A Brief Jaunt to... Japan! (Day 1: Akihabara)
by mento
Well, I since I'm out here in Japan doing it up right, I might as well turn this into a daily series for the rest of this week. Of course, it's not actually me in Japan, but my lascivious bumpkin avatar Goku in Overdrive's Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ (must include tildes, always) - a visual novel created exclusively for English fans to teach them about Japan's superiority, as if ev...
Well, I since I'm out here in Japan doing it up right, I might as well turn this into a daily series for the rest of this week. Of course, it's not actually me in Japan, but my lascivious bumpkin avatar Goku in Overdrive's Go! Go! Nippon! ~My First Trip to Japan~ (must include tildes, always) - a visual novel created exclusively for English fans to teach them about Japan's superiority, as if everyone buying this game wasn't already on the same page. Fun fact! Overdrive has created many visual novels over the years, and almost all of them (except this one) are pornographic in nature. That would explain Makoto.
Part 02: Maid You Look
This is known, Khaleesi.
I cannot be this incognizant of the world. Surely. There are very few European countries where people still poop down holes dug into the ground.
Wait, maybe I'm actually Crocodile Dundee?
Turns out Akira's into cosplay too. And possibly lacing her sister's morning OJ with tranquilizers.
So here's the first decision of the game. I have six districts I can visit, and each is attached to a certain sister - rather than choosing one to go with, each scenario is designed with one in mind. I'm going to visit Akihabara though, because you just know it's going to be nuts. Maybe I can pick up some better visual novels at the Super Potato?
But first I gotta hit the konbini for some bento. Some konbini-bento, even. That's bento you get a konbini. What was the age range for this game, again?
Goku: expert on Japan.
Rail cards, convenience stores, toilets with buttons: it's like some kind of magical future utopia.
Because there's a train leaving for each district every five minutes. To be fair, as someone from the UK, it is kind of impressive to see trains rolling in on time.
It's funny, I chose to go to Akihabara, so I'm actually in some way complicit in everything that happens next.
I'm also getting a history lesson, but I'm too busy ogling at girls in maid costumes to take any notice.
I actually take some offense to the assumption that I don't know what an otaku is, given that I'm playing a visual novel.
I guess 'cloudy sky background' is code for 'we don't feel like drawing the inside of stores'. Also the game never explains what doujinshi are, let alone DOUJINSHI doujinshi, yet somehow otaku is a far more obscure term.
Oh lordy.
Yeah, Akira wasn't best pleased we dragged her behind the beaded curtain. Goku: perfect gentleman.
But she's still cool enough to bring us to a maid cafe for whatever reason. When in Akihabara, I guess.
Yeah, let's ask the waitresses if they would be into that.
'Well, they're clearly doing it to get attention, am I right? Can we go buy a fedora, I think I left mine on the plane.'
I've opted to escort Makoto to the nearest store for ingredients for tonight's meal to 'protect her' from god-knows-what, except I'm not entirely sure of Goku's intentions any more.
Let's see if we can go another day without the protagonist managing to get himself arrested. Here's hoping!