xscaralienx

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Relationship of other guild mates i guess. And make sure to look again at the adventure time with sister.

And better buff your stats upto the max again from 400 to 500 if im not wrong.
I have the favor maxed out on the two guild members (Kasumi never joined in the game after rescuing her once, Sister kept mentioning something about a comic con on the town but traveling there triggered nothing) I have completed all Adventures, I only get the choice to go to Village, Town, Swimming, part time job, Take it Easy and taking out a powerful enemy. as mentioned before, I already beat the rematch with the hero guy (the rematch triggered around day 110 or something

EDIT: I dont know how the Comic Con event is scheduled but Sister mentioned it and suddenly NOW Kasumi's event triggered properly. Afther that weekend, the next monday I got the scene of Kasumi in the guild and the mention of a Hot Spring event on the weekend
 
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Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income!

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Banks in Japan are blocking Steam payments for sex games, leaving Japanese adult game devs cut off from income!

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WTF is this shit??? Only a year ago controversies arise of visa/mc blocking adult games payment/forcing heavy censorship in japanese online store, and japanese companies tried their best to fend off the effects. NOW the japanese government ITSELF wanted to block hentai games payment from steam which will make live miserable for japanese h-game developer.

WTF??? How japanese government think that steam payment is illegal?? I remembered few years ago they still defend japanese artist artistic freedom from woke activist, now they themselves became censorious and ruined many, pretty sure hundreds developer and thousands of artist and programmers with this move....

Did censorious DEI programs really seeping unto japanese government?? I know that many normal corporate japanese games developer are captured by DEI, some even proudly announcing it (looking at you sqeenix and bamco), but damn while now american government itself tried to get rid of the DEI, now japanese government is carrying the dying DEI torch it seems...

edit: maybe this is correlate with japanese law that require censoring genital in any publication, but this is only applied to japanese region, not other parts of the world, and japanese publisher can sell uncensored work legally outside japan for longest of time. This sudden censorious move is highly suspicious, and I think if they succeed with this they will also apply this to other store, effectively blocking the sale of ALL hentai/adult material outside japan...
 
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WTF is this shit??? Only a year ago controversies arise of visa/mc blocking adult games payment/forcing heavy censorship in japanese online store, and japanese companies tried their best to fend off the effects. NOW the japanese government ITSELF wanted to block hentai games payment from steam which will make live miserable for japanese h-game developer.

WTF??? How japanese government think that steam payment is illegal?? I remembered few years ago they still defend japanese artist artistic freedom from woke activist, now they themselves became censorious and ruined many, pretty sure hundreds developer and thousands of artist and programmers with this move....

Did censorious DEI programs really seeping unto japanese government?? I know that many normal corporate japanese games developer are captured by DEI, some even proudly announcing it (looking at you sqeenix and bamco), but damn while now american government itself tried to get rid of the DEI, now japanese government is carrying the dying DEI torch it seems...

edit: maybe this is correlate with japanese law that require censoring genital in any publication, but this is only applied to japanese region, not other parts of the world, and japanese publisher can sell uncensored work legally outside japan for longest of time. This sudden censorious move is highly suspicious, and I think if they succeed with this they will also apply this to other store, effectively blocking the sale of ALL hentai/adult material outside japan...
I recommend you at least read the article before jumping to such conclusions.

According to machine translation of reporting from Japanese gaming news outlet GameSpark, both Japan's Financial Services Agency (FSA) and the Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI) have confirmed the reports. In interviews the FSA conducted with Japanese banks preventing the transfer of Steam revenue, the banks said the decision was "a comprehensive judgment" based on Japan's Act on Prevention of Transfer of Criminal Proceeds and its Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Act, which aim to verify and regulate international commerce that could be used to fund illegal activity.

In a YouTube broadcast discussing the issue, Yamada questioned the relevance of those acts, as the Steam transactions are related to legitimate sales. The issue, Yamata said, is that Japanese law currently doesn't have procedures in place to address the nuances of international Steam sales, which leaves Japanese banks in a position to apply their own restrictions that raise concerns about freedom of speech in media production.
(Highlights are mine.)

In short, there are several laws in Japan which are aimed at regulating international trade to prevent illegal activity. As Steam sits in kind of a grey area due to lack of specific regulation, the banks went ahead and started blocking those transactions of their own accord. As in, the government never asked them to do that. This councillor Yamada is in talks with the relevant government agencies, which are aware of the problem.

Now I'm not gonna pretend I know anything about Japanese law, but this looks like an overzealous interpretation of the laws' intent, and I hope it can be solved quickly.

EDIT: something else that I got from different sources. The government's crackdown on money laundering has grown harsher over the years, with many regulations being put in place, and the selling of porn-related stuff is considered a "high risk" activity due do its traditional association with organized crime. Instead of any form of moral grandstanding, this might be the banks' way of avoid dealing with excessive regulations.

The FSA has guidelines in which they state that declining transactions using anti-money laundering as excuse should not happen without reasonable grounds.
( , which is a translated slide from councillor Yamada's livestream)
 
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In short, there are several laws in Japan which are aimed at regulating international trade to prevent illegal activity. As Steam sits in kind of a grey area due to lack of specific regulation, the banks went ahead and started blocking those transactions of their own accord.
I kinda think it's more like a retaliatory move.
Additionally, Yamada said that Japanese companies who "deal with adult games" are being prevented from opening bank accounts.
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Those concerns echo ongoing disputes in the US over restrictions on adult content, in which activists and organizations like the ACLU that the "vague and ambiguous policy requirements" of companies like MasterCard and Visa, alongside growing state efforts to , threaten the livelihoods and free speech rights of sex workers and adult content creators.
I remember some japanese sites had issues with getting payment processors like VISA or MasterCard, or even Paypal, to work.
The japanese government getting involved may mean either that block gets lifted, or the block on Steam gets ratified.
 

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EDIT: something else that I got from different sources. The government's crackdown on money laundering has grown harsher over the years, with many regulations being put in place, and the selling of porn-related stuff is considered a "high risk" activity due do its traditional association with organized crime. Instead of any form of moral grandstanding, this might be the banks' way of avoid dealing with excessive regulations.

The FSA has guidelines in which they state that declining transactions using anti-money laundering as excuse should not happen without reasonable grounds.
( , which is a translated slide from councillor Yamada's livestream)
Yup, we had this discourse sometime last year ago as money laundering "developers" didn't bother to hide what they were doing as much as they did before. On top of that 30% Steam cut is a low price to pay. There is even more about it . Valve perfectly knows about this issue, but even if there was a definitive proof that someone does it Valve will do nothing as they get their 30% "hush money" and also noone else besides them and money launders wouldn't ever know. Win/win.

We have a literal FLOOD of AI-generated or very cheap looking anime "games" with the same shitty mechanics like hentai puzzles, candy crush or whatever, all in Unity, all look pretty much the same, all overpriced. Are they part of money laundry scheme too? My guess is "almost always yes". Is this the reason why japanese porn game sites HIDE their AI games from westerners? My guess is also yes.
 

Roquerz

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Idk what I'm doing wrong. I lost to the Vegtable Lovers Guild twice already. Restarted the game and I focused on getting stats (50+ Atk, 30+ on others) but I still loose.
 

Roquerz

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50+ ATK is pretty low. Also see if you have invested into combat skills.
Holy crap ok.. Maybe I can push it to 70+ ATK but I would need to sacrifice my other stats for it.
Also, I assume Combat skills are the things we use the Skill points correct? Maybe I can unlock the increase Crit skill but I dont think It'll do much.

Edit: My issue is that I don't have enough time to gain stats in 10 Days before the Guild fight so I must be missing something.
 

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Holy crap ok.. Maybe I can push it to 70+ ATK but I would need to sacrifice my other stats for it.
Also, I assume Combat skills are the things we use the Skill points correct? Maybe I can unlock the increase Crit skill but I dont think It'll do much.

Edit: My issue is that I don't have enough time to gain stats in 10 Days before the Guild fight so I must be missing something.
Are you playing on Normal or on Hard?
Stat sources include of course the guild, training, and adventure books (you can stock up in the town's Bookstore on sat/sun and read them to your imouto).
The adventure books are particularly nice early on (when they don't blow up) since it costs 10 AP and gives you +2 to all stats (except SP), whereas training costs 20 AP only gives +2 to a single stat until training upgrades.
 
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Roquerz

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Are you playing on Normal or on Hard?
Stat sources include of course the guild, training, and adventure books (you can stock up in the town's Bookstore on sat/sun and read them to your imouto).
The adventure books are particularly nice early on (when they don't blow up) since it costs 10 AP and gives you +2 to all stats (except SP), whereas training costs 20 AP only gives +2 to a single stat until training upgrades.
I double checked and I was already playing on Normal difficulty since the start. I just save scum the fight until I won (68 Atk stat on my character). Apparently, on turn 10, the enemy does like 125 normal damage which 1 shot my team at 50% health. It happened like 3 out of 4 times and the only time I "won" was when they did 40 dmg instead and I have more % health in the last turn.
 

TieFoon

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I double checked and I was already playing on Normal difficulty since the start. I just save scum the fight until I won (68 Atk stat on my character). Apparently, on turn 10, the enemy does like 125 normal damage which 1 shot my team at 50% health. It happened like 3 out of 4 times and the only time I "won" was when they did 40 dmg instead and I have more % health in the last turn.
At the start of the game i would recommend focusing on Attack power, maybe a little bit of defense as well. Buying adventurers books "if" you can afford it is good too. Training ain't home in your room ain't super worth it until you get dumbells and a pair of training shoes that i forgot the name of.
 
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Holy crap ok.. Maybe I can push it to 70+ ATK but I would need to sacrifice my other stats for it.
Also, I assume Combat skills are the things we use the Skill points correct? Maybe I can unlock the increase Crit skill but I dont think It'll do much.

Edit: My issue is that I don't have enough time to gain stats in 10 Days before the Guild fight so I must be missing something.
Like was said I'd focus on attack. I wouldn't neglect the other stats but early game attack is basically the only necessary stat to train.
 
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