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Cocoro@Function! 6-Day Countdown to Release

Cocoro@Function!
Hello all, it’s Naomi. If you all remember, Aaeru wrote a bit about the highly anticipated 18+ Visual Novel by Pulltop: Cocoro@Function! A lot has changed since she wrote that article, so I’ll inform you all on some of the neat updates on this game.

Opening Video

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The Plot & Setting

The City

The story takes place in the not-too-distant future, where man has successfully merged with technology, creating a world where the line between networking and physical human interaction has slowly blurred into a near-indistinguishable amalgamation.  Humans have been highly influenced by the introduction of the Orca card, a multi-purpose system encompassing every tool one could ever need.  The majority of the story takes place in Makoto Advanced Academy and its surrounding city proper.

Halfway through the 21st century, we are surely approaching something called the “network golden age”.
The Multipurpose communication card “Orca” provides a phone network(that goes without saying), an overwhelming number of apps to use allowing one to shop from their home telephone, and even a way to receive school lessons.
IDs and even the health insurance cards are all incorporated into the Orca card.
It wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that one’s entire life is influenced by this one small card.
I, Harumi Taiyou, am in a city that supports cutting-edge Orca cards, a student of Makoto Advanced Academy
(something like his city has the best ones)
Blessed with friends, and although no large problems occur in my daily life……
A bug occurred in some students’ Orca card after a sudden automatic update was applied.
An unusual app called “Kokoro Function” was installed.
And it seems I was one of them, and apparently due to this app, my inner thoughts are revealed to the people around me.

“Chairman! Bad News!”
“What’s wrong?(But, I would never get tired of groping your bouncing boobs)”
“Chairman! You pervert!”

You can’t delete the app, but on the other hand you couldn’t live without Orca either.
After that, it was impossible to hide my erotic delusions.
Furthermore, apparently there are other apps at school that have special features that are also causing problems.
The troubles in school are gradually building up.
I had to do something, and with that in mind, I gathered a group of people also bothered by this mysterious app,
and started up the Kokoro Function Countermeasure Committee (CFC), in order to try to solve the problem.
Can everyone else and I retain our peaceful school life!?!

(Italicized text taken directly from the Official Cocoro@Function! Website, and translated for your viewing pleasure)

Gameplay

Title Screen

Like all visual novels, the guiding feature of the gameplay are its occasional choices that guide the telling of the story.  While it is unclear the method in which one will interact with the game, or how the unveiling of the story will be done, the game’s developers, Pulltop, have released a few videos and trials showing some of the game–though unfortunately they are not translated in English.

Gameplay Video

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Game Trial

2013-07-25 20_35_28-ココロ@ファンクション!On the 22nd of August, Pulltop released an official demo, featuring a good number of interesting scenes from the game.  You can download the free trial by following the above link, and clicking the first download button.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

H-Scene Trial

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Pulltop released their official H-Scene trial download on the 20th of September, featuring one sex scene for Hasugase Mina, and one for Yuzuriha Hijiri.  You can download the free trial by following the above link, and clicking the first download button.

 

 

 

 

The Main Characters

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Name: Hayami Taiyo
Height: 170cm
Role: Chairman and leader of the Kokoro Function Countermeasure Committee
Description: Hayami Taiyo is a diligent and respected leader in Makoto Advanced Academy.  His  calm and collected demeanor grants him plenty respect as an authority figure, however his perverted and whimsical thoughts herald in a plethora of unfortunate consequences for this protagonist.  Throughout the game, Hayami Taiyo interacts with Bell, his sentient alarm clock app, who is sure to be the source of plenty of laughter throughout the game.

 

 

 

 

 

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Name: Hasugase Mina
Height: 158cm
Three Sizes: 90-59-88cm
Role: Transfer Student
Description: A transfer student and networking fanatic, Hasugase Mina is the first and foremost heroine in the game.  Her overwhelmingly cute, gentle, and considerate nature makes her a top choice for light-hearted moe-fans everywhere.

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Name: Yuzuriha Hijiri
Height: 160cm
Three Sizes: 88-58-85cm
Role: Classmate
Description: Yuzuriha Hijiri embodies the stereotypical high school princess.  She is a dignified, bright, and elegant young lady with a strong and well-defined fashion sense.  She takes pride in her image, and carefully prepares herself, be it through morning ablutions, studying, or anything else in life.  Despite her intellect, she is quite inept in the use of technology, constantly trying to circumvent her lack of understanding by requesting a simpler means of communication.  When embarrassed by her own clumsiness, she will become quite flustered, resulting in agitated ramblings.

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Name: Shirakusa Mebae
Height: 152cm
Three Sizes: 79-57-83cm
Role: Lower-Classman
Description: Mebae is a more dominant, extroverted girl.  Her friendly and charming personality is countered by her shrewd antics to create an interesting amalgam.  She’s far more lazy than her younger sister, Ibuki, and often sleeps 10 or more hours just to pass the time.

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Name: Shirakusa Ibuki
Height: 152cm
Three Sizes: 79-57-83cm
Role: Lower-Classman
Description: Ibuki is the more submissive introverted sister.  She sometimes has trouble properly communicating her thoughts clearly, despite being a thoughtful and studious girl.  Her favorite passtimes are reading and self-contemplation.

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Name: Hayami Asagao
Height: 156cm
Three Sizes: 91-59-86cm
Role: Programmer and Younger Sister
Description: Out of all of the characters in the story, Hayami Asagao is probably the most hardworking and intelligent.  She finds solace in her work, which typically consists of programming.  Having proven herself from the creation of a successful app for the Orca card, Asa-chan is the backbone of the Kokoro Function Countermeasure Committee.  Her true potential is clouded by her depressive nature, which is slowly addressed and dynamically aided throughout the story.

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Additional Characters & Videos

 

Bell

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Endou Chie

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Fujibakama Tamaki

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Harusaki Kasumi

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Nohara Kanon

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Additional Information

Release Date: October 25th
Price: 8,800 Yen
Rewards, offers, and promotions: Support this game~!
Where to buy: AmiAmi

(Special thanks to Mephisto and shcboomer for translating the plot description for this blog post~!)

Thank You Guys~!

Tay

I'm the Fuwanovel community admin and a big fan of Visual Novels. The easiest way to get a hold of me is via a PM on the Fuwanovel Forums, by twitter (@ArchmageTay), or by email.

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Tay
Tay
10 years ago

This was an awesome entry. Clearly a ton of effort.

You knocked it clear out of the park, Naomi!

shcboomer
Reply to  Tay
10 years ago

Good job Nao-chan!

Niyari
10 years ago

kinda sad they didn’t give Kotori’s voice actor a main role. oh well 🙁

AznAceSlayer
10 years ago

I wish this is for all ages, it looks interesting because of all the high technology.
Reminds me of Sword Art Online, and the title reminds me of Kokoro Connect.

JayDen
Reply to  AznAceSlayer
10 years ago

I agree when I saw this I thought that it was a sequel if at least in spirit
Also the theme is similar as well if you compare them side by side.

magicflier
10 years ago

The hype even reached here? Good god lol

Flutterz
10 years ago

I dunno about the story but the characters look cute lol

Flutterz
Reply to  Flutterz
10 years ago

Ooh, it also comes out on my birthday 😀

VoidNoodle
10 years ago

Really looks like a futuristic Kokoro Connect.

Oh well, a few years until the translation comes. I really need to learn how to read these -_-

Kanzato
Reply to  VoidNoodle
10 years ago

Exactly bro.. i really want to learn japanese.. i wonder if i had a time for that.. god please be kind to us a non japanese people..

Mike
10 years ago

Excited for this release. I’m just hoping that *a certain localization company* won’t butcher it in the future..

Nayleen
Reply to  Mike
10 years ago

Chances are high though – MoeNovel being a sub-company of Pulltop, the creators of this game. Maybe they learned from the whole Konosora debacle.

zeroyuki92
Reply to  Mike
10 years ago

Well, it’s not like there’s nobody who could patch the deleted contents back inside.

Deaglan
10 years ago

Now all we gotta do is wait for it to be translated into English! but who knows when that will happen… 🙁

noko
noko
10 years ago

INB4 heavily butchered Moenovel release.

Naomi
Naomi
Reply to  noko
10 years ago

I refuse to accept Moenovel’s butchering of this wonderful game. Although this seems likely to be the next target for it :/

Ben
Ben
10 years ago

Goddammit! I want Bell to be a heroine. I’m a sucker for white hair twin tails.

Famichip
10 years ago

I want that imouto Asa-chan!

Shoko
10 years ago

BTW does this title will have ‘resolution checks’ like in Konosora?

I heard that BOTH of the english and japanese release of Konosora wont run on Monitors with non-HD resolutions so does this title couldn’t run on non-HD resolutions? I’m avoiding Konosora and this because of it ):

Nayleen
Reply to  Shoko
10 years ago

This is another Pulltop game, probably running on the very same engine Konosora does – so people on 4:3 (or lower resolution) screens are probably out of luck as they were with Konosora.

Shoko
Reply to  Shoko
10 years ago

Well then, i can only wish for a ‘No-Resolution Check patch’ then…

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Reply to  Shoko
10 years ago

You can always upscale your desktop resolution via registry. Also there are tools for it if you don’t like fiddling with regedit yourself.

wut
wut
10 years ago

are you serious? this is just a casual “moege”. where did you find it is highly anticipated game?

Guimu
10 years ago

Pretty nice entry.

I find the style very similar to Kono oozora. I hope it isn’t another “pretty drawings, smoothing music but but boring” game (it’s my opinion about kono oozora).

I’ll give it a try if it gets a patch in the future, though.

EastN
10 years ago

I’m a sucker for the hospital clean, technologically advanced interface, and the futuristic music just sweetens the pot. I’ll have to keep my eye on this one.

P.S. Naomi, you really went above and beyond for this article. Great job!

RandomGuy
10 years ago

I hope this is translated >.>

Saiten
10 years ago

Guys, do you think MoeNovel will “translate” this ?
I hope they don’t…