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Olvidaba mencionar en mi entrada anterior que, aparentemente, Google ya no muestra mi página entre sus resultados si la buscan con los términos “doujinshi” o “dojinshi”. Creo también que la restricción es por país, ya que ninguna búsqueda hecha en inglés muestra mi sitio web, mientras que Google Perú sigue mostrando mi cuenta de Livejournal y dos páginas de este blog en los tres primeros puestos si ponen Sengoku Basara doujinshi scans. ¿Recuerdan ese meme que decía que googlearas tu nombre/nickname cuando estuvieras de ocioso y aburrido? Pues, si googleo el nickname que uso actualmente los primeros resultados estarán referidos al personaje del RPG Forgotten Realms (de donde tomé el nombre), pero sólo caí en la cuenta de que Google mostraba mis blogs cuando quise buscar scans de, precisamente, doujinshi de Senbasa y encontré que me redirigían a mi página. Qué más puedo decir, salvo que se agradece el buen gusto de todos los que pasan por aquí. Exactamente.
Entre otros temas que sí son relevantes, leí en una comunidad de Livejournal que Google había dejado de mostrar algunas páginas web en sus búsquedas; especifícamente, páginas dedicadas a scans o scanlations de mangas hentai (shotacon y lolicon en particular). Me parece haber leído que Google tomó esta iniciativa luego de demandas y quejas de terceros sobre los contenidos que mostraba en sus resultados… pero tal y como comentaba al principio, parece también que estas restricciones se limitan a países, puesto que algunos comentaban en Livejournal que ellos todavía podían acceder a ciertos sitios de scanlations (de material adulto) desde Google, mientras que otros no.
Se comprende la preocupación general por los contenidos de la red y el repudio hacia la pornografía (en especial, la infantil) – tanto como se entiende también el que Google, entre otros, haya decidido irse por lo sano y excluir todo material que pueda entrar, aunque vagamente, dentro de esos parámetros. Anoto que Google no lo está haciendo de manera arbitraria, sino que excluye sitios específicamente señalados por terceros. Todo esto me remite a lo ocurrido con Livejournal en el año 2007, si no me equivoco, cuando un grupo envió una supuesta lista con las cuentas de individuos y comunidades en ese sitio web con contenidos pedófilos. Como tal vez se imaginarán, muchos de esas cuentas eran en realidad blogs de roleplaying games, fanfiction y fanarts, con lo que quedaba la pregunta de que si acaso las personas que enviaron tales quejas y demandas no sabían reconocer una obra de ficción del testimonio legítimo de un pedófilo en potencia. Estaba también la posibilidad de que ni siquiera se habían molestado en revisar esas cuentas primero, ya que lo que hizo Livejournal fue borrar blogs y comunas que tenían palabras claves tales como “incesto” o “shotacon” en sus listas de interés.
Como se imaginarán también, Livejournal nunca ofreció disculpas sinceras o directas por haber borrado miles de cuentas sin revisar los contenidos (aunque luego las reestableció), y más bien le echó la culpa solapadamente al mencionado grupo antipedofilia.
Lo siguiente que habría que hacer aquí, viendo la iniciativa de Google, sería preguntarse si no se está confundiendo control y vigilancia con censura arbitraria, pero por el momento parece que es muy pronto como para sacar conclusiones. Y es que Facebook y sus políticas de privacidad se están robando toda la atención de la red.
Pasando a otros temas… Casi no creería la forma en que el 25 de mayo vino y se fue para mí. Pensé en hacer una entrada por el Día Lila (para los lectores de Terry Pratchett), el Día del Orgullo Friki (que en verdad no celebramos aquí en Perú, pero en fin), el Día De La Toalla (para los seguidores de Douglas Adams), o los fans de Star Wars (me disculparán: ignoro si el día lleva un nombre específico para ellos)… No una entrada para cada uno de estas celebraciones, pero sí una para saludar la fecha por lo menos. Curioso cómo es que había anotado ese día en mi agenda porque debía presentar un trabajo final por la mañana, hacer repasar a mi sobrina para su examen del día siguiente en el colegio, estudiar para otro examen final (mío) el miércoles y pasar por el banco para depositar el dinero porque era posible que me cobraran una preorder en HLJcom, pero cuando ese martes por la mañana mi tía me saludó y me preguntó si había felicitado a mi padre por su cumpleaños, lo primero que dije fue, “¡¿Qué?! ¿Hoy es 25?” A pesar de, como lo cuento, lo había anotado en mi agenda y tenía la fecha muy presente por todo lo que tenía que hacer ese día. Es como si hubiera estado tan pendiente de ese día, que al final olvidé que era ese día, si lo que estoy escribiendo tiene algo de sentido. A fin de cuentas, la presentación de mi trabajo salió bastante bien, así como el examen final al día siguiente, a mi sobrina le postergaron la evaluación, HLJcom no me cobró la orden sino hasta varios días después, mi padre decidió pasarla en casa en vez de salir a festejar… y yo no escribí ninguna entrada en mi blog hasta, veamos, unas dos semanas más tarde.
Estoy terminando de ponerme al día con todas las cosas que tenía pendiente en la red, y por lo pronto tengo un par de reseñas de películas que quiero escribir y subir a mi blog antes de que se me enfríe el tema y pierda el interés (u olvide de qué iba el raje que iba a hacer). Quería mostrarles esta captura que hice de mi cuenta en HLJcom:
No es importante el que se distinga qué artículos tengo en preorder en mi cuenta en estos momentos, sino el hecho de que de los 10 items en lista que ven allí, ninguno es para mí. Son todas órdenes que he hecho para mis hermanos y para un par de amigos. Y es que si algo positivo tendría que sacar del hobby de los ball-jointed dolls si de gastos se trata, eso sería que vaya si estos muñecos te sirven para centrar tus gastos de manera bastante puntual: con lo que hay que ahorrar para comprarles algo a tus BJDs, no te queda ni medio para gastártelos en otras cosas. Siguiente con el asunto de las fechas, me di cuenta de que se cumple un año ya desde que compré a Ezra, mi primer BJD, lo que a su vez quiere decir que hace como un año que lo tengo prácticamente con las mismas dos mudas de ropa que tiene. Así que decidí celebrar su primer año de plástica vida comprándole otro traje… y con algo de suerte, tal vez mi otro BJD, Carmine, también pueda recibir sus primeros seis meses de existencia conmigo con ropa nueva y propia, puesto que hasta el momento se la ha pasado usando lo que mi otro muñeco deja de usar.
Tengo un par de terminos de búsqueda para Google cuando quiero entrar a tu blog desde mi lap, donde no tengo mis favoritos de la compu de escritorio. Tecleo “en ausencia Senbasa” y listo! tu blog siempre sale en primer término. (Probablemente seria mejor que borres mi comment, no sea que decidan bloquear estos términos también u-u)
Me da gusto ver tu blog en línea nuevamente. Hace un par de días entré y vi el letrero de no disponible, pero la verdad, pensé que quizá estabas en proceso de cambio de layout o algo así…
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Me ha hecho sonreír el saber que hasta tú (que en realidad no sigues el fandom de Senbasa) encuentras mi blog usando un término de SB :) Jamás se me hubiera ocurrido pensar que le debería tanta mención en los motores de búsqueda a mis entradas y scans de Senbasa…
No te preocupes; no creo que haga falta borrar comentarios ni nada por el estilo. Estoy segura de que Google está bloqueando búsquedas en EEUU únicamente, o al menos búsquedas hechas en países de habla inglesa: según las estadísticas de WordPress para mi blog, todas las búsquedas que han dado como resultado mi página han sido hecha en español. Me he desligado un tanto del fandom de Senbasa y tampoco compro muchos doujinshi ahora, de modo que no me preocupa el que mi página no reciba visitas relacionadas con esas búsquedas (aunque no negaré que le hacía bien al ego saber que tenías 300+ visitas al día). En cambio, me ha sorprendido gratamente el ver que hay entre 30-50 personas que visitan mi página directamente. Un amigo mío decía que el nivel de interés de una página web no se medía por los hits que recibía, sino por la cantidad de lectores que la volvían a visitar. Pues, no es como si esté diciendo que mi blog sea particularmente interesante (desde hace meses que no logro escribir una entrada que valga la pena recordar), pero fue también por todas esas personas que lo visitaban que me animé a poner en línea de nuevo la página. Aunque todavía no tenga posts de interés que hacer *sighs*, se agradece mucho que siempre te tomes tu tiempo para darte una vuelta por aquí. Gracias.
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Hello, my dear !! Really, don’t worry – I know how busy it can get sometimes (I indented to write you back at the spot, and look, how long it took me too…) ! The problems after death of our president were not so big – it was mostly the social hysteria and looking for guilty of the situation everywhere, but on political level, there weren’t many problems – we were about to have presidential election this year all the same, they just happened to be a bit earlier. I don’t want to speak ill about the dead, so… I will remain silent about the rest of the affair ^_-. But yeah, past weeks, and, unfortunately even now we have problems with floods – our three main rivers are flooding really violently lately, after some heavy rains here and in Chech Republic. I’m safe, but part of my town and some villages around it were badly flooded. But I’m ok, so do not worry. After really cold spring we now have (from a half of the week ^_-) really hot summer. I’m not complaining – that way the water from the flood will dry faster – but it already started to be tiring.
Thank you very much for your concern ^_^ ! It’s really heart warming…
Oh yes, I really hope that this time the delivery from Angell Studio will go faster. I’m deluding myself, that the last delivery took so much time because busy Christmas season, and then Chinese new year holidays and so on XD. I would love to have my second boy at the end if the month, but at the same time I doubt it will be that fast. Sigh… On the other hand, I’m still not done with the renovation of my room, because of the flood the whole matter may be, again, delayed. Maybe my second boy (at the moment called Xian) doesn’t want to come to my old room XD ? Can’t blame him, if that’s true…
Yup, yup, such “complete” orders save some money, and, of course, time. In September, during the next ordering period for Angell Studio, I plan (if I will have some spare money at that time… well, I already started saving some ^^) to order some clothes and shoes for both my boys. Maybe also weapons ? I would like to have both the sword and the spear. Hopefully they still be in stock when the time will arrive. But, after that… I’ll be broke again XD.
I like fantasy looking armors, but mostly in games – especially when there is certain margin of historical liberty ^_-. But outside the games, I prefer more solid armors and I would like to have some for my boys. But ! If I would see somewhere a replica of Masamune’s armor (along with the helmet, of course !) I would pay every money ^^.
In my (still uncompleted ^^) story my second boy will be high officer of military intelligence, counterintelligence, to be exact. His first meeting with Cadriel will take place at the time of one of many wars in the world from my novel. At that time, Cadriel was working as an information broker, more a freelancer than a spy for one specific country, but he was assembling information for the opposite side of the conflict. In the story, Xian is composed, intelligent, but not always able to keep his cool, much more passionate, than he looks. How will it work in reality, we will see once he will get here ^_-. I’m really curious, how does he look in person.
To be honest with you, I’m not exactly sure, how the transparent resins from AS look in form of a whole doll (I saw samples, but it’s definitely not the same ^^). But I really like the solid butter of Cadriel – it looks more like ivory than butter though ^_-.
Thank you for all the kind words about Cadriel and his photos – of course your vote counts, more than any other ! I also like him in longer, blonde wigs – he looks much more innocent and regal ^^. In his default, dark, short-haired wig he looks more mischievous. Poor boy will constantly change his style, because I’m really fascinating with him metamorphoses ^^. And about the last photoshoot – I had the feeling, that he really enjoyed it. It was the first time, when he posed exactly as I wanted, and only a few pics were blurred or bad. Let’s be honest – he apparently likes to pose (almost) nekkid XD. Lately I was making some new photos, in his new clothes – something-similar-to-kimono-but-not-exact that I sewed – and he wasn’t too found of it, because I had really hard time to make him to do any pose according to my wish. But don’t worry – I’m sure that one day we will both be able to pose our dolls in a great way, we just need some more experience !
The garden is a tricky place – it looks good on pic, but it’s full of dangers ^_-. I almost had an heart attack last Sunday, when Cadriel suddenly fell on his face – straight into the soil ! You can imagine my horror – I almost saw completely ruined make up… But there was, fortunately, nothing that some warm water and a bit of soap couldn’t help. Still, I almost died in that moment XD. But I’m very happy that you liked the pics ^___^. You have the great indoor and I’m sure your boys appreciate it ! I couldn’t find any good spot in my house for shoots… Yes, I know how you feel – once Xian will be home, I plan to do some photosession in the nearby forest, but I will definitely have to take my friend or my mom with me – someone have to watch my back and help me carry everything !
Oh, I plan to do lots of experiments with dressing and “wigging” my boys ^_-. Their characters are rather fluent and they will be cast to the world completely different from theirs. So different clothes and styles are justified, I guess.
I’m still avoiding Marketplace ^_- – I have to save money for September, plus, at the moment I don’t even have Pay Pal account. But I will defnitely go there for some search after the holidays… Also because I’m thinking about getting a third doll next year (I have to keep my policy – not more than one doll for a year XD). As for now, it’s a very loose thought, but some weeks ago I started thinking about “something” smaller, after browsing some Dollzone galleries. I suddenly started to think about Mo or Hid… Well, it may end with thinking only, but maybe next year… Who knows ? And Marketplace may be a good place to find a third companion for my boys for a reasonable price ^^. But, on the other hand, yesterday I saw the announcement, that AS will be releasing new doll. Teaser is, of course, blurry and dark XD : http://angell-studio.com/en/?product-1418.html. Hmm… Even if Tyrone himself won’t be interesting, I will definitely grab the clothes for Xian.
Oh, you may be sure that every compliment addressed toward your boys is well-founded! I want to see his new look also ^^ ! And – your sister takes wonderful photos. Yes, it’s true – I also know the mechanism of inheriting, mostly between my friends and co-workers with small children. It doesn’t make much sense to buy entirely new (and expensive) things for them, because they grow out from them pretty fast, so they aren’t even able to damage them much – so the clothes circulate from child to child ^^. My brother also inherited some things from me – mostly toys, but also his first bed ^^. I’m sure that Carmine knows, that this is just the way things go, and is waiting patiently for his own things ^_^. Some dolls have to wait naked, bald and eyeless for their owners to come to money, so I’m sure he considers himself pretty lucky !
Indeed ! As for so serious customization, your first is flawless, I really love the result ! Give yourself a time, and I’m sure that either blushing and the scar will look perfect – you just need a bit more training, and maybe, like you said, some good advices from more experienced customizers. Practice makes perfect ! But yes, opening eyes of a sleeping mold must very difficult and delicate customization. I’m sure you would do fine, but I also perfectly understand, why are you anxious about it. One not-so-perfect move, and the head may be ruined…
And I’m still full of awe – I wouldn’t dare to take my boy apart yet… I really hope, that there will be no need for cleaning him or restringing him soon. Oh, but in the terms of cleaning, I had to do some lately – I bough Cadriel jeans and after trying them on… I had to clean his legs, belly, and bits between XD – they were all blue. Water and soap did the work again perfectly, and after I washed jeans two times, they shouldn’t be staining. I bough them from Islands Doll, and I noticed, that they barely fitted – ehem, Cadriel must me more gifted in terms of manly bits than Islands Doll dolls, because this area give me the most problems XD.
Believe me – showing someone Dahlia works every time, especially her “dark” version. People are saying, that they would not be able to fall asleep in the room with “that thing”. Yup, I wasn’t interested in her either – I don’t really appreciate baby-looking dolls. But I would feel uneasy with her in the same room, even if I really think, that they did great work on her… Ha ha, yes, you told me about that doll and how she was able to creep everyone out.
About the look of our boys – I’m just correcting everyone who think, that Cadriel is a female, but most of my friends and co-workers know about him exactly, and they talk about him using his right gender ^^. He became famous (mostly for his price, I guess -_-‘), people from other divisions are sometimes coming to me, asking to show them photos of this “incredible-and-horribly-expensive-doll”, which I’m doing gladly, spreading the word about BJD XD. Really, so far I didn’t have even one truly mean comment – most of them say, that those dolls are beautiful, but a bit too expensive… but then add, that everyone has to had something to spend money for ^_-. I don’t have kids, so I can use dolls for that. They even asked, if I would like to have something for him for my birthday XD.
Yup, I really hope, that Cadriel (and then Xian) will change colors evenly – I would prefer them to get pale, but even if they will get a bit more yellow, that won’t be a problem. I read somewhere, that greening is the problem mainly for paper white or tan resin. Aaah, even if, I will just adjust their story according to the color they will take XD. And, to be honest, I looked at tons of pics of yellowed dolls and if the owner wouldn’t include photos of the “previous version” it would be hard to notice – so I’m not worrying too much.
Ha ha, no, I highly doubt, that my brother would convert to BJD – first of all, he is too stingy ^^. But I have the feeling, that he is less negative towards me having dolls. But it’s a great thing, that your sister became interested in dollies too ! OOOOh, I can’t blame him for liking Sleeping Kyle Reese, he is gorgeous ! I considered his open-eyed version, when I was looking for my first boy (in the end I decided, that he looks too gentle for me, but he is absolutely stunning nonetheless). Such a shame, that someone lese bough that body, the price was great ! And it would fit so well to your dreams about Saint… I’m cheering your sister plans and hope she will get her Kyle as soon as possible ! I have ulterior motive in it – I sooooo want to see owner pics of him ! Together with Ezra and Carmine ! But I’m sure she will pick the doll she loves the most (I’m stalking Hydrakitten dolls too ^_-). Looking at Sezz, I must say, that I can see some things, that he has in common with Kyle Reese… But you are absolutely right, looking for your dream doll is very important. It takes some time, but then you can found the doll, that is absolutely perfect in your eyes. I had several types selected, but was always coming back to Cadriel (which I didn’t sure I want at first, because of this whole French resin panic).
There is definitely nothing wrong with changing your mind about dreamdolls ! I agree with you about Cane – his company photos are just plain. I really liked Luts Regen (http://eluts.com/frontstore/item/item_zoom.asp?mart_id=lutsdoll&item_num=4662&catalog_num=1148, specially the last photos, in his darker version), but Cane didn’t sparkle my attention even for a moment. But ! Yes, on those owners pics he looks so completely different, that I wouldn’t even recognize him ! I admire so much people, who can watch “through” the official face-up and stylization and see the most important things… He looks so much more interesting here, more mature and not even a bit plain. So I can easily understand your decision ^^. Ha ha, yes, sizes… Like I said before, recently I started to think about smaller dolls, but somehow I’m sure, that if I buy another, it will be 60 or 70. This sizes just seem right ^^. Not that I don’t like smaller molds, they are so cute sometimes, and Hid and Mo looks great, but… I also started to think, that in case of buying 60 or 70 my boys could share some clothes and shoes, but if I would to buy 45 cm, it would be out of option, and I would have to buy everything again from the start. Plus… sewing for Cadriel can already be frustrating because of small details. I can barely imagine sewing for someone even smaller XD.
Plans are always good, because making them is already huge fun ^_^ ! I sometimes think about buying a female doll (I doubt it will happened, but still ^^) for the sake of my story, even in if know that this is unlikely to happened, if I will have some loose money, I will probably just buy another boy XD. All the dolls you mentioned are beautiful (aaaah…. Ize…), but I really like Mary Pearce – in the male form, of course, she/he would be gorgeous ! Just like with Muse or Dia, it looks just better being boy than a girl ! I love the idea ^_^ ! But, of course, I still wish you that you would be able to get Saint ^^.
My plans, like your read above, are veeeeery fluent. When I’m thinking about the story, my ideas for the third doll changes constantly and wildly ^_-. Should I get my boys a smaller helper, kind of younger brother or naughty side-kick like Mo (http://www.villemoart.com/lalki/lalki-14/dollzone-mo-fullset) , Hid (http://www.villemoart.com/lalki/lalki-14/dollzone-hid-fullset) or Luts Pluto (? I fell in love a bit with him, it’s such a shame, that he is limited, and at the time I will decide (and have the money) he will be long gone ! I rarely like the dolls from Luts… Or maybe I should get them a rival of some kind ? Someone like “beloved enemy”, who will try to seduce one of them and break the couple ? Leeke World Kouji (http://www.leekeworld.com/En/Product/p_view.asp?it_code=963&B_catalog_num=11), Dollmore Nick Reilly (http://www.dollmore.net/shop/step1.php?number=4238) or Souldoll Lampard (http://www.souldoll.com/shop/step1.php?number=1907) would fit into this role. Orrrrrr maybe I should get at least one female, to play the role of the mistress of the mansion, where Cadriel and Xian live and train (somehow name “Magnolia Mansion” is stuck with me, with the mistress dubbed “Magnolia”), and buy Gisele (http://souldoll.com/shop/step1.php?number=1504) or darker Dolllmore Hwi Ki (http://www.dollmore.net/shop/step1.php?number=2020) for that ? Lately I was also thinking about buying Xi Bao – http://angell-studio.com/en/?product-1317.html – (this is the first time that I liked such small and kiddy-looking doll, but she is cute !) who would play the role of a spoiled, yet likable princess, that both boys would be guarding, eventually becoming her knights ^_^. Or maybe a little, shy prince, like Soom Aida Boy (http://dollsoom.com/eng/shop/item.php?it_id=1249052083) ? As you can see, the possibilities are endless and veeeeery different. Even if I know, that I would never get the whole cast for this story, making plans and choosing dolls is still fun. Who knows ? Maybe I will win the lottery, marry a millionaire (apparently, a blind millionaire, but that’s a detail XD) or will publish my novel one day and became stinking rich XD. And then I will be able to buy all the dolls I want. And a separate house, to hold them all XD. At that time, I will have complete list, of what I want. It’s always good to be prepared for the upcoming flood of money, don’t you agree ^_- ?
Like you see, the story of my boys is slowly taking it’s shape and I think I won’t be making any drastic changes now. I’m thinking about it in two-track way. First part is the moment, when Cadriel and Xian met for the first time. Because I’m re-writing now my main novel, Fianna Fail, they will both get their small roles, because they fit to the time period I’m rewriting now and I thought it would be fun. Nothing major, just some short dialogs with some other characters, maybe a short description or name mentioned along with some events. Their main story, however, is taking place after the end of their world. I started to think some more about their new world itself. In the land, they are living, there are many mansions like Magnolia Mansion, rivaling with each other for better commissions or clients. Thinking about it, I got the “vision” of Venice-like city, beautiful but deadly, full of assassins, spies and intrigues (this is also not original in one bit… But I like such climates XD). Maybe my brother is at fault, because he was playing “Assassins Creed II” lately. Another though was, that this city IS an entire world, preparing for war with another (originating in my novel) city-world of that kind, Babel. Both world would be mix of fantasy and future, with highly advanced technology and magic going hand on hand… This would make a good (I think) start for my boys adventures… and would allow me to place many other, hopefully, interesting characters on their way. And some of them could be dollified… one day… XD.
No news about the mansion mistress, for now… I didn’t think on anything new regarding her, but I assure you, that you will be the first person to know everything about her ^_^ !
Oooh, naughty ideas are the best ! I also like such kinds of relationships. Here will be a little hate in the beginning, gradually evolving into something very different, yet not without some bitterness. It’s not easy to forget, that someone betrayed you in the past, although Cadriel will always say, that this wasn’t a betrayal – they were never on the same side to begin with. I’m looking forward to the developing of this story, even if I really don’t know, when I will find the time (and skills to do it in English) to write.
You know, I really liked the original name of Hua Xi, but didn’t want to leave him with it, so his original name will be similar, yet different. Just like you are planning to do ^^.
Congratulations on your new course ! But yes, I understand, how busy you must be at the time. Just take your time, and don’t worry – I will wait as long as it takes ^_^. I’m very, very curious about your boys story, but this things just take time – you can’t rush your own imagination, those are the things, that just come one day – and there is nothing you can do about it. The dolly section of your blog is a great idea ! And you are so right about the agelessness of collecting dolls – I found, that there are so many DOAers out there much older than me (yeah, I am at that age, when such things become important XD), and I think that this is great. I hope I also will be able to collect BJD for the rest of my life, even if it means the phantom of bancrupcy always lurking from the corner.
Aaaaaand to our video games part of talk ^^ ! I would love to get original SenBasa 3, but this may be difficult… For some reason, most of the online shops just don’t ship this game to European Union ! I really feel like a second category human – why can’t we purchase it ? I can imagine, that they don’t want to send packages to the countries with wars, riots and so on, because it would be really unlikely, that they will reach the destination – but why do they exclude Europe is beyond me. I found a company, that is importing goods from Japan, but they are working soooooooo sloooooooow, that even Angell Studio is faster. And their services are pricy – I ordered “Musou Orochi Z” (compliation of both Musou Orochi games, with enhanced graphics and some features, that was never released on West) in May, I SHOULD get it in the second half of July (I don’t know why, is the deliverer swimming all the way from Japan ?) and it cost me twice the sum I usually pay for new games (and this game is from 2008). If they will deliver it in the end and if it will work on my PS3 (I know it should. But this doesn’t mean it will) I will give a shot and try to order SenBasa 3 from them. But if not, I may be forced to buy English versions, despite my disappointment in West voices. Because I didn’t hear most of the original cast of Sengoku Musou, I can live with this game in “west” version, I even started to like some of their voices. But it’s different with Basara… It almost hurt to hear all those actors trying to sound like their Japanese counterparts… and failing miserably. Ha ha, yes, Kanetsugu introducing himself with such problems sounds funny ^_-. But Musou!Masamune in west interpretation is quite good in my opinion, especially in later parts. I also liked Nagamasa and Nobunaga, Mitsunari, Sakon and many others – actors really did the great job. Musou!Motochika in Xtreme Legends was just godly – even his “west” voice sent shivers down my spine. Sad is, they changed the actor in Warriors Orochi 2.
But, like you said, the real problem is translation. If I, almost not knowing Japanese, can hear bugs and errors, this is really a serious case. It’s true, that this would be very hard to translate – but this doesn’t mean they shouldn’t try ! “Danna” case is the great example for that – just give “some” translation, without any effort. I remember my own problems with that phrase, but in my fanfic, Basara!Sasuke has to adress Musou!Yukimura, so I avoided the problem by using Polish word similar in meaning to (but not exact) “young/younger master”, which fitted better in my opinion – both Yukimuras are quite different ^_-. But yes, fabsubbers usually try much harder than official companies, even if the results are not always great. But at least they are trying… Sigh…. Indeed, we could talk about this forever. I still have some little hope, that I will be able to hear PROPER Masamune in SenBasa 3, but I have to prepare myself for the worst XD.
We now have veeeeery heated summer, but you should be getting near winter, is that right ? I hope the weather is gently with you. Take care and good luck in your many plans !! I hope to hear/read from you again soon ^_______^ !!
Ps. Oh, I almost forgot ! Some new pics of Cadriel with the kimono-thing I sew for him XD – http://s224.photobucket.com/albums/dd38/chiriann/Azaleas%20and%20chess/
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*gasp* Has it been over a month already? I… just think I broke my previous record. I’m so sorry for taking so long to reply! I really have no excuse because, if you take a look at my blog, you’ll see that I’ve been updating it, even if sporadically for the past weeks. I’m so lame!![]()
…But if I were to offer any excuse at all, I’d say I’ve been neglecting my blog again because of final projects and presentations, and then an overdose of Japanese dramas (again, the recent entries at my blog are testament to this). Right away I have a number of episodes from different dramas and movies I downloaded, but haven’t watched yet, because it’s exams time again…
While it was reassuring to know the political situation in your country wasn’t half as bad as the local newspapers made us believe, it was also distressing to know about the natural disasters. I’m glad to know it didn’t affect you, and that the weather has already changed – I know how much you dislike winter :P And, well, it seems the renovation plans you have for your room have been delayed once again? But don’t worry; if my boys can live here at my room with me (and my Pekingese dog), I’m pretty sure Xian won’t have a complaint about your “old” room. Which, I must say, looks WAY better than my small, crowded room. Be reassured that you’re providing your boys with a proper environment to, err, grow old? Or maybe saying “to grow yellow” is a better term for BJDs, but I’m sure no collector is actually wishing that for their dollies.
Are there any updates on your order from AS? I’m guessing they’re somewhat busy at the moment because they’re planning on releasing new dolls, and then there’s the issue with the time they take to complete orders… Speaking of the new dolls, I think Ty and Rone look somewhat different to the rest of AS’ doll line. The rest of the AS (resin) family has a more Asian-like look, while the brothers are more realistic – and have some stylized faces, too. Anyway, I’d love to see Xian in Ty’s clothes. Gotta love that punk style!
Also, I must say, I was pretty surprised when I read which your candidates for Cadriel and Xian’s small helper were. Surprised in a positive way, I mean! I’ve never been interested in MSDs, since I prefer older looking BJDs, but of the many I’ve seen, the ones I’ve liked the best are Dollzone Mo and Hid. Does this mean that both you and me have excellent taste when it comes to dollie affairs? :) Anyway, I like Mo and Hid’s rather mischievous, somewhat mature “vibe”. Actually, just before I convinced myself that SDs were my thing, I seriously thought of buying a Hid. Later on I came to like Resinsoul/Bobobie’s line of MSDs because of their delicate, more innocent looks – but if you want a little troublemaker for your crew, I totally recommend getting a Mo or a Hid! If you’re considering adding XiBao to your family, though, I won’t stop you: truth be told, I’ve always liked tiny dolls (in the 25-30cm range) more than MSDs, so I support the idea and role of XiBao as your bigger boys’ spoiled princess. Cute, indeed.
And the surprises didn’t stop there, you’ll see. One of my cons for not getting a doll in a scale other than SD is, at the moment, that such a dollie won’t be able to share clothes and wigs with my other boys, just like you pointed out. Gee, in ONE YEAR I only bought like two pants and two shirts for Ezra, and poor Carmine is still waiting for his own clothes, so yeah!
Thanks for saying my vote does count, dear. That’s really appreciated :) Now, I do think the kimono you sewed for Cadriel looks awesome… and makes him look so handsome, you know. As they say about men wearing suits, I think all dolls look so smart and elegant in black. And is this kimono the first piece of clothing of this kind you sew? If so, you’ve made a wonderful job with it – if it isn’t the first piece you’ve sewn, well, it looks pretty nonetheless :P Please bear in mind that you’re being telling so by a person who’s sworn to never sew anything other than a button back in place (I hate needles for starters, and I know they hate me back), so I totally commend you for your work! As stated in my previous sentence, I can’t even pass the end of a thread through the eye of a needle without some (lots of) problems, so I’m truly amazed at seamstresses who can sew all kinds of very elaborated clothes for dolls. Well, maybe you aren’t calling yourself a seamstress yet, but from your photos I can tell the robe you sewed for Cadriel has lots of detail. So I’m sure your boy really appreciates his new, homemade clothes, yep. If he hasn’t told you so yet, well, he should.
A doll taking a fall! I’m relieved to hear Cadriel didn’t suffer other than a dirtied face after that accident in your garden. Yes, that’s yet another of any owner’s nightmares – I understand you when you say you died a bit in that moment :s In a certain occasion, I left Ezra standing up by himself and then turned around to talk to my sister; if not for her shouting, “Look out!”, I wouldn’t have noticed he was falling flat on his back. I think I’ve never had such a prompt and quickest reaction in my life, for I turned around and caught him just in time *phew* But, yeah, I also felt like a couple of years had been deducted from my total lifespan. Because of my dolls, my emergency plan in case of earthquakes (which are fairly common in Peru) has changed. Some years ago, I’d simply try to leave for a safe place as soon as a temblor began. When I began taking care of Milo, my pet dog, my plan changed to pick him up and leave for the safe place (since he’s so afraid of earthquakes, he panics and will be paralyzed in the spot he’s standing in). But currently, my plan is to run over to the sidetable where Ezra and Cadriel are, put them down so they won’t take a fall, and then pick Milo up and run out of the house. I actually did it once, but only because the temblor was rather long and gave me enough time to go through all three steps in my plan; if a strong, violent earthquake hits us though, I’m afraid I’ll just have time to take Milo with me and run. Poor boys…
Anyway, getting back on topic, I’m so looking forward to your trip to the nearby forest. I can hardly picture what the place might be like; I mean, your garden looks like a most interesting, wild-friendly place already! I’d wish for such a place nearby here – but the closest we have in our old house in the countryside. Hmm, maybe I should convince my sister to borrow the car one of these days and take me and my boys to our old house for a photoshooting. She’s just finished the current term at her college so she’ll be free for a couple of weeks, so maybe if I pester her long and hard enough, she’ll accept. Ezra’s birthday will be in two weeks time, too, so I can well use that excuse for my sister-pestering, heh heh… Also I ordered Ezra some new clothes for his birthday, since I figured out he’d be real bored to be in another photoshooting session with the same clothing he’s been wearing for ages now. Well, I also ordered something for Carmine so there are no hard feelings about dollie favoritism, and I’m hoping the order actually arrives before Ezra’s birthday on the 28th. By the way, I chose this date because the Certificate of Birth that was included when I bought his head stated he was cast/finished on said day (his body was cast around February or March 2009) – and it was all the more convenient because we celebrate our Independence Day in July 28th, so I wouldn’t forget about the date. Carmine’s birthday is in December 24th, the day I finished the transaction with his previous owner at DoA – of course, it turned out to be yet another date that’s not easily forgotten because of Christmas’ Eve, so it was also convenient for me. So, Saya, have you decided on a birthday for Cadriel yet?
I’m amazed, how you’re being able to include your boys and their stories in your original novel. Err, I don’t mean I’m amazed because I didn’t think you could do it, but all the contrary! First of all, you have my admiration for taking the effort and time to rewrite your novel. Well, look at me! I can’t even bring myself to put what I’ve created about my dolls into a coherent story, so I find your efforts of not only writing, but rewriting a story quite commendable! And then, that you can take the world and events you’ve written for such a story and apply them to your boys’ own story (or maybe the other way round: taking your boys into your preexisting story), shows that your literary world is so well-written and planned that you can make such changes and additions to it. Hey, I know of well-known writers who can’t even remember what their characters’ supposed nationalities (*cough* Anne Rice *cough*), so I find that worth of admiration, too! I can tell you’re putting lots of effort in your overall literary work :) Maybe I should learn one or two things from you – apart from how to take proper photos and pose BJDs, of course.
Let me tell you, when you described what the city the story took place in, I couldn’t help think of Assassin’s Creed II as well, ahem. Perhaps it’s because of all the coverage the game was getting, that we were “influenced” by it? Anyway, I like the setting… For me, such a city-state (or maybe “city-world”) balances the opposite of the rising and luxury a flourishing civilization is supposed to have, but on the other hand, it’s like a nest for murder, intrigue and conflict. A two-faced reality, maybe. Hmm, I’ve just remembered what I read in one of the Dungeons and Dragons books and magazines I have (I use them mostly for storytelling and worldbuilding reference… since I suck at playing traditional RPGs). According to this article, murder, and thus “professional” assassins, were more likely to appear in a society with established rules and a given order, since in a lawless society nobody would care about people being killed, or would care to do it secretly or quietly. Oh, and I can’t help ask… Have you thought of what the Magnolia Mansion will look like? For some reason, images of a sumptuous, yet soberly elegant mansion, with dark rooms and subdued colors, have come to my mind. Where might I have been taking these images from…? I suppose this kind of “scenery” fits better the idea of a world of elegant intrigue and shadow games, huh. But then again, maybe I’m just getting carried away with my own imagination…
I’ll be so honored to be the first person who knows the “identity” of our mansion mistress :D I remember you once told me Souldoll Gisselle was the one female mold you’d ever liked, and while I do think it’s a beautiful mold… for some reason, I have problems picturing him as the mansion mistress. Maybe because a voice in the back of my head keeps on telling that such a role should be fulfilled by a doll looking like a femme fatale, you know, a statuesque woman dressed in the finest dresses, always moving around with an untold grace… and Gisselle gives off this innocent aura about her. But of course, these are only my impressions – and as you can see, I’m not the most original person when it comes to imagery, am I? Hmm, I don’t usually pay attention to female molds -unless I think they’d make handsome boys, of course-, and thus the only BJD ladies I’m truly interested in are the Dollmore 16” Fashion Dolls. I love their realistic and more mature molds, whereas I feel the vast majority of female BJDs tend to be more youthful or innocent-looking. Also, I think the DM Fashion dollies are proportioned, even if most people have told me they find their heads too tiny in comparison to their bodies. Well, I also think my BJD boys are more proportioned than some bubble-headed dolls out there, but back when DragonDolls were first released, people said their heads were too small. And I suppose the company heeded the collectors’ opinions, because they changed their dolls’ head sizes and almost all of them come with heads which are now even bigger than your typical SD (with a circumference of 23cm+). Di, the mold I have, seems to be the only one DragonDoll still produces with a 20cm head in their SD line… And, well, Zaolls are Zaolls :D They’ve always been known for being half the way between a big MSD and a small SD, so their heads tend to look too big in a MSD body and too small in a SD one… but I think mine looks pretty good in the AoD body he currently is. At least, he hasn’t complained so far :P
Ah, my boys’ background stories? Will I ever come up with something definite for them? *despairs* Well, I’m most sure I’m leaving Carmine’s story as it is, but poor Ezra doesn’t have a solid, coherent background as for yet. By the way! For this month’s module we were required to write a short original tale as our final project, and out of ideas and inspiration as I was, I decided to write about Carmine’s story. Do you remember it? About Carmine and his older brother Emilio, and the first disappearing mysteriously as a child only to come back 10 years later, already as a youngster, to look for his family… Well, I postponed doing that project until the very last moment possible (it was due on Monday), so in the end I couldn’t add all the details I would’ve liked. But I was thinking of polishing and finishing it, and since it’s already written in English, I was wondering whether you’d like to read it :) Don’t be afraid: it’ll probably be around 10 pages long, and hopefully I didn’t destroy the English grammar (too much)…
Again, thanks for your comments about my customization attempts! You’re so right: practice makes perfect. After reading your encouraging words, I decided to try again the scar and blushing work on Carmine… only that I haven’t brought myself to actually do it yet, ahem. There are some exams coming up this week, but I’ll have lots of freetime after that. So poor Carmine will be taken apart again, unstrung, thoroughly cleaned, and then subjected to more of my customization practices. Hmm, coming to think of this, it’s a good thing BJDs don’t speak, otherwise I don’t believe my boys will have very nice or positive comments to make about the way I treat them sometimes.
And now that you mention AS boys, err, gifted issues… I haven’t noticed that, but that must be because AS official photos don’t really show it. Well, talk about giving a man (even if he’s from the resin subspecies) a reason to boast… I must say, DragonDoll’s earlier 1/3 body sculpts give their male dolls a couple of reason to be pleased with themselves… and with their lower body parts… And that’s why I usually have the same little problem you had with Cadriel’s jeans, all the more because I like dressing Ezra in tight-fitting pants. I guess DragonDoll noticed it as well, and thus their newer 3rd Generation 1/3 body doesn’t boast such manly gifts. This reminds me of a thread in the General Discussion subforum back at DoA; the topic was whether we female owners felt shy in front of our male dolls ^^ Uh, not really, although I do feel uncomfortable when my boys are nekkid in front of other people. Maybe these are just the natural “possessive” feelings of a proud dollie owner, who knows. How about you, Saya?
I’m a bit disappointed to hear that it doesn’t seem like your brother will be converting to the BJD way-of-living in the near future. But it’s a pretty good thing that he’s being more appreciative of the hobby now; well, I’d say it’d be hard for anyone not to, after seeing all the devotion and attention you’re giving Cadriel :) So it’s a good thing altogether that he’s getting well-known among your friends and coworkers, in spite of his fame -or infamy- as That Horribly Expensive Doll. Well, then you have MY brother; he isn’t interested in ball-jointed dolls, but he does love all kind of statues and figurines. He’s keen on collecting the Black Rock Shooter series of PVC statues that are being releasing now because of the upcoming anime; adding up all the money he’s been spending on the statues he already has, and what he’ll spend on the ones yet to be released, I think BJDs would be cheaper if he just changed hobbies… But no, BJDs aren’t really his thing. Oh well. On the other hand, my sister keeps on stalking all Saints she can find on Deviantart – so maybe she’s changing dreamdolls, too? Speaking of which, something rather amusing happened the other day. She usually saves photos of BJDs she finds, so she showed me one doll she’d liked on the spot and asked me whether I could recognize the mold. My brother happened to be passing by at that moment; after giving a quick glance at the photo, he said, “That’s a Dollshe Saint”. Now you can imagine my surprise. I had no idea he could recognize any BJD like, at all, especially because not even my sister could tell it was a Saint in spite of the many dolls with the same mold she’d seen in the net. But then again my brother disregarded the issue by saying that since both my sister and I talked so much about Saint, he’d ended up learning about the doll.
For some reason, I didn’t completely believe him. I mean, they might act like they don’t care about BJDs, but in the end…
And by the way! I tried some of those handy and automatic actions in Photoshop and thus, ended up with super photoshopped-looking photos… Ezra and Carmine say so, at least! I wouldn’t think of uploading these heavily filtered photos to DoA -since they aren’t useful as reference due to the editing-, but I would show them to my friends, who still think my dollies are sort of creepy. It’s just that my lousy photography skills don’t help them change their opinions of my boys. And speaking of my skills with a camera, it seems that I get my best shoots when I’m just taking random photographs instead of putting my best effort onto it. As proof, let me show you what happened when my dog Milo began wondering what that little resin person was doing standing in the middle of the living room. Well, you can still see my shadow in the photo, but at least the composition seems a bit more natural. In spite of Milo getting bored of poking around said little resin person, and plainly ignoring him. I mean, truly ignoring Carmine, even if the latter just wanted to share a heart-warming moment between BJD and dog. I’d say my dog doesn’t get along with any of my boys, but at least he just ignores them instead of trying to bite a leg off my BJDs or anything. Speaking of that, how is Vincent doing? ^^ You haven’t told me any news of your cat engaged in a heated rivalry with Cadriel, so I may guess they’re getting along well? Ezra and Carmine, who were again sitting down and waiting for me to take them to a location other than our living room for once, took a photo of themselves to say hi. And poor Carmine; it isn’t that he’s too shy to look at the camera, but rather, that neck connector Zaoll dolls come with that doesn’t allow him to properly look up. I need to find a solution for that sometime soon, *sighs*
Speaking of Regen (and, yes, I can totally see why liked him; he was also the first Luts sculpt that caught my attention when I learned about the company), have you seen the new Limited General of Dark Warriors? I must confess that, to me, the armor looks oddly similar to the design of the Assassin Cross class from the MMORPG Ragnarok Online (especially those literally razor-sharp boots!)… but I do think he looks cool enough. Not my cup of tea when it comes to BJDs, really (I prefer my boys in simpler… and not so spikey… fashion trends :P), but that armor design is a piece of work you have to admire. I like the boots! (but I’m just wondering how you’re supposed to put them on.)
It seems like I can’t keep my mind focused on one goal, no. After Carmine, I told myself I wasn’t getting any other doll for the remaining of the year, and that I’d save up to buy both him and Ezra more clothes… I also said -well, I actually wrote it in my blog- that my next BJD would be either a 70cm+ doll, or a tiny-sized one (30cm or so), even if I didn’t know yet which ones I wanted. Apart from Saint, of course; the tall boy who will always hold a place in my dollie wishlist. WELL, it’s not a complete doll, just a head, and I’m buying it from the DoA Marketplace on layaway -so I won’t have it with me until September-, but the point is, I’m getting an Elfdoll Dreaming/Half close eye Bambu head. Long story is as follows!
You know I’ve always liked Elfdoll female sculpts :) I missed Elfdoll’s February ordering period because I was saving up for Carmine’s body, and then forgot that the next period was be in May; by the time I visited their website and read the announcement, I was totally penniless. So for this ordering period, for a change, I thought of actually buying a head… only that I didn’t know which one to choose >.< I began stalking down photos both in DoA and Flickr, trying to make up my mind on one of their sculpts, and thus I came across this user’s account; she’s Mein-Lullaby at DoA and, oh, the onwer of that amazingly customized Hazy. I’ve always thought Elfdoll female molds are very beautiful and versatile to customize, but Mein-Lullaby’s boys really show what you can achieve with such sculpts. After looking at her boys, I was torn between a boy Vivien (love that cold glare!) or a boy Emma (love the stylized look of his face, especially his nose!)… but then again, you know I’m in love with Hazy’s Asian look, and in spite of being the less popular of the Elfdoll girls, I also think Tasha is a sculpt with a lot of potential if properly customized. I also like the fact that she has a calm, soothing smile. Oh, so many options, so little money! < = This might be the eternal lament of any BJD fan, I think.
In the end, I’d set my mind on ordering an Emma (it’s all in her nose! Her nose!), but it occurred to me to pay a visit to the DoA Marketplace, oh place of temptation for the eternally penniless!, and came across a sales thread offering a Bambu Half Open Eyed Head. By the way! Elfdoll has opened membership again so it seems their website is freely accessible for a while, so here’s the Bambu sales page. As usual, I feel the official images don’t do the sculpt the justice it deserves, so I’m redirecting you instead to the sales thread of a DoA member who’s also selling her Bambu head. There are very useful shots of the blank head in this thread; in the end, I made up my mind based on those shots. I can totally see a lot of potential in that sculpt; in my case, I bet you already know I’m looking forward to a boy Bambu :P Out of the whole female Elfdoll cast, she strikes me as the more androgynous mold, perfect for some slight customizations! Of course, and as I wrote above, I won’t really have the head until finishing the layaway, but I already have some ideas in mind for him *so happy* Oh, btw, even if the mold is called “Half Open Eyed”, I’d say it’s more of an “half closed eyed”, since its eyelids are considerably more “closed” than most sleeping or dreaming heads I’ve seen so far. I wouldn’t thought of customizing Bambu’s eyes until, let’s say, I gained like 5 or 10 more years of dollie experience, but maybe I could try sanding/cutting away the resin in her mouth, so she has separated lips. But on second thoughts… she’s a Limited, and even if I’m not planning on selling or otherwise letting go of any of my resin boys, I have some reservations about doing amateurish customizations on such a head. Hmmm…
Also, I was a bit nervous when contacting the seller because it was the first time I asked for a layaway (who isn’t the same seller whose thread I linked above, may I add). But the seller is the nicest and friendliest of people; she even gave me a discount on the head because the shipping fee turned out to be much higher than expected, and told me that since she wasn’t in any hurry to part with the head, I could decide how long the layaway was going to be. I think she noticed how excited I was for finding a Bambu head (being a now sold-out limited doll and all), haha. In any case, I’ve already sent the first payment, with the next due by the end of August – or hopefully a bit sooner! As you can well imagine, I can hardly wait to have Bambu with me. Even if a new floating head means the beginning of the neverending circle of looking for a suitable body, saving up to buy it, sending away the mold for a proper face-up, saving up again so you can afford the wigs, eyes, clothes… *sighs* And I don’t even have eyes in the size Bambu wears (12mm… but judging from the photos I’ve seen of the blank head with eyes, I’d say 10mm fits her better). The good news is, I’ve read at DoA that this is yet another of Elfdoll’s smaller heads, in the 19-20cm range, so he’ll be able to share wigs with my other boys. Oh yes, I’m also foreseeing the neverending circle of passing down clothes once the third member of my resin family arrives… As per the body for my still-not-arrived boy, I was again thinking of getting a hybrid Obitsu 60cm, since I’m that lousy with posing resin dolls as you also know… But on second thoughts, I’m seriously considering getting him a resin body nonetheless. Maybe another DragonDoll body, since I’ve read their Pink color is a good match for Elfdoll, and I just love how slender those sculpts are. But! Again, there’s no hurry. I need to finish the layaway for the head first, and then I’ll be able to properly despair about having to save up for a body… And can you believe it? Both the seller and I agreed on a layaway plan this weekend, and I sent the first payment on Saturday night, and with six weeks remaining to send the second and final payment… I’m already anxious >.< Anxious about not being able to save up the remaining of the money, having to ask for a little more time and completely failing to comply in my first ever layaway - and I mean, only four days have passed! When I tend to get very anxious, I begin to think about this, think about that, and I usually end up stirring up a tempest in a teacup. I think I once told that, back when I was waiting for Ezra's body to arrive (my first BJD purchase), I even had nightmares regarding the package being lost to an unavoidable disaster...
Uh, the videogame talk now? ;) And so we’re nearing SB3′s release date… I must confess that my hype and excitement about the game diminished considerably over the months. I blame the very limited roster of playable characters, on one hand, and the English-dubbed version on the other. I was hoping CAPCOM to surprise us by revealing more playable or at least returning characters at the last moment possible (sort of what they did with SB2Heroes), but with the game being released in shortly, it doesn’t seem possible anymore. *sighs* I still want to play it because, well, it’s SB! (Ah, of course it is…) Oh, and I’m totally dying to play as Mitsunari, Magoichi and my dear Kotarou from among the returning cast. My oldest niece has a Japanese Nintendo Wii and she has asked friends to buy and bring her some Japanese games in the past; she thought of doing the same with SB3 once it was released, but after some months she told me she wasn’t interested in the game anymore… because she didn’t like Mitsunaru’s hair ^^; Ha ha, even if that was a disappointment for me -good bye to my chance of playing the Japanese game, even if I do hate the Nintendo Wii-, I couldn’t but laugh a bit at her reasons. And that reminds me: the second anime season is airing already, though I haven’t even watched the OP sequence. Well, I’m not really interested in the anime, but I thought I could give it a try if Hanbei was going to appear, ahem – it’s just that I’ve been watching too many Japanese dramas instead. Haha, Souldoll Ize is yet another mold that has a permanent spot in my Wishlist because of his Asian looks, but now I’ve decided that I want a Takeru Satou dollie! (Dreadlocks included.) Yep, I’ve checked DoA already and it seems there’s no BJD customized as him, nor Minimee ever produced, maybe because this Japanese actor is young (21) and therefore, his filmography isn’t actually extensive or that well-known.
Now that you mention Sengoku Musou, well, you know I didn’t really play it that much, but in SM2 I remembered I found the voice acting good enough, for the most part. I came to it after a while only because the dialogues were incredibly cheesy in the cutscenes, and they repeated the same lines in-games over and over. I never really tried playing with Musou!Masamune because I REALLY disliked his bratty personality in SM2… so I’m bit surprised that you mentioned he gets better in later on. Actually, I think I read something among those lines, about Musou!Masamune being portrayed as a brat at first in the saga because he’s supposed to be the youngest of the cast, but that later on he matures. I know his story mode in SM2 features Magoichi; since the latter turned out to be my favorite character in the game, I was thinking of trying Masamune
and learning why the pairing was fairly popularErr, no, maybe not that last part (because Masa looks so young in SM2, I’d say pairing him up with anyone else in the game is SHOTA, a genre that still scares me). But with the internet (and Japanese dramas) monopolizing my freetime, I haven’t got near the PlayStation 2 in a long time… And now I think of it, what happened to my SM2 game?! Last time I checked, it didn’t seem to be in our game DVDs pile…Again, I’m so sorry for taking this LOOOOOONG to reply! (Err, I’ve run out of excuses to make at this point… I’m so lame…) Ah, I can’t really stand hot weather so I can barely imagine what the summer in Europe must be like at the moment… We’re in mid-winter now, and even if our weather is mild in all aspects, yesterday the temperature dropped to around 12°C in the capital. Of course, that doesn’t compare to the temperatures way below zero that several countries in the northern hemisphere are experiencing – but for us people from the capital city, it was FREEZING. Even so, I still prefer cold weather :)
Take care, dear!
[Cmnt]