The game also got aremake with a new protagonist, I will try to contact the author after this project is finished to see if I can translate that as well.

Hello everyone, today I bring you a translation of the Kawase/Tamamori short story (R18) from the BL visual novel Hashihime of the Old Book Town, developed by ADELTA and localized to English by Mangagamer. The story was published onADELTA’s official website, so there shouldn’t be any problem to share it with the English fandom.

This is the first half to the story that is described from Tamamori’s POV, the same events are also explained from Kawase’s POV in the second half (that I hope I can translate soon). This story was also included in “Koshotengai no Hashihime NOMA”, the PlayStation Vita release of Hashihime, but the Vita release is not translated yet and the R18 content content of the short story was not included there.

Okay, let’s get started without further ado!

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“Your eyes are so lovely” First Half
​(Tamamori POV)
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Imperial Theatre.
It was the name of the first stage where “Tokyo-bushi” was performed.[T/N: Tokyobushi Marching Through Georgia Enka – This popular song was composed in 1919 and was a big hit.]
It’s a song that’s full of nothing but “lively” descriptions of the imperial capital, covering everything from the daily activities of people to things like the Juunikai and the public flower garden.[T/N: Asakusa juunikai 浅草十二回, also called Ryōunkaku tower, Japan’s first western-style skyscraper.]
So, to have its name mentioned in that song, and to even have the first showing hosted here, it goes without saying that the Imperial Theater was very “lively”.

And here I am, inside this renaissance theater, sitting down in the smack-middle of the first class seats.

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I don’t know why I played Megane Katsuya version of Midou route and Taichi route (only Normal Katsuya can date Taichi) at the same time back then lol. 2016 voca was indecisive. This part will cover all of Midou’s route except the ending (too many tweets, continued in the next part).

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Extracting JP text from PSP games running on PPSSPP emulator was considered to be only a pipedream until the amazing Jiichi added PPSSPP support to his text hooker program Visual Novel Reader (VNR) back in July 2014. Until a few years back ,a lot of people including myself used VNR for this purpose, but after some time VNR support for PPSSPP came to a halt, and eventually the its server died (the offline program was partially dependent on it). Eventually there was anew server, but the software is still outdated and buggy, and windows 10 updates broke the program for me and many others. There is still the option to download

I have been looking for VNR alternativesfor a long time even when VNR was alive because of how resource intensive it was. Back in 2014 the closest thing I had found was thisawseome person’s blogwhere they made a custom text hooker exclusively for Daiya no Kuni no Alice and a more general workaround using Cheat Engine. Now I have found 2 possible options that still work in 2020 and would like to share them with you all 🙂

EDIT: After I published this post, I found that there have been improvements to the Cheat Engine workaround and it can be considered a valid alternative to ITHVNR/Textractor for tricky games. Feel free to check out thestep by step manual here. I’ll cover my experiences with it in a future post.

Starting the JP screenshots from this part!

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Because Twitter moments are a pain is the ass to make (plus they have a maximum limit of 100-ish), I’m arranging my 500+ Kichiku Megane livetweeting tweets into a number of WordPress posts instead. It’s also much easier to do, I just run a software that collects my tweet links and I just batch copy paste the links into wordpress. If I manually made moments of all the tweets one by one instead, I’d have to click more than a thousand times ;;;;

Man, the writing in this game really gives me mixed feelings. It’s 60% overdone RAPE + 20% variety of BL tropes + 20% SWEET DELICIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL EXPLORATION that always brings me back 😔

This is going to be part 1 of 4/5 posts, this being the shortest. There is a partial patch for the game and I kept all the English screenshots in this post, the later tweets will be in JP.

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The previous post, part 4 ishere!

This part is going to a lot shorter than the other ones because it’s basically just going to be the whole hscene. Unlike the dickstepping hscene where I added short videos and relied more on text, this time I will post much longer videos because the pacing is really good and I don’t want the viewers to abruptly stop midscene. I will write a description of the scenes below the videos as usual, but viewers are recommended to watch a video in one go because the voice actors really outdid themselves (≧▽≦)

Also apologies for the NSFW thumbnail in the last video ;v; Too bad google drive doesn’t let me change it…

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After the moment where the last post left off, we suddenly enter naughty territory (it feels a little strange because the BGM is still a sad one) where Mitsugi starts feeling up Azuma when the latter is still in a slightly dazed state. I giggled at how Azuma is like “I feel like I know this guy”. 

Even though he gives a cold impression and feels like more machine than man, at times he feels so human.

At first he’s just surprised at how awkward Mitsugi is being despite his usual wit and confused what his motivation could be behind the sudden groping (duh, obviously it’s thirst), but his internal narration inevitably starts to become horny pretty quickly.

The rhythm of his heartbeats, transmitting across our closely glued chests, slowly tugs my consciousness back to reality—
But my recovering senses waver again when he touches me across my shorts.
Even though I wasn’t aroused, just the light touch itself felt good.
I know this sensation. Even though I’m reluctant to admit it, it was a feeling so good that it could kill.

Azuma closes his eyes and starts to cuddle Mitsugi’s head tighter, but that results in Mitsugi’s poor hair getting tangled again and he’s like “ouch” XD. But even his pained breaths on Azuma’s ears are enough for him to get all breathless, and Azuma judges himself for getting turned on from Mitsugi’s voice as well lol. He notes that it was the same “the last time too”, and then makes a double take at the phrase because his memories are still muddled. Mitsugi then rolls a bit so that the two of them are lying on their sides facing each other, and Azuma finally starts to recognize him.

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The previous post, part 2b ishere!

The next day Azuma wakes up yawning. I got really worried at his “It seemed like I had slept with my face stuck on the floor, so there was a puddle of drool on it”, did this fool not use a futon after all!? ლ (#｀ﾛ＾;)> Let’s hope that he just rolled around enough that his face ended up touching the floor….

Azuma comments that he feels like he saw a number of dreams, of which one was super EROI (sadly he doesn’t remember any of it). He finds Mitsugi already awake and reading the notebook while sitting at the table. Mitsugi informs Azuma that he talks very loudly in his sleep, so loud in fact that Mitsugi couldn’t get any sleep (KARMA, BITCHHHHH 凸(¬‿¬) ). Azuma says sorry but inside he’s like “so it was a dream erotic enough to make me scream? So sad that I can’t remember T.T” 

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Part 2a (NSFW)here!

Azuma keeps tiredly rolling on the ground even as Mitsugi finally unties him (I laughed so hard at the narration of grass getting stuck on Azuma’s wet dick (˵¯̴͒ꇴ¯̴͒˵) ). Mitsugi is like “roll if you wanna but first put away that filthy dicc” and that makes Azuma return to the world of living and reignites his rage. Mitsugi is lucky that Azuma is not the violent type, I would’ve punched him waaay before this if it were me in Azuma’s place, and after this incident I’d break his leg (Azuma is physically much more fit than Mitsugi so he could do it if he put his mind on it). My mature boi Azuma actually holds back his urge to punch Mitsugi while telling himself that “injuring him would slow down the boat’s progress”. See Mitsugi?! He’s a good boy who’s serious about ensuring people’s survival, not a slacker like you believe 凸ಠ益ಠ)凸

Azuma finally confronts Mitsugi and says that while he admits his fault in sleeping during work (I almost jumped into the screen to smack Mitsugi when he reacted to this part with “wow, so you get it”, THE NERVE OF THIS BITCH (ノಠ益ಠ)ノ彡┻━┻), that isn’t a reason for Mitsugi to embarrass him like this. He also asks Mitsugi if he did this because he’s gay, this feels like an insult to gay ppl lmao. Being gay wouldn’t be reason enough to sexually harass somebody ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Mitsugi route part 1here!

From now on, I’ll be including lots of videos in the posts because the VAs of Paradise are freaking amazing and the tone of the character voices is very important in figuring out the hidden context in a lot of scenes. If a scene is crucial to understand the plot or a character (or if it’s just cool imo, lol) I will also include the text translation below the video in case you can’t see the video at that moment.

As promised, a SPICY scene for you all XD My apologies for being unable to censor the NSFW thumbnail of the last video, because it’s NSFW I uploaded it to google drive instead of YT, and GD doesn’t have the custom thumbnails option.

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Azuma feels super attacked by Mitsugi’s tongue-lashing. (I felt sad at his monologue “Being called an idiot really rubs me the wrong way. I AM an idiot, but you don’t have to say it like that.” You’re not an idiot Azuma!! You’re a good, smart boi T.T) He thinks that it’s unfair of Mitsugi to blame him for a physiological response of the male body when he’s also a man. He angrily asks Mitsugi if he never gets morning wood and is detached from such baser instincts, but before he can finish his sentence, Mitsugi very casually admits that he also gets them and renders Azuma speechless. 

Mitsugi does, however, state that him getting morning woods isn’t the issue now. He gets all uppity about it “look at you being lazy at work and popping boners while everyone is working hard for survival” uh no bitch didn’t Azuma already explain why he’s tired? (ಠ ∩ಠ)

(EDIT: I was super mad during my first playthrough and compared Mitsugi to a narc who’s convinced nothing is his fault, but I guess the problem is that both of them are thinking in parallel lines regarding the Azuma sleeping on the floor incident. From Mitsugi’s perspective, Azuma is a dumbass who didn’t look for the spare futon despite Mitsugi giving what he thinks is explicit permission, but in Azuma and also the player’s eyes Mitsugi is 100% at fault for turning off the light too soon and sending the wrong message. ╭(๑¯д¯๑)╮)

Mitsugi: Our food stock is low, the rescue isn’t coming either, and there has even been a casualty.
Mitsugi: Because we might end up dead too at this rate, we decided to make a boat to escape this place.
Mitsugi: Yet you dare skip out on that work to take a nap, then have the audacity to pop a boner…?

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Common route last part here!

Now we have finally started Mitsugi route! This is the first part out of 3 or 4.
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Azuma forgets that Mitsugi is also in the shipbuilding group, plus he also has an interest in building things (like plastic model cars and the like) so he simply wants to try building a ship. He volunteersan y to join the shipbuilding group and Matauda, their de-facto-leader, is accepting of his decision. Mitsugi disapproves with a tut, making Azuma belatedly realize what he just signed up for (;´Д`). He wants to backpedal but loses his chance as everyone keeps talking about their own preferences. 

Shimada is in shipbuilding group because he likes delicate work (Mitsugi is pleased and thanks him for helping out, wow niceness?), Takara wants to search for food (sasuga foodie boi (*°∀°)=3), Kido thinks that the food collection group needs more people so he also wants to join, Hongou plans to help out the shipbuilding group when he is not attempting to communicate with the mainland. During this whole time Azuma just keeps staring awkwardly and trying to get a word in and fails. In the end Matsuda answers him only when it is too late and everyone has chosen their groups, but Azuma still tries and asks Matsuda whether it is OK for him to be in the shipbuilding group. He wanted Matsuda to take a hint and put him in the food collection group by switching him out with someone else, but Matsuda just turns to Mitsugi and enquires if he has any problems with Azuma joining them. 

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Part 2 here!

This concludes the common route, we’ll move on to Mitsugi route in the next part.
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Day 6

The island residents spend most of the day doing the same things as day 5 but don’t obtain much success. There is still no signs of the ship, and tension is high in the air. The musclehead with a short temper and the seaweed head from the canon fodder quartet start arguing, blaming each other for their lack of success and musclehead even takes out his frustration on the glasses dude trying to mediate. In the end Matsuda steps in to calm them down. During this whole time Azuma keeps looking on like an observer, apathy skill level over 9000.

“I can see why they would get frustrated and lose their cool.”

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Part 1here, please go read it first if you haven’t yet!

Part 3 should conclude the common route, then we’ll move on to Mitsugi route. I’ll go for Mitsugi first because I hate him the most(EDIT: I made this statement during my first playthrough, I’ll talk about my current feelings about him at the end of his route post), and I’m sad that Shimada isn’t apparently capture character because he’s cute despite the goatee. I will, however, edit the post to include how certain scenes during the common route vary slightly depending on the route choices.
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Ok guys I am back with a review/summary of Pil/Slash’s newest game, Paradise, even though I should probably finish the next part for the review of Ai wa, Nikushimi ni Yoku Niteiru first (￣▽￣*)ゞ.

Paradise is a dark survival thriller Boys Love Game that is a collaboration project between Pil/Slash and LOVE&DESTROY. Both companies are infamous for the dark and mindscrew-y storylines in their games (many of you might be familiar with LOVE&DESTROY’s -CAGE OPEN- and Pil/Slash’s Shingakkou -Noli me tangere-), and Paradise is also not an exception to that norm despite the brightly colored pretty art and a seemingly happy-go-lucky protagonist.

I remember seeing the summary onvndb before, but by the time I started the game I had forgotten most of it. I didn’t look it up again because I wanted to go in as blind as possible, and I will try to write this review in a way that you don’t get spoiled for future routes. The order I followed was Mitsugi -> Matsuda -> Takara, and it was a wise choice, though not for the reasons I expected XD (I will explain this after I’m finished with reviewing everything).

The original game came out on November 30th 2017, and a sequel fandisc ”Paradise -MUSUBI-” was released on October 12th 2018. The fandisc contains the after stories that follow the happy ends of the original game, as well as retellings of some scenes from the original game from the point of view of other characters. A second fandisc came out just yesterday, July 26th 2019. I haven’t played it yet, but it seems darker compared to the previous FD and it seems that instead of following the original game endings, this will change up the story from the very start and be more informative about the overall mystery (like a true route).

I think I’ve spent enough time introducing the game, so I’m jumping right into my let’s play/summary combination. No introduction about the characters because some of them are spoilery + I am feeling a bit under the weather. I might update this post later to turn it into a more proper review.

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