The Mystery of True Love: Mahjong Bakuhatsu Junjouden

Sometimes, an innocent-seeming game can have a deeper rabbit hole than you think. Mahjong Bakuhatsu Junjouden seems to be a normal Nichibutsu strip mahjong game, on somewhat earlier hardware than Koi no Magic Potion. But there’s some weird stuff going on beneath the surface, with a lot more variations than I’d expect even from Nichibutsu. So let’s take a quick look. WARNING: This is a strip mahjong game! There is no explicit nudity in this post, but there might be a picture or two of a pretty girl in lingerie. Explosive Hardware! So, I try not to do two mahjong posts in a row, and the last post was Idol Mahjong Final Romance. But in my defense, that post was back in August! Yeah, it’s been a rough autumn, with some medical issues and then a complicated move to the other side of the city. So I’m breaking out a PCB I’ve had for awhile to try to get a decent post in and get back in the swing of things. My copy of Mahjong Bakuhatsu Junjouden is running on Nichibutsu’s hardware a…