[on hiatus till early July] My url is fervent thug but in truth my fav is rintarou. currently (questionably) translating the kenka bancho otome manga (at turtle's pace) along with game updates
Out of freaking nowhere , spikechunsoft_e posted a poll on which title you would like to see on steam(doesnāt that mean they will have to reprogram the system a bit or take it out altogther ehā¦? but never mind moving on) and Kenka Bancho Otome is on the list !!! The poll has 6 more days to go so go voteĀ here to bring your ikemen yankees home guise
Illustration for the cover of the upcoming Fanbook has been revealed , it also come with a drama CDĀ āGo for it! Yankee Idolsā featuring Konparu and Totomaru
Pre-order info for the fanbook can be found though the click through link :D
Out of freaking nowhere , spikechunsoft_e posted a poll on which title you would like to see on steam(doesnāt that mean they will have to reprogram the system a bit or take it out altogther eh...? but never mind moving on) and Kenka Bancho Otome is on the list !!! The poll has 6 more days to go so go voteĀ here to bring your ikemen yankees home guise
Hey!! would you recommend Kenka bancho to be translated do you think the western Otome games fanbase would enjoy it?
Well , I canāt speak for the entire western fanbase but I just finished the game myself yesterday and really liked it, it has a great concept, heroine(hinako please punch me in the face) and characters (especially the yankees actually the yankees are the best)! (spoiler : though if weāre talking about the guys rintarou is the best)
the game also doesnāt take itself too seriously
(well until you have to go kick yakuzaās asses anyway) and have a good mix of friendship and romance and heck even family so I think most people will like it. I have seen loads of people tweeting at spikechunsoft_eĀ showing their interests and my blog exists so Iām sure thereās loads of people who are interested out there should the game get a localisation , I myself got 2 copies of the game and would get two more should an english version ever happen to get my friends into it lol.
(and to order another smile from rintarou)
(whatever type contents people followed me for i donāt think iām delivering it lol)
Took me 2 days but I just finished a route in Kenka Bancho Otome and thought I would just write down some thoughts(warning my rambling tendency strikes again and itās a minor wall-of-text! but with screenshot in between) about it to give a general idea of the game and maybe help if some people are on the fence about it ? , very minor(?) spoilers and some screenshot under the cut !
(Though tbh Iām a huge KBO trash why would you believe anything I say about this series lmao)Ā
System/Gameplay
One of the reason behind the hype for Kenka Bancho Otome was the fact that you could fight your boys and while the option was refreshing and nearly every single time Iām pissed at a yankee , seconds later Iām given the chance to kick his ass \o/ so Iām fairly pleased but the rhythm game-esque fight sequence left a lot to be desired haha , though I guess I could overlook it because theyāre still experimenting with the concept and if itās too difficult or too easy you will get complaints either way so /shrugs/. The fight do get more difficult for the characters that are stronger in canon though so that is neat! and if you sucks at this you can just choose to win anyway even if you lose , something the developers said they added so that people wonāt be frustrated and enjoy the game and on your second play-through you can skip fights that you pick yourself(not the story ones though) so thereās that
The trash-talk portion was unexpectedly fun because of gems like this
Depending on the expression you choose, you too could end up with my favourite thing in the world blushy!totomaru (whom I have decided to just probably call tomato!maru at this point because this dang boy blushes so much lol) But this is some brutal speed-reading japansese in disguise lmao , you given like 1 second (maybe even less) as the phrase flash through your screen and then 5 seconds to recreate it correctly!
In the Common Route , thereās also missions (which are usually beat up x no of yankees before this date)Ā you have to complete or you will trigger a BADEND lol (itās really just a few slightly different variations ofĀ āI failed to do this and Hikaru kicked me out what now welpā lol but thereās no /bad/ bad end in this game if youāre worried about that \o/ (ok Hinako probably being homeless is bad but you get the idea lol) Red exclamations are missions related events/important events and yellow are usually special character related scenes for you to unlock.
You can change your menu voicesĀ (andĀ as you can see Iām trash with no shame and changed it to Rintarou before I even started my game lol sorry totomaru youāre in my heart) and they say different things in different menus. For example if you open the CG gallery with Ritarouās voice he sayĀ āThe memories I shared with you is very precious to me" /insert whale noises as i throw my vita out of the window and die
Story (minor details spoilers from this point?)
At this point , aside from the common route which was gr8 and hilarious. I have only finished Totomaruās route(i was really gonna kick Konparuās ass but Totomaru moe-ed me into his route welp) so I canāt really speak for the entire game but itās super cute and as expected Totomaru is bro af and treats Hinako /super/ well. The fact that the headband he wears saysĀ āferventā is super fitting because fervent is having or displaying a passionate intensity and thatās totomaru to a T.
At one point these two kids even got the same souvenirs for each other my telepathic children. The general consensus with reviews so far is that friendship route > romance route and I got to agree lol even though the romance route was cute in its own right and i would have liked it better if not for the final resolution . The friendship route was better in that sense and also super hilarious to boot.
The writing was fine in the romance route up till mid-February but the twist they decided to put in was a slightly weak and cheap attempt lol and how Hinako identity was revealed to Totomaru was kinda cheap as well but regardless it was still cute and munekyun stuff , also if you leave Hinako as the default name (as you should sheās my lovely child) characters will call out her name and I swear every time it happens Iām so ready to throw my Vita out of the windowĀ (ā ā>ā ā½ ā<ā ā) . Also props to KENN for being great as per usual lol , you can really hear and feel totomaruās embarrassment , spunk and hesitations through his voice.Ā
Totomaru asides , I also really love Hinako!!! Her being a literally strong person is one and while she doesnāt oppose every bad things that happens to her , sheās stubborn where it counts.
In Totomaruās love route, he was practically likeĀ āyou shouldnāt fight anymore cause youāre a girl after allā after finding out her identity and when convincing him otherwise with words didnāt work , my child straight up ātalkā with her fist!Ā
If youāre expecting female superhero level of badass she might disappoint you but for what sheās supposed to be , a 15 years old girl whoās a little confused and having many of her first experiences and learning along the way , I think sheās great and still pretty badass ( she does have a legion of yankees followers after proving her worth after all)Ā
She says bunch of hilarious stuff too but the most memorable ones for me was her asking Konparu if heās into dude since he doesnāt have interest in woman and also when sheās arguing with Hikaru and he bring his authority as onii-san in , she rebutted and said they were twins so she could be his nee-san for all he knows!
Also before we get Mirakoās name in the game , she also straight-up called him a pick-up artist so lmao
Music
Perhaps the mostĀ ānot your typical otome gameā about this game is the sound track and bgms lol , half the time I feel like Iām listening to that radio thing on GTA rather than playing an otome game and it gets you pumped up Ā , the softer/gentler bgms are cute as well ć½(ć»āć»)ļ¾ . ALSO THE ED track āGO YOUR OWN WAYā IS TOTALLY UP MY ALLEY ? Itās really not the kind of track you expect as an otome ED(but then neither was the OP) but itās really fitting end for how this is supposed to be a journey of friendship and growth and just makes you feel warm on the inside ^___^ (buy the ost yo!)
Conclusion
As I have stated at the start , Iām only one route in and Iām biased as hell towards this series but I really do think itās good so far and if youāre on the fence you should check it out , Iām 10000% glad I got the Stellaworth set lol , you should go buy it too and scream with me yo!Ā
(I low-key feels like a Spike chunsoftās PR machine with all the merch info I post and encouragement to buy stuffs but I really like the game?! :D , have fun if youāre playing or have decided to buy it)
(you thought I would be done shitposting by now but I really am not , I hope Iām not spamming though ? )
Illustration and huge-ass double-sided poster from the Juneās issue of Dengeki Girlsā Style (which is still available on amazonjp and cdjapan if you want to grab one for yourself)
I will be upload proper scans once I can find the heart (and time to debind my magazine uwu)
So my copy of kenka bancho otome finally arrived today and I thought i should do an unboxing post or really me losing my shit thinly veiled as an unboxing post , pictures under the cut :D
First off , the Stella Set from Stellaworth
Clear file , can badges and mini booklet with short stories (and my backlog grows) with a bromide for ordering this eons ago
The pre-order drama cd along with the Stella worth exclusive CDs
and the Animate Set
Same deal again with clear file , booklet(another long short story) , can badges (theyāre tiny) and tokuten cds
last but not least the game itself
yea thatās all brb gonna make konparu eat his words and maybe get a first impression thing up later
(my play order will probably be konparu > mirako > houou > totomaru > rintarou!) (scratch that ,apparently i canāt get to aniki until iām done with the others gg so iām doing konparu > mirako > totomaru > rintarou > houou)
(Shameless plug , scream with me in real-time i-if you would like to )about the game on twitter , iām @ rumeow
I let my guard down for one hot second and bam! more new stuff lmao , I swear this franchise wonāt give me a break.
We have the release date and potato quality jacket cover done by Kuromitsu Kinako(the same person who did the game art) for the Kenka Bancho Otome Drama CD : Alice in Shishiku and the Theme Song and Soundtrack featuring the openingĀ ęććč ćøę§ćććć«(Aisuru Mono e Sasagu Youni or In order to devote to my beloved(?)) by KENN and Aoi ShoutaĀ and the Ending themeĀ āGo Your Own Wayā by Yocke along with 19 BGM tracks from the game.
Both CDs are to be released on the 29th June 2016 at 2,700yen for the OST and 3240yen for the Drama CD.
After what must have been a century and a half , today 19th May, Kenka Bancho Otome is released in JapanĀ ļ¼¼(ļæ£ā½ļæ£)ļ¼. The tankoubon release for the manga is also happening tomorrow along with a new spin-off chapter on the latest Hana to Yume issue!Ā To everyone whoās getting a copy HAVE FUN Ā ļ¼¼(ļæ£ā½ļæ£)ļ¼
i got the trophy list so would anybody be interested in a translated trophy list ?(iām probably gonna do it anyway but!) there are possibly very huge spoilers though (and guess who just spoiled herself lmao woe is me)
thanks for the response :D did a quick t/l of the trophy list hereĀ but once again spoiler warning! and thereās no miss-able or hard-to-get trophies anyway so check it out at your own risks , enjoy the game in 1 more day (or more like 1 more week or 2 for anyone who doesnāt lives in japan lmao)
i got the trophy list so would anybody be interested in a translated trophy list ?(iām probably gonna do it anyway but!) there are possibly very huge spoilers though (and guess who just spoiled herself lmao woe is me)
izzy806
gummygunk
jbbartram-illu
snowghoul
