i saw this scene being uploaded in english the other day and i can't not rewatch the japanese version because, you know, seiyuu brainrot and whatnot. translations (completely my own) under the cut.
Prompto: What're you doing?
Noctis: Nothing, really. Just spacing out.
Prompto: Huh. I see.
[ Leave him alone / Talk about something random / Wait for him to speak ]
Noctis: Hmph—
Prompto: We went through so much today, huh?
Noctis: Everything's so new to us, too.
Prompto: You can say that again. Things have been super hard, but I didn't expect every day to be so much fun. Y'see, everything I see is new to me.
Prompto: I never expected things to turn out this way or to go out on a trip together.
Noctis: Yeah.
Prompto: How long have we known each other again? It's since high school... So five years?
Noctis: But I've known you for longer. Was it since elementary school?
Prompto: Eh? How'd you remember that?
Noctis: 'Course I'd remember. You stared at me so much.
Prompto: Ugh. [nervous laughter] You see, that's because I have my reasons...
Noctis: But you were still like, "Nice to meet ya!" at the high school entrance ceremony.
Prompto: I had to really brace myself to talk to you that time.
Prompto: [sighs] Kinda takes me back.
Noctis: You could've just talked to me, you know.
Prompto: I know it's easy for you to say— You wouldn't understand, Noct.
Prompto: Back then, I—
Prompto: Sorry, man. It really is nothing.
[ Ask him out of concern / You're concerned but you don't force it out of him / You won't get mad so ask him to be honest ]
Noctis: What is up with that? Just say it.
Prompto: [sighs] All right.
Prompto: You see...
Prompto: I used to be unable to reach out to other people.
Prompto: And I... didn't have anyone that I could call a true friend.
Prompto: I was always by myself.
Prompto: So sometimes I end up thinking maybe I'm not worth anything.
Shin stole the kabedon from Toma and that was the beginning of the end...
Below: Parallels between Karasuba (Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly) and Toma (Amnesia: Memories)
I talked about this in this post already. At least in Psychedelica, they made the yandere-ending into an obvious bad ending and did not normalize the abuse like in 7'Scarlet...
Saving this translation here so that I don’t lose it and can use it for future references. I wish I could translate it more beautifully though because I love the song (including the lyrics) so much... I think I didn’t do it justice.
You can listen to the song itself here (or here on Spotify).
girigiri no sukima ni furuete narabeta
boku ga dashita kotae ga
hitotsu hitotsu taorenai youni
kono basho to hikikae ni kirisuteta kokoro
ima sara chi ga meguri kodou suru you da
gamushara tte kotoba ni amaeteru dake sa
hontou wa hoshii mono nani mo nakatta youni houmuri futa shite
chanto narabeta tsumori no piisu wa
koko janai, koko janai nda yo tte
yureteita
mayotte mayotta ageku kuyamu no nara
kowashite dareka no tame ni warau ima wo
onegai... onegai
taoresou na kono kotae
ukatsu ni fureyou mono nara
guragura furuete memai ga shisou da
“dare no mono demo nai jibun no mirai wo egaite”
...hontou wa wakatteta koto mo wakatteita yo
sou nano ni doushite
chanto narabeta tsumori no piisu wa
uso janai, uso janai hazu tte
shinjitai nda
utatte utatte mo zenbu todokanai nara
kono koe kasaneru hodo ni kurushii nda yo
onegai... onegai
boku wa kyou mo waratteiru yo
chanto narabeta tsumori no piisu wa
taoreru tame ni aru no? tte
naiteita
mogaiteita
mayotte mayotta hodo ni mukuwarereba
kono mune de uzuku ai wa nijimanakatta noni
mayotte mayotta ageku kuyamu no nara
kowashite dareka no tame ni warau ima wo
onegai... onegai
taoresou na kono kotae
girigiri no sukima ni furue wo osaete
kyou mo sotto narabeta
hitotsu hitotsu taorenai youni
English Translation
Trembling at the very bare gap,
I lined them up; the answers I came up with
One by one, so that they don't fall over
The heart that was cut off and thrown away in exchange for this place
As if beating, blood runs through its veins now, after all this time
I’m just taking advantage of the phrase “devil-may-care”:
What I really want, I bury and cover up like it never happened
The pieces that I thought I had lined up right...
“They're not here, they're not here”
I said as I was shaking
If in the end I suffer after all the feeling of lost and confusion
Destroy the present that smiles for someone else’s sake
Please... please...
This answer is about to collapse
If I were to carelessly touch it,
I would feel unsteady, shaky, and dizzy
“Picture your own future that doesn't belong to anyone else”
...The truth is I understood what I knew
But if so, then why?
The pieces that I thought I had lined up right...
“They’re not lies; they shouldn’t have been lies”
I want to believe
If I sing and sing and it doesn’t reach you at all
The more I put onto this voice, the more it pains me
Please... please...
Today, too, I'm smiling
The pieces that I thought I had lined up right...
“Are they there to fall over?”
I asked as I was crying
As I was struggling
If only all that feeling of lost and confusion had been worth it
If only the love aching in my chest didn’t bleed out
If in the end I suffer after all the feeling of lost and confusion
Destroy the present that smiles for someone else’s sake
Please... please...
This answer is about to collapse
Holding back the trembling at the very bare gap,
Today, too, I lined them up carefully
One by one, so that they don't fall over
Yashiro Taku, Ishikawa Kaito, Okitsu Kazuyuki, Hirakawa Daisuke and Sugiyama Noriaki at Otomate Party 2023 Night after Spade no Kuni no Alice ~Wonderful Black World.
Hirarin said he wore red for Ace and purple (+ the hat) for San-chan. Yep, still cute lol! Maeno looks like a vampire!!!
Morikubou Shoutarou, Kakihara Tetsuya, Hirakawa Daisuke, Suwabe Junichi and Maeno Tomoaki after Code Realize performance!
Kakihara Tetsuya's 《Iris School of Wizardry: Vinculum Hearts》 Interview
This is an unofficial translation of Kakihara Tetsuya's interview for the game. His role in the game is as the character Clyde King.
What do you think of the character that you voiced?
When I first saw the character illustration, I really thought that he was the sparkly princely type, with 'THE Ikemen' feel. Even though he's the student council president, he's actually pretty frank and seems like an everyday guy. This gap between what's expected and what he is makes him interesting and fun to act as.
Do you think you have anything in common with the character you voiced?
Hmm…. the first impression would be the voice right? (laugh) Sorry, joking (laugh).
He's someone that would walk the talk. I wouldn't feel good if I said I'd do something but then not do it, which is a similar point between us. In my mind, 'I must definitely fulfill the things I've said!' so I will do it. Because if it's an idea that I can think up, it'd have been something I can generally do (laugh). He's also like that, which I think is charming.
Also, he has a party-loving side, which is another point of similarity. I love parties. Being hyper and having fun with everyone. You can see this side of me in my 4th mini album Dandigi Dan. The motifs of the PV are friends and parties. Please watch it (laugh).
Other than the character you voiced, are there any other characters you find notable?
Actually, the most notable character for me is the protagonist Aria. In the game scenarios, the Clyde route happens after a year of him having been in love with her. I acted with all my heart in it, developing the thoughts of wanting to know more about her.
The protagonist is also the player character so everyone can project themselves in her. It's like there's a multitude of Arias, so there's a difference in the way I perceive the feelings for the role, which makes it notable for me.
As for others… Kasuya Yuuta's Cyril! I think the cute voice Kasuya portrayed was great. Kasuya's my oshi (laugh).
During the recording, was there any aspect that you found challenging?
Though the character's set as an 18-year-old, he has a grown up appearance and is also the seemingly princely student council president, so I thought that I should act as the charismatic type.
But when it was time to act, I was told to just act like a natural boy-next-door type, so his expressions had to be human, with realistic behaviour fitting for an 18-year-old guy.
Which scene or dialogue line was memorable?
The sad ending. I liked it. As an actor, it was the part that's most worthwhile to act!
The happy ending too, but there's a variety of endings prepared so please watch all the routes.
This work is about a magical school with a theatrical aspect. If you were able to use magic, what kind of magic would you use?
Only one… what should I pick…
If I were to just simply pick, as an actor I want magic that makes all the interesting character roles land on me. I want to cast magic that lets me have fun acting and share this fun with others too!
Please leave a message to the audience!
In the past, not having a game console at home would have been a drawback, but now it's an era of convenience where you can easily play dating sims anywhere on your smartphone!
This is a work where you can just slowly enjoy the content, fully immerse yourself in it, share with your friends, and eventually it will develop into much more which would feel nice.
If it's your first time playing, I'd like you to try the main hero Clyde's route. You might get a grasp of his relationship with the other characters. Even though there are really sad scenes, please go for Clyde's route first!
After that, go for Kasuya's (Cyril) route! (laugh) Please go for it and have fun!
I only just had the chance to listen to the album “Don’t let mi know” from Kakki and I swear when I already think his voice can’t improve more it just keeps getting BETTER. I respect him SO MUCH
So I started playing a new otome a few days ago and picked the route with Kakihara Tetsuya as seiyuu first - for nostalgia’s sake since his character’s route in Amnesia: Memories was the first otome route I ever played.
However, in this new otome, his character soon started to remind me of Amnesia’s Yandere and eventually, my suspicions were confirmed:
The voice that once had protected me from a Yandere turned into one himself...
I feel so betrayed by Kakihara-san T_T ^^’
The worst thing about it, though, is that the game’s handling of its Yandere was morally worse than Amnesia’s.
CW: Slight mention of abuse/abusive relationships below the cut.
While in Amnesia, the player has to repeatedly remind the Yandere that his behavior is wrong and the Yandere acknowledges that throughout and feels bad for it and the player has to flee the Yandere’s confinement several times to get the happy ending...
This other otome tells the player to stay in confinement and trust the Yandere blindly to get the happy ending, the Yandere only acknowledges his wrongs in tne last scene of his route and the Player Character, when the Yandere warns her that he might lock her up again one day, says that she is fine with it as long as he keeps protecting her.
I can’t tell you how upset I am...
I recently thought: “Hmm, it’s a shame there aren’t more male Yandere out there, I would like to see one again” and now I’m regretting that thought. Implementing a Yandere into your story is generally intriguing but you have to be careful how to handle them in your narrative so as to not normalize or romanticize controlling/abusive relationships. This game ultimately did send this immoral, potentially dangerous message.
The only instance where this game handled its Yandere better than Amnesia is: They hinted at traumatizing or bad experiences in his past that influenced his becoming a Yandere. Because many abusive people in real life are not born this way. But just having reasons that influenced a person becoming abusive does not justify their abusive behavior, it only explains it.
Having the Player Character be okay with the abusive behavior “because he has his reasons” is immoral. Amnesia warned me of people like its Yandere; this otome does not.
I won’t say the game’s name because I don’t want to spoil it but if you want to know it, send me a DM.