TenchiForum Plays: Hatoful Boyfriend (Sept. 13th)

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    Nil Admirari
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    Welcome to the prestigious St. PigeoNation Institute! As the lone human student in an all-bird high school, you’re used to being the odd-bird out in the crowd. Where will our years in this glorious school take us? Will we get that special pigeon of our own to love us? Will we pursue our academics, train to be the fastest creature alive or take to the working world early in order to make some dosh on the side? Together, we’ll find out if we’ll be carried on wings  of  love.[/align]

    …what?

    Hatoful Boyfriend is a visual novel featuring, yes, an all-bird cast. It’s outrageous, hilarious, occasionally pulls on heartstrings and does what it can to both use and toy with VN stereotypes and tropes. There’s a bit more to it than it lets on, and as requested many times, I am going to let us experience the depths it drags the player through together. After all, what’s a better way to go through something kinda corny and so utterly batshit insane than with a bunch of friends?

    To add to the experience, those who are watching should also get to participate. I know you’re all fans of my monotone pipes after our many playthroughs of The Yawhg, but I shouldn’t be the only person who gets to speak! As such, we’re going to have different people voice different birds. Ideally, we’ll have one person per character but it might be too much to ask. And as Dagon suggested, I may handpick each person instead of letting you pick who you want to be. Let’s meet who we’ll be doing the puffed-chest-feathers dance with!

    [align=center]…whoooooooo? (not to be confused with the lovable mod)

    Let’s meet the dates!

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    Anghel Higure (voiced by shadowsfall0) is a confused and overly dramatic goth kid who gives elaborate names to everyone he meets in his quest for… whatever the hell it is he’s talking about.

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    Kazuaki Nanaki (voiced by EvilPii, unless he falls into the fifth dimension before Saturday) is a famous mathematician who teaches at St. PigeoNation Institute. He’s prone to falling back into a hibernation-coma in the middle of speaking, making Math class ‘nap time’ for the other birds.

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    Nageki Fujishiro (voiced by shadowsfall0) is a quiet bird who can always be found nestled between pages of a good book in the library. In fact, he’s… not really seen anywhere else. He’s extremely reserved and doesn’t talk to others unless he has to.

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    Okosan (Interpretative Coos by Wwwhhhooo Mona Marshall evilpii, Translations performed by Crazed) is the only bird who doesn’t actually speak. He communicates through highly nuanced coos, which are thoughtfully translated through magic (because of this, he will be voiced by two people). He’s the captain of the track team and desires the finest pudding in the world.


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    Kawara Ryouta (voiced by Wwwhhhooo Joel McDonald Chucklocker) is your best friend, having first met when he was still a hatchling. He is sickly and often requires care for his ailments. His mother is sick as well and requires Ryouta to work multiple jobs to support her bills.

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    Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane (voiced by Dagon123) is a French transfer student with quite a chip on his shoulder. His aristocratic air is off-putting to the other birds, who grow weary of his constant belittling comments.

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    Shuu Iwamine (voiced by Nil Admirari) is the school physician. He’s known around the school for being a little unhinged and creepy, but always treats the students whenever they need him.

    and finally

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    Yuuya Sakazaki (voiced by Chucklocker) is the half brother of Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane, Dr. Shuu’s student assistant, and an uncontrollable flirt.

    With Special Guest Star:

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    Azami Koshiba (voiced by Kiyami) is the only female bird on the cast. She is a member of a biker gang and has a very gung-ho, hollywood attitude. She’s not one to break speed limits, though. Safety first!

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    There are plenty of smaller side characters who only get a handful of lines each, depending on how I’m feeling I may just take those over myself or randomly dole them out to who is available when they appear. Put on your best chirping voices this week everyone, auditions are life itself!

    …when?

    Saturday, September 13th. Preferably around or after 4PM EST. I hope to cover as many routes as we can as a way to pass the time before Toonami (though I doubt we’ll run that late), with the exception of Shuu’s because fuck that. Voice acting will be handled via Mumble, the stream link will be made available in minichat as the game goes live. Carve it into your souls, people!

    Hope to see you all there, either as a watcher or participant in this completely insane visual novel.

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      wwwwhhhhoooo
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      I read this pretty quickly, so I might be only 75% sure of what’s going on, but you had me at ‘tenchiforum members voicing characters.’

      I should be available after said time next Saturday, so count me in! Mister Director, cast me as whomever you want to see Who be (shy and reserved? snobby piss-poor French accent? i’ll make it fun no matter what) I’m game for whatever!

      SnowQueen
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      Lol sounds fun! Wish I could do it as well . Have fun guys this truly sounds like a weird but fun game. mmhmm1
      shadowsfall0
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      Of course I’m down for this all the way. ^^ I’ll have to decide a voice to use in my extremely wide variety of three impressions. blush1
      "For the curse of life is the curse of want. And so, you peer... Into the fog, in hope of answers."
      chucklocker
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      Oh. Oh, it’s on, baby! I’ll be there badass1
      evilpii
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      Hey, this sounds like a great time to have on Saturday. Sign me…

      Nil Admirari wrote:

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      Kazuaki Nanaki (voiced by EvilPii, unless he falls into the fifth dimension before Saturday) is a famous mathematician who teaches at St. PigeoNation Institute. He’s prone to falling back into a hibernation-coma in the middle of speaking, making Math class ‘nap time’ for the other birds.

      Well, alright then. blush1 Let’s see if I can summon up my best professorial voice for this. fyeah1 Or, completely go apeshit. Whatevs. badass1

      Nil Admirari
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      First mental auditions are completed, the first additions to the cast are:

      [align=center]shadowsfall0 as Anghel Higure

      &

      Wwwhhhooo as Okosan (Coo’s only)[/align]

      Don’t worry though Who, this won’t be your only role! Stay tuned everyone, your feathers are to be awarded soon~ Round 2 of placements will be posted on Tuesday, September 9th and the final round of characters will be dished out on Thursday, September 11th. That should give everybirdie a good day and a half to prepare their characters for Saturday’s stream.

      Nil Admirari
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      And now, our three reveals for today:

      [align=center]Dagon123 as Sakuya Le Bel Shirogane

      Chucklocker as Yuuya Sakazaki

      &

      Crazed as Okosan’s translator[/align]

      The final three roles will be revealed on Thursday, who will get what? The mystery lies on wings of love.

      julia
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      OH MY GOD XD Ahh I WISH I could watch this… I’ll be at work T^T but oh man this was a good idea hahahaaaa iloveit1
      SnowQueen
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      looks like I won’t be able to watch it either due to my charger being broken T^T i really wish I could though!
      Nil Admirari
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      julia wrote:

      OH MY GOD XD Ahh I WISH I could watch this… I’ll be at work T^T but oh man this was a good idea hahahaaaa iloveit1

      SnowQueen wrote:

      looks like I won’t be able to watch it either due to my charger being broken T^T i really wish I could though!

      Thankfully Hitbox.tv has a very nice youtube export feature so I’ll be moving those over to my channel once the videos process, and then of course I’ll post them here so everyone can watch!

      Nil Admirari
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      Tailfeathers up, boys! The final 3 main cast members have been selected:

      [align=center]shadowsfall0 as Nageki Fujishiro

      Wwwhhhooo as Kawara Ryouta

      &

      Nil Admirari as Shuu Iwamine[/align]

      And a special addition:

      [align=center]Kiyami as Azami Koshiba[/align]

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      Azami Koshiba (voiced by Kiyami) is the only female bird on the cast. She is a member of a biker gang and has a very gung-ho, hollywood attitude. She’s not one to break speed limits, though. Safety first!

      [/align]

      And with that, we have the cast & crew of St. PigeoNation’s High School ready to fly! Practice your parts, drink some Throat Coat before bed on Friday and prepare yourself for the greatest drama ever to drift on wings of love.

      If everyone enjoys, I hope to tackle the game’s much more involved and crazy “BBL” route sometime in the next week or two. That will take us about 4-5 hours in total (maybe longer with the slight voice delay) but is even nuttier than the normal routes. Anyhow, see you guys after 4PM EST on Saturday!

      Nil Admirari
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      Due to circumstances beyond anybirdie’s control, Wwwhhhooo will unfortunately not be able to attend. Thus, we have prepared some understudies who must now prepare extra hard for the quiz tomorrow.

      [align=center]Okosan’s coos will now be provided by evilpii

      &

      Kawara Ryouta will now be performed by Chucklocker[/align]

      We hope Wwwhhhooo will greatly enjoy the videos when we post them up, and perhaps he can join us for the BBL route. See you all tomorrow at 4PM EST~

      Anonymous
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      Just want to say that Hatoful Boyfriend last night was hilarious, weird, and tons of fun, and everyone played their parts beautifully, thanks in part to the brilliant casting by one Nil Admirari.

      Carve it into your soul!

      Nil Admirari
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      It seems like Hitbox.tv has been having issues with uploading to youtube and the direct downloads function was removed temporarily. So, if you guys want to watch the replay you can watch the entire 7 hour and 45 minute drama directly on my Hitbox VODs. Due to the slight delay between what I was seeing and what everyone else was seeing on stream to read their parts, there are awkward 5-7 second delays for each line. In the first run, there was also a brief moment of desync where lines were going away before they were being said. I apologize for the roughness. Hopefully you can still enjoy someof the goofiness, as everyone played their parts extremely well!

      But that’s not all! Everyone seemed to enjoy themselves a lot and interest is high, so on Saturday, September 20th at ~3-4PM EST, we will take on the legendary BBL Mode of Hatoful Boyfriend. It is going to be a 6 hour gauntlet of Visual Novel madness that none of you are quite ready for, but I think it is going to be just as fun (if not more) and hopefully my solution to remove the pauses between dialogs will work out great and it will be a much, much more fluid viewing experience.

      Should Wwwwhhhhoooo wish (if he’s able to make it), he could take on one of his previous roles or be given a new role. There will be a few extra characters in BBL mode, so there will be more chances for people to take on additional roles. I will be retiring my role of Taka Washi, and have my friend Lin Cereal take over. Since the protag is supposed to be a girl, well, this kind of makes a lot more sense! And now I can be Shuu full-time, oh joy.

      Anyways, I’m glad mostly everyone was able to make it last Saturday and enjoyed themselves. I can’t wait for BBL Mode on the 20th!

      wwwwhhhhoooo
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      Tentatively speaking, count me in! (you know my schedule, always up in the air until the day before, so fingers crossed!)
      Nil Admirari
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      Today’s the day! I ask that everyone performing be in Mumble as early as 3PM EST so that we can make sure everyone is set up and ready. Once we’ve got everyone there and ready to go, or it hits 4PM, the stream will begin! Be sure you’ve downloaded and installed, I’m hoping to just check to make sure everyone’s saves are working before we hit the big red button. But things can happen, so I’ve given us a little bit of elbow room in the event that something explodes!
      Nil Admirari
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      Wanted to thank everyone who came out today/tonight and was able to provide a voice for the stream as well as everyone who came to watch. BBL Route had some roles shifted around for voices and some additions to the cast. The final cast list is as follows:

      [align=center]RyoutaChucklocker

      YuuyaChucklocker

      AnghelShadowsfall0

      NagekiShadowsfall0

      ShadowShadowsfall0

      Kazuakievilpii

      Okosan (coos)evilpii

      Hitorievilpii

      SakuyaDagon123

      Okosan (translation)Dagon123

      Taka WashiLin Cereal / evilpii after the halfway point

      AzamiLin Cereal

      ShuuNil Admirari

      Mino the HeadmasterNil Admirari

      OneNil Admirari

      Leone J.B.Nil Admirari

      ScarecrowNil Admirari

      Ryuuji Nil Admirari[/align]

      Today’s performance of BBL Route is dedicated to Wwwwhhhhoooo, who we all wish could have joined us for the madness. We’re working on splitting up the VODs into “episodes” so everyone can watch it in parts comfortably. We managed to blow through the whole thing in 6 hours and 19 minutes, which will have some of the fat cut out when we remove bits of dead air as we had to wait for phone calls and other things. Be honored, and carve it into your souls! Keep your eyes peeled for the post either Dagon or I will make later that has the edited footage!

      Nil Admirari
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      At long last, Hatoful Boyfriend’s BBL Route. Split up into episodic chunks to make watching through to the end much easier (the 8th class, epilogue & extras had to get split into 4 videos):

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jYoiJXrNr7Q[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0KyBXpvSvAc[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r4niaSHMbKs[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JILRDyj_8[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WS3mHvj9INw[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7wIS6NPc3o[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L443WLuAQP0[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-pAghGWI3fs[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCu_QwjPG98[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ey6A5KJsddo[/BBvideo]

      [BBvideo 425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m9j3sWai5CA[/BBvideo]

      Nil Admirari
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      Because what good are the holidays without figgy pudding, giga puddi, and more pidgeonations?

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      Stream date and cast to come.

      Nil Admirari
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      Holiday Star stream got delayed, but we interrupt this wait-time to bring you an important message:

      Hatoful Boyfriend is currently available for $8 in the Humble Weekly Bundle, and includes a special $35 tier that has a, well…

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      Anonymous
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      I regret nothing.
      wwwwhhhhoooo
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      Dagon123 wrote:

      I regret nothing.

      My respect for you has skyrocketed. fyeah1

      Nil Admirari
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      Dagon123 wrote:

      I regret nothing.

      Now that’s what I call a Down pillow.

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