Today I 100%'d Salamander County Public Television!
And what a game it is! The gameplay feels like WarioWare microgames, but fleshed out to be a little longer and more interesting (only a little tho). It's extremely funny and makes absolutely no sense, and I'm all in for this kind of humor, so I love it! Beating it was very easy, but 100% was a different story...
Every mini-game has bronze, silver and gold medals you can get, and of course for 100%, you need gold medals (as well as doing "bonus objectives" each game has, which are just fun silly challenges that make you play in an intriguing way). For some games, these are very easy, but for others, it can be very frustrating. The Balloon blowing one and the weird Cleaning board games were the hardest for me, as you had very tight scores to get, but I managed to do it legit! Even when considering to cheat a few times, I ended up never doing that and so I feel proud of completing it. The game can feel totally frustrating at times, but never unfair! It's more like a "aw dang it, you got me cheeky game" feel, more than a "goddamn these requirements suck and so does this game". 100%'d it took me about 4 hours, but that's becuase I kept watching the little TV ads on the menu and wanted to get high scores on some of the games. 2 hours could totally be doable.
I recommand giving this game a try! It's not really like anything, it's cheap, and it's funny and fun! You'll never know what to expect with it. yummers.
Date: 20/07
Rambling against annoying media consumers
I saw a lot of people complaining about the lack of trailers for the Sonic 3 movie despite it releasing in 5 months, going like "erm.. tbh.. the lack of trailers made me lose interest, im not hyped at all anymore..". And for me, it couldn't be further than the truth?? When's the last time you were able to go in a movie completely blind? Probably a long time ago. For example, Sonic Movie 2 literally showed all it's big moments in the trailers, there were no "woaahh that's amazing and unexpected" moment since we knew ALL of it before release. The Mario Movie was even worse, I felt like I've seen the entire movie before it even released, not a single one of Mario's power ups was kept secret, it was so annoying.
Which is why I'm glad Sonic 3 hasn't gotten trailers yet. I'm sure it'll get some, and I'll do my best to avoid them, it sucks that big companies feel like they have to spoil the fun out of everything, and that these annoying peeps feel like it's SUCH a bad thing to not know everything something has to offer being seeing it. I mean, movies are supposed to bring wonder right? Not just pointing at the screen and saying "yup, saw that in the ads"
I more and more easily annoyed by certain types of people lol, weird energy from that post but it's my thoughts! What do you guys think, I'm very interested by that, and even if you're for what I'm against, why?
Date: 19/07
Summer Seasonal Anime, Week 3!
I want to go through the progress of seasonal anime, so I'm gonna give my opinion of each episode of the anime I'm following here !
I'm a bit late, so sadly I won't be able to talk about episode 1s or 2s in some case, so sorry about that. Because of that, I'll still give a quick summary of what I think so far.
Of course, Spoiler Alert for all of these shows! (Later edit: i'm never doing this again, ill just talk about them when they end.)
Index
Click one of the titles above to read this week's episode's review!
MAYONAKA PUNCH (E02)
This anime is about a group of vampires making online videos with a human, after the latter broke up with her last channel group that she had made with her old friends. It's one of the chaotic fun anime of the season, I don't expect it's story to be too groundbreaking, but it's been funny so far, and the concept seems original!
The first episode was more of an introduction, so it's nice to finally start learning about the everyday antics of these characters. Them actually almost getting to 1M but having to revert back to doing regular videos was very interesting, though even when moving onto a channel, I think people will still be able to recognize them, hopefully that's not something the story decides to turn a blind eye to. It was nice for them to introduce the characters as actual vampires, like turning into bats or having to get invited into buildings, but it's also fun to see their twists on that trope, like the fact that the vampires just get high off of garlic www. This show looks very great, every design is nice but I gotta say I do have a soft spot for Yuki-sama, she just looks way cooler.
At the end, this episode marks a new start for these characters, also kind of acting as another part of the introduction to the whole show. I think next episode we'll start to actually see them build an actual Y-Y-NewTube channel, and that's when it should begin to be very fun. I'm looking forward to it! These two episodes really were great at making you engaged into what's to come, even if not much really happens in the grand scheme of things.
Alya Sometimes Hides Her Feelings in Russian (E03)
This one is the one I would call the "Corporate Romance" of the bunch, with weird fanservice and a few inconsistencies, but I kept seeing it everywhere and didn't want to feel clueless when I saw things about it on Twitter so I decided to give it a go. It's your typical girl likes guy but tries to hide it so badly that even the guy knows, but I guess the fact that it's because she compliments him in Russian and that he also speaks that language without her knowing makes it interesting (convoluted, i know). Also the protag mentions that he learned Russian to talk to a girl he had met as a child, so I'm like 98% sure that this girl will be the very same one he knows now, as that trope usually does.
Wow, so, in Episode 1, they introduced us vaguely to the council members (that Alya is a part of). in E02, we learn that one of them is the protag's (Kuze-kun's) sister (and is very into him, weirdly enough). And NOW, we learn that the 4th member is Alya's sister??? Once again, talk about convoluted. We got to see that Alya, as a child, was very serious about her schoolwork, kinda too much, but always ended up with people who didn't care at all in groupworks, so I kinda undestand her lol. At least we got to see here meet Kuze for the first time, it's kinda cool that they waited 3 episodes for that.
This episode didn't have any of the weird stuff the last two had, it was just a good romance story, I liked it. It's very very nice that Kuze-kun isn't a blank slate like a lot of harem would do, he reminds me a little bit of Fuutarou, which is always nice. In the second half, we learned a bit more about Alya's sister, she seems like a very bland character ww I guess that's bound to happen in a harem, but she has funny moments. It also setup a plot point about Kuze-kun's parents separating and his sister getting sick? This seems like a LOT for an anime like this, I hope it doesn't try to bite off more than it can chew.
My Deer Friend Nokotan (E03)
How can I even describe this anime... It's just a gag anime that feels like it's been taken straight from 2016, but with an amazing budget an animation from nowadays! It also sounds like something I could come up with, a Deer Club where they take care of deers depite no deers being here. I don't have much to say, so onto the episode!
The first half just shows Koshi-tan's slow descend into madness, thinking that Nokotan turned into a real deer. It was hilarious, especially since we finally saw the famous dance that I've already watched for multiple hours. That felt a bit rewarding www. Nothing else much to say since no story was involved, but I had no idea what was coming after every gag, really this anime is impossible to predict.
In the second half, we were finally introduced to the green girl Bashame, Bashame Meme! She's probably my favorite of the bunch, she loves to eat and also wants to become a deer, what is there not to love? The second half is just her introduction, and the realization that she is just as insane as the rest of the cast.
AND, A THIRD HALF?? is that even legal? We finally get antics of the whole club together! The conflict made, of course, no sense at all, but seeing that in the end Koshi-tan was the one who made the least sense was just too funny. They also had a throwaway joke about episode 11 being a story of them making ricefield, and I hope they keep that promise it would be too funny to set that up this early.
Of course it was a great time, so go watch it now now now!
Senpai is an Otokonoko (E03)
This one is a show that will probably hit a lot. It's about a guy (Makoto) who prefers to dress as a girl, and likes cute things and such. His mother hates this and so he has to hide it, and only does it at school or outside and stuff. It's also a love triangle, but his two love interests (Aoi, a girl, and Ryuuji, a guy) are so endearing. First of all, they're all friends! And all accept who he his for what he is, and it's so so refreshing, I was expecting a lot of clichée stuff but no, it's geniuenly good! Now for the actual episode :
His mother still makes me extremely infuriated, she overreacted just because she found a pink handkerchief in his room (which isn't even his!) and so made a whole scene about it, to the point of Makoto avoiding to interact with anything girly whatsoever. This, and the flashback we got of him as a kid, where he kept choosing "girly" things, being more quiet and stuff, really hit home. Him trying to abandon all of that also hit closely, as I had (and still have) very similar experiences, albeit for different reasons. It's nice to see a story acknowledge these problems, and that you might go against what you actually want and even start thinking it's wrong if some persons manage to make you wrongfully think that way. His decisions might seem dumb to one watching, but I understand it. If something you want makes your life hell, you might as well try to abandon it, even if that's what you truly feel like. Ugh I could talk more about this but it'd end up being about me, which I don't really wanna~ (do people want my story? i doubt it, but maybe one day)
Often in these stories, the father is the one that doesn't get it and thinks it's stupid, but here, Makoto's father is the understanding one, even finding a school for him where he could go as a girl! I was so glad seeing that, this story really doesn't fall into tropes. I wish I had one like that www. His mother of course is still your typical parents who overreacts to things like this. The second half was crazy, Makoto, now truly abandoning his dream of being a girl, casually asked Aoi out?? AND SHE REJECTED HIM BECAUSE SHE KNEW IT WASN'T GENIUNE? I'm so glad to see a show like this with ACTUAL characters, any regular bad romance would have just made her accept. She then went on telling Ryuuji that she was SURE that Makoto was lying, even running after a garbage truck when she saw it had Makoto's stuff inside. It was truly great. Makoto then, still came back on the fact that even if it's seen at weird, even if some people don't accept it, it's okay to try and be who you want to be, and still comes back finally as a girl. (With a great opposite of a shot from E01, it was amazing.)
I've been praising this a lot but... I have one gripe with it. This truly grand and magical arc happens in ONE episode, and EPISODE THREE no less. It felt a bit fast coming, and also a bit rushed, for something this important to be tackled this early. At least it will lead into more time for the actual romance, but I think it could at least have been expanded into two episodes. Either way, this episode made me think a lot about my own experiences, it was very realistic! I can't way to see what happens next, I truly have no idea what it could be now!
Makeine: Too Many Losing Heroines! (E02)
This anime is also a harem, but I decided to check it out as it has the same character designer as The Art Club has a Problem! And Lycoris Recoil, two shows that I REALLY REALLY like. And the first episode left a good impression on me, it looks very great and the humor is on point! The twist of this one is that the main girls are ones that were already in love with someone else, but got dumped or something else went wrong. This gives the writers a lot of opportunity for original stories, I hope they take advantage of that!
We had our first look at the opening this episode, and I LOVE how it sounds and looks. Openings are trying to be more and more unique lately, and I'll all in for it! This anime seems to take tropes and turn them a bit around, it makes it a bit unusual but fun since you don't know what to expect, it's great! (maybe not that great, a very uncomfortable scene played right after i wrote that, it wasnt fun to go through, i sometimes forget that anime like these arent just cool and wholesome) Last episode was mostly focused on Anna, who is my favorite so far, but this one was more about Lemon (that's her actually name what, i thought it was a weird nickname they gave her), I guess next one will be on Komari so that they at least each get a bit of time under the spot light. The protag, Kazuhiko actually helps the girls intead of just trying to be weird or get with them, I think he's just a cool guy. A lot of cool protags this season! Too bad he gets put in very weird situations.
Anna finally came on screen, her dynamic with the protag is very fun, especially with how she tries to scrape off her debt with barely anything and it working. LEMON GOT CUCKED RIGHT IN FRONT OF EVERYONE NOOOOOOOOOO KINDA FUNNY THO BUT NOOO that was absolutely ruthless; this white haired guy is totally clueless its kinda annoying, even saying straight to her he doesnt stand a chance WITH her???? (he said he already has a girlfriend right there, woops, welp, rip Lemon-chan). We also saw more of the protag's sister, she's your typical overprotective scary sister so not much new here.
Anna's calling out Komari's interests towards Koto's childhood friend was very funny, I get her trauma about that lmao (Anna's story is that her own childhood friend went with someone else, and not her)
This anime being about broken one-way relationships (not really relationships since they were not really together, but one way feelings at least) is very interesting. For now, these moments were mostly played for jokes, but I really hope they get a grander meaning in the story, something really emotional could be made out of it. Though it seems to only be a comedy anime for now.. Which isn't bad, the jokes were all very good! I just hope for a little more
Anna got cucked in Episode 1 and Lemon-chan in Episode 2, it's not looking good for Komari and the club president next episode..... wwwwww Sensei is rooting for Lemon-chan to end up with the protag... I hope Anna does but I guess it'd make sense with the anime's theme for the """main""" girl to lose, maybe I'm too basic ww
VTuber Legend: How I Went Viral after Forgetting to Turn Off My Stream (E03)
Not aired yet!
Narenare -Cheer for you!- (E03)
Not aired yet!
Wonderful Precure! (E25)
Not aired yet!
Date: 17/07
Up to now
Today is the day the page goes live! Or is it? I decided on making this my site's main page, like a sort of brand new fresh start, I think it suits well with what I want to go with.
Lately, I've been watching a lot of the seasonal anime. They're all fairly good! Itf's nice to see new things as they come, though when they reference something recent it really hits weird since I'm so used to watching old stuff. It's also sad when you can see something was done only because of how much traction it'd gain only, mostly on the romance side of anime, which is what I started calling "Corporate Romance" wwww.
Last season had a LOT of great ones too! Girls Band Cry and Jellyfish Can't Swim in the Night both had the same theme, but took it from two completely different angles, and were extremely interesting for technical and story reasons alike! Blue Archive was, as expected, very great too, a really nice and straightforward adaptation of the game's story. I also watched and read a bunch more things that I won't get into (yet?), but media is one of the only reason as to why I can keep going, from cartoons to novels, I don't think I would be able to go through my struggles if it weren't for these worlds I can plunge myself into. (I even talked about all of this in my highschool finals!... Oh yeah, I graduated! But I don't know if that's a good thing just yet, the future seems so foggy and frightening...)
I've also been helping my good friend Pudding write his web novel Pheonix Club(← Click here to read it!). From drawing to correcting his silly mistakes, it's really been a fun time, I can't wait to see what happens next to these characters!
This update is kind of totally aimless, so I think I'll stop here before I start rambling about other random stuff. As I said, it's been rough, but hopefully running this page will help me even if a tiny bit.
Oh yeah, I didn't even introduce myself! If you don't know me already, my name is Miya. I'm an unfortunate girl who often gets placed into hard situations, but despite how low I feel sometimes, I keep pulling through even if I feel like giving up. It's not the best choice and it's difficult, but I'll always try my best!
Slacker with good grades, few friends but all very dear to her, who blows all of her money way too fast without thinking about it, and finds it hard to be a good person and accept herself. Yup, that's me!
I want to end things off by a classic, a song. This song is extremely dear to me, as it helped me go through a lot. The lyrics don't really mean anything, but at the same time have a lot of interpretations. I see it as telling you that it's okay to give up on your dreams, that things are hard to accept, and that sometimes, saying goodbye is the right thing to do. But that despite all of it, even if giving up can be a good thing, nothing is stopping you from standing back up, and trying again over and over until you make it!
When I met you, when I met you, I smiled, cried, became stronger, and felt helpess, but you granted me as many dreams as I wished.
"After one dream, you will forget it all, and I will be lonely, I will feel sad." "But that's okay, because someone somewhere else will be wishing for me."
Date: 16/07
My Journey
Today is the day I had the idea of restarting a blog. Third time's the charm isn't it? I first tried by making weekly updates, just like my good friend Pudding. And big props to him, because I could NOT go through with it, having a deadline and all of that really put at toll on me and so I just gave up. I also tried just updating about everything I would do, like playing a game or read something, but that made everything feel like a chore and so I also had to give up on it.
Life has been really hard lately, with having to come to term and acceptance of a lot of changes and also myself. I'm not quite there yet, but I guess I'll do my best. In the past, I also tried having a private twitter account or even just a diary but those made me just vent even more and it was painful for everyone (my twitter alt even got blocked for it woops, but that was years ago now, time flies way too much)
Right now, I'm still not the best, at all. But I know that I have friends who I care about, and who (hopefully) care about me aswell, so I will do what I can to continue as long as possible.
For this blog, I'll just update about whatever I feel like talking, so it could be anything, be prepared! I guess I just want to leave my mark on the world.
For old times' sake, thanks for reading, goodnight, and stay happy~
