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When did World Trigger take over my life so thoroughly? I’m kind...

Sat, 02 Dec 2017 11:25:02 -0800

When did World Trigger take over my life so thoroughly? I’m kind of embarrassed.

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myun-k: For the 2016 World Trigger Secret Santa! Happy belated...

Wed, 01 Feb 2017 03:16:26 -0800

For the 2016 World Trigger Secret Santa!

Happy belated holidays @feriyen! I have recently been assigned your new Secret Santa, and for your gift, I drew you a (very) short comic on Nino Squad. I’m also a big fan of Team Moe. I hope I did them justice!

Bonus comic:

Oh … I love this so much!? It’s everything I wanted and more. You have a lovely style; I especially like the way you drew Nino and Inukai’s expressions! Thank you, thank you! The wait was absolutely worth it.

Tsuji can have all the cream puffs he wants, but let Nino have some for the challenge, too. I think Inukai’s response to that resounding “no” is what gets me the most.

Thank you again! Have a wonderful rest of the new year!

Thirty

Wed, 28 Dec 2016 21:32:52 -0800

lamplighter:

… so it sort of took me an hour to figure out how to post this on tumblr… But yes! World Trigger Secret Santa fic for @MySinCave. Just something fluffy! I’m really sorry for how late this is, aaaaa. Hope you had a great holiday!

Fandom: world trigger
Rating: general audiences
Warnings: none
Relationships: very light Izumi/Yoneya
Characters: Izumi Kouhei, Yoneya Yousuke, mentions of Tachikawa

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@imakeideasnotartHappy holidays! I’m your World Trigger secret santa. I was thrilled to receive you...

Sat, 24 Dec 2016 04:00:13 -0800

@imakeideasnotart

Happy holidays! I’m your World Trigger secret santa. I was thrilled to receive you as my giftee; Yoneya/Miwa is my preferred ship for the involved characters, too. Anyway, I wrote you a fic that you can read under the cut or here at AO3, which also contains notes at the end. I hope you enjoy!

What’s Bugging You?

Lightning and bugs (and by loose association, insects) were polar opposites. One was loud and big, while the other was quiet and small. By all rights, they had nothing in common - except for the fact that Yoneya could refer to either one as his deep, dark mortal enemy. Neighbors had nothing on them, because trion soldiers didn’t compel him to pray to all the higher beings he knew of to make the “bad things” go away.

And if there was anyone who knew about Yoneya’s deep, dark mortal enemies, it was Miwa, who approached him that afternoon following a squad meeting. Tsukimi and Kodera had already left, and Narasaka was gathering his belongings.

“Yosuke, did you see the news?” asked Miwa.

“Yeah, a little.” If he strained his ears, Yoneya could practically hear the rain that would be hitting the walls of headquarters hours from now. “I heard it’s going to be pouring.”

“Want to come over?”

“Huh?”

“There’s probably going to be thunder,” said Miwa. He volunteered no more after that: Yoneya understood his own fears better than anyone.

Yoneya shuddered. “Ah, man. You just had to say that. Think it’ll be noisy this time around?”

He could have sworn that, last time the weather had been stormy, the lightning had clapped thunderously right next to his window with the sole intent of scaring away ten years of his life. It wasn’t being struck by lightning that scared Yoneya so much as the suddenness of its booming entrance, by far worse than a horror movie where a deformed face would lunge at the screen (a cheap attempt at a scare that, predictably, did nothing for him and served only to make the bullet idiot laugh, because Izumi was that weird).

In the end, Yoneya took the invitation. He also turned around and invited Narasaka for an evening of music, and he also could have sworn that Narasaka had paused for a fraction of a second to process that request. Miwa didn’t protest the extra body; as it turned out, Yoneya still couldn’t keep a tune while Narasaka could.

There was a piano in the living room that Miwa’s sister had played before the first Neighbor invasion. Miwa had inherited it since, and he’d play with Narasaka on music nights appointed by Yoneya, who preferred the instrument known as “himself.” Narasaka thought he was inconspicuous, but Yoneya always caught the incredulous look on his face whenever the subject of instruments came up in a conversation that included them.

Yoneya was a terrible singer. He knew it, but he continued to sing anyway, no matter how much Narasaka’s poker face crinkled at every wrong note, because it was fun.

“No matter which way I put it, you’re off-key,” said Narasaka.

“Seriously? Is it that bad?”

“You’ll get it if you keep practicing,” said Miwa, not unkindly.

Yoneya clutched his chest. “It’s super effective!”

“What happened to the lessons I recommended?” asked Narasaka.

“It’s not like I’m singing to join a competition,” said Yoneya. “Did you want to start a band or something?”

Narasaka didn’t take a second to consider the idea. “Between the three of us, it’s not viable.” After all, Yoneya couldn’t sing to save anyone’s life - although if given the choice, he’d try if it meant somehow saving Miwa; Narasaka, the sniper superstar, could probably save himself.

The doorbell rang, spurring Yoneya on to jump onto his feet. Narasaka raised his head, and Miwa looked over his shoulder in the general direction of the door.

“Must be the blockhead!”

As Yoneya dashed for the door, Narasaka turned to Miwa.

“It’s Izumi,” said Miwa, and Narasaka turned back to his guitar with a knowing nod.

At the door, Izumi thrust a sports bag at Yoneya’s chest.

“Here. You owe me for all the walking I had to do!”

Gathering the bag in his arms, Yoneya offered a wry smile. “Come on; it wasn’t even that long of a walk.”

“Then why didn’t you grab them yourself? They’re your clothes.”

“Well, about that,” started Yoneya, pausing when he heard footsteps behind him and their own stepped past. “Oh, Narasaka. You’re leaving?”

Narasaka, who was packed with the strap of his guitar case strung over his shoulder, nodded. “It’s getting late. I’ll see you tomorrow.” He gave Izumi a curt nod. “Izumi.”

“Hey, Narasaka. Did this idiot get you to bring his voice box?”

“Fortunately, he knows how to pack that on his own.”

“You know, I’m still here,” said Yoneya.

As Narasaka was about to make his retort, he stopped amid forming the first syllabic sound. Blinking, he looked up at the sky. Beside him, Izumi voiced a soft exclamation as a small drop of water splashed on his cheek.

“Oh, yeah. It’s supposed to rain tonight,” he said, wiping the droplet of water away.

“It was cloudy all evening. You should get going while it’s dry,” said Narasaka. He shifted with his shoulder pointed in Yoneya’s direction. “Sleep well.”

“You, too. Make sure this blockhead doesn’t slip on any puddles, will you?”

Not one to have his pride wounded, Izumi shot Yoneya a challenging smirk. “Next time we do a rank match, I’m shooting your feet first; then we’ll see who slips.”

Yoneya was vaguely reminded of the most recent invasion, when he and Miwa had been struck with slick goo. Back then, he’d thought it would be a spectacular idea to try dancing - led on by the fact that he could spin better on the slime - and had summarily crashed into Miwa, sending them spiraling down the street.

He smiled. “You’re on.”

Once they were settled in Miwa’s room for the night, the both of them prepared to sleep on their respective cot on the floor, Yoneya turned to Miwa and asked, “So what’s the real reason you invited me over?”

In the middle of pulling the blanket over his body, Miwa paused. Yoneya, who was already quite comfortable under his borrowed covers, rolled over onto his side.

“Come on, Shuji. I’m not deaf.” He was tone deaf, but he could hear everything else just fine. “Even when Narasaka was here, you were kind of quiet.”

“We were playing music.”

“Yeah, but were you listening to him? I know he’s our sniper, but he was seriously taking shots at me today. I think he was trying to get you to join in.”

If Toma was the lackadaisical coworker in the sniping department, then Yoneya was perhaps his counterpart in the musical field of Narasaka’s company. If Narasaka weren’t so patient, Yoneya was sure he’d have been strangled on more than one occasion to shut him up during a butchered song.

“Man, he can be real harsh sometimes. Anyway, what’s bugging you?”

Inwardly, he cringed at his word of choice.

Even in spite of being cornered, Miwa was not one to talk right away. He rested his hands on the bunched layers of the blanket gathered at his waist, seemingly deliberating his response.

“It’s nothing,” he said, himself sounding unconvinced of his answer. “Last night was a little difficult.”

Pulling his arm free from under his blanket, Yoneya rested his head on the palm of his hand with a propped elbow. “Oh. Was it a nightmare?”

Yoneya was no stranger to Miwa’s bedroom, just as Miwa wasn’t to Yoneya’s. For his part, Yoneya didn’t change the way he behaved when Miwa opened his most personal space up - there was something to be said for consistency - and that was why he didn’t stand to feign attention; nor did he press the matter, as Miwa moved at his own pace. The silence that loomed in the air wasn’t uncomfortable, but thoughtful as Miwa put the words together in his mind.

At last, Miwa asked, “There were no casualties in the last invasion, were there?”

“Nope. Everyone was accounted for, too.” Yoneya counted to six, then added: “You sleepy? We can play a game or something.”

Shaking his head, Miwa lay down and brought his blanket up to his chin. “It’s fine.”

However, while Miwa seemed to have no trouble going to sleep with another body nearby, Yoneya was troubled by the distant rumbling in the rain that tagged Miwa’s window rhythmically. No more than twenty minutes had passed when the first lightning struck close enough to rock his senses - like the knock of a ten-foot-tall giant who didn’t realize how loud he was on the door - and he sighed.

“Shuji, you awake?” He heard the shifting of fabric next to him. “Let’s play a game.”

“All right.”

The following noon, Miwa stopped Yoneya in his tracks to remind him about taking his bag home. The idea of going back to his residence dredged up a matter he’d abandoned between the sleepover to the present. His mind was suddenly assailed with racing thoughts.

“Uh, about that … “ Yoneya slid his hand into his pocket, feeling for his phone. “I’ll get back to you in a sec.”

With his back turned to Miwa, he scrolled down his list of contacts, stopping once he saw “Blockhead,” whom he sent a message: can i ask for 1 more favor

> what do you want now

check my room

> what
> im not your mom

listen this is important to me

> its your room?? why do i have to do it

ill give you back your notes

> those notes are mine
> you cant keep them from me
> fine
> what am i even checking

its green

> green????

mom will let you in so check it out for me ok
thanks

> i swear if this is some kind of a prank im gonna drill you full of holes
> you owe me a week of croquettes

“Yosuke?” Miwa’s voice cut through the relief surging through Yoneya, who turned around with a casual smile that came more naturally to him.

“Okay, I’ll pick it up later.”

> dude
> how did this get in your room

Yoneya must have been stricken as visibly on the outside as he felt inside, as Miwa called his name. He powered off the screen of his phone and craned his neck to meet Miwa’s inquisitive look.

“Oh, sorry. Did you say something?”

“Why did you come over?” asked Miwa, and Yoneya was quite sure that that wasn’t what he had originally said.

“Huh?”

“You’re acting oddly. Did something happen at home?”

Yoneya was caught between a rock and a hard place. But perhaps this was his chance, and he took it with a weak laugh. Since he was granted the opportunity, he thought, he should take it before Miwa sped away with the golden goose.

“Jeez, it wasn’t anything like that. I came over, because you asked me.” He pocketed his phone. “But it’s true that there’s something at home … or, actually, my room.”

“What?”

“ … mantis,” muttered Yoneya.

Miwa’s brow furrowed. “Yosuke?”

“It’s a praying mantis! I saw it in my room yesterday morning.”

“How did a praying mantis get inside your room?”

“Trust me; everyone’s asking that question, including me. It’s still there.”

As a teenager at the ripe age of seventeen, Yoneya possessed a significant amount of pride, although it wasn’t petty like Izumi’s. The proud part of him was not wounded, but ashamed, to go into the next room and tell his blessed grandmother about the green monster under his bed. There were things a man was obligated to do, even if it took days for him to muster up the courage to confront the insect touring the darkest nooks of his estate.

Practically tearing up and faced against Miwa’s stony stare, Yoneya pouted. If Miwa wanted to be indirect, then so would he.

Without so much as blinking, Miwa walked ahead. “Come on.”

“Where are we going?”

“My home. We’re getting your bag and going to your place.”

Yoneya’s heart skipped a beat. “Does that mean … ”

“Tell Izumi he doesn’t have to stay.”

“Ah. Cool.”

As it turned out, Miwa was more concerned for the mantis trapped in Yoneya’s room. He ordered for a jar and a cloth to be brought as Yoneya hovered by the doorway, caught in a staring contest with the mantis that had come out to apparently welcome him home like a tiny troll. Yoneya did as he was told, and Miwa courageously coaxed the mantis into the sizable jar to be released outside.

As the praying mantis stalked away, Yoneya said, “Thanks. You’re a lifesaver!”

“Next time, just tell me.”

He nodded and, with heartfelt seriousness, said, “You’re a good guy.”

At that, Miwa turned his face away. If there was the slightest blush on his cheeks from the sudden flattery, Yoneya didn’t say - too busy he was rejoicing the liberation of his room, as well as concocting a plan to keep Izumi’s lips sealed on the green discovery. Then a thought occurred to him.

“Since you’re here, want to sleep over for tonight?”

“Sure.”

mintycolors: sunmoon-count: Artist: Jena Website: Tumblr

Tue, 15 Nov 2016 14:04:10 -0800

mintycolors:

sunmoon-count:

Artist: Jena

Website: Tumblr

flannoit: feriyen: flannoit: To make matters worse about 7D3 is that Ulania… Is extremely naive...

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 20:38:34 -0800

flannoit:

feriyen:

flannoit:

To make matters worse about 7D3 is that Ulania… Is extremely naive and unaware exactly how harmful the people who are fetishizing her are.

There’s that sheer fact she’s treated like she’s really stupid and naive that really bothers me… Ulania isn’t stupid, she’s clearly a smart cookie considering she forged a freaking greatsword without any blacksmithing knowledge. Not to mention rule an entire civilization, even in sub-modern Tokyo when her direct descendants don’t exist because her people died eons ago.

Ulania isn’t dumb, and she’s not that naive… But the game treats her like she is, when it least benefits her.

She literally has quests / storyline where people are openly sexualizing her and even invading her personal space for their fetishes… And she instead forgives them and allows them to continue it… Eigur’s canonically kinda dumb and really naive, but even he knew it was extremely bad, even if she wasn’t his queen.

Even though it goes completely against her character, there are ugly loopholes in her plot for the sake of telling otakus “it’s okay to fetishize women who may not know better, and take advantage of their naivety for your own technical sexual conquest. Even if you get caught, they’ll forgive you and even let you keep doing it!”

So her existence perpetuates the idea that sleazing after vulnerable women (which Ulania admittedly is, considering she’s eons in the future after her kingdom literally collapsed into the sea) is great n cool n okay n not harmful…

I absolutely understand your frustration with the way this quest was handled, but I want to coin my opinion that the quest was not about approving the fetishization of women. It was about showcasing Ulania’s heart as a ruler who thinks of the people after everything her own citizens had to endure. I don’t think the game treats her like she’s dumb or naive.

When Ulania first goes outside with Eigur’s insistence, she’s bombarded with lewd comments about her appearance that are questionable and vulgar in nature. She herself is aware of this, because she tells Unit 13 that the words and actions of Tokyo’s people are “uninhibited.” However, she’s glad to see how lively the people are after she was just rescued from a situation where all her citizens felt for so long was hopelessness.

During the stalker quest, she listens to what the “fan club” has to say about secretly taking photos of her and lying about it. She declines to punish them on the basis that she would rather nurture what small comfort they’ve found than crush it in a divisive act, because the world is in a turbulent state; from her personal experience of powerlessness during Atlantis’ fall, she prizes hope and unity in the people. More importantly, she enacts subtle negotiation with the members:

She questions if their thoughts about her come from “a dark place.” They answer that their thoughts don’t, and she rewards them by making their fan club official.

She commands them to stop acting in secrecy. In doing so, she will reward them by making herself more publicly available for interaction.

Ulania promotes communication, takes control of the situation, and quietly addresses the fan club’s behavior. She scrapes away the negative aspects by rewarding promised behavior that will correct what they were doing wrong. She has power: As the authority, she has full rights to revoke official status should the fan club go astray again. All in all, she handles the situation with the utmost maturity and fairness.

In summation, Ulania strives to do her part as a royal regardless of the era, and she has the ability to understand people fundamentally. The quest was about showing this side of Ulania as she continues to advocate for the people as a queen does, even long after her kingdom’s demise, and she doesn’t necessarily let herself be streamrolled.

Were the stalkers’ actions questionable? Absolutely. Should they have been punished? Yes! There are repercussions to actions that disrespect others; however, that isn’t what the quest was about, and that’s where the last question comes in - could there have been a better situation to highlight Ulania’s thoughtfulness as a ruler? Yes, no contest there. But I want to stress that none of this means that Ulania is naive or that her existence is meant to demean vulnerable women.

Sorry that this got long, and sorry for dredging up an old post. I just wanted to share how I interpreted the quest, whose entire premise I can agree was overkill.

I’m not saying Ulania is realistically naive, just that the game tries really hard to imply it when it harms her the most.

She’s a good character aside from certain design points (such as her obvious sex-appeal boobs, considering they’re literally how straight men interpret their “ideal, busty woman”) and honestly she’s an incredible leader, but it still doesn’t really excuse the fact the game tries to treat her as fetish bait, and the attempts to hide that are really shallow and meaningless, and refuse to directly acknowledge the actual danger in it.

Ulania is, without a doubt, a powerful leader, with a kind heart, but other characters in the game tend to serve to in some way demean her, mostly by making her seem naive and vulnerable, and that abusing her lack of knowledge is acceptable, because that quest literally ends with her telling people who were stalking and photographing her that it’s okay. Even if they’re not doing it in secret any more, it still stands to hint at the idea that stalking and photographing girls could lead to her approving of you and what you do.

The people who’ve interacted with/about her sometimes say something good, but sometimes they also openly sexualize and fetishize her. While she isn’t stupid or naive enough realistically to have little issue with that, the game instead goes with that. Even though at least two people verbally fetishized her basically to her face, rather than actually acknowledging the issues with it, the game goes “lol freedom of speech!!”

While it’s logical for her to admire the fact that the people can speak freely, unlike her country based on context, it was completely uncalled for and unnecessary to fetishize her at all. It can’t even be chocked up to “but she’s a different, ancient, new race”, because the actual fetish-related parts are by men oggling over her body, not her position, not her bloodline, nothing. Just her body.

Don’t get me wrong, like. I love Ulania. She’s one of my faves, which I didn’t expect granted when I first saw her. I thought she was going to be 100% sex appeal and nothing else.

Ulania’s negotiations addressed what was wrong about how she was being treated: She shows she isn’t naive about their thoughts, exercises power by giving official status with conditions attached, and her demanding no more secrecy allows her to have knowledge she lacked earlier. The NPCs are written to have been in the wrong. On the other hand, backlash for their behavior was lacking, and that’s where I think the quest should have gone with a different scenario from the start, so that there wouldn’t be this incongruous outcome between Ulania’s resolution and the fan club’s actions. It’s easy to take at face value that stalking and objectification are acceptable with the way things turned out, even though that’s not what the game was probably trying to say, which is where I understand your grievance with it stems.

I don’t think she admires the freedom of speech so much as she does the spirit of the people in being able to find something to be happy about during rough times, which she wants to cherish. This is good and bad - bad, because they’re expressing happiness about something that objectifies her appearance. It goes back to the quest’s strong direction for her character, but weak solution for the other issue the game dragged into the heart of the matter.

The game was very optimistic about how these matters were handled, which poses inherent problems when Ulania’s character design was clearly engineered with fanservice in mind. I just wanted to share what I thought was an attempt at something well-intentioned and having it implode a little instead, because the wrong platform, which was unavoidable due to said character design, was used.

Anyway, Ulania really was a pleasant surprise! Considering the amount of sex appeal her character design alone has, I had no idea what to expect, but she turned out to be wonderful.

flannoit: To make matters worse about 7D3 is that Ulania… Is extremely naive and unaware exactly...

Fri, 11 Nov 2016 19:00:25 -0800

flannoit:

To make matters worse about 7D3 is that Ulania… Is extremely naive and unaware exactly how harmful the people who are fetishizing her are.

There’s that sheer fact she’s treated like she’s really stupid and naive that really bothers me… Ulania isn’t stupid, she’s clearly a smart cookie considering she forged a freaking greatsword without any blacksmithing knowledge. Not to mention rule an entire civilization, even in sub-modern Tokyo when her direct descendants don’t exist because her people died eons ago.

Ulania isn’t dumb, and she’s not that naive… But the game treats her like she is, when it least benefits her.

She literally has quests / storyline where people are openly sexualizing her and even invading her personal space for their fetishes… And she instead forgives them and allows them to continue it… Eigur’s canonically kinda dumb and really naive, but even he knew it was extremely bad, even if she wasn’t his queen.

Even though it goes completely against her character, there are ugly loopholes in her plot for the sake of telling otakus “it’s okay to fetishize women who may not know better, and take advantage of their naivety for your own technical sexual conquest. Even if you get caught, they’ll forgive you and even let you keep doing it!”

So her existence perpetuates the idea that sleazing after vulnerable women (which Ulania admittedly is, considering she’s eons in the future after her kingdom literally collapsed into the sea) is great n cool n okay n not harmful…

I absolutely understand your frustration with the way this quest was handled, but I want to coin my opinion that the quest was not about approving the fetishization of women. It was about showcasing Ulania’s heart as a ruler who thinks of the people after everything her own citizens had to endure. I don’t think the game treats her like she’s dumb or naive.

When Ulania first goes outside with Eigur’s insistence, she’s bombarded with lewd comments about her appearance that are questionable and vulgar in nature. She herself is aware of this, because she tells Unit 13 that the words and actions of Tokyo’s people are “uninhibited.” However, she’s glad to see how lively the people are after she was just rescued from a situation where all her citizens felt for so long was hopelessness.

During the stalker quest, she listens to what the “fan club” has to say about secretly taking photos of her and lying about it. She declines to punish them on the basis that she would rather nurture what small comfort they’ve found than crush it in a divisive act, because the world is in a turbulent state; from her personal experience of powerlessness during Atlantis’ fall, she prizes hope and unity in the people. More importantly, she enacts subtle negotiation with the members:

She questions if their thoughts about her come from “a dark place.” They answer that their thoughts don’t, and she rewards them by making their fan club official.
She commands them to stop acting in secrecy. In doing so, she will reward them by making herself more publicly available for interaction.

Ulania promotes communication, takes control of the situation, and quietly addresses the fan club’s behavior. She scrapes away the negative aspects by rewarding promised behavior that will correct what they were doing wrong. She has power: As the authority, she has full rights to revoke official status should the fan club go astray again. All in all, she handles the situation with the utmost maturity and fairness.

In summation, Ulania strives to do her part as a royal regardless of the era, and she has the ability to understand people fundamentally. The quest was about showing this side of Ulania as she continues to advocate for the people as a queen does, even long after her kingdom’s demise, and she doesn’t necessarily let herself be streamrolled.

Were the stalkers’ actions questionable? Absolutely. Should they have been punished? Yes! There are repercussions to actions that disrespect others; however, that isn’t what the quest was about, and that’s where the last question comes in - could there have been a better situation to highlight Ulania’s thoughtfulness as a ruler? Yes, no contest there. But I want to stress that none of this means that Ulania is naive or that her existence is meant to demean vulnerable women.

Sorry that this got long, and sorry for dredging up an old post. I just wanted to share how I interpreted the quest, whose entire premise I can agree was overkill.

It continues.Interesting note on Hyuse’s style as it progresses...

Wed, 21 Sep 2016 20:42:07 -0700

It continues.

Interesting note on Hyuse’s style as it progresses in the chapter - he starts off two-handed, but increasingly uses one-handed strokes until he crosses blades with Tsuji, whom he acknowledges to be stronger than his previous contenders (then Tsuji lops the right hand off while Sasamori aimed for the shoulder, which means Sasamori may have been onto something). Will he reach his current limit with Ikoma, who is an advanced master attacker, two weeks from now?

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Mon, 12 Sep 2016 00:43:58 -0700

farant: He then drew his sword anew as the last living human...

Sun, 28 Aug 2016 22:16:53 -0700

farant:

 He then drew his sword anew as the last living human in Grand Gaia.

Arc Rise Fantasia - YouTube

Sun, 21 Aug 2016 17:25:01 -0700

Arc Rise Fantasia - YouTube:

It’s finished!

I spent the last three months recording undubbed scenes from Arc Rise Fantasia and compiling them into a “cutscene playlist” that excludes traveling and fighting. Here’s what you can expect:

Main story dialogue and cutscenes
Skits (I am missing some, and I’ll upload them if I come across any during the bonus dungeon)
Boss excel acts (with the exception of a few I forgot to record … I have no excuse)
House visits and NPC dialogue in towns where L’Arc replies
Special guild quests and optional Rogress

However, the undub is not perfect, and there are instances where the English tracks start to play (e.g., a flashback featuring Weiss, most excel act activation quotes and grunts) or something else happens (i.e., Ryfia’s hellish giggle).

This playlist is meant to attract players who were put off by the game’s dubbing and/or blocked from progressing due to difficulty level. The original Japanese release features many prolific voice actors (Koyasu, Nakamura, and Makino to name a few), and this way the Divas’ singing voices match their speaking voices. Arc Rise Fantasia is my favorite game … take a look if you’re interested, leave me asks about it, what have you!

And, uh, ignore the Bandicam logo and bad cropping. I’ll take care of those someday.

Drawing Tsuji was a welcome break from studying meds, except I...

Tue, 16 Aug 2016 02:15:29 -0700

Drawing Tsuji was a welcome break from studying meds, except I ran out of time to color. Happy birthday, dinosaur boy.

Poor Tsuji. And look at his little frown when Inukai surmises...

Thu, 11 Aug 2016 13:42:50 -0700

Tsuji-chan, did you know? Apparently a new event's starting today.

An event?

Yeah. There's even going to be rankings. Swimsuits come with [boosts].

Are we also fighting in swimsuits?

No, it looks like we're not there. Our captain doesn't like cosplay, so he must be feeling relieved, right?

...... Swimsuits are cosplay?

I wonder?

That's right, Tsuji-chan. Let's participate with someone who was invited to the event.

How about Kako Squad? Our captains are good friends.

Eh......!

Poor Tsuji. And look at his little frown when Inukai surmises that Ninomiya would consider swimsuits cosplay.

Miyoshi - Mikumo’s classmate who loves all things Border and knows the names of regular agents by...

Sat, 06 Aug 2016 22:13:03 -0700

Miyoshi - Mikumo’s classmate who loves all things Border and knows the names of regular agents by heart - meeting the squads in everyday life (aka “where squads literally backflip the hell away”):

Meets Tachikawa at a family restaurant and gets roped into buying more croquettes for him and Izumi.
Homes in on Kikuchihara, who is done with this life when there are the approachable Utagawa and the smaller (thus easier to target) Kazama right next to him.
Badgers Miwa with questions, which ends up with Yoneya answering them. Playing the straight nag, Kodera insists they can’t divulge too much information.
Meanders over to Ninomiya Squad’s table at a BBQ place. Ninomiya jerks his head in Miyoshi’s direction, signaling Inukai to take care of this random kid watching them.
Walks by Kageura Squad without realizing it, because of them using shortened surnames. Later goes to an okonomiyaki restaurant after hearing the proprietors’ family name, picturing Masato to be a big brother-chef type, and has his mental portrait slashed by shark teeth.
Runs into Arafune, who is the quintessential cool agent hailing from Border Hollywood, and becomes a fan instantly. Assumes Ko, who is next to Arafune, to be the quiet but intense sidekick/agent.
Probably experiences some kind of a minor mishap after entering Taichi’s sphere of influence.
And way more I don’t have the brainpower to brainstorm, and so I leave it to the rest of you to fill in the massive blanks.

farant: the no. 1 & no. 2 attackers

Sat, 06 Aug 2016 21:38:25 -0700

farant:

 the no. 1 & no. 2 attackers

The only one who knows how to smile in this squad is Arafune.

Wed, 03 Aug 2016 15:11:04 -0700

The only one who knows how to smile in this squad is Arafune.

farant: Based off of the past Chain Chronicle collab GQ, in...

Tue, 02 Aug 2016 15:40:18 -0700

farant:

Based off of the past Chain Chronicle collab GQ, in which Karl and Seria probably regretted everything and were blissfully unaware of the future.

Photo

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 22:59:12 -0700

farant: Today will finally be your judgment day —

Sat, 30 Jul 2016 20:42:55 -0700

farant:

 Today will finally be your judgment day —

barefootfriar: art trade with @feriyen they wrote me the best...

Wed, 27 Jul 2016 13:41:10 -0700

barefootfriar:

art trade with @feriyen

they wrote me the best ARF fanfiction, bless them, the best <3

Thank you again! His intense eye still gets me. Truly amazing.