Personal Post: Kamen Rider Zi-O Ep 48 & 49, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger episode 22 & 23 and Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise Part 3

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 It's over, Zi-o is finally over and while its still nowhere near as bad and disrespectful as Kamen Rider Decade and Power Rangers Megaforce were, it's still pretty bad. Now with Zero One coming next week and Beast Morphers coming back we should have much more to talk about. We can have it over drinks at Kenshiro's bar, where he makes can shake a martini as well as he can shake a punk's brains. While he regales us with the story of how he met his old buddy Rei after being mistaken for Jagi. Forget Cheers; at the Rusty Nail good times are sure to follow.

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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is owned by Sega, Nobuhiro Suzuki and Jun Orihara based off of the Manga Fist of the North Star written by Buronson.

Personal Post: Kamen Rider Zi-O Ep 47, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger episode 21 and Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise Part 2

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 Once again I have business come up so no article this week sadly. But at least Zi-O is almost over, if only our protagonist wasn't a complete selfish asshat with the brains of a sock drawer. Oh and trust me this show has far more issues then that, not the least of which that without said selfish stupidity then the plot would have been over and done by episode 1, just meh the belt and no Oma Zi-O, no time jackers, no Another Riders nothing. But at least Ryusoulger is starting to turn itself around with a plot that you know is going to have some heart tearing moments. Oh, and starting this time, I'll honestly try to end my steams earlier, and trust me enough happens in FOTNSLP to keep you occupied for quite some time.

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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is owned by Sega, Nobuhiro Suzuki and Jun Orihara based off of the Manga Fist of the North Star written by Buronson.

Manga Review: Madoka Magica Homura's Revenge Volume 2 Part 1: If at first you don't succeed

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The true hero of the story who's on a self-destructive and selfish quest to save the one person on earth she loves.

 Again, sorry for the delay life is crazy and in other words the sky is blue and the grass is green. Once again here's the link from last time so that everyone is caught up.

https://ondavidsbrain.blogspot.com/2019/07/manga-review-madoka-magica-homuras.html

 As if the twist from last volume wasn't crazy enough; Kyoko actually lets Sayaka take on Homura herself. 

 Why you ask? Because with Mami dead this is the only shipping that the fans will accept in this timeline.

 But a flashback does answer the question, Kyubey introduced the two since they have the same goal of killing Homura. It of course doesn't go well but not as bad as it would have been thanks to Kyubey breaking the ice and informing Sayaka that Kyoko used to work with Mami once upon a time. They leave on civil terms with Sayaka stating that she wants to avenge Mami and Kyoko is all for it; if she can get to Homura first. She does in this case and Homura's just toying with her. At least until Kyoko decides to get in on the action.

 Since their teamwork is shoddy at best Homura is able to outmaneuver them and eventually escapes with Madoka. Kyoko knows that Homura could have taken them out if she wanted too; especially since during the fight she was able to get close enough to Kyoko to touch her soul gem. So after the two hash it out they agree to train Sayaka so they can take down Homura and eventually Walpurgisnacht. Homura and Madoka reach the fountain and discuss this new turn of events where Madoka suggests that Kyubey must be responsible for Sayaka and Kyoko's new partnership. But Homura sees this as an advantage and hypothesizes that with Kyoko looking out for and training her Sayaka should be able to last until Walpurgisnacht shows up, and if Homura has to be the reason why she'll stay with Kyoko then so be it.

 Later on, Sayaka and Kyoko are fighting the Shadow Witch and though Sayaka does rely on her regeneration magic with the Berserker tactics it's nowhere near as terrifying as in the normal timeline due to Kyoko's support giving her a better mental and emotional state. Not to mention they've avoided learning the truth about Soul Gems so that giant factor is removed. However after the Labyrinth is destroyed Homura's right there waiting for them. She advises Sayaka about her fighting style but she's had enough of her crap and gives Kyoko a signal.

Oh lord, their training has worked so well they've achieved Jojo meme status!!!

 As if the Jojo meme level up wasn't bad enough the chapter ends with Homura realizing that this new power is draining Sayaka's magic far too fast and her soul gem starts to cloud. Chapter 6 opens with Sayaka and Kyoko having a far more civil discussion about taking out familiars before cutting back to the two attacking Homura. Sure enough thanks to their training and improved teamwork the two are able to overpower Homura to the point where she has to stop time and fire her gun at Sayaka and Kyoko. Nowhere lethal of course but she does manage to shoot Sayaka's leg giving her the chance to point a gun at the back of Kyoko's head. 

You clever bitch!!!

 Even when Homura tries to buy some time the two manage to overpower her leaving Homura caught in Kyoko's spear, unable to stop time and Sayaka ready to deliver the killing blow. To make matters worse Sayaka's Soul Gem has reached her limits and is about to become a witch. Homura tries to pull out a Grief Seed but Kyoko restrains her shield thinking it's a bomb.

Turns out Homura didn't set us up the bomb. Now all your base are belong to her!

 The Mermaid Witch begins her assault but Homura; unable to convince Kyoko of the truth stops time and goes Reb Brown on her ass.

 After the Witch is killed Kyubey appears and speculates as to what happened. Eventually Madoka shows up and after some back and forth between Madoka, Homura and Kyoko about why Homura didn't tell her and Sayaka the truth Kyoko decides that she's had enough and decides to leave Mitakihara for good but not before bringing Sayaka's corpse back home. When she leaves Kyubey declares his victory, Mami and Sayaka are dead, Kyoko delivered her "screw you guys I'm going home" speech and thus only Homura is left to fight Walpurgisnacht, that is unless Madoka's in the mood to make her contract. So in other words they're up shit creek. The chapter ends with an all too familiar news broadcast of an approaching Mega Storm and an evacuation of the city being declared. 

 Chapter 7 opens with Walpurgisnacht approaching the town with Kyoko watching from afar. At her home Homura is lamenting how even with Madoka's help she couldn't save Mami and Sayaka.

Gee, it's almost as if discussing your plan in front of the deceptive Alien who would garner more trust compared to the transfer student who refuses to give a convincing cover story to sway people to her cause didn't turn out well!

 Madoka swings by and Homura apologizes for bringing her along with her and forcing her to repeat seeing her friends being killed. While Madoka reminds her that they at least managed to save Kyoko Homura says that that's irrelevant since she won't even stick around to help and since she herself hasn't had time to prepare for Walpurgisnacht there's no chance of defeating it. She suggests that she and Madoka repeat the month again since that's all she can think of to save her. Actually yeah that's not a bad plan just make sure that Kyubey doesn't hitch a ride again and then the stage will be set perfectly, you can still try to save Mami and Sayaka during the normal events without Kyubey spreading mistrust among the three, it's your best shot so yeah go for it. The next day Madoka and her family are at the evacuation shelter while Kyoko decides to fight against Walpurgisnacht herself with the Grief seeds she and Sayaka saved up. 

 Back at the shelter Madoka asks if she went back with Homura would everyone be killed by Walpurgisnacht. She of course knew the answer but just had to hear it knowing she couldn't forgive herself leaving other people to such a horrible fate. She suggested making the contract but Homura shoots that down immediately reminding her that even if she won she would then basically become a less hungry and sleepy Beerus and destroy the world. Then the hell beast Kyubey appears and informs them that Kyoko is fighting Walpurgisnacht on her own. Madoka immediately runs off but Homura is stoped by Kyubey who says that while they have the same end-goal their objectives are completely different. 

You know, I honestly hate to say this because everyone and their grandma has said this about Kyubey but it honestly has to be said, bunny cat is a dick!

 Kyoko is continuing to put up a fight against Walpurgisnacht but honestly it's like a fly trying to move a mountain. However just when she is about to be killed by the familiars Homura and Madoka show up to give her backup. The chapter ends with Homura telling Kyoko that even if there is a small chance to save Madoka she'll take it no matter the cost. With that we're nearing the end of this timeline, and considering what happens in the main anime we can guess how this turns out, or can we? Check in for the final chapter and my overall thoughts on Homura's Revenge.

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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Homura's revenge is owned by, Masugitsune/ Kawazukuu, Magica Quartet and Yen Press.
Mercenary Fighters (1988) is owned by Bruno Mattei, Riki Shelach Nissimoff and Cannon Films.
Dragon Ball, Dragonball Z, Dragonball GT and Dragonball Super is owned by Funnimation, Toei animation, Fuji TV and Akira Toriyama.
Dragon ball Z Abridged is owned by Team Four Star. 

Personal Post: Kamen Rider Zi-O Ep 46, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger episode 20 and Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise Part 1

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 Big week as we start our stream of Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise. I'm a very casual fan of the series having only seen the first arc of the Anime up to where Ken kills Shin so everything else is a mystery to me aside from Youtube clips and Bennet the Sage's Episode of Anime Abandon talking about the movie. Other then that I know that this was made by the guys behind the Yakuza games, so if I like this; this may be what inspires me to get into that franchise. Other then that Zi-O is thankfully almost over and apparently Ryusoulger is bombing so badly that it got not only a writing staff change but also a producer staff change since episode 19. Damn, I honestly never heard a show do that badly before, just damn!

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Fist of the North Star: Lost Paradise is owned by Sega, Nobuhiro Suzuki and Jun Orihara based off of the Manga Fist of the North Star written by Buronson.

Demo Lets Play: Catherine Full Body: A true delicacy.

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 Oh Catherine Full Body, this is something that I've been meaning to get to for a long time. Which is a personal mark of shame as a fan of Atlus' games. I got the original for Christmas a few years ago, never played it mostly due to me not being interested and College taking up most of my time, but now I have the chance to rectify my mistake with an enhanced remake for the PS4. Though I'll definitely save it for Christmas since there's still more games on my plate to deal with. I've heard it was hard as hell, but I'm always up for a challenge.

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Catherine Full Body is owned by Atlus, Sega and Studio Zero

Movie Review: Once Upon a time in Hollywood: Story time

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 As much as I feel that Quinton Tarantino’s filmography is basically required to have seen to be considered a “professional” critic today; I must confess that counting OUATIH I’ve only seen 4 of his movies, only one I would consider truly loving. Those being Inglorious Bastards, Django Unchained and Hateful 8. I mention this because I’m not exactly familiar with his inspirations, motifs, cliches etc aside from his foot fetish so I don’t have a clear frame of reference for his design sensibilities aside from what more learned and experienced critics can tell me. But I do plan on rectifying that someday when I have the time. But for now I have little working knowledge of the backstory behind Tarantino’s love letter to the golden age of Hollywood and 1960's LA.

 Given that I have no forward knowledge of the murder of actress Sharon Tate by members of the Manson Family and the cultural tsunami that that had on America and the movie industry I’m undoubtedly going to have a far different opinion then most older critics who if they haven’t lived that event have at least read about it at some point in their lives. So please keep that in mind as I give my two cents. But first things first, this is a damn good movie, not the best I’ve seen but if you have knowledge of the Sharon Tate murder then you’ll probably get far more out of it then I did, like this would be your “Inglorious Bastards”. Let’s face it, my generation may not know about the Sharon Tate murder so they probably couldn’t get more out of this as they would in seeing Hitler getting gunned down along with the Nazi high command in a burning theatre. You can see why Inglorious Bastards is currently my favorite Tarantino movie.

 Our story is mostly a "day in the life" type of story where we follow characters and see how their day is going and all the wacky misadventures they get up to and eventually leading up to the fateful night. First we have Tate herself (played by once of the few saving graces of Suicide Squad; Margot Robbie) just going about her day and watching herself in The Wrecking Crew yet surprisingly despite her fate being the focal point Tate isn't the main focus. That honor actually goes to Leonardo De Caprio's Rick Dolton and Brad Pitt's Cliff Booth a former western star and his stunt man/best friend respectively. Rick was a western star back in the day but with the western falling out of favor his carrier is in a downward spiral with only two options left, play the villain and get his ass kicked on western shows for the rest of his carrier, or take Al Pacino's advice (yeah I know his character has a name but lets face it, its Al Pacino) and move to Rome and get back in the spotlight with Spaghetti Westerns. Cliff on the other hand has a more interesting day, starts off with driving Rick to his latest shoot, going to fix his T.V Antenna, fighting Bruce Lee and ends up with the Manson family staring daggers at him.

 As this movie focus' mostly on this one day I can't go into too much detail in terms of plot. But in staging and the technical department, holy crap you'll feel like you stepped into a time machine. Everything from locations, the costumes the music it all does feel like Hollywood 1969. Even the scenes where Di Caprio's added into classic movies and T.V shows were done almost seamlessly, I haven't seen this type of editing done this well since Forrest Gump. Even the poster for the movie looks like a Drew Struzan masterpiece, needless to say the attention to detail was on point.

 However a detraction for me is the Sharon Tate scenes. Without knowledge of who this person was and why her death was such a tragedy you inevitably lose something. And I'm sorry but if you have to have supplementary knowledge to fully appreciate a piece than it sadly suffers. Thankfully while the knowledge of Sharon Tate isn't entirely necessary (hence the focus on Rick and Cliff) I still have to criticize the fact that the real events have to take a back seat for the made up characters, while its nowhere as insensitive and egregious as what Michael Bay did with Pearl Harbor I still have to call it out. But it's still a Tarantino movie so you'll still be in for a good time, still wholeheartedly recommend this movie, not just as a fan of Tarantino but as a movie goer in general.

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Once upon a time in Hollywood is owned by Quinton Tarantino, Columbia Pictures, Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, Visona Romantica and Sony Pictures Releasing.

Personal Post: Kamen Rider Zi-O Ep 45, Kishiryu Sentai Ryusoulger episode 19 and Marvel's Spider-Man Finale

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 Yes, after several unexpected downtime I'm finally back to streaming on Saturdays. Though after getting some much needed feedback I've decided to make a change or two. First I've gotten a new headset since my old one died, it happens and while the audio quality may be different its just something we'll have to adjust to. Second, I'll just try to keep my streams to under 2 hours, minimum 1 hour, at best 1 1/2 hour, 2 tops. This will help me personally since I need to devote some time to my other projects and 4 hours for streaming does seem excessive.