This will actually be far too brief to make a blog post around, but alas...
What is "overrated"? Many things, apparently, but so far as I can tell the word itself is used to describe something that too many people like, or that is well liked for little reason.
This is an inherently subjective word. Infuriatingly so. At its most basic, it means "too many people have a different opinion than mine", which if phrased that way means nothing. Yet so many people employ the word. There is no such
Despite my constant attempts at widening my vocabulary and introducing some variance to my word usage, it is doubtless that my knowledge remains meagre at best. In English and Portuguese both.
Therefore, I have taken it upon myself to make a series of blog posts detailing the various words, and expressions, that leave me befuddled when I fail to grasp their meaning.
The greatest advantage this method confers is that I'll not only surprise everyone with how little I actually read (Visual N
DISCLAIMER: All that I mention represent my views mixed with basic scientific theories floating around.
To 'Love', and to be 'In Love'
I believe these two to be different. One does not necessarily love those they are in love with, and one is not necessarily in love with those they love. Sound confusing? Allow me to elaborate.
To make this as clear as possible, let's take "romantic feelings" out of the equation.
Would you say you love your parents? Or that you are in love with
So I've been playing Fureraba for the whole day, and I have to say I really like it.
Since I like it so much, I'm going to walk through the first few hours. Only real spoilers it might included would be for the first hour. Otherwise, just an endless torrent of funny scenes.
And that's it for the scenes before we start getting choices.
Next time, probably screenshots of a route, and those will contain spoilers for the route.
Let's get a bit into the exact rules for the words on this list.
One of two things must be true: Either it's the first time I hear a certain word, or that word has more meanings than I knew it had. Simply not remembering a word's meaning, which happens quite often, is not enough to get on this list. What could happen is that I forget I had ever heard a given word before, and in which case it gets onto the list just fine.
sultry
suss
nugatory
crick
chiropractor
You can find the original post here: http://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/12218-gahkthun-of-the-golden-lightning-released/?do=findComment&comment=379071
In a timely reply to Eclipsed's pertinent question.
----
When I first started this VN, I'll admit, I had high hopes.
To start with, it had Koestl as a translator, and his translation of Grisaia no Kajitsu very much made for half the VN's greatness. In my eyes, he proved himself as entirely capable of "translating", a broad term
Did I say shoujo? I meant just about every sodding romance manga.
Back when I started reading manga, most of what I read were shoujo manga's. Very, very long shoujo manga where the couple only get together at the very end, if at all.
Whilst I nowadays stand against this practice, for reasons I will later disclose, I can understand how one would enjoy the "dramatic" situations, "romantic" moments, standard "comedy", and stories about friendship and high school experiences. What I just desc
To be honest, I cannot see how an introduction is needed. I believe it is impossible to make the title any more explicitly clear than it already is. Nevertheless, this shall be my best attempt at explaining.
As on par with most blogs, this one will be about me, myself, the lovely chap who goes by the name of Tiago (mind you, not Tiag, that's an entirely different person you should steer clear of).
I am Portuguese. Some call me cold, some call me blunt, and some take me for a grumpy old man,
As it happens, my younger sister had to write a text for a Portuguese test, and I like it. Therefore, I translated it (probably not too well) and decided to read it aloud. In both languages:
There exist various characteristics that can be considered crucial for surpassing the most difficult difficulties and reaching the most faraway goals.
For an argument as simple as "Attempt, be daring, be courageous and persevere", many will ignore it outright. After all, just because we try to
Even now, I am still trying to finish one of these games... (that's a lie, I surrendered halfway)
Originally published on January 30th.
A couple of images inside, just a warning for slower machines.
Source: My Experience with Sengoku Rance
Well then, if I can be excused...
As could have probably been easily predicted, I last left off 5 minutes near the end of the demo. As a consequence, the final one ended up being the shortest episode. Still, I've included a little bonus at the end, although equally short. This video is also in high quality, at least when compared to the rest.
As for what I'm doing next, which is assuredly not the question first and foremost on your mind, I'll actually leave it up to your capable minds. I can do most everything except that
I have never really understood the term "sexy". I simply have no definition for it. I classify girls as "cute", "not cute", and "provocative" (in media only, obviously). The first two are self explanatory, but that latter one refers to characters who opt for revealing clothing, scandalous outfits or who have, either by choice of wear, or by the author's drawings, certain body parts unnecessarily emphasized. I dislike provocative characters, or perhaps its better to put it as "I couldn't care les
Here goes post two, double the words. Remember that both expressions and words count.
happy hour
chav
trollop
bottle -- in the sense of having courage
shoot the crow
breeches
ponce
fracas
the Old Bill
bevy
forthwith
uppity
spastic -- as an insult
tosspot
josh -- teasing
squatter
blithely
quid pro quo
take a pew
knothole
Date: 11/03/17 to 14/03/17
I'm worried I'll forget about this list someday, or not have enough entries. No more 20 names per entry, that was ridiculous.
honker -- as in a nose
be on the fritz
soup -- the verb
gobbledegook
offal
gristle
sequin
credenza
merkin
truncheon
From 19/03/2017 until 19/03/2017
I couldn't simply allow this day to pass without trying to do something.
Here's a poem I think I may have tried before, I'm unsure, in all it's incomprehensible glory.
But worry not, there's a second poetry reading, a bit more normal this time.
Allow me to write down a short complaint.
Why is it that, so often in manga, I find myself unable to even understand what is drawn? Never mind ugly drawings, when the reader can't understand what's represented on the panel, something is seriously wrong.
I can forgive H-Scenes for this. Shot angles in those are traditionally bonkers and I've given up understanding what kind of anatomy those characters have, as its certainly not human (how'd you even get your leg over there?).
Now, whe
Now, the curt title is by no means lacking in detail. In fact, any more would be rather pointless, for it describes perfectly what this post is about. Me:
http://imgur.com/a/R6Uvs#18
Well then, please excuse me...
After digging in the "Post pics you like" I found this little gem, and did not hesitate to record it for all eternity.
Here, I present it to you, please use the image as support:
https://youtu.be/Bj8Tx3jpQcM
Now, if you'll let me be excused.
I'll let you in on a little secret. These posts are set to publish automatically, and so I actually forget about them often. Nº2 just came out today and I was surprised to see it. Had completely forgotten about it.
bog -- as in toilet
jackanapes
abetting
grass -- as in, informing the police
waiver
gizzard
tawdry
besotted
lattice
despite - as in, spite
19/03/2017 - 02/04/2017
Cinderella Phenomenon is a FREEeeee Otome game which you can get on Steam or itch.io. This is the story of Lucette (or whatever you choose to name her), the Crown Princess for the Kingdom of Angielle.
Like all other Otome games I've played, this game has an ongoing mystery and a plot, and so I'd actually recommend the following route order:
Rod
Karma
Rumpel
Fritz (locked at start)
Waltz (locked at start)
Turns out this
Just a video of me playing the puzzle mode of this game. I plan to do more of them, but I won't make a blog post for each one. Instead, they'll be replies on this one, probably.
That said, I do plan to make something in this game involving the Fuwa community at a later date.
I've been seeing people wondering about Daitoshokan's translation, so I'm making this compilation of screenshots just to show what the experience is like in English.
The further down you go, the further into the game you are. But these screenshots are all from the first half of the common route and earlier, so I wouldn't worry terribly.
I think the VN is super fun, and really, that's all I care about, to be honest.
Below, using a perhaps not so heart wrenching font, you'll find the contents of an old thread of mine, originally published on January 8th. This is as far back as I'll go, though it is true I also have other stuff you can find if you look for it, this blog will only include content from 2015 onward.
https://soundcloud.com/tiago-varela-3/thanks
I would hope you listened to it first, but you don't have to. This is actually all a hoax.
I just found a text online that I really, really loved,
A friend of mine (an english teacher) asked me to record myself reading the various stories and to put it into a CD so she could play it to her kids. I say she is crazy, but I wouldn't pass up this opportunity, now would I?
Here's the first of said stories:
https://soundcloud.com/tiago-varela-3/cinderella
Revolting Rhymes: https://www.roalddahl.com/roald-dahl/stories/1980s/revolting-rhymes
If you'll have me excused...