Enter Scoop Phase

「First Impressions」No Game No Life

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 12:02:00 +0000

Enter the world where Gaming is a necessity!

     Aschente!

Original source material? Light Novel... Not surprising and what a delicious Light Novel it is. Written and illustrated by Kamiya Yū, No Game No Life entered MF Bunko J imprint and as of December 2013 boast 5 awesome volumes! A Manga adaptation started off not too long ago either and now we have MADHOUSE dealing with the Anime adaptation!

The story of No Game, No Life centers around Sora and Shiro, a brother and sister whose reputations as brilliant NEET (Not in Education, Employment, or Training) hikikomori (shut-in) gamers have spawned urban legends all over the Internet. These two gamers even consider the real world as just another "crappy game." One day, they are summoned by a boy named "God" to an alternate world. There, God has prohibited war and declared this to be a world where "everything is decided by games"—even national borders. Humanity has been driven back into one remaining city by the other races. Will Sora and Shiro, the good-for-nothing brother and sister, become the "Saviors of Humanity" on this alternate world? "Well, let's start playing."

No Game No Life starts off with in a battle arena with five players. We soon find out that the player [Queen] is the last one standing from a total of 1200 players that are against the other remaining four. After some impressive light displays here and there, the team of four brings in the victory. But wait! 4 players of level 30 has managed to annihilate 1200 players of levels higher than 90!? Impossible right? Nope... just two genius NEET gamers!!

Sora -voiced by Matsuoka Yoshitsugu- and the "flawless beauty" Shiro -voiced by Kayano Ai- are two hikikomori gamers that have spurned multiple urban legends due to their awesome gaming skills. So into games, they consider the world as a "crappy game". However, they are geniuses as presented when they both show knowledge about Zermelo's Theorem and, therefore, the evolution of the Shannon Number.

Obviously this wasn't going to remain a Slice of Life. So we then dive into a more colorful world after being summoned by a small boy. The 10 Gaming Commandments is quickly explained as the siblings continue to sky dive a 10,000 meter fall. The two manage to get information and a few coins on their first day. And they end the day at an inn, but not before Sora triggers a character flag meeting when informing the past King's daughter of the cheating that was going on...

The Anime is pretty colorful. Bright colors everywhere just enhances any scene when characters starts plotting. Pretty niffy. It's pretty much a big contender, in my opinion anyway, and will probably remain as such. Whatever the case may be, we get a feel of the two hikikomoris and their gaming skills are up to notch... Don't forget, it's not cheating if you haven't been caught!

Since I wait quite a while for the Manga and the Light Novel to update, this is something I can watch on the side and enjoy with gusto!

Verdict
Watching
Blogging

Leafa Brings some Spiciness in Green

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 15 Apr 2014 03:25:00 +0000

Boredom struck and heat is killing me... Also IRL things came up... too many things to do!

Not going to comment since it's pretty late for the COTD segment... Too tired too... Also need to watch Anime and write thoughts or whatever... guh...

Sword Art Online Vol.2

Crayon Shin-chan

	Father of the House, Hiroshi «Family»«Salaryman» [永]During your turn, for each of your other «Family» or «Kindergarten» characters, this card gains +500 Power.
	Mother's Love, Misae «Family»«Housewife» [永]ASSIST All your characters in front of this card gain +X Power. X is 500 ｘ Level of that character. [自][①] When 「Handkerchief of Important Memories」 is put in your Climax Zone, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose a 「Father of the House, Hiroshi」 in your Waiting Room and put it on Stage in any slot.
	Handkerchief of Important Memories Bounce Trigger [永]All your characters gain +1000 Power and +1 Soul
	Snack Time, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [永]ASSIST All your «Family» or «Kindergartene» characters in front of this card gain +X Power. X is 500 ｘ Level of that character. [起][②]Choose 1 of your characters. That character gains +4500 Power until end of turn.

Touhou Kontonfu - Hanafuu-Hen

	「Kirisame Marisa」 [Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Characters from Face Down to Face Up ) [Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character has a Set card Set to her and is declared as the Attacking or Guarding character, draw 1 card. Then, until the end of the turn, this character gains +2 ATK / +2 DEF. [Battle][Turn 1] ( Put 2 cards from your waiting room into Backyard, Put 1 card from hand into Waiting Room ) Until the end of the turn, target 1 character gains +1 ATK / +1 DEF. If that Character's original ATK and DEF are equal, that character gains +3 ATK / +3 DEF instead. This ability can be activated even when participating in battle.
	「Kawashiro Nitori」 >[Extra] (「Kawashiro Nitori」) [Entry] ( Put 1 of your 「Kawashiro Nitori」from Waiting Room into Backyard ) [Auto] When your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» is declared as the Attacking Character, until the end of the battle, that character gains +3 ATK. [Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Hand into waiting Room ) Add 1 «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» character from Waiting Room back to Hand.

「Kirisame Marisa」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Characters from Face Down to Face Up )
[Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character has a Set card Set to her and is declared as the Attacking or Guarding character, draw 1 card. Then, until the end of the turn, this character gains +2 ATK / +2 DEF.
[Battle][Turn 1] ( Put 2 cards from your waiting room into Backyard, Put 1 card from hand into Waiting Room ) Until the end of the turn, target 1 character gains +1 ATK / +1 DEF. If that Character's original ATK and DEF are equal, that character gains +3 ATK / +3 DEF instead. This ability can be activated even when participating in battle.

「Kawashiro Nitori」

>[Extra] (「Kawashiro Nitori」)
[Entry] ( Put 1 of your 「Kawashiro Nitori」from Waiting Room into Backyard )
[Auto] When your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» is declared as the Attacking Character, until the end of the battle, that character gains +3 ATK.
[Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Hand into waiting Room ) Add 1 «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» character from Waiting Room back to Hand.

Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga

「Hiyori Kotobuki」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga» Characters from Face Down to Face Up )
[Auto][Turn 1] When your «OS:Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga» Characters other than this character Enter or Level Up, until the end of the Battle Phase, reduce target 1 character's DEF by 2.
[Battle][Partner][Turn 1] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga» characters from Face Up to Face Down ) Until the end of the turn, this character gains +3 ATK / +3 DEF. During your turn, if the character put to Face Down by this ability's cost is 「Kanzaki Mitsuki」, you may put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room. If you do so, at the end of the turn, put your 「Kanzaki Mitsuki」to Face Up. This ability can be activated even while participating in Battle.

「Cosplay Spotlight」Judgement Desu No!

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:34:00 +0000

Judgement desu no! Kuroko is friggin boss!!

Multiple cosplayers here and obviously multiple photographers. Don't have a specific set... yet... wa~ha~ha~

「First Impressions」Gokukoku no Brynhildr

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Mon, 14 Apr 2014 17:09:00 +0000

So late on this... keeping a blog updated is sooo hard...

I am well aware of the fact that episode already came out and this is long due, but since it's in my list and I actually am going to be blogging about it, I might as well bring this out first...

That's enough!
     Just shut up and show me your armpits!

Brynhildr in the Darkness is written by Okamoto Rin. Those who are ignorant of the identity of the writer, well you should know him more for his popular work Elfen Lied. That's right folks, when it first came out in January 2012, I jumped the gun and started reading the Manga...

When he was a child, Murakami was infatuated with a girl he called Kuroneko. She insisted on knowing about aliens and having met them, but no one believed her, even young Murakami was skeptical. One day, she decides to show him the aliens, but an accident occurs and Kuroneko dies while Murakami is left seriously wounded in the hospital.

Years go by and Murakami obsesses on finding proof of the existence of aliens because of a promise he had made with Kuroneko. Then, one day, a new transfer student comes to his class, who not only looks a lot like Kuroneko, but is named Kurohaneko!

And even though she insists on never having met Murakami before, the girl has superhuman strength and seems to even be able to predict the future!

How will Murakami's life change now that he has been saved by this mysterious girl that claims to be a magician?

The first episode gives us a short vibe of what we can expect for the series. Murakami Ryouta -voiced by Ousaka Ryouta- is a highly intelligent character and a photographic memory. Due to a promise with his childhood friend Kuroneko, he aims to become an astronomer at NASA.

Seems normal to begin with. But then again, Anime don't tend to side with the normal side of things much. The past is brought up as Kuroha Neko -voiced by Taneda Risa- enters the school as an exchange student. The similarities are quite staggering, however the conclusion in the end came to the point where the proof of identity failed.

Death at every corner and people who can forecast these things... Magicians? Or something more?

At the very begin, I marked this of as a watch if it comes out in Anime. As long as everything goes on smoothly, there shouldn't be any problems. The Manga itself is awesome and it gives you that reminisce feeling of Elfen Lied. It's there... believe me...

Verdict
Watching
Blogging

Wrapping Up Week 15

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Fri, 11 Apr 2014 13:07:00 +0000

Oi vey... running a blog isn't easy yo... Week 15 is almost done so let's look at what spoils we have today!

Sword Art Online Vol.2

Asuna is once again featured in SAO today and look at that... Global Power Booster Climax Combo along with a snipe to bottom of Deck once reverse... She also has a Shot effect on her for her first time -heh heh heh- entering the Stage. It so then becomes a global 6000 Power boost since the Climax itself is a +1000/+1. I honestly would have liked it better if it were a Draw 1 +2000/+1 though!

Crayon Shin-chan

	Kasukabe Defense Organization «Kindergarten» [自]When this card is put on Stage from your Hand, search your Deck for up to 1 «Family» or «Kindergarten» character, reveal it to your opponent, put it into your Hand. Shuffle your Deck afterwards. [自]When the battle opponent of this card becomes REVERSE, if a card named 「Singing Time」 is in your Climax Area, you may put that character in the owner's Clock Area.
	Ai Suotome «Kindergarten»«Daughter» [永]If you have 2 or more other «Kindergarten» characters, this card gains +1 Level and +1500 Power.
	Singing Time [永] All your Characters gain +1000 Power and +1 Soul.
	Nohara Family Fire! Choose up to 1 of your opponent's Level 3 or lower characters in the front row and return it to hand, and choose 1 of your characters with either and/or . That character gains +3000 Power for the turn.
	Always Together [自]When this card is put on Stage from your Hand, choose up to 1 Yellow card in your Waiting Room and put it in your Stock, and all your characters gain +1 Soul until end of turn.

Touhou Kontonfu - Hanafuu-Hen

	「Hakurei Reimu」 [Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Characters from Face Down to Face Up ) [Auto] When your own characters are put from Stand to Rest by a card effect, until the end of the turn, this character gains +2 ATK / +2 DEF. [Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character deals battle damage to its battle opponent, resolve 1 out of the 2 below. This ability activates even when Face Down. - You may put the Battle Opponent to Rest - Put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room. If you do, put target opponent's Friend to Rest.
	「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」 [Extra] (「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」) [Entry] ( Put 1 「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」from your own Waiting Room into Backyard ) [Auto] When this character enters or levels up, you may put 1 «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» character to Face Up. [Main][Turn 1] ( Put 3 cards from your Waiting Room into Backyard ) Put 1 of your own characters other than this character from Stand to Rest. If you do, put 1 of your opponent's Friend to Rest.

「Hakurei Reimu」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Characters from Face Down to Face Up )
[Auto] When your own characters are put from Stand to Rest by a card effect, until the end of the turn, this character gains +2 ATK / +2 DEF.
[Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character deals battle damage to its battle opponent, resolve 1 out of the 2 below. This ability activates even when Face Down.
- You may put the Battle Opponent to Rest
- Put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room. If you do, put target opponent's Friend to Rest.

「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」

[Extra] (「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」)
[Entry] ( Put 1 「Yamaxanadu Shikieiki」from your own Waiting Room into Backyard )
[Auto] When this character enters or levels up, you may put 1 «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» character to Face Up.
[Main][Turn 1] ( Put 3 cards from your Waiting Room into Backyard ) Put 1 of your own characters other than this character from Stand to Rest. If you do, put 1 of your opponent's Friend to Rest.

Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga

「Kanzaki Mitsuki」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Saikin, Imouto no Yousu ga Chotto Okashiinda ga» Characters from Face Down to Face Up )
[Main][Partner][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room ) Draw 2 cards.
[Battle][Partner][Turn 1) ( Put 1 card from your Waiting Room into Backyard ) Until the end of the turn, this character gains +2 ATK / +2 DEF. If the card sent to backyard by this ability's cost is a Character card, this character gains +3 ATK / +3 DEF instead. This ability can be activated even when participating in battle.

「Teitoku Log」April 10th 2014 - 48 Hours Expeditions has Begun

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 19:54:00 +0000

Going to be taking a break on playing a lot for a while...

That Expedition 30... so OP yo... Much waiting, so not good...

Daily Development

Went cheap again with 10/10/10/10... What a surprise! Nothing!

Daily Construction

Cheap mode activate! 30/30/30/30 spread!!!

So I'm just going to be chilling for uh... 8 days... because Expedition 30... Yeah...

State of HQ

OP Submarines in PvP

Fukou da!!!不幸だ！！！

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:29:00 +0000

Take a quick trip down Misfortune Lane in this short video!!

Poor Kamijou Touma, such misfortune is his life... Tsch yeah right... That harem is OP yo! OP I say!!!

Go back through Season I and all the times misfortune hit one of the three protagonists!

「Cosplay Spotlight」The One Who Wields the Power of God

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 17:04:00 +0000

OP character is OP... Vector Control and just pure awesomeness is what the One-Way Road is!

Just a bunch of multi cosplayers... When I have the time to organize my pictures I'll do a proper tribute to each one, but none of them did a full on shoot of Accelerator so they'll probably be featured in a more wide variety Spotlight thing. Meh... Enjoy the awesomeness that is Accelerator though!

Toaru Heroes

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 14:29:00 +0000

ｗｗｗ。。。 The live broadcast made me cry as it was agonizingly slow...

Seriously... was mostly about Puzdex... At least there's 7 more announcements to go. I think I'll do a big post when they're all revealed. Or do one blog thought for each? Don't know yet... Anyway enjoy this M@D!!!

Spoilers to those who don't read the Light Novels actually...

「Cosplay Spotlight」Kibashii as Kanzaki Kaori

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 07:51:00 +0000

Restart of Cosplay Spotlight... or more like importing that segment to here finally...

To start off with, Kibashii -Final Dearest- shows off her awesomeness in this Kanzaki Kaori Gallery! Let the Toaru contents spamming begin!!

Shot with
Nikon D700
60mm ƒ/2.8
28-75mm ƒ/2.8
Combination of 1/30, 1/40, 1/50 1/60, 1/80, 1/100, 1/125, 1/160, 1/500, 1/640, 1/800 Shutter Speed
Combination of 200, 320, 400, 1250 ISO
Combination of ƒ/2.8, ƒ/4.0

I don't have the Photographer's name so if anyone can provide it, please leave me a message or comment so I can give credit where credit is due!

Like I requested above... if anyone can provide me with the photographer, that would be much appreciated!

You can get the rest here =3

Toaru Majutsu no Index 10th Year Anniversary

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 06:04:00 +0000

Man... It's been that long already?! Time passes by sooo fast...

So today marks the day of Project Index's 10th year Anniversary! Seriously... It's been that freaking long!

On April 10th 2004, writer Kamachi Kazuma and illustrator Haimura Kiyotaka brought us something legendary... A story where science and magic cross paths. An epic tale of three protagonists that just scream kick ass in their own rights...

Kudos to your hard work and research and may you continue to bring us all these awesome things. I totally can't wait for New Testament 10...

To celebrate this day, I shall be spamming a bunch load of Toaru related materials be it Character Spotlights/Exhibition, Cosplays, MADs, or whatever I can think of!

Don't forget to stay tuned for whatever news they'll be giving us later! I do hope to hear a Season 3 release... Like... seriously...

Pierce the Flower Garden with Your Umbrella

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:34:00 +0000

ｗｗｗｗ... You know what Anime that was taken from and modified... Or do you?

Yeah I'm referring to the Partner card of the Touhou spoils today if you didn't know from the header image. Like I said before... Kind of tired seeing all these Crayon Shin-chan stuff... Guh!

Sword Art Online

Pretty neat... Kazuto gives you a way out against those Hibiki... ushishishishishi~~

Crayon Shin-chan

	As "Hiroshi SUN", Hiroshi «Family»«Hero» [自]At the beginning of your Encore Phase, if 「Familiar Scent」 is in your Climax Area, you may send this card to memory. If you do, at the start of your next Draw Phase, choose 1 of your 「For the Future, Shinnosuke」 in your Waiting Room and put it to your Hand, then choose 1 「As "Hiroshi SUN", Hiroshi」 in your memory and put it in any slot on the stage, and it gains +3500 Power until end of turn.
	Driver, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [永]If you have 3 or more other «Family» or «Kindergarten» characters, this card gains +1500 Power.
	Greeting Everyone, Himawari «Family»«Jewel» [自]When this card is put on Stage from Hand, look at the top card of your Deck and put it either on top of your Deck or in your Waiting Room. [自]Bond/「Driver, Shinnosuke」 [①] (When this card is played on Stage from your Hand, you may pay the cost. If you do, put a 「Driver, Shinnosuke」 from your Waiting Room to your Hand).
	Defense Squad for the World's Fair, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [自][Put this card in Waiting Room] When this card is front attacked, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose up to 1 「Driver, Shinnosuke」 in your Hand and put it in this card's original slot.
	Familiar Scent [自]When this card is placed on your Climax Area from your Hand, draw 1 card, and choose 1 of your characters. That character gains +2000 Power and +1 Soul until end of turn.
	Adorable Little Sister, Himawari «Family»«Jewel»

Guuuuhhh~~~ Guuuuhhhh~~~

Touhou Kontonfu - Hanafuu-Hen

	「Ibuki Suika」 [Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse ) [Trespass] ( Return 2 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Friends back to Hand ) [Continuous] This character gains all «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» titles. This ability is active in all Zones. [Auto] When this character Enters or Levels Up or Auto-Levels Up, draw 1 card. If this character entered by [Trespass], until the end of the turn, you are unable to use [Trespass] again. [Penetrate]
	「Kazami Yuuka」 [Entry] ( Draw 2 cards, Put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room ) [Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When your own «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters Enter or Level Up, until the end of Battle Phase, reduce target character's DEF by 2. If you have 3 or more «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Friends, reduce target character's DEF by 4 instead. [Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters from Face Up to Face Down ) Until the end of the turn, this character gains [Penetrate]. If you have 2 or more «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» friends, additionally, draw 1 card.

「Ibuki Suika」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse )
[Trespass] ( Return 2 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Friends back to Hand )
[Continuous] This character gains all «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» titles. This ability is active in all Zones.
[Auto] When this character Enters or Levels Up or Auto-Levels Up, draw 1 card. If this character entered by [Trespass], until the end of the turn, you are unable to use [Trespass] again.
[Penetrate]

「Kazami Yuuka」

[Entry] ( Draw 2 cards, Put 1 card from Hand into Waiting Room )
[Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When your own «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters Enter or Level Up, until the end of Battle Phase, reduce target character's DEF by 2. If you have 3 or more «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» Friends, reduce target character's DEF by 4 instead.
[Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters from Face Up to Face Down ) Until the end of the turn, this character gains [Penetrate]. If you have 2 or more «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» friends, additionally, draw 1 card.

Well looks like the oni continues on breaking barrier limits in the set as even if you don't run her as a partner, you can still run her in other sets. Not bad too since she does have [Penetrate]. Yuuka on the other hand feels meh to me at the moment. You get to draw cards though and give her [Penetrate] which is ok I guess... After seeing Suika yesterday though... I'll probably build one with her as a partner just for some ｗｗｗ moments!

Curtain Call Video the 2nd!

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 05:02:00 +0000

Jam some more with the second Curtain Call video!

Music soothes the soul or something... Final Fantasy music is awesome. Plain and simple! I can't wait to meet Nobuo Uematsu again, but this time at Otakuthon... more about that in a post that I should have done quite a while ago for those not knowledgeable in what happens in Montreal...

This time is from Final Fantasy VIII to Final Fantasy XIV. Do note that Final Fantasy X-2 and Final Fantasy Type-0 aren't included at all in this video.. So that means a third one coming?

Theathrhythm will be available as a downloadable demo for those in possession of a Japanese 3DS that includes Edgar and Sabin's Theme from FFVI and Let the Battles Begin ~piano version~ from FFVII: Advent Children. Your saved data from the demo is transferable into the retail game -released 24th of this month in Japan- which will unlock 10 additional characters!

Still waiting on that Vol. 3 video...

「First Impressions」Seikoku no Dragonar

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Thu, 10 Apr 2014 04:45:00 +0000

Dragon riding is always fun... no?

As I said...
     I'm about to be born, and before I can entrust myself to you...
          I need to examine your body...

So the literal translation to this is "the Star-Marked Dragonar" or if you prefer, "Dragonar Academy". It's a light novel series -honestly no surprise there- written by Mizuchi Shiki and illustrated by Shimesaba Kohada. If you're the type that prefers reading then go ahead and pick them up -if you find them- as there's about 14 volumes published... Still ongoing too!

There's also a Manga adaptation with only 4 volumes out... Up to you to decide! I, on the other hand, should really stop reading things.. but reading is soooo much fun!!!

Learning to ride and tame dragons comes easy to most students at Ansarivan Dragonar Academy—except for first-year student Ash Blake, who is known by his fellow classmates as the "number one problem child." Poor Ash is the laughing stock at school because, despite his unfashionably large star-shaped brand that marks him as a future dragon master, he has nothing to show for it. His dragon has never appeared. Until now, that is. One fateful day, Ash's dragon awakes in full glory, but appears different than any dragon ever seen before—in the form of a beautiful girl! What's worse, Ash soon discovers that this new dragon has attitude to spare, as she promptly informs him that she is the master, and he, the servant. Ash's problems with dragon riding have only just begun.

So the pilot gives us a very short scene in the beginning where we know about the origin of the main character's -Ash Blake voiced by Takahashi Kouji-. What exactly does it entail? No freaking clue...

We then move forward into a very alluring dream. Fanservice alert! Harem route flag appears! So not surprising! And yeah it's sorted under the Harem genre so those who don't like Harem type Anime, go away now! Run as fast as you can!!! Anyway... Yeah...

So anyway, people are at war here but a "ceasefire" has been issued... Fat chance that's going to do behind the scenes. Anyway, we soon find out that Ash Blake is a problematic child due to not having a Pal yet. Poor shounen... He, however, is able to ride other Pals as long as their owner lets him that is.

Bah! He then gets into a small tussle with the cold Silvia Lautreamont -voiced by Sakura Ayana- and makes a wager. The deal done, the race is underway but don't forget about the raunchy dream thing!! Can't forget about that...

Blake obviously can't match an OP Dragon so he takes a break. Seriously... that was a flag right there right? Bad guy flag has been triggered and off towards he goes to investigate. Almost gets killed, but the girl almost falls to her death instead due to hesitation. What does he do? He saves her... flag triggered right there yo!

Episode ends with his Pal summoned and safely landing on ground from the fall...

As a first episode, it did its job to introduce us in the world's setting as well as the main focus. It sprouts intrigue into those who don't know squat about it as your curiosity about what exactly the bad guy's intentions are, who exactly is that girl at the end, what's exactly the Harem route, who the hell was the girl in the beginning, where the hell do these dragons come from, and whatever else you thought of...

Those who read it... well I honestly don't know what to feel... I'll probably see how they animate a few more things before I decide to drop it or not -which I usually don't since I've figuratively dropped only two Anime: Naru~~shit~~to and Ble~~chhhh~~ach-. Blogging potential... Nah... It'll probably just be featured in the Final Impressions segment...

Verdict
Watching
~~Blogging~~

「Teitoku Log」April 9th 2014 - More Leveling Up

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 19:35:00 +0000

More leveling because why not?

Not much today since I totally just slept for a long time... Then work so just sent ships towards 2-3 as usual -for Submarines of course-!

Daily Development

Setting Kirishima as a flagship I went for 10/30/60/30 to try and build some more 15.5cm Triple Gun Mount... All I got were the following: 20.3cm Twin Gun Mount, 12.7cm Twin High-angle Mount, 15.2cm Naval Gun, and a 7.7mm Machine Gun. Not exactly what I wanted but meh.

Daily Development

Since I already spent so much resources yesterday I went cheap mode again with 30/30/30/30 giving me 0:20, 1:00, 0:20, and 0:20 hour times respectively...

Geh... More Naka-chan da yo~~~

Sent my submarines on mission 29... Got to wait for hours before the deadly 8 days wait... ｗｗｗｗｗ

State of HQ

Fusou da~~~~

Suika Goes for Breaking the Limit

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Wed, 09 Apr 2014 13:18:00 +0000

Touhou fans rejoice -or cry- as Suika goes for a barrier destruction with the latest spoils!

Before I can get to the most exciting news, let's go through something we haven't stopped seeing since a while ago... the bombardment of Crayon Shin-chan cards... again... Oh but Sword Art Online first...

Sword Art Online Vol.2

So Riza-chin comes in and gives us another Accelerate effect. This time though, instead of the old fashioned Power Boost, we get a Salvage effect. If only you were a level 1 Riza... if only...

Crayon Shin-chan

	Battle Preparations, Hiroshi «Family»«Salaryman» [永]During your opponent's turn, for every «Family» or «Wafuku» you control, this card gains +500 Power. [自]When this card is put onto your Stage from your Hand or via a Change effect, loot at up to 4 cards from the top of your Deck,choose up to one «Family» character, reveal it to your opponent, put it into your Hand, put the rest into your Waiting Room, and this card gains +4000 Power until end of turn.
	Setting Up A Weapon, Hiroshi «Family»«Salaryman» [自]Change [② Put 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room and put this card into your Waiting Room] At the beginning of your Climax Phase, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose one 「Battle Preparations, Hiroshi」 from your Waiting Room and put it onto the original slot of this card. [起](Counter) Backup 3000, Level 2 [① Put this card from your Hand to the Waiting Room] (Choose one of your characters that's being front attacked, that character gains +2000 Power until end of the turn)[AUTO] Change (2, Discard 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room, send this card into your Waiting Room)
	A Man’s Promise, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [自]When this card attacks and a card named 「Extended Time」 is on your Climax Area, this card gains +3500 Power and the following ability until end of turn. 「[自]When this card Reverses it's Battle Opponent, you may place that card to the bottom of it's owner's Deck.」 [自]Encore [Put the top card of your Deck into your Clock] (When this card is put into Waiting Room from Stage, you may pay the cost. If you do put this card into its original border in REST)
	Oath of A Samurai Choose one of your Choose one of your «Family» characters and one of your «Wafuku» characters respectively; they gain +2500 Power until the end of your opponent’s next turn.
	Extended Time Draw Trigger (When this card is triggered, you may draw 1 card.) [永]All of your characters gain +1000 Power, and +1 Soul.
	Mighty Mother, Masae «Family»«Housewife»

Touhou Kontonfu - Hanafuu-Hen

	[Ibuki Suika] [Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters from Face Down to Face Up ) [Continuous][Partner] All of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» cards in all zones , gain all «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» titles. This ability activates even when Face Down. [Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character is declared as the Attacking or Guarding character, until the end of the turn, this character gains +ATK / +DEF according to the number of your Face Up «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» friends.
	[Medicine Melancholy] [Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse. ) [Continuous] If you have lesser characters on the arena than your opponent, this character gains +3 DEF. [Continuous] When this character participates in battle, nullify all of your battle opponent's skills.

[Ibuki Suika]

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» characters from Face Down to Face Up )
[Continuous][Partner] All of your «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» cards in all zones , gain all «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» titles. This ability activates even when Face Down.
[Auto][Partner][Turn 1] When this character is declared as the Attacking or Guarding character, until the end of the turn, this character gains +ATK / +DEF according to the number of your Face Up «OS:Touhou Kontonfu» friends.

[Medicine Melancholy]

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse. )
[Continuous] If you have lesser characters on the arena than your opponent, this character gains +3 DEF.
[Continuous] When this character participates in battle, nullify all of your battle opponent's skills.

You read that right folks! Suika gives all of your Touhou Kontonfu cards in all Zones -meaning Deck, Extra Deck, Hand, Waiting Room, Backyard... tout le kit!- all Touhou titles. The Touhou titles already being awesome as they are just got even more crazy if Suika-chan is your partner.

Think of all the possibilities now! Damnit! I must collect more Touhou cards... Freaking Bushitroll keep on milking my wallet and bank account...

「Teitoku Log」April 8th 2014 - Level Up Time

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 19:27:00 +0000

The next maintenance patch is fast approaching! Grind, Grind, Grind some more and send out those Submarines!

9 April 2014 11:00 JST - 17:00 JST

April 9th maintenance:
New BGM;
Kai art update for a "sisterless" CVL;
New voice lines for two more CVLs.

Yup another maintenance is afoot soon! About T-minues 7 hours give or take a few I think...

Daily Development

So with a combination of Hibiki as flagship and 10/10/10/10, I got myself a 7.7mm Machine Gun. Yay more equipment to scrap!!

Daily Construction

330/430/530/430 gave me a timer of 2:00... Right away I said screw it and went for 30/30/30/30 for the next three =.=

Got Tama twice... I'm not getting anything good recently when constructing... I wonder if I'll have better luck with a LSC > 3<

Remodels

Today, I have sacrificed a few resources to remodel daughters I should have remodeled ages ago... Finally got my Kiso Kai Ni and I got Choukai to Kai status! Woop Woop! Don't worry... once I get more higher leveled ships, I will Kai and Kai Ni every single available daughters! mwahahahaha... Yes I shall spend money on extra slots...

I should get the Kai art version even though nothing really changes aside from the background... Meh... I'll do that another time...

State of HQ

Spent a few resources to get the last few levels of Kiso hitting Kai Ni so I haven't really saved up that much... Need to start doing Bauxite Expeditions soon...

「First Impressions」Kenzen Robo Daimidaler

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:31:00 +0000

What.. the... hell... did I just watch?!?

     This is our signature!
          Our pride!
               Our wonderful front tails!

So comedy is a foot and if that's what you're looking for then look no further. Also like to see retarded looking robots in action? This is the thing for you then!

The comedy centers around a high school boy named Madanbashi Kouichi who has Hi-ERo particles, the power source to operate the robotic weapon Daimidaler.

With the help of Sonan Kyouko from the mysterious Prince Beauty Parlor organization, he stands up against the Penguin Empire that troubles humanity.

Like I said, if you like comedy then this one is for you! In order to fight against the mighty Penguin Empire, the Beauty Agency is looking for a new devicer for their Daimidaler that can emit strong Hi-ERo particles.

That's right folks and obviously it ends up being a massive pervert! Where he can only emit said particles after doing something perverted -ie grabbing someone's breasts-.

The first episodes plunges you into this strange world where enemies wear skin tight Penguin suits with front tails. Yes those are front tails... their signature and their pride. The Penguin Robot also has a front tail! Such awesomeness totally can't be mistaken for something else could it?!

Honestly this thing was hilarious. Made me chuckle in a few places and others I just had a dumbfounded expression on my face due to the sheer stupidity of it all. If you want something laid back to watch one day, give it a go...

Verdict
Watching
~~Blogging~~

Shingeki no Free

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:41:00 +0000

Browsing through DeviantArt, Tumblr, and Pixiv when I'm bored... This is what happens...

So just browsing through pictures today and I just stumble upon a bunch of Shingeki no Kyojin and Free crossover pictures. First reaction... "Dafuq?!"

Then obviously I had to go search for something on Nico and I found just the thing! If they ever make this into a reality, this is what it should be like -live action of course-!

Soooooo goooood~~~!!!

That is all... Yeah... I'm bored today...

More Family Gatherings for You

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 17:16:00 +0000

Family is important and today we get more lovely gatherings for your needs... card form obviously!

Sword Art Online Vol.2

So reuniting with Yui nets us a Level 3 Uncommon. Not bad, people can go back to making budget blue decks! What joy and fun! Sadly for the hardcore Healers out there, this one is a Draw up to 2 and discard a card kind of thing. Although with the rise of Anti-Heals...

Anyway, she also comes with a climax combo that's okay I guess. You get to send an opponent's Level 3 or lower character on their front stage -dubbed as center stage- to the bottom of their Deck. Guess you can throw in a few more soul damage late game with that depending on situation. Meh...

Crayon Shin-chan

	Family Joy, Masae «Family»«Housewife» [自][Put 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room]When a card named 「New Family」 is placed on your Climax Area, if you have two or more «Family» characters and this card is on your Front Row, you may pay the cost. If you do, choose up to 1 「Mischievous Child, Himawari」 from your Hand and put it onto any Slot on your Stage.
	Mischievous Child, Himawari «Family»«Jewel» [永]If you have three or more other «Family» or «Kindergarten» characters, this card gains +1000 Power. [自]Encore [Put the top card of your Deck into your Clock] (When this card is put into Waiting Room from Stage, you may pay the cost. If you do, put this card back into its original slot in REST position).
	The Kindergarten Student That Didn’t Cause A Storm, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [自]Bond / 「Mischievous Child, Himawwari」 [Put the top card of your Deck into Clock] (When this card is played on Stage from your Hand, you may pay the cost. If you do, put a 「Mischievous Child, Himawari」 from your Waiting Room to your Hand).
	New Family [自]When this card is put in your Climax Area from your Hand, draw 1 card, and choose one of your characters, it gains +2000 Power and +1 Soul until end of turn.
	Always In High Spirits, Shinnosuke «Family»«Kindergarten» [自]When this card is put on Stage from your Hand, reveal the top card of your Deck. If that card is a «Family» or «Kindergarten», put it into your Hand, then put 1 card from your Hand to your Waiting Room. (Return the revealed card to it's original position otherwise).

Yeah... kind of getting tired of all these Crayon Shin-chan cards now...

Touhou Kontonfu - Hanafuu-Hen

	「Shameimaru Aya」 [Entry] ( Put 1 card from your Hand into Waiting Room, target 1 Set card and put it into Waiting Room ) [Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Extra Deck from Face Down to Face Up ) Resolve 1 out of the 2 below. - Draw 2 cards. - Deal 3 damage to target character. [Main][Partner][Turn 1] ( Put at least 7 cards or above from your Extra From Face Up to Face Down ) Until the end of your turn, all of your characters gain +3 ATK / +3 DEF.
	「Inubashiri Momiji」 [Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse ) [Trespass] ( Put 1 of your Face Up Friends into Waiting Room, Put your 「Shameimaru Aya」from Face Down to Face Up ) [Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Extra Deck from Face Down to Face Up ) Until the end of the turn, this character and your own 「Shameimaru Aya」gain [Penetrate] [First Strike]

「Shameimaru Aya」

[Entry] ( Put 1 card from your Hand into Waiting Room, target 1 Set card and put it into Waiting Room )
[Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Extra Deck from Face Down to Face Up ) Resolve 1 out of the 2 below.
- Draw 2 cards.
- Deal 3 damage to target character.
[Main][Partner][Turn 1] ( Put at least 7 cards or above from your Extra From Face Up to Face Down ) Until the end of your turn, all of your characters gain +3 ATK / +3 DEF.

「Inubashiri Momiji」

[Entry] ( Put 1 of your characters from Face Up Stand to Face Down Reverse )
[Trespass] ( Put 1 of your Face Up Friends into Waiting Room, Put your 「Shameimaru Aya」from Face Down to Face Up )
[Main][Turn 1] ( Put 1 card from your Extra Deck from Face Down to Face Up ) Until the end of the turn, this character and your own 「Shameimaru Aya」gain [Penetrate]
[First Strike]

Niffy interaction here with Aya and Momiji. The Extra Deck manipulation is fun since it gives two characters [Penetrate]. Not to mention after 7 cards are face up Aya gets to move in for the kill and boost everyone by a +3 across your ATK/DEF parameters. With this, I don't know whether I want to run Sanae or Aya now... I wonder what other partners we'll be getting?

「First Impressions」Akuma no Riddle

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 15:03:00 +0000

Wait what? Say what now? Akuma no Riddle hits the Anime screen folks!!

     The world is fulfilled by _ _ _ _ _

Akuma no Riddle started of in the Newtype magazine with the September 2012 issue and is written by Kouga Yun and illustrated by Minakata Sunao. You like action and yuri? Well you're probably looking at the right series!

Ichinose Haru is a student at a private girls' boarding school, Myōjō Academy, who is being targeted by 12 assassins disguised as students. Azuma Tokaku is a transfer student and an assassin who also initially targets Haru, but eventually develops feelings for her and decides to protect her from the other assassins.

The episode starts off with a small portrayal of the main protagonist, showing her epic awesomeness in the first few scenes of the Anime. Then there's the oh so lovable man behind the scenes! You got to love Dickface -voiced by Sugita Tomokazu-!

Tokaku -voiced by Suwa Ayaka- is a trained assassin and enters a classroom to deal with a target Haru -voiced by Kanemoto Hisako-. The rest of the classroom? Filled with nothing but female assassins. Their goal? Deal with the target...

The first episode serves as an introduction to the cast and gives us small hints here and there about character traits and psychologies. Crazies everywhere I tell you! Never will mess with a female assassin... It brings an all new kick to the saying "hell hath no fury like a woman scorned".

Dark scenes here and there and it puts an emphasis on forgetting about the normalf@gs. I apologize since that's not a term I can actually use to describe the normal folks here. I just love using it to describe the non important... =3...

Honestly I don't want to say much since I would be spoiling and what not... A lot actually. The Manga only being about 2 volumes doesn't really help either since it's still ongoing -really slowly might I add-...

All I'm going to say about this though is: if you're looking into an Anime with legendary female characters and some yuri-tastic pairings along with psychological and just plain badasserie, give this a shot! I personally enjoyed it and I can't wait to see things move forward... Hopefully I don't get disappointed since that happens quite a lot...

Verdict

   Watching
   Blogging

First Thoughts on Journey into Nyx

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Tue, 08 Apr 2014 13:14:00 +0000

So Journey into Nyx finally started being spoiled and it's looking pretty awesome right now...

Rule of thumb nowadays -after Return to Ravnica- I make sure that I at least get my hands on a case of the new set. Whether it ends up bad or not -splitting with 1 to 3 people lessens the burden quite a bit-.

But with the spoils right now, I might go for a second... might being a key word since it all depends on the remaining spoiler list.

Constellation: we already knew Enchantress effects were going to be present in the block. Whether it be a new Enchantress card, reprinted Enchantress cards, or whatever, we honestly didn't know. Instead, Wizards of the Coast throws us a new mechanic entitled constellation that triggers upon the arrivals of enchantments on the battlefield.

As you can see, Eidolon of Blossoms gives us our long awaited Enchantress effect and this set gives us more things other than draw cards. So it looks like my Domain Enchantment Gods EDH is happening!

Strive: so with all these Heroic stuff going on, I always felt that something was missing. Sure Aura's are great and all and stuff like God's Willing do great things, but it just didn't feel complete to me.

There were great many a times where I wished I could have triggered different Heroic effects with one spell, but that was an impossibility... Until this set comes out that is! Strive gives us a Multikicker like ability where you can pay the additional cost multiple times for each different target.

This looks pretty niffy. 4 mana, you get to save two guys and trigger two Heroic abilities -provided the targets have Heroic-... Still waiting on more Strive to show up. Then and only then will I be making my Hero-nanigans EDH I came up with...

Les pièces de résistance! I've been waiting for my Izzet God for a while now and I really am not disappointed. The amount of times I just draw lands and not answers in my EDH group far surpasses the amount of times I combo out... Yep, those top deck lands are a pain in the ass! And what the hell is up with Godsend!

Godsend is a smack into the face in the current standard format. It passes through and he hits one of your favorite spells? Then you're pretty much screwed until you get rid of it. That is if the one doing the banishing permits you in the first place. Spending resources on getting rid of one card is never a good thing and in a good deck it looks like you will have to...

What's your first impressions on Journey into Nyx? Think of picking up a few boxes? A case? Don't give a flying fudge?

「Teitoku Log」April 7th 2014 - Week 15 - Day 1 - Weeklies Completed

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 19:29:00 +0000

Yep, weekly quests (except the ones requiring 4-4 and 5-2 and 20 PvP wins) have been completed!!

I'm fast! =3... No not really... Just couldn't sleep so I had nothing better to do but play Kancolle and watch Anime... Need to get working on the rest of those 「First Impressions」... So lazy though...

Daily Development

You should all know the story by now... 10/10/10/10 with a destroyer as flagship netted me nothing. Was hoping for another Drum Canister though =.=

Daily Construction

So since I still don't have Zuikaku or Shoukaku, I decided to try and build them. Combo of 330/430/530/430 and 300/300/400/500 netted me a timer of 3:00 and 1:00 respectively. Disappointed I decided to go 30/30/30/30 for the last two since I wanted to continue saving resources

The good news is that I have more AA for modernization I guess... *sigh*

Remodels!

w00t! I finally got some more ships to remodel level! Really need to start leveling my weaker daughters...

Yes I admit... I'm abusing Mogami and Isuzu again... Sacrifices have to be made though... You will be forevermore remembered and I will forevermore pray to you and all the ones following you... Praise be to Mogami and Isuzu!

State of HQ

So I just sent Hachi and a low level Imuya on the 20 hour long submarine quest... Need to get this done before event starts!

Journey into Nyx Previews

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 17:20:00 +0000

So many releases coming out this month -alongside next month-... Must resist the temptation on buying stuff again...

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Set Information

Rival the Gods

Your path has taken you to Theros, a plane beset by chaos. A mortal Planeswalker has forced his way into the pantheon of gods, who are outraged and threatened by his ascent. Drawing on the power of the god-realm of Nyx, they send creatures of pure enchantment to crush mortal armies. The heroes of Theros strive mightily as they face their greatest challenge: standing their ground against the gods. There can be no peace until the upstart is thrown down.

Here on Theros, you will forge a destiny to echo through the ages. Perhaps you will lead your fellow mortals on the battlefield, bolstered by your courage—or champion the pantheon as they struggle to right the natural order. Embrace your fate and become a legendary hero fit to rival the gods.

Set Information

Journey into Nyx features 165 black-bordered cards, including randomly inserted premium versions of all cards in the set. Journey into Nyx is available in booster packs, intro packs*, event decks* and fat packs*.

Set Name: Journey into Nyx 
Number of Cards: 165 
Twitter Hashtag: #MTGJOU

(* - Not available in all languages)

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Planet Destroyer Black Heart Almost Ready for Launch

noreply@blogger.com (MacquiNanone) — Mon, 07 Apr 2014 15:38:00 +0000

May 29th is fast approaching and that means more almost more Black Heart!!!

So Sting finally stopped with the horrible game that is Date A Live: Rinne Utopia and went back with good old Strategy RPGs they're so good with. With that, the latest one coming soon is a spin-off of the Neptunia series entitled Planet Destroyer Black Heart!

Dive into a world of Strategy RPG with the moe personification of the Playstation in your own PSVita handheld. Along with the usual crew, you get 18 new friends to play with! Many friends! Much Fun! So excite!

Check out the newest trailer below!

Slated to come out May 29th of this year folks. Have you already pre-ordered your game? Are you going to order your game?