The Ssum - Initial Thoughts

How many years has it been since Cheritz announced The Ssum?

I had been excited to try this game out for a long time, and it finally came out this summer! This month, I decided to try it out

Dance With Devils Fortuna - A Review

 Almost exactly three years ago, I wrote about the Dance with Devils anime. It was enjoyable. I wished I could've gotten the chance to play the otome game, because I would've liked to see more of the main love interests. However, the game was never localised, and even if my Japanese level was high enough to understand it, PS Vita game prices have gone up so I'll probably never be able to get it for a good price.

I had mostly forgotten about DWD, but I still listened to the songs a lot. The opening of the anime is actually one of my favourite anime OPs of all time. I also listen to the duet between Mage and Shiki too much. It'll probably be on my Spotify Wrapped this year.

Apart from the anime series and the otome game, there's also a live action DWD musical, and a movie. Last night, I spontaneously decided to watch the movie... And today I will give you my thoughts on it! I wrote this in a bit of a rush because I had a lot of thoughts to get down, so I apologise for any grammatical errors. If you want to see my original review of the anime, please direct yourself here. The post is old and a bit cringeworthy though.

Blog Update: June 2022

Once again, I have forgotten that this blog exists.

I don't really have many plans for this place right now. Maybe when Amnesia Later X Crowd releases in English later this year, I'll write about that. And when I've finally finished watching the Argonavis anime, I'll review that.

I've been working on my new site, Misty's Cyber Cafe. I'm pretty proud of it. You can visit it if you want. 

Other than that, I don't have anything else to write about. 

Thoughts on Sonic Forces

I've never written a review for a non visual novel game before. Today I just felt like writing about something I played in February, Sonic Forces. 

Sonic Forces seems to have a bad reputation online. Even though I saw so many people online speak poorly of it, I still wanted to play it. In the past, negative reviews used to affect my enjoyment of things. I'd even stop liking something if I heard too many people criticise it. But now I seem to not care about them as much, which is good, right?

I traded in my copies of Animal Crossing and got four Switch games with the money. Sonic Forces was the only one I got a physical copy of. It was a used copy, so it was quite cheap. Even if it wasn't used, it's not that expensive anyways. 

I feel like writing about this game today because it doesn't seem to get much positive attention. While it's not perfect, I enjoyed it quite a lot. This isn't really a review, it's just more like a long ramble. There won't be many screenshots, sorry about that. 

I Found Some Otome Merch!!

Do you ever find any otome merch for sale where you live? 

In my area, the games are surprisingly easy to find. Even before Aksys started localising otome for the Switch, you could usually find the Vita otoge in most gaming shops. In my local game shop, in the Switch section there is a lot of otome. They have the limited editions too. I'm not sure how well they sell, but some of the copies have been traded in, which shows that people are buying them. I thought that the otome fanbase was small, but it's probably bigger than I realise. Other than the games themselves, there is never any merch for sale. Sometimes they sell the DVDs of the anime adaptations, but that's it. Until now, the only merch I had was the stuff that came with the limited edition boxes, and a few drama CDs.

I went to this place that was sort of like a mini convention. Basically, it was just full of vendors selling various pop culture things. I hardly ever spend money at these places, cause they never have anything I like. Because I usually like stuff that was popular years ago, they don't have much that I recognise. 

The first stand I went to was run by this man who buys random stuff from Japan to sell over here. I saw some Black Butler merch, and began to rummage through what he had. And somehow, there was otome merchandise! Some of it he had bought years ago, but it had never sold. That's why he was selling it all for such cheap prices. The more popular stuff was a bit more expensive. Sometimes it pays to have obscure interests! Even though most of the merch wasn't for my favourite characters, I bought a lot of the stuff from the games I loved. There probably won't be another chance for me to find it again. It hardly cost me anything, which is great. The vendor even threw in this Black Butler II notepad for free, which was nice of him.

Down below is a rundown of all the stuff I got.

At first, I didn't think much of this vendor's stand, until I stumbled across a pack of badges with chibis on them. The badge on the top I thought was of Toma from Amnesia. I was very surprised to see Amnesia stuff in the wild. Upon closer inspection, I realised that the badges were from Clock Zero. But I decided to search and see if there was more otoge stuff around.

On one of the tables was a lot of pillows and towels. Most of it was for the anime Free!, which I want to watch at one point. But suddenly, I saw something that caught my eye. It was a mini pillow of Shu from DiaLovers! It looks like it was made for when MORE, BLOOD came out. 

The pillow's double sided, and the art is of Shu's sprites from the game. There is no case over the pillow, and you can't get inside to see the stuffing. I put it on the chair in my room. I could've put it on my bed, but I didn't want the germs from it being on the display table to go anywhere near where I sleep. If it stayed on my bed, I wouldn't be able to see it very well. So it stays on my chair. During my online classes, it's quite nice to hug it.

 

Blog Update: March 2022

 Good morning, blog readers!

All of the adverts on this website are now gone! I very much wanted to make money from my blogging career, but this place isn't successful enough for that. Google only pays me if I earn over a certain amount, which sucks. I didn't even make a single dollar. 

Thoughts on Shenmue the Animation

I was randomly browsing Crunchyroll and on the front page, I saw that the Shenmue anime is finally here! Luckily you don't have to be a premium member to watch the episodes. Almost immediately, I decided to give it a try. My thoughts on the first episode will be down below!