Asumi-chan is intrested in Lesbian Brothels volume 1 - Kuro Itsuki

 Aaaah, a good old love story about the one that got away...

Though the title might be a hint where she ended up!  So yes, ecchi inside mucho...

Sweet and weird college student Asumi had a childhood crush on her friend Mai, but their first kiss was a disaster.  During a party, she reflects on this with her senpai, and how that disaster came about due to her inexperience.  Her friend thinks she recognizes Mai from a lesbian brothel, taking Asumi for her first visit ever.

The booked girl doesn't turn out to be Mai, but a gentle girl taking care of the very nervous Asumi.  But as the girl returns to her agency afterwards, she seems to live together with Mai, who still cherishes the same picture as Asumi of both of them when they where younger.  When Asumi decides to find Mai on her own, she starts studying some adult DVD's to research what is out in the world.  

Her next appointment is with Jun, a strong, tomboyish girl that afterwards also seems to know Mai.  Because of the expensive nature of her search, Asumi goes out to look for a part-time job.  She gets hired at Izumi's bar thanks to senpai, which turns out is a maid cafe for female customers only.  On her day off, Izumi takes her along for a photoshoot of ecchi cosplay, that goes a bit further and pays well.   Together with senpai, the money is used to book a double date and Asumi ends up with Ena, a soft first timer girl.

Mai meets with the girls, who all have been with Asumi, who herself is becoming a bit the talk of the town.  She follows a collegue booked by this Asumi girl, and discovers it is indeed her long lost love.  As she showers, she ponders what is going on as a message pops on her phone stating she has been booked by Asumi for next week.

And that will be for the next volume.  It is quite innocent in the Asumi character, and given the title no suprise it is ecchi as well.  But to be honest, I`m still in doubt of this particular series, I will keep following it but I am not certain it will become one of my great series that I read in the past in the end...

Transformers: War for Cybertron - Kingdom

 Remember that Beast Wars episode where the Ark is found?

Well, this season gives of a vibe of following on that part, as the Maximals and Predacons enter the fray.

 

With the Autobots and the Decepticons now crashed on Earth, they meet unlikely allies from the future: the Maximals led by Optimus Primal and the Predacons led by a Megatron who received his name from his illustrious forefather.  But Optimus Primal reverts to Optimus Prime as Nemesis Prime, with Optimus having no idea who he is talking about.

 

Megatron, still in possession of the Matrix, receives a Golden Disc from Predacon Megatron, a relic he has seen in a vision from Galvatron.  Both factions realise they are looking at their descendants from a far future, where Cybertron has fallen as Prime didn`t manage to return the Allspark.  In the meantime, Airazor who has been captured is tortured by Predacon Megatron, much to the dismay of Dinobot.  As he engages in conversation with Airazor, he starts doubting his loyalties and honour.  

The Autobots and Maximals band together to free Airazor, while Prime sets out to stop "his" Megatron from obtaining the Allspark.  They manage to free their comrade, but the Decepticons have set out to find the Allspark, guided by visions from Megatron.  Dinobot realizes Megatron must be stopped, and sheds his Predacon allegiance, trying to get the Golden Disc and the Matrix from him.  He bests Megatron in combat, but "Beast" Megatron intervenes, but a critically wounded Dinobot manages to escape with the Matrix.  Optimus Prime finds him, returning the Matrix to his chest and thanking the dying Dinobot.

Optimus reaches the Allspark, learning it is dying itself.  The Allspark and Cybertron seemingly share a symbiotic relationship, one cannot sustain itself without the other.  Blackarachnia and Starscream are scheming together to seize control of the Decepticons, as Optimus Prime learns that in order to defeat Megatron, he must loose.  Inside the temple, the old foes face off against each other, and Prime knows this is where Megatron lost the war.  Megatron, who obtained the Matrix again, steps into the temple, but the Matrix rejects him, returning to Optimus Prime of his own accord.

They know they have no time to loose to return to Cybertron, to save both the planet and the Allspark, and prepare the Ark for launch.  But the Nemesis arrives, battering the vessel's shields even with Autobot and Maximal fighters trying to take down it's weapons.  Starscream in the meantime is having visions of Unicron, and that Galvatron is Megatron in the future, turning him into a rambling madman.  As the Ark is about to be destroyed, it suddenly transforms into a giant robot, as Teletraan One had learned in the Dead Universe that this was a moment in time he needed to do this, and had been rerouting systems and energies by himself to do so.  With the Nemesis out of commission and the Decepticons and Predacons captured, the vessel sets course for Cybertron.

On Cybertron, they encounter not only Galvatron, but Nemesis Prime as well.  While Megatron and Galvatron battle the Autobots and Maximals, the two Prime's square off, allowing Bumblebee to sneak off with the Allspark into the temple.  The evil lords seem to get the upperhand, but when Bumblebee places the Allspark in it's holder, sparkghosts of fallen Autobots and Decepticons arrive, including Elita-1 and her team that fell at the end of the second season.  They make Nemesis and Galvatron dissappear, as the Allspark powers up and Cybertron comes back to life.

An uneasy peace is formed between Optimus Prime and Megatron, in order to try and rebuild Cybertron to it's former glory, as Unicron torments Galvatron and Nemesis Prime for their failure...

So, that concludes the War for Cybertron trilogy, and I must say it was great fun to watch, even though it did receive a heap of bad criticism (mostly for not having it's original voice actors).  Never the less, if you are into Transformers, this was worth the watch.

The Haul Report 371

 After a calm week for some holidays, we are back with the hauls that came in the past two weeks.

Though sadly, my father also passed away in this period from lungcancer, but we keep our chin up as we need to stay happy for little Thorin.

 

The first piece of loot this week is the Seiya in training uniform, from the Cosmo Memoir line, which I won over at TokyoCatch.

 

 

I also received these lovely little guys, a first "test order" to see if I would get a whole heap of models from this Etsy seller. 

So that has been a modest but varied week this time round, and well worth it.

August 2023 Loot

 So another month has passed, and so has summer vacation for the little guy.

But that doesn`t mean I didn't expand my collection somewhat.

As you can see in this little videoclip, and it was some varied stuff once again.

And as always, the links:

 

 

Saintia Sho volume 4: I picked this up through Vinted. 

Dress-up darling 9, Touring 3, Slime 22: these came in my monthly Archonia box.

Modest for sure this month with reason, but more on that in a future haul video

Scribe's Contest XIV entry: The Taurus Crown

 So, I`m not a novelist or anything, but I decided to enter the Scribe's Contest XIV: The Bold and the Bastardly on Chaos Dwarfs Online this time round.

The goal is to write a short story, 30 to 500 words, about a character of your collection, and with the Taurus Crown Mordheim like event planned at the Tin Soldiers of Antwerp, more on that in a future post if it actually takes place, I decided to write a piece of lore of my expedition to that multi-player skirmish game.

I have no idea on how I will fare in the contest, as this will be my very first entry ever, BUT if for some reason I would end up in the prizes, I hope I`d be second and grab 2 of the Bastards line figures from CDO (as I already have the Horns of Hashut).  

And I`ll take the opportunity in this story to bring in the first hints of the next Levies unit I`m planning on building for my Infernal Dwarf force...

But without further ado, here is my entry, one of the 17 send in:

The Taurus Crown

The skies burned, industrial smoke blotting out the sun and putting the lands around the fortress of Tenghza in a perpetual red light.  On the balcony of the black tower, Aldades Vongalazthag gazed upon the soldiers on the central court.

Decades it had been since he had fought his last battle, as he had been dedicating the past years to the creation of the perfect engines of war, many slave orc incinerated in experimental accidents.  But recently he came to realise his once glorious name has been fading into obscurity, only remembered by the older masters on the Council.  And even some of them have been turned to stone in that time, their places taken by young usurpers who think of him as a raving old man with drunken tales of past glory.

He knew this has to change, that his name would once more be linked to violent victories and succesful enslavement raids.  That those young ones needed to be shown that like wine, battle prowess gets better with the ages.  And when he heard the rumours of The Taurus Crown, a potent magical relic long thought lost had been found again, he decided to withold this information and set up an expedition to reclaim it on his own.

So there they where, his fierce and loyal servants, in awe that he had taken up his smithing hammer of war again instead of his engineering goggles.  But the one thing that he had concerns about where the Asklander levies standing amongst them, led by a beautiful blondhaired shieldmaiden, and their weird ritual of slaying one of their number in a bloody ritual before battle by splitting open their backs.  Could they be relied on, or would they prove to be a flaw in his well-planned armour...

So there we have it, a little story of exactly 300 words to link my first return to the battlefield (hopefully) after a years long hiatus, and linking it to the planned little event where this will actually take place...

 

But how did I end up in the competition?  Well, a ranking isn't made for all entries, just the winners of which I wasn`t part, as can be expected.  But it was fun doing, and I`ll be getting more involved in the CDO contests as a result.

 

PS: at time of posting, I am sadly forced to mention the event was cancelled due to circumstances.  But when it will take place at a later date, I already have the fluff sorted out...

 

 

RPG Fudousan

 As we reach the R in the letter challenge for this year, it's time for some comedy.

And the choice fell to RPG Fudousan, basically a real-estate comedy in a fantasy setting...

The demon lord was defeated over 15 years ago, and now the world knows peace.  Kotone is a young wizard, moving to the big city for her new job after coming fresh out of the academy.  She will be employed at RPG Fudousan, a real estate agency ran by Lady Satona, together with her co-workers Rufuria (a cleric), Rakira (a warrior) and the dragon girl Fa.  She also moves in next to Fa, in a building for non-humans as that was the most decent place she could get for her budget.

On her very first job, she proves she might be suited for this career, helping the Grand Sage to find a suitable house.  After a week on the job, they go on a business trip, as they manage to move a family of digging mice to a cave property thanks to Fa, and allowing some other creatures to switch houses for a better place to live.  

As the girls conduct their business, a dragon has been sighted. When they go to test a magic power meter created by Lady Satona, Fa seemingly has a gigantic power reservoir, eraning her a big bag of snacks.  Can she be connected to the big dragon?  Rufuria and Rakira run into an argument when they have to sell a property with a personal connection though.

In the meantime, Kotone has hatched the plan to find a house for themselves, where they can live all four together.  But the connection between Fa and the dragon seem to get tightening, as Kotone even seems to start believing Rakira's suspicions.  When the dragon destroys another village, the girls can temporarily shelter them in the former dungeon under the castle.  

Helping out a fortune teller, Kotone sees that Fa might be not connected indeed, as they approach the mark where they need one more sale to reach the projected goal mark.  But first they attend the Summer Festival, where they help a young girl that got seperated from her parents, Mimo.  But she is actually the daughter of a godess... who granted their wishes as a special thanks.

But Fa is never the less arrested on suspicion that she lures the dragon out during her sleepwalking bouts, but as the dragon attacks the convoy she is saved by Kotone.  The dragon seems to be controlled by a dark mage however and on the rampage.  Fa can break briefly through the spell, to communicate with the beast and learning it is actually pregnant and wants a safe place for her baby.  They stop Lady Satona attacking it, and Kotone and Fa fly off to try and convince the beast.  The dark mage though, also a dragonkin, enchants Fa, who is really called Fafnir, and changing her back to her true form of a dragon.  

Stopping the dragon, she is attacked by the humans in fear, and is taken over now by the Dark mage herself.  But Kotone manages to get through to her by singing for her, but she is again possessed and smashes Kotone away, mortally wounding her.  Her soul passes on, returning Fa back to her humanoid form, griefstricken.  But miss Lily the Necromancer had put her soul in a doll, and returns it to Kotone's body, ressurecting her. 

And now the girls can go back to their daily lives, together with the dragon going to an island for a royal assignment.

The format is simple of this series, almost every episode consists of two "property hunts" for the girls, each with their own funny angle.  All in all, it was amusing to watch for a bit of light entertainment amongst more serious anime series.

Lord Ipsqueeck's Adventures: a long week to Vennenbos

 Hey everyone, welcome to another one of my thrilling holiday journals.

And after the great weekend I had in the Lommerbergen, mommy and daddy had promised we would return to a park like that, so we set of to Vennenbos, just across the border between Belgium and The Netherlands.

I just made sure I was well rested for arrival!

The park has this awesome indoor playground, and I just had to try that the first evening, with slides, and tunnels and all the lovelyness.  And delicious cinnamon cake!

 

On the sunday, we went bowling, and to the amazement of mommy and daddy I showed them well, being the only to even actually manage a strike.   Though between us, they have a severe lack of talent, I could have taken them even with my eyes closed and one hand behind my back.  But only after a good meal in the family restaurant first!

 

 

Mom and dad decided to cheer to my victory then!

Sadly, monday wasn`t that great a day, as my beloved grandfather had passed away from lungcancer, so we went back home for the day.  But as Bompa wanted, we returned to the park in the evening.

But we went back as he wanted, and a late evening swim to cool down.

I also had such a heap of fun around the bungalow, like playing with sliders, or bubbles outside and inside, and of course there just had to be pancakes for lunch!  Because the recipy was on a big poster in the vacation house, so I didn`t tolerate any excuses.

 

 

 

We also went an afternoon to De Hooiberg, an half hour walk from the vacation park with a great and amazing indoor playground.  I learned a valuable lesson here: you can go off slides head first, which is awesome!

Okay, so maybe I need to work on my landing...

And in the evening, green olives where to be stolen hihi.  We went to see the entertainment later that evening, but it was to noisy for me honestly.

 

Daddy also did a barbeque, look at all that meat for dinner!

The park also had various outdoor playgarden's, where I could enjoy big swings and more...

 

But to every story comes an end, and we where really lucky as it started raining the friday morning we had to leave.  Mommy piloted us safely back home, where I immediatly made sure that it was redecorated to my tastes!

Well, that's my tale about a week of Vennenbos, see you next time!  

 

As I comforted Bollo, I will certainly be back so he doesn`t have to miss me to long!

PS: and of course daddy had to get some more beers for at home...

Blue Period volume 7 - Tsubasa Yamaguchi

 So, this is it for this manga series, it is now moving past the events of the anime series, and as such totally uncharted territory for me.

And something I look forward to reading!

And it is the entrant ceremony for TUA when the book starts, a stressed out Yaguchi and Takahashi go together in order while their mothers maternize.  After the welcome speech by the school president, they wander the campus and meet some excentric people, like Maria, a girl who seem to enjoy drinking more then anything else as they join her for lunch.

But arriving in their classroom, it turns out she isn't a first year student, but a first year doctorate and one of their teachers.  The first assignment they get is to take one of their older works, and present themselves to the class and their teachers alongside it.  One of his classmates is Kimi, the girl that accidentally broke his mirror in the entrance exam.

During the introduction, he meets both his head teachers as well as his course mates.  He gets the advice that he must try out anything, considering how young he still is, and find a style to his liking that way.  The first assignment they get is like their exam piece: a self portrait.  Yaguchi decides to go the opposite way of that piece, choosing the theme of how others see him, yet he can't get started on the painting.  But after a talk with one of his professor's, he starts his piece.  But he is racked by self-doubt, questioning everything if he has the skill to be in the school.

He decides to apporach it from a totally different angle, taking the theme of his exam piece, but going for an installation instead of an oil painting.  However, right before the review it literally falls apart, causing his teachers to skip his review and increasing his doubt of why he is there.  His friend Koi though tells him not to quit, and they receive their second assignment, for which a maquette is also required.

He meets Kuwana by accident in the zoo, having a nice talk about his budding TUA life and his issues he is having.  This talk both gives them a better focus on what they need to do, and they set off reenlightened...

So this was a good fun of the new arc, and I hope that it will become an anime as well, as i really enjoy this discovery of art series...

On the Painting Desk 245

 Awright, back from holdiays, and rejuvenated!

Or scared from the ever-closer looming deadline, whatever you prefer.

 

But facts being facts, I'm going to be upping the painting the coming weeks, as I have about a thick month to get everything done, which suddenly seems all to short...

 

 

As such, work has been going on with the levies, the little time I have in the evenings being forced for maximal result, and I really should finish them in the next two weeks and start the warriors.

 

Yup, one can say deadline pressure is starting to be felt now...