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Poil
Mar 17, 2007

This game. This freaking game. :bang:

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Terper
Jun 26, 2012


I'd make a photoshop of that Simpsons Do it for her image but I can't be bothered, but you get the sentiment.

Seriously though that JSDF thing caught me off-guard.

The_Frag_Man
Mar 26, 2005

Serika is a badass. We got pretty lucky to pick the best character.

Raitzeno
Nov 24, 2007

What? It seemed like
a good idea at the time.

BlitzBlast posted:

"And then everyone graduated and went on to do stuff. I dunno, we didn't really keep in touch, and there were some really weird decisions."

What an ending. You can really tell 3 years of character development led to this.

As a game, that loving sucks, but it's pretty drat realistic. That's about as much as I know about my own graduating class!

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

It says she joined the JSDF, but I choose to believe Serika joined the good old EDF.

Ulvirich
Jun 26, 2007

Goon's friends in the game were/are a bunch of knobheads and be glad you don't know where they ended up, and nor should Goon care. What a (mostly) unlikable cast of characters.

I Killed GBS
Jun 2, 2011

by Lowtax

SSNeoman posted:

I'm currently banking on the fact that this is Seikano, where Serika is a human weapon who protects the only peaceful slice of land from an encroaching war.

Or how about we don't, since Saikano is one of the few things dumber than TM3.

Catalina
May 20, 2008



sincx posted:

I was there when he got the right event. It took 2+ hours and 3 replays of the last year.

Sheep truly suffered for the greater good that day.

Oh my God. :stonk:

You know, when I asked to see the other ending, I just assumed Sheep had missed one event in a chain and had to replay once to activate it. I had no idea.

ArashiKurobara posted:

But wouldn't you start getting the "same outfit as last date" penalty after the first time? Though you could probably get away with only one date with normal clothes in the first year... You can probably get away with only one date period in the first year but that's no fun.

In fact that reminds me, I know vibratingsheep's trying to go more or less blind and so definitely won't want this, there's an extremely in-depth guide to the numbers for Girl's Side 1 for anyone else playing along who might want it. It's based on the DS version so I'm not sure now accurate it is to PS2, but since the DS version is he one with the translation patch I think a lot of people here are going to be on that anyway.

I tested it, and it didn't seem like it! I got no reaction in the text from wearing the default "outfit" two times in a row. But it's also possible to buy no clothes from the stores, buy two accessories, and keep switching the accessories. Wearing nothing but sweats and a hairclip, my character got no text about her clothing choice and complimented on her hairclip by Kei. :iiam:

And thank you so much for that page! I've always wondered about the internal workings of the numbers, but obviously couldn't read the Japanese guidebooks.

Schubalts
Nov 26, 2007

People say bigger is better.

But for the first time in my life, I think I've gone too far.

DoubleDonut posted:

I like how Shiratori is even more of a dick to you than Rei in the first game but the game still expects you to think of him as a friend somehow.

Yea. At least Rei was a funny dick. Straight up coming to your desk just to tell you that you suck, then walking off to find a parking spot for the dump truck full of chocolate.

PBJ
Oct 10, 2012

Grimey Drawer

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.

PBJ you are my favorite

Catalina
May 20, 2008



No, no, as has been brought up in the chat, the nose is because Serika is actually a character from Escaflowne:

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Looks more like Nico Robin to me.

Vorpal Cat
Mar 19, 2009

Oh god what did I just post?

Schubalts posted:

Yea. At least Rei was a funny dick. Straight up coming to your desk just to tell you that you suck, then walking off to find a parking spot for the dump truck full of chocolate.

Don't forget giving away signed portraits of herself himself as a Christmas gift.

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.
Tokimemo 3, Chapter 18: The Fear

6/27: The quest begins anew


In order to finish the story right, I had to load from June 27th of 2004. Sadly, Rex the Dinosaur Skull had to be lost to a time paradox in order to be able to get this started.

Going step by step through 3 hours of reloads is going to be soul-crushing, so let me give you the executive summary of what happens in these alternate timelines.


  • None of the failed portraits are as good as Yukiko's.
  • It takes 650 club XP to win nationals - in none of these runs does Goon reach that again.
  • Emi's storyline has the girls come back and apologize to her for ditching her when she blew out her knee. She forgives them because she is a saint.
  • There's a date event where Goon falls out of a tree while saving a kitten and loses consciousness.
  • If you decline Yukiko's invitation to see the old lady twice, she instantly bombs you. No warning, just instant explosion.

YKWSTG count: Infinity plus 1



This is what happens in the previously mentioned park date with Emi, where being kind to small animals leads to a concussion. While Goon is unconscious, she rests his head on her lap, which is a Big Deal to some people because they get to wake up to this.

7/19: The mystery deepens

So here's why it took 3 or 4 runs to get Serika's storyline moving. There are two real requirements for seeing this event, plus a secret third

  • You must be between July 2004 and early November 2004.
  • You must make a date with Serika on a day where the next day is a school day.
  • The RNG must not screw you.

The first requirement is really annoying because summer vacation cuts out almost half of your window, but it's manageable. The second requirement cuts out a little over half of the other possible dates, but it's manageable.

The third option is the real killer. In the previous runs, I tried to keep these requirements a secret and play like normal. By my count, I had about 6 opportunities for the RNG to say "okay, here, you've fulfilled the conditions." On the final runthrough, enough was enough and I just arranged dates with Serika on every Sunday possible--and it still took 3 tries for this event to happen. To add insult to injury, she actually showed up on time for 3 or 4 of those opportunities, showing that the RNG was just taunting me.


YKWSTG count: Infinity times two


Goon: I wonder what's going on? Serika's really late.


Serika: Hey!
Serika: Sorry for making you wait out here.
Goon: No worries, let's get going.
Serika: Uh, actually, about that...
Serika: Sorry.
Goon: What?
Serika: Work just called me out for an emergency and--
Goon: Work?


Serika: Uh, no, I just have something I need to take care of. That's all.
Serika: So I can't do anything today.


Serika: Sorry, but could you let me pass on today?
Option 1: Well, if it's an emergency, you have to take care of it.
Option 2: Well, that's a shame.


As usual for Tokimemo story events, there's no difference between these options.


Goon: Well, if it's an emergency, you have to take care of it.
Serika: Thanks. I'll make it up to you, I swear.
Goon: You don't have to go that far. We'll just go out another time.


Serika: I'm really, really sorry.
Serika: Well... see you later.
Goon: Later.
Goon: I guess I have nothing to do today.

The day still gets lost, of course. The entire day gets consumed by walking out to meet Serika and then going "oh, I guess you have to go" before walking back home.

Also, the Persona theory gets stronger and stronger because the only time this event happened was on a rainy day.


7/20: Another school break-in, what a coincidence


Goon: Huh? There's another big crowd for some reason. I wonder what happened?


Takuo: Yo! You here to check it out too?
Goon: Check out what? What the hell just happened?
Takuo: Someone broke into the school again! This time it was the principal's office.
Goon: So that's why everyone's crowding around to get a look?


Takuo: Yeah. It's crazy in there, the whole place is just destroyed.
Takuo: The faculty is having an emergency meeting right now, trying to figure out who did this.
Takuo: But it's weird.
Goon: What is?


Takuo: Well, it's the same as last time. Nothing was stolen.
Takuo: Whoever did this just crashed the place and left.
Goon: Huh. I wonder what the point of it is?


Takuo: How should I know?
Takuo: But there definitely has to be a reason for all of this.
Takuo: I'm really curious now.
Takuo: Anyway, that's what's going on. Talk to you later.
Goon: Well, that was kinda creepy. But geez, the principal's office this time?


Serika: Goon.
Goon: Oh, hey Serika.
Serika: Sorry about yesterday. There was some stuff I couldn't get out of.
Serika: Say, what's with this crowd? What happened?
Goon: Someone broke into the principal's office.


Serika: R, really? The principal's office?
Serika: I wonder what's so fun about messing that place up?
Goon: What kind of person would do that?
Serika: Dunno.
Serika: I mean, does it matter? It's not my problem.

This is where I stopped for a second to ask "who bandages their hair?" - it looks like Serika randomly has bandages around the hair behind her ears, because it's really hard to see the little bit of bandage peeking out from under her bangs. And because the shading's bad, it looks like there's just a random wrap of bandage around her hair. I mean, that's what it looks like, doesn't it? It's like she's using athletic tape instead of a scrunchie to make her hair stay in place.


Serika: W, well, anyway, I have some more stuff to take care of, so I have to go.
Serika: Later.
Goon: Hmm? Oh, okay, later.

That's the only new thing until November.

7/25: Okay this is just silly


Presented without comment.

9/9: Random character moment between Emi and Serika.


Emi: Oh, good afternoon.
Goon: Hmm? Oh, hey Tachibana-san, hey Serika.
Serika: Yo. You heading home?
Goon: Yeah. You two going home too?
Emi: Yes, Serika's going to teach me cat's cradle.
Goon: Cat's cradle? You mean that game with the string?


Emi: Yes. Did you know that Serika is unbelievably good at it?
Serika: Don't listen to her, it's nothing special.
Emi: My mother and my grandmother taught me some tricks, but Serika's tricks are so creative.
Emi: Like, um--what did you call that trick, again? The first one you showed me.


Serika: Big Bang?
Emi: Yes, Big Bang! That was more than just a trick, I would call it art.


Serika: Y, you would?
Emi: I want you to teach me to be as good as you at cat's cradle some day.
Emi: And now, we should get going.
Serika: Well, you heard the girl. Later.
Goon: (What kind of cat's cradle trick would be called Big Bang? I really want to see it now.)

11/8: Time to make history

If you want to see this event in motion - and there's a lot of motion - then you should check out either the highlight on my Twitch channel or the YouTube upload. Be aware that I was doing it live, so the translation's pretty awkward at points.


Goon: Hey, Serika.
Serika: H, hey, [awkward $playername pause]. You heading home?
Goon: Yeah. What about you, Serika?
Serika: N, no, I just have something I need to take care of back at school, so I'm heading that way.
Goon: What do you need to take care of?


Serika: I need to take care of what I need to take care of.
Serika: It's nothing big.
Serika: Trust me, it's nothing.
Goon: I see.
Serika: Yeah. I gotta go, so...
Serika: Take care of yourself.
Goon: Huh? Uh, sure.
Goon: Wait, WHAT?!
Goon: "Take care of yourself"?!
Goon: She said that like she's never going to see me again. What's that supposed to mean?
Goon: But... I've never seen her act like this before.


Option 1: Yeah, I'm really worried.
Option 2: Eh, it's nothing to worry about.


Why would anyone ever choose option 2?

Goon: Yeah... I'm really worried!
Goon: I need to go back to school!


Goon: Yeah, it makes sense that no one's here at this hour.


Goon: Serika, where are you?


Goon: She's not here either.
Goon: Where are you, Serika?

At this point, I realized that the actual music for this scene is completely muted and totally underwhelming, so I started playing Persona music over the game. It improved the experience dramatically.

First up: The Battle for Everyone's Souls/Battle Hymn of the Soul.



Serika: ...!
Goon: Serika, what're you doing?


Serika: Huh?
Serika: Y, you idiot! What're you doing here?
Serika: This is no place for you!
???: Hmm? Who's that?
???: What an rear end.
Goon: What? Where'd that voice come from?


???: I see... I thought you would be alone, but you brought an audience.


Goon: Wh, what is that? It's not human!
Serika: It's just what it looks like. A monster.
Goon: A monster?!


Serika: Yes. You know about this school's unexplained phenomena and ghost stories?
Serika: Monsters were behind all of them.


???: Indeed. And this girl took the time to defeat them.


Serika: But... it's all over now.
Serika: You're the last one!


Monster: Thank you for the wonderful introduction.
Monster: As thanks... I will introduce you to my realm!
Monster: Along with your friend!
Goon: Whoa!
Serika: Ugh!


Goon: Ahhhhhh!
Goon: Wh, where are we?


Monster: Welcome. This is a world I made especially for you and me.
Monster: There is no one to get in our way here.
Monster: Aren't you happy? I'll play with you until your life ends!


Serika: I'll use my powers to open an exit for you!
Serika: Hurry, run!
Monster: Relax. The only person I have business with is you, woman.


Monster: But then, if you use up your power, you might not have enough left, will you?
Serika: Shut up!


Serika: You said no one would get in our way. That's fine!
Serika: I won't hold back!
Monster: I see...
Monster: Then you and I will be able to have a lot of fun.
Monster: Ha. Hahahahahaha!


Serika: Ugh... drat you!
Serika: Augh!



Serika: Agh... how?
Monster: Oh, how pathetic. What happened to that attitude from before?
Monster: Were you just bluffing?
Serika: How are you so strong? I defeated all of your friends...
Serika: You're the last one!
Monster: My friends? You've got it all wrong.
Serika: Wh, what do you mean?






Monster: Everything you've defeated up to this point has merely been a key to my seal.
Serika: A key?
Monster: You were going out of your way to help me be reborn.
Monster: Thanks to you, I'm back at full strength!

Everything Serika is depicted fighting comes from the most common high school ghost stories. Hanako-san in the bathroom, a haunted piano that plays itself, the skeleton model in the science room coming to life, a haunted painting, etc. I really like the devil basketball, though. That one's pretty unique.


Serika: Stop spouting bullshit!
Serika: Aaaaaugh!
Monster: What's wrong? Does it hurt?
Monster: It seems like you haven't recovered from your previous battles.


Serika: Shut up. Shut up!


Serika: I won't lose... not to you.
Serika: Not to you!!

Well, at least they were consistent about her being left-handed.


Sorry for the interlacing problems :(


Serika: *sobbing and moaning*
Goon: Serika!
Monster: No matter what powers you may have, you are only a mere human.
Monster: A puny little creature!
Monster: Now, it's time to put an end to your suffering!


Goon: At this rate, Serika's going to...
Goon: What should I do?

Recommended music: Burn My Dread -Last Battle-


Serika: Uh... ugh... what're you doing?
Serika: Take this chance. Get out of here!
Goon: Serika...


Serika: Hurry!
Goon: Serika, I--


Option 1: I have to protect you, Serika!
Option 2: I have to run!


WHO WOULD CHOOSE TWO

Goon: Serika! No! I'll protect you!


Goon: AUGH!


Serika: Y, you idiot.
Serika: I told you to run...
Goon: I can't just leave you here, Serika!
Serika: *gasp*

I would like to remind you at this time that this game is Tokimeki Memorial 3, a high school romance simulation game.


Serika: You're so stupid.

Okay, maybe I got the game wrong. This is actually the part of Persona 4 where your social links come back to tell you how much of an impact you've had on their lives, so you can draw on their strength to fight the last boss.

I'm pretty sure that the old candy shop woman and the T-Rex skull both also come to help her.



Serika: But--
Serika: But thank you.
Goon: Isn't there--isn't there something I can do?
Serika: Could you buy me some time?
Serika: Just a little bit.


Serika: There's a brief moment, when his ghostly form briefly separates from his corporeal form and then returns to his soul.
Serika: I'll aim for that and hit him with everything I've got.
Serika: But I can't do that yet.
Serika: I need some time to gather up my strength.
Serika: So, even if it's just for a second, I want you to draw that monster's attention away.
Serika: Can you do that?
Goon: Yeah, I'll try!

Suggested theme: Heartful Cry ~in Mayonaka Arena~


Goon: Hey! Monster!
Goon: You're fighting me now!
Monster: Oh? How heartwarming. Is this the power of friendship? Or is it love?
Monster: Very well. I'll eat you first. Be grateful!


Goon: AUGH!
Monster: How's that? Isn't it a wonderful pain going through your body right now?


Goon: AAAAUGH!
Goon: I, is that all you got?
Monster: Oh? You're pretty tough.


Goon: AAAAAUGH!
Goon: Hmph!
Goon: AUGH!
Monster: Not bad. But playtime is over.


Goon: AAAAAAAAAAAAUGH!
Monster: Pathetic.
Monster: But well done.
Monster: For a human, at least.
Monster: To show you how much I appreciate your efforts, I will release you from your pain with this next attack.
Goon: (Serika... I'm sorry!)



Serika: Sorry to keep you waiting!
Goon: !
Serika: Ghost! You're fighting me now!
Serika: I won't let you do as you please anymore!
Monster: You half-dead little bitch!
Monster: This next hit will finish you off!

I would like to remind you at this time that this game is Tokimeki Memorial 3, a high school romance simulation game.


Serika: You're right about one thing.
Serika: This is over.
Serika: This is the last of my power!
Monster: Cease your babbling, human!




Serika: TAAAAAKE THIIIIIIIIIIIS!
Monster: Impossible! How could you have this much power?!


Monster: AHHHHHH!


Goon: Mmph...
Serika: Looks like you're awake.
Goon: Serika. Are you okay? What happened to your injuries?
Serika: You shouldn't be worrying about me.
Serika: You really are an idiot.


Serika: You're an idiot, but...
Serika: You were really cool.
Serika: What you did was amazing.
Goon: Serika?


Serika: Uh, hey. Sorry to bring it up, but could you please get up?
Goon: What? What do you mean, get up?
Serika: I mean, I can't move like this.
Goon: W, wait, have I been lying on your lap this entire time?
Goon: I, I'm so sorry!


Goon: I'm sorry I didn't notice!
Serika: Hey, you don't have to apologize so many times.
Serika: I'm the one who should be apologizing to you, anyway.
Serika: It's pointless to hide who I really am from you anymore.


Serika: I guess you could call me a government agent.
Serika: I get orders to go to schools and eradicate hives of monsters.
Serika: That's what I really am.
Serika: I'm just an exterminator.
Serika: I'm not a hero or anything.
Serika: It doesn't even make a good joke, does it?
Goon: I can't believe it. Why do they make you do that?


Serika: That's a dumb question.
Serika: It's because I can do it.
Serika: Ever since I was a kid, I've been able to see things other people can't.
Serika: Touch things they can't.
Serika: My mom and my dad told me that I shouldn't look, shouldn't touch.
Serika: They said I shouldn't use my powers.


Serika: But I couldn't understand why they said that.
Serika: I thought everyone was like me.
Serika: So I kept using my powers in front of people.
Serika: I didn't understand what the consequences would be.


Serika: By the time I realized--it was too late to do anything.
Serika: One day, my mom and dad disappeared.
Serika: And a strange man came up to me and said--


Serika: "If you want your parents back, then hunt monsters."
Serika: He seemed to be some kind of important government official.


Serika: But I didn't care about that.
Serika: If it meant he would give me my parents back, then I would do whatever it took.
Serika: So I kept fighting. Before I came here, I went to so many schools.


Serika: I wonder how many schools it was?
Serika: But no matter where I went, all I did was fight, and I never remembered anyone or anything.


Serika: Friends, a normal school life, they were things that might as well have been alien.


Serika: But coming here, and meeting you, I felt I finally understood.
Serika: School can be so much fun.
Serika: If I could, I would've stayed here forever as an ordinary student.


Serika: But that was impossible.
Serika: Everyone near me gets hurt.
Serika: If they get close to me, they all get hurt.
Goon: Serika...
Serika: You're no exception.
Serika: Because you got close to me, this happened.

Is THAT why Emi tore her MCL?


Serika: I'm sorry, but you're better off without me.
Serika: It's all--it's all my fault.
Goon: That's not true at all.
Goon: I came here because I wanted to be here.
Goon: That's the same reason I wanted to help you.
Goon: Besides, you saved me, didn't you?
Goon: There's no reason for you to beat yourself up.


Serika: Ha--haha...
Serika: You win. You are an incurably soft-hearted person.
Serika: This is the first time anyone's ever said something like that to me.


Serika: It's really the first time.
Serika: I'm sorry. And thanks for sticking your neck out for someone like me.
Serika: Thank you...

Next time: Tokimeki Memorial 3 Golden

vibratingsheep fucked around with this message at 05:11 on Aug 24, 2014

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

...what. :stare:

I'm sorry what did I just read? :confused:

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



ChaosArgate posted:

...what. :stare:

I'm sorry what did I just read? :confused:

Something simultaneously heavily foreshadowed, and utterly insane.

Kinu Nishimura
Apr 24, 2008

SICK LOOT!
Be honest, you were laughing your rear end off the entire time people were bringing up Persona, weren't you?

Waffleman_
Jan 20, 2011


I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

WHAT.

EXCUSE ME?

Edit: This is something I'd expect from Hatoful Boyfriend!

Kinu Nishimura
Apr 24, 2008

SICK LOOT!
Second question: Why didn't Serika get first in the popularity poll? Is Hotaru really that interesting?

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

chiasaur11 posted:

Something simultaneously heavily foreshadowed, and utterly insane.

WAIT WHERE WAS THE FORESHADOWING??? I was expecting odd military drills, not this!

Tarezax
Sep 12, 2009

MORT cancels dance: interrupted by MORT
As I said during the stream, this whole thing is practically the same as the plot of Persona 3, except the stakes are much lower.

It would be great if it had gone full SMT and had Serika punch a god in the face though.

Edit: The foreshadowing was the April Fools' Day events. Remember the ghost she talked about? Yeah, she wasn't messing with Goon, she actually talks to ghosts.

Tarezax fucked around with this message at 00:21 on Aug 24, 2014

Seraphic Neoman
Jul 19, 2011


I can honestly say I did not expect that.

This does a lot to redeem the game for me, not gonna lie. Sheep, I know this must have sucked, but it was really, really worth it.

chiasaur11
Oct 22, 2012



ChaosArgate posted:

WAIT WHERE WAS THE FORESHADOWING??? I was expecting odd military drills, not this!

Remember her constant "Oh, ghosts? They're no big deal" stuff?

And how haunted houses always felt so fake?

ChaosArgate
Oct 10, 2012

Why does everyone think I'm going to get in trouble?

chiasaur11 posted:

Remember her constant "Oh, ghosts? They're no big deal" stuff?

And how haunted houses always felt so fake?

...poo poo.

vibratingsheep
Nov 2, 2013

Fudou, Gunzou. The Face of the Franchise Killer. 2004.

alcharagia posted:

Be honest, you were laughing your rear end off the entire time people were bringing up Persona, weren't you?

:D

alcharagia posted:

Second question: Why didn't Serika get first in the popularity poll? Is Hotaru really that interesting?

Hotaru is actually a Tokimeki Memorial character. Serika is a lot of things, but a Tokimemo heroine is not one of them.

SSNeoman posted:

This does a lot to redeem the game for me, not gonna lie. Sheep, I know this must have sucked, but it was really, really worth it.

This was pretty fun to write up, no lie.

SystemLogoff
Feb 19, 2011

End Session?

Oh wow, this poor character trapped in the worse game. I can only imagine what it would be like if she had starred in a better Tokimeki Memorial game.

Though, I must say that was pretty awesome. :tviv:

Sindai
Jan 24, 2007
i want to achieve immortality through not dying

Sindai posted:

So what you're saying is she's secretly a Knights Templar Battle Nun and fights demons in her time off.
I am pretty proud of this post.

FrostyJones
Sep 23, 2012
It all makes sense now. Goon and Serika go on wild adventures, get thrown back in time for ~reasons~ and change their name to Narukami and name their first son Yu. Dojima isn't Yu's uncle, but Goon's friend that helped him out after he and Serika where thrown back in time.

Called it :smug:

Hellioning
Jun 27, 2008

That honestly reminds me of that Western dating sim that appears to be a normal high school game, barring the 'go back in time' premise, and then suddenly has robotic magical girls, ghosts, and aliens show up during the endings. This is as massively out of place here as it was there, but at least it's more badass this time.

Bobbin Threadbare
Jan 2, 2009

I'm looking for a flock of urbanmechs.

SystemLogoff posted:

Oh wow, this poor character trapped in the worse game. I can only imagine what it would be like if she had starred in a better Tokimeki Memorial game.

Though, I must say that was pretty awesome. :tviv:

I think it's clear now that she belongs in an SMT game rather than Tokimeki Memorial.

CandyCrazy
Oct 20, 2012

Hahaha holy poo poo. I knew Serika was a ghost buster ahead of time (in fact it was the only thing I knew about this game before the LP), but this far exceeded my expectations.

Serika continues to be the best.

gegi
Aug 3, 2004
Butterfly Girl

Hellioning posted:

That honestly reminds me of that Western dating sim that appears to be a normal high school game, barring the 'go back in time' premise, and then suddenly has robotic magical girls, ghosts, and aliens show up during the endings. This is as massively out of place here as it was there, but at least it's more badass this time.

I'm pretty sure they were intentionally referencing Tokimemo in that game, although I feel like this pulls it off better.

Galick
Nov 26, 2011

Why does Khajiit have to go to prison this time?
oh my god holy gently caress I can't stop laughing this is the greatest game ever

Seriously she could no bullshit be a Persona protagonist, holy gently caress. No changes at all.

Galick fucked around with this message at 00:51 on Aug 24, 2014

Alopex
May 31, 2012

This is the sleeve I have chosen.
Hahaha, what the gently caress. What the gently caress, that was great and makes so much sense in hindsight. In my heart, Serika is the protagonist of a much better game.

Kelsing
Oct 24, 2010

Did you see that, Zach?

vibratingsheep posted:


Serika: I guess you could call me a government agent.
Serika: I get orders to go to schools and eradicate hives of monsters.
Serika: That's what I really am.
Serika: I'm just an exterminator.
Serika: I'm not a hero or anything.

I'm just an old anime hired to do some wet work.

evilspacehopper
Oct 10, 2012

Hinawa remembered in death as she was in life: endlessly eating birds.
....

What?! I thought the whole Persona thing was a joke. This almost makes everything we (Well Vibrating Sheep) did up to this point worth it... Well it probably doesn't because this is still TM3 but it's honestly the shining gem in a pile of poo poo.

I-is there a way to save Serika from this awful game? Can Konami make a game based around Serika?

If this was TM2 that would have be an awesome RPG style battle there and getting to it would have be more fun. Oh what could have been....

BlitzBlast
Jul 30, 2011

some people just wanna watch the world burn
Literally Persona 4.

Just...

Literally Persona 4.

Blaze Dragon
Aug 28, 2013
LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

I...wow. I thought the Persona thing was a joke, but I see people were absolutely serious about it.

Add me to the list of people finding some respect for this abomination of game design entirely because of how awesome Serika is and how ridiculous all of this was. She really deserves to be in a far better game, be it Tokimemo or Persona. In fact, if anyone ever has the weird idea of making a fangame of either series in this thread, you know who to include. As the main character, of course.

Also, what was the last song you played in the fight, vibratingsheep? The one with lyrics, it was pretty good.

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Dr. Snark
Oct 15, 2012

I'M SORRY, OK!? I admit I've made some mistakes, and Jones has clearly paid for them.
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But ma'am! Jones' only crime was looking at the wrong files!
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I beg of you, don't ship away Jones, he has a wife and kids!

-United Nations Intelligence Service

Let's Play Tokimeki Memorial 3 - My Girlfriend Is a Persona Protagonist

Well.

I'm happy we goons somehow managed to stumble across the best character in this game, no bullshit.

For hilarity's sake, here's what my thought process was as that last section started up:

"Oh I get it, she's going to be facing off against some thug or something in a big dramatic showdown."

*Cue Battle Hymm of the Soul*

"Well I think that's a bit overdramatic, I mean it's going to be some random guy-"

*Monster comes out of the wall*

"...WHAAAAAAAAAAAA"

On a related note, is it wrong that I now want the ending to be a showdown between Serika and Yukiko? Where the latter turns out to be a demon in disguise or something? I just...wow.

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