#this is the first time i've watched a japanese server event as it came out

[sophiathefallen]

THEY HIT THE SECOND TRANSGENDER

[theoneprecioustome]

Aigis' Character Trailer

Since her trailer came out at 1:30 AM in my timezone, I couldn't post much about it 😭 Time to fix that!

The first thing that stood out to me is that the first scene featured in the Japanese trailer is different from the one in the English trailer. Here is a translation of the Japanese scene, courtesy of Eri in the Aikoto Discord Server!

Aigis: In this scene the protagonist is told to 'not break his ass'... But asses are naturally broken. Yours is as well, right? Makoto: That's a secret. Aigis: ...Understood. But please tell me one day. - Translation by Eri

It's safe to assume that the content of the joke is what warranted the change in the English version 😂

Going back to both scenes, the first one seems to be a Reading with Aigis Social Event, while the second one seems to be Makoto reading alone with Aigis popping in to say Hi.

I've been wondering if the Dorm Social Scenes with Aigis would be handled in the same way that her two Koro Walks were. In FES, everyone sits next to Makoto when they walk Koromaru. All except for Aigis that is, who stands at first and only sits down by his side like everyone else once she has had her development.

Going by that first scene however, it seems like Aigis will be sitting down by his side like everyone else from the get-go. As such, it will be interesting to see the little ways in which Aigis' development is shown once January comes around.

Another thing that stood out to me while watching the trailer is that Atlus seems to have carefully chosen the scenes that have already been shown so far in some capacity. The date for the Koromaru event is different from the one shown in Aigis' trailer, but considering that everything else is identical, it is possible that you can trigger it during different dates.

So the only 100% unseen-before scenes we got in the trailer were the studying session in the JP version and Aigis' Theurgia Attack.

Speaking about Aigis' Theurgia attack, it literally gives her wings and seems like something straight out of a magical girl anime!

Considering how unique that is, it's probably not a surprise that Atlus is treating Aigis like a card they want to keep close to their hearts for now 😂

And of course, shot-out to the title of her English Trailer: The Eternal Protector!

[ember373]

Funny Thing...

So here's a funny story...

I'm a gamer chick. Not hard core, but I do like to game. And I'm not talking line up a bunch of candies and get a high score.

Me: Yeh...I'm a gamer chick

Dude: Oh really? So what's your high score?

Me: High score...?

Dude: Yeh. On Candy Crush.

Me:... ... ... ... I've never played Candy Crush...

I like to play MMORPG games on console and similar games on my phone/ipad. The first game I played like this on my ipad was Dragonstorm, or DS. That was a fun game. I met some good people on there. That's where I met Panda. Once that game crashed I played a few others but nothing had my heart like DS. Until I came across Dragon's Bane Elite, or DBE. I dare say the game itself was even more fun than DS. The social aspect was as well for awhile. One of the guys I gamed with on DS told a few of us about DBE so I thought I'd give it a try. It was involved, had some fun people on the server I joined, and kept me busy. Which was key at that point in my life. I was desperately looking for something to keep me busy so I wouldn't have to focus on my life.

There were some characters in that game, to be sure. One was this chick named BloodRaven. Japanese. Said she lived in Seattle. Was always talking nasty about periods and sex and other raunchy stuff. I instantly liked her. Lol. She called me sis. I thought something was a little off, but I didn't think much of it. I take everything people say in games with a grain of salt. Most people invent whole new personas when they game. I'd like to say I'm pretty true to myself, but my flirt game went thru the roof on that game. I was a vixen. I didn't lie about what I looked like tho. I'd never do that. That's not cool. But I know gamers that have, and I understand it. That's just not me tho.

So anyway, one night Raven gets on and she's drunk. And we're talking and she tells me to look up this band that she's in. She tells me to look up Deeper Deeper by One Ok Rock. So I do. I watch the video and I'm hooked. I instantly fall in love with this band. The vocals, the lyrics-what I understood of them because they mix English with Japanese, everything. And the lead singer is a hottie!! The whole band are hotties but Taka and Toru make me swoon. So I tell her I loved it and asked if those were her boys. She tells me that's her band. Ummm...Raven...the band is made up of all guys. There are no girls in this band. So 'she' pm's me and tells me shhhhh...she's a dude. Bingo! The off I felt whenever I talked to 'her'. I laugh. Turns out he's in the band. I'm like cool, which one are you. He tells me he's Taka. What?!? Ok...I'm not quite sure what's going on, but I'm going to give him the benefit of the doubt. We talk for a couple months whenever he can get on. He leaves Seattle to go back to Japan to go play Yokohama Stadium and messages me when he's drunk. No deep conversations by any means, but it was fun. Eventually he got busy (bored?) and didn't show up on the game much. Meanwhile, I'm falling more in love with this band and decide I need to go see them.

I get my opportunity a month or so later. One Ok Rock is playing in Cali at Knotfest. I buy tickets, ask my friend to go with me, and off we go. So Knotfest is a 3 day event. They have bands playing on various stages all day and then Slipknot plays the main event on the last day. paid a pretty penny for these tickets. I look up the playlist. One Ok Rock is playing first on the first day on the smallest stage. Being a Japanese band, and pretty unknown in the States at the time, they didn't draw a huge crowd. There were maybe 100 people? Not many for a venue like that. I was fine with it tho. I was there for them, not their fans. ;) The show rocked. They seemed a little unsure and awkward...a bit stagey...but the music and vocals were spot on and I was within feet of both of my crushes. I had visions of Taka seeing my in game message and us meeting up and both of them falling madly in love with me.... Reality-he never got my messages and we went back to the hotel after their show was done. We weren't interested in any of the other bands. As we left the gate people were incredulous. You can't get back in once you leave. We told them that's fine, we saw who we came to see and we're happy. :D A couple just arrived and they were like 'You mean you're not going to watch Slipknot?!?'. Nope. Lol. Then the guy told me I had nice boobs and asked if he could motor boat them. To be fair to the guy, I was wearing a corset and my boobs are nice. But I politely told him no and me and my friend left. My heart was full. I saw Taka and Toru in person.

I never really saw Raven much after that. I'm sure he thought I was some kind of stalker, but not really. I know he's a person with a life. And if we ever met, it would be like

Hey

Hey

Well, it was nice to meet you...

Yup...later.

I mean, most Asians don't like fat chicks. And he's a hot Asian rock star. With tons of gorgeous skinny ass Asian women falling all over him. And I'm old. And fat. And, oh yeah, married. So I wasn't stalking him. I just thought it would be cool to meet and see the person I'd been talking to all that time. But it wasn't meant to be. And Raven disappeared from the game. Some argued that Raven wasn't Taka at all. They thought me incredibly silly and naive. But, you know, I didn't even really care if he was Taka or not. He was fun to talk to. That's all that mattered. If he wanted to be Taka, then so be it. But I will tell you, a lot of the stuff he talked about matched up. And he said stuff that you couldn't find online anywhere. He could have made it up. But I chose to believe. It made life more interesting that way.

So I still played the game and missed Raven and listened to One Ok Rock. Then came the second tour. They were tourning with All Time Low. I'm so going to this one. I even went twice. ;) My friend Cel and I (same one that went with me last time) hit them in Seattle and again in Portland. Seattle was first. They were the opening act. I loved every minute of it. Then we caught the show in Portland. A better venue than Seattle by far. Both shows they were more in their element. More comfortable. I think the bigger the crowd, the better they do. It's cute. :) Once again, we're only there to see them and they are the opening act. I would love to see them for more than 30-45 minutes, but I'll take what I can get. After the show they did a meet and greet for autographs so me n Cel run downstairs and stand in line. I have nothing to sign. They did this in Seattle too and we had them sign the paper ticket we got. But for PDX we used our cell phones-no paper ticket. So, I had them sign my arm. They looked at me funny, but they did it. It was hilarious. I love them so fucking much for that. I wanted to have the autographs tattooed on me, but the oppressor would have lost his shit. I was floating on cloud nine. THEY TOUCHED ME. Yup...total geeked out groupie. As Cel and I are walking around the building to walk back to the car I realize we're by the loading dock or whatever. I tell her, let's wait here a bit. There's a group of about 10 of us standing there. I think we all have the same idea. A few minutes later we are rewarded!! Ryota comes streaking out and sprints across the street to one of the trailers parked there. Yes!!! Tomoya comes out a few seconds later. A group of people ask for pics. He obliges. I don't want to bother him because he looks tired and there were like 8 of them. So I hang back and just revel at being so close to him. Ryota comes back and the group take pics with him too. Cel and I joke that he had to go pee and that's why he ran so fast. They both head back to their trailer. I kick myself for not taking a picture at least from afar. Stupid girl!!! The group leaves and there's just me, Cel, and some cute blonde girl. I tell Cell, Taka and Toru haven't come out yet. Let's wait a bit longer. We talk to the blonde girl. She came all by herself because she loves One Ok Rock too. She's shaking from having seen Ryota and Tomoya. It's beyond adorable. About 10 minutes later...Toru comes out!! O...M...G!!! It's just us so I gather up my courage and ask to take a pic. He's so sweet and agrees. Then I ask if he'll take a pic with cute blonde girl because she's waaaay too shy to ask. She's almost in tears she's so happy. Toru heads to the trailer and about 10 minutes after that...Taka. Sweet Jesus, it's Taka. I have to ask. I...HAVE...TO...ASK. I'm a nervous wreck. My stomach feels awful, I'm horribly afraid I'm going to say something stupid or burp or fart or pass out. It's just all sorts of riduculousness.

So I approach him and ask if he'll take a picture with me. Being the ever polite Japanese person he is, he agrees. He looks dead tired. But I can't help it (sorry Taka!!!). Then I ask.

Me: Soooo...I play this game on my phone...

Taka: Game?

Me: Yes. It's called Dragon's Bane Elite...

Taka (looking confused): Dragon Bane...?

Me: Yeh. So funny story. That's actually how I heard of your band. A guy in that game said he was you. Have you ever played it?

(At this point I'm furiously fumbling with my phone trying to bring the game up

to show him because there seems to be a language barrier. I talk fast when I'm nervous. And all the while inside I'm pleading please be him...please be him...)

Taka: Me? Nooooo...I don't know that game.

Me (crushed): Ok. I thought so. Thank you for taking the picture with me. Can you take one with her now too? She's too shy to ask. :)

And in one short conversation, my little dream world came crashing down around me. I realize now I was probably talking to some fat kid from the Phillipines or something, but whatever. For a brief time, I thought I was a bit special. I knew someone that was going to be famous. And while I didn't care for the fame itself, it's just one of those things like you're proud of them. 'Yeh, I know them. They're pretty cool'. Except I didn't. And the real Taka probably walked away that night thinking I'm a huge loser and laughed about it when he got in the trailer. Or maybe he didn't talk about it at all. I'm still a little heart broken about it all, but at least I discovered a kick ass band unlike any other I'd ever heard.

After that, One Ok Rock signed on with Warner Bros Records. They were really trying to break in to the American market. And to do that, their next album was sung all in English. I have it. I've listened to it a handful of times. It's just not the same. I'm not going to call them sell outs. They're just trying to make it in this market and they discovered that this market won't buy your records if they can't understand what you're saying. (Cue the redneck voice shouting 'Hey! You're in Merica. Learn to speak English!'). They have another tour too, but my hearts not in this one. I love the sound of the Japanese language and it makes me sad that the lyrics are all in English. I loved the blend between the two. It was different. It was beautiful. The new album is good, I'll probably love it once I'm able to give it a chance, but I'm still heart broken over losing the obscure band I discovered to a bigger band that is headlining their own American tour. That's right. They are finally headlining and I'm not even going. Heart breaks again. But I'm beyond happy for them. Ryota got married. Tomoya got married. I hear Taka might get married. The boys are growing up and they're doing well and I'm so filled with joy that they are 'making' it.

Oddly enough, I was looking up past tours because I couldn't remember who they toured with the second time and I noticed that they are playing in Seattle tonight. Wow. I'm ver sad that I'm not there. That I won't see them. I just didn't have the opportunity or the money to see them this time around. :( I'm not as bold as I was then. I don't have the same opportunities. I have to pick what I do carefully. Limit the trips. Put the restrictions back on my life and myself.

But I will always have this funny story. And I will always forever laugh at myself for being silly enough to believe that I had this cool little relationship with this hot Japanese Rocker who was unlike anything I'd ever heard. I may be a fool, but I'd rather be a fool who believes in a bit of magic every now and then, than a cynic who never lets the magic in.

On to the next adventure...who will fool me next? ;)