Thursday, June 16, 2011:
One thing is evident: I’m back in Kobe. Super happy, fun-fun, fan-tucking-fastic. It’s not “right” to feel that way, but still. I didn’t come to Japan to go visit all my relatives. Nope. I only came here to fulfill my promise with my grandfather––father’s side––in Kobe: to visit him when he is doing better and out of the hospital. No more, no less. Apparently, my grandmother back in the countryside pays no attention and assumes that, if the family is staying for a week or more, we’ll be visiting her and the somehow decent grandfather down in the countryside. Oh hell. There’s no way to get her to understand that. Well. Going to continue on Shining Hearts, the game of bread and monsters.
Oh. Also, I’ve recently been feeling… what, needy. Yeah, I feel the need to meet someone. But that’s a more personal thing, so I’ll leave it at that. I’ll just say this though: I bought her several presents and I plan on telling her how I feel once the school year starts.
Well. I just ate dinner. Dumplings. I think… what, around 25, 30-ish. Just that. Totally worth it. Well. Now to start up my new PSP game––Gundam Assault Survive. You can just tell I’ve been buying lots of PSP games over this stay. I mean, I bought, what… five games during my stay? Again, totally worth it.
Well. Got a USB cable for my PSP. Now I can put stuff in my new 8 gig memory stick and do stuff. Like install the data in Dissidia Final Fantasy Duodecim. Which took over an hour. Roughly two hours. It, the game, better be worth the wait… Otherwise, yeah, I’d probably lose all faith in the Final Fantasy franchise and probably Square Enix itself. That is, if I even had any before Dissidia 012. Rather than do stuff like this, I could be, what, sleeping right now. But no, Square Enix decides to make installing data a huge pain in the arse. Seriously, Capcom, Bandai Namco, Konami… hell, even Sega and Atlus all have this “Install Data” thing and they don’t take nearly as long to install. You wanna guess how long it took for Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker’s data to install?
Here’s the answer: frigging 15 minutes. 800-summat Megabytes. In 20 minutes. Dissidia 012? 810 Megabytes. In several freaking hours. God, I feel Square Enix is just wasting my time with this installation crap. Or they suck at doing this. One or the other. I just hope this game is worth it. Just worth it. It will never be as good a game, though, as The 3rd Birthday, which was pretty short––7 chapters––but actually had its fun parts. Like data installation not taking up hours of a day. And the costumes. And the “secret” scene. Oh god, the “secret” scene.
If you’d like to know how long I lasted in the Desperado Chaos (Feral Chaos) fight at the start of the game, here: 27.9 seconds. I’m sure you all Dissidiayers (Dissidia players? I dunno) lasted longer.
Friday, June 17, 2011:
Bought a model kit. The last time I bought a model kit was… what, a year ago? Ah well. It was a good buy. ¥1399. If you’d like to know what it is, it’s a HG Universal Century 1/144 scale MSZ-006 ‘Zeta Gundam’ model kit. Small, yes, but it’s large enough for me to carry home on my way back to Americaland. Again, good buy. Can convert itself from Gundam form to Wave Rider form. There was also a MSZ-010 ZZ Gundam model… but that was huge. Like, huger than the Zeta Gundam model. MG too. Probably something like 1/100. Super huge. Jesus. I can’t buy that too. I only had enough cash left over to buy this. But I did want it. Oh yes, I wanted it.
My dad’s considering, after seeing my new Zeta Gundam model kit, buying this… 15 Zaku set. I dunno. It’s something containing 15 MS-06 Zakus.
Oh. I also got new clothes. A dark grey denim (?) jacket and camouflage 3/4 pants.
Saturday, June 18, 2011:
Went out again. Dad bought his 15 Zaku set. Far smaller than I anticipated. I bought another model kit. A HG Universal Century 1/144 scale RGM-89 Jegan model kit. It’s not as cool as the ZZ or the Zeta… but it’ll do. I think I’ll start the Jegan before the Zeta. Seems easy enough, really. This one was ¥1299. I believe it’s because it’s not one of the more “main” Mobile Suits. Like… a Gundam. Or a Mobile Suit belonging to Char Aznable.
… I think it’s easier to say that it’s cheaper because it’s a model kit of a mass-produced Mobile Suit. Not a prototype. Not a test type. A mass-produced one.
Just saw a very interesting show on the television over here in Japan. It’s called “Hokotate” (lit. Spear v. shield), and they pit two of the world’s strongest objects against each other, one with extremely destructive power and the other with supreme defense, in this show. This show is based on the saying that follows this one story about a smith who created a spear that can pierce through any shield and a shield that can defend against all spears and a customer who asked what would happen if the two were pitted against each other.
Today’s episode involved a gargantuan cutter which the creator calls “the world’s most powerful cutter” and a chain which its creator calls “the world’s most powerful chain.” Indeed, both are particularly powerful, but, in the end, the cutter won. This was, I believe, because the chain was only meant to protect against thievery. I mean, what man uses a cutter the size of a, what, giant enemy crab’s pincer to steal a bike? Yes, this chain was meant to protect bikes from being stolen.
Like most Japanese variety shows, this show used music that seemed very familiar to me. Particularly from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Especially when they were introducing the victory conditions for the cutter and the chain. Operation Yashima, anyone?
All in all, it was an interesting TV show. I’d like to see that on American TV. Also, it was hilarious when they introduced the cutter. It’s named after a monster that appeared in monster movies. I believe, with technology like this, Mobile Suits won’t be too surprising to see.
Other than that, same old, same old. Video games, sleeping, eating, vending machines, air conditioned rooms.
… One funny commercial that came up was for a refrigerator. Yeah, there’s nothing really funny about it… except for the refrigerator’s name. Its name? “Vegeta.” Hilarity ensued. Another commercial that came up was for them Android phones. The song was “Judas” by Lady Gaga. I was like “k” and returned to Gundam Assault Survive and log writing. I officially like Japanese TV more than American TV now.
I think that’s enough logging for one day. Or two. See you in part 4.
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