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Art Check-In :3
Aug. 4th, 2025 04:20 amI watched episodes 127-143 of Shippuden recently. I thought... a lot of stuff about it. But it's also the start of August, and I have been thinking of doing media check-ins or something since I'm not the best at liveblogging stuff on DW (and I refuse to use Bluesky or Fedi for it). I'm going to call them art check-ins though, because I'm enjoying art, not consuming media. I'm also pretentious, probably. If I try to remember to do these at the middle and end/start of each month, that's probably good enough.
I'd liveblog more too, but it seems I always watch the best Shippuden episodes with Mikki, and I don't want to liveblog both with my mouth AND fingers on the keyboard... well, she knows what episodes are best, so rather than it being a coincidence it's more likely she asks to join me when cool stuff happens and leaves me alone during the boring parts. ANYWays,
... I dropped that shit xD I feel bad for it, but I'll come back for it later. I won't allow myself to play the third game (allegedly the best game) without beating one route of the second. It's just that...
Okay, one, the character designs are too similar to the ones in the first game, as if they were too scared to make them look different. But like. Why? I don't understand where this fear would come from.
Maybe you can't tell without me drawing lines connecting who is related to who, but yea. Every guardian looks pretty much just like whoever had his role in the previous game, except the purple/navy blue guy. Their personalites aren't all that different either. Their lives are different (ex. The teal guy was a nobleman but here he's a pirate, which is actually an interesting change tbh but the game sucked too much ass for me to want to find out how this affects things.), but that's about it. Shit's lame.
And then, the game has a LOT of yapping. There's only one fight a bit after the start of the game, and then no more for at least the entire first chapter. I played the game for over 3 hours, right? Only one trial battle with only 2 party members. That's ridiculous. I had just started The Actual Chapter One and I'm sure battle was coming... eventually... but I still didn't have all the dudes collected and I had still spent a few days just listening to people talk and playing mini games in exchange for items... I couldn't take it anymore. The game does not spark joy. I will be putting it off for a while.
And from what I saw, battles aren't even POV anymore. What the fuck. That was my favorite part.
I don't mind putting it off because it also gives me more time to improve my Japanese before I reach the third Haruka. Since it's allegedly so good, I want to make sure I understand the plot and dialogue (near-)perfectly so I can bask in its glory. I also don't hold having a rocky start against Haruka 2, because you know how being the second game in a series is. They have a reputation for being... strange.
Peak is back babeyyyyyyy
We're four episodes into it now... The first episode was a very strong start, I like how it made you wonder when the censorship laws should take effect, and how ridiculous they can seem in a cartoon context.
Now the next few episodes have jokes like they were written during the 15 year gap and collecting dust in a drawer until this sequel got greenlit. Aged jokes and references, you know? But I never thought it was bad. It's a comedy series, sometimes the comedy will miss, you know how it is. When they squeeze 3 episodes into 25 minutes, I feel like some jokes don't land because they don't give room for certain jokes to land, but do I know Trigger to really give room to things? They tend towards making as many jokes as they can in short amounts of time. Cocomelon for horny otaku????? Possibly.
The last episode was episode 4, and I liked the Fantastic Four(?) reference. Or it's maybe a more general reference to Golden Age comics. I don't actually care much about USAmerican superheroes so I'm not an expert on this, but I'm USAmerican so I can obviously recognize the aesthetic when I see it. (Why was Kneesocks Big Challenges?) Even if it wasn't the fuuuuuuuunniest thing, it was a visual treat to me. I love visuals and animation and images and pictures, if you haven't noticed! I also think that was a crazy ass episode to make episode 4. What more could they have in store??
And when will the Blowjob Brothers appear???
For those who care about Naruto spoilers: You probably shouldn't read this! I ain't censoring shit. All of it would have to be censored if I had to. This long-ass section probably ain't even interesting to read if you haven't seen/read Naruto anyways.
I don't think I've said anything about Shippuden here until now...? Well, in the past few days I've seen Jiraiya's final battle and the "Madara" truth nuke. (I know it's you Obito.)
( this shit is long as fuck )
I'd liveblog more too, but it seems I always watch the best Shippuden episodes with Mikki, and I don't want to liveblog both with my mouth AND fingers on the keyboard... well, she knows what episodes are best, so rather than it being a coincidence it's more likely she asks to join me when cool stuff happens and leaves me alone during the boring parts. ANYWays,
Harukanaru Toki no Naka de 2
... I dropped that shit xD I feel bad for it, but I'll come back for it later. I won't allow myself to play the third game (allegedly the best game) without beating one route of the second. It's just that...
Okay, one, the character designs are too similar to the ones in the first game, as if they were too scared to make them look different. But like. Why? I don't understand where this fear would come from.
Maybe you can't tell without me drawing lines connecting who is related to who, but yea. Every guardian looks pretty much just like whoever had his role in the previous game, except the purple/navy blue guy. Their personalites aren't all that different either. Their lives are different (ex. The teal guy was a nobleman but here he's a pirate, which is actually an interesting change tbh but the game sucked too much ass for me to want to find out how this affects things.), but that's about it. Shit's lame.
And then, the game has a LOT of yapping. There's only one fight a bit after the start of the game, and then no more for at least the entire first chapter. I played the game for over 3 hours, right? Only one trial battle with only 2 party members. That's ridiculous. I had just started The Actual Chapter One and I'm sure battle was coming... eventually... but I still didn't have all the dudes collected and I had still spent a few days just listening to people talk and playing mini games in exchange for items... I couldn't take it anymore. The game does not spark joy. I will be putting it off for a while.
And from what I saw, battles aren't even POV anymore. What the fuck. That was my favorite part.
I don't mind putting it off because it also gives me more time to improve my Japanese before I reach the third Haruka. Since it's allegedly so good, I want to make sure I understand the plot and dialogue (near-)perfectly so I can bask in its glory. I also don't hold having a rocky start against Haruka 2, because you know how being the second game in a series is. They have a reputation for being... strange.
New Panty & Stocking With Garterbelt
Peak is back babeyyyyyyy
We're four episodes into it now... The first episode was a very strong start, I like how it made you wonder when the censorship laws should take effect, and how ridiculous they can seem in a cartoon context.
Now the next few episodes have jokes like they were written during the 15 year gap and collecting dust in a drawer until this sequel got greenlit. Aged jokes and references, you know? But I never thought it was bad. It's a comedy series, sometimes the comedy will miss, you know how it is. When they squeeze 3 episodes into 25 minutes, I feel like some jokes don't land because they don't give room for certain jokes to land, but do I know Trigger to really give room to things? They tend towards making as many jokes as they can in short amounts of time. Cocomelon for horny otaku????? Possibly.
The last episode was episode 4, and I liked the Fantastic Four(?) reference. Or it's maybe a more general reference to Golden Age comics. I don't actually care much about USAmerican superheroes so I'm not an expert on this, but I'm USAmerican so I can obviously recognize the aesthetic when I see it. (Why was Kneesocks Big Challenges?) Even if it wasn't the fuuuuuuuunniest thing, it was a visual treat to me. I love visuals and animation and images and pictures, if you haven't noticed! I also think that was a crazy ass episode to make episode 4. What more could they have in store??
And when will the Blowjob Brothers appear???
Naruto Fucking Shippuden
For those who care about Naruto spoilers: You probably shouldn't read this! I ain't censoring shit. All of it would have to be censored if I had to. This long-ass section probably ain't even interesting to read if you haven't seen/read Naruto anyways.
I don't think I've said anything about Shippuden here until now...? Well, in the past few days I've seen Jiraiya's final battle and the "Madara" truth nuke. (I know it's you Obito.)
( this shit is long as fuck )
