I am being dragged back into swordboy hell (aka Touken Ranbu). After years I finally unlocked the Kiwame feature though! Uh... I now got an excuse to play more often.
So anyways! I debated and I think I'm over stuff now. Thus, I can comfortably add Kashuu Kiyomitsu back to my list! Welcome back Kashuu! You were technically first but I will still call you Ramuda-Coded!
I've missed him so much ngl... Augh, Kashuu! My man!
I told myself I was going to at least get Kiwame Akita to level 99, got to level 80, and just...felt numb. There are nineteen days of Summer Regiment left, so if nothing else that's plenty of time to take a break and then come back, in theory. But for the moment, even though my plan was to take as many pictures as I could, I just can't look at my Citadel right now.
I think the reason this sudden shutdown hurts--more than the time spent--is that because TKRB relies so much on the player creating their own story, the undercurrent of this whole situation is "Your stories don't matter."
So the Great Invasion? That amazing moment where both JP and EN servers fought together against an encroaching threat, saving each others' stories in the process? That moment of cross-national bonding over wanting to protect what we loved? That didn't matter.
But it did, the devs' efforts made it matter. The promos, the sudden UI shift that added a new layer to the setting, actual story segments...there was real effort and passion on display, echoing the players'. Will the devs work be cast aside too, so easily?
Of course, there's some revenge to be had: I'll keep my swords, Saniwa OC, and the Citadel they lived in in my heart. When it hurts less, I'll imagine their daily lives again, the complicated harem I envisioned, and perhaps any new swords who catch my eye will join them.
So this is my blogs (there's so many ... depend to what's the content I want to make). Just make sure which one do you want to see/follow since each blog has different content (for hastags guide, check it here)
@kanesadagumi (mainblog; merch photodump)
So I'm a merch collector, and since I like to bring them along when I went somewhere, I also like to took some photo of them if I find something interesting. Doing this for fun so I don't post daily.
@harunokijournal (sideblog; OC archive)
Archive for my children (read: OCs). Actually I'm doing this on twitter but since that platform is going bad recently, I decided to move them here. Almost all of the content writen in Indonesian.
@kousuisanka (sideblog; yume corner)
Archive for my yume (oc x canon) thingy. I do ships my OCsona with some of my oshis. I do reblogs my yumeart from my artblog here. Usually doing this on twitter but for some reasons I put the rambling here. Mostly writen in Indonesian (probably will just write in English for arts). I have tags for each of my yumeship and put the list on the pinned—kindly check it to avoid in case you're doutankyohi type of person and we have a same oshi.
@rainofwisteria (sideblog; art dumping)
Archive for my arts. Fanart, yumeart, OCart, from now on I'll post them here. Yumeart and OCart will still get reblogged on my yumeblog and OCblog for archive purpose.
@shizenyumi (sideblog; random side)
Kind of random blog of mine. I do post my game screenshots (tkrb and bunal), rebloging (doing this oftenly), and sometimes talks abt something randomly. Pls do check my rentry for this one because I would post/reblog anything that really took my interest.
Also I do put my general rentry on each pinned. Not too necessary to see but if you want to know more about me, feel free to read.
Someone I follow keeps posting Ensamble Stars content, so I do the completely reasonable thing and look into enstars. I had. A time.
'I see then! So its a mobile game?' I think to myself, 'cool cool cool, not in the market for more gatcha boys to collect rn though- I dont even do my touken ranbu dailys I've abandoned my honkai impact and fire emblem heros accounts for years my cookie run kingdom is collecting dust and there are so many other gatch games I've played for less then a week. theres no way.'
Time passes and I'm bored and sad so you know what? I want rythm games! Enstars is a rythm game, why not that? So I trounce onto Google Play and get myself this fancy new fangled ol 'Ensamble Stars Music' or whatever with the sparkly reddish brown haired pretty boy on the cover and boot it up.
Meet myself this 'Hiiro' guy with an overly friend country character and this blond haired idol fanatic city kid who I still cant remember the name of- so on so fourth I'm charmed. Im thinking 'ok ok ok this is a cute cast! I like them! Older idol veteran with an old injury and very christian? Cool, would probably give me tea and have high level philosophy discussions with me. Suspecious purple hair? Cool I know like 3 tkrb characters off the top of my head youd get on with. But like who are these sparkly TrickStars I keep hearing about? And why can't my self insert producer interact with my mcs????'
I keep going, see this cool sparkle event or whatever and meet Subaru (definitely a better person then the first subaru character I knew, that's for sure.) And like cool, he's gonna be my ace I guess so I can blow through the story or whatever. I'm looking at the gatcha and cant find the rates, so on so fourth. Something feels odd though- only 4 story chapters? I'm kind of blowing through them and theres no time barrier here. I bet theres gonna be a huge drop off in how many diamonds I can get, I don't see any daily challenges or whatever that have a consistent diamond reward. Also only paid diamonds can use the gaurenteed 5 pull? Yeesh. This is *not* a game to collect em all, just max out whoever you're lucky enough to pull I guess. Unless of course something changes post story levels.
but I keep going and I'm just??? Who Are these trickstars? And why is the game story treating me like I should be recognizing not just them but baisically this entire cast save for ALKALOID and Crazy:B?
So I do some more reaserch...
and you can't be serious.
What do you MEAN they translated the sequal story and not the original story??????????
So I actually am the producer associated with these trickstar guys and ALKALOID is the sequal to see the other side of the coin???
THERES AN ENTIRE ANIME ABOUT THEM????
So I guess wiki diving is my only option... geez, is a full localization too much to ask? (Speaking from way too much experience with incomplete localizations =w=')
Real glad I stumbled upon this blog 😩✨ ITS QUITE LONELY IN HERE AS A TOURABU PLAYER AND ANIME WATCHER SINCE MOST PPL KNOWS THE SUTE (stage play) AND MYU (musical) SJISHSJS
Are you ready for the war (✷‿✷) tourabu will make us burn RSS I can feel it
*silently waits for new content since toho released a teaser* i'm ready--
makeup artist!kashuu stressed a lot on your skin care, volunteering to even get you the products that you can't afford what with your pay as just a mere worker in the studio. " it's a waste to not take care of this soft skin of yours. " you wonder what is the truth behind those words when he just can't stop cupping your cheeks in adoration while you bounced in his lap, underwear on your thigh.
hair stylist!kogitsunemaru who, besides being your supervisor & senior in the salon, helps you take care of your hair more. " it's your crown, after all. " sometimes you're not convinced of that, not while his fingers carefully tangled around your curls while his hips slammed against your behind.
fashion designer!midare & model!jirou are the two people you're frequently around when you started your job as their photographer. midare doesn't deny that you're his inspiration, his muse when it comes to the designs he made for jirou. " you look so gorgeous in that. " they cooed while you're sandwiched between the two, dolled up in the lingerie midare specifically made for you.
Even though I woke up Emily at 7am by declaring ‘GOOD MORNING, I’M AWAKE SO YOU HAVE TO BE TOO’ and plopping on her bed and immediately rambling about Eng tkrb (cos I stayed up way too late playing it on my phone in bed 😅 and also nagging her to use her SI dice on her jp game before the daily reset at 8am and then just nicking her tablet and doing it for her, and she got a fucking 5 and 6 which was better than what I got 😒 I drew the line at doing her smiths for her though because if I smithed her hanjin while failing to get him on my own game I would SCREAM)
SHE’S STILL BRINGING ME BACK YUMMY THINGS FROM TOWN THIS MORNING
A game similar to KanColle or TKRB or FoodFan that instead of ships or swords or food it’s musical instruments and it’s a rhythm game that coincides with a combat system fighting against demons/enemies that wish to take music away from the world and leave it in monochrome.
Oh, but imagine that there would be different instruments from different time periods to reflect how music was treated by society. Or something.
The player character is a conductor who’s just starting out in the world. Unfortunately, because not many people create or listen to music that much anymore, there really wasn’t much “worth” in a music career. Player character has always been fascinated with music, though. They’ve had an inner “color” so to speak. They’ve gone through the motions of daily life for almost all their life and finally when they have the chance to pick their own fate, they jump on it. Music appeals to them. They can’t imagine why people don’t create or listen to analyze it anymore.
But the player character lands themself into deep trouble. They’d purchased their first starter instrument (probably guitar, violin, or trumpet- something easy to carry by hand and something that’s often seen with buskers) and someone’s chasing them, screaming “heretic! lunatic! anarchist!” or something like that and trying to take their instrument away. Or maybe the person chasing them is after them for money from busking or even just to chase them down to harm them. Maybe they’ve been influenced by those who have been taking music out of the world. The player character is trapped in an alleyway with no way out. They don’t drop their instrument, but instead hold it protectively behind them. Their starter instrument is their life, their reason to be happy, in all sense of the word, them.
But the person approaches, pushing them down and reaching for them. Just as they cringe away, they hear the sound of someone yelling “get away from them!” and the person is knocked over.
In front of them, stands... someone. They’re holding the player character’s instrument in hand at a resting position in preparation to play as they stare the person down.
“You were the person who gave life to me... so I will protect your life with all that I have!“