#Episode Lyu

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Don't worry, Lyu Xian, you are already halfway there.

The third couple fits the "find someone suitable" so well. In the way of marriage of convenience they hit the jackpot.

after all You Fangyin her own family put her through her whole life, he wants to give her what she needs, a safe home and support of her interests.

coming from a business this is super romantic. 🤣

In a way they can thank Mr You's bad business practices since they didn't really think about each other ~that way consciously yet. He pushed them together and I hope they'll survive until the end of the story because they are cute.

And to be clear, it is Lyu Xian who hit the jackpot. He is a shady man and we don't know why he moved to the capital apart from tagging along with Xie Wei and be his personal Qin source. His involvement with Xie Wei could be the reason for You Fangyin having a hard time again.

Last but not least, Lyu Xian's convo with Xie Wei about his marriage to this wonderfully stubborn woman got Xie Wei thinking if you observe his face.

Ending with this because I scrape my bl crumbs from the bottom of the barrel

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Constable Lyu and the Thousand-Faced Spirit Fox Spirit Matchmaker: Red-Moon Pact ° Episode 22

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Danmachi Familia Chronicle Episode Lyu 2

Author: Fujino Omori

Illustrator: Nilitsu

Label: GA Bunko

Release Date: 13 October 2023

My Score: 5/5

This volume is split into 3 short stories with the first one taking up most of the volume (a good 80% or more). This story fills in the blanks of Lyu's reunion with Astrea before the war game in volume 18 and it's really, really good. Seeing Astrea and Lyu reunite in person is fantastic itself but we also get to see Lyu trying to be a senpai to the new members of Astrea Familia. In particular, there's a blacksmith named Cecil who strongly resents Lyu for abandoning Astrea, and her character arc as a foil for Lyu's is a highlight of the short story. This short story was amazing and satisfying and it's one that I would love to see animated in the upcoming Danmachi V anime. It's probably my favourite story in the Familia Chronicle volumes so far.

The other two stories are much shorter and less relevant to the main plot. The second one features a sweet interaction between Ardee and Lyu. The third story features an event from 5 years ago in which Alise, Kaguya, and Lyra discuss Lyu's future. These stories are bittersweet, and while they aren't as good as the main one, they are definitely worth reading. I can see why they were included in the volume.

So with this volume, the 13 months of Danmachi volumes have officially concluded and it's been a blast. While I may not have read all the volumes in the month that they were released in, it's been great to have a steady stream of Danmachi content. There's been some top quality volumes and it's made me appreciate the Danmachi franchise more. All of the authors, illustrators, editors, and everyone else have done an amazing job this past year and I hope that everyone is able to take a well-deserved break now.

Side note: I did finally listen to the drama CD that was bundled with Danmachi 19 and it was pretty good. In it, Bell finds himself in the Dark Period of Orario where the Astrea Familia are fighting against Evilus. He meets the members of Astrea Familia and Ardee, who he gets along well with as a fellow Argonaut stan. He realises that he is in a position to change the fate of the Astrea Familia and Ardee, and has to make decision about what to do. The story was okay. I enjoyed seeing Bell interacting with Alise, Kaguya, and Lyra a lot and there was a good amount of angst and humor in it. The voice actors all did an amazing job at conveying the feelings of the characters with just their voices. It was a good way to spend an hour but I wouldn't call it a must listen.

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Blood of Youth recap - episode 18

Lei Qianhu comes to see Lei Hong, who treats him for poisoning.

Zhao Yuzhen tries to get a doctor for Li Hanyi and meets Xie Xuan. Zhao Yuzhen uses his zhenqi to help Xie Xuan heal Li Hanyi and Xie Xuan realises Zhao Yuzhen is also injured. The State Preceptor arrives and greets Xie Xuan.

The State Preceptor tells Xie Xuan he promised Lyu Suzhen he would do Zhao Yuzhen a favour.

Zhao Yuzhen asks Li Hanyi to marry him. Li Hanyi puts on a wedding dress and Zhao Yuzhen dies in her arms.

At Mount Wangcheng receives Zhao Yuzhen���s sword. The old master says Mount Wangcheng will avenge his death.

Luo Qingyang (Lone Sword Deity) reacts to Zhao Yuzhen’s death.

Su Muyu asks Xie Qidao if it was worth incurring Mount Wangcheng’s enmity.

Xiao Yuelie (Marquis Lanyue, the emperor’s brother) is summoned by the emperor. They go to see Lord Bai and the emperor says he knows Lord Bai did his best. They then go to see Lord Chi. Lord Chi is practising archery and nearly shoots the emperor. The emperor says if he can’t hit the target he should give his eyes to Xiao Chong and puts him under house arrest.

In the carriage, the emperor tells Xiao Yuelie the Jade Deity withheld information from him about Lei Wujie. The emperor says he gave Lei Wujie his name.

Yan Zhantian catches up with Wuxin and Minghou. Xie Xuan arrives and Wuxin and Minghou run away again. Li Hanyi arrives and Xie Xuan says she’s possessed by obsession.

Mu Ying reports back to Xie Qidao.

Lei Tianhen greets guests arriving for the tournament/banquet. Tang Xian and Tang Huang arrive and Lei Qianhu greets them.

Lei Wujie et al are racing to arrive on time and they meet Su Muyu and Xie Qidao. The eight knights of the Lei clan arrive. Lei Jingbu greets Lei Wujie. The knights fight Xie Qidao and Su Muyu while Lei Wujie et al carry on.

At the Lei fortress gate, the Tang Old master gets out of his carriage.

Xie Qidao kills the Lei knights.

At Lei fortress, the banquet has started. The Tang clan poisons the rest of the guests with the Mu family’s spider array. Lei Qianhu tell the Tang Old Master he’s immune to poison. The Spider Maiden, Su Muyu arrives with Su Changhe.

Lei Wujie, Tang Lian, Xiao Se and Qianluo are still racing to get to Lei fortress.

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King’s War

I am down to the last two episodes. It’s time to start saying good-bye to these characters and I’d be lying if I said I wasn’t crying. Most were all awful, terrible people but watching them die one by one is still a bit wrenching. 

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Farewell, Xiang Yu!

You were a bastard who buried and boiled people alive, but I’m sad to see you go. 

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OH MY GOD SHE KILLED HERSELF.

I don’t know why this caught me off guard, it’s a logical way for her to go and, frankly, I’ve been expecting her to do it since the beginning. I should be surprised she lived this long. 

Good-bye, Yu Ji! I didn’t like you one bit but I still cried for you. You were a good character after all. 

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Crying some more 😭😭

What is it about these boat funerals that hits straight to the heart? 

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His final stand 😭😭

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Oh, Xiang Yu 💔

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Well, that was 45 minutes I spent just continuously crying. 

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Last episode. I feel like the show has already ended, though. 79 has drained me.

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Smh, neither YouTube nor the streaming platform I watched most of this on have the normal, subbed episode uploaded and I now have to watch the dubbed version. I don’t like dubs, especially Chinese -> English ones. 

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Aww, he found the old lady who saved him from starvation back when he was a bum.

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And her.

I always expected he’d go back for her and marry her, but eh. He’s just so spineless in general. 

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I can’t believe she ended up marrying this vile sack of flesh.

I blame Han Xin. He’s just so worthless. 

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What. Why. 

This last episode is so weird. I don’t even feel like I’m watching the same show. 

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Again, what. Where is this coming from?

I feel like I missed a dozen episodes and am now struggling to pick up the threads of the story. 

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And Lyu Zhi is suddenly evil with no transition whatsoever.

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With all that said, I couldn’t care less about Han Xin���s death. He has been one of my least favourite characters from the start. 

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I’m not even going to bother commenting on the ridiculousness of Xiao He framing himself for corruption. Blergh 🤮

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Everything about this last episode is just so damn stupid. As far as I’m concerned, this drama ended with 79.

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THIS JUST IN: High Guardian Spice Releases a First Trailer at the V-CRX 2021 [#OneNETnewsEXCLUSIVE]

BURBANK, CALIFORNIA -- After a few years of negative controversies online from this web animated series in early 2019 onwards, High Guardian Spice has now releasing a first trailer at a Virtual Crunchyroll Expo (V-CRX) 2021. Due to a number of Corona Virus Disease-19 (CoViD19) cases in California, the entire physical Convention Expo event were decided recently for its 1-year postponement last August 2020 and transitions completely to next year by going virtual by August 6th thru 8th, 2021 as reported from the Crunchyroll News.

We teamed up with Crunchyroll to our independently-affiliated news media and broadcaster for OneNETtv Channel (ONC) and Radyo Bandera: Sweet FM Network (RBSFM) - Visayas, as the series creator named Raye Rodriguez via the exclusive Video Conferencing like Zoom to Radyo Bandera (an affiliation of OneNETnews in Negros Oriental from the Philippines).

In a latest full-hour virtual panel of "Hime Stage" last Saturday early morning at 3am in Manila (August 7th, 2021 - a day early from Friday afternoon: Pacific local time) under a "Crunchyroll Industry Panel" this year, Tim Lyu interviews with a show creator of High Guardian Spice for what does the web animated series look like in this synopsis, "The lives of 4 fierce girls converge at High Guardian Academy (HGA), the one place where they can stumble comically towards the adulthood, while becoming the heroes they've always admired. As they master the ways of battle and sorcery, the foursome form alliances, uncover legacies, face betrayals, and discover their true identities, while preparing to protect the world from an ominous unknown threat".

Lyu is presented a first trailer, as obtained exclusively to Radyo Bandera for a last presentation of Crunchyroll Originals in this year's panel.

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One dragon was traveled outside the Lyngarth City, as 4 of the fierced girls were embarked for the adventure. A protagonist leader girl sees an unknown place below the dragon wind with a fresh air for what is new outside.

At a local town on foot, a tiny animal chases behind the two girls, while a giant person in front of a village house named Joseph (not an actual real name) are chilling in for a monitoring upon looking out for a possible enemies and/or soldiers later on.

Two girls are heading over to the High Guardian Academy (HGA) in this same city, they are about to enroll a 1st year Magical School (which is classified in relation for the Philippines' K-12 Program of Grade 7 as Junior High) with a selected interest for what is the best roles in magic per student. Whether if you're planned to have a witch to educate, potion making, magic spells or some leisure and recreational activities to do so, this academy in Lyngarth City is just for you to enroll. There is NO online classes before that.

In magical and physical practices such as a broomstick-like magical staff takes off for a ride in higher altitudes, smashing a bouldered rock with a sledgehammer, casting the spell, shooting arrows, stabbing the enemies with a sword, and more on these to learn in a magical school of Junior High.

The best experience of teachers, expertise and maybe the professors of HGA were educating the entire school year of its magical students as subjected for the approval of the Department of Education (DepEd).

Some magical students of HGA are well-trained on the spot with a sharpened dose of skills. It'll take months or years to master your magic with perfection and execute safely with your own self. This is to ensure all the magical students to play fair as possibly can and stay true to yourself without a fear. Because one day when you graduate a magical school of HGA in Lyngarth City, you are now officiated as a perfect magical guardian for life.

The best of all... Make some new friends with a quest of its adventures! Defend and protect yourself to the world, free from the enemies and monsters to save the day. You will earn yourself for a victory when defeated more of it than a darkness in a supportive way possible.

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As mentioned from this first trailer, Rodriguez explains its web animated series takes place in the magical city of Lyngarth. 4 of its confirmed fictional protagonist characters where the HGA students are named to Rosemary, Sage, Parsley and Thyme. All of the girls from this said academy were attending a magical school upon starting for an upcoming adventure. He subsequently adds, they make friends and rivals, and they learn about some pretty huge world changing events that are happening in the shadows, and they make it their mission to help save the day.

New Key Visual for High Guardian Spice!! 🌟 #VCRX More: https://t.co/KWGCLEIHWR pic.twitter.com/fZRsf0F7aP

— Crunchyroll @ #VCRX! 🔥 (@Crunchyroll)

August 6, 2021

Key art poster of High Guardian Spice named James Betrez, a digital artwork person and his friend of Raye Rodriguez had come up with a final version of his art. He featured from a digital poster during a short online interview told Radyo Bandera, Amaryllis and Snapdragon are hanging out for a while, in front of the HGA. Based from this said poster art, there are bunch of the magical creatures that appears in this place around the Lyngarth City.

The former studio of Ellation Studios will be turned over possibly to Crunchy Onigiri, LLC in San Francisco, California, U.S.A.; as they rebranded into a regional anime-distributed office of Crunchyroll in Chinsinau, Moldova under the Consumer Division of Otter Media as Diez reported from a russian news site.

We contacted our news team for questioning to Crunchyroll via E-Mail and the Interactive Chat of V-CRX 2021 about the negative controversy issue of High Guardian Spice but, the streaming company manager deflects to decline for a comment.

However during a 'Question and Answer Feedback Panel' last Sunday early morning at 1am in Manila local time (August 8th, 2021) as Angie Hurst, Crunchyroll's Title Marketing Manager told Radyo Bandera, "It all depends on what type of kid content with your families out there that you've loved us to provide. We do have also a lot of shows that our kid-friendly in other Crunchyroll Originals' favorites, maybe we can do something around those shows in the future".

Hurst has learned the appropriate age viewing targets of High Guardian Spice, the exclusive demographics from this show will be targeted and classified as kid-friendly, almost less likely than adults this time. She clarifies about the Crunchyroll Originals from her statement during the V-CRX 2021, "Crunchyroll fans gets really excited about our current line-up. We have several original titles that are coming up onto some of them announced like Fena: Pirate Princess and others later down the pipeline. We take a look of their shows between the anime and cartoons together to be showned on stage without its confusion upon informing the fans will see it first. We're so ready to share with the world with you".

In conclusion as final, High Guardian Spice will now being classified as a web-animated cartoon show. Our research team of OneNETnews says, there is no evidence of "Anime" genre for the individuals of one-sided hate of LGBT and racism, without requiring a bad silence of Cartoons and/or Anime. This was like a Franchise Shutdown of ABS-CBN from the Philippine President named Rodrigo R. Duterte.

Whether you like it or not from this negative controversy a few years ago that no one talks about it for the dislikers, bashers, boycotters and even grave threats (under the Philippine Laws with a relation of Republic Act #10175 or the Cybercrime Prevention Act of 2012 and Article 282 & 287a or the Revised Penal Code) from the early 2019 until today in 2021, the release date of High Guardian Spice hasn't been released yet for now.

Lyu assures its animation and production team of Crunchy Onigiri, LLC & Crunchyroll Originals may subject for a final touches, post-production episodes and the distribution rights were soon publicly available in a later several months or more. Crunchyroll promises to correct the hate of its mistakes if the web animated series are supportive smoothly for a 2nd chance.

The world premiere of High Guardian Spice, streaming soon (for real this time) on Crunchyroll.

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SPECIAL THANKS to Ridley Terrance & Marco Diaz (a fictional dual characters of Glitch Techs & Star vs. The Forces of Evil) for contributing this news article.

SCREENGRAB COURTESY: Virtual Crunchyroll Expo 2021 - Hime Stage & Crunchy Onigiri

SOURCE: *https://www.linkedin.com/in/rayetoons [Profile Reference] *https://uspto.report/TM/88096914 *https://expo.crunchyroll.com/en-us/panels/panel-information.html?gtID=726846&panel-name=Crunchyroll-Industry-Panel [Panel Schedule for the Crunchyroll Industry Panel] *https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2020/06/03-1/crunchyroll-expo-2020-cancelled-2021-dates-planned-for-august-6-8 [Reference Article #1] *https://ru.diez.md/2020/04/17/ellation-luchshiy-rabotodately-2019-goda-pereimenovyvaetsya-v-crunchyroll/ [Reference Article #2] *https://4nn.cx/.159103 [Reference Article #3] *https://ched.gov.ph/k-12-project-management-unit/ *https://www.youtube.com/post/Ugx-7iDVzRPOS8FJifB4AaABCQ [Referenced YT Post, as based from the Negative Comments of HGS - Aug72021] *https://expo.crunchyroll.com/en-us/panels/panel-information.html?gtID=727128&panel-name=Virtual-Crunchyroll-Expo-Feedback-Panel-with-Live-Q-and-ampA [V-CRX 2021's Feedback Panel - Schedule Information for Aug82021] and *https://steemit.com/minnowsupportproject/@discordiant/one-sided-hate-and-some-of-it-s-consequences [Referenced Article Opinion for One-Sided Hate]

HONEST DISCLAIMER: The views and opinions expressed from this Exclusive News Article are not necessarily those from the Crunchy Onigiri, LLC. Furthermore, the assumptions of this Exclusive News Article will NOT state, intervene or reflect those of our affiliated reporters. The show, the station, the management, interwebs and the network. Thanks for reading! Stay safe and may the Celestia blesses you. Daghang salamat, mga Ka-Bandera and everypony. Later!

-- OneNETnews Team

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Interesting Papers for Week 19, 2021

Time‐to‐contact perception in the brain. Baurès, R., Fourteau, M., Thébault, S., Gazard, C., Pasquio, L., Meneghini, G., … Roux, F. (2021). Journal of Neuroscience Research, 99(2), 455–466.

Decoding the Real-Time Neurobiological Properties of Incremental Semantic Interpretation. Choi, H. S., Marslen-Wilson, W. D., Lyu, B., Randall, B., & Tyler, L. K. (2021). Cerebral Cortex, 31(1), 233–247.

Perirhinal input to neocortical layer 1 controls learning. Doron, G., Shin, J. N., Takahashi, N., Drüke, M., Bocklisch, C., Skenderi, S., … Larkum, M. E. (2020). Science, 370(6523).

Conductance-Based Adaptive Exponential Integrate-and-Fire Model. Górski, T., Depannemaecker, D., & Destexhe, A. (2021). Neural Computation, 33(1), 41–66.

Visual motion assists in social cognition. Guterstam, A., & Graziano, M. S. A. (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(50), 32165–32168.

Cortical State Fluctuations during Sensory Decision Making. Jacobs, E. A. K., Steinmetz, N. A., Peters, A. J., Carandini, M., & Harris, K. D. (2020). Current Biology, 30(24), 4944-4955.e7.

Associated Learning: Decomposing End-to-End Backpropagation Based on Autoencoders and Target Propagation. Kao, Y.-W., & Chen, H.-H. (2021). Neural Computation, 33(1), 174–193.

Environmental deformations dynamically shift human spatial memory. Keinath, A. T., Rechnitz, O., Balasubramanian, V., & Epstein, R. A. (2021). Hippocampus, 31(1), 89–101.

Object recognition is enabled by an experience-dependent appraisal of visual features in the brain’s value system. Kozunov, V. V., West, T. O., Nikolaeva, A. Y., Stroganova, T. A., & Friston, K. J. (2020). NeuroImage, 221, 117143.

Decision Signals in the Local Field Potentials of Early and Mid-Level Macaque Visual Cortex. Krishna, A., Tanabe, S., & Kohn, A. (2021). Cerebral Cortex, 31(1), 169–183.

Flexible Working Memory Through Selective Gating and Attentional Tagging. Kruijne, W., Bohte, S. M., Roelfsema, P. R., & Olivers, C. N. L. (2021). Neural Computation, 33(1), 1–40.

Visual mode switching learned through repeated adaptation to color. Li, Y., Tregillus, K. E., Luo, Q., & Engel, S. A. (2020). eLife, 9, e61179.

Time-dependent discrimination advantages for harmonic sounds suggest efficient coding for memory. McPherson, M. J., & McDermott, J. H. (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(50), 32169–32180.

A goal-driven modular neural network predicts parietofrontal neural dynamics during grasping. Michaels, J. A., Schaffelhofer, S., Agudelo-Toro, A., & Scherberger, H. (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(50), 32124–32135.

Out of the blue: understanding abrupt and wayward transitions in thought using probability and predictive processing. Mills, C., Zamani, A., White, R., & Christoff, K. (2021). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376(1817), 20190692.

In the temporal organization of episodic memory, the hippocampus supports the experience of elapsed time. Sabariego, M., Tabrizi, N. S., Marshall, G. J., McLagan, A. N., Jawad, S., & Hales, J. B. (2021). Hippocampus, 31(1), 46–55.

Causal Role of the Dorsolateral Prefrontal Cortex in Belief Updating under Uncertainty. Schulreich, S., & Schwabe, L. (2021). Cerebral Cortex, 31(1), 184–200.

Using dynamic monitoring of choices to predict and understand risk preferences. Stillman, P. E., Krajbich, I., & Ferguson, M. J. (2020). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 117(50), 31738–31747.

Passive Nonlinear Dendritic Interactions as a Computational Resource in Spiking Neural Networks. Stöckel, A., & Eliasmith, C. (2021). Neural Computation, 33(1), 96–128.

Cortical hierarchy, dual counterstream architecture and the importance of top-down generative networks. Vezoli, J., Magrou, L., Goebel, R., Wang, X.-J., Knoblauch, K., Vinck, M., & Kennedy, H. (2021). NeuroImage, 225, 117479.

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VIDEO: Does the Three Episode Rule Exist in Anime?

  Back in October of last year, we ran a poll to determine whether or not our readers followed the Three Episode Rule. The gist is that, at around Episode Three of any given show, you'll fully understand it or its appeal. Give the first three episodes a shot and you'll know whether to stick with the series or drop it off your ever-growing watch pile. Simple, right?

  But a big question remains: Is this a real thing? Does the Three Episode Rule exist, or is it just another anime legend that was taken as fact due to its prevalence in the fandom? Rather than simply wondering if the first three episodes really make or break a show, Crunchyroll decided to I N V E S T I G A T E. 

  Watch as host Tim Lyu dives into this popular notion to find out if there's anything to it or not in the video below, using examples ranging from Puella Magi Madoka Magica to BEASTARS, Hunter x Hunter, and beyond. The results, and the info revealed along the way, may surprise you.  

    Do you follow the Three Episode Rule? Let us know, and tell us what you thought about these findings in the comments! 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his comics at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox.

By: Joseph Luster

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DanMachi Spin-off Manga Familia Chronicle: Episode Lyu Ends Serialization

DanMachi Spin-off Manga Familia Chronicle: Episode Lyu Ends Serialization

Square Enix’s Gangan Online website has posted the final chapter of Hinase Momoyama’s Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō ka: Familia Chronicle Episode Lyu (Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle: Episode Lyu) manga.

The manga adapts Fujino Ōmori’s spin-off novel of the same name.

Momoyama launched Dungeon ni Deai o Motomeru no wa Machigatteiru Darō…

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Light Novels I Am Reading in 2019

So recently I’ve been burning through my LN collection and found myself inspired by Ramma’s BOOKS I HAVE READ IN 2019 post to blog about it. 

I’ve already read a few this year, but I wanted to keep myself honest and post about it so I don’t stop short. Similar to him I want to do at least one a week. Feel free to recommend me some LNs and I’ll try them out. 

Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol. 10

Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: Familia Chronicle: Episode Lyu

Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol. 11

Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: On the Side: Sword Oratoria Vol. 4

Defeating the Demon Lord is a Cinch If You’ve Got a Ringer Vol. 1

Is It Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol. 12

Goblin Slayer: Side Story: Year One Vol. 1

Is It Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Vol. 13

Do You Love Your Mom and Her Two-Hit Multi-Target Attacks Vol. 1

Goblin Slayer Vol. 3

86 - Eighty Six Vol. 1

Torture Princess - Fremd Torturchen Vol. 1

Arifureta: From Commonplace to World’s Strongest Vol. 1

Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World Vol. 1

Sound Euphonium

Sword Art Online Alternative: Gun Gale Online Vol. 1

Magical Girl Raising Project (Restart) Vol. 2

Last Round Arthurs: Scum Arthur & Heretic Merlin Vol. 1

Bottom-Tier Character Tomozaki Vol. 1

Infinite Dendrogram Vol. 1

Is it Wrong to Try and Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon?: On the Side: Sword Oratoria Vol. 5

Combatants Will Be Dispatched Vol. 1

Goblin Slayer: Side Story: Year One Vol. 2

Goblin Slayer Vol. 4

[shazzeaslightnovels]

December 2023

(Series: Sword Art Online | Artist: BUNBUN/abec (originally posted under BUNBUN's twitter/pixiv but abec is credited as the artist in Sword Art Online IF. If you needed any further proof that BUNBUN and abec are one and the same, here it is.))

List of Reviews:

Danmachi Familia Chronlicle Episode Lyu 2

Sword Art Online IF

Tearmoon Teikoku Monogatari 2

Shousetsu Heartcatch Precure

The Fall 2023 anime season has ended and I watched quite a few shows so I'm going to put all my thoughts on all the shows I watched under the cut below.

I ended up dropping JJK season 2 after episode 15 and I don't regret it. Almost every episode that has aired since then has made me feel glad that I got out when I did. It meant that I finished feeling apathetic towards the show, but not angry about it which definitely would have happened if I'd kept on going. In happier news, Pokemon Horizons is still really good. I still highly recommend it if you just want a fun adventure show with cute characters.

Dead Mount Death Play Part II - to be honest, I was really bored with most of the second half of the anime. I liked the stuff with Phantom Solitaire and Misaki but most of the scenes felt so boring. I noticed that the director was different for the second half so that may have been part of why. The pacing really becsme worse in the second half. There were plenty of episodes where I felt like we started and ended in the same place, with not enough development to justify the 20 minutes of airtime. And it introduced so many subplots and characters that there was no way that they were going to be able to provide a satisfying resolution and they didn't. I'm invested enough in the story that I would watch a season 2 if one was announced, but I found the second half really disappointing overall.

Frieren - Still really entertaining and good. I've found myself loving every episode so far. I especially love the humor and how deadpan it can be. I'm really excited to watch more in the new year.

I'm in love with the villainess - A pretty good anime overall. I definitely wish that the animation was a lot better as a lot of the time the show was almost painful to look at. It obviously isn't the worst animation that I have sat through but I wish it was better. The voice acting is definitely the show's saving grace for me as it brings something to the table that the manga and light novel could not. I've only read the manga and the anime did stick close to that so it seems like it was a faithful adaption of the source material. I'd love a second season so that the story can get properly wrapped up but we'll see.

Soaring Sky! Precure - Finally watched this and really enjoyed it. It met my high expectations and will most likely end up entering my top 5 Precure series. I love the characters and the story so much. I can't wait to see how it ends.

Spy x Family 2 - A fantastic second season that managed to surpass even the first half of season 1 for me. The cruise ship arc was so entertaining and hilarious, and then the season ended with the perfect Bond episode. There were definitely a couple of dull episodes this season but I really enjoyed it overall.

The Ancient Magus' Bride 2 part II - An incredibly engaging second half to the season. The arc was resolved beautifully and I was really satisfied. It's definitely leaves some threads left open but I think that's fine. The most important questions were answered in a satisfying way and the ending made me happy. I thought this season surpassed the first and was more engaging to me. I know that the anime has pretty much adapted all of the currently published manga now but I'll still hope for a third season in a few years time.

Tearmoon Empire - A faithful adaptation of the light novels with some minor tweaks here and there that help make the pacing better. There's a lot of fun visual gags. Like with the light novels, I found the second half of the anime, which adapted the second volume, much more boring than the first. I wanted the anime to be more entertaining than the light novels but those episodes were hard to get through, even with Sumire Uesaka's excellent voice acting to help elevate things. I was a bit disappointed with a minor change they made to the ending of volume 2 but if they don't get a second season, this is probably a better way to end it.

SHY - This was an entertaining show that has a lot of potential. I like the characters, but I feel like I haven't got a clear picture of the story yet, despite having watched 12 episodes of it. I think the show does a great job at hitting emotional beats and I really liked the Tzveta arc. Also, after watching the second half of Tearmoon Empire and the last few episodes of DMDP, it was relief to watch something where I wasn't desperately wishing the Crunchyroll had a 2x playback speed option. SHY held my attention and I'm definitely interested to see what season 2 brings.

I feel like this season was really all about the voice actors for me. Sumire Uesaka as Mia in Tearmoon Empire, Inori Minase as Misaki and Hiroki Takahashi as Phantom Solitaire in DMDP, and Karin Nanami as Claire and Yuu Serizawa as Rei in I'm in Love with the Villainess all elevated what otherwise would have been terribly mediocre shows and made them a lot more entertaining. I also have to highlight Atsumi Tanezaki's work this season. She voiced Chise in the Ancient Magus' Bride 2, Anya in Spy x Family 2, and Frieren and did a phenomenal job with all three leads, not mention the supporting work she did as Clarissa in DMDP and some other shows that I have yet to watch. She was barely on my radar as a voice actor before this season but I'll be keeping an eye out for her future work.

There are still plenty of shows from this season, not to mention this year, that I want to watch. Like with last years anime, I'll be listing my favourite 2023 shows in my February 2024 reading log post so I'll have plenty of time to catch up on things before then. I've been thinking I might even get a HiDive subscription for a short period to watch all the shows that I missed out on, but we'll see if I have the time to do that.

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So Weyoun's name basically means "peace maker" if i remember, so what do the other Vorta's names mean? (Keevan, Borath, Yelgrun, etc.)

All named canonical* Vorta, their name meanings, and origins:

Weyoun

Rendered: Weiyun

“Peace-maker” (lit. “origin of peace”)

wei- - origin

yun - peace

Keevan

Rendered: Kiyvan

“To strength from contemplation”

kiy - contemplation

va - strength

-n / -ne - to/for

Borath

Rendered: Bourath

“Diligence” (lit. “strict assignment”)

bou - “strict”

rathu - “to assign”

Yelgrun

Rendered: Yelkurun

“For the blessed sacrifice”

yel - blessing

kuru - to sacrifice

-n / -ne - to/for

Note: the concept of yelkuru, to make the blessed sacrifice, is to commit suicide rather than harm the Dominion (by being captured or defective) – as a name, it implies unwavering faith. Considering Yelgrun was captured and did not use his termination implant, Vorta do not always live up to their names. 

Kilana

Rendered: Kiylana

“Pious contemplation”

kiy - contemplation

lana - pious

Eris

Rendered: Eris

“Compassion”

Gelnon

Rendered: Kelnon

“Graceful endurance”

kel - grace

nonu - to endure

Deyos

Rendered: Deyos

“Adaptable” (lit. “variable in affect”)

deyu - various

osu - to present oneself

Luaran

Rendered: Lyuwaran

“Ours, to supplication” (one who prays on behalf of all Vorta)

lyu - “our/ours”

wara - formal intensifier, from waru, “to hear”; no English equivalent, but indicates extreme deference  

-n / -ne - to/for

[*For the purposes of this project, anything outside of the aired episodes, such as the novels, is considered apocryphal.]

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Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Episode Lyu, Vol. 2 (manga) - Fujino Omori, Hinase Momoyama, Nilitsu & Suzuhito Yasuda

Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon? Familia Chronicle Episode Lyu, Vol. 2 (manga) Fujino Omori, Hinase Momoyama, Nilitsu & Suzuhito Yasuda Genre: Other Price: $6.99 Publish Date: February 19, 2019 Publisher: Yen Press Seller: Yen Press, LLC In an attempt to rescue Anna, a patron's daughter, Lyu has made the dangerous mistake of falling into the Grand Casino's V.I.P. room trap. The girl is in her sights, but outnumbered and facing dwindling funds, Lyu can feel the situation heading for an all-out brawl-that is, until Syr comes forward to try her own hand at the game...! http://dlvr.it/R0tFNs

[kepoinus]

Sinopsis Fake Princess Episode 7

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Da Qiao Gundam Artemie and Xiao Qiao GN Archer have been travelling along a secret route, but their way is blocked by Diao Chan Kshatriya. Zhou Yu Akatsuki comes running too, but is forced into a hard fight due to Diao Chan’s poison. Elsewhere, Guan and Zhang Fei start to fight Dong Zhuo, who has revealed his true form. Liu Bei and Cao Cao slowly corner Lyu Bu, but... While the final battle is unfolding for their comrades, Zhang Jue and Zhuge Liang, who has reunited with him, learn a fiendish truth.

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Anime You Didn’t Know Was Changed For America

  Onigiri is a Japanese staple you might also know as a rice ball. It definitely isn't a jelly donut, though, no matter what Brock from the Pokémon anime has to say about it. Believe it or not, the fact that both Brock and Misty referred to onigiri as a donut in Episode 25, "Primape Goes Bananas," isn't a sign of borderline lunacy. It's all about localization, and it's the subject of Crunchyroll's latest YouTube video.

  When onigiri magically transforms into footlong subs, graham crackers, and other western "delicacies," you know it's time for a deep dive. Watch as Crunchyroll host Tim Lyu takes us through the process and makes everyone hungry for donuts and rice balls in the abridged history of localization in America below. 

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Joseph Luster is the Games and Web editor at Otaku USA Magazine. You can read his webcomic, BIG DUMB FIGHTING IDIOTS at subhumanzoids. Follow him on Twitter @Moldilox. 

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