So I canceled my preorder on Rewrite because there is noo point in having it if I can’t play it when it gets here. I’ll just buy it when I’m in Japan. If I buy it, I’m driving all the way to the KEY offices and waiting outside for someone I recognize to walk out and assault them like any upstanding white person would. I’m kidding of course, I’d quietly wait outside for hours, just staring at the front door for someone I recognize to walk out. Then, I will humbly ask in keigo for an autograph. It will be funny because I am white and speaking keigo. This reminds me though, I really dislike keigo, so I may cringe as I humbly ask for an autograph. Mr. Maeda will probably think I’m awkward because I am cringing every single time I utter a word with “o” in front of it or I say “tomoushimasu”. Of course, combine this with the fact that I am white and have approached him in the parking lot of the KEY offices and you will have a very strange situation because I’m sure Jun Maeda or Hitaru Inoue are not expecting to be approached by a white person in the parking lot of their jobs. Then again, I’m not sure many Asians of any Asian Ethnicity are expecting a white person to walk up to them, and in almost flawless Japanese, ask to get an autograph. Or have lunch bought for them. I’d totally do that because people love it when you bring them food. Speaking of food, I had Miso Soup with ingredients from Japan the other day, it was amazing. Wait, what if I go in speaking fluently but in some ridiculous dialect…that’d probably make me look like a fool and not be the best idea, unless it was Kansai, bitches love Kansai.
The only problem with this whole plan though is that there is probably a fence around the complex and to get in I would need some very sharp wirre cutters to cut thechain links. I think it will be a chain link fence because almost all important secret buildings are blocked off by chain fences. Though, this is in Japan, so it’s probably a really nice chain link fence, or a wooden fence, in which case I’ll need to bring a chainsaw. Can you buy chainsaws in Japan? I had a chainsaw once, but I cut down a tree in our backyard and my dad got mad at me so I don’t have a chainsaw anymore.
I know someone has shown me a picture of the KEY offices before, but that may have actually been Kyoto Animation.
EDIT: Okay, so I searched Japanese Google for “key ビジュアルアーツ事業所” and found http://gigazine.net/news/C22/P180/ which has a news story about one of the writers visiting the offices of KEY/Visual Arts before Rewrite is released. Well, if this guy from some internet magazine I’ve never heard of can do it, then possibly I can too (Kidding of course, this is probably the biggest website in Japan or something for all I know). Anyway, I found pictures of the office complex. It isn’t even an office complex, it’s just one building, and it’s black. Fuck yes black buildings right? Anyway, have some pictures while I find this place on Google Maps.
EDIT 2: Okay, so I found the offices on Google Maps. Luckily, there is a street view too, so I found a picture of what it would look like if I drove past. It’s at the bottom of the page. BTW, their address is listed on the KEY website on the Q and A page. 大阪府大阪市北区本庄西2-12-16.
