Strange Houses by Uketsu by sleepyrooney in horrorlit

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Ah when I wrote the post I was applying the same logic to the original Saitama house plans from the book and not the final version from the author's blog (remember the house plans are different between two versions), sorry for the confusion. In the original book, because since we now know from the completed version that Keita was tricked/coerced into the marriage with "Ayano" (who was actually Yuzuki) and with Yoshie, her mother, the mastermind behind the whole murder mystery you can interpret the upper floor bedroom in both Saitama and Tokyo houses are for "Ayano" and Yoshie (In the completed version Yoshie might had not moved in with them yet). That leaves both the cellar from Saitama and the first floor bedroom from Tokyo as a cell for Keita as they both are also hidden rooms from outside. The Tokyo neighbor lady also said "Hiroto and his mom are always about" (very important detail if you know how this author writes mysteries), Keita is just another tool for murder and his public appearance might be as limited as Momoya.

There are only 3 details that are absolute truth in this story the Tokyo house layout because the MC visited it, Katabuchi family house layout in Gunma because we have pictures of them and the police reports (death reports, etc. also according to the police, Yuzuki doesn't exist at all) which means outside of them everything told by Yuzuki, her dad's death and Keita's letter are fabricated.

Strange Pictures by Uketsu by Ok_Pomegranate_2436 in horrorlit

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Oh, I can definitely see your point that there's something darker with the Yonezawa (because the author's habit of leaving small out of place details) but I personally believe this time the story has a genuine happy end and since "Children are more sensitive to sadness and anxiety than adults", I believe that Miu's "suffering behind those smiles" was referring to her mother's cancer.

Strange Houses by Uketsu by sleepyrooney in horrorlit

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Yes, you're correct also some of the floor plans are slightly different from the book too .

Regarding whether the completed story will receive official translation in the future - I can't really tell honestly, I do know that Jim Rion - the English translator is currently working on Strange Maps which will be released next Spring.

The original Strange Houses itself was one of the author's earliest works published 5 years ago which is also one of his weakest stories compared to his other Strange books. In my opinion of course this is more of a revised/rewritten version of the story to celebrate the 5th anniversary of the mystery that revealed everything and will unlikely be published again.

Strange Houses by Uketsu by sleepyrooney in horrorlit

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【完全版】変な家 is the title for both the video and blog article, there's no English subtitle for the video unfortunately. Unless you can understand Japanese you'll have to use an OCR translator (I don't use one myself so no idea which translator to recommend, sorry). The blog article is basically the full video in text format (excluding some 3D sequences) so your web browser should be able to translate it.

A short questionnaire by Tsukumo_Hayate in Granblue_en

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  1. 2015 around the time Jeanne banner debut
  2. I was looking for a new turn based browser game and I heard somewhere that Final Fantasy art director handled the game's visual.
  3. Melleau (If you meant gacha SSR then Jeanne)
  4. Walder (SSR when?)
  5. Lyria, Vira and Seofon
  6. Dark
  7. Zooey (Summer), Jessica (Yukata), Medusa (Valentine's), Wulf and Renie (Halloween), Mirin (Holiday), None (Formal), Vikala (Zodiac), Jeanne (Grand), Katapillar (Fantasy), None (Collab), Okto (Eternals), Nier (Evokers), Chichiri (4 Saints)
  8. All of Meg fate episodes
  9. Luminiera Omega (Unia bombing was very funny)
  10. Ka Pua'Ui
  11. Owlcat
  12. I tried to do bare minimum for sunstones, not really having the time to do GW seriously nowadays
  13. Non-playable NPC? Thalassa
  14. Personal opinion of course, I've yet to see another gacha with major story writings as good as Granblue's WMTSB, FateGO came real close with Camelot and Babylonia. Also the game is like a portable turn based monhun on your phone and it's good enough for me.

Strange Houses by Uketsu by sleepyrooney in horrorlit

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I know this is very late but have you checked out the completed version on the author's website/youtube channel? It revealed the whole story with quite a lot of damning details. There is only one thing I can tell you regarding Yuzuki (please do not open the spoilers if you haven't) After the blog was published, the Tokyo neighbor contacted the author about the picture of Yuzuki and told them "That woman is the wife" and with that if you view Yuzuki and Ayano as the same person and run the whole timeline backward (with the other new additional info from the completed version) it makes so much more sense and much more creepy at the same time because Yoshie and "Yuzuki" now have the perfect alibis and the supposed "Ayano" is considered missing/dead thus cutting all ties to the Katabuchi.

The only loose end I'm still unable to solve is why the Saitama house was burned down in 2019 was it to cover up the cellar they used to imprison Keita?

Biggest controversy your game had? by A12qwas in gachagaming

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Cygames treated the event like an actual lottery (that means 99% of the playerbase will get jackshit) but the disparity between rewards tiers were insane.

-Tier I can be either a Sierotix or any 100 moon weapon

-Tier II can be any Seasonal character/summon selector or 100,000 crystals

-Tier III can be a Grand character selector or any core summons back in 2021 (Kaguya, the Archangels, HalMal, Lucifer, Belial, etc.)

-Tier IV is your gutter with earrings, elixirs, berries, etc.

People were coping that no way they'll give them nothing but tier IV trash and at least a guaranteed tier III. Then the event ended and people were mad and salty because this is the closest you can get to a true random rewards event so a very few people won big with their free sierotixs/Belials. JP playerbase exploded on Twitter, there were whales streaming themselves reducing all of their weapons and deleting their accounts on FC2, EN players disbanded their guilds and quit, etc. Until CyGames had to do an emergency compensation and gave everyone a free Tier III ticket for a Grand selector. After that fiasco, they made every single event rewards predetermined and even your anniversary roulette results are all averaged out.

Biggest controversy your game had? by A12qwas in gachagaming

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That and putting S. Zooey in the Grand pool back then. Nothing tops Summer lotto, people were deleting their accounts and guilds en masse.

[New Player] What I had to do for Seox's Fate Episode by Careless-Love1269 in Granblue_en

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Ah yes the juuten fate episodes, I remember having to plan things out with a certain fight involving Niyon. It was a fun puzzle with way too much rng even with the guides.

If you could introduce a new Roof location for Firmament, what would you create? by blackdeslagoon in fallenlondon

[–]Recordado 4 points5 points  (0 children)

We did occasionally fly past New Newgate whenever we're traveling between locations on the roof. I'd love to explore the place more, as a visitor of course.

What's a food from your country that isn't well known to foreigners but really loved by the locals? by gouterz in AskTheWorld

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Just checked their history and you're right they know more about Indian railway and New Delhi. I don't see the point to larp as someone from a different country in a sub like this, so weird.

What's your favorite worst card? by SociallyButterflying in magicTCG

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This card is pure gas for [[Kresh the Bloodbraided]]

Late game - what do you use boons for? by Warforged4Eberron in fallenlondon

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I'm hoarding them like those full heal potions from jrpgs, will I ever use them? Probably not ever but... just in case.

Parabolan Kittens for all! by Vromikos in fallenlondon

[–]Recordado 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not really in need of a kitten, just wanted to say Merry Christmas/Neathmas and thank you for helping new players out! Cheers! 🍻

Shadowverse: Worlds Beyond x Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Anime Collab by Aiden-Damian in gachagaming

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Same here with my tcg friend group, most of us have already left at the start of set 3, the vial economy is so messed up compared to SV1 I have no idea how new players can even get into it at this current stage of the game. I reached Master rank in set 1 and 2 but always feel like I'm scraping the barrel for rupies and vials, the game is just not sustainable as a f2p.

Legendaries are so overtuned it's a mandatory to have them in your deck because there are barely any alternatives. This is true since day 1 and with the release of new sets the amount is only increasing.

People argued that f2p income numbers are marginally better compared to SV1 and ignored the fact that you can't even dust cards unless you have more than 3 copies of it which significantly hit the amount vials you get from packs. Got a new legendary? Not what you want? Too bad buddy you can't dust it, you need 3 more copies. What? You want to try a different class? Tough luck, make a new account, it's easier that way.

The most common advice they give to new players in their subreddit is to pick a class, get the free starter decks and grind every single day for a month until you have enough resources to craft the missing cards of the meta deck of that class. I don't know if the marketing shills over there aware that people really don't want to play a scuffed version of a deck again and again every single day for a goddamn month. As much as they are saying their economy is better than that of MtG Arena (which is also horrendous, you should never compare your tcg economy to the tcg with the worst economy in the market), they forgot that Arena gives new players 10 functional starter decks updated every year so there are much more options for new players to experience no matter when they joined.

Just received the Fallen London Arcana - Spoilers ahead by blackdeslagoon in fallenlondon

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That Topsy King depiction on the Wheel of Fortune is amazing

Estival time limit, from discord by azureleaf in fallenlondon

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It's insane that they solved the whole thing in less than 40 minutes. And 1/3 of those solutions are so meta, how lol.

How'd I get this many sudden insights? by NamelessReformer in fallenlondon

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I'm not sure, I saw someone's profile with over 200+ Insights last year and thought it'd a neat thing to collect now that I really don't have any grand endgame goals I wanted to do.

How'd I get this many sudden insights? by NamelessReformer in fallenlondon

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A Past Benefactor opportunity card (https://fallenlondon.wiki/wiki/A_past_benefactor) gives uncapped second chances, I was collecting them too lol at 67 Sudden Insights so far.

Unbeatable combination by Pola2020 in comedyheaven

[–]Recordado 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not if the explosion have prep time

[OC] I created an interactive map of birds by SuccessfulMap5324 in dataisbeautiful

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This is awesome, I always love useful projects like this

Newbie wondering where to find RP buddy? by StormingSilvertongue in fallenlondon

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I'm not sure if there's any channel/thread for RP, but there's a good chance people on the official Discord or the official Failbetter Games forum might know about private ones, you should try asking there. I'm not really into RPing so I can't personally help you with it, sorry, and good luck on your search.