Arch Uria Journal: October 2008

It's time for author's uninteresting story. Let me see...I think I don't have any special thing to be told =X
My life is very very boring, especially since I quit from XileRO. Now my activities are studying, blogging, reading visual novel, watching anime, and other unimportant activities including basic activities such as sleeping, eating, drinking, etc.
The most annoying thing that happened on this month is my dream. I had a dream where I was restrained between dream and reality. In that dream, there was no voice, color, nor emotion. I saw a big full moon behind twin towers that resembled Petronas and then...I forgot the continuation of that dream.
Anyway, I will be busy next month, because I am going to study for my final semester test. So, my blogging activity will become less =d



p.s. my internet becomes worse and worse everyday *angry* >:(

RBO: Ending of Male Swordsman

This is my first ending of Ragnarok Battle Offline. I used male swordsman because it was my favorite class when I played Ragnarok Online for the first time.
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Instructions:
U = Up
D = Down
F = Forward
B = Back
WA = Weak Attack
SA = Strong Attack
C = Charging Magic
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Active Skills:
Bash = D > D+F > F > SA
Magnum Break = D > D+F > F > WA
Provoke = D > D > SA
Endure = D > D > WA
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Magnum Break is the best mob destroying melee skill in the game ;)



p.s. hmm...what's next?

Clannad After Story Episode 04

Mei decides to bring her older brother, Youhei, back to soccer team, but Tomoya doesn't agree and tells her why Youhei left the team. Mei understands that, but she doesn't want to give up because she believes that soccer is the only way to get Youhei back to who he used to be. As Mei's wish, Tomoya, Nagisa, and Mei go to meet the soccer team captain and ask him to let Youhei back on the team. The captain rejects their request, but Mei stops him and begs him to think it again. Tired with Mei's persistence, the captain gives them job to collect the balls. After they finished their job, Tomoya, Nagisa, and Mei ask the captain again about their request, but the captain still doesn't want to accept it. The situation becomes more uncontrolled, when all soccer members start talking bad about Youhei and make Mei cry. Tomoya who is at his limits prepares himself to fight them, but suddenly Youhei comes and kicks the face of the captain who bullies Mei.







p.s. SUNOHARA KICK!

Benefits of Sleeping for Memorization

Researchers at a City College of New York sleep lab have found that a 45-minute daytime nap can help a person remember facts.
The brain files newly acquired memories into two main compartments. Those relating to skills go into our procedural memory compartment while those concerning facts, such as the stuff we learn from books, documentaries, and from interacting with other people, end up in our declarative memory compartment.
The experiment, led by Dr. Matthew Tucker, a Harvard Medical School fellow, tested 33 people on their declarative memory capability to remember unrelated word pairs, mazes, and complex line drawings.
The volunteers who took a 45-minute nap at the start of the 3-hour break between memorizing and testing performed much better than those who stayed in the lab and watched TV.



p.s. I am so sleepy Zzz -_-

A Dream of Summer

Because I don't want to spoil the story too much, I decided to write a very short summary about this full-voiced visual novel.
Toshiki who is a third year student has to prepare his school summer festival. One day, he meets a girl named Mizuna who makes him remember a promise with his first love. However, a painful truth lies behind the promise that he may never be able to fulfill...
Download Link: http://at2006.haeleth.net/game.php?id=16











p.s. after all, it was only a summer dream...

To Aru Majutsu no Index Episode 04

Touma and Kaori starts to fight each other. However, Kaori's ability is far beyond than Touma expected. Touma who can't use his right hand gets hurt little by little, but he doesn't want to give up that easily. In the middle of battle, Touma asks Kaori why a strong person like her uses her power to hurt other people instead of protecting them. Kaori suddenly stops the battle and tells Touma the reason why she and Stiyl chase Index. From Kaori's explanation, it's revealed that Index has perfect memorization ability which allows her to remember everything with a single glance. Because of it, 85% of Index's brain capacity is allocated to 103,000 grimoires and only 15% is left to be used by her. If Index keeps memorizing something into her remaining 15%, she will die. In order to prevent it from happening, Kaori and Stiyl need to bring her to magic society to erase her memories every year. After Touma heard the truth, he gets confused, but he still doesn't want to hand Index over to them. Because Touma believes that Index's memories are important to her.







p.s. the story becomes more complex O_O

Narcissu

Another free non-branched visual novel, Narcissu, was created by the doujin group Stage Nana. It's telling the story of a terminally ill young man and woman who reject to die either in hospital or with their families and then they choose to run away together by a car belonging to the man's father. They travel west across Japan's highways and prefectures without destination, but later they decide to go to the narcissus flower fields of southern Awaji Island to accept their inevitable fates.
Official English Website: http://narcissu.insani.org





p.s. it's truly touching and sad...

Clannad After Story 1024 x 576

Weee! I got a good news. Finally, Static-Subs and Eclipse Fansub released Clannad After Story with resolution 1024 x 576. Although another episodes will be late because of it, many fans still expect it with positive enthusiasm.



p.s. thank you very much, Static-Subs and Eclipse Fansub!

Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka Episode 04

Junichi's classmate, Ayanokouji Karen, invites Junichi and his friends to go to her home party at her big luxury cruiser, but Junichi refuses it. Karen who feels humiliated invites Yuuhi and Minato who are able to force Junichi to come. The party starts and they are having fun, but an unexpected occurrence suddenly happens. Fire quickly spreads in the cruiser because Yuuhi accidentally pushed the switch for the finale fireworks. Everybody is safe, but Yuuhi and Minato are still inside the banquet hall. Junichi who is worried breaks into the fire to save them.







p.s. lucky ^_^

True Tears Episode 05

Shin-chan gets closer with Hiromi, however he still feels uneasy with her. At other night, Jun comes again and asks for an answer. Shin-chan who still can't decide tells him that people's feelings aren't for them to manage. Jun doesn't care and Shin-chan angrily challenges him, if he is going out with Noe, Jun has to go out with Hiromi. Jun doesn't answer Shin-chan's challenge, but he only replies "She's cute," and leaves Shin-chan in confusion. Shin-chan feels guilty because he challenged Jun without thinking Hiromi's feeling. Then Shin-chan comes into Hiromi's room and tells her about what Jun said. Hiromi looks down after hearing Shin-chan, because in her heart, she expected Shin-chan's feeling not Jun's.







p.s. love is confusing :|

Toradora Episode 04

Ryuuji finds an album full with pictures of Yuusaku inside Taiga's room. Taiga becomes angry with him and to make it up, Ryuuji promises to help Taiga to take some of Yuusaku's pictures. After Ryuuji finished collecting the pictures, Ryuuji meets Yuusaku who is seeing him having his pictures. Ryuuji tries to explain it, but Yuusaku already knows those pictures were taken for Taiga. Then Yuusaku shows Ryuuji a picture, a picture of Taiga. Ryuuji is surprised why Yuusaku has that picture. Yuusaku just smiles and tells him that he was in love with Taiga back then, but when he confessed to her, he got rejected. Ryuuji becomes confused and decides to ask Taiga what happened...







p.s. it'd be okay, wouldn't it?

True Remembrance

True Remembrance is a free non-branched visual novel created by Shiba Satomi. The story is set in the future where many people suffer from a pandemic depression known as The Dolor. In an unnamed city, many specialized doctors known as Mnemonicides are gathered by the government to treat patients who suffer from The Dolor. The treatment method is manipulating patients' minds to make them forgetting their roots of depression which mean their memories, either sad or happy memories. There is a young man named Blackiris, a talented Mnemonicide, who is given the task of curing a young girl named La who always smiles gently toward him.
Official English Website: http://trueremembrance.insani.org









p.s. it's only 67.3MB, but it's a wonderful story...

Ragnarok Battle Offline

O.K. be honest, I'm too lazy to think or write the summary of this game although this game is very interesting for me, an ex-player of Ragnarok Online.
That's why, it's time for me to use...
QUOTATION from Wikipedia!
"Ragnarok Battle Offline, or RBO, is a beat 'em up game for Microsoft Windows created by doujin soft developer French Bread. The soundtrack is composed by Raito of Lisa-Rec. It is a homage and a spoof of the MMORPG Ragnarok Online created by Korean developer Gravity Corporation."
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System Requirements:
Windows 2000/XP
DirectX 9
1GHz Pentium III or higher
Video Card with VRAM 64MB or above
2GB of Hard Disk space
256MB or more of system RAM
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You can check the RBO Forum for some guides of this game ;)















p.s. I choose you, Swordie!

True Tears Episode 04

Shin-chan is broken heart and feels depressed. Aiko who knows it tries to cheer him up and brings him to go out together.
However, Shin-chan is still same. At the school, Noe comes and gives Shin-chan some red seeds again. Then Noe tells him a reason why she gave away her tears. When Noe was child, she was a crybaby girl, and Noe's grandmother told Noe that she will take Noe's tears to the sky with her. Since that, Noe could never cry and when she wants to cry, she needs tears from someone dear to her. Shin-chan who feels like crying asks Noe if she still gathers tears or not. Without Shin-chan telling her, Noe understands that Shin-chan's sadness is because of Hiromi. Shin-chan thinks a while, does he need to give up on Hiromi, will he be able to make Hiromi happy, and he can't answer them.
Next day, Isurugi Jun, Noe's older brother comes to meet Shin-chan and asks him to date his younger sister.







p.s. Shin-chan's response: "What?!"

Fun Website: OHPAI.COM

CONTENT WARNING!
IT IS NOT SUITABLE FOR CHILDREN, PEDOPHILES, AND GAYS!
IT IS ABLE TO CAUSE AN INSTANT HARDNESS FOR A CERTAIN PART OF YOUR BODY!
Attention, please! I just found an interesting website, Ohpai.com!
How does it works? It's quite simple, you just need to type a name inside the box and click the button.
Wait a moment and then...TAADAA! You will see the result, a name can determine breast size and shape.
You don't believe me? Well, you should try it then ;)



p.s. 1300135

Akane-Iro ni Somaru Saka Episode 03

Sugishita Seijirou, Junichi's teacher is missing in the old campus building. Junichi and his friends are forced by Shiina Mitsuki, the student council president to find him. To make it more insteresting, Kiryu Tsukasa pairs Junichi with Yuuhi by drawing straws. In the middle of investigation, Junichi and Yuuhi meet Shiraishi Nagomi. Nagomi introduces herself as the disciplinary officer and Minato's classmate as well. With Nagomi's hint, Junichi and Yuuhi find a secret room, but they are trapped inside there. Meanwhile Minato is crying after she heard that they are missing too.







p.s. as clear as still water...

To Aru Majutsu no Index Episode 03

Index's life is in danger, Touma decides to bring her to his teacher, Komoe, who doesn't have any superhuman power. Index instructs Komoe to use healing magic through summoning ritual and because of that, Komoe is able to heal Index's wound.
Next day, Index tells Touma about churches' conflicts, grimoires, and herself losing her memories. Index is afraid if Touma hates her, but Touma cheers her up and tells her that he is ready to help her with his special right hand.
However, another magician appears in front of Touma, Kanzaki Kaori, a woman with a long sword...







p.s. magic exists for humans who don't have any power...

Shikabane Hime: Aka Licensed by Funimation

Bad news! It's revealed on Funimation's YouTube site, ANN, and AnimeonDVD. Funimation has picked up the license to the Shikabane Hime series by Studio Gainax. This series recently started broadcast as part of the Fall 2008 line-up in Japan. The first episode will be available to view English-subbed on Funimation's sections on YouTube, Joost.com, Hulu.com, and Funimation.com on October 24th, 2008. A buy or download option of each episode will be available for subbed episodes via Funimation's website coming soon.
Look like, I must save my money to buy the DVD or I won't be able to write anymore summaries about this anime in my blog, since Lunar Anime Fansub already dropped Shikabane Hime's project.



p.s. nothing is free, understand?

Tales of the Abyss Episode 03

Luke, Tear, and Mieu get kidnapped by Jade, but Jade and Ion explain that they need Luke's help to deliver a peace treaty from Malkuth to Kimlasca. Suddenly, Tartarus, Jade's battle land ship is attacked by the armies of the Oracle Knights who are looking for Ion. Jade has to fight with Largo the Black Lion of the Six God Generals and orders Anise, the bodyguard of Ion to take Ion to a safe place. With Tear's spell, Jade successfully delivers a deadly stab to Largo's chest. Luke is shocked because it's his first time to see somebody being killed.
In other place, Anise falls from Tartarus and Ion gets captured by some soldiers. Luke, Tear, Jade, and Mieu try to find Ion and Anise, but Luke gets attacked by a soldier. In order to protect himself, Luke draws his sword, kills the soldier, and gets shocked again because he becomes a murderer. After that, another one of the Six God Generals appears and defeats them all.
In Tartarus's prison, Jade makes an escape plan and escapes with Luke, Tear, and Mieu. Unfortunately, enemies ambush them at the emergency hatch. In that pinch situation, Guy shows himself and helps them to retrieve Ion from the enemies.
After that, they successfully run away and then Guy introduces himself as a servant of Luke's family. When Tear tries to shake Guy's hand, Guy quickly steps back. From Jade's observation, they finally understand that Guy has a phobia of women. Situation isn't safe enough when some soldiers pursue them. Luke who is still shocked can't fight back and Tear sacrifices herself to protect him...







p.s. *sigh* what a coward :(