Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #16 - Getting distracted by the Sexy.

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #18 - Happily ever after (and some wild mass guessing).

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #17 - Syncronised Souls; Hearts in Unison.

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #15 - Hold your tounge! The World!

Here's the second chapter of Heisuke's route in Hakuoki... (And round two of the Hakuoki Drinking Game... *looks down* ...and the strangest team-up in this blogs history...) (And more asinine references, gags and breaking out into song from these two...) [simultaneous] Begin! (Begin!) (*facepalm*) [/simultaneous]

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #14 - The Princess and the Crossdresser.

Yes! I actually got Heisuke's route without the assistance of a guide! (Watch out Keima Katsuragi! Here comes Shimohi Kagami! Also, I'm going to spend this post playing the Hakuouki drinking game! If anyone's actually reading this... Fat chance... Of anyone actually reading this...You can play along as well. There's a link to the rules.)

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #13 - I don't want to be The Load!

(Well, Heisuke's now a...) Dude! Spoiler alert! What if people are just looking at my blog for the first time and haven't seen any of the previous posts! (...I don't think anyone regularly reads your blog. Don't worry about it. Oh, and, while we're not on Heisuke's route yet... Let's just get on with the Let's Play already...)

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #12 - Operation "Saving Captian Heisuke"!

And... We're back! Now, let's see what's going to happen next... (*looks down* I have some good news and some bad news. As for what that is, read on to find out...)

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #11 - A fate determined by her blood.

Last time, I've finally made some progress on the romance front! (And this time, a revelation is made... That I knew about already.)

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #10 - It falls apart.

Okay, now we've gone through the November backlog for this particular Let's Play. (Except for the fact that the reference jar amounts is still from the past.) Also, wow, I took a really long time to actually get this post published...

Note: A Software Update to this game was installed in the middle of this portion of the playthrough.
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The End of Hakuoki Reimeiroku (plus, the first season of Hakuoki itself)

Well, this unintentionally ended up being a milestone post for my blog. (Yeah, this is going to the the 100th published post!) (Wait, so you're counting the "First Impressions", all of the Let's Play series, "This Week in", "Random Rambling Rants", and the "Overthinking Things" posts in this count?) Yeah, why not? Those entries are part of the blog as well. Anyway, as this posts title suggests, I'm going to type about my thoughts on not just the anime adaptation of the prequel to this particular otome game series and the first season of the anime adaptation of the main otome game itself. (Shameless plug incoming... We also have a Let's Play running of the 3DS port of that very game right on this blog!) So, with out further ado, this is the end of Hakuouki (Reimeiroku and the first season of the main series)...

Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #9 - The (Not any more) Secret Origin of Akurei and Niyagi.

Well, we have an implication that a nemesis met in another Let's Play series might be behind this plot as well... (Not really, all this stuff about Daemon Spearmeister is just part of the According to an Otaku LP Meta-plot.) Or, an extra parallel plot line that's influenced by the plot of the actual game. Hence the term, "Meta-plot"... And, yes, I do realise I should've explained this during the whole mess with Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors along with that first "Heroic BSOD" scene from the Ace Attorney series. (And that's not the only thing being explained. We're also going to reveal the reasoning behind a running gag specific to this LP.) (Is this going to be the one I think it is...?) Let's find out...

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #8 - The Culutral Translation War begins.

Well, now that NaNoWriMo is over... (And you failed...yet again.) ...We can post entries for the Let's Play series again! (Unless you count that job assessment...) Let's not go into that here and get on with the game already.

Note from the future: Yes, this post was originally typed November 2013.
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Spoiler Warning: If you haven't seen the entirety of the Nine Hours, Nine Persons, Nine Doors Let's Play; a part of this post will spoil part of the meta plot for that LP.

Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #7 - Tomatos in the Mirror with a Wham Moment.

Wow! There were quite a bit of searches for this game that lead to this blog! (Too bad that happened during the NaNoWriMo hiatus.) Oh well, at least because of that, this post is going to be the first of the December the first Mega Publish Event! (Let's get this Japanese game obsession on the way already!)

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #6 - "Fury" of the Rakshasa.

Okay, here's the start of the second chapter! What will happen this time...? (For instance, will Shimohi Yukimura finally notice the tomato in the mirror?) ...Let's just get on with the game...

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #5 - The Battlefield of Honor!

(So...hurray! You've caught the attention of a guy that's NOT Hajime Saito!) Then again, I'm not sure if said guys will recover from that battle or not...

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #4 - Troubling Times Today...

Well, we're back! Let's see what today has in... *Looks down past the jump break* Holy **** did this game really time-skip from the middle of winter to the middle of the summer? (Sure looks like it.) (Just to remind anyone reading this, this is a blind LP. As in, we're not using a walkthrough in any way, shape, or form. So, any surprises on our part that isn't sourced from the anime adaptation is genuine.) Fine, on with the game...

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #3 - The Super Secret Corps.

And now, we find out what happens to me in this game next...

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #2 - I'm not dead yet!

Well, here's the first chapter...where finally we'll get to some decisions that could win the heart of a dude... (Yay!) (Aw man...) ...or get me and everyone else killed... (Yay!) (...you're horrible.) And these two live in my head.

(Also, you're kind of acting like an "inner protagonist" in this game.) Let's get on with the game already!

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Visual Novelist: Hakuoki ~Memories of the Shinsengumi~ #1 - Reverse Trap in the Big City

Alright, we have another visual novel on our hands. It's not a death game this time... ("No, it's not.") It's not a courtroom mystery this time... ("No, it's not.") It's a historical otome game. ("You are correct.")

"At a time when shougunate and imperial forces clashed for supremacy over Japan, Chizuru travels to Kyoto in search of her missing father. She runs into the Shinsengumi, a band of samurai warriors sworn to protect the shogun. Chizuru soon learns that they, too, are looking for her father. What awaits them is more than just your typical missing person's case, as they face off against imperial soldiers and the supernatural! But in the midst of all this madness, will sweet and innocent Chizuru find love?" (Maybe if Shimohi here doesn't screw up.) Speaking of which, yes, you can rename Chizuru whatever you want. (So, for anyone else playing this game at home, don't be too surprised if characters in this game are referring to the protagonist as "Shimohi" rather than "Chizuru".) (Also, I apologise in advance for these two screw balls for any up tick in stupid Gintama or Rurouni Kenshin-based jokes.) And, one more thing, this is another M-rated game... (Yes! I can curse uncensored again!) ...so, we see the return of this warning below. Interesting that it has the same content descriptors... Okay, let's get this proverbial party started!

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