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Let's Play: Hikikomori The RPG
Topic Started: Jul 11 2011, 02:56 PM (1,960 Views)
Hiro_Tsukasa
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So I wanted to do an LP, but there's way too many Nuzlocke ones going on. I was looking for something else to do and stumbled upon Hikikomori The RPG. It's a tabletop roleplaying game/writing exercise intended for a single player.

Basically you randomly generate your main character via rolling off tables and then play through Seven Days of his life where you pick actions and have the results randomly generated via rolls as well as having other auto-randomly generated events. Then you write a journal/diary/blog about the events of that day stringing your results into narrative. It was made by one of the guys who worked on translating the Maid RPG and was inspired by Welcome to the NHK (which I am a big fan of).

For funs I am going to have it be set within Hyakuji. In the spirit of LP's being interactive for readers, I am going to let popular opinion dictate the character's actions each day. So here is out character sheet:

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Name: Shin Kagami
Gender: Male
Age: 21

Hope: 3

Traits
-Obsessive Hobby: Hentai Games (3)
-Suicidal Thoughts (3)
-Health Problem: Malnutrition (3)

Bio
Shin Kagami hails from a small country town not far from Hyakuji. He lead a rather typical life up until he was about to enroll in High School. As his hometown held no high school of its own his parents had him enrolled in the closest one possible: Hyakuji High School. However, Shin held no special talents of his own like most of the students that flocked to there.

His four years at Hyakuji High School were mostly uneventful. That is to say, a lot of crazy stuff happened to the school itself but Shin was never a part of that world. He instead remained on the sidelines or in the background having no power to make a difference or influence the fate of the school and its city. He made a few friends, joined a few clubs, but time flew by quickly and before he knew it he had graduated.

Taking the obvious next step, Shin's parents enrolled him into the nearby university and set him up in an apartment in Hyakuji's Suburban District. For a few years, things were okay. Shin still skirted by life making only a few friends and acquaintances and feeling aimless in life. Due to the few connections he had made in high school he managed to land a job at the arcade within Majiku Mall.

However, during his final year at the university everything began to change. Mounting stress from school work and his slipping grades began to drive Shin into a state of isolation. Feeling inadequet against his classmates, Shin began to lose his drive. Slowly, his grades began to slip and he began to feel more and more awkward being among the hustle and bustle of the arcade. He started aleviating this by taking less hours, but this eventually accelerated into calling in sick frequently.

With mounting stress and pressure, Shin ultimately dropped out of his university just a semester shy of graduating. With his newfound free time, Shin slowly began to develop a rather powerful obsession with what had originally just been a slight curiosity. It had been one of his friends in high school's fault. He forget what brought it up but after he had been introduced to his first Eroge Shin had kept a passing interest though he rarely paid it much mind. With the free time gained from not attending his university, Shin began to collect and play through Eroges constantly.

It eventually began to hit the point where he started to view the world through the lens of such games and, embarassed of his hobby, he found himself growing even more distant from the few contacts he had left such as his co-workers. Unable to cope with the awkwardness of working at the arcade Shin finally quit. Without a job or pursuing education Shin found himself with unlimited free time and this only further drove his obsessive hobby.

His parents had always supported him by sending money to help pay the difference for things his own job couldn't support, but now he was entirely reliant on the money they sent. While they upgraded his "allowance" as it were, they also began to put pressure on him to find a new job or return to the university. This pressure only drove him futher into despair and isolation.

Now, Shin barely ventures outside unless it can be helped. When he does, he tends to leave around sunset when there are less people out and about. With a fixed and limited amount of money to spend per month Shin began to cut corners with his food budget to spare more for buying new Eroges as they were released. However, as a consequence of this decision he has begun to suffer from malnutrition. Not only this, swimming in this sea of isolation and despair darker throughts have begun to creep into the young man's mind...


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To explain the stats of a character in this game:

-Hope: Think of this like Hit Points. It's the character's general outlook on the world. It's also used to resist some negative influences.

-Traits: This is the meat of the game really. These are the various important influences on the character's life for the moment. Some can be good, some can be bad. These will be the types of things he'll have to deal with day in and day out. Consider the numbers on each trait how strong of an influence it has over his life. 3 is average.

Now, as for a day here's how they work... the player makes rolls for all their traits and the 3 with the largest numbers are the ones that influence him during the day. You also get to pick 3 actions to take in a day. There are some general actions that can always be taken and then Special actions based on what traits you have. This is what readers will be helping decide. At the end of every day I will list all the possible choices for what to do in the next day and I'll also post any stat changes for our hero. There's also a chance other characters might come into his life and if that happens I'll let people help design them or even use their Hyakuji characters.

So, without further set-up... here's a Prologue to start us off...

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The Case of Shin Kagami: Hyakuji's Unsung Hero



Day 0: Prologue

I'm not really sure why I keep updating this blog anymore. I had to start it in high school as a writing project for a class and I don't know -_- I'm pretty sure nobody reads this thing at all. I mean nobody ever did beyond what we had to do for the assignment, but I guess it's something to do. There was a time I thought I wanted to be a writer so I guess this was more important to me back then.

In any case, I finally reached the True End on the new Eroge I've been playing. That makes 75 fully completed games as of today. I don't like to brag, but I think I'm pretty close to becoming the God of Conquests. I suppose I'll have to replay some of my favorites now until a new one comes out. In five days Magical Nurse Leo-Chan is launching. I guess that means I'll have to actually get off my butt and go outside for a change to pick it up at The Otaku Kingdom. Luckily, I don't live that far from the place.

I guess there's really not much else to report about my day. I've been getting sick to my stomach a lot more recently. I suppose it's all the crap instant-ramen I've been eating, but there's really no choice. If I got something else I wouldn't be able to afford new Eroges anymore. I'm probably just getting used to eating crappier foods; it'll pass. ^_^

Oh, there's this neat new show I caught last night on tv after making my blog entry. I didn't catch the name, but it was pretty cool. It was very American in style and seemed like some thriller or slasher film at first. But as it got more into it there were all these supernatural elements. The next episode preview seemed like it got even more crazy. I'm not certain but I think I saw one of my former teachers in high school listed in the credits as a Consultant for the script writing.

There was one part where they were having this big shootout in this rest stop gas station. The camerawork was really impressive, but what stood out to me was the climax of the scene. This one character right, he had already been shot a few times and was injured. In the heat of the moment, he took a desperate shot and hit one of the bad guys square in the head and just dropped him. It made me wonder... is it really that fast if you're shot in the head?

Meh, nevermind. -_-


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THE DESCENT INTO DESPAIR HAS BEGUN! WHAT WILL OUR HERO DO!?

As I said before, we can take 3 actions a day. I divided them so you can see which are connected to a Trait and which are General. Reply with comments/thoughts and of course your votes for how Shin should spend his day.

General Actions
-Do Nothing
-Try to Go Outside
-Suicide Attempt
-Waste Time

Trait Actions
-Health Problem: Seek Help
-Health Problem: Suffer
-Obsessive Hobby: Resist
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good
-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up
Edited by Hiro_Tsukasa, Jan 4 2012, 06:03 AM.
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I'ma vote for.....


-Try to Go Outside
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good
-Health Problem: Suffer


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Jonny
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Go Outside
Obsessive Hobby: Resist
Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer up
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Trace
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Anything less would be uncivilized.
-Try to Go Outside
-Health Problem: Suffer
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good

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Zero
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Woot, this seems like it'll be a fun LP. Now then, as for voting let's keep things interesting

-Suicide Attempt
-Try to Go Outside
-Obsessive Hobby: Use for Good
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Cypriss
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-spend all day jerking off, WHOO
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Hiro_Tsukasa
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I'm going ahead with Day 1 just so everyone gets a picture of how a Day works and the results and what not. After this one I will wait longer between doing a Day so we can get more input on his actions.

Day 1: The Melancholy of Shin Kagami



I had a really weird day today; I'm not sure what was going on. When I woke up my stomach was killing me. I'm not really sure what it was. It was some sort of pain. I wasn't sick to my stomach like... normal or anything; I didn't have to throw up. As I laid there suffering I crawled to my PC and tried to search for what it might be, but I didn't turn anything up.

Not able to do much else I decided to replay one of my favorite Eroges: Magical Witches DUO. Of course I went for the route that ends with Yumi. She's certainly my favorite character in the game. Maybe if I knew someone as strong and supportive as Yumi is towards the Main Character... I might not waste away so much of the day playing these kind of games.

As I continued to play the pain in my stomach grew worse and worse. Eventually, it was so unbearable I had to stop playing. It was just so frustrating. Why do I have to suffer like this? And suffer alone? In this city where so many spectacular people are out doing spectacular things. I'm not sure why, but in that moment it really got to me.

I bought a gun just the other day. It was just at some random pawn shop and the owner seemed a little eccentric so they really didn't ask too much. It was just a small hand gun; it resembled one I had seen recently in an anime. I told myself it was for protection if something crazy ever occurred in Hyakuji and I actually got involved. Frustrated with my pain... well, with everything really... I fetched the gun from my dresser where I had hidden it and examined it for awhile.

It was already loaded and I sat for awhile playing with the safety switching it on and off. Was it really so fast as it was in that show I saw the other night? One quick moment and then you drop and nothing? No more pain? No more scraping by day by day being a disappointment to every person still unfortunate enough to have to deal with you?

I'm not going to lie. I seriously thought about this time. It's not like the other times. But the more I thought about it, the more scared I became. The next thing I knew the gun was clattering against my computer desk as my hands were literally shaking in fear. I'm not sure what I was afraid of. If I had gone through with it I'd stop being a burden on my parents; I know they're getting frustrated with me. There's no one else who relies on me or needs me around. But still... I couldn't. Thoroughly spooked I tucked the gun back away in my dresser.

However, after that my day really started to turn around. There's just four more days until Magical Nurse Leo-Chan comes out. It's made by the same group that created Magical Witches DUO so I have to pick it up; I have all their games. Because my rent was recently due my funds are too low to purchase it normally. It's a cruel twist of fate that the release schedule was pushed back by a month. However, I had come up with a plan. As my collection has grown I've gathered several duds. Even though I completed them it was entirely a chore and there's no way I can see myself ever replaying them.

So once the sun began to set I decided to set out for my plan. Tucking a bunch of the Eroges into a plastic bag I actually left my apartment for the first time in a week. The Otaku Kingdom also buys games to sell used so I figured I can sell off the ones I really hate and use that money to buy Leo-Chan. I think it's the perfect plan.

I felt a little uneasy going outside, but since it was already late in the afternoon when I finished playing DUO it wasn't as bad as I expected. The Suburban District is already a lot less crowded than the rest of Hyakuji and it was that time of day where most stores were closing down and those that were opening late night hadn't opened yet; all in all there weren't many out in the streets.

I got nervous a few times. Whenever I would pass people I worried they might stare down through the top of the bag I was carrying and see they were Eroges. I mean, I love playing them but... I just... I guess most people can't understand them or their appeal. Luckily, I made it to Otaku Kingdom avoiding any trouble. To my surprise I actually walked out with far more yen than I expected.

It turned out two of the games ended up being quite limited because the company behind them closed after only doing a single print run for each. This made them quite valuable for collectors so the store gave me a premium price for them. With the money for Leo-Chan covered and without the embarrassment of toting around sub-par Eroges I started on my way back home.

The main street was getting a little crowded now as the night life was starting to come out. It made me feel a little nervous so I decided to take a side street I'd never gone on before. I was surprised. There was a small park and across the street from it an orphanage. I don't know why, but seeing it really had an effect on me. I guess because I've lived my life always having both my parents around I didn't think about what it must be like to go through life as an orphan. Especially young and with no other family to rely on.

It's really not my style, but I felt compelled to examine the orphanage more. As I got closer I noticed that the lobby had a drop box taking donations to keep the place open. I'm not going to go into all the details on the sign beside it, but they seemed to be a few steps away from having to close out. Since I had so much money from selling all those Eroges I decided to make a rather sizable donation myself. I really ended up with so much that I'd probably just end up blowing it on something. It would be wasted on me, at least it could help those kids.. I guess?

As I was leaving I got another surprise. Running out the door behind me was a gorgeous woman. Her name was Kana and she apparently helped run the orphanage. I choked almost immediately. I means he was incredibly hot! She seemed like a mix of the Childhood Friend and the Older Sister. I stumbled over my words and probably made a big fool of myself, but she sincerely thanked me for my donation and even had some of the kids come out and thank me as well.

It was weird. All they said were thank you. It's not like I was donating to them with any sort of expectation, but... it felt nice I guess. It felt nice to be thanked. To see that there were people who were so appreciative for an act I did and did so of my own volition. She told me that a corporation had been interested in buying the land the orphanage was on to make some building and had been pressuring the staff about it a lot. I didn't think it was a big deal, but it seemed as if my donation really gave this woman and the kids there some hope. After this I nervously avoided continuing the conversation and Kana left to tend to the kids there. I wonder what makes someone decide to work at a place like that?

It may be a little cheesy, but being thanked like that really lifted my spirits. Rather than heading on home I decided to walk around that small park for a little bit and relax. I'm not one to dote on nature, but it really was a beautiful day. I hung around the park till darkness had covered everything and the moon was high in the sky.

I think the fresh air really helped me. As I walked back home my stomach barely hurt at all. And even now as I'm sitting here writing this I don't feel any pain. Maybe it's a good idea to get some fresh air now and again? Well, I guess that was the brunt of my day. It was certainly more eventful than usual; I wonder what was going on that caused such a series of events?

Oh, that new show I mentioned is coming on! Well, I'll cut this abruptly here then. I really want to see what happens next...


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Here were the Events and Actions from Day 1. I just jotted down the quick notes of the result and the stat changes:

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Day 1
-Health Problem = Cause Pain: +1
-Suicidal Thoughts = Suicide Attempt
-Obsessive Hobby = -1 Action

-Try To Go Outside = Pleasant time outside, fresh air helps (Health Problem -2)
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good = Truly Touch someone (Hobby +1, Hope +1)
-Action 3 = Lost to Hentai Games
-Suicide Attempt = Means gained but backed down


And here are Shin's new stats:

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Hope: 4

Traits
-Obsessive Hobby: Hentai Games (4)
-Suicidal Thoughts (3)
-Health Problem: Malnutrition (2)


Since we don't have any new traits our options for Day are the same:

General Actions
-Do Nothing
-Try to Go Outside
-Suicide Attempt
-Waste Time

Trait Actions
-Health Problem: Seek Help
-Health Problem: Suffer
-Obsessive Hobby: Resist
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good
-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up
Edited by Hiro_Tsukasa, Jan 4 2012, 06:05 AM.
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-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up

-Health Problem: Seek Help

-Obsessive Hobby: Resist
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Same as Cap.
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:V I feel bad for voting for the suicide attempt now ;-;

-Health Problem: Seek Help
-Try to Go Outside
-Obsessive Hobby: Use for good

POOR SHIN.
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Trace
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Anything less would be uncivilized.
-Waste Time
-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up
-Health Problem: Seek Help
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General Actions
-Suicide Attempt

Trait Actions
-Health Problem: Suffer
-Obsessive Hobby: Resist

SUFFER, SUFFER AND DIE WOOOOOORM, MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

AHAHAHA

HAHAH

>_> i should go outside more.
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The dice got some pretty crazy results from both extremes this time. Also, to clarify a background element that's going on... As long as your character has the Suicidal Thoughts Trait every day he has to include some thinking upon a possible way to die. Anyways:

Day 2: The Healing of Shin Kagami



Today wasn't very eventful. Well, that is to say at least not like yesterday. I hadn't had a day like yesterday in a really long time. Still, something good happened today as well. I'm really surprised. I don't want to tempt fate, but maybe my luck is starting to change? I wish...

I woke up early today from my stomach hurting again. It wasn't anywhere near as bad as yesterday at least. However, after mulling it over for a bit and watching Super Hero Time since I happened to be up for it I decided I should do something about it. At first, I thought about just buying some better food but the more I ran it over in my head the more I realized I shouldn't have to suffer like this. Even if I am a pathetic shut in, shouldn't I be able to enjoy that life to its fullest for the time being?

Hardening my nerves I ventured outside. Since it was early in the morning but past the time for the morning commute the streets were pretty empty. School was in session to so the streets were mostly abandoned. It was going to be a hot day, but the morning was still cloudy so I had an easy walk to the hospital in town. I usually hate going there... it's located in the downtown district and it's always so crowded; especially with those kind of students. It just makes me feel really uncomfortable.

However, I had gone this far so I wasn't about to turn back and go home. The hospital, luckily, wasn't very crowded and I got to see one of the doctor's after just 15 minutes. He was a little rude... or well... he made me feel pretty bad about myself. Apparently, my body was severely malnourished and had some severe deficiencies in critical vitamins. Since my father works for such a huge corporation I'm still on their family insurance for the time being. The doctor was able to prescribe me something for the immediate pain as well as vitamins to take to help offset the problem.

But he also warned me to start trying to eat better. I'm not one to usually just go along with what everyone says, but I guess those words stuck with me. Once I got back close to my apartment I ducked into one of those mini-marts that I usually get groceries at. I did have all that extra money from selling crappy Eroges yesterday. And realistically, I usually have enough money for new ones as they come out; Magical Nurse Leo-Chan was a problem created from scheduling issues.

In the end, I decided to use a good deal of the money and stock up on real food for a change. Just looking over some of the stuff I bought made my mouth water. Having lived off crap instant ramen for months now I forgot what it was like to actually look forward to delicious food. Groceries in hand, I returned to my apartment.

After stocking all the new food away I took the first dose of the medicine the doctor had given me as well as the vitamins. To celebrate all this good fortune I decided to go ahead and break into some of the groceries I bought and fix myself a nice meal. I won't bore anyone stumbling on this blog with the details, but wow! ^_^

After eating the best meal I'd had in ages, I sat around for awhile. I'm not sure why but my mind wandered back to yesterday with the gun. Maybe... I mean... if I were going to do it that is, I don't know now if a gun is the best choice. I'm not sure what bothers me about it. Maybe the fact that, in the end, you have to be the one to pull the trigger and thus all responsibility is put in your hands. Fear of responsibility is what drove me from the university; why did I think it'd be any different with this?

On the first episode of that new show I've been watching one of the characters plowed into one of the antagonists with his motorcycle at top speed. It really tore the guy up. I imagine a full sized car or even something bigger could probably off someone instantly if it hit right. Maybe that's what I'd do? It would take the responsibility out of my hands and still not involve any suffering if done right. Hum, but then I'd be forcefully placing responsibility on a third party. I'm not sure if I am okay with that...

After awhile I realized there was no point mulling over it any longer. Checking in on the computer I found quite the surprise. As you know if you're reading this sequentially, Magical Nurse Leo-Chan comes out in just three days now. It turns out to hype the release the game devs put out a demo online. Of course, I downloaded it immediately and gave it a try.

It blew me away! The art was so amazing and the characters seemed so real. I think I've fallen in love with Leo-Chan; she's just so amazing. Even though I'd have the full game to play in just a few days, I couldn't help myself. I wanted to see every scene and every bit of dialogue in the demo... and then again... and then again; it's been a long time since one of these games captivated me this much.

The next thing I knew, I checked my PC's clock, it was 2am. The sun had still be up when I started; oops :P Well, I guess that's just a testament to how good this company is that their game can make you lose track of time like that. I'm pretty tired now, but I had to a take a little extra time to write all this down.

You know it's a little early to be saying stuff like this, but my stomach is already feeling better. I'm going to keep up with taking these vitamins and try to continue eating better. Though, I really can't believe how fast the time passed playing that demo. Ah well, if nothing else I got it out of my system and can give it a rest till the game launches.

Leo-Chan, I'll see you very soon~


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Here are the events from Day 2:

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Day 2
-Health Problem = Cause Pain (No Change)
-Suicidal Thoughts = Nothing Happens
-Obsessive Hobby = Indulge a lot (-2 Actions, +1)

-Health Problem: Seek Help = Go See Doctor (Health Problem Trait Removed)
-Action 2: Canceled by Hobby
-Action 3: Canceled by Hobby


And here are our hero's new stats:

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Hope: 4

Traits
-Obsessive Hobby: Hentai Games (5)
-Suicidal Thoughts (3)


Since the only change was losing the Health Problem trait we have the same options minus a few:

General Actions
-Do Nothing
-Try to Go Outside
-Suicide Attempt
-Waste Time

Trait Actions
-Obsessive Hobby: Resist
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good
-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up

OUR HERO'S HEALTH HAS IMPROVED. SLOWLY, HE FEELS AS IF HE IS CLIMBING FROM THIS PIT OF DESPAIR!

WHAT WILL TOMORROW HOLD!?
Edited by Hiro_Tsukasa, Jan 4 2012, 06:06 AM.
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Anything less would be uncivilized.
-Try to Go Outside
-Obsessive Hobby: Use For Good
-Suicidal Thoughts: Cheer Up
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The above
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