tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24837813710118804652024-03-18T23:53:54.214-04:00Supaa Raburii 百合 Attaku!It's just an average day for Yuri.Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.comBlogger65125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-67805815106171136102013-02-08T02:01:00.002-05:002013-02-08T02:01:40.291-05:00Paranoia Agent 2In case you missed it, I'm watching "Paranoia Agent" and doing run-downs of the eps here. So of course, spoilers.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a><br /><div>
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<li>THIS KID. SOMEONE PUT HIM DOWN QUICK.</li>
<li>Also, he's so full of himself he doesn't even read the newspaper...? (or rather completely not thinking about it)</li>
<li>So basically he's setting himself up as some sort of dictator.</li>
<li>FAIR P- oh, ok, he won'ot do anything without proof.</li>
<li>Wow, he called himself a hero.</li>
<li>PARANOIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA</li>
<li>Dudebros' voice(s) are familiar, ish.</li>
<li>Remarking about people being manipulated by the media, but he was doing that too...?</li>
<li>That's bullying, yo.</li>
<li>OASIS OF MY HEART. REALLY?</li>
<li>Tropes, why. Or rather, why am I tired of them. </li>
<li>That is true, it'd be bad.</li>
<li>OH MY GOD CONFESSIONS.</li>
<li>What happened to fair play? Wait, this isn't really fair play either...? Just revealing your hand. PARANOIAAAAAAAAAAA</li>
<li>Ohp, there's the real set up.</li>
<li>Wow, teacher- never mind, </li>
<li>i have no idea what to say.</li>
<li>what what what.</li>
<li>And now the neighbors.</li>
<li>Haha, I like how they added the shine on his teeth.</li>
<li>You'd think that the teachers would do something, but they really won't would they.</li>
<li>There's a reason police shouldn't release things like that. Wow, DUMBBUTTS.</li>
<li>AND BACK TO HIS DELUSIONS.</li>
<li>Wow, bet even the tutor won't even be there.</li>
<li>DANG WHAT A FEAST.</li>
<li>Oh, the tutor showed up.</li>
<li>Kid, you probably shouldn't throw those away when THERE'S NO WITNESSES TO YOU DOING THAT.</li>
<li>Even the Gundam! T_T</li>
<li>True sincerity and caring is even through the worst of times (probably not really).</li>
<li>The problem with this show is YOU CAN NEVER TRUST ANYBODY. NOT EVEN THE DOG.</li>
<li>Looking exactly the same as before...? Nandakore.</li>
<li>CRAZY OLD PROF DUDE NOW WHAT.</li>
<li>NEW EQUATION EQUALS ONE.</li>
<li>Is he going to become a hikkikomori?</li>
<li>HE'S JUST GOING TO LIVE IN HIS DELUSIONS. And either way he'll be seen as suspicious.</li>
<li>WOW CREEPY.</li>
<li>WHY AM I WATCHING THIS NOW.</li>
<li>WHY.</li>
<li>UGH</li>
<li>AH GOD.</li>
<li>PALM TREE WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY SO CREEPY</li>
<li>So was Shonen Bat actually going through dude's mental scape...?</li>
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Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-28300794001101894512013-02-03T17:07:00.001-05:002013-02-03T17:08:47.943-05:00Paranoia Agent 1<div>
Reminder: not really going to be funny or anything...</div>
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First of all, forgot how derp the op is. Second of all, I really hope these subs are accurate... >_></div>
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<li>OP: yay atomic bomb...? NOT. Satoshi Kon, whyyyyyyyyyy (or rather, whoever wrote the song, since now we'll prolly talk about that...)</li>
<li>People being laaazy</li>
<li>also EVERYONE IS USING COMMUNIATIVE TECHNOLOGY</li>
<li>Oh right, the chalk thing. Old man, why crazy? And why look at girl? Oh. Shonen Batto.</li>
<li>ALL THE STUFFED ANIMALS. stuffed animal graphic designerrrrr. I would say "must be a fun job" but looks like she's having trouble</li>
<li>Oop, sucks to be he- MORE LIKE WHY DON'T YOU TRY TO MAKE YOUR OWN MAGIC STUFFED ANIMAL OR SOMETHING</li>
<li>Now for crazy old lady! Who does a disappearing act as a side job!</li>
<li>Noooow what will you do? Not cry, that's a good one. Oh wait, she's crying</li>
<li>AAAAH SHOUNEN BAAAAT</li>
<li>Apparently no injuries from Shounen Bat...?</li>
<li>After describing, some sort of rushing sound</li>
<li>Old man's chalk scribbling equals the patent room number</li>
<li>newsreporter says kids beating things is due to repressed society of Japan and also "must teach difference between virtual and reality"</li>
<li>Old woman apparently disappeared right after incident (has disappeared from her tent)</li>
<li>Kawazu reporter hid something after that</li>
<li>Tsukiko accused of making it up on her website</li>
<li>AND THAEN THE STUFFED ANIMAL MOVES. I guess Maromi counts as a chara now...?</li>
<li>Who is the bad one...?</li>
<li>Heheee, that's right.</li>
<li>Oop, he hid the bear drawing that was under the car.</li>
<li>Oh yeah, forgot how sleazy-creepy KawazU was</li>
<li>PARANOIA ATTACK COMING</li>
<li>I would start getting that too, if a sleaze started doing stuff like that</li>
<li>People are finding out about the kid rather easily</li>
<li>OH SAGI LIKE CRANE???</li>
<li>And now Kawazu is</li>
<li>The kid came back to her!!!</li>
<li>Didn't do/say anything except "Tadaima"? ("Hello again")</li>
<li>Kawazu got seriously injured though</li>
<li>OH MAMIKO NOTO I SHOULD'VE KNOOOOOOOOOOOWN IT'S BEEN SO LONG URGHHHHHHH</li>
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So to sum up, set theting as pretty apathetic Japan. Main charas so far are Tsukiko, Kawazu(?), the police officers, the kids(?), the old lady(?)</div>
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Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-2896348761719524952013-02-03T16:38:00.000-05:002013-02-03T16:38:42.823-05:00久しぶりです<div>
Hello, long time no post. First of all, I'd like to apologize to anybody who kept on returning to see if I'd written anything. Well, I'm ashamed to say that my fervor for anime had all but died out in the last year. That isn't to say that I hate anime/manga now or anything, but more that I feel that my interests are like a dog with a bone - until a squirrel runs by. Well, a squirrel ran by. It's actually still running around, but I'm trying to get back into the anime groove. I'm currently taking a class where we have to watch "Paranoia Agent" and "Welcome to the NHK," both series that I'd previously started and never finished. Since I have to finish it now, well... In an effort to bring some life back to this blog and so I can remember things, the two main things that are going to be happening here are posts about eps of the aforementioned anime. Good luck to me!</div>
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">OK, I lied, there will be a summary. But not of this ep, just the series as a whole.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Overall, this was done WAY better than Xenoglossia especially and most importantly in terms of keeping with the original source material. But what I especially liked was how the anime told the girls' stories. Sure, it did that in the games too, but this way, it'll hopefully get more people interested in the games outside of Japan. Also, it totally gave me lots of Chihaya x Haruka fodder, and I always appreciate that. Story/Plot-wise, I thought it was pretty well paced, and it worked character development in there too, which is ALWAYS a plus. The nods to the fans were particularly great~</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that's basically it. As a final episode, I really didn't pay too much attention since I was busy screencapping. But then again, most of the tension was resolved so... Anyway, I'll just leave you with this last thing:</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">to this.</td></tr>
</tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The only conclusion is that OBVIOUSLY HARUKA MOVED IN. BECAUSE SHE LIVES 2-ISH HOURS AWAY AND CHIHAYA LIVES ALL BY HERSELF AND WOULDN'T IT BE MORE CONVENIENT FOR THEM TO MOVE IN TOGETHER.</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-13378157375832526972011-11-18T15:15:00.000-05:002011-11-18T15:15:00.227-05:00The iDOLM@STER 20 Summary/PicspamSo, I just watched iDOLM@STER episode 20, which anybody who kinda sorta follows my Twitter or Tumblr will easily be able to see, since I just spammed both. Unfortunately, Blogspot doesn't have a 'post-to-other-platforms-too' function that I know of, so I'll just put a main overview here.<div><br />
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</div><div>This episode is basically Chihaya's backstory, which is awesome. Mostly because Haruka was running around trying to make Chihaya feel better. From last ep, Kuroi-shachou's paparazzi man took a picture of Chihaya and her mom in front of her little brother's grave, which then got splashed into magazines everywhere. The reason it's a big deal is that the accompanying article was basically blaming Chihaya for the death of her brother. While Chihaya is content to pretty much ignore it - from a professional standpoint - things fall apart when she can't sing for always remembering her brother.</div><div><br />
</div><div>After trying for a couple more times, they (Chihaya and Haruka <strike>and the producer too :/</strike>) find that it's a psychological block preventing Chihaya from singing. And then Chihaya says "I can't do this anymore" and locks herself in her apartment. I could go into a big essay about how sad this is because Chihaya is preventing herself from singing, something she loves, by making her goal in singing to hold up her memory of her brother, but that'd get a bit too long.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Anyway, the rest of the ep plays out with Haruka and then the other girls banding together and getting Chihaya to go to the concert and finally to Chihaya being able to sing again.</div><div><br />
</div><div>What I really liked about this episode was the minima amount of Producer. It really puts the focus more on the girls rather than as a semi-hidden dating sim type of thing. If only they did this for the other episodes... Like the Yayoi one. I also liked how Chihaya's mother appeared, though not how she didn't do anything. D< I mean, it's understandable, but she should've at least tried.... Oh well, it got me some Chihaya x Haruka in the end, so I'm all good.</div><div><br />
</div><div>Aaand that's it! I'll try to do this more often, but this entire thing basically took about an hour what with stopping every few seconds to post on Tumblr/Twitter and then writing this out, so posting like this might not happen on a regular basis.</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-56023932877681282152011-11-01T22:37:00.000-04:002011-11-01T22:37:42.999-04:00Rolling Girl~As my anime viewing has gone down in percentage, somehow my 'regular tv show' viewing has gone up. Don't know how that happened... Anyway, since I'd like to keep this blog more anime/manga/game/drama cd/Japan focused, I made a <a href="http://sryasuraki.tumblr.com/" target="_blank">tumblr</a> for myself. It'll have some anime stuff, but mostly I'll probably reblog stuff from other shows and the occasional thought that is longer than 140 charas (in which case it'd go to my <a href="http://twitter.com/#!/SRYASuraki" target="_blank">Twitter</a>, since I'm crazy and have a million different social media accounts all of a sudden). But yeah. Now there's more ways to stalk me! Orz<div><br />
</div><div>And here's some tangentially related media, just 'cause.</div><div><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/IhktEmpGEiw" width="560"></iframe></div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-7531822476679690762011-10-10T18:12:00.001-04:002011-10-10T18:14:51.574-04:00スーパーヒーロタイム!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">For those of you who have been following my Twitter feed, you'll find I'm not dead (yet). Just... Otherwise engaged. I've found my life's gotten a lot more complicated recently, so the number of shows I'm watching has dropped. Well, number of anime, at least. I'll give myself another couple of months before I'm all over anime again. Anyway, the point of this post is: Why I Watch Kid Stuff like Super Sentai and Magical Girl Anime.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxtGKVDtaw-pzy1MX4QhSlyLIkbTKOmEnH6sdsLrjr9z2Bdx1c7s5PWw1qKzKR0KWXykYwY8Db4YYOR5h4E4qW3BEZvoAXa7ig48dEMPEvpM00XcbVu_KwceGvVCgx3_VjJ7uHAfHE5pm/s1600/Picture+8.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLxtGKVDtaw-pzy1MX4QhSlyLIkbTKOmEnH6sdsLrjr9z2Bdx1c7s5PWw1qKzKR0KWXykYwY8Db4YYOR5h4E4qW3BEZvoAXa7ig48dEMPEvpM00XcbVu_KwceGvVCgx3_VjJ7uHAfHE5pm/s320/Picture+8.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>It's definitely not because stuff like this happens. Nope.</b></div><br />
<a name='more'></a>As someone who is decidedly older than the market for super sentai and magical girl anime, some people look at me weird when I tell them what I'm watching. I don't really care; I just kind of pity them for having their minds closed to some truly powerful, engaging storylines. Sure, the plots are all clichéd "someone/thing is invading, only you can save the world!!" type, but there's something to be said about clichés.<br />
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</div><div><div style="text-align: center;">(The following list is in no particular order.)</div><div><br />
</div><div>One is that it provides a truly safe way to turn one's brain off (instead of something like drugs). I mean, really. Especially in something like Super Sentai, all 35 seasons are basically the same. It's just a matter of who's invading, who's defending, and who's got the awesomest weapon. So if you're just looking for background noise, here's a great way to do it. It has the added bonus of not having anything too gruesome or explicit, so you can watch it in public with only the label of 'He's/She's such a kid' being applied versus 'Dude, he/she watching porn in public!'</div></div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t-AU656EhW9fMAnYZOsy_rI8dFAvxgTCTJDXT_qgjwnneuDc2RCmdpbAhBdrhE-4SCl6JwFfMyyVa3x7NmmTDzLXxqp96T1SJ2uHOSHvBjT8OV42qOXRwMy8V2q1KPhKkHs0aOdZ6svh/s1600/Picture+43.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1t-AU656EhW9fMAnYZOsy_rI8dFAvxgTCTJDXT_qgjwnneuDc2RCmdpbAhBdrhE-4SCl6JwFfMyyVa3x7NmmTDzLXxqp96T1SJ2uHOSHvBjT8OV42qOXRwMy8V2q1KPhKkHs0aOdZ6svh/s320/Picture+43.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This totally isn't porn! Just because it <i>looks</i> like one girl is looking at the other's boobs...</b></div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div>Second, unless you're a true villain, everyone likes to see the good guys win in the end. And even if we sympathize with (one of) the bad guy(s), there's a pretty good chance that the TPTB are going to give them a totally rocking ending. (And sometimes the bad guys themselves are pretty awesome.) Example one: Precia's last scene at the end of MSLNanoha. Everyone hated her, but she totally gave Fate a cool scene (or five).</div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuK8dl379TG1BWW7irCoRw3USNpqfRdNQ3Dt2EJ2sGFyJKb5DiL2QLgxfGFOK89XOQC2JCvj3qyVk_shh5WoMky84v8Ac1CopXE4D1L3Yu6mD80KyVNZ109MAE0MPz12TL6Ac8BNeFcJk/s1600/Picture+1101.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDuK8dl379TG1BWW7irCoRw3USNpqfRdNQ3Dt2EJ2sGFyJKb5DiL2QLgxfGFOK89XOQC2JCvj3qyVk_shh5WoMky84v8Ac1CopXE4D1L3Yu6mD80KyVNZ109MAE0MPz12TL6Ac8BNeFcJk/s320/Picture+1101.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Come, Mother. Give me more and more backstory so people can use it in their fanfics about me wangsting.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Third is just the sheer awesomeness that comes from the fight scenes (and explosions). Sure, the rest of the story may or may not be crap, but the one thing that's almost guaranteed not to be crap is the fighting. The very fact that a series is part of a cliché means that it has to do <i>something</i> to keep things interesting. And if the plot is just dressed up, why not do something interesting within the show? (Also, let's face it, these shows <i>are</i> marketed towards kids. What other way is there to get a kid's interest but action?)</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fourth is I can put yuri undertones in pretty much anything with at least two girls in it, which super sentai covers pretty well and magical girl has almost as a matter of course.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">There're probably other reasons, but these are the ones I thought of. d: Suraki, signing off <strike>to watch more Super Sentai</strike>!</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-2559736737464417682011-07-09T02:09:00.001-04:002011-07-09T02:10:35.374-04:00The iDOLM@STER vs. Idolmaster Xenoglossia, or Why You Should Watch The iDOLM@STER and Not Xenoglossia<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMNM09t3jP-07enhZHaj_gXa68W_fx1TpeFDDQ91-CrqzbSwEwQnpKuZbLUCzqFR3tf0jm6dZaopI9pSA6CqOQF5vcGHg5IVGgyGXvqVllJzJJPGdcs4n3sJPKgWiIdZY-klFha9ZKrZF/s1600/277655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC94brp8IMFkRruOHKR-8mYM2SWXKwaW3PA5me-_Fde7T1ldvCLb4HWXJdL9GA55NsCivxQpZAcp55YnnoQ48ps7CNIx-PjqTdOfy7yeVx6t9eAL1Na4JpbzR-Ejom0Z_Op_ypY9dj9nkP/s1600/Minitokyo.Idol.Master.Female.Scans_306135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMNM09t3jP-07enhZHaj_gXa68W_fx1TpeFDDQ91-CrqzbSwEwQnpKuZbLUCzqFR3tf0jm6dZaopI9pSA6CqOQF5vcGHg5IVGgyGXvqVllJzJJPGdcs4n3sJPKgWiIdZY-klFha9ZKrZF/s1600/277655.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyMNM09t3jP-07enhZHaj_gXa68W_fx1TpeFDDQ91-CrqzbSwEwQnpKuZbLUCzqFR3tf0jm6dZaopI9pSA6CqOQF5vcGHg5IVGgyGXvqVllJzJJPGdcs4n3sJPKgWiIdZY-klFha9ZKrZF/s200/277655.jpg" width="141" /></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">VS.</span></b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC94brp8IMFkRruOHKR-8mYM2SWXKwaW3PA5me-_Fde7T1ldvCLb4HWXJdL9GA55NsCivxQpZAcp55YnnoQ48ps7CNIx-PjqTdOfy7yeVx6t9eAL1Na4JpbzR-Ejom0Z_Op_ypY9dj9nkP/s1600/Minitokyo.Idol.Master.Female.Scans_306135.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="127" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC94brp8IMFkRruOHKR-8mYM2SWXKwaW3PA5me-_Fde7T1ldvCLb4HWXJdL9GA55NsCivxQpZAcp55YnnoQ48ps7CNIx-PjqTdOfy7yeVx6t9eAL1Na4JpbzR-Ejom0Z_Op_ypY9dj9nkP/s200/Minitokyo.Idol.Master.Female.Scans_306135.jpg" width="200" /></a></div><br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;">BIASBIASBIASBIASBIASBIAS</div><div style="text-align: center;">This post is <b>biased</b>! But I wanted to write it anyway. Just so's you know.<br />
Also, this post is about the 2011 iDOLM@STER anime vs. the Xenoglossia incarnation, not the actual game(s) itself.</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
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Since they announced the iDOLM@STER anime, I've been eagerly waiting for July. Now, for those of you who don't know what iDOLM@STER/iDOLMASTER is, it's a game by Namco (and Bandai?) for (at least) the XBox. You play a producer of an idol company and you have to train different idols to become #1 in Japan. What makes the game interesting (at least for me, I can't speak for everyone else) is that each idol actually <i>sings</i>. Songs made especially for the game! And original dances! With real singers! (Not that there's anything wrong with Vocaloid...) And the character designs are AWESOME. In other words, it's like a visual novel where you actually do something (and without sex, mentioned or otherwise)! But the biggest thing is how the fans could manipulate the videos. In fact, <a href="http://idolmaster.tdiary.net/"><span style="color: #0000fb;">there's a whole site dedicated to iDOLM@STER videos</span></a>. So there were a lot of fans who, in playing the game, grew to love the characters, voices, and graphics.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">When an iDOLM@STER anime was announced in 2007, I was indeed one of the excited fans. Finally, we could see our favorite characters come to life in a different way than the choose-your-own-adventure type game. It was even being produced by Sunrise, special in my heart for Gundam Wing and Mai-Hime, and it was named Idolmaster: Xenoglossia. But then...<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">It was horrible. Terrible! What happened to idols? Appeals? What's with the <i>mecha???</i> It was like Xebec's Negima all over again, instead this time instead of ruining the ending, <i>they ruined everything.</i> In hindsight, a mecha turn was probably really obvious. I mean, it's Sunrise. What does Sunrise do? Giant robots. And it usually works for them. But not in this instance. Oh no, iDOLM@STER fans everywhere got angry. I'm sure some stopped watching or even wrote disparaging letters. I mean, come on! We want to see HarukaxAny-Other-Idol, not HarukaxGiantRobot! Even the small OVA they made couldn't appease us (although I loved it). Then, a couple months ago, they announced another iDOLM@STER anime. There were a lot of skeptics. I, for one, wasn't even going to watch it if it was like Xenoglossia. But then previews came out and fans rejoiced, for here it was! An iDOLM@STER anime <i>actually about</i> the iDOLM@STER game! The first episode just came out yesterday/the day before (so SO excited) and it followed the game really well. It was all I wanted and more.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">But then, I decided to go forum-hopping for the iM@S anime. And let me tell you, you don't know how limited a view you have until someone says something completely out of left field. (Or right, I'm not picky.) There were people who <i>actually liked and wanted to re-watch Xenoglossia.</i> It was like a completely different animal! But, as I read it, I began to think about why, exactly, iDOLM@STER fans disliked Xenoglossia so much. I mean, taken from an outside/newbie perspective, it apparently wasn't that bad. (I'm not about to go re-watch it to try and see it from another perspective, so don't expect a review about that.) The way I see it, there are two reasons: Expectations and Eagerness.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Expectation was probably by far the worst thing about Xenoglossia. When it was announced, fans <i>expected</i> an anime about the game. They <i>expected</i> lots of singing and dancing and hours and hours of practice. What they <i>expected</i>... Was not what they got. So basically, the weight of failed expectations fell squarely (and heavily) on Sunrise. Personally, I have no idea what Sunrise thought they were doing. The mecha weren't even that good. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">(Because they also failed that test with me.) </span>There's also the fact that the cast list was COMPLETELY different from the game seiyuu. I kind of get why they did that; the original seiyuu were not that well known, and famous seiyuu are a way to get new fans in. And that brings me to my next point.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">When you like something, you want to show it off, right? So another aspect of the anime was a way to reach out to people who don't have Xboxes, who don't live in Japan or speak Japanese, who haven't yet been drawn in. What Xenoglossia did completely ruined all of those efforts. Think about it. If I told you, "Hey, there's this really cool game about idols called iDOLM@STER and there's an anime coming out about it!" and I showed you Xenoglossia, you'd look at me like I was dumb. Because Xenoglossia is definitely not about idols. I mean, idols are involved. Sort of. If I remember right. The characters are also different from game and anime. For example: </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This is my favorite idol, Kisaragi Chihaya. In the game, she's kinda stoic, serious. Singing is her hobby and her only hobby is singing. But, when you achieve more perfect communications, you get a girl who is calm, but sometimes gets upset at things you wouldn't think with her personality. In Xenoglossia...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">You get this. There are no words to describe just how they perverted Chihaya's character. Out of all of them, I think this change in personality was the worst, and not only because original Chihaya was my favorite. While the others had a reboot that at least had one little similarity with the original, Chihaya... Nope. Not even body type. It was, in effect, a completely different character that had the same name. It was the greatest disappointment in my life. I mean, don't get me wrong, Evil Psychotic Lesbians are hilarious. But not when it's supposed to be someone else. I don't want to say "This is my favorite character" and have people look at the Xenoglossia incarnation.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;">But anyway. That's my thoughts on iDOLM@STER. The last thing I'll say is please watch the real anime! (Or any one of <a href="http://d.hatena.ne.jp/Sugio/20080102">the game videos</a>.) Later!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: Times;"><br />
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</span></div></div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-66409996592758788662011-05-20T11:08:00.000-04:002011-05-20T11:08:15.710-04:00Dogeza... m(_ _)mWhat's this? It's been six months since I last posted? Nonse-<div><br />
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<a name='more'></a></div><div>HAI GAIZ, GUESS WHO'S BACK. Or rather, guess who is finally getting off her lazy butt and actually posting. Yeah, that's right. It's me. Orz</div><div><br />
</div><div>I feel like we go through this process a lot. Which is probably because we do. Well, let me explain. Aside from being a blog about yuri, this was also a chance for me to not just lurk. Which I have been failing miserably at. All I can say is that changing yourself is hard. And takes a while. So while I <i>want</i> to change, that won't happen right off the bat. But I'll keep trying! So for now, you guys'll have to read my ridiculously late season reviews.</div><div><br />
</div><div><s>Or maybe I just have writer's block.</s></div><div><br />
</div><div>Oh, but! I'm not <i>completely</i> inactive. It's just writing blog posts. If you're looking for something more random, more up to date, and more broad, I do have Twitter! It's just to your right, look, look! I generally tweet while I watch series, <s>so you can see just how little I'm watching this season</s> so you can get a play by play of what I think about while watching something. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Please be warned that my Twitter feed is not completely about anime, as seen in the explosion of tweets when <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision">Eurovision</a> came around...</span></div><div><br />
</div><div>But what <i>has</i> Suraki been watching? Well, not a lot. Of course, my yuri goggles are still in place, but there hasn't been something that hasn't needed high power. At least out of the things I've watched so far. I will warn you that I have been sucked into J-drama and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tokusatsu">Tokusatsu</a> recently, so there may or may not be more posts involving that. But that's enough from me!</div><div><br />
</div><div>Suraki, signing off!</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Oh, I guess this <i>is</i> a yuri blog, so... Here you go!</div><div><br />
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</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-74387220409889618022011-01-15T11:11:00.002-05:002011-01-15T11:20:53.112-05:00Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1stYeah, that's right. The post you've all waited for. The post you've all hungered for. It's the <b>Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st</b> post!!<br />
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OK, that long title is <i>not</i> giving it the oomph it needs. Also, the "the Movie 1st" totally messes up with "the 1st Movie" vibe...<br />
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<a name='more'></a>Did everyone read my <a href="http://suraki.blogspot.com/2010/03/blast-from-past-mahou-shoujo-lyrical.html">uber-long Nanoha post</a>? Yes? No? If you haven't, you might want to read the summary I put for the first season. And then possibly read the rest of it. Go ahead. This post'll still be here while you read. For the people who don't need to, here's some pics:<br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st </b>is basically<b> Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha</b>. But enhanced with ultra-steroids. Instead of 6.5 hours or so, everything (and plus some more) is condensed into 2 hours. The graphics and insert songs get huge upgrades. More of Fate's backstory is j-j-j-jammed in. And the fight scenes? FREAKIN'. AWESOME. About the only thing I can do that can aptly convey the amazingness of Movie the 1st is to tell you to go buy <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><s>download</s> </span>it.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Of course, if the movie was perfect, the world would implode, so there <i>are</i> some problems. The first is the transformation scene for Nanoha and Fate. OK, I understand this is a movie. And that the target audience is not, in fact, young girls, but rather geeky males in the age range of 19-47 (on average). But really? Did you have to make the transformation scenes <i>worse</i>? It's bad enough in the original and <i>that</i> had the Conveniently Placed Magic Swirls. Yeah, that's right. In the Movie 1st, the Conveniently Placed Magic Swirls have been <b>erased</b>. Ni*beep*les are in full view! That's just <i>not cool</i>. <i>Not cool at all.</i> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The second problem is the device voices. Now, as far as I know, the directors didn't change any voice actors, just cut people's scenes. But on the first listen, Raising/Raging Heart's voice is definitely weird; Bardiche's weirder. And the reason is this: Intelligent Devices they may be, but as heard in the original three seasons, Raising Heart and Bardiche don't really have emotion or inflection in their voices. But yes, in the movie they do. It's actually a little irritating. But maybe that's just because I'm a hardcore fangirl.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The last problem I have is with the translation. Now, by all accounts and purposes, this <i>should</i> be the translated version from the official blu-ray disc. Yeah, Seven Arcs actually added an English subtitled version on their blu-ray disc. So it should be that a subbing group just ripped it and distributed it (because let's face it: I'm too poor to get a blu-ray player). This means that, rather than blaming a subbing group for not following fan and official translations, it's Seven Arcs fault. Because instead of the ever-so-intimidating Time-Space Administration Bureau, the TSAB is instead forcibly renamed Dimensional Administration Bureau. Really? DAB? That's just stupid.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I did like how they translated the devices' lines into Japanese though... That was fun. Oh, and one more thing.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</u></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha the Movie 1st</b> got a <i>lot </i>of upgrades. First, of course, is the graphics. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The graphics in the movie got a <i>huge</i> upgrade. And I mean <i>huge. </i>I know that they had to draw a lot of new stuff for Fate's backstory, but not only did they do that, they redrew <i>everything</i>. As far as I can tell, there were no re-used cells at all. Which is expected when you're making a movie on a source material that's comparitively old, but it's still nice to see. They even changed the scenery of a few locations and upgraded the Jewel Seed corrupted enemies! <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">I do miss Ein the Giant Cat though...</span> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</b></div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">The next upgrade is Fate's backstory. When comparing the TV series and the movie, if I had to 'calculate' the percentage of backstory out of the entire season/movie, the season had about... 20%. The movie? About 45%. If I could do math, I'd give the percentage markup. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><s>If I could do math, I wouldn't make up numbers that are probably equal when taking into account the total time difference between the two media.</s> </span>Essentially, what I'm trying to say is that if they kept the same backstory scenes from the original season and put it into the movie, rather than two hours and ten minutes, the movie would instead be around an hour and a half long. What makes this even better is that all the backstory comes from the Sound Stages (drama cds) that most casual Nanoha fans have <i>no idea exist.</i> And makes the second season make a lot more sense. So, yeah, it's pretty awesome.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;">Two words: Fight. Scene. I won't elaborate on it since it's hard to put how awesome it is into words, but here're some screenshots. You really should go watch it yourself to fully appreciate the experience though.</div><div class="" style="clear: both; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: left;"><br />
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Pink sparkles.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBy418-Z7z4dkJSB27Uu80roD79MZvfIeojRN8l8GfzK9CjTkUiehw8szqWt3jp9QBMZICnyj9PpuKVYUczzzpHhW0lwMa6hCujjdJE81QewXwTHH-4cmzLZsbigIKK_6iSJAQDIYShHfi/s1600/Picture+306.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBy418-Z7z4dkJSB27Uu80roD79MZvfIeojRN8l8GfzK9CjTkUiehw8szqWt3jp9QBMZICnyj9PpuKVYUczzzpHhW0lwMa6hCujjdJE81QewXwTHH-4cmzLZsbigIKK_6iSJAQDIYShHfi/s320/Picture+306.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu0RGa0AxptluANOMIto38lIUmdKqvc9beEtmtfQ2nhS1K-PlF3Ut2DZrNJZJPJseGwxo_C-ZBL1-yOp4nZNJ3-1JLiqXd55a0e8_8y3zFbLU5Seov-kioiU6sJN74B0yA8oCDVY3Vz3G/s1600/Picture+307.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuu0RGa0AxptluANOMIto38lIUmdKqvc9beEtmtfQ2nhS1K-PlF3Ut2DZrNJZJPJseGwxo_C-ZBL1-yOp4nZNJ3-1JLiqXd55a0e8_8y3zFbLU5Seov-kioiU6sJN74B0yA8oCDVY3Vz3G/s320/Picture+307.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDX1CBl337MVWk9Fdr7uotlDPf399-w7g7J6gQzojmoKkviIeW81zFJWwNPSKbZCcZ7eT-NC22Nx52UXOrNJbR2L9-fi2CCyDgHN8e8trnnqmZXwFbr8GQ0c3-g_suPm6yI_9fXsr7hrC/s1600/Picture+310.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiDX1CBl337MVWk9Fdr7uotlDPf399-w7g7J6gQzojmoKkviIeW81zFJWwNPSKbZCcZ7eT-NC22Nx52UXOrNJbR2L9-fi2CCyDgHN8e8trnnqmZXwFbr8GQ0c3-g_suPm6yI_9fXsr7hrC/s320/Picture+310.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NY4dGB4nNGJKyRhqkxYjg_SyKJwvrG5-_u6dVYpMgYaMa2IrUx2Srck-I5y_xqsIprTL_HIOtd3pO2CMtFf9rznuGMBRvodhBncxkP5y2XQTKzzectPbbApLb1hHxOhwSyXBgsbmBJKK/s1600/Picture+311.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7NY4dGB4nNGJKyRhqkxYjg_SyKJwvrG5-_u6dVYpMgYaMa2IrUx2Srck-I5y_xqsIprTL_HIOtd3pO2CMtFf9rznuGMBRvodhBncxkP5y2XQTKzzectPbbApLb1hHxOhwSyXBgsbmBJKK/s320/Picture+311.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdXfit-kaVZDmHZ_nsL_B5d3yEpDPQv6XOxxs18NVjMbAYjpCbvE0P17vorDYihEz7fmQWbRy8WHy8WQqBXdtdDzv2uQCgTG0HdiQBAGOny8ibo_wbMEfKzdw3gAzAfXwWXYdXjb12ExD/s1600/Picture+312.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHdXfit-kaVZDmHZ_nsL_B5d3yEpDPQv6XOxxs18NVjMbAYjpCbvE0P17vorDYihEz7fmQWbRy8WHy8WQqBXdtdDzv2uQCgTG0HdiQBAGOny8ibo_wbMEfKzdw3gAzAfXwWXYdXjb12ExD/s320/Picture+312.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpLLfy_Up8j4dxmgZSoWxFsC2MhTXXFAzJ373-KE85fdclP0QaYhgXp2Xk3JdDUOGRINil8CElTW9kNhz8068jk8wp1t0pAWReKCzLzX0aqpJsnIVII3lIIWgGM5dwCNtDCn9N5UNZ_SL/s1600/Picture+314.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzpLLfy_Up8j4dxmgZSoWxFsC2MhTXXFAzJ373-KE85fdclP0QaYhgXp2Xk3JdDUOGRINil8CElTW9kNhz8068jk8wp1t0pAWReKCzLzX0aqpJsnIVII3lIIWgGM5dwCNtDCn9N5UNZ_SL/s320/Picture+314.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1MGXHBoeqBZCO0BKlhyphenhyphensqC1pGa287nhO9P4RiJ6WOC5i6XKjDyy-gg1bJ6WGtfuMgRXz1dTjEWp6clp9FYe24d2KjP6U72M2SlmpLsKD-TqQ76sZRIJYvBG9PnYQP0S-pusxBh-Y81b6/s1600/Picture+315.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn1MGXHBoeqBZCO0BKlhyphenhyphensqC1pGa287nhO9P4RiJ6WOC5i6XKjDyy-gg1bJ6WGtfuMgRXz1dTjEWp6clp9FYe24d2KjP6U72M2SlmpLsKD-TqQ76sZRIJYvBG9PnYQP0S-pusxBh-Y81b6/s320/Picture+315.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>In case you can't tell the difference ratio, that little circle in the middle? That's her <i>average</i> spell circle.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAYiqbuxyV04dbl5k8dE7M5a74R4OwrS9YvRKg7ocaYzch-2zlHmJWIg564-boH153cvGcV11AJopjm2SGRiol7dDJG2ok0GLKvI2knKzAmKnN-GjG2OZpOcsjaNzHVIvIOZM9_54VfGG/s1600/Picture+316.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRAYiqbuxyV04dbl5k8dE7M5a74R4OwrS9YvRKg7ocaYzch-2zlHmJWIg564-boH153cvGcV11AJopjm2SGRiol7dDJG2ok0GLKvI2knKzAmKnN-GjG2OZpOcsjaNzHVIvIOZM9_54VfGG/s320/Picture+316.png" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>Fate's response: Five-layer shield.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGLvk5Q69nlNBFb9nD0kbGSQpoppi0mhGCvVqGEaUTic-zkqNBFGU8S3-1YqsIQ_Y7JqFMSHpJ2EfOc8cLluNOn__L8yqNLeSUZqNSP-XqS7Y8EeqCRafw8_RlwDjt2J6o2736ZGAGDoez/s1600/Picture+317.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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In high quality.</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">This image montage brought to you exclusively by Suraki's Yuri Goggles. To order your own, high-quality, high-power yuri goggles, go to http://getmesomeyurigoggles.com/ Thank you for shopping with us.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And that's it. Holy crap, that took <i>forever</i> to type. And <i>they're making another movie</i>. Watch that take even longer than this one did. Actually, I think the time was mostly because I kept forgetting what I wanted to say. And because I kept getting sidetracked. >_> Anyway, thanks for reading and see ya next time!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">As a side note, </span><a href="http://dynasty-scans.com/"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Dynasty Scans</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> are wonderful people. They always have the nicest Christmas presents! :D</span></div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-67208248952594987742010-12-25T02:42:00.000-05:002010-12-25T02:42:12.468-05:00Video Game: Embric of Wulfhammer's CastleI realize everyone's waiting for my posts about Nanoha and such, but real life has taken me hostage for a bit. It's probable that substantial posts will not continue anew until after the new year. Sorry. Orz<div><br />
</div><div>Despite that, today I've come to talk about something I should've a while ago. I applied to be one of the last round betas for the game <b><a href="http://wulfhammer.org/">Embric of Wulfhammer's Castle</a></b>, a homemade yuri rpg (screens available at the website)! The game is absolutely <i>amazing</i>. Wondering how it would fit your interest? Check this out:</div><div><br />
</div><div style="text-align: center;">Old-school style game</div><div style="text-align: center;">+</div><div style="text-align: center;">Hilarious writing</div><div style="text-align: center;">+</div><div style="text-align: center;">Pretty artwork</div><div style="text-align: center;">+</div><div style="text-align: center;">Interesting music</div><div style="text-align: center;">+</div><div style="text-align: center;">Great characters</div><div style="text-align: center;">+</div><div style="text-align: center;">YURI!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div style="text-align: center;">=</div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://wulfhammer.org/">Embric of Wulfhammer's Castle</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">On the technical side, the game was made in RPG Maker 2003. It's a Windows program, so for those unfortunate people who have Macs (and don't have a Windows emulator like I do >D), they're out of luck. (Although I wonder if you could just keep the game on a thumb drive and then play it wherever you go...)</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div style="text-align: left;">Everyone should get this free game as a Christmas gift for themselves! :D</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-5483757350047606802010-12-16T04:15:00.000-05:002010-12-16T04:15:38.495-05:00WheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeJust a heads up from me:<div><br />
</div><div>1. Finally finished catching up to Heartcatch Precure, so that post should be upcoming.</div><div><br />
</div><div>2. Finally started winter break, so more time to post stuff.</div><div><br />
</div><div>3. Finally stopped beta-testing a game, so more time to post stuff... Until I start playing again.</div><div><br />
</div><div>4. Finally in winter break, so Nanoha Movie the 1st post should be upcoming.</div><div><br />
</div><div>5. Finally learned something amazing, so that will be its own separate post. Or maybe part of one of my upcoming ones.</div><div><br />
</div><div>6. Finally ran out of things to say, so obligatory picture:</div><div><br />
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</div><div>Also makes me retarded, but meh. Anyway. This post brought to you by Procrastination! Oh, the joys of not doing homework until the wee hours of the morning...</div><div><br />
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</b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I mean, seriously, how could I have not found yuri? I found subtext in <i>Ponyo</i>, for goodness' sake!! But indeed, there is no yuri, and to explain, I'll have to tell you about <b>Tamayura</b> itself.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b>Tamayura</b> is set in a small town somewhere in Japan. The story is about this girl who loves photography and somehow manages to catch weird glowing lights in some of her photos called <i>Tamayura</i>. As a slice-of-life anime, there isn't much other plot needed, just characters, so on to character sheets!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Fu-chan is the main character. Like Yui from <i>K-On!</i> and Yoshika from <i>Strike Witches, </i>she's one of those innocent types who spaces out at every opportunity. Unlike Yui and Yoshika, though, she actually has some idea of what she's doing (in this case, photography). She isn't some innate genius either; some of her photos actually suck! Her nickname is 'Potte' which I think is an onomatopoeia for either stepping or hopping. 'm not quite sure. Anyway, the nick name comes from her friend, coming up next!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</i></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">A typical childhood friend type, Kao-tan is probably where the limited yuri points hang out. If not 'cause of that last picture of her, she knows all sorts of things about Fu-chan, as expected. Her quirk is that she loves the scent of things.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I'm sure I'll remember their names sometime, but as it is, only Norie's was said outloud in the first OVA. Norie is the one with twintails, by the way. Anyway, Norie and Whistle Bug's quirks are that Norie is a shotacon and Whistle Bug... Whistles. Constantly. She can and does talk, though, so it isn't completely irritating.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">But anyway, as I was saying about the yuri. THERE IS NONE. The only hints we had of it are in OVA 1, in the scene between Fu-chan and Kao-tan. But all that is gone by OVA 3. JUST FACE IT. THEY'RE ALL FRIENDS. If they expect me to continue watching because it's 'yuri',' they'll have to do better than that.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Don't know if I'll keep watching, but it's pleasant, so who knows. Til next time!</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-70424473915012543142010-10-23T01:56:00.005-04:002010-12-16T04:05:53.916-05:00Geeky As Charged 9<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Yo!</span><br />
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</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">The next couple of posts will probably just be GACs or other random nonsuch. I was going to seriously do a </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">Heartcatch Precure </span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">post next, but I was a fool and took too many screenshots. As usual. So that will be on hold until it actually shows up. For those people waiting for action, don't forget to check out </span><a href="http://twitter.com/#!/SRYASuraki"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">my Twitter feed</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">! It's much fun. But now, to the GAC!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"><br />
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</span> </div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">More classroom antics. In my philosophy class the other day, my teacher was talking about Kierkegaard and whatever he said in that one book he wrote. I was zoning out </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">as usual</span></s><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">but for some strange reason, I kept re-focusing at random times. Then I figured out that it wasn't quite so random: I always looked up whenever my teacher said 'Despair.' If you have no idea what I'm talking about after that last word, watch more SHAFT. Specifically </span><a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=7767"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">this one</span></a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">. Anyway, after that, the urge to shout "ZETSUBOU SHITAAAAAA!!!" rose a thousand fold.</span></span></span><br />
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</span> </b></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: inherit;">That's it from me! Til next time!</span></span></div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-43814345785194113172010-10-19T11:00:00.001-04:002010-10-19T11:52:00.741-04:00Tweeeeeeeet~'Ello, 'ello!<br />
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</div><div>Just wanted to pop in and tell you guys that I've added a Twitter feed! This'll just be for the random things I think when I watch anime. I could probably do the same thing with blog posts, but that would be unfairly inflating my post count. Also, posts will come! I just have to kick myself into taking screenshots...</div><div><br />
</div><div>Oh, and the Twitter feed will be filled with stuff from <b>Heartcatch Precure</b>, because I'm catching up on not watching anything this summer...<br />
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Also, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b>SPOILER ALERT</b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> for every tweet. I'll try to keep things vague, but I might slip up in the heat of the moment...</span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">'Til next time!</span></span></div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-49746648692394773532010-09-26T23:27:00.004-04:002010-10-23T01:58:39.583-04:00Geeky As Charged 8As a step towards renewing my verbosity in this blog <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">and to keep myself from dying by homework</span>, I've decided that my next new post should be a GAC, as seen in the title.<br />
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</div><div>For one of my classes, I have to read some of Plato's works, specifically those dealing with Socrates. It's rather boring, not least because I'm not really interested in this. But one of the biggest problems I have is that the style of writing reminds me of <a href="http://www.fanfiction.net/s/3816271/1/">a fanfic I read, called Inter Nos,</a> which is <i>very</i> much in my interests. It's a <b>Mai-Hime</b> fanfic set in a universe very much influenced by Ancient Rome. So as I'm reading these selections, I'm constantly reminded that these people are set in Ancient Greece which just reminds me of the fic and makes me want to read it. Which I shouldn't do because I have a test coming up. So I'll just leave you guys with a random picture. Until next time!</div><div><br />
</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDx_73RBcWBeFzb0ayaqH-Gr4ED7NR7UKkJl9R8i2_nisplu9yt6CS5ZX7RAyHHYeNefLekzNztbeKX2w40zlbLZttOaPkFCtMWpqMor_2AKvgJt5915tmF6Yw0o78CnupHXYTTUhQeXB/s1600/buemba1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGDx_73RBcWBeFzb0ayaqH-Gr4ED7NR7UKkJl9R8i2_nisplu9yt6CS5ZX7RAyHHYeNefLekzNztbeKX2w40zlbLZttOaPkFCtMWpqMor_2AKvgJt5915tmF6Yw0o78CnupHXYTTUhQeXB/s320/buemba1.jpg" width="287" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b>This was a picture I found after searching for 'toga' in Danbooru. It has nothing to do with anything, but it reminds me of </b><u><b>Inter Nos</b></u><b>, so let's just leave it at that, hm?</b></div><div><br />
</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-41053559808510026292010-09-03T15:52:00.008-04:002010-10-13T04:45:19.788-04:00Well, This is Awkward<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO9X0drsiGElr9qcgDCZYQjMzM5CNLGf418qdmld6WpXNd7pnvHbX8oygTGMSDlEO83jgcs1F0wQFVBHEKIcaqufko7BK1_S0ZFzqrnKxEoos3lEdLNS1cZ0lRlRakpQRcLC8QR-kNUlE/s1600/Bansho1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAO9X0drsiGElr9qcgDCZYQjMzM5CNLGf418qdmld6WpXNd7pnvHbX8oygTGMSDlEO83jgcs1F0wQFVBHEKIcaqufko7BK1_S0ZFzqrnKxEoos3lEdLNS1cZ0lRlRakpQRcLC8QR-kNUlE/s320/Bansho1.jpg" width="270" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Erm, hello. Long time, no see? Ah<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">ahah</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">aha...</span></span><br />
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<big>SORRY I HAVEN'T POSTED ANYTHING FOR A LONG WHILE. OTZ</big><br />
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I really don't have any excuse for not posting anything for ever and ever. As it is, I still don't know if I'll start updating regularly again. I'll do my best, but... Don't expect to see lots of posts suddenly popping up. I'm actually surprised I got a good few months of regular posting in before I petered out. This blog was started as a mixture of me wanting to put my ideas out on the internet as well as, and most importantly as, an experiment in writing and updating something regularly. It seems like I've failed a bit at that, but I won't give up yet! For those people who for some reason keep coming to this blog and commenting, thank you for that! I'm going to use those good comments as a motivator to keep me going! わたし、がんばります!<br />
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</div><div>Later then!</div>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-66343757663211978332010-05-15T14:10:00.005-04:002010-05-15T14:15:58.211-04:00Geeky As Charged 7It's been a while since one of these happened, huh? Well, as I prepare to marathon what Heartcatch Precure there is so I can get screencaps for you guys, here's a GAC to keep you a <i>little</i> occupied.<br /><br />Today's Geeky As Charged:<br /><br />While helping a friend move out, my friend's friend asked for her folder and said, 'Don't look in, it's got personal stuff.' Somehow, I heard, 'Don't look in, it's got <i>Touhou</i> stuff.' I have no idea how that happened, but I still got a little excited... >_><br /><br />Later in the day, the same person was talking about Chiba in reference to something I don't know, but all I could think was <b>Chiba Mamoru</b>, a.k.a. Tuxedo Kamen in Sailor Moon. I'm such a sad person.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiggIYD_umDHklwCQTMuVKI9KfXGlX4J4oU5QW8CYM4Mu-emEzobqjtCbLI5Ab1o_MNVP0I-cr6N6XfeGcx3RepN4omikd97zF7QeFjT8gKcSfSMDvbcOGepf2RbhLcOsdJpl9dRe1gsNt/s1600/touhou-amenonichi-extra-03.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 238px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiggIYD_umDHklwCQTMuVKI9KfXGlX4J4oU5QW8CYM4Mu-emEzobqjtCbLI5Ab1o_MNVP0I-cr6N6XfeGcx3RepN4omikd97zF7QeFjT8gKcSfSMDvbcOGepf2RbhLcOsdJpl9dRe1gsNt/s320/touhou-amenonichi-extra-03.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5471562045221824770" /></a><center><b>Something like this would've been pretty awesome.</b></center>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-2845579163974088702010-05-10T12:52:00.005-04:002010-05-10T12:58:05.572-04:00NOOOOOI finally finished with my exams and was going to settle down to some anime when what do I find out? <b>Black Rock Shooter</b> is delayed until June! DX I was so looking forward to it, too...<br /><br />Anyway, as I said, I've just finished my exams, so I'm shipping home tomorrow. After that, I'll be able to start posting again, starting with a new series (and possibly more of the Magical Girl Series). And if I take a few days, please remember, it's all for the sake of the pictures! See ya next time!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwU926gmBUKBhHkZxobFVOBITSaoXsMGTnON4L56wj2IMZXe_pYo7HVcfYnMyV1ZTl9LLqZRBgZuzw4zdDQaeI-xPC0Wr3aG1KhJ71U9Oi7VzrhGT99PYMmWFrBEUQ-Ow7zpX-xh0r1jy/s1600/Daydreaming.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 292px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVwU926gmBUKBhHkZxobFVOBITSaoXsMGTnON4L56wj2IMZXe_pYo7HVcfYnMyV1ZTl9LLqZRBgZuzw4zdDQaeI-xPC0Wr3aG1KhJ71U9Oi7VzrhGT99PYMmWFrBEUQ-Ow7zpX-xh0r1jy/s320/Daydreaming.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5469686438815803874" /></a><center><b>This is what I was like during my last exam. Well, not on the veranda, but definitely daydreaming about what anime I'll watch now.</b></center>Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-80567967880034485912010-05-03T20:33:00.008-04:002010-05-21T02:29:49.760-04:00Old Stuff(ish): Heartcatch PreCure!I'd heard that <b>Heartcatch PreCure!</b> had had yuri in it for a while, but I was a little skeptical of watching it. I mean, pretty much all the PreCure seasons have 'yuri' in it, if your Yuri Goggles are set high enough. But after reading <a href="http://okazu.blogspot.com/2010/05/yuri-anime-heartcatch-precure.html"><i>this review</i></a> and finding out that my beloved <i>Mizuki Nana</i> is voicing one of the main characters, how can I stay away? This is going to be bad for my finals week...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyZfyOKhsND5999fq8yhV6JejdsMvazekDZ0vqxkTLGCswdHCpXdud0Bsud0ew-3YtHv7Mhw8KwN6J1ZCpvlMaLm5RoXe766Vx80tzieAlD47vlzFNxd-XQp6971yeMha_XlTtFyJFUxd/s1600/F@ll3n1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 256px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIyZfyOKhsND5999fq8yhV6JejdsMvazekDZ0vqxkTLGCswdHCpXdud0Bsud0ew-3YtHv7Mhw8KwN6J1ZCpvlMaLm5RoXe766Vx80tzieAlD47vlzFNxd-XQp6971yeMha_XlTtFyJFUxd/s320/F@ll3n1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5473606530167128738" /></a><center><b>I have no idea who is who, but I figured that if I didn't have a picture, you guys'd be sad. Or something.</b></center><br /><br />Now I'm off to try and not watch this series so I can study for my final tomorrow... See ya next time!Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-8747678223488469202010-04-30T02:58:00.005-04:002010-04-30T02:58:58.872-04:00For Love and Justice, We Will Punish You~! ♥ Part Three>New Game<br /><b>>Load Game</b><br />>Options<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>Welcome back to another installment of the Magical Girl Series. Today, we're only going to talk about Gathering the... Stuff and Keeping the Identity Secret, so that I can try and keep my brain intact for finals.<br /><br /><center><b>Gathering The... Stuff</b></center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfl4pJ7SF9HjlS-S23Ic7P_mNzBpuAnr8ArZeBfOdBeQq-vnra77-mZmkmuXRzpGRgUTKa2qf-YP4XVTPpuL7a8SVx1IieOLM2GdntEPcgysNapJVAV1qMsNUqUih2eIpMn1nMr77A-zD/s1600/fallen_angel1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 234px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivfl4pJ7SF9HjlS-S23Ic7P_mNzBpuAnr8ArZeBfOdBeQq-vnra77-mZmkmuXRzpGRgUTKa2qf-YP4XVTPpuL7a8SVx1IieOLM2GdntEPcgysNapJVAV1qMsNUqUih2eIpMn1nMr77A-zD/s320/fallen_angel1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465815837905176178" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36kaHcJwBp7zJf1Plx2ANJH3rtCfgtmwLbgfM5l0VNaKhZiFoRfYdv0rQd_OU58AK4ycXspAuRv-i2msy8SVjyylWTHRS3BGH0WmbQlEDqrtgveyymDUpqXZyrjTgTfMNr-6cwGki5N2D/s1600/nicky_008-1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 226px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg36kaHcJwBp7zJf1Plx2ANJH3rtCfgtmwLbgfM5l0VNaKhZiFoRfYdv0rQd_OU58AK4ycXspAuRv-i2msy8SVjyylWTHRS3BGH0WmbQlEDqrtgveyymDUpqXZyrjTgTfMNr-6cwGki5N2D/s320/nicky_008-1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465812901758481522" /></a>So you've finally finished with the Standard Gear for Magical Girls Kit and have chosen your Magical Costume. Now what? Well, now you have to learn why, exactly, you are a Magical Girl in the first place. And that reason is to Gather The... Stuff. What is The Stuff? The Stuff is whatever collectible Items of Magical Destruction that has been unleashed on an unsuspecting world by you or some other evil force. The Stuff comes in many different shapes and sizes, which is why, rather than calling it 'Gathering The... Cards/Orbs/Jewels/WhateverTheHellItIsTheyHaveToFindInPreCure' or 'Gathering The... Items of Magical Destruction,' I just use the collective term 'Stuff.' As a Magical Girl, it is inevitable that you will have to Gather Stuff at some point in time. There are some Magical Girls whose quest is to save the world; however, they, too, will try to Gather <i>some</i> Stuff sooner or later. Half the time, Magical Girls with saving the world quests have to Gather all The Stuff in order <i>to</i> save the world. Depending on how long you want your season to run, and how good of a Magical Girl you are, it can take a long time for you to Gather the... Stuff. If you happen to have a long season, chances are you will have to gather around 50 or so Stuff. If you're a pretty awesome Magical Girl, it is possible that you could have a shorter season fo 13 or 26 episodes, with a lot of capturing done in the gap between episodes. Whatever The Stuff you have to Gather, just remember: You can't quit. At all. So make sure you're really sure you want to catch the first of The Stuff, otherwise you'll be stuck in a shitty job.<br /><br /><center><b>Keeping the Identity Secret</b></center><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4tOQRixGnQlCPSONu0QkdBWPETtWK4Ij6bVEgH7m32W8R6fwYWtE4YdK7tsmhvI5rO95wCuo8L_-T9dNKiyOeC42DKnyP31xhlYy7l-Dfz95Jjv-5t5BDTWkpodIuzbNaOZdsMWiywjX/s1600/phane1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr4tOQRixGnQlCPSONu0QkdBWPETtWK4Ij6bVEgH7m32W8R6fwYWtE4YdK7tsmhvI5rO95wCuo8L_-T9dNKiyOeC42DKnyP31xhlYy7l-Dfz95Jjv-5t5BDTWkpodIuzbNaOZdsMWiywjX/s320/phane1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5465819012199334194" /></a>Keeping the Identity Secret is actually an optional selection <small>that doesn't cost money!</small>. While it's certainly <i>easier</i> to Keep the Identity Secret, in most cases, the only problem that will happen is that the enemy will figure out who you are and then you <i>might</i> have to watch out for ambushes. Otherwise, being revealed doesn't have any real, terrible effects such as losing your powers for ever and ever and ever. (That only happens if you lose your transforming device.) If you're lucky, there will be a magical face recognition inhibitor in place, so even if you look exactly the same in and out of your Magical Costume, no one will be able to recognize you. If you don't have that effect, I would suggest using masks or fighting from high in the air and far away so that your opponent can't make out facial features.<br /><br />And that's really all I have on Magical Girls. If I think of anything else, I'll make another post, but, as it is, that's the end of it. I'll be finished with finals in about a week and a half, so expect to see me two weeks from now. Probably. See ya next time!<br /><br />>Save and Continue<br /><b>>Save and Quit</b><br />>Continue without Saving<br />>Quit without SavingSurakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2483781371011880465.post-46008108153634219922010-04-25T12:21:00.003-04:002010-05-21T02:41:10.848-04:00Spring 2010 Impressions: K-On!!I'm approaching the end of my spring term before summer starts, so it's been incredibly busy over here. Unfortunately, that means all my anime watching has ground to a stop, and I was only able to start watching K-On!! today. (Please note the presence of <i>two</i> exclamation points. That makes all the difference when differentiating between series. <b>See <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahou_Sensei_Negima">Mahou Sensei Negima!</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negima!%3F">Mahou Sensei Negima!?</a>, and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahou_Sensei_Negima#Live_action_series">Mahou Sensei Negima!!</a></b>) Even then, I've only been able to see the first episode, so everything in this post is based on the first episode and the parts of the manga that are relevent to this episode.<br /><br /><a name='more'></a>As an anime sequel, I'm actually a little disappointed with K-On!! Sure, the animation's great, the opening sequence is amazing, and the seiyuu are all as they should be, but I felt the storyboard was choppy. In fact, it's more like the 4-koma manga with how it jumps from scene to scene. K-On! was a smoother in comparison. (Please note that I am holding these two in comparison to the ultimate 4-koma anime adaption, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Azumanga_Daioh"><b>Azumanga Daioh</b></a>.) Well, it's not anything that'll make me stop from watching it, at any rate. Let's move on to what I really want to talk about: the music.<br /><br />As K-On! and K-On!! are about a light music club, particularly a light music club that is apparently playing well, it's important that the music be at the very least good. Which it is. And since I can't bash the music, I'll have to settle with comparing first and second season openings and endings.<br /><br /><center><object width="445" height="364"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/trnHvO-e6AU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/trnHvO-e6AU&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="445" height="364"></embed></object><br /><b>This is the K-On! opening, <i>Cagayake! Girl</i>.</b><br /><br /><object width="500" height="405"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BQvv2-e-jY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/7BQvv2-e-jY&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="500" height="405"></embed></object><br /><b>This is the K-On!! opening, Go! Go! Maniac.</b></center><br />As you can see, the animation has really stepped up from the first season to the next. I like the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UbtcmjfKa8"><strike>laurels</strike></a> 3-D elements particularly. Music-wise, I feel like it's moved away from the pop element; it isn't as happy sounding, and you can hear how it matured from something younger girls would sing to something older girls might sing. <br /><br /><center><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/fu_6KtzfRZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/fu_6KtzfRZ0&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object><br /><b>K-On! Ending, <i>Don't Say Lazy!</i>.</b><br /><br /><object width="580" height="360"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DqMmjrm5so&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4DqMmjrm5so&hl=en_US&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="580" height="360"></embed></object><br /><b>K-On!! Ending, <i>Listen!!</i>. Skip to 1:36 unless you want to watch my <a href="http://www.project-imas.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chihaya_Kisaragi">favorite idol</a> dance.</b></center><br />Again, KyoAni has really stepped up the animation. As for the music... Well, frankly put, Listen!! reminds me of some 60s music. It also has a lighter feel than Don't Say Lazy! which reminds me of some indie or hard rock music. I was kinda sad that they didn't go with a motif like Don't Say Lazy!, but I can't say that I don't like Listen!!. In fact, it's growing on me as I listen to it while writing this post.<br /><br />But what I like most of K-On!!'s ending is Mugi's style. Nice sailor hat you got thar.<br /><br />That's all from me. I think one more Magical Girl post, and I should be done with the series. See ya next time!Surakihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03476234238186543759noreply@blogger.com0