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Stepped on a Mine (Jirai wo Funda)
An expression that you use when you bought a game (or DVD, or whatever) that you thought it was going to be great (whether by means of pre-sale hype or by looking at the pretty pictures), but it turned out to be a dud. By the time you realize this, many others would've also thought the same. Hence, even if you try to sell to a used-game store, the money that they give you is close to nothing. Since you get pit-for-peaches, you are stuck with the shitty game. And all that's left is to blame yourself as you smack you head for being so stupid.
Real-life example:
"The pre-sale hype of this game was tremendous. But when it finally went on sale, this Sega Saturn game turned out to be a fluke; it's nothing but a game where a loser travels around to find the person who sent him a mysterious letter, and becomes taunted week-by-week with stalkerish calls from girls who yearns to meet him. I obviously stepped on a mine with this game."
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