Furikake Spacey

Furikake Spacey is a comedy visual novel set in Neo-Showa, a strange world filled with parodies of anime, games, films, music and celebrities. You follow Saatan, a 20-year-old goth and otaku who is in her second year of retaking university entrance exams. After being caught in a mysterious warp, she arrives in Neo-Showa and meets a group of troublemaking high school girls. As they get caught up in one another’s problems, the story ranges across hell, space and children’s bodies, while Saatan becomes entangled in the world’s mysteries.

Episodes and activities

The story is told across seven episodes, with a runtime compared to a 12-episode television anime plus an OVA. The episodes move at a fast pace and include cel-style illustrations and animation. You explore the strange world with Saatan, communicating with others as you cause and become caught up in trouble. The game also includes minigames such as fortune-telling and shiritori.

The characters

Saatan is an otaku with broad knowledge, a tendency to get caught up in events and the grit to manage somehow. She likes goth fashion and makes her own accessories, including the fake-fur ear headband she wears.

At Furikake Academy, second-year students Kagami Kyogane and Ryuko Raideiin are among the people Saatan meets. Kagami is kind to people in need but has an unconventional, troublemaking side; she might, for example, put a crayfish she picked up into a cake during cooking class, meaning well. Ryuko is a haughty heiress whose father heads the academy. Her prototype uniform contains weapons and lets her fire beams from her hands, and she is resourceful enough to get by without her family’s money, though spending it tends to lead to accidents.

Other characters include Attack=From Killer Chance, an excitable alien of unknown age and gender who appears to be spying on Earth and has extensive knowledge and experience; Poponten, the roughly six-year-old daughter of Enma and a popular figure in hell who is exhausted by being forced to appear in extreme videos; and Tate-no Flare, a patriotic student who wants to compete in the Space Tennis Koshien but is angry that her school will not recognize the club. Flare holds a grudge against Kagami and Ryuko dating back to elementary school and is a hot-blooded athlete who gets angry when she drinks water.

Neo-Showa style

A Neo-Showa filter gives the screen the look of a nostalgic CRT television. The game’s soundtrack contains more than 30 pieces of music, including arranged versions, as well as opening and ending themes. A Neo-Showa dictionary explains nearly 700 terms.