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Chapter 415: December Release and Super Mario Land

Saturday, 27 December 1992

ZAGE's December release brought two long-anticipated titles: Super Mario Land for the handheld ZGB, and Bionic Commando fo...

Chapter 414: Zaboru Featured on TV

Friday, 25 December 1992

After an emotional conversation with his father and pitching the idea to establish a hardware specialist team, Zaboru returned to his office, ...

Break

I'm sorry I couldn't keep my promise not to take a break this week. I'll be working overtime tomorrow, so it seems impossible to write anything. But I might create an additional chapter over the we...

Chapter 413: Zaboru – “Who Are You?”

Zanichi smiled. “Do you want to hear a story?”

Zaboru looked puzzled. “A story? About your past? Sure—I'd love to hear it.”

Zanichi chuckled. “Alright then, sit tight...

Chapter 412: ZAGE's New Team – Hardware Specialist

After wrapping up the earlier meetings, Zaboru turned his focus to the next item on his agenda—creating a new development team tailored for future projects, particularly arcade machines wi...

Chapter 411: Potential Branch in Japan and State of ZAGE Partnership – Part 2

Zaboru had already begun laying the groundwork for ZAGE’s domestic expansion. On a crisp weekday morning, he summoned his top executives to the familiar meeting room on the upper floor of ...

Chapter 410: Potential Branch in Japan and State of ZAGE Partnership Part 1

Friday, 25 December 1992

After Zaboru the Gamer was unleashed last night, he returned to his work with renewed focus. The December game releases were set for launch to...

Chapter 409: Sonaya’s Double Release

Thursday, 24 December 1992

The day after Zaboru extended a personal invitation to Hikaru Kurata and Junpei Hoshida for the upcoming ZAGE event, he was back in his elem...

Chapter 408: ZAGE Events Hype

Wednesday, 23 December 1992

With all the details finalized for the upcoming ZAGE Game of the Year (GOTY) event, Zaboru shifted into high gear for promotion. He commissioned an outsourc...

Chapter 407: ZAGE GOTY Event Details

Monday, 22 December 1992

Following the successful premiere of the Sailor Moon anime on Sunday, which received overwhelmingly positive feedback from viewers, Zaboru was back at...

Chapter 406: Sailor Moon Airs for the First Time

Sunday, 21 December 1992 – Morning

Yuuta Hamasaki was a middle schooler unlike most of his peers. While other boys his age were glued to their game consoles, Yuuta’s heart belonged...

Chapter 405: Sonaya’s Reaction to the UFO Catcher

While ZAGE, HanDai, and Nanco were celebrating the meteoric success of the UFO Catcher arcade machine, the mood at Sonaya was far more reserved. Hikaru Kurata, Sonaya’s CEO, had acquired o...

Story pace and Not a chapter

Story Pace

Well, hello guys—just wanted to give a quick update.
I’m sorry if I haven’t been replying to chats recently; I’ve been extremely busy!

You guys r...

Chapter 404: Sailor Moon Preparation and A Mistake

Friday, 19 December 1992

Following the release of the UFO Catcher, Zaboru turned his attention to preparing for the launch of Sailor Moon. That evening, he pa...

Chapter 403: UFO Catcher Ad and the Escalating Frenzy

Friday, 19 December 1992 – Evening

Following the Tuesday debut of ZAGE’s UFO Catcher arcade machines, a nationwide advertising campaign launched on 18 December during prime-time on...

Chapter 402: UFO Catcher Craze

After Satonaka had finished testing the UFO Catcher at Dream Catcher Arcade, the doors opened for the afternoon rush—just as school let out. Zaboru decided to stay and watch the players' r...

Chapter 401: UFO Catcher Readiness

Tuesday, 16 December 1992

The day after Zaboru’s surprise birthday party, he expressed his appreciation by treating all ZAGE employees to free lunch and dinner. It was a small but he...

Chapter 400: Zaboru's Birthday

Monday, 15 December 1992 – Morning

Today was Zaboru’s birthday, but he shrugged it off and continued working as usual. That morning, his family offered him birthda...

Chapter 399: Birthday Party Preparation

Thursday, 11 December 1992

It was a typical day at ZAGE headquarters, but for Zaboru, it was just another blur of productivity. In his personal workshop, the energy bu...

Can't post a chapter

Sorry guys i can't post a chapter today because sudden overtime. Tomorrow i will post 6 chapter

Chapter 398: ZAGE Offices and Employees

After the interview with Shigeru Miyamoto, Zaboru sat back in his chair and took a deep breath. The moment felt right to pause and reflect on just how far ZAGE had come. In under two years, ...

Chapter 397: Another Unexpected Employee

Tuesday, 9 December 1992

Zaboru continued his work while organizing the upcoming ZAGE Game of the Year (GOTY) event. Later that morning, he slipped into one of his fam...

Chapter 396: ZAGE's Next Events

After meeting with Tetsuo Hara, Zaboru returned to his desk with a renewed sense of drive. While much of his time was dedicated to game development and refining creative concepts, today his ...

Chapter 395: Call from a Manga Artist

Monday, 8 December 1992

Zaboru sat in his office, deeply immersed in development tasks, refining designs for the upcoming arcade releases. With each page of his notebo...

Chapter 394: Next Arcade Games

After thinking about the surprising success of Warcraft following its low-profile launch, Zaboru turned his focus back toward ZAGE’s arcade division. The momentum in the arcade ma...

Chapter 393: Warcraft Release 

 December 4th, 1992

After wrapping up the series of strategic meetings with Emerald Wings, Zaboru and his father, Zanichi, returned to their hotel, where Keiko, Sanika, and Ayumi ...

Chapter 392: Talk with Emerald Wings

After the intense and business-heavy ESRB meetings concluded, Zaboru, Zanichi, Ryan, and James returned to the Emerald Wings office. Unlike the earlier formalities, the atmosphere in the mee...

Chapter 391: Arrival in the USA – Meeting with Sonaya Regarding Game Ratings

After the Renkonan family and Ayumi arrived in the United States on Saturday night, they quickly checked into a hotel in Los Angeles. Everyone was exhausted from the long flight and settled ...

Chapter 390: Go to USA

As Akechi's game finished its internal review by Zaboru and was greenlit for release, Akechi quietly left the ZAGE offices, his expression unreadable as always. Ayumi, however, stayed behind...

Chapter 389: Akaishidan Akechi New Game 

Friday, 28 November 1992

After finalizing the plans for ZAGE's upcoming December releases on ZEPS and ZGB late the previous night, Zaboru returned to work early the next morning with r...