Akihabara consists of the following regions:
- Akimori Shrine
- Electric Town Plaza
- Electric Town Exit
- Radio Kaikan Area
- UD+
- Main Street NE
- Main Street NW
- Main Street SE
- Main Street SW
- Side Streets
- Junk Street
- Akihabara Park
- Showa Street Exit
- Yodobashi Area
- Battle Arena
- MOGRA
- Sister's Room
There are a few additional locations, such as The Organization's Hideout and inside Radio Kaikan itself, that are only accessible on certain routes and only during certain parts of the story.
Electric Town Exit and Showa Street Exit are train stations you can leave Akihabara from.
Leaving Akihabara will end your current playthrough completely. You'll be prompted to make sure you understand what you're doing and, if you choose to leave, you'll be allowed to create a new Clear Save file.
The times when leaving Akihabara might be a good idea are as follows:
- You ended up on the wrong girl's route and want to start your playthrough over without spending the time to beat the game.
- You're farming money at Battle Arena. You can access Battle Arena pretty early in the game and, if you're geared properly, you can earn a large sum of money completing all the Battle Arena fights. Leaving Akihabara will allow you to create a new Clear Save file with the money you just made at Battle Arena.
There are a number of shops that can be visited in Akihabara.
Most fall into one of several categories:
- Stores
- These sell equippable items (weapons, clothing, underwear, shoes, or accessories) and / or consumables.
- Restaurants
- These sell meals that provide an immediate stat boost. The stat boost lasts until you leave that area.
- Maid cafes
- These do not sell anything useful but they do allow you to have light hearted interactions with the maid staff for a small fee. They also provide you with maid outfits if you spend enough money.
There are also a few other shops that allow you to listen to music from the game soundtrack.
Some stores will have additional items for sale as the story progresses.
Restaurants and maid cafes sell the same items and services the entire game.
Items in this game fall into a few categories:
- Weapons
- Weapons determine the type of attacks your character uses and how much damage you deal.
- Clothing
- Headwear, upper body clothing, and lower body clothing have hit points that indicate their durability. Shoes and underwear are just for customizing your appearance.
- Accessories
- You can equip one accessory that changes your appearance, one accessory that changes your walking animation, and one accessory that determines what animation your strip moves use
- Consumables
- These provide a temporary stat boost and last only while you're in the area they were used
Most missions follow a similar structure:
- A cut scene at MOGRA
- There's typically a cut scene at MOGRA before each mission with various opportunities for picking your choice of dialogue. Some of these dialogue options increase one of the girls' affection levels. This is also typically where you're given your next mission.
- Pre-fight dialogue
- Most missions involve traveling to an area where a cut scene will play before you fight a number of enemies. Again, there are often choices to make with dialogue that may increase one of the girls' affection levels.
- Battle
- Most missions involve fighting a number of enemies. In most cases, the goal of combat is to disrobe all enemies, either through removing their clothes or destroying them.
- Post-fight dialogue
- After most battles, another cut scene will play with additional dialogue choices to make. Again, these choices may increase one of the girls' affection levels.
- Return to MOGRA
- Most missions aren't technically complete until you return to MOGRA for another cut scene. Returning to MOGRA formally completes your previous mission and kicks off the cut scene for your next mission.
Side missions are available throughout the game, but each one is only available during specific windows of the main story.
Many side missions can be failed if not completed properly. Failing to complete a mission in time will make it unavailable until your next playthrough.
Completing side missions is necessary to make some items available in the shops.
You cannot beat all side missions in one playthrough. Some side missions are only available in a specific girl's Chapter 3 route.
