Hatoful Holidaystar - Story 1 Part 4

[davidn]

I'm at a point where I'm not even sure whether I should keep on injecting further Hatomadness into the world quite so regularly, given the state of my Friends page after just three chapters - there is a point where you would think that a certain dose was sufficient. Nevertheless, here's another, a manageable bite that's a little shorter than most because the next part is pretty much one very long unbreakable scene. In today's chapter, we finally get to investigate the council room after stopping off to chat to people on the way, and we assess the extent of the damage - including the Christmas Thieves voice really coming into its own now, and a wonderful 100-metre relay of reactions when Shuu finally makes his appeearance!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6PPZvtRY_5Y

0:10 To the Council Room
0:50 Do you have a flag?
2:15 New council room
3:05 Beyond the pale
3:30 Perfect
4:45 Is it a bird? Is it a tree?
5:50 The ultimatum
6:30 Not in our note
7:05 How a burglary works
7:35 A dreadful affront
8:45 Not a decision
9:00 Underling rebellion
9:50 Ninja doctor
10:40 No corpse
11:45 Christmas has come early

Comments

[xaq.livejournal.com]

I like how it used the "dramatic, horrific reveal" chord when the Weirdbeaks' apology note was shown. I almost expected the reading of the note to be accompanied by "Dread" (aka the theme from Shuu's full ending or the reveal of what was in the box at the start of BBL.)

[kjorteo]

We oopsed. We're very scary. The scene went boom. Sowwy. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

(Which reminds me--while nothing can ever top Ryouta 1 as far as how perfect the the preview frame is, this one is definitely up there!)

[xaq.livejournal.com]

Given DavidN's reaction to your Weirdbeaks voice, I'd say that description's not too far off the mark.

And yeah, I'd put the note right up there with Cheerleader Sakuya in terms of serendipitous preview frames. :D