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Apparently, revolvers can be pretty lethal even when you don't mean to. Still, considering the setting, she might come back. I've been led to believe that the campaign is purposely difficult so that we die a bunch of times and are brought back a little more messed up. My little accident is not part of the campaign's difficulty but it may still work out.

Tfw your friend is a werewolf and starts attacking you, so you try to get her to 0 hp just to neutralize her, but you score the single best hit in the campaign so far, a double critical doing the equivalent of 5 hits, and kill her. I feel bad. Why can't I get hits like this against enemies? I've spent the whole campaign missing shots.

Not really, only covers the namesake. So post-CS2 pre-CS3.

Tohya would think me a brainless idiot and I love her. Also what's this about a servant notifying Tohya that Tohya just woke up? Curious. Bern's tone of voice in Tohya's study was, different. Milder than when she's acting as a witch, but deeper than as Rika. Is this how she is when she's a cat? She was way kinder too. Ok, if Ange's time hasn't moved at all since she jumped off, I guess everything makes sense. She never came back to her own time. So all those storylines we've been seeing where she continues her spy business were just several different fragments of things that might happen if she survives the jump. But none of them have actually happened, and she has to come back to that skyscraper eventually. How Battler hopes to make her survive it is beyond me. Hell, Episode 6 (or was it 7?) left me hanging there too. With a whole plot of Okonogi wanting to kill Ange and Double-pants-kun being a traitor. Though knowing what I know now I'm not sure if it's even relevant anymore. Speaking of Battler, his battle with Erika was so silly. I liked it. So the truth is simultaneously more boring and worse than the fragments so far. Well, I do get it, the fragments bring hope in being fictional, while there's no coming back from the Single Truth. However I doubt it'll be as simple as picking a fragment and sticking to it, I expect there'll be a reason to be surprised about whatever it is. I want a happy ending so bad... Let's see what Lion's definition of one is.

Well, weekend didn't happen, I've already been notified this one won't happen either, and I'm certainly not waiting two weeks. Whatever, this will end when it ends. So far, this is cool. This is so cool. I thought we wouldn't have this this time around but here it is, a big final segment where everyone gets to be awesome. I hope the humans get their chance too but so far it's great. It was so funny when Lambda, during a tense scene and with utter seriousness, called Featherine "Auaurora". She's such a vibe. Now, for the scene that kickstarts the whole ordeal, I get that it's supposed to be a low point, but Ange revealing her (absolutely amazing) witch dress with Golden Nocturne playing in the background goes so damn hard, I could just get up from my chair and walk around to get some of the excitement out. I loved that scene so much. I can't believe he really made the theorists the final boss. The players are the final boss. Every time the game pulls something like this I think it can't get any more meta and yet, here we are. Good choice too. Also, I'm just finding out there's more than one staircase to the second floor, I need a map. Will's speech about who does and who doesn't have the right to call themselves a mystery fan feels like it goes a little beyond a cool scene to mark a climax. Some feelings were seeping out of the pen there. Makes me question why Ryukishi decided to allegedly change his design philosophy with Ciconia to "It's fine if you don't want to solve it". Aaand that scene goes on for a while so that's where I'm standing so far. Showdown with Erika and Ange next time. I'm really excited about that, even just the beginning was great. Oh yeah, had some company today. She wasn't making this any easier let me tell you.

I might be in a hostage situation. Oh well.

Yes! Below is my reasoning with 4 hints and gosh I'm so happy I could keep it with only 4. It was right. I didn't do it without help like the game wanted but it's still ridiculously satisfying. This was so. Much. Fun. I'm so looking forward to finally continue the story. Thank you Maria for mentioning George wouldn't kill Shannon. I realize now that I was trustung the narration a little too much. It wasn't lying but it required some interpretation, and at that point I should have fallen back into what I could trust, that George wouldn't kill Shannon. Bit frustrated that I lost a hint to that. Speaking of, I can't believe George convinced her with facts and logic. She's so convinced that a witch is involved, but at a couple of George's guesses she steps in and solves the whole thing. Did not see that coming. Erika. Like. That Erika. Oh fine, she can get redemption if she really earns it. Let's see. Ok, Eva Beatrice defending Ange was ridiculously sweet actually. Ange's feelings here mirror how I feel right now. Episodes 1-7 can end in any way because there's another chance later. But this is the last one and I'm kinda terrified that I won't like whatever's at the end. And yet, I mean it's naive, but Kumasawa did mention at the party that what Ange wanted most was within her grasp. And now I was just told that what she wanted most, the small hope that she was keeping, was that her family would come back. So, story keeps teasing me. Ange has decided to give up on that, I'll hold on to it for a bit. Bern's guidance sure feels like manipulation huh. Yet some bits of it make sense. Some. Ange is currently convinced that a game is not about communication, which Battler just denied, so yeah, manipulation it is. I wonder where this will lead. Well, I have to stop for the day so I'll see tomorrow. Man, I need a day I can binge. I could finish this in a day or two if I started early. Maybe this weekend if nothing comes up.

Ok, this is what happened. I wrote entirely too much tonight, and most of it is rather misguided, so I divided it. First spoiler box is an extremely unsuccesful attempt at solving Bern's mystery with no hints. I'm pretty sure I found zero culprits there because I ignored the simple rule that culprits can't die, while my entire reasoning was based on culprits killing each other. Read if you will but that's the summary really. Second box is a yet to be completed attempt with three hints, being the one about filtering purple text, the one about how culprits can't die, and the one about how I should find a piece of narration confirming a death. I feel like a good chunk of that is on a good track, though I'm not confident about some of the reasoning. I plan to continue that one tomorrow but it's late and, genuinely, my brain is tired. Like when you solve 5 exams back to back. Again, read if you will, but so far I haven't found an answer and my list of suspect is still a bit large so, it's inconclusive. Excuse the novelette, hopefully tomorrow I'll actually read some plot.

OK STOP EVERYTHING THE MADMAN ACTUALLY DID IT!

Man, these are short. It's starting to sound to me like the book was written far into the future. The way they mention how spren are less common doesn't sound like a recent change. And did anyone else get the feeling they were talking about Kaladin like a historical figure? I wonder if that fused will be important at all. So far it looks like your typical villain who likes to give himself airs only to be swiftly dealt with by the protagonist. Which is what happened. Lightweavers are looking cooler by the minute. Oooh I'm seeing some high school style drama from Syl's part. Gimme the spren gossip. Edit: Saw in another thread someone throw the theory that Tien's spren is hanging around. Maybe that's the reason Kaladin had to emulate Edgedancer oaths?

The bunny girl show has supernatural elements? Huh. I suddenly want to make it a priority.

I'm the third one, though I do sometimes use the translated names for clarity. That said, the Spanish name for Dungeon Meshi makes me cringe, so Dungeon Meshi it is.

I think meshi means meal.

About FMAB speedrunning the beginning, I feel like that was on purpose. Like they got to animate this second version and went "Oh, they already watched that, let's skip it". But yeah, 2003 is totally worth the watch. It isn't as good imo but that's the impressive thing. Imagine as a studio you get tasked with animating an incomplete work, standard fare, just finish the season and wait. But then they tell you "Actually, you can keep going. Just finish it however you like", and then manage to come up with something this good? Makes no sense whatsoever. So much respect for that.

That's the one. I will admit I haven't read the manga (yet), but precisely because of that I tried to do some research before watching the ova. It takes place after the arc in the library. Iirc they even mention where they come from right after arriving at Tokyo so I got confident at that point. That said I think it is somewhere around the halfway point. They did adapt quite a bit of the story it seems.

Ohhh Tokyo Revelations. That one is apparently the very first arc that wasn't adapted in the original anime, so it's perfectly safe to watch for anyone who finishes Season 2. High recommendation for that one @Briar King, it's only three episodes but it's miles ahead of everything the rest of the anime does in terms of quality. The animation is sooo much better. Plus, as mentioned, Tsubasa is a crossover series, but for licensing issues most crossovers were cut from the anime. None of that in Tokyo Revelations, it's a parade of CLAMP characters.

Late to say this but at the beginning of the first chapter it doesn't say Part One. It says Day One. Not to mention these 6 chapters have been short play by plays with barely any time passing at all. He's describing the day in too much detail (not a complaint).

It's an incomplete adaptation. In the manga the story gets a bit dark later on, as well as more violent. Which is an issue when the channel you're airing this on has a no blood policy. In the end they gave up and made an anime-only ending. Not a bad watch but a bit disappointing.

"For her, it was the day when a set of parents had, for the first time, wanted her." Don't mind me, just crying over here. I like how Kaladin skipped the uncertainty of doing a job that doesn't exist yet and went straight to the next step. He didn't complain that helping Szeth would require a new field of study, he just complained that coming up with a treatment would take time. I enjoyed that. Like he's already mentally set into his role as a therapist.

Went to see Alien Romulus today. It. Was. So. Good. I tried to lower my expectations a little bit, the trailer looked good but a bit safe. Man, I was so wrong about that. Sure, the setting is familiar and the plot is simple enough, but otherwise it's just such a creative movie. They really took everything we knew about xenomorphs and asked, what other dangerous situations could come out of this? And how would a human survive it? If I had to choose a "downside" it would be the lack of a hunt. There's not much of that here. But hey, we've had several movies dedicated to a hunt already, a change of pace isn't bad. Overall, I just appreciate a director who clearly likes the franchise but is also willing to try new things. A little too willing maybe, the movie gets extremely bold at one point. I liked that part, and I think it's a good precedent, but I can see some, say, "traditional" fans having a hard time with it. Excellent movie though. Easily the best one since the second one (and better than the first one too but I don't dare say that too loud).

Ok, I see the death flags now. Too many actually. Not even trying to hide them. Hell, he makes Wit straight up say "We're gonna die" just in case you don't notice. Here's hoping this is just his way of setting up a gotcha moment when everyone lives at the end. On the other hand he might be pulling a Takahata and telling us early to soften the blow.

Watched The Boy and the Heron. Or How Do You Live as I'm pretty sure it was actually called? It's a very good movie. Miyazaki seems to have challenged himself to make even more impressive animation and he certainly succeeded. Coming to terms with the death of a loved one is always an interesting theme, though it wasn't as central as I expected. It was well done though. Well intertwined with the acceptance of a new environment/family. The music was confusing. Mostly because, well, this was done by Hisaishi, right? It didn't sound like him. At all. And that's not exactly a complaint. I love his usual style but what he did in this movie is absolutely haunting. Several pieces unlocked emotions I didn't even know I had. Overall I think this does one up The Wind Rises as the ideal movie to retire. Now, this is Miyazaki we're talking about, I have no doubt with enough time he'll get bored of retirement once again but, rude as it sounds, I don't think he has time anymore. If he starts a new project I doubt he'll live to finish it. But I'm sincerely glad we were able to see him finish this one. It was a beautiful journey for sure.

One of our GMs likes to joke about casting fireball where it hits the whole party. You've also probably seen the memes about casting it in small rooms, and so on. Today one of the players actually did it. He cast fireball on a single weak enemy in a small room, we all failed the save. One of the players fell unconscious and the one who cast it died from it. He was later revived by divine shenanigans but it was still funny in the moment. It was very stupid and very fun.

Falcom has refined fanservice into an art. What the hell was that scene at the end of day 1 of chapter 3? The conversation, the references. Some of the weight left by the 3rd has been lifted, and more. I'm so proud of these characters, I'm so happy for these characters, I can't...