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Vanille is Strange: Episode Five - Polarized

Lumpy

Vanille is Strange: Episode Four - Dark Room

Mr. Black

Vanille is Strange: Episode Three - Chaos Theory

Bitey

Unsafe (137):
Adam West
Allen Wrench
Angry Dad
Bart Jr.
Bitey
Blackheart
Blue Haired Lawyer
Bob the Drag Queen
Bobo
Bumblebee Man
Capital City Goofball
Cecil Terwilliger
Chewbacca
Chief Piggum
Cooder
Cowboy Bob
Dental Plan
Denver Broncos
Detective Don Brodka
Devil Flaners
Disgruntled Goat
Dr. Zaius
Elmo
Evil House
Evil House XII
Fallout Boy
Flatulent Fox
Frank Grimes
Freddy Quimby
Gabbo
Gamblor
General Krull
Gentle Ben
Godfrey Jones
Goobie-Woo
Handsome Pete
Hans Moleman
Happiest Clown College Grad
Head of the Kwik-E-Mart
Helen Lovejoy
Herbert Powell
Herman Hermann
Hokkaido Phone Book Librarian
Homer Glumplich
Itchy
Jasper Beardley
Jimmy the Squealer
John Smith 1882
Johnny Tightlips
Jonathan Frink Sr.
Jub Jub
Kang
Kearney
Kearney's Other Son
Khlav Kalash Vendor
Knightboat
L.T. Smash
Laddie
Lard Lad
Larry Burns
Leopold
Linguo
Lionel Hutz
Lisa Jr.
Little Jamshed
Lord Huggington
Lou
Lucy Lawless
Lumpy
Major Nougat
Mendoza
Mesmerino
Michael Jackson
Miguel Sanchez
Milhoose
Mister Honeybunny
Moe Syzlak
Moe's Bar Rag
Mojo
Mr. Bergstrom
Mr. Black
Mr. Burns Hounds
Mr. Burns' Cube
Mr. McGreg
Mr. Sparkle
Mr. Stingely
Mr. Thompson
Mrs. Glick
Mrs. K
Osmodiar
Pepi
Pinchy
Poochie
Principal Kohotek
Professor Lombardo
Rainier Wolfcastle
Ralph Wiggum
Rex Banner
Robert Underdunk Terwilliger
Robot Programmed to Feel Pain
Rod Flanders
Roy
Samantha Stankey
Santa's Little Helper
Santos L Halper
Scheana Shay
Scientician that would tell you something
Scuzzo the Clown
Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Discothque-Simpson-D'Amico
Senor Spielbergo
Serak the Preparer
Shady Bird Johnson
Shelbyville Milhouse
Sherry Bobbins
Sideshow Mel
Sir Loves-A-Lot
Smilin Joe Fission
Snake
Snowball II
Snowball III
Sophie Krustofsky
Spinal Tap
Spud
Steve Mobs
Superintendent Chalmers
The Bluebird of Unhappiness
The Grumple
The Leader
The Original Alfalfa
The Puppy formerly known as Prince
The thing that crawled down Barney's throat but didn't die
Tito Puente
Ulysses Grant
Woman that looks like Homer
Worker & Parasite
Zohar the Adulterer
Zombie Flanders

Vanille is Strange: Episode Two - Out of Time

I alphabetized the list and removed the duplicate Spider-Pig and Selma, leaving 179 total. Assuming there is in fact no hour limit and even WhiteLens' two back-to-back saves counted, here's an update. I also assumed VI saved Other Bort. (Also I assume it's one to be safe, which I guess it might not be, so take this whole thing with a grain of salt).

Unsafe (143):
Adam West
Allen Wrench
Angry Dad
Baby that looked at Ralph
Bart Jr.
Bitey
Blackheart
Blue Haired Lawyer
Bob the Drag Queen
Bobo
Bumblebee Man
Capital City Goofball
Cecil Terwilliger
Chewbacca
Chief Piggum
Cooder
Cowboy Bob
Dental Plan
Denver Broncos
Detective Don Brodka
Devil Flaners
Disgruntled Goat
Dr. Zaius
Elmo
Evil House
Evil House XII
Fallout Boy
Flatulent Fox
Frank Grimes
Freddy Quimby
Gabbo
Gamblor
General Krull
Gentle Ben
Godfrey Jones
Goobie-Woo
Handsome Pete
Hans Moleman
Happiest Clown College Grad
Head of the Kwik-E-Mart
Helen Lovejoy
Herbert Powell
Herman Hermann
Hokkaido Phone Book Librarian
Homer Glumplich
Itchy
Jasper Beardley
Jimmy the Squealer
John Smith 1882
Johnny Tightlips
Jonathan Frink Sr.
Jub Jub
Kang
Kearney
Kearney's Other Son
Khlav Kalash Vendor
Knightboat
L.T. Smash
Laddie
Lard Lad
Larry Burns
Leopold
Linguo
Lionel Hutz
Lisa Jr.
Little Jamshed
Lord Huggington
Lou
Lucy Lawless
Lumpy
Major Nougat
Mendoza
Mesmerino
Michael Jackson
Miguel Sanchez
Milhoose
Mister Honeybunny
Moe Syzlak
Moe's Bar Rag
Mojo
Mr. Bergstrom
Mr. Black
Mr. Burns Hounds
Mr. Burns' Cube
Mr. McGreg
Mr. Sparkle
Mr. Stingely
Mr. Thompson
Mrs. Glick
Mrs. K
Osmodiar
Pepi
Pinchy
Poochie
Principal Kohotek
Professor Lombardo
Rainier Wolfcastle
Ralph Wiggum
Rex Banner
Robert Underdunk Terwilliger
Robot Programmed to Feel Pain
Rod Flanders
Roy
Samantha Stankey
Santa's Little Helper
Santos L Halper
Scheana Shay
Scientician that would tell you something
Scuzzo the Clown
Selma Bouvier-Terwilliger-Hutz-McClure-Discothque-Simpson-D'Amico
Senor Spielbergo
Serak the Preparer
Shady Bird Johnson
Shelbyville Milhouse
Sherry Bobbins
Sideshow Mel
Sir Loves-A-Lot
Smilin Joe Fission
Snake
Snowball II
Snowball III
Sophie Krustofsky
Spinal Tap
Spud
Squaky Voiced Teen
Stampy
Steve Mobs
Superintendent Chalmers
Surly
The
The Bluebird of Unhappiness
The Grumple
The Leader
The Original Alfalfa
The Puppy formerly known as Prince
The thing that crawled down Barney's throat but didn't die
Tito Puente
Troy McClure
Ulysses Grant
Woman that looks like Homer
Worker & Parasite
Zohar the Adulterer
Zombie Flanders

There actually is a Locke in this though!

While I'm at it, @LiquidOshawott in post 29 when you said Other north did you mean Other Bort? There is a Simpsons character named North (Jay North, the voice of Dennis the Menace, makes an appearance) but he was eliminated on day one

McGarnagle

Vanille is Strange: Episode One - Chrysalis

Boomer Kuwanger
Bubble Crab

Zombie Shakespeare

I was playing a Hollow Knight randomizer with some friends when the round went up, so I'm amazed I got in as early as I did with my random refreshes on my phone. Also glad I got the second save, and I'm glad Vanille is making it to the finals! Thank you to everyone who made her run a reality.

Also, as much as condolences seem to bother some people, I do want to say that I'm sorry to the Aerith savers. Lightning is my favorite character, so I know how lame it feels to always get near the end but never managing to get all the way. Still, I hope you all don't lose hope! Each contest is a new opportunity, and, as Lightning eventually proved, victory can happen sometimes! I'll play VII before next year, and maybe I'll like Aerith enough to start helping her out too.

Vanille

Kawaki wo Ameku
Flyers

The first match was really difficult! I love CCBB. And, while I've never watched Domestic Girlfriend, I'm 99% sure I would hate it. Still, something about that OP really grabbed my attention and kept me thinking about it. As much as I also love Flyers, I'll vote for whoever wins the first match over anything in the second match.

H3 trade for Vanille, you must save her in H1

Aw nuts, we lost the only remaining cute girls anime OP. RIP Motteke

The little yakuza guy who hasn't done anything yet, but he's gonna do something and you know it's gonna be good.

Johnny Tightlips

Mrs. Glick

Mister Honeybunny

Bitey

Elmo (knows where you live)

Tito Puente

Smilin' Joe Fission

Blackheart

Little Jamshed

Honestly, if everyone else is ditching Year of Pets except for Torgal (who is more Year of XVI Eligibility than Year of Pets) I might drop Angelo and do some other fun project. This is why it's pointless to talk about future plans, everyone forgets them by the time the next contest rolls around!

Potential Roba Projects: Angelo, Tellah, Mog IX again

Edge sucks. We were just talking about how great Tellah was a few hours ago, why are we talking about Edge now

Samantha Stankey

Vanille

4/10

I didn't hate it, but this episode bugged me. The cookie technology felt so blatantly evil that I couldn't get invested in exploring it. I also absolutely hated the third story with Joe's ex-girlfriend because she could've just talked to him for five minutes. Hell, anyone could've talked to him for five minutes (her father, their friends...) but nobody did because tragedy. Meh.

I finished Yohane the Parhelion: Sunshine in the Mirror. I'm one of the crazy people who thinks Love Live: Sunshine is the best in the franchise. Couple that with Yohane being my favorite LL character, and I was really excited for this anime! Having the Sunshine crew go on an adventure in an alternate fantasy world sounded magical. It was like something right out of one of Yohane's chuuni delusions. This anime went to a lot of fun and unexpected places. At one point, Dia used a magical motorbike to battle corrupted animals! If that isn't awesome, I don't know what is. My favorite part about this show was Lailaps, Yohane's gigantic talking dog who acted like a wise big sister.

Still, in the end, I felt a bit let down by this anime. Don't get me wrong, it was fun seeing the old Aqours crew (or at least an alternate version of them). Almost everyone still had their core character, and there were a lot of great interactions between them all. There were some nice idol performances too. My biggest complaints came down to two things: the central plot and Yohane herself. The central plot, an inexplicable corruption brewing on the outskirts of town, felt incredibly generic. A lot of episodes outright ignored it to focus on the girls getting to know each other or having fun, and those were the best parts of the show by far.

As for Yohane, I fell in love with her in Sunshine because she was a wacky chuuni girl, but she also had character depth beyond that. She used her fallen angel persona to feel special, and to hide her insecurities. Since this show was set in a literal fantasy world, she didn't have her fallen angel persona... which left her with nothing but her insecurities. Yohane still had some great moments of unearned ego, like early on when she declared that she was destined to be a superstar and everyone should ask for her autograph. Sadly (for me, at least), she spent most of the season moping or feeling inadequate. The main focus of the show was about her finding a path in life, so I get that she was aimless and had doubts early on. I just wasn't a huge fan of a few of the ways those doubts were explored. One plotline in particular just made me really sad why did Lailaps need to lose the ability to talk in order for Yohane to get her magic back, I didn't understand that at all. It also felt like they kept retreading the same plotline. No matter what she succeeded at, she started doubting herself again the instant she hit the next setback.

In conclusion, Yohane the Parhelion was still a fun anime. It was nice seeing all the Aqours girls again. I just didn't like how they took Yohane, the hilarious chuuni girl, and turned her into a mopey girl. Out of everyone, she felt the least like her original character. In the original Sunshine, she pretended to be an all-powerful fallen angel. I honestly would've preferred this anime if they went that direction instead and turned her into an ultra-overpowered protagonist, one who lived up to all her boasts and was flawless just like she always pretended to be. Instead they focused on the other half of her character, her insecurities, and it just wasn't as fun as it could've been.

Falling Down
Air Man

MacArrowny posted...

You watching MyGO? It finished recently and seems like your type of thing.

I intend to, but first I need to catch up on a bunch of events in the BanG Dream mobile game. I know WhiteLens said the anime takes place even further ahead than the game, and that it can be watched by people who are completely new to the franchise. Still, I want to catch up on the game's story first

The random anime I picked today wound up being an airing anime that isn't finished yet and I didn't realize until I was most of the way through. Whoops. This is what happens when I get distracted by other stuff for a few months and don't keep up with the current season! I guess I'll talk about it more in a few weeks.

Still, Undead Murder Farce is pretty good so far! I'm a sucker for supernatural mysteries, and a disembodied immortal head being the one solving those mysteries is an amazing concept. The three main characters have a fun dynamic. It's scratching a similar itch as In/Spectre, another supernatural mystery anime, though I'm not sure yet which one I like better. UMF keeps getting distracted by flashy battles instead of focusing on the mystery, but I suppose there's still a chance the last few episodes can pull it all together again.

Red XIII

why

MacArrowny posted...

Needed more yosakoi imo

This is a fair criticism, but at least they danced a lot in the OP! I'm sad I didn't learn about it in time for the OP/ED contest because I would've nominated it for sure (and I'm also sure it would've lost to some lame song in the first round, but still!)

https://animethemes.moe/anime/hanayamata/OP-NCBD1080

I've been in the mood to try random shows lately, so I watched Hanayamata, an anime about cute girls doing yosakoi dancing. I thought it was pretty good! The art style was beautiful, and I liked all of the main characters. Hana in particular was the best with her energetic attitude and endless positivity, but the shy main girl Naru was great too. This anime had a surprising number of dramatic character arcs, and it was all handled well even if I still preferred the comedic shenanigans over the more serious stuff. The characters all had a fun dynamic, and it was cute how often they made each other blush. I enjoyed watching them learn yosakoi dancing and grow closer.

Sigma 1
Take Back the Tower

Wily Stage 1
Zero Stage 2

Red XIII

https://archipelago.gg/room/iVowC00XQVqyL1240u9zHQ

There's the room link, have fun everyone!

The cutoff is roughly eleven and a half hours from now

Sept 16 async so far:

1- Robazoid (Hollow Knight)
2- Robazoid (Muse Dash)
3- Reg (Terraria)
4- Koala (Rogue Legacy)
5- MrSmartGuy (Pokemon Red/Blue)
6- MrSmartGuy (Sonic Adventure 2 Battle)
7- AriaOfBolo (Bumper Stickers)
8- AriaOfBolo (Checksfinder)
9- HBJDubs (Timespinner)
10- Mewtwo (Pokemon Red/Blue)
11- NFUN (Mega Man Battle Network 3)

2/10

It's no National Anthem, but man did I ever hate this episode. It felt so confused about what it was even trying to say and every single person in it was terrible.