22.01.11 / Japanese, Konami, Nintendo DS, Otome game, Romance game, Tokimeki Memorial, Video game / Author: Kina / Comments: (2)
Tags: amanohashi, girl's side 3rd story, himuro, oosako, tokimeki memorial, wakaouji
Oosako returned to the wild! I so don’t want him. I put off doing his route as long as I could, and then once I started I rushed through it as quickly as possible just to see the ending. Unlike everyone else’s ending, his doesn’t take place in the church. It takes place on the beach, and instead of him confessing, you confess to him. Then he’s like “Eh, all right, fine.” And you jump on him and that’s it. I wasn’t expecting much so I can’t call it a letdown but still, meh.
What if despite all this you want to get Oosako? He’s pretty easy if you’ve played the games a few times and know how to go about becoming Rose Queen and winning the Sports Festivals:
1. Fail three subjects in your first exam. It’s easy, just don’t raise any stats when you start the game.
2. You’ll have remedials with Oosako.
3. After that raise your stats till you’re first in class to get another scene.
4. Along the way, let your stress get high and you’ll get an event where he lends you a book.
5. Take part in and win an event in all 3 Sports Festivals.
6. Never miss a day of preparation for the Culture Festivals. You should get an event with Oosako every year.
7. During the trip to Hokkaido, turn your friend down when she asks you to take part in the pillow fight. You should get an event with Oosako by the elevator.
8. Last, but not least, be sure to become Rose Queen in your third year.
If you do all that you should get Oosako pretty easily. Make absolutely sure you don’t date any other guy in the process, because every other guy’s ending takes precedence over Oosako’s.
Till the end Oosako’s kiddy looks (fans might call them “boyish good looks”), screechy voice and cheesy lines of encouragement never grew on me, but I’ll give him credit where credit is due: at least he’s decent enough not to date his student while she was his student. As much as I love Himuro, I know in real life he should have been fired and possibly banned from teaching for going out with the MC of TMGS1. And as for Amanohashi, if my 16 year old daughter ever told me her principal had invited her to the pool for the express purpose of checking out her body, I’d be heading over there with a shotgun so fast it would make their heads spin! Heh, maybe that’s why Himuro, Wakaouji and Amano-pervert all went for that student, because she doesn’t have any parents to protest! So kudos to Oosako for having some standards, at least.
On that high note, I say goodbye to TMGS3. Well, not goodbye for ever, I still have it, and I’ll go back eventually and play the 3P mode. For now though, I’m through with it and I need a long, long, long break before I can even think of playing it again.
02.11.10 / Japanese, Konami, Nintendo DS, Otome game, Romance game, Tokimeki Memorial, Video game / Author: Kina / Comments: (0)
Tags: 2nd kiss, amanohashi, girls’ side, kei, moriya, tokimeki memorial
I’m really getting into TMGS1 again. When I restarted I found it dull because I’d spent so much time doing TMGS2, but once I got friendlier with Kei-kun, awww, he’s so sweet! More on him later. I also took a liking to Suzuka, and even Moriya doesn’t seem so “eww” any more. So instead of just one playthrough…I think I’ll do three more!
But Amanohashi is such a pervert! I’m a student in your school, you sick freak! I mean yeah, I’d been seeing him around campus and he gave me a lift once, but the first time he invited me on a date, you know where he wanted to go? To the pool! And not innocently either! As soon as we got there he was like, “I can’t wait to see what you look like in a swimsuit!” I barely even know you, you dirty old man! This is our first date! And then he had the temerity to diss my swimsuit too!
…all of which makes him sooo incredibly hot. Hahahahaha. I also got the DS extra where you meet him in town in casual clothes. OMG, Squeeee power to the max! So Suzuka and Moriya are going to have to wait. Amanohashi…buckle up!
But Amanohashi is such a pervert! I’m a student in your school, you sick freak! I mean yeah, I’d been seeing him around campus and he gave me a lift once, but the first time he invited me on a date, you know where he wanted to go? To the pool! And not innocently either! As soon as we got there he was like, “I can’t wait to see what you look like in a swimsuit!” I barely even know you, you dirty old man! This is our first date! And then he had the temerity to diss my swimsuit too!…all of which makes him sooo incredibly hot. Hahahahaha. I also got the DS extra where you meet him in town in casual clothes. OMG, Squeeee power to the max! So Suzuka and Moriya are going to have to wait. Amanohashi…buckle up!
02.11.10 / Japanese, Konami, Nintendo DS, Otome game, Romance game, Tokimeki Memorial, Video game / Author: Kina / Comments: (0)
Tags: amanohashi, girl's side 3rd story, girls’ side, kouichi, oosako, shitara, tokimeki memorial
Got my fourth ending last night. If I had to rate all the character routes I’ve gotten so far, it’d be Konno > Kouichi > Shitara > Arashi.
I wasn’t moved by Shitara’s route half as much as I thought he’d be. He’s not a bad person by any means, and he warms up to you very quickly, but apart from that there’s not much to him. Okay, so he’s a genius pianist. That’s nice. He’s from a rich family. That’s nice. He’s…got nothing else but piano. That’s nice. He likes tea. That’s nice. And? That’s…IT? Geez, how dull.
For every plus about him, there’s a minus somewhere. Some people have praised his “tsundere” attitude, but as far as I can see he’s more “dere” than “tsun” once you get past his first stage. After that he’s pretty much all over you, with a few prickly moments. I enjoyed some of the funny answers you get when you ask him questions (Like when you ask if he likes classical music and he answers “Do you like food?”), but I was so looking forward to softening him up slowly and surely over time. Kouichi was a much tougher prospect than him.
Second plus, he looks nice on the normal screen, but in my opinion he looks ordinary, weird or outright bad in most CGs. On a related note, his route is stingy with the CGs, and the few ones you get are very boring. Oh look, it’s Shitara standing by the piano…Okay? Oh look, it’s Shitara playing the piano…Okay? Oh look, it’s Shitara standing there with his hand outstretched…Okay?
Third plus, he’s from a wealthy family. He’s got the snooty, childish attitude to match, but that’s still a plus in my eyes because I’ve never dated a rich kid in any of these games before (Amano-pervert doesn’t count). He’s got a fancy house and a bedroom so big it’s got a grand piano in it and you can’t even see the bed. Thanks to that he’s able to take you to formal dance event (once) and invite you to join him in Paris at the end which you waffle on because you’re an idiot.
The flip side of that, though, is that dating him is pretty much like dating all the other guys. There’s no difference between dating Kouichi, who lives in an abandoned restaurant, and dating Seiji with all his money. Where are the fine restaurants? Where’s the hobnobbing with the rich and famous? The cool clothes instead of wearing the same shirt three dates in a row? How about he takes you shopping and buys you something? Where are the cool presents? Not even a Christmas present?! The wine? The trips? The roses? More wine? What’s the point dating a rich guy if he’s just like everybody else?! “Love”? What is this “love” you speak of, is it tasty? :-p
I kid, I kid…sorta. It doesn’t really matter whether he’s rich or not, Seiji’s a decent guy. But it’s true I had expectations that Shitara’s route would be “special” somehow so in that respect it fell way short. As a perfectly normal route to try, thought, it’s worth a playthrough.
And now, since I deliberately failed my first exam and got remedials, it’s time to try for Oosako-sensei’s ending! Who knows, it might surprise me.