She says she plans to leave Yin to the Direwolf (was that Walter's code name or is that someone else? I know Walter is from Calvard, so it would make sense)
Yeah, that's Walter's codename.
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Supposedly 4 hours until some places release The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya. I've never followed an eBook release before so I'm not sure if this applies to everywhere. ---
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
Supposedly 4 hours until some places release The Intuition of Haruhi Suzumiya. I've never followed an eBook release before so I'm not sure if this applies to everywhere.
Yeah, I've got it preordered, so we'll see when it gets uploaded to my Kindle!
We search around Mishelam for leads on Colin's disappearance. We eventually track him down at the beach, which is much less complicated than it was to find him in Zero! Juna asks why he ran off, and it says he was just frustrated at his inability to encourage his dad before he left for the war. Juna suggests making a protective charm for his dad to show him how much he cares. She says we should find a Whitestone, which is apparently the same sort of charm KeA has. Afterwards, we take him back to his parents and we have a scene that's a little more meaningful thanks to finishing the quest in Zero first (and they reference it here, naturally). Gotta admit, I was kinda hoping Renne would show up again for this one...!
With that done, we're ready to head back into the wetlands. There's a lot of blue Pleroma Grass here, and the pendulum reacts as well, so the singularity should be nearby. We finally reach an area with some black Pleroma Grass and a strange pillar of light on the ground. Alisa and Machias recognize the light as being the same as the one from the Old Schoolhouse. If overcoming that trial enabled Rean to obtain Valimar, does that mean Rufus is indeed on the verge of obtaining the seventh Divine Knight?
Right as the party is about to reach that conclusion themselves, Campanella shows up with Lechter alongside him. Then we get our first full glimpse at Sharon's dominatrix outfit, and now she's calling herself the Severing Eclipse instead of the Severing Chains. Campanella says he's surprised to see us here since Rufus made a deal with Heiyue to keep everyone busy while he takes care of business here. He knows they'll betray them eventually, but it was only meant to be temporary anyway.
Altina addresses Lechter directly, saying she doesn't understand why he's still siding with them even after it cost them Millium. Lechter tries to sidestep the question, but Ash won't let him. He says he thought Lechter stood for something, but now he's nothing more than one of Osborne's pawns. Oddly enough, Lechter doesn't deny it, although he does admit losing Millium messed him and Claire up pretty badly. They both saw her as a replacement for the family they'd lost. Osborne was the one who took his family from him, but Lechter realized he just can't compete with him when the stakes are this high. Even so, Lechter keeps defending him, saying Osborne's purpose in unleashing the Great Twilight is to end the Erebonian curse. If siding with Osborne creates a world where Millium didn't die for nothing, then he can live with himself.
This is a very rare moment of complete honesty from Lechter, but Class VII ain't accepting that. Even Musse snidely says that Osborne's plan makes hers shine by comparison. Alisa tells Sharon that she's not going to let anyone stand in their way, not even her. Sharon says she can't budge from where she stands either. Campanella tries to play the fool as he is wont to do, but Juna just can't stand the guy anymore. He has no personal stake in anything going on and still deliberately just trolls everyone and makes things worse. He really is basically an internet troll, the type who would hijack our contest and post about how we all got buttdevastated over it. Juna's words did actually seem to strike a nerve, and Campanella says his role as Enforcer No. 0 gives him a lot less leeway than the other Enforcers (since he actually represents and answers directly to the Grandmaster, if I remember right), so he tries not to take anything personally, but he's actually going to take this fight a little more seriously.
The boss fight is a little annoying at first when Lechter hits us with a Brave Order of his own, but after weathering the initial storm, I'm able to get rid of all three within 40 turns to net the extra AP with plenty of turns to spare. Campanella commends our growth, but he wonders what we're trying to achieve by traveling all over Erebonia right now. Lechter is perceptive enough to realize our goal is the black Pleroma Grass, not the pillar of light. Then those new Panzer Soldat models show up, or "Zauber Soldats" as they're actually called. Campanella says it was a joint project between Reinford and the Black Workshop. Now it's time for a Gundam battle, but these guys are major pushovers.
After the battle, Rufus emerges with the final Divine Knight, the Auric Knight, El-Prado. Juna is confused as to how one can be in Crossbell, but Rufus says that the trial grounds don't care about stuff like that. They can appear anywhere within the known Erebonian Empire. Once Crossbell was annexed, Rufus began scouring it for some sort of sign, well aware of the land's magical history. This is part of the reason he became the governor general to begin with. Naturally, Rufus wants to take his new toy out on a test drive, so it's time for another Gundam battle. He proves to be a bigger challenge than the others, but we eventually survive.
We get some cool cutscene action where New Class VII holds their own against Rufus, and then Estelle, Joshua, Lloyd, and Elie take out the other Soldats on foot just to show off. We get a cool quick moment where Ash recognizes Joshua as the other Hamel survivor. Also, a solid Silver Will remix, gotta say. In more "I wish all this stuff didn't happen offscreen" moments, they talk about breaking through Walter's defenses with the help of Arios and Yin. Estelle is surprised to see that Campanella still looks the same as he did four years ago. Then Joshua has a heart to heart with Sharon and she talks about how she owes a great debt to Leonhardt before she's interrupted by Renne and...Aleister?! Am I supposed to know this dude is legit? Wait, Bleublanc?! Wow, he had me totally fooled. Wait, he's no longer part of Ouroboros? Did they mention that in CS3? That seems vaguely familiar.
But wait, there's more! KeA shows up with the other Branch Campus people, as well as Jona and Sully for some reason. As has been the case in every chapter so far, now that everyone's assembled, the bad guys depart. That being said, I'm so glad they were able to get D.C. Douglas back to voice Rufus. He brings just the right amount of smugness to the role. And Lechter just can't leave any scene without doing the walk away wave, and he brings it back for CSIV, unfortunately. Having Sharon here makes me glad I brought Alisa along, although I'm sure Jusis probably has some solid dialogue with Rufus, too. That being said, Alisa's parting shot that she'll always be Sharon to her was nice.
Josette shows up to the rescue and we place the final stake into the singularity. This is a serious missed opportunity by not giving us some snarky exchanges between Estelle and Josette. The branch campus students talk about their surprise at working side by side with the society. Renne says she and Joshua are former members, so they can just think of her as Tita's friend instead. Even Bleublanc pours one out for Olivert, his worthy rival. Wait, so he's been working with Musse and Vita all along?
Joshua almost calls Ash by his real name, which looks like it might be "Johan." Somehow Joshua avoids the Spanish J in his name, but everyone else keeps getting it. Ash downplays it and Joshua realizes this isn't the time and place for this conversation. Lloyd gives Juna some of his customary words of encouragement before taking off, and I realize it's no wonder Juna has developed a penchant for fancy speeches when she was taught by Lloyd and Rean both. The SSS is staying in Crossbell, and Estelle and Joshua are headed to Erebonia to find Tita, Agate, and Schera. KeA offers to tag along with New Class VII for a while, which is unexpected. She thinks she can pinpoint Rean's location. Wait, Renne's coming, too? This is wild.
this will give me something to do over Thanksgiving since it'll be hard to get any gaming done because we're hosting our moms (and my wife's grandma) this year and they're staying until Sunday
Wait, he's no longer part of Ouroboros? Did they mention that in CS3? That seems vaguely familiar.
I think he's still part of Ouroboros, but it is mentioned that they pulled him out of Erebonia to keep him out of the way because was friends with Vita and they didn't want him messing things up on her behalf.
LeonhartFour posted...
Having Sharon here makes me glad I brought Alisa along, although I'm sure Jusis probably has some solid dialogue with Rufus, too.
Yeah, I felt the same for bringing Jusis but also wanting to see how Alisa handled Sharon.
LeonhartFour posted...
Wait, Renne's coming, too? This is wild.
yesssssssss
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Let's continue with a bit more CSIV with the next section.
Renne and KeA display their knowledge of Eryn and their current situation, and then Roselia gathers everyone at her atelier. We ask the other group where the singularity in Heimdallr was, and they reveal it was where the Dark Dragon's Nest was. Roselia and Emma says it'll take a couple of days to pinpoint the location of the Black Workshop, but KeA decides she wants to take a crack at it. Renne also offers to help out with her 1337 hacking skillz, which make more sense now than they did in the Prologue now that I've played Zero Chapter 3...! Roselia is none too pleased with KeA and Renne stealing her thunder, and she resorts to Paper-Mario-esque text bubbles of super fast speech with very small font to accurately convey her mood. Well done, CS4.
KeA softens the blow by saying they still need Roselia's help since she's been devising a plan to sneak in once they find it. Everyone else in Class VII is eager to help, although Juna, Laura, and Fie are completely lost amid all the technobabble. Everyone chills around Eryn while we wait for the results. All the girls hang out in the hot springs (I feel like we don't need to see this with Renne and KeA, but whatever), and they decide to ask Renne what she thought of Vita when she was part of Ouroboros. Renne said their interactions were limited, but she says Vita was dedicated and earnest, regardless of the task. Randomly they all decide that Vita is an inspiration to women everywhere for some reason, but I guess I can see it! Then they say this is their opportunity to learn more about the Gnomes and the Ironbloods, as well as figuring out what Ouroboros plans to do next, as well as Zephyr and the Red Constellation. There are a lot of moving parts right now, it feels like.
We've got another free day in Eryn before we storm the Black Workshop. This time, we're controlling Altina, but we'll save that for another day.
The assault on Leeves and the Branch Campus was fun, definitely way better than the equivalent in CS2 with Trista. lmao Schmidt using the situation tun another Keep trial what an absolute legend. Though tbqh between Rean, Randy, and Tita's Orbal Gear this was hardly a fair fight. tbqh that three could have handled this by themselves. Nice to see Mary and Makarov again too. Also it just hit me that of Schmidt's four disciples the odd numbered ones are evil and the even ones are cool. Mint now looking sus even though she's not a disciple she's clearly the closest to a fifth disciple. Though her and Vivi are off wandering around and watching us save Marquis Hyarms and Count Egret from the shadows for reasons.
2-4 Bonding Events Preview:
This was a fairly good slate that exceeded my expectations. Jusis's was nice as expected. Emma's was really good as well, great moments for her and Rean here. Elliot's was... interesting... what with the continued theme of music being able to spread/heal the curse. I would laugh so hard if Elliot actually saved the day in the end with this by defeating the curse with the power of rock - oh my god the Modern Music Club and Pablo in particular were right all along. Elise's was... okay we're going to put the whole Elise thing aside and focus on how I both appreciate the whole bit about them trying to get in touch with their parents but also disappointed there wasn't more on that front. Whole event felt kinda short. The coolest thing here though was how tied into Altina's event this was with a ton of references to both of Altina's prior events. I'm always a fan of the game recognizing stuff you did earlier so I liked this a lot and wish there was more of it. Juna's was... argh Falcom stop this... this isn't Altina-level but argh. I did lol that they found the Loch Ness Monster- I mean Gallie- here and that Rean was like "now that we know it's real we can kill it" because that is 100% right. I am now officially going to be disappointed if we don't. Heck, I half hope it's there right now when I get around to Lake Gala for my rounds this part though I know I won't be that lucky.
However the star, and surprise, of this round was definitely Musse. At first I saw Musse with a heart event and I was like "i know what event is going to miss the cut here" but whoa that went places I did not anticipate. This was a really good event and sets up even more anticipation for the Pantagruel meeting.
Also this is not a bonding event but I have been lowkey pretty sad that the best NPC family hasn't been around at all yet and my reaction to seeing they're a quest now was "yessssssssssssss." Have to make my rounds across Erebonia first though.
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xp will be happy to know I just watched episode 1 of Evangelion!
I had actually kinda half-watched part of one of the movies several years ago on TV (i.e. while multitasking grinding in a game or something), but I don't remember much of any details
I had, of course, heard the OP before, and it is still very, very good Shinji is not leaving a strong first impression The angel is pretty creepy Misato is promising Shinji's dad is a dick The animation is very impressive for the mid-90s Fly Me to the Moon is one of my favorite songs, which single-handedly vetoed going with the new Netflix dub (ended up going with subs anyway)
Vandyck tells us that he has no idea where Rean is because he's been limited to events "on the surface" as per orders from Osborne himself. Musse asks him if he's really prepared to lead Erebonia to war with all he knows, and he replies that this is what it means to be a soldier. A soldier puts everything on the line for his country, and he knows Craig and Vander feel the same way.
Meanwhile, Aurelia and Wallace: <___<
LeonhartFour posted...
Altina's reaction to Juna's reaction is fantastic ("Did you hear? They're gonna get married!" "Indeed. I, too, was present when you witnessed the proposal.").
xp will be happy to know I just watched episode 1 of Evangelion!
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I had actually kinda half-watched part of one of the movies several years ago on TV (i.e. while multitasking grinding in a game or something), but I don't remember much of any details
That's uh... good that you don't remember. Well, unless it was Rebuild 1.11 that's actually pretty close to a faithful retelling of Episodes 1-6. End of Evangelion would be crazy spoilers and Death and Rebirth is a recap movie so it would also be spoilers but probably not as bad as EoE.
I had, of course, heard the OP before, and it is still very, very good
Yeah, Cruel Angel's Thesis is great.
Shinji is not leaving a strong first impression
ah the eternal shinji debate. I fall on the side of thinking he's an excellent character but his likability issues are too much for some people to overcome.
Shinji's dad is a dick
gendo father of the year every year
Fly Me to the Moon is one of my favorite songs, which single-handedly vetoed going with the new Netflix dub (ended up going with subs anyway)
Ah, I was wondering what version you went with.
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The assault on Leeves and the Branch Campus was fun, definitely way better than the equivalent in CS2 with Trista. lmao Schmidt using the situation tun another Keep trial what an absolute legend. Though tbqh between Rean, Randy, and Tita's Orbal Gear this was hardly a fair fight. tbqh that three could have handled this by themselves. Nice to see Mary and Makarov again too. Also it just hit me that of Schmidt's four disciples the odd numbered ones are evil and the even ones are cool. Mint now looking sus even though she's not a disciple she's clearly the closest to a fifth disciple. Though her and Vivi are off wandering around and watching us save Marquis Hyarms and Count Egret from the shadows for reasons.
Eh. Most of this stuff felt disappointing to me. They hype up that the whole branch campus is going to come help you, and then only like four other students show up. All the people fighting against you felt pointless too, especially the teachers. Like, does everyone forget that they're holding Elise and Tio prisoner here? How is it "fighting for the honor of the main branch" if you're literally fighting to keep two girls from gaining their freedom?
Also, I like the thought that if the enemies beat you in battle, you die, so in all those "this is just a test of your will!" fights the enemies actually kill your whole party if you lose, haha. ---
All the people fighting against you felt pointless too, especially the teachers. Like, does everyone forget that they're holding Elise and Tio prisoner here? How is it "fighting for the honor of the main branch" if you're literally fighting to keep two girls from gaining their freedom?
Eh, I think it's pretty clear they knew deep down they were going to lose. They specifically waited until Cedric and Shirley left to intentionally leak the info that Tio and Elise were there. I actually think the Instructors have a better reason to fight, at least Mary and Makarov. They're clearly trying to limit the use of the Zauber Soldats as much as possible in the course of teaching the main campus but presumably they have to keep up appearances and try to stop Class VII or else get replaced by someone who just doesn't care that they're literally curse indoctrination machines. They frame their participation more as backing up their students which - yeah, is silly - but there was definitely some mention about that issue so it felt like an undercurrent as well. Like Class VII said, this was basically Dreknor 2.0 where the Main Campus clearly wanted to lose because they know they're the bad guys but they still tried to stop them because if Class VII could actually be stopped by them then there's just no hope.
As for Schmidt he's literally an asshole who doesn't give a damn about anything but his research so he's the one person in Zemuria who can pull off his actions here
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I know I've looked for it before but couldn't find it anywhere legit
I didn't used to mind watching stuff on KissAnime (are we allowed to even mention this site name) before they forced you to turn off Ad Block and bombarded you with awful ads, so I tend to stick with only legit streaming options now...!
Some nice Saiyan backstory there, and the Gohan/Piccolo training segments have been pretty great. Sounds like the Saiyans arrive in the next episode, so it's time for the real show to begin!
i haven't watched kai, but i think i'd like it a lot less. you haven't even gotten to the memetic endless trashtalking yet, or (i believe) the iconic falcouner music. think it mostly shows up in the cell games.
saiyan saga is actually the tighest paced saga of dbz! ---
yet all azuarc of all sorts are more or less capricious and unreliable - they live in the varying outer weather, and they inhale its fickleness
I enjoyed Random Numbers but wasn't as much of a fan of Seven Wonders Overtime. These were both rereads for me since I had read them before but it was interesting to compare translations. Tsuruya's Challenge was pretty good and I was happy with being able to figure out some of the things that didn't rely on Japanese wordplay. But, at the same time it definitely felt like I was missing out with not being able to read the original Japanese. There were things like the characters saying T's Japanese was odd, but I couldn't really tell what the issue was and sometimes I wasn't sure if I should just give up on a mystery or not due to language barriers. Another area I felt like I was missing out was with all the mystery discussion at the start since my experience with mystery doesn't extends much further than Umineko. Coincidentally, I was actually just reading an article by Ryuukishi the other day about the "Late Queen Problem" which came up in this volume. Now the long wait for the next volume begins but the foreshadowing about the artifact is hopefully a sign that there's something not to far off. ---
My bracket looked like random picks compared to his. Congrats to azuarc for winning the GotD 2020 Guru Contest!
You know, it never occurred to me until just now, but the Septian Church in Trails does daily Mass, but, like, how does it work? Mass is an inherently Catholic concept with the way they do it.
I guess they don't expect you to think too hard about it.
