Saturday, April 30, 2005

Sorry for the slowness...

For anyone who actually cares about what I write, I'm sorry I couldn't get .hack//sign episode 4 yet. I'll be writing episode 5, but it'll be released after episode 4.

Saturday, April 16, 2005

.hack//sign- Folklore-- Episode #3

The episode begins again with Subaru talking to Silver Knight. After some talk about Crim and Tsukasa, Subaru begins to worry. Meanwhile, B.T is talking with Bear. Bear is troubled about what Tsukasa can do. "It's like Tsukasa follows a whole different set of rules than we do." he said. B.T still doesn't believe anything about Tsukasa.
Sora is standing on top of a temple when he sees Subaru come near. He jumps off and lands beside her. He had called her to talk to her about a special hidden item called the Key of the Twilight. Subaru shrugs it off, telling Sora that's it's but a legend, nothing else. Sora convinces her otherwise. So Subaru lets him stay with her and Silver Knight as merely a guest.
Bear walks into a temple where Mimiru is sitting in front of a treasure chest. Bear and Mimiru start to talk about Tsukasa again. They begin to speculate that Tsukasa has indeed found a special item with immense powers. Mimiru says she hasn't been contacted, and she goes off to get stronger, or somthing like that.
Tsukasa is standing in a field, with his Guardian spirit floating before him. He is still a little bit shaken from when Guardian attacked Bear and Mimiru, but it looks like he has the Guardian under control.
Meanwhile, Subaru and Sora show up before Silver Knight, who is about to attack him, and she politely tells him to stop. They get into another talk, mainly quipping of the Key of the Twilight. Silver Knight thinks there's no such thing, but Subaru is starting to change her mind. She didn't know there would be a hidden item event, but she knows that if the Key of the Twilight truly does exsist, it has immense powers.
Mimiru, as mentioned before, wants to get stronger. But when she meets up with Bear again, she tells him that Tsukasa contacted her and told her he wanted to talk to her. Mimiru didn't really want to see Tsukasa at the moment, so she told Bear to go in her place.
Bear accepts, and he finds Tsukasa inside a building. For a minute, he's confused, but then shows Bear what he was going to show to Mimiru. He released his Guardian, and Bear was prepared to strike it again. But Tsukasa calmed him down, telling him that his Guardian was completely under control.
Somehow after this, B.T, Sora, Subaru, Silver Knight, Bear, Sora and Mimiru all end up talking about Tsukasa and Maha. Bear wanted to talk about Tsukasa, so he requested to talk with the Crimson Knights. They wondered if Maha had anything to do with it.
They go back to the last episode where Bear attacks the Guardian, and finally shows how it ends. Bear gets knocked down, but the tendril from Guardian is stopped. It turns out Maha stopped it!

Saturday, April 09, 2005

.hack//sign- Guardian-- Episode #2

The episode first starts with Tsukasa in a thunder storm. He is then feeding one of his beast-things, but it says it isn't needed and flies away. As he's walking away from the pasture, he runs into Bear. Bear asks Tsukasa if he's read the message board. Tsukasa says no. He continues on and sees Mimiru, but instead of saying anything, he passes her without saying a word!
Bear finds out the Crimson Knights are looking for Maha, the supposedly illegally edited player. Bear wonders if something more is going on, becasue the Crimson Knights are making such a big deal out of it, but Mimiru says that they always make such a big deal out of it. Mimiru says the Crimson Knights mean well, but she doesn't like their high and mighty attitude.
Meanwhile, one of the Crimson Knights is talking with Subaru, and tells her that the Crimson Knight killed last episode by Tsukasa had feelings for her. After the talk, Subaru knows there is danger, and no Crimson Knights should be left alone.
We next join B.T, who is attacked by a Player Killer named Sora. He doesn't want to kill her, he only wants her member address. She thinks he's a fool and won't give her address, so he kills her and makes her lose all her data gained in an hour's time.
B.T. comes back to Bear and reports how Sora did. Bear knows by now he just wants to get member addresses from attractive ladies. B.T. is disgusted.
Tsukasa is in a weird place. It has a big skeleton, and he remembers that he used to come to the place as a means of refuge. He says all this to Maha, floating right near him. He is brought to a cave with a treasure chest. Surprisingly, he doesn't go for the treasure chest. Instead, he goes near a wall, while Sora watches all of this. He says he's going to kill Tsukasa and take the treasure chest. But as soon as Tsukasa touches the wall, he is in a bright place, where he talks with his Guardian.
After a while, he gets a new power. He is actually able to change from server to server without using Chaos Gate, the gate used to change servers.
B.T., Mimiru and Bear are talking again. They wonder if Tsukasa really can't log out of The World. B.T. makes a good point, saying that no one can log on indefinitely, and if it doesn't work, you can reset your computer terminal.
Anyways, Tsukasa sends Mimiru an email, and tells her to meet him on another server. She reluctantly accepts, but takes Bear along with her, just in case.
When they finally meet, Tsukasa says he isn't sitting in front of a terminal. Bear and Mimiru are taken aback. But then Mimiru tells him that the Crimson Knight his Guardian killed woke up in the real world unconscious, and got amnesia. Tsukasa didn't know he could physically hurt someone. Anyways, then he tells them that it's his world, and he has special powers.
Suddenly, he is interrupted by a howling sound. His Guardian had mistaken Mimiru and Bear as enemies! It shot out it's long tendrils, and Bear told him to call it off. Tsukasa didn't know how.
Bear knows they are in trouble and attacks the Guardian head on.

Tolle Koenig-- Archangel Crew Member, Kira's Friend

Just as Nicol Amalfi died lat Friday, it was reported that Tolle Koenig, an arachangel crew member and Miriallia's boyfriend, was killed by Athrun Zala while in Sky Grasper 2.
Tolle has previously assisted Kira in a previous battle with the Zala team, and unfortunately was the reason Nicol died.
Enraged at the death of his "little brother" Nicol, Athrun flew into a rage and attacked Kira. However, when Tolle tried to help Kira, Athrun hurtled one of his shields at Tolle, and blew the Sky Grasper up along with Tolle.
Tolle only lasted 30 episodes, but on behalf of all GUNDAM fans out there, I say, R.I.P

Wednesday, April 06, 2005

.hack Pic 2


I've been going a little crazy with the .hack pics. But this pic is too cool to let go! Posted by Hello

.hack//sign Pic


This is Bear, from .hack//sign. Posted by Hello

Monday, April 04, 2005

Nicol Amalfi-- ZAFT Soldier, Good Friend.

In a recent episode of Gundam Seed on Friday, it was reported that Nicol Amalfi, a ZAFT soldier, and one of Athrun's friends, was killed defending him.

He was born in... oh wait, I don't know when he was born or anything about his childhood.

Anyways, he decided to join the war so he could feel like he was doing his part. He pilots the Blitz Gundam, a gundam that has an ability to turn invisible. He is the most peaceful of Dearka, Yzak and Athrun, and looks at Athrun as a big brother. He was killed during a battle of his side VS. Kira in his Strike, and Tolle in a Sky Grasper. Kira's Strike is in Sword Strike Mode and slices him in half, destroying him along with the Blitz. Nicol has died at the age of 15. May he rest in peace.

Saturday, April 02, 2005

.hack//sign-Role Play-- Episode #1

Since .hack//sign just started, I'll keep everyone posted on the 25 episodes planning to be aired.

Our episode first begins with Tsukasa wandering around the World. He quickly meets Mimiru, and she tries to be friendly with him. But he teleports and runs away. We next see him in a field, where he is confronted by three Crimson Knights.
They ask him if he's been with an illegally altered cat character, whom we later know is called Maha. He is a purple cat character who is only featured at the end of the episode. Anyways, instead of replying, Tsukasa runs away again. He is confronted by Mimiru once again.
One of the first things he says to her: "I just don't like you." and goes off. As he explores the World, he goes over to a pool of water and tries to swipe at a water spirit, I think. Bear laughs behind him and asks Tsukasa if he needs help with anything. And what does he do? Wander off.
When he sees Mimiru again, he asks her if she can log out of the World. She is confused at first, but then answers yes. She obviously figures out Tsukasa isn't able to. Tsukasa tells her to leave him alone. He must have been irritated by her. She actually comments that she hates his guts and slaps him. He observes they both agree. But then he realizes that he actually felt pain when she slapped him. He steps into a cave with an unguarded treasure chest.
Wondering whether he should open it or not, he sees Maha floating above the chest. As soon as he approaches Maha, Maha disappears. Tsukasa opens the chest and finds a scroll coming out of it. When he touches it, the stone says it's been waiting a long time for him, and if he walks with it, it wil protect him.
Tsukasa finds out this is true, when a Crimson Knight approaches him, rather than three of them. Again, the Crimson Knight asks about the cat, after talking shortly with Subaru. Tsukasa replies "I have nothing to tell you." and gets into a fight with the Knight. The Knight hits Tsukasa with his sword and sends him crashing to the wall.
It turns out the stone tablet had been a Guardian. The Guardian is a big gold blob, and it kills the Knight instantly.

That's all for now.

Friday, April 01, 2005

Anime #4 Version 2.0 - .hack//SIGN

This will be premiering on YTV tonight, so here's a heads up! *Spoilers in Article*

Intro
This anime has 28 episodes to it and takes place in a world where a multiplayer RPG game is wildly popular, and everyone is playing it. However, it's not as fun as it should be for Tsukasa, who is trapped in the game. He can actually get hurt, but quickly aquires a Guardian with amazing powers. As he goes along in the World, he meets a girl named Mimiru and a man named Bear. Tsukasa quickly becomes a legend as the boy who doesn't follow the system parameters. The Crimson Knights, the system moderators, become interested in him. The leader of the Crimson Knights, a girl named Subaru, calls for Tsukasa's capture, but all she really wants to do is get to know Tsukasa better. This plot also involves a hacker, a player killer, an evil voice, a floating girl, lots of treachery, undefeatable monsters, but most importantly, a legendary item known as the Key of the Twilight.
Tsukasa
A boy well described from the intro. A boy in the game, but is actually a girl in real life! This is revealed in episode 25, when he finally gets out of the game. He has a shaky past, and is in a deep coma in a hospital. In the game, he is quiet, and doesn't adjust to all the people he meets. He befriends Mimiru and Bear, and trusts them the most, along with Subaru. He often retreats to a haven where a girl floats on top of a bed, a teddy bear is beside the bed, and a voice calls to Tsukasa every once in a while. As the show goes on, the haven starts to dematerialize.
Mimiru
Tsukasa's first friend. She is energetic and tries to be nice, but Tsukasa just pushes her away. She hates his guts at the beginning, but then starts to like him when she starts worrying about him. She is around the age of 15, and sometimes makes bad decisions, but is a valuable friend.
Bear
Another friend of Tsukasa's. He is kind and likes to help out newbies. He is instantly intrigued by Tsukasa, and digs up some info on him. He is often the only person who can keep a cool head in any situation, and is the leader of a group of people bent on finding the Key of the Twilight.
Sora
Sora is an annoying main character. He is a Player Killer, and kills a girl named B.T. in the first episode. He is a sort of low-life character who doesn't like to work. He often manipulates people to do things for him, and knows hackers and many other types of people. He eventually manipulates Silver Knight, Subaru's protector, into joining him.
B.T.
Bear's *friend*. Her remarks are often put across as rude, but she is actually very smart. She is very sneaky and is often switching from one side to another. She is a double-agent, helping both Sora and Bear.
Crim
The ex-leader of the Crimson Knights. He quit them for his own reasons long ago, but still cares about Subaru. He is alligned with Bear's group, which consists of: Mimiru, Subaru, Bear and (B.T.).
Subaru
The leader of the Silver Knights. She is an axemen, who hesitantly calls for Tsukasa's capture. All she really wants to do is get to know Tsukasa better. She eventually becomes such good friends with Tsukasa that he actually shows her his haven for a minute. She is often worrying about Tsukasa, no matter where he goes.

As always, if the article needs work, help me out, and I'll add more. for now, the end!