The Holidays

Always a hectic time in most of out lives. I've been working alot of hours and getting home late at night most days. Any extra time I had to spare has been spent looting and pillaging in Grand Theft Auto V. Me and the guys from my work have formed a crew and most of the time end up in GTA Online at night. I have to admit the game is pretty addicting and being the most open world I think I've ever been in is like... what do I do now? You can literally almost do anything. Frequently we wind up running missions or doing races. Gotta earn the money somehow.

I think I just have too many games to play now. If I dont want to play GTA and can boot up Call of Duty... or throw in Diablo III. Diablo is a fun dungeon crawler, for those who haven't played it. I have the new Assassin's Creed game as well as AC4 Black Flag. And lets not forget FIFA 15. Played a few games last night and got our asses handed to us. Those people were REALLY good. They probably should implement some kind of system that levels the playing field... or just not match us with those guys. We lost 5 to 0... yea, that bad. And also, don't for a second, don't count out Destiny. That game just got new DLC and another expansion coming soon. Although its been a tough 3rd or 4th quarter for games with all the botched releases and what not, 2014 was still a GREAT YEAR FOR GAMES!

I Can't Believe I Skipped..

A month... Really? A whole month? I don't really have an excuse other than my gaming time has picked up significantly and work is also increased. Like... commuting and everything just seems to take up all my time... But, I'm definitely not dead... I'll be back and hopefully with more content, reviews, synopsis and more.

SAO and Fate/Stay Night

New ep of SAO came out today. Looks like they finally were able to go home. After an update to ALO, the New Aincrad 20-30 floors open and as the group progresses, they defeat and unlock floor 22... This is reminiscent of the first series. When Kirito and Asuna get married they kinda take a break from the front lines and go settle down in a house near the lake on the 22nd floor. Asuna has wanted to go back there soo much and its almost like dream come true it seems.

Also, a new challenge presents itself in the form of 'Zekken'... An imp swordsman who takes on all challengers betting a unique sword skill as the prize. Seems that everyone in the group has lost to him... except Asuna. I think this new Arc will have her become the MC for a bit... at least thats how i see it. I dont mind either way... hope this show just keeps on coming.

Seems like years and years have gone bye since I originally watched the first Fate/Stay Night series and it seems I'm even more enthralled this time than i was last time. Rin finally attacks Emiya as he's at school without Saber and is defenseless. Their battle leads them outside where they find a young girl unconscious and near death. Emiya saves Rin from a Servants attack and haphazardly chases her into the woods. I recognize her as 'Rider' from before and she nearly kills Emiya. He's saved by the bell so to speak by Rin who is now indebted to Emiya once again for saving her life. They retreat to her mansion where she treats his wounds and they talk about Emiya's dad and what little training he's received in the way of being a mage.

Both of these shows are awesome and I'm gonna be sad to see either one go.... And sadly, I'd bet they are both going to end at roughly the same time.

Geez I'm Lazy

I think I might need to set a schedule for this... I do enjoy posting but at the same time with work, family, xbox and the like... I'm just finding it hard to maintain. Not to mention how much anime I typically watch or how much Manga I read. And then there's Football... Not enough time in a day... So lets just say I watched a bunch of stuff and I'm currently caught up on most of what I'm watching.... Like Grisaia or SAO. Also been on my tablet like everyday back and forth on my commute to work reading manga. I love Batoto. Simply love it... Best website hands down for reading  manga... I know about the legalities of everything and I'm not promoting "stealing" anyones IP... But some of these manga are never going to make it to the states and I really wanted to read em.

Really feeling Your Lie in April. Wish the manga would progress but they are taking their time translating/scanlating it. The show is about to catch up to where I've read to... Which makes me a sad sad panda.

Akame Ga Kill Episodes 16 & 17

So I forgot to watch this last week and here we are with another release.. So I'm all caught up and I really wonder how far they are going to take the show. The manga, to my knowledge, is still going and it's a pretty interesting story. I have enjoyed it the whole time... I'll admit that in the beginning the premise was a little crazy and they gore was over the top but it fades away and the story is what matters.

Episode 16 has them facing off against Kurome's minions... They all kind of get one to deal with... Hell, Tatsumi gets 2. They pull through of course but at what price? Lione loses an arm but her and Akame nearly kill Bols, the flame thrower imperial arms user. They break it so he blows his tank and disappears. Najenda kills her old mentor. Mine shoots the cowgirl looking assassin and blows a hole through the giant frog. Susanoo, thats Najenda's humanoid imperial arms, uses his special move to go all super saiyan and kill the giant danger beast corpse. Then they all confront Kurome, who manages to escape.

A small time later, Chelsea... the new member of Night Raid, assassinates Bols and assumes his form to chase after Kurome. Her attempt at killing Kurome fails and the 2 remaining puppets murder Chelsea. Lubbock, who is told to get reinforcements by Chelsea, makes it to the gang and Tatsumi and Akame are sent after her. They follow the trail of blood all the way to the capital where Tatsumi finds Chelsea's head on a spike in the center of a courtyard surrounded by commoners.

Manga of the Moment!

Been doing a lot of manga reading this week and my 'Manga of the Moment' is...

Nanatsu no Taizai

[MAL]

Its called 'The Seven Deadly Sins' in english and I've been binge reading this for the past week or so. If you read the synopsis its pretty close but doesn't really give the whole story. So, the Seven Deadly sins are a group of Knights who were accused of killing the Great Holy Knight ten years ago and disappeared after the incident. Fast forward to today and the Holy Knights have taken over the kingdom and imprisoned the royals. Elizabeth, the 3rd princess escapes and sets out to find the Deadly Sins to battle the Holy Knights and restore the kingdom. The ball is set in motion when she manages to find Meliodas, the captain of the Sins who is also searching for the rest of his gang. The story takes off from there... If you're used to shounen plots and themes this will seem like a run of the mill story, but I've become wrapped up in it to the point where I'm reading 5-10 chapters a day (I'll be caught up to whats available soon).

A Weeks Worth...

So... really busy and haven't had time to post like I've wanted to... But as always I've been trying to keep up with all the shows I decided to watch this Season.

Full recaps... Ehh.. to many to post so I think I'll just post what I watched. Starting with today..

Sword Art Online 2 Episode 16
Yona of the Dawn Episodes 1 and I started 2
Magimoji Rurumo Episodes 1, 2 and 3
When Supernatural Battles Become Commonplace Episode 3
Your Lie in April Episode 3
Trinity Seven Episode 3
Nanatsu no Taizai Episodes 1, 2 and 3
Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai Episode 3
Gundam Reconguista in G Episode 4

Is that a lot? I'm not exactly sure but I'm feeling lazy and dont really feel like writing and typing out synopsis for all these... I know... maybe I can just keep it short? Ill try...

SAO is SAO... Always awesome and today was no exception. Yona is kind of Historical and there is some drama and betrayal. I think I'm gonna like it. Magimoji I picked up on a recommendation from MAL for something else I was watching. Kind of funny with some ecchi going on, typical shounen. The Supernatural Battles was ok this week, kind of just moving the story along. I think I need to finish watching Your Lie in April... It said I didn't finish the episode but could have sworn I did. Trinity is getting into gear and their ecchi jokes are funny. Nanatsu no Taizai is something that I'm actually reading right now and I'm watching just to see how they deviate from the source material. Daitoshokan is a cute little show and this weeks episode didnt really move the plot though. Gundam is... ehh.. I don't remember but I liked it.

Your Lie in April episode 2

This show has just recently piqued my interest. I was reading the manga a while back but seems like its not translated as fast as I'd liked and I was wondering what kind of show it would make.... The answer is? A good one. The pacing is good, you feel bad for the MC as more of his past trauma is shown... You also get a good look at the love interest here... Shes more or less everything that Arima is not. Yin to his Yang so to speak.

Synopsis...
The gang (Arima, Tsubaki and Watari) head to Kaori's Violin Competition. Arima is caught off guard because Tsubaki lied about where they were going... she knows about his phobia and didn't tell him on purpose, she knew he wouldnt have come. When Kaori comes up she kills the performance but in her own way... Bad for the competition but awesome thing to witness. Seems Arima falls in love with her after that performance but cant tell her because she like Watari. Love can be so complicated. Watari, being the playboy he is, tells Arima that hes skipping practice to spend time with another girl. On the way home, Arima runs into Kaori and instead of telling her about Watari he makes up an excuse to BS her not to go check on Watari... What a wing man... She appoints Arima as his replacement and thats how it ends.

SAO 2 episode 15

Seems like what I thought was going to happen did... The series has shifted back to Alfheim and their new friend Sinon is no longer in GGO but has transferred to ALO to be with everyone.

Kirito is back to his normal self and finds out from Sugu that Excalibur was found. Everyone knows that Excalibur is only given to the greatest sword... Kirito is a loot whore and wants the sword. They gather the troops and head in to goto the dungeon. On the way they are visited by an NPC calling herself the Queen of the Lake. Yui tells them something is off with the NPC and shes been elevated to an AI instead. She puts the group on this path to save the world with an epic quest to infiltrate the dungeon and retrieve Excalibur to save the newly frozen game zone... They gang accepts and they are off to the dungeon. To be continued...

Some Episode 2's out this week

Managed to catch some new episodes... The season is moving along nicely.

Fruit of Grisaia Episode 2

Madan no Ou to Vanadis Episode 2

Both were good and continued almost right where they ended last week. I think if i had to choose between the 2 of them then I'd rather watch Grisaia. It has more characters that are important. Vanadis is definitely one of the better shows this season but it feels like the story is going to mainly revolve around just him and her. Whereas in Grisaia it feels like its more about everyone in the school and they may all get screen time and some story play. 

I did also watch Ore Twintail ni Narimasu... but it was late and I was kind of falling asleep. Not really sure how I feel about it only because the MC actually gets a bracelet that turns him into a girl with twintails. I guess if you're into that sorta thing... the twintails I mean. Don't get me wrong, I like a nice pig tails here and there they can be really kawaii... but he's kind of obsessed with them and willing to take on the form of a chick to protect the world from losing its twintails... Weird to say the least... and no cracking jokes about the fact that i watched it... It was hard enough. I like to give things a chance... so I'll be watching at the very least through episode 4. Wish me luck.