To me Einar is in danger more than anyone out there.
And he's a good guy.
He's in a lot more danger, but part of me can't help but hope that by the end of the arc he'll either become a permanent traveling companion or run off with Arneis. Wishful thinking, but I can dream. Arneis on the other hand I just get this feeling about, like things could and are going to get much MUCH worse very quickly.
I'm sick of seeing the anime industry taking a 'moe' laser to historical events. I almost started weeping when I saw that Three Kingdoms adaptation that had all the historical figures as busty young girls in brightly colored, skimpy clothing. I know, 'moe' is a big thing in some anime circles, but leave actual historical events alone damn it. Either treat them with the respect they deserve, or come up with your own story.
I really need to find a site that puts this series up on a consistent basis. Even it coming out a month late is better than nothing.
That said, I love this series. One of the problems I had with the original RoTK - or at least the English translation that I was able to find - was rather nonsensical and it was near impossible to remember who was doing what and where. That's still a problem here, as is the case with any story with several hundred named characters to keep track of. But giving each of them a recognizable face goes a long way in helping me remember who is what - though admittedly some of the minor ministers tend to blend together regardless of whether they are named or not.
And with that, I'm going to try to catch up on what I missed in the latest chapters.
The game is pretty fun all things considered, but the lack of polish was rather jarring. I don't know if it's better on the PC version, but my Xbox version had a plethora of grainy or just plain unfinished textures littered about. The biggest offender was in the second to last level, where even the objects you could interact with looked horrible up close. It's a good game, and aside from the textures I don't have much to complain about, but it was extremely jarring to see some extremely grainy textures right next to others that were rather high resolution.
I agree with you. I never said or thought that video games are not art. Just that in all forms of art, shitty pieces of art should be considered art, but art made of shit.
You know, I can't help but wonder how Fox News would react to some of Duchamp's works given their narrow view of the art world. Would they look kindly upon his "Fountain" piece, which is essentially a found urinal with a random name scrolled on the side, or would they lambaste it for not fitting in with most traditional preconceptions of the media form? Even though said urinal is considered on of the most important artistic contributions in the 20th century. And, if they do consider "Fountain" to be art - as it is now considered to be - how can they justify calling a piece of work that someone sculpted into a game any different? There's a reason why most video games have a section for artistic design within the credits.
I wonder if it would give the creators of Fox News a catastrophic apoplexy to actually support a fair and unbiased talk about the matter. Hm, maybe we should test this. For science. :ninja:
She's since removed the paragraph that talked about it, but her last journal revealed that she was pregnant after someone stalked her private profile on a social networking site and released the information to the public without her permission. I don't remember her saying anything about it being the reason for her departure however, in fact I more or less remember her denying that it had any relation to her status on the show.
They changed everything, read the manga.
Though now I remember, the studio announced they will make soon a new adaptation that follows the original plot.
Agreed. The manga is infinitely better, and I say that as someone who watched the anime first and loved it up until I read the original source material. There is absolutely no comparison between the two. None.
I really do hope that they follow through with a proper adaptation though. It deserves one. Though given some of the tastes of the current anime crowd, I have to wonder if the over the top designs would be too off putting for most.
Hm, honestly after devoting the past decade to FMA, I can forgive Arakawa for taking things slowly with this particular series. The beginning has no where near the amount of energy as FMA established, and then kept throughout, but is that really all that surprising given the fact that it's a slice of life series? Besides, even when Arakawa is decompressing she's still far more competent of a writer than most of her peers.
Once I a really big horse stepped on my foot when I was wearing sandals. It really hurt. That said, I got a chuckle out of the panel where this huge, evil looking horse daintily plucks the carrot out of his hand.
4:00? Yeesh, I've been getting up at around 6 for the past…well crap, nearly ten years, and I'm still not entirely used to it.
The bigger the horse is, the more docile they tend to be in my experience. That doesn't mean they can't royally mess you up of course, particularly in the case of this one abused Percheron mare I used to know who you couldn't even take out of her stall for fear of what she could do once loose. (However that had more to do with her crippling fear of humans than any ill will towards us. In the two years I knew her, I never once got a chance to even touch her. She simply wouldn't let you come close.) But I'd be more likely to trust a draft breed like the evil looking horse than, say, a more hot blooded breed like an Arabian or Thoroughbred.
I'll be amazed if Hachiken can even see straight after a month of all this vigorous activity. It'll be amusing to see how he tries to adapt.
