Board 8 > Jeff Zero & Leonhart in Different Houses: Trails of Arcadia Edition [JZLF]

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you might call it The Hidden True Form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA2HpdxiIaA

a.k.a. best dungeon theme in Trails
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although at the very least I'm not a glutton for punishment like you and xp so it shouldn't be an issue of succumbing to temptation and spoilering myself if there were black bars everywhere

I just have spoilers set to "Reveal by hovering" so it might happen by accident or something if I'm not careful
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I can accept that for FC + SC. 3rd has a better one. CS1 and CS2 too.
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LeonhartFour posted...

although at the very least I'm not a glutton for punishment like you and xp so it shouldn't be an issue of succumbing to temptation and spoilering myself if there were black bars everywhere

Hey!

to be technical my problem is more that i go out looking for some info on my own and end up running into a bunch of other stuff in the process. if you guys all started posting CS3 spoilers behind spoiler bars here i could ignore them without issue unless you labelled it in a way that had me intrigued.

LeonhartFour posted...

I just have spoilers set to "Reveal by hovering" so it might happen by accident or something if I'm not careful

now this is just crazy
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nah it's more lazy than crazy

I just don't want to have to highlight everything
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LeonhartFour posted...

you might call it The Hidden True Form

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZA2HpdxiIaA

I'm glad I wasn't the only one who thought this lmao

Best dungeon theme is in the 3rd imo* (probably not the same one xp is referring to though), but my favorite from FC+SC is easily Hollow Light of the Sealed Land.
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xp1337 posted...

Hey!

to be technical my problem is more that i go out looking for some info on my own and end up running into a bunch of other stuff in the process. if you guys all started posting CS3 spoilers behind spoiler bars here i could ignore them without issue unless you labelled it in a way that had me intrigued.

Yeah this is how it happens for me also. Like 80% of things I get spoiled on are when I'm searching for information I already know about a mysterious organization only to immediately stumble upon a member list of said organization which spoils like 5 secret identities.
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I stopped searching around on forums and looking for info on games I haven't played or beaten yet when I got spoiled in MGS3 that Ocelot is The Boss's son. Thankfully, that spoiler isn't as super important as it appeared to be, but still.

I mean I just played Birth by Sleep this year and I managed to completely avoid spoilers on that one for several years!
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Off the top of my head my top FC + SC Dungeon Themes would be: Hollow Light of the Sealed Land, The Hidden True Form, and Liber Ark. No order there, I like each for different reasons and they can shuffle around. Visions and Sneaking are good too but not quite on that level.
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I don't know if you count this area as a dungeon, but I also really liked (SC) Flying Battleship Glorious.
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LeonhartFour posted...

nah it's more lazy than crazy

I just don't want to have to highlight everything

You can set it to click to reveal so you don't have to highlight. I think that's the nicest setting.
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Listened to the audiobook of "The Murder of Roger Ackroyd" while I was at work today. That was awesome. Definitely my favorite of the three Agatha Christie books thus far.
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I read that a while ago and found it to be extremely boring. Mystery books might not be for me in general though.
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Well, it hit on some tropes that I like quite a bit. Plus, I like first person perspective as a writing style in general. I always enjoyed writing from first person the most whenever I wrote stuff.
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Watched a couple more episodes of Working!! which only further reinforced that Izumi is the best Takanashi sister. I had forgotten how good Kirio is, too.

What a great cast.
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Now Playing: Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - Dear You (Outbreak version)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5T5sHQguUrs

I'd put this in consideration for favorite ED, but I'm not sure it counts considering it plays during the credits of the movie. It's excellent either way.
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Oh I was just looking to the piano version of that song also a bit ago.

I really need to get back to reading the VN one day...
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pyresword posted...

Oh I was just looking to the piano version of that song also a bit ago.

I really need to get back to reading the VN one day...

I'll probably wait until they finish releasing them all on Steam. Looks like they're up through episode 5 now.

I might brave an Umineko re-read once they're all on Steam, too.
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Also, I've crammed in a lot of slice of life anime while Jeff Zero is away. Maybe I should try something with a bit more action once I'm done with Working. At the same time, I don't want to watch something he hasn't watched so he doesn't miss out on it if he wants to see it.

Speaking of which, I need to add that Count of Monte Cristo anime to the queue while I'm thinking about it. I want to check that out for morbid curiosity's sake alone.
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LeonhartFour posted...

pyresword posted...

Oh I was just looking to the piano version of that song also a bit ago.

I really need to get back to reading the VN one day...

I'll probably wait until they finish releasing them all on Steam. Looks like they're up through episode 5 now.

This is probably what it's going to end up being for me also. I've read up through episode 4 and like partway through episode 5, but I stopped in the middle of that to play Persona 5 and never got back to it.
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Okay, after finishing the TOP SECRET Amberl Tower quest, I can safely say I missed that one my first time through.

Met Agate for the first time, as well as a random early bird cameo from Anelace (who's kinda overrated but still cool) that I happened upon by luck.

Friendly reminder that Morgan sucks.
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LeonhartFour posted...

Okay, after finishing the TOP SECRET Amberl Tower quest, I can safely say I missed that one my first time through.

could have solved both games just by letting weissmann fall in battle

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Finished Case 1 in DRV3. Did they do the impossible? Did they actually, unironically, improve the trial minigames? It seems like it so far at least. Though IIRC, DR2 didn't introduce all the games in the first trial so there's still a chance they can blow this. Non-Stop Debate is still the best, but the other minigames ranged from actually kinda neat/fun to unoffensive.
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the worst minigames are not in the first trial ;_;

I was pretty impressed by the trial 1 minigames too.
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is there a "Further Improved Hangman's Gambit" that's somehow even worse
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LeonhartFour posted...

is there a "Further Improved Hangman's Gambit" that's somehow even worse

yes

well there's Hangman's Gambit Ver 3.0 but it's fine.
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the guy I'm playing in fantasy today is for some reason starting five GB Packers including Aaron Rodgers

this might be an easy win for me today
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I think I'm going to play some more Trails FC rather than try to keep up with this horrendous slate on NFL games right now. Cowboys are on bye and the Titans don't play until tomorrow night anyway.
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So here I am farming equipment in Zestiria and I'm just spamming Armatized Mystic Artes, especially with Zaveid. After many hours I don't know why I decided to just look down at my controller and saw a green glow. Turns out the light bar on the controller actually changes color depending on the armatus you're using. That's really really neat and can't believe I never noticed until now.
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Watched a couple more episodes of Working!! Only six left.

I guess I need to figure out what I'm going to watch next pretty soon.
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One Punch Man
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decided to look up One Punch Man to see what it's about and where I could watch it

People also ask

Why is one punch man bald?
How did one punch man get so strong?

apparently I'd have to watch this on the Adult Swim website if I wanted to watch the dub
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Plastic Memories? Starts a bit slow, but ends up as a pretty cool romance.
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Oh dang it's not on crunchyroll.

Though I don't know how you normally watch anime anyway.
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Mob Psycho 100 is on crunchyroll though and also fantastic as a coming of age (with lots of fantasy action) story.
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I have a Funimation and a Crunchyroll subscription, so I can watch something that's on either one.

I could technically use my mom's Netflix account, too, but Netflix only has the subs for One Punch Man. Lame.
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Lame that you only watch subs!

But I would want you to watch it with "your" best experience possible so might be better to hold off.
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I watch subs if there's no alternative and it's something that seems interesting. Working only has subs, for instance.

I should see what action shows Funimation has.

Eh, none of these really look all that interesting to me.
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actually I've watched a lot of subs-only shows lately

need me a good English dub now

oh man I just remembered I need to read this week's ReLIFE chapter

let's see here

good chapter, that was really nice

Chizuru's still the best
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OPM is okay

It's really short though, so it's not much of a risk
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I just recently My Hero Academia. I thought it was pretty great, and it seemed like at least compared to other shounen it might be up your alley.

As far as action shows go more generally, I rather liked Black Lagoon, and I've heard the dub is quite good. (Though it is uh...colorful...you could say)
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Now Playing: Mass Effect 3 - The End of an Era

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7bANMHnPUk

Dunno why I randomly felt like listening to this, but Citadel is the greatest piece of DLC ever created. It was the perfect farewell to the trilogy.
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And Chapter 1 (seriously though, it should be Chapter 2) of Trails FC complete! The Sky Bandit base is a pretty cool dungeon, if you want to call it that. Estelle and Josette trash talking each other never gets old. Also, it's nice when Olivier drops the facade. He'd be a much better character if he'd do it more often. Got the Haze quartz after finishing the chapter, too! Heck yeah, I love this thing.

Back to Skies of Arcadia tomorrow!
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I'm going to ask Jeff Zero for a recommendation of an action/shounen anime he wouldn't mind if I watched without him around, so we'll see what he comes up with.
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Defeated Rupee and Barta in SoA. I used to think that fight was pretty tough, but I had little trouble with it this time around. I think I might do the first Piastol fight next since I've got the Black Spot. It's amazing how Legends added a bunch of new boss fights, and most of them are great.
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Jeff Zero has recommended Yu Yu Hakusho to me.

And Funimation has the English dub, so that's a good start!
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I don't think Yu Yu Hakusho is very good.

I know this is an unpopular opinion, though.
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I'm also not a fan
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well if I don't like it I have no problems dropping it

it can join the growing pile of discarded shounen shows
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I liked YYH, but I have doubts about it being your thing.
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It's actually pretty unique for me in that I dropped it 80% of the way through
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