a quick summary of "Mall Occupation Incident" vs. "Convenience Store" in various Kagerou Project Routes
Mall: * a huge shopping mall with multiple levels. early Mekakushi Dan up through Shintaro + Ene tends to wind up here. Hibiya, Hiyori, Konoha DO NOT TEND TO SHOW HERE *
MALL: * GETS TAKEN OVER / "OCCUPIED" BY TERRORISTS *
EARLY MEKAKUSHI DAN:
EARLY MEKADAN: WELP guess we have to stop them
SHINTARO: (literally why)
SHINTARO: (GETS SHOT IN SOME ROUTES ???!)
Shintaro: (it's non-fatal though nvm he's ok)
MALL: * CLOSES DUE TO INCIDENT *
Hibiya & Hiyori:
Hibiya: I WANNA BUY A PHONE
Hiyori: I WANNA BUY GIFTS FOR KONOHA / ???
CONVENIENCE STORE:
Hibiya & Hiyori: * buy ... things ... *
Hibiya & Hiyori: * IF THEY CAN *
Manga Route 1: * BEGINS *
Saeru, aka Clearing Eyes: hi
early MekaDan:
MALL: * CLOSED *
Hibiya & Hiyori: ???????
SHINTARO: *** GETS SHOT ***
AYANO, SHINTARO'S 'NIGHTMARE': DO YOU KNOW WHY I DIED
MANGA ROUTE 1: * RESET TIME *
Hibiya & Hiyori: we didn't even get to enter the mall....
Hibiya & Hiyori: much less MEET ANYONE
Manga Route 2: * BEGINS *
MALL: ( OCCUPIED ? )
MEKAKUSHI TRIO? KIDO+KANO? MARY??: ( SHIT )
KONOHA...:
KONOHA: ( STOPS IT ON HIS OWN SOMEHOW ??? ? )
MALL: * CLOSES DUE TO "SOME INCIDENT" *
Kido, MUCH LATER ON, VAGUELY, to Shintaro: anyway, so we were INDEBTED to this guy, yeah,
THAT FACT: (CONFIRMED IN THE 2016 GUIDEBOOK WHICH WE DID NOT HAVE ACCESS TO, NOR TRANSLATIONS, UNTIL MUCH LATER,,,,, BECAUSE WE TEND TO BE A V. SMALL AND SLOW FANDOM DURING DOWNTIME, AND LACK TRANSLATORS, AS WELL AS LACKING MANY OLDER THINGS BEING TRANSLATED,,,,,) (ANYWAY)
MALL: * VERY CLOSED *
CONVENIENCE STORE: ( "CONVENIENTLY" ) ( PLACED ?? ? )
HIBIYA & HIYORI: * BUY ... THINGS *
REST OF MANGA ROUTE 2: * COMMENCES *
MCA: * WAY MORE SIMILAR TO NOVELS ROUTE VERSION *
MCA: "THE CLOSEST TO THE LATTER (ROUTE?)" - JIN, INTERVIEW, JAPANESE, WHICH WE STILL DO NOT HAVE TRANSLATED,
MX4D MINI-MOVIE BY SIDU:
SIDU: HAHAHA WHAT IF THEY WERE ALL IN THE MALL
MALL OCCUPATION INCIDENT NOW WITH HIBIYA, HIYORI, KONOHA, NEW CHARACTERS, ** NO AYANO **, *** NO TATEYAMAS ***:
SHINTARO, WITH !! RETAINING EYES !! AT START:
END OF MX4D: * BOMB COUNTDOWN TIMER *
BOMB, V. LIKELY: *** B O O M !!!!! ***
Jin: btw you can consider the MX4D movie an "official" "anthology" I say... IN 2017 INTERVIEWS. yeah. YEAH
MANGA ROUTE 2 ENDING: *** HAPPENS ***
RETAINING EYES / "AYAKI" (AYANO-YAKITSUKERU): ( HI ! )
THIS: IS SUPPOSED TO BE A "QUICK SUMMARY" BUT ACTUALLY IT'S A LOT MORE COMPLICATED THAN "THIS" (RIP ME)
MX4D ROUTE: DESCRIBED AS "ROUTE-2" (!!!!!?????)
THIS: IN A MAGAZINE AD FROM LIKE OVER A YEAR AGO