It's pretty pathetic, but I laughed like a hyena at
this.
Also decided to fix my Leaning Tower of Lacus Clyne #1 by... making her lean the other way. Leaning Tower of Lacus Clyne #2 is still a hopeless case, though. Anyway I was testing out the different modes in my camera while trying to take pics of figurines.
Striiiiiiiiipping Shinn. I messed around with the contrast in Photoshop. :D And yeah, I was looking at SHnY figures on AmiAmi.
It's been almost two months since I last did a random Corda game post. Sorry, I keep telling myself that I'll get on to Yunoki's route and then Tsuchiura (the Corda fans on my flist tend to be Tsuchiura fans... where's the love for Tsukimori and Yunoki?) but I kinda got lazy, ahahaha. I might play Yunoki's route once again before starting on Tsuchiura, though. Nfufufufu. Anyway, first up is a bit from Tsukimori's route from the 4th to 6th time no no no, I AM DEFINITELY NOT a fangirl 8D what are you looking at?, because I was trying to get his last two unlocked CGs.
Tsukimori's route!
Remember the scene where Tsukimori's reading a book and you can go and disturb him for a bit? I just like to take pictures of him sitting. XD
Check out the way Yunoki sits too. I think he's sitting with the left leg over the right, but the right leg all... straightened?
This is after one of the selections (not the first, because Tsuchiura came to talk to me and got himself dragged into the concours lol) when Tsukimori offers to walk me home.
Tsukimori: Ah... uhm, if you're fine with it, I want to accompany you to your home/house. Just a little more... no, it's nothing.
Actually he wants to talk for a little longer ahaha.
A big circle's such a waste if there's so few people around. :x
Tsukimori's so picky; you're only guaranteed a confession ending if you managed to raise the skill/rivalry points to over 600. Well, I think it's the same for Hihara. And the second song he likes is Cantabile Version B! Okay, I cheated and checked my memorial book instead of playing random music and see if he likes it. Good thing I cheated too, because Cantabile Version B requires two skills learnt AND Cheerfulness Lvl 19 (omgbbq) before you can play it. If I didn't know he likes that piece, I wouldn't have even bothered trying to increase my Cheerfulness level and try playing that song.
I couldn't help talking to Yunoki, so that's why he's a little interested in me. 1.55am fufufu
Results of the four selections.
Check out the rankings 8D It's me and Tsukimori dominating the ranks. Violin romance much?
Aaaaand this is from the last time I played Tsukimori's route. The 6th time. I might've hit 7, who knows.
Lol, Tsukimori at the top of the pyramid thing = A GUARANTEED CONFESSION. And the third selection hasn't even ended! Fastest progress evarrr. At least I don't have to worry about getting a bad ending and I can afford to screw up the last two selections and still get my confession ending. I am too skilled for these people, that's why they're either in the middle, or standing towards the left side. XD
Seeeeeee? Heart thingies are important, but you need high rival points too. (If you win the first two selections, it'll usually be easy, because Tsukimori's rival points will increase a lot XD)
They should've stuck to that face instead of the :D one.
And look FIRST TIME EVER! 1000 points for both. Usually the rival points are harder to get but yeay. I feel accomplished. >:Ob That's why I don't understand why people say Tsukimori's route is rather hard (I thought Hihara's was harder!), because I've gotten his confession ending each time I play (except for the first time, since I was clueless about the game). Bit of advice for those who are playing the first game and chasing after Tsukimori. Pieces you should play:
1st Selection: Ave Maria (アヴェ ・ マリア) Version B, as the piece concentrates on Elegance, but increases Sadness as well. It also contains the two keywords you need for the first selection (depending on which option you pick when you're learning it). Play a bit of Melody and Gavotte once you've maxed out Ave Maria Version B, in order increase Sadness and Cheerfulness levels more.
2nd Selection: Kanshouteki na Waltz (感傷的なワルツ) Version B. This is one of the pieces Tsukimori likes, so why not play it? Depending on the option you pick, you'll get two of the keywords you require too. Plus the song increases Sadness greatly. Play other songs during the remaining time left till the day of the 2nd Selection.
3rd Selection: Humouresque. (ユーモレスク) Lol I actually got the spelling correct when I was wondering about it in one of my posts... I think any version will do. Happy songs are good for the 3rd Selection. The song concentrates on Cheerfulness, so max out on one for the selection and try to max out the rest. Use the Hawaiian shirt item thingy along with your performance, because they'll multiply your Cheerfulness points by 2, and the more points you get, the faster you can increase your Cheerfulness level to 19 so that you'll be able to play Cantabile.
4th Selection: Cantabile (カンタービル) Version B, durrrr, since Tsukimori likes it too. XD You need two skill thingies, but I think you'll already have one if you have learnt some skills (by running around), so all you need is to just buy one more relevant skill book. There's only one keyword which is from the list of keywords for the 4th Selection, but you can still play this song anyway, since it's quite a high-level one. (I mean, I tried playing a song with two of the required results and got a lower ranking whereas I got a higher ranking with Cantabile, despite it having only one of the required keywords.)
If you can do that, you'll get loads of rival points from Tsukimori. XD And yanno, when practising, make sure he's nearby to impress him or something. He'll be stingy unless you're really good, but sometimes he'll give some words of encouragement. And I think you can perform a duet for Cantabile with him too. :Db
There, my rankings are pretty good with those songs. I don't know why Tsuchiura ranked so badly. And I ignored him most of the time, so he didn't participate in the 1st Selection. Remember, you can never be the winner in this game, so the highest you can get for overall is 2nd place. These boys are such cheaters. I don't know if you can get 1st for overall if you're chasing after Kanazawa or Ousaki, though.
Aaaaanyway, after the whole thing, there'll be flashbacks of your gameplay from each of the selections. Of course you can choose to skip it, but I watched it for the fun of it.
This one looks as if I was looking out of the window. XD
More sitting! Look at the different ways Amou and Hihara sit.
And lol Tsuchiura playing in the middle of the road. That's why these pianists in the game amuse me. They whip out a piano out of nowhere and play.
Tsukimori and Tsuchiura practically played the same song. Tsukimori played 24 Caprice-something for the last selection (it's the same song he played for the last selection in the anime and oh heck, have a
karaoke version of Fill my heart. Go to 3:26, and that's the piece. The karaoke's pretty nice to listen on its own; I listen to it on my way to work everyday. XD) and Tsuchiura played a somewhat piano version of it. Anyway I have seen it being played by real people, and it looks hard. Even
festivewind (I know you teach piano, but I guess you know about violins too XD?) said that his skill is "inhuman" for a 17-year-old. You go, Tsukimori!
Anyway I also played Hihara's route for like, till the sixth time and finally got his confession ending. Took you long enough, dammit. In order to increase his skill points, I played the same songs I did when chasing for Tsukimori, because Humouresque and Cantabile are both happy songs and well, he likes happy songs. But I think Morita's voice-acting in the confession wasn't good enough. XD;;
ajkgdjsjagdhjs okay, Yunoki time. One fine day, I see a fairy, get forcefully thrown into the concours selected as a participant, ignore Amou, and go to the music classrom by myself. Walk towards the left side/front, and you'll see this girl.
Random female music student: (sh, I can't read the Kanji for her name) You're the girl from the General Education department who was selected to participate in the concours, right?
Random female music student: If a girl from the Gen Ed department could participate, then I should've been good enough/be able to...
Random female music student: It's not fair that you get to participate together with Yunoki-sama!
Ooooh, she's pissed. And Yunoki-sama now, eh? PS did you see Shimizu standing there? Tsukimori was in one corner looking at fairies and I was this close to poking him. D:
SPEAK OF THE DEVIL LOL.
Random female music student: Ah, Yunoki-sama!
So he says nice things...
Random female music student: Yes! I'm so happy that I got to talk to you Yunoki-sama!
You will ignore the blurry pic. :D And her attitude's totally different now. Sasuga Yunoki-sama!
Random female music student: And you, make sure that you won't be a nuisance to Yunoki-sama!
Me and Yunoki now ahaha.
Suspicious Guy #1: I'm sorry. You're... let's see, that's right, I don't know your name yet.
Yunoki: I'm Yunoki Azuma, a third-year in the Music Department, specializing in the flute.
I know lol.
Yunoki: The concours are tough, but don't push yourself too much. ^___^
Yunoki: Well then, see you. It'll be nice if we can talk more the next time.
Shimizu's still standing there. XD Anyway, it's time to poke the Tsundere Prince.
Suspicious Guy #2: That's right, I heard that a student from the General Department is participating in the concours... so it's you?
Tsukimori: I see. I'm Tsukimori Ren (AKA Len, because he's retarded even though Kanji/Furigana says "Ren" let's not talk about Viz screwing up his name all over) from the Music Department, specializing in the violin.
And that's all. :/ The guys will appear as "???" unless they reveal their names when you talk to them. Or if you ignore them all the way till the day before the 1st Selection, Amou will disturb you on your way back and introduce you to them. (Usually for Hihara and Fuyuumi. For Tsukimori, it'll happen earlier and she'll go, "GASP YOU DON'T KNOW HIM?" For Shimizu and Tsuchiura, I think Kanayan will introduce you to them.)
Yunoki disturbing me in the morning lol. Actually you'll get this even if you're not chasing after him. The game wants his fangirls to hate you or something, haha.
Yunoki: If it's fine, would you like to ride (in his car) to school?
Of course once you reach school, you'll get the Yunoki Fanclub whispering behind your back. Next! Going to school on another day and bumping into Tsukimori (not that I asked for it).
Random music student (female): G-g-good morning, Tsukimori-kun!
Tsukimori: Good morning.
Random music student (female): *going off* KYAAAA I managed to greet him!
And this is his reaction after that:
*rolls about on floor, laughing*
Talking to Yunoki in... I don't know what the place is called. I would call it the entrance since it's at the gates with the statue of Lili, but there's already a place called the entrance...
Yunoki: Good afternoon, Hino-san. Are you practising today too? Don't push yourself too much, but do your best.
Uhm, okay. :D
See this girl with the musical note in the speech bubble thing?
She's waiting for you. XD Actually, that's Mori Manami and when you walk nearer, she'll approach you and offers to be your accompanist. She's a very, very nice person. *_* I don't know if you need to reach a level for something, but if you talk to her everyday, she'll give you an item. Every single day. 8D But I usually don't do that, because 1. you don't know where she'll be and 2. she looks like any other female music student in the game: blue tie, long, brown hair (gen ed female students have short hair) and cream uniform. In the anime and manga, she's actually Tsukimori's classmate.
Random scene in school.
Yunoki: Because it's a senpai's duty to do whatever he can for a kouhai. (Something like that, not too sure about the duty part 8D)
Winner of the 1st Selection yay.
Yunoki: Yaa, Hino-san. Are you going back now? Would you let me ride/accompany (in the car) you back?
Interested now? >:D I think he hasn't turned black yet... maybe.
Yunoki: Ah, Hino-san. I wonder if you like sweet things. If you're okay with it, here, have one.
Apparently some first year gave a cookie (or a bag of cookies) and he gave one to me. Way to give others' gifts to er... others. Wait, I think that's what some people do for Xmas Actually he turned black after that, but I didn't snap a pic.
This is him performing!
The sucky thing about being near a guy when they're performing is that you can't perform, be it a solo or a duet/quintet/whatever. So usually I'll just stand there and pretend to watch. XD After the guy has finished performing, your character, as well as the ones surrounding the guy, will clap.
This is Black Yunoki!
At this point, I had to restart the game all over again. See, there was one scene where Black Yunoki was teasing me as usual, so I put up a kind of sad face. When he asked why, I said that it was his fault (just for the kick of it, as payback for Black Yunoki being mean) and he was like, "I see. I'm sorry then. :<" or something like that. I'll have to look into the events gallery to check the scene again. Anyway, I lost A LOT of rabu points and I couldn't chase after him anymore. So now it's my fault? D: Anyway, I stopped halfway and started all over again, back to that scene in the game. Continuing on...
One day, he was near the gates, so there's the option of going home with him. He doesn't mind. 8D
Yunoki: Ahh, the car's not here yet, so let's wait a little longer till it arrives. ..That's right.
Actually after the "That's right" he'll talk to you for a bit, mostly about his family. I tend to skip them since there's no voice-acting.
On the roof with Black Yunoki!
Yunoki: I'm going now. See you, Hino.
Another day on the roof, with Tsukimori in the corner over there.
Yunoki: Iya da na, (something like "Oh dear" but a little ghei XD) what's the matter? Are you worried that I called you Hino-san?
And after that I became the target of the Yunoki Fanclub when he decided to show his sad face (on purpose). orz
Yunoki: From now on, would you like me to send you (and your violin) back home after school?
Okay, less exercise. :D And when you accept...
Yunoki: I see. You're a good girl (wtf). Well, see you next time.
Of course you must talk to the guy you're chasing after as often as possible, so.
Yunoki: You're talking to me a lot of times, so do you like me? ...That's impossible.
LOL WATCH YOUR EGO, YUNOKI.
On the way to skewl.
Yunoki: Good morning, Hino-san. If it's fine with you, let me send (ride) you to school.
Date time. Tsukimori and Hihara's dates are on Saturdays, his is on a Sunday.
Yunoki: You're late.
My, being very nice. >_>
Yunoki: Maa, it doesn't matter. Let's go, Hino.
Yunoki: Did you know that there's such a store in the middle of the street behind the railway?
Uh, no. Because the area near the railway is where I like to practise because there's a lot of people = more chances for trio and quintet performances = more BP lulz.
Yunoki: If there's a next time (i.e. next time he's free or something, because he's got quite a mean, "I > all" grandmama), let's go on a more (free and easy? "-yasui" is something like easy) recreation sometime. Maybe we might even go on a cruiser.
CRUISER/CRUISE OKAY I'M SO ON.
Yunoki: If there's a next time, that is. See you then.
W-what, it's not like you're going to Europe or something.
First-name calling scene!
Yunoki: ... So it's you. Lend me your ears for a bit.
Yunoki: (whispering rofl) ----- Kahoko.
After that he asks something. I said it's fine to call me "Kaho" instead of "Kahoko" XD.
His reaction is a ^______^ of course.
Yunoki: Is that so? Then I'll call you that. Only when it's just the two of us, Kaho.
Please do, because your fangirls are sooooo going to skin me alive if they hear you calling me "Kaho" D:
To be continued on Saturday! All I can say is that he's pretty corny when in lurrrrve too. XD
About the Odex fiasco... I'm not going to support the company. I'd rather spend my money on artbooks, CDs (look, I do buy originals too), figures and junkfood for pigging out instead of your crappy releases. I hope you'll lose so much money that you'll have to close down someday. :Db At least, that's what everyone is hoping for. Yeay for your plan backfiring! ♥
Aaaaand LJ. Hm. Still pondering over the permanent account thing or wait till my paid time expires next year, assuming that they'll do another permanent account sale next year. AND HEY
glowinglotus, could you help me
add this to the June batch? :D;; I'm estimating a total of 15,000 yen for the June batch, which isn't beyond my budget. Omg full versions of all the game endings, finally. Neeeed. See, Odex, fansubs spark interest. I wouldn't have spent so much over GSD and Corda if it wasn't for fansubs.
Linked from
sai_rin. Whoever who has 192,000 yen to spare,
please get me these. *bricked* XD Dollfie/BJD versions of the Suiseiseki and Souseiseki! I loved the twins in Rozen Maiden. But I think there's only 50 of them. Aw.