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Oh, I was kinda hoping it wouldn't be a laser. The game actually did a pretty good job of addressing some of the reasons I ruled out the idea, but a typical metal-cutting laser runs at about 1500 watts, which is a lot of power but not that much. I'm sure you could kill someone with it, but I'm not sure I buy that you could completely incinerate a human head like that.
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Yukawa bought the sob story.  I'm curious as to how the laser theory accounts for the heart attack, though.
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SSNeoman posted:They handled this clue better than they did in the show IMO. In the episode Yukawa just kinda drops the idea that it's a laser without actually seeing one in the shop. If I'm not remembering this wrong, in the TV show he's the one who picks up a cut piece of metal, gets scolded for touching it with bare hands and that makes him realise it was cut by a laser. I think that's how it happens, isn't it?
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ivantod posted:If I'm not remembering this wrong, in the TV show he's the one who picks up a cut piece of metal, gets scolded for touching it with bare hands and that makes him realise it was cut by a laser. I think that's how it happens, isn't it? Yeah but the camera never shows the laser apparatus. He just deduces it from the metal and from the tanks of gas.
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SSNeoman posted:Yeah but the camera never shows the laser apparatus. He just deduces it from the metal and from the tanks of gas. Oh, yeah, right, I see what you mean now, it's true that he surprises Utsumi with it later, in the TV version!
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Foxfire_ posted:Lasers do not work that way! 
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O.M.G. This is fantastic, thank you! Can't stop chuckling since I saw it!  Which show is this gif from, btw?
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Totally Spies, which formed a large amount of my childhood television watching for some weird reason.
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It gets remembered for all the bad reasons and it's really not a good show at all. Honestly, I was expecting the red string to be some kind of wire from a heavily modified taser or something.
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 Prevously, we did some experiments with lasers, which eventually led to the fact that the victim was probably killed by a laser fired from Tokida Works factory. After a stakeout and some incinerated rubbish, Utsumi goes to the factory and...    Well, at least there was not a big shootout!         Well, let's look for him outside...           It's kind of sad how oblivious this guy actually is...      Talk: "Where were you at the time of the incident?"       Talk: "What motivated you to do this?" Hm, he's back to his non-talkative mode. Talk: "Why were you at the factory last night?"  This makes more sense in the TV episode, because we get to see a bit more of Kanamori. Basically, whenever he gets angry, he has a tendency to throw his mobile phone on the floor (remember how the screen was already cracked in the intro). But this is never explained in the game.                 Well, it certainly looks like Utsumi is not quite buying this, despite Yuge being all eager...     Hey, isn't it fun to have an actually competent protagonist! What a novel idea! But, since Yuge is in the lead, this is actually the end of that conversation, at least for now...       At this point, the game asks us to choose what is the reason that Utsumi is having a problem with this conversation. The choices are things like: "He was talkative", "He was not talkative", "His story was changing", "He was crying" and a couple more. In actuality, if you recall our conversation with Jounouchi last time, and also how our first conversation with Kanamori went, it becomes obvious that the thing that doesn't fit here is the fact that he was talking way more than previously. This ties in with the comment from Jounouchi how, apparently, when lying, men try to explain absolutely everything and talk a lot, while looking away. So, here goes.   Yes, and now we can do it without his interference!   And, here we are. The things we need to look at are marked, as usual. First up, the tape deck, once again.   Of course, it's the same segment which we've already heard.  Then, let's have a look at that window again.  We'll stop for a moment here. First of all, this is the instance that mentioned earlier about the game cheating a little bit. Because if you look at the screenshot of this room from a couple of updates ago, you can definitely see these marks. However, it's not possible to examine them at that point. So you have to pretend they don't exist until now. Second, I guess I should explain what these scratches are. These are actually East Asian style tally marks. You know, like when you do this:  to count in fives. Well, in East Asian countries, you do it like this:  Incidentally, 正 is also a kanji that means something like "correct" or "true", and it just so happens to have five strokes, so you can use it to count in fives. Therefore, eight 正 and one 丅 add up to 42 in total. There are various explanations about how this kanji might have come to be used for tallying, but in all truthfulness, the real story is probably long lost to history. Well, with that out of the way, let's move on with the story.   And finally, let's have another look at the book.  But, before she can do that, her mobile phone rings.                    All right, fine, let's call Yukawa.         Well, it seems there is nowt to do but to go and talk to him in person... So let's do that.    And so, here we are back at the testing grounds...             And, so it's time for another minigame with mirrors and laser beams!        And so, here is what that setup looks like:  As mentioned, we need to adjust the angles of M2, M3 & M4, so that we can hit the "victim's" head. Clicking on a mirror brings up a screen like the one below, where we can change the angle by turning the knob. Currently, the He-Ne laser is active, so on the small screen we can get some approximate idea where the beam will end up on the next spot. Clearly, the mirror we need to start with is M3, so here is what that looks like:  And then also M4:  Once that's all done, we can push the button and run the experiment with the carbon dioxide laser instead.   The warning sounds!  And then we watch the laser go...  Of course, the beam is not visible...  ...but there is a small puff of smoke...  ...as it hits the mirrors along the way. Then, if we've done everything right...  ...this will happen. If we didn't get it right, Yukawa will make a suggestion about which mirror to move to get a better result. This is not so precise, so it might take a few tries, but it doesn't seem that there is a limit. You can simply keep going until you get it right.          (Interrogation start)  Talk: "The criminal also had to try many times".    Well, of course, it's the burn marks on the statue (and other places).     Of course, it's the tally marks.       (Interrogation finished)    Back at the station...    And this is the guy who said we should learn from him... I think not.                  (Interrogation start)        We present the burn marks on the mirror. Why mirror this time and not the statue? I guess it doesn't matter, but actually the game limits the pool of possible evidence that we can present to only those which are on the screen, and this time they chose to use the mirror instead of the statue (or even the signboard). I guess it's all the same, really.           Apparently we are going all Ace Attorney style now!  This time we present Mana, since she mentioned that this may have been going on for at least three months!   (Interrogation finished)                   Well, I guess we finally have ourselves a real confession. Again, in the TV episode the viewer is aware of Kanamori's penchant for psychotic behaviour a bit earlier, but otherwise, this is pretty much the same. The next day, at Teito University...   Yukawa is having lunch in the cafeteria..            The sound of a motorcycle revving...          He just leaves!   Well, at this point, she leaves the university campus. This bit doesn't exist in the game, but on the way out she gets accosted by some students who are asking her to go out on a date with them...  ...but she solves it in an easy way:  Anyway, back at Yukawa's laboratory...        Oh no!           Well.  And here we go. We've managed to S-rank this case. I assume that choosing wrong answers during "interrogation" and so on will reduce your score. The three categories are "reasoning", "experiment" and "special", so I guess that means it's somehow possible to fail the experiments maybe. Ah well, we'll see how it looks in the future cases. Normally, there should be an end credits here, but there aren't any in the game, so I will direct you instead to the video of the TV show's closing credits, with the show's theme "Kiss Me" (KISUして) performed by Utsumi's actress. If you prefer, you can also see her perform the song live in a concert, or alternately even Yukawa's actor also performing the same song live in a concert if that's what you like! (Note none of these vides are uploaded by me.) And finally, one last thing like at the end of every TV episode...  ...there is a warning from Yukawa-sensei to not try to perform his experiments at home as it just might be a tad dangerous!  And... that's really all there is to this, first case! Hope everybody had fun with it! Next time on Galileo:  How about a nice and refreshing(?) swim?
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They never did explain the heart attack, alas. Oh well, this is still a much better ride than the last game, and as all get out.
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May 20, 2018 23:22
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Show Utsumi just breaking out the badge to ward off guys is the best.
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Game Utsumi is a lot more  than Show Utsumi. For instance, Show Utsumi buys Kanamori's story.In the show Kanamori apparently also kicks his tatami out of anger and apparently he does it so often and for so long that it has a noticeable skid in it, which was a detail I really liked.
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Leraika posted:They never did explain the heart attack, alas. Yeah, I'm not sure what is up with that... as far as I can remember they don't even mention anything like that in the TV episode at all.
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SSNeoman posted:Didn't it have something to do with shock? Yeah, when you burn to death, you don't actually die from the fire. It's usually shock from the pain or else your vital organs getting so hot they can't function anymore.
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Now now Yukawa, you don't get to be angry or upset. Those are emotions, and thus illogical, remember~? This was a pretty great start to the game! I like the interactions between Utsumi and the other characters, although as I mentioned before I do hope that Yukawa develops a bit more in terms of social skills. Definitely a palette cleanser after the previous game, and I'm really looking forwards to the next case which involves... swimming. Oh dear. Could there be a stonefish just out of view?
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Dariusknight posted:Yeah, when you burn to death, you don't actually die from the fire. It's usually shock from the pain or else your vital organs getting so hot they can't function anymore. Usually the lungs would be the first thing to go rather than the heart, since they're directly exposed to the outside air, but yeah, one way or another you're going to be dead long before your body gets to the "unrecognizably charred" state. Or, pretty commonly, you survive the immediate injuries and die of an infection afterwards, because it turns out having skin is kinda important.
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Thuryl posted:Usually the lungs would be the first thing to go rather than the heart, since they're directly exposed to the outside air, but yeah, one way or another you're going to be dead long before your body gets to the "unrecognizably charred" state. Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense! Actually, also thank you for the previous times when you made some clarifications from the medical standpoint! ¨Out of curiosity, do you work in the medical field?
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ivantod posted:Thanks for the explanation, it makes sense! Actually, also thank you for the previous times when you made some clarifications from the medical standpoint! Nah. I got a degree in biomedical science a long time ago, but in the end I decided a career in research wasn't for me. I still have an interest in the subject, though.
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I do like how her little deception gets rumbled as the coda to the first episode. Helps cement the protagonists as less willfully incompetent.
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Welcome to our second case! Once upon a time at a big mansion where rich people live...   ...a young woman was enjoying a refreshing exercise in a swimming pool...   Just when she was about to climb out...                  The next morning...    Yuge, you do you. Don't even worry about what anybody says!       Yotsuya is a part of Shinjuku in Tokyo, but, like Teito university, the college is also fictional.    Talk: "What is the estimated time of death?"   Talk: "What's the situation with security?"      Ok, now it's time to look around. Unexpectedly, there is not much to do this time around--apart from the dead body (which we'll leave for last), there is only the other side of the pool with a couple of small things to look at:  First, we can examine the window and the fence visible through it.      The other thing we can look at is the stuff on the lawn (although, admittedly, it's a bit hard to see what it is at DS resolution).    All right, that's all there is to see on that side, now let's examine the body which has helpuly been laid out next to the pool.  We can zoom in to get a better look...  There is only one thing to look at here, and it's kind of screaming at you, so I didn't bother with arrows this time!            Well, let's see how we do. Because... (Interrogation start)    Talk: "It's because of the time of death."      Talk: "There is no evidence of anything having been stolen."     Talk: "It's because of her swimsuit."           Honestly, this guy couldn't be more annoying even if he tried, really.  It's time for the presenting game! Of course the only real clue we have at the moment is the chest mark, so...    Talk: "Through the window".   He is literally obnoxious at this point.  Talk: "No, it can't be that."  A bit of a note on this sentence... Fujisawa here uses the word "toorima" (通り魔) which is certainly possible to use in the sense of a person who randomly attacks people on the street, but it also has a more literal meaning of a demon who brings misfortune to the houses he walks by. Based on the kanji, the word literally means "street demon".  Well, now that you mention it...       Fine. You leave this to us (and I guess, Yukawa of course). (Interrogation finished) Wow, this was quite a long and tough one! Don't forget, any wrong answer makes it impossible to S-rank the case. And as far as I was able to gather, this game has some extra content if you S-rank all five chapters! So "look forward to it"!  That's certainly a much nicer way of putting it.     We, on the other hand, don't have any issues with it... so let's head over there right now!    Yes, again, and yes, it also probably won't matter too much since we already know that it most likely wasn't from natural causes.      The epidermis and the dermis are two top layers of the skin.     Well, she's closer than she thinks, since we already know that our killer had some kind of strange device.          Well, that's the end of that... and now we really have no other way forward, but to visit the "mad scientist" in his lair!  *knock* *knock* Well, here the game gives us a choice to either "walk in", or to "take a peek". Of course, we'll choose to walk in, because that's what Utsumi always does in the TV show, much to Yukawa's annoyance!    Either way, it's time to convince Yukawa to help us with this stuff! The game gives us several options to talk about, such as discuss the weather or ask him what is it that he is reading or even talk about physics. It doesn't matter what we choose, so let's just ask him what he's reading.      (Interrogation start) Well, that was again a bit sudden, but I guess it's time to convince him! The first thing is to choose what to talk about, and well, it's our old friend, the necrotic tissue!      Talk: "It's an impossible crime..."   Talk: "About the heart attack."  It seems a bit like our characters are taking turns being Snake, doesn't it?     (Interrogation finished) Well, that was actually easier than last time!    Incidentally, vaccine for tetanus was developed in 1924, and soon after the amount of tetanus infections fell by 95%. Today still about 50-60000 people die of it each year, but the number has been steadily decreasing. Most people in the world receive this vaccine during childhood as it is on the WHO's list of essential medicines.      That's ok, we can find out more! Notice how this sort of science-dumping is done so much better here than in Batista, which is helped by the fact that the protagonist is not a complete moron. Talk: "About necrosis caused by radiation."   Talk: "About necrosis caused by the shock waves."   Based on the intro scene, this seems to be what happened, if you ask me. Talk: "About necrosis caused by cold temperature."   Sublimation means to transition from solid state into a gas without ever becoming liquid. Black ice is in fact the most common example of this phenomenon. Talk: "Is it caused by something else?"  And it's time for this case's going off on a tangent!  As with the going off on a tangent from the first case, the thing described in this this one also really happened and first known record of such an epidemic dates from the year 857. It later continued to happen over the centuries in various parts of Europe, until the cause was finally mostly identified in 1676. After this, the epidemics continued to happen, but at a much reduced rate as it was now possible to better defend the rye against the parasite. Last severe outbreak was not too long ago, in 1951 in France, although smaller ones do still happen. Well, as I've said, I'm pretty sure he's right, but the question is more WHY did all of this happen?        Let's run after him! But outside...                      What a coincidence...  *tips fedora* Ugh. No, Utsumi, you know better than this! Although to be honest, it does happen like this in the TV episode also, so...          Well, this should be interesting. Let's see in how much trouble will Utsumi get herself into this time around! ivantod fucked around with this message at 17:20 on May 30, 2018 |
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Oh no, Doctor Who is murdering people with his sonic screwdriver  (Don't @ me, I haven't seen Doctor Who )
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Yeah necrosis isn't a whole lot to go on. We don't know the nature of that device yet either.
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I think the text might be cut off here? Yeah, the "why" seems to be the big question here, aside from the specifics of the science mumbo-jumbo, since we can pretty easily guess that it's this coincidentally other student from Yotsuya and his weird device that did it. Was she his rival? Did she find out something about his dissertation that would have ruined his academic career?
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Utsumi sure got manly in this screenshot. Jokes aside, I'm glad she's properly competent. I also wish Yuge didn't exist.
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Yeah Yuge is always a pain in the rear end since he's her superior. He's very much like that in the show too. He also has a really weak stomach around corpses.
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Blaze Dragon posted:Utsumi sure got manly in this screenshot. Haha, the screenshot is actually correct, it's the label that's wrong; this line is said by Fujisawa! Anyway I've fixed this and the other mistake where a bit of text didn't fit on the screen, thanks for letting me know! As I've mentioned many times, I don't make these images manually, so small mistakes like this can sometimes go unnoticed!
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quote:She was discovered around 10.30h this morning... her parents discovered her after returning from a trip. They landed at Narita at 9 o'clock this morning. 90 minutes from Narita to anywhere is LIES source: spending far too long a time on N'ex Psion fucked around with this message at 17:42 on May 31, 2018 |
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Psion posted:90 minutes from Narita to anywhere is LIES To be honest, depends on what you count as "having landed". If you count from boarding the N'Ex to arriving at Yotsuya subway station (where the family lives), then it can just about be made in 90 mins if the stars align. If we're talking from leaving the plane to the door of your house, then the answer is a resounding no, for sure. (I'm not even considering the other train options or buses because that would be even slower.) But I hear what you're saying, I was also surprised how far Narita airport actually is from Tokyo the first time when I got there! If this were happening in Europe, it would be practically in a different country!
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ivantod posted:To be honest, depends on what you count as "having landed". They were rich, they hired a limo, 1%ers can get anywhere in 90 minutes
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ivantod posted:To be honest, depends on what you count as "having landed". I was figuring literally the plane landing, but if that's perhaps a phrase meant to be "from when they got out of the terminal / on the N'Ex" then yeah, that makes sense. I did most of that route myself but it was after many hours on a plane, customs, and involved another hour or something on another train after getting to Shinjuku so everything started to blur together a bit there Dariusknight posted:They were rich, they hired a limo, 1%ers can get anywhere in 90 minutes Not in a limo, no. You'd want a helicopter. Narita airport is really, really far out there. I think the most direct road route from their destination is over fifty miles and, heh, you can imagine there's some traffic in the Tokyo metropolitan area. That train system though, perfect. I can sit on a train going faster than a car and someone else drives and I get to eat liege waffles with the peace of mind that it's impossible for me to get lost. There's no reason to take another way, really i'm not kidding about the helicopter thing though Psion fucked around with this message at 23:27 on Jun 1, 2018 |
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Well this is an interesting shift. In the first case we were left wondering, alongside Utsumi, how the murder happened. For this case though, we already know how and so it's more about watching how she'll figure it out. A neat change in direction.
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 Let's continue with our second case! Unfortunately, it does suffer a bit from the "second case syndrome" in that it doesn't have the benefit of spending time on introducting the characters, but it's also a bit too early to get into the more complex stuff, so it's kind of neither here nor there really, sort of like a typical second case in an Ace Attorney-like game. Well, luckily it's actually quite short, in fact it's the shortest chapter in this entire game, so either way it shouldn't overstay its welcome! I am also kind of wondering what made them choose this particular episode to adapt, because in my opinion, there are others which would fit better in the game format, but... A daughter of a rich family was seemingly murdered in her swimming pool by a guy wielding an odd device. Apart from some dead tissue on her chest, there doesn't seem to exist any other sign of murder, so Utsumi has been given a week to figure it out, or else. It would seem that the murderer is a certain Tagami Shouichi, a doctoral student at Yotsuya Engineering College, where the deceased was also a student. Yukawa seems to be slightly impressed by Tagami, although Tagami seems to have some kind of design on Utsumi... Oh, and also, I should warn you. Unlike the first chapter which was almost completely from Utsumi's perspective, here there will be a lot of perspective switching, the first of which is about to happen just now!   So, let's see what these two are doing...    Ok, well, we haven't had one of those moments in a while, so, here goes... If it sounds like they are playing some unusual kind of chess, with odd numbering on the board and some unexpected pieces (silver general!?), that's because they are. Although, it's not really that unusual, at least in Japan. They are simply playing shōgi, a.k.a. Japanese chess! As should be obvious from this little fragment, and indeed, the game's name itself, it's a game that is extremely similar to the (Indian) chess that is more common in the west. Shōgi is played on 9x9 board and there are some other differences, but overall, it's definitely a game that's if nothing else from the same family as chess. Here is what the board looks like with the game already in progress:  Instead of different shapes, it's simply written on each piece what it is, and the orientation on the board tells to which player it belongs. Even though the pieces are all the same colour, the players are still referred to as "black" and "white", and normally the black player goes first. Most of the expected pieces are there, like king, pawn, rook, bishop, knight, but there are some extras like gold and silver generals and so on (note though, that some of the pieces that are named the same as in chess don't have exactly the same movement ability--e.g. the knight still makes L shaped jumps, but, similar to a pawn, it can only move forward on the board, not backward). I'm not going to go into much more detail on this, but to finish with, here is a picture of a starting position for one player, but in this set, the pieces are labelled with their chess equivalents where possible, so you can get some idea what this looks like.  If you can't recognise the symbol, it means it's a piece that doesn't exist in chess. The four pieces that look a bit similar to the chess queen are gold and silver generals (two of each) and the two pieces sitting where you would expect rooks to be are called "lances". Oh, and I almost forgot, those numbers they were calling out simply represent row/column coordinates of a square. Instead of rows/columns being labelled with letters/numbers, here they are labelled with Indian/Arabic numbers 1-9 and the other one with Japanese kanji numerals from 一 to 九. But in western notation, those are usually simply translated into two digit numbers like above. Anyway, that's enough of that, let's move on.            Not too sure about that particular metaphor...   Now, this metaphor I can definitely get behind! Although I am pretty sure that Robert Heinlein, had he been able to see the film version of Starship Troopers (which I think is fantastic), he would not have liked it one bit!  The way it's phrased here in the original text, it could mean both positive and a negative anticipation--I guess that's the point.  It seems that we should really simply ask this guy about the murder--he's so self-centered that he would have simply told us directly, I'm sure. Meanwhile, Utsumi is looking for Yukawa back at his Teito University lab...  *knock* *knock*   Well, we might as well start asking random people on the street, really. But, to be fair, this is how it happens in the episode this chapter is based on, so not really much they could have done about it.      Meanwhile, back at Yotsuya, Yukawa and Tagami are just finishing their conversation...    With this, Yukawa leaves. Meanwhile, Utsumi has just arrived at Tagami's University...     I guess this is the enlarged part from that mark on the dead girl's chest... Talk: "Can necrosis cause death in the first place?"   Talk: "What causes necrosis?"    The "crush syndrome" is the name used for a typical condintion when a person's muscle tissue is damaged or destroyed due to fallen objects putting pressure on it that the person can't get out from under. As you can imagine, this is more common in an earthquake-prone country like Japan. Hyperkalaemia is the state of elevated potassium levels in the blood and myoglobin is a protein that exists in muscles and is similar to hemoglobin from the blood.              Oh man, this is the last thing we need--for Utsumi to start crushing on the murderer here...  Since the game is already railroading us, then, let's do as she says...    Hydrocyanic acid is what is usually referred to as simply "cyanide". On the other hand, alkaloids is class of substances that comprises among others drugs such as morphine, nicotine and others.   That's not going so well, then, huh?             Utsumi's mobile rings.           Haha, she's so focused on meeting Yukawa finally, that she's completely ignoring everything else! Some time later...   Female doctors are not so common in Japan... I guess? Or is this Yukawa being completely logical and massively failing at it? You tell me.    Utsumi's having a thought, which we'll be exploring shortly. But, first...           This is accurate to the corresponding TV episode, where Yukawa and Jounouchi start nerding out with each other and she gets annoying that they are ignoring her! Here's what it looks like:  As you can see, Jounouchi too, in game looks like the actress that portrays here in the TV show! Basically, prolonged exposure to heat causes DNA fragmentation and damage in cells.         Apart from these two nerding out like this, in the TV show there are also a couple of subtle hints that Jounouchi might be gay, so you can probably take this comment in more ways that one.    Mental note: when working as a serial killer pick geographically diverse locations to avoid being caught. But, our killer is way too full of himself to even realise this, so probably we're on good track here.       A few minutes later, outside...    Later, at the university...   Meanwhile, at the police station...   Well, no time to such thoughs! Because it's time for everybody's favourite character!     (Interrogation start)    Of course, it's up to us to point it out, Ace Attorney style. I do like that the game varies these interrogation sections regarding how we provide the answers!  You will recollect that this sign (selected above) gives notice about the gas pipeline construction works.    Thanks game, because we couldn't manage to connect the dots otherwise if you hadn't told us. In fact, this reminds me of a puzzle... um, I mean of a comic. This is another one from the author of "Eat your hamburgers, Apollo" comic, and will be particularly relevant, if, like me, you got particularly frustrated by certain aspects of Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies:  Well, at least here the explanation only comes AFTER we already had to figure it out ourselves, so that's a small victory! Anyway, in the immortal words of John Oliver, "moving on".   This is kind of annoying, since we already covered this at the very beginning of the case, but...  This is the sign we've seen before, that indicates the construction in progress. Apart from giving the name of the company and the responsible person and thanking everybody for their patience while the work is going on, it also indicates that the works will go on for two weeks, except Sundays and public holidays. Since we know that the murder happened on a Sunday, we should point out the location of that last mentioned part on the sign, like this.   Yes. This was one of the first things we covered.   Well, in the opening cutscene he wasn't disguised, however, I guess he might have worn the working clothes over his actual clothes and simply took them off, that's not so implausible. (Interrogation finished)      He leaves. And this was actually surprisingly ok for Yuge-san conversations... The next morning, at Yotsuya college...              This is what she noticed:    Of course, she's talking about Kuribayashi... this is not so much emphasised in the game, but in the show he's constantly setting up Yukawa's experiments and such.    We didn't really get anything out of it (except the brooch), so let's go back to Teito and try Yukawa again!      Inside...          Ok, I have to tell you, things are going to get a bit silly right now for a little bit (although it is still following the TV episode closely). Just try not to laugh (too much) at the following events, ok?  I told you it was going to get silly for a while now...       All right, well, let's at least have a look at that website that we need to "crack"...  Welcome to geocities.com, circa 1998. The game is from around 2007, by the way. Although, to be honest, many Japanese web sites still look like it's late nineties anyway, so that doesn't mean anything. In any case, we'll see about this next time, and then we should start bringing this case to a close slowly! Next time on Galileo:  Utsumi does some password cracking!  Utsumi goes on a date! ivantod fucked around with this message at 19:56 on Jun 10, 2018 |
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I like the double nerd glasses adjusting. Also, Utsumi... on a date...... That looks either hilarious or incredibly uncomfortable.
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quote:in the TV show there are also a couple of subtle hints that Jounouchi might be gay Wait there are??
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Can you do one of those 'this is how it looked in the TV show' digressions for the date? This already looks like it's going to be hilarious.
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