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Roarkiller
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I am of the opinion that we love spirits a bit too much. Must be from drinking spirits at the bar. But glad to see we're all spirited for the game. I'll be watching Spirited Away now.
(At this point the word "spirit" is starting to sound incredibly weird to me.)
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Kazegami
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I know what you mean, Roar. If only there were a suitable synonym.
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I don't know how I feel about the doppelganger situation because I feel like the kind of comedy or whatever that would naturally result from that would be sort of 'comical mix-ups' and 'mistaken identity' stuff and I always find that kind of irritating and slapstick. Those kinds of misunderstandings in a plot just tend to frustrate me.
As I said previously though, I'd be happy as anything to strip out a lot of the darker stuff.
Also, I guess as you said Roar, you don't need to have everybody be doppelgangers. Those who particularly would like to play such a role could still go ahead and do so. I just wouldn't want to 
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I'm not sold on the doppleganger idea because it seems like a great deal of hard work. Playing one character before and remembering how they interweaved with evryone else was a job enough, but playing two who lookj the same would be intense. More work than I think warrants it, given the kinds of comical things the situation would produce, as NC says.
Also making comedy happen is hard, unless you're a genius of spontenaiety.
Any fresh ideas?
How about something based on a story and rural setting like Letter to Momo, only without the death of a family member. I am thinking in terms that some players play humans and some play mischievous but protective spirits/demons/oni.
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Originally posted by Saddletank Also making comedy happen is hard, unless you're a genius of spontenaiety.
Well actually I was thinking that everyone in the town had a doppelganger in the next town, also because of the differences it'd be quite easy to tell them apart. That said, I can see how it's tough to control and keep track of two characters at once. Still, I'm keeping this idea at the back of my mind. Sounds too outrageous to just forget, y'know? 
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I'm keeping the original idea in my mind because I think it would make a great RP. I'm a bit surprised that you didn't like it. I just didn't see anything dark in it at all.
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I'm keeping the original idea in my mind because I think it would make a great RP. I'm a bit surprised that you didn't like it. I just didn't see anything dark in it at all.
I still really like the original idea also.
I can, however, see that it definitely has darker elements. Having a major disaster happen in the town is surely, obviously, quite dark? Not that I personally think it is any bad thing to have some light and shade in a plot, and I would quite enjoy the disaster element, but I can certainly see Roar's viewpoint.
The whole Letter to Momo thing was sort of in the back of my mind when we were brainstorming previously. That kind of upbeat, slice-of-life esque vibe with some fantasy elements thrown in.
In terms of other ideas, I've recently been reading a shoujo manga where a female character in it acts as a 'helper' around town. She does odd errands for people in the community and gets to know different people in this way. The idea of a small helper or detective agency, in a seaside/rural community feels kind of nice. In the manga she's 'collecting memories' because every now and than she suffers a fresh bout of amnesia, so she has each person she helps write her a 'receipt' of her assistance on a piece of origami which she then folds.
I just thought that kind of thing was sweet and full of warm, fluffy opportunities but also a level of emotional turbulence.
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Oooh now that's a fun idea. The player-characters as a team of helpers (maybe with spirit guides) who are a 'fix-it' squad for all kinds of problems (personal, community, mundane, serious, light, dark, whatever) across a community feels really cool.
That plot allows all kinds of directions with different sub-plots, the funny, the awesome, the tragic, the comical...
Man, oh, man, we should set up a company that provides storyboards for anime companies -so many good ideas around here.
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How do others feel about the idea of a fix-it/helper squad?
As Saddles said, I feel like it would leave room for a lot of different side-plots and also a larger degree of character autonomy since different characters could be trying so solve/fix different issues at the same time without necessarily impacting on each other. It makes me think of the slice-of-life anime/manga (like Sket Dance) which have self-contained stories each chapter.
I mean there could still be an overarching plot, but it might make for more relaxed playing
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More relaxed playing is a good thing, as is SoL, since if people are busy their characters can drop out for a scene or two and pop back on stage later.
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Any more thoughts on this? It does look like we're not going to engage the interest of everyone with a single idea. This would mean just some forum members playing but some not wanting too. I don't really have a response for that situation.
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Roarkiller
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How did we start the original anyway? Does anyone remember?
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I don't know as I was'nt a member then, but seems to me that one person should be picked to give an opening scenario and story. Such as...
"Here I am, alone and homeless, with only 300 yen in my pocket and my name, Hamazaki Sanjiro ..."
This is just a quick sample, but something like that only fleshed out a bit more, but not too complicated. Just to get the ball rolling, so to speak.
Or something happening to someone (or just happening) in the past leading up to the present storyline...
We also need to be reminded or shown how, as the case may be, to hide our signatures when se are posting in the RPG, just like in the past RPG...
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I'm more in favour of a planned story than one that has no plan and grows organically.
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I like that. But rather than being confused, why not have them be already used to it?
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I like the Fix-it squad idea, as it seems that it would flow more naturally. I really want the whole mystery element to be more of a side plot than the central theme, as we already tried that with Isakaya, but the Fix-it squad sounds interesting.can someone do a post to update what we have so far?
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Well, since I haven't thrown any ideas yet, I better put out Something.
I think we should view the spirits more in a positive light this time around, because, once again, we tried something different with Isakaya. This game should really be an experiment to see what else we can do.
How about the central theme be the town itself and the various people in it, as I think this RP should be more about the characters than the story, because, once again, we focused more on the story at Isakaya.
I think that the town should currently be in disagreement over some project, like a construction site or something, and the spirit rises out of the sea to protect the town and bring peace to the issues. Of course, that shouldn't be the whole story, but I think it makes for an interesting premise.
(Inspiration from Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni)
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Come on, please. SOMEONE. SAY. SOMETHING. ANYONE. EVEN. SAVIOUR.
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