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<h2>Overview</h2><p>Gokinjo Boukentai ("Neighborhood Adventure Troop") is a Super Famicom RPG featuring a party of younger children as they fight <a href="/youkai/3015-6660/" data-ref-id="3015-6660">youkai</a> around the neighborhood under their parents' noses.</p><p>The young heroine, Mana, is tasked by "God" to save her town, and she starts recruiting other kids her same age to help out. They meet in a cave not too far from her home, from which the player can create parties and use as a hub. Each day is presented as its own chapter, and invariably conclude with Mana's mother dragging her back home after a boss has been defeated. Mana's cat and frequent sidekick, Yuzu, acts as narrator between days/chapters.</p><p>With its young cast and everyday slice-of-life comedic aesthetic, the game's been likened to the <a href="/earthbound/3025-170/" data-ref-id="3025-170">Mother/EarthBound</a> series by critics. It's also intended for beginners: there's no penalty for losing a battle, and the player is offered the chance to restart the fight with a boost to one of their combat-related stats. </p>