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Morgenthau posted:Ahahaha, hilarious! The image of Ohgami whimpering with both arms in compound fractures waiting for Kanna's final attack really got to me. And as always your mspaints are great. Permission to use one if I do get around getting an avatar for myself? Go for it! quote:I never really got into Galaxy Angel; it seems so The lack of Normad is a regrettable loss-- but hey, at least those Emblem Frames of theirs are actually put to good use.  quote:
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YOU AIN'T SEEN NOTHIN' YET Grunduggerer posted:Oh where to begin... Have patience, the plants are still young.  quote:Kanna is... nice, isn't she? Ogami would never be happy with her. However it seems that Sumire and Kanna are friendly, so perhaps Kanna can dispense the beatings Sumire would give him but of course, is too much the lady to actually do. So... Kanna can physically emasculate him while Sumire verbally emasculates him? Also, Ogami DID miss the very last block, hence the fact that he got socked in the face (again). I should've waited for the second set of options to roll around- I think that would've let Ogami block and retaliate. Dominic Hokage posted:Strong men make Kanna feel all girly inside! I think it's more a matter of endurance than anything else... Bobfly posted:Oh by the way, another vote for Sumire. Would be Kohran, but I don't like the girls inserting objects into places in my body where nothing should ever be inserted to have glasses, and I don't think Ogami does either Vote noted! Generally, I think the ratio is about 50-50 (at least in terms of raw time spent playing); it's just that there's so much more to cover in the dating sim/ADV part of the game, so it feels sorta lopsided. Alternatively, there's Glazius's explanation. I wholly endorse it. Semiru posted:Screw you Spirit Armor - you won't change my vote from Sumire! You say that as if I had been trying to insult Sumire.  quote:Also, for those voting for Kanna... Uh, she looks more like a dude than Ogami does at times... And that's the beauty of it. Glazius posted:Orks trying to garden! Lordy. ...though you do wonder what they eat.  Probably Ogami.
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Semiru posted:Screw you Spirit Armor - you won't change my vote from Sumire! VAST TRACTS OF Morgenthau posted:Also the game doesn't have NOMAD which I think has got to be one of the most hilarious characters in anime. edit for those who have not watched the show, those were his only lines in the last episode of the second season of Galaxy Angel. And the screen stays like that the whole time. That's it. Then CREDITS. CannonFodder fucked around with this message at 06:18 on Oct 8, 2007 |
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Dominic Hokage posted:I like Kanna the best because, well, even though she's huge she's actually the sweetest of all the girls. Truth. That's one of the best descriptions of her I've heard. CannonFodder posted:edit for those who have not watched the show, those were his only lines in the last episode of the second season of Galaxy Angel. And the screen stays like that the whole time. That's it. Then CREDITS. ... Son of a bitch. Well, here's hoping that Galaxy Angel II is better than the Galaxy Angel Rune anime.  Morgenthau posted:But then again the anime was popular for this mindfuckery. Few other series are as crackheadedly episodic as to destroy the universe and kill everybody off in one episode, only to have them all back to normal the next. And that's part of what makes Galaxy Angel so weirdly amazing.  Wyvernil posted:By the way, where'd our OP run off to? I'd say it's high time for another update right about now. Yup, I was planning to get the update out sometime late this evening. ... hopefully. 
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Spirit Armor posted:Well, here's hoping that Galaxy Angel II is better than the Galaxy Angel Rune anime. Er, he's talking about the second season of the original series, which was supposed to be pretty good (I've... never actually watched the series. It was already licensed by the time I got around to it and I don't have the cash to pick it up, sadly.) I think that's just supposed to be a clever insert at the last episode, not "Witness the comedic Not Appearing In This Series!"
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There's a new Sakura Taisen game for the DS coming out.  Well, not coming out in English but you get the idea.  And it's a rogue-like? Screenshots show lil' Chibi Ogami with a sword and shield fighting monsters. I have to believe it's an Iris-induced nightmare. There's a clip at Insertcredit.
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BlondRobin posted:Er, he's talking about the second season of the original series, which was supposed to be pretty good (I've... never actually watched the series. It was already licensed by the time I got around to it and I don't have the cash to pick it up, sadly.) I think that's just supposed to be a clever insert at the last episode, not "Witness the comedic Not Appearing In This Series!" Upon second reading, you're right, I totally missed that. Incidentally, the original series is love in a barrel. Grunduggerer posted:There's a new Sakura Taisen game for the DS coming out. See, I was actually somewhat excited when I'd heard initial reports of the Sakura Wars DS game. You can pick and choose your team out of all eighteen or so heroines from all three major games! You can send them running around and decimate evil! Whoopee! ... and then I heard that 1) there are no giant robots involved, and 2) it's basically going to be a Mysterious Dungeon game (you know, like Pokemon Mysterious Dungeon, Chocobo's Mysterious Dungeon, etc).
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Spirit Armor posted:Yup, I was planning to get the update out sometime late this evening. So, is that update on the way, or are we going to have to wait a bit longer? Hate to sound like a broken record here... but it really has been a while.
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Wyvernil posted:So, is that update on the way, or are we going to have to wait a bit longer? Seriously, it's long past time for youse to update, mister Spirit Armor. If we don't get some payback soon, you might end up with an update in youse' bed, you understand what I'm sayin' here? And I ain't talkin about no comedy update, wise guy, not this time. We's gonna do a big one dis time. Using da SECOND GA series. Youse do not want to see dat update. Trust me, youse do not want to see dat update.
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Spirit Armor posted:See, I was actually somewhat excited when I'd heard initial reports of the Sakura Wars DS game. You can pick and choose your team out of all eighteen or so heroines from all three major games! You can send them running around and decimate evil! Whoopee! I wouldn't just yet.Consider the following: 1) The demo includes Ogami with a sword and shield, for melee combat. This is a Mysterious Dungeon trope but more than that it's not Classically Japanese. Shields existed mostly as portable cover against range attacks, there wasn't enough metal to make them. (As a side note, it's kinda ironically funny that thus far Kanna's fighting style is the most recent vintage. The Chinese had rocketry in the 10th century and gunners by the 13th, but Okinawan karate and the subsequent weaponization of the tonfa are late 19th century.) This suggests we're dealing with an entire alternate universe. 2) Giant robots and the entire steampunk milieu don't show up out of mechanical necessity but a desire for Maximum Awesome. Clearly there has to be _some_ contrivance around to allow otherwise-combat-incapable characters to hit things with their feelings, but this is either magic or technology sufficiently advanced to be indistinguishable therefrom. 2a) "Therefrom" doesn't trigger my spellcheck. Apparently it is actually a word. Who knew? 3) If the entire Sakura Wars cast are more than just fragile amalgams of personality and situation, they can be ported to an entirely different world setup without substantial loss of tone. This is the characteristic of a true "ensemble cast". 4) Sakura Wars is functionally a strategy RPG but with a completely distinct power-up mechanic. There's no reason this mechanic can't be ported over to a Mysterious Dungeon game, perhaps intertwined with dungeon exploration via a kind of Shadow Hearts or Anachronox-type system, where items found in the dungeon are used in town sequences to power up the characters. 5) I'll leave it up to your imagination precisely who gets combat upgrades from the gay porn.
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Wyvernil posted:So, is that update on the way, or are we going to have to wait a bit longer? It's comin', it's comin'...  BlondRobin posted:Seriously, it's long past time for youse to update, mister Spirit Armor. If we don't get some payback soon, you might end up with an update in youse' bed, you understand what I'm sayin' here? And I ain't talkin about no comedy update, wise guy, not this time. We's gonna do a big one dis time. I'd really rather not wake up and roll over to see Apricot's head sitting on my pillow.  Glazius posted:The Five Commandments 1) I wouldn't put it past them. Point accepted, sirrah. 2), the whole attacking things without robots, is already canon, to an extent... I'm pretty sure that Sakura is already capable of unleashing her Ouka Houshin (big pink destructo wave) without her robot, and I wouldn't put it past Kanna to, well, break things whether or not she's actually in her robot, so... 2a) English is weird like that.  3) I'm not at all worried that the cast could stand up to something weird like this... it's the tone I'm worried about. I don't really want to see this turn into a random cutesy game, especially since I'm not entirely sure the company will be able to pull it off WELL.4) Well, I was hoping that it'd be more of a standard RPG (or even a classic Sakura Wars-style game, which would be a first for the DS). Granted, I also don't have a very good impression of Mysterious Dungeon-style games, and I really don't want to see this turn into a giant let-down. 5) ... and then it turns out that EVERYONE does, which is about when, for Ogami, the game takes a turn for the truly frightening.
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 Kanna, in the kitchen, with her fists.  [Ogami]  Got it. I'll be looking forward to it, then. ---- [Kanna]  .... [Kanna]  ... y'know, you COULD offer to help or something. [Ogami]  You DID sort of kick me in the jaw three times. That sort of thing tends to put a damper on my enthusiasm to do ANYTHING good for you. [Kanna]  Actually, if you think about it real hard, isn't the whole "me kickin' you in the jaw multiple times" thing a good way to motivate you to do whatever it is I want? I mean, it's not like I can't kick you where it'd hurt the most. [Ogami]  ... that's both horrifying AND horrifyingly cliche, but... you mean that you'd kick me in the crotch, right? [Kanna] Actually, I was thinking of kicking you in the nose, shattering it and driving the broken bones up into your brain before pulping your head like a ripe melon. [Ogami]  ... where'd that apron of mine get to? ----  ... huh, so he really ISN'T going to at least offer to help her out or anything. [Ogami] ......... ... it's sure taking a while. Maybe that's because    ----  ----  Sadly, waiting doesn't cause any other option to pop up. :/ [Ogami]  (I'm so hungry... but I was told to wait, so...)  I waited for you, Kanna.  [Ogami]  ... wh, what? What is this? ... that's really not how you respond to someone taking the time to give you free food, man. [Ogami] (There's some sort of... dark red stuff riding on top of the rice.)  [Kanna] It goes really well with boiled barley and rice. ---- [Ogami] ... huh? [Kanna] The dish's pork and spices, Ogami. [Ogami] ... huh? [Kanna] ... meat, Ogami, meat. [Ogami] ... huh? [Kanna] YUMMIES. [Ogami] No, I mean... we have PORK in this theater? Last time I checked, Sakura's been stocking the larders with the rotting corpses of any woman outside the theater who'd tried to strike up a conversation with me. [Kanna] ... 'scuse me for a second, going to empty the plate and scrub it for a few hours and then maybe go throw up for a while before getting the hell out of this theat- [Sakura]  SKREEEEEEEEEEEEEEE-- [???]  (Signal lost) ---- [Ogami] It sorta looks like... there's so much cayenne that the whole thing's a bright red? [Kanna] Ahaha, don't worry about it, don't worry about it. [Ogami] R, right then, here goes...  [Ogami] (Urgh... it's really spicy...) (It's got a fiery kick, but the taste's really salty...) [Ogami] (Huh? But... once you endure the first mouthful it's... tasty!?) [Ogami] This is really delicious! This stuff is great, Kanna! ---- [Kanna] Oh, that's just the hallucinogens kickin' in. [Ogami]  Hahaha, what hallucinog-- [Ogami] ....  [Ogami] ... oH mY sTrIpEs AnD sTaRs. ----  ---- [Ogami] cOuLd YoU tElL mE tHeSe ThInGs BeFoRe YoU sUbJeCt Me To YoUr CoOkInG nExT tImE, kAnNa?! ---- [Kanna] But, well... I've been doin' nothing but karate since I was a kid, so... y'know, it can't be helped. [Ogami] Come to think of it, Kanna... I still really don't know that much about you. If it's alright with you, could you tell me a bit about yourself?  ----  ... holy poo poo, she's actually going to talk and we're actually going to KNOW the basic backstory behind a character without having to wait chapters and chapters?  In any case, this is untimed LIPS. You pretty much sit there and run through all the questions at your leisure, so... I'm goin' down from the top. QUESTION 1 [Ogami] Tell me about karate.  ----  [Kanna] You got people who spend their whole lives tending fields, people who devote their lives to fishing, people who want to become rich...  ... aren't those the kinds of people who usually end up turning into the villainously psychotic and power-hungry overlords?  [Kanna] That's how I see it... [Kanna] Ahaha, I guess that doesn't really count as an answer, does it.  ----  At least she's fairly straightforward.  QUESTION 2 [Ogami] Could you tell me what it is that brought you here? ---- [Kanna] The boat! [Ogami] ... well, yes, I meant-- [Kanna] And then I swam. [Ogami] But-- [Kanna] Walking came next. It's really fascinating, walking. I mean, you've got your left foot, then your right foot, and then... [Ogami] C... can I just go now? ----  Wait, Kanna BLUSHES?!  ----  [Kanna] Karate's all I have. No... I can't do anythin' outSIDE of karate... That's what I'd thought the entire time. Doing something like standing upon a stage... that'd never even crossed my mind.  [Kanna] The person who made me realize that was Ayame-san. [Ogami] .....  [Kanna] Right in front of me, that curtain went up, see? ... and when it did, all I could see in front of me was this dazzling, brilliant light. It wasn't anythin' big... it was just the light from the spotlight. But still.....  [Kanna] Though my mother died early, and... I can't even remember her face anymore. ---- [Ogami]  ?[Kanna] ... I don't think so, Ogami. ---- [Ogami] .... so that's how it was.  ... ... the next play can't come fast enough.  QUESTION 3 [Ogami] How's the Imperial Theater after being gone for so long? Has it changed since you saw it last?   [Ogami] ..... I see, that's true, isnt' it.  [Kanna] From here on out, we'll all be eatin' our food out of the same pot everyday. Good t'meetcha, Captain. [Ogami] Got it. Nice to make your acquaintance too, Kanna.  ??? (BONG BONG BONG HEY GUYS, IT'S THE INAPPROPRIATELY-TIMED CLOCK SPEAKIN', IT'S GETTING SORTA LATE GUYS I TOTALLY NEED A BETTER SOUND EFFECT FOR THIS GODDAMN BELL)  [Ogami] You're right. We've got pretty caught up talking there.  [Kanna] Ah... whoops, Cap'n. I forgot to tell you somethin'. [Ogami] What's up? [Kanna] Those other two, Sakura and Kohran, seem like good, honest kids. I really like 'em.  I... wait, what? It hasn't even been a day, and she's... ... I will be sorely disappointed if Kanna starts acting like Sakura. [Ogami]  R, really? ... thanks.  [Kanna] Right then, I'll be countin' on you from here on out. Night, Captain.  [Ogami] A guy that Kanna likes, huh.... that doesn't sound too bad. 'Til you get to the beatings and the violence and the constant sparring. [Ogami] .... now then. My stomach's become full and all, so I guess I'll go back to my room and get some sleep.  [Ogami] Maria.... what's wrong?  ----  ---- [Ogami] Are you sure? If you'd like, I could hel- [Maria]  NOTHING IS WRONG. [Ogami] ... well, if you're sure, then it's-- [Maria] YES EVERYTHING IS FINE NOTHING IS WRONG OR AT ALL THE MATTER. [Ogami] ... I... I'll just be going now. ----  Rollin' rollin' rollin' ro--  ---- [Ogami] Hahaha, oh, it's nothing important, it's just useless-in-combat Sumire. [Sumire]  ... I hate you so much, Ensign. ----  Something that's liable to get you into a whole lot of trouble, very very soon if you're not careful with it? [Maria] Ensign! That's...  [Ogami] Eh....? I found it here just now...  [Ogami] Is that so... I'll give it back to you, then. ----  [Maria] GAH! MY EYE!! [Ogami]  ----  ----  ---- [Ogami] You're very welcome! See? What CAN'T violence do? [Maria] Heal your kneecaps? [Ogami] Hahaha, what? There's nothing wrong with m- [Maria]  (BANG BANG BANG) [Ogami]  -- aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa-- [Maria]  ... there is now. ----  [Ogami] Is it a good luck charm?  [Maria]  Hmhm... that could very well be the case.  Yay for frighteningly random mood swings!  ----  ---- [Ogami] ... maybe all her troubles would go away if I just destroyed that locket...! ---- [Ogami]  Come to think of it... she'd said something about... dreams of the past... Maria... I wonder what kind of dreams you'll be seeing tonight... 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Spirit Armor posted:(And the second half of this update... will come tomorrow. ) ...same bat time, same bat channel. Looking forward to the next update.
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 Wait, Kanna BLUSHES?! See, that's what I meant. Kanna blushing is so wrong, it's creepy. I swear something unnatural happens everytime she does that, like clock hands start going backwards or all the fish in the sea collectively jump up in the air. Maria's loving blush is just as earth-shattering, this it's more to amazement than freakiness. 'Holy poo poo! Maria the ice queen blushes? She's actually kind of cute there!'
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Morgenthau posted:See, that's what I meant. Kanna blushing is so wrong, it's creepy. And by "creepy" you mean "adorable".  If it means we can see more of blushing Kanna, I just might have to change my vote.
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Spirit Armor posted:You say that as if I had been trying to insult Sumire. You - you gave her the evil Iris eyes! What was I supposed to think? And it's taken me far too long to notice that if you swap the e and the u in Sumire, you get my handle. That's some retroactive creepy poo poo right there. To that end, I'm changing my vote to Maria. And no, not just because the MSPaint in the last update was freaking awesome.
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I'm still all for Kanna, when is her "chapter" supposed be?
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Spirit Armor posted:
This is pretty much Makunochi Ippo's motivation, word for word. "Villainously psychotic" only begins to describe him if you follow it with "is the least apt description ever". "I want to become strong" seems to be a popular relatively innocent motivation. quote:
I look heavily forward to Kanna chewing the scenery. Metaphorically! quote:(BONG BONG BONG HEY GUYS, IT'S THE INAPPROPRIATELY-TIMED CLOCK SPEAKIN', IT'S GETTING SORTA LATE GUYS Knock knock! Who's there? Interrupting clock! Interrupting cl- BONG! quote:
Ceiling Kanna is watching you shower. Less intermemey, Kanna as World's Least Subtle Stalker would be hilarious. quote:[Ogami] It's funny how dreams often end up so cooperative, isn't it? 
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Spirit Armor posted:Seriously, how can you not vote for Maria.
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[Ogami] (so hot... blacking out...) ...later... [Kohran]  Ah, he's finally waking up.  [Kohran] Kanna's cooking is a bit spicy, isn't it? So I'm just cleaning out your system... every nook and... [Ogami] (mommy?)
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Cool update. One thing though - do you actually call it 'seeing' dreams in English? I always thought it was 'having', but I'm not a native speaker so v v
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Aw, gently caress it. Kanna actually hits me as the most honest and sweet and heart-of-gold of the girls, who just never thought about doing anything other than Karate and thus is now probably able to grind bones to dust with her fingertips. And it's so goddamned cute when Ogami makes her feel like a girl and gets all shy (for her) and blushy. Switching vote from Kohran to Kanna. I want to see this happen. The most we're likely to get out of Maria (who seems to get off on being withholding) is a teeny bit of emotion right at the end of the game- but even though Kanna's just recently showed up, she's just kept delivering again and again. One Legged Cat fucked around with this message at 18:48 on Oct 9, 2007 |
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Bobfly posted:Cool update. One thing though - do you actually call it 'seeing' dreams in English? I always thought it was 'having', but I'm not a native speaker so v Not usually, but when you're talking about other peoples' dreams it's maybe a bit more lax with the terms you can use. I would have said "dreaming dreams", myself v v
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Some people use "saw," but it's pretty rare, actually. However, the Japanese always use "see" for dreams, and I suspect Spirit Armor just forgot to localize that bit; it's not like he has an editor checking all his posts prior to going up in the thread. Also, between the spicy and the martial arts this Kanna girl seems awfully familiar...
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Morgenthau posted:Wait, Kanna BLUSHES?! I wonder if it's just surprise that he survived both her karate and cooking without having his head explode.
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Wyvernil posted:I wonder if it's just surprise that he survived both her karate and cooking without having his head explode. She doesn't look very comfortable when making that face. I wonder if that says anything about her.
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Wyvernil posted:...same bat time, same bat channel. You just reminded me that "Sakura Wars 2" has its very own campy superhero tribute/parody, which is awesome as gently caress. Morgenthau posted:See, that's what I meant. Kanna blushing is so wrong, it's creepy. I swear something unnatural happens everytime she does that, like clock hands start going backwards or all the fish in the sea collectively jump up in the air. I personally think it's adorable. ... all that should be reserved for one of her OTHER expressions. I'm sure we'll end up seeing it sometime, soon enough. Thuryl posted:And by "creepy" you mean "adorable". Yes. ... well, time will have to tell on THAT count. We haven't even seen Kanna in her mech yet, among other things. Semiru posted:You - you gave her the evil Iris eyes! What was I supposed to think? IT'S NOT THE EYES THAT KILL PEOPLE, IT'S WHAT'S INSIDE THAT COUNTS, AND SUMIRE IS FUCKAWESOME!! or something like that? quote:And it's taken me far too long to notice that if you swap the e and the u in Sumire, you get my handle. That's some retroactive creepy poo poo right there. ... vote noted! I'm totally going to have to start tallying them up again, huh. Also, thanks.  Sylphosaurus posted:I'm still all for Kanna, when is her "chapter" supposed be? If I recall correctly, it's relatively soon; more specifically, it'll be the chapter after the next one. Sindai posted:Best part of the whole LP so far. ... thanks, I think? Glazius posted:This is pretty much Makunochi Ippo's motivation, word for word. "Villainously psychotic" only begins to describe him if you follow it with "is the least apt description ever". True. It is, however, also the easiest of the aspirations to become horribly twisted into a justification to go on an M.Bison-esque meglomaniacal rear end-whoopin' spree, crushing everyone weaker in your path. Granted, Kanna is probably the least likely person to do something like that. Glazius posted:I look heavily forward to Kanna chewing the scenery. Metaphorically! Who said it'll just be metaphorical? Glazius posted:Knock knock! You broke my funny bone by making it groan so hard that it split in two. Glazius posted:Ceiling Kanna is watching you shower. Now I see her trying to hide her mountainesque self behind one of the courtyard's stick-thin, four foot tall trees, and I can't get the image out of my mind. Glazius posted:It's funny how dreams often end up so cooperative, isn't it? ... that's awesome on a  level.But yeah, you really have to wonder about how convenient dreams are in fiction, eh? Verbose posted:Seriously, how can you not vote for Maria. Because on a scale from One to Awesome, most of the characters are Awesome. Problem is, they're all an unquantifiable amount of Awesome, which makes it difficult to choose sometimes. :/ Grunduggerer posted:Hijinks! "IT'S KOHRAN TIME!" "NO MOMMY NO!!" Bobfly posted:Cool update. One thing though - do you actually call it 'seeing' dreams in English? I always thought it was 'having', but I'm not a native speaker so Canuck-Errant posted:Not usually, but when you're talking about other peoples' dreams it's maybe a bit more lax with the terms you can use. BlondRobin posted:Some people use "saw," but it's pretty rare, actually. However, the Japanese always use "see" for dreams, and I suspect Spirit Armor just forgot to localize that bit; it's not like he has an editor checking all his posts prior to going up in the thread. ... I'd just assumed that you could say either "saw", "had", or "having", more or less interchangably, and didn't really think much about translating that phrase in a more literal sense.  One Legged Cat posted:Aw, gently caress it. Kanna actually hits me as the most honest and sweet and heart-of-gold of the girls, who just never thought about doing anything other than Karate and thus is now probably able to grind bones to dust with her fingertips. And it's so goddamned cute when Ogami makes her feel like a girl and gets all shy (for her) and blushy. Vote noted~! She IS cute, isn't she? Update will be coming in a bit. Haven't actually started yet, but I've gotten all of the 'shots subbed and uploaded and somewhat formatted, so...
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A... very mini-update, as it turned out. ----  VIDEO! ...? Google Version! Youtube Version! ----  YEAR 1917, RUSSIA No matter how much I try to forget that day... I can't. I won't. In an instant, that which had anchored me to this world was ruthlessly torn from-- ---- [Ogami] Boo! This movie sucks!! [???] ... Ensign?! [Ogami] Maria? Is that you? Hey, could you pass the popcorn? [???] What the HELL are you doing in my expository flashback?! [Ogami] Hey, I wasn't kidding when I was wondering what kind of dream you'd be seeing tonight, so I figured why not pop over and take a look at it for myself? I mean, you're the only one with an actual mov--  [Ogami] Hey, who's that chick? I'd totally hit her. [???] ... [Ogami]  ... what? I would, she's ridiculously hot. You know, in that horribly illegal kind of way. Though I guess my tastes are a little bit on the younger side-- [???] GET OUT. [Ogami] Can I get at least get a refund on my ticket? [???] NOW. [Ogami] Okay, fine, fine... [???] ... god, I'm going to have to start over, aren't I. Where'd that goddamn remote go...  [???] ... rassin'-frassin'-sunnuvavarmint... *  *[???] Wha-- baby pictures?! DAMMIT, too far back, where's that stupid fast forward button on this thing-- c'mon, c'mon... ---- YEAR 1917, RUSSIA No matter how much I try to forget that day... I can't. I won't.  Those bloody, desperate hours blurred together. We'd all lost track of time, stuck in that merciless cycle of life or death. It was the only thing that mattered- kill, or be killed. On we went, rushing into the fray, gritting our teeth and running into the hail of bullets. For each inch we gained, many of us- too many of us- died for a hopeless cause, as if those hard-won inches were actually WORTH something by that point. Even though snow was everywhere, I never felt the punishing chill that sank through even the warmest gloves or the heaviest coats. By that time, I could barely feel anything, aside from fear. The ambush- the betrayal- had doomed us from the start; we were undone, our forces as good as shattered. I held onto my beliefs, but even those were starting to blur together, made meaningless by the rush of adrenaline that comes in the face of death... So I held onto my blind faith, held onto my belief that our leader would pull us through this last battle and give us the opportunity to regroup. And why wouldn't he? He was the one who gave me hope, and saved me from falling prey to my own despair. He taught me everything I knew, everything that was currently keeping me alive. He anchored me to this Earth, he held me together, prevented me from turning into a mindless killing machine... He was the center of my unverse.  It was a wholly reckless manuever, born of desperation-- dashing out of cover into the open-  - to draw the enemy's fire-  - thus giving the rest of us a chance to take advantage of their temporary lapse in attention-  - and by the time I'd figured out what he was trying to do-  ----  It was already too late.  No.  "CAPTAIN! This time. This time, I'll make it to his side-- I can still save him, I just need to hurry... please, I can't-- not again.... I-  "CAPTAAAAAAAAIN!!!"  ----  ----  (Every time, I wake up with the snow still crunching beneath my boots, with the winter's chill still running down my spine, with my heartbeat still pounding through my ears.)  (Every time, as I calm myself down, feeling the weight of those past years on my shoulders, and my bedsheets soaked straight through with sweat, I still hear myself screaming my captain's name, hoping against hope that he can still be saved....)  (... and every time, I remember that there is no longer anything I can do for him.) [Maria]  ... a dream, huh. Again... of that time...  (WHOOP WHOOP WHOOP) [Maria]  ... the enemy?! [Maria]  Ch'... it's just one bad thing after another...  INTO THE LAUNDRY CHUTES!  [Sumire]  No... Maria-san isn't here yet.  ... actually, I think it might have more to do with the fact that Maria doesn't seem to wear anything when she sleeps, which, assuming she doesn't want to dash around the theater buck naked, makes it inconvenient for her to run all the way to the chutes at a moment's notice.  TO-GA, TO-GA, TO-GA-  ----  [Yoneda]  We've received word from civilians that the Hive of Darkness' demon-driven mechanical soldiers have appeared in Tsukiji. [Sakura]  Tsukiji... is it. [Ayame]  The demon-driven mechanical soldiers were seen at an abandoned town, which is near the mouth of a river. It does not appear that the local inhabitants will be endangered, but in order to prevent any disorder from breaking out, it will be necessary to alleviate the situation. [Ogami]  I see... understood. ---- [Ayame] ... Ogami-kun, what did I just say? [Ogami] ... really big words which just sorta mean "kill everything in sight"? [Ayame] ... close enough. Just get to it, will you? ----  [Ogami] Yessir! Alright, everyone! Let's show them the strength of the fully-assembled Imperial Assault Force! ---- [Ogami] And by "fully-assembled," I mean "everyone but Iris." [Ogami] ... again. [Ogami] ... as usual, actually. Kohran, why doesn't Iris have a Koubu yet? [Kohran]  Weirdest thing, Ogami-han. Her spirit energy readings keep goin' up into numbers partially fused with infinity, and we're having a devil of a time findin' the kinda limiter for her engine that can handle somethin' like that. [Ogami]  ... d... doesn't that strike you as weird, Kohran? [Kohran]  Not really! I mean, Sakura's numbers've recently started spikin' around the same range, and look at her! She's doin' jes' fine! Right, Sakura-han? [Sakura]  WHAT'S THAT?! I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE SOUND OF POWER OVERWHELMING. [Kohran] See? Nothin' to worry 'bout. [Sakura] I CAN KILL WITH ALL THE COLORS OF THE WIND!! [Ogami] ... Kohran, does our insurance cover death by teammate? [Kohran] Only one way to find out! Right, Ogami-han? ----  [Ogami] Imperial Assault Force, Flower Division, go forth! Our target destination is Tsukiji! [Everyone]  Understood!  We don't need no stinkin' robots to fight.  WE'LL LAUNCH! ON FOOT. * Courtesy of Web U.R.C. Pretty much the entire site's NSFW. NEXT TIME: We've got the chapter's battle already? Gosh, this must be the shortest chapter in the game!
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I think I can see where they're going with this... Just a hunch, though. (Spoilered in case I got it right) I get the feeling this will involve dead mentors being brought back as the power source for a giant robot and brainwashed as the level boss. Possibly even with the standard scene where he regains control over himself long enough to tell Maria to put him out of his misery. Don't tell me if I'm right. Wouldn't want to spoil the surprise.
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Oct 10, 2007 08:33
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This thread has a distinct lack of you suffering of late. To that end I am changing my vote from Sumire to Iris.
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Update!  The cuteness of this pic is tempered by the identity of the person holding Chibi-Maria. Kanna X Maria seems to be a very popular fanfic pairing. Also remember the cameo of another Kosuke Fujishima character appearing in this chapter I told you about, Spirit Armor?  ---------------------------------------  Nakajima?!! Yes, Maria's brother is actually the unassuming lovelorn Ken Nakajima from You're Under Arrest! Me and my friend who was watching the clip with me at the time literally screamed in outrage and hilarity. Quite a clever cameo; who would have thought Nakajima's ancestor from way back would end up meeting a lovely end faceplanting himself into the cold russian snow? At least with his death it paved the way for Ohgami's ascension to her hot sister. 
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. . . I'm sorry. That was obviously supposed to be very emotional. But you know how in Kingdom Hearts Goofy is captain of the guard at Castle Disney? Yeah, he gets picked off and Donald runs at him screaming "Taichouuuuuuu!" in a voice that is exactly what Donald Duck would sound like if he were Japanese. I don't know how they did it, but they did. Fortunately it was a headshot and as we all know Goofy's head is mostly ornamental. So this is kind of ruining the moment for me. I'm sorry.
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Oct 10, 2007 13:01
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Nakajima was RUSSIAN? Explains a lot. They don't grow men that tall in Japan. At this rate there's going to be a hilarious cameo by a certain trio of Norse goddesses.
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Spirit Armor posted:... actually, I think it might have more to do with the fact that Maria doesn't seem to wear anything when she sleeps, which, assuming she doesn't want to dash around the theater buck naked, makes it inconvenient for her to run all the way to the chutes at a moment's notice. And now we know why Ogami's captain instead of Maria. It's all because of his degree in Changing One's Pants!
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Morgenthau posted:The cuteness of this pic is tempered by the identity of the person holding Chibi-Maria. Kanna X Maria seems to be a very popular fanfic pairing. So wait, that's a fully grown Kanna holding a baby/toddler aged Maria? I was about to say JAPAN  but instead I'll say CREEPY FANS THE WORLD OVER!
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Morgenthau posted:
I thought I recognized that face. I saw the first episode of the new YUA series last week, but that was actually a rather neat cameo. What would be more hilarious really if you suddenly saw either Belldandy or Urd in a cutscene/in the background while playing.
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