Fandom Listing
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mikogalateaGotta keep one of these somewhere -- a comprehensive list of my fandom preferences! It'll be updated every now and then as I get into new fandoms, fall out of old ones and so on.
Canons I am or have been particularly big on are covered first, while my more minor ones (or those that I simply haven't seen/read/played or otherwise really thought about in a long time) get listed off more briefly near the end of each section.
Favourite characters and ships are listed in roughly descending order, with my very favourites in italics where applicable. As far as ships go, I differentiate between romantic pairings with a forward slash (/), primarily onesided ships with an arrow (->), and platonic or familial relationships with an & symbol. Name orders in ships are generally just whatever rolls off my tongue better and don't reflect who (if anyone) I prefer to see on the top or bottom.
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**ANIME AND MANGA**
AZUMANGA DAIOH
Characters: Sakaki, Yomi.
Ships: Sakaki/Kaorin, Tomo/Yomi, Yukari/Nyamo.
Notes: Seen all the anime, have read the manga omnibus.
BOKURANO
Characters: Anko, Chizu, Ushiro.
Ships: Kirie->Chizu, Ushiro/Machi, Maki&Komo.
Notes: Read all the manga, and it's one of my very favourites; may-or-may-not eventually watch the anime version, although I do love its OP song.
COWBOY BEBOP
Characters: Gren, Faye, Jet, Julia.
Ships: Gren->Vicious, Spike/Julia, Gren&Faye, Jet/Faye.
Notes: One of my very favourites, and it's been so since my mid-teens. ♥ Besides the anime and movie, I've also read all the manga -- both the "canon" stuff and Shooting Star.
FRUITS BASKET
Characters: Tohru, Kyouko, Kagura, Yuki, Ayame, Rin, Ritsu.
Ships: Surprisingly, none in particular.
Notes: The 2001 anime is an old favourite of mine, but oddly enough, it took me a heck of a lot longer to finish reading the manga back in the day. Watched the first two eps of the 2019 anime when it started airing, but have yet to get around to continuing itplus I'm a little afraid to revisit the story after I ended up really disliking another series from the same mangaka.
FUSHIGI YUUGI and FUSHIGI YUUGI: GENBU KAIDEN
Characters: Nakago (without leather pants, thank you), Nuriko, Soi, Tomo.
Ships: Hotohori/Houki, Tomo/Nakago/Soi, Tatara/Suzuno.
Notes: Read all the original manga (but haven't seen the anime, unlike most people), checked out translations/summaries of most of the light novels a long time ago, and I've read all of Genbu Kaiden. Want to read what's been released of the Byakko arc.
GUNDAM UNIVERSAL CENTURY
Characters: Sayla, Kai, Fraw, Garma, Icelina, Lalah; Rosamia, Reccoa (yes really), Four, Haman, Emma, Kamille, Mouar, Fa, Lila; Mashymre.
Ships: Char/Lalah; Kamille/Four, Emma/Reccoa in a what-if sense, Jerid/Mouar.
Notes: Watched the original (in both movie trilogy and TV series forms) and Zeta; started ZZ, which I never had any intention of skipping!
GUNDAM SEED and GUNDAM SEED DESTINY
Characters: Lacus, Murrue, Meer, Stella, Athrun, Flay, Shinn.
Ships: Kira/Lacus, Kira/Athrun, Shinn/Stella.
Notes: Watched both series in their entirety. I do not hate Destiny, even if it does have a lot of problems. Might like to rewatch this sometime, whether it's via my old DVDs or the HD remastered version.
GUNDAM 00
Characters: Tieria, Feldt, Sumeragi, Lockon (Neil), Trinity siblings, Kinue, Hiling.
Ships: Neil/Tieria, Ribbons/Hiling, Tieria/Feldt, Kati/Patrick.
Notes: Watched both seasons; I enjoyed the first season a lot, but ended up with much saltier feelings about the second, so S1 is what I focus on and hold dear. Haven't seen the movie.
GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS
Characters: Kudelia, Atra, Takaki, McGillis, Mikazuki, Yamagi, Lafter, Orga, Biscuit, Akihiro, Gaelio, Fumitan... honestly, I like the majority of the cast.
Ships: Yamagi/Shino, Atra/Kudelia, Takaki/Aston, Akihiro/Lafter, Gaelio/Ein, Gaelio/McGillis, Atra/Mikazuki, Hush/Mikazuki, Yukinojo/Merribit, Iok/Julieta to a small degree.
Notes: Watched both seasons in their entirety. This is probably my favourite Gundam series. ♥
GUNDAM WITCH FROM MERCURY
Characters: Miorine, Guel, Chuatury, Elan, Nika, Secelia, Norea, Rouji, Sophie.
Ships: Miorine/Suletta, Elan/Norea.
Notes: Watched the whole series.
HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORO NI
Characters: Rena, Satoko, Shion, Takano.
Ships: None especially.
Notes: Seen both old anime seasons plus Rei; watched all of Gou but frankly didn't enjoy the last arc of it, haven't watched Sotsu; have also read the entire manga, including the spinoff Demon Exposing Arc. Haven't played any of the original sound novels.
KAZE TO KI NO UTA
Characters: Rosemarine, Jules, Patricia, Gilbert, Pascal, Serge.
Ships: Jules/Gilbert, Jules/Rosemarine, Serge/Gilbert, Serge&Rosemarine.
Notes: Read up to the end of volume 7 with scanlations; have also checked out raws of most of the later volumes, along with text translations where available. If there's one series that makes me wish I could somehow instantly gain perfect Japanese-reading skills, this is it.
NARUTARU
Characters: Shiina, Norio, Akira, Hiroko, Satomi.
Ships: Bungo/Satomi, Norio->Takeo, Shiina&Akira, Hiroko->Shiina.
Notes: Read all the manga, seen all the anime. It's actually one of my favourite manga, though it does go without saying that it's a problematic fave. ^^;
PRECURE (Go! Princess Precure, Witchy Precure!, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode, Wonderful Precure!)
Characters: Towa, Kirara, Minami, Yui, Puff; Liko; Yukari, Himari, Rio, Bibli, Ichika; Mayu, Komugi, Satoru.
Ships: Kirara/Towa, Haruka/Towa, Haruka/Minami; Mirai/Liko; Yukari/Akira, Yukari/Ichika, Ciel/Bibli, Aoi/Himari, Ichika/Ciel; Iroha/Satoru.
Notes: Seen all of Go! Princess; about halfway through Witchy; seen all of Kira Kira; seen all of Wonderful.
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA
Characters: Homura, Mami, Kyouko, Sayaka, Madoka, Sana.
Ships: Kyouko/Sayaka, Homura/Madoka, Oriko/Kirika, Iroha/Yachiyo, Rena/Kaede.
Notes: Seen all of the original series, Rebellion, and all the Magia Record anime. Out of the various manga, I've read all of the original adaptation of the show, all of Oriko (original two volumes, extra story, sadness prayer), all of Kazumi, all of ~the different story~, all of Tart, and all of Suzune.
REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA
Characters: Anthy, Touga (yes really), Nanami, Shiori (yes really!), Wakaba, Kozue, Miki, Juri, Utena, Saionji... to be honest, I show some degree of interest in just about everyone except Ruka and Akio. I just happen to have latched on to some of the most divisive characters particularly hard.
Ships: Anthy/Utena, Touga/Saionji, Juri/Shiori, Nanami/Utena, Saionji/Nanami, Miki&Kozue, Nanami&Tsuwabuki, Utena&Wakaba, Juri&Miki, Utena&Touga in the strict sense of finding their canon dynamic interesting in the series and liking the role their relationship plays in the movie and movie-manga,very guilty thing for Touga/Miki. I'm also super fascinated by parallels between Anthy and Touga, though I don't ship them together in any sense.
Notes: The anime series is one of my very favourites! I also adore the movie and movie-manga, have read all of the first manga (which I'm not nearly as fond of, although I don't think it's without its merits and it was technically my very first exposure to Utena) and fan translations for the light novels, and I've skimmed a few LP threads and videos about the Saturn game in the past. More recently read After the Revolution, which I think of as a bit of an odd beast.
SERAPH OF THE END
Characters: Shinoa, Mikaela, Mahiru.
Ships: Yuichiro/Mikaela, Shinoa/Mitsuba, Yoichi/Kimizuki, Mito/Shigure to a slight degree.
Notes: Read up to manga volume 19, seen all the anime. Out of the light novels, I've read all of Catastrophe at Sixteen and the first volume of Resurrection at Nineteen.
TOWARD THE TERRA
Characters: Matsuka, anime!Shiroe.
Ships: Keith/Matsuka, Tony/Artella, Keith/Shiroe, Alfred/Physis (slightly).
Notes: Read the manga in its entirety first, then watched the whole anime series. I think they're both great; the anime is a marvellous adaptation, but I feel that the original manga has its merits too. Haven't seen the movie.
X/1999 and TOKYO BABYLON
Characters: Kotori, Yuzuriha, Hokuto, Kakyou, Satsuki.
Ships: Hokuto/Kakyou, Yuuto/Kanoe/Satsuki, Kamui/Kotori, Kamui&Subaru.
Notes: Read all the TB manga. As for X, I've read all of the omnibus releases of the manga, have seen up to ep 8 of the anime series and would like to finish it eventually, and I saw the movie (my first exposure to it) way back when I was about 15. I still think X has some of the most beautiful artwork I've ever seen in manga.
OTHERS KNOWN/LIKED
*86 (all first anime cour, up to volume 3 of the light novels; Lena, Theo, Anju, Shin)
*Akudama Drive (all anime; Hacker, Brawler, Swindler; Hoodlum/Brawler, Hacker&Swindler)
*Akuma no Riddle (all anime, all manga; Haru/Tokaku, Chiharu/Hitsugi, Sumireko/Banba)
*Angel Beats! (all anime; Yuri, Naoi; Otonashi/Naoi, Yuri/Kanade, Otonashi/Kanade)
*Astra Lost in Space (whole manga; Luca, Ulgar, Yun-hua; Luca/Ulgar)
*Banana Fish (all anime, up to manga volume 2; Ash, Yut-Lung, Blanca, Shorter; Sing/Yut-Lung)
*Bloom into You (all manga, all anime; Sayaka, Touko, Koyomi)
*Blue Lock (all first anime season, up to manga volume 2; Bachira, Chigiri, Nagi; Isagi/Bachira, Kunigami/Chigiri, Nagi/Reo, Isagi/Nagi, Isagi/Chigiri)
*Bokura no Hentai (up to volume 7; Parou, Marika, Akane)
*Cardcaptor Sakura (all original manga; Sonomi, Tomoyo)
*Case Study of Vanitas (up to manga volume 6, all anime; Noé, Dominique, Chloé)
*Children of the Whales (up to manga volume 13; Suou, Ginshu, Ouni)
*D4DJ (all anime; Muni, Rei, Saki, Kurumi, Saori, Dahlia, Haruna; Rei/Muni, Kyoko/Shinobu, Rika/Tsubaki, Muni/Rinku, Maho/Rinku, Saki/Ibuki)
*Full Moon wo Sagashite (all manga; Meroko, Madoka)
*Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (all manga, something of a guilty pleasure; Ushio, Maora, Komaki; Ushio/Haine, Maora/Maguri)
*Gundam Wing (most of series plus Endless Waltz, oldie, want to properly rewatch someday)
*Gundam Reconguista in G (all TV series; Klim, Mick, Raraiya, Ringo, Manny; Klim/Mick, Noredo&Raraiya, Manny/Luin, Mashner/Rockpie)
*Land of the Lustrous (up to manga volume 8, all anime; Diamond, Rutile; Bort/Diamond, Phos/Cinnabar)
*Legend of the Legendary Heroes (all anime, should start reading fan translations of the LNs; Froaude, Ryner, Sion, Ferris, Milk; Ryner/Ferris, Froaude/Sion, Claugh/Noa, Claugh/Froaude)
*Love Live! (both seasons of first series, first season of Nijigasaki, first season of Superstar!!; Umi, Kotori; Rina, Shizuku; Kanon, Ren, Sumire; Umi/Honoka/Kotori, Nico/Maki, Eli/Nozomi; Kasumi/Shizuku; Sumire/Keke)
*Loveless (up to manga volume 13; Yamato/Kouya, Nagisa->Ritsu, Tokino/Mikado, Soubi&Yuiko in a sibling-like sense)
*Made in Abyss (all anime, up to manga volume 5; Riko, Nanachi)
*Magic Knight Rayearth (all manga, all TV anime, OVAs; Fuu, Umi, Eagle; Zagato/Emeraude, Eagle/Lantis/Hikaru, Geo/Eagle)
*Mai HiME (all original anime; Midori, Shizuru, Nao, Natsuki; Akira/Takumi, Haruka/Yukino, Shizuru/Natsuki)
*Mawaru Penguindrum (all anime, first novel volume; Ringo, Masako, Himari)
*Mirai Nikki (up to manga volume 10, hoping in vain for a proper licence rescue, want to watch the anime; Yuno/Yukiteru/Akise, Mao/Hinata)
*My Hero Academia (up to manga volume 20, first two anime seasons; Mei, Tamaki, Kirishima, Tsuyu; Bakugo/Kirishima, Midoriya&Ida&Uraraka)
*Neon Genesis Evangelion (all anime series, End of Eva, all manga, first two Rebuild movies; Toji/Hikari, Shinji/Kaworu, Maya->Ritsuko)
*Oniisama e... (all anime, all manga; Mariko, Rei; Mariko/Nanako, Rei/Nanako, Rei&Kaoru)
*Outlaw Star (whole anime, oldie, want to rewatch; Melfina, Fred)
*Pandora Hearts (all manga, all three Caucus Race novels; Jack, Gilbert, Echo; Leo/Elliot, Oz/Gilbert, Vincent/Ada)
*Please Save My Earth (all manga; Haruhiko, Mokuren, Alice, Issei, Sakura)
*Princess Principal (all anime; Charlotte; Ange/Charlotte, Beatrice&Dorothy)
*Re:CREATORS (all anime; Mamika, Meteora, Setsuna, Selesia; Altair/Setsuna, Mamika/Alicetaria, Sota/Setsuna)
*Revue Starlight (all anime series; Mahiru, Claudine, Junna; Maya/Claudine, Junna/Nana)
*RG Veda (all manga; Kendappa, Karura, Souma; Kendappa/Souma, Kendappa&Karura, Taishakuten/Ashura-ou)
*Sarazanmai (all anime; Kazuki, Toi, Enta)
*School-Live! (all anime, all manga; Yuuri, Touko, Shinou, Yuki, Megumi; Yuuri/Kurumi, Kurumi&Touko, Shinou/Kougami)
*Shin Sekai Yori (all anime, should read translation of the original novel eventually; Saki, Tomiko, Maria, Satoru; Saki/Maria, Saki/Shun/Satoru)
*Show by Rock!! (first anime season, shorts; Retoree, Chuchu, Shingancrimsonz in general; Cyan/Retoree, Rom/Shu☆zo, Crow/Aion)
*Star Driver (all anime; Kanako, Simone, Mizuno)
*Swan (up to vol 15 [i.e. everything CMX published in English before going under]; Masumi, Sayoko, Lilliana, Kaoru, Lucien; Masumi/Sayoko, Masumi&Lilliana)
**GAMES AND VISUAL NOVELS**
ACE ATTORNEY
Characters: Adrian, Mimi, Athena, Edgeworth, Rhoda.
Ships: Franziska/Adrian, Ron/Desirée, Lana/Mia, Athena&Juniper, Juniper&Robin&Hugh, Gumshoe/Maggey, Gumshoe&Kay, Aura->Metis.
Notes: Played and beaten the first five main games and Investigations, currently stalled on Case 3 of Spirit of Justice. Also read the first three volumes of the manga series, which I didn't really like. As for Layton vs Wright, I'm only on Layton's part of the first chapter.
DANGAN RONPA
Characters: Chihiro, Sakura, Sayaka, Touko, Kyouko; Chiaki, Nagito, Mikan, Sonia, Mahiru; Kotoko; Chisa, Juuzou, Seiko, Ryouta, Kyousuke; Kaede, Kokichi, Tsumugi, Shuuichi, Kirumi, Tenko, Miu.
Ships: Aoi/Sakura, Mondo/Chihiro, Makoto/Sayaka (I have a soft spot for it), Byakuya/Celes; Hajime/Nagito/Chiaki, Hiyoko/Mahiru, Fuyuhiko/Peko, Gundham/Sonia, Chiaki&Mikan; Komaru/Touko; Juuzou/Kyousuke/Chisa (with Juuzou&Chisa being strictly platonic within that), Chisa&all her students, Mahiru/Satou, Imposter&Mikan, Imposter/Ryouta; Tenko/Himiko, Shuuichi/Kokichi, Kaede/Shuuichi, Kaede/Tsumugi, Miu/Kaede, Miu/Keebo, Kirumi/Korekiyo, Kaede&Kaito, Shuuichi&Ryouma, Kaede&Himiko.
Notes: Beaten DR, SDR2 and NDRV3, watched DR3 as it aired, still on Chapter 1 of Another Episode because there's big hard gaps between savepoints and I suck at third-person shooters.Slightly tempted to start DRAE over with the difficulty set to easy...
Like a lot of people, I originally got into this series through LP threads on Something Awful and Tumblr before later picking up the localised games.
DEVIL SURVIVOR
Characters: Midori, Keisuke, Haru.
Ships: Keisuke/Midori.
Notes: Currently on Day 6 of my first playthrough, contemplating how best to go about the battle against Belial.
DEVIL SURVIVOR 2
Characters: Hinako.
Ships: Airi+Jungo. I'm also a little interested in MC/Io and MC/Yamato, and the anime at least has made me like the idea of MC/Anguished One.
Notes: Currently on Tuesday, just after having saved both Daichi and Jungo. I'm not looking forward to taking on Ronaldo, which is what I need to do next. I've also seen the anime adaptation in its entirety.
FIRE EMBLEM: BLAZING BLADE
Characters: Lucius.
Ships: Raven/Lucius, Eliwood/Ninian, Matthew/Leila, Lyn/Florina, Legault/Heath, Rath/Lyn.
Notes: Currently on chapter 20; I got up to chapter 27 on a previous playthrough, but my party was so poorly leveled that I was basically forced to restart.
Like many FE fans, I'm neurotic about keeping all my characters alive; in my case, this leads to me taking forever to beat a chapter because I constantly triple-check my strategy and decisions, so my progress through most FE games is horribly slow.
FIRE EMBLEM: SACRED STONES
Characters: Tana, Lyon, Neimi.
Ships: Amelia/Neimi, Artur/Lute.
Notes: Currently on chapter 13 of Eirika's route.
FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING
Characters: Cordelia, Cherche, Lissa, Sumia, Noire, Emmeryn, Miriel, Stahl, Virion.
Ships: Virion/female!Robin (not in a self-insert sense; I genuinely think they have good chemistry together), Severa/Noire, Sully/Stahl, Lucina/Laurent, Kellam/Cordelia, Virion/Cherche, Laurent/Gerome, Chrom/Sumia, Virion/Libra (sorta), Olivia&Inigo being the cutest mother and son, Chrom&Emmeryn&Lissa family unit.
Notes: Currently up to chapter 22. I think I can expect my lists of favourites to grow and change a lot as I go through the game and experiment with the supports! (And funnily enough, I married my girl Robin to Libra on my first playthrough despite loving her supports with Virion. It was a very close thing, but the ship I'd originally planned on at the time ended up winning out. Sorry, Virion.)
FIRE EMBLEM: FATES
Characters: Niles (might be more accurate to say Zero), Beruka, Oboro, Flora, Azura.
Ships: Male!Corrin/Niles, Niles/Leo, Niles/Azura, Niles&Beruka, Effie/Elise.
Notes: Currently on chapter 18 in Conquest. Similar to Awakening, my lists of favourites are very much subject to change as I progress through the game and check out more supports.
As I spoiled myself a great deal before the Western release, my views of the characters and their relationships tend to be skewed towards how they were in the Japanese version, to the point where it sometimes feels wrong for me to be using their localised names. >>;
FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES and FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS: THREE HOPES
Characters: Edelgard, Dorothea, Linhardt, Hapi, Yuri, Ferdinand, Mercedes, Dedue, Ashe, Marianne, Lysithea, Byleth (yes really), Flayn, Shamir, Manuela... I like most of the cast, really. My heart lies with the Black Eagles and Ashen Wolves most of all.
Ships: Way too many; the following are just my favourites! I keep a more thorough list here.
*Male!Byleth/Linhardt, Petra/Dorothea, Hubert/Edelgard, Linhardt/Dorothea, Edelgard/Dorothea, Edelgard&Petra, Bernadetta/Ferdinand, Hubert/Bernadetta;
*Dedue/Mercedes, Ashe/Ingrid, female!Byleth/Dedue, Ashe/Dedue, Dimitri/Dedue, female!Byleth/Mercedes, Ingrid/Mercedes, Annette/Dedue, Ashe&Mercedes, Sylvain&Ingrid;
*Ignatz/Leonie, Claude/Marianne, Lorenz/Leonie, Lorenz/Lysithea, Raphael/Leonie;
*Dimitri/Marianne, Flayn/Dimitri, Edelgard&Lysithea, Manuela/Dorothea, Ashe&Caspar, Cyril/Lysithea, Ferdinand/Mercedes, Ferdinand/Marianne, Linhardt/Marianne, Caspar/Annette, Ingrid/Ignatz, Lorenz/Ferdinand;
*Yuri/Hapi, Yuri/Dorothea, Hapi/Linhardt, Hapi/Constance, Balthus/Lysithea, Constance/Ferdinand, male!Byleth/Yuri;
*Catherine/Shamir, Seteth/Manuela, Flayn&Manuela;
*Petra/Constance, Ashe/Yuri, Edelgard/Monica, Bernadetta/Marianne, Hapi/Shamir, Hapi/Hubert, Yuri/Marianne, Shez/Petra, Hubert&Lysithea, Caspar&Balthus.
Notes: My favourite games in the series!
Cleared the Crimson Flower, Azure Moon and Verdant Wind routes in Houses, plus Cindered Shadows! Currently on my fourth playthrough, on Chapter 4 of what's going to be a Silver Snow run, although it's been subject to a lot of stalling and I have no idea when I'll finish it up.Trying to make myself do that route as an Edelgard fan is rough, man.
In Hopes, I've cleared the Scarlet Blaze route and am aiming to go for Azure Gleam as my second.
FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE
Characters: Ivy, Yunaka, Alcryst, Veyle, Céline, Hortensia, Zelkov, Rosado, Citrinne, Goldmary, Chloé, Lapis.
Ships: Fogado/Alcryst, Chloé/Céline, Alcryst/Céline, Yunaka/Panette, Citrinne/Yunaka, female!Alear/Ivy, Seadall/Alcryst, Merrin/Chloé, Ivy/Zelkov, Yunaka/Zelkov, Pandreo/Rosado, Louis/Rosado, Timerra/Panette, Merrin/Timerra, Fogado/Pandreo, Fogado/Yunaka, Etie/Yunaka, Alcryst/Pandreo, Jade/Diamant, Céline/Fogado, Louis/Zelkov, Louis/Pandreo, Fogado/Rosado, Lapis/Goldmary, female!Alear/Goldmary, Yunaka/Goldmary, Seadall/Yunaka, Rosado/Hortensia, Louis/Chloé, Lapis/Alcryst, Lapis/Rosado, Amber/Zelkov, Amber/Panette, Amber/Diamant, Amber/Merrin, Louis/Céline, Chloé/Seadall, Etie/Clanne, Céline/Kagetsu, Ivy/Panette, Jade/Timerra, Ivy/Timerra, Louis/Yunaka, Merrin/Citrinne, Ivy/Alfred, Etie/Goldmary, Rosado/Seadall,guilty thing for the Fell version of Alfred/Céline;
Ivy&Hortensia, Alcryst&Citrinne, Lindon&Hortensia, Goldmary&Hortensia, Lapis&Citrinne, Framme&Boucheron.
Notes: Cleared Chapter 19, currently working on a bunch of paralogues before I progress the main story. Once again, my faves are subject to change as I make more progress and see more supports.
HUNDRED LINE -LAST DEFENSE ACADEMY-
Characters: Eito, Kako, Ima, Hiruko, Nozomi.
Ships: Eito/Takumi, Hiruko/Takemaru, Nozomi/Kurara.
Notes: Cleared the initial route and ten endings so far. I want to explore lots of routes at the very least, and I'd like to eventually get all 100 endings even if it takes me forever.
LUX-PAIN
Characters: Yayoi, Honoka, Mika, Nami.
Ships: Honoka/Arthur, Mika/Shinji, Yayoi/Rui, Hibiki/Ryo, Nami->Mako, Takano/Aoi, Yayoi->Arthur.
Notes: Completed first playthrough with the good ending. Another obscure thing that I wish would get more love; it's just a crying shame that the lousy translation job puts most people off. ;.;
NORN9
Characters: Mikoto, Senri, Heishi, Sakuya, Itsuki... I basically like everyone.
Ships: Koharu/Senri, Sakuya/Mikoto.
Notes: Completely finished with three routes (Sakuya, Itsuki, Heishi) and have cleared Senri's and Masamune's happy ends; currently set to replay Senri's route for his bad ending, more out of a sense of completionism than anything else, before most likely going for Kakeru next. Haven't seen the anime yet; I'd like to watch it eventually, but I feel like I ought to play the poster boy routes before doing so!
OCTOPATH TRAVELER
Characters: Primrose, Cyrus, Therion, Ophilia
Ships: Primrose/Ophilia, Primrose/Therion, Primrose/H'aanit, Ophilia/H'aanit, potentially more.
Notes: Started as Primrose, have cleared everyone's third chapters.
Haven't played the second game yet, nor Champions of the Continent.
STAR OCEAN 1: FIRST DEPARTURE
Characters: Ioshua, Millie, Erys... most of the cast, actually.
Ships: Cyuss/Phia, Roddick/Millie, Millie->Mavelle, T'nique->Roddick, Ashlay&Ioshua&Erys (with Ashlay as a sort of surrogate "father"), Ronyx/Ilia.
Notes: Beat the PSP version twice, with another savefile still ready for a "playthrough 2.5" where I would've been keeping Mavelle instead of getting Erys. I'm not sure what it is about this game that made me so bloody attached to it, but I think it's depressingly overlooked/underappreciated all the same.
STAR OCEAN 2: THE SECOND STORY (SECOND EVOLUTION)
Characters: Rena, Dias, Celine, Chisato.
Ships: Dias&Rena, others still pending.
Notes: Got close to the end of Claude's story in the PSP version; always wanted to do a Rena playthrough, which I'd intended to do after finishing my Claude run, but now I own the R version on the Switch I might as well start that with Rena.
STAR OCEAN 3: TILL THE END OF TIME
Characters: Albel, Maria, Nel, Cliff, Clair.
Ships: Nel/Clair, Maria/Albel (one of the few crack pairings I still like).
Notes: Beaten twice, and I'd still consider playing it again. This is the first Star Ocean game I played; I loved it to bits at the time and still have a big soft spot for it, and I don't think it deserves nearly as much hate as it's gotten from the wider SO fandom.
STAR OCEAN 4: THE LAST HOPE
Characters: Sarah, Welch, Meracle.
Ships: Meracle/Sarah (lol...), Meracle&Klaus, Meracle&Lymle, Edge/Faize (very casually).
Notes: Currently on Aios for the second time, grinding for a certain horrendous enemy spam attack.
TALES OF SYMPHONIA, just about including DAWN OF THE NEW WORLD
Characters: Presea, Zelos, Colette, Raine, Emil.
Ships: None especially, apart from having had a slight thing for Zelos/Colette at one point.
Notes: Beat the game once and still wouldn't mind doing another playthrough.
Barely ever even started the sequel, though I liked what I saw of Emil and still have my copy of the game should I feel inspired to properly play it in future.
TALES OF VESPERIA
Characters: Estelle, Rita, Yuri, Judith, Patty.
Ships: Rita/Estelle, Yuri&Estelle, Yuri/Judith, Flynn/Yuri, general party dynamic.
Notes: Played the 360 version before, but only got as far as halfway up Mount Temza. Later started over with the Definitive Edition on the Switch, which I did eventually beat.
TOKYO XANADU
Characters: Asuka, Yuuki, Mitsuki, Shio, Sora.
Ships: Mitsuki/Nodoka, Kou/Yuuki, Asuka/Mitsuki, Kou/Asuka (though I like their dynamic as friends/comrades best), Kou/Shiori, Shio/Mitsuki, Rion&Shiori, Mai/Fuuka, Asuka&Sora, Mitsuki/Erika to a degree, and I kinda-sorta like the idea of Rion/Yuuki.
Notes: Completed my first playthrough of the Vita version with the True Ending! The characters I forged unbreakable bonds with on said first playthrough were Asuka, Yuuki, Mitsuki, Sora, Jun and Shiori. I'd definitely like to play through this game again, whether it's an NG+ run on the Vita where I get all the friendship events I missed before and do the other extra stuff, or if it's a case of starting over with eX+ on the Switch.
This is the first Falcom game I've ever played, and I absolutely adore it. I wish it had more fans.
UNICORN OVERLORD
Characters: Auch, Travis, Tatiana, Ridiel, Monica, Renault, Virginia, Berengaria, Leah, Aramis.
Ships: Sharon/Ochlys, Chloe/Ridiel, Lhinalagos/Eltolinde, Travis&Berengaria, Auch/Alain, Travis/Alain, Gilbert/Virginia, Leah/Virginia, Aramis/Gloucester, Liza/Monica, Clive/Monica, Hodrick/Renault, Lhinalagos/Galadmir, Rosalinde/Railanor, Primm/Aramis, Rolf/Auch, Rolf/Adel, Bruno/Sharon, Virginia/Berengaria, Morard&Ramona, Ridiel&Tatiana, Auch&Melisandre.
Notes: Cleared most of Cornia barring the obvious endgame stuff, pretty much done with Drakenhold and Elheim, currently working my way through Bastorias.
VALKYRIE PROFILE (Lenneth, Silmeria, Covenant of the Plume)
Characters: Lenneth, Jelanda; Alicia; Ancel, Mireille, Mischka.
Ships: Arngrim&Jelanda.
Notes: Varying levels of progress made in all three games, though I haven't really gotten that far in any of them.
ZERO ESCAPE, a.k.a. NINE HOURS NINE PERSONS NINE DOORS, VIRTUE'S LAST REWARD, and ZERO TIME DILEMMA
Characters: Snake, Clover, Akane, Santa; K, Luna; Diana, Carlos.
Ships: None especially.
Notes: Cleared three endings in 999 (Coffin, Safe, and True); I might eventually get the other three, in which case I'd go for the Submarine ending next. Haven't completely finished VLR, no thanks to a particularly irritating puzzle, but I've just got Phi's ending and its offshoots left to do in that game. As for ZTD, I've achieved the CQD:1, Q:1 and D:1 endings so far and need to keep on hopping around with the various fragments.
999 is easily my favourite out of the trilogy.
OTHERS KNOWN/LIKED
*AI: The Somnium Files (cleared all routes in original game; Mizuki, Hitomi, Aiba)
*Alice mare (cleared true end; Joshua, Chelsy, Letty)
*Baten Kaitos (up to the Celestial Tree on the first disc; Lyude)
*Charade Maniacs (cleared two routes so far; Iochi, Chigasaki, Dazai, Gyobu, Haiji)
*Collar x Malice (cleared every route; Okazaki, Shiraishi, Suzune and Shion, Ichika, Enomoto; Shiraishi/Ichika, Enomoto/Ichika, Okazaki/Ichika)
*Digital Devil Saga (up to Coordinate 136 in the first game; Argilla, Heat; Jinana/Argilla)
*END ROLL (cleared true end; Kantera, Gardenia, Russell)
*Fantasy Maiden's Odd Hideout (cleared the game in its entirety; Cynthia/Ange/Bernd)
*Final Fantasy IV (going through the Waterway to rescue Cid)
*Final Fantasy VI (up to opera segment; Terra, Celes, Edgar)
*Final Fantasy VII (most of original game, Advent Children; Vincent, Aerith)
*Final Fantasy IX (most of game; Freya)
*Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (stalled on Chapter 11; Soren, Mia, Nephenee; Rhys/Titania, Ike/Soren, Mia/Ilyana)
*Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (up to Chapter 7; Ogma, Caeda; Julian/Lena, Ogma&Caeda)
*Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (partway through Act 3; Clair, Faye, Leon, Mae, Kliff)
*Guilty Gear (played X2 and the original; Zato, Millia, Venom, Dizzy; Testament/Dizzy, Venom/Zato, Zappa/Millia)
*House in Fata Morgana (on the Final Door; Giselle, Michel, Pauline; Giselle/Michel)
*Kindred Spirits on the Roof (finished main story, haven't read any bonus scenes; Ano, Seina, Sasa, Nena; Seina/Miki, Sasa/Umi, Miyu/Matsuri, Aki/Youka)
*Olympia Soirée (cleared every route and ending; Byakuya, Himuka, Yosuga, Tokisada, Shura; Himuka/Byakuya, Tokisada/Byakuya, Yosuga/Byakuya)
*Rain Code (cleared game, including all DLC; Halara, Vivia, Yuma, Makoto, Pucci; Yuma/Desuhiko, Vivia/Yakou, guilty thing for Yomi/"Fake")
*Soul Calibur (played most games in the series up to V, including the original Soul Blade; Siegfried, Sophitia, Ivy, Raphael, Mi-Na)
*Tales of Phantasia (assaulting Dhaos's castle in the past; Klarth, Arche)
*Tales of the Abyss (currently just about to leave Baticul; Tear)
*Trails of Cold Steel (on Final Chapter of the first game; Jusis, Towa, Machias, Alisa, Emma; Laura/Fie, Rean/Jusis(/Alisa), Rean/Laura, Machias/Elliot, Jusis/Machias, Alisa/Ferris, Towa/Angelica)
*Valkyria Chronicles 4 (up to start of chapter 4; Kai, Riley, Rosetta)
*Virche Evermore (cleared every route and ending; Mathis, Lucas, Yves, Ankou, Ceres; Yves/Ceres, Mathis/Ceres, Lucas&Nadia, Hugo->Yves)
*WILL: A Wonderful World (cleared entire game; Pi, Alicia, Hotaru)
*Witch's Heart (cleared the first game, -Bonus Stage- and Sirius's conclusion; Sirius, Ashe, Claire, Noel; Lime/Charlotte, Noel/Ashe)
*World's End Club (cleared true ending; Vanilla, Pochi, Nyoro, Yuki)
*Your Turn to Die (up to end of Chapter 3-1; Sara, Kai, Sou, Nao; Sara&Joe, Nao/Sara, Nao/Reko, Mai/Q-taro)
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If you have any questions about my fandoms -- further details, reasons for liking what I like, my opinions on characters and ships I haven't mentioned, or anything else -- feel free to ask nicely!
Canons I am or have been particularly big on are covered first, while my more minor ones (or those that I simply haven't seen/read/played or otherwise really thought about in a long time) get listed off more briefly near the end of each section.
Favourite characters and ships are listed in roughly descending order, with my very favourites in italics where applicable. As far as ships go, I differentiate between romantic pairings with a forward slash (/), primarily onesided ships with an arrow (->), and platonic or familial relationships with an & symbol. Name orders in ships are generally just whatever rolls off my tongue better and don't reflect who (if anyone) I prefer to see on the top or bottom.
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**ANIME AND MANGA**
AZUMANGA DAIOH
Characters: Sakaki, Yomi.
Ships: Sakaki/Kaorin, Tomo/Yomi, Yukari/Nyamo.
Notes: Seen all the anime, have read the manga omnibus.
BOKURANO
Characters: Anko, Chizu, Ushiro.
Ships: Kirie->Chizu, Ushiro/Machi, Maki&Komo.
Notes: Read all the manga, and it's one of my very favourites; may-or-may-not eventually watch the anime version, although I do love its OP song.
COWBOY BEBOP
Characters: Gren, Faye, Jet, Julia.
Ships: Gren->Vicious, Spike/Julia, Gren&Faye, Jet/Faye.
Notes: One of my very favourites, and it's been so since my mid-teens. ♥ Besides the anime and movie, I've also read all the manga -- both the "canon" stuff and Shooting Star.
FRUITS BASKET
Characters: Tohru, Kyouko, Kagura, Yuki, Ayame, Rin, Ritsu.
Ships: Surprisingly, none in particular.
Notes: The 2001 anime is an old favourite of mine, but oddly enough, it took me a heck of a lot longer to finish reading the manga back in the day. Watched the first two eps of the 2019 anime when it started airing, but have yet to get around to continuing it
FUSHIGI YUUGI and FUSHIGI YUUGI: GENBU KAIDEN
Characters: Nakago (without leather pants, thank you), Nuriko, Soi, Tomo.
Ships: Hotohori/Houki, Tomo/Nakago/Soi, Tatara/Suzuno.
Notes: Read all the original manga (but haven't seen the anime, unlike most people), checked out translations/summaries of most of the light novels a long time ago, and I've read all of Genbu Kaiden. Want to read what's been released of the Byakko arc.
GUNDAM UNIVERSAL CENTURY
Characters: Sayla, Kai, Fraw, Garma, Icelina, Lalah; Rosamia, Reccoa (yes really), Four, Haman, Emma, Kamille, Mouar, Fa, Lila; Mashymre.
Ships: Char/Lalah; Kamille/Four, Emma/Reccoa in a what-if sense, Jerid/Mouar.
Notes: Watched the original (in both movie trilogy and TV series forms) and Zeta; started ZZ, which I never had any intention of skipping!
GUNDAM SEED and GUNDAM SEED DESTINY
Characters: Lacus, Murrue, Meer, Stella, Athrun, Flay, Shinn.
Ships: Kira/Lacus, Kira/Athrun, Shinn/Stella.
Notes: Watched both series in their entirety. I do not hate Destiny, even if it does have a lot of problems. Might like to rewatch this sometime, whether it's via my old DVDs or the HD remastered version.
GUNDAM 00
Characters: Tieria, Feldt, Sumeragi, Lockon (Neil), Trinity siblings, Kinue, Hiling.
Ships: Neil/Tieria, Ribbons/Hiling, Tieria/Feldt, Kati/Patrick.
Notes: Watched both seasons; I enjoyed the first season a lot, but ended up with much saltier feelings about the second, so S1 is what I focus on and hold dear. Haven't seen the movie.
GUNDAM IRON-BLOODED ORPHANS
Characters: Kudelia, Atra, Takaki, McGillis, Mikazuki, Yamagi, Lafter, Orga, Biscuit, Akihiro, Gaelio, Fumitan... honestly, I like the majority of the cast.
Ships: Yamagi/Shino, Atra/Kudelia, Takaki/Aston, Akihiro/Lafter, Gaelio/Ein, Gaelio/McGillis, Atra/Mikazuki, Hush/Mikazuki, Yukinojo/Merribit, Iok/Julieta to a small degree.
Notes: Watched both seasons in their entirety. This is probably my favourite Gundam series. ♥
GUNDAM WITCH FROM MERCURY
Characters: Miorine, Guel, Chuatury, Elan, Nika, Secelia, Norea, Rouji, Sophie.
Ships: Miorine/Suletta, Elan/Norea.
Notes: Watched the whole series.
HIGURASHI NO NAKU KORO NI
Characters: Rena, Satoko, Shion, Takano.
Ships: None especially.
Notes: Seen both old anime seasons plus Rei; watched all of Gou but frankly didn't enjoy the last arc of it, haven't watched Sotsu; have also read the entire manga, including the spinoff Demon Exposing Arc. Haven't played any of the original sound novels.
KAZE TO KI NO UTA
Characters: Rosemarine, Jules, Patricia, Gilbert, Pascal, Serge.
Ships: Jules/Gilbert, Jules/Rosemarine, Serge/Gilbert, Serge&Rosemarine.
Notes: Read up to the end of volume 7 with scanlations; have also checked out raws of most of the later volumes, along with text translations where available. If there's one series that makes me wish I could somehow instantly gain perfect Japanese-reading skills, this is it.
NARUTARU
Characters: Shiina, Norio, Akira, Hiroko, Satomi.
Ships: Bungo/Satomi, Norio->Takeo, Shiina&Akira, Hiroko->Shiina.
Notes: Read all the manga, seen all the anime. It's actually one of my favourite manga, though it does go without saying that it's a problematic fave. ^^;
PRECURE (Go! Princess Precure, Witchy Precure!, Kira Kira Precure a la Mode, Wonderful Precure!)
Characters: Towa, Kirara, Minami, Yui, Puff; Liko; Yukari, Himari, Rio, Bibli, Ichika; Mayu, Komugi, Satoru.
Ships: Kirara/Towa, Haruka/Towa, Haruka/Minami; Mirai/Liko; Yukari/Akira, Yukari/Ichika, Ciel/Bibli, Aoi/Himari, Ichika/Ciel; Iroha/Satoru.
Notes: Seen all of Go! Princess; about halfway through Witchy; seen all of Kira Kira; seen all of Wonderful.
PUELLA MAGI MADOKA MAGICA
Characters: Homura, Mami, Kyouko, Sayaka, Madoka, Sana.
Ships: Kyouko/Sayaka, Homura/Madoka, Oriko/Kirika, Iroha/Yachiyo, Rena/Kaede.
Notes: Seen all of the original series, Rebellion, and all the Magia Record anime. Out of the various manga, I've read all of the original adaptation of the show, all of Oriko (original two volumes, extra story, sadness prayer), all of Kazumi, all of ~the different story~, all of Tart, and all of Suzune.
REVOLUTIONARY GIRL UTENA
Characters: Anthy, Touga (yes really), Nanami, Shiori (yes really!), Wakaba, Kozue, Miki, Juri, Utena, Saionji... to be honest, I show some degree of interest in just about everyone except Ruka and Akio. I just happen to have latched on to some of the most divisive characters particularly hard.
Ships: Anthy/Utena, Touga/Saionji, Juri/Shiori, Nanami/Utena, Saionji/Nanami, Miki&Kozue, Nanami&Tsuwabuki, Utena&Wakaba, Juri&Miki, Utena&Touga in the strict sense of finding their canon dynamic interesting in the series and liking the role their relationship plays in the movie and movie-manga,
Notes: The anime series is one of my very favourites! I also adore the movie and movie-manga, have read all of the first manga (which I'm not nearly as fond of, although I don't think it's without its merits and it was technically my very first exposure to Utena) and fan translations for the light novels, and I've skimmed a few LP threads and videos about the Saturn game in the past. More recently read After the Revolution, which I think of as a bit of an odd beast.
SERAPH OF THE END
Characters: Shinoa, Mikaela, Mahiru.
Ships: Yuichiro/Mikaela, Shinoa/Mitsuba, Yoichi/Kimizuki, Mito/Shigure to a slight degree.
Notes: Read up to manga volume 19, seen all the anime. Out of the light novels, I've read all of Catastrophe at Sixteen and the first volume of Resurrection at Nineteen.
TOWARD THE TERRA
Characters: Matsuka, anime!Shiroe.
Ships: Keith/Matsuka, Tony/Artella, Keith/Shiroe, Alfred/Physis (slightly).
Notes: Read the manga in its entirety first, then watched the whole anime series. I think they're both great; the anime is a marvellous adaptation, but I feel that the original manga has its merits too. Haven't seen the movie.
X/1999 and TOKYO BABYLON
Characters: Kotori, Yuzuriha, Hokuto, Kakyou, Satsuki.
Ships: Hokuto/Kakyou, Yuuto/Kanoe/Satsuki, Kamui/Kotori, Kamui&Subaru.
Notes: Read all the TB manga. As for X, I've read all of the omnibus releases of the manga, have seen up to ep 8 of the anime series and would like to finish it eventually, and I saw the movie (my first exposure to it) way back when I was about 15. I still think X has some of the most beautiful artwork I've ever seen in manga.
OTHERS KNOWN/LIKED
*86 (all first anime cour, up to volume 3 of the light novels; Lena, Theo, Anju, Shin)
*Akudama Drive (all anime; Hacker, Brawler, Swindler; Hoodlum/Brawler, Hacker&Swindler)
*Akuma no Riddle (all anime, all manga; Haru/Tokaku, Chiharu/Hitsugi, Sumireko/Banba)
*Angel Beats! (all anime; Yuri, Naoi; Otonashi/Naoi, Yuri/Kanade, Otonashi/Kanade)
*Astra Lost in Space (whole manga; Luca, Ulgar, Yun-hua; Luca/Ulgar)
*Banana Fish (all anime, up to manga volume 2; Ash, Yut-Lung, Blanca, Shorter; Sing/Yut-Lung)
*Bloom into You (all manga, all anime; Sayaka, Touko, Koyomi)
*Blue Lock (all first anime season, up to manga volume 2; Bachira, Chigiri, Nagi; Isagi/Bachira, Kunigami/Chigiri, Nagi/Reo, Isagi/Nagi, Isagi/Chigiri)
*Bokura no Hentai (up to volume 7; Parou, Marika, Akane)
*Cardcaptor Sakura (all original manga; Sonomi, Tomoyo)
*Case Study of Vanitas (up to manga volume 6, all anime; Noé, Dominique, Chloé)
*Children of the Whales (up to manga volume 13; Suou, Ginshu, Ouni)
*D4DJ (all anime; Muni, Rei, Saki, Kurumi, Saori, Dahlia, Haruna; Rei/Muni, Kyoko/Shinobu, Rika/Tsubaki, Muni/Rinku, Maho/Rinku, Saki/Ibuki)
*Full Moon wo Sagashite (all manga; Meroko, Madoka)
*Gentlemen's Alliance Cross (all manga, something of a guilty pleasure; Ushio, Maora, Komaki; Ushio/Haine, Maora/Maguri)
*Gundam Wing (most of series plus Endless Waltz, oldie, want to properly rewatch someday)
*Gundam Reconguista in G (all TV series; Klim, Mick, Raraiya, Ringo, Manny; Klim/Mick, Noredo&Raraiya, Manny/Luin, Mashner/Rockpie)
*Land of the Lustrous (up to manga volume 8, all anime; Diamond, Rutile; Bort/Diamond, Phos/Cinnabar)
*Legend of the Legendary Heroes (all anime, should start reading fan translations of the LNs; Froaude, Ryner, Sion, Ferris, Milk; Ryner/Ferris, Froaude/Sion, Claugh/Noa, Claugh/Froaude)
*Love Live! (both seasons of first series, first season of Nijigasaki, first season of Superstar!!; Umi, Kotori; Rina, Shizuku; Kanon, Ren, Sumire; Umi/Honoka/Kotori, Nico/Maki, Eli/Nozomi; Kasumi/Shizuku; Sumire/Keke)
*Loveless (up to manga volume 13; Yamato/Kouya, Nagisa->Ritsu, Tokino/Mikado, Soubi&Yuiko in a sibling-like sense)
*Made in Abyss (all anime, up to manga volume 5; Riko, Nanachi)
*Magic Knight Rayearth (all manga, all TV anime, OVAs; Fuu, Umi, Eagle; Zagato/Emeraude, Eagle/Lantis/Hikaru, Geo/Eagle)
*Mai HiME (all original anime; Midori, Shizuru, Nao, Natsuki; Akira/Takumi, Haruka/Yukino, Shizuru/Natsuki)
*Mawaru Penguindrum (all anime, first novel volume; Ringo, Masako, Himari)
*Mirai Nikki (up to manga volume 10, hoping in vain for a proper licence rescue, want to watch the anime; Yuno/Yukiteru/Akise, Mao/Hinata)
*My Hero Academia (up to manga volume 20, first two anime seasons; Mei, Tamaki, Kirishima, Tsuyu; Bakugo/Kirishima, Midoriya&Ida&Uraraka)
*Neon Genesis Evangelion (all anime series, End of Eva, all manga, first two Rebuild movies; Toji/Hikari, Shinji/Kaworu, Maya->Ritsuko)
*Oniisama e... (all anime, all manga; Mariko, Rei; Mariko/Nanako, Rei/Nanako, Rei&Kaoru)
*Outlaw Star (whole anime, oldie, want to rewatch; Melfina, Fred)
*Pandora Hearts (all manga, all three Caucus Race novels; Jack, Gilbert, Echo; Leo/Elliot, Oz/Gilbert, Vincent/Ada)
*Please Save My Earth (all manga; Haruhiko, Mokuren, Alice, Issei, Sakura)
*Princess Principal (all anime; Charlotte; Ange/Charlotte, Beatrice&Dorothy)
*Re:CREATORS (all anime; Mamika, Meteora, Setsuna, Selesia; Altair/Setsuna, Mamika/Alicetaria, Sota/Setsuna)
*Revue Starlight (all anime series; Mahiru, Claudine, Junna; Maya/Claudine, Junna/Nana)
*RG Veda (all manga; Kendappa, Karura, Souma; Kendappa/Souma, Kendappa&Karura, Taishakuten/Ashura-ou)
*Sarazanmai (all anime; Kazuki, Toi, Enta)
*School-Live! (all anime, all manga; Yuuri, Touko, Shinou, Yuki, Megumi; Yuuri/Kurumi, Kurumi&Touko, Shinou/Kougami)
*Shin Sekai Yori (all anime, should read translation of the original novel eventually; Saki, Tomiko, Maria, Satoru; Saki/Maria, Saki/Shun/Satoru)
*Show by Rock!! (first anime season, shorts; Retoree, Chuchu, Shingancrimsonz in general; Cyan/Retoree, Rom/Shu☆zo, Crow/Aion)
*Star Driver (all anime; Kanako, Simone, Mizuno)
*Swan (up to vol 15 [i.e. everything CMX published in English before going under]; Masumi, Sayoko, Lilliana, Kaoru, Lucien; Masumi/Sayoko, Masumi&Lilliana)
**GAMES AND VISUAL NOVELS**
ACE ATTORNEY
Characters: Adrian, Mimi, Athena, Edgeworth, Rhoda.
Ships: Franziska/Adrian, Ron/Desirée, Lana/Mia, Athena&Juniper, Juniper&Robin&Hugh, Gumshoe/Maggey, Gumshoe&Kay, Aura->Metis.
Notes: Played and beaten the first five main games and Investigations, currently stalled on Case 3 of Spirit of Justice. Also read the first three volumes of the manga series, which I didn't really like. As for Layton vs Wright, I'm only on Layton's part of the first chapter.
DANGAN RONPA
Characters: Chihiro, Sakura, Sayaka, Touko, Kyouko; Chiaki, Nagito, Mikan, Sonia, Mahiru; Kotoko; Chisa, Juuzou, Seiko, Ryouta, Kyousuke; Kaede, Kokichi, Tsumugi, Shuuichi, Kirumi, Tenko, Miu.
Ships: Aoi/Sakura, Mondo/Chihiro, Makoto/Sayaka (I have a soft spot for it), Byakuya/Celes; Hajime/Nagito/Chiaki, Hiyoko/Mahiru, Fuyuhiko/Peko, Gundham/Sonia, Chiaki&Mikan; Komaru/Touko; Juuzou/Kyousuke/Chisa (with Juuzou&Chisa being strictly platonic within that), Chisa&all her students, Mahiru/Satou, Imposter&Mikan, Imposter/Ryouta; Tenko/Himiko, Shuuichi/Kokichi, Kaede/Shuuichi, Kaede/Tsumugi, Miu/Kaede, Miu/Keebo, Kirumi/Korekiyo, Kaede&Kaito, Shuuichi&Ryouma, Kaede&Himiko.
Notes: Beaten DR, SDR2 and NDRV3, watched DR3 as it aired, still on Chapter 1 of Another Episode because there's big hard gaps between savepoints and I suck at third-person shooters.
Like a lot of people, I originally got into this series through LP threads on Something Awful and Tumblr before later picking up the localised games.
DEVIL SURVIVOR
Characters: Midori, Keisuke, Haru.
Ships: Keisuke/Midori.
Notes: Currently on Day 6 of my first playthrough, contemplating how best to go about the battle against Belial.
DEVIL SURVIVOR 2
Characters: Hinako.
Ships: Airi+Jungo. I'm also a little interested in MC/Io and MC/Yamato, and the anime at least has made me like the idea of MC/Anguished One.
Notes: Currently on Tuesday, just after having saved both Daichi and Jungo. I'm not looking forward to taking on Ronaldo, which is what I need to do next. I've also seen the anime adaptation in its entirety.
FIRE EMBLEM: BLAZING BLADE
Characters: Lucius.
Ships: Raven/Lucius, Eliwood/Ninian, Matthew/Leila, Lyn/Florina, Legault/Heath, Rath/Lyn.
Notes: Currently on chapter 20; I got up to chapter 27 on a previous playthrough, but my party was so poorly leveled that I was basically forced to restart.
Like many FE fans, I'm neurotic about keeping all my characters alive; in my case, this leads to me taking forever to beat a chapter because I constantly triple-check my strategy and decisions, so my progress through most FE games is horribly slow.
FIRE EMBLEM: SACRED STONES
Characters: Tana, Lyon, Neimi.
Ships: Amelia/Neimi, Artur/Lute.
Notes: Currently on chapter 13 of Eirika's route.
FIRE EMBLEM: AWAKENING
Characters: Cordelia, Cherche, Lissa, Sumia, Noire, Emmeryn, Miriel, Stahl, Virion.
Ships: Virion/female!Robin (not in a self-insert sense; I genuinely think they have good chemistry together), Severa/Noire, Sully/Stahl, Lucina/Laurent, Kellam/Cordelia, Virion/Cherche, Laurent/Gerome, Chrom/Sumia, Virion/Libra (sorta), Olivia&Inigo being the cutest mother and son, Chrom&Emmeryn&Lissa family unit.
Notes: Currently up to chapter 22. I think I can expect my lists of favourites to grow and change a lot as I go through the game and experiment with the supports! (And funnily enough, I married my girl Robin to Libra on my first playthrough despite loving her supports with Virion. It was a very close thing, but the ship I'd originally planned on at the time ended up winning out. Sorry, Virion.)
FIRE EMBLEM: FATES
Characters: Niles (might be more accurate to say Zero), Beruka, Oboro, Flora, Azura.
Ships: Male!Corrin/Niles, Niles/Leo, Niles/Azura, Niles&Beruka, Effie/Elise.
Notes: Currently on chapter 18 in Conquest. Similar to Awakening, my lists of favourites are very much subject to change as I progress through the game and check out more supports.
As I spoiled myself a great deal before the Western release, my views of the characters and their relationships tend to be skewed towards how they were in the Japanese version, to the point where it sometimes feels wrong for me to be using their localised names. >>;
FIRE EMBLEM: THREE HOUSES and FIRE EMBLEM WARRIORS: THREE HOPES
Characters: Edelgard, Dorothea, Linhardt, Hapi, Yuri, Ferdinand, Mercedes, Dedue, Ashe, Marianne, Lysithea, Byleth (yes really), Flayn, Shamir, Manuela... I like most of the cast, really. My heart lies with the Black Eagles and Ashen Wolves most of all.
Ships: Way too many; the following are just my favourites! I keep a more thorough list here.
*Male!Byleth/Linhardt, Petra/Dorothea, Hubert/Edelgard, Linhardt/Dorothea, Edelgard/Dorothea, Edelgard&Petra, Bernadetta/Ferdinand, Hubert/Bernadetta;
*Dedue/Mercedes, Ashe/Ingrid, female!Byleth/Dedue, Ashe/Dedue, Dimitri/Dedue, female!Byleth/Mercedes, Ingrid/Mercedes, Annette/Dedue, Ashe&Mercedes, Sylvain&Ingrid;
*Ignatz/Leonie, Claude/Marianne, Lorenz/Leonie, Lorenz/Lysithea, Raphael/Leonie;
*Dimitri/Marianne, Flayn/Dimitri, Edelgard&Lysithea, Manuela/Dorothea, Ashe&Caspar, Cyril/Lysithea, Ferdinand/Mercedes, Ferdinand/Marianne, Linhardt/Marianne, Caspar/Annette, Ingrid/Ignatz, Lorenz/Ferdinand;
*Yuri/Hapi, Yuri/Dorothea, Hapi/Linhardt, Hapi/Constance, Balthus/Lysithea, Constance/Ferdinand, male!Byleth/Yuri;
*Catherine/Shamir, Seteth/Manuela, Flayn&Manuela;
*Petra/Constance, Ashe/Yuri, Edelgard/Monica, Bernadetta/Marianne, Hapi/Shamir, Hapi/Hubert, Yuri/Marianne, Shez/Petra, Hubert&Lysithea, Caspar&Balthus.
Notes: My favourite games in the series!
Cleared the Crimson Flower, Azure Moon and Verdant Wind routes in Houses, plus Cindered Shadows! Currently on my fourth playthrough, on Chapter 4 of what's going to be a Silver Snow run, although it's been subject to a lot of stalling and I have no idea when I'll finish it up.
In Hopes, I've cleared the Scarlet Blaze route and am aiming to go for Azure Gleam as my second.
FIRE EMBLEM ENGAGE
Characters: Ivy, Yunaka, Alcryst, Veyle, Céline, Hortensia, Zelkov, Rosado, Citrinne, Goldmary, Chloé, Lapis.
Ships: Fogado/Alcryst, Chloé/Céline, Alcryst/Céline, Yunaka/Panette, Citrinne/Yunaka, female!Alear/Ivy, Seadall/Alcryst, Merrin/Chloé, Ivy/Zelkov, Yunaka/Zelkov, Pandreo/Rosado, Louis/Rosado, Timerra/Panette, Merrin/Timerra, Fogado/Pandreo, Fogado/Yunaka, Etie/Yunaka, Alcryst/Pandreo, Jade/Diamant, Céline/Fogado, Louis/Zelkov, Louis/Pandreo, Fogado/Rosado, Lapis/Goldmary, female!Alear/Goldmary, Yunaka/Goldmary, Seadall/Yunaka, Rosado/Hortensia, Louis/Chloé, Lapis/Alcryst, Lapis/Rosado, Amber/Zelkov, Amber/Panette, Amber/Diamant, Amber/Merrin, Louis/Céline, Chloé/Seadall, Etie/Clanne, Céline/Kagetsu, Ivy/Panette, Jade/Timerra, Ivy/Timerra, Louis/Yunaka, Merrin/Citrinne, Ivy/Alfred, Etie/Goldmary, Rosado/Seadall,
Ivy&Hortensia, Alcryst&Citrinne, Lindon&Hortensia, Goldmary&Hortensia, Lapis&Citrinne, Framme&Boucheron.
Notes: Cleared Chapter 19, currently working on a bunch of paralogues before I progress the main story. Once again, my faves are subject to change as I make more progress and see more supports.
HUNDRED LINE -LAST DEFENSE ACADEMY-
Characters: Eito, Kako, Ima, Hiruko, Nozomi.
Ships: Eito/Takumi, Hiruko/Takemaru, Nozomi/Kurara.
Notes: Cleared the initial route and ten endings so far. I want to explore lots of routes at the very least, and I'd like to eventually get all 100 endings even if it takes me forever.
LUX-PAIN
Characters: Yayoi, Honoka, Mika, Nami.
Ships: Honoka/Arthur, Mika/Shinji, Yayoi/Rui, Hibiki/Ryo, Nami->Mako, Takano/Aoi, Yayoi->Arthur.
Notes: Completed first playthrough with the good ending. Another obscure thing that I wish would get more love; it's just a crying shame that the lousy translation job puts most people off. ;.;
NORN9
Characters: Mikoto, Senri, Heishi, Sakuya, Itsuki... I basically like everyone.
Ships: Koharu/Senri, Sakuya/Mikoto.
Notes: Completely finished with three routes (Sakuya, Itsuki, Heishi) and have cleared Senri's and Masamune's happy ends; currently set to replay Senri's route for his bad ending, more out of a sense of completionism than anything else, before most likely going for Kakeru next. Haven't seen the anime yet; I'd like to watch it eventually, but I feel like I ought to play the poster boy routes before doing so!
OCTOPATH TRAVELER
Characters: Primrose, Cyrus, Therion, Ophilia
Ships: Primrose/Ophilia, Primrose/Therion, Primrose/H'aanit, Ophilia/H'aanit, potentially more.
Notes: Started as Primrose, have cleared everyone's third chapters.
Haven't played the second game yet, nor Champions of the Continent.
STAR OCEAN 1: FIRST DEPARTURE
Characters: Ioshua, Millie, Erys... most of the cast, actually.
Ships: Cyuss/Phia, Roddick/Millie, Millie->Mavelle, T'nique->Roddick, Ashlay&Ioshua&Erys (with Ashlay as a sort of surrogate "father"), Ronyx/Ilia.
Notes: Beat the PSP version twice, with another savefile still ready for a "playthrough 2.5" where I would've been keeping Mavelle instead of getting Erys. I'm not sure what it is about this game that made me so bloody attached to it, but I think it's depressingly overlooked/underappreciated all the same.
STAR OCEAN 2: THE SECOND STORY (SECOND EVOLUTION)
Characters: Rena, Dias, Celine, Chisato.
Ships: Dias&Rena, others still pending.
Notes: Got close to the end of Claude's story in the PSP version; always wanted to do a Rena playthrough, which I'd intended to do after finishing my Claude run, but now I own the R version on the Switch I might as well start that with Rena.
STAR OCEAN 3: TILL THE END OF TIME
Characters: Albel, Maria, Nel, Cliff, Clair.
Ships: Nel/Clair, Maria/Albel (one of the few crack pairings I still like).
Notes: Beaten twice, and I'd still consider playing it again. This is the first Star Ocean game I played; I loved it to bits at the time and still have a big soft spot for it, and I don't think it deserves nearly as much hate as it's gotten from the wider SO fandom.
STAR OCEAN 4: THE LAST HOPE
Characters: Sarah, Welch, Meracle.
Ships: Meracle/Sarah (lol...), Meracle&Klaus, Meracle&Lymle, Edge/Faize (very casually).
Notes: Currently on Aios for the second time, grinding for a certain horrendous enemy spam attack.
TALES OF SYMPHONIA, just about including DAWN OF THE NEW WORLD
Characters: Presea, Zelos, Colette, Raine, Emil.
Ships: None especially, apart from having had a slight thing for Zelos/Colette at one point.
Notes: Beat the game once and still wouldn't mind doing another playthrough.
Barely ever even started the sequel, though I liked what I saw of Emil and still have my copy of the game should I feel inspired to properly play it in future.
TALES OF VESPERIA
Characters: Estelle, Rita, Yuri, Judith, Patty.
Ships: Rita/Estelle, Yuri&Estelle, Yuri/Judith, Flynn/Yuri, general party dynamic.
Notes: Played the 360 version before, but only got as far as halfway up Mount Temza. Later started over with the Definitive Edition on the Switch, which I did eventually beat.
TOKYO XANADU
Characters: Asuka, Yuuki, Mitsuki, Shio, Sora.
Ships: Mitsuki/Nodoka, Kou/Yuuki, Asuka/Mitsuki, Kou/Asuka (though I like their dynamic as friends/comrades best), Kou/Shiori, Shio/Mitsuki, Rion&Shiori, Mai/Fuuka, Asuka&Sora, Mitsuki/Erika to a degree, and I kinda-sorta like the idea of Rion/Yuuki.
Notes: Completed my first playthrough of the Vita version with the True Ending! The characters I forged unbreakable bonds with on said first playthrough were Asuka, Yuuki, Mitsuki, Sora, Jun and Shiori. I'd definitely like to play through this game again, whether it's an NG+ run on the Vita where I get all the friendship events I missed before and do the other extra stuff, or if it's a case of starting over with eX+ on the Switch.
This is the first Falcom game I've ever played, and I absolutely adore it. I wish it had more fans.
UNICORN OVERLORD
Characters: Auch, Travis, Tatiana, Ridiel, Monica, Renault, Virginia, Berengaria, Leah, Aramis.
Ships: Sharon/Ochlys, Chloe/Ridiel, Lhinalagos/Eltolinde, Travis&Berengaria, Auch/Alain, Travis/Alain, Gilbert/Virginia, Leah/Virginia, Aramis/Gloucester, Liza/Monica, Clive/Monica, Hodrick/Renault, Lhinalagos/Galadmir, Rosalinde/Railanor, Primm/Aramis, Rolf/Auch, Rolf/Adel, Bruno/Sharon, Virginia/Berengaria, Morard&Ramona, Ridiel&Tatiana, Auch&Melisandre.
Notes: Cleared most of Cornia barring the obvious endgame stuff, pretty much done with Drakenhold and Elheim, currently working my way through Bastorias.
VALKYRIE PROFILE (Lenneth, Silmeria, Covenant of the Plume)
Characters: Lenneth, Jelanda; Alicia; Ancel, Mireille, Mischka.
Ships: Arngrim&Jelanda.
Notes: Varying levels of progress made in all three games, though I haven't really gotten that far in any of them.
ZERO ESCAPE, a.k.a. NINE HOURS NINE PERSONS NINE DOORS, VIRTUE'S LAST REWARD, and ZERO TIME DILEMMA
Characters: Snake, Clover, Akane, Santa; K, Luna; Diana, Carlos.
Ships: None especially.
Notes: Cleared three endings in 999 (Coffin, Safe, and True); I might eventually get the other three, in which case I'd go for the Submarine ending next. Haven't completely finished VLR, no thanks to a particularly irritating puzzle, but I've just got Phi's ending and its offshoots left to do in that game. As for ZTD, I've achieved the CQD:1, Q:1 and D:1 endings so far and need to keep on hopping around with the various fragments.
999 is easily my favourite out of the trilogy.
OTHERS KNOWN/LIKED
*AI: The Somnium Files (cleared all routes in original game; Mizuki, Hitomi, Aiba)
*Alice mare (cleared true end; Joshua, Chelsy, Letty)
*Baten Kaitos (up to the Celestial Tree on the first disc; Lyude)
*Charade Maniacs (cleared two routes so far; Iochi, Chigasaki, Dazai, Gyobu, Haiji)
*Collar x Malice (cleared every route; Okazaki, Shiraishi, Suzune and Shion, Ichika, Enomoto; Shiraishi/Ichika, Enomoto/Ichika, Okazaki/Ichika)
*Digital Devil Saga (up to Coordinate 136 in the first game; Argilla, Heat; Jinana/Argilla)
*END ROLL (cleared true end; Kantera, Gardenia, Russell)
*Fantasy Maiden's Odd Hideout (cleared the game in its entirety; Cynthia/Ange/Bernd)
*Final Fantasy IV (going through the Waterway to rescue Cid)
*Final Fantasy VI (up to opera segment; Terra, Celes, Edgar)
*Final Fantasy VII (most of original game, Advent Children; Vincent, Aerith)
*Final Fantasy IX (most of game; Freya)
*Fire Emblem: Path of Radiance (stalled on Chapter 11; Soren, Mia, Nephenee; Rhys/Titania, Ike/Soren, Mia/Ilyana)
*Fire Emblem: Shadow Dragon (up to Chapter 7; Ogma, Caeda; Julian/Lena, Ogma&Caeda)
*Fire Emblem Echoes: Shadows of Valentia (partway through Act 3; Clair, Faye, Leon, Mae, Kliff)
*Guilty Gear (played X2 and the original; Zato, Millia, Venom, Dizzy; Testament/Dizzy, Venom/Zato, Zappa/Millia)
*House in Fata Morgana (on the Final Door; Giselle, Michel, Pauline; Giselle/Michel)
*Kindred Spirits on the Roof (finished main story, haven't read any bonus scenes; Ano, Seina, Sasa, Nena; Seina/Miki, Sasa/Umi, Miyu/Matsuri, Aki/Youka)
*Olympia Soirée (cleared every route and ending; Byakuya, Himuka, Yosuga, Tokisada, Shura; Himuka/Byakuya, Tokisada/Byakuya, Yosuga/Byakuya)
*Rain Code (cleared game, including all DLC; Halara, Vivia, Yuma, Makoto, Pucci; Yuma/Desuhiko, Vivia/Yakou, guilty thing for Yomi/"Fake")
*Soul Calibur (played most games in the series up to V, including the original Soul Blade; Siegfried, Sophitia, Ivy, Raphael, Mi-Na)
*Tales of Phantasia (assaulting Dhaos's castle in the past; Klarth, Arche)
*Tales of the Abyss (currently just about to leave Baticul; Tear)
*Trails of Cold Steel (on Final Chapter of the first game; Jusis, Towa, Machias, Alisa, Emma; Laura/Fie, Rean/Jusis(/Alisa), Rean/Laura, Machias/Elliot, Jusis/Machias, Alisa/Ferris, Towa/Angelica)
*Valkyria Chronicles 4 (up to start of chapter 4; Kai, Riley, Rosetta)
*Virche Evermore (cleared every route and ending; Mathis, Lucas, Yves, Ankou, Ceres; Yves/Ceres, Mathis/Ceres, Lucas&Nadia, Hugo->Yves)
*WILL: A Wonderful World (cleared entire game; Pi, Alicia, Hotaru)
*Witch's Heart (cleared the first game, -Bonus Stage- and Sirius's conclusion; Sirius, Ashe, Claire, Noel; Lime/Charlotte, Noel/Ashe)
*World's End Club (cleared true ending; Vanilla, Pochi, Nyoro, Yuki)
*Your Turn to Die (up to end of Chapter 3-1; Sara, Kai, Sou, Nao; Sara&Joe, Nao/Sara, Nao/Reko, Mai/Q-taro)
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If you have any questions about my fandoms -- further details, reasons for liking what I like, my opinions on characters and ships I haven't mentioned, or anything else -- feel free to ask nicely!
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Date: 2017-07-24 09:42 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2017-08-12 10:22 pm (UTC)I actually have a big soft spot for Faye. Sure, she's not the deepest or best-handled character in the world, but I still think there's some points where we can read things into her. For example, her eagerness to kill Alm's enemies for his sake comes across to me as her being that desperate to be valuable to him in any way she can, which makes me wonder if her sense of self-worth is kind of screwed up. Has no one ever told this girl that she has worth as her own person? I know that's a bleak way of looking at things, but then again, the game itself gives her a rather unhappy ending as it is. Faye deserves better.
And I'm glad I'm not the only person who sorta ships her with Kliff. I want to think that she does eventually get over Alm, divorces her way out of her unhappy marriage, reconnects with Kliff and goes on to have a fulfilling life with him instead. Problem solved?Also, I never understood the yandere accusations she's gotten. She's violent towards enemies in battle, not other girls who exist in Alm's general airspace. =/
As for the gameplay, while I'd definitely rate Fates Conquest's highest in terms of satisfying strategy and map design, I'm quite happy to roll with SoV's way of doing things. I appreciate how IS retained most of the Gaiden's unique points while also adding a few new things and still keeping some modern conveniences like being able to highlight enemy movement ranges. I do wish they'd made the hit rates a bit better while they were at it, though. Coinflip accuracy is no fun at all. ~.~;
I think one of my favourite things about SoV so far is all the extra little dialogue that the characters have on maps -- saying things when you first select them, reacting to people scoring kills, telling each other to heal when they're low on health, and all the rest like that. It all goes a long way towards bringing them to life that much more and giving that much more incentive to keep everyone alive -- and you know I'm a keep-everyone-alive kind of player as it is. Oh, and I've seen the mourning quotes on YouTube, and they're all pretty heartbreaking; I gotta hand it to the dub actors. (Speaking of which, as someone who wasn't a terribly big fan of Fates's localisation, I quite enjoy how 8-4 handled SoV; I don't really have any complaints about it.)
The Zelda-ish dungeon exploration is cool too, and while I might've personally preferred a similar approach to the villages, their VN-style presentation is fine as is and I like seeing the protags' comments on various things.
I'm still only at the very beginning of Act 3 right now, so I haven't encountered any of the really hard bosses yet (though I know they're coming!). Things got pretty hairy for me with the Necrodragon, though; not many units can put up with its attacks, even Valbar can only take so much punishment, and Celica's too glassy to just go in there with Seraphim without careful consideration. That one mercenary with the shield was a bit of a pain as well (thank God for mage!Kliff) and Slayde at the end of Act 1 could've done with being a little easier to hit.
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Date: 2017-08-12 10:37 pm (UTC)As a unit, I find Alm a bit easier to use due to his better defense, but Celica is good at oneshotting things and learns to heal.
I ended up liking Faye a lot more than I anticipated, and I appreciate her having supports with Silque that show her coming out of her Alm-shell. I ship that along with Faye/Kliff and I'm content to ignore her ending.
(And yeah, if you recruit her with Celica she's actually super thrilled to see her again. If she were a legit yandere she'd want Celica dead. Tharja was a yandere, but Faye doesn't fit the profile one bit. She's more like Peri in that "I wanna make the enemy go sploosh!" way.)
I can't stand the hit rates, especially when it comes to my archers. Python was completely worthless till he hit his 2nd tier class. D:
I LOVE that the whole game is voiced, too. It gives such life to the characters and story, and I like the voice actors they picked, too. Leon and Mae are fucking flawless.
The village makes me think of Ace Attorney, with the talk options. And the dungeon explorations have improved a lot from the original Gaiden, letting you pick things up. I also like that you can heal with items now.
Valbar was my brick wall until we got assaulted by mages. Then I had to keep him in back lest my heart break at Leon's mourning quote. (I play casual, but even so, the quotes still make me feel bad if someone gets KOd)
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Date: 2023-08-05 03:48 pm (UTC)Which one? I mainly know her for FB, I figured she had others but wasn't aware of them.
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Date: 2023-08-05 04:14 pm (UTC)That's not to say all of Takaya's non-Furuba series suck -- I liked what I read of Liselotte and Witch's Forest fine -- but Twinkle Stars soured me so much that it makes me worried that, if I ever rewatched or reread Furuba, I'm going to notice things that either haven't aged well or just don't sit well with me anymore. =/
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Date: 2023-08-05 04:20 pm (UTC)I still want to see the 2019 anime, I remember liking the 2001 anime better than the manga but it'll be interesting to compare them.
(And it sucks to notice things that haven't aged well, be it universally or for you personally, in something you once loved or still have a soft spot for.)