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Druid 1: Hey I created a spell that inflicts inhumane suffering and horrors to everyone, including it's caster. Wanna hear it? Druid 2: Hold on, let me write it down!
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 Episode LXXXVI: Trials of the Mutant Apes .jpg) So who is ready to spend time with a cyborg Japanese lady in skin tight battle gear with some big ol' honkers and a huge rear end? Well, let me tell you, that Code Lyoko rear end looking CGI Netflix Ghost in the Shell is NOT what you're looking for! Good grief. But don't worry! Shadow Hearts: Covenant has you covered instead. .jpg)  <Over an unseen announcement speaker> Ouka, wake up..jpg)  Ohh-uuh-kaah... No... you're saying it weird. It's just two syllables. Ohh...kah... Try it again. Ou... ka... That's right, Ouka. That's your name. Now sit up. Sit... up... That's right. Sit up. Additionally, going forward I want you to follow my instructions but not repeat them back to me every time. Do you think you can do that, Ouka?Ouka sits up on the table. .jpg) <looks around the room> .......jpg) Your job is to escape from there.Ouka stands up and examines the laboratory room. .jpg) Kill anything in your way. Then come to me as swiftly as you can. Yes, Master. NEW Music: Hatred ~ Hojo Research Institute (I'll take any new dungeon theme at this point. Other than the one from Idar Flamme.) .jpg) So we're now playing as a new character -- Ouka. She'll be our protagonist throughout this weird mini-dungeon. Given the Director's Cut dungeon content and how far along most of it was in the base game before being cut, they clearly intended to periodically switch over to the villain side for some dungeons to spice things up. But this is the only one that made it into the base game. It's an... odd dungeon. .jpg) Ouka is capped at Level 50 and cannot gain any additional experience as you'd expect of a guest character. But considering Level 50 is around 15-20 levels head of most of our actual party and around the range we'll be in the endgame, I'm sure she'll be fine. That aside, you know... this mysterious lady looks kind of familiar...  She looks suspiciously like the dearly departed Lieutenant Colonel Yoshiko Kawashima from Yuri's previous adventure. This is quite peculiar given we just met her dad and saved his adopted daughter who inherited her name a couple of cutscenes ago. Well, let's see what Ouka's profile blurb says... .jpg) Oh... Ohh... Hey, remember how Kato got the Émigré Manuscript from Nicolai a while back and we haven't heard a peep about it since then? Turns out over the last few months he used it to make an obedient clone of his dead superior officer he had a huge crush on. Also, he saw it fit to double her breast size and give her a booty augmentation before sticking her in a Samus Aran Zero Suit knock-off. Hey, Kato... Special Agent Kato, my dude... WHAT THE ACTUAL gently caress?!?! .jpg) Equipment-wise, .jpg) She also comes equipped with a .jpg) For Ouka's escape test we're also given an assortment of consumables to use. Ouka cannot use any Crest Magic so this is just about all she has going for her. It'll be more than enough. Let's head out of this initial lab room and see what lies beyond. .jpg) Ouka, that's Hien. He's one of the Mutant Apes, just like you. Am I to kill him, master? No, no! Not him. But I was instructed to kill anything that gets in my way. Yes, I know I may have said that but make an exception for him, Ouka. ...Excuse me, but if we're going to fight alongside each other, I want to test your skills first..jpg) Music: Deep in Coma ~ Battle in Japan .jpg) We are now taking on Hien who is a 621 HP foe which is Wind elemental, shockingly enough. So this fight...  Has basically NOTHING going on in it. What you see above is just about the entire battle in a nutshell. Ouka has a toolset of a physical attack string which is what she and Hein will be exchanging blows each turn as they're both roughly the same speed. .jpg) .jpg) Ouka's only other option is to employ her Support Fire unique ability and toss an Anti-armor bomb -- an animation which takes longer than the standard attack string and does either the same or slightly less damage. There is no reason to use this attack here. .jpg) .jpg) Especially since you'll be seeing the animation anyway because Hien has an identical attack. Genetically modified Mutant Apes are well known for their grenade spamming like they just respawned at a boss in a Metal Slug game. .jpg) .jpg) And that's about it. Ouka and Hien just smack each other about for about two minutes straight before Hien gets sleepy and keels over. Ouka can survive this fight without needing to heal. But if Hien happens to land a critical hit and her health does get dangerously low, we can do a safety heal before resuming the offensive. Despite this being a friendly test bout between new co-workers, Ouka can be killed here and it is a Game Over. I'm sure Kato would feel awfully silly if he went to all the trouble of creating a weird super-soldier clone of his old crush and she immediately gets killed by the first person she runs across five minutes after being activated. .jpg) True strength comes from the mind.There is no Experience, Cash or Soul Energy in this dungeon because... well, it's a guest character we're only temporally using and they're at the current level cap. That'd be silly. We do get a spiffy SP-Defend Down 4 from Hien which we should equip on Ouka's Judgment Ring Add-on immediately. We should also have her chow down on that Thera Extract after the battle as she does not get healed and she may have another one on one encounter in at a later time in this area. Music: Hatred ~ Hojo Research Institute .jpg) And if necessary, handily defeat me in battle. Admirable. ......Hien teleports away. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) So this dungeon lacks random battles. In their place, there is instead a target shooting mini-game that is basically just a glorified QTE. Targets will spring forward every few paces and Ouka will stop, draw her pistol, and be forced to shoot targets (usually one or two at a time) using the corresponding face buttons on the controller. If we hit the wrong button, Special Agent Kato will come over the loudspeaker and berate Ouka for missing such a huge target and she'll lose time listening to him. There are also special targets with Kato himself printed on them. Ouka must NOT shoot those and wait for them to disappear after a couple of seconds. If she does shoot them by mistake, Kato will come over the loudspeaker and get pissed, which wastes time just like missing a target. .jpg) This segment is timed but there's no prize for going swiftly and efficiently. There is no prize at all, in fact. Indeed, Ouka can beef it non-stop missing every other target, idling for half an hour while the player is taking a phone call and shooting every Kato target she sees. No penalties. No reward. It is just kind of busy work. But I'll take that over wasting a bunch of time with random battles in meaningless fights using a character we're only playing as for a very limited stretch of the game. Don't worry! Yuri and the gang will eventually come to this dungeon as well and the target shooting will be replaced by random battles! Fear not! .jpg) There are a couple of rooms were the Yoshiko clone will be tasked with stopping and shooting a set amount of targets. .jpg) Again, we can miss these all day. But as far as QTEs go these are insanely generous. There's a good two-second window to fire from when a target first appears to Kato being cheesed off we missed. .jpg) Also, I really want to see the budgeting order for this project having requested about twenty cardboard targets with commissioned art of Kato looking like a cool anime boy. What a fuckin' dork. .jpg) .jpg) Reminder that despite looking about 50 years old thanks to his unfortunate facial features and being voiced by Jamieson "Papa Nier" Price, Masaji Kato is only 29 years old. He is at the prime of his life to be a huge tryhard dweeb with enough money to finance his geeky hobby. And fetishes, unfortunately, give... you know... Ouka. Kato, you used to be OK. He was a dingus, sure, but at least not the type that would leave behind instructions to burn his hard drive in the event of his untimely death. What happened, dude? Other than depression, funding, and a lot of bad ideas. .jpg) Like many Shadow Hearts 2 dungeons, it's just a series of winding dully colored corridors with the occasional dead end and Ouka having to stop every 30 seconds or so to shoot some more QTE targets. .jpg) .jpg) Eventually, we come to a proper shooting range, and once more Ouka is tasked with shooting 30 targets. Only this time, they're coming faster than ever and moving towards her. If a target reaches Ouka, she is once again chewed out by Kato and loses time. This section is also in first person for some reason. It's a good thing all Shadow Hearts universe firearms have infinite ammo after the great Aberystwyth ammo shortage of 1898. .jpg)  I think I did this about nearly as optimally as humanly possible and Kato was pleased with the results. Ultimately, the only thing the timer changes is if Ouka takes too long he instead says... Those results were much worse than I anticipated. If this keeps up, I might have to make some adjustments to you.I don't like the phrasing "make adjustments to you." I already see the augmentations you gave to Not-Kawashima's ballistics... In any regard, at the end of the next hallway we the third and final Mutant Ape hanging out... .jpg) ........ If it is shooting additional targets, I am more than up to the task. Don't give me that look. I'm Raiden. I'm part of the Mutant Apes, just like you. ...This is the first this "Mutant Apes" term has made sense as of yet. ...Eh? ...I'm Ouka. Nice to meet you. Not so fast. First of all, I wanna see how good you are! Time for me to show you the rules of nature!.jpg) Music: Deep in Coma ~ Battle in Japan .jpg) Raiden has 675 HP and is an Earth elemental enemy. And that's about all you need to know as this is the exact same fight as the one with Hien right down to the fact Raiden ALSO possesses the Anti-armor Bomb ability. The only tangible difference is that Ouka could potentially inflict Special Defense Down with that Add-on she picked up from Hien which would make her own Anti-armor Bombs more effective. .jpg) It should be noted that the three Mutant Apes also share their names with World War II Japanese fighter planes. Which is impressive considering we're still in World War I at this point. Raiden is named after the Mitsubishi J2M Raiden just like a certain edgelord cyborg from another franchise. Hien is named after the Kawasaki Ki-6 Hien. And Ouka is named after the Yokosuka MXY-7 Ohka (yeah the localization picked the wrong Romanization here, it happens) a plane exclusively used for Kamikaze attacks towards the tail end of the war. Also, Raiden has some cybernetic capacitor things where his ears should be, Ouka has that techno visor, and Hien has a ninja mask covering his mouth. You can figure out the reference for yourselves there. .jpg) .jpg) Mas...ter... Ugh...In any event, Raiden also fails to stop Ouka as well. We once again need to be sure to heal after this fight as Ouka retains any injuries and there is one last boss fight in this dungeon. .jpg) Their attack pattern was too simple.We get a Physical Defense Down 4 Add-on for Raiden. We'll have a use for that momentarily. Music: Hatred ~ Hojo Research Institute .jpg) Well done, Ouka. Now for your final trial, Mutant Apes!Hien teleports into the hallway. .jpg) Yes, sir!Tune in next time as we see all three Mutant Apes working together to take down a common foe! Kato, still not cool with the fact you cloned the original Kawashima... Not cool with it at all.    Video: Episode 86 Highlight Reel (You should definitely watch this.)     Ouka of the Mutant Apes Concept Art - Strangely the ape DNA spliced in solely gave her an enormous booty and anime hair bangs.
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Apr 28, 2020 00:27
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Kato, what exactly are you hoping to accomplish here? I can’t imagine any way cloning your old boss, augmenting her hourglass figure, and putting her dna in a mutant ape soldier is going to impress anyone in a good way. I question how you even got the approval for this from your new supervisor. How long before Ouka becomes a horrible monster like the last two women brought back from the dead by the Emigre Manuscript? Yuri and co will have to put her down, and Kato too.Kato, what the heck?
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Apr 28, 2020 00:46
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The Dark Id posted:
I think poor little Hsien-Hsi would be Kawashima 2.0. Ouka's more like...Kawashima 1.666.
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Apr 28, 2020 01:06
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Hey, Grobyc, nice to see you're still getting work after Chrono Cross. Can you still do the hair laser thing?
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Apr 28, 2020 01:34
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The Dark Id posted:Yoshiko Kawashima Concept Art - It does not seem the healthiest thing to adopt a child and name them the same thing as your deceased previous biological child. In retrospect it's not that bad.
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Apr 28, 2020 01:42
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Making a clone might be slightly less likely to go completely flesh beast than straight up resurrection.
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Apr 28, 2020 02:04
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So does just a straight clone instead of resurrecting someone outright still require like a hundred sacrificed orphans to a big biomass goop cauldron or...?
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Apr 28, 2020 02:41
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Kato just burned all the goodwill on being the first person since Bacon to use the emigre manuscript competently. None of the mutant apes are horrible flesh abominations bent on destroying all life. YET
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Apr 28, 2020 05:00
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Yeah, uh, to Kato's credit while this is all kinds of sick and wrong, at least things haven't gone as badly as every other attempt at using that thing. Yet. Though I am kinda curious as to who he got the DNA for the other two mutant apes from.
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Apr 28, 2020 07:38
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Let's not give Kato any credit yet. There's still plenty of time for us to find out this involved mass orphan sacrifice and that they'll turn into horrible abominations.
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Apr 28, 2020 10:22
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If there's one thing we've learned from the last two and a half games, it's that only good things can come from bringing back your dead loved ones with the emigre manuscript. Remind me why that book isn't a pile of ashes again?
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Sterski posted:Remind me why that book isn't a pile of ashes again? if you try to destroy it it just comes back as a giant horrible book monster
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Edvarius posted:Yeah, uh, to Kato's credit while this is all kinds of sick and wrong, at least things haven't gone as badly as every other attempt at using that thing. Yet. Though I am kinda curious as to who he got the DNA for the other two mutant apes from. It's only very vaguely mentioned in-game but Hien and Raiden are just two guys that died in Shanghai when it exploded and Kato did a Grey Fox cybernetics on them to make them super soldiers. Ouka is the only one that is wholly a weird magic science clone. So basically Kato just had Kawashima's corpse and stumbled upon two random goons and went "I can work with this..." It's really weird.
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Apr 29, 2020 01:14
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Ouka is the last of the three. Hien and Raiden may have been proofs-of-concept. Kato making sure he's got the process down perfectly before he does it to Kawashima.
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On the other hand, it’s almost plausible that this is the kind of stupid poo poo a horrifically frustrated 29-year-old, given unlimited supernatural power and near-infinite resources, might just come up with. It’s hardly healthy, but what involving the émigré manuscript is?
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It really is, get someone that's also horrifically traumatized - Kato was brand new to the supernatural when he got dragged to Shanghai, and the entire city blows up within weeks. Sure as hell doesn't excuse it, but you can kind of see how someone like that would think 'Oh I can bring the woman I'm in love with back to life' is a good idea.
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NullBlack posted:Ouka is the last of the three. Hien and Raiden may have been proofs-of-concept. Kato making sure he's got the process down perfectly before he does it to Kawashima.  "Day 6: Perfected the DNA sequencing on Raiden. Booty status; well within exceptable tolerances. Increasing to maximum booty for subject, 'Ouka'."
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Apr 29, 2020 11:51
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David Corbett posted:It’s hardly healthy, but what involving the émigré manuscript is? If you're not Roger Bacon though you're better off not touching the drat thing.
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Apr 29, 2020 11:57
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What gets me is when it comes to the bodysuit he had to have written in the design notes "put boob pouches in the front of the chest section, so her tits stand out at all times".
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Apr 29, 2020 12:50
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Hear No Evil. Speak No Evil. Bazoonga No Evil.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:What gets me is when it comes to the bodysuit he had to have written in the design notes "put boob pouches in the front of the chest section, so her tits stand out at all times". "Sir what exactly is a...'tramp stamp?'"
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Apr 29, 2020 13:29
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At least with just a DNA sample, we...probably don't need to worry about Kato having kept Kawashima's entire corpse for 5-6 years, (avoiding questions from her father, I'm sure) and how discussions might've gone when it came time to bring it to the lab.The Dark Id posted:a toolset of a physical attack string which is what she and Hein "Hien", "blows with each"? The sentence just seemed a little awkward as it was. "given" and "we find the third"
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Apr 30, 2020 00:36
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How is it that so many people keep learning what the Emigre Manuscript is, where to find it, and how to use it, but never why using it is a terrible idea? Are all of them like "yeah that guy hosed up, but I'll be the one to get it right!"?
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Apr 30, 2020 03:21
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Hey, people use the Necronomicon all the time...
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Anime Reference posted:How is it that so many people keep learning what the Emigre Manuscript is, where to find it, and how to use it, but never why using it is a terrible idea? Are all of them like "yeah that guy hosed up, but I'll be the one to get it right!"? Pretty much. "Oh well no wonder they hosed up, they were using it wrong. *I* have a much better idea" with a side of "This is literally the only way I can be reunited with the person I love."
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Apr 30, 2020 04:57
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Kato, you're a creep.
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Anime Reference posted:How is it that so many people keep learning what the Emigre Manuscript is, where to find it, and how to use it, but never why using it is a terrible idea? Are all of them like "yeah that guy hosed up, but I'll be the one to get it right!"? "I never thought my dead wife would eat my face!", sobs man who read the Dead Wives Eating People's Faces book.
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Anime Reference posted:How is it that so many people keep learning what the Emigre Manuscript is, where to find it, and how to use it, but never why using it is a terrible idea? Are all of them like "yeah that guy hosed up, but I'll be the one to get it right!"? "Well the last guy's dead wife turned into an unholy flesh abomination that tore his head off and started screaming about wanting to die while going on a rampage until some homeless guy punched her to death, but I'm pretty sure I know what went wrong..."
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Apr 30, 2020 06:32
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Anime Reference posted:How is it that so many people keep learning what the Emigre Manuscript is, where to find it, and how to use it, but never why using it is a terrible idea? Are all of them like "yeah that guy hosed up, but I'll be the one to get it right!"? It's just how people are, we always make exceptions for ourselves. "yeah that guy hosed up because he didn't lockdown, but it's okay for me to go see my 90 year old grandma because she's special to me and nothing could possibly go wrong as I will take precautions".
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Apr 30, 2020 08:20
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If people were responsible about not doing obvious stupid poo poo that would get them and others killed then we wouldn't need laws against drunk driving. In their mind they know what they're doing and it's all the other assholes who don't know how to drive that are the problem.
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Yeah, it's not the fact that people keep doing the same stupid poo poo with the Manuscript that's surprising, it's that the drat thing keeps existing to do dumb poo poo with. If anything was "forbidden knowledge", it's the process to resurrect the dead involving orphan sacrifices and Eldritch monstrosities. People are too dumb to handle that responsibly.
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Apr 30, 2020 10:48
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The thing is literally shaped like a skull.
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...! posted:The thing is literally shaped like a skull. Yeah that makes it cool as hell
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It's weird that they make Nicolai look at the book and be all "this is cursed why the hell would anyone try to use this" but now he's just working with Kato, who is not seeming to be loving up with using this cursed manuscript, after releasing a bunch of Malice on the world which apparently was a thing that human-Nicolai wanted to do because according to his monster entry he hasn't gone full demon like Rasputin did? This is Shadow Hearts so it's even odds that they do something with all this character building or just toss it aside for some ridiculous retcon the way they did with Albert Simon to do something else that is completely ridiculous and great in its own way.
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Rawkking posted:after releasing a bunch of Malice on the world which apparently was a thing that human-Nicolai wanted to do because according to his monster entry he hasn't gone full demon like Rasputin did? Oh right, that whole releasing all the Malice thing. That doesn't seem like it's done a whole lot to Japan, huh?
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Episode LXXXVII: Do You Have Your Passport? Music: Hatred ~ Hojo Research Institute .jpg) Hien and Raiden have now joined with Ouka and now The Mutant Apes team has fully assembled... for exactly one boss fight before this dungeon ends. We should immediately equip either Hien or Raiden with that Judgment Ring Add-On we got from the previous encounter. As the boss is... literally just the next screen over. And having that on will help! So before we gather the party and venture forth, let's take a look at our two new compatriots' gear and stats. .jpg) The other two Mutant Apes are also Level 50 with all their stats being within a few digits from one another just shifted around slightly. Anyway, it's good to see Grobyc from Chrono Cross is still getting work. .jpg) The hell is "tektite"? Tektites (from Greek, "molten") are gravel-sized bodies composed of black, green, brown, or gray natural glass formed from terrestrial debris ejected during meteorite impacts....Well then. .jpg) You could have just said "meteor material" to begin with. Come to think of it, wasn't something like that that a crafting item in the first Witcher game? Boy, that is a game that has aged like warm milk left out in the sun for a season. .jpg) For some reason, this guy always reminds me of Spark Mandrill from Mega Man X. Probably the tubing going to his back, looking like an ape and being electric parts. .jpg) The intersection of honorability and sensitivity is a giant grotesque hulking man-gorilla. .jpg) Note that five million volts would instantly vaporize someone like War of the Worlds lasers or some poo poo. The maximum stun gun voltage is 30,000 volts. Most electric chairs were around 2,000 volts. Beyond that, it should be noted that both Raiden and Hien area also wearing form-fitting power suits. Though none have the zero waist hourglass figure of Ouka. Or genitals anymore given you'd think at least Raiden would have some gorilla dick bulge. The trio advance into the next room. .jpg) I've got another performance report coming up at the end of this fiscal year and I need a good rating, OK? Please don't beef it! Of course I won't <looks behind them> ...Here we go!.jpg) Music: Hardcore to the Brain ~ Mid Boss in Japan .jpg) The final boss of this dungeon already. Meet the Armored Fighter. I'm not sure what spurred Japan to get all in on advanced robotics in World War 1 but they're doing a fairly impressive job of it, all things considered. Armored Fighter or Machine Amor Soldier: Minazuki (Another World War 2 ship reference the localization straight up said bollocks to doing) has a modest 2500 HP and is of the Light element, not that such will help us much. .jpg) Similar to the fights against Hien and Raiden, there isn't much to this brawl. Much like Ouka, Hien and Raiden just have a physical attack chain and lobbing grenades as their only abilities. The sole advantage we get now is that we can put together Combos. .jpg) We should just stick to physical attacks here as they're almost guaranteed to inflict the Judgment Ring add-on effects every turn. Armored Fighter has some of the weakest defenses against those types of debuffs in the entire game. It's like it's a weird bonus dungeon with a guest party or something. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) It should be noted if we pull off a full party combo, even with just the three characters here, they have a unique Combo Magic for 64 MP in the form of Lightning Flash. It hits 15 times with Non-Elemental Damage and takes off a good quarter of Armored Fighter's HP. Highly recommended! .jpg) .jpg) As for Armored Fighter themself, it has a cannon attack similar to the one we saw with the bootleg Tachicoma back in Battleship Mikasa only it is MUCH more damaging, depleting nearly a third of any of the targeted Mutant Apes' HP. .jpg) On the other hand, you may notice Armored Fighter has two absurdly oversized chain guns as "hands", for lack of a better term. Yeah, 1915 Imperial Japan has made incredible progress in advanced AI-based robotics, super soldier tech, and what have you. They're still hurting for the whole "bullet" thing beyond common rifles so those guns are, much like with the Flying Drone, just for show. Armored Fighter only uses them to bludgeon its targets awkwardly. Maybe bullet manufacturing was what the Japanese government was negotiating with its Russian alliance with Rasputin and Sapientes Gladio... .jpg) .jpg) In any case, Armored Fighter just gets hit a lot by everyone in combos. It eventually breaks and explodes in a magical glyph. Which I'd personally be concerned to see in a robot failing but it's Shadow Hearts so we'll just roll with it. Music: Result ~ Victory .jpg) Their souls are burning. Don't take it personally. They die too easy!(Only one of them actually speaks at victory but I checked to beat the boss with each of them for a different win quote.) Music: ENDS .jpg) You three have done well.All turn to face their master. Hien and Raiden bow. .jpg) Yes, Master!!Ouka approaches Kato. .jpg) Ouka, how do you feel? Is anything hurting you? I was slashed with blades, punched with crushing blows and hit with artillery at close range several times. But beyond that... <holds her head> I have a slight headache... That's not uncommon. It will go away soon. You're not yet finished, but you can still work with the other two..jpg) Do your best. Soon you'll have your full powers.Ouka backs up and bows. .jpg) Yes, Master.Meanwhile, back at the Battleship Mikasa dock... .jpg) .jpg)  What's going on? We're locked up for three days and then suddenly they let us out?! I still don't understand why we didn't fight those men after battling five other fiends in the same room. You know how it is. <stretches> They didn't even investigate us. I guess they don't care anymore. <smiles> I thought for sure we were all on the hook for multiple homicides. H-Homicides?! Of course, silly. All those soldiers we beat up are sleeping with angels now. I only beat my foes into submission with a KO! Tee hee. Yeah, maybe you and your fists. We killed everyone without a character portrait. Yuri turns into horrible monsters with huge claws. Karin and Kurando have swords. Blanca bites out throats. Anastasia has powerful magic. I have a bladed fan like Kitana from Mortal Kombat. ...I don't get that reference. Hehe. It's lethal! Where have you been? We killed all of Sapientes Gladio other than Nicolai. <looks at hands and trembles> ...What have I involved myself in?.jpg) That was pretty cold-hearted of Kurando to take off on his own like that. He gets out two days early and doesn't even try to do a jailbreak? I thought that guy was OK. He can bite me. <runs up to Yuri upset> Kurando is not that kind of person!.jpg) Huh? What's that? What'd you say? ..... Hoho, I get it. I get it. <blushes> Why are you looking at me like that?! <chuckles> You're turning all red! What's this? Did someone hit puberty in the last three months? I'll kill you!.jpg)  Cut it out, you two. We all know she's horny on main for the samurai boy. You couldn't telegraph it more. Don't tease her, Yuri. WHAT?! I... I... I will call my dad and END all of you!! <points past the group> Look over there..jpg) Oh, it's him! Kawashima, right... dang, that's weird. You've been acting strange. I feel like there's another story we're missing. ...Yeah, there is. Maybe later. Your baggage is getting impressive. You do not need to tell me... <waves> There you are! It took a while to get you out. I'm sorry about that. It was most unfortunate you decided to do your raid on a Saturday. Municipal buildings closed the weekend and all that. You were the one who got us out? Yes, I vouched for you all. It's my way of saying thank you for saving my daughter..jpg) Well, actually we... <holds up his hand to stop Yuri and motions to Anastasia> Yes, I know. Your Anastasia here was carrying papers that list her as a goodwill ambassador from Russia. .jpg) <smuggest child squeal ever>.jpg) Plus she had her passport and that was key to getting you all out. You all have your passports too, I trust? Of course! Yep. I renewed it earlier this year. Naturally. Awroo! (Right here!) ...The hell is a passport? You... don't have your passport?  Why the hell not?! Yuri! I don't know what that even is! It's the identification you need to go to different countries! When did that become a policy?! It's ALWAYS been a thing, Yuri! <shakes head in disappointment> No one told me that! I traveled from Manchuria all the way to Wales last year and didn't hear about this! Ergh... I'll look into helping you there... But that's a bad situation... Try not to get into any more trouble, yes?  ...Whatever..jpg) Goodwill ambassador? You had papers saying that? <cute smug pose> My father gave me them. In case I ever traveled overseas! I did go adventuring with you all. I needed to have my papers in order. Unlike some members of this party... The gently caress is a passport?! Language! <grumbles> Anyway, you can thank me later! <claps hands> Now, that's an emperor! <nods> Yeah, a real superman..jpg) Yeah, other than detecting assassination attempts... Hmph! That was an outstanding circumstance! Also Superman wasn't invented until 1938. Could you quit it with the anachronism? We just fought robots and drones on that ship! Yeah, but DC will sue us for that one and I don't need another legal battle right now. I'm already in it deep for my portrayal in Chaos Wars. I'm not made of Cash! ...Fair enough..jpg) Well, shall we go? Yuri, Anne, and you are... Hmph... Snowball... The large fellow. The old one... the large breasted one... Anne?! I don't recall an Anne here... <crosses arms> That's your new name, Karin. I didn't want 'em to know that you're German. You know, since you're the baddies in the current world war and all... Excuse me? I feel the German military was fully justi— <apprehensive neck chop motion> <cringes> Hmph... <smiles> Germany is full of war criminals.  ..... OK. Fine. But....jpg) Anne?! That was my mom's name. She got killed by zombies sent by a Chinese warlock my dad tried to kill when I was little. ...Oh. It made me go into a blood rage and I can do Fusion now because of that. So, you know, it could have been worse. R-Right....jpg) Anne. ...That's not your name? Err, no. It's Karin. Hmm. Well, either way. Come on! <walks out of the area> <runs after him> Come on!.jpg) And that concludes another chapter of this game. Tune in next time for... well, going straight back to Battleship Mikasa for a couple of sidequests but then things getting otherworldly weird. Shadow Hearts 2 gonna do Shadow Hearts 2.  Sure, the party was involved for only the last three minutes. But we did make some new friends and foes along the way. Monsters: .jpg) Most foes are weak to being slashed by a four-foot blade, as it turns out. .jpg) Jerks off with his right hand. .jpg) Still no bullets for those Gatling gun arms though, sadly. Characters: .jpg) His awesome agility a staggering FOUR points above the hulking monkey man. .jpg) He knows when you're talking poo poo. .jpg) Kato... why are you like this?  Video: Episode 87 Highlight Reel (You should probably check this out.)  Hojo Research Center Concept Art - I don't know who this 1915 Hojo is but he's undoubtedly less creepy than The 3rd Birthday Maeda's Dad found in the FF7 Remake.
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I do appreciate how Anastasia is the only one being responsible with foreign entanglement out of the entire party.
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