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Are you awake?

Who's there?

Is that Mamoru-kun's voice?

Sounds like you're fine.

Guess we won't need a doctor.

I had the weirdest dream.

I came back to the year 2023, and then a wrecking ball smashed into Radio Kaikan...

After that, I ran into Mamoru-kun as an old man.

And in a slightly different way from the manager...

Hey!

What are you mumbling about?

If you're fine, then get up.

Y-You're still old!

Quit your screaming.

O-Old... Old man...

Be quiet for a minute.

Computer, call Matsubara-san.

Right away.

Yes, Matsubara speaking.

Rokuta here.

Good evening, President.

I'm sorry, but please move the rest of my appointments and meetings

to tomorrow at the earliest.

Some urgent business came up.

Understood.

I'll be sending over your revised schedule shortly.

Thank you very much.

Take care now.

It's been twenty years. No, longer?

You haven't shown your face for a while now.

Why did you travel back in time again?

I-I didn't!

I didn't travel back in time!

This is the era I came from!

2023 is the year I was in originally!

But after making my way back from 1999,

the Akiba I know is nowhere to be found!

No concept cafés or people handing out flyers,

and not an otaku in sight!

There's nothing that I recognize!

I'm not sure I understand,

but otaku-related stuff disappeared from this town ages ago.

What?

Akiba's been a high-end residential area for the past several years.

Redevelopment plans have led to high-rise apartments

and office buildings being built left and right.

S-So you're telling me all of it is gone?

Akiba doesn't have any otaku, games, or bishojo left?!

Bishojo are still here, aren't they?

Huh?

Look, the building over there.

What?!

A tale of heroes that you create

A tale of heroes that you create.

All Heroic Spirits assemble!

America's number one hit game is finally being released in Japan!

Fate Gears of Order.

Let us join forces in battle, Master!

F-F-F-F-Fate?!

You're telling me that's Fate?!

Th-That can't be right!

Ph-Phew...

This one's the real deal...

Master!

Ascension Stage Switch Display Help

Welcome back!

Wait, no!

What?!

16bit Sensation: Another Layer

16bit Sensation: Another Layer

Well, it's been ten years.

"I'll Give It All I've Got!"

The electric town disappeared, and the radio tower took its place.

Right now, they're in the middle of building a stadium here.

What about shops aimed at otaku?

Where do you buy games and doujinshi?

All the shops that sell those are in Ikebukuro now.

If you want to find otaku, you'll need to go to Ikebukuro or Shibuya.

What about arcades?

Nope.

Maid cafés?

Nope.

Jangara?!

Inside the train station.

Kebabs!

Go to Ueno instead.

C-Canned oden?! Gachapon machines?!

We're almost there.

M-Mamoru-kun.

What about Alcohol Soft?

What happened to Alcohol Soft?!

Alcohol Soft is in the US now.

What?!

Wh-Why the US?

The game that we created, The Last Waltz, became a hit as I expected.

No, it was more than I imagined.

It got ported to consoles, and adapted into a TV anime and drama.

But that's not all.

American corporations happened to take notice,

and the game's development got moved there.

W-Wow!

Everyone except for me is in the US now making games.

And I don't mean just Alcohol Soft.

There's also Elf, Aquaplus, Type-Moon, Nitroplus...

The Chiyoda Ward Alliance, or Chiyoren, is now the LAA.

LAA?

The Los Angeles Alliance.

The big names are all in America now.

It's easier to raise big capital over there.

Nowadays, the bishojo of the world come from the US west coast.

Alicesoft is just about the only big player still left in Japan.

S-So are you saying this is what bishojo look like now?!

That's right.

Wh-Why did this happen?!

Wh-What happened to Japanese bishojo games, then?

Japanese bishojo...

I guess you'd say they're on the brink of extinction.

What?!

They can't compete with the overwhelming amount of bishojo from overseas.

Y-You can't call this bishojo!

People argued about the same thing about 15 years ago.

But that debate has been settled.

Times have changed.

These changes are news to me!

This must be a different world line!

What the hell is a world line?

A world line is, well, you know!

Like in Steins;Gate or YU-NO—

Wait... do those games not exist in this world?

I-I'm going back!

To the world I came from!

What do you mean by that?!

Hey!

Mamoru-kun, what do you do now?

You're as restless as ever, I see.

My job here is to supervise American bishojo content.

Even though you're not in the US?

I have a number of things left to do here.

Does that mean you don't make games anymore?

No, I don't.

I see...

Hey, Mamoru-kun.

The food from back then...

No, never mind.

See you around, old man Mamoru-kun!

Thanks a lot for your help!

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U-Um...

Is there any place left of the old Akihabara?

I'm sorry.

Please repeat your destination.

Well...

Um, please drive around Akihabara in a circle!

Understood.

Th-This can't be real.

There's no way this could be happening.

I mean, all I did was make a single game.

How could that lead to all of this?!

Um, taxi!

Is there anywhere around here that sells games?

Understood.

The world Konoha came from?

Where exactly did she come from?

Konoha's trip through time...

My trip through time...

That's right.

After I went back in time, I returned to the place where I was at that moment,

as though a part was being drawn to its original location.

It should be the same system for Konoha.

Which means...

Konoha should have been dragged back

to the original location where she began her time travel.

But if it worked like it does in the movies,

and we're talking parallel worlds or diverging timelines,

Konoha should have returned to the 2023 where history didn't change.

Original

Altered

Since that's her original location.

But that's not what happened.

Konoha ended up here, in this world that's foreign to her.

That doesn't make sense if these are parallel worlds.

In other words, what Konoha thinks of as her original location...

no longer exists.

Konoha has...

nowhere to go back to.

Well?

Isn't it amazing?

What?!

Huh? Is something wrong?

More importantly, what do you think?

A first edition of The Last Waltz!

And a sealed copy at that!

Ever laid your eyes on that before?

It's this shop's precious big treasure!

Is this game really that amazing?

Huh? Y-You don't know?

Why, it was really something else!

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The Last Waltz Available for purchase here

It sold like hotcakes, not only in Japan but in America as well!

This game founded a culture over there!

Man, I can't imagine what the world would be like without this game!

Over in the US, they call this game the "OC"!

"Original Cuu", that is!

Cuu!

Oh, "cuu," you see, stands for "cute"!

It's a little hard to explain.

The word "cute" in America got shortened into "cuu," they say.

Nowadays, everyone uses it like any other word!

Is it something like "moe"?

The Progress of Ever-Evolving Cuu Games!

The History of Cuu Games

This is a timeline of games from this world!

Top Star Makers

I've never heard of these...

There's not a single title here I recognize!

"The Last Waltz" considered... the origin and the peak... all Cuu games.

Huh!

So this is The Last Waltz!

So cute!

The old art style's good in its own way!

You can really tell this is where it all started!

Ahem.

Well?

Do you understand now,

just how amazing this game really is?

The video game that united the world!

Don't you think it's wonderful?

Today, Alcohol Soft is a global corporation!

No one would believe that they got their start right here in Akihabara!

Honestly, Alcohol Soft is the pride of Japan! Its pride and joy!

As you can see, cuu has become a downright phenomenon!

Cuu!

Cuu!

Cuu!

Cuu!

It really is this game's fault...

Excuse me, miss?

U-Um, hello?

Breaking News

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Breaking news.

Game development company Shooting Stars

has announced a merger agreement.

We at Shooting Stars have decided to enter a merger with Planet Games,

the world-renowned game company.

With this deal, we hope to create even more

captivating games that a greater number of players can enjoy.

Shooting Stars

Toya Yamada, CEO

This merger will result in a domestic company that ranks

as one of the world's biggest in terms of market capitalization.

Toya-chan?

Mamoru-kun said that everyone from Alcohol Soft is in the US now.

What about the Alcohol Soft building, then?

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Sotokanda, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo

Height:

Levels Above Ground 5

Material: Reinforced concrete

Floor area:

Oh no...

How long are you going to keep crying?

I mean... I mean...

This is all my fault, isn't it?

None of the games I know ended up coming out!

History changed because we put out that game!

Akihabara and bishojo are both gone now!

Hey, are you really still saying that?

Thanks to your game, Alcohol Soft didn't go under.

In fact, it's wildly successful.

Akihabara is developing greatly as well.

Isn't that a good thing?

Aren't you the one who told me back then?

That it's okay to change history?

I did!

But I didn't know it'd turn out this way!

I was so stupid!

It just means the game we made was that good.

That's not it!

I mean, the only reason I was able to make that game

was because of the amazing games that existed!

All I did was use those games as an example!

But thanks to me, all of those amazing games stopped existing!

There's something I want to show you.

This way.

Huh?

Wh-What is this place?!

Hey, M-Mamoru-kun!

You said earlier that it's your fault that history changed.

So how are you going to take responsibility for this?

What?!

Do you know why I stayed behind here in Akiba?

It's all for the PC-98.

I can't leave the PC-98 behind and go to America.

And yet!

No matter what I do, the PC-98 remains obsolete!

Campaigning on social media!

Mamo-9801 The PC-98 really is so nice. Obviously... great internals, but the PC-98's design... great, the sound is great, it smells great... great, the back ports... does its best to run programs... Such a wonderful computer, yet... In the shadows of human evolution, the PC-98... In my next life, I want to be a PC-98 and with my silicon... and turn Akihabara into Aki-98-bara...

Creating doujinshi!

I've tried everything, but the PC-98 won't make a comeback!

And all of it is your fault!

What?!

Because you created this world, the PC-98 has completely died out!

Huh?

Wait, no!

You murdered the PC-98!

I'm holding you responsible for it!

What?!

Th-That's totally unfair!

You don't know what to say to that, right?

Huh?

What I just said requires some preposterous logic.

But how do you know it wasn't your fault that the PC-98 went obsolete?

It could have been caused by your game, couldn't it?

Likewise, no one can say whether you caused Akihabara and bishojo to decline.

Listen up.

You're just conveniently picking out facts to feel guilty about.

That's not true!

I'm saying that you don't have to feel guilt over it.

Everyone in this era took part in deciding on this outcome.

What you're doing now is being just plain arrogant!

Look.

Meiko-san.

Meiko is now considered a living legend.

And it began with that game of yours.

Are you saying that was a mistake?

Were the efforts of everyone at Alcohol Soft a mistake?

Or are you saying that you still prefer your original world?

Is the world you came from better than this?

It's not good at all.

Akiba is obscene, noisy, and a crowded mess.

In the summer, it's packed with sweaty people.

It's totally chaotic, and not a great place at all.

But that's what I liked about it!

It was a place for people like me to have fun!

This squeaky clean Akiba isn't the Akiba I know!

But in my short time here, after wandering around Akiba, I can tell.

There are lots of people who enjoy Akiba as it is now.

And...

I don't want to erase all of the work that everyone at Alcohol Soft put in.

I want to go back to my world, but I can't get rid of this one, either.

What should I do?

I wasn't done talking.

We're about to get down to business.

Pay attention.

I can't guarantee that what I'm about to suggest will work out.

But if it does, you might be able to go back to your world.

What?!

You used to carry those games around with you, right?

The ones from that used video game store.

Do you still have them?

Huh?

Y-Yeah.

This is the only one that's left.

Comic Party.

A game from 1999.

Okay!

You're going to make another game.

Excuse me?

And not just any ordinary game.

A game that's fun enough to stand against The Last Waltz,

which we made back in '99.

You'll take that game and go back to 1999 one more time.

And immediately after The Last Waltz is released,

you'll release this game from a company other than Alcohol Soft,

so it can compete as a rival game.

By doing that, Alcohol Soft's success will still exist,

while preserving the course of video games in Akiba.

In other words,

we'll create the course of events that leads to the 2023 you know, here in this 2023.

We'll bring both histories into existence simultaneously!

What?!

I-Is that even possible?

I don't know.

Either way, it's impossible to perfectly bring about the same future, even with this.

However, we should be able to preserve bishojo culture in Akiba.

Now all that's needed is passion.

As long as the passion is there, bishojo games can continue to exist in Akiba.

You're the one who needs to create that passion.

Make a game that's capable of that much, one more time.

O-One more time...

There's only one of me!

You want to me to make a game all by myself this time?

I never said you had to do it alone.

I'll be there to help you out.

And that's not all.

You have these to help you, too!

Huh? Ah...

They can do anything that you ask of them!

These PC-98s, that is!

Well?

They're the most reliable partners you could ask for!

You're amazing, Mamoru-kun!

Huh?

You haven't changed a bit!

You may be an old man, but you haven't changed, even a little!

Of course not.

Listen.

The world hasn't changed as much as you think.

It just looks a little different on the surface.

And your job is to change it just a little again.

You can pull off that much, can't you?

Yeah.

Now it's a matter of motivation.

Do you still have some motivation left in you?

Yeah!

You're facing off against your past self.

Can you beat her?

Okay, Mamoru-kun.

I'll give it all I've got!

"Original Cuu"↵

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