SaigoGetsuga

Anime tweeter trying my hand at a blog. Will blog for the Fall 2017 season. Might continue if it goes well.

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Black Clover, MMO Junkie & Love Live Sunshine (season 2) Ep 5

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here.

I am actually gonna try to have this be brief because while there were plenty of things that progress the shows from their most recent episodes, I do not want to really drag out these posts.

Let’s begin with Love Live Sunshine season 2

The most recent episode seems to have focused more on Yoshiko/Yohane and Riko after finding a stray dog and, while we don’t learn more about why Riko doesn’t like dogs, we do learn more about how Yoshiko/Yohane feels about the world from her perspective (bad luck and unfortunateness hence her being a fallen angel). The episode was a fun side story, nothing much in terms of story progression but more character development, but I can’t wait for when they get to working on the next insert song.

You can catch Love Live Sunshine season 2 on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation.

Next, I’ll briefly talk about Black Clover.

We see more of the fights between the applicants for the Magic Knights Entrance Exam and plenty of characters are starting to show their prowess and I wonder if some will continue to remain relevant to the story. The most progression to the story that happens is that Yuno and Asta find out which teams they will be a part of and, I won’t spoil it here but the results are not that surprising.

You can catch Black Clover on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation.

And finally, I touch on Recovery of an MMO Junkie.

The most recent episode focused more on Moriko starting to dread going for drinks with the old work acquaintance/Sakurai’s co-worker due to her appearance and goes out to improve her style but ends up comparing her spending to how many loot boxes she could get in-game, one would have to have played a long time to make those comparisons... I found it funny. In the end, it seems that due some time misunderstandings, Sakurai goes to meet Moriko for the drinks and when he sees Moriko it is astonishing how much Moriko cleans up and wonder how things play out next week.

You can catch Recovery of an MMO Junkie on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation.

I know these were very brief but I feel like not very many people are really reading these and thought I should shorten them... we’ll see how things play out next week when we hit the halfway point for the shows this season (actually I just realized we’ve actually hit the halfway point for MMO Junkie already... it only has 10 episodes).

See you next time!

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Ep 4 of MMO Junkie and Love Live Sunshine season 2

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here.

Sorry for the delay. Tonight, I give my thoughts on episode 4 of Recovery of an MMO Junkie and Love Live Sunshine season 2.

First let’s begin with Recovery of an MMO Junkie.

Today’s episode we deal with some pretty relatable issues. First the episode opens up with the gang gathering together to get the special Loot Boxes in their game in hopes of attaining featured/rare items that could be dropped and afterwards we learn that Lily... is actually more of a whale (person who drops a lot of money into a game to get the best items) while everyone else, even Hayashi/Moriko is more self-conscious with their spending. This is easily one of the more defining moments to learning more about Lily and her real-life counterpart and how the games can define a person.

Also this scene above is so hilarious where in games characters can spawn in the same spot and cause someone to clip through another character. XD

The episode then takes an interesting turn by having Moriko bump into one of her old co-workers and all of a sudden gets asked out to dinner but after confiding with Lily using a reverse gender-style story, we see the real-life person that controls Lily (Sakurai) start to put together the pieces of Hayashi and appears to have an idea of who Hayashi may actually be (as both of them play a reverse gender of who they really are). All in all, this was a very enjoyable episode. You can catch subbed episodes on Crunchyroll every Friday and as a SimulDub on FUNimation every Monday.

Next, Love Live Sunshine.

This episode actually focuses more on Dia Kurosawa, the Student Council President and older sister to Ruby Kurosawa. It was another character development episode like episode 2 was for the other 3rd years than we ever got in the 1st season. In this episode, Dia notices that Kanan and Mari were seemingly very close to the 2nd years (Chika, You & Riko) by using the honorific “-chan” (generally indicates closeness to very good friends) while Dia remains to be called “-san” (a general greeting to a person but not particularly close to that person). 

Dia wants to try to be closer to the rest of the characters but the other 3rd years state that because Dia is so stubborn and stern that it would be very hard for the others to all of a sudden become close enough so she would be able to be called “Dia-chan”. The group are working at an aquarium to help raise money for their idol activities but also used it as an opportunity for Dia to get closer to the other members. Plenty of hijinx ensue from both the 1st years and 2nd years and misunderstandings ensue that cause the others to think Dia is upset as she brushes off the hijinxes in an “uncharacteristic” manner. Overall, the episode serves as a milestone for the season as it now gave insight into the 3rd year characters. In the end, she does get her wish and I continue to look forward to seeing Aqours continue their journey to Love Live.

You can catch the 2nd season of Love Live Sunshine every Saturday on Crunchyroll and every Monday on FUNimation’s SimulDub streaming.

Phew... caught up on last week’s episodes. I’ll have episode 5 of Black Clover up before the weekend. 

Talk to you then.

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Fall Anime 2017 blog delay

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here.

For those of you who read my blog, I am afraid to say I will delay my thoughts on episode 4 of MMO Junkie and Love Live Sunshine season 2 to another day (I’ll at least have them up by the end of this week) as I have too many shows to catch up on from the weekend after coming back from Kumoricon. 

Sorry everyone. 

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Black Clover Ep 4 Thoughts

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here.

Tonight, I’ll be giving my brief thoughts on episode 4 of Black Clover before I leave for Kumoricon.

So now Asta and Yuno have arrived for the Magic Knights Entrance Exam and we are introduced to a bunch of other characters including the powerful captains of the different groups. Each captain has a very different personality (including one who seems to remind me of Neji from Naruto in terms how he views his own sister and her path of life).

In this episode, we see the extent of how one’s abilities are in terms of being able to do simple things like ride a broom (in which case Asta was like Akko from Little Witch Academia... not being able to get off the ground at all). There wasn’t much else that happened in the episode, not much action happened except for in the end when Asta took on one of the applicants in something that could really be more of a statement instead of a simple fight, saying that he didn’t want to have an easy life but wanted to work hard in his life. In that aspect I look forward to seeing how the other applicants (*cough* Yuno) fare in the Entrance Exams.

I know that this was a very brief thought on the episode but it seems we are still getting through the introduction of more characters, seeing other characters abilities, etc. so I hope they can get more story in this season (also depending on how many episodes the show will have) but I look forward to seeing what’ll happen next.

You can catch Black Clover on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation at a later date.

As I said in the beginning, I will be going to Kumoricon starting tomorrow and I won’t be able to post my thoughts on Love Live Sunshine and Recovery of an MMO Junkie until I get back (probably not until Monday October 30th).

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Ep 3 of Fall Anime 2017

Hello all, SaigoGetsuga here.

Sorry this is so late... I have been so busy playing Fire Emblem Warriors that I didn’t even get to watch Love Live Sunshine Episode 3 till this morning.

With that, I am actually going to be very brief on my thoughts here because there actually was not much that was very game changing in these most recent episodes of MMO Junkie and Black Clover but Love Live Sunshine adds in a few surprises with the most recent episode.

And let’s begin with Black Clover.

In the most recent episode of Black Clover, it was more of a send-off episode for Yuno and Asta as they leave to take the Magic Knights Entrance Exam. Again, not much happens (they are seen training, the village sends them off and they leave). Though I am starting to get a little annoyed at Asta’s constant reminding of him going to become the Wizard King. I mean, I know he’s determined, but come on, not even Naruto was THAT obnoxious about his going to become Hokage, most of the time he was trying to be better than Sasuke, but I digress. There is a few bits of humor in that Yuno, while he may not show it, is very competitive with Asta when they try to relax and Asta wants to keep going, Yuno has to reel him in. All in all, they arrive at the Capital and next week will begin the Magic Knights Entrance Exam... we’ll see if this show can keep me interested.

You can catch Black Clover every Tuesday on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation at a later date.

Next up, Recovery of an MMO Junkie.

This show, quite honestly, is becoming one of my favorite series this season. The way the main character relates to many gamers in the world is one of the reasons that it speaks to me but it also helps bring relation to the female audience. In this episode we see more of the male lead, Yuta Sakurai and how his co-worker actually knew Moriko in the working world before she became a NEET and, to me, it helps explain Moriko’s character though it doesn’t necessarily explain why she chose to become a NEET (at least not that remember) but it’ll be interesting to see as the show goes on. In the end, it shows that Hayashi (Moriko’s in-game character) and Lily (the in-game friend for Moriko) will become partners in-game and reactions that Moriko gave are funny and another reason that the show draws me in, the fact the some of the reactions can be over the top but not so much. I look forward to next week’s episode.

You can catch Recovery of an MMO Junkie every Friday on CrunchyRoll and as SimulDub on FUNimation starting Monday October 30th.

And finally, I end with Love Live Sunshine season 2.

When last we left Aqours, there was a phone call for Mari and we learn that the Open House for the school has been delayed due to the rainstorm that happened in episode 2... which just so happens to take place as their Love Live Prelims... leaving the girls in a very tough spot, do they go for more attention at Love Live or do they focus on saving their school at the Open House? 

While this episode was more of a serious “what-to-do” episode, there was still plenty of humor to be found. Though most of it was at Yoshiko/Yohane’s expense. In the end, I liked the episode but I don’t want to spoil what happens in the end... all I’ll say is that you won’t be disappointed by what they come up with.

You can catch Love Live Sunshine season 2 every Saturday on CrunchyRoll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation starting Monday October 23rd.

I know my Love Live thoughts were very brief but, like I said, I don’t want to spoil what happens in such a good episode. Please understand.

Coming this next weekend I will be going to Kumoricon so I won’t be able to make my blog as readily as I have been (at least for MMO Junkie and Love Live). I’ll try to have my thoughts Black Clover episode 4 up on Wednesday night and then MMO Junkie and Love Live on Monday October 30th.

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Aqours 2nd Love Live: Happy Party Train & Love Live Sunshine Episode 2

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here.

Tonight I’ll give my brief thoughts on the Happy Party Train concert screening and the 2nd episode of Love Live Sunshine.

First I’ll start with the 2nd episode of Love Live Sunshine.

In this episode, the group split into 2 groups to create 2 songs, one for the Love Live Qualifiers, and one for the school’s open house to try to get more prospective students. Unfortunately for the group dealing with the song for Love Live (Mari, Dia, Kanan, Hanamaru, Yoshiko and Ruby) they are having to deal with their different personalities as it appears each character has a different viewpoint of what song to use. In the end, the episode was more of a fleshing out of each of the characters that we didn’t really get in season 1, it’s not bad but I kind-of wished they had done that in season 1. As for the remaining characters (Chika, You and Riko) there wasn’t much going on with their group other than finding inspiration and by the end of the episode the groups reunited and are about to share their respective songs. I look forward to seeing what they thought up.

Overall, there was plenty of humor in the episode as well and plenty of character development to help better understand the differences of the 1st and 3rd year characters.

You can catch Love Live Sunshine every Saturday on Crunchyroll and on FUNimation’s SimulDub lineup starting Monday October 23rd.

Now, onto the Love Live concert.

The Aqours 2nd Love Live: Happy Party Train tour concert screening took place Saturday October 14th at a local theater that showcased the concert that took place on the 2nd day of the Saitama leg. Overall the concert was a fun experience, plenty of people stood up with lightsticks in hand and used them like one would at a concert in Japan, I’ve only ever been to one other concert like it (Miku Expo 2016) so it was interesting experiencing that again. The setlist was really nice having plenty of songs I knew from the mobile game and even songs not from the game: a special duo/trio collection from the Summer Vacation collection. Another interesting thing about this concert, aside from being 4 hours long, was that the setlist was half that of the μ's Final Love Live setlist (21 songs vs 42 songs) the main thing that took time were the intermission MCs (where Aqours would talk) and promo videos shown during the concert. Overall, it was a great experience and I would definitely go back for their 3rd live if it comes back to the States.

Well, talk to you next time for episode 3 of Love Live Sunshine, Black Clover and Recovery of an MMO Junkie!

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Black Clover ep 2 & Recovery of an MMO Junkie ep 2

Hello again, SaigoGetsuga here.

Now that I’ve seen the 2nd episode of Recovery of an MMO Junkie I can post my thoughts about it.

This episode was interesting because we get into what every gamer does not want run into, people wondering how old you really are in real life and what you do. Moriko’s mindset is understandably very tense because, being a NEET and 30 but having a young male avatar would make one get the wrong idea... and that is exactly what is happening... the misunderstandings are going into this show as well (recently finished Gamers anime and it had plenty of misunderstandings as well) but this may actually be more humorous instead of cringe-worthy than Gamers was, who knows.

The episode also brings the main female and male characters into a head-long collision (well... sorta literally) as they meet while the male character is running late for work and accidentally runs into Moriko and their introductions are done. I look forward to seeing how this relationship pans out.

You can watch Recovery of an MMO Junkie every Friday on Crunchyroll and on FUNimation’s SimulDub lineup starting on October 30th.

Now to move onto episode 2 of Black Clover.

This episode was more of a flashback episode fleshing out the personalities of the two leads, Yuno and Asta. This was actually helpful in understanding how Yuno came to be who he is, where he was more of a crybaby and not a lot of confidence as a child to where we currently see him as an confident adolescent and kept honing his craft in magic. This episode showed the two in a situation where they were attacked by a drunken thug who was trying to take Yuno’s memento in exchange for a drink after Yuno finished an important errand for his village and Asta came to rescue and after the encounter, Yuno promised not to cry. Again, this episode helps to flesh the personalities of Yuno more-so than Asta as he was the same as a child to his adolescent self.

Overall, I am liking where this show is going, the action that was shown after the flashback seemed to be more of a taste for what was to come for the show and I am looking forward to seeing more of it. 

You can catch Black Clover every Tuesday on Crunchyroll and as a SimulDub on FUNimation at a later date.

Thank you for reading and I’ll post Love Live Sunshine episode 2 and maybe the concert screening on Sunday. Talk to you later and have a good night!

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Weekend update (10/13/17)

Hello everyone, SaigoGetsuga here.

Sorry I didn’t get to posting my thoughts on the No Game No Life Zero movie, I was tired upon returning home and was busy with work. All I can really say about the movie is that it was worth it. Although the story takes place 6,000 years before the main series it definitely still showed the spirit of the original series. The characters, although the designs were borrowed from the original series, were really well done and lent to the story really well. I do not want to spoil anything from the movie but definitely look forward to it when it is released on Blu-ray/DVD!

Now onto the meat of this discussion. 

I want to let you know that I’ll try to get my blog posts regarding Black Clover episode 2 and Recovery of an MMO Junkie episode 2 hopefully sometime tonight (first I have to watch MMO Junkie episode 2). 

I am traveling to see the Love Live Aqours 2nd Live: Happy Party Train screening at a theater tomorrow so I won’t be able to post anything tomorrow. I’ll also have my blog post of Love Live Sunshine season 2 episode 2 sometime on Sunday.

Well, now to get to watching MMO Junkie episode 2 and then I’ll work on my anime blog on it and Black Clover episode 2.

See you soon!

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Fall Anime 2017 Blog 10/7/17

Good Morning/Afternoon/Evening (wherever you are), SaigoGetsuga here and as promised I will give you my thoughts on the three anime I would discuss this season: Recovery of an MMO Junkie, Love Live Sunshine (Season 2) and Black Clover. Now this is my first-ever blog so if I am doing things incorrectly and have any pointers to help me please feel free to let me know (but please don’t straight-up flame me).

Let’s begin with Recovery of an MMO Junkie.

This anime is about a 30-year old female named Moriko Morioka who was recently unemployed and shows that she chose to be a NEET (someone who chooses not to pursue employment and is not in education), she even states it in her introduction. Now as first episodes go in terms of introducing characters go, it did a good job of introducing our main female and her interactions going into the new game she found after her previous one terminated service. The story for now may not lend itself to the title of the show but it’s only the first episode so we’ll see and I’m going to try not to spoil too much. The episode then goes forward to Christmas time and we see that the friendship between Moriko and Lily has progressed greatly by hanging out alone in game to exchange Christmas gifts and this was a great scene.

In my opinion, I was drawn to this show because of my background as a gamer and I have a seen one other MMO-game related anime (”And You Thought There Is Never A Girl Online?”) and thankfully Moriko knows the difference between the game world and the real world so there is no sense of recovery... for now though because thinking about the title... play too long and one may lose a sense of reality. I don’t have much to say without spoiling and I may post an update when FUNimation does their SimulDub.

Overall, I would definitely recommend this show for those that enjoy a slice-of-life show with a hint of romance mixed in. I would rank this 8/10 of must watch. Recovery of an MMO Junkie streams on Crunchyroll every Friday with a SimulDub on FUNimation coming soon.

Next, Love Live Sunshine Season 2

If you are unfamiliar with Love Live... I would definitely recommend the series as a whole (including the original) this show picks up directly after the events of Season 1 of Love Live Sunshine. We catch up with the school idols, Aqours, at the start of the second term of their school year (Mari calls it second season which I felt was a hilarious nod to the audience)

We find that the girls did not get past the competition they participated in Season 1 (when they performed “MIRAI TICKET”) and learn that a new Love Live will be taking place in the near-future and they are preparing for a school open house to help find prospective students to help save their school from closing down (similar situation to the original Love Live series). Again, as first episodes go, it does a good job setting up the situations that the girls will be encountering, getting over the frustration of loss and how to improve and how to handle unexpected situations (one such deal happens in this episode but I won’t spoil it). The animation is handled by Sunrise, who has worked on the whole Love Live series (they’re also the same studio that handled all the Gundam series), and their animation is still really good. The original cast of season 1 returns to reprise their characters and sound like they should. I look forward to seeing how this show progresses.

Again, if you haven’t seen season 1 of Love Live Sunshine, definitely watch it before watching this show. Otherwise if you are a big fan of the Love Live series, I’d definitely give this show a 10/10 ranking of must watch. Love Live Sunshine season 2 streams every Saturday on Crunchyroll and FUNimation will stream a SimulDub at a later date. 

Finally, I end with Black Clover

I had actually never heard of the original manga (I mostly hear these shows from anime news sites and social media in terms of hype). And after watching the first episode of Black Clover I noticed many similarities to other Shonen anime tropes as well as call-backs to other shows (in my opinion). The show follows two characters, Asta (right) and Yuno (left) and their quest to become known as the Wizard King, the strongest wizard in the land. We begin by learning that while Yuno has been shown to have the best aptitude in terms of magic-wielding while Asta has no aptitude for magic but he will not give up his dream to become the Wizard King (very similar to Naruto in his dream to become the Hokage). 

After watching the first episode, I noticed that the voice of Asta was becoming a reason plenty of people have turned away from this show (obnoxious-sounding and doesn’t know how to dial down the volume), and I feel that is very unfair to judge the show based on one character. The action in this show looks like it’ll be really good (especially what it previews for the next episode). Though it holds some cliche elements similar to other Shonen anime (*cough* Naruto) I am very interested in seeing how it differs. I’d rank this show with a 7/10 of must watch, if you can try to get through Asta’s voice. 

Black Clover streams on Crunchyroll every Tuesday and FUNimation will stream a SimulDub at a later date.

I apologize for how long this post was but I wanted to try my hand of voicing my opinion on these shows (though it looks short, I may post separate entries for each show). I thank you if you have read through this whole post I may try to post my thoughts on No Game No Life Zero on Sunday night or Monday night.

Thank you for reading. Please look forward to my future posts as I try to have these be more review-like for these shows.

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Weekend Blog Update

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here. I know it has been a while since Black Clover aired and tomorrow Recovery of an MMO Junkie airs on Crunchyroll. Rest assured I will post my blog regarding these two shows on Saturday October 7th. 

In other news, I will be traveling to Portland on Sunday to see the No Game No Life Zero movie and I’ll try to post my thoughts on the movie as well when I return on Sunday night or Monday night. 

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Update on Anime Fall 2017 Season Blog.

Hello, SaigoGetsuga here. Earlier this week I posted a poll to see what my third show will be for the Anime Fall 2017 Season Blog.

I gave my Twitter followers the choice of Urahara, My Girlfriend is a Faithful Virgin Bitch (I am not kidding, that is the actual title) and Recovery of an MMO Junkie. 

In the end... I only got one vote... and that was for Recovery of an MMO Junkie. I’ll still watch the other 2 though. 

So here are the three shows you can look forward to seeing my thoughts on starting next week:

Love Live Sunshine Season 2

Black Clover

and Recovery of an MMO Junkie

I am still undecided whether to do the blogs after their original airdate or after their respective SimulDubs... I’ll keep you posted here and on Twitter.

Looking forward to next week!

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Introduction & Anime Fall 2017 Season

Hello all. This is SaigoGetsuga, an anime-tweeter trying my hand at a blog to voice my opinions on the shows in the upcoming Fall 2017 season. This will be a long post, please bear with me.

Now I am sure you’re still wondering who I even am. I am an anime lover (both subs and dubs) and recently took to Twitter to voice my own voice there because I have a personal life that I use Facebook for (though I hardly post on anymore) and so far I have about 200 followers on Twitter in about 5 months (thank you to all). In my posts I give credit to the voice-actors and the companies that distribute the specific shows I watch (FUNimation, Aniplex USA, etc.) and even the ADR Directors and Script Writers for the great job they do for the shows. Other times I just post a funny screen-cap and put my own caption on it while crediting the voice actors in the scene for them to hopefully share. I also do video game posts (news, my opinions during gameplay, etc). 

Okay, now to get serious here. I am posting how my Fall Anime 2017 blogs will work. There are plenty of shows I am interested/excited for in Fall 2017 however since this is my first attempt at a blog I am only going to blog about 2-3 shows: Black Clover will definitely be one (not sure if I’ll do the sub or dub).

Another show I’ll do a blog on will be Love Live! Sunshine!! Season 2 (again, I don’t know whether I’ll blog on the sub or the dub).

As for the third show, I’ll go for another new show (not a continuing season)... but I haven’t decided what it’ll be yet... I’ll figure it out before the season begins (I’ll post in a future entry).

Now I am only doing 3 shows because I am still only human and I do too much already from watching anime then posting to Twitter, playing various video games (which include visual novels), chatting with friends on Discord and going on personal trips every now and then and also having a full-time job which only allows me to work on these types of personal projects in the evenings and the weekends (unless I am away which I’ll be sure to warn you of in a future post). I hope you understand.

As for the format of the anime blogs, my plan is that, after the episodes airs, that weekend (or even later that evening depending on how my schedule is) I’ll make a brief review (will most likely have spoilers) that will showcase my feelings for the show which will include story cohesion, character developments and even the voice actors voicing the characters and a maybe some predictions to possible plot twists, etc. if it seems like the show will go in that direction.

I apologize for this really long post but I wanted to let you know what my future plans are for this blog. 

If things go well, I may continue into the Winter 2017/2018 season. Please let me know, either here or on Twitter (@SaigoGetsuga), what you think and I look forward to giving this a try next week! Talk to you all later!