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Finished playing Shadow Warrior 2. It was good overall but a bit of a step down from the first game which was more like a Doom style linear playthrough. This one is more like Borderlands which is quest based and semi-open world.

Started playing Genshin Impact. It's not bad at all. Lot of improvements can be made with upcoming patches but so far I recommend it. I'd like to call it Breath of the Waifus.

I love would to own Inoran's (Luna Sea) custom ESP guitars.

I haven't listened to D in a long time but mad respects to them for trying to spread hope and positivity in this song.

I enjoyed all the recent albums so far. The only downside for me is Ryuchi's vibrato. It got really cringy when listening to The LUV.

Good questions being asked here.

Weathering With You

Saw this at a local theater that was only showing it for 2 days. Decided to watch it dub since it's the earliest time slot, also I didn't want my eyes focused on the bottom of the screen 70% of the time when the movie has gorgeous visuals to be watched. When it comes out on home video, then it'll be subs all the way. The dub overall isn't too bad. As for the movie itself, it's utterly beautiful. This may sound weird saying this but I've never seen water look so good animated. Unfortunately, it followed the exact same film structure as Your Name making things a bit predictable and it definitely was a lower tier in terms of story and characters. The climax was one of the biggest head scratches I had. I wish I could give out the details but that would be spoilers. I had criticisms throughout the movie but it's relatively minor. In the end, it was enjoyable and I'm sure most people who liked Your Name will find it entertaining. 7/10

7 hours ago, Keiyuh said:

Its a copy paste of battlefield mate

 

So? As long as it's fun to play, then that's all it matters.

The new CoD Modern Warfare. It's the most refreshing CoD game I've played since the last time I played a CoD game was Black Ops 2. But my goodness this game is ridiculously huge. Over 140 gigs of install files.

New season has been going on for a couple weeks now. Due to continuing shows from last season and the lack of time, I've only picked up 3 shows to watch.

Fate/Grand Order: Absolute Demonic Front - Babylonia

Granblue Fantasy The Animation Season 2

Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious

Still watching...

Fire Force

Vinland Saga

"Look at the world we live in, defined by comment sections
Surround yourself with people that challenge how you think
Not people that nod their head and act like they agree
Those people will cut you open just to watch you bleed
Always be yourself, not the person that you pretend to be, no!"

This guy spits truth bombs like in every verse. This is real stuff.

I started watching anime since the 90s during my preschool days. I can't recall the title but I know it was a mecha anime. I didn't realize it was called anime at the time. Watching DBZ on cartoon network was when I became aware of the medium.

As for my top 5...

Gungrave

Gundam Build Fighters

Waiting in the Summer

Your Name

The Vision of Escaflowne

I'm mostly a sub watcher but there are some amazing dubs out there that outperforms the original such as Cowboy Bebop being the most obvious one.

This is my favorite cover.

HIGH and MIGHTY COLOR - Rosier

Another great one.

abingdon boys school - Sweetest Coma Again

Student loans is my only major debt since I still owe over 20k. As for credit card, I pay that off on a weekly basis so no problems there.

Gundam SEED Destiny

First 13 eps were good, then they completely dropped the ball by having so many recap eps, stock footage, flashbacks, and couldn't figure out who was the main character in the show.

On 7/8/2019 at 10:04 PM, Original Saku said:

I tried to play it because like yeah... I see FATE and I naturally want to consume everything type-moon related. I'm just a simple man. but for some reason I just can't do phone games, and by that I mean actually play a game on my phone. i detest it .

 

I've been  thinking about playing it through emulator on my PC tho... maybe. if they made a switch port that would be awesome.

If you do go with the emulator route, I recommend getting Nox Player. I totally understand not wanting to play games on the phone since I was like that too but FGO change all that for me. It's one of the few games I've been keeping up with for the past couple years now and there's a nice twitch community that'll help you out with the game.

I have 2 accounts, one personal (395,347,190), the other stream account which is the 2nd screenshot and ID is on top there. Feel free to add me but I do have a couple conditions: login at least once a week and make sure your support list is up to date with the events.  

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only person here playing this gacha game. Otherwise, this needs no introduction. If you like Fate animes, then you must've heard about this mobile game. It's one of the most popular gacha games globally. Lots of waifu and husbando servants to play as, but do to the gacha nature, chances of obtaining those servants are rare.

Here's a video of Noble Phantasm showcase for those who want to get a glimpse before trying out the game.

Does anyone else play it? If so, post your friend code and discuss your favorite servants!

Saw both the new Spiderman movie and Toy Story 4. Both very enjoyable. Though if I had to pick which was better in terms of entertainment, I would have to go with Toy Story 4 surprisingly. I'm pretty much done investing in MCU movies after this. It's just too much for me to keep up at this point. Investing another 11 or so years for the next phase? Ya.... nope, not happening. As for Toy Story, man this 4th one proved me wrong. Thought 3 was the perfect conclusion and anything after would just be cash grabs. But I'm glad I was wrong. This is definitely up there on my top 5 flicks of 2019.

On 7/5/2019 at 9:10 AM, nekkichi said:

I have one question for practicing Christian locals I lowkey want to see answered, so how do y'all cope with inherently luciferian nature of visual kei that penetrates every aspect of it since day 1?

I need some clarification. What do you mean by inherently luciferian?

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On 6/23/2019 at 3:54 AM, Lereku said:

Not only between J and Sugizo during 2000 summer all the members hated each others,  in autumn the situation became critical between them, they not speak to each others after the concerts, each depart from their sides etc...

J hated Inoran for few times coz during this time Inoran said ""I'm going back to Tokyo because I'm not well" while in reality  he leaving for record his album.

Until theirs comeback in 2007 they not speak to each others except Inoran and Ryuichi.

Not sure about the details but it has been verified in interviews (written articles and video clips) that there's been a lot of tension between the LUNA SEA members due to their egos.

Also, I don't know if this was a rumor but I've been hearing a lot of things between Kisaski and Dir en grey's Kyo years back. Can anyone confirm?

I guess I'll give my brief testimony here.

I grew up in a Christian household however I had a little fallout in my teen years because I was rebellious and arrogant. Long story short, I had misconceptions about Christianity on many areas and then I became a born again believer after investigating the claims of Jesus. I was a blind believer because I was intellectually lazy to read the bible in its entirety and ask important questions.

Let's face it, just because you grew up believing a certain world view doesn't mean it's true. We have to a little digging to see if the claims are true. And the bible encourages everyone to test it, "but test them all; hold on to what is good" - 1 Thessalonians 5:21. The existence of Jesus Christ is a historical fact based on eye witness testimonies which is the 4 gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John). And the fact that Jesus died by crucifixion and the empty tomb has been acknowledged by  non-Christian historians and scholars. Even a very critical agnostic scholar, Bart Erhman, said it's an indisputable fact. Then you have the disciples and apostles who went to their horrible bloody deaths professing this faith. Now, there are people who have died believing in whatever faith they have, but here's the difference between other religions and Christianity. The disciples and apostles didn't just died for what they believe, they died claiming to have seen the risen Jesus. So that tells me these guys' convictions were so strong that no matter what the persecution levels they faced, they'd be willing to be tortured and die for it.

So what is Christianity? The bible teaches that Jesus is God in human form who came into our world to die for our sins. Because of our fallen nature, God wanted to restore our broken relationship with him and fulfilled that through the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Now read this carefully because this is one of the most important part on what Christianity is; Christianity is the ONLY world view where your salvation is UNMERITED. "For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith—and this is not from yourselves, it is the gift of God- not by works, so that no one can boast." - Ephesians 2:8-9. But then begs the question, why? Why would God do this? The answer is quite simple: LOVE. Love is the central theme of this faith. "But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us." - Romans 5:8. "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." - John 3:16. Christianity at its core is a relationship with God, it was never a religion in the first place. Religious people find God useful, but growing Christians find God beautiful.

I'm a Christian because it's true and I've realized my sinfulness and shortcomings that I need God. If I could live up to the bible, then I wouldn't need God, but the fact is I'm too flawed that's why need him. After I became a Christian, I felt free and was able to have my eyes opened to know what's right and wrong. It is just like what CS Lewis said, "I believe in Christianity as I believe that the sun has risen: not only because I see it, but because by it I see everything else.”

After reading the gospels, there's only 3 conclusions you can come up with about Jesus Christ. Either he's a liar, lunatic, or Lord. If anyone has God's stamp of approval, it would be the guy who rose from the dead. That alone gives me the eternal hope.

Now let's get real here. Christianity never promises an easy or successful life. In fact, pain and suffering gets worse in life as a Christian. Jesus is the paradigm of our suffering when read up what he went through on the day of crucifixion. Read the book of Acts in the New Testament to know the kind of life the disciples and apostles went through. Anyone who teaches the gospels as something that promises you an easy or successful life on earth are teaching you the "prosperity gospel" which is false! Nowhere in the bible says that. In fact, Jesus backs it up by this; "Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me." - Luke 9:23 and "For I will show him how much he must suffer for the sake of my name." - Acts 9:16. In other words, there's a cost in being a Christian. I can certainly testify my life has gotten worse after proclaiming this faith; received death threats, friendships lost, job loss, accused of false acts, and so on. What Christianity promises is eternal life in heaven enjoying the presence of God.

If there's anyone considering Christianity, you need to ask yourself these questions: Does truth matter to you? If Christianity were true, would you become a Christian?

"I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me." John 14:6. "Then you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free.” - John 8:32.

Once you've made a decision to investigate, I recommend reading the gospel of John as a starting point so you know who Jesus Christ really is, then read some apologetic books to get a grasp on the evidence such as "The Case for Christ" by Lee Strobel who was a former athiest and Chicago Tribunes journalist, "Cold Case Christianity" by J Warner Wallace who was a former atheist homicide detective, and "Seeking Allah, Finding Jesus" by Nabeel Qureshi who was a former Muslim.

I'm very selective when it comes to rap/hip-hop due to tiring vulgar lyrical content but, I recently discovered NF and he's quite the surprise. His songs are mainly about real life issues that really hits the heart of things, and the way he raps is filled with passion and high energy that reminds me of some of the older Eminem songs. Also, I love how his music videos are filmed. If you're planning on giving NF a shot, just be prepared for the feels...

https://tinyurl.com/y7r2mqor

https://tinyurl.com/yawe4y28

I still listen to these guys sometimes Mainly just 1 song, Regret. The main guitarist, Yuki, has been playing in many other bands such as Acid Black Cherry and Rayflower.

The only other band I know that was formed just to promote an anime was Chrome Shelled. It was a song called Silent Talk. I don't know how long they lasted or if they had other songs but that's all I think can of on top of my head.

Excited for this.