Marchrius said:

In Tawawa VII+α, she almost fainted when she saw Sada-chan.

cd_young said:

wait what?

It's actually in Tawawa VIII+α, but yeah. It's the omake/extra series that gets added to the compilation books. In that one it has the various main girls all talking to each other about their respective romances (except for Kouhai-chan, who seems oblivious to her own circumstances), and there's a brief spot where Sada-chan shows up to be interviewed by the others. Ai-chan pretty much faints immediately (full white eyes and foaming mouth) when she sees the ghost.

Looks to me like Ai-chan just panicked the instant the game started and shot everything on screen until it ended. One of those "terror unlocks her true potential" sort of things.

Marchrius said:

In Tawawa VII+α, she almost fainted when she saw Sada-chan.

Dakkan said:

It's actually in Tawawa VIII+α, but yeah. It's the omake/extra series that gets added to the compilation books. In that one it has the various main girls all talking to each other about their respective romances (except for Kouhai-chan, who seems oblivious to her own circumstances), and there's a brief spot where Sada-chan shows up to be interviewed by the others. Ai-chan pretty much faints immediately (full white eyes and foaming mouth) when she sees the ghost.

And I just spent 20 minutes tracking down a version of VII + α, to try to find it too...

Just wondering, is there any indication of that game being HotD? I mean I know the name is a parody, but the visual doesn't look familiar to me.

I don't see Ai-chan's Sister or Kouhai-chan in the image despite them being tagged. Can anyone point them out to me?

Valentine322 said:

Just wondering, is there any indication of that game being HotD? I mean I know the name is a parody, but the visual doesn't look familiar to me.

There are several HotD games, and they usually look quite different in visuals. Tawawa of the Dead might just be intended to represent a generic parody of HotD in particular or zombie shooters in general.

There are several HotD games, and they usually look quite different in visuals. Tawawa of the Dead might just be intended to represent a generic parody of HotD in particular or zombie shooters in general.
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Can concur-ish. The last time I played HotD (2, it's the only HotD I have personally played that involved urban shooting) was over six or seven years ago at least, and I don't remember seeing it was night. I can say it's not specifically after HotD1 (that one's inside a mansion, plus you don't see the sun set) or HotD3 (you're inside a post-apo lab compound/building for much of the day, only leaving the building in the night after the final boss). I know a 4 existed, but it's been even longer since I last watched a playthrough off YouTube (legit arcades weren't a common thing in suburb Indonesia, I don't own any PS, I quite literally only know a PC port (regardless of sanction) exists as I type the original comment, and I can swear I played some more 2/3 after I lost track of those videos) I can't say anthing about it.

Madcat6204 said:

Looks to me like Ai-chan just panicked the instant the game started and shot everything on screen until it ended. One of those "terror unlocks her true potential" sort of things.

And I just spent 20 minutes tracking down a version of VII + α, to try to find it too...

Well, I presume you found it eventually, but just so anyone else who wants to see the bit can:

https://mangadex.org/chapter/756402/1

I love this! 🐙

The Watatsuki's really don't deserve the hate they've gotten

We’ll, I guess you’re right... it wasn’t their fault for being threatened as “antagonists”... its was actually the writers who done it... (and perhaps Zun too...?)

L.A.L.A. said:

We’ll, I guess you’re right... it wasn’t their fault for being threatened as “antagonists”... its was actually the writers who done it... (and perhaps Zun too...?)

ZUN does all the writing though.

That aside I agree that people hate on them too much. I kinda heard about the Watatsuki before reading SSiB so I had a particular impression of them, but when I do sit down and read it I find that they're not as bad as most people make them to be. The whole complaints about Yorihime winning against Reimu and co. for example is a lot sillier in hindsight considering that's the whole point of a spellcard duel.

Bottom line is they're just a victim of short-tempered fanbase. As a character they're more or less fine. Although some might find their holier-than-thou attitude irritating.

Valentine322 said:

ZUN does all the writing though.

That aside I agree that people hate on them too much. I kinda heard about the Watatsuki before reading SSiB so I had a particular impression of them, but when I do sit down and read it I find that they're not as bad as most people make them to be. The whole complaints about Yorihime winning against Reimu and co. for example is a lot sillier in hindsight considering that's the whole point of a spellcard duel.

Bottom line is they're just a victim of short-tempered fanbase. As a character they're more or less fine. Although some might find their holier-than-thou attitude irritating.

Well, I guess you’re also right about that... specially about the danmaku battle, since I Yori didn’t have any idea what a “spellcard rule” is, and won without knowing it, right?