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Post by shiranui on Mar 6, 2010 7:04:00 GMT -5
Entry 42: Life, The Universe and Everything17 hours and 39 minutes of game time, and we've barely gotten started. --- Sunday, May 22The popular home-shopping show is starting, let's check out if Tanaka is selling anything interesting today. His show is always accompanied with this awesomely bad song with a bunch of Japanese guys singing about how Tanaka is comin' straight to your TV.This time he is selling two items every week, and you can choose which one you want to buy. I get the Adios Shoes. This song is almost as cool as the Satomi Tadashi Pharmacy theme from the first two Persona games. Right, let's see if there's anything interesting to do today. Eh... not just yet, I have some things I need to take care of, such as visiting Daidara to sell some materials and get new stuff... ...and, of course, hanging out with Yukiko. Kanji can wait a bit, right? We go to the Yomenaido Bookstore, and Yukiko buys a book about job certifications. What does she need that for? Looks like spending time inside the Midnight Channel isn't all bad, as it appears to help you clear your thoughts. This seems to be something she's wanted to get out of her system for a while now. Anyway, in order to live on her own, she would need a job license... maybe something along the lines of an interior decorator. However, for that she needs some money, and naturally she can't tell her mother about her plans. Hey, yeah, I bet she could do a good job translating stuff. NO! DON'T SAY THAT. NO ONE SHOULD HAVE TO MAKE ENVELOPES. Well, at least she seems happy. Yay, she likes me a bit more now! We part ways and head home. In the evening I decide to try my hand at fishing once more, maybe this time I can catch that Inaba Trout! F*** you, Samegawa. That's all. --- Monday, May 23Ah, nothing like a good King Moron lecture to start off the morning on a high note. As you might expect, he's talking about Kanji here. I have some things to do after school, so let's run around for a bit once again. First of all, I get some Meat Gum from Chie. The lady who was asking for odd-tasting snacks will probably enjoy this stuff. Why yes, it is a Suspicious Pole in my pocket. Ms. Sofue gives me a couple of Pulsating Stones in return. These basically work like Chewing Souls, giving 100 SP to an ally. Excellent. There's your freaking board. The Royal Jelly she gives me cures an ally of Enervation and Exhaustion status. We haven't seen enemies using those yet, but we probably will in the near future. Sure, you can have my useless health items. He gives me "The Gentle Way" which is some kind of a manual I can use to boost my knowledge. Namatame is still not doing very well. Poor guy. Yes, it is Meat Gum. It's all yours. No shit? She thanks me for my help and heads off to Tatsuhime Shrine to make an offering. Sure thing... although we did take a break yesterday as well, but... yeah. We're hanging out at the Junes food court, when these two airheads come and get in Yosuke's face about work-related issues, since Yosuke is the son of the manager and all. Fair enough, I think that's not too much to... ...oh. Well, that might make things a bit harder. Infallible logic at work here, people. The gaudy student says she'll think about it, though I'm not sure if she has the brain capacity for such a thing. Ah, always nice to see such motivated workers. What is wrong with these people? The complaints department is THAT way, you know. It can't be easy dealing with all these idiots. Yosuke then says that he's not used to having serious conversations with people because back in the city it was all small talk and such, but here it's different and he can talk seriously with us. Hey, don't mention it. Again, don't mention it. I guess I understand Yosuke a bit better now. In the evening I choose to spend some time with Nanako, as I don't think watching TV all the time is exactly good for her. I see where this is going. Sure enough. At least she is happy, that's always nice. This has been a good day for Social Links. Margaret would be pleased. Maybe. Hmm, I should visit Margaret sometime soon... oh yeah, I think I was having a discussion with Nanako here. Sure. The students of Yasogami High are okay for the most part, but most of the teachers are completely insane and I have no idea if half of them even have proper qualifications. There is King Moron who is, well, King Moron... then there's Ms. Sofue who is kind of weird but still quite attractive in some way... Mr. Hosoi is a mustached weirdo who has a hand puppet of himself... and then there's that one guy who will probably get fired for sexual harassment in the not too distant future... and Ms. Nakajima who looks an awful lot like Michael Jackson... anyone else? Oh yeah, the P.E. teacher who is also supposed to be qualified to teach English because he has spent one week overseas. So yeah. Look forward to it. --- Next time on LPP4: More Social Link action!
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Post by Schattenjager on Mar 6, 2010 11:46:17 GMT -5
Hmh. I'm surprised that not more people read this, since I, someone who has never played a Persona game in his life, find this very entertaining. The highlight, of course, has been the attack of the rampaging robot Hulk Hogan. Your style of writing and sometimes funny, sometimes not that funny jokes and remarks keep the episodes interesting to read and look forward to.
Are even halfway there yet?
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Post by shiranui on Mar 6, 2010 13:22:31 GMT -5
Entry 43: Excitement!--- Tuesday, May 24I thought it might be a good idea to show up at soccer practice once in a while, so here we are. After practice is over, Mr. Kondo gathers us up for some kind of an announcement... and holy s***, who's THAT? That's our team manager? Well, she certainly is attractive, no question about that. She sounds like she'd rather be anywhere else, though, I haven't heard a voice that cold this side of Final Fantasy's Shiva summon. Not that it would stop these perpetually horny idiots from drooling over her. Jesus. Of course, as soon as Ai has finished introducing herself, Mr. Kondo runs off like a champ. Once Mr. Kondo turns his back, these morons basically swarm Ai. I swear, if even one of you jock-asses as much as tries to touch the girl in an inappropriate manner, I'll soon be using your heads to practice the Sublimely Magnificent Soji Shot Mk. III on. She sounds like she can take care of herself, though, but... you know, just in case. Heh, ice burn. Hopefully that knocked some sense into these blockheads. Still, it begs the question -- why is she the team manager if...? Oh. (Ai's character is basically the exact opposite of Yuko Nishiwaki, who was the sports team manager in Persona 3. Yuko was very responsible and hard-working and always had the best interests of the team in mind... which, as you can see, can't be said for Ai here)And then she leaves. What a wonderful girl. Seems to have a bit of a chip on her shoulder, but anyone who can leave these idiots on the team standing there with their mouths open and looking even more pathetic than usual can't be all bad. Hey, that was actually a pretty good one. I didn't expect any of them to be able to string together a complete sentence after what we just saw, but there we go. That was a quick answer. Yeah, because looks are totally everything. Moron. Then again, she does also seem to have personality, so I might try and see if I could get to know her somewhat better. Well, I don't know if I'd go that far... After the obligatory "what about guys hurr durr" joke (yeah, these guys are comedy masterminds on par with Friedberg & Seltzer), they ask why Daisuke thinks this way, since apparently he dated some girl back in middle school. They theorize it's because he now has higher standards or something. What a bunch of f***heads. Well, you could say that. Dude's got a point there. Soon after, Kou comes and we train once again. When I get home, there is a package waiting on the table. That's of course the Adios Shoes I ordered from Tanaka's show... hmm, cheap knock-off of a more popular brand, eh? Clearly, Tanaka is still selling quality products. Still, Chie doesn't seem to mind wearing them while kicking the s*** out of some poor bastard, so I'll give them to her. I also go fishing again, but only manage to catch two Red Goldfish. Meh. --- Wednesday, May 25Ooh, new jobs! Gotta check 'em out. After school I run into Ai at the shoe lockers. Friendly as ever. I think this approach will surprise her so badly that she'll be at a loss for words for a moment. Somehow, my Courage allows me to actually say it. However, she doesn't even blink and instead sizes me up and down. Finally, she replies with her best Squall Leonhart impression... but hey, it worked. Kind of. However, I need to work on my courage before I can skip classes. Fair enough. Ah, that looks good. However, I need more Diligence... so it's either more soccer or more envelopes. Great. There is also a tutoring job available, but that requires Understanding. Soon afterwards, I meet Yukiko at the Junes grocery department. I ask if she's making dinner at the inn, but she is very quick to tell me that her food isn't anywhere near good enough to serve to the guests. She does seem to appreciate the fact I even considered such a possibility, though. Actually, she's just going to practice her cooking and I wish her good luck for that. (As an aside, some of these dialogue options are absolutely hilarious)Hey, that doesn't sound so bad... ...until I notice that I can't choose the "Count me in" option due to my lack of Courage. Well, crap. This might be bad after all... but I'll do it. I'll do it for Yukiko and the voices in my head. Ah, lobsters. The perfect food for a young student on a budget. Will this book ever end? It's literally the same thing over and over again! --- Thursday, May 26(Figures. Ms. Sofue is the sister of Mr. Ono, the teacher of Japanese history in Persona 3. Eccentricity seems to run in the family.) Ms. Sofue asks Yosuke a question about the writing system the Egyptians used, and Yosuke is not paying attention as is the norm for him. Still, everyone knows the answer to this... right? RIGHT? Oh, Yosuke doesn't. Damn it. Also known as hieroglyphics, which you might have heard of. After school I head to Samegawa Flood Plain with Yukiko, who has prepared a boxed lunch for me. That's nice of her. I guess. That's always a good start. I suddenly regret this. I just have to ask, did she taste it? Oh God. I mean, I appreciate the thought, but... oh god. I can't say no to that face. I guess something like this was what Meat Loaf was singing about in the song "I'd Do Anything For Love (But I Won't Do That)"... All right, let's do this. Yukiko, I hope I didn't just die for you. OH GOD OH SWEET JESUS HORATIO CHRIST, MY TASTE BUDS ARE TRYING TO STAB ME AAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH Let's just say that now I guess I know how Syd Lexia felt when he ate those Star Wars cookies from 1983 in 2009. (language and Comic Sans font warning) Aw, please don't cry. There's always next time, you will do better. I'm sure of it. Nanako appears from out of nowhere and asks what we're doing. When Yukiko says she was having me taste the boxed lunch she made, Nanako tells her she wants some too. Umm, no, you don't. I don't think your immune system can take it. Yukiko also tells her it's not good, but promises to give her some when she manages to make a good one. Nanako then goes to her friend Mai's house, and we're alone again. Yukiko apologizes for dragging me around, but I tell her I'm having fun... because I am. Well, apart from almost being killed five minutes ago, at least. One step closer to... something. Well, thank god. I don't think I could have taken any more manliness. --- Friday, May 27Enough stalling, let's do this thing. Before going to save Kanji, there is one thing I must take care of first. That is, beating the hell out of this ridiculously overpowered jackass once and for all. I now have Rakshasa. He is resistant to physical attacks and his endurance is high. The Contrarian King can't do anything to me at this point, a single attack hits me for the grand total of 3 HP. My attacks, however, are a lot more potent. Brain Shake is awesome, it can hit three times and just took 1/3 of the King's HP away with a perfect hit. Music for this fight brought to you by Vangelis: Yosuke manages to score a critical hit with Sonic Punch, and we beat the crap out of the King for 363 HP. After this Bufu spell from Chie, we might as well stick a fork in him because he is done. The next hit will kill him. Ladies and gentlemen, the Contrarian King has left the building. For some reason, he didn't even try to use Rampage in this fight, it might be because he doesn't start using it until later on in the fight and we beat him before he got to that stage. Or something. I don't care, the main thing is that this horrendously broken f***er of a boss is dead and we can get on with it. When you beat one of these bonus bosses, you get a Courage boost... ...and there is the Suzaku Feather, which is a very good weapon for Yukiko. Not necessarily because of its attack stat (which is quite high, though) but because it gives her 50 extra SP. --- Next time on LPP4: We fight Shadow Kanji!
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Post by shiranui on Mar 7, 2010 13:13:39 GMT -5
Entry 44: Let's start a war, start a nuclear war, at the gay ba...thhouse--- Friday, May 27 (continued)Just in case, we have the fox refill our SP before we go save Kanji. No one had even lost that much SP in the battle against Contrarian King, but nonetheless the refill costs 6,800 yen. FFFFUUU- We meet Kanji and his Shadow behind the large door on the 11th floor. Shadow Kanji is doing his thing while the real one is trying to shut him up. He then goes into this rant on how girls are absolutely horrible... ...and how they laugh at him for some reason, apparently. Why would they laugh at him or think he's a weirdo? I mean, the guy's got some anger management problems and such, but is that any reason to...? Wow, those girls kinda sound like total bitches. These are very good questions. What does it mean, to be honest? Drinking beer and watching sports? Well, that is something most of us have probably thought at one point or another. I don't know about that, though. Meanwhile, Kanji seems to have had enough and tells his gay Shadow doppelgänger to shut the hell up, asking what makes him think he can say stuff like this with his face. Crap, he said it! I guess we're going to have to fight once again. Shadow Kanji then turns into this musclebound freak that looks like a gayer version of those Bobby Lashley photoshops where he has a tiny head. Time to fight. Shadow Kanji is not alone, though. As the battle begins, he summons these two muscleheads to help him. Well, I guess it's nice that Samson and Adon from Cho Aniki are still finding work. Maybe, or it just might be his emotions going haywire. Dude's got some problems, I hope we'll be able to sort him out. First of all, though, we must beat the Shadow. We start by focusing our attacks on the guy on the left, as he can potentially make this battle much harder than it should be. Much like Gay Robot Hulk Hogan, Shadow Kanji likes to use Power Charge before going for a big attack. This is the reason why the guy on the left ("Nice Guy") should be killed first. He casts Heat Riser on Shadow Kanji on every turn, raising his attack, defense and hit/evasion stats, and this has the potential to be very bad. The guy on the right ("Tough Guy") only uses physical attacks and is far less of a threat than the Nice Guy/Shadow Kanji combination, so we'll just ignore him. Dekaja negates the effects of Heat Riser, so in theory we could focus on Shadow Kanji and cast Dekaja on every turn, but we'll save a lot of SP if we just kill the Nice Guy instead. Shadow Kanji's main attack is Swift Strike, which he does after he's used Power Charge. Of course, we have an entire turn between those to prepare and guard ourselves, so it's not as bad as it could be. Besides, I've got Rakshasa who gives Seta some extra protection from physical attacks (and also repels them on occasion, as does Chie), so we're quite all right for the moment. The Nice Guy kicks the bucket, and so it's time to focus on the main man himself. Yukiko's attack has been boosted, so she can score some pretty heavy hits on Shadow Kanji. Once his HP has been cut down to half, he begins using Forbidden Murmur which poisons us. Of course, as luck would have it, Seta and Yosuke are afflicted. They're quickly cured with some Amrita Soda, and so we continue beating the shit out of Shadow Kanji. He is getting weaker. However, he still has one nasty trick up his sleeve -- an electrical spell called Fanatical Spark. It knocks Yosuke on his ass because of his weakness to Zio, so Shadow Kanji gets an extra turn and whacks us with Swift Strike. He doesn't get much damage done, though. Now he's really weak. Of course, Tough Guy then manages to score a lucky critical on Seta, giving him the opportunity to use Dekaja on us. Shadow Kanji then does the Forbidden Murmur again, poisoning Seta and Yosuke AGAIN. Goddammit. We're getting there. He's almost finished. Ow. I should have seen that coming. Yosuke gets knocked down again, so it's time for yet another Forbidden Murmur which hits... well, yeah. Actually, I think this attack only hits the male party members, it kinda makes sense when you think about it. Screw the Poison status, let's kill this guy right now. Attacks from Seta, Chie and Yukiko finish him off. There we go. As Shadow Kanji goes down, the Tough Guy dies too. Level up, and now we can store 10 Personas. Awesome. We defeated the Shadow, but Kanji is still rejecting it and so it gets back up... and starts propositioning us. Yosuke is rather horrified. The Shadow is getting desperate now. Kanji has finally had enough and knocks the Shadow out with a punch. He says it's not a matter of guys or chicks, he is just "scared shitless of being rejected" and "a total pansy who tries to make everyone hate [him]". We can understand that. There's nothing to worry about. Kanji finally faces his other self. It then turns into this totally badass Persona. Take-Mikazuchi has never looked better. In his past appearances he was an angry guy with a sword, now he looks like a robotic La Parka on steroids. Kanji collapses from exhaustion, so we take him back to the real world and promise to tell him about what happened once he recovers fully. As I get home, Dojima tells me Kanji was reported missing but has now been found. That's nice. However, he seems to have some suspicions again because now he's interrogating me about visiting the Tatsumi textile shop. This isnt' too far away from the truth. "Goddamn, Seta, you've managed to land yourself quite a chick. I'm jealous as hell, but I probably shouldn't say it aloud." That depends on your definition of "fighting", I guess. --- Next time on LPP4: More Social Links
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Post by J is Justice on Mar 7, 2010 13:31:16 GMT -5
Man, Shadow Kanji was a bitch on my first playthrough! Actually, I think I already mentioned in this thread that I was struggling, because I had no SP and I was trying to level up to beat him. Funnily enough, I beat him the first try on my second playthrough, but lost a few times to {Spoiler}Shadow Mitsuo who I had no trouble with on my first playthrough.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 7, 2010 13:58:58 GMT -5
I can see why Shadow Kanji would be tough without SP, you couldn't use Dekaja on him and he'd probably be able to mess you up pretty bad with his attacks then.
But hey, just a reminder... try not to post any spoilers in this thread before they happen in the LP itself.
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Post by Schattenjager on Mar 7, 2010 14:39:21 GMT -5
What IS it with these giant, robotic wrestler look-a-likes? First Hogan, now La Parka.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 7, 2010 14:43:17 GMT -5
What IS it with these giant, robotic wrestler look-a-likes? First Hogan, now La Parka. Oh, it doesn't end here. We'll be seeing at least one more familiar face before this thing is over.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 14, 2010 18:27:27 GMT -5
Entry 45: Dazzled by Edward Cullen--- It's been too long since the last update, I really should pick up the pace if I ever want to finish this thing. Here we go...--- Saturday, May 28Since I took this job I probably should show up on occasion. At least if I want to get paid. "All right, you sniveling little parasites, listen up! From here on out, I will be in charge -- and when I am in charge, you sorry excuses for stunted homunculi will do exactly as I say or risk severe punishment. Am I making myself clear?" ...is what I want to say, but I don't think that would go over very well even if it were possible. Oh man. Kids these days... This one kid is particularly hyperactive, he's running and jumping around like Ryu Hayabusa on speed. I'd rather fight three Contrarian Kings than come here on a constant basis. Still, I get an Understanding bonus so I suppose it's not all bad. All the kids are picked up by their parents... except Yuuta here. According to the supervisor, it's always like this. Eventually this woman, who appears to be Yuuta's guardian, comes to pick him up. She has a character portrait, so she must be important. She also has a forehead almost rivaling that of Tsuruya-san from Haruhi Suzumiya. Holy crap, this kid *is* Squall Leonhart! He even looks like the young version of Squall as seen in the flashback scenes in FF VIII! The resemblance is uncanny! Right? ...Whatever. Eh, he's not any worse than the rest of the kids here, really. It's pretty odd, though, how he's full of energy during play time and then... Ah, this is so very dramatic. Me neither. To be honest, I don't really care all that much. It's fine, really, I'm okay not knowing every detail. Screw this, I'm out of here... but not before I get my pay check. 5,000 yen isn't too bad, so maybe I'll come again. Or maybe not. Whatever. Dojima found out I did well on the last exam, and so he thought he should give me some money (actually, quite a nice sum) to spend. I wonder where he found that 20,000 yen, though. I decide to talk to Dojima for a bit. He seems to have some problems talking to young people, but since I'm such a charismatic bastard I manage to get something out of him. Sure, at first he kinda interrogates me about things such as what I do after school, but then the discussion turns into how he thinks it's nice to have me around and how it's good for Nanako. This joke actually makes Dojima laugh for some reason. He remarks it's been a long time since he's laughed this much. Getting to know Dojima a bit better results in this. Is after 2 AM too late? I have things to do. --- Sunday, May 29Hell, why not? Tanaka is selling some stuff as usual, but it's probably not that good anyway and I might as well hang out with Kou and Daisuke. We go to the bookstore, where Daisuke somehow manages to buy the wrong book. How the hell did he get those mixed up? Anyway, he gives Lovely Witch Detective to me. I don't know exactly what this book contains, but it sounds a lot more interesting than that Rubber-Armed Whatever one. I seriously doubt that. Chie comes by and remarks how it's odd seeing the three of us together. Not sure why, though, since we all play sports and... yeah. Is it just me or does Kou get kind of flustered with Chie around? Daisuke, on the other hand, always knows how to say the right things. With these three around, that just might be the case. Okay, let's check out this book I got from Daisuke. WAIT A MINUTE. Daisuke, you impossible f***tard! This is not Lovely Witch Detective! It's f***ing TWILIGHT! I AM BEING INVADED BY STEPHENIE MEYER! SPARKLY VAMPIRES AND MARY SUES AND EERILY DETAILED DESCRIPTIONS OF SPARKLY VAMPIRE EDWARD'S APPEARANCE AND ARRRGSHDGHJSGJG Looks like the covers have been swapped around or something, I SWEAR Daisuke did this on purpose. I will have my revenge, dammit! (Note to self: Apparently, reading Twilight will raise your Understanding and Diligence. Who knew?)
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Next time on LPP4: Helping Yukiko with her shopping! (and carrying heavy things in the process, of course)
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Post by Gopher Mod on Mar 14, 2010 21:35:13 GMT -5
Sure, it may raise your Understanding and Diligence, but reading that... thing will only turn you into a babbling pile of mush.
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Post by Schattenjager on Mar 15, 2010 2:21:31 GMT -5
No. Ach, I'll have to read the rest of the episode at home, since the amount of pictures is just too much for this ridicilous excuse for a computer I have here at work.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 15, 2010 5:39:18 GMT -5
Sure, it may raise your Understanding and Diligence, but reading that... thing will only turn you into a babbling pile of mush. Well, right about now my mental state is getting there anyway, so sparkly vampires probably couldn't inflict that much more damage to me at this point...
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Post by shiranui on Mar 16, 2010 17:55:39 GMT -5
Entry 46: The Update Where Absolutely Nothing Happens[/size] --- Monday, May 30
Anything for you. I hope I won't have to eat anything this time, though. This day might not be so bad after all. I still haven't quite recovered from spending my entire evening reading Twilight, but if anything can make things better and help me stop thinking about sparkly vampires, it's spending time with Yukiko. Ah, leave it to King Moron to make the day just a little bit worse in an instant. He's still talking about how Kanji is a no-good lowlife punk. Yay, more Descartes. I bet this will be on the next exam. Holy crap! Please tell me that you don't plan on getting all that stuff right now, because that would mean I would have to carry a lot of it. Then again, I do have infinite storage space in my pants, so I suppose it wouldn't pose THAT much of a problem... This is of course the reason why she's looking at all this stuff. Constructing envelopes? Uh, yeah. I told you it's really boring and that someone as talented as you would be better off doing something like translating... and now that I think of it, they had that tutor job opening posted on the billboard too... Oh. Well, I guess she's happy. Some guys come up to us and start talking to Yukiko in a tone I don't particularly like. You know these guys? What's going on? I guess I'll find out what's going on if I just shut up and listen. The hell is up with them? At least they have the courtesy to leave before I need to shut this guy up. What's wrong with that? Oh yeah, I can definitely see the problem there. We're clearly talking about some very reputable journalist types. Anyone in their right mind would have done that. If the inn were to get a bad reputation from appearing on the show, that is. She does not believe what she is saying. I can tell. That's the spirit. Hey, I certainly don't mind. Rank 5, and Yukiko's determination in battle has been enhanced! Quite useful. Of course, I try my best to avoid being knocked down, but if it happens it's always nice to have someone watching my back. That is, if another party member manages to knock an enemy down at the same time. After you. I seriously hope I didn't have to carry a bunch of desks and lamps. --- Next time on LPP4: Something may or may not happen.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 18, 2010 11:04:22 GMT -5
Entry 47: Now With Bigger Images--- Tuesday, May 31I thought I should finally point out that there are SIX people in the soccer team. I hope we won't have to enter a tournament (or play against another team, period) anytime soon, because we're five guys short of having a full lineup - let alone a full team. But hey, let's play some soccer, I have some moves I want to show off. That? That was the Sublimely Magnificent Sôji Shot Mk. IV. Oh, by the way, that is some inspired defensive play there, man. And do we not have a goalkeeper in this team? Jesus! Suddenly, every single one of these idiots likes me. I'm not sure if I like this or not. Guys, if we want to play against someone, I think our first order of business is to get at least five more players and a f***ing goalkeeper.After the "game", I go to Aiya Chinese Diner with Daisuke and Kou. Daisuke, of course, tries to take credit for making me into such an awesome football player. Listen, man, you fooled me into reading Twilight so I should kick you in the face right now, but since you helped with my training I suppose I'll let it be. Kou also wants some recognition. Err... does this guy EVER shut up about polishing balls? But yeah, of course they do deserve credit for their hard work. Social Link Get. Nanako went shopping earlier today, so the fridge is full of food. However, I will NOT cook lunch for tomorrow, I don't want to murder anyone. No, it doesn't get any better. I have to read it all the way through for some reason, though. --- Wednesday, June 1I hang out with Yukiko but the S.Link doesn't go up yet. Oh well. DEAR GOD THIS BOOK SUCKS BUT I WANT DILIGENCE AND UNDERSTANDING --- Thursday, June 2It's raining, so none of the social link people are around - except for Yumi. Let's go to drama, then. Again, no S.Link progress yet. Dojima is coming home late and tells Nanako to cook dinner. However, we're out of pickled radish and Dojima only likes those from Junes, so I guess we're off to the Junes grocery department... and the Justice S.Link goes up in the process. Once we return, Dojima has already come home and is angry because we're not supposed to go out this late. Hey, if we didn't have any pickled radish, you would've been pissed about that instead. He kind of has a point, but he could at least listen to what Nanako has to say. I try to say this but don't have enough Expression... or Courage, I forget which. Thus, I end up apologizing even though I didn't do anything. As Nanako so helpfully points out as well. Burn! Because her father is stupid? I don't know. I try to explain the situation to Dojima. He then proceeds to yell at me. Screw this, I'm going to bed. --- Friday, June 3(I guess I really have to read Twilight.)The guy in front of the bookstore tells me about a stray cat somewhere on the Samegawa Flood Plain. He says it's probably bad to feed stray animals... and then tells me to do it. Eh, why not. OHHH YEAHHH DIG IT Shiroku Store has a sale on every rainy day, so I stock up on Medical Kits and various other useful items. Since there's not much else to do, I go to the shrine and tell the fox I granted the wish on the last ema. S.Link up. Yeah, so? It's not like this town has many other places where you can hang out, especially since me and my friends aren't old enough to go to that hostess bar you and Adachi always visit. Maybe we want to buy a 52-inch HDTV? Does it really matter? Nanako comes and gives her Dad that look. She also tells him how it's not fair that he's always talking with "big bro" and never with her even though he's home. Nanako: "When is always?"I bet you will. You know, I kinda feel bad about always making fun of Dojima. The guy is doing his best, after all, even though he says he's not fit to be her family. Um... yeah it is. Yeah, maybe Dojima isn't quite the useless bum he sometimes comes across as. This revelation leads to the Hierophant S.Link leveling up. --- Saturday, June 4Another rainy day. No S.Links are around, so I go to the shrine and accept the fox's latest request. Hmm. Koro, eh? I wonder if there's a relation... I don't feel like going fishing today, so the only other thing I can do is to go to Aiya and have another shot at the so-called Portal to the Meat Dimension. Of course, I can't finish it, but that's not the point. The fog is coming. We saved Kanji so we should be fine, but let's watch the Midnight Channel just in case. FLOATING OVER THE PAVEMENT GUITARS TAKE FLIGHT WEARING MY TIGHTEST PANTS BECAUSE IT'S MIDNITE Nope, no one's appearing on the Midnight Channel, thanks to our efforts. Huh? ---
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Post by shiranui on Mar 18, 2010 17:27:09 GMT -5
Entry 48: "The last one... Cookies sure were good."(No, this is not the last entry. That was just a quote from a film. Whoever identifies that film first gets a bonus point. Or something.)--- Sunday, June 5I can only afford Tanaka's fish combo, so I end up buying that. Jingi Fundoshi is quite decent armor, but we can find them in treasure chests on occasion. Of course, we can find fish in the Samegawa, but I have no time (or Diligence) for effective fishing. Not edible, eh? Let's try it. Now that I think of it, let's not. Oh well, free bait. (If you care enough, you can come here every day to get one. A slow but effective way to gather bait.) Right now it's time to go look for that dog someone had lost, and I shall begin my search from the Samegawa Flood Plain. The old lady wants an Old Key, so I promise to find it for her. I also give a Red Goldfish to this cat. Now where is that dog, though? Oh, there he is. He runs away, though, so I'll just look for him another day. The guy who asked me to feed the cat gives me this book called The Punk's Way. Apparently, it was "too extreme" for him. Sounds fascinating. I spot Chie hanging around Daidara Metalworks, so I chat her up and we go to the flood plain for some training. As we're finishing the workout, this guy comes and starts talking to Chie. They seem to know each other. What's he talking about? What does Hank Hill have to do with anything? I gotta say, those are some pretty creative names. I don't think Chie herself came up with any of them. Yes, you're exactly right. Now, would anyone mind telling me who this guy is and why he's bagging on Chie? Oh, all right. I figured as much. Nice to meet you, I guess. We were just about to leave, so if you'll excuse us... ...um, you've got it all wrong, man. No, and she will not go out with you either. Scram. As I mentioned, you've got no hope whatsoever. We certainly will. She'll surely be delighted to hear that some jackass from way back in middle school still has the hots for her even though she apparently told him no once already. Chie looks somewhat sad to see Takeshi go (why, I have no idea), so I attempt to lighten the mood a bit with some humor. I would love to badmouth the guy because he seemed like a douchebag, but maybe there's more to him than I saw so far... (and as for holding Chie's hand, even I -- the man with the worst moves and timing ever when it comes to interacting with women -- know that would lead to disaster)"Life is a game. So fight for survival and see if you're worth it."No, it was supposed to be a different Takeshi, one who isn't a complete tool. Still, I find it rather disturbing that my extremely lame joke made her laugh that much. She's spent too much time around Yukiko, I think. Now that you mention it, yeah, he kinda is. Ah, that approach always works if you want to creep them out. Hey, it's none of my business, and I don't really care all that much anyway. Like I said... oh, hell, whatever. At least the Social Link levels up from all this ridiculousness. --- Next time on LPP4: Kanji makes his grand return. Look forward to it.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 21, 2010 16:07:44 GMT -5
Entry 49: Let's do an edit, do a radio edit--- Monday, June 6Kanji has recovered from his ordeal and appears to have developed some manners while he was out recuperating. When asked why he suddenly addresses us with a hint of respect, he says it's because he didn't know we were his upperclassmen. (This discussion is going to be long as hell, so I'll try to hit the highlights because this page takes long enough to load as is.)Kanji says he's not sure, as he's only met the guy twice. He asked if Kanji had seen anything strange or different happen lately, and for some reason Kanji blurted out he wanted to see him again. To a guy. Not that there's anything wrong with that, naturally. Strangely enough, Chie and/or Yukiko do NOT commit any random acts of violence on him this time. Anyhow, Kanji thinks guys are more laid back, and at some point he started wondering if he's the type of guy who doesn't get interested in girls. He then kept spinning these thoughts around in his head over and over again because he couldn't accept the aforementioned possibility. Not that it matters, really, but I have to ask him straight out... does he not like girls? At all? Well, he doesn't hate girls or anything like that. In his own words: "I'm fine now." Kanji then talks about the textile business his parents own, and if his description is anything to go by I can't blame the guy for getting somewhat confused. ...yeah. Somehow, this made Kanji interested in sewing and working with textiles from an early age. He also describes how people look at him funny whenever he says something about his interest in sewing. Ouch, man, that sounds harsh. Kanji gets kind of embarrassed and thinks he's looking really lame right now, but we actually think he's pretty cool. Kanji may or may not believe that, but he does say it's refreshing to be able to talk about this stuff. He hasn't told anyone about it because he hasn't had anyone to tell it to. Kanji also thinks his issues aren't a matter of guys or girls, he's just kind of scared of people in general. Chie is very surprised because she didn't expect Kanji to be a "good kid". Kanji's not very happy about that either, but never mind that. We've got other things to talk about. Such as... does Kanji remember anything from the day he was kidnapped? That happened after he ran into us the second time, we think. This is all he remembers, because afterwards he just woke up inside the bathhouse. The "dark entrance thing" was probably a TV, so it seems this was just like Yukiko's case. Speaking of cases, did the police ask anything? Eh, I suspected as much. Kanji then asks if we're "playing detective or something" and if there's anything he can do to help. You know, if there's someone who wants to kill him, he would certainly want to find out who would try that and why. Now let's see... do we want a guy who is capable of singlehandedly beating the hell out of entire biker gangs in our group? Of course we do! I'm pretty sure he would've joined even if we didn't want him to, but a bruiser such as him is always good to have around. The Investigation Team's social link levels up to 4. We then take Kanji to the Junes food court, a.k.a. our special headquarters, to explain what's going on. Somehow I'm thinking this might be harder than we expected. Kanji overhears some guys nearby talking about the Midnight Channel and how they expected him to appear. They also do the grave mistake of saying he "used to be in a biker gang", which sends Kanji into a rage and he tells them quite bluntly that he wasn't in a biker gang and that he actually "beat the shit out of those leathered-up pansies". Speaking of the Midnight Channel, our theory about the targets being individuals connected to the Mayumi Yamano case can probably be ditched. Of course, that means we're back to square one and don't have any leads whatsoever. Until Kanji pulls out a paper of some kind. He took it from some guy who was snooping around about Yukiko's and his disappearances, and it contains a bunch of lists. The enka charts and announcer rankings aren't useful to us right now, but something about the list of TV programs seems odd. Indeed, it appears to show the dates on which the previous victims were on TV prior to showing up on the Midnight Channel. So does that mean... Hell YES I remember that. The day she was on TV was April 15. She said that herself, I didn't remember the exact date. I just remembered Yukiko in her kimono. Better than nothing, I guess. Much better. We realize Kanji also appeared on TV a while before he was kidnapped, so there's a pattern emerging here. But why would the killer simply target random people shown on TV? Yosuke realizes we're not really getting anywhere here and wonders why he can't be smarter. Yeah, I've been wondering about that too in his case, but I guess that's not relevant right now. Besides, Kanji thinks we're awesome and Yukiko reminds us we've saved two lives already, not to mention the fact that we were able to identify Kanji as a target before he was even kidnapped. Heh. He soon realizes what he just said and everyone has a laugh. Anyway, we WILL catch the culprit before he manages to kidnap any more people -- of course we hope he's learned his lesson by now, but you can never be sure. The rainy season is also about to start, so we're going to have to watch the Midnight Channel a lot. Ah, a campout! Sounds intriguing. But hey, I think it's time for our new teammate to meet Mr. Bear! Strangely enough, Teddie isn't anywhere near as enthusiastic to let Kanji pet him as he was when Yukiko tried the same. Speaking of which, Kanji asks Yukiko if she "came out in front of everyone, too" when she was in the TV world. Yukiko doesn't give him an answer, so he tries to ask us how it was for Yukiko. RANDOM ACT OF VIOLENCE AGAINST KANJI! It's pretty hard to see there, but she basically gives him an epic slap in the face. She then immediately apologizes as she didn't intend to hit him THAT hard. Ow. Yukiko promises to "be more gentle next time", whatever that's supposed to mean. Chie: "What a pair of dimwits..."I would make a comment about how Yukiko slapped Kanji so hard that he became straight, but I'm above such crappy jokes. Wait... ANYWAY, Teddie gives Kanji the customary Midnight Channel Fog-B-Gone-O-Vision glasses, but I think there is something a bit wrong with that particular pair. Once everyone has finished laughing, Teddie informs us that he was going to make a regular pair but Yukiko insisted Kanji gets the silly glasses. Oh dear. Kanji is not amused and throws the glasses back in Teddie's face, grabbing another pair from Teddie's hand... ...and it's the same thing. This time, Kanji throws the glasses over the railing and into the foggy abyss once we've finished laughing at him. Teddie finally gives Kanji the real glasses. Those aren't too bad, to be honest. But yeah, let's go home, that's enough comedy for one day. I try to get something out of Dojima again, but the S.Link isn't quite ready to go up yet. It will next time. --- All right, that was an update of 190 images condensed into something a LOT more manageable, hopefully you were still able to follow the dialogue. Next time on LPP4, more social links and fun at the infirmary!
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Post by Schattenjager on Mar 21, 2010 16:51:01 GMT -5
Again, nothing too constructive to say and not a lot of criticism to give, since there are not a lot of complaints to be made here. The LP is extremely enrtaining, whether the reader has played the game or not. Your commentary realy makes it a fun piece of work to read and it's sometimes even more enjoyable than the plotline. But then again, we, as humans, don't REALLY, want to recieve criticism anywaDy, we want to hear praise, don't we. I'm glad Kanji finally found a pair of pants, good for him.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 21, 2010 17:00:54 GMT -5
But then again, we, as humans, don't REALLY, want to recieve criticism anywaDy, we want to hear praise, don't we. I suppose so, although I'm always open for constructive criticism.
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Post by Schattenjager on Mar 22, 2010 2:48:29 GMT -5
But then again, we, as humans, don't REALLY, want to recieve criticism anywaDy, we want to hear praise, don't we. :D I suppose so, although I'm always open for constructive criticism. Oh, I know, it was a joke. "Humour" as they say. :) The one complaint I have is the massive amount of pictures, since they slow down my computers, especially the one I have at work and make it hard to read the updates and even harder to post. But it's not really your fault, since if more people bothered to comment on this, the pictures would be more evenly distributed. And one could argue that the pictures are somewhat relevant to the LP.
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Post by shiranui on Mar 22, 2010 7:34:28 GMT -5
The one complaint I have is the massive amount of pictures, since they slow down my computers, especially the one I have at work and make it hard to read the updates and even harder to post. But it's not really your fault, since if more people bothered to comment on this, the pictures would be more evenly distributed. I'm aware of that, of course, and I've been trying to cut out a lot of stuff that's not essential. I suppose I could go for even less pictures and more text, not that anyone would read that either but at least it might make the pages load faster.
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