Shira Oka: Second Chances - Let's Play an American game that thinks it's Japanese

Look, the dude still gets lost in the school he's spent 40 years in. What chance did Kasumi have?

He does at least get better about that one. I mean, never to the point of "Oh, by the way everyone, I've been paying attention to Kasumi and think she might be a danger to herself, so let's all keep an eye on her at the party, alright?" or anything crazy rational like that, but he does start reacting when Hiroshi shows up muttering and it gives you the option to leave a bit earlier. Never early enough, of course...

How do we know Satsuko isn't just selectively fucking with our brain?

That's probable.

Forget memorizing the tests, how has he just straight up avoided learning the subject material well enough to get better grades through all these loops? I get that he's kind of a slow learner but come on.

Satsuko ships him with Aya and knows she'll get pissed off if he ends up smarter than her.

One of my favorite things about this LP is how much that affected you.

I remember when you finally got her phone number on a playthrough, and the festival came when the spirits were supposed to return to earth. You tried to call her cell in hopes maybe some remnant of her would answer.

Of course she didn't, but it was both disturbing and heartwarming at the same time. I believe your response to the disconnected number was just 'Damn.' And I felt like the thread took a moment of silence to process it all.

Really, there was nothing else to say...

I can't remember if it was brought up very often in this thread, but every time Satsuko sends Penguin back to the beginning of his "loop" he starts out by waking up from an intense fever. Who knows how his mind is being affected by this...

I'm leaving my comfortable little corner in the shadows to ask what cycle exactly are you on, anyway? And which school year? Are you still going after Hiroshi?
It's been a while since this last updated and I kinda forgot because my memory sucks.

By the way, Elyscape, I fucking admire your perseverance. I would have given up on this game by the third or fourth cycle, and I know I would have failed all of those cycles, all of them.


Oh, also, hello there, I'm one of those creepy creepy lurkers, pleased to meet you.

To be fair, I'm pretty sure Penguin's poor memory is probably the one thing keeping him sane through all of this. Groundhog Day on this kind of scale would drive most people insane after a while, especially if they're being looped through the most awkward years of their lives.

Also, welcome to the insanity, MariPanda!

I'm honestly surprised Penguin hasn't slipped back into alcoholism at any point during this whole debacle, myself. Anyone would be driven to drinking by having to repeat their high school years countless times over, and it's not like he was exactly a teetotaler to begin with.

Thank you!
Though I'm quite used to the insanity by now (cough pigeon shenanigans cough). I mean, I've been lurking for, what, 4 months now?

And I love all of you already, you magnificent bastards.

Yeah, I'm that much of a creepy lurker yep

Oh, welcome, MariPanda! Didn't notice you were new.

DAMMIT NOW LOOK WHAT I MADE MYSELF DRAW
STUPID BRAIN
STOP GETTING IDEAS

because a literal penguin is easier to draw funnier

Fanart thread, gogo!

And welcome, you magnificiently creep! (because it wasn't like I did the exact damned thing for 6 friggin' months)

Yes, welcome to you MariPanda . Now you'll just need a more creepy avatar to fit in.

*looks at the full-size image*

Uh.. never mind, it's fine! it's fine!

I counted back my lurker months, I thought it was only like three/four, turns out it's more like six... Whatever, aint no lurker no more! Welcome MariPanda!

Frogmouths are the best birds.

(At least I think that's a frogmouth. It did show up when I was looking for "Judging Frogmouth" images)

Possibly one with a bald head, but honestly it looks like a Muppet to me. XD

Isn't it awfully cute and funny, though?
It looks so adorably disgruntled, like you woke it up by yelling at it at 5 in the morning and it is suffering from this seriously terrible hangover and why is the world suddenly so loud and shaky and it can't open its eyes because the light hurts. Poor thing, I told it to stop gulping down that wine.

Just wait until it sees what happened to it's head last night! Then it'll be furious!

Has anyone here played the game? I'm on Kazuki's route and that certain part......... is just indescribable. I laughed my head off. XP

I've played it. What certain part?

The part where he wears something questionable(the escape). I laughed even harder when I saw what he was wearing underneath. I wonder who he had to borrow it from...... :p

Haha, yeah, it was awesome. I enjoyed Kazuki's route, it was... The first or second I tried, I think.

This took me two days and many hours to read all of the pages @_@ Oh man I think I've been brainwashed by it now... I mean my dream last night was related to it and whenever anyone mentions a park now I think about Alice killing people in it D: D: D: D:

Oh I'm also one of those lurkers for months who finally kicked her ass into making an account because there are just too many feels and needs to like and show appreciation to all you wonderful LPers. When my days are down you guys bring it up <3

Since there now is a touhou related thread recently I had dream where Alice Marigold killed me in the park at night.

Finally caught up! I have to say I'm really enjoying this LP so far, any plans to update soon, Elyscape?

Congratulations, Elyscape. You fucking earned it.

The rainbows! The rainbows are back!

I swear I read that as, "WAIT, A SECOND HIROSHI IS CALLING ME," and I had to stare at the phonebook for a while to look for Hiroshi's clone.

If I were attempting to disarm a bomb I would want to call the person who means the most to me, just in case. I wonder if succeeding on Hiroshi's route means fixing his violent scumbag tendencies? ...or getting sucked into his psychosis and becoming a submissive partner in his inevitable killing spree.

Now that I've seen it...does it not look like she has caterpillars in her hair?

Also wow, this did happen before right?