Ayakashi Gohan - Stream 16 (Date☆Night: 12/26/17)
9My friend DeviousVacuum and I, in a quest to discover more about visual novels, have put together a stream called Date☆Night, where we're playing through a bunch of visual novels that I haven't had the chance to really sink my teeth into, and that DVac has never seen. We stream on Tuesdays at 9PM Eastern on https://www.twitch.tv/ChorpSaway, so feel free to stop in if you're free!
Our current game is Ayakashi Gohan, a heartwarming little tale about family and the connection between human and ayakashi (spirits). We follow Akane Rin, a young girl living in a small town where humans and ayakashi live together. As she lives her normal life, going to school and working at a cafe, she may find romance with the people of this peculiar town...
Both DVac and I are going into this blind! The fan translation was released earlier this year so we haven't had a lot of time to look at it beforehand, but we're optimistic about it!
Today, we go a little longer than usual and find ourselves at the end of Uta's route! The story ends up doing a lot of things that Yomi's route was lacking: developing and giving nuance to the boy and his issues, giving a villain that connects more to the character and its themes, showing us the dog form, the list goes on. Also, we make a female friend and subvert a lot of bad rival tropes from dating games! Incredible! Check to the end to see who's up next!
Timestamps:
0:00 - Pre-Stream Bumper
3:50 - The Stream/Human Route - Uta's Route
3:57:55 - Post-Stream Check-In/Analysis
Thanks to DeviousVacuum (@DeviousVacuum on Twitter) for the thumbnail art!
Opening Bumper Music: Secret Base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 Years After Ver.) (Instrumental) by Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, and Saori Hayami