Hatoful Kareshi Parts 2 and 3

[davidn]

I had a dream about Hatoful! This time, it was about a super-super-secret path in the original game, though I can't remember what you had to do to unlock it and am afraid to try... the main character of the route was a cockerel who was investigating a murder (I don't think it was the same one as in the game), and was voiced by ravenworks in a hard-boiled film noir private investigator voice - he was chosen as the actor because the character was somehow related by family to Mister Death.

Unusually, we were all in the same room to record. We were doing it on my laptop, and I found it very difficult to tell whether I'd got the recording setup right in an unfamiliar environment.

Still. In real recordings, we did two more Hatoful Kareshi chapters recently, those of Fujushiro Nageki and Higure Anghel. And it’s only by reading the manga through along with the video that I appreciate just how much xaq does for these! I had no idea just how little of the dialogue we’ve been reading actually came from Moa - it’s all expanded to take advantage of the extra space we have and the characterizations that we've given the birds, and yet it’s never recognizable as something that wouldn’t have been said in the actual game. (I was particularly thrilled that "pompous feather-duster" was his own invention.) So all praises to Xaq, even more than usual.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0xsCx9T3eA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J76Sy6p_W44

Comments

[kjorteo]

[ravenworks] was chosen as the actor because the character was somehow related by family to Mister Death.

Well, Raven is Yuuya and I'm Sakuya, so that seems like sound logic.

[lupineangel.livejournal.com]

Awesome as always, everybirdie! The Rainbowbutt/Bishikikouji/Jeff The Pizza Delivery Bird/That Guy/We Don't Know What To Call Him/Ahh Screw It/Tohri flicker was inspired, as was the subtle editorial 'down, Yuuya' and the creepy colour-inversion of Nageki's wraith-fury. Xaq's done a fantastic job on these adaptations!

D.F.