Three in one, or none at all. I picked the former. What, you got a problem with that??
*ahem* anyway, impressions after the jump.
Tag: Otaku (Page 8 of 12)
Cosfest two years ago was the second con I ever went to, of which I have decidedly fond memories. So having missed last year’s, I decided I’d make a quick trip down this year on the second of the two days, (dragging zw along this time), to gawk me some cosplayers ;)
Photos are only semi-crappy this year because my phone-camera has been power-upped, though it’s still decidedly hopeless under the bad indoor lighting conditions. If that doesn’t deter you, jump on.
More than anything else to me, this was a Yurippe episode. In fact, I won’t be at all surprised if, underneath all of that ridiculous, shadow blighted plot twists we’re seeing now near the end, we are really secretly setting off on the final arc. Yurippe’s arc.
Thinking back on Yurippe’s life story, we are positioned to look upon Yurippe as an angry rebel seeking answers, seeking God that she may demand an explanation for the injustice visited upon her siblings. However at several critical moments it was hinted that Yurippe does not only have matters to settle with an external God, but also with her internal self. She was unable to protect her siblings, even though she was confident of herself as a good sister. She tried desperately hard, but to no avail. She probably didn’t think that she had already done the best possible job and that only God was to blame for what happened – she probably also resented her own inability to do what she thought needed to be done.
Along these lines it’s perhaps not inconceivable to think that Yurippe’s leadership of the SSS is in truth a part of her own subconscious journey towards finding peace. The SSS isn’t exactly a democracy or a republic, Yuri’s leadership over it is near-absolute. Her decision making is literally the pulse of the entire group’s activities. And if the amazing quality of her leadership hasn’t yet been estabilished by previous episodes, it certainly was in episode 11. Calm and cool rationale in the face of an unknown and terrifying threat, not only knowing about but swiftly acknowledging the potential viability of Otonashi’s efforts, and a calculated, personally executed attempt to get to the bottom of everything. And above all that, giving her subordinates a choice when that choice mattered. If everything she has done up to this point is Yurippe’s way of doing what she couldn’t do in life – to be relied on to actually make things happen, to protect what needs to be protected with her own muscles and wits – and succeed – it will I think go a good way towards explaining her character and the unselfish perfection of her leadership.
“Me? I’ve always only been doing my own thing” says she. I won’t be surprised if, should everyone in the SSS find their individual peace at the end, Yurippe disappears alongside the last soul.
Incidentally this would also fundamentally dissociate her from any kind of real Haruhi-resemblance, which raises her likability immensely in my eyes. Kanade-chan may be the dark magical girl turned good (and an extremly adorable one to boot), but if cards are played right, Yurippe may end up the more interesting (and my favourite) character.
And yes, Kanade-chan is Tenshi no more. Yurippe called her by name this episode.
Package(s) for an early N900 port of Ren’Py has recently appeared in extras-devel! For the uninitiated, Ren’Py is a free Python-based Visual Novel engine with a sizable repertoire of mostly free, mostly amateur-created games available. This had been one of the first things I tried (and failed) to get working on my N900 back in the day, so needless to say I jumped at the news, swiftly went and grabbed it, and checked it out. The result:
An interesting trend is in place here. Katanagatari started off somewhat as a counter-fairy-tale. Togame and Shichika have a mission to accomplish, and people need to be fought and killed along the way. And people were fought with and killed, swiftly and cleanly. All adversaries, including ones shown to be insane and hateful, and ones deliberately and deftly portrayed as good and admirable, were put to the equal sword. It was cold and simple, Shichika was the slashing blade necessary to clear the path of obstacles, and the way had been smooth and easy due to his incredible competence. Shichika was a blade perfect from tip to hilt. But things appear to be changing.
Sickest solo in the series so far? lml
Pic mostly unrelated, unfortunately.
And that post title just flowed its merry way out of my typing fingers like it owned the place, causing me to gag in an uncontrolled, appalled fashion at its terrible cheesiness.
Anyway, as you might hopefully have guessed from the cheesy title, I have decided randomly to make a recording of myself playing stuff on my tragically neglected piano, a feat long adrift within the realms of impossibility due to a critical lack of passable video cameras. With my recent acquisition of a shiny new Nokia N900 though, that shortcoming has at long last found itself addressed. Somewhat. Anyway so without further ado, here are two Anisongs on piano, wrought by yours truly, that you can torture your ears with during your idle times :D
Tori no Uta (OP to Air TV)
Only my Railgun (OP to To Aru Kagaku no Railgun)
On the off chance that anyone might be disappointed that this isn’t in fact my long overdue Angel Beats post – it’s coming, I hope. Rapidly catching up on my backlogs for that show now, and it definitely deserves something. Just hope I get to do it sooner rather than later.
So the 5th chapter of Ubunchu, the free manga about the popular free Linux system Ubuntu, is out. Actually it’s been out for a good long while now but you will note that I only fought my way out of quasi-hiatus in the last post.
So I’ll admit it. This manga is starting to feel somewhat direction-less. It’s fine as a documentary sort of thing I suppose, but why not do better eh? Personally I think it’d be great if we could give the Ubuntu/free-software lecture of the weekchapter thing a rest and spend some pages on developing the characters and illustrating the larger setting instead. It’s still fun as a curiousity (and as blogging material), but I hope we’re moving into some actual plot soon because I think Ubunchu is really getting a little hit-and-miss as pure educational material. /rant
It’s funny how when I’m being steamrolled over by work I have plenty of post ideas that I could not get out due to said steamroller but when I’m suddenly released I just find myself blanked out, not knowing where and how to start. Anyways, here’s me finally making a heroic attempt at breaking out of my quasi-hiatus. Hopefully the posts would come rolling out as per normal after this :P
I know I haven’t posted enough on the current season (and I would have, *grumble grumble*). But something else far more solemn in nature happened while my site was offline.
This song probably needs little introduction. Diamond Crevasse is one of the defining songs of Macross Frontier, performed by the venerable May’n in the guise of Sheryl Nome. The version I have here is part of the one popularly known as “Shinkuu” Diamond Crevasse – a particularly emotive version of the song performed by Sheryl Nome during the critical events of episode 20.
This one is dedicated to Tan Shyn Lyn, who took her life in the early twilight of the 20th of April, 2010.
Hit the jump for lyrics and translations, and hit F8 to play the song while it’s up.
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