#masafumi

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So a while back, my friend @shyyren Showed me This Post and even went out of ver way to assign my ocs to each part. The assignments were spot on, and the chaotic cafeteria discussion just demanded to be drawn. So I drew it!!

Come visit the SPC, the only hero organization around where you'll be spontaneously handed mangoes by random passerby

[castle-wall]

[masafumitsuji]

Mariendom Type : Church Architect : Gottfried Böhm Year : 1963-1968 Country : Germany Address : Elberfelder Str. 12, 42553 Velbert Photo : Masafumi Tsuji 辻 優史

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[owarinaki]

World Trigger S3 - Old Boarder

[backpackevil]

That one oumota animatic has done unspeakable things to my brain chemistry

[daystud]

Kodaka: ok guys Danganronpa is over. No more killing games, no more Monokuma. Here's instead another detective game with established lore and DLCs. You want a sequel? How about another Danganronpa?

[neodiekido]

wasn't gonna drink tonight but im missing kaede akamatsu like a motherfucker

[girlywave]

photos: masafumi sanai

styling: yoko ohmori

hair&make up: koshino (kiki inc.)

concept: fumiko hirano

model: yuki

[not-world-trigger]

Tachikawa: I’m an adult! I do grown-up things! Independence!

Tachikawa: Shinoda, what are taxes?

[infinitebrians]

for relaxing time

Song: Bolero by Masafumi Takada for the Flower Sun and Rain soundtrack

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[hopeymchope]

Tribe Nine status update: Chapter 1 complete; Chapter 2 is NOT underway.

While the rest of the TooKyo Games/Kodaka/Post(?)-Danganronpa fandom is wrapped up in the demo and hype for The Hundred Line, I remain fixated on Tribe Nine. So this is more-or-less my follow-up to my first impressions post.

Despite its less-than-appealing roots as a mobile game with some gatcha elements, I'm still finding it to be quite good as a game in its own right. It doesn't flood you with a boring open world full of 20,000 objectives around every corner like some other gachas I've tried (Genshin Impact, Infinity Nikki), nor is it a glorified visual novel with just basic RPG combat added like other gachas I've quite enjoyed (Magia Record, Fate/Grand Order). Once you get past the tutorializing, Tribe Nine is an actual game with lots of legit gameplay exploration/combat routine—but there's still a lot of story pinning it down.

First off: The Steam version is finally playing smoothly! After a difficult process, I eventually got my Steam and IOS Tribe Nine accounts linked together. Now I can keep my progress rolling on my Steam Deck, and I MUCH prefer playing with button controls.

Perhaps most important to me is that I'm interested in the (goofily dark?/darkly goofy?) story. I've been compelled by the desire to take down the bizarre ruler of Shinagawa and its dominating ruleset—the evil "corporation" structure that lets the President and his twisted director execute whoever they want. I enjoyed driving that all the way to the climactic Danganronpa-style "baseball argument" thing.

Senju severely wrecks shop.

I'm currently NOT so compelled by the characters, honestly; they're likable enough and have great Komatsuzaki-style designs, but their characterizations are pretty damn thin so far. The ones who I'm attached to are either just excellent in a fight (Hyakuichitaro Senju), have a central personality quirk that's endearing (Tsuruko Semba), or I've gotten to know them better by having recently watching the anime (Kazuki Aoyama).

Speaking of the anime: "Q" in the game is Ojiro Otori from the show. Some might consider that to be pretty obvious, but I was a little slow to put it together, so I'm just laying it out there: Same voice actor, considers Kazuki his most important friend, supposedly "atoning for past sins," same hair and eye colors... yeah.

...did I mention that the soundtrack is excellent? Danganronpa's Masafumi Takada is in the house on this one. Very moody, cool, funky, atmospheric.

I've currently finished the story of Chapter 1/Shinagawa, and I want to move on to Chapter 2/Minato (which already has a good central hook/mystery driving me there), but I'm stuck grinding out achievements due to the arbitrary gatekeeping where you can't pass certain points without having enough "stamps" from Zero. Which fucking sucks.

For the record: Beyond the trio of characters that all players get for free (Yo Kuronaka, Tsuki Iroha, and Koishi Kohinata), I've also unlocked Roku Saigo, Yutaka Gotanda, Hyakuichitaro Senju, Santaro Mita, Minami Oi, and Tsuruko Semba.

The barrier to starting Chapter 2 has given me time to work on every single side quest in Shinagawa, at least. On that note...

Most Upsetting Side Quest: Forcing a bunch of homeless people with nowhere else to go to vacate the aquarium because some fish-obsessed idiot thinks he's going to re-open the business despite knowing jack shit. I definitely felt like the bad guy.

Why are they so intently after her???

Most "???" Side Quest: Repeatedly rescuing that one woman who keeps getting cornered and attacked by masked thugs who repeatedly assert that they don't know why ANYONE would take her side. It seems obvious that she's harboring a secret reason why she's always being harrassed, but by the current end of that quest line, it's not yet been explained. All we've done is beat up her harrassers without ever knowing why they're on her case. I assume this story thread will wind up continuing into Otami or popping up again elsewhere.

Something I want to know a lot more about is WHICH members from TooKyo Games were involved in this title. Who's writing, you know?

[owarinaki]

Shinoda Masafumi HQ Director -World trigger recap 2 END

part1 // part 2

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Dog's Theme // Kid Icarus: Uprising

[tnbscans]

Article about episode 17 and staff comment from Masafumi Nishida from Hero TV Fan Vol. 2

If this is translated somewhere please let me know and I’ll link to it.