When we last left our hero, Steve Tomson, we had three days left until the full moon. As we all know by now, full moon means shit's getting real. This month, we went to a Japanese Love Hotel in order to cleanse it of the large shadow inhabiting it (though I'm sure it could use cleansing of another kind, as well). Some stuff happened, and soon people's minds were being manipulated into doing things they wouldn't normally do. Like, for instance, Yukari taking a shower. Our protagonist was totally about to get in there with her too, until the spell was broken.

Academically, we excelled (of course, we gotta boost that popularity up) and got all of the answers right in class, further boosting our grades. This week was finals week, which meant that we had to study pretty hard, since Steve wants to get in Mitsuru's pants by the end of this. We Googled our way through the finals questions, but I don't recall if we ever actually checked what the grades were. Regardless, I'm sure they were awesome.

Next in line came some pretty startling plot revelations: Apparently, Gekkoukan High School was the scene of an accident ten years prior, in which all involved were promptly dispatched by the explosion. This explosion was the result of an evil corporation (of course, this is a JRPG that isn't complete without an evil corporation) doing experiements on Shadows. It also just so happens that almost everyone in our party has family that was involved in the accident. Hmm, this is very interesting. Yukari throws a bitch fit because Mitsuru knew all along and kept it from us, but Fuuka didn't seem to mind. As usual, Steve was ambivalent, and Junpei just didn't seem to care.

Speaking of Junpei, he was a real dick this time around. After defeating the big Shadow at the Love Hotel, he decided he was suddenly going to get jealous. He was being very short with us, and that was lame. He later apologized, and since Steve is such a cool guy, he totally forgave Junpei for being a douchebag.

Since finals were over, it's now summer vacation time! Since Mitsuru's family is super rich, she just so happens to have a house on the beach that she brings her friends to. Junpei was very excited (as he should be, the beach is home to many hot babes.) and couldn't wait to go. Steve played along as usual, putting up with Stupei's usual crap.

Eventually, we got to a point where Akihiko and Junpei wanted to go "babe hunting." With a battlecry of "Look at those babes! Let's hit on them!" Junpei led the pack, getting shot down by a total of three women in the first round. Spearheading a sarge towards another group (I believe it was a lovely two-set), Akihiko was also shot down. Before Junpei could pull his ADD out and suggest another activity, we saw her.

A beautiful girl, sitting on the dock. Quiet, but nice, Akihiko and Junpei both approached her and were shot down with a "You aren't the person I'm looking for." Ouch. That's the way to the friendzone. Of course, when approached by Steve, our fair maiden instantly took a liking to him. A very robotic liking. It's later revealed that she is, in fact, a robot, and belongs to the leader of our shadow fighting group.

We ended back in the dorms after a nice week long vacation. It was hinted that there could be a possibility to build a social bond with this robot girl, but she'd need to learn more about being human. At this point, we saved and quit. Most of today's run was plot exposition about the accident causing the release of shadows and being the root of the Dark Hour as well. Twelve big Shadows were released (one for every full moon in a year) and I'm assuming our story will end when all twelve are defeated. So far, we've defeated three, leaving nine big shadows left.

I'm sorry for the poor writing of this blog post, it's late at night and I seem to have misplaced my notes as to what went on today, so this is all the best I can remember. Stay tuned to this spot and Teknodwarf's blog, because tomorrow we'll be embarking on yet another foray into Tartarus, and perhaps we'll find out even more about this mysterious accident at Gekkoukan High.