Hyperdimension Neptunia - Episode 9
Neptune tries to distract herself from missing PC by slaying monsters. Know that feel... Pluto knocks some sense into Neptune. The other CPUs discover a new nation in R-18 island. And Anonydeath wants to force the consoles to port adult games!
Yeah, the goddess form for PC is so well-endowed, even Vert is feeling jealous. And those big guns on R-18 are still harmless, this time firing yellow balloons instead of bubbles.
But there is still a larger conspiracy here. Someone broke Anonydeath out of prison, let him have that equipment to power PC up, or at least modify her so she can transform, and co-opted the anti-console activist.
I like how the show is making a social statement, though. In Japan, the "adult" parts of visual novels, what we might call adventure games, except with a lot more talking, and fewer puzzles, can only be played on PCs, which is a very small market compared to the gaming consoles. Mainly attributed to how utilities treated internet access, and slow growth infrastructure, gaming and internet use is dominated by portable devices. As a result, PC games are very expensive in Japan. In this anime, as we saw earlier with the villain Arfiore taking on piracy and cracked gaming cartridges, we have another villain attacking the dominance of gaming consoles, and how conservative Japanese values do not allow adult-natured content in games to be played on them.
So, how can our good-girl consoles remain pure if they have to deal with censoring, in the form of steam, light beams, and mosaics?
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