Infinity Dreams Award #2!

So Krystallina of Daiyamanga nominated me for the Infinity Dreams Award. This marks our second award for the Infinity Dreams category, Yay! Thanks Krystallina!

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Rules:

1. List seven dreams. (They can be personal or website related.)
2. Nominate seven other bloggers/authors/dogs for this award and notify them.

Dreams:

1. To go to Japan.
I always wanted to try to go to Japan. I want to experience the different cultures of other countries. But mostly, I want to visit Akihabara lol. Well, if I’m planning to go to Japan, I should start to study the Japanese language.

2. To make a manga.
Well, I always wanted to try to create my very own manga, my friends also wants to try to create our very own manga. I know it’s a lot of hard work, but it’s ok for us. I have a group of friends who’s already interested in making a manga, the only problem is the story and how we will draw it since we’re still in the stage of practicing on how to draw.

3. To make a lot of fan arts, mainly on anime characters.
I love to draw and I’m currently practicing a lot to be good at drawing. There’s still a lot of improvement that I need to undergo though.

4. To make our own light novel.
If we can’t handle making manga, We’ll just stick to something more simple. I have a lot of stories that comes up inside my head but I always forget to write them, so for the next day, I can’t remember the story that I made lol.

5. To become good at editing videos.
I also want to try to edit videos. I already have a powerful program that can edit videos, the problem is that my laptop is not that really high powered. I need like a gaming laptop to run this program smoothly. The reason why I want to be good at editing videos is that I want to try to create Anime MVs.

6. To have a PS Vita or PS4
I already own an Xbox 360 I don’t really have that much games. Xbox is already good but the reason I want a PS4 or a PS Vita because most of the anime related games are for PS Vita or PS4. Basically like Sword Art Online, I want to try to play those kinds of games.

7. To attend an anime convention where you guys are also there.
Well, I want to meet all of you guys. I’m talking about all of you guys who supports me, not just the ones who supports me but other bloggers who’s also into anime. It’s more fun if we can see each other personally.

Nominees: 

1. Takuto’s Anime Cafe
2. Kuro Sama Reviews
3. The Otaku Judge
4. Matt-in-the-Hat
5. Slice of Life
6. The Reviewer’s Corner
7. Wanimu

Now that ends the award for today. Once again, Thanks Krystallina! This will be my last blog for the month of September. I want to continue to blog because there has been so many events that have happened lately, but I have already reached 20 blogs for the month of September, so I’ll continue to blog next month (October).

Dollars

The Dollars are regarded as a colored gang that has no colors, but it’s actually just an online group. Anyone is allowed to join but only through invitations. Basically, you have to know someone from the Dollars to join the group. The Dollars group doesn’t have any motive or purpose, so you’re free to do whatever you want.

The Dollars were originally created by Ryugamine Mikado and his group of online friends, it was meant as a joke, but the online group kept on expanding. Due to the expansion of the Dollars group, the other founders left the group in fear of causing some trouble, only Mikado was left to manage the group, making him the leader of the Dollars. The gang became more popular and it kept on growing.

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Trivia : Although the gang appears to be named after American currency, the name is actually derived from the Japanese term “dara dara,” roughly translating to “useless” and “not doing anything.” This is because the gang was created with no purpose in mind, the gang rarely ever involve themselves in any group activities, and its members are “colorless” and “invisible,” only identifying themselves as Dollars when specifically asked.

(Source: http://durarara.wikia.com/wiki/Dollars )

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If you really want to know what the Dollars site looks like, you can do so here by clicking this link: http://www.dollars-bbs.org/

I think it’s amazing that something from the anime world also exists in the real world. If you want to know the password. You should watch Durarara!!, because I’m not telling it lol, or maybe I should tell it? Ok fine I’ll say it, the password is baccano, there you go.

The Life of wearing Eyeglasses

So I decided to write this random post because the frame of my eyeglasses broke yesterday. Yeah, it was really hard without wearing eyeglasses because my vision was really blurry ever since when I was a child. Maybe when I was at the age of 11 years old I started to wear glasses.

However even though wearing glasses makes my vision more clear, there are some advantages and disadvantages when wearing glasses.

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Cons:

1. Foggy lenses when drinking hot drinks like coffee.
2. Frequently cleaning the lenses, I’m too lazy to clean it so I just leave it as it is lol.
3. Frequently adjusting your glasses.
4. Wearing glasses leaves a mark on the bridge of your nose.
5. When raining it sometimes the lenses gets all foggy when wet.
6. Most of all, when someone takes off your glasses then says “How many fingers am I holding up?”

Pros

1. Visions become clear.
2. Your surroundings and everything you see becomes HD.

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Now those are some of the disadvantages and advantages for me. For the “How many fingers am I holding up?”, this question made me really go wat. My vision is just blurry, I’m not really blind or anything. It’s just that your fingers become really blurry.

I fixed my frame with the good ol’ tape technique but I I’ll try to find more ways to fix it properly lol.

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 – Game Review

Five Nights at Freddy’s 3 is an indie point-and-click survival horror video game, and the third installment of the FNAF series developed by Scott Cawthon. Basically, all you have to do is to move your mouse or if you’re using a tablet to touch and look around the room. You just sit there and you try to survive the night.

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Gameplay

The same as always, like from the past FNAF game. I actually started to play the first installment but I skipped the second installment and jumped to the third. They say that the second is the best, I’m going to play the second installment if I have the chance.

This time for the third installment, there are no doors or lights in the game. The game focused more on the audio and the vents. Basically there’s a maintenance panel that you can control, you can control whether if you want to seal a vent or to play an audio in a certain room.

Improvements

I noticed some graphics improvements of the game. At first I played FNAF 3 at my tablet, then I decided to download the game in my pc. The graphics are better in my pc and the scroll is much more smoother. Maybe my tablet just doesn’t have enough RAM to run this game.

Jump scares

The jump scares where kinda like, how should I put this. Well, it’s kind of you know that there will be a jump scare. The third installment made the jump scares more obvious rather than from the first installment. You will hear something here, you will hear something there. Then all of a sudden, SPRINGTRAP APPEARS!

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I haven’t finished the game up to Night 5 because I’m too lazy to finish it lol. It’s not like that I’m scared of playing the game or anything, B-B-Baka! No, really I’m just really lazy to finish a game.

Clannad: After Story – Review

“Meeting you was the best thing that ever happened to me. You made me so happy. I don’t want you to be lost or afraid or anything like that. From here on out, I know things might be hard sometimes. But no matter what may await, please don’t regret meeting me.”
-Nagisa Furukawa

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Synopsis

Clannad: After Story, the sequel to the critically acclaimed slice-of-life series Clannad, begins after Tomoya Okazaki and Nagisa Furukawa graduate from high school. Together, they experience the emotional rollercoaster of growing up. Unable to decide on a course for his future, Tomoya learns the value of a strong work ethic and discovers the strength of Nagisa’s support. Through the couple’s dedication and unity of purpose, they push forward to confront their personal problems, deepen their old relationships, and create new bonds.

Time also moves on in the Illusionary World. As the plains grow cold with the approach of winter, the Illusionary Girl and the Garbage Doll are presented with a difficult situation that reveals the World’s true purpose.

Based on the visual novel by Key and produced by Kyoto Animation, Clannad: After Story is an impactful drama highlighting the importance of family and the struggles of adulthood.

(Source: MyAnimeList Rewrite)

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Story

The story of Clannad: After Story focused more on Tomoya and Nagisa’s story. After they graduate from high school, Nagisa became Tomoya’s girlfriend. So basically, this sequel is the story about how Tomoya and Nagisa grows up. How they fight difficulties in their life together and on how they support each other in whatever they will do and also in their decisions.

The Illusionary World is also explained in this sequel. You know, the robot and the girl that you always see in the prequel, these characters are from another different world. You will find out who exactly those characters are.

Art & Sound

In the art nothing has changed from the prequel, just as good as always.

For the sound, although it’s the same from the prequel. The way they put the soundtracks for every scene is superb. They will really capture the emotion in you and will really make you feel the feels.

Characters

Now, the characters here in the story has now grown up. Basically they all aged but they’re still friends to each other. Not actually from the start of the first episode they’re already grown up, but in the later episodes you will see that they slowly start to grow up.

The character development of Tomoya and Nagisa is great. Especially Tomoya, having that kind of experiences really changed him from his past self. A lot of Tomoya’s problems have been solved here, problems that were from the prequel. But, although some of the problems have been solved, there came more problems which was even heavier than the old ones.

Also, there’s one extra character here. Should I say it already? I’m trying not to spoil you guys. Hmmmm, so I’ll just say it. The new character here is Ushio, I’ll just leave it to you guys if you want to know more about her. But I guess it’s really obvious because you might already know who she really is.

Overall

Overall, the sequel of Clannad is heartbreaking and will really capture your feels factor. I’m saying this early, you should prepare for a lot of feels if you’re planning to watch this anime. It’s good to start with the prequel so you’ll understand more the story of the sequel, and to also give more emotional factor. In this story, there is one thing that you least expected that will happen, for short worst case scenario. Basically this anime is about the joy and the worst nightmare of having a family. Now I will give my rating. 10/10, I consider this anime as a masterpiece because of how well it was written and of how it really relates to real life scenarios.

Exams once again!

Examinations determine our capability if we have learned something from the lessons of the teachers. We are given exams to know if we have truly understood the concept of the teacher’s lessons. Studying is really necessary. In order for us to pass the exams, of course we must study the lessons that are taught to us.

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So this coming Monday (September 21, 2015), we will be having our second quarter long test. We have 2 exams per quarter; the one is the long test, which we are going to take this week, and the other one is the periodical test, which we are going to take I think next month.

Another tiresome week is coming slowly and slowly, I hope that I will survive this week. So starting tomorrow, I’ll start to review for the upcoming exam. Being a high school student sure is hard, what more if I reached college, I’m sure that it would be even harder than a high school life.

osu! – Game Review

“osu! – Rhythm is just a *click* away!”

osu! is a freeware rhythm game originally for Microsoft Windows, the game has been ported in to other different platforms, like OS X, iOS, Android, and Windows Phone. This game is actually free to play, all you have to do is to visit their website, download the game, and have fun.

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Gameplay

Basically, this game is a rhythm game, the levels in this game are called beatmaps. You can download beatmaps on their website, but for me, I mainly download anime song beatmaps. In each of the beatmaps, a song will be played and different hit elements will appear (hit circles, sliders, and spinners). You can use a graphics tablet if you want, or you can just use a mouse, it depends on you choice, but I would love to try to play osu! with a graphics tablet.

Difficulty

There are 5 default difficulties for this game, which are easy, normal, hard, insane, and expert. I can only play up to normal because the hard level is already too hard for me. But I tried hard once, man it was hard.

Mods

osu! has some difficulty modifiers that will change the gameplay. There are many mods in osu!, these mods may reduce the difficulty or may increase the difficulty, it depends on your choice, if you want to play it hard or easy. There are also special mods

Other game modes

osu! has several other game modes.

osu!

The standard game mode is osu!, which is you will click the hit circles that willl appear on your screen. I mainly play the starndard game mode.

Taiko

Taiko uses only your mouse, or the keyboard letter of z and x, I think. This game mode is similar as you were hitting drums.

Catch the Beat

Catch the Beat uses your arrow keys. You must catch the beats that are falling from your screen.

osu!mania

osu!mania is like a keyboard style of rhythm game. Basically, like you’re playing the keyboard.

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You can download the game here:
https://osu.ppy.sh/

AnoHana – Review

Synopsis

Jinta Yadomi and his group of childhood friends have become estranged after a tragic accident split them apart. Now in their high school years, a sudden surprise forces each of them to confront their guilt over what happened that day and come to terms with the ghosts of their past.

(Source: NIS America)

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Since the live-action drama film of AnoHana is slowly getting closer, I decided to write a review about the anime of Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai (AnoHana).

Story

The story here is simple, there’s a ghost girl that can’t go away yet. That ghost girl is Menma, maybe she still have a mission in this world that she haven’t accomplished yet. Only Jintan, friend of Menma, can see her, the rest of her friends like Popo, Anaru, Tsuruko, and Yukiatsu can’t see her.

Art & Sound

The art of this anime is pretty simple, which makes it really comfortable to watch. Having a simple art makes the anime unique in some way.

Now for the sound, the soundtracks here are really really good. It captures the feels factor, especially the ending theme song. I mean, the ending theme song perfectly fits if there is a sad scene. Here is the ending theme song in case you want to know: (“secret base ~Kimi ga Kureta Mono~ (10 years after ver.) (secret base ~君がくれたもの~ (10 years after Ver.))” by Ai Kayano, Haruka Tomatsu, and Saori Hayami)

Characters

As you can see here. The characters here are all grown up, but this anime shows their past self, when they were all still a child. Jintan, Menma, Anaru, Tsuruko, and Yukiatsu. They were all friends when they’re all still a child, but the death of Menma got them separated to each other.

This separation caused them to have different personalities to their past self. So, their personality from their current self from their past self, has a huge difference. But as you proceed to the story, you will find out that their personalities are gradually changing as the story goes by.

Overall

This anime also strong feels factor. Just like Clannad, and its sequel, Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso, and Angel Beats. Now, what makes this emotional even though the main character is already dead?, well because the main character (Menma) still has a mission to do in this world. You’ll be surprised on what is that goal or mission, it’s also really heartbreaking.

AnoHana only have 11 episodes. But that 11 episodes is enough to break a person’s heart. So, the thing that I’m waiting for is the live-action drama film of AnoHana. I hope that they will deliver the story as it is in the anime. Now for the rating, I rate this anime 9/10

Clannad – Review

Synopsis

Okazaki Tomoya is a delinquent who finds life dull and believes he’ll never amount to anything. Along with his friend Sunohara, he skips school and plans to waste his high school days away.

One day while walking to school, Tomoya passes a young girl muttering quietly to herself. Without warning she exclaims “Anpan!” (a popular Japanese food) which catches Tomoya’s attention. He soon discovers the girl’s name is Furukawa Nagisa and that she exclaims things she likes in order to motivate herself. Nagisa claims they are now friends, but Tomoya walks away passing the encounter off as nothing.

However, Tomoya finds he is noticing Nagisa more and more around school. Eventually he concedes and befriends her. Tomoya learns Nagisa has been held back a year due to a severe illness and that her dream is to revive the school’s drama club. Claiming he has nothing better to do, he decides to help her achieve this goal along with the help of four other girls.

As Tomoya spends more time with the girls, he learns more about them and their problems. As he attempts to help each girl overcome her respective obstacle, he begins to realise life isn’t as dull as he once thought.

(Source: MyAnimeList Rewrite)

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Story

Clannad is an anime adaptation of the visual novel game, also titled as “Clannad”. It’s a visual novel game, so it has different routes that will decide the flow of the story. The anime of Clannad focused on the Nagisa route, which means the story of Clannad is mainly focused on Nagisa and Tomoya. But, other stories or arcs are also involved in the anime, each from the different routes of the other characters.

Art & Sound

Kyoto Animation is known for their great style of art. You can easily familiarize if the producer of the anime is KyoAni because of their art and animation style. Y’know the sparkly eyes, like that and other things.

The soundtracks here are also good, it’s really emotional. I played the visual novel of Clannad and I realized that they used the soundtracks from the visual novel to the anime. So, they decided to stick with the soundtracks of the game.

Characters

Tomoya Okazaki is a delinquent who finds life meaningless and he believes that he can’t achieve something. Tomoya is one of the best anime main characters that I have ever known. His character development is really good as you proceed more to the story of Clannad.

If you’re going to play the game, of course it would depend on the route you’re going to take, the route you’ll take will change the story of the game from the anime, each arc has a different ending. Other characters here are Nagisa, Tomoyo, Fuko, Kyou, Ryou, Kotomi, Mei, and Sunohara, and other characters. Basically, almost all of Tomoya’s friends are female, only Sunohara is the male best friend of Tomoya Okazaki.

Each of the characters that I have mentioned have their different personalities. Not everyone’s personality is the same.

Overall

This anime is really emotional, the amount of the feels factor of this anime is really high. The story is quite confusing but at the same time quite simple also. But despite the story being simple and confusing, the emotional factor here is overwhelming. Especially the later episodes.

There’s a sequel for this anime titled “Clannad: After Story.” Here’s one tip from me, if this anime is already too much for you (the feels factor). I assure you that the sequel is much more depressing and much more emotional than the prequel, the sequel is really heartbreaking; the prequel is already heartbreaking enough though. So, you might want to have a tissue near you while watching this kind of anime. Now for my rating, I rate 9/10.

Infinity Dreams Award!

Kausus of Otaku Gamer Zone just nominated me for the Infinity Dream Award. Thanks Kausus! Well, it’s been a month since I was nominated for this award, it really took me a long time to write this because of my busy schedule for this month, but now I decided that I will start to blog this award. Also, this is the second award for my blog, Hooray!

Rules:

1. List seven dreams (They can be personal or website related).
2. Nominate seven other bloggers/authors/dogs for this award and notify them.

Now let’s start listing our seven dreams, I mean my seven dreams.

Dreams:

1. To know myself more. Well, I basically don’t know myself a lot yet, but someday I want know my true self. I’m still a high school student, so that’s probably the reason why I still don’t know myself a lot.
2. To have a gaming laptop. Basically, my laptop for today is just a normal laptop, so it can’t handle some games and programs that smoothly, it lags as hell. The reason why I want a gaming laptop is so that I can play games on my laptop smoothly and can run other programs smoothly. Also, I want to run Photoshop on a smoother device to enable smoother editing, because sometimes when I use Photoshop on my current laptop, it sometimes becomes very laggy. (Maybe I should start saving up money for a gaming laptop).
3. To improve my skills in drawing and editing. I’m currently studying Photoshop right now, and I want to learn more about editing images. In addition to editing, I also like to draw, but in my own opinion, I need a lot of improvement for my drawing skills.
4. To have a graphics tablet. I really want to try doing some sketches in the computer, that’s why I want to have a graphics tablet. I know that digital art and traditional art has a difference to each other, but it also have some similarities. Converting to traditional art drawing to digital art drawing is kinda difficult, but I’m up for the challenge.
5. I guess I’ll include it here even though it’s a long way to go. To finish high school. Yeah, to finish high school. In my current school system here in my country, there have been some changes. In the old school system, I will graduate next year and move to college. But for the current time, I will have 3 more years of high school before I can graduate and move to college.
6. To turn this website into something more wonderful. I don’t know what kind of wonderful thing that this website will turn into. Whether this website will turn into my career or other stuffs like that. But I guess I’ll leave it to the future to plan on what is going to be the outcome of my website for the upcoming future.
7. Lastly, is to have a decent career. Well, I plan to become a graphics artist for my career, or a career on something computer-related. I like to turn my skills in Photoshop and my skills in drawing into a career.

Nominees:

1. Script Anime
2. An episode a day keeps the fangirl at bay
3. Mekakushi Megane
4. Sebastian’s Blog
5. Otaku Highschool Life
6. Citrus Anime Reviews
7. shiinamashiro348

Now, that’s the end for the Infinity Dreams Award, a late end to be precise.