Research Scientists of Love Lab
The Research Scientists of Love Lab (恋の研究員達?, Koi no Kenkyū-in-tachi) are a group of researchers who appear in Love Lab in Rhythm Heaven. In their lab, they try to learn more about the mysterious concept of love. The first two members, a boy and a girl, perform the experiment by catching and throwing flasks in rhythm, with the third, known as the Mysterious Lab Tech (実験室のあやしい人?, Jikken-shitsu no Ayashī Hito), being there to catch the flasks upon completion, as well as always wearing a costume for fun[1].
Story
The girl keeps a Lab Journal detailing the events of when she joins the lab.
On October 1, after graduating, she begins working at the Love Lab. She is very excited to be working on something so important.
On October 2, she summarizes the day as "totally uneventful", aside from meeting her senior lab partner, who is her type.
On October 3, she notices there was another person next to them who wears a weird costume, and she is unsure if it's a guy or a girl. She notes the costume isn't creepy, just weird.
On October 7, the person in the costume (who she confirmed is a guy) asks her to help him with an experiment on the next day. While she accepts, she is a little freaked out by the costume.
On October 8, she goes to a special lab with the costumed person and realizes she is going to be experimenting together with her senior lab partner. As she is busy with the experiment, this is the last journal entry. She is happy however that she gets to spend time with her senior lab partner.
The research scientists appear in Remix 4, where they seem to be conducting their experiments at a park. They can also be seen in the audience in Battle of the Bands and in Munchy Monk in Rhythm Heaven Fever, where they can be seen out the window. They appear in Rhythm Tengoku Gold Comic in 03 実験室の放課後の巻き (After school at the Laboratory by Maki), where the girl is planning on asking her crush to walk home with her. She hears footsteps. Thinking her crush is coming, she jumps out, asking her question, only to see the Mysterious Lab Tech standing in front of her. After this embarrassing attempt, she tries again the next day, this time confessing her love. This time, she accidentally asks DJ Yellow's student, while her crush is standing behind him, looking very confused. The boy and the girl later appear in 09 にぎやかでおだやかな夜の巻き (A lively and peaceful night by Maki), where they are seen on a date on a park bench.
Appearances
Love Lab
Remix 4
Remix 10
Battle of the Bands (cameo)
Munchy Monk (cameo)
Gallery
Artwork from Rhythm Heaven
Sprite from Rhythm Heaven
Animation from Rhythm Heaven Screen Saver
Animation from Rhythm Heaven Screen Saver
Trivia
- While the translation of the Lab Journal is mostly consistent across languages, for some reason the events on October 3 are noted as October 6 in the German version of Rhythm Paradise[2].
In Other Languages
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
 Japanese |
恋の研究員達 | Researchers of love |
 EnglishNOA |
Research Scientists of Love Lab | |
 EnglishNOE |
Research Scientists of Love Lab | |
 French |
L'équipe des chercheurs de l'amour | The team of love researchers |
 Spanish |
Los investigadores de la química del amor | The researchers in the chemistry of love |
 German |
Forscher am Amore-Institut | Researcher at the Love Institute |
 Italian |
Scienziati pazzi (d'amore) | Mad scientists (of love) |
 Korean |
두근두근 연구실의 연구인들 | Researchers in the Love Lab |
| Language | Name | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| Japanese |
実験室のあやしい人 | Suspicious Person at the Laboratory |
| EnglishNOA |
Mysterious Lab Tech | |
| EnglishNOE |
Mysterious Lab Tech | |
| French |
Chercheur mystérieux | Mysterious researcher |
| Spanish |
Extraño ayudante de laboratorio | Strange lab assistant |
| German |
Mysteriöser Forscher | Mysterious researcher |
| Italian |
Lo scienziato misterioso | The mysterious scientist |
| Korean |
실험실의 수상한 연구원 | Suspicious Lab Researcher |
References
- ↑ "Chercheur mystérieux - Au labo de l'amour, l'un des chercheurs est toujours déguisé. Il a peut-être l'air louche, mais il n'y a pas de quoi s'inquiéter. Il fait juste ça pour s'amuser." (Mysterious researcher - At the Love Lab, one of the researchers is in disguise. He might look suspicious, but there is nothing to worry about. He's only doing it for fun.) ~ Rôles secondaires 2 (Secondary roles 2), Rhythm Paradise (French)
- ↑ "6. Oktober - Ich habe meinen Forschungsleiter heute so angestarrt, dass ich gar nicht den (die?) Kollegen(-in?) neben mir bemerkte. Er (Sie? Es?) trug so ein komisches Kostüm. Seltsam." (October 6 - Today I stared at my senior partner so much that I didn't even notice the (fe-?)male colleague next to me. He (She? It?) was wearing such a funny costume. Strange.) ~ Laboraufzeichnungen (Laboratory records), Rhythm Paradise (German)