Chapter 2
HAMA House - Rooster Room
Amazing….!
Even though this room was so empty before, now it feels like a store has opened up in here.
Well? Well? Isn’t it, like, mega adorbs? Chii puts all the efforts into decorating this room to match his fav aesthetics☆
…..Erm, do you…. like it?
Yeah. It looks really flashy, but…..
You arranged these furniture with me in mind, right?
You even took the time to put on the sunglasses sunflower1 that was lost inside my luggage.
Ain’t it adorable~? ♪ Can Chii stream with this cutie next time?
Of course.
You didn’t just only put your hobbies first, but you also considered my feelings…..
You do have a kind side to you after all.
Thank you, Chihiro. You’ve worked hard.
…..Ehehe, you’re very welcome!
Hey, hey, guess what? Chii got a game that Taotao will for sure love! Check it out!
Chii was like, “Reprint Edition? What’s that?”. Chii just thought that the design was, like, totes adorbs and seemed interesting.
Woah, this brings back memories…..! I used to be obsessed with this!
Looking at it now, the 3D graphics looks super blocky and the movements are choppy, but this was considered cutting-edge at the time.
To think that they could turn flat pixel art into something with depth using CG. Stuffs like this really amazed me.
Hehe, is that so?
Then, tell Chii all about the rest of it when we play.
Of course!
Woah, even the cables are like how they used to be. They’ve done an incredible job recreating this!
Chii’ll get the snacks and drinks ready! Taotao, can you handle the preparations on your end?
Yeah. Leave it to me.
(…..At first, I was really nervous. I wondered if I could really live with someone besides my own family)
(But…..)
…..Connection all set. Oh, it’s on, it’s on!
(Living here together with Taotao…. This is going to be fun.)
Alright, Chihiro. I’ll show you how to play, and then we can have a match later.
You bet! Chii’s definitely not gonna lose!
(Nope, it’s definitely gonna be fun!)
Tao named this decoration グラサンフラワー. He used グラサン, which is slang for サングラス (sunglasses), just by saying it backwards. It’s kinda a pun too bc SUNglasses-wearing SUNflower, hence グラサンフラワー (with サンフラワー being self-explanatory “sunflower”)
In this part, Chihiro used “ソフト”, which by default means “software” but games that required consoles in Japan are also referred to as “ソフト” (short for ゲームソフト/game software aka video games), i.e: Switchソフト is Switch Games. Which means that when Chihiro said “got the game along with everything else”, it’s referring to how he got the the game and the console as well, and later on Tao talks about cables so safe to assume he bought the console for sure lmao