There is some decent replay value here if you’re into it also. I only played it through once so far, so that is yet to be seen for me. Things like athlete, bookworm, or even pervert are available, and claim to offer different combinations of girls who will fawn over you. That could of course vary depending on the type of profile you start with, as Gal*Gun offers you different variations. Gal*Gun: Double Peace is very self aware, at multiple times Houdai says how ridiculous this is and how he feels like a creep for actions he’s forced to take. Obviously the sexual nature of the game takes it down a different road than you’d usually see in anime, though even then it wouldn’t be that absurd of a notion, but the story is still pretty straightforward and non-offensive. Young guy needs to find his true love or his something bad will happen. If you’re an anime fan, the story here isn’t all that out there. I’m sure you can see where this is going. Luckily there are two girls, sisters in fact, on campus who not only are unaffected by the Angel or Demon, and just happen to be old estranged friends of Houdai, but are also Demon Hunters. This basically translates to the girls still being in love with you, but being much more violent about it. This is of course made more complicated by the fact that there is a demon also on the loose, who is messing with people, making their darkest versions come out. The catch here is, if he doesn’t get together with his ‘True Love’ by the end of the day, the powers wear off, but he will never have affection from another living being, even from family or pets. She explains that you’ve got to use the overpowered pheromones you now have, in the form of a Pheromone Shot, to send the girls into a fit of euphoria that will knock them out and thus give you a chance to carry on. The Cupid (Or Angel as the game refers to her) Ekoro that shot him basically becomes his guide through the game. By unfortunately circumstances he’s hit by what is essentially an overpower cupid arrow which makes all the females he encounter fall irrationally in love with him. The basic premise of the game is you play Houdai Kudoki who is a pretty unremarkable high school student. There’s no nudity, no sex, no foul language, just goofy self aware fanservice and engaging on-rail shooting.
That’s really all Gal*Gun is using here, it’s fan service. That’s not to say everything out of Japan is perverted, but anime and many video games are known for some over-the-top fan service for a reason. It seems like a concept that could only work in Japan, where they have a very different media acceptance to this kind of material. What I did know was you rolled around a schoolyard giving girls ‘euphoria’ so they’d stopped chasing you.
I’d seen some gameplay of it, read about it in the news a few times, but otherwise didn’t know a ton about it. I was uncertain about Gal*Gun: Double Peace when I first popped it in. Gal*Gun: Double Peace, a sequel to Inti Creates 2011 Gal*Gun is about as anime as anime can get, and if you look past the absurdity and put aside some preconceived notions you’ll find a fast paced and fun game.