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otome-reviews · 4 years

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SLBP Genya Fujibayashi Route Review [SPOILERS]

“If you need someone to rely on, make sure I’m the one you come to, okay?”

I did not have high hopes when I first started reading Genya’s route. He’s billed as the slacker of SLBP, which doesn’t appeal to me one bit (strike one). Also, he was released alongside the inimitable Hattori Hanzo (strike two). And finally, he pretty much made MC do all the legwork in his ES (strike three). But hey, minds can change, right?

Some background: back before MC’s ninja clan turned pacifist, she was friends with two boys, Saku(ya) and Gen(ya). Saku was in love with MC, and Gen, the older, earnest, hard working brother, was simply a friend. And then MC’s village quit ninja-ing, had to go into hiding, and the trio disbanded.

...Until now. MC runs into Gen while he’s on duty as Masamune’s body double (!). He kindly offers MC a place to lie low/plot after she learns that Nobunaga betrayed her village, and she takes him up on his offer. It doesn’t take long for MC to realize that Genya’s a little different from how she remembered him. He’s flirty, and kind of a tease (“You’re worried about being next to an amazing guy like me day and night, right?”). He’s lazy (“A life of ease and pleasure, that’s the best way to go”). And his place in Oshu is a shitty, abandoned temple on the outskirts of town that’s falling apart (this actually becomes a convenient plot device late in the story!).

But he’s a nice guy (this is pretty obvious from the get-go), and life with Genya is pretty pleasant for MC! She stumbles into a healing gig after helping one of Gen’s friends out, and it turns out to be super fulfilling. The two of them spend lots of time relaxing under a cherry tree and chatting with the local kids (who adorably remind MC of her/Saku/Gen ^_^). And for all of Gen’s self-proclaimed laziness, it turns out that he’s got her back when it really counts! Case in point: when MC oversleeps one morning, he does all of her medicine deliveries for her, nbd. Not what you’d expect from a guy who sleeps/gambles all day, right?

In fact, one of the biggest repeat “reveals” of this route is that under the uber-slacker facade, Gen is ready to work as hard as it takes to help out those he cares about. As an example, MC realizes at some point that Gen always takes on the more gruesome ninja jobs, so Saku won’t have to, even though he hates the Iga clan (who doesn’t?? haha). In one of my favorite moments in the route, he also puts his life into MC’s hands (literally) in order to help out Masamune, despite having the option of walking away. This kind of roundabout but “secretly hard working” side of Genya is super attractive to me, ngl!

Speaking of attraction, this is definitely a slow burn romance. MC and Genya have years of friendship history together, and it takes both of them time to stop seeing each others as just old friends (it’s maybe a little easier for MC, given Gen’s flirtiness, ^_^). In any case, MC and Gen’s relationship progression is generally chill/low-key until it really counts, kind of like the dude himself. I thought it was really well done! (This given the fact that Gen’s fake slacker personality still doesn’t do it for me, mind you.)

Plot wise, this route starts out very slice-of-life-y, but everything goes crazy pretty fast. For starters, Gen’s job as Masamune’s body double isn’t without its dangers, and MC does get roped into things repeatedly. It’s all worth it though, because Masamune is a super sweet and grateful employer. ^_^ And then, there’s Gen’s bro Sakuya, who’s been tasked with killing MC. Add in some first love angst, the fractious relationship between Gen and Saku, and Hanzo for good measure... let’s just say, things get pretty dramatic. I enjoyed it!

Overall, I thought Genya’s story was an excellent read. You might think the route is pretty chill while reading it, because Gen is a super chill guy, but the writers manage to pack in an impressive amount of character/relationship development and drama into several short chapters! And instead of telling us what Gen is like and what his relationship with others are like, they show us. I might not find Gen to be the sexiest otome guy out there, but I did end up liking him a lot as a person. He’s a good guy, surrounded by good people (hi Oshu clan), and MC’s life has been made tons better by throwing her lot in with this lazy ninja!

Choice quotes:

“Gender matters not at all when it comes to talent.” - Masamune, proving once again why he is dream boyfriend material

“You’ve got a strength about you, one that lets you choose your own way of life and stick with it.”

Personality: 9/10 from platonic perspective, 3/10 romantically. Gen is unequivocally a nice guy, but he tries his hardest to hide it! I personally liked him a lot as a character, but tbh his flirty slacker facade is too strong for me to be attracted at all. YMMV! I know a lot of people love him.

Appearance: 8/10. No body double of Masamune’s is gonna be ugly. ;)

MC: 7/10. This MC was alright! She wasn’t as assertive as I typically like my MC’s to be, but she gets things done.

Plot/Payoff: 9/10.

Personal enjoyment: 8/10. Liked this way more than I thought I would, given the lack of attraction!

#slbp #slbp genya #genya fujibayashi #fujibayashi genya #iga #ninjas #route #review #lazy ninja #oshu is the best

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electricprincess96 · 4 years

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Favorite starter from each generation and favorite character from each generation? Go!

Just quickly from like Gen 1 through 4 I like all the starters and have used all the starters pretty evenly. These will just be my personal favourites but picking a fav amongst those 4 generations was harder that the others. Also Cyndaquil remains my favourite starter because it was my first ever starter.

Gen 1: Charmander

Gen 2: Cyndaquil - Favourite Starter overall

Gen 3: Treeko

Gen 4: Piplup

Gen 5: Oshawott - Snivy a close second

Gen 6: Fenniken - Honestly this is the only gen that I regularly box my starter after I get the Kanto starter

Gen 7: Popplio - Rowlett a close second

Gen 8: Sobble - So far it's all I've used so this might change

Favourite Character from each gen..... Ok I'm gonna have to like include Fire Red/Leaf Green as Gen 1 same with Heart Gold/Soul Silver and Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. So when I say someone for Gen 3 is my fav just assume I'm referring to their remake version.

Gen 1: Blue Oak - This Gen doesn't have much to work with but he is the most famous rival in the series for a reason, they made you WANT to beat this guy.

Gen 2: Silver - I swear my answers won't always be the Rival. One of the best Rival arcs in the series, was the only proper rival for a long time to even have a proper arc.

Gen 3: Steven Stone - I just like him, especially in Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire.

Gen 4: Cynthia - Still the hardest Champion Battle I've had in any game, her moments with Cyrus in Platinum are good at showing the difference in world views between the two. Plus she's got a fucking Garchomp how can you not love that?

Gen 5: N - Do I even need to explain this one? The emotional conflict in Gen 5 is driven by this poor confused, abused and lonely young man who only is doing what he thinks is right but later realised his entire life has been a lie. It's heartbreaking but the fact he gets back up after it all is inspiring, he even tries to come to the rescue 2 years later when his good for nothing abusive father is trying to wreck shit again.

Gen 6: Professor Sycamore - Now I'll admit X and Y did not leave a massive impact on me but Professor Sycamore did, from actually battling the player to being friends with the Bad Guy and feeling guilty about not noticing the red flags sooner I wish we could have seen more of Professor Sycamore in game, I think there's a lot of interesting material there. Sina and Dexio are close seconds just for how memorable their antics are.

Gen 7: Lillie - Similar to N I don't feel like I really need to explain this one. Sun and Moon at its core is a story about Lillie, about how she handles her abusive mother and how slowly she learns to become her own person rather than the one her mother wants her to be but that she doesn't become bitter, she still wants to save her mother even after what she's been through. Lillie is great.

Gen 8 - oh hard one, I'd have to say Piers. Getting to work alongside him in the post game section and during the storming of Rose Tower was great.

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mrnerdteacher · 5 years

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Welcome, Grookey, to the Honorable Fraternity of Under-Appreciated Starters

As Gita Jackson so aptly said on Kotaku, upon the reveal of the “Sword” and “Shield” starting Pokemon:

“People are already picking favorites. I love Scorbunny, though I also have a soft spot for Sobble. Grookey is also present.” Yes, if memes are indeed an expression of fan-love, it would seem that people are not overly “fauna” of the newest addition to the “grass type” family. But fear not, little guy; you are at least in good company. Here, submitted for your collective disapproval, are the most overlooked/undervalued starter Pokemon from each generation.

Gen 1: Bulbasaur

Having two brothers when the o.g. Pokemon released, we each, through no prior agreement or instruction, picked a different starter. The oldest picked Charmander, the youngest Squirtle. I, also the under-loved middle child, chose Bulbasaur. No regrets, but it always kinda bothered me that this meant I didn’t get to have my final evolution on the face of the game box. I knew that in Japan it was Blastoise who got the cold shoulder, but that did little to appease 12 year old Jeremy. Maybe the recent trend of pro-Bulbasaur Propaganda would have helped, although it’s a few decades late imho.

Gen 2: Cyndaquil

At first glance there are no clear losers, which might be part of the reason why this set is widely regarded as the best of all time. However, as teenagers, my brothers and I were always disappointed in final stage of the fire starter, Cyndaquil. For comparison, Croconaw becomes a bad-ass alligator, and Bayleef a flower-maned brontosaurus. But the forgettable Quilava just kinda stands up. If you think I’m exaggerating, imagine having clay sculptures of the middle evolutions, and realize how much less work it would take to reform it into Typhlosion. Kinda too easy, right?

Gen 3: Mudkip

There’s a reason only one of these evolution lines got snubbed by the Pokken Tournament organizers. You’ve got a gecko, a chicken, and a… what even is that, anyway? Turn out he’s based on an Axolotl, which is at the top of zero “favorite animal” checklists. No wonder, Urban Dictionary lists the phrase “So I Herd you Leik Mudkipz” as an insult.

Gen 4: Chimchar

My first instinct was to go with Turtwig, as I feel his evolution line is the hardest for people to remember, but then I realized that Gen 4 was the origin of Fire/Fighting Fatigue. It’s now a running joke in the Pokemmunity that every fire starter will end as a yawn-inducing Fire/Fighting anime cliche, and it wasn’t until Infernape pulled off the hat trick in this generation that people really caught on/got salty. Thanks a lot, guys.

Gen 5: Oshawott/Tepig Can I be honest for a second? This is the only Gen in the series I never played, so I’m a little torn on this one and would love some feedback. Tepig definitely seemed to be the most boring design of the three (his name is one letter away from Tepid, for Christ’s sake), but I think Oshawott’s final evolution is kinda lost in the sands of time. I’m just ruling out Snivy because he was so beloved at his reveal that some, like Kotaku’s Brian Ashcraft, still prefer his fan-given pseudonym, Smugleaf. I happen to agree.

Gen 6: Chespin Another tough call, but here’s my logic: Greninja is such a beloved ‘Mon that he plays major roles in both Smash Bros and the upcoming Detective Pikachu movie. I also eliminated Fennekin because of Japan’s endless love for foxes and Braixen’s endlessly adorable inclusion in Pokken Tournament. Chespin, as much as I thought his design was a breath of fresh air after way too many “flower dinosaurs,” just doesn’t have the clout. Plus, Louise Belcher wears it better.

Gen 7: Popplio

When Pokemon Sun and Moon were revealed, the disdain for this clown-seal was immediate and intense. People thought he looked too silly, too cute, too ugly; you name it. Furthermore, the devs faced actual backlash from the fandom, and responded to multiple interviews in which they were asked, “How does it feel to know people hate Popplio so much?”, making him the ultimate underdog/puppy-thing. At least his evolution line gets the last laugh by turning into a magical underwater opera singer. Litten’s final stage is so predictable and Bro-y it actually made my wife NOT pick the cat starter, which says a lot (trust me).

Gen 8: Grookey

Which of course, brings us to today, where this “curious, tricky bastard” rates a solid Shrug-and-a-half on the MEH scale. But don’t worry, little guy. You’ll always have a place on my team. My older brothers already picked the cooler ones anyway. :-P

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nautilusopus · 6 years

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I haven't played Pokemon games in years, but I'm considering trying one out. Any recommendations? Or should I just look at the most recent release, I think it's Sun & Moon?

Depends on what you want out of your game. I think Sun and Moon are excellent games in the series but also have some noteworthy flaws – they’re definitely paced very well, there’s a lot to do, and this is really the first Pokemon game that’s upped its ante, but it does still have its issues. They brought EXP scaling back from gen 5 (because everyone loved that so much), the Festival Plaza, the new Online Hub Thing, is just… genuinely awful (there is literally no way to view your own profile/stats. None. They never put that in as a feature. You have to fucking ask a friend to view it for you and tell you what it says), and I sure hope you like Fearows! And nothing else! Ever!

Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon (this gen’s Crystal/Emerald/Platinum) fixed the issue of there being Infinite Fearows everywhere and anything that isn’t a Fearow stupidly rare, and added some more cool stuff to the postgame, even if I’m still super mad about what they did with Lusamine in that version, and gave it some graphical updates and at least attempted to make all the clothes less terrible by adding shirts that aren’t the same empire cut in different colours.

Sumo/USUM have their perks, too. This is definitely the most RPG-ish that a Pokemon game has ever felt to me (and I do mean this in a good way). It takes a lot of interesting risks, and some of these risks were ill-advised (Festival Plaza), and some of them really made it stand out as a game (no gyms in this one!/no more HMs thank god hallelujah). As far as Pokemon games go, this is also one of the more difficult ones. If that’s the kind of experience you’re after, it’s absolutely worth playing, but I couldn’t say for sure if that’s the kind of thing you’re after to get you back into the series. It’s very cutscene heavy in the beginning, and depending on who you are that could be a dealbreaker or a draw. Gen 7 doesn’t want you to miss ANYTHING and will hold the shit out of your hand for a little while until it feels comfortable letting you swim in the deep end of the pool.

If you’re just looking for straight difficulty, I’d say definitely either Ultra Sun/Moon, or Platinum, which I think is still the hardest title to date. Cynthia is still best champion. Actual difficulty, too, not janky level curve difficult. There were a lot of battles that wound up genuinely challenging, and Platinum brought back the the trend Crystal started of having a rich postgame (and introduced Looker!). However, the engine for Gen 4 is just… agonisingly slow. That’s the one huge drawback these games have in particular.

If you do pick Gen 4, pick Platinum. There’s zero reason to play Diamond or Pearl. They’re weird, less good beta versions of Platinum where they hadn’t quite worked out a lot of design kinks and it shows. (Entering a gatehouse forces you off your bike, Surf speed is half your walking speed, the ONLY other Fire type available in the whole game besides the starter is Ponyta, and a lot of Pokemon that were introduced in this gen are unobtainable unless you import some stuff from Gen 3 to evolve?????? why Game Freak.)

This might be a weird thing to say, but if you want to get reintroduced, I could also recommend X and Y, which are vastly underrated and I think actually some of the stronger titles released. It has the vastly superior PSS for online functions, and while it is one of the easier games in the series, what really makes this game for me is the sheer Pokemon variety available, and how quickly the game lets you start teambuilding. There’s a huge variety of Pokemon available on nearly every route, and putting teams together that you’ve tracked down yourself is one of my favourite parts of trying a new Pokemon game. There’s this one awkward bit between badges 1 and 2 where you do a dumb thing with someone’s dog and a Snorlax because Gen 6 was trying very hard to reel the Genwunner crowd back in and not every method it used to do this was exactly graceful, and your dumb friends can be annoying sometimes, but the game is otherwise fairly fast-paced, with plenty of neat little distractions sprinkled throughout the region to where you never feel too restricted.

Plus, the clothes options are better. Just objectively. Cheaper, too.

On that note, ORAS incorporated a lot of the great features XY did, and is a great blend of those quality of life improvements coupled with the familiarity of a solid, older title. Not much to say about this one because Gen 3 is good and Gen 6 is good and they’re two great tastes that taste great together and complemented each other well. Only real downside to ORAS is, well… 8.5/10 too much water. Maybe it’s because I’ve played Gen 3 around 57 times (not an exaggeration), but the water routes are kind of annoying to get through.

WHOA CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT but I really do feel like the Pokemon games have only gotten better with each installment. Kalos and Alola in particular feel so much more like living breathing worlds, and going back and playing Gen 1 again, even the remakes, puts it into stark contrast just how much has changed for the better in terms of making it feel like you’re actually exploring a region.

TL;DR: Pick Ultra Sun/Moon if you want a challenging, richer game experience with a solid story (even though Sun/Moon’s plot is technically better grumble grumble Lusamine Lusamine), XY if you really enjoyed teambuilding and fighting a wide variety of Pokemon and are into the aesthetic of the games, Platinum if you just want a challenge and don’t mind the Slow, and ORAS if you want Emerald with more quality of life and XY with more freedom.

Don’t start with HGSS. I know everyone loves it, and they’re definitely good titles, and yes it’s really cool you get to have your Pokemon behind you and explore two whole regions, but that level curve is a huuuuge bitch so if you’re not already willing to tolerate that for the sake of doing the whole other half of the game it can be very frustrating when it hits, and coupled with the slow engine, grinding becomes an exercise in frustration very quickly.

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cutekaiju · 7 years

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Pokemon Moon Namelocke Episode 5: Encounters of a Random Kind

Current Party:

Kitten the Alonan Meowth - Level 16

Misgender’d the Illumise - Level 25

POOPERMAN the Farfetch’d - level 22

Kyuubi the Vulpix - level 23

Patrick the Panpour - level 22

Capricorn the shiny Skiddo - level 25

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As the title suggests I was still thirsty for those encounters so after Zigzagoon was acquired I decided to comb around the first location on my Lapras for some more lovely mons while leveling up Kitten at the same time. Kind of feels like a waste of time, but dark type will eventually come in handy and fake out will help me catch some of these mons.

I went all the way back to that cave by the meadow so I can surf around outside of it and discovered it’s Kala’e Bay on the map, which is a new location so went for my encounter there.

The grass on the outskirts of the area I ran into a female Donald Trump.

Named it Stephanie, because why not? Now let’s see what it’s Bold nature will buy me.

The second shiny to show up in this locke. We have ShakeDatBooty the Oddish. I’m kind of torn about this.... I already have my shiny Capricorn, who is my starter.... and I’m not the type to really consider replacing a starter, but the thing is the Chlorophyll ability would work great with Vulpix’s drought.... but in order to pull that off I’d have to switch out and then in and a grass type really wouldn’t be the best to ever switch into anything unless you are an impish tank like Capricorn. Even though I’d like to Shake that Body so I don’t hurt nobody he will have to remain on stand by.

The Mememe sea right by the H’aoli Beach Front is also a new location where I caught myself another irrelevant 4th gen Pokemon (Finneon) This Pokemon really disappoints me, because they could have done a lot more work with the design for the type of fish it is.

It had a hardy nature, which isn’t that big of a deal anymore since my last few trips to Wonder Trade helped me stock that box a little.

..... I don’t even know what to call this little bug I got in exchange. For right now it will just have to be The Symbol Master. Already got my VIP bug on the squad so in the box it goes.

Now with those encounters out of the way it’s time to continue the journey. Got Kitten leveled up so hopefully I won’t be losing anymore Meowths before getting a Persian.

Once the irrelevant rock tree got out the way (I really dislike sudowoodo blocking paths as though it’s a Snorlax or something actually useful) it was time to hit up the next route for yet another encounter.

Jade is the only name acceptable for a female Lillipup since that’s the name of my Yorkie who was sleeping on my back when I caught this little fellow. The exchange for this Pokemon in the quiet box was a...

I traded a dog for a DOGE. I’ve never actually used a Furfrou before, so this is something to consider for the future.... especially since I don’t think I’ll be taking advantage of Farfetch’d normal type that much, but in the box it goes. Seems kind of lame I know, but my team is fine the way it is really.

What’s most important though.... DID SOMEBODY ORDER A SCRIPTED BATTLE / MINI GAME THAT I’LL NEVER REVISIT?

I don’t know why I’m complaining I’d take Battle Royal over gen 3 contests any day and Misgender agrees. She was actually pretty good in it using struggle bug which attacks everyone on the field though only thing we accomplished really was taking Hau out of the game.

Now back to the actual story, which always leads to more encounters I took a small stroll in Volcano Park where I caught a Fletchling that I named Cinder.... inspired by RWBY obviously and then went to battle some swimmers and explored some hills where I caught MC DigDug the Diglett as a Route 7 encounter.

During the trainer battles Capricorn leveled up and due to the disappointment of Worry Seed not destroying a Schooling I the move for bullduze to give myself some coverage against steel and poison types though Capricorn will obviously not be making any appearances in the upcoming totem battle.

I’m still feeling comfortable with the team.... only regrets is I feel like Pooperman isn’t getting enough attention.

Before going any further it was time for another exciting round of exchanging Pokemon:

I think this is my first trip to the Bashful box and since the Diggersby is too high of level it was tied between 3 level 1s.

When it came to these three I was rooting for Absol, because I could see actually replacing Meowth with it to be honest because it’s probably faster and is one of my favorite Pokemon, and I could also call it EL much like #11 from Stranger Things, but when it comes to a tie the rules state I must use random generator.

2 means Guy the Litten is welcomed to the Back up Brigade. Really if one of the Alola starters had to be a Guy Fieri it would be Litten I guess. Not a bad Poke to have on stand by.

With that out of the way I still have to exchange the Diglett.

I feel like Brave and Timid are the most visited boxes in this game thus far, but there is no tie breaker here. I only have one choice for exchange.

Welcome to the box there Flower.... I was never a fan of using you in Kalos, because you never really packed a bunch and I felt like the game was forcing you on me to understand Fairy Types, but I can’t hold that against you I guess. I also hate the gen 5 elemental monkeys, but I have no complaints about Patrick at the moment.

Of course there is no place for Flower cause the next totem is not a fan of Fairy Types.

Speaking of which it’s time to get into it at the peak of the volcano my Trial does lie.

Lately in battles I’ve been leading with Kitten to get that Fake Out attack in, but I’m just going to throw Patrick right out there hoping for a victory. I promised him if he could win it for me I’d make sure to buy a Water Stone as soon as possible and admit I was wrong about the elemental monkeys.

In my opinion this is one of the hardest battles in the game, because despite it being a fire trial poison is used to it’s full potential here, but at the same time that Hiker Photobomb is still hilarious.

Kyuubi is a huge consideration for this battle because of extrasensory, but I don’t want the enemy taking advantage of that drought ability.

Finally time to take on the ugly fire lizard. I beckon Patrick to use taunt to save me from toxic, but he is too slow.... luckily I fed him enough beans today so he shrugged it off. Not wanting to suffer from that again I just straight up unleash the Water Z move, which leaves the enemy with 10% before sucking up the damage I receive and finishing him off with a scald.

The totem’s ally Pokemon was the most dangerous tbh with the poison gas venoshock combo I was close to losing Patrick. I had no choice but do the thing I said I wouldn’t do.... let Kyuubi finish the battle. She got hit pretty hard, but was faster, so with two extrasensorys the battle was over.

Kyuubi’s eyes say it all. She is the strongest member of my team and she knows it. She knows I’m considering using Pooperman in the grass Trial, but is making it clear that she is my crutch as she always brings me the victory. To not use here and celebrate these moments would be a complete insult to her reputation.

I feel like she’s the one in charge tbh... but this is the first episode where no one died and this means I owe Patrick an apology and that water stone.

#nuzelocke #Pokemon #Vulpix #Panpour #Laure plays video games #Laure plays Pokemon

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