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

Yeah, I crashed last night. I wasn’t able to make that second post yesterday, but oh well. I’m barely up, but I’ll make a second post later today. Maybe a third. That is if all goes well.

Last month, I made a post about why I deserved to win a copy of “Hellsing Ultimate’s” first volume. It turns out that I am one of the four winners. I forgot to mention that of those four winners, two of them get the special edition and I am one of those two people. Hee hee!

“Hellsing’s” not the only series involved in a contest I entered. There’s also a “Disgaea” one. Yes, I have heard that the anime was horrid, but the game was actually fun, even though I never got to finish it and that I sold it so that I could buy my Japanese PS2. I had to sell a bunch of games to get that PS2 now that I mentioned it.

Chupiler told me about a “Sentimental Graffiti” credit card, or rather a “Sentimental Graffiti II” actually, just recently. Here is the page. There’s also one of Rei from “Evangelion” and Ruri from “Nadesico”. I think I looked the page up after I told him that I would want a credit card with Puchiko. I don’t remember if Broccoli has one of Puchiko, but I remember that they did have credit cards of various characters, many of those from “Galaxy Angel”.

We also talked about some issue I don’t want to scar you with. Maybe. (Thanks to the site he showed me, I was unable to sleep at ease that night.) I will not say anymore about this issue.

I better mention two last notes before I head off to eat. One, this post really made me twitch for a bit. The other note is that I hope Maestro and Impz have speedy recoveries. I guess that’s all for now, seeing that I’m still barely up.

Decided to get a head start here. If you’re wondering what was yesterday’s entry all about, Anime Blogger’s running a contest in which you can win a copy of “Hellsing”. That’s it.

I got “True Love Story Summer Days and Yet’s” OST today and I’m listening to it right now. (It arrived a day earlier than I expected.) I am not going to give much of “TLS’s” background. “TLS” is a romance game series that started in 1996 by from ASCII and later by Enterbrain. All of the games have been released on Sony’s first two PS systems and “Summer Days and Yet” was released in 2003. An OVA series was released in the same year. (As far as I know, this is the only game to have an anime.)

To be honest, it’s one of those soundtracks you want to pop in if you want to have fun. Well, at the start at least. Of course, it has some songs that will put you at ease. That’s what ren’ai games do. Oh and there’s a paper figurine which seems silly, but interesting never the less. Kuwatani Natsuko-san, who plays as the key girl of the series Hina (who is the girl of the figurine for me at least), does sing a song here. Great seiyuu, but I wouldn’t call her a grand singer also. She’s just decent.

The problem with “Summer Days and Yet’s” OST or any “TLS” OST for that matter is well, the audience. Obviously, the only people that will like this are people that like ren’ai games pretty much. I’d only bring this album if I’m going to see a certain group of friends as I really can’t show the majority of my friends this OST. They’d end up confused most likely.

So, should you get “True Love Story Summer Days and Yet’s” OST? If you’re a fan of the series, yes. If you’re a fan of ren’ai games, I’d say so. If you’re a fan of anime and manga, maybe. If you just started out in anime and manga as well as games, probably not. It gets a 9/10 score from me.

Why do I deserve a copy of “Hellsing”? Hmmm. Oh, where do I begin?

I’ll be honest. One of the reasons why I need to win here is because I want to tell everyone that I can still win any form of competition. I actually won a “Chobits” calendar 4 years ago and I won some “Tenchi” merchandise (a bag if I recall) from the Fanime staff contest the year before last year. Unlike my parents, I am competitive. I am competitive in sports, video games, card games and contests. So, I do want to have a copy that bad.

Another reason why I want to win here is because I actually want this Christmas session (which is still going on if you don’t know by now) to really make up for the last several. Christmas never did much for me the last several years because outside of the calendar, I got gifts I really didn’t need. I got some electronic device, but I didn’t touch it; though I did get some clothes, I only wear them on formal occasions and I generally don’t go to many. I am on a roll with a couple of games this year and I’ll get “True Love Story ~Summer Days and Yet’s~” OST (as in, the game’s OST, not the anime’s) the day after tomorrow. This Christmas still has its downs, but I want to actually have more ups this year.

The third and final reason is because I never really did get the chance to fully embrace “Hellsing”. I saw like one or two episodes, but that was it and that was like three years ago or so. So, by winning here, I’ll really experience the series myself and it’ll be such a stepping stone if that was the case.

Well, that’s that. I really want to make this Christmas better than the last several and by getting a grasp of a “Hellsing” copy, this Christmas will really, really stand out. This Christmas right now is just decent, but I want more out of it.