astromantic

毎日grind, 毎日rhymes

Author: astromantic

  • the backlog

    the backlog

    3DS
    Legend of Zelda: ALBW
    Animal Crossing (?!)
    Ace Attorney: Dual Destinies
    Story of Seasons
    Pokemon: Alpha Sapphire
    Professor Layton vs Phoenix Wright *
    999 *

    PlayStation
    Persona 4
    Ni no Kuni *
    Beyond: Two Souls *
    Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD *
    Kingdom Hearts 2.5 HD *

    PC
    Saints Row IV
    Guacamelee
    Hatoful Boyfriend *

    Starred games are the ones that I’ve purchased, but not yet started. As you can see, it’s out of control. I think the only game I’m close to finishing is Saints Row IV, since I was really into playing games on my shiny new build. Forever stuck at 73%! But Persona 4 is forever my highest of priorities! This will be the year I finish it, seriously.

    I sort of want to do a blog challenge similar to what I did for dramas last year (which I am considering revisiting this year, maybe with new themes, maybe not…), but games are time consuming… we’ll see!

    EDIT: 75% done with Dual Destinies! It’s a process…

  • Summer ’15

    Summer ’15

    Amazing things: I’ve watched 19 dramas so far this year! I usually end up finishing dramas within weeks of each other rather than endless marathon sessions, feels like a lot though. (more…)

  • RE: Mask 8

    RE: Mask 8

    “‘A remarkable person changes the world. A remarkable person can rise above good and evil.’ I… am that remarkable person.”

    GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWDAMN.

  • RE: Orange Marmalade ???

    RE: Orange Marmalade ???

    AH YES who could forget the sweeter days of Orange Marmalade (wtf)…

    And:

    Subtitle by yours truly. LOL.

  • Spring ’15

    Spring ’15

    Sometimes I wonder how many dramas is too many dramas… and then I watch more. Ha! This is more like a mid-season review, but it’s all Gucci! (more…)

  • Strawberry Night (2013)

    Strawberry Night (2013)

    After 2 years of waiting, I finally watched Strawberry Night: Invisible Rain! And it totally got me, I was absorbed. I think the series really gets its footing in longform. The episodes in the original drama were a little hamfisted at times and unevenly paced (some episodes being drawn out to three episodes and others being limited to one), but I think the film format fully allowed the writers to explore all parts of the crime while developing character and exploring backstories. Strawberry Night still employs a lot of the conventions that the drama follows, but I was so hooked by the characterization (as usual) that I didn’t really mind that it felt like I was watching an extended Strawberry Night episode/SP.

    We get to hang out with a bunch of characters we all know and love with varying amounts of screen time (Imaizumi! we hardly knew ya), but the best one we were introduced to was Makita Isao (Osawa Takao), the homme fatale.

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  • Kageri Yuku Natsu (fin.)

    Kageri Yuku Natsu (fin.)

    Rather than waiting to collect all my thoughts about the dramas I’m watching in one post, I’m going to try and post about them semi-indiscriminately. I always end up waiting until I’ve watched just enough episodes to make a post, but by then my thoughts are already outdated! And so the endless list of drafts grows longer…

    Anyway, Kageri Yuku Natsu (WOWOW / 2015) deftly unseated a couple of my personal favorites for best directing. It is SO stunning. (more…)

  • Winter ’15

    Winter ’15

    Observations on the Winter 2015 season, about a month too late. Oop! (more…)

  • A year in dramas (2014).

    A year in dramas (2014).

    Submitting this retroactively, ’cause uhhhhh I somehow I forgot to do this many years ago. Oops. Still managed to track it though.

    JAPAN
    Aoi Honoo
    BORDER
    Gomen ne, Seishun
    Kagi no Kakatta Heya SP
    Oyaji no Senaka
    Sayonara Watashi
    Second Virgin
    Shinigami-kun
    Shitsuren Chocolatier
    Suteki na Sen TAXI
    The Long Goodbye

    KOREA
    A New Leaf
    Birth of a Beauty
    Cantabile Tomorrow
    Fated to Love You
    I Need Romance 3
    It’s Okay, It’s Love
    Let’s Eat
    Liar Game (2014)
    Misaeng
    My Secret Hotel
    Queen In-hyun’s Man*
    Secret Love Affair
    Surplus Princess*
    Witch’s Romance

    * = did not air this year

    TOTAL: 25! Nice. Watched a lot of Korean dramas this year…

  • #pokeballin

    #pokeballin

    I’ve been really excited about this shiny Mega Gengar event, despite already having a Gengar of my own. And I love my lvl. 66 Gengar! It’s like a demon rising from the bowels of hell just to lay waste to your lineup. As the date for the event got closer and I got really nervous about actually going in to a GameStop and asking for a code because I’m an adult.

    Instead of going in the day of the release like a nerd, I went in the day after just to play it really cool. I didn’t want to seem too excited about this freebie, you know? So I walked in real cool (wore my sunglasses indoors and everything) and go, “So I heard somewhere that I could pick up a shiny Mega Gengar here… or something?” I was armed with a billion excuses/stories to explain why I came in, but the sales clerk just handed me the code and kindly explained how to get the mystery gift. K.