suikashoujo

My first round of Key VNs came in today. Now I'm just waiting on the Clannad LE, and I'll have everything I ordered. EDIT: now with Clannad

Don't most moege have those?

I'm looking forward to seeing how it ends. It doesn't really surprise me that Mayu and Harada were both cast into the void, because it's already been established that Quin doesn't necessarily care for any of the people he judges. It kind of fits with what little we know about his character that he would pull a trick like that. As for chiyuki, I honestly don't know. That's the biggest wild card in the finale, is what;s going to happen to her, so I'm going in with an open mind.

Gangamamer was a dragon that lived in the vast land of Visnovella with his family, STAJ, Kaise, and Noemovel. As dragons, their sole duty was to protect the castles of all the princesses in the land. Due to the nature of this duty, Gangamamer and his companions were seen not as enemies by the mere humans in the surrounding villages, but as heroes. Despite being part of a family, however, the dragons could never figure out how exactly to do their job. The only requirement that had been given to them from their respective employers in the castles was that the princesses were raised and, when the time was right, released in order to find a suitable husband. The exact methods, however, were left up to Gangamamer and his family. “We don’t need to release them right away, do we?” STAJ would often say to his younger siblings. STAJ was the oldest dragon in Visnovella, and should have been the wisest. However, he often received complaints from the villagers that he was holding onto the best princesses far longer than was necessary. “The villagers know the princesses are coming. As long as we tell them they’re coming soon, they shouldn’t need to complain. We can just remind them of all the princesses we’ve already sent out, and how beautiful they ended up being.” “I don’t know if that’s the right way to do things,” the youngest dragon, Noemovel, protested. Despite only having protected one princess in his lifetime, Noemovel was a determined young dragon, and often claimed to know exactly how to manage not just his own castle, but the land of Visnovella as a whole. “The princesses are at their most beautiful when they’re young, so they should be released not just while they’re young, but given younger husbands.” Unfortunately for Noemovel, the birth rate of Visnovella was declining, and the vast majority of its citizens were past the age that Noemovel considered “young.” As a result, his sole princess hadn’t been very well received by the public, despite various attempts to reintroduce her. “I think you both have good ideas, but neither one of you is correct,” Kaise sighed. “Some princesses are more beautiful and fated for success than others, right? They’re the ones we need to hold onto and prime for marriage. But the villagers will get angry if we’re quiet for too long, so some of the… less desirable princesses can be sent out in the meantime. Even if they aren’t perfect, it’s a foolproof plan.” Gangamamer had very little to say when his older siblings went off on rants like these. After all, he had been in a state of transition when it came to his policies, ever since the day he took control of his first castle. It had taken him a long time to obtain any level of success: his first princesses had been laughingstocks that only the most desperate would go anywhere near, and even after he had learned how to truly care for a princess and released some young women that he was truly proud of, they were often overlooked for the… easier princesses that came from his castles. Recently he had been taking care to raise princesses that would appeal to all sorts of different villagers, even going so far as to take in young princes for the young women in the villages, after they had begun to complain to Gangamamer and his brothers of discrimination. But because of his attempts to diversify, Gangamamer had begun to feel a bit unsure of himself. While all of his brothers had established identities that were known throughout Visnovella, Gangamamer wasn’t really known for anything. Everyone knew his name, but opinions of him were as varied as the princesses (and princes) he protected. “I haven’t really done anything noteworthy recently, have I?” Gangamamer thought to himself one cold winter afternoon. “I sent that prince out, I guess, but the villagers I normally take care of aren’t interested in that. I have to make my castles seem relevant again, so people don’t lose interest.” At a loss for what to do to get people talking about him again, he took a temporary leave from the castle he was working in that day and flew around Visnovella, searching for any ideas that could get him some attention. However, he didn’t need to travel very far. In a nearby village called Fantransylvania, Gangamamer discovered some troubling news: his family of dragons wasn’t the only one protecting princesses! There were several smaller dragons that had begun taking on the girls the castle had missed or outright rejected. Seeing this as a threat to his job- this underground scene was big, and getting bigger- he flew at top speed to gather his brothers for an emergency meeting to discuss this problem. “Are you really only finding out about this now?” STAJ asked, chuckling at his younger brother’s naiveté. “I’ll let you in on a little secret just this once, little bro: it’s better if you don’t make them into enemies. They’re actually really useful if you know how to use them to your advantage.” “Seriously, Gangamamer, I can’t believe you’re older than me sometimes,” Kaise joined in. “I’ve been using them from the beginning, but you’re only finding out about them now?” “What about those two princesses you raised a while back?” Noemovel asked. “What were their names… Kara and Fe? Where do you think those girls came from? Weren’t they a lot older than the girls you usually bring in?” As much as he hated to admit it, Noemovel had a point. “Neither one of those princesses got a very good husband in the end, though,” Gangamamer pointed out. “Really? Because we’ve been pretty successful every time we’ve worked with them.” “Well if that’s the case, shouldn’t we be asking them to work together with us instead of letting them run their own shady, underground businesses? That would be better for everyone involved, right?” Gangamamer didn’t even wait for an answer, because an idea was already beginning to form in his mind. He flew at a breakneck pace from where he stood, preparing the newest in a line of messages directed at the Visnovellians. “If we can’t get them to stop what they’re doing, then get them to join us, huh?” Gangamamer muttered, smiling to himself as he flapped his giant wings. “Why not go one step further and ask them to stop doing it on their own, anyways? If they could all work for us, then maybe we could be even more successful.” And that was how Gangamamer brought attention back to his castles full of princesses amongst the single men of Visnovella. Whether his speech was successful or not was debated amongst the citizens for weeks following that cold winter day, to the extent that not even his announcement of the newest princess in the castle, Amber, could silence the conversations completely. Gangamamer was able to live in a comfortable balance of fame and infamy yet again.

I WAS playing an untranslated game, but the Majikoi patch sort of ruined that, so I'll go back to Mashiro Summer later. Majikoi is where it's at.

Thankfully a lot of the games I REALLY want (SubaHibi, Clover Days, Gore Screaming Show, etc.) have TL projects going already. But as for things that haven't been picked up, I want: Flowers More yuri in general A legitimate translation of Flyable Heart Kimi ga Nozomu Eien Most of Black Cyc's other games (Especially the Mugen Kairou series)

Well, okay, fair enough, I guess. I'm not saying any of the examples given were perfect, either. I was probably overreacting anyways. I still have a hard time calling the art in Rewrite or Little Busters bad, but everyone has their own tastes, I guess.

I will never understand people who expect realistic proportions in their anime. Of course it doesn't look "right," it's not trying to be. I can understand if someone doesn't like the art in Key games, even if I personally love Key. But I feel like complaining about smaller anatomical details is only relevant when looking at drawings that are MEANT to be realistically proportioned. I mean, you wouldn't look at, say, a nukige with a focus on big breasts and say "yeah it was okay, but those breasts were way too unrealistic." Its the same thing here: Hinoue draws cute anime girls that are meant to look cute, even if it's at the cost of realism.

The first thing that came to mind was Cosplay Fetish Academy. Was that it?

Yandere ~You Killed My Parents, So I'm Going to Kill You~

So far, my list is: Denpa Kyoushi (Could be dumb, but eh, I thought the same about SaeKano last season, so I'll give it a shot) Dungeon ni Deai wo Motomeru no wa Machigatteru Darou ka? (Maybe I'll finally be inspired to pick up the LN afer watching this?) Etotama (That character design is too much for me. I have to try it) Grisaia no Meikyuu/Rakuen (Might as well finish what I started, even though my expectations are at rock bottom) Hibike! Euphonium (How could I not? ?It's KyoAni) Houkago no Pleiades (Who knows? It could be decent. I know nothing about this show) Narudoma (I'm not usually one for shounen ai, but it looks weird enough that I might like it) Ore Monogatari (I read a bit of the manga earlier, and it's cute) Plastic Memories (Just looks cool, I guess) Show By Rock (Cute character designs and idols? Count me in. Please tell me they play real rock music) ...I'm going to regret having such a long list. I know I am.

Another one? Kami help us.

The hard part of this is that I can't pick a favorite. But for the moment the answer is yes, because Komari Kamikita comes from Little Busters, which is my favorite game of the moment.

Well, that's kind of what I mean by "realistic." Real little siblings aren't always the cute moeblobs that eroge make them out to be. They can get on your nerves and piss you off to no end. But at the end of the day, you can still love them, just like how you felt about Chinami. That's why I think that she's more real than other imouto heroines, who usually lack the obnoxious side that little siblings usually have. And I think the reason people don't like her is because they don't want to deal with realism in a moege, they want the idealized imouto they're used to.

That's the problem, is that she isn't the stereotypical imouto-type that generally appears in VNs. People complain about her BECAUSE she's realistic, imo. She's certainly closer to my little sister than any other imouto I've seen.

The ship jokes won't stop

Avatar updated! I'll complete the newest task soon enough.

I just marathoned all of Sundome in the span of about 2 days. It was interesting, but it didn't have the impact I thought it would, somehow. But now I'm in the mood for more manga with unconventional relationships, so I think I'm going to try reading Kodomo no Jikan again, since I never bothered actually finishing it.

This is really useful. I actually recently went back onto some anti-anxiety medication after about 6 months of being off of it (with my doctor's permission), because I was just so on-edge most of the time that I felt sick pretty much every morning. Even though that helps a little bit, it's nice to have some resources that could help me out when I start stressing out needlessly.

1. Mutsuki was sunk on August 25, 1942, during the Battle of the Eastern Solomons. 2. Mutsuki was 337 feet long. 3. Mutsuki was going to take part in an operation during the Battle of the Coral Sea, but the operation was cancelled. Hopefully those facts are interesting enough.

The anime is called Charlotte, and it's unrelated to Angel Beats. There is going to be a new AB OVA, though.

Wait, has an April start date really been confirmed? I haven't heard anything besides "coming 2015," but if it really is coming the smae month as the Angel Beats VN, then April is going to be an even better month than I thought.

Agreed. That show has had its moments before, but this episode took everything that made the show great and amplified them into something amazing.

I just want my Iwasawa route. Once I get that, I'll be set for life. So the hype is real.