Akusuka

**Akusuka District** is the pop culture center and one of the primary districts of Vinyl City. The main motifs of this part of the city are pop culture and aquatic landscapes, which is influenced and dominated by its charter, Sayu.

## Locations

### District-Unique

* **Kura Kura Stream Hub** - Sayu's concert location. This is also where the boss fight takes place.
* **Suka Pop Centre** - A Pop Music Center.
* **Digital Idol Aquarium** - An aquarium.
* **Wai Wai Wondersea** - An unknown building.
* **Cash River Arcade** - An arcade area.
* **Grand Sea Cinemas**- A cinema.
* **Sukadenki** - A convenience store.
* **Akusuka 108** - A department store.
* **Akusuka Dome** - Ex-Jay's former core location of concerts.

## Inhabitants

* Sayu (charter)
* Retdex
* Timmy
* Captain Torpedo
* Ex-Jay (pictured, formerly)

### Recurring

* Daphne & Jan
* Joey

## Objects

### Sayu Photo Booth

* **Mayday**: "Hey! It’s one of those picture booths I’ve heard so much about! This one even lets me pretend to take pictures with Sayu! Wait, why would I want that?"
* **Zuke**: "I heard these things were once all the rage, but now, they’ve been regulated to only the Akusuka district... I guess we have Sayu to thank for that."

### Old Sayu Concert Poster

* **Mayday**: "It’s an old poster of Sayu... very cute. Wait I didn’t say that. Okay maybe I did."
* **Zuke**: " It’s an old Sayu concert poster. It seems to be plastered over an even-older poster but I can’t make out what band it was anymore..."

### Old VK Promo Poster

* **Mayday**: " “Ex-Jay Weekend - The Performance of the Century!”... I sure hope we don’t end up like that. That last show only had 5 paying customers…"
* **Zuke**: "There used to be rock performances all over until NSR appeared. It seems there isn’t much room for diversity under NSR..."

### Old Game Cover

* **Mayday**: "I never knew Sayu was part of a group! I wonder whatever happened to them..."
* **Zuke**: "NSR didn’t start promoting digital idols in Vinyl City too long ago, yet, this almost feels like an ancient relic..."

### Sayu Snacks

* **Mayday**: "I remember the day they brought over the tiny Vinyl City factory that made these. The mom-and-pop couple was so happy, but I kinda miss the packaging for Sheriff Bob’s Barley Shots."
* **Zuke**: "Sayu-brand-snacks... does Sayu even eat these? She’s completely digital, right?"

## Trivia

* **Akusuka 108** refers to Asakusa and other department buildings from Tokyo, Japan.
* **Akusuka** is a Malay phrase meaning "I like/my love," and is a play on Akihabara District from Tokyo, Japan. It could also be a play on the word acoustics, going along with the music theme of the game
* In the Sayu gift shop, there are copies of a game called "Doki Doki Mermaid Club". This is a reference to the indie visual novel game, Doki Doki Literature Club.
	+ Mayday also questions the whereabouts of Sayu's friends, since they are not talked about. This is an unrelated nod to how the main antagonist of DDLC, Monika, deletes her friends.
* The visual-kei band, Ex-Jay, have their fates undisclosed besides disbanding.

## Gallery

A poster hung up in Akusuka promoting a "Mer-May Spring End Concert" featuring Sayu.Two billboards/pictures of Sayu displayed prominently throughout Akusuka.An advertisement displayed in Akusuka of the "Shellfish" snack that Sayu promotes.
## References

1. ↑ Interview with NSR staff at Japan Expo 2020