#doki doki precure novel spoilers

[rafacatsete]

It's funny how i just had my my first real fan experience is whit Doki Doki Precure. I was genuinely worried about my favorite characther dying, to the point i was having anxiety for days (which he won't, someone how has already read the book told me Ira will survive 👍) i was freaking out and jiggling my feat at every new bombastic information we got (cure joker, Goma and Lust) ALSO. GOMA AND LUST. I freaked out when i saw their designs and knew some of my theories ware true

I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THEIR HAIR COLOUR (the hair of the other Jikochuus ware all in cold thones, what's left is green, and a different shade of pink (since Leva's hair is already pink) i was not expecting it to be this saturated, but it's welcome.) AND I WAS RIGHT ABOUT THEM NOT DYING! (I came to this conclusion after reading the synopsis) I'M SO FUCKING HAPPY AND ANXIOUS.

Oh, and of course I will buy this book from fucking japan to Brazil and use Google lens to translate It all.

[thesilliestofgals]

spoilers for the Doki Doki! Pretty Cure novel under the cut!

Just found out one of the new Precures that show up in the doki doki novel is named Cure Tesla… chat is this real

[nordicsymphony]

Alternatives to Magia Record

So you’ve been hyping up and waiting for Puella Magi Madoka Magica Gaiden: Magia Record to drop, and finally you managed to get your hands on it via QooApp. Unfortunately, a week into playing the game the developers decided that everyone who got their hands on it via APK are no longer able to access the game - if you want it, your only option is either the Apple Store or Google Play. And you know full well that the game isn’t available internationally. And while VPN might help if your phone was compatible in the first place (mine wasn’t), the other option available, Android Debug Bridge might pose some risks to your phone. Dejectedly, you uninstalled the game possibly for the rest of your phone’s life and wait for an international release (if there ever will be). 

BUT there are mobile games based on other Magical Girl series out there! They may not have similar gameplay to Magia Record (The closest would be Fate: Grand Order), but if you loved these series as well you might just be able to enjoy them just as much. And they don’t have that irritating restriction. 

More under the cut!

Alt. 1) Yuuki Yuuna wa Yuusha de aru: Hanayui no Kirameki (Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Brilliant Bouquet)

This game was released in May and features every Hero in the franchise’s run.  (with the exception of the newly released Kusunoki Mebuki wa Yuusha de aru) It features a new plot where the Hero Club post-anime is summoned by Hinata Uesato from NoWaYu to within the Shinju-sama for a special mission - there’s internal conflict between the gods who make up the Shinju-sama and the Heroes are needed to get both factions to reconcile before the tree falls apart. They are later joined by the Heroes from WaSuYu, NoWaYu, ShiUYu and two game exclusive Heroes from the NoWaYu timeline - Sekka Akihara from Hokkaido and Natsume Kohagura from Okinawa. Aside from the game’s plotline, you get to relive the 4 existing stories in the franchise:

Yuki Yuna’s Chapter: the whole anime + Sonoko After

Washio Sumi’s Chapter: the first 3 chapters of its Light Novel

Nogi Wakaba’s Chapter: up to chapter 8/9 of its Light Novel

Shiratori Utano’s Chapter: almost everything

The gameplay is similar to a tower-defense game: players move around a Hero (or a pair of Heroes - each team has 3 Heroes, each of them having 1 assistant Hero and up to 2 fairies) across the board to fend off incoming Vertexes. Vertexes come in from your left while Heroes are on the right - if either 3 Vertexes or the boss Vertex gets to the right side of the board where the Shinju-sama is, it’s game over. You get a reward for clearing the level, with additional rewards if everyone lives and if you complete the level within a certain time. There are also bonus rewards for clearing a scene within the Chapter, and another if every level in the scene has 3 stars. 

Drop rate is decent enough - there are 2 Gachas for friend points (fairies and the occasional Hero - if the Shinju-sama really likes you you can get a SR Hero in this one) and Shinju’s Blessings (premium currency - gives you Heroes up to SSR. I suggest saving up to do a 10-roll. If Yuna Yuki shows up it means that you have at least a new (S)SR - if Togo shows up with her it means that every card in the roll is new, but take this bit with a grain of salt). But don’t get your high hopes up too much. Additionally, there are Hero Medals which is used to either buy stuff from the store or upgrade your Hero System (do this first before spending the rest in the store) and doing certain missions gets you Botamochi to regain energy to play longer. 

Gameplay itself is challenging as you need to figure out which Heroes and Fairies go best with each other, taking into mind the level’s element and Hinata’s Oracle. And then there are a few occasions where the speed criteria is unfulfillable or if a particularly pesky Vertex manages to KO one of your Heroes at the start. But if 2 Heroes have a high enough relationship via you putting them together more, the cost needed for them to work together again will be lower, allowing you to equip fairies with a higher cost.

Overall, a fun and challenging game, but there are spoilers all over the place (particularly with the WaSuYu team and a certain newbie to the YuYuYu team) so catch up with the franchise first.

Alt. 2) Precure Tsunagarun Puzzlun (Precure Connecting Puzzle)

Released sometime in late February to early March, this puzzle game features every Precure in the franchise (well, most of it. At launch you get to choose between Max Heart, Go Princess and Mahou Tsukai, with Kira Kira a la Mode, Heartcatch, Smile and recently Doki Doki joining in. It’ll have everyone. Eventually.) tasked to defeat bad guys and restore various magical lands back together with guidance from Mofurun. 

Gameplay is a lot simpler than Hanayui no Kirameki - playing as a single Cure, you have to link at least 3 puzzle pieces to deal damage to monsters, obtaining power-ups and getting rid of/bypassing obstacles along the way. You win if the boss’s health bar reaches 0 and lose if yours reaches 0 instead. The circle with your Cure’s portrait lets you use their special move when you fill it up enough. The more difficult part of the game are Cure Challenges - using certain Cures to complete certain missions gets you an exclusive card. Each character also comes in 7 different colours - the more colours per level the more difficult it is to make larger chains.

As for drop rate... ... apparently, the more characters there are, the less likely you’ll get a certain card of your fancy. Character selection is also severely imbalanced, with every team having at least 1 Pink while your only Cure available for the White team (for now) is Cure White, which makes daily training during weekends a bit of a pain. Once in a while, for certain events, there will be 2 Gachas - a regular Gacha and a limited time Gacha focusing on a certain team. Again, save your premium currency Gems for a 10-roll/limited Gacha. 

There will be a chance that you’ll get bored easily, but the developers do try their best to get you playing at least once per day. At least there’s no spoiler warning unless you joined the team halfway through its run or sequel. I’d still watch a few episodes first beforehand.

Alt. 3) Senki Zesshou Symphogear X-Drive Unlimited

Like the first 2, this game has every Symphogear user throughout the franchise run, including older versions of the characters, retired ones and dead ones. Unfortunately, I can’t provide more info for this since I don’t play the game, but I do know people on Facebook who are die-hard players. 

Aside from reliving every season in the franchise, there are other events exclusive to the game such as Senki Zesshou Symphogear 3.5 (connects the 3rd season and 4th season) as well as alternate universes where certain things happened in one way or another, usually travelling via the Gjallarhorn Relic. 

I’m not sure how the drop rate is like, but think of it as between Tsunagarun Puzzlun and Hanayui no Kirameki. As for gameplay, you take a team of 3 Symphogears and fight in real-time to the music from the series you choose from your music box.

Spoilers for the whole series abound, so watch everything first.

There are others out there, but ultimately it depends on what you’ve watched and whether you truly enjoyed it. Hopefully Magia Record gets localised for international users, since this has happened to other games under Aniplex from what I hear.