#hssl

Otome game fashion comparison

Disclaimer: This is just my opinion, feel free to share your own!

Amnesia: Memories: Welp, it's pretty much 2000s/2010s Japanese (Visual Kei?) fashion and it's kinda cool. All outfits fit each other well, have a somewhat similar style. 3/5 stars (The outfits get better in the fandiscs/sequels.)

Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly: You have no idea how much I love the outfits in this game. Hella unique, perfectly fitting the atmosphere. Has some Visual Kei, Jirai Kei, Aristocrat style elements. 4.5/5 stars

Hakuouki: Sweet School Life: What the hell went wrong here? Everyone dresses like 30+ y.o. married people with barely a sense of fashion. 1/5 stars

Diabolik Lovers: Haunted Dark Bridal/Vandead Carnival: DL is what introduced me to/got me into Jirai Kei and if you know the franchise as well as the style's background, the style choice makes a lot of sense. Sure, the fashion in the games isn't overwhelming but I love that it shows us masculine versions of Jirai Kei. 4/5 stars (bc of my love for Jirai Kei)

Hakuouki: Sanosuke Harada - Metal Fastener Accessory 

Size:4cm

Price: 5€/ 10 USD

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Small detail, big difference (imo)

Picture 1: Okita forcibly grabs Heisuke’s arm because the latter is holding Chizuru’s hand. Heisuke seems to be in pain (since he has tears in his eyes). Chizuru looks distressed.

Picture 2: Okita (instead of Chizuru) grabs Heisuke’s hand, Heisuke only seems shocked. Then Okita grabs Chizuru’s hand and runs off with both Heisuke and Chizuru, smiling happily. Chizuru looks puzzled.

Also, can someone tell me in which context this little HSSL animation was made? Was it in the game files?

Meanwhile the live action series . . .

(I’m too stupid to make GIFs, sorry! These screenshots are funnier anyway xD - if you see the scene in a comedic way, that is...)

Grooming in Hakuouki: Sweet School Life: Harada

Everything here is my personal interpretation and opinion. I am not declaring anyone to be a groomer, I am just looking for signs that one might interpret as signs of grooming. Also: Feel free to criticize and correct me.

Eventually, I will take a look at Hijikata and Kazama as well.

Sources: HSSL translation by @hakuogakuen​.

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/protecting-children-sexual-abuse/202010/how-recognize-the-sexual-grooming-minor

CW: Discussions of grooming of minors.

If you do not want to read about this topic or about Harada’s potential involvement in it, do not read any further. Take care of yourself and be safe.

 Note: I do not intend to attack you or your love for this fictional character. My intention is to educate others in this fandom (esp. minors and people that are close to their underage relatives) on the characteristics of grooming.

I am not saying people shouldn’t fantasize about (their) teachers (as a teenager I also had a crush on a teacher – who was a tiny bit like Hijikata, actually) but I am recommending anyone to watch out IRL for warning signs of grooming concerning yourselves and the minors that are close to you.

Yes, fiction is not reality. But it can inform and/or warp our perception of reality. Many of you are probably able to distinguish between the two and would not endorse this behavior IRL. And this game might have already taught you about this topic. (Toma’s route in “Amnesia: Memories” taught me to recognize the warning signs of abusive relationships and even though he was my favorite love interest there, I knew what he was doing was not okay.)

Still, I wanted to make this analysis. Because as a teenager, I only knew that that one teacher in our school shouldn’t be touching his students in the manner/frequency as he did. But no one, including me, felt the need/ was confident enough/... to report this behavior to our parents, other teachers, or the director. And there are so many other ways that teachers (or in general people in power) can be inappropriate.

Analysis below the cut.

Inagaki Seiya making me like my 2nd least favorite Hakuōki character just by being pretty

Harada has always been like this

ID: There are two pictures. The first consists of two rows of screenshots of Harada speaking, one row from the game “Hakuouki: Sweet School Life”, the other from the game “Hakuouki: Kyoto Winds”. In the first row, Harada says: “A kid, but not a kid, huh? ... Is that so? You’re so innocent still.” (then, smiling teasingly) “...You’d better wish for a nice gift from Santa.” In the second row, Harada says with an insecure smile: “Huh? Well, you’re not an adult.” (then, smiling teasingly) “...Oh, does it bother you? Being a little immature isn’t always a bad thing, you know. ...A little bit of vulnerability and innocence always makes a woman much hotter...” The second picture juxtaposes two kisses between Harada and Chizuru, one from “Hakuouki: Sweet School Life”, the other from “Hakuouki: Edo Blossoms”. In both, Harada is grabbing Chizuru and kissing her while she stares at him with wide eyes.

I’m sorry for this critical/negative post, Harada fans! I’m sure you can separate fiction from reality perfectly.

But I don’t since I think fiction can always have an impact on us, consciously or uncounsciously. Plus, I want to be critical and honest about a franchise I rather like.

After finishing reading the HSSL translation of Harada’s route by @hakuogakuen and reading over and over again “He’s so mature... I’m just a child... He’s the gold standard among teachers. ...We could be seen as lovers...but the world around us wouldn’t accept that so easily.” among many other iffy sentences, I got upset.

I’ve been an insecure, lonely girl like Chizuru in HSSL but I was lucky enough to never meet a man like Harada in my teenage years who would have been worse in real life than in-game. I’m afraid HSSL might have taught teenagers that this kind of relationship was okay and they might have gotten into similar “relationships” with older men and might have been hurt from that... (That’s just a worry, no accusation!)

I’m working on a “Grooming in Hakuouki SSL: Harada” analysis right now.

LA PRESITA, BARRIO DE SAN PEDRO.

인피니언, 자일링스. 자이론과 자동차 세이프티 마이크로컨트롤러 협업 추진

안전이 중요한 애플리케이션을 위한 마이크로컨트롤러 솔루션 제공한다

인피니언 테크놀로지스(코리아 대표이사 이승수)는 자동차 및 산업용 애플리케이션에 세이프티 마이크로컨트롤러를 사용할 때 유연성을 높이기 위해서 자일링스(Xilinx) 및 자이론(Xylon)과 협력한다고 밝혔다.

AURIX Safety meets Performance

이는 3개 전문업체들이 그들의 독자 솔루션들을 상호 융합해 한층 높은 사용자 편리성을 제공한다는 것이다. 인피니언의 마이크로컨트롤러와 자일링스의 FPGA, SoC 디바이스간의 고속 통신을 구현하기 위해서 자이론의 logiHSSL IP코어를 사용하도록 하는 방식이다.

이렇게 구성할 경우, 이 직렬 링크는 최대 84%의 순수 페이로드 데이터 레이트로 최대 320Mbaud에 이르는…