I can't believe nobody's already done this:Let's Play Tokimeki Memorial GS1

Etymology is wonderful and amazing and it's not like it's my nerdiest hobby.

Okay, I have tissues and chocolate ice cream prepared. Let's do this.

Yume: ...What's wrong?



Natsumi has it bad.



Natsumi: Ah, nothing, I just wanted to know.

H-have we been judged unworthy of his love now?

Natsumi: Well...um...Yume...What do you think about Kijyo?

<insert Yume parrot>

Hey, come on, he's the type that always stands out...

Maybe to you /taps her nose/ because you liiike him. wrong time? okay.

And I was just curious...



Best voice acting. She sounds like she's unleashing months of pent up frustration on us.



Yep, we're denser than a rock, dear Natsumi, we won't get in your way, please don't leave me or I'll have to sic Eboby on you.



Natsumi: ...When I said anyone, that included you too. Got it? That's all. I've done my declaration of rivalry. See you. Bye.

Really awesome voice acting. She sounded so matter of fact on that last line. I like that Natsumi actually confronts us about it instead of how my other darling bestie, Arisawa, just never speaks to us again. Tsukushi comes by with a disappointed pout. YEAH WELL YOU KEEP FRIENDSHIPS UP WHILE GOING AFTER THEIR GUYS.../sobs/ Natsuuuumi...

It's Valentine's Day again.



...is the general consensus on the process of making it.

Voting Time: Homemade to Kijyo or Hazuki?

Will the rivalry end if we give it to Hazuki? ;_;

We do kind of owe it to him after being so obnoxious.

Give the homemade chocolate to Kijyo! Let Natsumi's jealousy build until it threatens to consume her very being.

Randissimo, I see your likes. Give me a vote~

I really need to brush up on my chocolate skills. It took me two tries!

I want to get to a save point already so I tossed a coin. [/impatient]



Hazuki: I see...Thank you.

The corners or his mouth just turn up into a smile and is that a twinge of disappointment there?

I leave to go give my homemade chocolate to Kijyo.



Ha! I forgot, when you go into rival mode (which we happened into really early this time), the other girl will try to stop you from giving chocolate.

[ugh, I forgot to screenshot because I was annoyed, Natsumi: You must be really nervous giving him that chocolate.]

EH EH NO NEED TO BE RUDE FORMER BESTIE.



...But we poured our love (and 5 stress) into ours!



But Kijyo makes it worth it. I love how happy he sounds.



I'm glad I didn't give him the deluxe store bought now.

Yume: Come on, Kijyo-kun, why do you always tease me like that?

Kijyo: No, I'm really happy. Thanks so much, I'll take it home with me.

Exams again



Not bad not bad. I need to bump up my fitness and then MAXIMUM YUME will be complete. I swear, it's like my intelligence and style stat go up by themselves.



Kijyo comes by to not congratulate me. Well, boo you too. We're giving homemade chocolate to Hazuki, who appreciates our hard work, next time! (By the way, Kijyo's doki doki points are lower than Hazuki so why am I getting all Kijyo events? I need to start boosting Hazuki.)

And this is why I don't fully like Kijyo. I like my intelligence stat to be high, thank you very much.

(And I'm sorry I didn't vote, Internet problems. *kicks*)

Edit: Still miffed. But eh, he had already started growing on me through my own playthrough, I'll confess. (But I'm still slightly miffed.)

Oh there was more. I feel like a jerk now.



I have this saved as NOOOOOO.jpg. I got sick, emulating my real life (clogged nose and sore throats are not fun). TO THE TIME MACHINE.

...And as it turns out my closest time machine setting was on Monday before the finals when I was already sick and the next load point is 3 months ago. I hate the world, goodbye hard earned stat points, good bye. /waves handkerchief dramatically



I literally face palmed here. I FORGOT MY DATE WITH HAZUKI. ...Will it even let me go if I'm sick? I can try! /time machine

I CAN'T GO ON THE DATE. GAME DON'T BE A MOTHER I'M A MATURE 17 YEAR OLD THAT CAN GO OUT IF I WANT TO AND I NEED TO SAVE MY DOKI DOKI POINTS!

Am I really going to replay from 3 months ago? .................why do I do this to myself.

Take note: Save every 2 months. Do it for the children.

--------------Flashback time----------------

Exam with the same results



Natsumi: You probably studied hard though. Good job.

...Deju va, much?

Since we're doing the time warp anyway, I give a Chistmas (autocorrect clearly hasn't heard of Error-chan) present to Hazuki in hopes of him inviting us to New Year's so I can show both 1st year events.

...Honey, you're going to get sick sleeping there in the middle of winter.

Yume: You're going to get a cold sleeping here until so late.

Hazuki: Late? What time is it?

Yume: 4:30



1. I love his outfit. Turtlenecks and black jackets I have a lot of random penchants alright?
2. He accidentally ditched work. Again. Oh you cutie-pie.



And he left his cellphone at home and can't use Yume's to call them because he doesn't know their number. Prepared, you're doing it wrong. I would say this is a fine case of him being imperfect unlike la plupart's opinion that he's a boring robot. ...He's my favorite, I am free to defend if I wish.





Me and you. And you and me. No matter how they tossed the dice, it had to be. The only one for me is you. And you for me. So happy together~ /bitter smile

We get an eye mask from Hazuki. Yume and Hazuki both gasp (okay, it was more of a blink on Hazuki's side) over the fact they got each other's gifts.

Hazuki: Do you want to exchange again? <Yume: Eh?> Just kidding.

Ah yeah, that's the Kijyo problem. Doesn't like a smart girl.

Gotta say, Hazuki is really starting to grow on me. It might just be because you like him, but he's not at all like I thought from Angie's playthrough where she just ran into him now and again.

Can we switch to Hazuki's BF ending? He's grown on my through my own playthrough.

And on another note: Donmai, how did you get your patch of the game to not sound like the voices were going through a shredder? I'm curious.

I use a DSTT card to play roms, so I have absolutely no idea~

A what?

This thing my uncle bought for me, it's like an emulator in the form of a DS cartridge like you get a MicroSD thingamajig in there and stick it in a USB thing and connect that to your computer and put your roms there and take it out of the USB thingy and stick it in the DSTT thingamabobber and put that in your DS and then you play it like an actual DS game? It doesn't work for the 3DS, though, it being so new and roms are generally frowned upon? Hrm.

JEALOUS. I mean, I shouldn't be, but I am.

How so?

We're doing main Kijyo and BF Hazuki.

You could try downloading the lastest version of desmume. It might just be my mac (one of only 2 times I will praise this computer, okay three times) but the sound quality is amazing.

Version 9.0-something? I think I have it. I'll have to check the site, but thanks for telling me!

Yume: They're all here to say their wishes to the shrine gods.

Hazuki: ...Just like us.



Hazuki: We'll get there eventually.

Fortunes:

Hazuki: Pick a good one because it's new years.
Yume: Hey! I bet you think I'll get a bad one.
Hazuki: ...Sorta.

Mildly teasing. Cute.

Yume gets Uncertain, Hazuki gets his standard Excellent.

Yume: I see. Well, that's just how you are.



Yume asks what Hazuki wished for, which is absolutely nothing by the way.




Pft. I seriously don't get why people consider Hazuki boring. He's amusing in his own right through teasing even if it isn't blatantly obvious like with other characters.



Hazuki: I hope your wish comes true. Let's head home.



I ran into Kijyo after school. Pick soon please, I need to get back to where we were.

TV show!

That was soon, right?

You're really fast!

Sports. I like his last line in that conversation (I think it's the last one, anyway).

Sports, please!

Music!

Just to be contrary.

Why does nobody ever give a straight answer? I'm not even sure what that's supposed to mean. I've found that people who are okay with everything are actually just really picky. He's also okay with almost any date spot.



So you like individual competitive sports? Doesn't seem very Kijyo to me. No doubt he just likes to show off.



Yep.

Birthday again




Glad to know. Personally, I freak out over buying presents because 'will they like this? Should I add this?'




I can just imagine the clerk swooning over how he's so sensitive and famous.

Hazuki I love you.

Can we please get Hazuki's boyfriend ending?
Breaking his heart would break my heart.

You guys will be voting on which order you want the endings in. Break Hazuki's or Kijyo's heart first?

All I want to do is romance Hazuki at this point. So let's gun for him!

Break both of their hearts.
... W-What, I'm not still bitter over the Masaki thing in the TMGS2 LP ahaha haha hahaSEMPAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII

My work here is done. I just wuv Hazuki so much.

I say go for Hazuki because kansai-kun just doesn't seem to apreciate intelligent women and that just won't do!

Um, guys, you know we're going for both right now? Which is why I'm eating up all my sleep time with a date for each guy every month?

Despite the fact he doesn't love me, he's been an oasis of sanity during my fail!Amanohashi playthrough.

That I need to eventually get back to.

Eventually.

I'm probably just going to make my current run the FOREVER ALONE ending, and THEN try again for Amanohashi because I got his name during the second year which is... Not great.

I finally got a post-date text from Kijyo. He really likes hearts.



Pulling an executive decision and choosing music



Meanwhile everybody in America is obsessing over J-pop and K-pop.



You like karaoke? Definitely taking you there next time. I love love love singing.



...Seriously judging you right now. Does this mean you'll sing What Makes You Beautiful for me?



I spent the whole of February stat raising. Yume did better overall but I'm regretting not wishing for education during New Year's.

We are now fully caught up! Hopefully some new content will come along soon.

Okay, I admit it. Hazuki is growing on me. A lot. So I guess we should break his heart first and then Kijyo's?

That was what I originally planned.

You never answered my question before. I'm intrigued; what are the differences between Angie's and my LPs regarding Hazuki?

Oh, sorry, I must have missed that. I think I can sum it up with a quote.

White day

Hazuki comes by first




Hazuki. Did you really think I wouldn't recognize the birthday present I gave to you? Or did he just give me something he liked? At any rate, I like cats and puzzles, so yay~ with tinges of suspicion.




Why do you look sad? You're making me scared of your present.




Adorable. I'm getting reaaally worried about this gift now. It's not inappropos right?



Ooh, that's a perfectly lovely and romantic gift.



Stop ruining it Yume. You know, the game likes to talk about how Kijyo is a player but he's just a little flirty. Well, that and he likes girls quite a bit. He's always going on about romance between Yume and him which gets a tad annoying because that makes it seem like we couldn't just be friends (just be friends just be friends, ooh, just be friends--Vocaloid) but since I'm playing an otome guy where the goal is to romansu these people, I can't really say anything about that. When he's shy, it's really cute.

I think if I played this game I'd never finish anybody's route because they're all so cute.

Not you, Amanohashi. Even if your zombie apocalypse mode won you some points.

Protag and I saw that differently. 'Look, he's all awkward and shy. He must give gifts to girls often.' What?

Incidentally, no matter how adorable Hazuki is, I wish he wouldn't wear turtleneck/dark jacket combos. I know its just me, but I associate them with vomit, and so I just can't squee over him dressed like that.