You Can't Spell 'Execute' Without 'Cute'.
Tem and I have finished our replay of Master Detective Archives: Rain Code! Here are some more of our stupid conversations while playing, this time with full-game spoilers.
Characters in the game were talking about meat buns. All the meat buns in this city are made of human meat.
Rei: I should make bao.
Riona: I don't like that you've been inspired to do that by the meat buns in this game. Bao sound great! Please don't put people in them.
Rei: It's fine. I'll just use my own leg. I'm consenting to being eaten, so it's vegan.
Tem: How fresh is this meat going to be?
Riona: As fresh as it can get, I imagine.
Tem: That's what I was afraid of. How are you going to cook bao while you're bleeding out?
Rei: The same way I do everything else: I'll just sort of power through.
Tem: No!
Rei: Don't you want vegan bao?
Tem: No! I'm not vegan!
Rei: Oh, you're not? Okay, then I can just use pork. Glad we sorted that out.
It's a recurring joke, when we play this game, that Shinigami is Tem. They have a surprising amount in common!
Shinigami: Teasing my Master is worthy of a vicious boom-kill.
Rei: Tem, why are you getting protective over your weird little sub man?
Tem: Because he's my weird little sub man. I own him.
Rei: Can we eat one of his legs?
Riona: Oh, wow, he would be so unhappy. (pause) So yes.
Sorry, Yuma! I can't help it if you're endearing when you're suffering. (Come to think of it, I might have a fair bit in common with Shinigami, too.)
When we discovered Yakou Furio's betrayal:
Tem: I can't believe our good friend Furious Yakult would betray us.
(I laugh.)
Tem: I'm glad you laughed at that.
Riona: It was really stupid.
Tem: It was really stupid. But it's the only thing I can think of when I see his name.
Riona: All I can think is 'is there also a Chief Wakou and a Chief Dot?'
Tem: This is really exposing the differences in how we were raised. Some of us watched Animaniacs, and some of us had fathers who were very concerned with gut health.
There's something so weird and disconcerting about Kurumi's writing. When I first played the game, I didn't trust her at all. She seemed so unfazed by the sudden deaths of her classmates! She kept telling Yuma he was amazing for the things he's done, when, from her perspective, he hasn't really done anything; culprits just keep coincidentally dying around him! It really seems like she knows more than she's letting on. But no; I suppose she's just weirdly written.
I failed to unlock Fubuki's final Gumshoe Gab the first time around. I'm glad I managed it this time! Fubuki confessed her love to Yuma, and Yuma, who has a gigantic crush on all of his colleagues, had a panicky blushing meltdown, and it was extremely cute.
I wonder what name the real Yuma Kokohead has been living under since we switched places. I hope it's Koko Yumahead.
Having taken some time to consider the question of whether I ship Yuma and Shinigami, I have concluded that I prefer them as friends, but they're friends who have sex, obviously.
The ending hints very heavily at a sequel, and I really hope they make one; I'd love to play another of these games.
Characters in the game were talking about meat buns. All the meat buns in this city are made of human meat.
Rei: I should make bao.
Riona: I don't like that you've been inspired to do that by the meat buns in this game. Bao sound great! Please don't put people in them.
Rei: It's fine. I'll just use my own leg. I'm consenting to being eaten, so it's vegan.
Tem: How fresh is this meat going to be?
Riona: As fresh as it can get, I imagine.
Tem: That's what I was afraid of. How are you going to cook bao while you're bleeding out?
Rei: The same way I do everything else: I'll just sort of power through.
Tem: No!
Rei: Don't you want vegan bao?
Tem: No! I'm not vegan!
Rei: Oh, you're not? Okay, then I can just use pork. Glad we sorted that out.
It's a recurring joke, when we play this game, that Shinigami is Tem. They have a surprising amount in common!
Shinigami: Teasing my Master is worthy of a vicious boom-kill.
Rei: Tem, why are you getting protective over your weird little sub man?
Tem: Because he's my weird little sub man. I own him.
Rei: Can we eat one of his legs?
Riona: Oh, wow, he would be so unhappy. (pause) So yes.
Sorry, Yuma! I can't help it if you're endearing when you're suffering. (Come to think of it, I might have a fair bit in common with Shinigami, too.)
When we discovered Yakou Furio's betrayal:
Tem: I can't believe our good friend Furious Yakult would betray us.
(I laugh.)
Tem: I'm glad you laughed at that.
Riona: It was really stupid.
Tem: It was really stupid. But it's the only thing I can think of when I see his name.
Riona: All I can think is 'is there also a Chief Wakou and a Chief Dot?'
Tem: This is really exposing the differences in how we were raised. Some of us watched Animaniacs, and some of us had fathers who were very concerned with gut health.
There's something so weird and disconcerting about Kurumi's writing. When I first played the game, I didn't trust her at all. She seemed so unfazed by the sudden deaths of her classmates! She kept telling Yuma he was amazing for the things he's done, when, from her perspective, he hasn't really done anything; culprits just keep coincidentally dying around him! It really seems like she knows more than she's letting on. But no; I suppose she's just weirdly written.
I failed to unlock Fubuki's final Gumshoe Gab the first time around. I'm glad I managed it this time! Fubuki confessed her love to Yuma, and Yuma, who has a gigantic crush on all of his colleagues, had a panicky blushing meltdown, and it was extremely cute.
I wonder what name the real Yuma Kokohead has been living under since we switched places. I hope it's Koko Yumahead.
Having taken some time to consider the question of whether I ship Yuma and Shinigami, I have concluded that I prefer them as friends, but they're friends who have sex, obviously.
The ending hints very heavily at a sequel, and I really hope they make one; I'd love to play another of these games.