101 Facts about Love Live! Sunshine!!

I never really made one of this so I thought, why not try. And while I'm at it, let's start ambitious and do 101 of it. A big task considering I'll only be covering Love Live Sunshine, not the whole series, but there should be plenty of material to go around since I'll be including the seiyuu facts with this. Since as I often said (not really) your Love Live experience will never be complete without knowing the seiyuu behind it all. Hopefully I can keep everything as fact and not be subjective but don't get your hopes too high, it will get subjective, I assure you

1. Their group name is Aqours and read as aqua.

2. Chika's image color is mikan. Not orange as pointed by Anchan (or Inami Anju, seiyuu of Chika).

3. You's image color is blue.

4. Riko's image color is sakura pink.

5. Ruby's image color is not ruby but pink.

6. Yoshiko Yohane's image color is gray.

7. Hanamaru's image color is yellow.

8. Dia's image color is red.

9. Kanan's image color is green.

10. Mari's image color is purple.

What I Will Watch: Winter 2016/2017

This season is quite bad, at least it is for me. There's not many series that really caught my interest, many looks interesting but none really stood out (aside from a few). Also to my surprise, there's no the obligatory harem school light novel adaptation this time, which is nice. Although, to my horror, the amount of yaoi series jumped up by quite a bit.

- Definitely Will Watch:

The series under this is what I will, without an doubt, watch the full length of it. The one here is most likely the next season of what has aired or a series based of something i've already followed.

1. Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shufuku wo! 2

I absolutely love the first season. It's funny and fun. Definitely something I would recommend to anyone who like fantasy genre. When I heard it's getting a season 2, I was really happy and I'm so looking forward to watch this.

2. Ao no Exorcist: Kyoto Fujouou-hen

Watched Ao no Exorcist a while back. To be honest, I'm not terribly impressed nor disappointed. It's your typical shounen series for me. Well, there's another season, why not watch it. Although saying this, this section of the post every single season, there's always one that I didn't watch even though I said I will watch all of it, so... hopefully the curse will be broken in this one.

30 Days Love Live Challenge

It has been way too long since the last time I post something, both here and on Line timeline, so I'll put up something to write. This is a Blog exclusive post since doing this on Line would be unsatisfactory since I can't use in-between pictures.Although the title say that this is a 30 days Love Live Challenge, I'll do it all in one day. Why? Because making 30 short post for this is time-consuming and quite irritating. One long post should do just fine.

Yes, I know, the picture says that this is a μ's challenge but I'll do both μ's and Aqours because I can and it would be a lot better that way. Here we go:

First Impression: Fall 2016

This season is significantly better than the last one in term of the quantity of anime that I watch. Heck, i think last season is the least ever. Since most anime has aired until its episode 3, i think i'll talk about my first impression of everything i watch this season.

1. Mobile Suit Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans S2

Of course this will be here! Another season of Gundam greatness. Seriously, go and watch gundam ibo even if you don't like mecha, it's just that good. Season 2 sets somewhere in the future from season 1, Tekkadan has set up its own base of operation and even has their own mobile suit. From the looks of it, there will be yet another conflict with Gjallhorn which i look forward to. Also Mika is so savage, he's a badass.

2. Shuumatsu no Izetta

Gunpla Grades and FAQs

Since I haven't posted much this past few days, I decided to make a small post which is a blog exclusive one about Gunpla (Gundam Model Kits) grades. To experienced builders or anyone who are somewhat knowledgeable about it, you can skip through this, what I'll be going through is only the bare basics of it. Why am I making this? Because in the past I always hesitate on buying one since I have no idea on what things are at all.

The box art of HG Barbatos from Gundam Iron-Blooded Orphans

The Grades comparison

First, let's talk about the grades. There's actually a lot of grades to the gunpla line, but for the sake of simplicity, I'll talk about the 4 most common grades (I'm excluding SD because I don't like it) out there.
1. High Grade

HG Star Build Strike

High Grade is without a doubt the most common gunpla you'll find in the market. The High Grade or HG is the most collectible grade out there since there's a large amount of variety and most mobile suit that appeared on the show (and even those who aren't) will have a HG version of them. You surely will get one you'll like in this line.

Price-wise, the HG line is considerably affordable compared to most grades and it has sufficient details and part separation for that price. Also it looked quite good just from a straight build out from the box. If you're starting this hobby, I highly suggest starting from the HG line first.

HG Grimgerde

2. Real Grade

RG Exia

Real Grade or RG can be said a smaller and cheaper version of a Master Grade. Like HG, RG is also 1/144 in size but it has an inner frame and a lot of part separation and gimmicks. A straight build from the RG line looks superb and you don't really need much work to make it looks absolutely fantastic. Its price range falls between a HG and a MG but still very affordable in my opinion.

RG Strike Freedom

3. Master Grade

MG Nu Ver. Ka

You have want a gunpla but a HG is too small and lacks detail and mechanics? Look no further, a Master Grade or MG got you covered. A MG is larger than the 1/144 HG, being at 1/100 size and with full inner frame and great details in exchange for a higher price (duhh, obvious). If you compare the price to the result you get, I would say the MG is the best line of gunpla.

MG Aile Strike RM (Remastered)

4. Perfect Grade

PG 00 Raiser

Perfect Grade or PG... Well, what can I say, they're the best line for details and size (at 1/60) and will blow your mind away with its sheer amount of details. I can't really say much about it since I do not own any. Why? Because it's expensive as hell. I'm a college student and hell no, I can't afford a PG. Just look at the pictures shall we?

PG Gundam Unicorn

When I first thought of starting this hobby, I have a lot of question to ask, so why not I compile everything here
1. Do we need to assemble gunpla parts on our own?
Yes. When you bought one and open the box, you'll find a decent amount of runners and you need to assemble them yourself. It's not hard in the slightest, so don't worry too much.

The runners you'll find in the box

2. I heard the instruction is in Japanese, can I build one without understanding Japanese?

Yes, definitely. I, myself, can't read Japanese and yet I'm into this hobby and that never become any hindrance to me. The instruction manuals has a lot of pictures and not much text, so as long as you can see, you will have no problem with it.

An example of the instruction manual. Easy to follow right?

3. Do you need to paint it?

You can paint it but it'll still look decent even if you don't. So don't worry about painting since I don't do it myself but due to circumstances, I can't.

4. What tools do I need?
In the bare minimum, I'd say nippers and a hobby knife. It'd be better if you have a sand paper, gundam markers for panel lining, paint, and a top coat. But to get started, I'd say a nipper and a hobby knife would be fine.

Just get all of this

5. What gunpla would you recommend to beginners?

Actually, I won't recommend anything. Just look through the HG line and buy whatever you like. The HG line is easy enough for beginners and it'll be better to get something you like rather than getting something that's suited for beginners.

6. Is there any place where I can look at gunpla images before deciding what to buy?
Yep. Here: http://www.dalong.net/

Love Live! Sunshine!! Figures School Uniform Ver.

Once in a while, I think I'll post things about anime merchandise on this blog and on this blog only. Yes, I'm not posting this to my usual Line posts, think of it as a blog exclusive content which probably only a minority of my readers (if I even have any) care about. Feel free to ignore this if you're not interested.

Have I made my love for Love Live clear? If not, I'm a big fan of it. Really. I really like Love Live! Sunshine!! a lot too and I will definitely make a (not so) random anime about it, so well, look forward to it. It'll be a hellishly long post, that one, I'm sure. Also I'm redoing my random anime of Love Live! School Idol Project since I'm not too happy of the version I posted to Line, another blog exclusive content! Anyway, I'm quite happy when I see Aqours getting their own figure (not like they won't have any) so I immediately pre-ordered Takami Chika's figure. Yep, Chika is my favorite character, surprised? You might be, considering the popular ones are You, Ruby, and Yoshiko Yohane.

Chika-chan!!!

What I Will Watch: Fall 2016

- Definitely Will Watch:

The series under this is what I will, without a doubt, watch the full length of it. The one here is most likely the next season of what has aired or a series based of something I've already followed.

1. Hibike! Euphonium 2

I watched the first season and it was okay but enjoyable to say the least. So why not watch the second season

Thanks to this series, I now know the existence of euphonium

2. Mobile Suit Gundam: Iron Blooded Orphans S2

I've been waiting for this ever since the first season ended. As they say, it's not gundam unless it gets 50ish episodes, so here's the second half of that 50!

Did I ever mention that I'm a huge fan of Gundam? I did? Obviously

Random Question 2

Another random questions from me to me. Why do i do this? Because i'm bored and it's surprisingly fun to answer random questions that popped in my head. Another reminder, this was made not long after the fist one, so around June or July, I can't remember

1. Do you like romance story? If so what kind of romance story?

Yes, i do in fact like romance quite a bit surprisingly enough. Despite my tendency to like story with a dark and twisted story alongside horror psychological stuffs, the romance story i prefer isn't a heart wrenching one or anything close to it. I actually like a heart warming and sweet romance. It doesn't have to have an awesome story plot, just give me a sweet and cute relationship and i'll be perfectly content.

I feel in love with the design almost immediately.
Title is Itoshi no Karin. Thank me later, go and read it. It'll cheer you up

2. Is there any type of story you don't like?

Yes! The obligatory ecchi romance harem school life adapted from a light novel in every freaking season. It has the perfectly same template and after one or two of those said series, i got bored and sick of it. I still wonder why people like it so much. Infinite Stratos, Rakudai, Asterisk, HxH, etc etc, i'm looking at you.

I know how the first episode will go without even watching it