The manga Shinji Ikari Raising Project does a lot with a pretty simple concept – what if we take the small slice-of-life rom-com anime vignette from the last episode of Neon Genesis Evangelion, and expand on that to its own series? Generally, it succeeds at that concept, with some solid humor, though with some missteps later in the series that gets things kind of awkward.
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At long last, I’ve gotten caught up with NextGen magazine, at this month we are at in Nintendo Power.
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It’s time to finally finish up the Bloodlines tie-ins.
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We continue with Bloodlines and return back to Batman.
Read moreThis time the writers borrow a bit from two B-Movies to create an engaging side story.
Read moreWe meet the fairy, and have a fight with a Lesser Demon.
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On our way to the fairy, we have a reunion with Annemarie.
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Getting back to some of the Bloodlines storyline, to take a bit of a break of the end of the world around me.
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I don’t know if I’m watching Mandy at the best of all possible times or the worst. I’m watching it while surrounded by a toxic cloud of smoke that makes it unsafe to go outside, in the largest wildfire season Oregon has faced in my lifetime or my parents’ lifetime, while under a Level 1 evacuation warning. On the one hand, I’m watching the movie with an ambient atmosphere that exudes dread going in. On the other hand, maybe that’s what’s helping me get the most out of it.
Read moreWe unlock another shortcut back to Level B1.
Read moreWe end up having a surprise reunion with Virgo!
Read moreThis week I have another martial arts film review, as I’m taking a look at Golden Harvest’s Feng Shui fueled adventure film, “Bury Me High”
Read moreWe return to the music shop and learn the proprietor’s story.
Read moreWe restore the spring before falling back to town to pick up the next quest.
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Almost caught up with where we are in Nintendo Power Magazine.
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We’re a couple issues behind in NextGen where we are in the Nintendo Power Retrospectives, so it’s time to do a little catch-up.
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We fight our first giant before having to take a detour.
Read moreWe return to town, heal and level-up.
Read moreThis week I’m continuing with the video game reviews with Marvel’s Spider-Man.
Read moreWe run into a band of ogres who give us a hard time.
Read moreWe start properly exploring B5 and fight a lot of spiders. As in, we’re going to be fighting a lot of spiders on B5, so be warned.
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Continuing with the Bloodlines tie-ins with Batman Annual #17, which is much more clearly with Jean-Paul in The Suit.
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Before we get into Knightquest, we have an event that I’d like to go through first – the tie-in issues to the Bloodlines annual event, as they’re generally set more or less around this time (with some overlap with the end of Knightfall).
Read moreWe make the return trip to B5.
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