#since its one of my favorite scenes from recom

[dreamsy990]

so, re:chain of memories, huh?

warning! its been a little while since i played through recom, so the game isnt as fresh in my mind as some others. sorry for any innacuracies!

spoiler alert, this is my second favorite kingdom hearts game. at least of the ones i've played so far. i get that this isn't like. a POPULAR opinion but fuck you i have almost nothing but positives to say about it.

let's start with the easy stuff first. recom introduced a new card-based combat system. i cant compare it to the gba version, since i didn't play that, but i can say that for what its worth i DID enjoy the combat. recom is by far the hardest game so far (at least for me) and almost every boss took multiple days for me to beat, even with my hp maxed out. it took me a while to get the combat system, but id honestly love to replay the game now that i have a better understanding of how it works. the card system requires a lot of quick thinking and i get that it isnt everyones taste but its CERTAINLY mine. every fight is difficult and feels genuinely rewarding when you win. the movement, like kh1, can use a lot of work, but i wouldnt call it terrible. just kinda sluggish. i think my favorite boss fight was larxene. shes a pain in the ass but i love her.

i think riku's side dropping the deck building mechanic isnt terrible, but i wish i could reorder his deck at the very least. and the lack of healing cards is. not fun. basically any damage you take is permanent unless you HAPPEN to get mickey and its simply Not a fun time. im not very good at games okay.

i have a lot less to say about the worlds than the combat. they're definitely the worst aspect of the game, though. the idea of making worlds with cards is fine! it just leads to kind of repetitive world design. the stories are forgettable, so forgettable that i literally forgot them. and i could make a point about how thats the idea its a game all about forgetting things!! but honestly that just making excuses for it. the worlds couldve kept the idea of forgetting things without literally making them forgettable. i say this about every world, except for one. because DESTINY ISLANDS

destiny islands is just. so fucking good in recom. its the climax of both sora and rikus stories and i think theyre both amazing. id have to say i prefer rikus, soley because of the visual storytelling you get from his side of it, and thats not to say soras is bad at all. but something about zexion telling riku that its his fault his home was destroyed, as riku sees a version of himself turning into a literal monster? thats just good okay. its really good.

i ADORE the characters in this game too. everything we get from them is sooo good. it's the introduction to the organization and all of them (except lexaeus who did literally nothing) are a treat. axels my favorite ofc, but larxene is such a fun villain, you love to hate her. shes really the star of the org cast in this game. sure, axels may have said its his show now, but larxene stole the spotlight.

its namines introduction, too, and i love her. on one hand, shes just really kind. she wants a friend, she wants someone to talk to, she wants to meet sora. on the other, shes just a little bit fucked up actually. sure, shes honest with sora, but shes the tiniest little bit guilt trippy and i LOVE THAT. her response to sora saying he wants to get back his own memories and forget her is "oh okay. you want to remember your REAL friends, huh? theyre the ones who REALLY matter to you? yeah anyone would want that. no friends for namine i guess." like shes just a bit salty and we love that for her. i want slightly guilt tripping and salty namine back nomura.

but ofc one of my favorite new characters in this game HAS to be repliku. god i ADORE repliku. his hatred for riku is sooo fun and the way he fights with sora is great too. like in soras side i thought he was a neat villain but rikus side? hes amazing omfg. one of the only villains i liked in rikus story (sorry lexaeus, you werent good until days)

over all, this game certainly isnt everyones cup of tea, but its DEFINITELY mine. it's the game im most excited to replay at some point, mostly because of the amazing boss fights. 9/10. its got issues, but the story and characters are so good that i genuinely could not care less about like. most of them.

#doodles #i just really like the boss fights okay #kingdom hearts #chain of memories #riku #scene i drew is a redraw of rikus side of destiny islands #since its one of my favorite scenes from recom #kh review #<- making a new tag #gonna go back and tag all the other ones

[joeytalyor0108]

Heavy Trip (2018): Review

(Spoliers free)

Just watch the movie today, and im going to say...this was the BEST metal movie I ever watch so far. (Thinking about watching deathgasm next)

To start off, if you dont know, Heavy Trip is a 2018 film about four Finnish metalheads (Turo, Xytrax, Jynkky, and Lotvonen) of the band "Imapled Rektum" got a big opportunity to play in a metal festival in Norway. It's basically a fish out of water story of the lead singer, Turo, of him facings the lions (metaphor for his fears).

The best part of the film is the characters, music, and comedy. My favorite characters are definitely Xytrax who is awkward but very smart about metal music and Jynkky being the passion and the shine of his friends and band. Turo is the most relatable character since I used to go through what he went through (being afraid to be seen as a failure). Unlike Hunter from Metal Lords (2022) which the people in his school actually have a good reason to not like (since he an asshole to everyone including his best friend); Turo is actually kind to everyone and the townspeople treat him like shit just because of how he looks. The only character I don't like is Jouni (idk he gives me "to catch a predator"/ pedo vibes).

Moving on, the soundtrack is amazing. There only song was the best orginial song in a movie I ever heard. Way better than Skullflower's songs in Metal Lords. The only problem I have (more like a nick pick) is I wish they put more metals songs espeically black metal since they're in Finland going to Norway.

Lastly, there were so much funny scenes in the film (mainly during the end of the film). There not one time I didnt stop laughing. The film is soo chaotic, that is funny asf. At least for the metal jokes, Its acutally seem sinecre and dont take themsevles seriously while in Metal Lords there werent all of jokes I laughed at and you could aruge that the movie kinda mocks metalheads inside of appericating them.

Basically I recommed this move so much. If you want to see it, its on tubi for free (you dont need to sign up for watching it):

Till then, hope yall have a good day and stay metal 🤘

#Heavy trip #Metal music #Metalhead #Tubi #Review #love it so much #Really want to watch deathgasm #I just love comparing to Metal Lords since its not as good as the first time watching it

[oumakokichi]

hello! could you talk a bit more about the original (as in jp, not localization) ouma's personality and speech patterns? you've mentioned that he tends to trail off or speak more softly when it is implied he is speaking the truth, etc. and how he is not so loud/intentionally obnoxious. //btw when does he call himself a fairy? that's so cute

I got a couple of questions asking about the fairy line Ouma has, so I don’t mind sort of rolling them both into one! And I’m more than happy to talk a little more in-depth about Ouma’s speech patterns and personality in the original game, too!

Since I’ll be covering some late-game spoilers, I’ll put the bulk of this under the cut, so be careful when reading!

First off, I cannot stress how much I recommed playing ndrv3 with the Japanese voices enabled. If you’ve already played through the English dub but never experiened the original voice acting cast, I promise you won’t be disappointed. The Japanese cast are all fantastic, incredibly talented VAs who, unlike the dub, were hired specifically for these roles and not just re-casted from previous DR games.

Hiro Shimono as Ouma gives an absolutely incredible performance. The localization might still have many flaws in its translation and omission of certain lines or punctuation, but you can still very much get a feel for how Ouma’s character was intended by listening to Shimono’s performance. Re-playing the game with the Japanese voices will definitely let you hear how soft and tonally different Shimono’s performance is in places from the English dub, and compare it to the way in which many lines are written and punctuated as if Ouma’s yelling at everyone.

That isn’t to say that Shimono’s Ouma is never loud or excited: Ouma is a character whose moods and façades are all over the place, and therefore his performance requires a voice actor who can similarly change moods and intonation on a dime. Ouma is very much loud and haughty and deliberately annoying when he’s supposed to be, but his voice is also low and ominous at other points when he’s trying to be scary. And again, it’s soft and hesitant in places where he’s considering divulging some of his information, or when he’s insisting that all the things he does are for everyone’s sake, because he cares about them and doesn’t want anyone to die.

These moments feel so much more genuine in the Japanese version of the game--because they’re meant to be. As fantastic of a liar as Ouma is, it’s much easier for us, the player, to tell when he’s lying on a re-play, knowing the information from chapters 5 and 6 that we do, and looking at cues like his sprites (often his blank-faced ones) and, yes, his delivery of certain lines.

This probably sounds like me just gushing about what a fantastic voice actor Hiro Shimono is, and in part that’s exactly what it is, but I want to stress that pretty much every single voice actor in the Japanese cast is just as fantastic and that they all do their jobs incredibly well. With all that gushing out of the way, I’ll move on to talking about some of Ouma’s actual speech tics and the way he refers to other characters.

Like most things about him, Ouma’s speech patterns are sort of an interesting mix and even seem a little contradictory at times. He uses the very masculine pronoun “ore” (オレ), but he also refers to nearly everyone (with only a handful of exceptions) by their surnames and the much more childish honorific “-chan” (i.e. “Saihara-chan,” “Akamatsu-chan,” “Amami-chan,” etc.)

The use of “-chan” is very interesting. Honorifics in Japan are extremely complicated and tend to mean different things depending on who is using them. Typically, “-chan” is seen as a very feminine way to refer to someone else, commonly used in close-knit friend groups among school girls.

There are, of course, a few notable exceptions to this however: often times, middle-aged or elderly people will call a child “-chan” regardless of gender, as a way of showing they find them cute and endearing. And sometimes, people will use “-chan” to refer to other things they find cute, such as pets, or even to refer to themselves in a sort of informal, tongue-in-cheek way.

The fact that Ouma uses “-chan” as an honorific to refer to nearly everyone in the game stands out quite a lot: by and large, boys don’t use this term to refer to other boys. Using “-chan” to refer to anyone you’ve just met or don’t know very well is already somewhat frowned upon, but a boy using it to refer to other boys is especially rare. This helps set Ouma’s character up as someone who is both incredibly casual and informal with others (not to mention, you know, quite coded). Considering childishness and lightheartedness are traits Ouma values, and how much emphasis is put on him having “a very innocent, childish streak that’s hard to hate,” it makes sense then that he would talk like this.

Not counting Monokuma and the Monokubs, the only characters who Ouma doesn’t refer to with “-chan” are Gonta and Kiibo, who he simply calls by name. This also says some interesting things about his character.

Gonta is easily the character who Ouma interacts with the most often, as well as the charater he hurts the most in the end. Ouma’s choice to exclude Gonta from his usual way of calling people is, I think, a testament to how much Gonta really wanted to be friends with him, even if their friendship was never exactly on equal footing.

Meanwhile with Kiibo, I feel the choice to exclude him from his usual way of addressing others is indicative of how much Ouma tried to remind himself that Kiibo “wasn’t human,” and therefore how suspicious he found his presence in the killing game. We know Ouma suspected Kiibo and likely even had an inkling of his role as the audience proxy/camera in the game, due to how Kiibo’s picture is one of the only others set aside on his whiteboard besides Saihara’s, with the word “weird” written next to it (he also clearly guessed about the cameras after Gonta’s line in chapter 2, as we see from how he commissioned Miu for the bug-vac).

Ouma clearly enjoys teasing Kiibo a lot, and their banter reads very much like a manzai comedy duo; I feel like Ouma often tried pushing himself to remember that Kiibo “wasn’t human” on purpose in order to not get too attached to him or too distracted from his goal of ending the killing game. I don’t think Ouma’s decision to exclude Kiibo from the way that he very particularly referred to most of the rest of the group was just an accident or a coincidence.

Honorifics aside, Ouma also refers to several characters in interesting ways. He often uses “daisuki na ___-chan” (大好きな) to refer to some of the other characters, a phrase which more or less equates to “my beloved.” He uses this phrase with Saihara more than any other character of the game, but there are a few other instances where he does use it with Amami, Momota, and (if I’m remembering correctly) Kaede. Pretty much every single instance where the localization put, “because I love you” or “because you’re my favorite” whenever Ouma was talking to Saihara was usually a point where he would specifically call him “my beloved Saihara-chan.”

In chapter 4 during the scene where Ouma is alone in the parlor of the VR world, he also specifically, exclusively refers to Saihara as “suki ni natta hito” (好きになった人), literally: “the person I fell in love with.” This line was changed in the localization to, “when there’s a person I like,” which is more or less literally correct--however, the phrase “suki ni natta” is much heavier and more loaded with explicitly romantic implications than “suki” would be on its own, as it’s often used in Japanese love songs and shoujo manga love confessions.

Worth noting in my opinion is the fact that this is the exact same phrasing Maki uses to describe her romantic feelings for Momota. Since Maki’s feelings for Momota are considered canonically confirmed because of this, Ouma’s feelings should be considered equally canon, but a lot of people don’t know this because, well, it’s sort of been lost in translation.

And now, on to the fairy line! Ouma calls himself a fairy in chapter 3, when he pops up in the middle of Saihara and Korekiyo’s discussion of the katana in Korekiyo’s lab. Full of enthusiasm, he decides to touch the sword and examine it for himself; Korekiyo starts to object, but Ouma interrupts and says:

“Come on, it’s not a big deal! I’m like a fairy, so it’ll be fine!”

I’ve always really loved this line and thought it was super adorable, both as a nod to how fairies aren’t supposed to be able to touch steel in most fae mythos, as well as the fact that fairies tend to also have a love for mischief and pranks and lies. The localization apparently didn’t like it so much though, because this line is simply changed to, “Come on, would I lie to you?” instead.

One final thing I can think of as far as Ouma’s speech tics go is that his laugh in Japanese is romanized as “nishishi” instead of “neeheehee,” as this is closer to the Japanese onomatopoeia for the sound horses make--but I actually don’t mind this localization change at all! “Neeheehee” definitely looks a lot closer to the word “neigh” and helps capture that horse joke in a way that I feel like western players can more easily understand.

All in all, while I still definitely feel people can like and enjoy Ouma’s character from playing the localization alone, I still stand by my opinion that listening to the original Japanese voices helps give a much better picture of how the character was intended to come across, and really shows how much depth Hiro Shimono put into his performance. He’s quoted in the official ndrv3 artbook as saying that he believes Ouma is someone who’s actually “really meek if you take away his strong wish to outwit everyone” (credit to @kaibutsushidousha for the art book translation), and I think this interpretation of Ouma really shows through in so many of his lines.

Thank you both for the really fun questions! I hope I could provide some more interesting information about Ouma and the translation!

#danganronpa #kokichi ouma #ouma kokichi #new danganronpa v3 #ndrv3 #ndrv3 spoilers // #ask #my meta

[shizekarnstein]

do you have a list of favourite anime/manga?

I've been pondering over this ask for days. I wasn't sure about the criteria at the hour to pick my choices. At the end I decided for the ones that never tire me, the ones I can read all over again without noticing. So this is my totally biased list of favorite manga titles.

Slam Dunk

This manga follows the story of teenage delinquent and total loser Hanamichi Sakuragi, who in order to impress the beautiful basket fanatic Haruko Akagi, decides to become an athlete and join their school's basketball team, Shohoku. From there the story follows the team and their dream to finally make it as regional champions. All the characters are amazing, the games gripping, the story engaging. Also I cried like five times.

It's practically vox populi that I'm a hoe for sport stories. And Slam Dunk is hands down the very best there is. All those other sport mangas that are older or newer or even more popular? They don't get even close. Slam Dunk is just that good. The character development, the intensity of the games, the accuracy at the hour of despicting the sport. It really feels like real life basketball, not some superpowered shounen like copy. You can feel Inoue's passion and love for the sport practically emerge from the pages.

Fullmetal Alchemist

Do I even need to give a summary for this one? Practically everybody has see the anime adaptation.

I know, I know, it's a classic. BUT YOUR LIFE WILL ONLY BE COMPLETE ONCE YOU READ THE MANGA. Brotherhood is an amazing adaptation, but it cut so many details and moments. And in an story where everything comes together as neatly as in Fma, those missing details are glaring in the final outcome. At least every fan should read the Ishbal Genocide volumes.

Yu Yu Hakusho

AKA THE ULTIMATE SHOUNEN. Sorry DB.

Yes I'm also weak for shounens stop judging me. This manga follows 14 year old teenage delinquent Yusuke Urameshi, who surprises not only his classmates, teachers and neighbours by dying jumping in front of a car to save a little boy, but also the gods themselves. A little boy who according to the celestial records wasn't even supposed to die. Yusukes death tho is only the beginning to an amazing journey.

Of all the mangas I'm recommending this is the only one that has an accurate anime adaptation. I adore the anime to pieces, but I always return to the manga.

Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles

Of course I had to pick something of CLAMP and after some deliberation TRC won. It's like the biggest crossover but not really mess those four crazy women had ever created and it's wonderful. To fully understand what's happening you should read tsubasa with it's twin brother, XXX Holic. Both series have to be read in order to comprehend the whole story.

DON'T WATCH THE ANIME ITS THE WORST THING EVER.

TRC follows the story of four travellers - and Mokona!-who are, all for different reasons, on a quest to recover all the feathers of Princess Sakuras memories that scattered all over the universe. But this is CLAMP we are talking about. Their only pure story is CCS. The blood and tears and suffering and amazing plot twists are a garantee.

As a color note: I cried just by SEEING the first two panels of the chapter 1. I lost count of all the times I sobbed bc of this manga.

Shingeki no Kyojin

Well if you are following me you know this story currently owns my soul. Even if you like the anime a lot I recommed reading the manga since the beginning bc the anime team changed and ommited a lot of scenes and interactions. Honestly if it wasn't for the amazing voice acting and soundtrack I wouldnt bother with the anime at all the manga is richer. But yeah read this beauty.

Shaman King

Another shounen. And my emotional comfort manga. It's just so refreshing and sweet and honestly all the characters are sweethearts and incredibly written. Also the story like incorporates so many different types of religious and supernatural facets without being convulted or disrespectful.

If you only watched the anime drop everything and experience first hand how they butchered it.

Fruits Basket

I've only known this baby for less than a month and already made it into my all time fav mangas. It's probably one of the best mangas I have read in YEARS. AND IT'S SO OLD. WHERE WERE YOU 13 YEARS AGO FURUBA I COULD HAVE USED SOME OF YOUR WONDERFUL LESSONS.

Anyway yeah this shit is amazing and Yuki Sohma deserves the world. That's all I have to say about it bc the reboot is airing. Also don't watch the old anime version it's cringey and sucks.

There you have it anon. These are my all time fav mangas ever. I could have added a lot more titles but nah, this is enough. All these mangas ar5w not only excelent but also very dear to my heart. I can only speak from my experience, but I can assure you there's no way someone can have a bad time reading any of these.

I'll do the anime list later this week. Thanks for asking!!!

#anon replies #slam dunk #fma #tsubasa reservoir chronicles #shaman king #snk #fruits basket #yu yu hakusho #yeah they are almost all oldies BUT THEY ARE MY OLDIES #also no i dont accept any criticism regarding this lmao

[simplysparrow14]

For the end of year asks: 1 (Song of the year), 4 (Movie of the year), 5 (TV show of the year), 8 (Game of the year), 14 (Favorite book of this year)

Thank you for the ask!

1). Song of the Year —> “Alejandro” by Lady Gaga.

Apparently 2019 was a throwback year in terms of music for me. This was also the year I really started to appreciate Lady Gaga’s music. As a young kid growing up in the 2010’s, I was subject to the time in radio where they were constantly playing song by Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift and espeaclly LMFAO on the daily. So because of that, I grew to instantly hate the music. It wasn’t until I fully listens to Lady Gaga’s “Bad Romance” gully did I learn that I actually like her songs, and in doing so, decided to binge listen to her songs. “Bad Romance”, “Just Dance”, And “Telephone” were some of my favorites. But unfortunately, they didn’t live up to how much I loved “Alejandro”. Talk about a boo and a half.

2.) Movie of the Year —> Midway (C. 2019)

Unfortually for 2019, there wasn’t a big batch of movies that I found enjoyable. Endgame was quite the ride, but since it came out of early in the year, I quickly forgot about it and over time my feelings on it are “it’s good, but it’s not something I’d watch again.” This movie however was hella awesome. I’m not the biggest fan of war movies (though I absolutely love Saving Private Ryan and 1917) mainly because I’m not nervous about the fight scenes. Midway, however, is the first war movie in a long time that has actively made me start bouncing my leg up and down due to nervousness. The characters arnt anythig to shout about (though they did my favorite  Joenes brother dirty in this), the action scenes more then make up for it. The reason why i desided to put Midway over 1917 was because i found the action scenes in Midway to be a little more engaging then in 1917. 

3.) Tv show of the Year —> Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.

….Do I even need to say more?

4.) Favorite Game of The Year —> God of War 4 (C. 2018)

Man, where do I even begin with this?? This game was the sleeper-hit of 2019 for me. I did not think that I would like it. I was mildly curious about it, mainly because the last three games in this series focused around Greek Mythology and I love mythology, so i gave it a shot. It was absolutely beautiful. Just the way this game blended real Norse Mythology–real Norse tales and legends, with this heartfelt road-trip story about this father and his son going to spread their loved-ones ashes was just so engrossing. I will not dare spoil the twist that happens during the final length of the game, but lets just say that I was on the floor, dumbfounded and contemplating everything. You can totaly go into this game without having played the last three games. I think theres only one part of the story where you do have to have some knowlage of backstory to Kratos, but otherwise, its a soft reboot that really brings a whole new level of storytelling to the god of war games. Loved it. 

5.) Children of Blood and Bone by Tomi Adeyemi 

Oh man... Where do I begin with this Book? Like with Go of War, this was a sleeper hit for me. I did not expect to really like this book. It was just so good. I do have my gripes with it (Mainly being that i think it borrows way to heavly from Avatar: LAst airbender, Zalie was too much of a Katara clone and that I personaly think that the book could have been improved if it was a Brother-sister war story instead of a “Enemies to Lovers” storyline.) But otherwise, I highly recommed it if you are in a reading slump 

#the dark crystal age of resistance #God of War #Children of blood and bone #Lady Gaga #Midway