Otakuism

*Spoilers a plenty*

So after about two weeks of playing finally got through the Arcueid route, both endings. Type-moon just amazes me with the level of detail they throw in, and I love Nasu’s wriiting style. He’s the only guy I can think of you has a hundred different ways to describe killing someone :). I wonder how confused I would be if I didn’t already know the whole story before hand. Probably very. Still, I find myself learning new things about the nasuverse everyday.

So what about the Arcueid route? Well, let me first say I really like Arcueid. I’ve never seen the anime, so her whole personality was new to me. It’s great having a vampire being such a happy go lucky airhead. Vampires make great dumb blondes. I liked the two sprites where she has her mouth opened, one in confusion and one in happiness, the most. Those HCG weren’t to shabby either ;). Also Nero Chaos is one of the greatest villians ever, second best TM villian for me behind Kotomine Kirie (I really like him for some reason). I wish TM would remake Tsukihime just so there could be some awesome fighting CG’s like fate/stay night for the whole battle. Nero wins for having ” flying crab-like things ” as his body. That’s badass. Of the two endings I prefered the good ending, as I’m a sucker for those ” walking into the blue sky ” kind-of romantic endings. Though the true one did have a nice message of Shiki continuing to live on like he had.

I few things I didn’t like about the route. The story as a whole feels incomplete, though that’s to be expected for this type of game, so it’s not too bad. Ciel was around a lot, but you never really know why, but again that’s her route. Important details like why Arcueid fights Roa, or that Shiki is not a tohno are kind of thrown in instead of being properly built up. Though the whole Shiki/SHIKI problem is saved for later scenario’s. Roa is a weak villian. I have no idea why I’m suppose to care about, or even hate, this guy. He appears randomly, stabs shiki, kills Arcueid (lol women and children!! lol), and then shiki kills him by collapsing a hallway on him and stabbing him while he’s running away. Good villian that does not make! That’s nothing compared to the pure evil of Dark Sakura, or the epicness of the almost-dead Shirou and already-dead Kotomine having a fist fight. I’m glad TM learned their lesson after this.

Oh well that’s all for now. Check back in two weeks when I’ll most likely have the Ciel Route done. Senpai here I come!