Board 8 > Dillo Warriors XL - goodness and love will always win [ruffles] [dillos]

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Aww, she got the hang of blinking.

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Oh my god she's great

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:D

another stage of evolution let's seeee side by sideeee



https://streamable.com/yqccoo

and a little pokesnap test

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Woah, I can see this being vtuber quality.

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:D

phew ring fit around noon, beat saber in the evening

i must keep this workout routine

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tales of innocence r translation guide i'm following definitely gets some lines completely off, surprised i've caught so many instances but I guess it's good I can tell

went and checked the gamefaqs guide where i'm at and lmao it takes some crude liberties reminding me of Phantasia's DeJ** translation

guess i'll stick with what i got

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What level of Japanese are you in again?

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Went through 3 years of university study doing well, 4th I had to bail out as it got too much. Then studied a year in Japan, didn't really have language learning course although some like JP Linguistics heavily used intermediate japanese

Unfortunately i'm utterly anti-social so I haven't been able to reinfornce my learning with actually talking to people and i'm hopeless to come up with what to say on the spot beyond basics. By now my vocab's scattered but I can still recognize bits and pieces of intermediate kanji & grammar structures at least.

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GuessMyUserName posted...

phew ring fit around noon, beat saber in the evening

i must keep this workout routine

I can't extend my legs today T_T

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GuessMyUserName posted...

I can't extend my legs today T_T

!!! Go Go Grimlyn Legs!

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lays on the couch a while and feels normal

gets back up to go to get a drink from the fridge oh no oh no oh no oh no

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wait are you rigging that yourself?

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I have been indeed! live2d pro trial... 38 days left on laptop

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man Tales of Innocence is great but boy there's so many skit dumps

maybe it's more frustrating because the guide i'm using doesn't translate skits but man it's just so much

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watching Amelia Watson play snap and her naming all the pokemon wrong is killing me lmao

>Vermillion
"Butterfree!"

>Dodrio
"a Dugtrio!"

>Pichu
"Small pikachu!"

>Wurmple
"Caterpie!"

>apples on the ground
"mushrooms!"

>Taillow
"Pidgeto!... Pidgeoto!"

>Swanna
"... swan"

>Bidoof
"It's Gefoof!"

>Magikarp
"I see a Goldeen over there!" *later* "I missed the Goldeen.... oh there she is!"

>Grookey
"Grunkey! Hey Grunkey!"

>Comfrey
"What is that?!... This pokemon's name is... furby"

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"look at that pokemon over there! it's a Bidoof evolution!"

... notices an Eevee in the background......

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god gbro is so god damn stupid

gmom getting calls from his landlord that he's playing techno music at blasting loud volume shaking the walls at his new place - having stayed over at his last place before and woken up from him doing exactly that before I know exactly what they mean

jackass's idea of "freedom" is do absolutely whatever the hell you want and fuck anyone else around you - he was even intentionally harassing gdad's landlord while he was staying here, causing everyone stress and this idiot legit said the landlord can't do anything because it's a free country

gonna be so damn pissed if he fucks it up at his new place that me and gsis literally had to bail him out of our own money to get him into because of his intolerable behaviour here

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... gdad is so technologically dum

like a month ago gsis was asking everyone to guess what day she'll have the baby (due the 19th) so everyone told her their guesses

anyways dad put his guess on his phone calendar, inexplicably under the title "[gsis rushed to the hospital" and today he was in a panic and woke me up after that calendar notification finally popped back up and he's forgotten it - "SOMETHING ON MY PHONE SAID [gsis] IS BEING RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL BUT I CAN'T FIND OUT ANYTHING MORE"

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Loool sounds more like a context problem than a tech one there

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if he were more savvy he'd realize his notification was coming from a calendar!

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GuessMyUserName posted...

BUT I CAN'T FIND OUT ANYTHING MORE"

Was he yelling at his phone asking it for more details?

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at me, to try and figure out what's going on!

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GuessMyUserName posted...

Went through 3 years of university study doing well, 4th I had to bail out as it got too much. Then studied a year in Japan, didn't really have language learning course although some like JP Linguistics heavily used intermediate japanese

Unfortunately i'm utterly anti-social so I haven't been able to reinfornce my learning with actually talking to people and i'm hopeless to come up with what to say on the spot beyond basics. By now my vocab's scattered but I can still recognize bits and pieces of intermediate kanji & grammar structures at least.

Any amount helps, even if it's reading a game.

Grimlyn posted...

watching Amelia Watson play snap and her naming all the pokemon wrong is killing me lmao

>Vermillion
"Butterfree!"

>Dodrio
"a Dugtrio!"

>Pichu
"Small pikachu!"

>Wurmple
"Caterpie!"

>apples on the ground
"mushrooms!"

>Taillow
"Pidgeto!... Pidgeoto!"

>Swanna
"... swan"

>Bidoof
"It's Gefoof!"

>Magikarp
"I see a Goldeen over there!" *later* "I missed the Goldeen.... oh there she is!"

>Grookey
"Grunkey! Hey Grunkey!"

>Comfrey
"What is that?!... This pokemon's name is... furby"

lol. Any other holos playing it?

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yeahhh even with my lapsed JP knowledge I'm definitely still comprehending a lot still at least, just tricky when they pull up big kanji compound. At least with the voice acting it's easier too, at parts without it takes time and I get impatient lol

from EN I know Calli & Ina have also had Snap streams already, plus Reine from ID

bunch of the JP branch as well, but I at least remember seeing Pekora right away plus Korone / Watame / Polka I all follow, I'm sure there's more

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does any game talk about spanking as much as tales of "innocence"

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damn i was thinking it had been a while since i heard about your brother's shenanigans when i read that last post

then you said that he had moved out

'oh'

I think I updated on how his covid rage has led him into the antivax movement! He was sharing a buncha bull to my mom who's easily swayed so it was ridiculously getting to her until she spoke to our psychologist who cleared it up

and now since then gmom's offered to pay a month's rent if gbro got the vaccine... to which he literally responded something along the lines of "you'd pay over a thousand dollars to have my killed?!"

sigh

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wow he's really checking off all the boxes

i got my first shot two weeks ago

=o

yeahhh the email he sent gmom was such a sad sight to see, straight up THE GOVERNMENT and THE MEDIA conspiracy to keep us locked up and afraid (he ofc also hates sheeple wearing masks)!!! My mom was buying into it at first since she's a) generally gullible [aka used to listen to Dr. Oz & Goop stuff] and b) somehow trusts gbro despite every reason obviously not to. Buuuut I'm very thankful our psych quickly snapped her out of it dear lord.

gmom's at least been fully vaccinated since March since she works at the hospital, gdad got his first shot early last month, this week has been gsis & gsishubby's first shots... I'll finally be able to see about my bookings next week!

speaking of gsis tho, less than a week to go for her baby's due date! due 19th, this week's doctor appointment says she might be coming over the weekend instead.... my predix was on the 16th so :O

and lastly Tales Update: Innocence R BEATED

Some tricky thoughts but over all a really good entry. Keeping it quick here: top class gameplay

• love Guard Cancel
• mix-ups and combos are very aerial-friendly which is fun
• expansive Skills system (styles) bumping up arte cancels
• ^ especially with how rad you can make Overdrives with no-TP use fully chaining any tier artes
• good damn god in the final dungeon I reached a 160-something combo holy moly

Characters are also great all around, protags & antags for the most part. The story... eh most the game it's kind of a drag tbh but since the characters are good and gameplay's great I didn't mind. It closes out pretty well, the last few significant storypieces were great I just wish it didn't feel like the rest of the game was slowly teasing you along to get there.

Still got bonus bit about Kongwai/QQ to do... I do wonder what changes their added role made, kinda wanna check some cutscenes from the original. Since it's bonus endgame stuff I don't expect to rush right to it but I have been more explorative in this game's side-content (as much as I can with the language barrier)

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the never ending pain of being in computer science so anything to do with any electronics obv means i gotta be a complete expert on to my family (dad in this case)

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GuessMyUserName posted...

(dad in this case)

was there ever any doubt as to who this was referring to lmao

... true

mom does some times but dad so much

plus some times tech support for aunts and uncles way off in the easy coast of the country

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There was a Rune Factory 5 livestream.

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

Has a new overview trailer in the first few minutes. I'm still poking through the rest of it but I don't know Japanese so lol.

The RPGing looks good!

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wtf yes i want to ride the lion cow.



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Ludmila's VA at the desk there such babby oh gosh (second from the left)

still must wife Fuka because god damn... plz at the very least allow cosmetic mc gender swap againnn

*edit* d'awwww tandem monster riding

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soundtrack with a big 'ole Fuka decal for a cover lmao

they know

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woah Doug and Margaret

... Marg is good but fuck Doug

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The farm is on a dragon's back. We getting our Gramps on in this game.

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https://news-runefactory.marv.jp/article/11503/

absolutely required

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Tales Character Update, INNOCENCE EDITION



top tier
Kratos Aurion
Sheena Fujibayashi
Hermana Larmo
Zelos Wilder
QQ Selezneva
Maronne Buruqano
Nanaly Fletcher
Judas
Kongwai Tao
Yuan Ka-Fai
Norma Beatty
Jade Curtiss
Tilkis Barone
Harold Berselius
Meredy
Eugene Gallardo
Arche Klein
Dhaos
Presea Combatir
Tytree Crowe
Iron Will Rodyle
Claire Bennett
Arria Eikberg
Hasta Ekstermi
Farah Oersted
Mithos Yggdrasill
Keele Zeibel
Guy Cecil
Konohana Sakuya
Wonder Chef
Thitose Cxarma
Rutee Katrea
Dist the Rose Reaper
Natalia Luzu Kimlasca-Lanvaldear
Edward D. Morisson
Noelle

cool
Will Raynard
Regal Bryant
Hilda Rhambling
Ange Serena
Forest Ledoyen
Chloe Valens
Spada Belforma
Grune
Princess Arende
Mao
Emperor Peony Upala Malkuth IX
Botta
Mathias
Illia Animi
Tear Grants
Lloyd Irving
Raine Sage
Colette Brunel
Corrine
Dirk
Mint Adenade
Astor
Tabatha
Excia
Karyl Sheeden
Mary Argent
Garr Kelvin
Chelsea Torn
Fon Master Ion
Mimi Baker
Veigue Lungberg
Jay
Orifiel
Ramrus Qualls
Ricardo Soldato
Reid Hershel
Dark Wings (Abyss)
Dymlos Timber
Old Nudist
Chat
Rassius Luine
Curia
Walto
Asura
Mieu
Karell Berselius
Dark Wings (Rebirth)
Philia Felice
Pierre de Chaltier
Suzu Fujibayashi
Alicia Combatir
Kyle Dunamis
Misha

decent
Agarte Lindblum
Fenimore Xelhes
Arietta the Wild
Marius Raiker
Chocolat
Loni Dunamis
Gardle
Sian Tenebro
Igol
Bantam Bouncers
Lukius Bridges
Vulcan
Hartman
George
Shaorune
Altessa
Kate
Marble
Rommy
Field Marshal McGovern
Himmel
Zapie
Professor Mazet
Stahn Aileron
Max
Seles Wilder
Trinicus D. Morrison
Lilith Aileron
Martel Yggdrasill
Thols
Oresoren
Susie Quess
Cerberus
Frantz
Ayla
Militsa
Caius Qualls
Claus F. Lester
Sync the Tempest
Atwight Eks
Corina Solgente
Barbatos Goetia
Pietro
Maxwell
Asch the Bloody
Vritra

acceptable
Leon Magnus
Aslan Frings
Elraine
Saleh
King Areulla VIII
Luke fon Fabre
Shizel
Abyssion
Tiga
Neil
Albert Mueller
Bruiser Khang
Marian Fustel
Eddie & Nino
Virginia Sage
Platia
Ruca Milda
Laville Clemente
Moses Sandor
Bouncer
Ilene Rembrandt
Noishe
Kilia
Hack
Pope Vincent Bridges
Van Grants
Phaidra Brunel
Sebastian
Twilight Pronyma
Legretta the Quick
Kvar the Fury Tempest
Jozette Cecille
Ruca's Dad
Minima
Demitel
Fenia
Hypnos
Coda
Seyfert
Walter Delques
Kuchinawa Azumi
Koton
Gord Natwick
Orochi Azumi
Governor-General Dorr

eh
Cress Albane
Durandal
Magnius the Pyroclasm
Randgriz
Donnell
Inanna
Roen Lamoa
Batista Diego
Genis Sage
Giet
Milhaust Selkirk
Dalis Vincent
Hyades
Anise Tatlin
King of Tethe'alla
Tohma
Remiel
Quickie
Selena Crowe
Zilva Madigan
Couber
Vaclav Bolud
Hugo Gilchrist
Claudio Zosimos
Forcystus the Gnashing Gale
Igtenos Minarde
Oswald fan Kuruela
Shane Rembrandt
Chief Igaguri Fujibayasi
Nephry Osborne
Rubia Natwick
Gae Bolg
Fortuna
Maurits Welnes
Duchess Susanne fon Fabre
Sven
Schwartz
King Ingobert VI
Senel Coolidge
Largo the Black Lion
Teodore Grants
Vharley
Eephon
Harriet Campbell
Duke Crimson Herzog fon Fabre
Shirley Fennes

worthless
Solon
Clara Dorr
Princess Hilda
Gilione
Lydon Bernhardt
Chester Burklight
Wontiga
Geyorkias
Nereid
Harold D. Morrison
Tiberius Terazzi
Transon Balir
Melanie the Crimson
Baruk Songram
Ku Hou
Nerifes
Madame Musette
Cashel the Phantom

shit
Reala
Albert Grandeioza
Arnold Alcott
Annie Barrs
Kronos
Zamaran
Pope of Tethe'alla
Yuris
Grand Maestro Mohs
Scarab
Iga
Iselia Mayor
Wan Gin

(absolutely sure)
Symphonia > Rebirth
(can mix around)
Innocence > Abyss > Destiny 2 > Eternia
(close but confident)
Phantasia > Destiny > Tempest
(defffinitely)
Legendia

... can mix around tier continues to get mixed around. also did some shifts in the character rankings for a few older characters i came across (also Tear already indeed)

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Already covered overall game impressions so now I can talk a bit more about characters. Right off the bat I can just call out the ancient timeline cast being pretty whatever, that portion of the game was kind of a slow teasing drag as I mentioned. I really like Sakuya tho, poor Asura picking inferior girl thus dooming the heavens. Nevertheless it's hard not to still like Asura decently like "man if only Ruca actually was cool" - but Orifiel's at least there to be more legitimately interesting (although Asura's story ended really well). Himmel through Vulcan are eh likeable charicatures... I can't quite tell why I kinda like Vritra but it's probably more Hermana bias tbqh. Hypnos whatever, really hurt by being so inn rest skit heavy but Durandal and Inanna are pretty shitty so have a free bye - Senate & Gae Bolg are such insignificant non-personalities they can't pass that bar though!

Others I mean they're very much miscelanious others - but what's not to love about an old nudist man in a forest wanting people to listen to his songs and then your standard butler assistant Hartman. Eddie & Nino were surprisingly likeable, not just school bullies tormenting Ruca but just actual school friends who razz on him but ultimately stick up for the guy. The bouncer had a cool twister turning out to be a nice guy (tho wow he drops the ball on his only job later), Ruca's dad seemed like a jerk at first but like the school bullies made for a heartfelt turn standing up for Ruca and hoping for his son's safe return later. Coda the mascot character eh, he's just annoying and typically something about food. Basically Tales's Tatsu from Xenoblade X - the rest of this group whatever. Albert is listed on the wiki as an antagonist but he's hardly presented as such and he's just trash dragging down Ange which I'll get to later.

Main baddies are all fun and/or interesting or surprise good dudes - that's Hasta to Sian. Hasta's as completely nuts as he speaks lmao but then woah Garam. Shame his previous life is so lame though... As far as Tales main villains go, Mathias is definitely one of the more interesting ones with a personality which tbf isn't saying much with Tales villains. Thitose though definitely has the most presence of 'em, engaging with the cast, a great previous life, it's hard not to root for her actually being nice to Ruca. I didn't really get her siding with Mathias tho... until the reveal made sense. Gardle & Sian are close... I'm kinda surprised I have Gardle over Sian but the spoiler reveal and relationship with Ricardo was a good plotline. Still, Sian's the nice baddie, a lone feral kid mistakenly trusting Mathias - Hermana is the mom he needs.

With that I can talk about the playables! Hermana has me sold with her intro, a bandit kid in the slums looking after other orphan kids. She's still very much just a kid herself but with the soul of Vritra she also makes for a mature loving parent type as well. Yet Ange's also there still giving her the kind of parenting love she needs - I was surprised how likeable Ange turned out to be for a priestess character but she's also very level-headed as she is caring, yet still quirky (yo how is she the victim of all these fat jokes tho). Unfortunately... Albert exists and wow that plot was dumb pointless geez, it's single-handedly responsible for keeping Ange out of the S tier, still I also wanna mention she surprisingly took charge a lot for the party despite being one of the last members. Illia was really great to start as was Spada but they didn't really keep it up. Spada's still ultimate bff at least but damn why did they have to keep Illia leaning 100% on the tsun side of tsundere.

Ricardo's a bit the opposite, not interested to start with him being such an adult mercenary trope member. That started to shift though around Grigori as his bonds with the group are tested and he comes out of it a castmate that wants to be there now which he needed - plus the Gardle story arising at this point. Ricardo's a much better tsundere than Illia, but Illia still had her fun early sinister personality. What I can add about Ruca... I mean he's lame, which as an Emil fan might seem odd but like he's just also such a poor protagonist just going along with things until the end and he just feels like a kid til then.

New additions Kongwai & QQ! Very different characters too, but lmao both top tier. Kongwai's definitely the more serious character and he adds a whole lot of mystery on just wth he's adding. He's clearly knowledgeable and has other motives for helping the party and I still don't know! He's a mystery man for sure, but it's interesting and whatever he's doing seems carefully planned. QQ at least as it seems is nothing like that, just woop here I am let me come with you! It might seem shallow then to rank her so high but she's an absolute joy to have around immediately since her first time spinning cicles. She's honest, friendly, and oh god especially in a language barrier playthrough her own language barriers were super relatable... also the post-credits scene leaves some mystery for her true intentions as well hmmm hmmm. Somehow I could actually put QQ over Hermana already but I'll give her some space for Hearts to lift up.

QQ also absolute raddest casual costume tho


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yoooo ruca i'm sorry i failed to give you best costume

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GuessMyUserName posted...

Already covered overall game impressions so now I can talk a bit more about characters. Right off the bat I can just call out the ancient timeline cast being pretty whatever, that portion of the game was kind of a slow teasing drag as I mentioned. I really like Sakuya tho, poor Asura picking inferior girl thus dooming the heavens. Nevertheless it's hard not to still like Asura decently like "man if only Ruca actually was cool" - but Orifiel's at least there to be more legitimately interesting (although Asura's story ended really well). Himmel through Vulcan are eh likeable charicatures... I can't quite tell why I kinda like Vritra but it's probably more Hermana bias tbqh. Hypnos whatever, really hurt by being so inn rest skit heavy but Durandal and Inanna are pretty shitty so have a free bye - Senate & Gae Bolg are such insignificant non-personalities they can't pass that bar though!

Others I mean they're very much miscelanious others - but what's not to love about an old nudist man in a forest wanting people to listen to his songs and then your standard butler assistant Hartman. Eddie & Nino were surprisingly likeable, not just school bullies tormenting Ruca but just actual school friends who razz on him but ultimately stick up for the guy. The bouncer had a cool twister turning out to be a nice guy (tho wow he drops the ball on his only job later), Ruca's dad seemed like a jerk at first but like the school bullies made for a heartfelt turn standing up for Ruca and hoping for his son's safe return later. Coda the mascot character eh, he's just annoying and typically something about food. Basically Tales's Tatsu from Xenoblade X - the rest of this group whatever. Albert is listed on the wiki as an antagonist but he's hardly presented as such and he's just trash dragging down Ange which I'll get to later.

Main baddies are all fun and/or interesting or surprise good dudes - that's Hasta to Sian. Hasta's as completely nuts as he speaks lmao but then woah Garam. Shame his previous life is so lame though... As far as Tales main villains go, Mathias is definitely one of the more interesting ones with a personality which tbf isn't saying much with Tales villains. Thitose though definitely has the most presence of 'em, engaging with the cast, a great previous life, it's hard not to root for her actually being nice to Ruca. I didn't really get her siding with Mathias tho... until the reveal made sense. Gardle & Sian are close... I'm kinda surprised I have Gardle over Sian but the spoiler reveal and relationship with Ricardo was a good plotline. Still, Sian's the nice baddie, a lone feral kid mistakenly trusting Mathias - Hermana is the mom he needs.

With that I can talk about the playables! Hermana has me sold with her intro, a bandit kid in the slums looking after other orphan kids. She's still very much just a kid herself but with the soul of Vritra she also makes for a mature loving parent type as well. Yet Ange's also there still giving her the kind of parenting love she needs - I was surprised how likeable Ange turned out to be for a priestess character but she's also very level-headed as she is caring, yet still quirky (yo how is she the victim of all these fat jokes tho). Unfortunately... Albert exists and wow that plot was dumb pointless geez, it's single-handedly responsible for keeping Ange out of the S tier, still I also wanna mention she surprisingly took charge a lot for the party despite being one of the last members. Illia was really great to start as was Spada but they didn't really keep it up. Spada's still ultimate bff at least but damn why did they have to keep Illia leaning 100% on the tsun side of tsundere.

Ricardo's a bit the opposite, not interested to start with him being such an adult mercenary trope member. That started to shift though around Grigori as his bonds with the group are tested and he comes out of it a castmate that wants to be there now which he needed - plus the Gardle story arising at this point. Ricardo's a much better tsundere than Illia, but Illia still had her fun early sinister personality. What I can add about Ruca... I mean he's lame, which as an Emil fan might seem odd but like he's just also such a poor protagonist just going along with things until the end and he just feels like a kid til then.

New additions Kongwai & QQ! Very different characters too, but lmao both top tier. Kongwai's definitely the more serious character and he adds a whole lot of mystery on just wth he's adding. He's clearly knowledgeable and has other motives for helping the party and I still don't know! He's a mystery man for sure, but it's interesting and whatever he's doing seems carefully planned. QQ at least as it seems is nothing like that, just woop here I am let me come with you! It might seem shallow then to rank her so high but she's an absolute joy to have around immediately since her first time spinning cicles. She's honest, friendly, and oh god especially in a language barrier playthrough her own language barriers were super relatable... also the post-credits scene leaves some mystery for her true intentions as well hmmm hmmm. Somehow I could actually put QQ over Hermana already but I'll give her some space for Hearts to lift up.

QQ also absolute raddest casual costume tho

lol at the contrast between the casual modern outfit and the tunic and shield.

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just realizing hermana's over zelos woop that's not right

oh well I can fix after DotN which is next and say it bumped him back up aww yeah

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i refused to believe that

https://streamable.com/6az3m2

next tales hyyyype.... I actually forgot having GC Tales save gave bonus - i don't think it's much but how can i not go dig up my ToS GC mem card later for it

also my live2d enjoyment has gotten me to redraw an old chara design from my high school days in full



quick sketch + mockup colour... but it's a character i've had drawn up as a poster in my room since a teen



cough cough it may or may not have originally been based a certain retro b8er who loves to fight

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damn

nice dildo

*double-checks*

... I only see my tv remote that might fit the bill!... maybe melia's staff

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I'm so thirsty

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