Terrible pun aside, welcome back. It's been 5 months since my 100th post and my yearly birthday post needs to be made.
During the past 5 months, I've been happily giving in to
whatever inspirations hit me and making videos out of it if I deem it sensible
enough. I am particularly fond of a Bust a Groove and Pokemon parody video I
made. It just seemed so perfect in my mind and I'm thankful the anime and 2000 movie
provided me with just the right amount of scenes to make my vision a
reality.
Now I guess I should explain why I titled this post the way
I did. It's because Dawn/Hikari is now the center of my attention. Misty is all
but banished from my thoughts and I am really being honest here, as in I look
deep inside myself and ask myself if whatever I felt about Misty 5 months prior
is still there, it is now GONE.
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| She just has so much to offer! |
I can't exactly tell you when it happened but when I tried
to remember what the trigger was, this post came to mind.
http://noodlerama.tumblr.com/post/127004437576/ive-noticed-misty-dawn-and-may-all-have
Which lead to this post,
http://noodlerama.tumblr.com/post/117668567641/how-exactly-is-dawns-character-i-always-see-her
And I believe from there, I started going through all the
Dawn related tag and I really enjoyed what I read and saw.
Now my full on rant about why I love Dawn and all my
thoughts toward her will be for another post. This post is just the normal
ranting I write when my birthday rolls around. It's honestly kind of easy to
rant around this time of year because another Kamen Rider season has come and
gone so I'll always have something to rant about, assuming I keep watching that
is.
I watched every episode of Kamen Rider Drive. I even have
his figuart and he looks amazing btw. I don't think I can really say whether a
toku series is good or bad plot wise, I really don't give much thought to that.
I can only tell you if I enjoyed it and if it kept my attention. And I did. It
was an enjoyable series. I did not flat out drop it like I did with Gaim early
so that's a good sign it was doing something right. I liked the protagonist Tomari Shinnouske, I
actually think I could pull off a cosplay of him. Gou started out as really energetic to watch
Rider, with his extravagant henshin debut and his cool guy after henshin pose.
By midway, he completely changed and I was saddened, but at the end of the
story, I understood it and was glad. I really didn't like the fact that Chase
became the 3rd Rider especially when his suit design looks too similar to Kamen
Rider W in my eyes. I sincerely thought
he was shoehorned in and was written in to become a Rider due to his
popularity. I'll never know. But as time passed, it was obvious his story will
be the classic machine trying to understand human feelings type deal. And this
development actually produced one of the most memorable scenes in the series.
He pulled it off well in my eyes and I applaud it. Gold Drive seems destined for an exclusive
figuarts release and darn it, I actually want one.
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| If you watched the episode, you know what happens |
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| For reference if needed, this is Episode 43 |
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| I'll miss all of them but I'll probably miss Gen's wackiness the most |
As for Kamen Rider Ghost, I still think Toei is blatantly cashing
off of Deadpool's popularity. From what I've seen, I'm leaning towards the idea
that they are trying to make Wizard V2. His fighting style looks similar to Wizard's. The main character even looks like
Haruto a bit.
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| Though the longer I look, the more I'm beginning to like |
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| Random pic much? But I just love the design |
Ninninger has definitely improved. Whenever I set about
watching the current episode, I was always not that excited. Like I knew it
just wouldn't be all that great in terms of story. But the new ninja rival
school arc and the conclusion of Star Ninger's character arc made the show feel
better. I now appreciate the heroes' personalities now more than ever although
not all the time. It is nearly time for
the announcement of the next Sentai and seeing as the 40th anniversary is just
around the corner, I'm really excited to see what they come up with next. And
oh, WHY OH WHY do we still not have news about figuarts for this team!
Toy wise, I've been bargain shopping old Kamen Rider
Figuarts whenever I chance upon a sale online. I got Fourze Base and Magnet
States for a steal as well as Gaim Orange Arms. Now I really regret not getting
Kachidoki Arms when I had the chance. I also got Marika Peach arms, blame the
pink color for that. My Riders are now 1 figure away from matching my Sentai
figures. And I told mysel when I started I'd only concentrate on Sentai,
"palm to forehead!"
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| Takaharu could be a lot better though |
I was introduced to Heroes of the Storm (HOTS) and it is my
very first foray into the world of online gaming. Only this game and it's noob
friendly play style will allow me to feel like a badass online competitively.
There are the toxic players but that's unavoidable.
That's it I guess, I was really in a writing mood huh. I'll
be back next time with Dawn, Kenny, Ash and more DAWN!
