Line #8 VideoGame/Kuukiyomi


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4	''Kuukiyomi'' ('Reading the Situation') is a series of games developed by G-Mode. Each game is a collection of minigames that require the player to [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin read the situation]] and react accordingly. Basically, this is a differently-paced ''VideoGame/WarioWare'' game.
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6	The first few games were released [[NoExportForYou only in Japan]]:
7	* ''Kuukiyomi'', released for mobile phones in 2008, with ports to iOS and Android in 2011.
8	* ''Kuukiyomi DS'', released as Platform/DSiWare in 2009. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SA-urRfUw5c here]].
9	* ''Kuukiyomi 2'', released for mobile phones in 2010-2011, with ports to iOS and Android in 2012.
10	* ''Imadoki no Kuukiyomi Summer Version'', released in 2011 and featuring questions based on power saving.
11	* ''Yoshimoto no Kuukiyomi'' and ''Yoshimoto no Kuukiyomi 2'', released in 2013 and featuring questions based on entertainers from Yoshimoto Creative Agency. This includes some situations where the player protagonist "You" is involved in entertainment shows from Yoshimoto.
12	* ''Senkyo no Kuukiyomi'', a limited edition game which was released in 2013 and featuring election-related questions.
13	* ''Kuukiyomi 3'', also released as ''Joshi no Kuukiyomi'', focusing on female-related questions.
14	* ''Uranai Bakyu~n! Kuukiyomi Edition'', a DolledUpInstallment based on ''Uranai Bakyu~n'', which is made by the same developer. Watch the trailer [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HG2BYpI1IWI here]].
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16	The series then took a break for some years before returning on the Nintendo Switch. Most of these games were translated into English and published worldwide.
17	* ''KUUKIYOMI: Consider It!'' (''Minna de Kuukiyomi''), released for Switch in 2018 and ported to [=PlayStation 4=] in 2019 and Steam in 2020. This is largely based on the first game, but includes a two-player mode.
18	* ''KUUKIYOMI 2: Consider It More! - New Era'' (''Minna de Kuukiyomi 2 ~Reiwa~''), released for Switch in 2019 and ported to Steam in 2020 and [=PlayStation=] 4 in 2021. Largely based on the second game.
19	* ''KUUKIYOMI 3: Consider It More and More!! - Father to Son'' (''Minna de Kuukiyomi 3''), released for Switch and Steam in 2021. This game has a stronger narrative than the previous games, with most of the questions being focused around a [[DistaffCounterpart female protagonist]] as she grows up, finds work, gets a boyfriend and eventually gets married.
20	* ''KUUKIYOMI: Consider It! ONLINE'' (''Kuukiyomi Online''), released 2022. This game has the players rate each other on their actions in various minigames from the series.
21	* ''Minna de Kuukiyomi: [=CoroCoro=] Comic version'', released exclusively on Switch in Japan in 2023, featuring situations based on the manga properties published on Shogakukan's ''Magazine/CoroCoroComic'' magazine.
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24	!!This game provides examples of:
25	* AffectionateParody: ''3'' has the [[BlandNameProduct "Virtuber"]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QLo82oU2bdU Z-ko]] (Z.Z. in the English version), who greets her audience with [[WebAnimation/KizunaAi "Hai domo!"]]. The situation comes into play when technical difficulties reveal that Z.Z. is, in fact, a [[GuyInRealLife wrinkly middle-aged man]] (and yes, he's the player protagonist's boss too, as you can see his suit hanging on the background), a common speculation directed at the "cute anime girl" type of VirtualYoutuber.
26	* AllInARow: One situation in ''2'' requires the player to follow behind the rest of their party.
27	* AntiPoopSocking: The game lets you stop every 5 situations.
28	* ArtStyleClash: Lots of random characters with different sizes and artstyles appear in the same universe, such as: cartoonish and round-headed ones like "You", the player protagonist from the series[[note]]including the female version of "You" from the third game[[/note]], middle-aged men, [[IdolSinger B.B.]]'s dance teacher, who has FunnyAfro hair, and [[FacelessMasses "bald" bystanders]]; semi-animesque ones like "You"'s girlfriend C-Ko, IdolSinger B.B., and other female extras; fully animesque ones like a PlayboyBunny girl action figure and Z.Z. the Virtuber; oval-headed ones like the rock member trio, etc.; both regular animals and anthropomorphic animals; even a number of semi-realistic ones like cowboys, the [[https://imgur.com/a/pfZWXqa troubled woman from the third game]] or even a realistically scary {{Oni}} (But only his legs).
29	* BaitAndSwitch: A question in the first game asks the player to clap after the call "Yoooooo". A later question starts the same way [[spoiler:but ends with "When I say that, clap your hands"]]. Then in ''2'' [[spoiler:another question starts the same way but the player has to cheer instead]].
30	* {{Bowdlerise}}: Question 88 in ''3''. In the original Japanese, the situation involves the player blocking a Pachinko signage and turning it into "chinko"[[note]]Japanese slang for "penis"[[/note]] should they not move aside (on the other hand, blocking the letter "Chi" on the sign becomes "Panko", which means "breadcrumb" in Japanese). In the translated version, the background is changed to a door of an open shop. Also doubles as LostInTranslation.
31	* CarnivoreConfusion: One of the situations has 'you' go on a date with a cow. In deciding where to go on a date, one of the places 'you' can go is a ''butcher shop''.
32	* CensorBox:
33	** Seen whenever the pair of lions show up.
34	** Question 80 requires the player to move one over the witness's eyes.
35	** In ''[=CoroCoro=] Comic version'', the character Gordon (from the manga series ''A Penguin's Troubles'') is usually seen naked and have his private part covered by censor. Player who take control of Beckham (The manga's titular penguin) can take the censor off Gordon, only to reveal yet another censor underneath.
36	* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Most of the time, the thing that you are supposed to control is colored red. In the Co-Op mode, the 2nd player is colored blue.
37	* CreativeClosingCredits: Situation 99 is set up in a way that implies a romance drama, credits playing in the top screen. Those are actually the credits of the actual game you are playing. Situation 100 has you drag out one of the logos of the game per a final credit.
38	* {{Crossover}}: The Japan-exclusive ''Minna de Kuukiyomi: [=CoroCoro=] Comic version'' featuring various situations based on works published on [=CoroCoro=] Comic, such as ''Manga/MysteriousJoker'', ''Franchise/DuelMasters'' and ''Manga/DashYonkuro'' to name a few.
39	* DeliberatelyMonochrome: All the graphics are in black and white, [[SplashOfColor except for the red characters that you control.]]
40	* DullSurprise: Done deliberately. The player character is almost emotionless in some situations, probably because of [[SurrealHumor their unique nature]]. Especially the 14th situation in ''Kuukiyomi: Consider It!'', where one of the possible outcomes is the player character jumping with a flat expression when the ghost appears. There are some situations where the player character is able to express their emotions.
41	* DyingConfessionOfLove: Situation 99 of the first game.
42	* FracturedFairyTale:
43	** In the 40th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! -New Era-'', there's [[Literature/TheAdventuresOfPinocchio Pinocchio]]. You must lengthen or shorten his nose when he tells either BlatantLies, truth or vague lies (read:lies that [[AnachronismStew don't appear in his era]]).
44	** In the 60th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! -New Era-'', Literature/SnowWhite is cursed to sleep eternally after eating a poisoned apple. The player controls Snow White to either move her head side to side or to wake up while being kissed by a prince, [[spoiler:who happens to be a thin and {{gonk}}y nerd]].
45	** In the 85th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! -New Era-'', this situation is based on a Japanese short story ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spider%27s_Thread The Spider's Thread]]''. [[spoiler:Except Kandata (or Mr. Rogue in the global version) decides to stop climbing the spider thread and goes back to Hell to ask the rest of the damned souls to climb one by one first and not all at the same time. And then you control the Buddha to either to intentionally cut the spider thread or not]].
46	** In the 55th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!'', there are [[Literature/AesopsFables the Tortoise and the Hare]], who decide which one is the fastest [[spoiler:by having a ''VideoGame/MarioKart''-like race. The player character behind them has to decide to throw the shell either to front, into the sky or behind her.]]
47	** In the 91st situation of ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!'', the whole plot is based on the HonestAxe story, [[spoiler:except his axe is stuck on the goddess's head]].
48	* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan:
49	** In one situation of ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!! -- Father to Son'', you (a female character) and your boyfriend get lost in the middle of a snowy field and you have to slap your boyfriend many times (but not rapidly) to keep him awake.
50	** Parodied in another situation from the same installment, the same scenario you have to slap your boyfriend awake, [[spoiler:but with [[Music/{{Queen}} Freddie Mercury]] and a concert stage appearing while the song beat "We Will Rock You" plays.]]
51	* GratuitousEnglish: ...in the concert situations. This is downplayed in Situation 99 where the word 'And' is used in the credits.
52	* GuideDangIt:
53	** The game never explains anything about specific scenarios (apart from the messages for each scenario in the chapter mode). Some of the goals are far from obvious, and you only get a rating every five questions, making it difficult to determine whether you got any particular question "correct".[[labelnote:Tips]]The ratings for every five questions from the best to worst: "Considerably"（とんでもなく）, "Plainly"（あからさまに）, "Moderately" （ほどよく）, "Very Vaguely"（そこはかとなく）, "In Some Way Or Another" （なんとはなしに）, "Truly Mildly" （ほんとやんわりと）, and "..."[[/labelnote]]
54	** Due to its [[{{Crossover}} crossover]] nature, ''[=CoroCoro=] Comic version'' requires player to read manga that were serialized on the magazine in order to understand the scenarios included in it. Some scenarios also have hidden Coro Dragon (The mascot of the magazine) in it, but it is hard to notice unless you dig around the area and fiddle with the control.
55	* HonestAxe: Situation 91 in ''3'' is based on this [[spoiler:but your axe is embedded in the goddess's head]].
56	* InterspeciesRomance: One of the situations has 'you', a human, date a cow. Another has 'you' date a robot.
57	* InventionalWisdom: In the 69th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!'', the player character is in the toilet and there are three buttons available (from right to left): big flush, little flush and "?". The third one [[spoiler:creates a "hee..." sound when pushed]]. Seriously, that button is unnecessary.
58	* JapanesePoliteness: Practically Japanese Politeness: The Game. The basic concept is selecting what would be the most appropriate and polite behaviour that is fitting for the situation. You can either play the politeness straight, or act like a {{Jerkass}} for hilarity.
59	* LawyerFriendlyCameo: The Big Bro and his sister, who are nameless and live in poverty[[note]]However, the official Kuukiyomi Twitter account says that his sister is canonically named Setsuko[[/note]]. They look exactly like Seita and Setsuko from ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies''. These two are in some situations to judge the morality of your player character. The only difference is: they're alive and well in ''Kuukiyomi'', but not in the original movie.
60	* LionsAndTigersAndHumansOhMy: Being a GagSeries MinigameGame, it isn't surprising that it has both anthropomorphic and regular animals existing in this world.
61	** ''Kuukiyomi: Consider It'':
62	*** There's a situation where the player protagonist, who is a human, dates an anthropomorphic cow.
63	*** Another one is a situation where the player protagonist eats at the sushi bar while an anthropomorphic chicken is also in the same place. [[CarnivoreConfusion There's a type of sushi which the anthropomorphic chicken shouldn't eat.]]
64	*** In the Co-Op mode. There's a school specially for anthopomorphic animals.
65	** ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! -New Era-'': There's a situation where a human woman dates an anthropomorphic reindeer. However, there are also some situations involving regular animals with their human masters.
66	** ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!! -Father to Son'':
67	*** In the 55th situation, there's an anthropomorphic hare and a talking regular tortoise from ''Literature/TheTortoiseAndTheHare''.
68	*** In the 95th situation, the player controls the human baby to look at the player protagonist and her spouse while the baby is on the baby bed in the hospital. And there are anthropomorphic baby animals between the baby, who are sleeping on their beds.
69	** ''Minna de Kuukiyomi: [=CoroCoro=] Comic version'': Since the game features manga works published on ''[=Monthly CoroCoro Comic=]'' and ''[=Weekly CoroCoro Comic=]'', it features some anthropomorphic characters from some of those manga works, namely Beckham Kinoshita from ''A Penguin's Troubles'' and Worcester from ''Croket!''.
70	* MortonsFork: In the 19th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!'', the player opens and closes the slide window while the player character and other students are studying at the school and sweat due to broken air conditioners. The problem is: opening the window completely will let the cool air enter the classroom so the students can feel it, but at the same time they'll be disturbed and the teacher's explanation will be overshadowed by a loud announcement by a waste collection truck outside. Close the window, the students can focus on the teacher's explanation, but they'll suffer from the high temperature. [[spoiler:The answer? Just open the window when there's no outside sound, but partially close it when the announcement speech bubble from the waste collection truck appears, and make sure the speech bubble size from the waste collection truck is smaller than the teacher's speech bubble.]]
71	* NeverTrustATrailer: This trope is averted if you know Japanese but played straight if you do not. The situations played in the trailer have 'you' talk with someone else on an elevator while blocking someone's way, 'you' sitting down while others are standing up and clapping, and 'you' taking too much room in the bus while a couple looks on (though 'you' eventually move out of the way, letting the couple sit). If you do not know Japanese, you may think that this game is supposed to teach you manners. In reality, the game is supposed to teach you how to react according to the situation. Some of the situations are about etiquette, but a number of them are unrealistic -- such as figuring out the correct response to some LittleGreenMen's ConfusingMultipleNegatives, or taking all the tamago sushi on a conveyor belt so a rooster man sitting downstream from you doesn't see the egg-based food.
72	* PairTheSpares: One situation has 'your' companions talk with some of the girls except one. 'You' are supposed to talk with the remaining girl.
73	* PornStash: Played with in the 81st situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More! -New Era-''. The player controls the bassist from the punk rock band, who also takes a new part time job in the moving company. The situation takes place when there's a female worker behind him and he has to pick up either a big box of books or a small box of father's [=DVD=]s (which is implied to be this).
74	* RibbonCuttingCeremony:
75	** In the 45th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More!'', the player character is one of the people who are involved in a ribbon-cutting ceremony. You must cut the ribbon when the announcer says "Begin". [[spoiler:However, you have to make sure the announcer is actually saying "Begin". Because sometimes the announcer says [[RougeAnglesOfSatin "Being", "Boring" or "Benign"]] to trick the player.]]
76	** In the 48th situation of ''Kuukiyomi 2: Consider It More!'', the player character has to drop the confetti ball when ''all'' people who are involved in the ribbon-cutting ceremony have cut the ribbon.
77	* {{Slapstick}}: Some of the worst possible actions involve bumping into others. Collide enough times and you and/or others would be bumped off the screen!
78	* SoundtrackDissonance: At least in the original cellphone and smartphone versions, the Literature/SnowWhite situation from ''Kuukiyomi 2'' has [[https://imgur.com/a/VPaUidl an ominous rap music]] plays during story narrations/cutscene, until the current situation where you controls Snow White to move her head side to side or wake up, while being kissed by the prince.
79	* StealthPrequel: [[spoiler:''Kuukiyomi 3: Consider It More and More!!'', which seems to be unrelated to previous games, turns out to take place before ''Kuukiyomi: Consider It''. [[BookEnds In the 100th situation]], the player controls the son of the player character (who has become a mother) so unknown train passengers, who happen to be a father and a daughter, can sit down together. Their son and daughter are heavily implied to be younger versions of the player protagonist and his girlfriend C-Ko (or C.C. in the global version), respectively, from the first two games.]]
80	* ThisLoserIsYou: The character you control that cannot see the situation is even ''called'' 'omae', a very informal, borderline rude form of 'you'!
81	* ToastOfTardiness: In question 6 of ''3'' the player is running late for school with toast in her mouth, and two boys are passing through the intersection.[[spoiler: You'll achieve a Hidden List achievement "Forgotten Things" if you make the player protagonist go back to her home.]]
82	* TooLongDidntDub: For some reason the game leaves the term "[[BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine boke]]" untranslated when in Inconsiderate Mode.
83	* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler:"You"/player character's girlfriend C-Ko (or C.C. in the global version)]] is heavily implied to be dead, as the {{flatline}} sound appears after the screen fades into white in the 99th situation of the first game (where "You" visits [[spoiler:C-Ko]] when she suffers a fatal illness in the hospital). However, in the second game, [[spoiler:C-Ko]] is alive and well, implying that she survived the illness despite the flatline. This is most likely because ''Kuukiyomi'' is a lighthearted [[GagSeries comedy with a plot]] MinigameGame.
84	* UnresolvedSexualTension: 'You' risk this if you fail a few situations.
85	* VirtualYouTuber: ''3'' features a WebAnimation/KizunaAI {{Expy}} named Z-ko (Z.Z. overseas) in a few situations.
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87	->'''Progress Update'''
88	->The previous 5 questions
89	->[[GameplayGrading Considerably... Considerate]]

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