Typhoon
You're still up?
Oh, Taiko-san.
No, he's so young.
Young?
Yeah, this writer.
You see them sometimes.
They're not much when they start off, but they get good quick...
Rokuara's Buntarou, huh?
Scenario: Buntarou
Zetsubou to kakki wa hitoe Despair and energy are one and the same
Jinsei wa hakanakute Life is short
Kusubutte irarenai We can't stay like this forever
Dakara arukidasou So let's start walking forward
Yukedo hatenai kono michi o What are you moving towards
Nani o hoshite susundeiku On this endless road?
Mizu o motome samayou you ni You won't get anywhere with hope without desire
Yoku no nai kibou ni mirai wa nai As if you're wandering looking only for water
Monogatari no algorithm The pilgrims pursue
Tadoru junreishatachi The algorithm of the story
Mune ni yadoru sono shin'nen ga The faith in our hearts
Death march wo ikinokoru sube Helps us survive this death march
Imagination no flow The imagination flows!
Junsui no mama ja iranai kanaetai dattara You can't stay pure if you want your dream to come true
Furenai unmei wo egakidasou Let's create an impossible fate
Tada matteitatte tsumannai It's boring just waiting around
Sou kanjiteitan janai That's how you felt, right?
Yume wa jibun de ubaitsukamu diamond Your dreams are a diamond you have to take for yourself
Chousen no turn It's our turn for challenge
Jounetsu no zone The passionate zone
Tomo ni tatte Let's stand together
Fumidashite mezasu kouya wo Take our first steps as we aim for the wasteland
Typhoon Attack
Morning, Kuroda-san.
Good morning.
Umm, what do I do here...
What's wrong, everyone?
Hana to Hana
N-nothing! I'm not wonderin' how I did or anything!
T-that's right! I'm not wondering what everyone thought about my voice acting!
I-I'm not wondering what they thought of my art...
I don't really care what people thought about "Asamori-san," either.
Huh!
I thought you were all looking up reactions online 'cause you were so curious about it!
Of course not!
Did you find anything? Of course not!
Did you find anything?
Yeah, I finally pulled some up just now--
Hook, line, and sinker.
#asamorisan
"The characters were cute. It was pretty good."
"I've been a Hokekiyo fan for a while but wow, she's a high schooler?"
That's our Torry!
Nothing about the voice acting, huh.
Or the script.
Still, they said it was pretty good!
Oh, look at that tweet!
Which one?!
@YucchiQQ: The heroine's voice in Asamori-san is so frickin cute!!! @web_zega: The demo of 24 Hours with Asamori-san is live now! Give it a try at our website! @YucchiQQ: @wwwwwwWWWwwWw I googled her name but I got nothing. Maybe Asamaori-san's her debut game
"The heroine's voice is so frickin' cute."
"I googled her name but I got nothing."
@wwwwwwWWWwwWw: 24 Hours with Asamori-san was OK. The little sister was cute, Kirika's cute too. Played by Yuuka Hayakawa. I'm all for her from now on. @kikuko_07: Amateurs? No way! Id's happeding! #asamorisan @tabesaya_tabetabe: Tabe-san was in Asamori's demo so I played it. Totally different from her playing of Elion. And she was the neighbor kid, too? Kirika's voice was great, too. How the hell is she not in an agency?
"I'm all for her from now on."
"Amateurs? No way!"
"How the hell is she not in an agency?"
They said your voice is cute!
They think you're a professional!
Nah, I'm not that good, well, yeah, I am!
Tell me more!
24 Hours with Asamori-san: Website updated! Staff journal & More #Rokuhara #asamori-san @paru_haru111: Asamori-san... @paru_haru111: Asamori-san's dark...
Whoa!
What's up?
Nothing at all!
24 Hours with Asamori-san: Website updated! Staff journal & More #Rokuhara #asamori-san @paru_haru111: Asamori-san... @paru_haru111: Asamori-san's dark... @yosi_hiro_29: Asamori-san looked like it was done by middle schoolers. @daiZU: Asamori-san. I'm curious.
"Had some rough bits but the script was good."
"My body wasn't ready for the confession scene!"
"Pretty good length for a demo."
"I kinda wanted a sex scene."
"Looking forward to this guy's works."
Ugh, creepy!
Hey, there's nothing written about me?!
No "it was awesome how you moved the model but also put a crossfade on it to make it look more animated"
or "I can't believe you animated the pigtails separately!"
Alright, that's enough patting ourselves on the back.
Don't overdo it!
Whaa?
It's beginner's luck that we've gotten great reviews.
Because it's our first game, people give it good reviews just because it works.
Really?
But getting such a good response for our demo is already a win for us.
What we have to do now is keep it up until the very end,
and finish something that's truly great.
Don't let yourselves lose your motivation after reading these reactions!
You're right.
It all starts now.
Alright, let's get back to work!
Yeah.
Hey, what's this?
It came out the same day as ours.
The Taiga Betrayal
What's it called?
It's from a company called Typhoon, "The Taiga Betrayal."
Typhoon...
A demo?
Oh, looks pretty gripping.
That's a lot of downloads.
Everyone's saying amazing things about it.
Let's give it a try!
Download Demo
This is a world where they desecrate even the second space architect's principles. Yes, anyone who steps foot into this real world, where the "princess" has awoken from her slumber, can never return to a peaceful life. Never again. You can still turn back.
The girl was good, and yet also evil.
She even surpassed gender...
T-that was a pretty intense game.
An extremely well-polished work.
While describing the dual nature of our world,
it showed the impossibility to draw a line between good and evil, black and white, or gender.
Wow.
I couldn't come up with something like it.
It's nothing to worry about, Hojo-kun.
You've done well with Asamori-san.
Just because your style is different doesn't mean it's worse.
Actually, it makes us better.
What do you mean?
"Taiga" is written in a very verbose, heavy style which will only sell via word-of-mouth.
Their target audience for that material are the fussy hardcore fans.
In comparison, our target audience are light users.
Because our target audience is different, our product is completely different.
If Asamori-san was a work like Taiga, it may have been unable to avoid criticism.
I see.
All we need to do is continue as usual until the end.
Especially you, Yuuki!
Don't let yourself be affected by anything strange.
Right.
Kuroda-san's right.
Nothing you can do even if you worry.
That's right!
Alright! Now let's get the ball rolling again!
Executive Art Director Taiko Sagamiwan (Typhoon) Scenario Mitsuteru Ohgi (Typhoon)
The script was by Mitsuteru Ohgi, huh?
Hojo-kun?
Huh?
I have a message from him.
He wants to meet you.
He wants to meet me?
Mitsuteru Ohgi.
Hope he's not another Hosokawa-san.
Hyakkei Coffee Shop
I wish Kuroda-san were here, too.
Excuse me, are you Buntarou from Rokuhara?
Yes! Are you Mitsuteru Ohgi from Typhoon?
Yeah, nice to meet you.
You're really young, yeah?
Y-yeah, I'm in 11th grade!
Huh, really?
Gotta revise my initial impressions, then.
Oh, I gave your game a try 'cause the demo came out on the same day as ours.
It was really good.
T-thank you very much.
I could tell your writing's still getting better.
Your depiction of a school wasn't fake at all.
It felt really real.
I see. It was really written by a high schooler.
That's great.
O-oh, no...
When you compare mine to yours, Mitsuteru-san, it's not much...
Well, I think mine's pretty well done.
But there's something still missing from it.
My expectations are high, and unending at that.
You nervous?
Huh?
I'd really like you to relax a little more.
R-right.
How'd you get into making games?
Um, uhh, I was invited by a friend.
I wrote scripts for drama club, so...
Huh.
I had no idea what I was doing in the beginning, but now I'm really glad she invited me.
Thanks to her, every day's just so much fun.
Her? She's a girl?
Um, uh, yeah.
That's awesome.
A girl you can talk with about dating sims.
That's pretty rare.
Her big brother was in the business, I hear.
Oh, who?
Uh, I don't know his name.
I see. I'm jealous.
I don't know anyone in the industry.
I think those kinds of connections are really important, plus they can be motivating.
I do know one person in the industry.
Oh, yeah? I'd love to meet them.
Should I give him a call?
Wait, really?
Nice to meetcha!
It's Blooter, the Chai boss, the soy sauce!
What a blessed day, really!
Never thought I'd get to meet the writer of "The Taiga Betrayal" that's gettin' all kinds of talk!
And seein' your handsome faces makes me all kinds of excited!
Thanks for the food.
Oh, you can have all those games so go ahead and take 'em!
I'm forcin' them on ya even if you say no, LOL!
I'm headin' out!
Good luck, Ser Terumitto, Ser Hojo!
Adios, adios, adios!
My comedy with the maids is way too hot!!
Scuse me, hottie comin' through!
He was hardcore... Scuse me, hottie comin' through!
He was hardcore... Rich hottie comin' through!
But he's too old.
His jokes are terrible, and he's got nothing of the new jazz young users want.
My comedy with the maids is way too hot!!
I don't wanna lose to a fossil like him.
Y-yeah.
Hey, can I call you Buntarou from now on?
I don't have any friends.
Yeah, of course.
Thanks.
See you later.
Kuroda-san?!
So that's Mitsuteru from Typhoon.
What're you doing?!
Scoping out the enemy.
So, how did it go?
After talking to him, he seems like a really nice guy.
He said we should have a big meetup with us and the Typhoon people.
Sounds good.
Huh?
A lot of good can come from industry collaboration.
Let's do it.
Hyakkei Coffe Shop
Steakhouse Matsuno
Aww, what a cute shop.
Ohgi-san!
Sorry to make you wait.
Nice to meet you.
I represent Rokuhara. My name is Sayuki Kuroda.
Thank you for inviting us here today.
The pleasure's all ours. Thanks for coming today.
Well, check out the ottie-hay over here.
Let me introduce our representative.
Hello! I'm the CEO of Typhoon, Taiko Ooiso!
Nice ta meetcha!
Alright, then.
Now that introductions are out of the way, let's talk.
Though with so many cute girls here, I'm not sure who to start with.
Ooiso-san, I hear you do the story art as well.
To be honest, I wish that's all I did.
But there's no one who'll take the CEO reins!
It's one of those things where if I don't do it, no one will!
But I'm actually pretty damn good at it.
Oh yeah, Mitsuyan, go trade seats with the artist girl.
I wanna talk to her.
Alright, you got it.
Can I trade seats with you, Uguisu-chan?
E-excuse me, uh, right away!
Hokekiyo-chan, I'm always following your Pixi!
You're not as good as I am but you draw really well!
T-thank you very much!
I think your drawings are amazing, Taiko-sensei!
They're turbulent? Or, er, cool...
Aww, thanks!
I'm just so bad at moe art!
If you draw stuff like that, the otaku just make a fuss!
You want someone with actual sense to comment on your art, yeah?
That's why my drawings are way more artsy!
I-I see.
Hokekiyo-chan, why don't you join us, if you want?
Huh?
Excuse me, are you scouting her?
I don't mind trading, either.
No, uh...
These are the rules of the wasteland, Hojo-kun.
Huh?
Trying to scout out talented personnel is a not-unheard of story in the wasteland.
Drawing is like cutting open fate with your art and marching forth.
So come on over to us, mkay?
Umm, uh, umm, I-I'm not really sure about...
You can say no, Yuki.
Oh, how about you, Mr. Writer?
Huh?
I heard the script for Asamori-san was really good.
Why don't you join us?
Ooiso-san.
Yuki and Hojo-kun are important members of our team, so you can't have them right now.
My, how scary!
You don't mince words, I see.
Why don't you come on over, too?
Alright, I'm done!
What's wrong?
This guy can't talk nerd at all!
I feel bad for Yuka, but I can't.
I wanna go home.
I wanna go home! I wanna go home! Sorry, I've been talking for way too long.
I wanna go home! I wanna go home! But you girls are just so cute!
Wow, it's rare that someone doesn't like Mitsuyan!
I'm a huge fan of yours, Taiko Sagamiwan! Can I have your autograph?
Of course.
In return, will you come over to us?
What?
I could always use another programmer who'll work herself to the bone.
Um, you've only been talking about poaching members off us for a while now.
We're finally having a big meetup.
What's the big deal?
What's wrong with trying to get a talented person on your team?
That's right. I want to work with talented girls, too.
Why don't you just all come join us under a sub-brand?
Yeah, let's do that!
You're just doing it as a club, so it doesn't matter where you're at as long as you produce a game, yeah?
Huh?
Could you please stop all this?
Huh?
I won't allow you to ignore our wishes.
Alright, don't need the management, then.
We've got plenty of good management on our side, anyway.
And we don't really need voice actresses.
We can just hire pros.
Hey, I don't care if you haven't graduated, come join us now.
We'll pay you a good salary and of course, you can still go to school.
I'd like the four of you to join us!
Sorry, my hand slipped.
How mean of you.
And in public, too.
Hojo-kun?
Don't mess with me, you little punk!
It's your fault!
What was your name, Hojo?
Don't think you'll ever be allowed to participate in the comic fests from now on!
Do whatever you please!
Want me to break that straight face of yours?!
Taiko-san, don't get violent.
You're Haraguro-san, yeah?
It's Kuroda.
Let's have a competition.
A competition?
Yeah, a sales competition.
The losers have to bow down to the winner.
The winner gets to pick out one person to join them.
Regardless if we win or lose, we don't need to accept your apologies or hunting.
I'll tell your school you threw water on me.
Huh?! I'll tell your school you threw water on me.
I'll spread lies about you and make your whole business go up in flames.
Maybe I'll say that Rokuhara's made up of a bunch of shitty good-for-nothing high school delinquents.
Hold on!
If you're mad at me, take it out on me, not them!
That ain't gonna cut it for me!
What?!
You want a sales competition, yes?
Ah, I see. If we did it by sales we'd win.
Let's compete by units, then.
Over what period?
The day it goes on sale, duh.
Alright.
Then we'll have a competition to see who sells the most on the first day.
If we win, I'm takin' you and workin' you like a slave for the rest of your life.
I'll make you quit high school, too, so get ready!
Let's go, Mitsuyan!
Sorry to cause such a fuss.
I hope this is enough.
Um, uh, yes...
Later, Buntarou.
I'm sorry, everyone!
There's no need for you to apologize, Hojo-kun.
Yup. You two did good.
Feels good, man!
What're we gonna do about the competition?
If we lose, Hojo-kun's gonna be led off to the slaughter!
We can win.
For that, we'll need to increase the level of perfection for Asamori-san.
We'll push through 'til the end.
I'll follow you!
Me, too!
We've made it this far already.
I wanna make a game with everyone and win!
Yeah, me too!
Me too!
Alright! Everyone! Let's go win!
Okay!
Let's take down Typhoon!
Rokuhara, fight on!
Yeah!
I'll animate it so smoothly you won't wanna blink and miss a thing!
Yes, yes, I'm getting super hype!
Alright!
I'm gonna fix everything that's weird in the script, so let me know if you find anything!
I'm back with the shopping and copies!
Here's your refills for your stapler!
Thanks!
Here!
Thanks.
Here's a business negotiation packet!
Thanks.
I'll be back.
Thanks!
We're countin' on you!
Thank you, Senpai!
Leave the rest in our hands!
Right.
Sabaki My big sister must always be such a bother.
Umm--
Huh?
Excuse me, do you know where the Marketing Research Club meets?
Who're you?
Yeah, things are going good over here.
How about you?
I got a commitment for the event on our release date.
Seriously?! That's awesome!
Well, everyone's working so hard.
I've got to work hard, too.
We'll definitely make something awesome!
Yes.
So, Hojo-kun.
Yeah?
Um...
There's something I want to talk to you about.
Huh?
It's really important.
O-okay.
What is it?
I...
Yeah?
I...
I'm going to buy you all some souvenirs.
Would you like something sweet or salty?
Huh? Souvenirs?
Yes.
Souvenirs, huh.
W-what?
Was it strange to ask after all?
No.
Get something sweet, then.
Alright.
And one more thing.
Yeah?
When I get back, there's something I want to ask you.
Okay. I'm looking forward to your souvenirs.
I'll make sure to get something that meets your expectations.
Souvenirs?
Kuroda-san wants us to get her souvenirs?
No, no, she's gonna...
Seriously? Our Kuroda?
She's really changed.
Coming.
Excuse me, is this the Marketing Research Club's room?
Uh, yeah.
Then you're the ones...
Nice to meet you, I'm Iwao Kuroda.
I'm Sayuki Kuroda's older brother.
Huh?
What?
You're her brother?
Excuse me, can I get two of these?
Thanks for always taking care of my sister.
No, she does a lot for us, too.
Are those characters in your game?
They're so cute.
Torry! You're gettin' praised!
Um, sorry, thank you very much!
Kuroda-san said "art is vital to bishoujo games."
We didn't think she'd join us at first.
But it's thanks to my efforts that she did!
Sorry...
Don't be so shy! Jeez!
Yuka-senpai! Don't be so shy! Jeez!
It's really a relief.
You look like you're having so much fun.
Honestly, I had no idea how this would turn out.
Huh?
Thank you so much!
I can't believe you're making a game to help with my debt!
Atarashii sekai tobikome mirai ga yonderu Jump into the new world, our future is calling
Yasashiku yorisottettai I want to gently be by your side
Kimi no yume ouensasete Let me support you and your dream
Chotto jiman dekiru mono Someone who doesn't have
Nan ni mo motteinakute Anything they can be proud of
Ki ga tsuitara shita bakari On cloudy days when they realize
Mitsumeteta no cloudy days They've only been looking at the ground
Sonna uyamuya shiteiru I want to change
Futoumei na kimochi wa ne That wavering, murky feeling
Jibun datte ni kaete hoshii Into a shout of "I can do it!"
Hajimete zukushi de When I'm first starting out
Tomadoi darake dakedo I'm full of so many doubts
Watashi mo onaji da yo It's the same for me, too
Atarashii sekai tobikome mirai ga matteru Jump into the new world, our future is waiting
Hikari ni mitasareta toki motomete Pursue a moment full of light
Gamushara ni ikeru shunkan sono saki ima da yo The present awaits us after this frantic moment
Yasashiku yorisottettai I want to gently be by your side
Dakara issho ni ganbarou So let's all work hard together
Shoot, I forgot to ask if he wanted western-style sweets or Japanese sweets!
Young people today would prefer western, r--
This... what is this cute candy?!
This must be what they say are "too cute to eat!"
But you can actually eat them!
I must have them!