Bata-kun no Atarashii Nikki/バタくんの新しい日記

Image by Megane.

I’ve been piled with so much work, I am actually having trouble thinking about what I want to type here. Am I finally becoming a grandfather? Maybe.

I plan on being a freeter again. I never liked my current job mainly because I go Milpitas for nothing really. I didn’t mind having it for like the first couple of months or so, but that was only because I was still living in Milpitas. After that, I really was serious about getting a second job or better yet, a new job. I actually wanted to quit around the time I moved back here to San Jose, but some people said that I should stay for a year.

The rain, which I never liked over the years, has killed off my plans this week. I was supposed to go to Milpitas to talk with a family friend about some issue the day before yesterday. Even though it looks clear right now, I don’t want to be hit with unexpected rain.

Daylight Saving Time will start in less than two weeks. Whoever thought of this idea was drinking some good sake. I never liked DST because you lose an hour of sleep and you move an hour closer to school or in my case, work. Why can’t America be like the Philippines and not have DST?

Next week for sure (and this time, I am not going to joke around here), I will check all of last year’s entries as well as the entries of the first half or so of last month. I’m pretty sure some of them need fixing. When will I work on the other entries? I don’t know.

I forgot that tomorrow is March and I better start thinking about what series to watch this spring. There’s this one Gainax series with a girl named Youko, but I forgot its name right now. What I did not forget is the the fact that I will not miss this series. Other than that, there are not many series I can think of to watch this spring.

For some reason, outside of “Nodame Cantabile”, the winter series have not done much for me. I still haven’t watched “Nova”, even though there are people out there that don’t like it for some reason. (I’m just watching it for the seiyuu and not much else to be honest.) I may like Koyasu-san, but no one ever said that one seiyuu can hold a series together as this is the case in “Saint October”, I still don’t know if Hayashibara-san has a role in “Manabi” to make me watch it seriously and “Hidamari Sketch”, as cute as it is, is no “Azumanga Daiou”.

Oh. It is Chun Li’s birthday in Japan right now. While I do admit that I picked her the most in “Street Fighter II”, the percentage of times in which I picked her in any form of fighting game has dropped severely and it’s not because she barely young for the lack of a better word. It’s that she has changed so much, I can’t keep up with the changes anymore. Well, there’s that and I started using Sakura and Ibuki more.

I’m not going to mention her “SF II” form because she has always been a nightmare for opposing players for the most part. While she was good in the first “Zero” game, she got worse with every game that followed and it really showed in the final “Zero” game as well as “Upper”. It’s good that she came back in the final version of “III”, but outside of the Houyoku Sen, there’s not much else that impresses me about her. She’s a very good tournament character and she’s the only character I finished “Third Strike” with, but despite all of this, I never did fully grasp her. Yes, you have to rely on her normal moves more, but I’m one who loves to utilize special moves.

Seeing that I mentioned Ken earlier this month, I probably picked Ken more than Chun Li in “Third Strike”. What’s unusal about this is that rarely do I find myself in a “Street Fighter” game or any other Capcom game for that matter in which I pick Ken more than Chun Li. I take that back. Now, it’s so common for me to pick Ken over Chun Li in various games. This wasn’t the case back when I was still in elementary and middle school.

Well, here’s my best wishes to her. That did not sound right, but that’s okay. You’ll always be 18. Ha ha ha!

Added notes as of 12:03: the name of the Gainax series is called “Maikin Breakthrough Gurren-Lagann”. The link is here. Good that Rid was talking about this the whole time.

Before I forget, the site looks fine. There’s no need for me to talk to Maestro. So, yay.

誕生日おめでとうございます水樹さん！すごい！遊びましてそして気をつけりましてください！^_^

If you notice anything funny about the site, the server’s going through upgrades. Give it some time. I’ll talk with Maestro later.

I will admit it. I am not the best person to talk with in regards of “Tokimemo”, “Tokimeki Memorial” if you don’t know, overall. With this in mind, Chupiler really flashed out a reason on why he would never make a blog of his own. Last night and past midnight, he told me why he never liked “Tokimemo III” and he’ll never like “Girl’s Side” or “Girl’s Side II”.

Before I go on, let me get some statements out of the way. The first game is well, the first game and nothing more really needs to be said. (Some day, I will finish this game. Just not now. I’d probably buy a PSP just for the new version, though it is pretty much emulation.) Chupiler loved “II” because of the characters and I probably would have loved “II” also if I did manage to play it. I don’t remember “Online” very well, though I would have been annoyed by it if I had to guess. I don’t remember the others before “III” as well.

Now, unlike the first two main games, “III” never sold well. Not only are the visuals horrible overall, the game mechanics are horrible also. Chupiler mentioned that he hated the way of you picking clothes on your date. While this may sound like a spiffy idea, what you don’t realize is that if you pick some sort of formal clothing, the girl will go home. I instantly said “The Hell?!” and adding on, if you pick normal clothes, the girl will dump you on the spot. He didn’t like the characters since I’m still talking about this game, but I have to see myself.

“Girl’s Side” came out at around the same time as “III”. This was really Konami’s form of mockery for Chupiler if you will. You know, I defintely wouldn’t enjoy this game as much as a girl would because of the fact that I’m trying to get a guy to like me, but there are two redeeming pluses this game has. One of them is that it has B’z (and I’m guessing that this is the only plus Momo liked about “Girl’s Side”). The other plus is that it has a bunch of seiyuu that I like. (I actually made a seiyuu guide for this game by the way.)

As for “Girl’s Side II”, I wouldn’t like this game that much either. Yes, Ueda Yuuji-san is back, but not as Yoshio, who I actually liked over the years. While having him anywhere is usually a plus, I found this to be a plus and a negative because as much as I like Ueda-san, this game now makes me wonder if Konami is running out of ideas. The chance to date a foreigner really is not a task I’m ready to do and the boys don’t look that impressive.

Oh. I am not going to bother with the American clone of “Tokimemo”. The scary thing about that game is that Konami is working on it also. Chupiler and I think that the Konami employees were drinking some good sake. Of course, Chupiler would rather play “III” or either “GS” game than this “clone”. So would I.

Gong Hei Fat Choy! Chuc Mung Nam Moi! Yes, I’m late for saying those two, but anyway, it’s now the year of the pig.

Right now, I’m doing what I can to make the site better overall. That and I’m being a lazy bum as of late. Don’t ask. I’ll reveal my reasons some other time. That is if I am not too lazy right there as well. Ha ha ha!

Oh! Neoryu finally makes a serious update. It’s a small update, but it’s an update never the less. I will make a small update on our site as well. He couldn’t stand having Kenshirou his moe anymore. XD

Just wanted to say “Happy Birthday” to Natsu of “Justice Gakuen”, Nayu of “True Love Story” and Ken of “Street Fighter”. I did a stroll with Natsu in the final “JG” game and with Ken in “SFZ III”. I should listen to “Summer Days and Yet’s” soundtrack later today seeing that I don’t have a “TLS” game. Ha ha ha!

I don’t plan on doing anything special tomorrow on Valentine’s Day. To be honest, when I was younger, I hated Valentine’s Day. The reasons are that I had to create cards which I found to be silly and I can’t remember if this is true, but I believe that I nearly lost one of my old bags on a Valentine’s Day. Now these days, I just find it to be just another day. (Oh and thank goodness America does not have White Day.)

Tomorrow, I’ll most likely be working my way towards finishing the “Ai Yori Aoshi” anime series. I think that’s a good series to watch tomorrow. Of course, I’ll be finishing “Holmes” first because I actually am close to finishing that series unlike “Aiao”. “Aiao” has always been a series that chewed me up because I would always put the series on hold. Not only that, I didn’t finish the second season.

Oh well.

Hmmm.

I give points for effort, but I think I was spoiled thanks to Sakamoto Maaya-san (who is in this anime if you don’t know) a long time ago. Good old Sakamoto-san. I so act silly when I say that name. Kya ha ha! XD

I’ve decided to scrap that schedule of mine because to be honest, I can’t make promises anymore. I don’t think I was ever a good promise holder. Ha ha ha!

Whether or not I’ll eventually get rid of the interview idea also, I don’t know. I have some people in mind, but am I really up to the task? This, I’m not so sure on.

I still need to fix a lot of parts here. I am trying to figure out how to get my category section organized and I still need to add a few links. Don’t forget that if you want your link up here, give me an e-mail and the link to your page showing me that you linked to my site (properly).

Oh. What was with that random post last time? Generally, I am not one who jokes around or any task like that. I am more of the old school, straight forward guy who does not fool around. To be honest, I’m still trying to keep my nature, but at the same time try to make the blog more interesting. I am still wondering if I have done what I needed to do in regards of that mission.

I’ve been following “Muchi Muchi Pork” for a short while now. It’s what “Parodius” would have been like if it has a pork theme or something like that. Well, if it turns out to be as fun as “Parodius”, then I have found a serious contender for the Game of the Year award of this year.

I so hope that “Senkou no Ronde’s” western release, if it really will happen, doesn’t mess up. –’

Here’s some task I should do more: having fun and then talking about it. Last month, I finally finished getting all of the omake ending images in “Moero! Justice Gakuen” and I felt so happy doing so. I remember my youngest brother said “Finally!” and some other words because he knew how much I slacked off in getting those endings.

Now, I’m making a character and it is great, but it’s a hard process because of the fact that you don’t get so many turns. 40 turns seems a lot until you realize that you have to land on move blocks and to get super moves, you need to fill out the bingo card a certain way. It’s much harder for my case because I actually want to make sure the character starts with 3 bars and only 3 bars because I don’t want my characters to feel totally superior to the cast.

If you haven’t done so, play “Moero! Justice Gakuen” because it really is that fun. I know that it does not have Sakura in the game, but the new characters make up for it. It’s not better than the other two games, but it still is fun and I consider it one of my all-time favorite games. Not only that, “Justice Gakuen” will be 10 years old later this year, which is something. If Capcom brings out a “Justice Gakuen” for the PS2 later this year, I’m getting it.

I don’t know why, but I get a lot of fun in reading other people’s blogs. If anything, I’ve learned that I should put up more silly stuff such as that Impz yonkoma thing. Ha ha ha! That Anime Blog should have the link seeing that I forgot where the archives are at. If all of my entries are flat out serious, then it feels like I am running a cemetary or something.

Try to visit The Bonkurasu Brigade which I have linked to just recently. The site has potential. I have made a comment or two there already. It makes me feel good that Umehiko told me that messy rooms have their charm too. Hee hee!

Oh. I forgot to mention that of all of the silly conversations I had recently, the one that has the most impact to me was the one where I talked with NeoRyu back on Wednesday. Here’s the conversation.

Shin Bata kun (5:33:42 PM): You do realize that you’re still on punishment, right? XD

SF NeoRyu (5:34:06 PM): yeah lol

Shin Bata kun (5:36:02 PM): So, update already!

SF NeoRyu (5:36:17 PM): never lol

Shin Bata kun (5:36:45 PM): You really must love being deprived on kawaii moe, huh?

SF NeoRyu (5:37:01 PM): lol yes

Shin Bata kun (5:37:05 PM): XD

Shin Bata kun (5:38:42 PM): From now on, your new moe are those “Hokuto no Ken” characters. XD

SF NeoRyu (5:42:37 PM): lol no fair

Yes, he still has not updated that much. I tell you. It’s hard to find good help these days. Torturing him with Kenshirou pictures is not enough. XD

Okay! I’m going to think about what I want to buy now. Try to enjoy the rest of Mary’s birthday. Oh and uh, Takuma’s too. =P

The reason I’m updating right now is because I have a horrid cold, meaning that I’ll have to miss work for the next few days. So, I guess I have an excuse to update, though it comes at a price. Oh well.

Anyway, I’m seriously thinking about doing an interview section. The interviews will most likely have the feel of Rocket Baby, but I will also allow the people being interviewed to give links that people should visit. In a way, this is like a new generation Guests’ Picks, a thing Anipike used to do back in the old days.

A few people so far like this idea. I want to do this also, but I don’t have lots of sources to work with. It’d be weird if I interviewed myself, but I don’t mind being interviewed. Go ahead and give me an e-mail. I check my e-mail a good amount of the time.

Well, that’s that. Here’s to hoping that all goes well. Oh and uh, I have to say “Otanjoubi omedetou” to SNK’s Mary. It’s Takuma’s birthday also, but it’s all about Mary! Ha ha ha!

Ahem! I should rest up soon. Mata ne.