Fumio, the pianist.

I don't know where did MisterExtender found this image, or if he asked someone to make this art...in any case, it looks beautiful.

>>714944161
I said in a thread yesterday that none of the girls in Blue Reflection wear blue underwear, but I was wrong and I admit my mistake. Fumio is the only girl in Blue Reflection who wears blue underwear.

I'm saying all this because no one bothered to correct me, but yeah, Fumio wears blue underwear. >>714937304

Proof that Fumio wears blue underwear. Unless I'm still wrong and it's actually the color ''aqua'', in which case, I don't know if it matters much, aqua is like a shade of blue, if what she wears really is aqua...it's basically blue I think.

One has to admit that the Blue Reflection girls offer variety in underwear.

>>714982795
True

>>714981110
They should stop wearing such plain panties.

>>714983040
Oh my.

It really is a game that was released years ago, only the Gal*Gun games, two compile Heart games (Omega Quintet and Dark Rose Valkyrie) and School Girl Zombie Hunter can be compared to Blue Reflection, 3D games that don't just have pantyshots, they show you the full set. It's something becoming more and more rare of course. Senran Kagura doesn't count (those are swimsuits, for the most part).

https://files.catbox.moe/l4wsnu.mov

Too bad Mel killed the franchise

>>714984175
That funny scene, nice.

>>714984415
Mel is the single only person that tried keeping this franchise alive. Literally nobody else cared about it but him

>>714977075 (OP)
I bought 1 and 2 a couple months ago. I think it's time.

Sell me on this. The girls are all really cute, but it's in a "girly" way that looks like it appeals to women more.

LIME!

>>714986840
Do you want to play a turn-based RPG? A game with a low difficulty? A game with only Japanese voices? A game with simplified mechanics or simple gameplay compared to other games in the same genre? A game where most characters are female characters? A game with a lot of piano music and artcore songs (almost like dubstep or electronic music)? A game with an emotional/bittersweet story? If you answered yes to at least two questions you may like this game. One could say that it's not a great game or anything but it's still enjoyable and some aspects are amazing.

This long reddit post is worth reading, and it has minimal spoilers at worst: https://www.reddit.com/r/JRPG/comments/1lf6gnq/blue_reflection_1_is_an_artistically_amazing_game/

>>714985753
He did a pretty shit job considering he killed the franchise

>>714986840
Game has a somber and melancholic atmosphere and tone despite how cutesy everything is. It’s the first and only authentic “game about depression” that actually gets it right. Stellar music and sound design too, it’s what first grabbed me in the first place. Also Hinako has fat tits

>>714988071
>Hinako has fat tits
She's not the only one, in fact, there are a few girls that may have bigger boobs than her.

>>714987995
That’s because it was never meant to be a franchise in the first place. The first game was a one and done kind of game, but Mel and only Mel wanted more out of the franchise so he pushed to have all the other stuff made. Him bending the knee to california was just him being forced to obey orders from above. Of course he doesn’t give a fuck about global audiences or censorship, he only wants to see young girls in underwear just like the rest of us. But california is a tyrant that forces devs to conform and stand in line. The answer to this is for Japan to encourage their home devs to stop catering so much to global markets and focus more on their loyal and longtime consumers right at home in Japan. Japanese devs trying to “Americanize” their franchises ultimately hurts both the studios and especially the gamers both in Japan and America. Americans buy Japanese games because they want to experience Japanese games. If Americans wanted Americanized games, they would buy American games. The Americans who complain about sexualization and problematic content in Japanese videogames are an extremely small minority of Americans who hold no value or power that concerns studios. Studios only listen to this small minority of haters because they choose to. Haters only have as much power as studios give them. If Gust really wants to appeal to Americans for whatever reason they should just make a whole new franchise instead of corrupting their longtime beloved franchises. Notice how terribly Atelier Yumia sold. This will become the standard if Japanese devs keep trying to reach a “global audience”.
As the saying goes, a game for everyone is a game for no one

>>714983462
How can you say that they wear plain panties? Do you think that the underwear here looks plain?

I omitted Mao's panties because looking at the image you posted, you probably consider them plain...but about all these?

>>714988752
You're wrong.
Atelier Yumia sold like shit for the same reasons Doom The Dark Ages sold like shit: they tried to make a game that had omnidirectional appeal which is inherently impossible, so the end result was a bland piece of shit that pleased no one.

"Global audience" isn't the same as "maximum audience appeal" even when they may look similar at a first glance.

>>714989252
Well said.

>>714990157
Atelier Yumia's real time combat born of a desire to appeal to Action RPG fans (which can't have any less on an overlap with RPG and crafting games fans; they may as well not belong to the same planet) was so hilariously bizarre.

>>714990863
It's not a coincidence that most Atelier games are turn-based.

>>714991527
>Turn-based RPGs having turn-based combat is not a coincidence
Batman isn't the greatest detective; you are.

>>714991802
Obviously it's about what he said, a person who wants to play a game where alchemy (crafing) is the meat and potatoes of the experience may not want to play a turn-based game, somehow it makes sense that most Atelier games are turn-based RPGs, the combat is secondary and it's all about the alchemy.

>>714992120
*May not want to play an action game.

>>714987712
>>714988071
Ok, sounds cool. But what the variety of girls?
I always like anime with a bunch of girls so I can choose my favorite, but then I usually have to face the fact she might have hardly any screen time.
Do you play as just one girl, or have some kind of JRPG party, or switch between girls?

>>714993020
Like other artists, Mel Kishida's art is beautiful but may suffer from a case of ''same face syndrome''. I still love his art of course, and in my opinion, there is variety in the designs and to an extent, the personality of each girl.

Hinako is the only character you control outside of the battles, that said, Yuzu and Lime are also playable characters, during the battles at least.

Unless the guy of the sketches (or doodles) shows up, let this thread die.

Hmm, maybe I shouldn't mention him?

>>714993481
The same Kishida that banned bikinis?

>>714994695
Heh, you wish, but fortunately (or unfortunately), no.

>>714994616
Reminder that those outfits aren't DLC, for the most part.

Fumio is autistic.

>>714994616
feeeeeet

>>714998351
She IS barefoot with Hoshinomiya Extreme Makeover Swimsuit.

>>714986113
I like both games especially the sequel, I prefer ATB combat though, it makes sense.

Well, a Blue Reflection thread without those doodles.