After some hard work at a Steven Universe one-shot, back to this series of one-shots.
I've made it no real secret I have issues with YW3… it seems like you can just cut out the anime and replace it with the events of this game (though I will grant you the game was delayed, so several elements in the anime could've been originally meant to be in the game first), Katie isn't playable, the setting of North America feels shoved in when they don't show some landmarks of America (like the Statue of Liberty), one of Nate's American friends is just insufferable and he doesn't go away (even when you go into the flipping YO-KAI WORLD!), and the plot is really meh.
However, there are good things, I do like the Yo-Kai Watch U, there are several cool new Yo-Kai, the Zombie Night thing is actually kind of clever, the new songs are both fun and high energy, even if it was a bummer Jinsei Dramatic didn't end up in the final product, and Inaho herself isn't to bad a character… though the fact she had a grand total of five alternate outfits does kind of annoy me (though the Sailor Moon reference was cute).
A big issue is kind of the Yo-Kai Watch Dream, while the songs are catchy (the Mysterious, Brave, Slippery, Shady and Charming songs being the best), the roulette thing sort of ruins it, since they interrupt the flow of the melody… not to mention, the side effect of that watch makes it so the Yo-Kai can either have good things or bad things happen to them. Jibanyan's first summon with that model watch… well… he got sushi with wasabi in it. Tomnyan on the other hand? Good summoning… writers of this anime sometimes….
Well… here goes another one-shot, I guess.
Yo-Kai Watch belongs to Level-5 and the like.
"Yo-Kai Medal, do your thing!" both Nate and Inaho shouted as they loaded Lord Enma's Yo-Kai Medal into their watches.
"This is so cool!" Inaho gawked
"Yea…" Nate nodded with an annoyed expression.
Both raised their arms into the air, the Yo-Kai Watches glowing with red energy.
"This has to work… for both humanity and Yo-Kai!" Nate commented, before both he and Inaho exchanged a nod.
"COME ON OUT, LORD ENMA!" they both shouted.
=LADIES & GENTLEMEN, NOW SUMMONING… LORD ENMA!=
=HERE HE COMES! HERE HE COMES! THE LORD OF ALL YO-KAI! HE IS… CAL~LED… LORD ENMA~!=
"Did you weally meet him?" Hoodienyan asked Jibanyan.
"Yep. He helped us to save both of our worlds and allowed our two kinds to remain in the relationship they still are in today,"Jibanyan smiled.
"If you evew meet him again… tell him I said 'hi'," Hoodienyan smiled as she yawned.
Jibanyan simply nodded to his daughter as he tucked her in and crept away from the corner she was sleeping in, when suddenly a pink vortex appeared above him.
"Shoot! Uh… Blizzaria, dear," Jibanyan whispered to Blizzaria, making her turn to him, "Nyate nyeeds me. Could you make sure Hoodienyan sleeps?"
"No prob," Blizzaria smiled.
"Thanks dear. I owe ya, bye!" Jibanyan waved as he jumped into the vortex.
=IT'S CHARMING TIME!=
=LET'S PLAY… THE SUSHI GAME!=
Jibanyan stood on a small poker table of sorts, a small smile on his face. Behind him was a monitor with a piece of sushi on the screen.
=CHARMING! SHINING ALL SPECIALLY! CHARMING!=
Jibanyan stood in front of a plate of sushi and he took it and bit into it as the lyrics continued.
=ALMIGHTY! CHARMING IS HERE!=
Jibanyan munched onto the sushi… before he held his mouth open widely. There was wasabi in that sushi…
=WASABI SUSHI!=
Jibanyan bounced around in pain due to the sushi…
=TOO BAD, YOU LOST! TOO BAD, YOU LOST! TOO BAD, YOU LOOOST!=
Jibanyan was in tears as he finally arrived by Nate's side, wailing as he spoke, "Jibahahahanyan,"
"Sorry about that buddy," Nate apologized as Jibanyan made a madh dash for the fridge and gulped down the milk, "Uh… Jibanyan? We have a problem to deal with…"
The nekomata gulped down the entire carton and tossed it away in the garbage.
"JIBANYAN!" Nate yelled.
"Sorry, sorry," Jibanyan apologized as he turned to see the Yo-Kai.
Yo-Kai: Hissfit
Tribe: Brave
Rank: E
"I am supew angwy!" he proclaimed.
"...Nyate?" Jibanyan began.
"Yes?"
"There are days I seriously don't like you,"
"I know," Nate sighed.
Inaho gasped in anger as she saw a Yo-Kai with a spray-paint can putting graffiti on the wall of her detective agency, "NONDISKA?! (WHAT THE HECK?!)"
"Yo," it greeted.
Yo-Kai: Brookling
Tribe: Tough
Rank: B
"Knock it off!" Inaho yelled, resulting in getting a face full of spray paint, "Fine! You asked for this!"
She then took out USApyon's Medal and readied her Watch for action.
"Come on out my friend! Calling, USApyon!" she yelled, backhand tossing the Medal into the air before catching it, "Yo-Kai Medal, set on!"
Thus, she inserted the Medal into the Watch.
=IT'S SHADY TIME!=
=LET'S PLAY… THE SNEEZING GAME!=
USApyon stood on a pokerboard with a smile on his face, with an image of a feather duster behind him as he danced.
=LET'S BE ALL MISCHIEVOUS AND TRICKY!=
USApyon stood as a feather duster tickled his nose and the lyrics continued.
=SHOW THEM WHAT YOU'RE MADE OF! SHADY IS HERE!=
USApyon stood for a moment before he let out a sneeze with a 'Apyoo!'.
=YOU SNEEZED!=
USApyon continued to sneeze as the losing melody played.
=TOO BAD, YOU LOST! TOO BAD, YOU LOST! TOO BAD, YOU LOOOST!=
USApyon bounced around as he sneezed and arrived by Inaho's side, "USA-PYO-n… *sniffles*"
"Your sneeze sounds like part of your name," Inaho joked.
"Stop- apyoo- summoning me… -apyoo… with that dumb… -apyoo- watch!" USApyon responded, still sneezing.
Before Inaho could even responded, she flashed purple for a moment, "Gomen gomen, itangomen,"
"Good… apyo… now then…"
"Yo-Kai Medal, set on!"
"Wai, wha?!" USApyon gasped as he was taken into a vortex. He was then spat back out, now with his mouth on fire from wasabi sushi, "WHY DID YOU DO THAT?!"
"Gomen, gomen, itangomen," Inaho responded.
USApyon ran back into the building and gulped down a carton of milk before sneezing again. He was then taken back into the vortex and was spat out with bloodshot eyes.
"WHY ARE -apyoo!- YOU TORTURING ME?!" USApyon yelled.
"Gomen, gomen, itangomen," Inaho responded again, "Or would you rather I say, sorry, sorry, I'm so sorry,"
"I'm outta!" Brookling commented, "Don't wanna mess with a sadist like you,"
Inaho then took USApyon's Medal out of the watch and was on the verge of putting it back in again.
"...teme!" USApyon growled as he pressed the buttons on the side of his helmet.
=VADER MODE!=
The purple glow vanished from around Inaho, making her gulp, "What did I do to deserve this?!"
"You know what you did!" USApyon roared as he ran after Inaho, firing his gun at her.
After about an hour, Jibanyan returned to Blizzaria's apartment with an exhausted look on his face.
"Another bad summon?" Blizzaria asked as he plopped down on the couch, "...I'm going to write a nasty review about this stupid watch!"
"You do that," he responded.
Meanwhile, USApyon was blowing his nose into a tissue and typing something out on his Yo-Kai Pad.
"So you... -apyoo... had no idea what… -apyoo… happened?"
"All I know is that the Yo-Kai is gone and I have a ton of cleaning work to do," Inaho responded with a shrug.
USApyon gave another nod as he sneezed and finished typing something out.
The present head of Yopple looked at the two newest reviews for the Yo-Kai Watch Dream that were posted on the Yopple website.
-My boyfriend has continuously had his mouth burnt by the 'Too Bad' result of the Sushi Game. The amount of times me and his summoner had to go and buy more milk to replace the ones he had to gulp down is getting irritating. If he gets one more bad result, I will sue!-
-My summoner was inspirited by a So-Sorree, resulting in me being summoned two more times than necessary. The first time, I ended up not being able to stop sneezing, but then my mouth was burnt and I had an insomnia case! I hate this new Yo-Kai Watch!-
The head of Yopple sighed as he held his hands up to his face in thought.
The following day soon came, with Whisper and Nate walking to Hoodienyan's school.
"Think Jibanyan will be able to make it?" Nate asked.
"Who knows, but right now, it's important we get his… daughter… and bring her home," Whisper commented.
The two continued to walk as Nate pressed a button and waited for the light to turn green. As they waited, a car pulled up to a stoplight and Whisper gasped upon seeing the logo and screamed loudly.
"Is something the matter?" Nate asked as Whisper directed his attention to the car, "Ow!"
"It's PETY!"
"What now?"
"People for the Ethical Treatment of Yo-Kai!" Whisper explained as he showed off his tablet to Nate, showing the symbol of the group and what it meant, "They're a group of people who fight for all Yo-Kai to be safe! If they come around, somebody's botched up horribly,"
The car headed off as the light turn green allowing Nate and Whisper to continue.
The duo arrived at Hoodienyan's school as they waited for the last bell to ring. A thought then suddenly hit Nate's head.
"Shoot… we don't know where Blizzaria lives!" Nate realized, "Jibanyan requested we drop Hoodienyan off there!"
"Uh… we're in trouble…" Whisper realized as Nate quickly took out Blizzaria's Dream Medal.
"We can just ask her ourselves," Nate commented, "Come on out my friend! Calling, Blizzaria! Yo-Kai Medal, do your thing!"
He inserted the Medal into the watch, but nothing happened. After a short moment, there was a chime from the watch.
=This Model Yo-Kai Watch is temporarily out of service. A notification has been sent so that you know what is happening. You will be given another notification of when it is able to be used again.=
It then chimed again.
"...I never got a notification," Nate groaned.
"I'm guessing Walkappa did, since we got the watch from him," Whisper figured.
Nate then heard the bell ring and gave a panicked look, but he then felt someone tug on his shirt sleeve, "Huh?"
"Hi, Nate-san," Blizzaria greeted, "The meeting ended up being over quicker than I thought, but I'm sure Hoodienyan would love to spend some time with her favorite uncles."
"Yea, sure," Nate nodded.
Blizzaria floated on ahead to collect Hoodienyan, while Nate mused over the fact the Yo-Kai Watch Dream didn't work.
Nate spent a few minutes loading Yo-Kai Medals into the Yo-Kai Watch Dream, but there was no result. He sighed a little bit as he loaded in Tomnyan's Medal, getting the same chime again.
"Something wrong?" Blizzaria inquired.
"The Yo-Kai Watch Dream isn't working," Nate informed, "And I don't know why,"
"Well, I think it's fine if it doesn't work. There were several Yo-Kai complaining about it, the roulette being unfair, injuries being common, among other things," Blizzaria told him with a shrug as she walked off.
Whisper then floated in and over to Nate's side, "Nate! You need to read this!"
"Isn't this where you'd scream wildly and stuff?" Nate blinked.
"I don't want to risk waking Hoodienyan up from her nap," Whisper whispered quickly.
Nate took the Yo-Kai Pad and began to read the article that Whisper had pulled up.
-Yopple Head In Big Lawsuit About Yo-Kai Watch Dream Model- was what the headline read, Nate's eyes widened a little bit as he proceeded to scroll down, -The Yo-Kai Watch Dream Model was recently released with a sort of game to help Yo-Kai performance. However, a negative side had to be placed in to keep things fair. Unfortunately, 75% of the Yo-Kai summoned by the new Watch have only had the negative side. With several lawsuits against Mark Sachiberg, P.E.T.Y. (or the People for the Ethical Treatment of Yo-Kai) have stepped in to handle the case. More news will be reported as it becomes available. Until then, it has been confirmed all Dream Model Watches will not be able to summon Yo-Kai until the lawsuit has been dealt with.-
Nate gasped a bit upon reading this, before looking to the Yo-Kai Watch Dream, "Well… that's bad…"
The head of Yopple had attended court for several days and by the time it was over, he had prepared a public announcement, which Nate and Whisper were both watching via the Yo-Kai Pad.
-I thank you all for your support and comments throughout these difficult times. The lawsuit has been concluded. However, the agreement in it states I must recall all Dream Model Yo-Kai Watches and remove the roulette entirely. This will require a ton of time, and I do apologize deeply.- Mark began as he paced around the stage, -If you have the Yo-Kai Watch Dream, you may have noticed it has stopped working for all purposes. We deeply apologize for this inconvenience.-
"It's certainly been a bit irritating," Nate admitted.
-During this conference, we will issue the recall for the Yo-Kai Watch Dream. For those Yo-Kai out there with just the Dream Model Medals, do not worry yourselves.- Mark continued.
Suddenly, the Yo-Kai Watch Dream began to glow brightly and it vanished right off of Nate's wrist. It flew off and vanished without a trace, much to Nate's and Whisper's amazement and surprise.
"Ooookay… now what?" Nate blinked.
-All of you are now probably presently wondering 'now what'?- Mark continued, -Well, for those of you who have managed to obtain the Yo-Kai Watch U model are now receiving an update so that it can use the Dream Model Medals until the refined version of the Dream Watch is ready.-
"Ok…" Nate nodded as the broadcast continued, but it was nothing important. Nate walked over to Hidabat, who proceeded to return to him the Yo-Kai Watch U, "Well… let's test this update out."
"Who are you going to summon?" Blizzaria asked.
Nate thought for a moment before he plucked out a Yo-Kai Medal and looked it over.
"Nyot that one! Anybody but him!" Jibanyan yelled.
"This is the only Dream Medal that I have that isn't an older Yo-Kai I've met," Nate commented as he held the Medal, which was of a yellow-orange nekomata. Nate raised his arm up a bit and let energy radiate from the Watch, "Come on out my friend! Calling, Tomnyan!"
He tossed the Medal into the air and the pink rings surrounded it as it flew and he grabbed it, "Yo-Kai Medal, do your thing!"
Thus, he loaded the Medal into the Watch and after a few seconds…
=LADIES & GENTLEMEN, NOW SUMMONING… CHARMING!=
=CALLING OUT, SHOUTING OUT, CHARMING! HERE THEY ARE… THEY'RE CHARMING!=
"Tomnyan!"
The yellow-orange Merican Yo-Kai stood with a smile, "Oh mah meow! Howdy Nyate, what up?!"
"Shhhh!" Jibanyan growled, pointing to a presently asleep Hoodienyan.
"Oh mah meow! Ya have a kin! Why wasn't Ah invited ta her birthday!" Tomnyan inquired loudly.
"...I didn't knyow about you when she was born," Jibanyan informed, "Nyow shut it so she can nyap!"
"Oh! Ah can help her nyap!" Tomnyan smiled as he prepped his guitar and began to play a tune, "Nya nya nya nyanyanyanya! Nyeko nyeko nyeko go go go!"
Jibanyan and Blizzaria were both frustrated with the Merican Yo-Kai, though in the case of the former it was because he was legit irritated of the cat and in the case of the latter he was disturbing her daughter's nap.
"Please stop playing…" Jibanyan growled, but Tomnyan either didn't hear him or didn't care as he kept up his guitar playing, "Stop. Playing!"
The yellow nekomata kept it up, causing Hoodienyan to wake up and begin to cry.
"Oh… mah bad, but luckily Ah know how ta help 'er relax," Tomnyan smiled as he continued to play his song.
"I. Said. STOP! PLAYING!" Jibanyan yelled in anger as he grabbed Tomnyan by his tails and flung him right out the window.
Guitar strings snapping sounded as Nate and Whisper quickly headed over to the window and looked down, seeing that Tomnyan was alright but had his guitar snapped in half.
"Ah'm ok!" Tomnyan assured.
Jibanyan dusted his paws for a moment, but Blizzaria glared at him, "What?"
"Really?" Blizzaria blinked as she continued her glare, while trying to calm Hoodienyan down, "You throw him out the window? What's that going to teach our daughter, that if you don't like somebody you can just fling them out? I don't like Flarearia that much but I don't fling her out a window,"
"...you do freeze her solid once," Jibanyan muttered.
"That's besides the point. The point is, you're being a bit of a bad influence right now…" Blizzaria told him, "Now go down and apologize…"
Jibanyan growled a little bit, but let out a sigh as he headed downstairs and outside to apologize.
"Howdy, Jibanyan. Sorry Ah woke up yer kin a-"
"I'msorryforthrowingyououthewindowbutyouwerebotheringmydaughterandnowgoawayandneverbotherheragain!" Jibanyan said quickly as he headed back inside.
"...al'ight then," Tomnyan smiled as he headed off.
Nate gave a small roll of his eyes as Jibanyan walked in, but noticed a letter fall from the door when Jibanyan opened up the door. Nate picked it up and proceeded to open it up.
'Dear Nathan Adams-
As one of the bearers of the Yo-Kai Watch, you are obligated to contact the People for the Ethical Treatment of Yo-Kai whenever you see a Yo-Kai mistreated. Included in this letter is a Yo-Kai Medal for our officers.
Warm Regards, PETY'
Nate then looked and saw a green rimmed Medal showing a blue Yo-Kai of sorts in a black suit with the Mysterious Tribe symbol on it.
"Better hope Tomnyan isn't smart enough to sue you for what you did, Jibanyan-kun," Blizzaria commented with a worried look on her face.
Jibanyan gave a nervous gulp as Nate shrugging as he put the Yo-Kai Medal into his Medallium.
Nate: It's Recap Time. *focus on a black Medallium. Nate and Whisper popped up in the bottom left and right corners.*
Whisper: So Nate, who'd we meet today? *the Medallium opened up.*
Nate: The People for the Ethical Treatment of Yo-Kai! *the Medal was inserted into the Medallium*
*Jibanyan was sitting in a chair, as a trial was ongoing. Nate stood in his defense and Whisper, Blizzaria and various other Yo-Kai sat in the stands*
PETY Member: Jibanyan, you are charged with the property damage and injury of my client. *gestures to Tomnyan* How do you plead?
Jibanyan: Not guilty…
PETY Member: With no reason?
Nate: *with the Wright finger pose* OBJECTION!
Whisper: Think that company may sue us for stealing their joke?
Blizzaria: Who knows…
...before anybody asks, no, I have never played a Phoenix Wright game. Anyhow… this took quite a while to get out. My apologies.
The reason for including the part of the second movie when Nate and Inaho summon Lord Enma was because when I started writing this, clips for the second movie finally got onto the internet and we're about a month away from the first movie coming out here in the states. So… yay.
The reason for Tomnyan having the same southern accent and countryisms that Komasan and Komajiro have is because… well… watching a clip from his debut episode makes it clear he's from the countryside… wouldn't be surprised if his dub voice actor got a Southern accent.
Now, I do need to respond to one anonymous review comment, one by 'PrinPage'. The previous chapter took place before Jibanyan and Blizzaria became a pair, so… yea.
For a favorite part… it's when Jibanyan is telling his daughter the story of what happened, because it was adorable.
Oh, and before anybody comments about any news for Yo-Kai Watch 2, I'm going to be covering that in the near future, I promise. It depends on when me and a certain somebody can get back to work on something, but you will have my comments soon.
Regardless, sorry for the long wait, and I hope you all enjoyed this. Because we got a long one upcoming my friends… trust me when I say that.
Just Live More.