Most of the time I appreciate the UN because it is like a sign of humanity's progress. Then my hope get shot down by events such as Rwanda back in the early 90's and what is currently occurring in Darfu Sudan.

Moving on: there's a list of things I want to talk about in more detail, but no time, so short sentences it is (not in any particular order).

+ Kingdom Hearts 1 (the ending is kind of meh.)
+ Hajime no Ippo (still one of my all time favourite anime series; Miyata and Volg in the same room would drown anyone in angst, and everytime I re-watch the series I am reminded of the coolness that is Sendoh.)
+ Suikoden V (the recruitment process is slow and painful.)
+ Final Fantasy 12 (the ending is LOVE! So MUCH love! Fran and Balfear should have hot sex, except I kind of don't want to think of them having sex either....)
+ I am in the painful process of writing a coherent article on JoJo. The coherency is rather lacking but I am coming up with pretty descriptive titles fro each part.

One more thing; who on my flist likes Hajime no Ippo? I need to fangirl so much about this series (I always feel like fangirling about this series after re-watching it. Hmm, I will eventually post my proper fangirl post about the series sometime in the future.)

I admit it I get terribly addicted to side-quests and mini-games in RPGS. Whether it is cooking, gambling (the DICE game!), shooting targets on horse back or whatever, I get so addicted that I start to dream about it.

What I'm trying to get at is that the FISHING game in SUIKODEN 5 is stupidly ADDICTIVE! I woke up at 5AM this morning dreaming about fishing with the Prince from Suiko5. There was much screaming and shouting in the dream because the bleeding CHEESE/CHOCOLATE fish REFUSE to be CAUGHT!

I don’t know.

BTW: CONGRATULATIONS anarch_kitty, you deserve to be HAPPY!

( suiko5 in relation to suiko4 )

Suikoden 5 continues to break my heart.

I'm still in the stunned stage at just how much effort Konami went into developing most of the characters.

( Therefore, random things that stuck in my mind. )

I wish I can be smarter about my observations, however, I doubt I'll be able to have any deep meaningful wank about the game till after I finish it.

Ten hours into Suikoden V, and I’m pretty sure the first arc of the game is over. I tend to think of Suikoden games in 3 major arcs, the opening arc, which is the introduction; characters, motivations and the how of our hero becoming what he is destined to be. The second arc being the building of your stronghold, collection of 108 SOD and the revelation of plot, and of course the many battles. Finally, the third arc, in which there is much death, pain, and the truth is revealed, this is where Leon Silverberg screwed me over in the first game, and Snowe fucked it up for me in the fourth game.

Moving on: ( Suikoden V Spoilers )

Will talk more about Suiko5 after Sunday, will get the PS2 back then.