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Mana-Khemia 2 Semi-Review

Click the Picture to check out my full semi-review of Mana-Khemia 2: Fall of Alchemy! I didn't use a score system because I was lazy and because I thought that I would be too biased about it anyway. ^^'

Gust Calendar 2009 & Salburg Shop

I been wondering if a Gust would have a calendar of its own..... only in Japan. Salburg (Gust shop in Japan) has many merchandises that we want.....go check out. =) There is Atelier Rorona towels, art books, Ar Tonelico II T-shirts, soundtracks and many more. I want a Gust Calendar. xD There is a way to purchase them but it is quite expensive to use that method.

Salburg Shop

Mana-Khemia 2

Finally! Its out... Rarutos and I are going to be busy this game for quite a while. Blogging could be delayed due to being occupied on Mana-Khemia 2. The art book and poster looks amazing.

Atelier Annie

Atelier Annie pre orders are up on Rosenqueen website.

I'm So Depressed...

Nobody looks at my blog anymore! T_T

I might as well close it down if that's the case... Although all the pretty banners will go to waste...

Also, I need more money... All these good games are coming out, and I can't possibly buy them all... T__T

Oh well...

Argh Laziness... And Cross Edge Impressions!

Wow, I've been much too lazy to make actual blog posts as of late haven't I? That's why nobody really looks here anymore I guess... Sorry guys! I'll try to liven it up a little more somehow...

So, most of you guys have probably heard by now, but I HAS A PS3! Yay! I'm well on my way on going through Cross Edge, and it is so much love. Shurelia, Aurica, Misha, Lilia, Wuim, Roze, Marie~ All are awesome! The Mana-Khemia 2 characters do make me want to play the actual game, tis a shame that Cross Edge came out before Mana-Khemia 2, but oh well! Either way, I'll play both anyway.

The gameplay is a lot more complicated than I expected! It takes a bit of getting used to, but it's still uber fun. The character fanservice is great! Shurelia is still getting lost and tripping in battle. Very MOEEEE indeed. The story hasn't been all that exciting, but the characters more than make up for it! Yuuto is a jerkass though, and I don't like him too much. Mikoto however, is such a sweetheart! She's constantly looking out for everyone in the "family" as Misha has put it. And boy, is it a huge family, and it's only expanding! I'd say this is the only RPG where you have OVER 9000 unique characters to choose from. Which obviously makes it difficult to choose a permanent team for me... As I do end up liking a lot of them. XD

Also, the Ar tonelico II costumes for the Ar tonelico I Reyvateils are just so much win.

I should also mention BlazBlue shouldn't I? Great fighting game! I haven't played it too much lately because of Cross Edge, but I absolutely love it! And I have so many friends that I've met through the Backloggery that have it, it's going to be a blast to play even more! Noel and Rachel are my current favorites, but that could still change, since I haven't had too much time with it. If you have a PS3 and BlazBlue, hit me up!

I guess that's all for now... I'll try to start posting more! I promise!

So Much To Deal With...

Way too much drama within the past week... Glad it's over with. I'm away from the dorms for the weekend, so I suppose it's good to get away for a bit...

Of course, finals are coming up... And those aren't fun at all. Also, I've got a paper to write for my History class that's due next Monday... Rawr.

I've already signed up for my classes next quarter, they include: Japanese 3, Science Words: Greek and Latin Roots, Art History: Western Art: Baroque to Modern, and hopefully my first upper-division class: The Supreme Court and the Constitution.

I'm hoping that next quarter won't be too tough, but I can't be certain about that, considering how lazy I am...

On a different note, I have finally acquired my Atelier Vocal Historia and Tales of the Abyss Image Album! Also, I got my Luca Truelywaath figurine (And still haven't opened it because I'm too afraid to...), Digital Devil Saga 1 and 2, Devil Summoner, Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon, Street Fighter IV (The Collector's Edition), and will be getting Star Ocean: The Last Hope once I get back to school.

Yes, my backlog is DEFINITELY building up.

Not to mention Resident Evil 5, Pokemon Platinum, Mana-Khemia: Student Alliance, and Devil Summoner 2 coming in within the next few months... Among others.

Gah... I need more money and time. >__<

Meanwhile, Street Fighter IV is definitely a game that brings everyone together. We've been playing it non-stop since I got it... And well, I suck! Having Sakura doesn't help me at all... I was never good at fighting games to begin with I guess. However, it is still a lot of fun at times. although losing does suck, I just need to practice some more I guess.

I'm finally in the Tower of Ar tonelico II... Does that tell you how close I am to the end? D:

Once again, once I'm not lazy. I'll post photos of my new collectables. XD

Backloggery Banner

Yayy~ Look what I made for my backlog! It took me like five hours to make... And it was kind of worth it... XD Now my backloggery is pretty! I've never actually posted about my backloggery before, so might as well now! it's what I use to track my games... As to how much I've beaten and stuff. It's really useful actually, and gives you more motivation to actually play and beat your games. :D

You can click the banner to get there. Besides, if you want to see the full size, you have to click it anyway. :3

Anywho, the banner has Chroche Latel Pastalie from Ar tonelico: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo-tachi no Metafalica (Duh), Estellise Sidos Heurassein from Tales of Vesperia, Viese Blanchimont from Atelier Iris 2: The Azoth of Destiny, Mercedes from Odin Sphere, Amagi Yukiko from Persona 4, Micaiah from Fire Emblem, and Flonne from the Disgaea Series! Of course, there is tha Ralts evolution line on top of the text, but they were mostly accessories for my screen name. XD

Hope you guys like it...

My Poor Wallet...

Click the NISA Logo for the interview... Cross Edge is coming out here in March! D: Now I seriously need a PS3 before then... Or else. I wasn't anticipating this! RAWR!

BUT YAY IT'S COMING AND I'LL UNDERSTAND IT! AND SO IS MANA-KHEMIA 2! ZOMG! NISA, I love you to death more than ever right now... Even if you did butcher Ar tonelico II's names and probably will butcher Mana-Khemia 2's names... But, THANK YOU SO MUCH! Although at the same time, I feel remorse because that's a LOT of money going out of my wallet... Rawr. Atelier Annie might come here too....

Oh well, I suppose this means I get to play Disgaea 3 and Valkyria Chronicles after all... Now I'm hoping a lot of games like Persona 5 and Ar tonelico III are coming out on the PS3 and hopefully Vesperia can be ported to the PS3...

What?! Don't glare at me like that! I have to get a PS3 for more than just 3 games! D:

1 Hour Before History Final...

Yes, I have one hour before my history final and I really should be looking over my terms. XD

Anywho, I have some good news and bad news! Mostly good though... I think. ZOMG RESIDENT EVIL 5 IS CO-OP! *excited* I never thought I would like Resident Evil until I watched it... It's actually a lot of fun to watch, I really need to try to play Resident Evil 4 before 5 comes out now. Darn you Jonathan for getting me into Resident Evil! Oh well, hopefully this will have me get over my fears of horror movies.

Persona 4 is coming out this week. That is all.

I got my Player's Bibles for Atelier Iris 2 and Ar tonelico II, I'll take pictures of them later~

I MIGHT BE ABLE TO PLAY UNDUB AND IMPORT GAMES AFTER MY WINTER BREAK! Well, for PS2 at least. One of my awesome hallmates might be able to give me the ability to do this, and I'm SOOO excited. Legendia in Japanese? Hells yeah. Persona in Japanese? Awesomeness.

Anywho, bad news. I have just found out that the DSi is going to be region-locked. Really Nintendo? Why would you do this to me? :[

Anywho, I really should be studying now! *waves*

Tokunaga and My Gust Collection. (So far...)

Woooooooooooo~ My Tokunaga finally came! THANK YOU UNDINE! I was super excited when I finally got them. I was shouting and telling EVERYONE. XD Aren't they great? :D

And I felt obligated to take a picture of my AT stuff... But I obviously didn't have enough so I just made it my Gust stuff! Mwehehehe. It's actually not much at all. Just the games and the AT1 and 2 Artbooks and Mana-Khemia Strategy Guide... Uhm... I'm getting the AT2 and AI2 Player's Bibles soon though. At least I hope so.

Sanae = Philia? D:

Okay... This might be complete and utter nonsense to some of you... But watching Clannad ~After Story~ Episode 2 and seeing Sanae dressed up like that made me think... Wow. She looks very very very similar to Philia! D:

Considering Sanae is only TEMPORARILY dressed up like this... The fact that she looks just like Philia is kind of amusing! Of course, this is probably purely coincidental... But the even more ironic thing is that Philia and Sanae are both seiyuued by the same seiyuu, Inoue Kikuko! Which makes me laugh... I'm not sure if she was ever dressed like this in the actual Visual Novel of Clannad, but if she was, I would probably jump for joy at the unintentional (or is it?) reference to Philia Phillis of Tales of Destiny fame.

Of course, this probably doesn't mean much to most people, because a lot of anime/video game characters have similar appearances in some way... But it just seems bit coincidental to me! I mean, they have the same seiyuu, and Sanae randomly decided two wear her hair in two braided pigtails and glasses as a disguise... Just turn her hair green and make her wear priestess garb, and she might really be Philia. :3

On the subject of Tales... The Tales of the Abyss anime is REALLY REALLY good so far. I loves it. They made Mieu even more adorable than in the game... And Ion is awesome! Although I miss Otani Ikue as his voice. (Even though I never really heard her voice Ion all that much...) But Pikachu and Chopper's voice on Ion would have been great. :D

I'm also doing a lot better in my Japanese class than I expected! It's quite interesting... Considering some of the students of actual Japanese-descent seem to need more help than I do... I shouldn't say things like that though. It's just plain mean of me. I'll do my best to help them out though! :3


Random 'shop of the day. Made it yesterday. Marie from Atelier Marie using her Cross Edge Art. Speaking of Cross Edge, yesterday I edited Wikipedia and added all the Seiyuu of the Playable characters for Mana-Khemia 2! Yes, it was I that found them all and put them in the English wikipedia! Of course, I have to thank Lazy for finding the Japanese Wikipedia for Mana-Khemia 2... I also found the seiyuu for Marie through that Wiki, it's quite fascinating.

Oh yeah... I just remembered my summer goal... It was an utter failure. I didn't beat as many games as I possibly could have...

Super Metroid
Eternal Sonata
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney
Tales of the Abyss
Tales of Vesperia
Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift

That's it... I got really close to beating Metroid Prime... But stopped at like near the end... Like I usually do with some games... x__x

Oh well! I'll probably get to beat a few games over the school year... Although I don't think I'll be able to beat that many... End post.

Kasugano Sakura in Street Fighter IV!

I was feeling down before making this post... But, this news just cheered me up and made my day! Sakura, my favorite (and usually best) character in Street Fighter (Alpha)/Marvel vs. Capcom is OFFICIALLY confirmed to be in the Home versions of Street Fighter IV! This news pretty much sold the game for me. I'm so excited now! I mean, I was happy that Cammy was to be in it. But Sakura pretty much is the one I'm looking forward to playing as the most. XD

Without Sakura, it wouldn't have been as much fun. Mostly because I wouldn't know who else to play besides Cammy. *nods* Got the article from Wikipedia by the way.

Anywho, I finally started up my Seiyuu Banners... Starting with the wonderful Sawashiro Miyuki! I know, I have a lot more banners, sigs, and avatars I still need to do... But school and stuff do get in the way, as well as what I feel like making at the time. XD


*nods* These are all characters she has played! Including: Chroche Latel Pastalie from Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo-tachi no Metafalica, Velvet from Odin Sphere, Milanor from Yggdra Union, Shinku from Rozen Maiden, Titil Mimi Nike Mele from Mana-Khemia: Gakuen no Rekinjutsushi-tachi, and Houjou Reika from Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun. :D

Lazy-kun says the sharpness contrast of the renders makes it look bad... So, I need some second opinions on whether I should fix it or not. Thanks!

She's an awesome Seiyuu. She made me like Chroche-sama as much as I do today to be honest! Which is why I am hoping to Goddess Martel that there will be Dual-Audio in Ar tonelico II. Chroche-sama won't be Chroche-sama without Sawashiro Miyuki...

Anywho, yay Sakura in Street Fighter IV, and yay Sawashiro Miyuki!

Character Rant

Alright... I kind of have something to rant about today, and I'm kind of getting annoyed by people on GameFAQs because of this.

For some reason... There always seems to be unnecessary hate for some characters. Particularly, main heroines in the Tales series. For some reason, characters like Colette Brunel and Estellise Sidos Heurassein, both very sweet, kind, and adorable characters, seem to have fans that love to hate them. I don't understand why anyone has to hate any character at all... It just seems like people are saying in their minds... "I have to hate someone in my main party, I'll just go with the default annoying heroine."

First of all, I don't see how either Colette or Estelle are annoying... They are both really likable characters that look out for their friends, and try their best to help out with their best efforts... Seriously, even if you hated Estelle, she would have helped you if you were on the verge of death, regardless! She's instinctively helps people, when she sees someone hurt, she has to heal them right away. Heck, she even feels sorry for the monsters she has to kill! I honestly don't see what is so bad about being so nice... It's like people these days hate extremely kind and caring characters for no reason at all. All they give is that, oh Estelle and Colette are both annoying!

But... Why? Because Estelle drags the party around so she can find out the truth about herself? Yuri, Repede, Karol, Rita, Judith, and Raven don't seem to mind too much... So why does the player have to? Although Judith did speak out to Estelle about dragging out the party to do whatever she wants, and it's quite CLEAR in the game she does, I still don't understand how it is annoying if it's only something used to advance the story in order for the player and Estelle herself, to learn more about who she is. Estelle is a character that actually has flaws, she's selfless to a fault, and people are STILL calling her a Mary Sue! It's ridiculous.

Also, for Colette, sure she says sorry like... For the whole game. But Lloyd apologizes practically as much as her... People only notice Colette's apologies all the time because Lloyd points them out all the time... Sure she hides her pain from the whole party until it gets extremely bad, but it's because she's WORRIED about her friends being worried. She doesn't want to burden them with her problems. Heck, I'm like that... I hate burdening my friends with my problems... It doesn't really benefit them at all to worry about me, although it is nice to let things out once in a while... And I have some really good friends that will listen to my problems no matter how minor.

There's also hate for Shirley Fennes from Tales of Legendia, and I kind of understand that a bit more, she does go kind of crazy jealous. However, I do still like her, and the only reason she did go crazy was because she didn't have many friends, she loved Senel, but Senel was in love with Stella, who was her older sister. And when Stella died, Senel didn't exactly help comfort Shirley, as he was writhing in misery as much as she was... But Senel had Chloe, Norma, and the others to bring him out of his shell. Shirley had Fenimore, but... Well, it didn't exactly work out. T__T Poor Fenimore... So yeah, Shirley is a main heroine that is actually capable of hate, selfishness, jealousy, and greed. And people hate her for that. Yet... People hate Estelle and Colette for being extremely kind, caring, and selfless... Irony eh?

There is also seemingly hate for Micaiah of Fire Emblem: Radiant Dawn fame... Although I still haven't beaten the game myself, I know the jist of the rest of the story. Sure, Micaiah is kind of perfect... But she does have one flaw... Blind loyalty to her country, and that blind loyalty obviously lead her to fight for the wrong reasons. FE10 was a disappointment anyway... One reason I did like it was Micaiah though. She's a great character in my eyes.

Tear Grants of Tales of the Abyss isn't AS hated... But she's been accused of being a boring character, and that under her serious and soldier exterior, her love for cute things is a bad attempt to make her seem like a real girl... She DOES open up towards the end... And, I seriously thought Tear was a good character. Her love for cute things made her more lovable for me, and it was a bit amusing to have the other main characters (particularly Anise) tease her about it.

I think that's enough ranting for now... Although, I'm sure I forgot to mention a lot of things... But on a lighter, but strange note...

Beryl Benito, a main character from the upcoming Tales of Hearts... Is 18 years old. *shock* I seriously thought she was 13 or something... >.>; Maybe there's a story behind her appearance.

Estelle avatar up there was made by domination. Picture and screenshot from Abyssal Chronicles. Thanks a745!

Oh, and my rant probably doesn't pertain to most people that actually read this blog. So I'm not really talking about any of my friends. Just stupid people on GameFAQs for the most part.

Oh, and I might as well show this off:


Yes, it's a boxart for a Tales and Gust crossover... Ar tonelico, Atelier, and Tales all in one! XD I know, marvel at my geekiness. By the way, if your favorite character is on this... And I talk to you frequently through IMs or forums. It was for you.

One more thing, Pokemon Platinum is looking to be SUPER awesome. Rebattling gym leaders, move tutors for better movesets, stronger Elite 4 after the National Dex. EEVEE AND RALTS BEFORE THE ELITE 4. It's all looking to be super exciting. And my Pokemon fandom is starting to be rekindled once again. :3

Random Photoshops

Okay, I guess they're not TOO random... But these are the photoshops I worked on this week (and last, sorta).

Guess I feel like showing them off because the topics on various forums that I used to post them on failed... So yeah. :D

Oh yeah... And for some reason, I've been using the Harrington font on everything... Maybe because it's not too fancy, or not too normal. Plus it's very Talesy if you want it to be. /ok

These characters are... Jakuri from Ar tonelico II: Sekai ni Hibiku Shoujo-tachi no Metafalica, Ulrika Myberg from Mana-Khemia 2: Ochita Gakuen to Renkinjutsushi-tachi, and Shurelia-sama from Ar tonelico: Melody of Elemia/Sekai no Owari de Utai Tsuzukeru Shoujo and Cross Edge(Which is where the avatar art came from).

I relatively like all of them in terms of design and personality, despite not knowing too much about Ulrika... But I've heard enough about them to like them. :3

Photoshop Skill Level Up! +?

ARE YOU HAPPY NOW SAN-CHAN?! They're different and better. Thanks to only one tutorial. w00t. Featuring Pamela from Mana-Khemia and Chroche-sama from Ar tonelico II.

Mana-Khemia ~Last Chapter~

I'm FINALLY on the last chapter of Mana-Khemia! This game is pure love and joy for me, the characters are awesome and the battle system is uber fun! Philo-chan, Anna, and Pamela are my favorite characters! All of the characters are awesome in their own ways though, they all make me laugh somehow. The game is refreshing in the fact that you're not trying to save the world in it, but rather you just go through the everyday lives of the students within the academy of Al-Revis, doing alchemy and learning of the backstories and personalities of the wonderful main characters. Character events, assignments, and jobs rule this game, but it's fun all the same. The alchemy system is obviously very similar to that of the Atelier Iris series, and the field and battle system is most similar to Atelier Iris 3.

Overall, the game is AWESOME! I'm going to have to play through it again to make sure I'm able to watch all the character endings! Good thing there's a New Game+! But it makes you overpowered I think... Oh well, should be nice to go through the game quickly so I can watch all the character events and endings~ The game is more character centric than anything, which is one of the main reasons why I like it! Plus it's from Gust, and Gust = Love.

I can't wait for Mana-Khemia II now. ;P

*Ahem*

Mana-Khemia

As I wait for my cousin to bring me my copy of Mana-Khemia, I learned out to improve my photoshop sigs and banners quite significantly, which has made me very happy. This has enabled me to create a new somewhat "awesome" banner that is actually not simple and ugly (with the exception of the Shana one). Anywho, I've already changed it, so yeah. Enjoy!

I also made a new Kratos sig for my friend. Good? :o I dunno. People seem to like it. :P

EDIT! Jakuri/Mir sig FTW.