Title: God Knows By: Hirano Aya From: The Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi OST(insert song ep12) Romaji
kawaita kokoro de kakenukeru gomen ne nanimo dekinakute itami wo wakachiau koto sae anata wa yurushite kurenai
mukuni ikiru tame furimukazu senaka mukete satte shimau on the lonely rail
watashi tsuite iku yo donna tsurai sekai no yami no naka de sae kitto anata wa kagayaite koeru mirai no hate yowasa yue ni tamashii kowasarenu you ni my way kasanaru yo ima futari ni God bless...
todokete atsuku naru omoi wa genjitsu tokashite samayou aitai kimochi ni riyuu wa nai anata e afuredasu Lovin' you
semete utsukushii yume dake wo egaki nagara oikakeyou for your lonely heart
yamete uso wa anata rashiku nai yo me wo mite korekara no koto wo hanasou watashi kakugo shiteru kurai mirai datte tsuyoku natte unmei kaerareru kamo ne my wish kanaetai no ni subete wa God knows...
anata ga ite watashi ga ite hoka no hito wa kieta shimatta awai yume no utsukushisa wo egaki nagara kizuato nazoru
dakara watashi tsuite iku yo donna tsurai sekai no yami no naka de sae kitto anata wa kagayaite koeru mirai no hate yowasa yue ni tamashii kowasareru you ni my way kasanaru yo ima futari ni God bless...
I run with a parched heart Sorry, I couldn't do anything You won't even let me Share our pain together
To live on without tarnish I turn my back and head out without looking back on the lonely rail
I'll follow you No matter how agonizing it is; even within the darkness of the world You will certainly shine I'll overcome the limit of the future My weakness will not shatter my spirit my way overlaps with yours For the two of us, God bless...
This affection that warms when it reaches me Melts reality and wanders I don't need a reason for wanting to meet you Just my overflowing feelings, Lovin' you
For now, I'll paint a beautiful dream And chase after you for your lonely heart
Stop it, it's not like you to lie Look at my eyes and let's talk about our future I am prepared Even if the future is dark I'll become stronger and I might be able to change my destiny Though I want my wish to come true Everything is God knows...
You are here, I am here Everyone else has disappeared While we paint the beauty of this fleeting dream We trace out the lines of our scars
That's why I'll follow you No matter how agonizing it is; even within the darkness of the world You will certainly shine I'll overcome the limit of the future My weakness will not shatter my spirit my way overlaps with yours For the two of us, God bless...
Another one of my favorite insert song. From an awesome yet overrated Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, this song has quickly become part of my almost every playlist. In this clip, Haruhi (Hirano Aya) sings for the school band called ENOZ (anyone still remember ZONE band?). Watch the anime or read the novel, and you'll know how irony this lyric is.
Xenosaga is a great Turn-Based RPG game, first appeared in PS1 as Xenogears by Squaresoft. Then, it is brought to PS2 with the title Xenosaga by Namco. It's a trilogy setting place in the world 6000 years in the future, where Earth doesn't exist anymore and humans live in different planet/colony, particularly Miltia/Second Miltia. To be precise, Xenogear has no relationship in term of story or character, but it has become the inspiration to produce Xenosaga, particularly the mecha and world concept.
The denizen of the universe face the threat of Gnosis, an entity composed of NaCl salt which expose much danger to the humanity. They appear as a result of Miltian Conflict which happened 14 years ago (in the game) and they attract to a power source called "Zohar". Gnosis is virtually impossible to be defeated (even to be touched) because they exist in different dimension but they can come into contact with living things, changing them into salt. The only way to defeat them is by exposing the Gnosis to "Hilbert Effect", an aura which enables the human to come in contact with the gnosis; a feature which only certain android/nanomachine were specialized in.
The protagonist of the series, Shion Uzuki works as a chief in Vector Industry. The story of Xenosaga started with the attack of Gnosis to their spaceship, which awaken an android called "KOS-MOS". KOS-MOS is a special android created to fight against Gnosis, since she can produce Hilbert Effect far greater than the 100-series (those who play the game, you know what I mean). Together with Shion and co-chief Allen, they escape and saved by Elsa, a spaceship belongs to Kukai Foundation.
Many things happened after that. They meet Chaos, the event where Ziggy (Ziggurat 8/Jan Sauer) save MOMO (Multiple Observational Mimetic Organicus), Rubedo/Jr investigating the U-TIC junk ship, and the past event between Rubedo, Albedo, Nigredo and Joachim Mizrahi's daughter, Sakura which died due to incurable diseases. MOMO is the clone/main 100-Series of Sakura, created bu Joachim. All of these event happened in Xenosaga 1: Der Wille Zur Macht, which end with the battle with Albedo and giant Gnosis in Proto Merkabah. Save games, then reload in Xenosaga 2....
In Xenosaga 2: Jensein von Gut und Bose, the story started in Second Miltia, where Shion meet her brother Jin who witnessed Miltian Conflict 14 years ago. Pretty much events happened after that, where they're forced to go into MOMO's subconscious to save the Y-Data and stop Albedo's plan. However, the main villain of the game haven't revealed yet. They're later in the end of the game revealed to be connected with Wilhelm (forgot what's his rank), evil KOS-MOS and Zarathrustra.
Xenosaga 3: Also Sparch Zarathrustra (the final episode) has been released last Sept 2006, and the story continue with even more secrets were revealed, of which the big one is the truth behind Miltian Conflict, and the culprit for the appearance of Gnosis. However, so many things still unanswered even though the seried already ended. This mainly because the story has been compressed from the supposedly 6 episodes, into 3 episodes, so you can guess how much info were cut throughout the processes.
Why I like this game so much...? First, the story. It was pretty well developed, and got nice characters. It is based on Friedrich Nietzsche philosophical work, from Der Will Zur Macht, the latest until Thus Spake Zarathustra (the oldest out of the 3 episode). Many philosophical theory from the books were adapted into the game. For more info about Nietzche work and his philosophy, visit here.
Secondly, the gameplay. I really like the stock/combo/boost feature, as well as the mecha battle. The gameplay is identical to normal rpg games (turn-based), with various enhancement including double/special attacks and critical point point-targeting . The gameplay differs slightly from Xenosaga 1, 2 and 3 but still maintain the basic concept of boost/stock combo. Mastering the battle system is definitely the key of succes in every battle, or else you'll end up spending more than 10 minutes just in a single normal battle.
Third, the sidequest. They have numerous sidequest, some are terribly hard to accomplish (such as finishing the 10,000,000 captain debt), and the crazy hard secret bosses (but not dark erde kaiser battle). And in Xenosaga 3, they come pre-loaded with a mini-game called HakoX game, which is quite addictive and veeery hard toward the end. Just like most rpg, there're ultimate weapon/skill for each characters, and one ultimate skill which is available in all series, Erde Kaiser. Regarded as the strongest offensive skill, it's only usable once per battle in X1 and X2, but in X3, the usage is unlimited, as long as we have the required EP (max 99 EP required). Of course this helps a lot in most battles, but Erde Kaiser isn't that easy to be obtained. It's only acquirable after we go through series of sidequest to unlock some part, before we're able to use it.
Ok, I'm quite sure I've left so many details here, so some basic database about Xenosaga can be acquired here
Finally, Manchester United won the English Premier League on Sunday after 4 years being almost second fiddle to the likes of Chelsea and Arsenal. The title comes after Man Utd won the Manchester darby match 1-0, while Chelsea was held to a 1-1 draw by Arsenal at Emirates Stadium, making the point gap to be 7 points, something Chelsea couldn't reach with only 2 match remaining. 2 years ago, Man Utd had a match against Chelsea with Chelsea already being crowned as champion, and now it's Utd turn to be that way, this Thursday. Chelsea still promised that the match will be a guard of honor though. This has been a remarkable season for Man Utd. Though they failed to repeat their 1999 treble, they still mantain to be the best team in the premiership, and almost every match is exiting to watch. Like Chelsea, Man Utd also face several crucial injuries (Vidic, Ferdinand, Neville, Evra, Park, Silvestre etc) but they are still be able to show the best performance in many matches.
And now all that left is to get the double by winning the FA Cup against Chelsea this May 19. GLORY GLORY MAN UTD!!!
From top left to right: Lucky Star, Genshiken, Kujibiki Unbalanced, Getsumen to Heiki Mina, Zero no Tsukaima, Kanon 2006, Negima!?, Rozen Maiden Ouverture, Death Note
Wishlist:
Shining Tears X Wind, Idolm@ster Xenoglossia, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha Strikers, Devil May Cry, Shinkyoku Soukai Polyphonica, Skullman
Logically, I couldn't afford to download all these in one go, or it'll drain my internet quota quickly. So at the moment I start off with those which really invoke my interest like Getsumen to Heiki Mina and Lucky Star.
The very first time I listen to this song (when I bought the album last year), I got hooked to this song. I simply love the music arrangement and the theme, but unfortunately at that moment I still couldn't find the lyric. Now finally I find it, and I was kinda shock that I thought the first part was actually sang in english! And I need to censor that initial part, since it might provoke some sensitivity to certain people. And now I'm still working on the english translation..it's a bit hard without NJ communicator here...
And also, this song has no connection with Hellsing anime in any way (as in the vids above), it's just used as BGM in that AMV. This song was officially composed for Mai Hime PS2 games.
Darn, Man Utd isn't what they are this morning, they play a terible match on the 2nd leg of semi final against AC Milan at San Siro. Leading with 3-2 on aggregate from the first leg at Old Trafford, I really hope they could advance to the final by winning at San Siro, or at least getting a draw. However they were demolished 3-0, 5-3 on aggretage, thus automatically knock them out of the competition, and ended their dream of repeating 1999 Treble.
The match started on a wet day due to the rain, which temporarily stopped halfway through the game, and I think that's one of the factor which spoiled their game. Man Utd isn't even close to getting a goal...But still, the first 2 goals from Milan are top-class, though I must admit that Seedorf goal were credit to Heize' fault of passing/clearance. But the 3rd goal...what were the defence really think? Yeah they want to push for goal, but that really cost them another goal, and the road to Athens. Gilardino easily beat the offside trap and convert the goal, no Utd defender is close to him to get the ball....
Now they must focus on winning the Premiership, as well as the FA Cup.
.....bored, and had nothing to do, so I search some desktop theme and winamp skin....
Theme: Windows Royale Wallpaper: Valkyrie Profile Silmeria - Hrist Sidebar: blue (yeah, basic....but I like this theme. Might change this pretty soon) Winamp Skin: Fate/Saber EX
And waiting for next morning clash between Man Utd and AC Milan....
There is it, one of my most awaiting album, Leer Lied by Kukui. It's a compilation of every song Kukui has done for the series, including the ED for RM1, RM Traumend and RM Ouverture, character songs and new songs: Leer Lied and Eden. Finally, there's the full version of Rozen Maiden Ouverture ED Utsusemi no Kage. I've search and search the full version many times before, only to know that it was actually will only be released on April 24th, in this album.
btw, the character songs that I mentioned are for Suigintou (track 2), Kanaria (track 3), Suiseiseki (track 4) and Hinaichigo (track 7).
Tales of Grace F
Warrior Orochi 3
FFXIII-2