This is the IC card. I like that even the backing has a design on it.
I’ll be throwing in an extra postcard-sized calendar too.
As for the extra xeroxed-book about history, it’ll contain scenes like this about England and that about Spain, as well as odd history tidbits and pointless info about the characters. Those are the kind of contents you can expect.
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The horror novel that I did illustrations for, “Schoolhouse Horror Story, Wednesday,” will be on sale soon, so I thought I’d take the opportunity to talk about the game “Schoolhouse Horror Story”!
【Schoolhouse Horror Story】
It’s an unusual sort of horror visual novel style game in which you listen to the scary stories told by 6 individual narrators as part of the planning process for your high school’s newspaper; then something happens in the seventh one. It will include everything from grotesque horror stories to comedic scenarios.
The game it’s based on was originally released for the SNES. They’re now offering a paid download version for smartphones.
【Cast of Characters】
I drew the characters involved with VN GakuKowa. This is all of them. Click the picture to see a larger version.
Shindou Makoto
An older-brotherly third year whose way of speaking makes him sound a bit like a hoodlum.
・He looks dependable, but had a very chilly personality in the first version of GakuKowa.
・A good big brother in the PlayStation version.
・He’ll talk about how he likes sports, but then he’ll tell stories that put off everybody from playing them just so he can smirk at their reactions.
・Personally, I’m kind of on the fence about the SNES version of his character.
・Compared to ↑, VN version Shindou is more of a reliable, sporty boy.
Arai Shouji
A moody boy who doesn’t let others get too close. His scary stories sow trauma in the player’s heart
・In spite of the way he looks, he has friends in each location and possesses pretty impressive communication skills.
・He’s also a member of the soccer club.
Kazama Nozomu
A tall, nice guy who tells deathly boring stories (seriously, they’ll kill you). No one knows his true identity.
・He bums change off the main character, kidnaps people, tries to get married, tries to fit in, and the second he knows you’re not his friend, he attacks. He’s actually a pretty dangerous guy.
Hosoda Tomoharu
A large-boned character who tells only bathroom stories. He obsessively tries to make friends.
・Cute
・Super cute
Iwashita Akemi
A black-haired beauty who tells stories about sordid relationships.
・The scary thing about her is that she uses the main character to screw with the player’s head. Even when you’re using game functions that should be safe…
・Basically, if this character doesn’t like you, terrible things will happen to you. But terrible things happen even if she likes you, so…
Fukuzawa Reiko
A girl who’s really in touch with trends and tells grotesque horror stories in a cheerful manner. According to the main character, she’s “a bit of a snob.”
Sakagami Shuichi
Bad things keep happening to this 156 cm (5’1) tall character thanks to the person above.
Hino Sempai
An upperclassman member of the newspaper club who always brings weird snacks. In most of the routes, he’s a wonderful character who’s good at taking care of others. The glasses he wears in the first graphic of the game are kinda huge.
It seems that he’s single in the VN era of the game.
…Wait a minute; all this stuff doesn’t explain anything, does it?
Translation: hikari-kaitou, lost_hitsu
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The week of Halloween ends today, but I want to draw related pictures and such.
At any rate, trick or treat!
Translation: y4nderenka
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I’m going to explain in advance the comic strip that will be released either next week or the week after!
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Researching Ancient Rome.
Germany’s research doesn’t stop at historical writings. He also studies ancient maps, artifacts, scribbles and surviving epitaphs in other countries for a more comprehensive research, and because of that he was able to debunk established theories and make new discoveries. These findings are in the news constantly in Germany, which goes to show just how infatuated he is with Rome.
I too was able to find out at what age I should draw the Roman emperors thanks to him.
Romania too is very well-versed in the later Roman Emperors!
Socially-awkward boys.
Translation: don_amoeba
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Kugelschreiber!
Since “Countryside High School” somehow took form,
after inspection I’d like to move on to distribution.
Since this thing had cooperation and support from many,
I’m kinda glad to do a produced master play.
Thank you.
About the validated version, which the introduction and biggish films went into earlier:
This evening, because the file size for the original version got bigger and the staff had to inspect it,
we scheduled the distribution to tomorrow. Sorry!
Because the validated version finished shaping up for up to 50 mins,
we wondered if films are okay, and if those anxious should recommend downloading them instead.
It’s because the original version is big, right?…
It’s a remote countryside horror, which one person can play 1-2 stories + 7 extra stories quickly.
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E-senpai – 3rd year student
The eldest son of a family of farmers who likes history and is easy to get along with. He’s huge.
Local history and stories of historic sites are important to him.
Unsuccessful no glasses version
Translation: spaghettifelice
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Oh my! I didn’t update very much in the last few days so now I want to upload the manga story as quickly as possible. I’ll start with the strip where I was in the middle of typesetting. Sorry for all the waiting.
Also I got requests asking for “wakame”, do you mean wakame as in the seaweed?!
[T/N: “wakame” can also mean “youngish” or “young looking”.]
☆Introducing some pretty places:
This is somehow cool.
Retro street found in the Kanmon Strait museum
The whole of Moji city is so beautiful, all the way from Moji train station.
[TN: Kanmon Strait is between the Honshu and Kyushu islands, Moji is a city in Fukuoka close to the strait.]
P.S.
I received an email with news that some Italian politician said “Try harder, Germany!”. I laughed.
Translation: lost_hitsu
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He won’t be appearing like this in the story, but here’s America!
Good morning! I think I’ll start updating today from around 11. I’ll be adding Oceania and Southern Europe as I wrap things up.
Translation: hikari-kaitou
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