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Strike the Blood Review [ENGLISH]

Anime Review : Strike the Blood (24 episodes)

A quick notice, since I've done this review so long time ago, and I've changed my review policy, so I'm going to make a slightly different review compared to the old [Indonesian] one, just fitting up some stuff to my current policy.

Strike the Blood (2013). Okay, this anime... just finished watching, even though I stopped watching for like 2 weeks, but the after taste when finishing is still haven't changed at all. I'm not even mad, not even sad, I just... don't know what I'm feeling towards this anime, maybe confused? For the storyline, it's good. The girls are also pretty good for ecchi category, even though they're not even touching Highschool DxD's tail. But it's not fanservice that I'm looking for. At the beginning, I was interested by the vampire, and when I found such a badass vampire, I started to watch the series. There's not much I can say about this anime, maybe there's several episodes that're not connected to the main story, also the ero god's ray intervering the fanservice. Overall, this anime is good, the story is OK, and the romance element also deserve a thumb. Score for the anime Strike the Blood : 3.6 / 4 Thumbs.

Character Review

Kojou Akatsuki, voiced by Hosoya Yoshimasa. He's the main character, also the 4th progenitor (I don't even know what a progenitor is). He's pretty badass, even though his badassness mostly blocked by Yukina who always claim to be his "monitor", including girlfriend and little sister. As a badass character, Kojou himself is alreadt good, with his signature line : "From now on, this is my fight!" and at that point, right away, he could defeat any kind of enemies, no matter how strong the enemy is. BUT, unfortunately, his badassness had to be blocked by the "girlfriend wanna be" Yukina by her signature line : "No senpai, this is OUR fight!" right after Kojou saying his signature line. Anyway, score for Kojou Akatsuki : A.

Himeragi Yukina, voiced by Taneda Risa. Monitor, also imouto and girlfriend of Kojou. I don't know what to say,  is it only me or she is actually exaggerating every single thing? I mean, she's always showing off stuffs like the fact that she is Kojou's monitor. Her other signature line : "However, I am your monitor." really pissing me off. It's like I want to shout in front of her face : "I know dammit! Enough!". She always mention her signature lines in like every single episode, which make this kawaii, sexy and beautiful girl kinda annoying. But hey, everyone's opinion is different, right? Score for Himeragi Yukina : B+.

Aiba Asagi, VA : Seto Asami. Now you may say, Aiba Asagi is my favorite female character throughout the whole series. I don't know why or how, I just really like her. She's a female hacker, which is kinda nonsense at least for me. Aiba has a personal assistance in a form of software that I don't know how she acquired it, and his true identity will be revealed later. The thing that I hate from Aiba is that how she really loves Kojou, but her tsundere personality is too damn strong. Aside from my love for Aiba, she's actually really hated y everybody in the entire world. I looked up at some forums and the majority people hate her. I think, what makes her looks bad is that she didn't get enough screen time, which makes her can't show off her cool side. I mean, like Kojou's badass block, she didn't have the chance to do romantic things with Kojou like how Yukina did. Her role on the series is also not really suit for her to be the main female. Well, score for Aiba Asagi : A-.

Okay at this point, you might already checked the Strike the Blood database on myanimelist, and found out that I didn't do the review of  Rihavein La Folia. The reason is because I only translated my old review, and do some arrangement to suit my current policy. I removed the review of some characters to fit the ones that are showed at Strike the Blood myanimelist databse main page. It's not like I don't want to, but I've watched this anime for so long, like two years ago, and I don't have enough time to rewatch and refresh my memories about this anime. So, I'm really sorry about this missing character review.

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Don't You Mock My Favorite Knight!!! [ENGLISH]

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry Review

Anime Review : Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (12 episodes)

Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry (2015), I declared as a legendary anime for the first season. Amongst many anime in Tour de Anime 2016 season 1 which consist of : Love Live 1 & 2, Kiniro Mosaic 1 & 2, Hagure Yuusha no Aesthetica, Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry, Shoujotachi Kouya wo Mezasu, Musaigen no Phantom World, Dagashi Kashi, and Campione. There are only 2 series that make it to the legendary series for this season, and one of them is RKnC. The other one will remain secret until the review time. Okay, first, why did I give so many compliments for this series? That's because the caracters aren't half-hearted. On everything. Remember Raishin Akabane from Machine Doru? (if you don't check the review here). Welcom back, because the main character, Ikki Kurogane, has a similar personality as Raishin, and most male protagonist in harem anime. Well, the first point of a good harem anime is completed. Next point is the female protagonist. Stella Vermilion, also not half-hearted, not hiding her feelings towards Ikki, confessing it out loud, just like this post's title, (SPOILER ALERT!!!) "Don't you mock my favorite knight!". I'm sorry, I was over-excited for her. Anyway, I think, the weakness of this series is at the end when Stella somehow very easily won all the fights and passed to next stage with Ikki. This kind of happy ending is what makes a series end prematurely (execpt Fairy Tail), which bring us to the next weakness. Only 12 episodes. Overall score, for Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry : 3.85 / 4 Thumbs.

Character Review

Ikki Kurogane, main character, VA : Osaka Ryota. It's easy to review Ikki, just look at Raishin's review. Just kidding, but Ikki really is similar to Raishin. The difference is that Raishin's badassness is blocked by his sickness. Ikki's badassness is blocked by his physical capability. Not much a difference, but still different. Ikki's Itto Shura is just like Raishin's Yaya, if the user run out of stamina, they're not usable, and no badassness. Other thing that makes me like Ikki that Raishin didn't get chance to do it, is commitment. Lately it's hard to find a guy with commitment in harem anime, one of them is Kirigaya Kazuto. Ikki confessed straight away to Stella, not half-hearted, not half-assed, that's a MAN! Score for Ikki Kurogane : A+.

Stella Vermilion, female protagonist, VA : Ishigami Shizuka. Oppai, check. Red hair, check. Twin tail, check. Skill, check. Stella, a princess from a higher up family, from physical appearance, there's no flaw. Her personality is a bit like a tsundere, but luckily her shell is not really hard. Ikki could break the shell right away, at the beginning of the series, when it's still hot. Well, I really salute these two. Moreover, we know this is a harem anime, but this couple still tightly holding hands amongst other girls who's can't be underestimated. Stella is strong, but clumsy, a little bit clumsy, just like most female protagonist in a harem series. Similar to Ikki, Stella also has commitment, actually, most harem anime girls have commitment, but what they don't have is confidence to propose to their loved one like Stella, just like other anime where there's one guy chased by a lot girls for 2 seasons already. I ship Stella and Ikki, though she's a waifu material, I haven't officially make her my waifu yet. Still need some consideration. So, score for Stella Vermilion : A+.

Shizuku Kurogane, VA : Touyama Nao. Shizuka is Ikki's little sister (imuto). Despite being exiled by his family, she still love him. Love that I felt here is a love from a little sister to her big brother. Like Umaru to Taihei, not Kirino to whoever her borther is. Ikki already have Stella by his side, and Shizuku understands that completely, typical mature imouto. Score for Shizuku Kurogane : A.

Nagi Arisuin, VA : Asanuma Shintaro. I wasn't really paying attention to this guy, all I know is that his role is similar to that guy from Strike the Blood who's always wearing headphone. Strong and know everything, he often gives advices to Ikki just like an uncle to his nephew. But actually this kind of character is most likely to become the ulitmate nemesis at the end of the story. But if he's not, I ship this guy with Ikki's sister so that they all will have a happy family, no serious business. Score for Nagi Arisuin : A.

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Dead Space 2 [ENGLISH]

Dead Space 2 Review [ENGLISH]

Game Review : Dead Space 2 

Just finished Dead Space 2, it's a very very intense game. Dead Space 2 (2011), a horror, action, thirdperson, RPG scored 2 / 4 Thumbs from Intion.

Actually, this is my first time playing a horror game. And I really felt the tension. Dead Space 2, from the gameplay, it was fun, and no wonder since there are a lot of weapons to choose. What makes it better, is that the weapons are 'futuristic' model and that's cooler compared to normal weapons. Plus, badass armors make this game really really cool.

The horror touch is OK. I can't say it's bad, but maybe not maximized for horror category since there are still many horror games that's more scary than Dead Space. 15 Chapters, every chapter's duration is pretty long, especially if you don't use YOLO mode when playing.

For you guys who haven't play yet, DO NOT get fooled by chapter one. Chapter 1 - 7 is very very very easy. Maybe you won't even use any health kid. But after that, the difficulty is like increased drastically. So many new hard to kill monsters. So don't be too cocky on the beginning.

Play with strategy, there are a lot of weapons to use in game, Plasma Cutter, Line gun, Pulse Rifle, Contact Beam, Seeker Rifle, Javelin, Ripper, Flamethrower, Force gun, and Detonator. 

Plasma Cutter, this is like the best weapon in the game, moreover if you have fully upgrade it. The damage it produces is pretty good, maybe mid - high. Compared to Pulse Rifle, this weapon is better for 1 vs 1 fight.

Pulse Rifle, this one is for 1 vs Infinity. Like alien babies who's never coming alone, they always bring their schoolmate, they're a good target for Pulse Rifle. Firespeed is fast, and the capacity is enough to kill a horde of enemies.

Seeker Rifle, also good for 1 vs 1, but the respond is slower than Plasma Cutter. The damage it produces is very high.

Line Gun, also good for 1 vs Infinity, BUT the reload speed is very slow, the capacity is small, and it's difficult to shoot it effectively. But it's special feature is pretty good.

Contact Beam, this is very good to save up stasis. The special feature is that we can stasis enemies around, very good for ganged up attack.

That was weapons that are useful for Dead Space 2 in Intion's opinion (actually I haven;t tried the rest). Back to difficulty, this game is really hard without cheats, trainer, etc. But there's one key for Dead Space 2, MONEY IS EVERYTHING. In Resident Evil series, we can't buy ammo, but in Dead Space, ammos are sold at the store for cheap price! This ease the gameplay, but also balanced by new enemies that are become stronger in every chapter.

Overall, Dead Space 2 is good.

For you who're interested in Dead Space 2, check the System Requirement here

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