Hyoka/Hyouka Review

Hyoka Anime Review

This anime marks the first anime that I've watched and completed after going on my anime hiatus and I have mixed feelings regarding this anime in general. Over the past few months there was a bunch of buzz regarding this anime and in turn this anime peeked my interest but this anime didn't amaze me as I thought it would...

First starting off this anime overall is a good anime and I think that any anime-lover should at least watch it once. In the beginning, the anime was interesting and gripping but as the anime got to the middle of the story and towards the end of it's run it became really stagnant and boring to me. 

Characters

I loved the dynamics of the characters and the relationships that they have together through their interactions with each other since they are all in the same club together the Classics Club. In my opinion the 4 main characters' interactions with each other was one of the main highlights of this anime.

Houtarou and Eru

Satoshi and Mayaka

Verdict

Overall, this is a good romance/mystery anime that hooks you in the beginning, but becomes less appealing and uninteresting towards the middle of the story and a little boring after a while but it's not a complete waste of your time.

Score: 8.2

Code Breaker

New Beginnings

Since Reborn ended it's departure has left a void inside of my heart and therefore I've been on the lookout for new shounen manga titles to fill that void, and Code Breaker is a manga that I became interested in because of the plot and anime that was just recently released. Also, just recently I've caught up to the manga and the story has many twists and turns lingering within it so, I look forward to the events as they unravel throughout the story.

Sayonara Katekyo Hitman Reborn

A Beloved Series Comes to an End

Good-byes at times can be sad or painful and just this week a shonen series that I have come to love over the past 4 years or so manga has just concluded this week. I loved this series and all of it's characters the bonds and relationships that formed were beautifully written and even though KHR was a shonen title is was a nice refreshing take on the shonen genre and a nice change of pace from shonen titles like Bleach and Naruto for example. 

I know that people have mixed feels about the open-ended ending, but I think that the series overall covered everything that it needed to story-wise. The anime during it's run also was good and had a great ost. I wish Akira Amano Sensei  good luck on her next title/work.

Resident Evil 6 Mini-Review/Aeon

Resident Evil 6 Mini-Review/Thoughts

I'm going to start off by saying by I love the Resident Evil Series and that I am probably part of the small fraction of people who doesn't mind the direction that the newer generation of Resident Evil games are going in which is more action-oriented, but of course I also like the classic survival horror style of the Resident Evil games too so I'm not overly nit-picky about the situation. Overall, I enjoyed the story of Resident Evil 6 immensely and was hooked into the story I also greatly enjoyed the the overlapping and intersecting of the characters' story arcs.

Break Down By Campaigns

Chris and Piers

Out of all of the campaigns the Chris and Piers campaign was the one that I liked the least. I guess because it was the weakest story wise and I'm not the biggest Chris Redfield fan in general, but the ending of this campaign moved me to tears.

Verdict: Overall 8.5

Jake and Sherry

I loved this pair as they came into their own throughout the game and they have great chemistry together. The ending for their campaign was cute and it was great seeing Sherry in action holding her own and keeping up with Jake. They balance each other out therefore their campaign was overall balanced.

Verdict: Overall 8.8

Leon and Helena

Leon's and Helena's campaign was my 2nd favorite of the entire game as it mixed just the right amount of action with the classic elements and horror tone of the classic Resident Evil games. I love Helena as a character and she grew on me as the story unfolded and Leon was just as awesome as always.

Verdict Overall 9.3

Ada

Ada's campaign was my overall favorite campaign from Resident Evil 6. Her campaign tied the other 3 stories together and Ada is just a bad-ass in general what more do I need to say?

Verdict: Overall 9.5

Aeon(LeonxAda)

Aeon is my OTP of the Resident Evil Series. I just have so many FEELS for this ship and even though I didn't get as much Leon and Ada interaction in this game as I would have liked I am still content with what interactions they did have throughout the game. People can deny it all they want but you cannot ignore that there are strong feelings between Leon and Ada for each other and this game furthermore cements that and their relationship. Leon and Ada care for each other deeply and would sacrifice their life just to save the other. They are two sides of the same coin. 

Tales of Series

Tales of Series Viewing Schedule

There are some tales of series games that I've been wanting to watch and now that I have the time to I plan to watch the following tales of games.

Tales of Graces F

Tales of Vesperia

Tales of the Abyss

Tales of Symphonia

Tales of Xillia

Tales of Xillia

This is game is the very essence of the jrpg genre. The main central characters are great and develop throughout the game and the bond that is created between the main characters is inspiring. I have been for the past few years an avid fan of the Tales of Series, but have yet to own one of the games and with the announcement that Tales of Xillia will be localized for an North American release I can't help but to be ecstatic. 

In the beginning, it takes a little while for the game to pick up, but after that the game just takes off and you become enveloped in the Tales of Xillia world and mythology. The OST is great as well with Ayumi Hamasaki singing the main theme song Progress.

You can also choose to go through the game as Jude Mathis and view the story from his perspective or Milla Maxwell and view the story from her perspective. To me at least I think the story makes more sense if you play as Milla first then as Jude.

Jude and Milla Opening Comparison

Shipping

Jumira

As far as shipping goes I ship Jumira (JudexMilla) and this is my OTP of the game. I loved seeing their bond grow throughout the game and I can't wait to see what Tales of Xillia 2 has in store for these two.

On a side note as I was watching this walkthrough online I just felt and could draw multiple Final Fantasy XIII comparisons from this game because some of the scenes in this game were strikingly similar to FFXIII or maybe it's just me...

Lightning Returns Final Fantasy XIII Thoughts

I know I'm jumping on the train late with this, but I've been so busy that I didn't have any time to post my thoughts on this, so without further ado here are my thoughts on this upcoming game in the Final Fantasy XIII Franchise.

If you've been following along like I have and have played the two earlier installments of the Final Fantasy XIII games then you kinda could see that this was coming. For me personally, I genuinely enjoyed Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2, but I enjoyed FFXIII over it's sequel for reasons that I think should be obvious. I can happily say that I'm glad that the Final Fantasy XIII Saga will hopefully(fingers crossed)  be getting a proper conclusion and the gamer won't be trolled by Motomu Toriyama again.

From the information that I've gathered about the game so far here are my pros and cons.

Cons

• We will only be playing as Lightning now don't get me wrong I like Lightning as a character and all, but one of the fun things in the Final Fantasy Universe was travelling with a party or group of people.
• The time limit and the whole clock aspects. I don't really like being on a time limit in RPG's or games in general because that leaves little time for exploration.

Pros

• Familiar characters will be returning from the previous games like Hope, etc.
• Lightning will have a lot of customization with outfits, abilities and weapons.
• The art style and concepts for the areas look really awesome.

Concluding Thoughts

I'm excited for this game, can't wait until Square Enix releases more info about the game and will more than likely be picking up this game on it's release day.