Rethice's Blog

Notes on Claims


Mother: Yuyuko Saigyouji (Touhou Saigyouji)
Father: Alex Louis Armstrong (Full Metal Alchemist)
Sister: Youmu Konpaku (Touhou Saigyouji)
Sister: Ilyasviel von Einzbern (Fate/Stay Night) ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the character, Marisa Kirisame (Touhou) ~ Banner by Shishou -Done


Rethice claimed the weapon, Edward's Automail Arm ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the gang of friends; Rock Lee, Guiche de Gramont, Sunohara Youhei and Rin Tohsaka ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the anime, Mahoromatic ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the video game character, Alicia (Valkyrie Profile 2) ~ Banner by Me -Done




Rethice has claimed these quotes;
"From yesterday's me to today's me." - Chihiro Shindou (ef ~ A Tale of Memories)
"I will defeat you in the most beautiful way!" - Alex Louis Armstrong (Fullmetal Alchemist)
"However, on my back, within my heart, he continues to live on!" - Simon (Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann) ~ Banners by Me -Done


Rethice is married to Marisa Kirisame ~ Banner by Mhia -Done


Rethice claimed the songs;
"I'm here" by Hiroko Taguchi (ef ~ A Tale of Memories) ~ Banner by Me -Done
"Kaerimichi" by Ayako Kawasumi (Mahoromatic) ~ Banner by sanjica -Done


Rethice claimed the power, Alchemy ~ Banner by Me -Done

Spam claims


Rethice claimed the bedroom buddy, Marisa Kirisame (Touhou) ~ Banner by viesiu -Done


Rethice claimed the bedroom buddy, Shion Fujino (Hatsu Inu) ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the android, Mahoro (Mahoromatic) ~ Banner by vymletoza -Done


Rethice claimed the couple, Reimu Hakurei x Marisa Kirisame (Touhou) ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the pet, Chen ~ Banner by TotallyLovable -Done


Rethice claimed the website, Gensokyo.org ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the Bishojo, Horo ~ Banner by Flyleaf -Done


Rethice claimed the game, Touhou - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ~ Banner by Me -Done


Rethice claimed the yuri couple, Remilia Scarlet x Flandre Scarlet ~ Banner by melancholy -Done


Rethice claimed the psycho, Flandre Scarlet ~ Banner by Yandere -Done


Rethice claimed the pair of siblings, Shindou Chihiro and Kei ~ Banner by FakerEmiya -Done


Rethice claimed the brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric ~ Banner by cutiefee -Done


Rethice claimed the Game OST of Touhou - Embodiment of Scarlet Devil ~ Banner by Farethy -Done


Rethice claimed the Manga, Touhou - Silent Sinner in Blue ~ Banner by -Cynthia- -Done


Rethice claimed the Manga, Touhou - Geranium ~ Banner by -Cynthia- -Done


Rethice adopted the creature, Pochi ~ Banner by PassionatexLove -Done


Rethice adopted the creature, Chen ~ Banner by PassionatexLove -Done


Rethice claimed the bodyguard, Alex Louis Armstrong ~ Banner by StabbyPWNS -Done


Rethice claimed the clumsy character, Marisa Kirisame ~ Banner by RaiStorM -Done


Rethice claimed the loli, Marisa Kirisame ~ Banner by Tsuruya-san -Done


Rethice claimed the winged characters, Chiaki and Urutori ~ Banners by crystal_yuy -Done


Rethice claimed the winged character, Kamyu ~ Banner by azncrisis -Done


Rethice claimed the cartoon, Ren & Stimpy ~ Banner by BeniYukihime -Done


Rethice claimed the best friends, Marisa Kirisame and Reimu Hakurei ~ Banner by Tsuruya-san -Done

Writing a Virtual Novel!


So I've been hearing from a friend the past month or so that he's going to make a virtual novel (non-H), and I've been envious - I've always wanted to do something like that, (as all us Otaku's do), but just don't have the know-how or the talent to do so. Until a few days ago I never really thought about it seriously, but after hearing my friend's dilemma of being essentially a "one-man crew" in the whole thing, with hardly any talent for drawing or story writing himself (He's a programmer), I offered to help him come up with a story.

We spent that evening and night brainstorming, and I was surprised how well it started to work out. Of course we're barely scratching the surface of the sort of planning we're going to need to do, but we made good progress. He threw his thoughts at me, the essential basics for his characters, setting and direction of the plot, and I threw back more ideas for him, and we managed to come up with a safe (not too unique, not too cliche') basis for the story.

I was still a little dubious, as I find it hard to imagine myself actually doing something productive, but after watching him do some programming, and show me an already functioning story mode (and basis for a combat system) I was motivated, and today I wrote up a sample Scene to try and get an idea... I know it probably wont be used, but you've got to start somewhere, right? After I finished, I read through it, and amazingly enough, was impressed with myself. Usually when I read over my stories I just see flaw after flaw, but I'm getting a good feeling about this. I'm yet to hear what my friend thinks, but I'm ready for the worst, heh.

I imagine this game will be a very amatuer final job, and I know it's not something that anyone but the two of us will probably ever have the chance to play, but it's a start - and something to be proud of (for me) if we finish it, no matter how bad the final result might be.

The hard part is the combat system, thank god I don't have to deal with it. XD

Making slow progress on the Fullmetal Alchemist manga, nothing worse making a blog about yet...

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4:25am

Anime Relations: Tsubasa Chronicle

Tsubasa Chronicles - first blog

May contain spoilers.

For the last few days I have been tentatively watching through the first season of the Tsubasa Chronicles anime, and struggling to keep interest - I found it quite boring and cliche', but I had heard good things about it, so I wanted to keep going.

I decided today was either going to make or break it - I settled down into marathon mode and sat through episodes 8-19, at this point I was getting dubious about wether it was worth continuing or not. At first, I was impressed that they entered worlds that sometimes didn't contain feathers - it broke the monotony and the feeling of "I'm watching a computer game" sort of idea, but I soon realised that it wasn't as brilliant as I though. They were infact fillers, and they started becoming far too frequent.

I found the characters insanely badly portrayed, and though I liked the way Syaoran was infact a competant fighter (rare in these sorts.. The lead usually only shows a hint of competance in desperate situations), overall they were far too generic, and incredibly unbelievable. They portray Kurogane as some sort of merciless killer, presumed with a punishment harsh enough to warrant banishment from his entire home world - yet suddenly he's a squishy hearted nice guy with these complete strangers, despite his horrible "tough guy" front that even a highschool bully could immitate better.

I wont get started on the art, since I had just previously finished watching xxxHolic beforehand, and considering I was able to sit through that art, I could watch anything now. As for the animation, nothing worth mentioning - I've seen better and worse.

Anyway, so after finishing the 19th episode (I've still got the episode playing on repeat in the background right now), I decided to read up on some spoilers, and some reviews, maybe something to hook me to continue, or confirm my negative views so I could comfortably drop it. Most of the more reliable reviews I read were negative, everyone saying it paled in comparison to the manga, and as much as I usually try to avoid amatuer reviews due to their bias (And people's obsession with either rating things 10/10 or 1/10.. Really, so unreasonable.. There's a reason 5 is meant to be a mean total in ratings), I couldn't help but finally decide to drop it.

Next stop, Code Geass I think - with some Desert Punk if I'm feeling light-hearted enough.

Comments are welcome, I'll probably be doing reviews on the day's watchings most days.

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4:17am