Category: Reviews

Kagetsu Tohya, Tsukihime 2: Beautiful Dreamer

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It is confession time. For all my Type-Moon discussion on the blog there was a distinct hole in my studies of the translated works of Kinoko Nasu in the fact that I had never played Kagetsu Tohya (Ten Nights of the Singing Moon). When I first checked the status of the translation it was incomplete and so playing the game slipped my mind. But I finally got off my duff to play the game for my Type-Moon panel. Kagetsu Tohya is as sequel to their original visual novel Tsukihime but it has a different feel and mechanic to it than the original which is a trend that would carry over to Fate/Hollow Ataraxia as well. Unlike Tsukihime that has 5 different paths than are mostly linear within their own storyline Kagetsu Tohya only has one path but it branches and loops in a variety of ways. It also has quite a bit of side stories and bonus materials that you can unlock as well.

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Gosick #011: Matthew 5:13 sounds really awkward out of context.

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The recently introduced Jacqueline is coming to Saint Marguerite Academy to donate books for the library but her luggage accidentally gets swapped with a similar case of salesman wares. Grevil takes it upon himself to get the proper luggage back to their owners. At the same time Jacqueline meets Victorique and Kazuya triggering the story of her connection to Grevil and the relationships between them all.

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Broken Blade Movie 4: The Land of Disaster, Krisna Has a Questionable HR Department

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CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR MOVIES 1, 2, and 3

A promise was made and kept. We were promised more large army mecha battles where squadrons of Golems clash on the battle field as opposed to the mostly small unit tactics in the first three movies. This movie is a bookend to the third in the fact that while it has a little more plot it contains an equal amount of action broke up into a series of smaller fights. We also get a good deal more bloodshed with named characters dying on both sides. If there was any doubt that this was a war it was dispelled by this movie.

The last film ended at an odd point making watching the 4th movie in quick succession all the more crucial. We are in the middle of the films so now we are seeing the fruition of things talked about in previous movies. However, this film makes it all the more clear that this story probably won’t wrap up by the end of movie 6.

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