Orlando de la Cruz (orlando@RADIX.NET)
Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:27:21 -0500
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.7 [en] (Win95; I) Message-ID: <384DA5E9.EA64E391@radix.net> Date: Tue, 7 Dec 1999 19:27:21 -0500 From: Orlando de la Cruz <orlando@RADIX.NET> Subject: Hanagumi Columns 1 story mode summariesHere are some quick plot summaries for the story mode episodes. I'm pretty sure they're right, but if someone can correct a mistake feel free. Sakura: Sakura invites Oogami to a festival's fireworks display, and they spend the episode hiding from and fleeing from the others trying to make it to the festival. Ultimately, they don't make it, but are content to spend some time alone in the garden at night burning something that sparkles ( not sure what those things are ). Sumire: Yoneda calls a meeting to declare that for the next play Sumire and Oogami will have special roles together. The others aren't exactly keen on that, so it's decided that, to be fair, there will be a tournament on stage to determine the winner. It seems like each girl presents Sumire with a riddle, and Oogami ( who seems like is backstage ) can try to help. For each contest the girls quick change into a role they portayed on stage and each time Sumire is forced to match with a role of her own. After Sumire wins ( with Oogami's help ) it turns out that the role Sumire won was helping with the children attending the play. Amusing image of Sumire being pulled every which way by the kids. I think all of the puzzle parts in her episode are against someone. Maria: Maria joins Oogami for his mimawari ( night watch ) and they discover that just about everyone is violating the curfew. Together, they make sure everyone goes to bed, but are caught indulging in the very things that the others were suspicious of or wanted to do, that being seeing the Milky Way and spending time alone ( Sakura being especially suspicious of the latter ). Kanna: Kanna is looking for a book and can't seem to find it. Oogami offers to help. After several goose chases and near finds, they finally find the book she was so eager to find. It's a book about flowers, which it turns out Kanna seems to like very much. I think the book contains some pressed flowers, and Kanna gives one of a matching pair to Oogami. It ends with Kanna hoping someday Oogami will travel to Okinawa with her. Iris: Someone has eaten Iris' cake. Iris means to find the culprit and launches an investigation with Oogami's help. With reasoning skills on par with Detective Mihoshi, she narrows down the list of suspects. Eventually, they discover that Ayame gave the cake to a guest, but to make up for it she gives Iris three times as much cake as she originally had. Kohran: Kohran invites Oogami to spend some time in Asakibahara ( I think ). However, her steam bike is out of order, needing a part, and Oogami doesn't have enough for train fare, so they decide to hang around the playhouse for a time instead. They end up solving a lot of the problems the others encounter, including giving Kanna something she can autograph for a fan of hers ( line of the game here by Oogami and I quote "Fan service is extremely important." ), and saving Sumire from being boiled by a malfunctioning heater in the pool. Oogami stumbles across a part in the boiler room that will work as the part Kohran needs for her bike ( it falls on his head ). Ayame: I don't think much happened in this episode. Ayame and Oogami help out around the playhouse and Ayame is relieved at how helpful and supportive Oogami is to everyone. At the end she seems to have a bad premonition, and says that if something should happen to her, that everyone would be safe in his hands. Yuri, Kasumi, and Tsubaki: In Kohran's episode, if Oogami asks these three for a date they take him up on the offer. In order to fulfill this 'promise' Oogami has to avoid having to help other people. To do this, Oogami must beat his opponents in puzzle bouts. After finally making sure that he can go out with the three, it turns out that he's just a pack mule for their shopping trip ( you reap what you sow I guess ). Yoneda: Yoneda calls for a special meeting, at which he will put to use a new special device which he commissioned Kohran to make. This causes a huge reaction of fear into everyone and some flee. Yoneda and Oogami must round everyone up so the meeting can resume. It turns out that Yoneda's device is a steam karaoke machine, and he is an absolutely terrible singer. Funny credits picture sequence which shows the girls about to beat the crap out of Oogami for forcing them to sit through that. Orlando de la Cruz