Tag: Shinjuku
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Sweetness and Lightning
Kōhei Inuzuka is a teacher who has been raising his daughter, Tsumugi, by himself following the death of his wife. Having mostly bought ready-made meals like eki-ben for his daughter since, Kōhei’s encounter with one of his students, Kotori Iida, leads him to take up cooking in order to provide proper meals for Tsumugi. Many…
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Kakushigoto
Kakushi Gotou, a single father, tries to keep his job of drawing ecchi gag manga a secret from his young daughter by posing as a regular salaryman. ‘Kaku’, meaning a secret, and ‘shigoto’, meaning job. Gotou’s nearly psychotic impulse to prevent the reveal of his true career leads to some comedic situations. The Tokyo locations…
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Persona 5
A JRPG from the Persona/Megami Tensei franchise published by Sega/Atlus in 2016. The high school student protagonist, ‘Joker’, is accused of a crime and sent to Shibuya on probation. There, he discovers ‘Personas’ and joins a group known as the ‘Phantom Thieves’. Together, they delve into a hidden world born from society’s collective desires. As…
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Ryu Ga Gotoku Series
Real-world Locations from all the games published by Sega’s RGG Studios. While the Yakuza/RGG/Like a Dragon franchise spans multiple decades and a large handful of games, each game takes place in something close to a shared universe with a similar design philosophy and generally speaking, a reoccurring list of real-world Japanese urban neighborhoods. The most…