A training camp?
Yes.
I'd like to have an in-depth discussion about the proposal I gave you yesterday.
Proposal 24 Hours with Asamori-san
It's been a while since I've gone camping with anyone!
I've gotta put my overnight stuff together!
It's like we're a real club.
A-a training camp...
Wait, when is this happening? And where are we staying?
Everything is written in here.
Marketing Research Club #1: Training Camp Guidebook Eclipse
It's the First Time
Morning!
Sorry to make you wai--
Don't you think that's as little much?
I need all of it.
O-oh.
Is Andou-san meeting us there?
Akkina?
She said she'd be late 'cause she was stopping by an onsen.
An onsen?!
Some Spa... or spa something?
You mean SuperComi?
So jealous...
I want you to start working on the plot after this training camp trip, Houjou-kun.
The plot?
Yes, we need a basic plot to be able to write the scenario.
The story, if you will.
The story, huh?
Talking with the other staff members might help you,
since everyone has their own ideas on making fictional works.
By the way, Kuroda-san, what're your ideas?
Producing creative works is a matter of cost.
It's a pretty nice place!
First!
Yuuka, watch out, you'll fall!
Knew it.
I'll get your b--
It's fine, you don't have to worry about them.
But...
Houjou-kun is right.
Instead of worrying about who's older or younger,
I want you to put all your energy into this training camp trip.
Yup!
Let's get it started, then.
So what're we doing this for...?
This will help us concentrate and improve focus during our meeting.
A classic technique!
Hey.
Note: Seiza, literally "proper sitting", is a traditional formal way of sitting.
In my grandpa's will, he said to never sit in seiza.
Your grandpa came with us to eat ramen the other day.
How's here? And here?
P-please don't!
I heard that cleaning helps you clear your head and improve focus.
Huh...
And cleaning makes you feel happy, too!
That bitch!
I-i-isn't that dangerous?!
Yuuka, come over here and help!
Today, I am a bird! Yuuka, come over here and help!
Today, I am a bird!
Um, is this also for...
Just as I'd expect of you, Houjou-kun.
Engaging in light exercise is also said to improve focus.
I wanna be Tarzan!
I-i-it's too dangerous!
This is all pretty stereotypical, huh, Kuroda-san?
It was a good chance to go through the standards of the "training camp" part in most bishoujo games.
I wanna, I wanna!
We'll have curry for dinner,
Please stop! We'll have curry for dinner,
Please stop! then discuss our bust sizes in the bath,
which should take care of most of it.
I see...
Alright.
Now that our focus is at its apex...
let's begin our first planning meeting.
Umm, Andou-san isn't here.
That's not our problem.
We'll be recording the meeting minutes.
Assistant.
Uh, yes!
Can you take care of it?
Y-yeah.
You too, Houjou-kun.
Huh?
I've installed a few editors that are easy for newbies to use.
Play with and get familiar with them.
Okay.
Then let's begin.
Bishoujo games are a single ray of light amidst the gaming industry,
a divine gift in our era.
However, you cannot produce a game on your own interest alone.
The game we produce in this Marketing Research Club will be sold to the public.
There is no point in doing this if we don't win.
So we must put our entire body and soul into this work
and be sure to master up.
Um, what's "master up"?
It means to finish a game.
"Master down" means the opposite,
the failure to complete a game.
So we must buckle down and focus to ensure that doesn't--
Hey, Yuuka!
It wasn't me!
S-s-s-sorry, it was me...
Oh, well, everyone's stomach growls sometimes.
That's blatant discrimination!
There's no choice in the matter.
Let's call it for today.
We'll make curry for dinner.
Yay, curry!
Let's eat!
F-for now, let's enjoy this curry. I'm--
Seconds!
You're already done?!
Oh, curry!
It looks great!
Andou!
Akkina's here! Andou!
Akkina's here!
You gotta have curry at training camp, huh?
Got enough for me?
Y-yes!
You brought a lot of bags, too.
The spoils of war!
I really got a good harvest this time!
Check out this poster I--
Please cut it out.
Andou, is that how you treat people you've inconvenienced with your lateness?
What? Are you serious?
I had to ditch the afterparty to drag myself here.
Alright, alright, let's just east some curry
before it gets cold, okay?
Okay?
What did you think of Kuroda-san's talk?
Well, I knew she was serious, but I didn't know she was that serious.
But it still seems really interesting.
Huh...
Oh, I've got one more question for you.
I wanna draw...
You itchy?
N-no!
A question?
My bust size is a secret!
Why the hell would I ask you that?
What're your thoughts on making fictional works?
Making fictional works?
If I have to say something, I'd say it's about escapism.
Escapism?
Yeah. The 2D world has to be a utopia.
The readers and users want to fulfill their desires.
Fulfill their desires, huh.
I get it.
Cold
Bam!
Strawberry Milk
Thanks for the drink!
Making fictional works?
Yeah, you got any ideas?
Like love?
Huh?
Uh, no, it's like...
Like rubbing up!
What?
C'mon, you know shoujo manga!
A boring girl gets noticed by a super cool guy,
or a bookworm falls in love with a hot guy who's actually a delinquent with really good grades!
Huh?
There's all kinds of love.
So I think you should...
write that kinda stuff...
Hmm, I see.
Thanks.
Huh?
Why do I feel so tired?
Sorry, I don't know much about making fictional works...
All I could tell you is what sounds interesting for the scenario...
What would sound interesting?
Huh, umm, if I want to draw it...
You talking about the illustrations?
Yes.
If I feel it's really amazing,
then I can imagine it in my head, and it makes me want to draw it.
Huh?
Oh, yeah, is Andou-san in your room?
Ummm, she said she's busy, so she doesn't want to be disturbed...
You want to master up by mid-November?
That's impossible and you know it!
It's not.
It is!
An improvised team of newbies putting together a game to sell by November is completely impossible.
The text itself would fill more than ten novels,
and you'd need dozens of illustrations.
Andou, you're misunderstanding our purpose.
You're thinking of the basics of a full-price game.
A full-price game?
A game that would go for around 8800 yen.
We'll be producing a low-price game.
The scenario is only about one novel long, and we'll only need about thirty illustrations.
It shouldn't be much for the scripter to handle.
But how's a low-price game gonna get any attention?
We have a chance.
And why do you think that?
Art is the essence of bishoujo games.
Sixty percent of our success is the art.
Sixty percent.
What about the other forty, then?
Our marketing and the cover.
The fact that the production team is comprised of high school students should be good for promotion.
Zega will be distributing the game to shops.
Zega?
You mean that Zega?
Yes.
What's that?
It's a big PC game company.
I see now. You're using the partner brand system.
The major company provides the know-how for game production and the funding,
as well as personal connections and marketing routes
in exchange for a portion of our profits.
I didn't know that kind of system existed.
Our target production numbers are 8,000 copies within 2 months.
After deducting the packaging fees, we're left with roughly ten million yen.
Ten million?!
Wow!
Then we can use that profit to start working on our next project, a full-price game.
Next project?
You're thinking way too far ahead.
I can't follow you at all.
Are we seriously going along with this project as-is?
I looked at your meeting notes, but you didn't talk about the project itself at all.
There are no changes to the project itself.
Don't you think that's a little weird?
This is a game we're all making.
I see.
Then let's discuss everyone's opinions on the project.
Kobayakawa-san?
Me?!
Um, well...
I think the heroine would be way more sparkly without the glasses.
What's that supposed to mean?
Sparkly, you know!
What do you think, Atomu?
I think we should make the main character a little stronger.
Like, he suffers from overwhelming power or something...
What do you think, Yuuki-san?
I-I'm happy just drawing!
Alright, I want BL.
I wanna make a BL game!
What about you, Bunta? Got any ideas?
Huh? Me?
I, uh, well...
Well, then.
After hearing everyone's opinions, my decision is thus:
Rejected.
Especially the BL idea.
What the hell? That's really awful.
That's the result I've decided upon.
You didn't even think about them, you just shot them down!
This group is not simply a doujin circle.
If the staff is only doing it for fun, it only means more risks.
What's wrong with having fun making it?
Why are you so obsessed with "winning"?
Because we have to win.
That's not an answer, Kuroda.
Why do we have to win?
I think we should have fun making games.
Getting results is more important than having fun.
I really do hate you.
I thought this was gonna happen.
Nothing else to do, then.
Andou-sa...
Sorry to ditch after you went out of your way to invite me.
I'm done.
Later, everyone.
She's like a child.
Wanting ephemeral fun, having such groundless confidence.
But I think we need someone like Andou-san.
Huh?
I thought today's meeting was awesome!
We said what we want to do and were able to put it into words,
and...
The person who helped us say those things was Andou-san!
Please!
Don't Touch Me!
Please talk it over with Kuroda-san one more time!
I already told you it's impossible for me to work with her.
And if the creators aren't having fun making the game, the players are gonna totally shun it.
But we need you, Andou-san.
When you were talking with Kuroda-san,
she looked so much livelier than normal.
We can't talk with her like that because we don't know anything about games.
Have fun making the game, Andou-san.
Kuroda-san will get it sold for sure.
That works, right?
Why?
Huh?
Why are you going so far for me?
It's the first time I felt like I can do something.
There's a lot I still don't know, but even so!
I wanna do something, so...!
Guess I've got no choice.
Luka-chan, your master is calling you!
Okay, got it!
Goodness, you really don't get it, do you?
I told you the risk would only increase!
Risk?
You're gonna have risks either way, right?
Alright, alright, alright...
That's not the case.
Compared to a BL project, our project has much less risks.
I'm not asking for anything hard!
You just have to change all the character's genders to male!
That's the trifling shape of your faith in BL!?
Faith won't help me fangirl out.
And look at this setting!
The two heroines hate each other and are trying to kill each other,
when they're actually siblings that aren't blood related?
That's totally a BL--
I-it's BL!
Huh?
Why didn't I see it before?
It's not BL, it's a bishoujo game!
They're heroines. They're both girls!
That doesn't matter!
It's BL anyways!
You're right!
I had no idea yuri-homo was hiding in there!
Yuri-homo?
Yes!
Basically, it means yuri that's very much like a relationship you'd see in BL!
Unlike the sweet, gentle world of the lily flower whence yuri got its name,
it's a love-hate relationship between two rivals you might see in a shounen manga,
with confrontation and finding love in the most passionate of friendships!
I see, I see!
Alright...
I'm in!
What?! Why all of a sudden?
This is a bishoujo game I can really fangirl about!
Don't worry, though,
if push comes to shove I'll just pretend they're guys in my head!
I think there's a point in yuri-homo being yuri, though...
Um, I'm just gonna ask, but what're your thoughts on making fictional works?
Well, that's easy!
It's about fangirling with all you've got!
H-huh.
Ahem!
Are we alright to go ahead on this project, then?
24 Hours with Asamori-san
Yeah, I said we should just have fun with it, right?
And I found how I can have fun with it!
Just as I'd expected of you, Houjou-kun.
Thanks to you, we avoided a master down crisis.
No, I didn't do anything.
I knew you had the ability to find Uguisu Yuuki on your own.
Wait, did you--
Yes, I'd already calculated her presence.
Why didn't you tell me in the first place?
Because finding a path through your own scenario is fun for a writer.
It was for my brother.
It's a difficult job,
so he didn't want the joy of making games to be taken away...
It's strange.
I always thought fun was supposed to come second.
More difficult times await us in the near future.
Even so--
Let's definitely master up our game.
Huh?
Why am I hiding?
A brand name?
Yes, it's like a team name.
Well, there are six of us, so how about Six something?
That's way too straightforward.
Hmmm, well...
Rokuhara?
What's that again?
It's where the powerful Taira clan was based.
Taira no Kiyomori is often treated as a villain in history books,
but he did bring about a big revolution.
Huh?
Why don't we go with that?
It's not bad.
I think it's good!
I like it.
Alright, then.
Our brand name is Rokuhara!
And so, the six of us stepped into this wasteland where we have no idea when we'll lose our way.
Hey Kuroda, do you like homo-yuri stuff?
You mean BL that's kind of like yuri?
I don't have a problem with it, I guess...
What're you talking about? It's yuri, right?
It's BL.
Yuri!
BL.
Yuri!
BL.
BL!
BL.
Why didn't you fall for that?! You have to!