Part 1: Update I - Everyday(I)

Update I - Everyday(I)



Marvelous Entertainment (now Marvelous AQL) is a development company studio that's fairly well established. They made the GBA Harvest Moon games (now known as Story of Seasons), as well as Half Minute Heroes, Soul Sacrifice, and the Extella games.



Type Moon are the guys who created the Fate series to begin with.



Imageepoch made the first three 7th Dragon games, and went backrupt in 2015, 5 years after Extra and 2 years after Fate/Extra CCC.



Aksys is a localization company, and have done most of Blazblue, Guilty Gear, and Under Night In-Birth.

Music: None


The intro screen.

From what I can tell, that incredibly small text under Press Start reads as:

"Exploitation for living.
Decision for prosperity.
Do though the act is barbarous?
The denied thing cannot be done again."





There are two difficulty modes.

Also, I ended up modding the text, as the original font played merry hell with C2T. This and the Perfect Patch are the only changes made to the game.



I'll be honest, Fate/Extra is a bad game, so I'm going with Easy to make it easier on me.

Granted, difficulties don't actually impact the enemies themselves, but that's a topic for another day.



They aren't kidding, the Fate series started as a visual novel, and they will happily let you make a bad call and die on the spot.





Sound: School bell chiming




Blue text usually refers to people.

Music: Comical Life


Hmm? Why do you look so surprised? We announced at last week's assembly that this month the student council would strictly enforce school rules. I have been tasked with performing inspections to ensure students are in compliance with school rules. Now, it goes without saying that EVERYONE is subject to inspections, even old friends. Now then, uniform inspection time. ...Collar, check! Pant hems, check! And your socks...check! Next is the contents of your bag... Notebooks, textbooks, pencil box! Not even a whiff of contraband. Your nails are evenly cut, and your haircut is sensible. Indeed, quite remarkable.

Issei Ryuudou here debuted in Fate/Stay Night. There, he was a close friend of Emiya Shirou, the protagonist.

Here, he's nowhere near as important.

As an aside, I just want to mention that I'm fairly sure this first cutscene has more dialogue than entire updates in my last LP.



Someone like you ought to consider a future in student government. You'd be perfect for it. Oh, but I'd never try to coerce you into joining the student council. We aren't like that.

Red text refers to important places or items.





Things are always so gently bustling in the morning. Another peaceful beginning to another peaceful day.

There's a whole lot of internal narration, so our self-insert protagonist gets his own icon.

Music: School II


Gameplay! Except not really. All we can do here is run around and talk to people. Fate/Extra is much like Persona 4, where it loves to make you wait a few hours for some actual dungeon crawling.



A quick tutorial on the menu pops up.



A better look at the menu. Everything here is self-explanatory, although the Retry button is locked out.



The options menu. While it does have an option for camera control, you only have free camera controls when in dungeons, making it useless for now.



...I just wanted to try saying that once, just to see how corny it would sound. If you continue right, you'll find the Archery Range, but you should head for the school building now. Your classroom is on the second floor, right? If you don't get to your classroom soon, you'll incite Tiger's wrath.

We first have to talk to everyone before heading to class, naturally.



To the right of that student is an archery range.



I'd better hightail it back to the classroom. Room 2-A is on the main building's second floor.



What is this Archery Range you speak of? Oh, that building over there to the right. What about it?

Well, somebody left their stuff there, but whatever.



It's a vending machine. My favorite juice is sold out.

Some objects, like this vending machine, can be examined.



Man, I must have a hole in my head. Maybe if I head back to my classroom.



That's everyone outside, so now to check inside.



There is, naturally, more people.

You can also tell that the emulator isn't a big fan of shadows. It isn't a big issue in the long run, but keep in mind that this is on my end, not the game itself.





The board next to him has a note from our teacher.





They even did separate lines for the washrooms!









'Move' instead of 'Search' means that this leads to an actual area.

This is the nurse's office. I can feel the people inside, but I'm not quite sure how. Anyway, the door won't budge.

But we'll have to check that out another time.



Same with the garden.



Downstairs is the cafeteria.

The cafeteria is just up ahead. It looks like they're still getting ready.

Which is also locked.



Down the other hall are three classrooms. Each has their own description.

This is room 1-A. Even though no one is around, the silence is so absolute that it's somewhat unnerving.

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This is room 1-B. This classroom feels totally lifeless. The lack of students just makes that feeling worse...

I will admit that I have to get the hang of a more text heavy game. Multiple conversations in the same image will be split up like this.

So long as I remember, at least.

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This is room 1-C. All of the first year classrooms seem totally devoid of life. I wonder what's going on.

Where have all the first years gone?



At the very end of this hall is this fire alarm.

It looks like a fire alarm. ...Just the sight of it makes me want to set it off.



Up to the 2nd floor.

We better head to the classroom. Our classroom? 2-A ring a bell?





The washrooms have the same lines as the floor below, but the nearest door and the board further down both have something to say.

This is the Library. There are weird mechanical noises coming from inside... I'd check it out, but the door's locked.

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[From the Librarian: About Exams The library will be closed for the duration of exams. During the closure... The shelves will be re-organized and the much-requested PCs added. Stop by after your exams!]



2-A is our class, but the other two both have examine text.

This is class 2—B. There's a lot of athletes here, so it's a little overwhelming. It's noisy, as usual. I'd rather not be noticed, so I better high tail it out of here.

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This is class 2-C. Student Council President Issei is in class C, but he's not here now. He must be busy. I don't know anyone else here. I should probably leave.



As well as these lockers at the end of the hall.

This is the shared locker for the classroom's use. It has stationary and supplies... buried under a treasure trove of Ms. Fujimura's junk!



My plan to play hooky has been foiled by a plot lock.



Time to go learn.



Music: Comical Life


Ah fuck, Shinji is here.



Even though we've— Hey, we've been friends since our freshman year, right? Anyway, don't sweat the fact that you're as boring as dirt. It's not like you can help it. I mean, anyone would seem boring and stupid when compared to me!

Shinji Matou is a Grade A, entirely unmitigated, douchebag. Even in a spin-off, he'll always be a jerk.

In Fate/Stay Night, Shinji was also a friend of Shirou, although 'friend' might be pushing it. He dies in two routes, and in the one where he survives he gets turned into the core of the physical manifestation of all mankind's sins.

It's a little early for so much abuse, but as it's Shinji Matou, it can't be helped. His arrogance is almost palatable. I don't know what he's saying, but it makes all the girls squeal with joy. Actually let me rephrase... His popularity isn't so much mysterious as it is...unnatural.

I was just doing a little math tutoring. This stuff is beyond easy...for me, anyway.

...Wait a sec. Hey Matou, isn't the answer to this question... totally wrong in every way?

Wh-What in the—? I'm the one who solved that! There's no way it could be wrong!

B-But... Look at this. Since when did two plus two equal five?



This line is pretty much Shinji's entire character in a nutshell.

As Shinji raises his voice, the girls all panic and run back to their desks.



It's really pathetic that these worms don't know their place. That's why I like you so much. Even though you're boring, you know not to steal my thunder. You're the ultimate sidekick.

Shinji flashes me a smile. It's weird how I never take offense at the way he talks to me. By some strange twist of fate, Shinji Matou and I are friends. How we became friends was... I can't quite remember how it happened... I want to say we met in spring sometime... The bell for class rings as I try to recollect. And who should fly through the door but our homeroom teacher, Ms. Fujimura.

Sound: School bell chiming


Fujimura Taiga is our homeroom teacher.

In Fate/Stay Night, Taiga was also the homeroom teacher, as well as Shirou's legal guardian. Her family is part of the Yakuza. No, I am not making that up.





The classroom goes dead silent. Every student's attention is focused on the same thing.



Listen, you! This isn't the time to be making stupid jokes.

You're right. She isn't moving. Did she get knocked out or something?

A few brave students get out of their seats and crowd around the still comatose Fujimura.



Ms. Fujimura...? Um...are you okay?

Ugh... Wha—?





Ms. Fujimura jumps to her feet as if nothing had happened. It's almost as if the memory of her sudden and violent trip to the floor was totally erased. As this happens all the time, no one seems to notice or care enough to say anything. ...No one gives a thought to how odd it is for this to happen every single day.



Music: School II




Tige... I mean Ms. Fujimura is conducting class today the same way she does everyday.

You may not know, but when I was young, an unknown pathogen was the cause of a serious epidemic. In fact, outbreaks were common. But now, most illnesses are cured using nanothingymajigs! And FYI, I'm still young. This will be on the test so be sure you don't forget it. I mean it.

A mysterious illness that led to a worldwide pandemic? No shit, tell me more!

...nanomachines???

Her ensuing laughter stops short at her eyes, which seem deadly serious. Just as everyone is about to call Fujimura out- The bell signaling the end of class rings.

Sound: School bell chiming


Be sure to study hard tonight, and don't forget those important points I told you about.



Sound: School bell chiming




Being a student sucks. The worst part of the whole deal is having to attend these stupid classes. You're still here? ...That's unusual. You don't have any plans, like a date or something? Ha ha, I'm just messing with you! I know you're too big of a nerd to ever get a date! I mean, you're just going to your dork club— The journalism club, right...? Well, seeing as you're as boring as stale white bread, your life is exactly as it should be. You know exactly what your role in life is, and you stay there. Well, catch you later! See you in class tomorrow!



Shinji walks off. Don't let the door hit your ass on the way out, prick.



The end of the day means a bunch more people to talk to. People with that yellow box over their head will have something important to say.





Dialogue options! I'll be sure to show every response to these.

Weird...stuff?

Bolded text from our protagonist is me picking a dialogue choice.

Recently, a lot of students have been getting hurt. Rumor is that there's a slasher on campus...

I'm in the Journalism Club?

Huh, you're not a member? You're always talking in the hallway with the Editor in Chief.



Mister Important here is just reminding us of our next stop.



Our desk.





What?! I'd kill to be able to wear the black uniform of the student council like you!







Might as well hold off on going to that club meeting for a bit.

I really wish I was dating Shinji's sister. She's that cute girl in the Nurse's Office. And we'd get married and she'd feed me and I'd wake up to her every day... Squee! But the thought of Shinji being my brother-in-law is... Ugh. If only they weren't related...





The school newspaper has been so busy these days. There's a lot of weird rumors to check out.



That is rather weird, actually. Who would shut down the school library right when everyone needs to study?



The club is right there, but 3F is open now that class is over.



Which means more people to talk to and places to look at!

This is classroom 3-A. I don't know much about the upperclassmen.

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This is class 3-B. None of the upperclassmen seem to adore curry.

This is probably a nod to Ciel in Tsukihime, who also loved curry.

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This is class 3-C. They gape at me like underclassmen are some sort of exotic creatures.

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Hey, have you noticed how that girl in the Nurse's Office wears long sleeves even in the summer?

Yeah, she's always wearing that long jacket. Could it be because her older brother bullies her?

Shinji...



The other hallway has one student, plus the second last door and the board next to it.

Rain or shine, the student council president is at the main gate. Gotta tip your hat to that. ...Yeah, or pull the stick out of his butt so he can walk away. He's not a bad guy overall, though.

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This is the Multimedia Room.

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[Movie Club: Movie Screening Schedule This week's movie: "The Great Pirate Stronghold: Chronicle of the South Seas"] It sounds like an action-adventure movie... I might want to see it...



Our upward climb is foiled yet again.



First, go off and listen to what the Editor in Chief has to say. Take care of whatever it is. She's so hyperactive. You're the only one who can stand to be around her.

Well, we might as well face the inevitable. Saves us a bit of backtracking later.

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Uh, um... Anyway, listen to what the Editor in Chief has to say.

This is from the girl on the right.



These three have no portraits, but their models show them to be Kaede Makidera (the Editor), Yukika Saegusa (brown hair) , and Kane Himuro (silver hair and glasses).

They had one small appearance in Stay Night's prologue, and had much more screentime in Hollow Ataraxia. All three are friends of Tohsaka Rin, one of the main heroines in Stay Night.

They're also supposed to be in the Track club, not Journalism, so why are they here?

What? Did you forget? You have to write an "Unsolved Mysteries of Tsukumihara" article. C'mon, I told you yesterday. There isn't very much time left before the deadline. Well, whatever. Your work's always good, so I'll leave this in your capable hands! Jeez, my benevolence is like a black panther running around. Yes, that doesn't make sense. So that's that. I've done some of the investigating. It's your job to do the rest. ...Don't look so surprised. There is a method to my madness. Okay, so about the first preview edition, the one called "Gateway to the Paranormal." So listen... There's supposedly an entrance to the spirit world at the rear of the Archery Range. One time, a male student who got bullied a lot was told to pick up trash there...and vanished. Everyone's totally convinced that there's paranormal activity going on back there. Isn't that scary— I mean, ridiculous?! Anyway, go sniff out the truth! Leave no stone unturned! Your nose and eyes are the tools of the trade for a journalist. Got it?



This is actually a fake choice, all three give the same result.

You're the mysterious one.

Your reply should be "Yes, ma'am!" All right. Hop to it!



But I'm sure this scoop can wait a bit longer.

Next time: Teachers, ghosts, and attempted murder.