tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34357716673253787702024-03-12T18:24:39.919-07:00OTAKU CLUBThe otaku, the passionate obsessive, the information age's embodiment of the connoisseur, more concerned with the accumulation of data than of objects, seems a natural crossover figure in today's interface of cultures. There is something profoundly post-national about it, extra-geographic. By Otaku, For Everyoner-kidzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09500620186233272746noreply@blogger.comBlogger615125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-38732482595219474312021-03-27T08:18:00.003-07:002021-03-27T08:18:47.654-07:00Speedrunning Touhou 10: Extra Stage<div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />Keeping up the momentum, I made a quick video on using the glitch to clear the Touhou 10 extra stage. While I did give it a try before, it was a rather sloppy run and would made a bad example of a replay so I tried doing it again. It's not perfect because I am not that good at dealing with survival spellcards but i still did miles better than my initial run. </div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DT_mmwgVK7M/YF9MCt4tfMI/AAAAAAAABMc/fSQa7xM0lvEOl4BWn3xcaz37QkaTwzoXgCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Touhou%2BFuujinroku%2B%257E%2BMountain%2Bof%2BFaith%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B3_26_2021%2B3_18_49%2BAM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DT_mmwgVK7M/YF9MCt4tfMI/AAAAAAAABMc/fSQa7xM0lvEOl4BWn3xcaz37QkaTwzoXgCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Touhou%2BFuujinroku%2B%257E%2BMountain%2Bof%2BFaith%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B3_26_2021%2B3_18_49%2BAM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /><br />There are plenty of tips that I add as overlay text in the video so for those who are new to danmaku can give it a shot. Maybe you can made a first clear on a touhou extra stage. (extra note: Touhou 10 is also the first extra stage I have ever cleared). Here's the replay of it</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="346" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/0SLmpTqCPpY" width="529" youtube-src-id="0SLmpTqCPpY"></iframe></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">With this out of the way, I will be doing Touhou 18 demo clip soon since the it got released on stream earlier this week. That's it for today. Ciao~</div>Patchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081636317254974539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-18496512621201868712021-03-21T01:27:00.002-07:002021-03-21T01:30:42.861-07:00Speedrunning Touhou 10<p style="text-align: justify;"> <br /><br />Back from the death, I have once again played touhou... somewhat. It is an event happened back in 2019 in Touhou Cannonball discord server (now named Touhou Mobage due to the said game server have ended it's services).<br /><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">A conversation happened among the members on how a glitch have made one of the touhou game, specifically Touhou 10: Mountain of Faith a lot easier. One of the attack pattern of Marisa will have insane DPS under the given condition:</p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li>Unfocused shot</li><li>Power level between 3.00 and 3.95</li></ul><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbG78iLja4o/YFb_9x9WK-I/AAAAAAAABKo/QWz00GTuACEFBv5UxswL4oj_-mkFK_d3QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Touhou%2BFuujinroku%2B%257E%2BMountain%2Bof%2BFaith%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B3_21_2021%2B4_12_04%2BPM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="480" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbG78iLja4o/YFb_9x9WK-I/AAAAAAAABKo/QWz00GTuACEFBv5UxswL4oj_-mkFK_d3QCLcBGAsYHQ/w640-h480/Touhou%2BFuujinroku%2B%257E%2BMountain%2Bof%2BFaith%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B%2B3_21_2021%2B4_12_04%2BPM.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">The product of the glitch is rather hilarious to see since the DPS is just insane. Imagine boss' spellcards getting captured up to 5 times quicker compared to when playing the usual way.</p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">While trying out that glitch I challenged myself to do a 0 death run and this video is the result of it. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="371" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/1mrr8qFpZMA" width="492" youtube-src-id="1mrr8qFpZMA"></iframe></div><br /><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">If I still have the momentum I would continue with the extra stage run using the said glitch. Hope you enjoy and thanks for being here. Also, if you are interested in the said discord server, you can join it by using this <a href="https://discord.gg/BXGZsq6T" target="_blank">link</a>. There is a community where you can talk about related to touhou project. </p><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><p style="text-align: justify;">Extra note: Touhou 18 is coming soon so I might check it out. Ciao</p>Patchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081636317254974539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-60610567977123533892020-07-17T20:52:00.000-07:002020-07-17T20:52:54.763-07:00Nami Yo Kiite Kure! : Of Radio, Old Man Jokes and Fillers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Hey guys, Wolvenciel here with at last, a full-blown anime review of a show that I'd say most people glanced over despite the cool theme of it. Today I'm going to talk about Nami Yo Kiite Kure! (a.k.a. Wave, Listen to Me!), a show about a girl stumbling herself into the radio industry.</div>
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Koda Minare, the protagonist of this anime got very drunk one day and decided to vent at a local hotpot shack. The next day when she's out working, she overheard herself on the radio drunk-rambling about herself and her pathetic love life. That, ladies and gentleman is probably what you'll find in the synopsis of this anime.</div>
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But that's not how the anime starts. The anime starts with Minare in the woods, in the middle of the night trying to read listener letters while being confronted by a bear. This is a scenario of a radio drama that was given out to her to act out for her segment.</div>
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This might and will confuse the heck out of a lot of you if you're unfamiliar with what radio drama is. Its basically a radio show but with the host (or a number of hosts) acting out a scenario. Kinda like normal drama but without the moving picture. Just voices and sound effects.</div>
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I don't know about you guys but even me, a person who is very familiar with radio dramas and frequently listen to them got a little dumbfounded by the opening section of the anime. It felt a bit awkward and the premise for the radio drama is... if I'm putting it lightly, is a little bit out there. Especially since that bear in the woods scene is literally the first thing happening in the first episode.</div>
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As if that is not enough awkwardness, you're then hit with a flashback of how she got in that position in the first place. FOR ABOUT 8 EPISODES. YES 8 FLIPPING EPISODES.</div>
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So after the bear scenario the anime starts off with Minare's life as she slowly gets into the radio industry. However, this happens at a very slow pace. Most of the things happening in the first half of the anime are basically things that have little to no importance to the anime's overarching plot. </div>
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If you're one of those people who has that 3 episode rule, you'd see almost nothing pertaining to the main plot in those 3 episodes. The show only did start breaking just a little bit on the radio stuff at episode 5. But that's it. Then when you get to episode 8 you're hit with the continuation of the bear radio drama scenario which shows that the 7 episodes you watched just now are all flashbacks.</div>
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Now I do not mind exposition at all. I love it. So long as it contributes to the plot of the show itself. Random fillers are fine once in a while so that you can really build on your main characters but when you have a 12 episode anime that actually has an interesting theme and a driving plot? It leaves much to be desired. Not to mention the filler is half of the show.</div>
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Instead of focusing on the radio stuff earlier, the anime decided to focus on Minare as a person. That would have been fine if she wasn't such a wishy-washy, hopeless idiot. I know this is probably just my gripe with it as some people do like a more grounded realistic character that you can visualize existing in the real world but I just can't stand her.</div>
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Minare is very bad at finding love. Most men she likes treat her like crap and her most recent ex-boyfriend is a gold-digger who scammed her of most of her savings. I could excuse having bad luck, definitely. But Minare is someone who doesn't really appreciate people too much. When people are being nice to her she assumes the worst in them and even if she did get hurt a lot, she doesn't seem to mind doing it to others.</div>
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Despite her being like that, the anime does have this "adult" feel to it. A lot of the scenes in the anime are very fast-paced and there are a lot of words being sprayed at you that sometimes even the subtitles have a hard time catching up to the characters talking.</div>
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Then there's also the jokes. Comedy in this anime feels very old. I apologize for my lack of vocabulary here but yeah. Most of the jokes are Japanese puns, slapstick comedy and sarcasm. It doesn't have super exaggerated comedy like Grand Blue or Kakushigoto. If you're a fan of those then you'll definitely enjoy them.</div>
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Should you watch the show though? If by some godly chance the anime does get a second season, then absolutely. Due to the anime being very empty a lot of plot lines that are just starting are left hanging by the end of it all. If it does actually get a second season they could further expand on the radio stuff and all those plot hanging around. As of now, I doubt it.</div>
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If you free time and you're interested in the anime, sure. Give it a watch. Otherwise, skip. I have no idea why the comment section of Kissanime kept saying this is gold and underrated. You guys suck.</div>
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<b>**P/S** </b>I am also not a fan of the V.A. . Maybe because she voices Minare really well to be this annoying woman. Okay maybe I just don't like Minare. I don't know. I'm confused.</div>
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Wolvencielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509336661597371161noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-66952857107246322582020-07-03T22:51:00.000-07:002020-07-03T22:51:28.461-07:00Kakushigoto : Fatherly Love Always Gets Me<br />
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Phew. Here we go. Hello peeps. Wolvenciel here. Yes I'm still here. I think even the blogmaster would be surprised I'm still here. Anyways, I'm gonna talk about this warm-hearted feels-good gag anime I found a few days back, Kakushigoto (Hidden Things).</div>
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This anime is a very slice of life kind of gag anime about a manga artist trying to hide the fact that he draws manga for a living from his little daughter. You shouldn't really be ashamed of what you do for a living but... this guy draws a dirty joke gag manga called "Balls of Fury" so I do kind of get him.<br />
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It's even harder for him as he's a single parent too. So he goes out to work in a businessman suit and changes into his sloppy manga artist shirt in a nearby tailor shop. It's very over the top and dramatic the way he tries to hide what he's doing to his daughter.<br />
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I approached the anime thinking it to be this super lighthearted kind of story with just Kakushi and Hime going about their lives but I was proven wrong when it started off with the premise that the anime is the past. I don't hate it though. Gives me the sense that there's something else the story is hiding and revealing to me slowly as the story goes by.<br />
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Their daily lives are also very interesting as its not just straight up gags. The show does a really good job of showing how this father struggles to keep his precious daughter happy and oblivious to what he's doing most of the time. It also presents the side of Hime who is very attached to her father and the anime shows it in a very subtle way too.<br />
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The opening and ending soundtrack of the anime is great too. It really does give you the whole "flashback" feel to it and as my little brother say, has a little hint of sadness in it.<br />
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I'll admit, there are a few things I skipped over in terms of what I think of the show but I'll sum it up in a sentence. Its not just a simple gag show and it got me real good. I definitely recommend you guys checking it out. It's good fun and it definitely isn't shallow either. It's a must watch especially for those looking to scratch that slice of life itch.<br />
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So if you're still here, do give me recommendations of what I should review next and definitely tell me what I'm lacking right now as well. I'll always appreciate the feedback. I'll try to make Saturday my upload day as well. For consistency.<br />
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Hey there guys. So today I'm going to rant. I... should probably provide some pictures as well I guess. Probably. We'll see.<br />
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As the title suggest I'll be talking about this stupid company called Activision (and their associates of course) because I recently played the new Call of Duty Modern Warfare and by the gods was I pissed.<br />
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The game itself was nice. I actually liked it. The graphics was great and they added a lot of little touches to make the game feel more realistic and mechanical. You could peek out corners now (yes I know it sounds dumb and they're probably just copying those battle royal games but still, its long overdue) and you can slide now so that's cool. The interface is also simplified as much as possible to provide players with as much immersion to the whole ambience and the atmosphere of the story.<br />
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<b>STUPID DAY 1 PATCH</b><br />
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That's all well and good but the one thing I got so pissed at is the fact that I played it on the PS4. Yeah yeah you shouldn't play FPS on console. Sod off. So I got a physical copy and when I inserted the disc in lo and behold, an 80GB "update". I know a lot of games nowadays tend to do this but it gets worse and worse every single release. These day 1 patches are getting really obnoxious ya know.<br />
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I have limited internet so I said to myself,"Oh well. No online functions I guess. I'll just play the campaign first. This isn't really a problem". Boy was I wrong. Despite having the physical copy of the game, the only thing I could access was 1v1 bot match. At this point I realized I was sold an incomplete game and the only thing they gave me in the disc was a "means to kill the time while I wait for the 80GB patch to download".<br />
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So download the patch I did and after a few hours I got to play the campaign. Here you peeps might say,"But that's normal. Most games have day 1 patches anyway these days". Well screw you too. I think developers nowadays are taking advantage of the fact that they can update the game via online and just release incomplete products full of bugs because everyone thinks its the "norm" nowadays.<br />
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I guess it sucks more for people who don't have complete access to fast and stable network connection. Like me.<br />
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After two days of binge-playing the campaign on normal (yeah I'm an FPS casual I play these games for funsies) I finished it and it was time for me to Coop Special Ops with my housemate. When I clicked it, it said that the special ops was a DLC. Fine. No surprises there. The main game was a friggin DLC why wouldn't the side content be.<br />
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As I went to the PSN Store to download it, the system tells me I had insufficient space. So I deleted a few of my old games and got a total of 80GB+ of free space in my PS4 and the system tells me I'm still short of space. Curious, I decided to check how big the damn game was. Its 134GB in size.<br />
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A game. That I have a physical copy of. TAKES MORE SPACE THAN A GAME I FULLY DOWNLOADED ON THE STORE. ARE YOU KIDDING ME INFINITY WARD?<br />
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Maybe I'm the stupid one for thinking this. Maybe it is quite hard to actually reduce the size of the files so that its not so taxing to keep in the hard drive. I don't know.<br />
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They're also planning to add more maps and modes and also a Battle Royal (as with the trends I guess) into the game so I'm pretty sure the game's gonna grow in size as time goes by. Sure I only have a measly 500GB PS4 and I could just upgrade if I so wanted but still. Do I really have to? For a game that not only screws me over not once but twice?<br />
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<b>SO YEAH, SCREW YOU ACTIVISION</b><br />
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I guess that's it. Again, don't get me wrong. The game looks beautiful as hell and I loved the gun customization and the little details they added. It's definitely a cool game but I really can't say what they're doing is justified still. I don't know. Maybe its just me. Who cares. I'm just ranting.<br />
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See you guys next week. Wolvenciel, signing off.Wolvencielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509336661597371161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-56635298017068192852020-02-07T21:59:00.003-08:002020-02-07T22:01:53.176-08:00Slay The Spire – For That TCG/Rogue-like Itch of Yours<br />
Hey there people. As always, popping on and off like zits on your face, Wolvenciel here with a game showcase this time around. Now some of you might have heard of Slay The Spire as its been in alpha for quite some time but it was only properly released late last year. So I’m gonna jump right to it.<br />
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Now as the title suggests, yes this is a roguelike card game. Slay The Spire lets you choose a base deck at the start of the game and as you climb up the Spire you’ll fight enemies and these enemies will give you more cards to add to your decks. Some stronger enemies and treasures along the way will also give you useful and/or detrimental passives to help with climbing up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And yes as all rogue-like games are, this one also has its own bonfire for you recuperate.</td></tr>
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<b>Climbing Up</b><br />
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The Spire itself is random-generated but the cards you get will all follow your base deck’s color (unless its a colorless card) so you wouldn’t have to worry about the deck being too much of an abomination as you add more cards to it because most of the choices have a semblance of synergy to one another.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Say if you chose a red deck, you'll always get red cards to add to the deck.</td></tr>
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You can also choose what route you would want to take as you climb. These rooms range from you bog-standard monsters that add common cards to your decks to even random text-based choices that could totally alter your decks for you. So each climb would be very different from one another.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Each stage has its own sets of enemies and encounters and you choose your routes via the map</td></tr>
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The fact that its random also means sometimes you’ll get lots of crazy stuff that enhances your deck and make you a spire-slaying god and boy does it feel good when that happens.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An example of a crazy enough deck that happened from me stacking relics on top of more relics.</td></tr>
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The Spire will have three levels each time you climb and after you finish all three levels with all three base decks the game unlocks a new challenge for you.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">When you beat the stage boss, the game lets you choose a rare card to be added to your deck.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And of course, a rare relic which are mostly core to your play through.</td></tr>
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<b>The End Game</b><br />
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The title of the game is pretty self-explanatory. Slay the goddamn spire. Each time you climb and reach the end you’ll deal an amount of damage to the Spire’s heart and each time you climb with a deck you’ll unlock more cards and relics for the decks themselves.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some examples of the relics you can unlock.</td></tr>
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Although if you happened to finish the climb with all three decks, you’ll unlock the Spire’s keys. On all your runs afterwards you’ll have chances to collect these keys and fight the main boss one on one. If you do get to that point, I wish you luck.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">You'll also gain access to shops to spend your hard earned cash. You can buy cards, relics and even remove cards.</td></tr>
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No I have not beaten the main boss of the game yet and I don’t know if I ever will. It… was quite the shocker for me. If any of you readers did beat it, do tell me in the comments below.<br />
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<b>My Thoughts On It</b><br />
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I’m a fan of card games so Slay The Spire really just made me fall head over heels for it. One fact that just made me fall in love with it is the core mechanics of the game. This game lets you see the enemies intents and you can decide how to react to that. It never hides any of the monsters’ special abilities from you. The game expects you to look at the problems presented to you and find a solution for it via the deck that you built and the hand that you have drawn.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ironclad uses a ramp style deck which focuses on buffing you up and hitting the enemy with big cards</td></tr>
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I’ve been playing the game for quite some time and still haven’t managed to beat the main boss so you can already surmise I’m not that good a card game player. Maybe you guys can do better yeah?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the bosses on the third level. Got lucky with a loop deck. But yeah. Even this deck wouldn't be able to beat the Extra Boss. Good luck with that.</td></tr>
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See you guys next time. Wolvenciel, signing off.<br />
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Wolvencielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509336661597371161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-71796805502069885762019-10-08T23:41:00.001-07:002019-10-08T23:41:56.889-07:00Love Is Like A Cocktail: Sweet Diabetic Alcoholic Attacks<br />
Uh. Hi. Fancy seeing you guys here. Its me again, Wolvenciel. Back at it with more monthly delayed reviews. Well. Mini review I guess? Because its a mini-anime a sort. But trust me. Its short, sweet and super cute to boot.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the wife, Mizusawa Chisato. Absolutely my type.</td></tr>
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Love Is Like A Cocktail or Oosake (I'm calling it that for this review) is basically just a short 3-minute anime about a woman who goes to work and comes back home to her stay-at-home husband/personal bartender to be fed homemade cocktails. Seems too simple? Well I like my diabetic attacks. And this show hits you at all the right points.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This is the husband, Mizusawa Sora. The bartender-at-home.</td></tr>
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Most times the show starts off with Chisato working or coming back home to Sora and he serves her cocktails of his own makings. Now there are two things about this show I just can't help liking. The fact that its mushy as hell just because it wants to and the fact that its focused on the drinks. Now if you're familiar with this site you might have seen me post a certain anime called "Bartender" in a review. I absolutely adored it, and I adore this show for the same reason as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First Sora showcases the drinks he's making for her.</td></tr>
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<br />I myself don't drink but I find looking through all the possible different beverages you can make at your home something very different from the "Bartender" anime which focuses on drinks you order at a bar. And the fact that Sora serves them privately for his wife after her long day at work just feels so... homely to me.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then you'll be seeing this sequence pretty much every single episode. The gulping. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Untying her hair.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Removing her glasses.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And swooning over her husband's lovingly crafted cocktails.</td></tr>
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If you're wondering about the drinks, yes they even show you how to make them (roughly I guess no detailed instructions on how to mix the ingredients or whatnot but I'd imagine the simple drinks that Sora makes should be fairly easy to figure out. Or you can just hop on to the net and find out yourselves)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The ingredient sheet right afterwards.</td></tr>
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*P/S: Consume alcohol responsibly.<br />
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A little warning though. If you're going through a break-up or a lonely phase I... suggest against watching this. Might make you feel worse and get you into the "happy people can explode" mood. The show bombards you with so many of these cozy lovey dovey stuff it just makes your heart go "kya" and "kyun" most of the time. Even if its just for a short 3 minutes. So yeah. If you have spare 3 minutes in your schedules give this show a watch. Tell me what you think about it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Their wedding picture.</td></tr>
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Oh and the ending song is catchy as well. That's the cherry on top in my opinion.<br />
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This is Wolvenciel, signing off.<br />
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Another P/S: I got hooked on to playing Monster Hunter World Iceborne. That was the reason behind the delay. Honest.<br />
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Recently out on Comiket 96 and soon to be on steam (we'll talk about that in other post sometime soon) comes another installment to the series and also a returning playable character, Youmu Konpaku. The gimmicks of this game? Lets just say ZUN mashed TH12 and TH13 together for the new spirit howling system.<br />
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Storywise, the main heroine was told to venture to hell (no kidding) by some spirit aninals to deal with someone that is plotting to take over the surface world. Then from time to time, the main heroine will be possessed by the spirits within dialogues.<br />
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For this release, the playable characters will be Reimu, Marisa and Youmu. Unlike other games, each will .... technically have 3 shot types each but basically just 1 shot type but with different dps value based on which spirit you choose:<br />
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Reimu unfocused: Typical homing bullets she have in past games</div>
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Reimu focused: Forward focus fire, slightly large area</div>
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Marisa unfocused: Forward + wide with lasers</div>
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Youmu unfocused:forward firing pattern based on position of her ghost form</div>
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Youmu focused:Similar to TH13 version of her, she will unleash a flurry of high damage, wide slashes after charging around 2 seconds</div>
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As for the gameplay, like stated before, it has some familiar vibes from TH12 and TH13 where collecting the spirits that will most likely lead to your downfall for being too greedy like the UFOs and entering howling/berserk howling mode which is quite similar to Ten Desires. However, instead of the typical red blue green being life, point and bomb, it is now change as an "enhancement" for the heroine. Collecting 5 spirits will enter howling mode. If you managed to collect at least 3 of the same spirit type, the heroine will enter berserk howling mode, gaining the specific spirit buffs while it is active<br />
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Red spirit (wolf spirit)<br />
By picking this spirit, the heroine's focused shot type will be enhanced passively, the berserk howling mode of the said spirit will have longer duration and while in that state, the heroine will fire significantly stronger focused shot.<br />
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By picking this spirit, the bomb/spellcard of heroine will be buffed with longer action time and overall damage. Berserk howling of this spirit type will be prolonged and 3 rotating shield will be formed around the heroine, erasing any bullets from hostiles that touches the shield.<br />
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By picking this shot, the heroine's unfocused shot will be enhanced passively, the berserk howling mode of the same spirit will have prolonged duration and while it is active, the heroine will fire significantly stronger unfocused shot than before which can be useful for mob clearing.<br />
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There are also other spirits that can be collected for obtaining power points, score points, bomb piece and life piece. Lastly, there are rare spirits that can be used to respawn some of the absorbed spirits which can be used to respawn more life and bomb pieces if timed properly. However, these rare spirits is rather tricky to obtain as has requirements while in mid-boss battle to have it spawned. Some screenshots of the rare spirits are shown below<br />
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As usual, ZUN nailed it again once more. At first, I find the OST feels not as overwhelming his other works but the more u hear it and understand the story, the music scores feels like it matches perfectly on the situation the heroine is in, especially on the Stage 6 battle. The timing of the bgm loop feels completely on sync with each spellcards and the moment the spirits backing up the heroine. Kudos to him as usual. Gameplay-wise, who would have thought that merging 2 of the difficult aspect of mechanics from other games can actually make the game much more doable. Sure, getting extra lives is rather difficult but having able to choose berserk howling mode makes up to match the player/s playstyle to go for high risk + reward or play much safer route with otter mode spams.<br />
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Additional tips for the game, otter spirit shot type is the best pick to clear the story mode since the bombs in that shot type has extremely long action duration can be abused to be activated before the boss declares spellcard and deal a substantial amount of damage tot he boss without compromising the spellcard capture reward. However, the same exploit cannot be used on the extra stage boss because obviously, the boss is immune to the bomb damage. There are also berserk howling mode that will act like double edged sword and can end up hinders your playstyle more than it benefits you in extra stage. Some examples are shown in the 3 clips attached at the end of the post<br />
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To top it all, here's some gameplay clips of the game including 1 short saved stream.<br />
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Guess what? The game is out on STEAM on 10th September 2019! Be sure to support him as now, it is easier for non Japanese fans of touhou to support his work instead of getting the copy by going to reitaisai & comiket or... piracy. Do check it out since the older titles are also out for quite a while.<br />
<a href="https://store.steampowered.com/app/1079160/__Wily_Beast_and_Weakest_Creature/">Touhou 17 on steam</a><br />
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In the mean time, you can check out the game through the usual link. There's even english patch of the game despite being very new.<br />
<a href="https://moriyashrine.org/files/file/649-touhou-17-kikeijuu-wily-beast-and-weakest-creature/">Moriya shrine link (english pre-patched)</a></div>
Patchyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18081636317254974539noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-5990940650669194502019-08-14T09:17:00.003-07:002019-08-16T19:48:11.772-07:00Bokurano: Its Mecha, Its Slice of Life, Its... Wholesome.<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">It has been a year. A year and a few days to be exact. I was settling down on my new job and I just lost grip of the whole writing thing altogether. But hey. To those still waiting for my dumb reviews, welcome. I'll try to stick around longer than a few posts this time around. I have the tools for it now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Anyways, Bokurano a.k.a. Ours is a 2007 anime produced by Studio Gonzo. Some might recognize the art as being super similar to Evangelion and that is because former members of Gainax teamed up and formed this Studio. I was recommended this anime by a friend of mine many months back and just only got to watch it now. Yes I was that busy with work.</span></div>
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Bokurano tells us the story of a group of kids going to a summer nature school and stumbling upon something that comes as a little bit off as far as introductions go. They met with a person who calls himself Kokopelli that offers them a chance at play-testing a game he was developing which involved them defending the Earth from 15 enemies that will come and invade Earth. Of course being the young, foolish and adventurous middle-schoolers that they are, they accepted.</div>
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Soon after, Kokopelli showed them the ropes and disappeared as he defeated the first of the 15 enemies.</div>
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<b>Not Your Average Mecha</b></div>
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If you want to give this a try, do it without the fact that it's a mecha anime. Because its not too focused on that. I mean yes, the story revolves around the mech but even more so towards the 15 individuals chosen to ride it. Its more akin to slice of life in that sense. Every episode is filled with each character's personal feelings, their problems, aspirations in life and the small things that they come to know and appreciate.</div>
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Its because of this fact that event if there are 15 pilots, I am damn willing to bet you will remember each and every single one of them throughout the anime. In the beginning they do come off as bratty (I mean come on they're 13 years old) but you can see each of them grow in their own ways and their respective stories progresses.</div>
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This is what Bokurano excels at. Jabbing at you with these small details of these young kids.</div>
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That is not to say this anime has no actual mecha fights. Sure they're not ridden with special effects and high quality graphical details but each and every single fight carries weight in them. </div>
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As you watch the show you'll come to understand the pilots' motivations and their reason for fighting. These are the focus of the fights themselves. Each step and each punch the mech makes represents their pilots to their core. You'd have to watch it yourself to fully understand what I'm blabbering about. I can't quite describe it in words alone.</div>
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Oh. Yeah. There's also political intrigue in this I guess. A little. It doesn't really affect the story line too much like it does in most other mecha anime so I wouldn't put too much attention to it. Negligible. So if you hate old conniving underhanded schemers (e.g. Shinji's Dad), no worries. None of that stuff here.</div>
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I can't stress this enough but the anime just flows nicely and ties everything up in the end perfectly. Things might not go about how you expect them to be but by Jove I promise you it ends beautifully with maybe just one or two questions still lingering in your mind and I think that in itself is pretty good for a mecha anime.</div>
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Its an awesome wholesome anime and I think that even if you do end up feeling a little bittersweet as you watch it, its worth it. Make some time and go watch Bokurano. Or suggest me something better to watch.</div>
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Wolvenciel, signing off. Hopefully just for the week.</div>
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Wolvencielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509336661597371161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-73485894971258135242018-07-30T21:22:00.002-07:002018-07-30T21:22:50.562-07:00Gasaraki: Of White Noise, Details, and Japan<br />
Hey there peeps. Wolvenciel here with YET another super delayed review. I really should be more consistent at this point. I enjoy doing this, don't get me wrong. I was busy with life for a bit and stuff. So lets get to it!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's my first ever censorship work. Lol.</td></tr>
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<b>The Hell is This Gasaraki</b><br />
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Right. Uh. To be completely honest with you, I have no idea. Gasaraki focuses on a sort of dystopian Japan and the early developments of Tactical Armor or TA for short. The story focuses mostly on the SSDF which are involved in the testing of the prototype TAs and how the TA itself came to be. Its really a bit more convoluted than that but this is the simplest summary I could give.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">These are two such Gowas.</td></tr>
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You know what. Fine. This show is also about an ancient Japanese Family known as the Gowa trying to resurrect an old deity-like being using a Noh dance of some sort. But you won't get any of this shit. At all. Because they don't friggin explain it to you.<br />
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Blame the stupid idiots who made the plot for this show.<br />
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<b>Confusing Storyline</b><br />
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I watched this series from the beginning to the end and what I can say about the story is that it tries too hard to be profound at its writing that it didn't make sense 60% of the time. A lot of the information given does not make sense and the show throws you all these weird unfamiliar terms with little to no explanation for them whatsoever.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">They said this in episode 20. And they were right.</td></tr>
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An example I could give is for the early episodes. They were super slow and full of dialogue that never made any sense to me. Maybe I'm too much of a dumb ass to notice what they we're talking about.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">One of the random things that was never explained.</td></tr>
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It felt like someone decided to make an anime about mecha and decided to just throw in some random Japanese stuff in between.<br />
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<b>Where it Does Feel "Real"</b><br />
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Ignoring the random incorrigible parts of the anime, there were actually some pretty decent stuff shown in it. One such thing is the weight of actually operating an early version of bipedal machinery.<br />
The SSDF members had to be subjected to rigorous training and even chemicals during the time they pilot the machines due to the strain that it gave. It had limited uptime due to that fact as well.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I'll be posting mecha details from here on out. Look at the chips due to machine gun fire on the TA.</td></tr>
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The anime also presented its viewers with some national economy war between two large countries and how one could beat the other in said war. It was quite heavy and I didn't understand all of it but the show made it feel like the situation could actually happen in real life.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">SAND. GETS IN THE JOINTS. LOGIC.</td></tr>
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I believe that's what the show aimed to produce. Realism. To feel that its actually possible for stuff in the anime to actually happen.<br />
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Now the Tactical Armors. Damn. I only ever see this kind of detail in movie mechs. Not even kidding WHAT THE ACTUAL F*** Sunrise you exhausted all you budgets on the goddamn details that you asked a senile old man to write your story is that it?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Look at that. What the hell.</td></tr>
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<br />Uhum. So yeah. The details on the TAs were superb. Right down to their cables and their mechanical parts and their joints. This part felt most grounded to me. They made the TA balanced. It has its strengths and weaknesses. It wasn't like this super powered prototype mech that was able to operate in all conditions and beat the crap out of every single thing that moves on the battlefield with a beam saber. It had limited ammo. It has a limited operating time. You need a command vehicle nearby to guide the pilot inside.<br />
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And don't get me started on the damage effects. Phew.<br />
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There is one letdown to this however. You watch the first few episodes of this anime and you'll think "Oh there's gonna be some forbidden demon that's gonna wreck everything and the main character will pilot it". As soon as I saw the details on the demon mechs I knew they'd suck. So yeah. Don't get your hopes up.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shouldn't even exist. Makes the anime feel less grounded if anything.</td></tr>
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<b>Thank God Its Over</b><br />
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I might sound whiny when I say this but yeah this show might not be for everyone. Its not for me. Gasaraki feels like it could have been a whole lot better if it was given a whole lot of context and explanation. But as of now, the only thing it has going for it is the sense of realism that it gives and its awesome mech details.<br />
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Don't watch this unless you have ample of free time or you just like mecha designs. Even then I'd recommend watching the fighting parts. Don't watch the whole thing.<br />
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Wolvenciel, Signing Off.Wolvencielhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04509336661597371161noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3435771667325378770.post-598748635625321972018-06-07T06:44:00.000-07:002018-06-07T18:00:51.153-07:00Yuri!!! on Ice: Debunking The YaoiWolvenciel used revive! Hey there peeps. A bit too long of a hiatus but here I am yet again. Not too sure if anybody missed me, but if you are, here I am.<br />
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Its been two years since Yuri on Ice was out and I got kind of annoyed at how people say its too much of yaoi and too little of the sport itself. So I'm here to see for myself how true it is for the show.</div>
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Yes I only review old dead anime, people.</div>
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Yuri on Ice is a story about a man in his twenties who absolutely loved figure-skating and yet is stuck in a rut as he keeps on failing due to nervous breakdowns. The show expands on how he struggles to get back up in the figure-skating world with the help of a former (the dude went on break because of him) world champion while rediscovering himself along the way.</div>
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Now I'm doing this a bit different this time because its better for me just to get it out with before you guys waste more time reading into the review. I watched the show from start to finish and I can assure you, the most gay moment that exist in this anime is a man hugging another man to congratulate him.</div>
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I have no idea how low a threshold someone must have to even think that kind of stuff is remotely yaoi. Its not. Sure you can see bits of fan service in the form of a naked Viktor and maybe an overly dramatic shot of the handsome men in the anime but that's about it. No smooching or whatever nonsense to alert yourself with.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This part is a bit yaoi though. But now you know.</td></tr>
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The relationship between Yuri and Viktor is that of an athlete and his coach/good friend. I think the show really did well in showing how someone being there for you changes your whole psychological perception towards stuff and presenting how bad your minds can actually affect your performance out in the field.</div>
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Its not something I've extensively seen in a sports anime. Psychological struggles. Sure its prevalent in a lot of them but its mostly just for the training arc or reasons for losing a match or whatever. It never was a major theme in sports anime to begin with.</div>
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Now enough of the serious stuff lets move on to the fun part. The graphics. Now a lot of people bashed this show for being unworthy of the number one place in ranking when it was out. I'll see if I can lay it out in the visual sense.</div>
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First of all, I think that the show cuts a lot on the minute details of side characters because comparing their expressions to the main characters, its very underwhelming. But again, this is minor stuff I guess.</div>
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The meat of the anime, the skating is also a bit peculiar. You know how sport anime likes to pump up their effects by zooming in on the players and adding effects to actions and all that? For the most part of Yuri on Ice it doesn't exactly do that. The way the skating is portrayed is as if they wanted the audience to actually see all the routines one by one in a spectator's view. You can literally break down how the characters carry out their routines pretty easily due to this viewpoint.</div>
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Its only at the end of the anime that they start doing the whole close-ups and effects as the athletes did their routines and even then, its not too much to write home about.</div>
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<i>*If you're interested, do watch minute 16-18 of episode 5. That's an ideal way to show how the skaters carry out routines and still making it graphically appealing*</i></div>
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Though the overall visuals of the anime itself average, the musical scores are anything but. I know that musical sense is in itself preferential but just hear me out. Each and every skater had their own musical scores for their routines and each and every one of them really represent those routines astoundingly.<br />
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And lets be real here. One of the songs was used during the 2018 Winter Olympics. If the whole world thought it was amazing, it wouldn't be wrong for me to say that it actually is. This also points out to the fact that the show made it very realistic. If you're ice-skating, you could actually carry out the exact same routines using the exact same musical numbers that the characters in the anime use.<br />
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To me, that is a very good approach to a sports anime. Down to earth and easily visualized. No superpower amped up bullcrap they pull out of their ass as the story progresses kind of stuff. Pure reality. No imagination required. Just maybe some ice and also basic ice-skating knowledge at least.<br />
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We don't want anybody getting hurt now.<br />
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To seal the deal, the show even went as far as to give a full rundown of the figure-skating sport itself. Now I don't know about you but I don't know squat about figure-skating. I only ever gone ice-skating once.</div>
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It was really informative and it gives you a concrete idea on how things work in the anime. Sure they only show you bits of the whole thing but you feel as if its real (it actually is you can look up all the information online they're pretty accurate) because they even explained which circuits they would compete in and how thing progresses for the athletes from start to finish.<br />
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They even managed to make it fun to watch. Trust me, chibi characters doing cutesy explanations of something makes you pay attention to them. Because you just can't look away.</div>
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So yeah. I don't think Yuri on Ice is a bad anime nor is it a yaoi one. There is definitely room to improve and I bet you if and when they get a second season they sure as hell should get to improving the quality of their work.<br />
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The show has a unique angle to it in the sense that you feel as if you're actually watching a figure-skating show and not a flashy battle anime using figure-skating as the theme instead. By no means am I saying most sports anime nowadays are full of shit, but they ARE full of shit. Most. Not all.<br />
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Do watch the anime and tell me how you feel. Come on. I roasted your favorite sports anime. Roast me.</div>
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Title: Mondaiji tachi ga Isekai kara Kuru Sou desu yo?<br />
Author: Tatsunoko Taro<br />
Illustrator: Amano Yuu<br />
Genre: Adventure, Action, Comedy, Games<br />
Status: Completed<br />
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Little Garden of gods and demons</h2>
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Hello, it has been a really long time since I've posted any review or impression on Light Novels. It is now 2018 and it is approaching February, I have no excuse for not posting anything. Really.<br />
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Well, let's just forget about that and welcome the first Light Novel review for 2018. The novel that I've chosen is the Mondaiji series. It is weird that I haven't reviewed this novel since it is one of my favourites. Okay, here we go.<br />
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The story of Mondaiji took place in the fictional world of Little Garden where various gods and demons of various mythology reside. Our 3 protagonists Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudou Asuka and Kasukabe You was invited into Little Garden by Mondaiji series' poster girl, Kuro Usagi.<br />
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The world of Little Garden is divided into 7 area called gates with 1 digit area houses the strongest communities - a group of individuals sharing same flag, will elaborate more - and 7 digit area houses the weakest communities. These area are into circles with 7th gate being the outermost and 1st gate being the innermost. 1 digit to 3 digit area are known as the area where the strongest being resides like deities of various mythology like Indra and Buddha. Besides that, the Little Garden is also divided into 4 cardinal directions, East floor, South floor, North floor and West floor. Each of this floor have their own floor master such as Shiroyasha being the Eastern floor master.<br />
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Besides that, there are various communities living in Little Garden. You can regard them as individuals living together under the same flag. Even demon lords have their own community and flag. Community is an important aspect in Little Garden and its flag is all the more important than that. Without a flag, basically you don't have an identity. This is what befell the community that our protagonists have been invited into, No Name. No Name have lost their flag, name, lands and core members due to the attack of demon lords 3 years prior to the start of the story.<br />
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Gift Game: Trial of Gods and Demons</h2>
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I almost forgot to mention the most important aspect of the story which is the gift games. Gift games in little garden played an important role as it also contribute to the income of the communities aside from doing trade. The game will consist of hosts and players. Host is the one who holds the gift game or competition while players are the challenger of the gift game. In special circumstances, there will be a judge and usually Kuro Usagi will assume this role as she is a Moon Rabbit, a special with Judge Master authority that can prevent any participants from breaking the rule. Geass Roll will be issued in every gift game hosted in Little Garden specifying the host, players and winning condition of both parties. The players will have to fulfill the participating requirement before they can enter the gift game and hosts will have to reward the winner of the gift with anything that have been agreed on geass roll, from money to Gifts.</div>
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Gift, another important aspect in the story, can be regard as special ability or skill or item depending on its characteristic. Gifts like Genome Tree can be regarded as a special ability and gifts like Deen, red sacred iron golem can be consider as a special item. Gifts can manifest either based on legends like Dun Scaith that is possessed by Scathach or it can be forged like Amalthea which was revived by being forged from diamond iron ore, cornucopia and fleece.</div>
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The role of gift game as mentioned above does not play an important point in main plot of the novel except in short stories and interlude novel volumes. Gift games are also used to move the plot especially in battle against demon lords and villains.<br />
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Alright, this part gonna be especially spoilery in explaining the battle plots.<br />
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In almost every battle with demon lords, it will start with the appearance of black Geass Roll. This is Geass Roll explaining the demon lord's gift game content, its riddles, winning condition etc. Demon lords can force the participation of players into their game due to their Host Master authority. Do note that some other strong character or community also have Host Master authority. However, they do not abuse this authority as demon lords do by tweaking the game content to their advantage. This is what causes some character to receive demon lord branding and being hunted by divine beings for annihilation. The way to defeat the demon lord is by clearing their game and deal damage to them. Gift games can be cleared by using knowledge or strength.<br />
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About The Story</h2>
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As mentioned above, this story is about the lives of Sakamaki Izayoi, Kudou Asuka and Kasukabe You in Little Garden as well as their adventure to help No Name to gain back their name and flag. Aside from that, do note that at each prologue and interlude of the novel, there will be flashbacks of some of the character. For me, the most interesting flashback is Izayoi's since he is the most mysterious of the 3 problem child due to his gift, Code Unknown. This gift makes him to be among one of the strongest in the Little Garden but not the most powerful. <br />
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At the end of the story, Indra remarked that Izayoi's strength is only at 4 digit level even when his Code Unknown power is included. Aside from that, Code Unknown is not really a gift. Rather, it is something called as Another Cosmology, an ability possessed by gods or god's avatar in Little Garden. </div>
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The story proceeds as they gradually getting closer to the demon lord that had caused ruin to the No Name and at the same time, due to the contribution of the 3 new No Name member, the community manage to gain many great achievements and become much more known due to their claim to challenge demon lords. I don't think I need to reveal too much spoiler about this since it would not be interesting.<br />
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Anyway, aside from the overpowered battle scene, the story also contain various sci-fi theory crammed into it due to the nature of Little Garden that exists in the intersection of various timeline and parallel worlds. This is especially important to understand the latter half of the story. Besides that, you would also enjoy the story for its gift game puzzles that make use of various historical events and mythology due to the nature of demon lords that face our protagonists.<br />
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Conclusion</h2>
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I'll just put my final impression on the ending of the story here. For me, this novel end with a very interesting premise. Izayoi manage to defeat one of the oldest demon lord, Azi Dakaha that overpower him in the beginning of the battle with the help and sacrifice of various characters. After that, No Name also manage to reclaim their flag that has been used to unseal Azi Dakaha. That's 1/2 objective done. This plot coincide precisely with Canaria's will for Izayoi. She said that in Little Garden, he would save many people, he would face defeat and he would face many things that he would not be able to face in his original world.</div>
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The other thing that I like when the author makes the final battle of the novel is against Azi Dakaha is that he is very suitable to be the final boss as the Absolute Evil and he is also the first one to give Izayoi the sense of defeat. It feels like the final battle is also the virgin battle for our protagonist where they decide to improve themselves and become stronger.
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I don't really have anything else to write though as it would be too spoilery if I continuing writing more about this series since I have finished reading all of the Mondaiji novels that I get from a torrent website. So I would just say, if you are interested about the story or wanting a more in-depth understanding of the story after watching the anime, go and read up the novels. It's there somewhere beyond the sound of a cat. Oh by the way, the story have a sequel, it's called Last Embryo.</div>
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Although it is really late, I pray that you have a very good year ahead and may good fortune be with you in whatever you are doing this year. I shall leave Azi Dakaha's challenge here at the end, take it as a challenge from whatever hardship that may come to you and be victorious over it.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Give your all, it's been hundreds of years, hero!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Exhaust all your strength!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Muster your resourcefulness!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Show me your reckless courage-become a glorious sword that will pierce my heart!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Rise!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Over my dead body is where Justice lies</span></div>
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It is time, for yet another Otaku Club Anime Awards. If you guys haven't noticed it already, we did a major change in which we exclude the game awards, simply because the lack of time and manpower to actually play and critically review all available games released each year. As a result however, we got more time to emphasize the topic we are significantly fond of; anime! We take a look back at each of the seasonal anime this year had to offer, had fun watching them but also evaluating them in the process. The winners are indeed, based on our own personal selection, and as such may be subjected to much bias. But alas, there is a degree of confidence in our preference up to a point, and we do hope you guys would enjoy them nevertheless.</div>
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<b>Best male character: </b>Deku (Boku no Hero Academia 2)</div>
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<b>Best female character: </b>Tanya von Degurechaff (Youjo Senki)</div>
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<b>Most funny anime: </b>Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo! 2</div>
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<b>Most touching anime: </b>Konohana Kitan</div>
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<b><b>Most ecchi anime: </b>Sin Nanatsu no Taizai</b></div>
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<b>Marksman of the year: </b>Kino (Kino no Tabi -the Beautiful World- the Animated Series)</div>
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<b><b>Warrior/ Swordsman of the year: </b>Chise (Princess Principal)</b></div>
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<b><b>Mage of the year: </b>Zero (Zero kara Hajimeru Mahou no Sho)</b></div>
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<b>Boobies of the year: </b>Quetzalcoatl (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maid Dragon)</div>
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<b>Chuuni of the year: </b>Yoshiko Tsushima (Love Live! Sunshine!! 2)</div>
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<b><b>Best school life anime: </b>Just Because!</b></div>
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<b>Angel/Devil of the year: </b>Satanichia Kurumizawa McDowell (Gabriel Dropout)</div>
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<b>Villain of the year: </b>Altair (Re:Creators)</div>
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<b><b>Yandere of the year: </b>Akane Hiyama (Renai Boukun)</b></div>
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<b>Tsundere of the year: </b>Aki Adagaki (Masamune-kun no Revenge)</div>
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<b><b>Yuri/ Yaoi of the year: </b>Netsuzou Trap -NTR-</b></div>
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<b>Idol group of the year: </b>Aquors (Love Live! Sunshine!! 2)</div>
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<b><b>Dense protagonist award: </b>Junichi Hashiba (Hajimete no Gal)</b></div>
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<b>'Christmas Cake' of the year:</b> Moriko Morioka (Net-juu no Susume)</div>
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<b>Couple of the year: </b>Akane Mizuno x Kotarou Azumi (Tsuki ga Kirei)</div>
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<b>Monster girl of the year:</b> Sakie Satou (Demi-chan wa Kataritai)</div>
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<b><b>Best loli of the year: </b>Kanna (Kobayashi-san Chi no Maidragon)</b></div>
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<b>Best trap of the year: </b>Astolfo (Fate/Apocrypha)</div>
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<b>Special elderly award:</b> Ichirou Inuyashiki (Inuyashiki)</div>
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<b><b>Best Shounen anime: </b>Boku no Hero Academia S2</b></div>
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<b>Best Shoujo anime: </b>Koi to Uso</div>
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<b>Best drama anime:</b> 3-gatsu no Lion 2</div>
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<b>Best slice of life anime: </b>Sakura Quest</div>
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<b>Best romance anime: </b>Tsuki ga Kirei</div>
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<b><b>Best harem anime: </b>Busou Shoujo Machiavellianism</b></div>
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<b>Best cooking anime: </b>Shokugeki no Souma: San no Sara</div>
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<b>Best horror anime: </b>Jigoku Shoujo Yoi no Togi</div>
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<b>Best atmospheric anime:</b> Shoujo Shuumatsu Ryokou</div>
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<b>Best Mecha Anime: </b>Knight's & Magic</div>
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<b><b>Best action anime: </b>Shingeki no Kyojin 2</b></div>
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<b>Best Isekai anime: </b>Isekai wa Smartphone to Tomo ni</div>
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<b>Best Meta anime: </b>Anime-Gataris</div>
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<b>Best adventure anime: </b>Made in Abyss</div>
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<b>Best 3D CG animated anime:</b> Houseki no Kuni</div>
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<b>Best Sakuga moment: </b>Karna vs Sieg (Fate/Apocrypha eps 22)</div>
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<b>Best OST: </b>Boku no Hero Academia 2</div>
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<b><b>Best short anime: </b>Aho-Girl</b></div>
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2017 is a thing of the past, but one that's worth remembering. Comes 2018, and we already have a line up of amazing anime to be watched.</div>
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We wish a happy new year to everyone out there!!!!</div>
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A fateful encounter with a mineral girl. Encased in a clear, crystalline coffin, she resembles the beautiful sleeping beauty, only this time it is not a kiss that awakens the fair maiden.</div>
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