mjriedstra
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Hello there. Good to have you aboard.
.... or so I say .... but your 7/10 on G-senjou is making me want to put on the KAMI-sama mask and prepare you for the punishment game...
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Steins;Gate and Death Note are certainly top two for me. After that it's tougher to say. Gosick and Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni are good. Rahxephon is pretty underrated in my opinion, if that can be considered a mystery.
Does Tsukihime count as a mystery...? It was good. Though the VN and manga were both better than the anime in my opinion.
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I didn't finish it. I've constantly been trying to convince myself to go back and do it, but with the remake coming, I decided to wait and hope that the new version will retain the old game's strengths and remove the weaknesses.
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I haven't watched the anime because my sense so far is that it's not really different than the manga, but I would have to say that I like the manga in spite of Umaru, not because of her. Ebina, Sylphinford, Bomber and Umaru's Onii-san are my favorite characters.
EDIT: And on topic, what I learned from reading the manga was that Onii-san is a saint and that the only reason Umaru has turned out to be anything like a decent human being even in her best moments is because she had him to rely on all this time.
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There's no option for "I don't even consider the existence of h-scenes, but only the overall quality of the game and story," but that's what I do. Sex is natural so it isn't strange if it's present in the game. But it's also not necessary to telling a good story. Games that have obviously gratuitous sex that has nothing to do with the message the story is trying to convey bug me.
That's not to say there's no place in the world for nukige. The purpose of nukige is clearly not storytelling, which is great; it's honest about what it is. What I dislike are games that are stuck somewhere between storytelling and porn without doing a proper job of either.
Sakura series, I'm looking at you.
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In my opinion, Shingeki no Kyojin is one of the best anime of the last five years. The biggest downside, as mentioned by Soulless Watcher, is that many (or all) of the characters aren't that likeable or relatable to an average person, but that may be an almost inevitable consequence of the setting and circumstances. It tells the kind of story about hardship, war and loss that we don't often get to see up close. Within the first few episodes we learn that in the Attack on Titan world, lives are cheap, and even struggling or doing your best often amounts to nothing.
Living the type of cushy life where our biggest worries are things like being pressured at work and school or fumbling through our imperfect relationships, it's easy to forget that many people in our world face the type of life-or-death struggle to survive that Attack on Titan portrays. The current real-world refugee crisis is an example. This story is valuable as a reminder to be grateful for what we have.
I had a hard time "enjoying" the story because of how authentic it was in its portrayal of suffering and death. It's certainly not in the category of anime that I like to watch over and over for relaxation and entertainment. But I'm glad I watched it once.
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I tried to make it guess Haru from G-senjou and after 26 questions it told me I was thinking of Aiko from Hunie Pop.
So ... yeah. Either I suck at this, or it does.
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Someone get Tumblr on the horn.
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Having finished my fourth re-watch of Hataraku Maou-sama (can't believe how underrated that show is), now I'm watching Suisei no Gargantia again, as well as a bunch of the new shows. Shokugeki no Souma is better as a manga, or so I keep telling myself as I inexplicably continue watching it. I'm also about to start Charlotte. I've been letting the anticipation build.
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Commenting: "I plotted the time between Sakura _ games vs. time, and in a few weeks there will be a new Sakura game every second."
Sakura Infinity. It's finally here.
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Nice art, and reasonable price in my opinion.
The perspective in the school gate picture seems odd. Maybe it's just me, but the left wall doesn't seem to meet the same horizon as the rest.
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Sengoku Rance is like Koihime Musou but set in Sengoku era Japan, and with a much better gameplay element.
And a mad rapist protagonist, so if you aren't into that, you may want to avoid it.
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One of my proudest accomplishments in my early video game life was beating Super Contra without the cheat for extra lives. I never bought into MGS the way that many seemed to, but there's no denying that it's one of the franchises that shaped the modern console era. It's been sad to watch them decline this way, which means this is probably the right move for everyone.
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I discussed this exact topic a couple of days ago in the A-1 translation thread. It's a bizarre example of a ludicrously unlikely nukige scene being snuck into the middle of what is otherwise a story-based, character-based game. As such, it's really jarring in my opinion. Even outside of the obvious illegalities, the way every character in the story (including Chris) acts as if it's pretty normal afterward is mind boggling, and not really in keeping with the tone of any other aspect of the game or the other routes. Almost all of the stories center around friendship, close bonds, and protecting those important to you, and this goes completely counter to those principles.
I like Yamato, who I think is generally a lot more interesting than most protagonists, but in order to maintain that mentality I've had to pretty much pretend that scene doesn't exist.
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Well ... at least he came.
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I haven't heard anything about a follow-up to the To Heart 2 translation project, although if somebody does it, I'll be in line to play it. To Heart 2 is great.
Although getting the twins route to activate before the full translation was out literally made me lose some hair.
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Majikoi is simply the god of the comedy/slice of life. Each genre has its good VNs, its classics, and so on. Majikoi is, with a high probability, the best comedy/slice of life VN there is. It always surprises me when people recommend the "greatest" VNs and forget not only Majikoi, but the whole genre, as if people only played dramas and fast-paced action stories.
I agree, although I personally think Clannad is the king of slice of life comedy with Majikoi close and high on the list.
I have a feeling that the reason it gets somewhat overlooked when it comes to "best of VN" type recognition is that it's stuck in some weird limbo between "serious" VN storytelling and a bizarre nukige ero mentality. It was around the time that
Yamato went night creeping on Chris and nobody, including Chris, found it that strange
that I realized the game wasn't quite like other AAA-level VNs.
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I own a Tweety Bird stuffed animal that's so large that the three hairs sticking up from his head are the size of french fries. I guess that's my claim to fame. And no, I don't understand to this day why Tweety Bird has hair.
Regarding clocks, just don't take it to school and you're good.
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/muslim-boy-14-arrested-making-clock-mistaken-bomb-33793557
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The seiyuu for Benkei is the same seiyuu for Aisha/Kan'U from the Koihime Musou games.
I would never have guessed that. Actually, even after reading it right here, it's hard to wrap my mind around. That's a pretty skilled seiyuu to sound that different and stay complete in character for such opposite personalities.
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Wanko best girl. End of discussion.
I rarely agree with such absolute statements, but for Wanko, I'm prepared to say she's the best girl in any VN I've ever played.
Now if Minatosoft will just release a retconned ending to her route where I don't have to go insane with rage over all that's wrong with the universe ... or God forbid I might have to start writing fanfic again, which I haven't done since before Majikoi even existed.
EDIT: And on topic, I know I've said this before but I'm so curious about Azumi. Must. Play. Azumi's route.
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That... that is actually what happens, only for Sasami though.
No seriously her route is about her transforming into a cat.
Well played, KEY.
Well played.
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I guess the lack of votes for Sasami, Kanata, and Saya is mainly because much of the voters haven't played the EX yet. You definitely should play EX to understand their charm. If you're impatient to wait for the english patch, you could try watching the anime (I know it's a different experience from playing the VN but at least you get the general idea).
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