1. Can you do it?Copy !req
2. Can you really make that amazing of a game?Copy !req
3. I can!Copy !req
4. I'm going to make the
ultimate game, right here!Copy !req
5. Then have it your way.Copy !req
6. Whatever you want to make,
I'll bring it to life.Copy !req
7. So make the game that you want!Copy !req
8. You can leave the programming to me!Copy !req
9. Really? Whatever I want?Copy !req
10. Yeah.Copy !req
11. You name it!Copy !req
12. Do it!Copy !req
13. Go beast mode!Copy !req
14. All right!Copy !req
15. I said all that...Copy !req
16. but that's a heavy fate to bear...Copy !req
17. Hey, Mamoru-kun.Copy !req
18. What's in this hand cart?Copy !req
19. You wouldn't understand anyway,
so I'm not going to tell you.Copy !req
20. That's mean!Copy !req
21. Worry about yourself first.Copy !req
22. The agenda that we wrote down.Copy !req
23. You memorized it, right?Copy !req
24. I-I've got it down pat!Copy !req
25. Do you really?Copy !req
26. Believe in me!Copy !req
27. Remember now.Copy !req
28. You're not a time traveler!Copy !req
29. Y-Yeah.Copy !req
30. Everyone's already in a
state of frenzy as is.Copy !req
31. Don't make things even more complicated.Copy !req
32. I-I know that!Copy !req
33. The most important thing...Copy !req
34. is to get them motivated to make your game!Copy !req
35. I can't do it!Copy !req
36. They'll all say stuff like,
"I don't get it!"Copy !req
37. or, "You're such a weirdo!"
I know it!Copy !req
38. I can't tell if you're
bossy, timid, or what...Copy !req
39. That's what we introverts
from the future are like!Copy !req
40. Your only choice is to do it.Copy !req
41. So do it.Copy !req
42. I'm going to put on some
music to give me confidence!Copy !req
43. You're such a pain in the butt...Copy !req
44. I won't forget the promise
we made each otherCopy !req
45. I close my eyes to make sureCopy !req
46. I'll shake off the surging
darkness and move forwardCopy !req
47. Okay!Copy !req
48. Here I go!Copy !req
49. 16bit Sensation:
Another LayerCopy !req
50. 16bit Sensation:
Another LayerCopy !req
51. A game to make us one billion yen?Copy !req
52. That's impossible!Copy !req
53. Where's the manager?Copy !req
54. Still hospitalized from the shock.Copy !req
55. I wish I was the one in the hospital!Copy !req
56. G-Good morning!Copy !req
57. You two are late!Copy !req
58. The meeting's started already.Copy !req
59. I say that...Copy !req
60. but we've just been standing here
overwhelmed at the colossal task in front of us.Copy !req
61. U-Um...Copy !req
62. Th-There's something I need
to tell everyone here!Copy !req
63. I've been keeping a secret from all of you.Copy !req
64. I'm not a mysterious freeloader
or a phantom staff member...Copy !req
65. The truth is, I came from the year 202—Copy !req
66. I-I mean, um, well...Copy !req
67. Th-The truth is, I used to be
an illustrator in the US!Copy !req
68. USA! USA!Copy !req
69. Just kidding...Copy !req
70. Go on, keep talking!Copy !req
71. Lay it on!Copy !req
72. E-Everyone!Copy !req
73. I've got an idea for an amazing game!Copy !req
74. Here!Copy !req
75. Take a look at this!Copy !req
76. I wish I could always be as positive as you...Copy !req
77. K-Kao-san!Copy !req
78. Look at that drawing!Copy !req
79. S-So cute...Copy !req
80. Did you draw this, Kono-chan?Copy !req
81. Yes!Copy !req
82. I've been doing chores at this company,Copy !req
83. but I won't lose to anyone
when it comes to bishojo!Copy !req
84. I've wanted to show you this
drawing all this time!Copy !req
85. Ever since the day we first met!Copy !req
86. I want to make my game at this company!Copy !req
87. That's why I came back here!Copy !req
88. Across time!Copy !req
89. Time?Copy !req
90. Not time! The sea!Copy !req
91. Across the sea!Copy !req
92. I came all this way!Copy !req
93. Looking at it again, it's still amazing!Copy !req
94. What program did you use to draw this?Copy !req
95. Photoshop!Copy !req
96. What? Photoshop?Copy !req
97. You're using the same program?Copy !req
98. You can use other programs, too.Copy !req
99. Like Clip Studio.Copy !req
100. Clip Studio?Copy !req
101. The way you drew these highlights
in her eyes is exceptional.Copy !req
102. You split these highlights
up into all these colors.Copy !req
103. Kono-chan, how many layers did
you use for this illustration?Copy !req
104. Um, around 200 layers in total!Copy !req
105. T-Two hundred?Copy !req
106. Kao-san.Copy !req
107. Don't you think Kono-chan's
drawing is incredible?Copy !req
108. I've never seen anything like
this, even in a console game!Copy !req
109. If we made a game with this art,
it really might just sell!Copy !req
110. No, it's not going to work.Copy !req
111. What?Copy !req
112. We don't have the computers.Copy !req
113. Sure we do!Copy !req
114. Our computers can't possibly
handle 200 layers.Copy !req
115. They'll freeze up for sure.Copy !req
116. It's true that this art
is extraordinarily good.Copy !req
117. But it's impossible for us to replicate.Copy !req
118. We don't have the computers needed for that.Copy !req
119. Maybe you could find computers
like that where Konoha came from.Copy !req
120. Mamoru-kun!Copy !req
121. What do we do now?Copy !req
122. Hey, all of you.Copy !req
123. Use this!Copy !req
124. What?Copy !req
125. What?Copy !req
126. M-Mamoru-kun.Copy !req
127. What's that?Copy !req
128. Sorry to keep you waiting.Copy !req
129. It's time to unveil my super machine
to solve all your problems at once.Copy !req
130. Behold!Copy !req
131. My creation, the most powerful 9821!Copy !req
132. The PC-9821 MATE!Copy !req
133. Super Octa-Core!Copy !req
134. Super...Copy !req
135. Octa-Core?Copy !req
136. I've linked up PC-9821 Ra models that
have been overclocked to the max,Copy !req
137. so that they can distribute their load.Copy !req
138. A pseudo-recreation of the "multi-core
processor" that Konoha told me about!Copy !req
139. I've loaded it up with
tons of memory as well!Copy !req
140. If we're talking images at VGA resolution,
it can easily handle 200 layers!Copy !req
141. The PC-98 is the future of computing!Copy !req
142. Ah!Copy !req
143. So that's what was in that hand cart!Copy !req
144. Give it a whirl!Copy !req
145. You say that, but...Copy !req
146. This isn't Photoshop!Copy !req
147. It's a paint program exclusive
to the Super Octa-Core!Copy !req
148. It's optimized for this machine!Copy !req
149. It may look a bit outdated,Copy !req
150. but it doesn't freeze when I add layers,Copy !req
151. it feels great to draw with,
and it's easy to use!Copy !req
152. I can work with this!Copy !req
153. I think we can do this, Kao-san!Copy !req
154. Please, Kaori-san!Copy !req
155. Can I ask you something, Kono-chan?Copy !req
156. It's true that your art is amazing.Copy !req
157. I've never seen such an incredible drawing!Copy !req
158. It's just...Copy !req
159. Y-Yes?Copy !req
160. You won't disappear?Copy !req
161. This time around, we really can't have
you suddenly vanish like always.Copy !req
162. Will you stay until the end and take
responsibility for making this game?Copy !req
163. There's a lot of things I want to do.Copy !req
164. Not just the art.Copy !req
165. The story! The music!Copy !req
166. There are so, so many things I want to do!Copy !req
167. I almost feel like I'm gonna burst!Copy !req
168. So cute it makes you
scream, like To Heart 2!Copy !req
169. Makes you bawl your eyes out, like Air!Copy !req
170. With hot-blooded action, like Fate!Copy !req
171. That you can keep on replaying
over and over, like Rance!Copy !req
172. Packed to the brim with
the sexiest characters!Copy !req
173. That's the awesome, wonderful
game that I want to make!Copy !req
174. I swear that I won't disappear!Copy !req
175. Great!Copy !req
176. Then I'll give it my all as well!Copy !req
177. Is that okay, Mei-chan?Copy !req
178. If I make Kono-chan the
main artist this time?Copy !req
179. I want to see it, too!Copy !req
180. Kono-chan's game!Copy !req
181. What about the rest of you?Copy !req
182. We're in!Copy !req
183. I'll do my best!Copy !req
184. We're counting on you, Kono-chan!Copy !req
185. Yes!Copy !req
186. Let's work hard!Copy !req
187. All right, everyone!Copy !req
188. Let's work hard for that one billion yen!Copy !req
189. How long are you gonna
be down in the dumps?Copy !req
190. Shut up!Copy !req
191. One billion yen!Copy !req
192. I was robbed of one billion yen!Copy !req
193. Do you understand how I feel?Copy !req
194. There's no way I'd understand.Copy !req
195. I've never been conned while refusing
to give my employees a raise.Copy !req
196. Don't say that, Kao-san!Copy !req
197. Everyone's already moved on
and gone back to working!Copy !req
198. You need to work your
butt off, too, Manager!Copy !req
199. This next game is going
to cost a lot to make,Copy !req
200. so let's talk budget!Copy !req
201. I don't have any money!Copy !req
202. Nothing at all!Copy !req
203. Goodness gracious...Copy !req
204. Nothing at all...Copy !req
205. Oh yeah, there was something
in the mail for you, Manager.Copy !req
206. Nothing at all...Copy !req
207. What could it be?Copy !req
208. Lock for Rock?Copy !req
209. Nothing at all...Copy !req
210. Her and her!Copy !req
211. As well as her, her, and her as well!Copy !req
212. Hey, who are they?Copy !req
213. The heroines!Copy !req
214. What? All of them?Copy !req
215. Yes!Copy !req
216. I'm confident that they're all cute designs!Copy !req
217. I-I see.Copy !req
218. Let me have a look.Copy !req
219. Wh-What do you think?Copy !req
220. I admit that they're good character designs.Copy !req
221. Don't you just want to flirt
it up with all of them?Copy !req
222. Yeah, yeah!Copy !req
223. Heck yes!Copy !req
224. But that'll really drag out the length.Copy !req
225. That's fine!Copy !req
226. That just means more time to show
off how cute the heroines are!Copy !req
227. With so many heroines,Copy !req
228. it's gonna require multiple times
the text of a normal game.Copy !req
229. In that case, I can cut down
on some of the heroines...Copy !req
230. Is there any need to cut down here?Copy !req
231. Nope, nope!Copy !req
232. Huh?Copy !req
233. These heroines are all cute
and shining with life!Copy !req
234. So we should pile on the
game with all of them!Copy !req
235. I guess if these heroines all
suddenly showed up at once,Copy !req
236. it'd make for one hell of a
fun time in school with them.Copy !req
237. But won't it be too long
and bore the player?Copy !req
238. It's the other way around!Copy !req
239. If you have a story that makes them
want to stay in this world forever,Copy !req
240. they'll never end up getting bored!Copy !req
241. Past lives, occult, dystopia,
lovey-dovey harem, time loops,Copy !req
242. denpa, the supernatural, anthropomorphism!Copy !req
243. Let's add it all!Copy !req
244. Are you performing "Jugemu" here?Copy !req
245. You're okay even if it ends up running long?Copy !req
246. Totally fine!Copy !req
247. The bishojo will take on the burden!Copy !req
248. You two there!Copy !req
249. Yes?Copy !req
250. You mean us?Copy !req
251. Go out and buy as much Jolt
Cola as you can find.Copy !req
252. Again with the Jolt?Copy !req
253. Don't you get sick of it?Copy !req
254. It's a real pain to find!Copy !req
255. Quiet!Copy !req
256. It's the only thing that gets me going!Copy !req
257. Okay!Copy !req
258. Let's start with an all-nighter
to hammer out the plot!Copy !req
259. Sure!Copy !req
260. Hey.Copy !req
261. Y-Yes!Copy !req
262. You talked me into this.Copy !req
263. So it's your responsibility.Copy !req
264. Yes!Copy !req
265. Just leave it to me!Copy !req
266. Animation for the character sprites?Copy !req
267. Like blinking and lip flaps?Copy !req
268. No, not just that.Copy !req
269. Like this.Copy !req
270. Wh-What is this technology?Copy !req
271. Can you do something like this?Copy !req
272. If we can pull this off, the
result will be even cuter!Copy !req
273. That's asking for way too much!Copy !req
274. You'd need an animation
studio to pull this off...Copy !req
275. Please, I'm begging you!Copy !req
276. Hey!Copy !req
277. Will something like this work?Copy !req
278. Whoa!Copy !req
279. She's really moving!Copy !req
280. Th-That's amazing!Copy !req
281. H-How'd you pull it off, Mamoru-kun?Copy !req
282. Nothing is impossible for
the Super Octa-Core!Copy !req
283. Konoha-chan.Copy !req
284. We'll try doing what we can as well.Copy !req
285. A body pillow?Copy !req
286. That's right!Copy !req
287. I'd like to add a body pillow
as a bonus for the game!Copy !req
288. And what exactly would a body pillow entail?Copy !req
289. Like this!Copy !req
290. I want one for myself, so
I drew the illustrations!Copy !req
291. What? Illustrations already?Copy !req
292. Yes!Copy !req
293. During my breaks from work!Copy !req
294. Wouldn't that be work?Copy !req
295. No, that's all well and fine...Copy !req
296. Is there anyone who would
buy such expensive merch?Copy !req
297. It would end up costing quite a bit.Copy !req
298. Phonecards are the mainstream
lately for bonuses.Copy !req
299. Would that not suffice?Copy !req
300. Phonecards are a must as well,Copy !req
301. but otaku want lots of bonuses
for characters they like!Copy !req
302. Body pillows, tapestries,
acrylic stands, art books,Copy !req
303. illustration boards, soundtrack
CDs, drama CDs, sleeping voice CDs,Copy !req
304. phonecards, trading cards,
life-size cutouts!Copy !req
305. Is that "Jugemu"?Copy !req
306. But if you add these expensive items,
will anyone even buy the game?Copy !req
307. They will!Copy !req
308. I know I would!Copy !req
309. I mean, it's all cute!Copy !req
310. Manager?Copy !req
311. I thought you were in the hospital.Copy !req
312. Hey!Copy !req
313. What happened?Copy !req
314. I-I'm not sure...Copy !req
315. The manager got an envelope addressed to him,Copy !req
316. with a key and a marked map inside.Copy !req
317. We found a bag inside a locker
at the marked location.Copy !req
318. And then the manager grabbed
it and suddenly ran off...Copy !req
319. It's money.Copy !req
320. There's money in this bag!Copy !req
321. Where'd you get that idea?Copy !req
322. This envelope!Copy !req
323. This is Ichigaya's handwriting!Copy !req
324. This message, "Lock for Rock"...Copy !req
325. "Lock" here refers to the key for
the locker with the bag inside!Copy !req
326. "Rock" is for Rokuta, my name!Copy !req
327. In other words, right before
Ichigaya was arrested,Copy !req
328. he left the one billion yen in
this bag, to give it back to me!Copy !req
329. Ichigaya hadn't tricked me after all!Copy !req
330. There's no way everything
would work out like that.Copy !req
331. Shut up!Copy !req
332. Shut up, shut up, shut up, shut up!Copy !req
333. Manager!Copy !req
334. Please calm yourself!Copy !req
335. Everyone, let's get back to work.Copy !req
336. Thank goodness...Copy !req
337. I got the money back.Copy !req
338. Now the company is—Copy !req
339. What's the big idea, Mamoru?Copy !req
340. Does this look like money to you?Copy !req
341. These are...Copy !req
342. The materials for the console port?Copy !req
343. Everything's in here, including
the new characters!Copy !req
344. What a relief.Copy !req
345. Um, Kao-san.Copy !req
346. Could it be that Ichigaya-san was really
trying to make the console version happen?Copy !req
347. What?Copy !req
348. I mean, all of the design sheets have
lots of memos from Ichigaya-san.Copy !req
349. If he didn't really like our game, I don't
think he'd have gone to all that trouble.Copy !req
350. Looks like you were right.Copy !req
351. Ichigaya really did love our game,Copy !req
352. and was trying to get a
console version made.Copy !req
353. He returned them to us in secret,Copy !req
354. so they wouldn't be lost,
even if he was arrested.Copy !req
355. For your sake, as well as all of ours.Copy !req
356. Well, I mean, he was as rotten as it gets...Copy !req
357. but he meant well.Copy !req
358. You weren't wrong about him!Copy !req
359. Isn't that great, Manager?Copy !req
360. Stop your crying!Copy !req
361. Kaori.Copy !req
362. How much do you need for this new game?Copy !req
363. Huh?Copy !req
364. I'll scrounge up as much as you need!Copy !req
365. Acquaintances! Bargaining! Extended family!Copy !req
366. I'll do everything it takes to raise money!Copy !req
367. I've caused all of you so much trouble...Copy !req
368. I'll make it up to you, starting now!Copy !req
369. So please!Copy !req
370. Let me...Copy !req
371. come back to this company!Copy !req
372. You know that you own this company, right?Copy !req
373. You can come back at any time!Copy !req
374. Manager, welcome back!Copy !req
375. Mamoru, I was...Copy !req
376. Right now, we've got a
super interesting game...Copy !req
377. that she's making.Copy !req
378. So get us the budget to make it a reality.Copy !req
379. Please, Dad.Copy !req
380. Sure thing!Copy !req
381. We're counting on you, Manager!Copy !req
382. Yeah!Copy !req
383. They say that every storm hardens the earth.Copy !req
384. This really is a great company.Copy !req
385. Huh?Copy !req
386. I came here because the bank I was
working at went out of business.Copy !req
387. Everyone at this bishojo game
studio is so full of life.Copy !req
388. Your energy in particular feels like
something from another universe.Copy !req
389. Y-Y-You think so?Copy !req
390. This is my personal view, but...Copy !req
391. Huh?Copy !req
392. I think this company is slated for success.Copy !req
393. As for our earlier talk about
bonuses, I understand.Copy !req
394. Please send me an e-mail
with all the details later.Copy !req
395. With all the images included
in an LHA file attachment.Copy !req
396. Sure...Copy !req
397. LHA?Copy !req
398. Konoha-san.Copy !req
399. Let's give it all we've got.Copy !req
400. Yes!Copy !req
401. And so, Alcohol Soft began
to take on the challengeCopy !req
402. of making a game that would
make one billion yen.Copy !req
403. I let everyone know what I wanted to do.Copy !req
404. At first, we ran into lots of trouble...Copy !req
405. with so many things that
needed to get done...Copy !req
406. Even so, as we went on group trips
to the pool as a change of pace...Copy !req
407. And the manager provided extravagant
meals for us as we worked...Copy !req
408. Time passed by in a flash...Copy !req
409. And our game slowly began to take shape.Copy !req
410. Before we knew it,Copy !req
411. rather than the pressure of making a
game that would make one billion yen,Copy !req
412. our desire to make a fun game like
nothing before it had won out.Copy !req
413. One billion...Copy !req
414. One billion, huh?Copy !req
415. Excuse me...Copy !req
416. This cut looks good, but
let's add some variations...Copy !req
417. Hey!Copy !req
418. Let the scenario team know...Copy !req
419. I swear...Copy !req
420. What's this?Copy !req
421. Whoa!Copy !req
422. I need to put out the fire right away!Copy !req
423. F-Fire extinguisher!Copy !req
424. It went out?Copy !req
425. That's absurd!Copy !req
426. It's only burnt the contents!Copy !req
427. What's going on?Copy !req
428. What's this?Copy !req
429. Gogo no Tenshi-tachi.Copy !req
430. It's a pretty old game, I think.Copy !req
431. And what's with the light coming from it?Copy !req
432. When I open up one of these
games, I travel back in time.Copy !req
433. Not that I know why it happens.Copy !req