Hatoful Boyfriend - A dating game about pigeons.

[Tiber]

I've already went through his whole path and got to the conclusion that yes, they are soulmates. And Oko San is the best bird you will ever meet. Ever.

....I keep thinking he's the handsomest.

I mean, for a bird.

ARRGHH I JUST TYPED THAT.

[weaseloffigs]

I've seen Princess Mononoke, but I didn't recall the names.

Mostly the "OH GREAT FOREST SPIRIT! WE GIVE YOU BACK YOUR HEAD!"

....

Which always fills me with the urge to yell "AND YOUR KEYS! YOU LEFT THEM AT THE BAR!"

Not one of the great translated lines of all time.

Most of what stands out about that film to me is the heads doing things. Like wolf heads eating people. And arrows decapitating or delimbing things. And gods going crazy because they have no head.

Pfft! Yeah, that used to stick out worse than the donkey pee soup line for sure (didn't Neil Gaiman write the dub script? He probably meant it to reek of camp). But then the entire finale does with, like you say, the heads and all.


I wonder, was this reference written before or after they decided Shuu would have your head? It's a throwaway line but I'm willing to giggle for a moment.

I called it. Oko's story is ALL REFERENCES. Now, I may not GET them all, but THEY'RE ALL THERE. I bet even eating beans off the floor is a reference to SOMETHING.

The only thing that comes to mind is the Japanese thing for throwing beans around to ward off demons. But the demons are meant to count them, get distracted and leave not have a fully catered party?

[Tiber]

Gaiman did. And I understand he's on the record as going "I know, I know, that line sucked, I'm sorry."

[Angie Gallant]

NO, YOU FOOLS! DON'T EAT ANYTHING HE GIVES YOU, EVEN IF HE SAYS IT CONTAINS DELICIOUS STEROIDS!



On one hand, Oko's instincts are good in that he won't eat what the doctor has brought. On the other hand, dude, you're in danger.



It is horribly appropriate that this is the 400th image in this thread.



I REGRET EVER PRAISING YOU, YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD

[Strange Quark]

The only thing that comes to mind is the Japanese thing for throwing beans around to ward off demons. But the demons are meant to count them, get distracted and leave not have a fully catered party?

Doesn't the West have that same thing for Vampires? If you through stuff at them, they're supposed to have to stop and count all of it, or something?

[Strange Quark]

NO, YOU FOOLS! DON'T EAT ANYTHING HE GIVES YOU, EVEN IF HE SAYS IT CONTAINS DELICIOUS STEROIDS!



On one hand, Oko's instincts are good in that he won't eat what the doctor has brought. On the other hand, dude, you're in danger.



It is horribly appropriate that this is the 400th image in this thread.



I REGRET EVER PRAISING YOU, YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD

Four Hundred screencaps of pigeon-dating antics. Wow. Also, lol but steroids are GOOD for you. HGH! Or... uhm... PGH (Pigeon Growth Hormone)?

[Angie Gallant]

So the game gives me a choice of either drinking it myself or forcing Oko to drink it.



THROW CAUTION TO THE WIND, CLOACA-CHAN!



Holy shit, to get that kind of reaction out of Fat Bird I have either done something very, very terrible, or very, very good.



You're still an asshole, Oko.



Whew. Well, at least she didn't die. But just watch, Mahoney will get addicted to whatever that was and Fat Bird will make her murder all the other pigeons to get another swig.

[Sjofn]

I REGRET EVER PRAISING YOU, YOU BACKSTABBING BASTARD

I totally did not expect that bird to be the one to go all Judas on your ass.

[Strange Quark]

Wait, so the PigeonSteroids made your... WISDOM increase? Somehow this doesn't really make sense to me.

[Tiber]

Maybe Fat Bird was trying to fix Oko's intelligence as part of his duties in the Hawk Party?...

...I just tried to explain the game.

[Angie Gallant]

Oko-san asks me where to find pudding. I tell him to go to the grocery store and he races off, but when he comes back...



This is the abusive bird boyfriend route.



I am so tempted to go back a save and force him to drink Fat Bird's evil concoction now.



Some birds are just ungrateful assholes, Cloaca-chan. We'll get a couple of pints of Ben and Jerry's and watch a couple of movies and you'll have forgotten that jerk before you know it.

[gamewave]

Wait, so the PigeonSteroids made your... WISDOM increase? Somehow this doesn't really make sense to me.

I bet it's meant to do that and Fat Bird specifically meant to give it to the mildly retarded pigeon.

EDIT derp beaten

[George Foreman]

Wait, so the PigeonSteroids made your... WISDOM increase? Somehow this doesn't really make sense to me.

"The Man" (A.K.A. Fat Bird A.K.A. Shuu) was trying to get Oko to conform and become all book smart like the other birds, but Oko wasn't having that, he ain't no "human".

Edit: Okosan was my favorite character until he went all Saeki on poor Mahoney.

[Angie Gallant]

Mahoney finds Oko in the track club room with a bag of beans and canteen and asks if he is going on a hike.



I would say that's brutal, but really, he totally deserves it at this point.



The what now?



Oh honey, I am pretty sure you've got your mythology all wrong.

[browneyedrecluse]

FFFFFFFFFF Now I'm having anxiety about this ending! If it ends, then it will have ended, and WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY WEEKNIGHTS THEN? ;_;

[Staff Sergeant]

Ghost bird's human profile is looking pretty feminine, even for the genre.



International spy for the Dove Party, folks. Take it in.



FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

I bet that's the exact look he would have had on his face when describing my gruesome fate if he was human. Fucking fat bird.



And finally, our target for tonight. He's so bird that the best the visualization engine can to is to put a school uniform on him. He is ultrabirdy.

Is there a single person in all of Japan that has hair that isn't at least 9 inches long? It's like they can't even conceive of a short haired person.

[Angie Gallant]

Yeah, sure, why not go chase after magical pudding? I've had worse motivations for starting an adventure in rpgs.



And despite just having recently beaten her and said he hates her, Oko accepts her.



and they were never seen again.



That's it? The end of Oko-san's route? Well, shit, I'm going back and seeing what happens if I make Oko drink Fat Bird's concoction.

[Strange Quark]

FFFFFFFFFF Now I'm having anxiety about this ending! If it ends, then it will have ended, and WHAT WILL I DO WITH MY WEEKNIGHTS THEN? ;_;

I feel you, man (or possibly woman). But, at least we have something to look forward to. She said she was going to play the FULL game when the English version comes out, so we get to see Fat Bird's good ending (if there is such a thing)

[Angie Gallant]

Not gonna lie, I am totally a-ok with this.



That fucking laugh. Suddenly I am not ok with this at all.



... did I just kill Oko?



Apparently not! Nothing changes, so I guess the doctor's evil concoction wasn't too evil this time, and Oko-san's affection for me was high enough to take the hit for siding with Fat Bird instead of him.

And really, could there be a more perfect way for the playthroughs to end than that final screenshot? I think not. Hohohohoho.

[Sjofn]

Oh, Fat Bird. You were an early Christmas present.

[browneyedrecluse]

And thus concludes a tale of intrigue, mystery, romance, and pigeons. (At least until the full version comes out!)

So. Awesome. I miss it already! <3 Thank you for an epic playthrough. Your commentary just added to it and made it that much more awesome.

[Strange Quark]

Wait, what happens if you DON'T go hunting the custard together? Does he stay behind with you? Or is it just a BAD ENDING?

[Jason McCullough]

So Oko is clinically insane? Really cute bird though.

[Angie Gallant]

Wait, what happens if you DON'T go hunting the custard together? Does he stay behind with you? Or is it just a BAD ENDING?

You fail to sufficiently bond with birds and the Hawk Party calls in the ninjas to wipe out humanity. BAD END.

[Bidinha]

And really, could there be a more perfect way for the playthroughs to end than that final screenshot? I think not. Hohohohoho.

Srsly Angie, this whole pigeon thing is not doing you any good. Specially the Fat Bird, it changed your.

[Strange Quark]

You fail to sufficiently bond with birds and the Hawk Party calls in the ninjas to wipe out humanity. BAD END.

NINJA BIRDS. Why can't you get into a relationship with one of THEM? Now there would be a fun addon for the full version.

[Angie Gallant]

Well, the doctor is a ninja. Maybe.

And there will be a sequel.

[Thrawn]

Fat bird is so sinisterly fluffy and his pruned feathers look so soft as they caress your decapitated head. But I still shudder at his mere fluffy presence.

That final screen is like a cliffhanger for the arc finale, with the climatic showdown between Mahoney and Fat Bird for Oko-san's body.

I haven't felt this much anticipation since your second thread about boy dating games!

If he isn't a ninja, how else did he sneak in on Mahoney and lock the door while she was looking at the blood-stained bed?

[Ijimete Mitai]

Like a lot of people I joined to comment here. I got linked to this thread the day you posted it and have been following it way to religiously to be healthy.

I just wanted to say I would let the doctor's human incarnation cut me into tiny pieces any day.

[Strange Quark]

Well, the doctor is a ninja. Maybe.

And there will be a sequel.

Well, when you say "sequel" you actually mean the full version, right?
If there WERE to be a sequel, it should take our ideas into account. PENGUINS ARE BIRDS TOO. And ostriches. And that RIDICULOUS looking Secretary Bird. AND NINJA BIRDS. These things all need to be in that game. We should all write emails or whatever to this guy. That would be... THE BEST GAME.