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By maskawaih, August 14, 2009 4:11 PM

Aika x Al

Pantyhose, which also called tights, is close fitting coverings the the body from waist to feet. Usually made of nylons. Don’t you think that it’s sexy? Girls with nice legs being cover in such thing. Albeit it is a little bit different than thighhigh stockings or zettai ryouiki.  Sometimes black, sometimes brown-ish. But the main point is that the pantyhose was made to the skin can be barely seen from outside. Well… hmmm…. aha…. I felt my pride as a normal good person is degrading now. Oh well…

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By maskawaih, May 20, 2009 4:52 PM

The PV of Valkyria Chronicles animu OP just released on the Japanese TVs. It’s 明日へのキズナ (Asu e no Kizuna) by HIMEKA. Some Japanese dude uploaded the PV on NicoNico Douga which eventually being uploaded again to YouTube. This is just a TV-rip PV where the single will only be released on 29th of May.

Click here if you can’t see the video above.

As you can see, the singer doesn’t even look Japanese. Because she’s Canadian lol. Catherine St. Onge, who came from Quebec to Japan just to broaden her singing career is able to speak in English, French and Japanese fluently (I guess). She loves to sing so much as well and trying her luck in Japan. Out of several singers, Catherine was selected to sing for Valkyria Chronicles animu opening theme. Eventually she chose HIMEKA as her name being a singer in Japan.

About the video above, it’s funny actually to see a Caucasian woman having her face make-up just like Asian. Unsuitable if you ask me. The PV is very Japan-ish in style. They should’ve tried making it to look like Western video clips because, just like them, Asians look funny too if they’re being inside such American style videos. Nevertheless, Utada Hikaru was a good example where she blends well with her video clips despite being American-ish. To end my notes, visit here if you want to read Catherine a.k.a. HIMEKA blog.

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By maskawaih, May 5, 2009 12:56 PM

The conversion of Valkyria Chronicles game into animu made me bleh. Certainly because there are some sort of irrelevant speed-hack Edelweiss tank which also capable of moving upwards easily more than 45 degrees of steep of river bank in such short distance. To think that the pre-WW2 era of tank made it quite lolworthy. Of course you can argue that this is not the same world as ours but it is based on our own world timeline as well (especially the First and Second Europan Wars). Not only that, it looks funny to have those soldiers of Gallia didn’t wear any kind of helmets or perhaps hats or caps for them at least. Yeah, the game was like that but not necessarily bare head just like that. Imperial Army has better armored uniforms but sadly they’re all men except their commander, Selvaria, who is seemed the only female in the whole damn army. Anyway, the only thing that makes me continue to watch this is Alicia. Her face is sooooooooooooo cash. Below are the screencaps taken from episode 6 sneak preview:

Whaaaaaaaaaaaat?

OVER 9000!!!!

iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiih.....

Apehal ko?

Last but not least

WRYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

That’s all for today :3

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By maskawaih, March 14, 2009 4:06 AM

The seventh generation of console made by Sony named Playstation 3 made me further away from gaming on PC. Despite currently being concentrate on playing only one game, I have been dreaming about getting more games for my gaming console. Might be buying Resident Evil 5 after this (Sora keeps bugging me to get it quickly). Oh, I just finished playing Valkyria Chronicles few days ago. I was thinking of making a new post out of it in this blog but was busy with daily life. Overall I can say it was a good game. Great graphics, good story but a little bit short for somewhat RPG like this (the game indicator shows that I have played for almost 24 hours on the game itself and decent JRPGs are usually 40 hours and above). I heard there is DLC (downloadable content) for this game but I am not sure enough. I am still noob about PS3 stuffs >_<

Alicia says, "Roger!"

"Yosh!", said Isara, firmly.

Alicia and Isara want you to join Gallian Militia!

Next month will be the said animu of Valkyria Chronicles on Japan television (where someone will rip it, upload it on the net and then subbed). I might not amused with it’s directional arts but surely I will follow the animu anyway. That’s all for now. Short post is short.

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By maskawaih, March 2, 2009 3:09 PM

Finally, I got my PS3. I bought it last Saturday from Bernard for RM 1630 (Console + Dualshock 3 + HDMI-to-DVI Cable + one game). I went to Bernard’s shop near Pertama Kompleks there with shah_ho_nam and linkinstreet. Actually, we went there for about 3 times; first, it was too early in the morning and we decided to go elsewhere first, second, it’s in the noon but Bernard wasn’t there as he had to get some console stocks, and finally, we went back there around 8:30 pm just to get the PS3. I wanted to buy Killzone 2 but since I didn’t make any preorder, I have to wait for some days as all the copies he currently have are for those who already preordered. So, I bought Valkyria Chronicles instead.

Valkyria Chronicles

I have already knew about the game long time ago. Since I subscribe Comp Ace tankoubon, I got to know about the series as a manga. From the tankoubon also I knew that Senjo no Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles was pretty popular. Reading through previews and some character designs included, I happened to be sceptical about the story as most war theme series always had typical I-don’t-want-to-fight-but-I-had-to syndrome. Plus, I don’t really like the heroine’s appearances; twin tails with feminist headscarf girl wielding a rifle. Well, that’s my preliminary thoughts of the game.

I bought Megami magazine too along with PS3

Installing...

Apparently, I got some guesses wrong for the game and the story itself is pretty much acceptable for me. Oh btw, the title for English version is called Valkyria Chronicles (easier to remember compared to Senjo no Valkyria: Gallian Chronicles). It’s a squad turn based combat game which is bombastically called BLiTZ (Battle of Live Tactical Zones). The story starts with Welkin Gunther being arrested after drawing some natural and environmental images by Alicia Melchiott for mistaken him as a spy of the Empire. Instead, he is actually the son of a renown First Europa War veteran general who doesn’t really like war and prefers to be a teacher (this is what I called as typical war stories). Similar like Welkin, Alicia wanted to be a baker instead of carrying around a rifle and killing enemies. Welkin’s non-blood related sister, Isara, looks like a girl with frail body and naive. However, the first chapter of Valkyria Chronicles simply explained who they really are.

Alicia and Welkin

Isara

Both Welkin and Alicia understand that their country is under attacked by the Empire. Both knew that they have to fight and it’s not the time to think about their peace time ambitions. Despite their own preferences, they are determined to take arms against the invaders. Alicia is surprisingly adorable. Marina Inoue, her seiyuu, simply brought out her character within which I simply like it. Isara on the other hand is not entirely naive. Her late father designed a modern combat tank that wasn’t mass produced due to it’s complexity. She secretly follows her father’s footstep by becoming an engineer (at least to her brother, Welkin). She pilots Edelweiss, a tank left by her father, which she had some training previously. She suggested her brother to become the tank commander of Edelweiss and eventually her brother became the leader of Squad 7 with a rank of lieutenant. Basically, these main characters are not some teenagers who don’t know shit about war as the country of Gallia has already conducting yearly military training at schools all over the country.

Selvaria Bles

The Empire or the East European Imperial Alliance was not short of surprises as well. The most notable character is Selvaria Bles who actually from a bloodline of legendary Valkyrie warriors that capable of wielding ragnite spear and shield for superhuman strength. Apparently, the seiyuu of her, Sayaka Ohara, was also the seiyuu of Alicia Florence of Aria the Animation and both characters of hers were totally different (Selvaria isn’t as easy going and relaxed as Alicia Florence lol). Another thing worth mentioning that the crown prince of the Imperial Alliance is Maximillian, voiced by Jun Fukuyama. He reminds me so much about Lelouch Lamperouge of Code Geass. Plus, with royal stuffs and nobility, again I can hear ‘Yes, My Lord’ and ‘Yes, Your Highness’ again with Jun Fukuyama. With the upcoming anime series of Valkyria Chronicles, I hope it won’t be suck. Currently I like this game very much. As much as I like its story.

Siegheil!

That’s all for today.

My PSN ID: darksteno (MY), stenolovesyou (UK).

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By maskawaih, February 4, 2009 11:42 AM

So, Chelsea lost. Yay! Torres scored twice just to plunder 3 points away from Chelsea for Liverpool. Anyway, move on on today’s topic.

Lightsaber is a weapon of Jedi and also Sith. Each user must construct their own lightsabers before using it as the sabers are not mass produced for everyone. Despite it’s uniqueness that only Jedi and Sith may use it, there are few other people that can use it. For example, Han Solo during his attempt to rescue Luke Skywalker at the planet of Hoth. The light emitted from the lightsaber is from a crystal inside. A trainer must use his Force power during the contruction of his own lightsaber. By assembling the pieces, both by hand and with the Force, and a trainer then meditating to imbue the crystals. …. okay. What’s with lightsabers anyway? Actually I was browsing through some anime imagechan and suddenly thinking of lightsabers at the same time.

lol