by Grant Davis
This guide is copyright 2002 by Grant Davis. All rights
reserved.
Tokimeki Memorial is copyright 1995, 1997 by Konami. This
guide is only available by request (e.g. HTTP request) from Grant Davis (http://www.grantdavis.net/ or grant at grantdavis.net.
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protection of any hardware. Be advised that playing a Japanese Playstation
console or game outside of
This guide is not intended to be a comprensive guide to
winning at Tokimeki Memorial; rather, it is intended to give an
English-speaking person enough knowledge to begin to play the game. It presumes
no knowledge of the Japanese language.
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Comments and corrections are welcome and may be sent to grant at grantdavis.net.
Translated Japanese is in quotes. Comments are in brackets.
Where Japanese text is used, the format is in MS Mincho and
not any kind of Japanese encoding. To view it, use the "Western" or
"English" encoding on your browser. If you don't know what that
means, don't worry: your computer is set properly if you normally surf the web
in English.
Tokemeki Memorial was played with the original disk on a
PSOne purchased in
Before getting too far into this guide, the reader should understand that he must learn a good deal of Japanese to play Tokimeki Memorial. Most of the game is dialogue-driven: 'button-mashing' action is limited to a few of the mini-games. This guide shows only the Kanji (written Japanese) needed to understand some fundamental concepts, but you need to learn much more [more than I know at this time] to fully appreciate the game.
Tokimeki Memorial is actually quite a good tool for learning Japanese. There are three alphabets in Japanese: Hirigana, Katakana and Kanji. The Latin alphabet (the one used in English) is called 'romaji' and is only used for cosmetic purposes or concepts which cannot be expressed any other way. Hirigana and Katakana (together known as Kana) are phonetic alphabets: speaking each syllable the way it is spelled gives you, more or less, the correct pronunciation.
Tokemeki's instruction manual has Hirigana characters
(called 'Furigana') over the Kanji. This way, younger players who can speak
Japanese but may not be able to read the Kanji can read the manual. [Furigana
is also very helpful when using Microsoft's IME to type in the Kanji].
Generally, Hirigana is used for Japanese words and Katakana is used for words borrowed from other languages (usually English). It is strongly recommended that you learn both Hiragana and Katakana, but absolutely necessary that you learn Katakana. If you can read Katakana, you can usually recognize the English word. [Learning Katakana is the dark side, the quick and easy path (much like learning to program in BASIC), and you should concentrate on Hirigana first if you intend to take your study of Japanese very far.]
There are many resources on the Internet for learning Kana. I recommend ChipChat: http://www.chipchat.com/NihonGo/
and, for the Palm Pilot, KingKanji:
http://www.gakusoft.com/downloads.html
“There are girls who believe in a legend at
On Graduation day, under the large oak tree on campus,
a girl who confesses her commitment to someone will know eternal happiness.
Surely it can happen to me...”
p.2: Prologue
p.3: Contents
p.4: Game Objective
p.5: Game Progression
p.6: Kirameki High School Year Schedule
p.7: How to Play
p.8: Game Start
p.11: “Name Entry”
p.13: Commands
p.21: Events
p.23: Minigame: Toss-ball game
p.25: Character Introductions
[Note that pages 23 and after are not translated in the
current edition of this guide.]
“This game is played from
“The ultimate goal is to win the love of his childhood
friend, Shiori Fujisaki, confessing her love on the day of graduation
exercises.”
[Memorize this Kanji: 藤崎 詩織.
It means 'Fujisaki Shiori' (family name first).]
“It is to one’s advantage to study and exercise, and then
athletic festival and so on various events attend, to become a charming man.”
“Also, the player’s behavior may cause the ending to change.
You may find multiple endings by playing many times; please enjoy them.”
"The game's sequence is shown below for you to get
familiar with."
"Name Entry"
"Prologue Demo"
"Cycle"
[CYCLE INSET:]
"Weekday Command Entry"
"Weekday Command Execution
"Weekend Command Entry"
"Weekend Command Execution"
“…and return to the top”
[END INSET]
"Graduation Exercise"
"Ending"
"On weekdays, you primarily work to improve your
status."
"On weekends, go out on dates and such with girls to
deepen relationships."
"On weekdays and weekends alike, events may occur at
the end of each day."
"You can save the game's data in the memory card."
"The data saves for other games as well as 'Tokimeki Memorial' appear in the 'Omake' [おまけ] [extra] options of various games."
"To see and enjoy the ending more than once, we
recommend not saving the last system [Restarting from the save right before
the ending]."
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Second Year |
Third Year |
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Start of First Term |
4/4 |
4/4 |
4/4 |
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Course Advising |
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4/4 |
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Athletic Festival |
6/3 |
6/1 |
6/7 |
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First Term Finals |
7/10-7/15 |
7/15-7/20 |
7/14-7/19 |
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Summer Vacation |
7/24-8/31 |
7/25-8/31 |
7/24-8/31 |
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Start of Second Term |
9/1 |
9/2 |
9/1 |
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Field Trip |
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9/7-9/14 |
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Culture Festival |
10/14 |
10/12 |
10/11 |
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Second Term Finals |
12/11-12/16 |
12/9-12/14 |
12/8-12/13 |
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Winter Vacation |
12/25-1/7 |
12/25-1/7 |
12/25-1/7 |
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Start of Third Term |
1/8 |
1/8 |
1/8 |
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University Entrance Exams/Vocational Exams |
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2/23 |
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Graduation Exercise |
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3/1 |
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Third Term Finals |
3/4-3/9 |
3/3-3/8 |
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Spring Vacation |
3/24-4/3 |
3/24-4/3 |
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"Directional key: select every command as well as menu"
"Select button: change to menu mode"
"Start Button: Start game, select items from name entry
screen."
"O button: make selection/choose commands"
"X button: in name entry screen's
letter change"
[X button cont.]
"Cancel selected commands if options have been
created."
[This is an important difference between Japanese and
American games. In American games, the 'X' button is usually used to make
choices and the 'O' button is used to cancel them. In
"At the ending, all lines of the TV screen will display
regardless of the button pressed. Pressing the button will only affect display
of the letters. [This is a guess; I haven't gotten to the ending]"
"Push L1, R1, Select, and Start simultaneously for
about 4 seconds to reset the current game."
"This game is designed exclusively for the Playstation
mouse."
"To connect, insert the mouse into controller port 1.
Use the mouse on a level surface of about 18 by 20 cm."
"When the game is played with the mouse, the mouse
moves the cursor."
"The mouse's selection buttons change the established
settings."
[The first thing to do before starting Tokimeki is to make
sure you have enough memory available. A basic save takes up two 'blocks' of
data, as shown in the memory browser. To start the browser, start the
playstation without a game disk inserted. The memory blocks are on the right;
make sure at least two of them are empty.]
"After the Konami logo and the opening demo, the title
screen appears."
"Use the direction keys to choose 'Game Start' [ゲームスタート]
or 'Option' [オプション]
and press the Start button to make your selection."
"Game Start"
"At the selection of 'Game Start' ,
the data load screen will appear."
"First-time players of this game should select 'New'.（ニュー）"
[At this point, you will be prompted to choose a slot to
store the game in. Move the cursor down to the number '1' and press O twice.
You will be given the choice to create a new file: press O again for 'yes' (はい). You will be
taken to the name entry screen (p. 11)]
"Also, the game save/load screen is available here if a
memory card with data from a previous game has been inserted in 'Memory Card
Slot 1'."
"About 'Data Load'"
"Select this at start time to create a new album."
"'Copy' - copy from one data block to another."
"'New [ニュー]'
- Create data in new album (when playing for the first time)."
"To start the game over, restore previous data from the
prologue."
"'Clear' - Erase data."
"'Load [ロード]'
- select to continue a saved game."
"The 'Option' selection is available on every
screen."
"Character Display Speed: Select character display
speed of速い(fast),
普通(medium) or遅い(slow)."
"Icon Mode: Select one of three command icon sequence
types:"
"TYPE A: Playstation original arrangement."
"TYPE B:PC engine typing
arrangement."
"Free/L2 Button: Use direction key for movement around
the screen, preferring places where text is selectable. However, icons can
force cursor movement."
"Mouse setup: mouse setup selection."
"Select button: 'Right button select/Left button
select' setup appears."
"Click mode-'single click/double click' setup
appears."
"You will be returned to the 'Study' icon when you
leave the 'click speed' setup."
"Menu Mode: select cursor's movement mode."
"Menu-Like: cursor is restricted to menu
operations."
"Menu-A: Commands are in a certain order. Pressing the
'up' and 'left' direction keys brings up the previous
command. Pressing the 'down' and 'right' keys brings up the next command."
"Menu-B: All direction keys move towards the command in
that direction."
"Mouse-Like + Menu-A: Movement is mouse-like unless L1
is pressed, in which case movement becomes like Menu-A."
"Voice Mode: Select from 3 types of voice output."
"ON: Voice is always on."
"OFF: Voice is always off."
"X button cutoff: Voice is usually on, but can be
cutoff by the X button."
"Extra: this option requires a memory card."
"While making progress with the game, you can store
various extras on the memory card."
"Option Exit: exit options, return to 'Start/Option'
screen."
['O' selects a character and 'X' goes back one space (to be overwritten). The button in the lower left corner confirms the name in a field and goes to the next field.
The first field is your family name, the name others will call you throughout the game (even Yoshio calls Shiori 'Fujisaki'). If three spaces seems short, remember that most people's names are in Kanji. Make up a name or at least learn how to write yours in Katakana. The middle field is your given name, and the separate field on the right is your nickname. Latin letters are in the third set of characters, scrolling down a couple of pages.
Next, enter your birthdate and blood type. 月 is the month and 日 is the date.
After entering all the data, you will be asked to confirm it. Press O over 'yes' (はい) or 'no' (いいえ) to go back and re-enter.
After entering your data, you must enter Fujisaki's birthdate and blood type.
Press 'Start' to skip the prologue
if you wish.]
"Commands"
"There are generally 2 kinds of commands, 'Weekday
Commands' and 'Weekend Commands'".
"The player chooses an icon from the group on the
left-hand part of the screen to execute a command."
"On Sunday night, select an icon to enter the command
for what to study for the next week."
"Weekday Command entry, as far as possible (not in
holidays and certain events), automatically executes the action for six
days."
"The game should be saved regularly."
"Also: telephone, dating, and information magazine
commands are available."
"In the course of a week, obligatory events arise and
only these event command icons will be available."
"Some holidays occur during a weekday, so on a holiday
morning the weekend commands become available."
"Weekday Command Entry Screen"
[in each bubble, starting at the
top left and going counterclockwise:]
“Player Status Section"
"Shows the player’s ability values.”
"Icons"
"Available command icons are highlighted."
"Telephone, dating, and information magazine commands
available for use are shown."
"Dialogue Display Area"
"Date Display"
"The present date is shown."
[The year is at the top (i.e. 95 = 1995), the month in the
middle and the day at the bottom. The day of the week is shown in parenthesis: 日- Sunday, 月 - Monday, 火 - Tuesday, 水 - Wednesday, 木 - Thursday, 金 - Friday, 土 – Saturday. Note that 月 means both 'Monday'
and 'month' (moon), while 日
means both 'day' and 'Sunday'.]"
"Background Screen"
"Night scene in background."
"Weekends and holidays are shown in the calendar."
"To study for one day on the weekend, select the
appropriate weekday command icon."
"And to date a girl, arrange the date on the
weekend."
"Also, weekend command entries are not saved in the game."
"Weekend Command Entry Screen"
[in each bubble, starting at the
top left and going counterclockwise:]
“Player Status Section"
"Shows the player’s ability values.”
"Icons"
"Available command icons are highlighted."
"Memory card commands are not available."
"Dialogue Display Area"
"Date Display"
"The present date is shown."
"Background Screen"
"Day scene in background."
“Details of each command are given below.”
"Select the appropriate command according to the
protagonist's scores in the status display area."
[Memorize the Kanji shown in the table.]
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Liberal Arts study |
"Primarily increases Liberal Arts (文系)
statistic." |
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Science study |
"Primarily increases Science (理系)
statistic." |
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Fine Arts study |
"Primarily increases Fine Arts (芸術)
statistic." |
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Exercise |
“Primarily increases Athletics (運動) statistic.”
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Club Activities |
“Join and leave clubs as well as participate in
activities. There are 11 clubs; the statistic change varies for each
activity.” |
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Playing |
"Primarily increases General Knowledge (雑学)
statistic." |
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Fashion |
"Primarily increases Appearance (容姿)
statistic." |
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Rest |
"Recover physical condition, reduce Stress(ｽﾄﾚｽ)." |
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Telephone |
“(Can only be used on the weekend.)” "Call Yoshio Saotome for the current situation." “Hear what a girl thinks of you (7 different stages).
[This is usually the first option when given a choice.]” "Hear girl’s information. (phone
number, club activity etc.) [This is effectively a 'free action', available
after choosing to hear about your popularity or date spots.]" "Hear date spot information and so on. [This is
usually the second option.]" |
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Dating |
"Go on a date. (Not available on Weekend Command
Selection)" |
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Information |
“Read Information Magazines. (This command is not
available on the weekend. This command is only possible together with other
commands.)” |
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System |
“Option settings can be changed.” |
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Calendar |
"Confirm date plans and event dates." [ICON LABELS:] "New year’s day:" "Christmas" "Date" "Test" "Tutoring/Study group" "Opening Ceremony" "Club Activities" "Culture Festival" |
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Save |
"Save or load from memory card. Not available during
weekday command entry." |
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Mandatory Events |
"Certain weeks, school events, etc. Must participate
when this icon appears on screen." |
“Use ‘Telephone Commands’ to call girls at home, deciding on
the location and date."
“This time, the date can be set for a weekend up to 4 weeks
in advance.”
“Also, the prospect’s telephone number is not in your
telephone list until your friend, Yoshio Saotome, tells it to you.”
[Memorize this Kanji: 乙女好 雄君.
This means 'Saotome Yoshio' (family name first) and you'll need his help
constantly.]
“The girl you call would rather have a date in an easy place
than a difficult one.”
“Select the ‘date’ command on the morning of the appointed
day.”
“Select the correct destination when it appears”
“Don’t choose the wrong location!”
[Check your calendar after making the call to see if you
were accepted or turned down.]
“Then escort the lady on the date.”
“During the date, the player chooses how to behave.”
“The choices are shown in the dialogue display area at the
bottom of the screen. Make a choice with the cursor and ‘circle’ button.”
[This is where you will feel the most handicapped by not
knowing Japanese. Your only cue is the girl's facial expression after making a
decision. You might restart the game each time after a poor reaction, but this
is a very slow way to progress.]
“WARNING: Pay attention to the appearance of the date
command in the Weekend Commands and select it on the day of your date, or you
will miss the date. ”
"Date Screen"
"Date location display"
"Present location’s name is displayed."
"Dialogue display area"
"Background screen"
"Background picture of date’s location."
"Date Display"
"Present date is shown."
"Your Buddy Yoshio-kun's
One-Point [some baseball reference?] Advice"
"For you new students, trust in me for a girl's
information!"
"When you have a day off, call me for opinions on
different girls, nice date spots, and how popular on a scale of 1 to 7
[different 'faces'] you are with each girl."
"However, you can only perform one command per call. Be
careful: if a girl 'sets a bomb' on you by phone, you won't be able to date any
girls!"
"Thinks you're the best!"
"Likes you!"
"Favorable impression"
"Neutral impression"
"Poor impression"
"Angry with you [Literally, hates you a little]"
"Really hates you!"
"From your rehearsed confession, I'd say Shiori
Fujisaki is your true love. However, if you behave badly toward other girls [or
pursue them too hard] you will experience 'girl freeze-out'."
"This you really must not do. Rather, make polite
friendships with other girls."
"As a result, Shori Fujisaki will have a good
impression of you."
"In school, if you outwit more cute girls besides
Fujisaki, you will be free to associate with all types of girls!
"With three years here, you have more than enough time
to meet all the girls you want!"
"'Club Activity Commands' appear by joining clubs,"
"The next time you select commands, club activities are
available."
"Also, re-entering a club after leaving it is not
allowed until the next school year."
"To enter a club, select the club icon on Sunday."
"You will be a new member of the club."
"Largely, clubs are divided into exercise groups and
cultural groups."
"Exercise clubs: Baseball club, Soccer club, Tennis
club, Swimming club, Basketball club"
"Culture clubs: Literature club, Drama club, Science
club, Computer club, Art club, Band"
"Warning: new members of exercise clubs must show up
every third Monday without fail."
"There is also a practice game every three months at
school."
"Also, new members of Culture groups must attend the
Culture Festival."
"About Information Magazines"
"'Information commands' are selectable from information
magazines. 'Memorable spots' will appear."
"Information Magazines are published every season (4
times a year), so seasonal date spots and event information are conveniently
available."
"Please use the information magazines for dating
girls."
"The Protagonist, like all humans, cannot ignore
physical stress and has illness, injury and neuroses."
"Illness: Must rest until recovery is complete."
"Injury: Exercise-related parameters affected."
"Neurosis: Study-related parameters affected."
"Illness, injury, and neurosis reduce your basic
capabilities."
"So for your sake, it's important to check you health
parameters."
"It's dangerous to forget the 'Rest Command' to recover
your status."
"During the game various events will occur."
"Athletic Festival"
"Four enjoyable events are available for participation
at the Athletic Festival."
"The outcome is largely based on the player's
[protagonist's] Exercise ability."
"Culture Festival"
"Players in Culture clubs will enter their exhibits in
events at the Culture Festival."
"Each club prepares various programs."
"Final Exam"
"Testing periods are at the end of each term."
"Tests are held weekly in: Linguistics, Mathematics,
Science, Social Studies, and Fine Arts. Grades will be posted."
"Normally, the results of studying will bear out."
"Achieving satisfactory results often will affect
upcoming evaluations."
"Field Trip"
"At Kirameki High, 11th graders go on a field
trip."
"The Destinations:
"With three places to go, select your destination for
maximum enjoyment."
"The field trip lasts one week."
"Other Events"
"In conclusion, other events related to high school
arise."
"Events happen during dates, as well as the Christmas
party, New Year's and so on."
"Many prepare for happy events together each
season."
"With luck, goldfish bobbing, shooting games and other
unpleasant events and experiences can be avoided."