After getting halfway through Dragon Quest V, I am now starting to feel OLD.

Yes, old. I've played through Nino's (my DQ5 hero's name, btw) entire life! First playing as chibi Nino -- at 8 years old? What 8-year-old kid goes traveling around the world, fighting monsters???

Anyway, so 10 years pass, Nino becomes a fine young man and goes off adventuring again. He can recruit monsters this time around, so yay! I love collecting, and bestiaries are cool. There seems to be a fair number of "unrecruitable" monsters, however.

Then comes the funny part -- choosing Nino's bride! Argh, I would have wanted to be able to change the names of the bride candidates, you know (so I can use my name, nyahahahah~). So, the story changes a bit depending on which girl you choose to marry, although there isn't anything major. I chose to go with Bianca, the step-cousin, for the sake of continuity. She's both fighter and magic user, though I think she doesn't really get that powerful in both. Nera, on the other hand, is a pure mage, and Debora is a strong fighter with support spells. (I will have to replay the game for the other brides~)

And then, more adventuring with wife and monsters in tow. Wife gets pregnant, gives birth to twins (a boy and a girl, who I get to name, yay~) gets kidnapped by monsters, is rescued by Nino, and then both get turned to stone. *sigh*

Nino the Statue gets auctioned off. 8 years pass. (Tell me that doesn't make you feel old!)

Nino gets rescued by Uncle and kids, and is presently off questing with the twins (& faithful monsters) to find beloved wife and mother. *phew*

Looks like Nino's son is the "legendary Hero" everyone's been waiting for, but he's still 8 years old. 25 hours on the game clock, and still a long way to go.

If I'd been playing the original SNES version and not on the DS, it'd be months before I finish this. FF3 was a breeze compared to this.

But it's fun and very addicting~

A potent combination! ~♥

I mentioned before in my LJ that Nino got me started on playing Dragon Quest. I'd been more of a Square person, and that time when I read his game nikki about Dragon Quest, I was still in the middle of revisiting Seiken Densetsu 3.

I also bought my Nintendo DS Lite after seeing that episode of Gakkou e Ikou where they tried to prank Nino but he was busy with his DS. *lol*

But Nino is not the only reason I bought a DS Lite. I've always been partial to Nintendo, but because there are too few DS gamers where I live, all I ever heard about was the Sony PSP. So when I learned about the DS, my mind was already half made up. Then I saw the episode, and it pretty much sealed the deal.

Mind, Nino is not my ichiban. It's Ohno. But he's a very, very close second, and I love him to bits. ^_^

Thus, I named my hero in Dragon Quest V "Nino". Sort of like a tribute for introducing me to the game. ^_^

And because I couldn't resist it, I started renaming the monsters I collected after JE boys (and some not so JE). The resulting fun I get everytime I battle or talk to them is really worth the trouble.

Too bad I can't rename any of the brides. If I could, I'd use my own name, and that wedding scene would really be pure flail! Like, "Nino kisses Stef!"

If the flailing doesn't kill me, I'd probably die from laughing my head off.

"Do you, Nino, take Stef to be your wife, to love and to cherish, in sickness and in health, for as long as you will be resurrected from death in the church?" says the priest of Mostroferrato.

Oh, God. This just pwns me.

Originally posted on themadwitch.vox.com

I saw the video over at You-tube and couldn't resist capping this part.



"Daijobou?"

Awwwww XD
Animated Yama pair love! Sweet.

I just finished watching Himitsu no Arashi-chan, and despite some boring moments, the challenge done by Jun and Sho really made my day. \(^o^)/

They were trying to do something similar to a certain video (I think it was an ad). There was this guy who would toss things and hit his targets perfectly, like tossing a CD into the CD player, an empty bottle into a crate behind him or into a trash bin without looking, etc.

The takes were funny, but the poor guys really felt the pressure. I could almost feel Jun getting pissed off, although in this case I think it was Sho who was feeling more irritated. The expressions on his face were priceless! So adorable, hehehe!

They showed some of the takes like:

Jun
- tossing a bottle of ketchup into a condiments holder while reading the paper; it took a friggin' 77 takes! Kudos to DoS Jun for holding on that long.
- tossing a sugar cube into a coffee cup: 3 takes (Sho's face upon seeing this was just awesome~)

Sho
- tossing 2 pieces of bread into a toaster - 33 takes along with a lot of adorable facial expressions LOL

BUT seeing Jun in tiny, tight shorts nearly made my eyes bleed. Iieeeeeeee!!! (The scene was to jump into a pair of jeans straight from the bed.)

I can't really describe it all that well, you'll just have to watch the episode. Hopefully a subbed one gets shared really soon!

Ooooh, and my dearest evil genius Nino won that yes-no portion.

Flail! =P

Last night I watched this show on Fuji TV where they interviewed two guys who were promoting a drama. One was rather cute. And since my Japanese is still way poor, all I could understand was that it was a drama adaptation of a manga.

A little later, the hosts started displaying the actual manga. I couldn't read Japanese, but the covers looked suspiciously like Fruits Basket. I dug up some more info & found out that I was right; the drama is Furuba, and the cute guy was, if I'm not mistaken, Kamiyama Ryuji of Jpop group Run&Gun.

This is the first time I've heard of them, so I don't really know any of their songs. Demo Kamiyama Ryuji-san wa honto ni kawaii desu. (^_^)

First comm post...
yoroshiku onegaishimasu~ ♥

I made all these Arashi icons a while back but never got to post them (mostly because I couldn't figure out how, lolz). Sorry, I am not that artistic so I didn't really do much. Anyone can take them & edit. Please comment if taking~

Credits for the bases are appreciated but not required. ;-)

35 icons in all.
Hope you like.

Preview:


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I realize that I am so late in flailing on this since the PV came out ages ago, but hey, let a fangirl flail freely, aight? (^_^)

I ♥ Ohno & Nino, therefore Ohmiya moments are inevitable~

1. Ohmiya moment # 1


I don't know what the hell Ohno is doing but I don't care because it's just too cute for words. *squee*

2. Ohmiya moment #2


And the others are totally ignoring the two. Yes, yes, let Ohmiya have their moment!

3. Ohmiya moment # 3


Ninooooooo!
Seriously! And look at Aiba just watching. LOL~

4. Ohmiya moment #4


Gaaaaaaah! What these two boys do to meeeeeee!
And the rest of Arashi just... cheers them on. Can you feel the love? ♥♥♥

5. AibaxNino moment # 1


*GLOMP!* Hahahaha~
Oh, Aiba. You can be soooo cute when you do totally random things. ♥

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I just read this on Wikipedia so I can't be totally certain. (^_^)

In the Japanese version of the Nintendo DS game, Luke, the Professor's assistant, is voiced by Maki Horikita. In Final Time Journey ( The third installment of the series; I forget the Japanese title. I believe it's still unreleased outside Japan.) -- teenage Luke is voiced by Shun Oguri.

Maki & Shun voicing the same character. LOL.
I'm having Hana Kimi flashbacks. =P

ah. i miss the boys. hahahah~
i've been so caught up in work and, er... *cough cough* ...my Nintendo DSLite... that i haven't been checking out any updates on my favorite boys...

gomennnnn~
♥

but... i've been wanting to buy an NDS ever since i saw Nino playing... aaargh i am repeating myself again.

i've started watching Nino's Ryusei no Kizuna but only saw the first episode thus far, and now Ohno's Uta no Oniisan is starting! and God knows how many HnA and AnS episodes I've missed.

uwaaaah~
i'm missing out on a lot~

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a friend is coming home from singapore, so i asked her to check out some JE mags for me at Kinokuniya. so off she went, took note of prices and titles, and gave me a list... a week after, she went back to buy the mags i decided on but, whoa! they were all gone. wiped out. no more Potato, Wink Up, Popolo, Duet, Myojo, etc..

fangirls are fast, ne?

she had to call me me long distance while in the store. poor Sharms.
so i just settled on some jrock magazines i've been wanting to get - Neo Genesis Vol. 31 with Alice Nine on the cover, and Fool's Mate with Gackt.

aah but i still want my Potato~
sigh~

so, there's this coffee shop nearby which, in my opinion, serves the world's worst coffee.

i've tried their cafe mocha, and it's so diluted you can hardly taste the chocolate or the coffee. all you get is the overpowering taste of thin milk. yuck. on top of this, the friggin' stuff is expensive. nearly the same price as the good coffee in the tried and tested coffee shops. the nerve!

but because i'm too lazy to walk 2 blocks to Starbucks or Bo's Coffee, i end up still buying their damned cafe mocha.

today i thought, maybe if i try something different? so i got one of their blended coffees, a mocha peanut butter.

baka baka BAKA! it's the same bloody thing. it totally sucks. this place is made of FAIL.

sigh. what i'd give for good old Gloria Jean's right now.