It has been a while since I watched it so I’m not really sure how well it holds up but I remember 91 Days being pretty dope. It’s a mafia story about MC infiltrating a group responsible for the death of his family, set during the prohibition era in the US. It’s a short watch (12 episodes or so) too.

I’m going to need it. I’ve been on a break for a while and even thinking about going back to corporate environment drains any and all motivation to apply for anything. At least recruitment process isn’t as convoluted in my case…

It’s a lovely slice-of-life series in general. Really comfy too.

I’ve been pretty busy with job hunting lately so I can’t focus on reading as much as I’d like but I managed to catch up with The Moon on a Rainy Night and the new chapter of Berserk so that’s something. Not like my usual series update at the moment anyway… (｡•́︿•̀｡)

Rockstar showed their thoughts on IV clearly in GTAV, I don’t think you have to worry about it anymore.

I currently doing a playthrough funnily enough, didn’t realize it was so close to an anniversary.

I’ve been spending more time exploring and doing side activities this time around, just driving around and taking photos. It ended up being quite a surprising experience. I was surprised with how easy the game is, how fast the story moves or how empty some parts of the world are (makes sense considering when it released). Taking the world in a more touristy way was an interesting change compared to how I experienced those games before. It’s also a way of playing I’ve been trying to move towards more and more recently (doing the same with Cyberpunk as well).

I still think it’s a great game but IV and, to lesser extent, Vice City are probably my favorites as far as mainline games are concerned. IV especially as it had a nice grounded approach to gameplay with weighty movement, interactions and driving, as well as the story - it sucks most people hated this as GTAV ended up being a rather mid experience for me.

We can only hope this won’t become a regular thing for now, I guess.

On one hand it’s a decent way to show how Rinne changed since we first met her, on the other, this is the third character with an “unusual” health problem in a pretty small cast. While it’s not impossible, additions like this can easily lead to the character composition issue where suddenly all (or most) of the group are special/unique/whatever to a point where suspension of disbelief can be difficult (at least for me). Fiction has to make more sense and feel more “logical” than real life after all.

I’m curious how this goes.

That’s good to hear. I don’t expect it to go all grimdark all of a sudden, mostly just reacting to some familiar tones and where they might go - doesn’t make me any less interested in continuing though.

I didn’t spend much time reading last week but I would like to thank @[email protected] for mentioning The Moon on a Rainy Night in the last thread. While I’m not yet finished with all the currently available chapters, it has been a pretty engaging read so far and I can definitely see what you meant when describing it. It ventures into a very familiar territory and I kind of dread of what may or may not await me in the near future but I’ll keep going regardless - I’m too invested to bail now.

A’ight, I read through a few chapters and it was pretty fun so far. We’ll see how I feel when it gets more serious but I’m hooked.

You piqued my interest. While my situation is a bit different than yours, these feelings sound pretty familiar, though I’m not sure if reading this will make me feel better or worse… Imma just drop it on the backlog pile for now and worry about that later.

I took it as part of the curse, Mary coming to get her so to speak. On the other hand, heh, there’s something that looks like a box of crayons/paints on the table so that’s a possibility. I’m still leaning towards the first option though (handprints aren’t there in the beginning and disappear at the end).

YEYEYEEEEEEEEEEE!

I’m sure there’s plenty of folks willing to pick up a priest on such journey. Why does he show up now though? Is Gorilla part of the shadow warriors? That would be a tragic turn of events for a wannabe hero.

Holy crap, it’s Sein!

The rest was cool too, I guess.

This has to be my favorite face in a while:

Last week was a bit confusing for me.

First, I finished After the Rain and I don’t know why. Don’t take me wrong, it’s not a bad series - it has a few interesting moments, some really pretty panels and ended in a way I found satisfying enough. It’s just… I could not care less about the relationship between MC and her manager, i.e. the main premise of the whole thing. Maybe I really wanted to see if they end up together or not, I don’t know. I liked the overall message at least.

Apparently this series has an anime adaptation too! I’m not sure how I never heard about it since it’s not that old (released in 2018) but it’s supposedly pretty good. Might check it out some day.

Second, I started reading Stravaganza. By mistake. I was planning to check out Claymore but ended up mixing the two for some reason - you can imagine my surprise after seeing all the fan service Stravaganza has to offer.

I kept reading, even after realizing my mistake, and I don’t regret this mix up. Haven’t finished the whole thing yet (one more volume to go) but what I did read turned out pretty fun and way more serious than expected. The beginning of the second/main (?) arc reminded me of the early Attack on Titan chapters with all the suspense and almost unstoppable danger. It’s good.

Finally (not as a part of the confusion saga), I decided to check out The Great Jahy Will Not Be Defeated! It should be good as long as I can keep myself from binging as most of the humor so far seems to revolve around Jahy being pathetic due to loss of her powers. I’m still early on so I’ll see how/if things change in later chapters but I hope it won’t stick to a single gag doing all the work - as fun as it is it might get old really quickly.

How nice of Narita to take one for the team, he’s a true wing man! Failing your exams is a small price for happiness. ( -_-)7