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talesfromthebacklog · 7 months

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Tales From The Frontlog: Persona 3: Reload

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It’s titles like Persona that make me go: “God damn, anime is so fucking cool.”

These are people who KNEW what they were doing when working on this remake. My only previous experience with Persona 3 was with Persona 3 Portable. And it shouldn’t be shocking that while good it didn’t have the same impact as Reload did. (Though I did still pick up P3P on Switch through Limited Run! As that was likely the cheapest we would ever see it.)

Reload completely blows P3P out of the park and has asserted itself as my favorite Persona game. (Persona 4 being my previous first favorite.). I completely destroyed this game and am sad the experience is over. (Had to get done quick so I could play Final Fantasy VII Rebirth on release!)

Persona 3: Reload is elegant, mature, wickedly stylish, and very sad. I love well written sad things. I’ve heard people call this title edgy, but that edge is what defines and makes this Persona so great. If not the best. You know what they say. The third time’s the charm! And Persona is an experience, for anyone who loves JRPGS, that people should have at least once.

Join me as I talk about Persona 3: Reload. A story of a teen named Makoto. Who just transferred to Tatsumi Port Island and awakened a powerful force by shooting himself in the head.

Persona 3 Reload is painfully stylish and cool. It’s gotten a lot of upgrades including a new voice cast. Which I think does a better job sounding more natural. Especially Bebe. The old crew did a phenominal job but I just like new performances better.

Also the amount of voice acting we got. Wow. Practically the whole thing has voice acting. Even all the social links. I think that might be a first, but don’t quote me on that.

Then there’s the art direction, which has been somewhat of a hot topic, but I like the new art assets better. The original artwork has an undeniable charm but the new stuff has this great polish.

Though I dare say the older art better lends to the “creepy” tone of the game. The traditionally beautiful anime faces do take away from that a little.

And this new look isn’t just the art assets and sprites, it goes as far as the menu.

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I don’t say this often, but that’s hot. That menu is everything. I don’t think I’ve ever felt so strongly about a menu. I would fight a stranger in the parking lot if they told me this menu looked bad. It is so slick and sleek. It hurts because of how good this looks.

This? This gives me math folder vibes. I think this was why I was so much more drawn to Persona 4 in the first place.

Well. Not because of the menu. The menu is functional and doesn’t look awful by any stretch of the imagination. We all know that fully functional is a high bar for developers to reach nowadays.

But each Persona, from 1 - 5 and now to Reload, was a step into stronger art direction. Each Persona contributed something new artistically to get it to its current state of intense stylization. Persona 3 Reload is simply a culmination of all these steps forward. It makes me feel bad for not touching the main Shin Megani Tensei series at all. Because I don’t get to see the artistic history from it that could have contributed to Persona. I’m aware I’m missing out and need to correct that! Ha!

TLDR: Persona 3: Reload is so ✨PRETTY✨.

Then there’s the gameplay. Persona ranks among my favorite JRPGs because it has so much side stuff to do. Persona at its core is two different kinds of games. A life sim and a JRPG. If you get bored with one half you can go hang out in the other. Excellent. Brilliant. Love it. Persona is a great ADHD person game. It also gives the game a nice contrast between the light and dark elements. A narrative rest, so to speak. Also the difficulty modes. I’m not afraid to say I prefer normal mode. Some grinding is fine but I hate excessive grinding in games. I feel it overshadows the game. Though without some grind you just have a glorified visual novel. It’s all about balance and personal taste I suppose. But I’m of the belief that grinding doesn’t make a game hard. It makes it time consuming which makes it look like the game is hard. But this is not the same thing! Persona just… GETS that I don’t want to grind for that long.

I love JRPGs, but I tend to run hot and cold with them. I think a lot of them do really suffer from being too samey in their initial presentation. The style and identity the Persona series has is 100% what kept me playing after a friend lent me his Vita to play. He insisted upon it as he handed me Persona 4 Golden.

He was right. Persona was awesome. Persona 3 Reload makes me feel those same feelings when I had that initial introduction to the franchise. I do feel genuinely wowed by this title. Which I don’t feel often in gaming. My favorite part about it is it is set in the modern era. Swords and dragons are nice, but different time periods come with different ideologies, cultures, and challenges. Persona takes the “familiar” and uses that premise to flip your world upside down. And that each one goes with a different aesthetic.

God I hope they remake or rerelease 1 or 2. Or both.

Anyway.

Persona 3 additionally is just so… sad. Persona 4 has those sad moments too but I just feel those main and side stories hit harder in Persona 3. The ending is a sad gut punch. I love it. Like any great visual novel character interactions and story can make or break the experience. And Persona 3 only managed to sharpen those interactions with the newer voice acting and the retranslated script. The whole feel is a lot less awkward.

Then there’s the music. If you didn’t watch the intro I posted in the beginning, do yourself a favor and do so as you read please.

Oh? You’ve heard the song before? Are you saying you don’t want to listen to this jazzy and funky soundtrack again? Heresey I say!

Oh? You don’t want to scroll back up? No problem fam. I’m gonna post the full track here.

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And the whole soundtrack is this good. This is just a taste. Ugh. It’s so good. It is both energizing and soothing. I ask you to listen purely because my words can’t do it justice.

I am recognizing what a mistake it was not to play the full console version and what a crime it is that they ported P3P over Persona 3 itself. It had an anime too, did it not? Like a movie or something?

Let’s not start with the FES mess. They’ve basically said it’s not being included even as DLC. I’m just going to play it separately, and by the good grace of god you don’t have to play the whole game over to play “The Answer” arc. (Which I’ll post an update on that when I do that. Someday.)

I can take or leave the female protagonist. I want a female protagonist, but in P3P she was always kind of an empty husk that you knew wasn’t the “real” main character. I don’t mind games where I play a character instead of myself. But I feel they could do a new unique perspective if they switched it up for Persona 6. Especially since they are nailing down some of the problematic elements of the series.

I’m aware that they’ve changed a lot from the original Persona 3 to Reload. But to be frank my memory has just never been that long lasting or great. I can genuinely come back to most games after a certain amount of time and it’s like playing it brand new over again. A blessing and a curse. But I can remember Tartarus being a bigger pain in the ass than it is now. Tartarus also seems notably more varied in design as you climb. I feel like I am having a distinctly better time than the first time. (I may have to play a brief stint in portable to see if this is true.)

Side note: The Dark Hour as a concept in itself is a topic I want to cover in its own post at some point. This isn’t unique to Reload which isn’t why I’m not talking about a lot of elements like this (Because remake reviews should be more about what is improved) but it was still a genius way to fit in an alternate world.

At the end of the day, and right before the dark hour, Persona 3: Reload had no excuse to fail. The bones of the beast itself were so good. As long as you left it to simmer and caramelize this remake always destined to be great. It takes elements and tricks that made later titles great and Atlus applied all their learned skills here.

It’s stuff the Persona, and SMT, community already loved. And for good reason. It was already a compelling experience and it’s one I’m really glad I came back to. Playing it this way really changed how I felt about the game as a whole. Even without the extra content I’m going to say this is THE WAY to play Persona 3 from here on out. We’ll see if I feel that way after playing Persona 3: FES. But don’t expect to see that critique any time soon.

#Persona 3 #Persona #Persona 3 Reload #persona series #shin megami tensei #SMT #Shin Megami Tensei Persona #Persona 3 Portable #PlayStation 5 #tales from the backlog #gaming #tftb #video games #video game review #video game #visual novel #JRPG #jrpg games #JRPGS

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twilightknight17 · 4 years

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Today on Royal: Pain! :’D

He’s eating the map and I’m getting steadily more weirded out by all of this the longer it goes on.

I’m definitely worried now. Where the fuck is the Velvet Room. How is he powerful enough to override the Velvet Room?

So he wants me to see “his reality”. Which means going out and seeing how happy all of Akira’s friends are. And they are happy! ...but not happy enough that a few well-placed dialogue choices can’t start poking holes in the story they’ve been fed. Maruki’s not perfect at this. And honestly, he’s taken Akira’s friends, not given him anything. We went from everyone wanting to spend time with Akira to everyone having other things to do. Ryuji doesn’t even know why they’re friends. Thinking about how they met is what starts to crack his illusion.

While I was looking for my friends, I ran across this couch outside the furniture store in Kichijoji.

Examining it yields only this:

So now I gotta go back to Kichijoji after it frees me from the plot so I can see what’s up with this conspicuously Velvet blue couch.

(I will say, if I have one complaint about this part, is that it’s six days of the same thing. Wake up, locate Friend, see how they’re doing, return home, spend evening in bed contemplating whether this is a good thing because Friend is happy. You can’t do anything else, see how any of your other confidants are doing... What does Iwai’s ideal world look like? Takemi’s? Hifumi’s?)

I think out of everyone I feel the most bad for Morgana.

I mean, he spends half the game as it is worrying that he’s some sort of monster instead of a human. And now that he’s human and I’ve gone and jabbed a hole in his dream, he’s spending a week growing more and more afraid as he realizes that something isn’t right about himself. That’s just straight-up existential terror.

Goro didn’t really find a lot during his week of investigating. Mostly just that Maruki’s been doing cognitive psience stuff since college, and that Okumura and Wakaba are...actually alive.

Does that mean if we end the dream, we’re murdering them?

Not taking the Misericorde with me feels like a betrayal of my role as heir to the title of Trickster, but I can’t really turn down an extra thirty points of attack. X’‘‘D Especially since Goro and I are going into the Palace alone.

Other than the weird security cameras, this place really is beautiful. And apparently the music that I like so much is called “Gentle Madman”. Stop hitting all these fucking tropes I like, Maruki. It’s not fair.

Oh heck, wait, are we doing this now? This is an actual question? I assumed that was for the endgame. Well, if I’m here... The safe room was right downstairs...

Let me be selfish. Just for one moment. Please.

Please.

.....no, wait, this hurts.

This hurts a lot.

Because they deserve this. They all deserve this happiness. I’ve never heard Goro sound that genuinely happy as he did in this ending. But the only way to give them this is to leave them trapped under the will of a dictator. And they deserve better than that.

From the Den:

They’re looking at you. Judging you for the sin of the choice you made.

I find it interesting that while Akira and Goro are clearly looking at you with full knowledge of what you did, the game itself doesn’t seem particularly judgemental. I got the “view the ending” trophy and the option to save clear data, which to me implies that it’s...obviously the wrong choice, but a valid choice regardless. I never got the “Good” Ending in vanilla P5, so I don’t know if that offered the same level of legitimacy. This was treated as a real ending.

[reloading save data]

Of course we can’t accept this reality, why would he even think we would do that? X’‘D

Sumire is throwing a fit because she still wants to be Kasumi, and is getting ready to fight us. Shit. Still, she’s inexperienced, and both of us are strong enough to han--

Goro: I could deal with this, but I’m assuming you want her to leave here alive, right?

It’s sweet of you to take what I want into consideration, but yeah, I’d really rather not kill her, so just tone it dow-- Aaaaand he’s walking away and leaving me to fight her alone. Thanks, honey.

Shoutout to using the same strategy as the battle arena and just equipping something that repels physical. She took her own swords dance to the face and got knocked out.

......what the fuck are you doing? This just looks like torture.

I know for a fact that that’s not Nyarlathotep because I’m pretty sure I’d have had people beating down my door to point it out already. Because crucifixion pose by itself? Common imagery. Tentacles? ...coincidence, probably. But if this had been Nyar puppeteering Maruki or something? I’m one step away from being Super Duper Valid. I already feel pretty valid anyway.

HELLO, Persona 3! Nice(?) to see an out of control persona again. I wonder how close her persona was to reverting to a shadow? Sumire feels like more of a “dungeon” sort of person. Since she’s suppressing something.

But...what was Maruki’s goal here? Beating us into submission? He’s just letting Sumire’s emotional torment go out of control; hell, he’s literally feeding into it with the Biyarkis. He’s using her to fight us, and that’s...disgusting, honestly. You want everyone to be happy, but you’re going to let her throw herself at us over and over? Really?

Why do I feel like all of this “I want you to understand, we can talk, you’ll see things my way”, all of this asking for consent, is bullshit? Does he really want us to see things his way? Or can he actually not alter our reality without consent?

Thank god for the cavalry because this battle was clearly impossible from the first round. I love that the other Thieves have no idea what the fuck is going on, but their leader is in danger so they’re gonna Fight.

I think there’s not. We don’t want to talk. Fuck off. And also stop swiping tropes I like. You’re not Rubicante; you’re not earning my respect by refusing to fight me when I’m tired.

Goro, I know you’re Done with everything, but that’s really not helping.

The Phantom Thieves are momentarily baffled, because it’s clear that we have to change Maruki’s heart, but they’re getting thrown off by the fact that he’s not “evil”. Yeah, he’s not. He has good intentions. But he’s doing bad things to accomplish those intentions. Doing bad things for good reasons is still bad.

...if he wasn’t like this... maybe it would be okay. If he could make everyone happy, erase their trauma, make the world better...without rewriting memories or being a brainwashing dictator... That might not be wrong. But he’s made it pretty clear that he’s on a power trip and doesn’t want dissent, which is no better than Yaldabaoth.

What we did to Futaba and what he’s doing are vastly different things.

...Morgana calls her “Lady Lavenza” and that’s really cute, actually. I’m realizing I portray Lavenza as more of a child than the game does, but I like both.

Oh so now we can press Morgana for what’s wrong. Learned from your prior mistakes, huh, ‘Kira? XD

.....I love her.

It’s extremely weird to have the whole squad interacting with the Velvet attendant and addressing her by name. That’s so strange in comparison to how it usually is. But these are strange times, and once again, it’s unnerving how much power Maruki has.

He’s strong enough that he’s suppressing the Velvet Room. That’s horrifying. I wonder if he knows they exist; I could see him considering them a threat to his ideal world. Normally I’d be sure that Igor and Lavenza could kick his ass if he tried anything, but... I genuinely don’t know anymore. Igor is still recovering from being imprisoned, and Lavenza is barely able to manifest to talk to us.

Meanwhile, Maruki is using a persona.

Normally I’d be fussed about him summoning in reality, but apparently reality is still half-fused with Mementos, which in the greater scope of Persona lore feels like something similar to what was happening in P1 and P2. The collective unconscious is very close to the surface. I’d be curious whether or not the kids could summon outside of the Palace with a bit of practice, but I’m sure the game won’t go into that.

...although, that doesn’t explain him being able to use his powers in reality before the beginning of the year. Mementos only started fusing with reality in December.

I’m looking directly at you, Atlus. You made a human villain stronger than what I imagined for the strongest persona-user?

......oh, Mona, I’ve got like 3 different notes documents for you to read about why that can be allowed. X’D

*cracks knuckles* Not to take Goro’s side, but...we already killed one god, didn’t we?

But...this is our fault, and we have to fix it. I don’t completely understand how Maruki granting the Thieves’ wishes transferred the belief of the masses to him, but... This can’t go on. If Mementos completely fuses, this becomes permanent, and there will be no way out. Time to go.

I really do appreciate that Goro was invited as one of the Phantom Thieves. And Ryuji asked for his input on whether we’re going after Maruki.

...you all said it. He’s one of you now. No take-backs.

#Li plays P5R #long post #these posts keep getting longer #so much is happening X'''DDD

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idontneednofuckinhug · 5 years

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My 2018 Top 15 albums of the year

2018 was a stupidly productive year in terms of music, the last time there was this much quantity and quality of great projects and artists was probably the early 2010s when a lot of the current crop of big names were only just making a name for themselves. As a wannabe music critic I figured I'd enjoy writing and sharing the albums I've enjoyed the most this year - when I started making the list I realized exactly how much dope projects there were this year and how hard would it be for me to rank anything outside of my top 5, as I knew that was my top 5 before I even started making the list, but everything else was a nightmare. A lot of great projects, from some notable artists at that, were left out and honestly people would probably throw shit at me for some of the inclusions in my list. It's a list with a lot of musical styles and with a mix of proven artists and artists only just starting to make a name for themselves. Without further ado, let's start this list - I'll keep it brief for every album, whilst still trying to give the exact reason why I loved it.

15. J. Cole - KOD Never in my life did I think I'd rate a J. Cole album as one of my favourites of the year, I always called him a corny, fake-woke nigga who I just couldn't enjoy, because of wack bars like "You can't outfart me". Well, I was proven wrong, this year the guy made a complete 180 in the rap industry and proved people like me wrong. The project included a lot of trap beats, something completely new for him and was kept very minimalistic in terms of lyrics, whilst still making a great point and making comments on social issues, especially on songs like ATM and Kevin's Heart, discussing the curse that is money and how hard it is to be faithful nowadays. Genre: Conscious trap/Conscious rap.

14. Kali Uchis - Isolation Although she's been around for a bit, Kali Uchis's music still sounds very raw and she's still trying to find her sound in my opinion - and that's what I love about her. Isolation isn't an album you can put a label on - from Spanish pop, to RnB, to neo soul and even some hip-hop and funk, this album has everything and it's beautiful. Kali shows off her sexiness, whilst at the same time she sings about still being young and unsure about where she's going in her life, and about some of the decisions she wished she didn't do. The album is beautiful from start to finish, and although there are some blips ( I honestly didn't like the song with Gorillaz too much), I absolutely loved the passion and energy in this project. Genre: Pop/Rap/Funk/Neo Soul/ RnB/ Folk?

13. Sylvan LaCue - Apologies in Advance Probably a bit forgotten by most people since it was released on the 12th of January and because Sylvan is still relatively underground, AA is a very deep and emotional project, complemented by very jazzy and mellow production. Sylvan made an amazing concept album, showcasing the emotions you'd feel in an AA(Anonymous Alcoholics meeting), even adding 12 interludes for each step you have to take in such a meeting. The album promotes opening up about your inner demons and self-love and honestly I can't get enough of it even a year later. Genre: Jazz rap

12. Sons of Kemet - Your Queen is a Reptile An album I only just found out about, but one of my favourite jazz projects of all time after listening to it tens of times in the last week. Sons of Kemet don't seem to wear any influences on this album and have a completely unique and avant-garde sound which reflects on the album as a whole. Some parts are very mellow and traditionally jazzy and out of nowhere the song just picks up speed and starts adding tradionally african sounds, creating the feeling that you're back in the 19th century, hearing the immigrants from Africa playing their instruments. Each song represents a strong black woman from history and the album has lyrics discussing black plight. Genre: Avant-garde jazz/ Experimental jazz

11. Earl Sweatshirt - Some Rap Songs It's been a really hard year for Earl. His dad died and he never managed to amend their relationship, which was the original plan for SRS. I was very used to the typical Earl sound from the early to mid 2010s, mellow beats with very dark lyrics, with him changing flows up and making the english language his bitch. Nope. This album showcased a completely new Earl, with beats you'd never think he'd use but when you listen to him, you still know it's Earl with his crazy rhyme patterns and disgusting wordplay. The album feels like an acid trip from start to finish and my favourite Odd Future member manages to open up about his inner demons once again, and once again doing it amazingly. Genre: Hip-hop

10. KIDS SEE GHOSTS - Kids see Ghosts Out of nowhere, Kanye and Kid Cudi dropped a collab project, part of Kanye's five-drop in May and June. I wasn't expecting much as Cudi had disappointed me with his last few projects and I didn't really feel Kanye's "ye" too much. I was wrong. This album was amazing. Two people struggling with mental illness and loving themselves came out with an album with a completely new concept to both of them, discussing self love and redeeming yourself, finding what you love again. The album has this inspired production, which sounds like nothing I've ever heard, best described as psychedelic hip-hop or even rock. Although only 10th on my list, you need to listen to this album, because it's absolutely remarkable. Genre: Psychedelic Hip-hop/ Psychedelic rock?

9. Playboi Carti - Die Lit A lesson in minimalism. People have been biting Carti's style the last couple of years, whilst at the same time he's been getting a lot of crap for his lack of lyricism and the simplicity in his music. Instead of listening to all of the haters, Playboi Carti came out with a project which I'd say nearly perfects his style and what he's so good at - he lets the production and beats shine, having very minimalist lyrics and employing a vibe and energy no other trapper could create. He also mocks the people hating on him on the album with lyrics such as "Bought my mom a house of that mumblin' shit", reminding everyone where he's exactly at. Genre: Trap

8. Rico Nasty - Nasty I swear people forgot about Rico Nasty this year, although she released one of the most energetic and aggressive trap projects and honestly, bodying anything Nicki or Cardi dropped, quality wise atleast. She completely embraces her "different" persona on this album, having songs titles like "Bitch I'm Nasty" and having lyrics such as "Goodness gracious, I might give a fuck on some occasion". The album is full of this angry energy, making you want to go and break a door, whilst at the same time having witty and even humorous lyrics which keep your attention. Keep an eye on this one. Genre: Trap

7. Anderson .Paak - Oxnard Honestly, not as good as Malibu or Venice for me, but considering how high it is in my list, I think you can figure out exactly how great Andy is. This album really rejuvenates the spirit of funky and soulful hip-hop, with Paak keeping his carefree persona. It's full of groovy energy which makes you want to just dance and let go, whilst at the same time having some very funny skits and powerful and even aggressive moments. Whilst in his previous projects he had a very laid-back vibe, in this one Anderson .Paak shows us he's made it, and pretty much throws the funk and blues in your face, making for a very energetic, but relaxing listen. Genre: Hip-hop/Jazz rap/RnB/Funk/Soul

6. SABA - CARE FOR ME A very emotional and deep project, the Chicago rapper finally got the attention he deserved with his 2nd album. The album is very detailed and melancholic, in it SABA discussing issues he has with himself, the lack of love he feels he receives and the need of warmth and someone beside him. The album has beautiful singy-song moments, including a song with BJ the Chicago kid, but whilst pretty, these moments are also very dark and disturbing, as SABA often slurs his speech in them. He also discusses some of his childhood memories on the project, showcasing the hardships of growing up in a city like Chicago and the roots of some of his deep trauma. Genre: Jazz rap/ Neo soul

5. Denzel Curry - TABOO/TA1300 Dark. Angry. Powerful. Beautiful. Scary. This album has everything. The rapper split the album into three parts, which although a very new concept, proved to be a genius one. The light part of the album, which he starts it off with, shows him working on his happiness and showing everyone that his life is good and he's achieving his dreams. The second part of the album, Grey, showcases him reflecting objectively on the people hating on him, the hardships and successes of his life and the reality of the industry. The album ends with the Dark part, in which Denzel shows all of his anger, metaphorically shouting at the listener about his drug issues, about the people trying to tell him what to do and wanting to even go as far as murder. Genre: Trap/Hip-hop

4. Jpegmafia - Veteran Daaaaamn Peggy. The nigga who gives no fucks about anyone's feelings got it right. Already receiving some attention for absurd songs like "I killed a cop, now I'm Horny" and "I'd vote 4 Dona Trump", Jpegmafia made an experimental hip-hop album, consisting of raw energy and aggresiveness in some parts, and mellow and thoughtful production in others. The album has absurd samples like ODB screaming, WWE's Edge's soundtrack and guns reloading. Peggy raps about topics from wanting a nigga to test him, wanting to hear Yes Julz moan, addressing the people telling him he sold out and and even saying he doesn't care that Neogaf is dead. It's a genius work of art exploring the twisted depths of an army veteran's mind. Genre: Experimental hip-hop

3. Noname - Room 25 One of the softest and most soulful hip-hop albums of recent times, Noname once again proves how genius her lyrics can be, whilst keeping a jazzy vibe. The album is full of small details, from the proudction to the poet's lines telling the story of her life, from the beautiful to the ugly. Although at some points you can call her rapping rambling, she does so in a very soft and feminine way, reeling you in to actually want to hear more of her story, instead of being annoyed she isn't stopping. Full of relaxing and mesmerizing hooks, this album really reminds of the good old-school jazz vibe, mixed with genius storytelling and lyrics and keeping a fresh and new vibe to it, very much reminding me of A Tribe Called Quest in some regards. Genre: Neo Soul/ Jazz-rap

2. Armand Hammer - Paraffin Honestly this was my album of the year until the last few weeks, when a certain other person decided to finally drop his project. Billy Woods and Elucid once again go into the dephts of being a working-class rapper, with very hard hitting production, which although minimalistic, projects a very scary and even tiring vibe a some points, portraying what it's like to live life in a regular way. Full meaningful lyrics, and having some some very memorable hooks like "You don't work, you don't eat", Paraffin is an artistic expression of how hard it is to be an artist, whilst being unable to make enough money off of your art. Genre: Experimental hip hop

My honorable mentions, which sadly didn't make the list but were amazing projects still: Jorja Smith - Lost & Found; Pusha T - Daytona; Amine - ONEPOINTFIVE; Hermit and the Recluse - Orpheus vs the Sirens; Rae Sremmund - SR3MM; Rejjie Snow - Dear Annie; Sheck Wes - MUDBOY

1. JID - DiCaprio 2 I've known JID was next up for a year and a half now. He proved it in his last album, he proved it in the XXL Freshman class and he proved it with DiCaprio 2. Having the swagger and a nasally voice of a young K-dot, whilst having his own style, an absurd ability to switch up and create flows on the go, wordplay and lyricism which could rival even Ab-Soul and one-liners that stick like glue, JID released arguably the best project this year, hitting a mark as much as projects like Section.80 for me personally. Full of amazing production, from aggressive and trappy beats, to boom-bap, to jazzy rap and even having moments in which he sings. The Atlanta rapper comletely murders every beat, outraps every feature, including guys like Joey Bada$$, J. Cole, Method Man and 6LACK and makes 2018 his own with a project which in my opinion, will age like fine wine and will be remembered as the moment a modern legend was born. Genre: Jazz-rap/Conscious rap/ Hip-hop

#rap #hiphop #jazzrap #soul #rnb #jazz #music #review #opinion #album of the year

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mysticdragon3md3 · 3 years

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JJK ep6-13

My reactions while watching Jujutsu Kaisen ep 6-13. Please ignore my idiocy. This is more for my own fandom memories. . . .

6:49 PM 12/20/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep6

Haaaaaahhhhh~ Crunchyroll crashed at the beginning of the first commercial break. Now I remmeber. I decided to stop watching thru Firestick and reconnect my laptop to my Tv.

6:53 PM 12/20/2020

Let's try this again.

I forgot how great this animation was in this series. I should have paid attention to studio MAPPA before Yuri on Ice.

"rotten mikan"?

7:18 PM 12/20/2020

The great thing about watching on my laptop instead of Amazon Firestick, is that I can rewind and pause when I need to get food, and I don't have to worry about the Firestick crashing Crunchyroll. ;u;

Oh now...Fushiguro is talking to that guys' mom... ;o;

Y'know, everyone keeps describing Fushiguro as "cold", but he's REALLY nice. A LOT.

Wait. She doesn' thave a PE uniform?

Oh, that's cool. The other freshmen need someone good at close combat, and Yuuji is good at it.

Oh no...! SUNSHINE SMILE!!!! MY HEART...!!!!!!!!!!!!! GODDAMNIT!...

"I couldn't save anyone...I want to become strong." Endearing shonen protags!!!! ;U;!!!!!!

This paper silhouette of Yuuji is hilarious. Which is really odd, becasue just the other week, I was complaining and complaining about how KNY's drawn-out humor got on my nerves. Yet this joke has been going on for a while, and it wasn't annoying. O_o?

Wow. So many references! ^O^ Spirit Gun, Bankai, Rasengan,...LOL

Gojou-sensei says he's not suited to being a teacher, but he's good at being encouraging and focusing students on what they need to study.

"Negative emotions are the source of Cursed Energy." Well, nice to get confirmation on that other episode's implied world-building.

I really like so far how this movie-watching training is about practical, mundane emotional control. I always liked magic systems that alluded to real life emotional experience, and just added some "supernatural", but kept the way emotions work in reality.

Also, I like how often Yuuji does something foolish or silly, and Gojou not only goes along with it, but often also agrees. In so many other past series, it would be an excuse to chastise the silly protagonist for some "comedy". You know the routine. They go back and forth arguing...One gets insulted or angry at the other's lack of sympathy, the other either gets angry that they're getting yelled at for the other's incompetence, or they're stoically dismissive and then the protag gets insulted at that lack of respect, or the protag tries to justify their foolish actions as reasonable, then the other character argues with them about that,...blah blah blah. Gojo getting along so well with Yuuji is so incredibly refreshing, you don't understand.

7:44 PM 12/20/2020

I'll save ep7 for later. Watching anime takes so much effort when I keep wanting to write reactions AND eat at the same time I'm reading subtitles. Maybe if my eyes were as fast as they used to be...Ah well. . . . 10:28 PM 12/20/2020

JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 7 – Assault

I thought this guy got warned not to fight Gojou head-on? No, wait. It was just to seal him vs killing him. Is he ready to seal Gojou?

Gojou's asking this guy to hold up his hand, while he's drawn all cartoony... This series' humor---! LOL ^O^

That is CLEARLY LOTR... How is this series getting away so many references! lol

Gojou is really consideratee, compared to a lot of past mentor characters. I always appreciate compassionate characters. ^-^ If this series keeps slipping these traits into most of it's characters, I'm going to really love this series even more than I already am starting to. ^^;

"New Humanity"? Is that what Curses think they are? Talking like it's superior? But if they're made up of primarily or only negative emotions/energies/Curses, then they have a limited spiritual/experiential range. That's stagnancy and evolutionarily inferior. This series is more and more sounding like my Personal Myth's magic system. lol And if they start talking about Domains cancelling each other out by one overtaking the same space with its own energy density...Well, this series may be more in sync with my type of thinking than I realized. ^^;

He can still interrogat Jougo after decapitating him? Did they establish that Curses can still function a little after being torn up? Or am I remembering Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba instead?

Well, I guess that guy is a former student.

Flower attack and they're both cartoony again. LOL This freaking show and it's humor blended into the tense scenes! ^O^ ...WAit a sec. How the hell did MAPPA find a director that could so seamlessly blend all that?! ...Well, it's anime and anime ahs been doing that blending of tones for years, so why is this so surprising to me? I guess the contrast is a lot more stark. And yet, it's not jarring AT ALL! O.O!

I like that the attack spell was to take away their will to fight. Usually, I've only seen that concept with humor instead of a peaceful setting. It's interesting.

Suddenly it's classroom ettiquite. These dorks!!!!!!! ^O^ I love them so much already! LOL

Halloween? Are they going to explain why sealing Gojou on Halloween is advantageous? I love Halloween mythology.

Wow, this omake has a LOT of animation! O.o . . .

3:43 AM 12/22/2020

JUJUTSU KAISEN Episode 8 – Boredom

I skipped watching this earlier because I thougth I coudlnt' eat and write reactions simultaneously. But that just made me not watch anime all day. ;_; So I'm going to eat while I watch again.

Odd they're going for a tournament arc when I thought fans were getting tired of it. But I guess it's only some anime critics.

Even stranger that fellow students are being set up as antagonists, when there's already such a strong threat established outside of their comrades. But I guess it's to futher establish the "higher ups" are corrupt and more of a problem than Curses.

Okkotsu's place? Was that the person Fushiguro implied died with him on a mission but wasn't in the same year?

I guess not.

"Boring tastes in women"???? What if someone says they like a feature and in Aoi's opinion that's a "boring" trait but in that person's opinion, it's a great trait? I can't believe this guy recognnizes it's ok to like guys instead---he'll understand someone else's differing opinion on that level, but not in how subjective a trait can be valued. -.-; Well, "ridiculous character introduction" achieved.

"Unshakable character" is a good answer.

See? What'd I tell you. Subjective perception.

I'm starting to like Nobara. She deciphered Maki's weakness already an just started insulted it. lol Not even bothering for a physical attack.

"I panda. I no understand human speech." lol

Interesting how Renin makes sure to insult both herself and her sister instead of just insulting her sister.

Is it weird I like Nobara even more because she's seriously choking Maki? Naw. Must be my pet peeve against bullies making me really want to see Maki suffer.

Liking Nobara more, seeing how calmly she takes these new antagonists.

4:04 AM 12/22/2020

Crunchyroll is buffering. ugh. I hope it doesn't crash. I'm watching thru my laptop and everything, so it shouldn't crash like the Amazon Firestick. ;o;

4:14 AM 12/22/2020

Ok. Looks like Crunchyroll froze. Finsihed an entire YouTube vid, waiting. I'm going to reset the episode then. ~_~;

4:15 AM 12/22/2020

Oh wait. It's working. ---No, wait. Buffering again. Ugh. It's so hard to watch this series! Lucky I like it more than Demon Slayer KNY. Makes watching worth the buffering/crashing. But Yuuji hasn't been in this ep so far, and it's trying my patience without him.

4:17 AM 12/22/2020

omg. It unbuffered for only one second. o__o;;;;;;;

4:19 AM 12/22/2020

Refreshing the page.

There's stil buffering, even after reloading the ep. Ugh. I'm tired of this. I can try to watch this ep later. I'm going to watch YouTube.

5:28 AM 12/22/2020

I kinda miss my other fandoms. Persona 5, FE3H,...Much simpler, or rather relationships between characters felt less vitriolic, even when they disagreed. Even Akechi got dealt with and eventually taken off screen permamently. I didn't have to spend (much) time with characters I hated. At least those series didn't have bullies. Bullies reallly tick me off. Which again, is weird pet peeve for me to have since I've never been bullied before. But certainly makes sense in terms of my depression. How can people go out of their way to make life miserable for others, when life is already miserable on it's own? I can't forgive that Malice.

These so-called classmates from the Kyoto school don't even know what True Strength is, if they're wasting their time bullying their underclassman or any comrades in general, instead of focusing on fighting Curses. No wonder the number of Curse-related deaths is so high.

Ugh. I need to get past this episode soon, before I get soured on this series and drop it, despite its excellent protagonist, like HeroAca. There are enough horrible things/people in real life. Why would I put up with fictional people who aren't a joy to be around, in any way? . . .

8:41 AM 12/23/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep8

AND CRUNCHYROLL JUST CRASHED AGAIN! LOL

I was just trying to re-watch ep8, even that first half that I didn't like, and Firestick crashed again. I thought it'd be ok since it was the first thing I had the Firestick do this morning, but dang.

Anyway, I just wanted to reiterate my annoyance with Todou Aoi. Just because he thinks "tall" and "big ass" are interesting traits and that "taste in women" supposedly reflects an interesting person, doesn't mean those are objective assessments of those traits. There are no objective assessments of sexually appealing triats! A trait that could be "boring" to Todou could mean everything interesting to someone else! What a jerk. If he wants to fight so badly, he should stop hiding behind excuses and come out and fight. Idiot.

And the worst thing is that ridiculous antagonist characters like this are probably going to turn out to be really buddy buddy with a "silly protag" like Yuuji. Goddamnit. ~_~;;;; . . . 12/25/2020 ..During breakfast, once again tried to finish Jujutsu Kaisen ep8, but Crunchyroll crashed again on Amazon Firestick. The other day, Crunchyroll crashed on my laptop too, so I didn't have much hope for watching thru my laptop, which is why I bothered watching thru the Firestick/TV in the first place. It crashed only after the first few minutes; not even reaching the mid-episode commercial break. ..Got fed up an watched Jujutsu Kaisen ep8 on YouTube, but it was an edited version that skipped every few seconds. . . . 11:45 AM 12/26/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep8

During breakfast today, I completely gave up on trying to watch on Crunchyroll. It's crashed on me too many times on Amazon Firestick/TV and too many times on my laptop. So I just straight up went for the YouTube bootlegs. I didn't even try this time. Because I've tried to watch this episode 8 at least 5 times by now, and I'd like to finish it before Nendoroid Fushiguro's preorder window closes, so I can decide if I should preorder him or not! How many times do I have to watch this first half of ep8?!?! And it's full of bullies, no less! Bullies are my pet peeve! I've dropped frickin BNHA because of just ONE reoccurring bully character, and the first half of JJK ep 8 has TWO. So no, I don't want to keep watching the fist half of JJK ep8 over and over and over again!

Miwa was cute and the gag about her being a Gojou fangirl was funny.

But it made me stop and wonder why this episode had 2 fanboys/fangirls: Todou Aoi and Miwa. What are they trying to say? Since the traditionalist Kyoto school leader was visiting, is it a statement against blindly following something?

Another thing discussed in this episode that struck me was the very non-traditionalist, antagonistic towards "the olds" way that Gojou spoke. It clashed against a lot of the popular Shonen series lately that have background messages about "working hard", "simply accepting things", unquestioning,...and something else I can't quite rmember. One Punch Man, Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, and maybe even Boku no Hero Academia I'll have to watch the 2nd half of this ep again to solidify this thought. But I did notice something in this episode that made Jujutsu Kaisen seem more counter-culture than a lot of the other popular Shonen series I've seen in recent years.

Also, what's up with that one month future time skip, only to go back to the present to return to Miwa getting her photo with Gojou? What? What was wrong with just showing the sequences chronologically? The curiosity is going to drive me nuts if I dont' stop thinking about it. lol

I also really liked Nobara's cute head lean onto Zenin Maki when she realized how much she respected her. I'm sorry, but I'm always weak for kuudere girls unconsciously making all the other girls fall for them. ^.~ . . . 1:59 PM 12/27/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep9

I"m not going to type so many reactions, until maybe after the ep is over, because I'm going to focus on eating instead. Hopefully, I'll remember all the points I reacted to.

2:29 PM 12/27/2020

Episode over. Let's see what I remember.

I liked how in depth it portrayed how real life emotions and grudges can fester until they become these supernatural curses. That first part of the ep, just about Yoshino's supressed anger, getting bullied, feeling harassed, etc. got a whole lot more screentime than most other demon-hunter or yokai series. (Maybe it's just because he's going to become a kind of major character, seeing as he gets to be in the opening theme sequence.) Usually that type of emotional backstory to explain supernatural phenomenon, does get a poignant exposition, but even though it's effective, it's often pretty quick. (Though, I am referring to the more frequent one-shot characters of each supernatural escapade.) Especially in action demon-hunter series, like Ushio & Tora. Still emotionally effective, but very short screentime. But this guy, Yoshino's bullying scene goes on, intercuts with daily slights, for that chaotic feeling of compiling grudges everyday, and then he gets onscreen monologues of his specific thoughts while getting beat up. It's all very viceral and I apprecate that. I mentioned before how I like that Jujutsu Kaisen seems to portray real emotions to explain its magic system, instead of just making up a fake mystical power source. I mean, I'm usually fine with that type of purely imaginary magic system that has only vague explainations (in real life emotions), but JJK feels like it more directly translates grudges into Curses/magic and that feels interestingly refreshing.

This scene with Yuuji and Gojou introducing Nanami was so funny, I was instantly laughing out loud, several times. I'm so glad I ended up preordering Gojou's Nendoroid and not just Yuuji's. lol

I love how whenever Nanami says he doesn't care, the direction returns to the exact same angle, frame, etc. Really makes the joke hit each time. LOL

But again, like I was writing earlier about my growing suspicion that a lot of current popular Shonen series seem to fetishize hard work (without considering people disadvantaged by the same systems) and even sometimes outright parodying people who expect hand-outs (like One Punch Man)---(though I will append that BNHA does have a character like Shinso that demonstrates how the system is stacked vs people no matter how hard they could work)---It may be just my misunderstanding, but I feel like JJK seems to criticize the system, in contrast. I suspect JJK may be more counter-culture than other popular Shonen series right now. While checking out other current series like OPM, Demon Slayers KNY, and BNHA, I often run into a moment that makes me uneasy in how eagerly a protagonist throws themselves into accepting the abuses of a system, instead of criticizing the system, and how "heroic" that unquestioning or submissiveness is portrayed. In contrast, Gojou straight-up explained he doesn't believe in the Jujutsu community's current authority systems. But now we also have Nanami here pointing out that no matter which system you submit yourself to (whether Jujutsu sorcery or office work), it doesn't matter. Nothing matters...towards happiness or fulfillment, anyway. Therefore, he explicitly says that he doesn't put excess effort into anything. But at the same time, he states that he agrees with Gojou about the current system of Jujutsu authority to be wrong. I'm sure there was a time when themes of fetishizing hard work, without question, worked for me, but I've gotten too old and seen how the system is stacked against people even when they work hard, and how blind followers of the system fetishize "hard work" as an excuse to not show compassion towards others. It seems especially important in recent years.

I liked that Nanami mentioned that explaining your technique can actually make it stronger. It's an idea I liked to play with but didn't used much until Persona 5. The idea that the reality people build in their heads can be influenced by external forces. It's why in Kingdom Hearts II, just thinking about Maleficent, remembering her, resurrected her. Everyone's thoughts about her, together combined, adding energy for whatever traces of her to finish manifesting. It's like how some entities come into existence, simply by enough people sharing the same thought or pouring energies into the same beliefs/images. Some yokai series use this idea to explain why some entities manifest out of prevaent thoughts/emotions that happen in the same place or centered around a specific object. It's nice to see JJK also use this idea in both to explain Curses that manifest out of fears people have had for centuries about the mountains/forests/ocean, and also to reinforce a magic attack. Because seeing this technique used in a magic system for the purposes of combat, and not just exposition to explain an entity, doesn't appear often. (Until Persona 5).

Oh, and I REALLY LOVE the art style/animation on Yuuji's Divergent Fist. *U*!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Interesting that they're starting to alreay discuss the concept of humans turning into Curses. But I guess it's more a display of "some villain's horrifying technique", than the climactic change that a lot of other series use this trope for. ...I love this trope, by the way. Just villainizing antagonists as "monsters" always feels flimsy to me, so I like plot reveals about "the random enemies you've been fighting all this time are actually human victims transformed into monsters". Madoka Magica, Claymore, Kamen Rider Heisei phase 2, Bleach, Demon Slayer Kimetsu no Yaiba, etc. But most of all, I love how this trope forces protagonists to use more empathy, since my favorite ideal is "Compassion as the ultimate True Strength".

That omake---! LOL I really thought this was a flashback about Gojou asking Nanami to help with Yuuji, like he mentioned during the episode. But it turned out to just be a penis joke! LOL!!!!!!!!!! I laughed out loud, "WHAT?!" . . . 2:26 AM 12/28/2020

Jujutsu Kaisen ep10

Isn't Yuuji going to be sent to infiltrate Yoshino's school. I hope he can protect them.

This poor kid Yoshino. Never been validated before. He has to hear that it's ok for him to go vs his ideal of Indifference by hating people.

The body came before the soul. On this planet, anyway. And at the very beginning. Of course now, there's been so much history and accumulation and entities evovled on Earth that there can be entities that begin as souls first and maybe they stay that way or maybe they get souls. But I think you'd have to go to a whole other star system to find a species that was first on their "planet" that evolved as energy/souls first. But I'd think most of those species actually started in nebulae than planets. ..Unelss we're talking about gaseous planets.

omg I can't believe Yuuji pants'ed that teacher. It's true that dragging Yoshino along with him woudl've been more expected. I'm glad the writing called that out.

Can Yuuji see negative energy on people better now? Can he see how much Yoshino hates that teacher? Or was he just reading his expression?

Interesting that Mahito is distinguishing between protecting the body vs protecting the soul and reinforcing this idea about needing to be aware of one's own soul in order to protect it.

Aw. Episode over already? ;o; This series is good, but I am trying to catch up, since there are spoilers for this series all over social media and I already ran into a few of them.

What the hell is this omake. Why is Nobara's uniform being worn by Panda and Inumaki...And Gojou---Actually Gojo makes sense. I get the feeling he'll do anything for a laugh sometimes. lol . . . 8:38 PM 2/19/2021

Jujutsu Kaisen ep11

Started Jujutsu Kaisen ep11 around 8:10pm.

8:41 PM 2/19/2021 Just finished. Hm. 2 sets of previews. I wonder why.

I finally managed to watch anime again. ;_; For many years now, I've had this problem where I can't get myself to watch anime, becaus eI know it's so good and I know it'll be totally engrossing and distracting, that I get preemptively guilty for being so unproductive. I mean, a lot of times, I can't even multitask _eating_ during anime, because I can't read subtitles as fast as I used to. So I haven't really watche anime on a regular basis in a long time. Even though I know I love it. I guess this is why a lot of my recent fandoms have been videogames instead of anime series. which I guess doesn't make sense, considering games take as much or more time than watching a series. Anxiety is wierd.) There's the inability to multitask, there's pausing every few minutes to write reactions, there's the inevitable daydreaming I have whenever I watch something that's SOOO good that it demands my mental interaction, and if I manage to not write while watching, then there's writing reactions after the episode. watching anime just takes a lot of time out of me. I wish I wasn't afraid of that. Because I'll lose time, wasted on YouTube instead, and a lot of that is just "empty calories" compared to anime watching. Anyway, I finally managed to watch anime without sitting at my computer, pausing to write reactions at every few minutes. Finally! I was searching for a YouTube vid to watch, and everything I clicked was so uninteresting, that I ask myself, "why arn't I watching anime?" If I wanted something interesting, then go watch anime!"

Since I'm writing my reactions AFTER watching the episode and I have a very bad memory in general, these are by no means all my reactions:

Sometimes I get confused when Mahito's dialogue slips in some kind of exposition thing about how the magic system in this series works. Like, a soul's connection to its vessel, effecting the shape of a body. Yeah, that makes sense, but then he also talks about the reverse not being true---and I'm like, "No, both have to be true, otherwise it doesn't make sense. I watched FF7AC; there was logic behin Kadaj not being able to house Sephiroth until his body changed to be able to fit Sephiroth. But psychosomatic effect is a thing that exists in the real world." Much more than Mahito torturing/experimenting on random people, I was more perplexed by him not recogizing the body/spirit connection not going both ways. Or like in this episode, when he explained something about his surprise that he really could do something with the shape of his soul. Didn't he already know he could do that? But then later in this episode Nanami's internal monologue explained that Mahito must be a new entity and is essentially just a kid playing around, still trying to figure their powers out. Makes sense.

Not that I don't understand this magic system, but there seems to be a funamental work around on its restrictions. Like, Curses/negative energies can't be the only strong magics in a magic system that translates emotions into energy/magic. Series after series, we see magic based on negative emotions as being outclassed by magic based on positive emotions. I keep expecting that to be the big twist in Jujutsu Kaisen. Because a magic system based solely on negative emotions seems strangely restricted.

Yuuji continues to prove himself to be really sweet an IMMEDIATELY smile-inducing. It was really nice to see him getting along so fast with Junpei Yoshino.

I was worried about Yoshino and his mom being on bad terms, because of all his repressed anger asides. I was afraid that maybe she used to abuse him with cigarettes and maybe that was why he had made her promise not to smoke around him. I can't believe I had _completely forgotten_ that the bullies burned Yoshino's face with cigarettes. So I was relieved when Yoshino admitted to Yuuji that his mom was nice. Too bad she immediately was murdered. I feel like Mahito did it; just another experiment. In the flashback, it was really surprising to see a Japanese mom being ok that Yoshino take time away from school for his mental health, and being so supportive about it. This manga-ka sure knows how to portray characters as uickly endearing (except Nobara).

I liked that Yuuji's explaination for his reluctance to kill felt a little more nuanced that the usual answers I hear protagonists give to that uestion. The line (Yoshino) repeated from Yuuji's monologue was about "being afraid of killing tainting one's soul". But I preferred how Yuuji explained it before that line. Something about the temptation of having killing as an option in your arsenal, until it becomes too commonplace, and you lose a sense of taking lives as having any meaning, also losing the sense that lives have value (in preserving or appreciating).

9:56 PM 2/19/2021

well, that's all I remember so far. . . .

5:45 PM 2/21/2021

Jujutsu Kaisen ep12

6:12 PM 2/21/2021

So the good news is that I actually got myself to watch anime while eating---guilty about distracted unproductivity be damned. The bad news is that the episode was so good that I stopped eating. Thsi is my first meal of the day so I really do need to eat. But I"m not the type of person who can eat popcorn while watching movies. when I watch something, I give it my full attention. I don't eat while I'm concentrating.

Ok. I guess I should say something about how odd this omake is. o.o? Usually you'd have a chibi cameo of a known character. But I guess we're just getting metaphor instead...or just nonsense. ^.^;

Since I avoided sitting at my computer while watching, I'll have to retroactively write reactions again.

i really loved that this series just had our protagonist TALK to the antagonist, get junpei's story, his reasons for attacking the school, sympathize with him, solve the conflict by promising to help him. Any other past Shonen series would have had them just fight and then later, after the protag kills the antagonist, he'll learn the "tragic truth" and then carry that regret into his next battles. I'm glad thee genre is evolving past that. Not that I don't like that old style---hell, I love that vanilla Persona 5 killed Akechi, instead of redeeming him like P5R---but it's nice to have a variety in the genre. And Yuuji has proven himself to be a highly sympathetic personality, and curbing genre tropes to accomodate his best qality is really nice. ;u; in fact, a lot of the top series in modern Shonen have highly empathetic, visibly emotional, and vulnerable protagonists: Demon Slayer Kimetsu No Yaiba's Tanjiro, Boq no Hero Academia's Midoriya, and now Jujutsu Kaisen's Yuuji Itadori.

I had been considering for a while the idea that people in this series' would coul be turning other people into Curses on purpose. not just the soul-shape transfigurations that Mahito is doing. I mean like, manipulating people to be so full of negative emotios that they become a Curse. Like, is that how Suqna became a Curse? It's interesting to see this episode kind of foreshadow that idea through Mahito's monologues explaining his manipulations of Junpei.

I'll admit it. As a Kingdom Hearts fan, when Junpei was repeating what Mahito taught him about hearts not really existing, all I could think of was Xehanort lying about that to Organization XIII, in order to manipulate them. ^.^;

I will say it's really wierd to watch this series act like being able to influence others' souls and being aware of one's soul energy, is a novelty or a rare high level skill...after watching so many series in my life, where that was basic. Like, in Claymore, that's pretty much HALF of what they do! There's even a warrior Galatea who is DEFINED by manipulating other's energies. And I don't mean Jujutsu Kaisen has a bad magic system. it's really exciting that it's kneecapped its protagonists so much so the audience can anticipate how far they're ascend. Instituting harsh level, restricting magic system rules, to establish the characters' growth throughout tackling the conflicts of the series' battles, is something I'd wish videogame seqels would do instead of just taking away the protagonists powers. Don't make the protag start at zero just to give them an up to go to! Make the system/environment more difficult, to match their increasing power level! So I'm not frustrated at Jujutsu Kaisen doing this. But it is strange when your brain is buzzing with, "well, why don't they just do this?" after having watche so many other series' solutions to similar conflicts. Like, if this was Claymore, any warrior with enough training woul have been able to sync up with Junpei's soul energy and reform him into his body's original shape. So it feels very odd to be in the POV of a protagonist like Yuuji who doesn't even realize that's a thing that's possible, or at least seems possible within this world's rules. I mean, Mahito is doing it. But Yuuji is still a novice student, so he gets a pass; he doesn't become a frustrating protag to follow. But this series does give the impression that Mahito's ability to transfigure people's souls/bodies is like a power specific to him. I wonder if his character is just establishing this techniqe into this world's magic system or if it really is just Mahito. Because so far, it feels like only Mahito. Only time will tell if Mahito was just an establishing point for this function of this magic system.

Also, Yuuji, don't rely on that jerk, Sukuna. lol . . . 6:24 PM 3/29/2021

Jujutsu Kaisen ep13

Let's see if Crunchyroll will finally let me watch this series. Well, it's not crashing atthe first commercial before the episdoe starts. That's a good sign.

6:32 PM 3/29/2021

Well, look at that. Crunchyroll didn't crash at the 2nd commercial break, right before the opening theme.

6:39 PM 3/29/2021

LOL Yuuji totally just punched through that Domain? LOL!

Whatever potential Fushiguro has that Sukuna is interested in, the story is certainly setting this up this foreshadowing early.

It's really has been a while since I watched this series. I can't remember where Yuuji got those holes in his back.

Love these little resolution talks after a big fight in a story. Impressed that Nanami sidestepped actually answering the philosophy of Yuuji's question and just commented that Yuuji saved him and can save others. It's that type of good writing I can't do, that always makes my writing get bogged down. Like in Kingdom Hearts II when Xehanort was asking all these philosophical questions and Riku got caught up in answering them, but Sora had the wisdom to see that the whole line of questioning was faulty or a distraction to begin with.

Playing a vocal song during the last scene? Makes it feel like a season finale. Well, it is ep13, so I guess it's a halfway mark for the season.

6:52 PM 3/29/2021

I'd had to stop watching when Crunchyroll is actually working well for me right now. But I've got other stuff to do. ;o;

Ha! You were going to skip the previews! I forgot this series has an omake segment after the ending theme!

So if Yuuji taught Fushiguro to make meatball...Oh yeah, they think he's dead.

6:55 PM 3/29/2021

How odd. Crunchyroll automatically brought me back to teh episode selection screen intead of autoplaying to ep14. I appreciate it. But I wonder why that happened. Is it part of Crunchyroll crashing and glitching on me all the time? Or did they change their UI?

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