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Which Came First, Hakurei Kannushi's Games or Beer?/Chapter 00

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Chapter 00
 Which Came First, Hakurei Kannushi's Games or Beer?   Chapter 01 >

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Illustration by 水炊き.
都內某所。
Somewhere in Tokyo. I arrived 1 hour early to the meeting, like usual. Perhaps I was a little excited because I was asked to do a very simple thing, like drinking.
初めましてZUNです。
Nice to meet you, this is ZUN. By some work of karma, I ended up writing a column in Comptiq. Editor of the magazine asked, "Would you like to write a column in Comptiq?" I thought to myself, 'I really don't want to do more than what I already have', so I answered, "If it's a column about beer, then sure." The editor became super-excited, then it was approved right away. I really should mind what I say. Are you really all right, Comptiq? (I mean that in a good way)
角川のお酒大好き。。。
After exchanging greetings with 5 editing staffs in Kadokawa who just loves drinking (Mr. T.Da. editor-in-chief, Mr. K.To. vice-editor-in-chief, Mr. S.Da. editor-in-chief, and Mr.H.Yama. editor, and Mr. W.Da.), off we went to a bar near the company building. I'm so glad that they all love work that involves just drinking. So, under the disguise of "preparation meeting" to decide the title of the column and the direction of the column, that's how the "meeting" started.
。場所は軽小坂にあるちょっとお酒。。
It was a place in Karugozaka, a bit luxurious bar. The mysterious and prestigious Mr. H. Yama.'s recommendation. I heard that there were a lot of Japanese sake, but to nitpick, there were much more wines, and the mood of the bar fit that of the wine bar as well. You know, with comfortable sofa and all. Well, I was not a type of person who would hold a wine glass with one palm of my hand, so I ended up gulping down on sake. Hiyaoroshi sure looked delicious.
取り敢えずビールの。。
Anyways, after beer, let's start with Tengumai. With 6 people around, if we order 2 bottles each, can't we just drink all the Japanese sake in all of its kind? But then, the next day lunch, I already had a promise to go drink out. And I got knocked out from drinking rice wine until the next day on the previous meeting. But then, probably, 7~8 bottles are probably ok, and with that, I ended up enjoying the sake and grubs from not-so-important talks of our daily lives.
1時間も。。。
I was quite already drunk by past 1 hour, but then someone in my mind started whispering "shouldn't we start getting to the focus of today's meeting by now?", so we decided to take a break from drinking, and started talking about stuffs that actually mattered.
まずこのコラムの。。。
So, talking about this column's direction, it's a given that there are already a pileload of columns that introduces bars or restaurants. Even without me, there are already people who can introduce them in much more stylish way. So, with a simple reason that it is a column that is written by a person who has been making doujin games so far, the direction became about writing my own subjective view on how I thought about gathering around with the editors who simply loved drinking, by visiting various bars (or events that featured special alcohols). Since it's my own opinion, no one else can write something quite like it. But please don't expect this to be any valid information. Anyways, it's really nice that we can all drink together because of reason that we need to work. No, really.

そしてコラムのタイトル。タイトルが。。。

And about the column title. We wrapped around our drunken heads for a while, but it was quickly decided with help of the Fairy of Kadokawa, Mr. S. Da.(that's how we call him).

ゲームもお酒も生きるのに。。。

Game and alcohol aren't really a necessity to live with, but they can't be thought to be separate from one another. I have often said, "Touhou is made of 90% beer". But from this column, I now can confirm the truth, "Touhou is made of `100% beer".

さてさて。。。

Moving right along, after I regained my senses, I found that the table was full of Japanese sakes. Shinkame, Hakkaisan, Umenoyado, Kenkonichi... and what else? I should at least remember what I drank to write this column... Oh well, I guess it doesn't matter anyways.

大体、ビールも日本酒も。。。

But you know, beer, sake, and Soju alike, the luxurious ones are delicious, but the cheap ones can be enjoyed quite deliciously, most of the time. At the end, the quality of the alcohol depends on where you drink, how you drink, what you drink with, and what you are thinking while drinking. Even the best of the alcohol will taste bad if the environment is uncomfortable, or your body condition is just horrible. That's the kind of mentality that I don't want to forget when I'm drinking.

案の定、。。。

But as I thought, I was hung over from that lunch drinking gathering on the next day. Morning drink... Morning drink...
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