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They've had plenty of time limited minegames before so that's nothing particularly novel. Looks like Ibuki's being given out for free and you're suppose to farm her elephs. Not sure what the free Hina is about but she's already farmable and I have her with maxed out weapon. Unless you mean the new dress version.

Btw since our topics are clearly dried up, what did you think about the new Konosuba season?

lol are those official releases by the company? Might be interesting but probably not much point listening until I learn Japanese.

Interesting since I was skimming through the JP live and they showed the summer Arius stuff first. Odd choice if the event is already running but I guess it will still be active by the time the banners arrive.
Idk they kinda already blew their entire load for this 3.5 anniversary with Shiroko Terror. I guess Kisaki and Fox squad are left? Or just go completely psycho and add the student council president.

Looks like they're doing Arius summer event first and then main story stuff with Shiroko Terror and the serious Hoshino. Well you're still gonna be waiting 6 months since they're only coming to JP. Looks like they're gonna be giving Atsuko out for free but I sill need to save for the other 2. Wonder what's gonna happen to make Hoshino go full beast mode again.

HYYYYYYYYPE:

Then what's even the point of the print works??? I assumed at least some of those old characters would have screentime there. I guess they're all about Reimu and Sakuya or something. Maybe Yukari, Kaguya and that whole Moon squad. Even less interested in reading them now. Except for that Detective Satori thing I guess. Wasn't there some big part where they fight those OP moon girls that one shot Remilia? Which book is what in?
Sounds like the fighting games would be a better time investment if I wanted to get back into Touhou. There's also that gacha game we've probably talked about before.

A single pull is so random. You can get a bunch of girls for free in the shop if you just want characters. Easily enough to clear any main content. Why is there no way to get Ako with 100 pulls? It's not guaranteed but there is certainly a way XD
I'm gonna do the free pulls and after that keep rolling until pity if necessary. That takes 12K gems. You said you had 40K so it should be plenty. I got Karin bunny on a rerun some time back. Don't care about the other 2.

Yes I want Ako dress, maybe Makoto if she's cheap (~50 pulls until pity), Hina dress, Fuuka new year (unless I'm poor by then), Kirara, Momoi/Midori maid (unless I'm poor), Fubuki swimsuit.
Other than that I want to make sure I have enough gems for an eventual Kisaki or Fox squad banner. But thankfully we've got the info 6 months in advance.

I was conflicted but now I'm just meh. As long as Roxy gets some cute moments I'll be satisfied. Better than her getting rejected. Don't expect Rudeus to leave Sylphie at this point anyway. I mean even without spoilers it's pretty obvious Eris is gonna be the 3rd wife no? They even hinted this season that it was a misunderstanding and that Rudeus will make up with her. Wild card but I'd like to see some Ghislaine romance if we're going full on harem/act like your father anyway. If he's gonna be involved with any more than these 2 girls then might as well. There are also those two cute beats girls at his school that want him.

Well that certainly doesn't give me much motivation to read them. What about Flan? I assume at least Youmu has some story involvement there if nobody else. She was technically my favorite when I was more into the franchise.

Like a literal single summon? That's some insane luck. Maybe you should have just kept rolling for Aru if you like her that much since this was a limited character and who knows when she'll come back. Sounds like you would have had enough for the anniversary banner regardless.
Yes I got Atsuko of course and instantly maxed her. Even ascended her weapon to lvl 40. She dropped at 80 pulls which is pretty nice but I honestly wouldn't have cared it if took 200. Long as the banner was there at all. It took them a year and a half to rerun it. Insane for a base character that's not even limited. But yea I'd probably up her to S class now that I've played her relationship stories. Hopefully they'll give the Arius girls more screentime at some point.
Also they released a swimsuit Fubuki in Japan. Another must pull for me.

I added Firefly over Shizuna https://myanimelist.net/character/227554/Shizuna_Rem_Misurugi and then added Roxy over Illya from Fate.

So how did you feel about the harem development in MT? Rudeus bringing another girl home even though he's already married with a kid on the way? Also which girl is your favorite to begin with. Obviously you know mine.

lol i remember that boss fight but didn't link it to the character at all. Maybe because all that shit comes at you from the bottom so you're not even looking at the boss.
Well I'm happy Zun finally put Flan in another game even though I'm not sure I'll ever play it. She was pretty much completely forgotten after EoSD. But the fans never forgot her. I think she's one of the most recognizable Touhou characters even to this day. Her rainbow crystal wings are very unique. That story sounds believable since they're in Japan. I'm sure Touhou is still huge there.

I don't know if putting Kokoro in a danmaku game at this point makes any sense. Even if Zun did include her in a new game I'd probably still have to play the older fighting game to see her introduction. So yea she might just stay in the artworks for me unless I some day decide to try the fighting games. Do you know if she was featured in any of the print works?

Wait how did you get Swimsuit Eimi? You must have rolled on a banner for that. Which one? 40K gems should be plenty especially if that's what you have currently since the anniversary banners are still a month away. I also usually just keep rolling on those even if the featured character drops early.

I watched the new Mushoku Tensei season 2 days ago and am completely in love with Roxy now. I guess you haven't seen the last episode yet so we can talk about it later but she's definitely cemented as a new favorite now.

I vaguely recognize the girl with the straw hat. Literally no idea who the other one is. Problem is even popular old characters like Flan never had any real main game content past their introduction. It was really the fanbase picking up all the slack and making them so memorable.
I don't know if you'd consider it a newer game but this girl could definitely hit as hard as 6-8 girls if I actually played her game: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/Hata_no_Kokoro
She could easily fit as an extra boss or something and be Koishi level of quality. Not sure how popular Rumia is but I see her here and there in artworks. Is Meirin playable in anything? I know Patche is a support character in SA but I'd also love to see her as a legit playable character. Or Flandre actually.

Honestly that animated short is the context showing her backstory. Her and those other soldiers are artificial lifeforms made to fight those bug things. And Firefly's the only survivor with their creators already dead. The girl at the end is Kafka and she's the boss of this group called the Stellaron hunters that took Firefly in after that battle. They seem to be good guys that care about her and treat her well although the game still tries to make them seem morally ambiguous.

Btw I ended up rolling for Mutsuki new year mostly because I like her live 2D. Also probably gonna watch the anime soon now that I'm done with Demon slayer and Mushoku tensei. Other than that Konosuba 3 and this are the only things I'm watching from previous season: https://myanimelist.net/anime/53516/Tensei_shitara_Dainana_Ouji_Datta_node_Kimama_ni_Majutsu_wo_Kiwamemasu

Couldn't name you one character from a game past 15 tbh. Even there I really only like Clownpiece. From 14 I like Seija and the mermaid maybe. SA/11 is probably the last game I'd say had really good characters on the level of 6-8. Specifically Satori and Koishi. Again note that I'm ignoring the fighting games. A part of it might be the art since I've only seen these girls in game and they're not as established with thousands of artworks for me to stumble upon and get a better impression of them.
Like if you take these 2 characters: https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th16Nemuno.png
https://en.touhouwiki.net/wiki/File:Th17Eika.png
and give them the same treatment characters from 6 got (in game artwork vs fanart quality) they could potentially be really cute. If it exists I didn't really bother looking it up since I already didn't care much about the games anymore.

Yea that's about right. Her banner still has a few days left and I just played through the entire story featuring her a bit over a week ago. She's great on the waifu scale, actually has meaningful/emotional story content, and even has a ton of shipping moments with the protagonist which I very much appreciated. Probably gonna add her to my favorites as soon as I decide who to replace. Did you watch the animated short I linked you? What do you think about the production quality?

In my case it's the opposite. I had a very weird feeling when I finished Frieren and the more time has passed since the more I like the show. I loved the atmosphere, characters and main themes of the show. I did have a few nitpicks like the magic exam feeling very shouneny and the way the demons were handled but it all feels pretty irrelevant now while the good parts stuck in my head.

I mean yea Rudeus is trying to be a better person but it's because he wants to live a better life, not some selfless reason. I like how a lot of his flaws are handled. Like how whenever he talks to the man god he looks like his fat old self again because that's how he still sees himself. And how he needed characters like Roxy and Sylphie treating him kindly to get over some of his traumas. Felt way more realistic than him being completely fine because he just has magic powers now. And his perverted antics also feel very realistic and relatable.

I'll be honest, a lot of that flew over my head since I never read any of the print works and didn't even play the games Tenshi's in. To me Reimu's just a shrine maiden who flies around and solves problems when the other characters start acting up. I never thought she had much of a personality which is why I always liked the other characters like Marisa and Youmu way more. But it's fine if you want to rant at me about something in general. I've probably done and will do that. Like with the Emilia thing.

Frieren has had stakes in her life but now they've defeated the demon king and there's not much left in the world that can threaten her. That's sorta the whole premise of the show and it was executed beautifully.
I don't believe that fans shouldn't criticize authors when they do something stupid just because you're not a popular author yourself. In Touhou's case I can at least criticize the games and say they've been kinda ass since 14. Also the new one is another shitty split screen game. Fucking WHYYYYY???

Btw don't think I've mentioned it to you but I'm playing Honkai Star Rail and there's this new character called Firefly (or Hotaru in Japanese) that I'm absolutely in love with now. Looks like she has a MAL page too because of some animated shorts: https://myanimelist.net/character/250452/Firefly/pics
Actually here's one of the shorts too since you might find it interesting even without context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQcc7ippnnU

Yeah, I don't have good experience with Hina fans. As for the character herself, I don't hate her but I don't like her either. I won't lash out at you for liking her but it's better to not talk about our favorites just in case.

You're playing global, right? The problems are mostly related to the game's update schedules so it's not story spoilers, but I'll mention some events you'll see soon in global. I hope you won't mind that and if you're truly an avid BA follower, you've probably heard those events too.

Well, to say in just one word, the problems are mostly 'content drought'. If my info is correct, global recently got main story update of V5C1, isn't it? I don't exactly remember what comes after that but you guys are gonna get Dress Hina event soon, which was the 3rd anniversary event in JP. After that, you'll see it too. Extremely slow updates with nothing much new is going on while repeating reruns, immortalization and dead weeks. It all started around the time when the anime started airing and some blamed anime for that but what we found out later is that Nexon went a complete restructuring of BA staff, which also includes Isakusan (main writer who wrote Vol 3) stepping down from storywriter position and will only provide support from now on. Other big name staff in other fields are replaced too and pretty much only Kim Yong Ha (the CEO) is left. It's not confirmed but I guess that's the reason for slow updates. Starting from this month, schedule seems to get back in shape but it's hard to not worry while knowing pretty much every member who involved is replaced now. And maybe my bias is speaking, but I feel like new story update (V1C3) writing is subpar too.

That's pretty much the main reason I'm being skeptical about BA lately. But there were also minor hiccups like they fucked up the translation of Gehenna-Hyakki tourism event (JP BA's scripts are in Korean first and translated to Japanese later), so much that they got complaints from JP fanbase saying it's unreadable so they had to give apology pyrox and rewrote the script with a minor patch. And in the same event, the new character Kirara happens to be voiceless (they couldn't hire a voice actor in time) which was the first time in their history. And also delaying the release of popular NPCs like Seia, Rio, Kisaki etc and only bombarding filler events with alts. Livestreams providing no solid info and only advertising irl merchandise doesn't help either. Even more so if most of those merchandises are for Japan only.

It's not like these problems happened in just one day. But gradual accumulation of such minor mistakes makes you doubt if the game is being managed properly. The current management is questionable at best. It's not like I completely hate the game now but I can't be too positive like before, that's the truth. So I'm in "wait and watch" state for BA now.

I wasn't very happy with anime either so I put it on-hold after 3 episodes.

Well we don't technically have the shupogakis yet in global version. Even then their designs are completely different so I don't think they're necessarily in competition with each other or anything. The pure white skin and hair is definitely a nice niche I'm glad we have now. Similar to those Abyssal fleet girls from Kancolle.

Looks like Camp Hare isn't limited and also doesn't have the cost recovery part of Himari's kit. Also a support striker generally isn't too tempting of an option. At least her skill is cheap and hopefully she's somewhat tanky too. Regardless I don't think I'd pull her for the gameplay. For waifu I might but I just skipped both Kikyou and Eimi so I'm in a very skipping mood. Of course I will be pulling for D.Hina and D.Ako (if I don't get her with the free pulls).

Yea Rem's sudden popularity definitely feels like a unique phenomenon in the anime community. I guess you could compare her to someone like Mikasa who is one of the 2 female characters with more favorites on MAL but I think AoT was a much more mainstream phenomenon compared to Re:Zero. Characters like Megumin or Zero Two are probably better examples. Also maybe Makima although the MAL favorites don't show it. Similar levels of instant massive popularity but maybe not to the same extent or for as long.
I think I was kinda meh on Rem until episode ~8 and then when she did this smile in episode 10:
I was completely in love and also sad because I instinctively knew she was gonna lose to Emilia eventually even without spoilers. Although I had no idea just how disgusting of a situation the author was gonna put her in. Meanwhile Ram's stayed at that exact meh level. I heard she does more stuff later but I stopped watching after 1 episode of season 2.

Idk what's happening in the novels right now. I know the author teased a polygamy route with Rem early on but is that completely off the table now? No idea if other girls ended up joining the harem/getting rejected etc. It is kinda hilarious if the author put Rem in a coma to make Emilia more popular only to add another girl that's better than Emilia and give her all the screentime XD I only saw like 10 seconds of Echidna from the trailer and she's already a million times hotter and more interesting.

I mean yea those characters are clearly just your waifus in the same way I have mine. Except I'm at the point where I don't even bother adding male characters anymore. Don't be ashamed of it.
So are you fully done with Frieren? Do you think it's the undisputed best anime of all time by a 0.26 margin? I mostly started watching Mushoku Tensei for Ghislaine but it ended up being one of my all time favorite anime at this point. I love the atmosphere, I love all the characters including Rudeus. Roxy is my favorite but despite that I still love what's been going on with Sylhpie recently. It's also supposedly gonna be a full adaptation of the novel so probably gonna be one of my favorite series for a long time to come. Very good chance I'll read the novel at some point too. Fuck Twitter. Those people were gonna complain literally no matter what Rudeus did. The idea of a fat NEET getting reincarnated and getting a second chance at a happy life was gonna upset them by default. Any guy having a wholesome relationship with a top quality waifu in general was gonna upset them by default.

What was your problem with Reimu and Tenshi? Don't think you ever told me about that.

Well, okay, good for you. But recently, BA (JP) is fumbling a lot and I'm not in a very positive opinion about the game so your message came at the wrong timing. And Hina fans don't impress me so you should've kept that tier list to yourself. I stopped looking at it the moment I see Hina at the top. Sorry but don't take it personally.

Hmm interesting since I thought both Hare and Kotama's original designs were fine. Probably won't roll for their camp versions though because they're all still B tier. And I guess we have the exact opposite opinion since I really like Maki's camp version. Oh and I finally met the albino lolis in the special task force event. Don't think my opinion has changed much though from when I just knew their designs. I'll probably split them up eventually like I did with Fox squad and the one with the long hair and eye mask will drop. Wonder if they'll ever become playable or if they're just enemy characters.

In theory I shouldn't care either but there's definitely some satisfaction in knowing that there are 25,000 less morons in the world/anime community since they were all bot accounts. Also that not as many Re:Zero fans fell for the authors shit of putting Rem in a coma to make Emilia more popular. It's still bad but not quite as bad as I thought. I'm really curious what the opinions are like in Japan regarding this.

Funny you're saying that with Aqua and Hestia on your favorites XD Hestia is voiced by Rem's VA btw. Not that I ever watched that show.
Btw have we talked about Mushoku Tensei or Frieren before? I see you're watching the new Mushoku Tensei season. I'll wait for it to finish airing then binge it.