Really Square-Enix Really??????

The Image above pretty sums up my feelings for the amount of blunders that Square-Enix is making lately. My faith or just steady decline in this company has just slipped ever since FF-13 "which needs no explanation." Another small beef is the long delay of  FF-13 Versus "which is finally in full production now". So hey square managed to cut-off some hate I had lingering there.. However the biggest disappointments so far is the fact that square is milking FF-13 in a trilogy and what they are doing with Dragon Quest X.. I will discuss more of this below.

To me personally Dragon Quest/Warrior has always been a big part or reason why I love RPG's. I still happen to own a legal hard copy of the original nes game so that says a lot for me. Hell I could even do reviews for the games if the need arises, however I will not do that as of now. The main reason that I am personally pissed off is the fact that square-enix is taking Dragon Quest X and making it into an MMORPG.. or a massive online game with monthly fee's. Now I could have accepted this on the Ps3 or even the 360 but it's going to be on the worst console for online gaming, the Nintendo Wii.

Best Choice In DQ-5

 Really?? Are they trying to annihilate some of the hard-core fans from playing this game  or is this the company completely giving up at this point? I am not saying online rpgs on the console are going to bad, "Phantasy Star Online for the Sega Dreamcast proved me wrong ten years ago". All I am trying to do, is point out that the Wii is not the best choice for online gaming. With no voice chat, Instant between online friends huge lag from wifi "games mainly that do have it", this better have a damn good built in custom engine that allows you do that.

If this game does not it will flop really damn hard state side due to the usual WoW fan-base here. Perhaps I am just little pissed that there is no single player in the game.. I have always been solitary in Dragon Quest However I might be proven wrong but only time will tell. On the down low, it's possible play solo you must have an internet connection/be connected online all the time to do so.. oh well no biggie..I suppose that I am mores pissed off that square is doing another FF-13 and hearing this on the same day just added more to that, feel free to watch some trailers below and peace out.

My Hard-Copy of The First Game

-Cecil The Dark Knight

How Fragile Our System Really Is

Self Realization On This

Well after sitting in the dark for nearly eight hours with out anything to eat... I just got to thinking how fragile our little civilization really is. All it takes is three simple things go completely down so I will just list them. Now if the internet to go completely down, "personally I grew up with out the net but we have all come so accustom to it that's it's just to ingratiated in our lives now." Now some examples would be that people would be unable to do their  stay at home jobs, take online classes, sell stuff online, streaming movies/videos and digital distribution would be completely gone as well, It's kinda staggering when you get to really thinking about it.

Indeed Rika-Chan

The Second thing is just what I went through, it's something that people have really grown used to in the past one hundred years... can you guess what it is.. it's electricity. So much of our daily lives rely heavily on electrical devices that to be frank if our power grids ever fell were fucked. There would be no way to keep food cold, no way to contact people over the phone, no way to pump gas for cars or keep our lovely prison population locked up. Yeah... I am borrowing a bit from one of George Carlin's act but he does make a good point about something else as well... Given our nature we would start looting, killing, raping, because there would not be a way to stop us, no power=no police force.

Most Likely This Would Happen

The last  thing is just a nail in the coffin or cream on the cake. This would be no quick way to clean water. Sure we could adapt with natural gas to run some power or go with nuclear power but if we have no accesses to clean water then let the riots begin. One of the main reasons is due in part that there hardly any if at all cleans sources of water left because of our progression we have made which has left most of the rivers highly toxic/polluted, dear lord I sound like a damn green Eco Freak.. This is just some examples of what can happen to our little fragile system.. Three simple things can just make our mighty society fall so damn easily.


-Cecil The Dark Knight

R7's New Visual Novel Higanbana no Saku Yoru ni

Looks Interesting...Another Female Lead .. Hmm

Well all I can say is that I am happy that 7th Expansion is working on a new sound visual novel for this years summer's Comiket, which will be this Coming Thursday August 11th. As of now I am not really sure what the series is going to be about nor do I know when a fan-translation will begin for this series but pre-orders are already available on-line for the game but I will just bide my time and see if group is going to pop up for series. One thing I do know is that this is based off of manga from R7 and 7th Expansion so being the fan-boy that I am there I will be giving some major support there. personally I do hope that it does not have a huge troll ending like Umineko had in arc eight twilight of the golden witch. Well that's it just a small update and some-thing I am actually excited about, I will keep you all updated on how the game will turn out.

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Pre-Order A Copy

Edit One: I do have a small update, I manged to find the opening for game. From what I can gather it's another high-school anime but with a murdering twist.. Also from what I have seen from the manga it's rather brutal so it's not for the faint of heart.. just how I like it

What!!!!.. it's over 9000????!!!!!! Hit's keep on growing

This Pleases Lady-Bern!

So hmm it seems that over ten thousand people have visited my little site so far in only five short months. Yeah i am sorry for the dragon ball z pun in the title about it being over nine thousand but I didn't know what else to say... I am just very surprised to be honest with you.. but then again I am trying my best to run this site at the best of my ability. So.. what am I going to be doing as of now.. well hmm.. I am still working on some reviews and I will have those up soon as I am able to, just refer to my previous post to see what's going to be posted, so check back daily. Well thank you everyone for the ten thousand plus hits and I hope this blog continues grow thanks to you all.

 
-Cecil The Dark Knight

Below is the weirdest op from one of the most mind-fu** series I have ever seen, well before Higurashi that is.. So feel free to enjoy this

Paranoia Agent Op

Higurashi Kira File One Review

Oh Hell Yeah.. Finally

Warning the review below contains spoilers

That pretty much sums my feelings after watching the first animated ova after nearly two years since rei. The episode starts off with Keiichi dressed in a females cop uniform after loosing a "penalty game". He prays to pretty much every-single god out there and all of the sudden the other three soul brothers pop out of the ceiling willing to help him.."oh boy I can see where this is heading..maybe..", mostly "Kuraudo, Jirou, Chie" talk about how weak willed Keiichi has become from loosing so many games. So the soul-brother call to a meeting to order and discuss what "Rika, Shion, Mion, Satoko, Takano" should do if k-chan wins the games, "so yes you can tell where this heading..."

By your powers combined.. oh wait..

So yeah.. most of this ova centers around the soul brothers swapping fantasy stories about what characters they would like to see doing embarrassing things. Even though most of the fantasies are short in general it is rather funny to see. One example that I will give is that Rena-chan would have to wear a maid uniform, take a spoon in her and dip out yogurt. Then Rena would have to walk slowly making sure not spill the yogurt on her.. oh for the love of God there goes my new pair of pants. I am not going to lie found most the fantasies hot as hell but the one with Rika has me asking why.jpg? She is the last character I want to see sexualized in any-way shape or form, unless it's her adult form.

I have No Nut-Bladder

After having more and more fantasies about each of the main female leads it turns out that Keiichi was dreaming all along.. or was he?? Then Keiichi wakes up in the middle of class, where Satoko and Rika point out that he was having pervy dreams about them, then out of nowhere one of the other male leads pops up Satoshi. This in no way should be possible what-soever if you watched any of the series and even Keiichi wonders what the hell is going on. Then things just get weird again... and I do mean weird. For all of the fan-girls out there this was a dream come true to see both of Keiichi and Satoshi in bunny maid out-fits where he was nearly kissed for losing another..penitently game. So Pretty much every yaoi-fan girl's dream have came true if not just for brief moment..I will now be forever scared after seeing it.

No Context Needed...

Again after this NIGHTMARE, he wakes up to find himself in the "Irie Clinic" where it seems he has the first true case of Hinamizawa Syndrome. This means that he will be forever lost in delusions unless they find a way to help him.. yes I said delusions which is all of this has been so far...Hmm I see where they are heading this time around for Kira. Most of it will focus on way for Keiichi to break out of the delusions one by one and try to snap the hell out if it. There is even has a delusion way-back to the first arc of Higurashi, where he is stuck in the phone both about be slaughtered by the curse.. this time however we get to see who it is.  All Keiichi can do is try make it back to the real 1983 Hinamizawa.. I do wish him the best of luck on this.

..Oh boy he is screwed

So is this ova necessarily bad?? It just seems Studio Deen is just trying to add more to the story when it's not necessary, unless you count the Nintendo Ds game exclusive arcs. However this doesn't mean that I am not happy to see my favorite characters on the screen again, even with the level of fan-service this time around but as usual this will make people rage/flame/troll and so forth. Even though I just stated that the dream sequences can be unique, there is one huge factor that it's a big "screw you". Personally I don't have a problem if it's used right although it's just to early to tell how or were it will be heading at this point..and knowing this series that can't be a good thing.

I need a new heart...

One of the high points this time around is the animation. All of the characters look wonderful in in the 720p-1080p res this time around, even with the drops here or there in quality it's nowhere near as bad as season one or two of the series. Now the op and ed however might throw a people off because of the upbeat nature. Now this is what lured me to the series in the first place, It makes you feel all secure and safe then BAM!! You just happen to get stabbed in the back by the person you least suspect, even by the person you love the most..However it doesn't seem to be the case this time around...or is it??

...I know that feeling all to well.

Overall this is not a really bad addition to the franchise just meh. I feel like there could have been such more done. The dream in dream has been done before, if not to death but to actually have to escape from that.. this might be something new which the franchise is known for doing.It seems that moe~ to sells quite well in Japan and I wish to add this fact that might piss off a-lot of you hardcore fans. Higurashi has been and always be a moe~ anime, however it has huge elements that break it away from the sub-genre. If you wish to flame/troll/  or rant after reading that then be my guest. Well that's it everyone, the next ova will be out 9/22/11 so I can not wait until then, catch you later.

-Cecil The Dark Knight


Age Rating 16+


Rating 3/5

Buy A Legal Copy

..Is this really necessary .. A Review of R-15

Light Novel Cover

R-15 as stated in the pic above, is a light novel series written by Hiroyuki Fushimi with illustration from Takuya Fujima. The first volume of the the light novel was Kadokawa Shoten in July of 2009 with eight volumes currently out and still ongoing as of now. The series also has a manga adaption "which I highly recommend at this point in time" which started in June 2010 that is illustrated by Hayato Ōhashi, with a total of two full volumes out from the same creator/publisher. The anime adaption Is being handled by Studio Aic, that started to air July 2011 on six major t.v. stations in japan. One thing i do wish to add is that two T.V. stations in Japan pulled the show before airing which has me thinking.. wow is this going to be good or what? 

So yet again, another anime series based off an light novel. These seem to be a dime a dozen in this day age, not that it is a bad thing, it just feels over used at this point in time. Oh well at  least it's good exposure for people to see a series that would have only been available in printed text in Japan.. but is this a good thing this time around ??? To be blunt with with you I like the idea and premises of this series "which still baffles me..". Sadly some of the the execution for the series, the current t.v. airing/streams with huge amount of censors, drag it down greatly. This even brings it down from being a guilty pleasure for many people, which includes me as well.

MY EYES, THEY BURN!

So what the initial plot in R-15?? ... Well it's about our male lead Taketo Akutagawa who has a genius talent for writing erotic novels, due to this he has go to private school for other geniuses with talents in music, photography, drawing and so forth. Epiosde one starts during the middle of class with Taketo having a dream/Idea for one of his novels. It's after school with the sun going down.. hmm I see where this heading... you see a random high-school female about to get boned by her teacher... whoa.. ? wait, really.. wat? What kind of person has those types of dreams in the middle of day.. oh wait he is only a freshmen in high-school so it makes sense.

After his dream..Taketo's teacher properly wakes him up..then we see one of our female leads Meiki who plays the role of our classic tsundere.Meiki loves to take photo's of Taketo when he goes in his "writer mode" because of his beastly side... heh I sense a closet masochist as well. Taketo also works for the news paper club, where he tries to get scoops for the president only to be referred to as chief...she has to be one the biggest sadist I have seen In a while as well. She just loves to cause trouble for other people and has fun time getting off to other people's misfortune...I think that I'm love, Oh feel free to watch the op below

R-15 OP

The only other character worth mentioning is Narukara-san due to her calm nature. She is a music prodigy at the school that that usually keeps to herself. Taketo happened to walk up where Naurkara was practicing, happening to see her extra reed .. so what does he do?? He tries to eat it like it was food... thus causing an awkward misunderstanding to commence, such as Nakukara telling other students that Taketo tried to eat it. So if you haven't figured it out, they are mostly likely going to the be the OTP or "only true paring" for this series. I might be wrong for calling it so early but I have seen way to harem series to know where this going to head. To be honest I prefer the pop idol from epiosde two but that's just a personal opinion.

So with all of this originality, story setup, plot why is the anime one of the worst for 2011?? Well for starters it's the horrible amount of censorship used in the t.v. broadcast. Personally I am really sick, tired and frustrated of fuc*** solar flare beams on the screen, just to cover up a damn panty shot or cover up a naked ass... but at-least let there be an option to air in un-cut online. Listen I understand that that shows have to abide by certain guidelines and so-froth but this is an insult the animators, to the director, hell to everyone that worked on the project. Even if your not a fan of these types of shows, think of what Naruto, Bleach, FMA ect, would be like with half of the fighting cut-out due to violence. To those that have complained there is no un-cut version anywhere so this is a DVD/bluray sales pitch that will work, but it's highly unlikely that we will ever see it here un-cut.. legally that is.

Classic Type A Tsundere

One other problem that is worth pointing out in the series is the drops in animation quailty in certain parts. Now I am not one to speak for watching Higurashi/Umineko after all but at least I am willing to admit it, the drops are just so noticeable and bad.. they have a budget why not use it, there are some nice characters designs there.Who knows maybe I am wrong about the quailty drops due to nearly being blinded every four to five God da** minutes from blinding lights but.. okay.. enough ranting about that. Now I will give R-15 props for having a  male lead not being A-typical, he is a wimp but he knows how to turn the ladies on with his writing, although most just think Taketo is a pervert..but of course. On a plus note, in epiosde two he got a pop-idol to strip from his words alone.. that takes some massive skills man.

   

So is  the music for R-15 anything special?? Hmm... Well now there happen to be some catchy bgm music. This anime also a pretty nice op/ed but nothing really stood out to me besides the opening. So is this anime really that bad?? .. Well it depends on what your taste, standards or view of censorship is. There is a story with room to grow, characters that can develop over time, however it might be to much for some to handle. Even though I am writing a review for this show .. this is the only one this season I am dropped this season next to twin angel. Until a un-cut version becomes available. I just can-not watch it at this point in time with the amount of distractions etc. The real sad part is I want to watch/enjoy this show. Well that's all on this, I will be giving this anime two scores as well and if you really want to watch it go for it.

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Age Rating 16+

Censored Fan Haters: 1.5/5

Normal Fans: 3.5/5

Nico Nico Stream

Crunchy-Roll Stream 

Mayo Chiki Update

Aww They Are In Love

After catching episode two of Mayo Chiki it seems they have toned down some of the ecchi over tones a bit. However it seems to be focusing more on the love story aspect to help Kinjiro get over his fear of woman, and helping Subru enjoy a normal high-school life. If the series keeps heading this way then I know this will be series that I will enjoy and follow all the way through.As of now I am thinking of doing some up-dates on current shows this season,

Some parts in episode two are really funny on a lot of levels especially with the usually misunderstandings. Everyone thinks that Kinjiro is gay because he caught by his little sister getting a kiss on the cheek from Subaru. So now his sister happens to think that he is gay so.. in come some funny misunderstandings as usual in this genre of shows. I think this going be one my biggest guilty pleasures for summer 2011.

Caught In The Act

Now Doing these random updates will not change my score that has previously been posted. I  also wish to add this does not change the fact that episode one is a huge obstacle to get by for many so if your unable to just don't even bother. However if you can do it then this is a rather enjoyable series for some one to watch to kill the time. Now is this show going to warrant a re-watch or purchase if licensed?? As of now it's hard to say, I would wait until the series ends to make that kind of decision.

-Cecil The Dark Knight 

Having A Hacked Psp and Wii

A Moe~ Wii...

So basically what does this mean??..I am able to play custom home-brew games, run custom programs, roms/emulators, DVDs etc by soft-modding the console. So of you might ask why bothering in doing this?? Well the answer to that is quite simple really, to get the most out of something you legally payed for. Doing this can and will void your warranty on your Wii so do it at your own risk, also don't be a dumb-ass and update your system. All you need to do this is a copy of SSBB and 1gb SD card fat formatted.

Soft-Mod Your Wii

Wii Home-Brew

Now why would I do something so complicated like this?? As said before to get the most out of something I legally payed for and play games that are region locked without having to buy whole system for a separate region in general. I have also done this due in part that I own a-lot of old games from the NES to the Sega Genesis so I want to play my games with-out having to buy digital copies of them. There is also ways to play back up of hard copies.. but that's in to really gray territory and I dare not to tread there, well that's it for the Wii on to the Psp.

PSP-Tan

Hacking/Modding the Psp is a tad more tricky to due in part, because of Sony's relentless updates ever week to knock off home-brew period. Now I will give props to the psp for being region free and having the ability to play games from any country however this dose exclude umd movies. Now there are more reasons to having a modded psp, for example the ability to play back-ups of any Ps1 one or Psp game on the memory stick as long as you own a legal hard copy. This does contradict what I just stated for the Wii but the psp is capable of playing any ps1 game so it's really worth it in the end. If you want to have a modded psp make sure to have two things, a Pandora's Battery and Magic Memory Stick. You can purchase the two below in order to do this.

Pandora's Battery 

Psp Home-Brew

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Messing Around On The Home-Brew Channel

Some New/Recent Changes To The Site.

Okay this is going to be short and sweet, this is just to all of the people that can publish here or add content, I removed the navigation bar. So if you want to make a new post or add any new content please go here to the link below in order to do so. I am sorry for innocence this may/might have cause you but the bar was really getting on my nerves. I would actually remove the attribution or "powered by blogger bar as well " but it seems that can get me into to legal issues so...that's a no go everyone please enjoy this video of accelerator being a boss as a way for me to make it up to you.

Edit: I just went ahead and removed the powered by widget as well, cleaned up the site some more and just leave some feed back of what you think.

Main Sign In

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Happy 4th of July

I am personally not doing anything special today but for those who are I do wish you happy fourth of July. Summer is in full swing and I will have some more first impressions/reviews up as soon as possible. I have been watching winters last hit "Magical Madoka" which happened to be licensed by Aniplex-Usa. I do have to say that the show and art-work are quite good and just a beyond the norm series like Higurashi or Umineko. Well that's all I have to say people have fun grilling out and setting of fire-works catch you around later.

-Cecil The Dark Knight

Oh enjoy this AMV of Azumanga Daioh celebrating my "great nation" ..

Nearly 6000 Hits So Far.

So with nearly 6000 hits so far in only three short months, I do feel like it's a time for a bit of celebration. That number isn't anything I do realize this compared to nearly what most sites get per day. However I find this to be a good start thus far. Oh I hope you all did enjoy the Final Fantasy Four DS Opening as much as I do. I am your reviewer "Cecil The Dark Knight" after all, where else did you think I got the name from? "Also having the last name Cecil seemed to have helped in that decision as well."  Despite the original Game being nearly over twenty plus years old already it is and will always be my all time favorite Jrpg. 

Let's move on past this, for those who don't know I have set up the site now to where any-one can post with an log in account. So to the anon's of 4chan play nice, after all I am a old fag after all and being lurking around there since 04. So what I am going to do for this near celebration?? Well The only thing I can do is just finish up my two reviews for spring line up before the summer line-up hits into full swing. Also I do plan to have a another manga review up soon, from a really unexpected title so look forward to that as well. That's all I have to say to everyone, have a good summer and I will catch you guys around. Also feel free to leave any comments of what you think I should review I do welcome any hint's/suggestions so just leave some feed back.

-Cecil The Dark Knight