Black Butler II: A Review

Wait a minute... isn't this an otome blog? Why am I reviewing an anime here? It's been a long time since I've written a proper review post, and since I'm not playing anything at the moment, I thought I'd cover something I've been watching instead: the second series of Black Butler (or Kuroshitsuji, whatever you want to call it).

I know this was released years ago and is old news now, but that's alright. It's always been like that, I discover something long after everyone else has found it and talked about it to death. Actually, I purchased and read the first volume of the manga quite a long time ago. Then I watched a few episodes of the anime and completely forgot about it until a few weeks ago. That was when I decided to watch the first season of the anime entirely. 

Those first twenty five episodes I saw on Netflix I enjoyed quite a bit. I preferred the series when it was less comedic and focussed on the actual plot, but in the end I didn't mind the fan service stuff. Afterwards I wanted to read more of the manga, but because it's a bit hard to go out shopping for books at the moment, I settled on the second part of the anime. It took me three days to watch all twelve episodes of it. Yes, I know there are six OVAs as well, but I forgot to see those. Oh yeah, I also watched it subbed if that's important. I like how the English dub tries to make them sound British and use regional slang, but I'm one of those people who insists on only watching stuff in its original language.

So, what do I think of this second season? Keep reading to find out!

(Beware of spoilers, obviously.)

I Now Own a Nintendo Switch.

I now own a Nintendo Switch. To be more specific, I own a Switch Lite. A turquoise one, if you're wondering. It came in the post today. Most of the places near me had ran out of them, except for Amazon.

Turquoise was the original colour that I wanted, but then the pink one came out and I decided I wanted that instead. However, the pink one seems to be completely sold out everywhere I look. 

The only game I own so far is Animal Crossing. Yes, I will be playing otome on it in the future. It's funny because I still have my PSP Diabolik Lovers game to come in the post, however it's taking forever and I'm starting to suspect that I've been scammed...

Animal Crossing is quite fun. I never actually played the DS and Wii versions despite owning both consoles and the game being something that appeals to me. It's such a cute game and I'm enjoying it so far.

In the future, I'm obviously going to get some more games. Nintendo games seem super expensive compared to other games, though. The first otome I want to get is Piofiore, then maybe Collar X Malice Unlimited. There's also Cafe Enchante which sounds interesting, but it's not high on my priority list. I want to buy other games that aren't otome, too.

The console itself is quite nice. I keep pressing the wrong buttons as I'm used to my Vita and Xbox One's control scheme. It all feels good in my hands. When the Switch Lite was first announced, I thought it was going to be bigger, but I actually like this size. Everything was so easy to set up, like 90% of the time was just spent creating a Mii.

One thing that I really find cool about the Switch is that is has a scanner thing for those Amiibo figures. I know it's just a thing to get you to spend more money, but I like gimmicky things like that.

This does not mean that my Vita is going to be retired. I still love that thing, I actually played it yesterday. And there's still that PSP game coming that I'm going to play. I'm not really sure if I like the Vita better than the Switch Lite. They're both quite good.  The Vita has more built in features like a camera and browser and all that, but the Switch doesn't. It doesn't need none of that, because that's what smartphones are for, but I like messing around with stuff like that. I do hope that they update it to support wallpapers, because right now my home screen is just black with one game on it. I sort of wished that it had cutesy music and fun programs to mess around with like the Wii and my DSi had, but perhaps people nowadays don't care about that stuff anymore.

So yes, I now own a Switch. I would give you all my Friend Code (it is called that, isn't it?), but I don't plan to play online so it'll just be useless. Expect some Switch otome reviews in the future!















I'm really scared that my Switch will start getting joycon drift.... Let's hope it doesn't happen....

Ikemen Sengoku - Mitsuhide's Route Review

Today I will be reviewing a mobile game route. It's been a while since I've written about the Ikemen series, actually. Funnily enough, my posts about them seem to have the highest number of views. Mobile game stuff in general seems to be more popular, most likely because more people play them.

Mitsuhide's route came out about a month ago, and I've been playing since about a week after it released. I was actually a little bit excited for this one! It's the fourth IkeSen route I've played so far. The other ones I completed were Kenshin, Ieyasu and Sasuke. (I just never bothered to write about them on this blog...)

There are spoilers below, be warned!

(I didn't know what picture to put here so just enjoy this screenshot from the character selection page!)

Norn9: Var Commons - A Review

It seems like forever since I've written on this blog. That's due to the fact that I took my time playing Norn9, I think I managed to drag it out for over a month! No, I did not get bored of the game, it's just that I was busy with other things too, very important things like completing this one anime before my Crunchyroll trial ended. Laziness was also a reason.

But today, my Norn9 review is finally here. Be prepared for a very long ramble, like usual.

Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk - A Review

Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk just so happens to be the sequel to my all time favourite otome game, Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly. That first game was very different and probably less romance filled than most other otoge, but it still managed to grab me. I didn't review it properly on this blog (I basically just made a bunch of random posts about as I played), but I really wish I could've.

I had heard a few things about the sequel that put me off a bit, so that's why it's taken me almost a year to actually pick it up. The reason why it took me three weeks to finish this actually quite short game I'll tell you about further down below.

Since the Psychedelica games don't have traditional otome routes, I decided to just make one massive review post on Ashen Hawk instead of multiple smaller ones. There is a lot for me to talk about, so please be warned: this post is going to be very long and I'll probably ramble on a bit too much. Also, there are going to be plenty of spoilers for both games in the series, so read at your own risk!

Kissed by the Baddest Bidder - Eisuke's Route Review

Voltage recently let us all read Eisuke's route for free, so I took advantage of it like the cheapskate I am and decided to read it in one day. I've been wanting to play this one for almost four years now, even though there are probably much better games I could spend my time with. Kissed by the Baddest Bidder has always had a special place in my heart, since it was one of the first otome games I ever discovered. Even though it all reminds me of some trashy romance novel, I still manage to have a lot of fun playing it.

So, was Eisuke's route worth years of waiting? Read on to find out!

A 7'Scarlet Thought Dump

I don't really know what to say, but down below is a massive dump of my feelings of 7'Scarlet since I completed it. I had so much to say that I decided to reopen this blog just so I could drain my thoughts out somewhere. 

Expect massive spoilers down below and no screenshots since I don't have my Vita on me. Most of this was typed very quickly, so there are probably going to be lots of errors.