Photo Kano (フォトカノ)

[bakAnki]

roankun has translated Yunoki Rina's omnibus chapter of Your Eyes Only

Too bad the omnibus chapter is only released 3-4 months per chapter >3<

[Shadow5YA]

After reading Rina's side chapter, I just realized that Haruka's story in Sweet Snap is sorely missing Shutter Chances.

[bakAnki]

Amazon.co.jp released cover page for the anthology manga slated for this 25th, Photo Kano Omnibus Album...


It's rare to see Hikari smiles like that outside late-game

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

After reading Rina's side chapter, I just realized that Haruka's story in Sweet Snap is sorely missing Shutter Chances.

I'm not 100% sure this is the exact reason, but most probably the "Shutter Chance!" moments happen more often on Story H since Story H for every main heroines deals with lighter feel and give us more situation to take more 'Erotic' photo. Sweet Snap is Haruka's Story L, where we don't get that many "Shutter Chance!" moment, at least on the main event.

But hey, Yuzuki N' makes up for it by give us enough amount of Haruka's "Shutter Chance!"-ish artwork for the first volume tankoubon of Sweet Snap. Samples of it can be found on his Pixiv page

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[Kirito]

Looks interesting, I look forward to seeing this version of Photo Kano when it comes out. So many versions of Photo Kano getting released, I like this!

[bakAnki]

Little late, but I just read Your Eyes Only chapter 9. To my surprise it was yet another Muroto Aki focused chapter, makes it her third focused chapter consecutively. Wonder if she will be the end girl on Your Eyes Only.

Spoiler for Your Eyes Only chapter 9 summary, with NSFW pictures:

This was one of Muroto Aki main event. Aki was cleaning the gym by organizing volley balls on the gym's storage other class just used. Maeda saw her and he asked why Aki's cleaning when it wasn't really her duty. Aki said it was because she really loves the school and wanted to make it clean and comfortable for each students as well as future students for when she has graduated.

Maeda then offered to help her but before that he locked the storage's door and asked Aki to do another photo session for him (by asked, I mean blackmail ). He requested Aki to do a pose with showing her navel. After that he asked again for her to lower her bloomer as well. Can't resist Maeda's threat about her picture when she had to climb school's backyard's wall when she came school late (she tried to maintain her image as top student as well as student council president), she did it eventually. After that Aki reminded Maeda's promise to help her cleaning.



Originally before this event there were an event on school's pool where Maeda blackmail her (nicely, but still XD) to do gravure photo session with school's swimsuit. He asked her to do erotic pose by pressing her breasts with her arm (at first she was angry, "Ha? Pressing my breast? You know I have small breast, I'm a pettanko. Are you trying to pick a fight with me?" ). She agreed and did it eventually but just when they wrapped it up, Kudou came up from nowhere (he's master of stealth) and praising Maeda as the Photography Club's leader for taking the strict Aki's erotic picture, while Aki was so embarrassed because Kudou, her classmate, saw the entire photo session.



And originally on this bloomer photosession, we will be given three choices for Aki pose. First is the same 'pressing chest', second is this 'showing navel', and I forgot the third option. I personally like this navel shot the best X3

Also, Comic Earth Star official website released web version of Photo Kano Memorial Pictures that we can read online

http://comic-earthstar.jp/author/detail24.php

Like shown on the cover, this manga focused on Kanon and Ootani Momoko route. Kanon is Maeda/MC's little sister and Ootani Momoko is a new intern teacher on the school. Both of them are hidden heroines on the game, that will be unlocked if player has got at least one of all heroines ending. Unlike the main heroines, both of them only have 1 story regardless which club Maeda join.

I like both of them, as a character as well their story. Kanon is cheerful and playful little sister and often teases Maeda (and vice-versa), while the nature of Momoko route makes her route feels little bit different than any other route, on a good way.



And Photo Kano official site has released the cover for Sweet Snap vol 1 tankoubon. It slated for July 27th.


There's also vol 1 tankoubon of Your Eyes Only slated for August 24th, but the cover hasn't been released yet.

[bakAnki]

Web comic for Photo Kano Love Album chapter 2 is out
http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_photokano/

Hikari's wearing teacher outfit and glasses



And there will be Photo Kano special live event on Young Animal 20th Anniversary event, as well to mark the release for the first volume of Photo Kano Your Eyes Only tankoubon. Kanae Ito (Niimi Haruka's VA), Kaori Mizuhashi (Sanehara Hikari's VA), Asuka Ougame (Yunoki Rina's VA), and Minoru Shiraishi (Nakagawa Itta's VA) will appear on said event.

[judasmartel]

Heh, looks like Kudou beat Maeda to it with superior ninja skills, huh?

[Lexxus]

Maeda-kun finally evolved to a fine man. He's not a wimp anymore!!

[Shadow5YA]

Originally Posted by Lexxus

Maeda-kun finally evolved to a fine man. He's not a wimp anymore!!

Nope. He's not a man if he can't even call his childhood friend by her first name or hold hands with her.

[bakAnki]

Originally Posted by Shadow5YA

Nope. He's not a man if he can't even call his childhood friend by her first name or hold hands with her.

Give him a break. At least he has gathered his courage to ask Haruka for a date. I mean we're talking about the same boy who had a hard time talking to her on the first chapter XD

But yeah, he's not fully evolved yet. There's still a room for improvement, the story hasn't ended yet anyway. Can't wait for the beach chapter next month


Btw the official site and Famitsu site has announced the result for Photo Kano Photo Contest you can see here:
http://www.famitsu.com/sp/photokano/result_special.php

[bakAnki]

The cover for first volume tankoubon of Photo Kano Your Eyes Only, slated for August 24th, has been released. DAT MAI <3



And seems there will be a PS®Store campaign. From August 23th to September 5th, Photo Kano is available to buy for 3800 yen instead of the regular 5800 yen price.


Lastly, Techgian Style will release Photo Kano Visual Book at the end of this month for 2700 yen...

[Kirito]

That's a really bold cover of Mai with the Seito-kaicho. Looks interesting, I'm really loving the Photo Kano series and the heroine directions that they take. Sure I haven't played the games, but the direction they're taking feels more natural and smooth.

[bakAnki]

Chapter 10 of Your Eyes Only has been released...

Spoiler for summary from the RAW:

*DAT LEGS!*

One day, the chime for next lesson has rang. While Maeda hurried to go back to class, he saw Aki who went to rooftop. Maeda followed her since he felt it was weird for the strict, discipline Aki to not came back to class on schedule. On the rooftop, Maeda saw Aki laid down, gloomy. Maeda asked what's going on and since it's Maeda who lately always saw the other side of her that's not the strict Seito Kaichou, Aki didn't mind to tell him her story.

Aki had enough of being the top, perfect student. Actually, Aki wasn't a genius at all, she even hated studying and liked swimming and diving (even joined swim club at first). But being the only daughter of a father whose a doctor on their family hospital, Aki wanted to proof herself to her father by wanting to become a doctor too. And to achieve that, she begun to study hard. Her hard work begun to fruit when she got the first position on a test and after that she kept study and study to become number one, just like what she is now.

But she had enough of it, she was tired to always study become perfect, she wanted to give up her dream to follow her father's step as a doctor. Seeing Aki without her usual spirit, Maeda then had an idea and asked her to come with him, climbed the school's backyard's wall to go outside. Yes, Maeda's idea is for Aki to let loose and had fun for once by skipping the whole day of school. Even though she against it at first but Aki was happy Maeda cared about her, so for the first time of her life, the strict Seitou Kaichou dropped her usual act and is going to skip school...

Another Aki-focused chapter. Wonder if we'll ever get Mai-focused chapter again after this...

[bakAnki]

Web comic for Photo Kano Love Album chapter 3 is out
http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_photokano/


Compared to Sweet Snap and Your Eyes Only, Love Album has more changes from the original PSP game. I don't remember that scene where Ruu kicks Maeda like that (and a scene following it XD); plus the event where Hikari comes to Maeda's room is originally take place later after Hikari opens up to Maeda, as after-school-date event (and Kanon doesn't appear like here ^^)

Actually, there's a funny dialogue from that scene on the third time...

Spoiler for Hikari after-school-date event to Maeda's room on PSP:

Before Hikari wants to check for ecchi books under Maeda's bed but Maeda manages to stop him. Now Maeda himself allows Hikari to check (because he already moves it ) but Hikari knows and wants to check what's inside Maeda's PC for his "treasure" instead and once again Maeda panicked

After that, like on this chapter, Maeda's slipped and hurt his back again, so he asks Hikari to massage his back with her feet once more. Since this is the third time, player can request Hikari to take off her stocking or wears it. Either way, this conversation happens when she massages him:

M: "Sanehara, a bit more down"
H: "More below? You have to ask me nicely, senpai"
M: "Huh?"
H: "Something like, [O' Hikari-sama, I beg you, please step on this low thrash of yours]. If you say it then I'll do it."
(Player can choose "say it", "do not say it", or my favorite option) M: "Sanehara, what website do you see recently?"
H: "So that's your answer?"
M: "Geez... [O' Hikari-sama, I beg you, please step on this low thrash of yours]. There!"
H: *stepping harder* "Is it here? Here??!"
M: "Oooooh!! That's the spot! You're the best Sanehara!"
H: "Looking so happy when a girl steps on you, senpai you're quite a hentai"
M: "I don't want you, of all people, to say I'm a hentai"

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To commemorate 12 millions DL for free-trial version and 70,000 DL for full version, they release Niimi Haruka wallpaper available on the official site
http://photokano.jp/wallpaper.html


There's also another sample pages of the visual book

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Mai's wearing megane


Aaand, just wrote some sort of review about the game on my free time :v
http://bakanki.blogspot.com/2012/08/...roduction.html

Originally Posted by bakAnki

And there will be Photo Kano special live event on Young Animal 20th Anniversary event, as well to mark the release for the first volume of Photo Kano Your Eyes Only tankoubon. Kanae Ito (Niimi Haruka's VA), Kaori Mizuhashi (Sanehara Hikari's VA), Asuka Ougame (Yunoki Rina's VA), and Minoru Shiraishi (Nakagawa Itta's VA) will appear on said event.

Nakahara Mai (Muroto Aki's VA) and Kanemoto Hisako (Sakura Mai's VA) are also coming to the live event...
http://photokano.jp/special.html#sp011

[bakAnki]

Just read RAW for chapter 11 & 12 of Your Eyes Only...

Spoiler for Short summary of YOE ch 11-12; NSFW pics inside:

Ch 11


Continuing chapter 10, Maeda asked Aki to ditched class and went to shopping mall to cheer Aki up. They went to game center, where they ran off from an employee who Maeda thought is going to arrest them for ditching. Maeda pulled Aki to ran but Aki slipped and she fell on Maeda. Maeda instead licked Aki's belly and then took her picture

After that Kitagawa-sensei called Aki because she was worry Aki's missing. Aki told Kitagawa-sensei she's taking day-off from school to fresh her mind with Maeda, and instead of scolding her, Kitagawa-sensei understand and let them be. After that Aki himself asked Maeda to take her picture, and divine wind granted Maeda to took picture of Aki's shimapan

The major difference of this chapter is after this event, Maeda didn't invite Aki for a date on the weekend like he originally did on the PSP game.


Ch 12


Mai chapter!! There's quite number of fan-service shots of her bathing and doing gymnastic, with a hairstyle never seen on the PSP game

Mai's avoiding Maeda after she reads the H-book she took from Maeda (Nakagawa from Picture Club lent it to Maeda so Maeda, a noob, can learn something about beautiful, though also erotic, picture), and while bathing she's thinking about those erotic-yet-beautiful pictures and then she's wondering about her own little figure and her dream to grow into a beautiful girl.

Next day Maeda helped Mai to prepare for her club and after that they talked where Maeda asked Mai to be his model for that day. Mai was not confident about being a model since she thought she isn't beautiful but Maeda said that he thought Mai has cute and beautiful figure. She blushed and asked Maeda to take picture of her doing gymnastic. She slipped and Maeda took the picture (that ends up looks erotic), he showed the result to Mai and she got really embarrassed

So yeah, after 5 chapters of Aki as the main girl, chapter 12 gives us Mai back as the focused girl :3

[bakAnki]

Chapter 4 of Photo Kano Love Album web manga is available to be read online =D

http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_photokano/

Spoiler for chapter 4:

Hikari finally laugh and smile with a dog suit Maeda borrowed from Katsumi's friend's part time job after his few attempts to get close to her. To his surprise, Hikari wants to go with Maeda to the amusement park (to return the dog suit) on the weekend. So, date chapter it is next chapter

Kirito (Animesuki member, not SAO character XD) will like this. Chapter 2 of the omnibus Your Eyes Only is apparently still Yunoki Rina chapter!! =D


On this chapter Maeda accidentally touches Rina's breast........ twice
I thought the omnibus will be a one-shot for each character but this is good too. Too bad Young Animal Island releases once every 3-4 months, so next Rina chapter will be in quite while. But YAI vol 20 has Photo Kano Premium Stage CD bonus which cover the special live event on Young Animal 20th Anniversary with most of the seiyuus.
http://www.younganimal.com/island/20/



Also, the first volume of Photo Kano Memorial Picture tankoubon, which cover the 2 secret characters route (Kanon & Ootani Momoko) will be released on Oct 12th. Amazon has shown the cover of it.




Btw just in case you guys missed it (since no one posted about it yet like usual ), the translation for chapter 10 of Sweet Snap, the beach date, has been released for about a month :3 Chapter 11 should be out soon, I guess...

[Greenish Growth]

Oh my! The way how she's drawn makes it look like there could be 3-D photos in that Memorial Book. Lol

[bakAnki]

Chapter 5 of Photo Kano Love Album web manga has been released and ready to be read online :3

Spoiler for Love Album ch 5:

Finally the date with Sanehara Hikari. Maeda and Sanehara went to the amusement park to return the dog suit Katsumi borrowed to his friend so Maeda could make Sanehara laugh at previous chapter.

Trying to get reaction from Sanehara, Maeda asked her to ride roller coaster but he got nothing since Sanehara didn't even scream a little bit riding it. So then Maeda asked her to went inside the zombie house, but again, Sanehara didn't really scared with the zombies. So Maeda asked her directly to show her emotion and scream when zombies appear, but she did it monotonely XD


Maeda asked her to put more emotion into it and after that she acted and scream. By the way on the original game, many options will appear so we can choose how Sanehara will scream (those options include scream like: normally, a dojikko, a tsundere, an imouto, a maid, etc ). When they completed the zombie house, they met Kanon and Mai who also went to the amusement park (this wasn't on the PSP game). Due to embarrassment, Maeda pulled Sanehara to ran away from Kanon and Mai.

Sanehara said that she actually fine to be seen on a date with Maeda. After that Sanehara asked Maeda to accompany her to a place where she couldn't go alone. Maeda thought it was love hotel but actually it's a park. She meant she couldn't go there alone after dark, and she wanted to take picture of sky and stars since she also like astronomy.

Sanehara then explain some stuffs about photography and she wanted to do slow shutter photo of the stars and that required the shutter to be hold for a while before released. On the mean time, Sanehara said that Maeda is a good person. Sanehara then started to tell her story to Maeda of why she never taken picture of people.

Photo Kano Your Eyes Only chapter 13 has also been released days ago, and it's Mai-focused chapter again

Spoiler for Your Eyes Only ch 13:

The beginning is an original part where Mai and Kanon was on the swimming lesson. Kanon spotted Mai from underwater, surprising her and noticed that Mai had gain little bit of weight. Kanon tickled Mai until she surrender and told Kanon what she ate.

It began when Mai waited for someone one day after school. Mai was waiting for Maeda because she wanted to go somewhere with Maeda and asked him for something. It was for Maeda to eat a parfait for her. The thing is, because her gymnastic club activity, Mai was on a tight diet, she hadn't eaten parfait for quite a time and wanted to remember how it tastes, so she wanted Maeda to eat the parfait and describe it for her.


So then Maeda agreed to help Mai, even when Mai revealed that she wanted him to eat 2 parfaits, strawberry and chocolate, at once. And so, Maeda ate the parfaits and describe it to Mai like a pro, making Mai remember the taste and drooling. Feeling guilty and sorry for her while eating alone, Maeda offered Mai to eat it too. Mai didn't want at first because of her diet but Maeda then told her it's okay if it's only one bite, so then Mai agreed. Maeda was about to take another spoon but Mai said she was okay eating with the same spoon Maeda used and for Maeda to feed her if Maeda okay with it.

And thus, how Mai gain a little weight. Kanon was sad after hearing Mai story, Mai thought it was because she went out with Maeda, her big brother, but turned out what make Kanon sad was because Mai ate parfait without her

[bakAnki]

Chapter 6 of Love Album is released and available to read online =3

http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_photokano/

Spoiler for chapter 6:

Following story from last chapter, Sanehara tells Maeda the reason why she never taken picture of people.

It was when Sanehara in middle school. At that time she was also a loner, but one time a group of girls approached her and become her friend. Sanehara was happy but turned out they weren't a real friend so Sanehara kept a distance. One day, her male classmate lost his item so their homeroom teacher checked each student's bag. The lost item found on Sanehara's bag, planted by her 'friends'. Sanehara scolded by the teacher and all of her classmates laughed at her. After that she never believed a smile and she never smiled herself. It was also what makes her never taken picture of people, because in her eyes, people would suddenly make a (fake) smile when photographer point the camera at them.

Hearing Sanehara story, Maeda gets angry. Sanehara surprises because it's the first time she sees a person gets so angry hearing her story. Sanehara tells that Maeda is a kind person after all. She also says she starts to believe people's smile again because she likes Maeda's smile. Sanehara even asks Maeda if it's okay for her to take picture of him, and Maeda is happy because it will be Sanehara's first portrait.



In the next morning, it's school festival that day. Maeda finds Sanehara's taking picture of river. Sanehara then tells Maeda that she starts taking another people's portrait, which is Kanon. Sanehara says that Kanon immediately strike a poses but in the end, she made a really happy smile and Sanehara likes it. They talked about what they, as Photo Club members, will contribute for their club's booth. Maeda says that he will only submit one picture, and Sanehara says the same. Maeda then says that he has something he wants to talk to Sanehara after the school festival ends.

Your Eyes Only chapter 14 & 15 are also released x3

Spoiler for ch 14:

Maeda gets a phone call from Mai. Mai asks him to come to the gym because Gymnastic Club will have its preliminary contest. Maeda rushes there and he gives the panic Mai support. Mai begins to calm down and then comes her turn.



Mai fails to catch the stick she throws. She gets depressed but Maeda cheers Mai and she has the courage to try again. This time, Mai gets it right, Maeda and the rest of club members give her applause.

On his house, Maeda wonders what the girls (Mai and Aki) think of her. He then comes to Kanon's room to ask her what the girls on their school think of her brother.

Spoiler for ch 15:

Kanon is doing a yoga pose when Maeda comes to her room. Maeda asks Kanon what Mai thinks of him, and Kanon says that she know everything about her Nii-yan. Kanon then asks Maeda to put his ear close to her, and when Maeda does it, Kanon licks her brother's ear

The next day, when Maeda's searching for interesting photo object, he hears sounds from the pool. Maeda goes inside and Mai is there, sitting beside the pool. Maeda then takes picture of Mai, and she asks if he gets a good picture, and also if Maeda wants to take her picture wearing swimsuit. Maeda says it's not the case since way before Mai was embarrassed when Maeda wants to take her picture wearing school uniform over leotard. Mai then says if Maeda wants she will do it, rather she already wants to show Maeda her true self. So Mai begins to strip and Maeda gets embarrassed.



Turns out Mai is wearing swimsuit underneath. But now it's Maeda turn to make Mai embarrassed when he's want to go all out taking picture of her

Maeda then asks what the result of the preliminary day ago. Mai says that the result hasn't came out yet but she thinks she will fail anyway. But Mai isn't depressed since she's already prepared to give her best for the next contest and won't give up. The only thing left that make her sad is this summer Mai used most of her time to practice so she hasn't gotten chance to swim outside school. Maeda then asks her if she wants to go together with him to swim on nearby pool on weekend. Hearing that, Mai becomes happy and so they make a promise to go on a date to swimming pool.

And lastly, my friend took many pictures of his Photo Kano Visual Work for me:

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Rest of the pictures can be seen on my Photobucket folder:
http://s251.beta.photobucket.com/use...orks%20preview

[bakAnki]

Sweet Snap chapter 12 is out.
Last main event and after-school date with Haruka. I read on Twitter it's already finished on Japan, as well as Memorial Pictures manga.


Your Eyes Only chapter 16 is finally out yesterday after weeks of hiatus~

Spoiler for Your Eyes Only ch 16 summary:

Pool date with Mai! There are quite number of differences between the original story on the game too. First is we get to see Mai's having hard time choosing what to wear for her first date with Maeda. Mai is very excited about this date. At the pool, while waiting for Maeda to finish changing, Mai wonder if Maeda is prefer an adult swimsuit like on the ecchi book she saw compared to childish swimsuit she wears (we get to see Mai's second swimsuit which on the game is an unlockable bonus).



Suddenly a guy approaches her, making Mai uncomfortable but fortunately Maeda appears and say to the guy, while hugging Mai's shoulder that she is his exclusive model, so the guy gives up. Mai then says she is very happy, because just now it feels like she is Maeda's girlfriend.



At the way home, they talk about summer is almost over, and Mai cries because she still wants to do many things with Maeda. Maeda then asks for Mai's pinkie, and he promises next year the two of them will go together again, making Mai smiles again.

Mai end it is, then
There's also Your Eyes Only SP on Young Animal Island magazine week ago, but this time it's not Yunoki Rina chapter, but Kanon focused chapter. But I haven't found the RAW yet >3<


Love Album chapter 7 has been out for weeks too...
http://www.famitsu.com/comic_clear/se_photokano/

Spoiler for Love Album ch 7 summary:

Continuation of previous chapter. But before Maeda can say anything he wants to talk about, Kanon suddenly appears and take Sanehara away.

Maeda is very uneasy when he's standing by on Photo Club show room, Katsumi then tells he can go see the rest of festival. Maeda then wanders trying to figure out where Sanehara is, but then he sees a cosplay cafe. Even though he supposes to look for Sanehara, but Maeda can't resist to take a peek inside but fortunately Sanehara is inside the cafe..... serving as the maid wearing Pretty Rabbit costume because Kanon asked her to. Maeda thanked Kanon in his mind, and then he continue to talk to Sanehara, but since the rest of the cafe staring at him and Sanehara, they agree to talk after Sanehara shift ends later. Back at Photo Club show room, Katsumi smiles at the only photo Maeda and Sanehara each submit, which is...



... the portrait of each other. After her shift ends, Sanehara meets Maeda at the school rooftop. Maeda confesses to her, Sanehara cries happily because she also feels the same way, since because of Maeda she can back to believing people's smile and Maeda is the one who make her able to smile again. On the epilogue year after, Sanehara and Maeda go to the beach. Sanehara says that since that time, she's able to smile a lot, to make up for the time she never smiled, and those smiles are for Maeda.

And that's it, Love Album for Sanehara arc is finished, because next we get the energetic ace pitcher's story, Misaki Nonoka =D