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    Just saying how I see it subjectively, because you know I believe there is no such thing as true objectivity

    If I were to put it differently, I'm surprised how not heavy handed and hammered in some moments were. In its execution, this anime simply had certain elements that I have been missing in many stories that were trying so hard to move me but couldn't.

    And yeah, the whole thing wasn't just about music, but also about the world of music academia and performing. Exams, contests, incredibly unfair expectations - one starts to wonder what the point of it all is when the whole systems seems to be imposing a specific view on a thing that is supposed to be about freedom and enjoyment, but at the same time, it seems imposing those limits is the way to go if you want to excel in that art. So yeah, from that perspective, it just felt so real (well, minus all the times someone who went completely against established rules made the whole audience erupt in thunderous applause, but yeah, that's the element of anime camp that I'm able to tolerate in the grand scheme of things ).

    so yeah, I always appreciate when anime about music is actually about music and knows the realities of that world, portraying them in a really insightful manner that resonates with someone who has been through that (and the hands are actually doing the movements they should be doing, which is wow!). It's not like K-On which is about music on the surface but it's clear that the creators don't really know what they're doing
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    Well, we recently finished it and I found it pretty moving for an anime. Granted, it's mostly because it resonated so strongly with both my wife's and my own experience with music school, and the piano especially. I also liked the general nostalgic atmosphere and was honestly surprised with how subtle many scenes were handled. It's really rare that an anime that tries to make you cry nearly succeeds to make me cry.
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    (also, this is me)

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    What did you think of it?
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    Have you seen the anime "Your Lie in April"? Or "Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso" as it's originally called?
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    Well at least it's coming!
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    Is there plans for it?
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    I still want Little Busters on Steam
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    It does. They get names wrong and sometimes the sentences don't really make sense. With that being said, I can obviously still understand what's going on, it's not unreadable or anything, but it can get a bit weird.

    I also think I managed to find a way to get it to stop crashing though, which is good!
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    The Amane route of IMHHW is pretty adorbs so far!
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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys VIII: Lacrimosa of DANA

by Karifean on 01-12-2020 at 12:17 AM

YS VIII: LACRIMOSA OF DANA

If it's not clear by now, I adore the Ys series. I love how purely fun these games are, I love the simple sense of adventure, and the sense of genuine mystique from uncovering the lore of ancient places of legend. I love the way Falcom humanizes their characters and really makes them feel 'real' in a way other studios' JRPGs struggle to match. And whatever I may have said about Celceta it still is a game that has a lot of that.

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys: Memories of Celceta (Ys IV)

by Karifean on 01-03-2020 at 10:09 PM

YS: MEMORIES OF CELCETA (YS IV)

Time for a quick history lesson! Ys IV's history is a strange one indeed. Back around its initial release there were actually two games that were Ys IV, there was "Ys IV: Dawn of Ys" by Hudson Soft on the PC Engine (TurboGrafx-16) CD-ROM, and then there was "Ys IV: Mask of the Sun" by Tonkin House on the SNES. How did that happen? Well Falcom were in a bit of a situation at

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys Seven

by Karifean on 01-03-2020 at 01:37 AM

YS SEVEN

Heading into the final era of Ys games and in the series' timeline the chronologically last of the localized games so far we have Ys Seven. Released for the PSP in late 2009 and ported to the PC years later, this game marks a heavy departure from earlier titles in the series in terms of graphics, gameplay and storytelling alike. The shift was met with mixed reception, but given all that came out of it, I couldn't be

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys Origin

by Karifean on 12-31-2019 at 10:03 PM

YS ORIGIN

Now for perhaps one of the best-known games in the series, Ys Origin has gained quite a bit of notoriety especially on Steam, probably mainly because its Steam trailer is super hype. Does it deserve it? Well, to put it very simply... hell yeah it does.


As mentioned already, in Ys Origin you do not play as Adol. That's because this game is a prequel to the Ys I & II duology,

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A Modern Guide to Ys - Ys: The Oath in Felghana (Ys III)

by Karifean on 12-30-2019 at 10:55 PM


YS: THE OATH IN FELGHANA (YS III)

The third Ys game was known in the SNES era as "Wanderers of Ys", and was the game to introduce a lot of the western world to the series. Its reputation overall has been mixed, being a sort of "Zelda II: The Adventure of Link" of the Ys series, ditching the overhead view for a sidescrolling adventure and as already implied not really being about the land of Ys at all anymore,

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