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Game Systems / Tips
Saving happens at the end of each day when you write in your diary.
Remember that starting on day 2 you can pull out your bug net at any time (right trigger on PSP)!
Registering the bugs (creating a 標本) can be unintuitive at first – First, this must be done in Boku’s room at the desk (it’s a good thing to do before bed!). Select the bug in your box, select 出す, pull it down and place it on the screen below. Then you use the needle, into the pink liquid, and finally into the bug. This removes it from the box, registers this specimen permanently, and gives you a little description.
Try to interact with anything that looks interesting. There is a lot of flavor text and even many paths where Boku can hop to places that require pressing interact on them.
Time passes when you transition between screens, so you don’t need to feel rushed within a location. When the day ends, Boku’s uncle will find you and take you home.
Game Manual
In this post TheNerdyNova helpfully provided us with images of the game’s manual which include a map, tips for bugs and fishing, advice for progressing certain quests, cute art, and more!
Boku no Spoilers (Please read)
It’s customary in these clubs to collapse or otherwise hide your in-depth explanations of what happened for the week. I would just like to also request that because this game features so much optional and non-linear content, that you use your best judgment for what might be worth hiding, and do your best to make it generally clear outside the tags what you’re discussing. For example, in my week 1 post I referenced locations (the hideout and the shed) where I think interesting things happened but I further spoiler tagged discussion of what happened within them in case anyone who hadn’t visited one yet wanted to save the surprise.
Mentioned this when linking in the main club thread but yeah, this thread is a little early. Works best for the things I expect to have coming up to make sure it’s not late.
Picked up my new kite. Since I was headed that way I figured I’d talk to Saori and managed to get the sugar set up in front of the camera. Going light on description since this is something others already talked about finding. Got my credit for flying this kite and it was time to go home.
Finally had the talk about the whale ear bone. I like how everyone is getting reflective now; we’ve entered the “summer is ending” phase and it really is kind of bittersweet.
Got in another kite order, and the kiln stuff is happening in the evening, so I decided to check in on my camera trap. The water was gone but Saori didn’t have much to say about it? I can make faces into the camera but… feels like I’m missing something… I know others have made more progress with getting a book from her and the like but I’m not quite sure what I need to do with the state my save is in. Oh well. Lacking in other ideas for now I did a little more bug sumo. I have a bug that was beating all their kings and then some strong ones and is currently 17-0 but I’m a little unclear if there’s a way to make the bug sumo progress beyond what it’s doing now? Repeatedly going through the kings maybe?
I was a little unsure if by evening the uncle meant before the time you get brought back, so I ran towards home and luckily ran into him. I didn’t even realize that was the kiln on the slope to the sort of… back path to their house, lucky I went that way. It was really funny leaving the uncle behind at the kiln and 2 screens later seeing him appear in front of me like the dinnertime demon he is. Checked on him with the kiln before bedtime too, heard a difficult poem heh. Apparently this counted as a nothing day.
talked to uncle, he mentioned lighting his kiln and gave me my new fish kite
caught 2 new dragonflies
flew the new kite to the limit, was losing my mind a little bit cause the wind speed was so low for ages and it just would not rise lol
I was thinking how it’s kinda weird the tree bridge path to the beach opened up and then nothing really happened there (so far), all the new events have been centred around the mountain way
won a king beetle match
after dinner saw uncle at his lit kiln, it was lit
Saori brought the picture of the wolf over; we did it! Saori’s amusing every single time; I guess she’s my new favorite. Checked in on everyone at the kiln then ran into アニキ for the first time in a while. He was bummed at the realization I’m leaving and he didn’t make a friend he could see longer term – once more, everyone’s reflecting on the end.
Without too much in mind to accomplish today, I went back to Saori’s tent and talked a bit more about the wolf. At least she keeps giving me pictures from the camera; they’re great.
I crossed all the way back over to the hideout entrance and once I was under cover this beautiful cutscene of rain played, same as WeepingWeeb saw. Hope the rest of you all catch that too.
Did a little more bug sumo to beat the king ones again. One of my opponents was just my exact beetle but 1 mm larger. It was a close, drawn out fight, but my champion won . 20-0
TIL you can also portray sleeping with zzz in Japanese I guess, haha
It’s kite completion day once again. The uncle also told me to come see the kiln get opened.
Stopped in for more bug sumo and this time it started with my bug but 4mm larger. Still won 23-0 world champ beetle.
I’ve never had issues with the kites before, but I swear this bird kite is defective. It took me several tries and a lot of near crashes even on the successful one. Suddenly this is a hard game!
I thought uncle said night for the kiln but wasn’t 100% confident so I bee-warped back, but it’s indeed night. For the first time I triggered dinner by walking into the house at about the right time instead of being dragged there. Talking to Moe while she gets wistful and poetic has been a highlight most nights but I especially liked listening to the bugs with her and talking about the night sky. It’s a shame we don’t seem to get a decent view of the pottery, but at least uncle is happy about it.
After I had the world’s hardest fight with the world’s worst kite Boku had the audacity to say we did nothing.
沙織 came to show the picture the camera took of the ニホンオオカミ - though it doesn’t seem like the ghostly one we’ve been seeing…
I gave the book to 萌 but it’s written in English. Turns out there’s a letter inside too, also in English, but she’ll translate it for us
Talked to 沙織 and had one of my favourite interactions in the game (ボク asks how she carried so many books with her, and in an absolute deadpan she answers “根性” (willpower))
Got my new kite, and also had enough time to fly it
Found a king beetle on one of the trees
In the evening 萌 read the letter and it was quite sad. A person who wanted to go to America and had to hide their English dictionaries during the war
萌 has bounced back in a big way, after reading the letter yesterday. She feels like her problems are nothing compared to what was in the letter. I wonder what she’s like if you don’t find the letter - does she stay in her funk?
Conversation about how it hasn’t rained all summer. Got me wondering why the grass isn’t dying then lol
Tried out my king beetle and it was alright - managed to win a fair few fights
Wanted to see the kiln being lit, but didn’t realise where it was and wasted my time
Did get to see it in the evening though
Talked to 沙織 and she asked about the snake from the other day (speaking of which I found a snake skin on the route to the forest)
おじさん was asleep in the evening lol
萌 and ボク’s conversation about what the world will be like 20 years in the future was nice. Quite resonant with the themes of the game
Got my new kite and went to go fly it. Managed to fail for the first time, since the wind was just not on my side
Got it on my second try
Talked to 沙織 and turns out she’s leaving
I’ll miss the 漫才 interactions between the two
萌 out of her room again and with another great bit of dialogue
Oh no I’m learning I failed Moe! Really if you don’t do that event, which I didn’t, I think while she doesn’t have as drastic of a turnaround she still sort of comes out of it over time. She’s very reflective but that might happen either way and she seems to be increasingly thinking about the future and moving closer to normal as the ache dulls.
Game Club
and dragonfly 
. 20-0
23-0 world champ beetle.
