Otomeme Monday: Meeting the Tweedles [Spade no Kuni no Alice]

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Shuuen no Virche “Date” Bromide Translation - Yves, Lucas, & Ankou

I recently received some Shuuen no Virche bromides from Stellaworth, so I decided to try my hand at translating them! If you bought a certain amount of merchandise from Stellaworth during Otomate's Summer Art Exhibition, then you were eligible to choose a specific bromide set. 

The theme of the message is "Date" ✨

And of course the usual spiel: As a fantranslation, I can't guarantee complete accuracy. All rights belong to Otomate. Please do not repost 😚

Translations below the cut!

Shopping Haul April/May 2021: Vita Games + Returning to my Roots

So in March, I decided to shop for merch and things on Ebay because I didn't have the strength to return to proxy shipping.

Well... I've changed my mind. 🤣 In addition to buying off Ebay, I'm now once again importing!

You may notice that it is no longer May... that's because I am but a poor soul who decided to choose Surface Mail for the bulk of my purchases LOL. 

The items that weren't bought off Ebay were bought through DeJapan, so if you're interested in my experience there'll be a review for that soon~

Onto the haul!

Cupid Parasite: English Comparisons Between the Localized and Japanese Openings

Once I was done yelling over the Cupid Parasite localization announcement by Idea Factory International back in July, I realized they had actually made quite a few changes to the opening movie... especially that "Love Cupid" nonsense. 😂 Plus there's a lot more natural English in general throughout.

So like the true Virgo I am, I made a thread about the English between the localized and Japanese versions of the OP, because comparing them was fun LOL. 

I actually posted a thread of this back in July on Twitter, but I figured I should probably put it here too~

All images on the bottom are the localized version, while all images on the top are the original Japanese version. Click images to enlarge further.

Unboxing: Uta no Prince-Sama Repeat Love - Limited Shining Love Box

I am extremely late to the UtaPri party but at last I can fully see what the series is all about! I bought the vita version because I didn't see any difference really with the Switch ver, plus this was cheaper and I get little goodies. Originally I wanted the Premium Box because I really liked the bonuses, but that mishap is a story you can read here lol. 

And yes I am finally making a post despite buying this in March! The brain is a fickle thing and I forgot I never published this post. 😅

So now onto the mini unboxing!

Otomeme Monday: Alice in the Country of GUN [Spade no Kuni no Alice]

 Lewis Carroll on the train be like

Bonus: Alice while Lewis is committing an atrocity

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Otomeme Monday: Otome Armada during July be like

 Otome fandom getting FED

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Unboxing: Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu Limited Edition for PS4

CDJapan was selling the 2-in-1- PS4 port Shinobi, Koi Utsutsu -Banka Aya Emaki- aka NinKoi for an insanely cheap price as part of their summer sale (only 2760 yen!?), so I decided to buy it as an early birthday gift for myself~ 🥳

This is more of a mini unboxing since I didn't buy anyplace special for shop bonuses, but I'm still happy with it!

Kamiaso and Korosuto Switch Ports Announced!

Happy almost 8th anniversary to Kamigami no Asobi (aka Kamiaso) and almost 3rd anniversary to Koroshiya to Strawberry (aka Korosuto)! 🥳

After cryptically posting a lot of "Coming Soon" posts for both series on their Twitter accounts, Broccoli announced Switch ports for both Kamiaso and Korosuto! The new games will be titled Kamigami no Asobi Unite Edition and Koroshiya to Strawberry Plus respectively. 

Kamiaso Unite Edition (rated Cero D) will be a 2-in-1 port that includes both PSP game Ludere Deorum and the PSP/Vita game InFinite. The content of the games will remain the same, but of course now you get to view in higher resolution~

Korosuto Plus (Cero rating TBA) will have a new voiced episode that takes place after the main story's love ending.

Surprisingly, Broccoli already has release dates for them, with Kamiaso to release on January 27, 2022 and Korosuto to release on February 23, 2022! 

For those interested in the coming soon posts, you can find them here:

Kamiaso - [1], [2], [3]

Korosuto - [1], [2], [3], [4], [5], [6], [7]

Until next time~

P.S. The full cover art for Kamiaso Unite Edition is really pretty!

P.P.S. For April Fools, the heroines were put into each other's games. 🤭

Heroine art by game artist Kazuki Yone

AllAksys 2021: Aksys Localization Announcements for 2022!

 

Aksys will also be bringing 4 more titles over to the West: Lover Pretend, Paradigm Paradox, Kimi wa Yukima ni Koinegau, and Piofiore Episodio 1926 will be releasing in 2022!

Piofiore fans of course are being fed with the sequel to the first game. It's amazing to see more lighthearted games like Lover Pretend and Paradigm Paradox, and it's a welcome surprise that KimiYuki is also being localized despite just releasing in Japan on July 29th of this year! 💖

AllAksys 2021: Soundtracks Available for Upcoming Otome Games!

Today Aksys announced at their #AllAksys stream that Olympia Soirée, Dairoku: Agents of Sakuratani, and Variable Barricade will be confirmed to have soundtracks! Details on how to purchase and add them to your preorder from the Aksys store will be sent via email within a few days.

It's not often we got otome soundtracks in Western fandom, so this is definitely very exciting to see! 😊

Blog Update: Discontinued Use of Follow by Email!?

It's the last day of July! And I'm here with a blog update. 

A while back, Google announced that Feedburner, who manages Blogger's "Follow by Email" widget, would be discontinuing their email subscription service after July 2021. This means that starting tomorrow (or possibly even today depending on the timezone), anyone who is subscribed here via email will no longer receive notifications when I post something new. 

I've been searching for a bit, but I hope to find another third party service that would let me do email subscriptions again. Apparently there is a way to export current email subscriptions but.. that is something I'll have to figure out at a later time. 😅

Until a find a solution, you can also find me on Twitter and Tumblr! Although I post and retweet/reblog lots of other content there too, I also include any Blog posts that I have made.

Alternatively, I have been considering the possibility of moving to Wordpress for a while now, but I hope it doesn't come to that since I am quite partial to Blogger. (Plus that means learning coding and formatting for a whole new site haha)

To all who have been here on my blog, whether you're a long-time follower or a recent discoverer, thank you so much for the support all these years. I hope you will continue to visit and support this blog. 🙏

Until next time!