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Ratoslov posted:Tsukoyomi is also notable for the bizzare story of why there is night and day. Uke Mochi was later reincarnated as Tió de Nadal and found people who appreciated orifice gifts. The Dark Id posted:It's time to explore a mystery foggy otherworld Someone else already mentioned the "other regions" doubling up thing. First two are probably fine, and this is mostly sentence flow preference on my part. "mysterious" and "nicely" Finally, "Chiaotzu"
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Episode XC: In Memory.jpg)  Music: Hardcore to the Brain ~ Mid Boss in Japan .jpg) Garan the Oracle is ready to throw down. At least he's punctual on making good on his villainy promises to his boss. Garan is a Dark elemental boss with 3720 HP. And usually, I don't mention their defenses unless it's something specific. And there is here. This dude takes like half damage from magic attacks. He's got defenses out the rear end for any arcane bollocks so it's best to not even bother using offensive magic during this fight. Meanwhile, he's got a glass jaw to physical attacks. I mean look at him. You could punt him over a hill if you put your mind to it. So that sets the stage for tactics. .jpg) I know the last update I summarized for the usual buff banquet at the start of battles but we can totally skip buffing magic abilities and defending against physical attacks for this one. Other than the two Para-para assists joining Garan, the oracle himself has zero physical attacks. Arc-Barrier is ESSENTIAL though as this dude has magic coming out of his baby-sized rear end and hits like a truck with it. He actually managed to KO a character for the first time that wasn't a Lucia ability failure based calamity. .jpg) On top of making sure we're defending against magic attacks and whatever other buffs, we should also prioritize acing the two Para-para enemies that have tagged in with Garan. They'll just set up Combo attacks with him for additional damage and be a general nuisance if left in play. We are kind of on damage control the entire fight since, again, he hits HARD. So getting rid of any additional damage output is key. .jpg) Since magic and elemental Special Abilities are mostly off the table, we're going with our bruiser Fides as far as Yuri's Fusion goes. And of course Kurando is in his fusion form even if it's rather vulnerable in this battle. If he eats a critical magic attack he WILL die and in fact did right at the end of the fight. Like Garan had all of 10 HP left and still managed to blast Kurando out of the picture on his final turn. .jpg) We do want to get as many buffs in as we can the first round because additional to Garan being highly resistant to magic attacks in general; he has the ability Mind Assault which just completely depletes a targeted character's MP. This guy is kind of a dick! .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) On top of that, he has access to EVERY high-level elemental magic attack. Red Cradle, Hail Crash, Gale Spike, Rock Strike, Bright Banish, Evil Summoning. The works! And he's competent enough to target the elemental weaknesses of our characters or use the more AOE based spells if characters are bunched up. .jpg) .jpg) But it is a Shadow Hearts: Covenant boss. He requires a bit more healing rounds than usual. But stay the course of keeping buffed and doing combos and he'll fall like all the rest. Music: Result ~ Victory .jpg)  Looks like I won.Yeah, seven turns. That's fairly robust for a boss fight in this game. b.jpg) Now we too can make a giant ghost head come out of the floor to spook our foes. You know, if you're into that kind of thing. .jpg) I see we have a nice stock of Soul Energy. We should probably spend more of that. Music: ENDS .jpg)  Just admit you got your flying pillow got your rear end kicked! NEVER!Garan teleports away. .jpg) He was pretty tough... Old Baby Head. <folds arms> You shouldn't underestimate him. Pfft. Whatever. Lenny was twice the mid-boss that guy was. I do miss his impressive muscles. ...Not what I was thinking about, but OK..jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Oh right, we were in a cemetery. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) I hope we weren't kicking the asses of the spirits of those buried here. That'd be rather rude. .jpg) The otherworld. It's disappearing...A short while later... .jpg) .jpg) Oh, it seems Garan just hosed about and failed to kill what I assume was the actual target. Or do anything of note other than waste everyone's time, honestly. Way to piss summoning a spectral dimension down your leg, champ. .jpg) Master! Princess!.jpg)  <looks around> Huh? <rubs eyes and sighs>Kurando runs to his master while Karin and Yuri follow behind. Music: Memories of Melodies ~ Peace .jpg) Hahaha. I must really do something to thank you. You've saved me twice now. Forgive me. It was my carelessness. Nobody got hurt, so it's fine! That's true. That stupid baby head guy is probably going to feel it in the morning. But he doesn't count. Baby... head? Yeah, if you see some creepy wrinkled old maybe on a flying pillow, it's bad news. But at least, thanks to him Kurando can fuse into a monster now. Isn't that right? Come again? Umm... yes, we should discuss this later... In private. Hmm...Blanca and Yoshiko wander over to a grave. Yuri walks up to investigate. .jpg) What it is? So this is the grave, huh? I guess so....jpg) Oh. Welp. Probably should have seen that one coming. I wonder how Kawashima feels about her old clingy subordinate making a sexy subservient clone of her. I don't imagine she'd be particularly thrilled. I doubt Kawashima senior would look upon that revelation too kindly either. .jpg) This is where my other daughter is buried... So you had another daughter?.jpg) This one is adopted. ...... My real daughter, Yoshiko, was killed in Shanghai, one year ago. I am not very original with names, you see..jpg) Music: ENDS .jpg) Yoshiko Kawashima... Lieutenant Colonel Kawashima...?!.jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Yep, that's the one. I'm now reminded that the scene where you learned of Lt. Colonel Kawashima's death was completely optional. Strange to stake a large part of the plot on a character whose death you can miss. Additionally, Yuri's reaction here makes it seem he DID miss that scene, and news of her death is a shock. Music: Impatient Mood .jpg) You knew her? I-I... <crosses arms> It seems that you and I truly bound together by fate...Kawashima kneels at the grave. .jpg) My beautiful daughter, dead in a foreign land over some ridiculous power struggle. It's my fault I didn't protect her. I knew I should have pulled her out of Shanghai after the city exploded. I was a fool..jpg) ........jpg) Thank you for coming today. I am sure my daughter would be glad too. .......jpg) What kind of person was she? Did you know her very well? <smiles> Yeah, I knew her. She was very smart and she was very brave. .jpg) I think that sometimes... she might have pushed herself just a little too hard. She chased me and my friends halfway across China. That's some determination right there. Why was she chasing you? We had a misunderstanding about wizard stuff. We worked it out eventually..jpg) But she was a good person. Thank you.   Video: Episode 90 Highlight Reel    Garan the Oracle Concept Art - Gross!
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So Baby Head is no pushover. Nice the game has upped its challenge a bit. I'm surprised the onscreen flashback dialogue for the graveyard scene is still in Japanese. Guess they didn't bother translating it.
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The rumor has been that Nautilus did a lot of the localization work in-house, and I imagine whatever other work was done wasn't exactly the most meticulous, so I imagine nobody thought to play through the english version to update these flashbacks. But most of the other flashbacks used the CG movies, so it hasn't really come up. Kawashima just isn't in any of them, surprisingly. The cast developing a nickname for Babyhead and escalating their Over This poo poo status so far is really heartwarming at this point. Yuri was momentarily shocked into paying attention due to the curse situation but now that his new companions have also fought an apocalypse demon and he's 2-1 on the matter, everyone's getting in on it.
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I am very much enjoying the complete lack of respect Garan is being given. Maybe if he's lucky, he'll bow out of the story without a word instead of being killed by an antagonist higher up on the food chain or beefing up, only to be killed by our intrepid heroes.
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Supersonic Shine posted:I am very much enjoying the complete lack of respect Garan is being given. Maybe if he's lucky, he'll bow out of the story without a word instead of being killed by an antagonist higher up on the food chain or beefing up, only to be killed by our intrepid heroes. The gang is throughly unimpressed by this evil wizard after the last few they fought. He barely ranks as a notable event for them and they let him know it.
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I mean, he did rate a "huh, that was actually quite a strong baby thing", which is a bit better than Lenny's early never-even-getting-to-fight stuff.The Dark Id posted:Just admit you got your flying pillow got your rear end kicked! Guessing the first can just get removed, and the second should be "baby"?
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At least she had a long, full life.
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Hwurmp posted:At least she had a long, full life. ... Oh my god I'm older than Kawashima was when she died.
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Hwurmp posted:At least she had a long, full life. I mean, in Anime/JRPG time 28 is ancient. You can either be a teenager or a thousand years old, all other ages are not allowed.
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Jun 2, 2020 03:11
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IIRC Yuri's in his early 20s, right?
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Hwurmp posted:At least she had a long, full life. It's an RPG, it was her time. Her midlife crisis at 16 really did a number on her.
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I mean, in Anime/JRPG time 28 is ancient. Hey now! You can also be the cool old mentor at 45 or so as long as you routinely complain about the young whippersnappers and throw out your back occasionally.
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Yeah. I’m 41 and in this world I’d be a tough badass constantly called “old man” by jerks I beat up. I’d also have a teenage student or two to mentor and possibly a dragon tattoo.
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achtungnight posted:Yeah. I’m 41 and in this world I’d be a tough badass constantly called “old man” by jerks I beat up. I’d also have a teenage student or two to mentor and possibly a dragon tattoo. Don't forget the Mysterious Past that Strongly has Something to Do With What is Happening Right Now that you can't reveal until roughly 10 hours after it would have been useful
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I'd be the Surprisingly Jaded Slightly Older Teen Who's Seen Some poo poo
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Auron was 35. 35!
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DukeofCA posted:Auron was 35. I think getting killed by Yunalesca, dragging his dying (bad)rear end through mount "Summoner Killer" Gagazet solo, then walking death off through pure spite caused some premature aging. Having said that, the gently caress you mean he's 35?
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I'd be just Guy who likes Video Games wont even have a sidequest or even a lottery
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I'm the weird hermit who looks like he's responsible for the sinister goings-on in the local area, but is actually a red herring.
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:It's an RPG, it was her time. Her midlife crisis at 16 really did a number on her. A lt. colonel at 28, so she probably would have been a lieutenant or captain at 16 and in the thick of it. I'm 38 which would put me late 20s in anime years. I'm the dipshit soldier kid who would have died during the first disc if the player made the sensible choice.
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lol at all these goons thinking they'd rate an entire NPC, even a portrait-less one. You'd all be characters in the background, unable to even be interacted with. 
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I doubt i'd even register as a silhouette in a window, if even that.
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I'd be an unnamed generic person who dies a horrible, agonizing death in an CGI cutscene to underscore how incredibly hosed poo poo has gotten. Like one of the dudes getting set on fire in the opera house at the start of Parasite Eve.
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I'm that rando who gets ganked by a basic Heartless at the start of KH1 (whose character model gets reused for two other equally forgettable NPC's in the same area).
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I'd be part of a REALLY long and annoying trading quest, in some far off inconvenient location that you'd never be able to find without a guide (but if you don't do it you won't get the secret ending!). Give me an egg, I give you a magic teapot or something. That's my life.
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I'd be the 38 year old hermit who wants nothing to do with the world, and will go on a long rear end rant to the heroes who decide to talk to me about why everything sucks and possibly giving the players food for thought; should they stick around the end of the rant, I'll either give them a "meh" tier item, or possibly a pretty decent weapon that could carry them for that part of the game; honestly, it would depend on if the developers were feeling like being dicks or not.
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Either a random NPC far off in the background of a city shot or a random casualty of when the monsters show up to show how serious things have become.
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I would definitely be the dark anti-hero misunderstood by the so-called "good guys"
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...! posted:lol at all these goons thinking they'd rate an entire NPC, even a portrait-less one. One of the more boring ones, like just in a desert next to a locked box with water in it.
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Episode XCI: Animals Were Harmed in the Making of This Update.jpg) Oh hey, remember how after his defeat in Apoina Tower a few months ago Nicolai was abducted by Kato? Yeah, it turns out he's not been having the greatest of times what with getting his dick zapped in some super science machine this whole time. I'm sure this is all completely ethical experimentation. .jpg)  Dr. Hojo, how goes the experiment? Oh, Lt. Colonel Kato? It's Special Agent Kato. <shrug> Same difference. It's really not. Regardless... Minister Ishimura says that you plan to extract a monster from his soul force..jpg) Yes, much has happened in this last month. The monster within him has been deeply submerged and has become quite weakened. We must act now before his health returns and he regains control over it. Hmm. Is that why you're applying electricity to his genitals? Well it is A reason. ...Hmm..jpg) So that's it, eh? The new vessel. Shouldn't it be contained in some manner of a cage before we proceed? Ehh... It's probably fine. Probably. Will it be able to contain the power? I cannot be certain. The demon within Nicolai is certainly powerful, but I don't believe it will be able to destroy the world as you think..jpg) It's a fact. If it heals and its power is released it could easily destroy this city. Hmph. I don't believe that. Are you aware of what happened in Shanghai a year ago? The destruction of that city. Some sort of underground gas leak as I understand it. It was not. I was there. It was one by a demon like the one inside Nicolai. I'm skeptical. <glares>.jpg) Once Nicolai's powers are removed, he'll be useful in our Russian negotiations. Hmmm. I suppose so. I don't know much about politics. I'm just happy to be able to carry out such fascinating research. A pity. It's quite an intriguing affair once you get a knack for it. Meh. I am content electrocuting test subjects' scrotums... ...... For science! ...I see. <turns to off-screen research assistant> Take care he doesn't die! But this time... raise it to the maximum! Yes, sir!.jpg) .jpg) More power! <screams>.jpg) Even more! I want ALL the volts in that test subject's penis!! Y-yes sir!.jpg) .jpg) Ah, good! It's working! ...Is that good? We shall see in a moment! That isn't reassuring. Science never is!.jpg) Nicolai's Astaroth power is transferred into the shuddering dog test subject which... .jpg) ...is instantly fried by it and sends it yelping before keeling over dead. Welp. No one said operation fry Nicolai's balls to shove a dark god of destruction into a canine was going to be a rousing success on the first attempt. .jpg) It was more than the animal can handle. His power is still flowing. ....... He's a difficult subject. We'll need to prepare some sort of special vessel. Like hmm... I don't know. A bear? Or perhaps a tanuki. A tanuki? Yes, their testicles are quite powerful, you see. They're capable of storing much potent energy. I will leave the science to you.Hien and Raiden wander into the test chamber. Raiden scurries up to inspect the dead animal. .jpg) Hmph. Boss, this pupper got real sleepy all the sudden.Raiden taps it with his foot and pushes it over. .jpg) Like REAL sleepy.Music: Flame of Strain to Blaze ~ Tension .jpg) What the...?! Raiden!!The two flash step back from the clearly not OK mutt. .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Hey, maybe transferring a wildly powerful demon's energy into random animals isn't the most sound of ideas. Next thing you know scientists will be injecting them with unstable mutagenic viruses or ancient invasive parasites or some poo poo. Super scientists, much like wizards -- no sense of right or wrong. .jpg) Wonderful! Isn't it simply wonderful?! And that is just a glimpse of his power... Just think of the energy we'll be able to harness once the experiments move to the anal region!! Negative power incarnate....jpg) Hien! Raiden! Get out of there! Yes, Master! Master, uhh... uhhh can we... can we fight back?! This monster is huge. I bet its guts are huge. Absolutely not! Get out of there!! Yes, Master! But why?! Now would be an excellent chance to test their powers!! Let them fight. Think of the COMBAT DATA!! What even is combat data?! Data! On combat!! That does not answer the question, doctor. Science!!.jpg) Hien and Raiden manage to dodge the monster's new hand... tail appendage. However... .jpg) .jpg) It can also breathe fireballs now. One of which Hien eats directly in the face, knocking him into a corner. .jpg) Oh! Hien! <waves Raiden away> Go on without me! Master, can I fight?! No! But Hien is kinda getting his rear end kicked! Are you sure? I said NO! Aww....jpg) Hien just kind of resigns himself to following his master's orders and yielding to the fate of getting eaten by the monster in its potent unstoppable cutscene form. However... Music: ENDS .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Oh. I guess Ouka has telekinesis now? Sure, why not? If you're going to clone your old crush you may as well give her psychic powers on top of the breast augmentation and a fetish outfit. Pull out all the stops! .jpg) Huh?! ...... Ouka....jpg) Raiden is a good buddy and helps his injured comrade to safety before the beast drops on his head. .jpg) .jpg) It-it's gone!! I don't remember installing her with a disintegration beam. Fascinating. <rushes toward the door> No! It can teleport! Oh, what leads you to believe that? Because *I* can teleport! I would know!Kato storms out of the control room. .jpg) ...... Huh?! We've got to get it back!!Music: Serious Mood ~ Unrest .jpg) Well, it all worked out! Other than the terrible demon dog teleporting to parts unknown. But, hey... .jpg)  Master. Kato... little less happy about the outcome of events it seems. .jpg) Master...? No matter what the reason, never disobey my orders. I-I... Forgive me, Master. But I... I... I wasn't in the room to hear any orders... That's no excuse! I think it's kinda reaso— <glares> N-never mind....jpg) Ignore an order from me once more and you'll die an early death. ...... Yes, sir..jpg) All of you, go after the monster. But if you find it, it's not to be hurt. Is that clear? <bow> Yes, sir!.jpg) .jpg) ...... Hmph.Music: ENDS. Meanwhile, some time ago... .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) Ahh. It's good to see you again, Sensei..jpg) So, when did you get back? Yesterday. I wanted to come back earlier, but it was difficult to find the time... Please, think nothing of it. I slept in most of yesterday. Bit too much sake the night before. You how I get on Friday evenings. I must say, it's much hotter here in the capital than it is in Nara, don't you think? Yes. And don't get me started on the cicadas endless din. It's enough to drive you mad. It is... unpleasant. <looks around> Forgive me. No one's here right now. Some tea? It's a little bit early in the day for the harder stuff. But, if you prefer... Don't concern yourself. I have to be going soon, anyway.NEW Music: Past ~ Personal History (This is a real nice them. Give it a listen!) .jpg) Have you decided yet? About the matter we discussed? The wizard troubles... We're going to be leaving Japan next week. Oh really. That seems very sudden. What about Anne... and your child? You're going to be gone for a long time. I'm planning on taking them with me. Oh, is that right. But what about the child... What was his name again...? Yuri. Oh, yes. Yuri. I'm relieved you didn't go with Urmanov. Bad mouth feel, that name. It took some convincing to get Anne to reconsider. Yes, Yuri... He must be around three now? Yes. I'm going to be raising him in mainland China..jpg) Oh... That will be good. Unlike in Japan, he'll be able to meet people from different countries there. He'll grow up to be a good man. Try not to push him too hard to punch his problems away. I know how you can get. Sensei. Eh?.jpg) It will be a few years... No, perhaps never. I may never be able to come back to Japan. What did you say?! Don't say that. Our greatest enemy, Dehuai, has his base in Shanghai. We've got to move against him carefully..jpg) .jpg) .jpg) .jpg) It's kind of hosed up overall Dehuai was actually one of the more competent villains in this series. Especially with Albert Simon's retcon making him seem even less effective given he failed to take on Rasputin who turned out to be a complete pants-making GBS threads chucklefuck in the end. And Nicolai is reduced to getting his dick zapped in some Umbrella lab for science. .jpg) ...I'm counting on you if I fail. Hyuga... I've got to be going now. I see. I'll be praying for your safety. When you return here we'll have a... drink. Take good care of yourself! Yes, sir.It's a shame we never got that real Shadow Hearts 3 that was the Papa Hyuga adventure. Alas... Nothing in our current timeline is working the way it should.  That is a fairly short but dense chapter in the bag. Let's talk the aftermath... Monsters: .jpg) Or, you know, allies that happen to be in the area when she runs amok the first time. .jpg) Note: Does not actually laugh in battle. .jpg) Note: Only has one horn and its right hand is not on fire. .jpg) Heretical drama master is just someone who posts too much on Twitter. .jpg) Yeah that white powder isn't doing any favors for his complexion. Characters: .jpg) Also, hasn't washed his lab coat in three months. One of THOSE kind of nerds. .jpg) Boy, his time in China certainly took its toll considering he went from looking like a sterner Yuri to a fifty-year-old man named Ben in just five years' time.  Video: Episode 91 Cutscenes (You should watch this.)   Dr. Hojo Concept Art - Hojos just cannot help themselves being evil scientists.
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It's not a Shadow Hearts game until there's an evil, possessed dog. Also: wow, Kato. I forgot more about this game than I thought.
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The Dark Id posted:scrotums... *scrota alternately, scrotiddlyotes (archaic)
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"scrotums" is the English plural. We aren't Latin speakers here.
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