Project 23

This is a placeholder for the 23rd UMEMARO 3D release, the 19th Mini-Movie Collection, tentatively titled Pizza Takeout Obscenity II, with a currently unknown release date.

Background


UMEMARO spent the first quarter of 2021 resolving issues related to Mari's Sexual Circumstances, attempting to get the game version working. The game was finally released on January 30, and UMEMARO's blog went silent until over two months later on April 9, when he revealed that, in addition to Mari's Sexual Circumstances receiving both an English subtitled release and an English voice release, he had begun work on the next mini-movie collection. In that post, he announced that the next release would feature Rika Yagyu, not seen since her debut in Pizza Takeout Obscenity in 2012. In the announcement, he noted that Rika was back by "popular demand," and that while had yet to figure out a new scenario, he hoped that it would live up to the standard set by her debut.

In a subsequent update on April 22, UMEMARO discussed the process of remaking Rika's model, striving to ensure that the model was recognizable as Rika while still being a technical upgrade, citing his issues with Shoko Sugimoto's model for Sexy Trainer Shoko Sugimoto as a reference point. He also revealed that the scenario had been figured out, and that Rika would be joined by a new female character, explicitly described as her "junior." This new character, named China Miyamoto, was fully revealed in the July 16 update, in which UMEMARO also noted that, despite previously saying that the scenario had been figured out, it was now still undecided, resolving to turn his attention fully to that endeavor following the completion of the character models. China's model was tweaked shortly thereafter, removing the twin buns from her hair.

Following the reveal of China, UMEMARO went over five months without providing an update on PTOII, finally breaking the drought on December 18, noting there that he was still awaiting audio from the actresses, and hadn't finalized the scenes yet. Two updates in quick succession followed, revealing the anticipated final designs for Rika and China, while providing additional background information on China. The pace of updates slowed to a crawl over the next six months, with only two minor updates in April and July that merely indicated that development was progressing slowly.