What, Are You Afraid? Afraid Of Ramen?
I expect to make very slow progress in Persona 4 Golden. The PS3 port isn't available in Europe, for some reason, so I've picked it up on Steam instead. This means I'll only be playing it when I'm in the mood for PC gaming, which is never.
Still, I've made a start! I've played for about an hour; just finished the first day at school.
I think it's unreasonable to expect me to give the protagonist a full name before I've even had a chance to see him. I almost named him Light Yagami, but I felt that that might be a bit too distracting, so I just stole Light's family name. He's Toya Yagami instead.
Something about Persona 4 really reminds me of Silent Hill; I was thinking of it even before I ended up having a dream full of fog and television static. I suppose I'm just programmed to see small towns in PS2 graphics and go 'oh no, oh no, get out of here.'
'Now, I hate wasting my time, but I'd better introduce this transfer student. This sad sack's been thrown from the big city out to the middle of nowhere like yesterday's garbage. And he's just as much of a loser here as he was there, so you girls better not get any ideas about hitting on him.' I don't think Mr Morooka is a very good teacher.
Chie's English voice actor is really going for it. It's slightly overwhelming.
More notes on my Danganronpa replay!
'To be kept waiting by the likes of you. Rest assured, if we had access to firearms, you'd all be dead.' Togami takes punctuality very seriously.
I love how, when things get really intense in the trials, you can hear Naegi breathing like he's on the verge of hyperventilating. It's half the reason I always play this game with Japanese voices; I really, really love Naegi's Japanese voice acting.
When Asahina is worrying about her appearance, and Naegi is trying to reassure her:
Asahina: Then... I'm still hot?
Naegi: W-well, I mean, uh... yeah...
Bless this awkward kid. His mind must have just been screaming when she asked that question.
I love it when Asahina asks Naegi to be her practice boyfriend, has no idea how to act like she's in a relationship, and just ends up yelling 'You lied to me! You said you left your wife!' at him. You're a treasure, Asahina.
I love Togami's 'Fine. I don't mind allowing you to indulge in my attention' whenever I spend Free Time with him. Again, even if I don't ship it myself, this playthrough is helping me see where the shippers come from.
I GAVE TOGAMI A THONG AND HE LIKED IT. As a joke, I gave him the present 'Emperor's Thong' (description: 'Designed solely for those in control of their buttocks. For better or worse, it's unisex'). I was just planning to see his reaction, then reload and give him something he'd like instead. But no. He happily accepted the thong. (Well, he said, 'Fine, I'll take it. I hope you appreciate this,' but that's what Togami says when he genuinely likes something you give him, because Togami is terrible at gratitude.)
A great moment in Naegi's internal narration, after a brief exchange with Genocider Syo (Genocide Jack in the localisation), who is cheerfully shipping Naegi and Ishimaru: I severely regretted talking to Genocide Jack, even if by accident.
Ishimaru asking Alter Ego, 'Do you... hate Mondo?' is heartbreaking.
What is Togami and Fukawa's relationship? They seem to spend a lot of time together, away from everyone else, and I'm getting the impression it's not just Fukawa following Togami. She'll do anything he says; if he told her to stay away from him - and he's not shy about telling people to go away! - she might well obey. He seems to tolerate her, if nothing else. He's also the first to bring up that she's passed out on the floor and they should return to check on her when they think there's a murderer rampaging around the school in chapter three.
Togami telling Asahina 'dial back that ego a bit; you'd never have succeeded in killing us' after Sakura's trial is a really interesting moment for his character. Byakuya Togami, being comforting in the only way he knows how, i.e. while also being a massive dick.
Hagakure, people are dead and I don't want to hear about how your hamburger was abducted by aliens.
Still, I've made a start! I've played for about an hour; just finished the first day at school.
I think it's unreasonable to expect me to give the protagonist a full name before I've even had a chance to see him. I almost named him Light Yagami, but I felt that that might be a bit too distracting, so I just stole Light's family name. He's Toya Yagami instead.
Something about Persona 4 really reminds me of Silent Hill; I was thinking of it even before I ended up having a dream full of fog and television static. I suppose I'm just programmed to see small towns in PS2 graphics and go 'oh no, oh no, get out of here.'
'Now, I hate wasting my time, but I'd better introduce this transfer student. This sad sack's been thrown from the big city out to the middle of nowhere like yesterday's garbage. And he's just as much of a loser here as he was there, so you girls better not get any ideas about hitting on him.' I don't think Mr Morooka is a very good teacher.
Chie's English voice actor is really going for it. It's slightly overwhelming.
More notes on my Danganronpa replay!
'To be kept waiting by the likes of you. Rest assured, if we had access to firearms, you'd all be dead.' Togami takes punctuality very seriously.
I love how, when things get really intense in the trials, you can hear Naegi breathing like he's on the verge of hyperventilating. It's half the reason I always play this game with Japanese voices; I really, really love Naegi's Japanese voice acting.
When Asahina is worrying about her appearance, and Naegi is trying to reassure her:
Asahina: Then... I'm still hot?
Naegi: W-well, I mean, uh... yeah...
Bless this awkward kid. His mind must have just been screaming when she asked that question.
I love it when Asahina asks Naegi to be her practice boyfriend, has no idea how to act like she's in a relationship, and just ends up yelling 'You lied to me! You said you left your wife!' at him. You're a treasure, Asahina.
I love Togami's 'Fine. I don't mind allowing you to indulge in my attention' whenever I spend Free Time with him. Again, even if I don't ship it myself, this playthrough is helping me see where the shippers come from.
I GAVE TOGAMI A THONG AND HE LIKED IT. As a joke, I gave him the present 'Emperor's Thong' (description: 'Designed solely for those in control of their buttocks. For better or worse, it's unisex'). I was just planning to see his reaction, then reload and give him something he'd like instead. But no. He happily accepted the thong. (Well, he said, 'Fine, I'll take it. I hope you appreciate this,' but that's what Togami says when he genuinely likes something you give him, because Togami is terrible at gratitude.)
A great moment in Naegi's internal narration, after a brief exchange with Genocider Syo (Genocide Jack in the localisation), who is cheerfully shipping Naegi and Ishimaru: I severely regretted talking to Genocide Jack, even if by accident.
Ishimaru asking Alter Ego, 'Do you... hate Mondo?' is heartbreaking.
What is Togami and Fukawa's relationship? They seem to spend a lot of time together, away from everyone else, and I'm getting the impression it's not just Fukawa following Togami. She'll do anything he says; if he told her to stay away from him - and he's not shy about telling people to go away! - she might well obey. He seems to tolerate her, if nothing else. He's also the first to bring up that she's passed out on the floor and they should return to check on her when they think there's a murderer rampaging around the school in chapter three.
Togami telling Asahina 'dial back that ego a bit; you'd never have succeeded in killing us' after Sakura's trial is a really interesting moment for his character. Byakuya Togami, being comforting in the only way he knows how, i.e. while also being a massive dick.
Hagakure, people are dead and I don't want to hear about how your hamburger was abducted by aliens.