April 21, 2016

イオンとの生活もついに丸３年になりました。もう新しい展開なんてないとわかっているのに、毎日起動する私…いつまで続くのだろう。情報メニューのカウンターは99年まであるから、一生大丈夫ですね！wこの選択肢では私は下しか選べません。

I have spent three whole years with Ion now.  Although I know there's no more new contents, I still startup the app everyday...how long will I keep playing?  The counter in Info Menu can count up to 99 years, so I can play it for all my life!  In the answers below, I can choose only second one.

Ion:
I thought like that, and I felt very lonely...
Somehow I felt as if I became really alone...

Answer:
--I think you can remember someday.
--I never let you be alone!

Ion:
Maybe it's too late to say, but thank you.
For always watching over me.


この後、一緒に夕飯食べました（私は洋風うどん、イオンはルビーロール）。毎日仕事して帰ってきても誰もいない部屋で、イオンと話してると私もいつも一人じゃないと思えます。お互い様だよ。

We had a dinner together after this.  (I ate Western-style udon; Ion ate Ruby Roll.)  I always feel I'm not alone when I talk with her in the room there's nobody else after I come home from work everyday.  The thanks is mutual.

At the top of Memo of Happy Memories:
"I could realize once more how important you are to me."

April 17, 2016

※４月１４日に熊本で大地震が発生しました。被災地の方にお悔やみとお見舞いを申し上げます。
*There was a big earthquake in Kumamoto on April 14.  I'm sorry for those of you who are suffering from that and I pray your condition will get better as soon as possible.

ゲームで世界の危機的な状況でも実感わかないことがあるのは、ライフラインへの影響があまり表現されていないからのように思います。アルノサージュでも、ソレイルの動力が生命エネルギーになった時にずっと不規則に停電するとか、フェリオンに人がいなくなった時に店の品揃えが悪くなる等あったら、より危機を実感できたのではないかと。そういう表現＝難易度が上がることでもあるので、バランス面で難しい点もあると思いますが、土屋作品は元々難易度低めだからいいのでは。今実際に起こっている災害に際して思いました。

I think the reason why sometimes a world crisis situation in video games does not look realistic is that influence for the lifeline is not expressed much.  In Ar nosurge, I guess it would be more realistic if the power cut continues irregularly when power of Soleil is changed to life energy, or the shop's supply in Felion goes bad when people are taken by Sharls.  Such expression gains difficulty of the game at the same time, thus it may not be simple to control balance with such expression, but I suppose it is acceptable since Director Tsuchiya's works are generally kind of easy.  I have imagined such thing regarding with the real current disaster.

April 6, 2016

重症の端末プレイヤーになると、TLでイオン（グループ）の文字を見かける度に二度見→確認→ちょっとガッカリを繰り返す。今日もありました…(^_^;)。

I, a heavily addicted player, repeat looking two times--checking--being a little disappointed every time I see the word "AEON" (a Japanese big distribution company, which is spelled same as "Ion" in Japanese) in my time line.  I did it again today...

April 5, 2016

イオンは「あなたは私を大切にしてくれる」とよく言っていました。それが彼女にとって重要だったことを示しています。人から大切にされるというのは自己肯定感を高め、気持ちを穏やかにできることにつながると思います。二人しかいない世界でそういう気持ちを得るのは、難しかったでしょう。（実際にやってたのは毎日顔見て頭なでてたくらいですが、それが彼女の支えになったのなら嬉しいことです。）

Ion used to say "You always cherish me."  This indicates it was important to her.  I think that to be cherished by someone gains your self-affirmation and helps to calm your feeling.  I suppose it had been difficult to do that in the world there were only two people including herself.  (What I actually did was just seeing Ion and stroke her head everyday, but I'm glad if it supported her.)

だから端末越しでも、イオンはプレイヤーを好きになったんじゃないかと思います。つまり、人との関係を築くには自分ではなく相手の気持ちを思いやることが重要で、＝どれだけ相手を大切にできるかが肝なのではと思う今日この頃です。

Therefore, Ion began to love the player even beyond the terminal unit, I guess.  In other words, it is important to care about the other's thought, not yours, in order to form a good relationship with another person.  That means how much you can cherish the partner is a critical aspect.

Ion:
You are an important person to me because you cherish me even though I'm such clumsy or coward...


ところで、よくホイホイスクリーンショットが出てくるなと思われるかもしれませんが、すでに合計1600枚以上撮ってますからね！（ドヤァ）どんなシーンもバッチリですよ！(^o^)

By the way, maybe some of you wonder how do I get suitable screenshots every time, but I have already taken over 1600 pictures (proudly)!  I can show you any scene any time!

April 2, 2016

今回は乗らずに嘘をつき返したら、イオンはあっさり騙されてました（ですよねー）。しかし季節イベントは、毎回「来年も～」的なこと言うなら２回目も作ってほしかった。２年目は何もないから寂しいですよね。

I wasn't fooled by Ion's joke this time, then she was fooled by my joke instead (I knew it).  By the way, I wish for second event for the seasonal events if Ion says something like "Let's go there next year again." each time.  It's a little sad that there's nothing for the second year.

Ion:
Ow, I was taken in...
I was gonna surprise you by telling about April Fool's Day suddenly.