I'm David, welcome to my brain. Here I write to not only show that I can but to share my opinions on various topics. Mostly Video Games, Anime, Movies and Tokusatsu. Though I am open to suggestions and never afraid to admit when I'm wrong. Have a good time in here and be sure not to mess with my memory, it's bad enough as it is.
As we continue our summer shenanigans, we uncover far more than we bargained for. Hey, you know our bubbly, light hearted levitation instructor? You want to see how the kids she used to care for died in a fire while she heard their dying, painful screams that haunt her to this very day? Too bad you're seeing and hearing it! After that we have to fight a psychic tank idea of Oleander that's going to be powered by the brains of your fellow campers.
Raz learns where Oleander and his accomplice; Dr Lobato's base is. But to get there he has to defeat their enforcer. Which is a genetically altered lungfish who is the size of a brick shit house and is brainwashed to obey Oleander's every command.
Psychonauts is owned by Double Fine Productions, Tim Schaffer and Majesco Entertainment
Bit of a mixed bag for this batch of videos today. First we've got some Psi Cards, Scavenger Hunt Items and trophies to get. Next Sasha is going to send us into our brains where we find a nightmare of madness and meat. But the madness can be shot in the face thankfully so Sasha shows us his mind so we can get the Psi Blast badge. Though Raz nearly unraveled his mind in the process, all according to Sasha's expectations apparently.
Psychonauts is owned by Double Fine Productions, Tim Schaffer and Majesco Entertainment
It's been far too long since I've updated this blog with a Let's Play. And technically it's still summer and since Psychonauts 2 was finally announced for 2020 we still have some activities to do at Whispering Rock Psychic Summer Camp. Such activities include surviving a Nam flashback, learning how to shoot mental projectiles and learning how the kids are more Psycho than Psychic. And this is all just the first lesson. But with only one day to become a Psychonaut before his dad shows up to take him back to the Circus, Raz is more than up to the challenge.
Psychonauts is owned by Double Fine Productions, Tim Schaffer and Majesco Entertainment
It's been a while since we've checked in on these two isn't it folks? Now we're back to talking about two of the Madoka Magica spinoff mangas Anti-villains, Oriko Mifune and her rabid pet Kirika Kure. Yes, apparently these two went over so well that the publishers decided to give them more spinoffs. Slight problem, last time we saw them they had a lot of not being alive eating up their schedule, but thankfully this series has a convenient multiverse set up so that we can just go to another version of the pair for more stories. So for this one Volume we have some stories explaining how the two met and explore more of how Little Green's mother is a rancid piece of dead rat meat that not even Chris Brown would want to hit if only so he could avoid making contract with her. Yes, this character is such a piece of filth in my eyes that even Chris Brown would avoid her like the plague. But that fun comes later. For now we open on Kirika remembering a childhood friend of hers named Erika. After the newly contracted Kirika and her thic legs kills her first witch she plans on "coincidentally" running into Oriko at the train station and hopefully confess her love and adoration for her. But she completely wusses out so she decides to just go to school, but not before her old friend Erika catches sight of and recognizes her from the train. In class she starts freaking out about how even after she wished for her personality change she still can't nut up and tell Oriko she loves her. Um kid, you do realize that you only just met her and might not remember you, so your suddenly confessing to her might come off as what we in the lonely hearts club call crazy?!
See even mental Oriko thinks you're off your gourd. Also out of obligation, You're tearing me APART LISA!!!
Walking home from school she has another little freak out and literally runs into Erika. Erika tries to talk but after some flashbacks Kirika pushes her away and runs off in a panic. Later on she's become more focused on taking out witches as a means to blow off steam about how her plans aren't playing out as she expected.
"And then she and I would spend long nights looking into each other's eyes, summers on the beach with shaved ice during the day and sandy cuddling by night! I mean I figured once I actually talk to her she'd take me and, OH WAIT I actually have to talk to her don't I? Right...."
See, even when Kyubey of all things thinks you're living in la la land you know you're more than a little bit wacko. Don't give me that face you know it's true. Also what's there to understand? You're a nervous stalker that can't spill the beans and tell her you love her."
Though it's not like she regrets everything about her wish but the reason why she did it in the first place is what's frustrating, that and the mess with running into Erika after god knows how long didn't help much either. Speaking of which, we end the first half of Noisy Citrine with Kirika picking up a Witch's scent and Erika stumbling into an abandoned factory with her eyes glazed over. The second half of our story opens with how Erika got into this mess in the first place with her having difficulty accepting her new stepdad and going for a walk when a Witch starts planting dark thoughts in her head. Kirika dives into the Labyrinth and finds Erika about to hang herself from a tree. Kirika manages to cut the rope in time but manages to draw the Witch's ire.
"Holy crap I didn't think this through!"
She tries to take out the Jewel Sundae Witch with one strike but since of course its body is made of super hardened rocks her attacks are about on par with this.
As she lands flat on her ass Erika tells her to give up and leave her to die since everybody hates her. She even thinks that Kirika is trying to save her since she also hates her for what she did to her when she moved away. What exactly happened was that Kirika found Erika shoplifting and she literally left Kirika holding the bag, Erika moved away and Kirika was left to take the fall for her crime, thus leading Kirika to distance herself from others and vice versa. But Kirika finally realizes what was wrong with her. Even though she says that she wants to change she hasn't changed at all and doesn't just want to stay in one place anymore. So with her resolve hardened Kirika slices the Jewel Witch in half saving Erika's life. Later on in Oriko's rose garden she's reading a letter that Erika sent her telling her how things are improving between her and her stepfather. So we end Noisy Citrine with Oriko poking fun at Kirika and asking her about who this "important person" in the letter she's referring to is. So that wraps up the Noisy Citrine segment and the tone wasn't quite what I was expecting considering who was the main character of the story. This Kirika is far, far more stable than the rabid attack dog that we saw the first time, this one is shy, goofy and much more light hearted. This change in characterization can mostly be attributed due this taking place before she got together with Oriko, got in on her "kill Madoka" plan and started killing Magical Girls so she's clearly more stable. We learn a little more about her and why it was that Oriko's act of kindness had such an effect on her and lead to her making her wish. The artwork has also improved considerably with characters looking much more like people and not like a bunch of CLAMP style noodle demon people and with much more vibrant and consistent facial expressions. But we're not done yet as next time we'll continue with Oriko's focused story Symmetry Diamond and see not only a new villainous Magical Girl but also the living hell that is Yuma's home life. Does that sound fun to you? No? Too bad we're still doing it, believe me this won't be all that much fun for me either.
Oriko Magica Extra Story is owned by Mura Kuroe, Magica Quartet and Yen Press. Blazing Saddles is owned by Mel Brooks and Warner Bros.
Now that Beast Morphers is back on the air we have more to talk about. Though I will try to keep it to a minimum. It looks like Aruto has to clean out the skeletons in his Pop-Pop's closet before he can make any major change ton his new company. Kleon accidentally made a creepy pasta while thinking that Wiseru is kind of an asshole. Also Lost Paradise is mostly filler too as we get our buggy ready for our field trip to the Cursed Village.
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.
Now that Zi-o is finally over we can hopefully move on to good Tokusatsu to cover with the first Kamen Rider Series of the Reiwa era, Zero One. Basically it's Detroit Become Human mixed with Mega Man X and the 1936 original version of Mr Deeds, only David Cage isn't around to ruin everything by being David Cage. Ryusoulger this week was just another filler episode brought about by Canelo's internal filter working overtime. Lastly there's Fist of the North Star Lost Paradise where we see Kenshiro being his tour as the manager of a nightclub. Juxtaposed where we learn that Xsana killed her father in cold blood after she saw him kill her mother right in front of her for seemingly no reason, and we thought Ryusoulger was bipolar at the start eh?
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.
A girl who started out appearing to be a remorseless killer turns out to be just someone who was hurt by their family; looking out for themselves but just took it too far.
Once again, life finds. a way to screw up even the most basic, simple and harmless of plans. But I'm back in the saddle and ready to ride. Now to get everyone caught up on Homura's Revenge with the links down below.
Caught up? Okay then, moving on. The final chapter opens with Kyoko telling Homura to get Madoka out of the area and take her someplace safe. Madoka says that she can't just sit back and let the people of Mitakihara die and asks if she will help them. After some sentiments are exchanged and memories of the last timeline are remembered Kyoko and Homura head off to faceWalpurgisnachtwith her telling Madoka that she'll be back soon, thinking back to before she became a magical girl and Madoka said some similar words to her. The two begin their assault with Homura telling Kyoko her plan while they use up the last of Homura's time stop magic. She'll pull out all the weapons she has and use them which will create a blind spot for Kyoko to unleash everything she has on it. However even if that doesn't work there's always the final option. The time magic runs out and they execute their plan. As expected it doesn't work so Homura pulls out the magical girl last resort.
Oh fuck that's an anti tank rifle. Oh fuck that's an anti tank rifle! A magically powered anti tank rifle to be exact but still, fuck!
But before she can fire Kyoko stops her and the two get smashed by a building Walpurgisnacht chucks at them. Madoka rushes over to Kyoko who barely survived but they both see Homura who's in the words of Batman "dead as roast beef" leaving Madoka with only one option. Homura then wakes up to the sight of Madoka, as a magical girl. Yep she wished to bring Homura back to life so this whole exercise was entirely pointless in the end. With nothing else better to do Madoka and Homura combine their powers and take down Walpurgisnachtwith one shot of Madoka's arrow. After its destroyed Homura starts to wince in pain due to her Soul Gem about to become a Grief Seed. Kyubey tells Madoka that she only contributed a small amount of her energy, the rest was all Homura in an attempt to make sure she didn't use all of her power. So Homura, knowing what needs to be done asks Kyoko to destroy her Soul Gem before it hatches and becomes a witch. Kyoko however pulls out Sayaka's Grief Seed and purifies her Soul Gem. There's been enough death throughout this whole escapade and Kyoko didn't want another body on the pile.
So to wrap up Homura offers Kyoko to come back with her but she declines since she says that a month isn't far back enough to fix all of her mistakes. Um you could still go back to try and save Mami and Sayaka, you know, your mentor and apprentice that are the only friends/family you still have? It's not like you have anything to lose by going with her in fact you could help make her case to the others and get the best ending?
You can travel through time, how is this not wrapping around your sugar coated skull Kyoko?! As Homura prepares to leave Madoka gives her goodbyes as well since if she goes back she'll still be a magical girl and Homura's entire quest is to save her without having to make the wish and becoming the pink destroyer of earth.
No we do not need another version of this assclown running around, especially after what happened in Zi-O!
So our story ends with Homura and Madoka sharing another tear filled hug, Homura activates Bites the dust and wakes up in her hospital room swearing that she'll save Madoka no matter what it takes. That was Madoka Magica Homura's Revenge, honestly it's a very mixed bag. Let's get the negatives out of the way first, namely one of my biggest detractors with a story; logic tending to get chucked out the window for the sake of perpetuating the conflict. Some examples include Homura not discussing her plans to save Mami with Madoka away from Kyubey. She knows that for every inch she gives him he'll take a mile so why would she give him a chance to plan how to screw her over? Speaking of Mami why didn't Homura just stop time when she opened the door to Charlotte's sanctum? She had to have known that Kyubey wouldn't have set her free without a reason, in fact that one situation gave Kyubey the chance to turn Sayaka and Kyoko against her and it worked. Another gripe I had was the shift in tone. Back in the first two chapters the tone was clearly trying to be more comedic and not so serious but it's like when chapter 3 came the writers' antidepressants wore off and remembered that Madoka is supposed to be a drama and so wrote accordingly making the lack of logic in the first chapters all the more glaring. I mean it's nowhere near as much of a caring tonal shift as the earlyepisodes of Ryusoulger as this book does eventually setting into a consistent tone. To quote the writer, Masugitsune "at first this was supposed to be a fast-paced, comedic story but a lot of things happened, and the result turned out a lot different". I'm of course curious what exactly happened to change the tone of this story so dramatically but for now they remain a mystery so we'll just leave it at that. But there are some good elements of this story particularly the artwork which looks almost exactly like the anime. Even the witches look like stills from the anime from their Labyrinths to their designs themselves they look spot on. The human characters also look on target though something seems off, I'm guessing it's the eyes I don't quite know why but it just throws me off, its not bad quite the opposite; everything looks like a clear adaptation of the anime and it really helps you feel that this is a cannon timeline that Homura traveled through to her final goal.
Speaking of, the initial concept is a good idea, bringing someone else back in time to help make her case. And since it's Madoka who gets brought back Homura won't have to worry about her making an uninformed contract. Though again the biggest snag was Kyubey hitching a ride on top of not bothering to create lies to placate Sayaka, Mami and Kyoko. Though again since Kyubey has knowledge of the last time line any plans the two would come up with would be undermined and collapse as showcased multiple times. Though in the end Homura did get a better ending than usual, Madoka not becoming a witch and Kyoko is still alive so better then nothing. But again, while I get why Kyoko didn't go back with her, she could have still joined with Homura to save Sayaka and Mami and that just annoys me to no end. Though overall Homura's Revenge is a decent but annoying chain of events that does end on a good note. The duo that created this story also worked on the wholly original story Tart Magica which tells the story of Joanne of arc as she and her Magical Girl team fought during the crusades. But that's another day right now we might as well check back in on the franchise's Anti-Villian Oriko Mikune as we see another timeline in Oriko Magica Extra Story. Hopefully in a much more consistent rate of release, maybe sandwiched between October, eh who knows?
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Puella Magi Madoka Magica Homura's revenge is owned by, Masugitsune/ Kawazukuu, Magica Quartet and Yen Press. Back to the Future is owned by Robbert Zebecks, Bob Gale, Stephen Spielberg, Ambling Entertainment and Universal Studios. Kamen Rider is owned by Ishinomori Productions, Toei Productions, and Bandai.
