Nopy's Blog

Despite how much I like anime, I’ve never been a big fan of incredible events with no viable scientific explanation. This includes things like flying through the air with no apparent form of propulsion, creating vast quantities of energy from nothing, and penetrating the armour of a vehicle using a weaker material by using shear willpower. This is one of the reasons why Martian Successor Nadesico was and still is one of my favourite anime: it used the latest theories of quantum mechanics and newest technological advancements of the 90s to explain how things like instant transport and the terraforming of Mars was possible. When there was no way to explain something (like the generation of particles to perform a gravity blast), the topic was simply avoided rather than trying to make up something fake and untrue.

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I just thought I’d remind everyone that the contest deadline is on March 1. Any submissions that are received after this date will not be considered for the prize. If you’d like to check the rules again, they’re over here. Good luck to all the participants!

After over a year of waiting, I finally have the Alter versions of  Hayate, Fate, and now Nanoha from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS. I know Alter has other StrikerS figures, but these three were the only ones I really cared about. They were also crazy expensive when you factor in shipping so I wouldn’t be able to afford the others anyway. Like Hayate and Fate, Nanoha also comes in a huge box. I managed to fit the first two boxes under my desk, but I have no clue where I’m going to put this third one.

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The January 2010 issue of Dengeki G’s magazine features Manaka from Love Plus on the cover. I’m sure most of you have probably heard of this wildly popular dating sim on the NDS which allows you to interact and deepen your bond between one of three girls in the game. Apparently it’s so good that a guy in Japan even went ahead and married one of the girls in the game (but not officially/legally). Personally, I’d prefer a real wife, but to each his own.

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I’ve had this copy of Megami Magazine Creators Vol. 17 for a while, but I guess I forgot about looking through it until now. On the cover of this volume is Amane from the XBOX 360 dating sim Dream C Club. The game is only available in Japanese, and involves visiting a hostess club every night to try to win over one of the girls. It sounds a bit harder than other dating sim games though because apparently you can accidentally do something that makes a girl think of you as a friend and never as a lover. I’ve never played the game but I can imagine that someone who’s been playing the game for several days would be really mad if they got the “best friend” ending.

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