Nestor's Cola

So I started playing Wanko to Kurasou because I saw it on /jp/… more out of boredom than any other reason. I’m not a furry, closet or otherwise, but I’ve been wanting to play a good game for a while. Having motive, opportunity, and plenty of free time, I went through the necessary steps and installed the english patch. Let’s stop here for a second.

Some games’ english patches are difficult to install, awkward, or require you to jump through hoops. everything was smooth this time through.

Moving on to the story side, you’re a guy that doubles as a teacher. You’ve got a checkered past and lots of free time. You don’t particularly want a pet. But you get one, and she’s a helpless moe-blob of a dog girl.

It’s a decent read, though not particularly gripping. I guess it’s targeted at the furry/ closet furry audience and I’m just not receptive. But Mikan is cute, though.

I’m going to try to add more when the game is 100% translated.

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I’ve finished the Nadeshiko route and overall it’s a drag. The game plays like a slice of life with a variety of small climaxes; again it appeals to more of a furfag furry audience. It seems to me that Nadeshiko end is a diplomatic end; the happiness isn’t particularly palpable and the end is well, it’s sort of mediocre. Still waiting for Risa end.

You know, I never actually got around to playing this game until just yesterday. i mean, it’s been sitting there for years, mute and staring at me with somewhat accusing eyes. I mean, it’s a classic, right? I got around to it last night while waiting for another game to download.

So, I tried it out. I really like the menus; they were intuitive and easy to move around. the choices were a little silly. No, they were really silly. Not quite a throwback to the older menus that were time consuming to navigate through, (I’m looking at you, Three Sister’s Story) but … a half-step to the easy to follow menus I love and am familiar with. The stor4y was ridiculous. I’m supposed to care about a violent nutcase? She’s totally not my type! I’ll tell you who was my type, though, and I really was disappointed with her ending: Rika Shiraki.

Even though Rika was wholly under your magic, there was a certain sweetness to her behavior that the anime failed to deliver. In the anime, she was mindless, a lust-powered fuck puppet. In the game, there’s a certain amount of innocent sweetness. She’s kind, devoted (of course) she’s sweet, attentive, and altogether a desirable woman- completely different than the anime portrays. If I wasn’t in love with her when I cast the spell in the game, I was in love with her later. The game failed to deliver; a mediocre and unrewarding ending was all I got.

I feel a better usage of Rika-chan would have been to keep her as an alternative girl to Imari, outside the scope of magic. By avoiding the temptation of magic, you gain the opportunity to pursue her. Bah.

As I stated before, Imari was wholly unlikable. In the anime she had some sweet qualities; in the game she was violent, rude, petulant, pushy, and totally undesirable. After I hooked up with Rika and she walked in, she went ballistic. It’s ridiculous how inept and jeuvenile her responses were- if she wasn’t at all interested in me (and there was never any sort of ‘dere’ vibe from her) or, alternatively, if she wanted to remain my friend, she should have been more accepting of my relationship and accepted the fact that I only saw Imari as a friend and not as a desirable woman.

I haven’t yet completed the game, but I don’t really want to. the one girl I desired had a … mediocre and unrewarding ending; the others can rot in shit for all I care.