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R E N T A H E R O N o. 1
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Rent A Hero No.1 Sega Dreamcast (Japan)
walkthrough/FAQ ver.0.85
by J.T.Kauffman & Ben Judd June 5, 2000
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--Contents--
--Introduction--
--Gameplay--
Getting Started
Controls
Accepting Jobs
Menu Translations
Battle
Saving/Item Boxes
Suit Rental
--Walkthrough--
Getting Started
Prologue
Come On! Hero!
Job 1: Your First Job, Please
Job 2: A Request From Kent
Job 3: TakeOut Delivery
Job 4: Bank Transfer Guard
A Trip to SECA
Job 5: Makata Town Patrol
Job 6: Shopping Request (Misosoup)
Odds and Ends
Job 7: Dahane Town Patrol
Job 8: Shopping Request (Hanson)
Job 9: Find the Pet
Job 10: Shopping Request (Book)
Job 11: Star as the Hero
Job 12: Urgent! Cave-in!
Job 13: Bodyguard
Job 14: Urgent! Clean up the Dud Bombs
Job 15: Pizza Delivery
Job 16: A Request from Frio
Job 17: Urgent! Conbini Robbery in Progress
Job 18: Request from Hi-To Pharmecuticals
Job 19: Help with an Investigation
Job 20: Urgent! Stop Mr. Wood
Job 21: Excavation Team Missing
Job 22: Saran is Missing
Job 99: Complete the FAQ
To Parse (misc. notes not yet integrated)
--Miscellany--
FAQs
Mini Games
Rent A Hero Series
Bonuses
Release Info
--Outro--
Versions
Legal
Credits
Contact
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/ I N T R O D U C T I O N /
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Rent A Hero No.1 is a Sega Dreamcast 3D Action RPG that is highly steeped in
humor. Using the Spikeout game engine, Sega has developed a texture-heavy
world that is filled with all sorts of Japanese quirks and puns. While this
game isn't difficult per se, the amount of specific things that you must do
makes the game incredibly hard for those who don't know Japanese well. That
is where this faq comes in...
Written by J.T.Kauffman, with translations done by Ben Judd, this work will
walk you through jobs from start to finish, giving you not only directions,
but also filling you in on the story (although don't expect line-by-line
translations in this department). The walkthrough is divided up into
separate jobs so that you can pick and choose between the jobs listed, and
simply head to the corresponding section. However, it is also written as a
complete work - you can start at the beginning and head all the way through,
following our directions to a T, and you'll be fine.
It is highly recommended that you know a bit of Japanese to play this game,
even if it is just knowing the kana and having a basic understanding of the
language (what kanji and kana are, etc.) - while this faq doesn't require
you to know any of the language at all, it will make your life a hell of a
lot easier.
We also recommend that you view this faq in a program that can display
Japanese encoding, as there is a bunch of Japanese Shift-JIS encoding
throughout the document. It was written in NJStar's Japanese Word Processor,
a Windows 95/98/2000/NT shareware program available at Another option is to down load the Microsoft Japanese
IME from - this will let you display and type in
Japanese in certain programs, including Netscape 6 and Internet Explorer
4.0+. If you can't display, or don't want to/can't download the
aforementioned programs, don't worry - you'll just see some gibberish
throughout the faq (we've tried to keep it all in [brackets] to make it
easier on the eyes)...
It is recommended that you view this document in a fixed width font, such as
Courier New (the font it was written in). However, due to the Japanese
encoding, some parts may be slightly off. An attempt to correct this will be
made later on.
Another note is that occasionally we'll recommend that you play "match the
kanji" - for things such as shopping lists and food deliveries, you'll need
to write down, as best you can, names of things in order to complete the job
correctly. Much of this is randomised in the game, so it is up to you to
copy the Japanese, and then match it to the apartment/house, or to the list
of items for sale in the shops. If you're just a bit observant, you should
be fine in this category.
Finally, this is currently _just_ a walkthrough, nothing more. The gameplay
itself is pretty easy to figure out, and most of the things such as item
lists are either unnecessary, or explained as they are come across in the
game. More may be added at a later date, but there are no guarantees about
that...
At any rate, enjoy...
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/ G A M E P L A Y /
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Gameplay in Rent A Hero No.1 is fairly simple: log online with your SECA
Creamcast, find a job, accept it, and follow the directions. Once that job
is complete, repeat. Of course, for Japanese speakers, this is simple; for
people who can't read the language well, this is a bit harder. The
walkthrough itself will help you through the various jobs, while this
section will help you with the basics of gameplay.
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/_Getting Started_______________/
First off, when you select a new game (by selecting New Game from the title
screen, rather obviously), you'll need to name your character. The first
Name Entry is for your character's last name, the second for your
character's last name. The four choices on the left are Hiragana, Katakana,
English, and Kanji. Enter your names, and then select the far right option
at the bottom, followed by the left choice of the two that pop up ('yes', or
はい - the other, いいえ, means 'no'). The default last name is Yamada (in
hiragana; やまだ) and the default first name is Taro (again, in hiragana; たろう
). I'll refer to our hero as Taro.
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/_Controls______________________/
Once again, there isn't anything incredibly difficult here, but it is worth
going through...
--Normal Mode--
D-pad: Moves Taro in the direction that you press; press twice
quickly to run
Analogue Stick: Nothing
A Button: Examine/talk/accept
B Button: Jump/cancel
X Button: Change into Rent A Hero
Y Button: Enter Menu
Start Button: Pause game
L Trigger: Run
R Trigger: Check job info
--Battles--
D-pad: Moves Taro in the direction that you press; press twice
quickly to run
Analogue Stick: Nothing
A Button: Attack (start Combo)
B Button: Jump
X Button: Attack (charge move - hold until the desired level is
reached, then release the button to do the attack)
Y Button: Guard
Start Button: Pause game
L Trigger: Nothing
R Trigger: Nothing
And before you ask, there is no way to manually move the camera.
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/_Accepting Jobs________________/
To take a job, the first thing that you need to do is to log onto your SECA
Creamcast (you recieve this about 20 minutes into the game). Press either
left twice or right twice to rotate the icons around to the Job icon. Press
A to enter, and Miu, your contact at SECA, will display the available jobs
for you. At first you will only have one job at a time, but eventually the
number of jobs will grow (many of them being recurring jobs). Generally the
last job in the list is the latest one, or the one that will advance the
story, so if which job to take isn't mentioned in the faq, assume that it is
the final one. Before you actually take the job, moving your cursor to
highlight the job will display the job's Employer, Reward, and Place, in
that order, in the blue box at the bottom of the screen.
To actually start on a job you'll simply need to accept it by pressing A,
then selecting the left option that pops up (yes, or [はい]). Miu will fill
you in on the details, which usually isn't much more than "See [your
employer] at [the job location] for more details." After you've finished
getting the info on the job, close out of the Creamcast, and head to the
location, remembering to turn into Rent A Hero before you speak with your
employer. After that, she/he will fill you in on the details, and you'll be
off to do the job itself.
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/_Menu Translations_____________/
The menu itself isn't all that hard to figure out, but again, we've provided
you with rought translations of if to help your Rent A Hero-ing.
--Main Menu Screen--
Item Moves Parameters Options
[アイテム] [パラメター] [オプション]
--Item Screen--
--Move Screen--
Combo [コンボ]
Charge [チャッジ]
(note: see the Battle section for more details on this screen)
--Option Screen--
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/_Battle________________________/
Using a very fast, very smooth battle engine, Rent A Hero is a nice
combination of 3D fighting and old school Final Fight/Streets of Rage
beat-'em-up action. The interface is simple, and should be familiar to
anyone that has played a fighting game. Rent A Hero's life meter is on the
left at the top, and the current enemy has its meter displayed at the top
right. In the middle of the two is the Charge meter, which is used to
unleash powerful Charge attacks. Down in the bottom left is Rent A Hero's
remaining batter power. Remember that the Combat Armor runs on batteries,
and needs to have new batteries put in every now and then.
However, before you actually go into battle you need to prepare for it. You
do this via the Moves section (the second option from the left) of the menu.
Once in this section, enter the first option to change your normal attack,
known as the Combo move in this game. The combos that you have learned will
appear on the top right, and the moves that they entail are in the bottom
right. Simply highlight a combo and press A to select it. After you've done
so, you'll be back on the Moves screen again. To change your various charge
moves, enter the second option of the two, and then select which Charge
level, from 1 to 4, you want to assign a move to (you have to buy the moves
from the B2 floor of SECA before you can do so), press A, then select the
move that you want, and press A again. You can repeat this for the other
power levels, again, providing that you have purchased moves for them.
Now that you are ready for battle, let's go over what the various attacks
are. The basic attack is the Combo (A button). At first, you'll only be able
to use a weak jab, but by learning extra moves from Mr. Segasa at the Kohjya
School, you'll be able to upgrade to more powerful Combos. Combos do not use
any battery power at all, and are usually the best way to attack. Simply
press the A button in rapid succession to go through a Combo (you don't even
need to connect to continue in the chain). The other attack is the Charge
move. There are four levels to Charge, and each can be purchased at SECA and
assigned through the Moves section of the menu. To use a Charge move, hold
down the X button until the guage at the top displays the move that you want
to pull off. Once it does, simply release the button, and the move will go
off. It's very simple, once everything is said and done, but the later moves
do suck up a huge amount of battery power, so be careful. A few other moves
exist as well, such as the Jump Kick (jump, then press the A button to kick)
and the Dash (press a direction twice quickly, then press A), but we'll let
you figure those out on your own.
If you are defeated in battle, you'll end up at the hospital, but with only
half of your money on hand left. You can, however, avoid some of this by
opening a bank account, and keeping most of your money in there.
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/_Saving/Item Boxes_____________/
Saving can be done a couple of places. The most often used will probably be
your SECA Creamcast. Log onto it and press right once, which should take you
to the only one of the four icons that has two lines of text on it [セーブ &
ロード]. It is here that you can save by simply pressing A, selecting the
memory card, selecting which file you want to save into, and selecting the
leftmost option that pops up to go ahead and save. Loading is done in a
similar way, but instead of just pressing A right off the bat, press right,
then press A. Saving can also be done at a few places around the game - look
for a small tent-shaped message board that says "SAVE" on it in English.
They are red, black, and yellow. Just walk up to it and examine it with A,
and repeat the process above.
There are also items called Teleboxes in the game. These are boxes that can
hold up to 128 items, making those items accessable from any of the
teleboxes. In practice, they are very similar to the item boxes in Resident
Evil. However, you probably won't find that you'll ever have a need to use
these, as there aren't a ton of items that you'll need to carry on a regular
basis.
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/_Suit Rental___________________/
Although you are given the suit as a "present", it turns out that it was
more of a limited time present. After the fourth job you'll get back to your
apartment to find that the Service Cafe deliveryman is waiting there for
you. You now have to pay a rental fee on the suit, providing that you agree
to be a Rent A Hero. The fee differs with which suit you are wearing, but
starts at 200 Gold. You'll find that you need to pay the fee about once per
hour of gameplay (not counting pausing). There are two ways to do this. The
first is to pay the fee at SECA; simply talk to the first woman on the B1
floor, and select the second option. Your fee will be paid from the money
that you have on hand. The second option is to open a bank account. You can
do this by going to the bank and talking to the clerk, who will set up the
account for you. From there, select the first option to put money into
savings. When you have enough in your account, SECA will simply do an
automatic withdrawal, and you won't have to worry about it. If you don't pay
on time, you'll be fined 25% of the original rental fee, and won't be able
to change into your Armor. Occasionally, you'll find a box with green text
coming up on the screen. The first is telling you that your fee is due soon,
and the second says that you have had the money deducted (or that you don't
have enough in your account).
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/ W A L K T H R O U G H /
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**NOTE: Please remember that this is not only a walkthrough, but a story
translation/summation. That means that there WILL BE MANY UNMARKED SPOILERS
within. While we have left a few of the sight gags out, or talked around
them, all of the important spoken text has been summarised for non-Japanese
speakers. Thus, _read at your own risk_.**
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/_Prologue______________________/
Due to his father's job, Taro was forced to move with
his family to a new house in the town of Kohjya.
Today, they are celebrating moving into the new
neighborhood, and the housewarming party is just now
starting...
Taro's father will start the party off in his own fashion, microphone in
hand. After he finishes, he asks Taro to walk around and meet everyone.
First, talk to the five people (besides Taro's father) in the dining room.
The man in brown, named Casey Hogan, works for a company called Macrosoft,
who makes an operating system called Wirows 758; this is the first of many
puns in the game, many of which aren't quite as obvious in English
(obviously, we're talking about Microsoft and Windows 98, here). After
you're done meeting the rest of the people in the dining room, speak with
the two people in the kitchen (the woman in the middle is Taro's mother),
and the girl in the entryway (Taro's little sister); no one is upstairs, so
you don't need to bother going up there. After everyone is spoken with, talk
to Hiro's father again, then to Taro's mother three times, then to Taro's
father again. Apparently, there is some sort of food crisis, which can only
be solved one way: phoning for a pizza!
Head to the entryway, and pick up the phone (which is on the table near the
coatrack). Dial the first number, 014, the Service Cafe (サーヴィスカフェ).
Three pan pizzas are on their way for the sum of 300 Gold (ゴード).
Unfortunately, checking Taro's parameters reveals that he only has 100 Gold,
so it's time to hunt down Daddy for some cash. You'll have noticed that he
just went upstairs, so follow him.
Once upstairs, head down the hall to the last room on the left, Taro's
parent's room. Speak with Taro's dad, and he'll give you the cash that you
need. He also will show you his latest idea for adding some life to the
party... :/ At any rate, let him go downstairs, and then head down yourself
(exploring a bit upstairs if you want, the only thing that you'll find is
the item box in Taro's room, but it is empty).
When you get downstairs, the doorbell will ring. Talk to Taro's sis, and she
will move aside so that he can open the door. The deliveryman will drop off
the three pizzas, and once you pay him (and the pizzas are taken into the
dining room by sis), he'll say that he has a present for you. And what a
present it is...
Open the present, and you'll find the costume of a TV Anime Hero inside!
You'll now be able to change into your Hero costume by pressing the X
button. Do so, and go in and talk to Daddy again. After a short
conversation, the two of you will really get the party started...
**Fight**
This is quite possibly the easiest fight in the history of video games. Dad
just stands there and growls, so take a moment to familiarize yourself with
the fighting system. B jumps, A punches, and X charges - B followed by A is
a jump kick. Basic stuff here, really. Head in and attack Dad with all that
you have...
After the fight, and the slightly humourous scene that follows, you'll be
treated to the wonderfully cheesy opening credits.
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/_Come On! Hero!________________/
After the open, you'll find yourself in Taro's room again. Head downstairs
to find that you father is still alive, and then head to the front door. The
deliveryman will be there when you open it, and will talk to you for a bit.
After answering 'Yes' (the top option, はい) to the question that he asks,
he'll leave you with a Seca Creamcast Video Game System (128-bits of pure
creamy power). Grab it and head upstairs with it (the downstairs TV doesn't
have AV input, so Taro needs to use it on his TV in his room).
After hooking it up to your TV (which is on the bottom wooden shelf), power
the sucker up and log online with it. You'll have four options here: Mail,
Save/Load, Job, and Quit (or, メール, セーブ & ロード, シゴト, and オワリ蟋
The Mail function is merely a sort of online instruction manual for now (and
all in Japanese to boot), Save/Load is pretty self explanitory (it defaults
to save; press left to get to load - select a VMU with at least 20 blocks
free/the file you want to load, press A twice, select the slot to save in,
press A, select the left option if need be), and Quit speaks for itself
(although you can also quit the Creamcast by pressing B). It's Job that
you'll want to utilise here. Head in, say hi to Miu, your virtual job
consultant, and select the only availble job: Your First Job, Please (初仕纏｢
里｢佑｢ぉ. Again, choose the left option to accept it, and you'll be given a
rundown of what the job requires you to do (see job walkthroughs for
descriptions). After that, check your mail again for a few messages (again,
all Japanese - don't expect much English in this game) on the battle system.
A few moves are given and such, but you can basically head out of the house
for the first time...
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/_Job 1: Your First Job, Please_/ Pay: 1000 G
[初仕事のおねがい]
**Job Description**
This is your first job from SECA, and it's a simple one. Near the Made
Naruto Burger restaurant in Kohjya, you'll find a man named Dr. Trouble.
Head there, and speak to him - he'll fill you in on the job from there.
After taking the job, head downstairs, and into town. Instead of finding the
Made Naruto Burger place (which is a rip-off of McDonald's that totally
doesn't translate into English...), look for the yellow and white Jumbo
Cones stand. Directly across from it, and near the Hot Springs billboard,
you'll see the delivery man that gave you your Armor. Head up to him and
speak with him; it turns out that this is Dr. Trouble.
Dr. Trouble tells you to pass out 7 fliers as Rent A Hero. So, grab the
fliers from him, press X to turn into Rent A Hero, and head out into the
town to spread the word...
If you don't feel like hunting out the 7 people that will take the fliers,
simply use this list:
1. The man in the green shirt across from Made Naruto Burgers
2. The large man in the red shirt walking in front of Made Naruto
3. The Made employee standing near the door of Made Naruto
4. The clerk in the back of the Supoon Ufun convenience store
5. The guy in the gi (karate outfit) in front of the dojo
Upon giving person #5 the flier, he'll take you into the dojo and you'll
have to fight him; don't worry if you lose - either way he'll teach you the
Front Kick Combo afterward.
6. The older man sweeping the stairs near the playground
At this point you'll need to head to the playground, where a mohawked punk
is picking on a woman. Talk to him in your Armor and choose the top option
to defend the woman. You'll head into a simple fight after you do so. Upon
defeating the guy, you'll be able to name your Superhero identity (default
is RentalMan, or レンタルマン), and selecting the top option will allow the
girl to give you 2000 G. After you fight this guy, your last person will
appear.
7. The policeman beside the Jumbo Cones booth
When you're done, you can hunt down the punk again and scare him (he's
behind a car near the playground), or say hi to the woman again (she is
across from Made Naruto Burgers), but your final objective is to talk to Dr.
Trouble, who is still in the same place. He'll reward with 1000 G, and send
you on your way. Head back to your house, and log online with your Creamcast
to get your next job (and some new mail as well).
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/_Job 2: A Request From Kent____/ Pay: 500 G
[ケントくんからの依頼]
**Job Description**
This is a request from Kent Hogan, who lives in Kohjya. Head to the Hogan
house, and speak with Kent there; he will fill you in on the job.
The Hogan house is directly across the street from Taro's house - head there
and go inside. Speak with Kent, the boy, as RentalMan, and he'll reveal to
you that he is in love with Alisa Yamada - your sister! His request is that
you deliver a love letter to her. A simple task, ne?
Heading back to your own house will reveal that Alisa has gone out. Speaking
with your mother in the kitchen, Taro finds that she has gone to visit the
Mina Greek next door. Head back out and head over to her house...
Of course, things would be too easy if they were here. No, says Sam - they
are making cherry pies and needed to pay a visit to Baron Albright. The
Albright house is right next to the Greek house, so head over to there
next...
Now, you can't tell me that you expected them to be here either, can you?
Nope - they have gone to the park (says Albright in between bites of beef).
This is the same park where you fought the punk who was picking on the
girl... Off to there next...
Getting to the park you'll find Mina, but no Alisa. It turns out that Alisa
met up with a couple of boys and started a game of hide and seek. Mina is
currently "It," but hasn't had any luck finding the kids. They were supposed
to stay in the area, but you know kids these days... At any rate, you can
hunt around for the kids. Alisa has wandered a little ways away from the
park, but isn't any further than the Yamada household...
After finding Alisa, she will talk to you for a bit, and run back off (if
you couldn't find her, she is standing next to the house diagonally across
from Taro's house). Head back to the park and speak with Mina once more.
Alina will come up and be happy that she wasn't found by Mina. At this
point, the cherry pie will be done, so Mina will head back to her own house.
Follow her back, and talk to her in the kitchen, where she will reveal that
Alisa has gone back to her own house (which happens to be yours, too).
So... head _back_ to the Yamada household, where you'll find Alisa in her
bedroom. As Rentalman, give her the love letter from Kent. Alisa will say
that she wants to start off as just friends, and to let Kent know that. Of
course, now you need to head on back to Kent's house to give him the report.
Kent is slightly disappointed at the news, but ends up quite pleased,
knowing that eventually, Alisa will be his bride (yeah, whatever, kid). At
any rate, Kent pays you 500 gold for your trouble, and you're off back to
your house for yet another exciting Rent A Hero job.
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/_Job 3: TakeOut Delivery_______/ Pay: 500 G/delivery
[出前のバイト]
**Job Description**
The owner of the Penguin Cafe in Ohtory has requested that you work for
him. They are currently very busy, and they would like you to deliver some
take-out food for them.
Head to Ohtory, the next town over. You can go there via the road across
from the hotdog stand, or by the train station (across from Made Burgers).
Once you're there, explore a bit, and find the Penguin cafe. Head inside,
and you'll see that they are fairly busy (although the waitresses don't
appear to be so). Go to the man in the corner who is cooking, and speak to
him. After answering yes (although you might want to read the next paragraph
before doing so), the top option, to his question, you'll be given some food
to deliver, and a person to take it to.
Unfortunately, the people that you deliver to are randomised, so there is no
simple way to do this. There are only two sections that you'll be taking the
food to, and they are both in Kohjya. The first is your street, and the six
houses along there. The second is the apartment complex near the park, and
the mansion right next to it. If you can't read the maps below (ie. no
Japanese character support), then make your own maps - walk up to each house
and write down what appears at each door. If you do have Japanese support,
then just look for the names in the dialogue that the chef says before he
gives you the food. The names are in the final dialogue box on either the
first or second row - both first and last names are given, although only the
last name appears by the door.
Once you've figured out a way to do the delivery, talk to the chef, as
above, and select yes. You'll be given the food, and a timer at top -
deliver as much as within the 11,000 whatevers that are given. When you do
head to deliver the food, don't forget that you can cut through the alleys
when you are going to Kohjya to reduce your time.
--Coconuts Mansion Apartment Complex--
[ココナッツマンション]
1F
(stairs) Rice Sinclair Akami Maguro (Tuna)
ライス シンクライア アカミ マグロ,
2F
(stairs) Wash Book Spoid
3F
(stairs) Rissel Juice Enogu (Paint)
トマト ジュース スミ エノグ
--Actual Mansion nearby--
Cashew
--Street--
Hanson Baron Albright
ハン鵐札? バロン オルブライト
Misosoup Greek
ミソスー璽? グリコ
Yamada (your house)
やま泙裾(or whatever your name is)
After the timer is up, you'll appear back at the restaurant, and will
recieve 500 Gold for every delivery that you completed.
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/_Job 4: Bank Transfer Guard____/ Pay: 3000 G
[現金輸送の依頼]
**Job Description**
Bishibashi Bank in Dahane needs to hire you. Go to the back of the bank
and talk to the Guard - they will let you in. The head of the Bishibashi
Bank will fill you in on all of the details.
After finishing your food delivery service, you'll find another job, and
some new email. It turns out that you are wanted for yet another delivery
job, and this one has a bit more at stake than the last - you need to
transfer money from one bank to another.
Your first objective is to head to Dahane, and to the Bishibashi Bank that
is within. As Dahane doesn't have a road leading to it, you'll need to take
the train. Dahane is the second stop from the bottom, or [ダハネ]. After
getting off of the train, explore if you want, but head for the bank, which,
like most things in this game, does have an English sign out front. The
guard is around to the side, in the parking lot. Talk to him.
The guard will let you in to the bank, and you'll need to take the door on
the right, which will lead you into an office. Ignore the guard that is
standing right inside the door, and instead talk to the rather rotund man
that is at the rear of the room. He'll ask you to take a whopping 1,000,000
Gold to Sushitoro bank [オートリー スシトロ銀行] in Ohtory. Grab the cash, and
run (...to the train station, of course - you _are_ a hero, ...remember?)
This being a game with a movielike feel (a B-movie at that), you can't
expect the delivery to go smoothly. Right outside of the Sushitoro Bank
(which is a pun on Sumitomo Bank, a popular Japanese bank) you'll be
attacked by the "Evil Thugs That Would Even Make a Laughing Child Cry."
Luckily, you're not a laughing child, and can probably beat on them rather
easily (although one does have a shotgun, which is a little tricky). After
pummeling them into the ground, the police will cart them off and thank you,
and you can take the money inside the bank.
Once again, you'll need to talk to the guard (who did a hell of a lot to
help you out, considering that he was about ten feet away), and go into the
office on the right, handing the money over the yet another rotund man, who
will give you a lousy 4000 Gold in return (which is what, .04% of the value
of what you delivered?)
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/_A Trip to SECA________________/
After your little money transferring job, you'll return to your house to
find that Dr. Trouble is there waiting for you. He says that he thinks
you're doing a good job, and that he wants to put you to work as an official
Rent A Hero. However, from here on out you have to pay him for use of the
suit. Money will transfer automatically from bank account as long as you
have enough in the account. If you don't pay the fee, you can't transform.
Also, if you don't pay the fee on time, you get fined (25% of the normal
fee). He also gives you an official Rent A Hero Bracelet (RHブレスレ譽奪肌,
proving who you are. He also says to go to Service Cafe and look for the
strange looking, bad smelling place there. If you wait patiently at that
location, you'll be able to come to the SECA building, where he will be.
So, head on over to Ohtory, and the Service Cafe. The ideal strange looking,
smelly place is... you guessed it, the toilet. Head on it, and sit down...
and wait...
You'll end up in Super Energy Combat Armor, better known as SECA [セカ] - Dr.
Trouble invites you to look around - the women in the booth will sell
powerups later on, and the men are working on making the armor better (which
will translate into charge moves later). It also turns out that lots of
people have been wanting to wear the armor and turn into Rent A Heros, but
SECA is trying to figure out who is just and good enough to wear the armor.
Once you're done there, it is probably wise to set up a bank account to deal
with the greed of the corporate man, er, of SECA. Doing so is easy - simply
talk to the clerk, and she'll set it all up for you, as well as giving you
an cash card and a passbook. Afterward, you'll get a screen that you can use
to keep track of your account, and deposit and withdraw money. The screen
translates as follows:
savings withdrawal donation
The donation is one to SECA, and comes out of your own pocket, not your
savings. The more that you donate to SECA, the faster they can do their
research and develop better armors.
For now, though, choose savings, and enter the amount that you want to put
into the bank. Remember that if you die, you'll lose half of the money on
hand, so it's better to put most of your cash in the bank.
Once that is done, head back to your account, where you can now select from
two jobs (one being the reoccuring food delivery job).
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/_Job 5: Makata Town Patrol_____/ Pay: 4000 G
[マカタ町内パトロール]
**Job Description**
From the Mayor of Aero City, you've been hired to patrol the inside of
Makata Town. Meet the Mayor in front of Makata Train Station, and he'll
fill you in on the details from there.
Selecting the bottom of the two jobs, as delivering more food won't get you
anywere, you'll find that you need to meet the Aero City Mayor (Aero City is
the city that is made up of the five towns, or neighborhoods, that the game
takes place in). Head to Makata, the very bottom stop on the train line.
Outside you'll find the mayor. Talking to him reveals that there have been
lots of people making the streets of Makata unsafe, and he would like you to
go and teach any of them a lesson while you're on patrol.
Head off and begin to explore the area - there are four groups of punks
around (each two person groups) which you need to find, talk to, and fight.
After you've beaten the fourth group, you'll be approached by another Rent A
Hero, better known as Ultra Great Super Hyper Miracle Strong Dash Top
Fighting Salaryman. People tend to refer to him as Urusalaman [ウルサラマ]
for some reason... hm. At any rate, he wants to challenge you, and what
better way than a kid that has climbed to the top of the Nomoruwa Chemical
plant tower!
Yes, a kid is on top of the tower, and you and Urusalaman have to race to
the top to see who is the real Rent A Hero. After you're informed of the kid
on the tower, follow Urusalaman to the nearby group of people, and approach
the fence. You'll be force into a simple button-mashing race to the top;
simply hit A repeatedly, and you'll be fine.
Once the kid is down from the tower (he was trying to visit his dad in
heaven, which everyone knows you can touch if you climb high enough on a
chemical plant tower), talk to the mayor once more, and you'll recieve your
payment of 4000 gold.
Right after getting your payment, you'll see a cutscene with 3 punks. They
say that Rent A Hero being a bit pain in the ass, so they are going to put a
bounty on his head and then hide in the shadows until it all works out...
The plot thickens...
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