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In the school the three people met. Their relation had been changed in the season, and turned into three love stories. Makoto has been admiring a girl he has seen on the train. That girl is Kotonoha Katsura, and he even managed to take a photo of her with his cell phone. Due to new seating in his class, he ends up next to Sekai Saionji, a nosy, but sweet and sincere girl. As she snoops for his cell phone while talking to him, she discovers his crush and vows to help him until Kotonoha agrees to go out with him. When Sekai finally gets them together, she realizes her own feelings after finding out that the person Kotonoha liked was, in fact, Makoto.
While waiting for her train next to Makoto, who was waiting for Kotonoha, she has him talking about how he can repay her for all of her help. Before leaving for her train, she kisses him and cries when she boards the way home. Kotonoha happily arrives for her date with Makoto shortly after. With all three main characters carrying different expressions on their faces, the story begins. – Fixed bug that was causing widescreen mode to use the wrong resolution.
– Modified game to use a single CPU by default. This may significantly improve stability. – Opening movies now play in every episode after the first. – Fixed bug where sound disappears until you delete config.dat. – Fixed bug where skipping scenes skips choices. – Patched bug where skipping traps you on a blank screen. If this bug would trigger, it will now return you to the script it left instead of sending you nowhere.
– Fixed various scripting and textual issues, including missing subtitles and rogue Japanese text. So i tried uninstalling and reinstalling the game after a glitch but upon reinstall, it would keep asking to uninstall the program and then when I installed it would only install two blank folders. I found that the patch alters the registry data so it does not uninstall properly. You will need to delete the registry data manually. To delete the registration data you need to start by running “regedit” and going to = HKEYCURRENTUSER = Software = Overflow = SCHOOLDAYS HQ and delete this file. This should allow to reinstall the game without any issues.
If your install gets stuck then the anti virus is blocking the install and needs to be turned off. Just some FYI for those with the same problem. Hi+everyone!+troubleshooting’s+here+to+solve+your+problems+ =Voice+Issue: Install+DirectX+again,+precisly,+you+need+both+D3DX943.dll,+D3DX942.dll+AND+(optional)+d3dx938.dll.+throw+then+in+game+folder. You+miss+these+files+in+your+DirectX+database,+using+Windows+XP/Vista+or+Windows+cant+find+these+files+in+your+PC =Start+Crashes: 1.+You+live+in+india/russia/some+other+country’s,+change+time+zone+to+american/mexico/england+and+time+to+00:00 2.+Your+are+running+windows+in+16+bit+color,+change+it+back+to+32+bit+color. =Random+Crashes laggy+game: 1.This2.Sound+driver+incompatible+update,+download+a+new+one,+try+to+play. 3.You+need+Japanese+App+locale+(haven’t+tested) 4.Play+as+administrator. =Download+Problems 1.+When+it+gets+99%,+it+crashes!+use+another+web+browser,+or+download+in+another+partiton,+your+disk+is+with+badblock.
Hi there everyone I have a very serious problem with the game and I tried to find a conclusion but after so many attempts I have failed. So the problem is, I was playing school days fine and it was working for 3 days. But after I attempted to play it. It wouldn’t lanch, I attempted to uninstall but it said ”You are attempting to start at DVD-ROM” and nothing happens.
So I attempted to unintstall from the application itself. I would let me uninstall but it wouldnt actually uninstall. After it ”uninstall” I would click install and it would pop out the uninstall button again.
I would uninstall and then nothing would happen. This repeats non-stop. So I decided to unmount the virtual drive and just completely delete the game from my laptop. I redownloaded it again. And when I start the application. It would lead to the same screen. I would click game start and it wouldnt do notihng.
I would uninstall and same problem. I’m not sure if the game itself is still in my lap top. I went to control panel and tried to find it so i can uninstall. But it wasnt in there. If someone have any idea or solution of any kind.
Please do let me know asap. Thank you very much. I’m having some trouble installing the game. I’ve downloaded all the files, extracted them, then mounted the disk 1 file using daemontools. From there, I open the setup.exe file and it starts downloading. Then, it asks for disk 2, so I mount the disk 2 image. It contiues downloading, but then gets to 10409 MB complete, trying to install Packs Sys.Se.GPK and stops there.
I tried just leaving it, nothing. I tried mounting disk 1, nothing. Can someone help me here? Btw, I tried searching for that file in disk 2, and i found it.
Is there just something wrong with the file? Download film twilight saga 1 sub indo. If so, holy crap, can someone please tell me which of the 49 downloads it’s in. I don’t want to have to download all of those again 🙁. I installed it in the game a long time ago, but then I wanted to uninstall it. Since I didn’t had the ISO files anymore and I couldn’t uninstall it via the control panel I simply deleted the folder where it was installed. Now I want to play it again but everytime I want to install it it wants me to uninstall the game which it says is located in a folder which doesn’t exist anymore because I deleted it. If I then press uninstall it says completed and it lets me press the install button.
But if I then choose where to install it and I press the install button it finishes within a second and the only thing it creates are 2 folders which are empty. How can I fix this? Graphics good, Voice is good, animation is good, hentai scenes are decent, ending h scences are nice, plot is twisted/ dark and nerve wracking, protagonist is a(an) insert bad word or phrases. Rating: overall i’d give it an 6 or 6.5/10, because it did somewhat hook me in & it’s fully animated. The protagonist once again makes the game very uneasy to play, the plot is very depressing, it has it’s ups and down but overall it’s still plain bad. I’d recommend atleast a single playthrough, the game is animated, which is rare.
Unless there is a walkthrough, it’s nearly impossible to get 100%, but GL. Hi, thanks for this game; but I have a problem with it, one time I install it and start to play( 5-6 months ago), today i want to play it but i can’t see the video but i can hear audio and see the english subs. After this i mount disk 1 and I play setup.exe for disinstall it, but when i click install and browse the folder after click install the program required me to disinstall it in the same folder where i install it the first time, and after click dinistall the installation didn’t start. Sorry for the trouble i cause you, if I din’t explain so well the problem is because i’m Italian and i don’t speack english so well; sorry. I wish you can help me.
Okay you lot, gonna look stupid, but I’ve finally found a solutiondunno if it works really well, thoughAnyway, time will tell! By the way, if someone’s interested, here’s what I did (very simple, actually): left click on the School Days HQ desktop icon, then go to the tab compatibility and check “Execute with admin rights”it should do the trick (at least it did for me). From what I’ve read, Windows 7 doesn’t allow you to write things on C:/, so you can’t save ’cause the game saves on its folder, or something like that. Well, I do hope this will help you! Okay, I’m having a frustrating problem. So, this goes out to anyone who had been able to get the game to run. I downloaded, and got Disk 1 and 2.
Used daemon tools, mounted second disk onto first, and it WAS going fine, but then it stopped at 9866 MB. I looked back in comments to see how to fix the problem, but someone said to download this ISO program. And as they said, put both Disk 1 and 2 into one folder. Then, tried to click the start up, but nothing is happening. I’m sure this can be solved easily, so any suggestions I will take.
Please, I need help. Thanks for the installation tutorial I managed to get it work under Win7 x64. Because I have seen the original Anime series some time ago, I felt the game as somewhat boring experience.
I think the main reason for this was the voice actors (and the fact that I’ve already seen the anime). In School Days anime series Hirakawa Daisuke did a great job being the voice of Makoto — vibrant and exciting voice filled with energy. Unfortunately I can’t say the same with the game where Makoto’s voice was phlegmatic, whimpy-like and boring. It felt like if I’d suddenly shout “BOOOOO!!” he would pee in he’s pants. Any ways the game itself was really confusing. While playing the game, I felt that some scenes skipped illogically from one to another. To pick up few things: 1) From the start (in my first gameplay) I tried to avoid unnecessary contact / relationship with Sekai.
When the story was nearing the end, Sekai was having a self-conversation where she evaluates Makoto’s love confession to her — which never happened during my gameplay. 2) Sekai, Kotonoha, Taisuke and Makoto arrived to the swimming pool. Out of nowhere Sakai is suddenly patching Makoto’s injury. Well, for a conclusion to my post, the game ain’t bad – on the contrary: it’s well done and the aspect of being a visual novel with real anime scenes it is something you should at least try. Thank you so much for the game! I enjoyed it! What the heck!
This game tragic endings are all insane in every way, who the hell want to have a girlfriend can kill in the gruesome way like cut her rival in love neck, push someone toward a train, stab her love one, disembowel a girl to prove that girl pregnant or not, and cut her love one head to make it easy to carries. Both heroines are maniac bitches!!! It make my breakfast have a bad taste. For anyone who still playing or downloading if you don’t like the gruesome scene read a walkthrough and avoid tragic ending. PS: For someone who think that I’m naive: I already known it used to happened in real life but give me a break! This is eroge not real life.
Eroge make people feeling relax not feeling want to vomit. (Im a Vietnamese so my grammar is very bad). Please enlighten me! I don’t know why someone want to play a eroge with heroine can kill like a maniac just because jealousy.
In my opinion, I never ever ever want to have a girlfriend can to something like that. If you want to experience something like that do it in the REAL-LIFE.
In some way both heroine and protagonist can be considered as friend but they can butcher each other like that. It’s nut, totally nut!!! I play eroge to enjoy something like joy, romance, sympathy and every positive emotion I barely can have it in the real-life, and this game give us something shitty and bloody like that. Answer me Crunchy do you want you or your girlfriend be killed like that. Calm Down Seriously. Personally I Enjoy This Game For Having Them Endings, It Makes It Much More Of A Challenge. And I’m personally Okay when a Eroge/Visual Novel Does Something With A Real Life Standards/Rules (Because It Get Quite Boring When Its Just Joy And Etc.
Not Saying Them Games Aren’t Okay Or Boring. I’m Just Saying Its Pretty Meh And Blandish When Your Playing Too Much Of One Type. That is Why I Mix It Up A Bit Oftentimes.) It’s Understandable If You Do It To Escape Life (I Pretty Much Do It Because I Love The Stories And Artwork And Would Like To Do My Own One day.) Alright I am going to be honest. I got a good ending on my first try. (No saving, No Walk through. ) So you have to be pretty bad, don’t have any sense or rational judgement and be blind of a girl’s feeling, doing it out of curiosity or for fun or too 100% it to get a bad end in this game really.
So if you had reached a part where the characters are butchering each other and etc blame yourself not the Eroge/Visual Novel. Because This Is A Pretty Good One. The Story Is Decent, The Art Is Just Fine And Cute, The Flow Of Events Are Well Done, The Music Is Just Great, And It Must Of Have Been A Really Hard To Animate Most Of This. I know everything you said is true I play it 10 times and I get all good ending but due to curiosity I use walkthrough to unlock all CG faster and after tried 2 tragic endings it make me want to think: like hell I’m gonna date that kind of girls(both heroine). I fast-forward 3 another tragic ending and it make me a urge to vomit. Before that I already have 5 good endings but after saw all tragic ending, it make me lost my will to finish all ending. Personally, when I’m 7 years old I already seen a girl butchering her friend because of jealousy like that in front of my eyes and it give me a trauma until now.
I very upset when I saw that screen again in eroge where i escape a real life. And I just hate the part that friend butcher other friend and even the one who survives their life are all ruin. I have a few` questions(btw the game is working great i have no problems at all:D)) so the questions are: 1:what does the route map mean? How do i read it or understand those lines and dots 2:the walkthrough for the game is all wrongive tried to use them for the tragic endings as well as other endings but i get a completely different thing and the choices i am presented with dont match up to what is posted there (for example if it says 1, 2, 1, 2 i am only presented with 1, x, x, 2 ) i downloaded the torrent a few days ago.so if anyone can clear this up i’d be glad.
The map route shows you how many endings you’ve cleared, and scenes you haven’t seen yet. It’s pretty useful to go back if in your route if you need it (but cant step forward so dont screw it going back without saving) aaaand well the walkthrough does not work since its meant for the original version and this one is the HQ. BUT read the comments at the bottom of the walkthrough page and you’ll find comments with complete walkthrough to follow. (i used the one posted by “SirHenry” at the page 2 in the comments and i can say that is 110% accurate) well that’s it right?
If you have any problems with the game check the trouble shooting page below the walkthrough link. Have fun and make Saionji happy first lol. Route A First Story (Timeout) (Timeout) Second Story (Timeout) (Timeout) Sekai Should Come after all I’ll take it Not Really (Timeout) You mean the kiss?
I’ll tell her next time I’m sorry! 【Save1】 (Timeout) Third Story We should tell her We don’t have to tell her after all We have something to tell you Let’s go home together (Timeout) Morning! 【Save2】 (Timeout) Fourth Story Not Bad (Timeout) No (Timeout) That outfit is so cute 【Save3】 (Timeout) (Timeout) Fifth Story Not Sure Morning Yeah (Timeout) Sixth Story (Timeout) She’s not my girlfriend (Timeout) 【Save4】 Push her away I Love You END Loaded From Save 4 Episode 6 (timeout) Forever END Loaded From Save 3 Fourth Story I’ll think about it (timeout) Fifth Story (timeout) 【Save5】 Apologize (timeout) (timeout) Shall we Watch? This is arousing Kuruda and I 【Save6】 I Love you too! Sixth Story Do I Love Her? Call her over Yeah I’m glad you did Call out to Kotonoha I spoke with Sekai on the phone Sure All Hers END Loaded from save 6 Fifth Story (timeout) Sixth Story (timeout) 【Save7】 Come Outside Everyone’s Makoto END Loaded from save 6 Sixth Story (timeout) Sex friend END Loaded From Save 5 Fifth Story (timeout) give up Sixth Story 【Save8】 Probably (timeout) Goodbye Sekai END Loaded From Save 8 Sixth Story Yes Setsuna’s Feelings END Route B Loaded From Save 2 Third Story Am I afraid that Kotonoha will hate me? I’m really glad i’m not japanese, cause I didnt have to pay to play this slapdash game (sorry if the expresssion is wrong, I’m french).
Because they put animation in this game, they must have thougth it was okay to make it so ugly you can barely watch it. The characters’ movements lack far too much realism; their expression NEVER go accordingly to the situation (nearly all tear-jerking moment are failure cause there is no change of expresssion).
Futhermore, the voice-acting is really bad. All those thing make the game not so enjoyable, especially on scene charged with emotions and sex scenes,cause they are real mood-killers. I begun the game, so I’ll finish it, but I really dont recommend it to other.
Downloading this messed up game is just a waste of time and computer memory. Good day to all of you.
Nah i just download it for the sake completeting my english list VN. Actually i have and finish playing the JAP version of this game long time ago, even the SQ version. Official english vn is considered rare because how few they are, so not downloading it because you already have the another version is just lame:P, and i have all the eng vn that ever comes out so it’s another reason for me to get this game @@. If you want vn that have nice cg and awesomeness try “Full Metal Daemon Muramasa” i’m not even japs but i can read it RAW.
Sorry if this isn’t the place to ask about the game, but I can’t find any active forum for it. But is this game’s story broken? I ask this because there’s so many things that are wrong when I’m playing. I focused 100% on katsura, being normal friends with sekai, never even once giving a reply that hinted that makoto had feelings for sekai. Now in episode 5, sekai’s getting really depressed, and in a scene she says to herself: “I’m such an idiot. He told me that he loved me And I love him too” and so on.
That never happened O.O The game just keeps assuming makoto is cheating on sekai when I never made a single choice towards her. So is the game just glitched like that for everyone?
LOL something like that happened to me! I was on route C (where Makoto starts these “gentle approaching classes” with Sekai) and well they just make their way and enjoy themselves but around Chapter 5 there’s a scene where makoto is talking with Sekai and she says something like “so you would never cheat Kotonoha with another girl even if this girl ask you to have sex with her?” and he’s like “no i wan’t my first time with the person i love” (well something like that)and she answers “so you still haven’t done it yet” just read that and think LOL! But he already lost his virginity Sekay WITH YOU!! Are you fucking kidding me?! You two had sex who knows how many times! Seriously WTF?
You both got mutual amnesia or something?! Maybe they came so hard their brain just burned i dont know but yea this kind of nonsense lines are everywhere, someone says that did something and that thing never happened on that route. I guess it’s helpless. Yay I’ve been waiting for this for some time now. I’ve had the Japanese version for a while and have played through all endings, but now I’ll finally be able to play a translated version, and be able to get a better understanding. Luckily since School Days is full voice and all animated, it was much easier to understand the Japanese version than a game like Sukisho, in which it’s all text and no voice.
I know J-List is probably all upset about how fast this got pirated, but don’t worry J-List, I love you guys and once I have the funds, I will be buying this for real. Was to lazy to continue walkthrough i am like 95% finished with it but here is the otome route (skip) MEANS RIGHT CLICK OR WAIT Episode 1 Skip (Right click) Skip Episode 2 Skip Skip Sekai Should come after all Ill take it Not Really Skip You mean the kiss Ill tell her next time Im sorry No! Okay, it’s official; I freaking love admin.
The game’s working great for me. There were only a few minor annoyances I had to figure a solution for. I feel obliged to share my discovery, in case someone else hasn’t fixed you guys’ problems already. If your game freezes, this is what worked for me: 1. Always delete the CONFIG.dat file before launching the game.
If you want to play full screen, that works, but you’ll have to change the settings every time you start the game (it’s windowed by default), since you delete the config file over and over again. My game freezes if I don’t delete the config file, so this step is necessary. If you play on full screen and want to save the game, pause, then window the screen and save. After you’ve saved, you can go back to full screen.
This prevents freezing. Saving on full screen works sometimes, but I wouldn’t take the risk. I hope this helps. Also, as I mentioned, these are only minor annoyances, and are easy to live with, since the game’s so damn good. Thank you again, admin, for letting us enjoy this masterpiece.
Has someone tried playing this on a laptop or netbook? I remember seeing some guy say something about this game not working to well with laptops, maybe cause its animated? I mean I have a netbook with decent specs and the only time I’ve really ever had a problem playing eroge on this thing was with kamidori, and thats only when I play on a big map with a lot of enemies, but when I turn off the fighting animation its still a little laggy but not too bad. I just don’t want to go and download all of this just to find that its so laggy that I can’t even play it lol. Here is a little demo Prais me of the walkthrough Route A Episode 1 Skip (Right click) Skip Episode 2 Skip Skip Sekai Should come after all I´ll take it Not Really Skip You mean the kiss I´ll tell you next time I´m sorry (SAVE 1) Save here save before you chose skip skip Episode 3 We should tell her We don´t have to tell her after all We have something to tell you Let´s go home together Skip Morining! (Save 2) Skip Episode 4 Not bad Skip Not Skip That outfit is so cute (Save 3) Skip Skip Episode 5 Not sure Morning Yeah Skip Episode 6 Skip She´s not my girlfriend skip Save 4 Push her away. Route A Full route A Route B will come out tonight by 8 pm germany timer Episode 1 Skip (Right click) Skip Episode 2 Skip Skip Sekai Should come after all I´ll take it Not Really Skip You mean the kiss I´ll tell you next time I´m sorry (SAVE 1) Save here save before you chose skip Skip Episode 3 We should tell her We don´t have to tell her after all We have something to tell you Let´s go home together Skip Morining!
(Save 2) Skip Episode 4 Not bad Skip Not Skip That outfit is so cute (Save 3) Skip Skip Episode 5 Not sure Morning Yeah Skip Episode 6 Skip She´s not my girlfriend skip Save 4 Push her away LOVE END Loade from save 4 Episode 6 Skip Eternaly End Loade from Save 3 Episode 4 I´ll Think about it Skip Episode 5 Skip (Save 5) Apologize Skip Skip Shall we watch? This is arousing Kuruda and I (Save 6) I love you too! Episode 6 Do i love her?
Call her over Yeah I´m glad you did Call out to Kotonoha I spoke with Sekai on the phone Sure The Him Only for Her END Loade from Save 6 Episode 5 Skip Episode 6 Skip (Save 7) Come outside Mina and Makoto END Loade from 7 Episode 6 Skip Sex friend END Loade from 5 Episode 5 Skip Give Up Episode 6 (Save 8) Probably Skip Sekai End Loade frome Save 8 Episode 6 Yes Setsuna´s Wish End Walkthrough by getaway280. “Someone said that it’s because of the.NET Framework 3.5. You can find it on Disc 1 and install it, but there should be much need to do it on Windows 7 since it has it installed by default (unless you turned it off for some reason. If you did, go to Control Panel - Programs and Features - on the left side click “Turn Windows features on and off” and see if Microsoft.NET Framework 3.5.1 is checked). After that, delete the config.dat file inside your game folder, run it again and see if it freezes in full screen again.” Taken from School Days installation help/problem troubleshooting It fixed my screen freezing problem for me.
Some endings are right, some are wrong, because there are new choices in some routes. While this isn’t exactly your problem, could you try doing the method described with your error as described below. Just switch the error pack in this post to the one you are having trouble with. Would like to see if that works. “people are telling me they get stuck on installing the Movie02.gpk and Movie03.gpk. If it happens to you just extract the files from the disc named “packs” itself into the installation folder Overflow SchoolDaysHQ packs. Its ok to overwrite it.
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And just copy the packs folder contents from disc 2 into the packs folder.”. Gosh This is an excellent release right here. Definately the most drama-filled VN I’ve personally ever played. Even when you think things might settle down, it doesn’t. It never ever stops with the drama.
If you somehow “resolve” one problem, another pops up the next second. HOWEVER, that’s not a bad thing, because it’s the main course for this game. The drama is its purpose, and it definately has quality drama. It has certainly disturbed me so far, but that’s a good thing, no? Just like how a scary game/movie is supposed to scare you, this drama is supposed to worry/disturb you. By the way, this is coming from someone who hasn’t played the normal VN or seen the anime, so I never knew what to expect. This is the game I’ve been waiting for and I can’t wait to play it.
However, the torrent link sends me to some suspicious adfly website that wants me to download a dl manager. I try to skip it, but the SD torrents don’t seem to be actual torrents, because they don’t have the icon, and won’t open in any program. I know this site is reliable, and I’m super grateful that you got this awesome game here so fast, but recently you’ve been putting torrent links that are nice and easy to use. That’s not the case now.
Can you do something here or tell me if downloading the dl manager is really necessary?
There's a limit to a man's imagination, and the end of the world isn't within it. I didn't know the vastness of the world when I was young. And then, as I grew up, I gained knowledge that there is no end to the world. A road is a road, and the end is the start of a journey.no matter what, the road doesn't end, and one can walk it to one's heart's content.
This ambiguous day. The world without the past, one can freely redraw as he wills. It's been some months since the events of Tsukihime, and Shiki Tohno wakes up to another normal day. There's nothing too unusual-seeming about this day, nothing like yesterday. Wait, what happened yesterday?well, must not have been important. He eats breakfast, says goodbye to his sister and the two maids, and leaves for school. Shiki does catch a glimpse of a strangely-dressed little girl staring at him from a crowd while he's on his way, but he puts it from his mind.
School is no different from usual, as Shiki decides to eat a normal lunch in the cafeteria. On the way back to class, however, Shiki feels a brief bout of anemia come on, and decides to ditch afternoon classes and head home. Unfortunately, a brief spasm outside causes his glasses, which suppress his mystic eyes and prevent him from seeing Death lines, to fall off.
The world collapses. A bell in the village intones a funeral procession, and Shiki sinks in the end of the world to his doom.and wakes up, facedown on the ground. Shiki nervously goes back to attend class, and heads straight home afterwards. After dinner and a card game with Akiha, Hisui, and Kohaku, Shiki goes to bed. And, in the lucidity he gains between waking and sleeping, he wonders again just how many dozens of times he's lived through this day, what is causing this endless dream.and what that end of the world means. Sighing, he resigns himself to forgetting everything that happened today, and falls asleep. Get used to this screen.
Kagetsu Tohya This is a bit of a hard review to write, since this game has a very specific target audience. Specifically, this game is known as a 'Tsukihime Fun Disk,' somewhere between a sequel and a side story collection to the original game, and it's thus aimed at those who played Tsukihime. Still, it is quite an interesting game in its own right, and I found it pretty enjoyable.
With that said, let's get started. Line break Gameplay This is, at its heart, a visual novel. You read, and are every so often (quite often, in this one) are presented with choices. Your choices influence your relationship with another character, provide exposition, and affect your progress in the story. If that description seems slightly different from normal, it's because this game happens to be slightly different. As the opening quote and narration hopefully indicated, the main story of Kagetsu Tohya takes place in, essentially, a time loop. That narration is one example of how a day can play out; in fact, that's a likely way for the first run (with only school options) to play out, albeit one where you deliberately avoid seeing anyone.
However, the main thing that sets this Groundhog Day system apart is its mutability. Shiki is stuck repeating the same day over and over in an endless dream.but what sort of day is it? Is it a normal school day? The day of the Culture Festival? A day where, for whatever reason, Shiki wakes up as a cat? Yes, that can happen.
Keep in mind, this is just the morning choices for a non-school day. That's right.
This is of an open-world game. As such, there's a very different focus from other VNs. The ultimate goal of the game is to to escape the dream, as some changes do carry over into subsequent days. Beyond that, the main focus is basically to just screw around, have fun, and unlock stuff all the while. Oh, and there are a few ways to get killed in this game, before simply going to sleep at the end of the day. Luckily, death is a recoverable condition, and you'll just repeat the day.
Which does not mean some deaths aren't freakier than others. PHA+PGltZyBzcmM9Imh0dHA6Ly9pbWc3MDkuaW1hZ2VzaGFjay51cy9pbWc3MDkvMjcyNC9rdDExLmpwZyIgYWx0PSJJIGxvdmUgdGhlIHdvbWFuLCBidXQgZGFtbiwgY2FuIHNoZSBiZSBzY2FyeSBzb21ldGltZXMuLi4iIHRpdGxlPSJJIGxvdmUgdGhlIHdvbWFuLCBidXQgZGFtbiwgY2FuIHNoZSBiZSBzY2FyeSBzb21ldGltZXMuLi4iLz48YnIgLz48c3Ryb25nPktvaGFrdSBub3cgaGF1bnRzIHlvdXIgbmlnaHRtYXJlcy48L3N0cm9uZz48L3A+ Line Break. Story Given the above, the story progression of this game is fairly unusual. I'd consider it roughly divided into three sections. First off is the main story, which involves the cause of the dream and its consequences.
This is the path that leads to the game's ending, and is the one that contains most of the persistent changes in the dream, as well as the game's actual antagonists. In visual novel parlance, this would also be considered the character Len's scenario, as it deals with her past and her growing relationship with Shiki, and growing closer to her is the impetus that unlocks progress in the game.
Overall, it's mostly Len's role that ties this story together in light of the second part, and along with the more sinister aspects of the dream (and the genuinely shocking twist two-thirds of the way through) succeeds admirably in being far more than a footnote excuse of a plot. There's also cake.
Second is the dream itself. Whatever the cause, and though he doesn't usually realize it, the fact remains that Shiki is in a repeating dream, and is more-or-less free to do as he wishes. This is the bulk of the game, aimed strongly at Tsukihime fans of any stripe, which also unlocks most of the side content. The dream also is also a convenient excuse for another thing: canon severance.
Even given the nature of the Nasuverse (the world of TYPE-MOON's works, written by Kinoko Nasu), a multiverse which holds all game endings as canonical, this game doesn't tie itself to any previous Tsukihime ending in particular. Essentially what this means is that Shiki's story can believably change day-to-day. Is he in a semi-relationship with both Ciel and Arcueid, or is he seeing one or the other? Is Akiha still attending a boarding school, or has she transferred to Shiki's school?
Are Shiki and Hisui close enough to actually picnic together? These are just some examples, not taking into account other random daily life things. Of this part of the story, the biggest change that can occur is the eventual addition of the school culture festival to the day variants. Unimportant note. PHA+SWYgeW91IHdhbnRlZCB0byBnZXQgdGVjaG5pY2FsLCB0aGUgZ2FtZSdzIGJlZ2lubmluZyBzdWdnZXN0cyBpdCB0YWtlcyBwbGFjZSBhZnRlciBBcmN1ZWlkJ3Mgb3IgQ2llbCdzIEdvb2QgRW5kaW5ncyAob3IsIGFzIHNvbWUgaGF2ZSB0aGVvcml6ZWQsIHRoZSB3aWRlbHktcnVtb3JlZCB1bnJlbGVhc2VkIFNhdHN1a2kgcm91dGUpLCBidXQgSSBkaWdyZXNzLjwvcD4= Third isn't really part of the main game, but the unlockable side stories called the 'Ten Nights of Dreams.'
This is just a small collection of short stories of varying focus, purpose, and attention to canon, but they're still a significant part of the game. Canon-important stories include the backstory-filled 'Crimson Moon,' 'Red Demon God', and 'Nanako-chan, SOS' or the post-ending 'Hisui-chan: Inversion Impulse' (taking place after Hisui's Good Ending), 'A Story for the Evening' (after Akiha's True Ending), and 'Dawn' (after either Near Side Good Ending). The other stories tend to be just for fun.
'Good Luck, Ciel-sensei' pokes fun at Tsukihime's own in-game hint function herself. 'The Tohno Family Con Game' involves most of the Tsukihime characters (including the villains) playing a hilarious day-long game of hide-and-seek. 'Imogirisou' is a parody of visual novel horror games (and of Otogirisou in particular). 'Flower of Thanatos' is an excuse to have a threesome with the maids.
Yes, I'm serious. Of separate note are 'Hisui-chan: Inversion Impulse,' ',' and 'Dawn,' which are the stories not written by Nasu. They're essentially ascended fanfiction.but it's easy to see why they were included. Oh, and reading all of the side stories unlocks the Summer Festivals, a collection of five small events where Shiki attends a festival with one of the five heroines from Tsukihime. These stories are what ultimately show that you finished the game, as reading any of them will make the game's full credits scroll. And there may be something else unlocked by reading one, too. Characters There's not much of note here, as most of the involved characters were introduced in Tsukihime.
As befits a slice-of-life side game, much of Kagetsu Tohya's draw comes from having stories of these already-established characters in more normal situations. Still, there are a few exceptions. Len, of course, is the major exception. She actually does play a part in Tsukihime, and is obliquely referenced once by Arcueid in that role, but her actual first appearance is in this game, and who (and what) she is is half the focus of the main story. In fact, you can gauge how far you've progressed in the story based on how much you find out about her, since the most obvious changes in the dream are the opening flashbacks before Shiki wakes up.
Other than that, it's actually kind of strange how detailed her characterization as a hard-working, mischievous, but rather sweet-natured girl is, given that one of her defining traits is that. There's really only a few other new characters of note. Sadly, I can't really name two of them without diminishing their impact somewhat, but Melty Blood players should know that this is their first appearance.
On the other hand, Akira Seo is really somewhere between a minor and a secondary character, but I still like her. Kagetsu Tohya is technically her second and third appearance (she's in both the main dream and A Story For the Evening); her first was in Tsukihime Plus-Disc. She's a bit of a token outsider (albeit with minor future vision, which still makes her the second-least supernatural girl in the game), but her friendly relationship with Shiki is cute.and her relationship with Akiha is cute, complex, and occasionally disturbing. I-if you say so, Akiha. Another fantastic review again, and yet again making me want to be able to find the damn things. I still haven't managed to get any VNs yet, but you make them sound SO good. Like I surreptitiously tried to indicate, I got the Tsukibako (which has this game and Tsukihime) by torrent.
Obviously forum rules prohibit me from saying where and how. To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't even bring them up if I thought there were any other way to find them.
Luckily, that moral quandary only exists for a few of these games (Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, early Melty Blood iterations, and possibly Fate/Stay Night). Everything else I plan to review is still technically available and easy to find. And I'm glad that this one isn't an Ero game.
So I can get it without implications:P Well, this and Tsukihime are still ero games (with 'off' options), just not obviously so.which I think describes most of the stuff I got (no Cosplay Fetish Academy or Pick Me, Honey, in other words). Like I (think I) said, though, I'll get to Hourglass of Summer at some point. Hopefully it's good, since it's an actually non-H game. Another fantastic review again, and yet again making me want to be able to find the damn things. I still haven't managed to get any VNs yet, but you make them sound SO good.
Like I surreptitiously tried to indicate, I got the Tsukibako (which has this game and Tsukihime) by torrent. Obviously forum rules prohibit me from saying where and how.
To be perfectly honest, I wouldn't even bring them up if I thought there were any other way to find them. Luckily, that moral quandary only exists for a few of these games (Tsukihime, Kagetsu Tohya, early Melty Blood iterations, and possibly Fate/Stay Night). Everything else I plan to review is still technically available and easy to find. We don't see eye to eye, exactly.
1 time I tried to get something. I didn't know how to open the file:P so I'll just have to damn that method to oblivion. And since there are no other way of acquiring some things (Like some game mods), I'll have to miss out:. I'm a huge fan of Type-Moon's works as well, and I was wondering, are you feeling optimistic at all about the Tsukihime remake? I'm an optimistic person in general, so yes.granted, I know essentially nothing about what the remake will entail. I would assume updated production values (of which I'm of strangely mixed opinion, for nostalgic reasons given in my Tsukihime review).
And there are the rumors of Satsuki finally getting a route, which I'm desperately hoping are true. Partly because, hey, I like Satsuki. Partly because I'm having trouble imagining how that would fit into the structure of the original game (a Near Side route, Far Side, thematic cohesions?).but I have enough confidence in Kinoko Nasu's writing that I'm not worried at all.
So yes, until further notice, I have this at the ready'.