wtfish am i doing to myself

LOL this is kinda painful but if i don't post it here, no one will ever see it.

I think it looks nice from nose up, especially when i zoom in cos the blue eyes are sho pretty.

Starry Sky

Recess week is here! You know.. reading back on my entries, it seems that I've been doing nothing but watch anime, play games and fool around. LOL no lah... it just hit me that i'm somehow not blogging about unhappy stuff and only posting happy entries (: This post will be me fangirling about Starry Sky.

I've completed Starry Sky in spring finally, dedicating half an hour to game play before I sleep each day. Because the game is fully voiced (except for Tsukiko whom you're playing as), I listen to every word the voice actors say and in the later parts of the game, the voice for each guy becomes so gentle and induces sleep, in a good way haha (:

Previously I mentioned that I went after Suzuya aka Cancer out of the three and enjoyed his path very much. Suzuya is such a caring and gentle guy but I wish he wasn't so possessive in after spring which I will rant about in the near future D:

Next was Kanata aka Pisces which was... quite disappointing leh D: something seems off, a playful guy with an illness who fights and acts tough, but cries easily and has a manly, rough voice. It just doesn't sit well with me. And his story was not well pieced together, CGs looked strange too. Tsukiko's behavior to him after the confession was super duper mean though, whether she meant it or not X_X that got me awfully sympathetic.

Yoh aka Capricorn was the last guy I tried-- which means I was the least interested in him. In the end, I found myself addicted to his voice. Strange.. cos it was what put me off Yoh intially, along with the mole on his face-- I kept rubbing at my screen to see if it was dust LOL I think Yoh would be too good looking without the mole, so the game developers added it in to prevent him from becoming too popular. JOKING hahaa well to a certain extent, I feel that way. I mean.. why give a character a mole for no reason? Yoh's path made me laugh alot, but in the CG of him hugging Tsukiko, cant rmb which one, his smile was absolutely creepy.

That's Starry Sky in Spring for me, I thought it was too much drama regarding childhood friends and learning to accept someone into a clique while keeping the status quo. But they all ended up confessing anyway -_- It was an enjoyable game, but I never realised how much better it could have been until I played Starry Sky in Summer.

Now Starry Sky in Summer had a premise which I was able to relate to so much better. and it drew me in more than Spring did. Tsukiko's in the archery club, she works hard and trains for a competition with her club mates-- The captain, Homare aka Taurus, Vice captain Miyaji aka Scorpio, the genius, Azusa aka Sagittarius (who is one year younger than her tsktsk) and some other side kicks.

While looking at the character profiles, there was no doubt that I would go for Scorpio first because he shares my birthday 3rd nov!!! I totally love the voice actor Hiroshi Kamiya who also voiced Takemoto, Natsume and Itoshiki Nozomu from sayonara zetsubo sensei~ I was amazed.. because I could hear abit of the characters (other than itoshiki) in Miyaji's voice, he can manipulate his voice really well man! So amazing haha. Miyaji's path was awesome, it made me squeal and laugh at the appropriate places all the way until the aftermath of the 1st kiss after pinning up his hair (that scene was cute ttm!)

It went slightly downhill after that, because Miyaji's behavior was so stupid, almost brainless. Worse than how Tsukiko treated Pisces in Spring. This was my laptop wall paper for a while, finally changed wallpaper from Legal drug which I've been using ever since I got my laptop 2 years ago.

This following picture is my current wall paper, and I believe it will stay as such unless one of the guys from Autumn or Winter manages to win my heart over.

Bahh I'm out of time to elaborate on my favourite Starry sky guy, just know that Homare's path was equally as good, if not better than Miyaji's, the CGs were definitely better. And is it strange that i'm so attracted to his watch? When he's in normal school uniform and wears the watch, I think it looks so mature and charming on him. Charm +1000000~ I'll give Taurus guys a second glance from now on

Azusa aka Sagittarius was cute, but mehh compared to his sempais.

P.S Cosfest is on the 25th! :D

Manga and make up

I'm horrified at how much I can spend on manga and make up X_X well........ there was 20% discount at watsons (and cosfest is coming). So I bought most of the stuff I wanted in one shot. Trying them out tmr wheee~Just when I thought chuang yi has given up on Hunter X because I don't see them around at all in comics connection, I spied these and before I knew it I was carrying them around in a plastic bag and my wallet was $16.50 lighter.

Looking for volume 23 and those after 26, preferably chuang yi-published cos they're cheaper than the Tong Li ones at kino which is cheaper than Tong li at comics connection.

Pinko

Nice emo pic~

Nero fangirl

You know... for girls like me, guys with a really nice voice and an bishonen personal avatar is a sure kill... I'm completely swept off my feet by the nico nico douga singers.

A mysterious bishie who has a voice so smooth and exists in real life. Okay.. they may not be as good looking as the avatars but it's still extremely appealing. Currently, my favourite is Nero. His voice is so silky smooth, like butter..

'blast lazors from my nostrils' that made me LOL XD

Clear is another nico nico singer, similar voice range as Nero, slighter higher though (:

And they're childhood friends?! This brings me to my next point... I've been sacrificing sleep to play Starry Sky in Spring and the game goes on and on about childhood friends. I mean it's sweet, and i'm pursuing Suzuya aka Cancer sign, but sometimes all that emphasis on them being childhood friends makes me roll my eyes till no end.

Like.. Oh you're my childhood friend, so dear to me! I'll be there for you so please stay by my side forever and let's treasure and create more memories together~ I'll definitely protect you no matter what, cos you're my precious childhood friend!

-_- No, i don't quite appreciate the drama, maybe cos I don't have a precious childhood friend whom I grew up with? I understand that they are important to each other, but such things shouldn't be brought up so often X_X awkward!

When Kanata aka Pisces speaks, I keep thinking- 'Gin san Gin san Gin san' and it's hard to take him seriously.. but I think i'll go after him next and leave Yoh aka Capricorn for the last hehe

Suzuya is so cute when he smiles like that (:

Cupcake princesses

Isn't she sweet? (: I decorated and customised her outfit, expression, hairstyle and even the cupcake she's holding here--http://oliko.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d4df8vh

Here's another one, they're sisters! :D

I swear i'm becoming more childish and girly as the semester progresses -____- MUST BE THOSE OTOME GAMES

Yo-Jin-Bo the bodyguards

Chinese new year holidays came and went.. did my revision, visited relatives and played more games :D

I chanced upon a free download of this commercial otome game, set in the feudal times of japan from a really kind and responsive otome game blogger-- otome lover. It's called Yo-Jin-Bo, The Bodyguards, 用心棒. I finished it in 3 days of on and off playing and I really really like the game ((: my dears, this isn't a review or a walkthrough, I'm just fan-girling over the game and feeling happy even if no one understands hahaha

Beware of minor spoilers!!

In my opinion, the artwork wasn't that appealing, compared to the previous games I've tried. The characters appear slightly strange, not all the angles were flattering. I couldn't appreciate the facial features which I felt were too sharp... just not that pleasing to the eye.

That aside, the background music deserve two thumbs up!! The theme at the starting menu and when the bad guys appear is extremely catchy. Many others were also very soothing and looped in such perfection that I opened the game and played the songs continuously while doing my work.

A total of 6 characters to obtain, I went after them in this order: Muneshige (uncle ah uncle), Jin, Ittosai (psycho), Bo, Yo (xiaodidi), Monzan (lao ah pek). I have to say.... each path has it's sweet and squeal worthy parts, some more then the others, others more fun then the rest. And so I shall dedicate a para to each character.

I got a game over in the 1st play through, at the fork road. Turned out I was too set on Muneshige which resulted in a wrong action. He didn't appear too old, and it didn't hit me as such until Jin refered to Muneshige as a middle aged man somewhere in the game. This made me go -__- and wonder why on earth I chose to go after such an old man on the 1st try. I guess I was smitten by his protectiveness at the enemy's castle haha (: Enjoyed his cgs the most out of the guys, especially the one with the hand signal LOL and the ones with his hair down XDXD

The 2nd guy I went after was Jinnosuke aka Jin. Reason being, he was the 1st guy to catch my attention in game, but that was before Muneshige got to show his caring side which then swept me off my feet. So I went after Jin out of erm.. loyalty. Jin's path was rather plain... I liked the part where they rolled down the hill after escaping, and that little bit of sexual tension during the snake bite. The ending was supposed to be special? But somehow it didn't get me :X Maybe I was expecting more since Jin's always shown as the main character carrying the girl. Not bad lah, but nothing special.

Ittosai was my favourite guy, with regards to the path. It's really cliche now that I think about it, but the development was the most natural and complete out of the six characters. I was squealing at his method of breaking the princess's fall. In fact, I had already been squealing before they had escaped from the ninjas. Not much of a meganebishie fan... so the fanservice at the end was alright. (((: Oh wait!! Ittosai's voice was really sexy XD that put me in the squealing mood hahaha! Ittosai's bad ending almost made me cry.

I wish they'd do something about the face and gave him a more gentle expression though..

I mean look at that face at the bottom left.. if someone said 'I love you' with that kind of expression, I would totally be freaked out.

Tsubaki aka Bo was next. He was my obvious choice since I wasn't attracted by little boys (Yo) or old men (Monzan). His path was ordinary, almost lame. The flirting was good, but when it really mattered, he spoilt it with too much geek talk. The walking on air part got me starry eyed because it was so magical (: until the cape appeared -_- Happy ending had a nice surprise while the bad ending was pretty good (but still sad)

Yozaburo Iranui whee I remember his full name =D Very lively voice, I like! His path was quite satisfactory, one of the better ones, in my opinion. It was exciting, and I was actually worried about his injuries, cos they seemed to be quite grave and he looked weak. A little too much shounen ai hints with Monzan and there was even a CG dedicated to that pairing?! .... Maybe i'm reading too much into it but yea.... still anti yaoi and will pick at any shounen ai hints I'm not comfortable with.

His bad ending was really bad if you realise what has happened..

The last guy I went after.. cos I wasn't too keen on the idea of chasing a monk with white hair who isn't cool at all. His path surprised me.... I'll actually rank Monzan aka Mon-mon as second favourite after Ittosai. It's was quite a fun path, and what surprised me was Mon-mon's considerate and capable side, so dependable~ -swoons- The injuries he sustained seemed quite grave, which also got me worried hahaha. I didn't like his method of catching the princess though, lacked the originality after seeing Ittosai's version first. Mon-mon had the best ending... a ring XD wow

I thoroughly enjoyed the dialogue between the characters. The translation was done well and alot of jokes were not lost in translation, at least that's what I feel since i don't understand japanese. The game was filled with jokes and humour, like almost every other line had a punch line. This had me laughing like mad XD Sure, some were pretty lame and many of the jokes did not fit into the time period but i'm cool with that since it's consistent throughout the game.

And sooo... I had an awesome chinese new year (: abrupt end