Where I’ve Been

No I haven’t lost my passion for blogging, though the drive to do so has been muddled by stress, kids fighting/screaming, writing etc. These entries may be random, but stress, you know?

To restart me doing this, let us start with what I been up too. Well, a review of the shit show live action Cowboy Bebop that NetFlix had was half written, though since it was shit, why bore you all with it? I think some of you saw that train wreck, so yeah… However, the live action R. Kenshin, (Samurai X) movies were passable, but what’s with remaking old shows into live action stuff? Is there something I’m missing?

I’ll be posting my thoughts & reviews on two or three NetFlix anime series I’ve seen and ask why no news of one’s renewal hasn’t gone up yet, even though news outlets swear a second season is bound to happen.

In other news: I’ve had to fix a computer problem that the guy who built this thing kept denying. Seriously, he was sitting here, watching the glitch as it happened, but told me, “It’s due to heat or me pushing it when I game.”, which a reinstall of Windows 10 fixed. People never listen to me, I swear! Shit gets annoying after awhile…

Now for story time w/Shadowlight996. A year or two ago I foolishly got rid of the first R/C Truck that got me back into the hobby. An ex friend got it and abused it from the way it seemed. Then sold it back to me totally shot, which made me cry! The posts where the body went on were bent, unusable! Chassis cracked in a place you don’t want it to be. Basically he destroyed the truck, but what did I do?

Well, long story short, I rebuilt her. Bought the new chassis, posts etc. and redid the thing! She looks brand new, and she’s staying with me! Pics below!

Another Anime Dropped Like A Hot Pot Of Coffee!

It has been a hot second since I’ve blogged, wrote a personal update or reviewed anime, which can make a blog lose followers, & I would not blame anyone if they left this blog at all. Truth is, my priorities are changing, having me focus on my writing a whole lot more, but it does not mean I’m not gonna stop blogging and shut the site down. With that out of the way, on with the anime I dropped like a hot pot of coffee!

Thanks to Crunchyroll, which I still need to get a plan so ads don’t pop up every two minutes, I’m able to finish anime I missed out on since losing cable, watch old favorites and find new series, which brings me to Raising Of The Shield Hero, or the name I have for it, “Elder Princess needs to be seen not heard!”

To be fair, I’ve seen snippets of this series, and it seemed decent enough, so thought I’d give it a try! It starts like a few newer anime series do with four or five young heroes getting pulled into another world to defend it, which Okay, I guess if the formula works why think of ideas? All of the heroes think they’re in a MMO, and thus begins my “Oi moments” because since SAO, can no one come up with anything other than MMO tropes?

They rest up, talk about how strange this seems, discussing how the situation is like various MMOs, which oi, but then we get the shield hero’s thoughts, (been so long, don’t recall what he thought). The heroes team up with their parties, but no one wants to team with the shield, that is until the princess “offers”, but her father and her conspire against him, so here’s the biggest beef I have.

The princess accuses him of raping her, enslaving a Raccoon girl who is teamed with him, since nobody wanted to etc. And wtf gets me annoyed is the other heroes believe these claims, W/O having brains to investigate on their own! He is accused of everything, becoming bitter as hell, something I don’t blame him for, but moving on.

The lance hero, or whatever his proper title is was another issue that made me drop the anime like a steaming pile of turd! When he talks to underaged characters, he comes off as if he wants to date them, even if he wants to ask the characters if the shield hero forced them to help him. And if they say no, “no means yes” to him, so that made me wanna wish for him to die! Between the princess, the Hentai Hero, the king & the other heroes, I dropped this when crunchyroll wanted me to sing up for an account.

Personal Blog For Aug/Sept. 2021

So a lot of stuff has been going on that I’ve been sorting out in my own way, (mostly r/cing) that I didn’t feel like blogging it. but here goes!.

For those who have stuck with my blog, you’ve seen this R/C before, & know I’ve built it up into a bulletproof beast. Well, being dumb, I gave it away last year to someone I thought was a friend, but he gave it back to me a few weeks ago totaled. Seriously, it is a mess with a cracked chassis, split body, bent body post and the transmitter is fried!

He swore he never driven it, though how did it get that damaged if he never ran it? I never run my R/Cs until they looked like the mess that’s under my bed! So, now I think I might rebuild it, but take the esc/motor off, rpm parts etc usable off it and turn it into a green stock truck, flipping it after!

For the last few days, I’ve been watching Date Alive on Crunchyroll, & in a few weeks I’ll signup for a subscription! 🙂 I like the service for having newest and old Anime, though when our wifi goes to sh*t it can get on my nerves! Even though I’m a die-hard collector of anime dvds and Blu-ray I like how Crunchyroll’s set up.

What do you all think?

In other topics… My writing has improved so much that I lay out scenes, character motives and feelings better than before, and am enjoying myself. The things I’m studying do seem to be helping me some that I’m thinking about posting the story I’ve been poking for two years on AO3 as soon as it’s done! 🙂

Is Vampire + Rosario Worth Buying On DVD/Blu-Ray?

So, since I got my fire stick, I’ve heard of or seen anime that I liked, but either seen one season on Tubi, Netflix, (whatever), or when searching for the anime, it comes up as not available tn my country, (USA). This didm’t seem right because doing a search for dvd/Blu-ray of said series, it is available, so yeah.

Vampire + Rosario is one series that I searched for digitally, only to have it come up saying it isn’t available in my country. And yet, the disc series is sold here, so here’s my question. I finally have a working PS3 that will be my blu ray/dvd player and I added the anime to my cart a few days ago, but is Vampire + Rosario worth buying?

Evangelion 3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME: One BIG Middle Finger To Fans Of The Original Neon Genesis Evangelion Series

I’m writing this while recovering from the vertigo headache this movie caused, that and the WTF headache). After getting in from a day of running my RC cars Thursday, I shutdown the computer and had a movie night, watching Evangelion 3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME! The movie/extension to the REMAKE, or whatever it is previewed on my fire stick, so what the heck, right? Boy wish the hours watching this cluster F could be taken back, because it hurt! Before going further, there WILL BE A LOT of shit I’ll fling at this garbage so if you do not wanna read, stop here!

I’ve seen some of the remake/reboot a few years ago, and hated it due to it screwing up or redoing cannon, which is why I hate remakes. My thinking is, Don’t remake anime that is a classic, and rework it if it works! BUT NOOOOOOOO, the remake took cannon, giving it the finger, screwing it up for OG fans, like myself! After my review of the two that was shown on TOONAMI, my head hurt badly that I never wanted to see the third part!

Anyway, Evangelion 3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME started with a five to eight minute “Last time on Evangelion” recap, which I hate when shows do that crap, but moving on. Evangelion 3.0+1.01 THRICE UPON A TIME picks up Fourteen years after the second impact, (I guess), this thing lost me more an more as time went on, but here was where my issues with this cluster would start sadly!

This addition starts out with platforms rising up to the sky and an Eva unit accompanying the five characters, which messed with my Vertigo a bit, but when the Eva encountered angels, it worsened. Seriously, the way they did some action sequences made me feel like I was on a rope or whatever, ready to fall, but it settled down some as time went on.

While we get to see Shinji, Rei Asuka again, plus most of their class, who grew up, had kids etc., our three characters haven’t aged, (or I didn’t see it). This DOESN’T FLY with me, though this begins my list of WTF, so buckle up! The three are brought to a village where Shinji won’t talk, eat and just sits, doing nothing, which classic Shinji? You tell me!

We find out that Rei is a clone that questions everything, but dies with no reason other than apparently she can’t survive for long outside of Nerve, but WHAT??? Why isn’t explained, or given more time to try!

Asuka got in with Misoto’s faction, which yes there are two groups now, Nerve and hers who are fighting against each other, which huh?!!!!!!!! Anyway, Asuka talks down to Shinji, like always, but it is strongly hinted that she’s bi, though from the OG series, I kinda saw that, so no issues here. What I do have major issues with in this movie is she’s a fucking clone, like Rei, but get ready for this shyt show! It felt like the creator’s sat around and said, “On top of her being a clone, lets give her a sealed power, put that behind a eye-patch that keeps it in check!” The sealed power idea is like a trope in some anime now it isn’t funny!

I’ll say this, a few series pull it off better, but in this thing, “What the??” comes to mind! I finished watching so you don’t need to, so I’ll close with this… If you can find the OG Neon Genesis Evangelion series, plus the two or three OVAs, get them and watch them. Sure, the series messes with your head, but the OVAs sum up some questions you may have! This and the remake is a pile!

Comment below, I’d love to discuss this! 🙂

My Thoughts, And Mild Reviw Of Netflix’s Voltron…

In my year & change away from blogging my fire stick has been used a lot, since I cannot get cable in my room. The thing has been good to me, enabling me to catch new shows, new/old anime I may not have seen, which some were good, but others were EH!!! This leads me into the review of Netflix’s version of Voltron, a show I held dear as a lad/kid!

This series starts off way different from the 80s version with the five space explorers be kind of rejects, which caught me off guard, but I’ll give the writers props. Throughout the series you’d get to appreciate the changes, as it is a new version for this age, so props again.

Even though the voice cast was “alright?”, I did not like how they portrayed Corran. How they made him a squeaky-voiced comic relief character at times kind of made me WTF? It was not a stop-watching moment, but jeez!

I watched the series through to the end, rather okay with it, or enjoying it. All an all, the series is worth a watch, but if you’re a fan of the old Voltron, be aware of the changes.

Let me know your thoughts below.

What’s The Best Streaming Service For Anime?

So, after years of conventional TV watching, I cut the cable cord and bought a fire stick, which is great. Plus, under my niece’s advisement, I opened a Netflix account, having even more options. But while there is anime on my watch list, there are a ton of “newer”series that isn’t on the service. I have newer in quotes because you all may have seen them, so… 🙂

Series like, Date A Live, on Tubi, but only season 2, I think? Vampire Res., which amazon claims isn’t available in my country, (I call bs on that, mainly due to the blu ray is available). And a few other series that peaked my interest while I’ve been off WP.

To my Anime connections here, let me ask this. Is Crunchyroll the best way to catch the complete series I mentioned?I don’t wanna pay for fifty services here. So your advice/input would help. 🙂

Blog Post For July 2021

Still need to get into the old groove of posting again, sorry guys. I’ve been busy with a lot that I told myself, “I’d post tomorrow.” But kept pushing it back, which blows because I have topics on my mind that need to get out… So let me begin by posting one in this post. And I feel a friend might not like it, calling me out on it down the road, but this needs to be said.

At times I need a second pair of eyes to proofread my stories I write, so I’d ask my friend, who has been more like a second brother to me for opinions on sentence structures, if I miss words etc. He was there for me over the years, giving feedback. But weeks ago, when I tried to show him stuff, he went off on me, saying, “You don’t need my OK on everything you do!” THAT Hurt! Yet, when he sent me his fan fiction, asking my advice, I gave it, even though the content made me uncomfortable.

Now, if he sends me his art or tells me about fan fiction he’s doing, my reaction’s is less than what it was.

If any writers, or any of my anime bloggers see this, what do you all think? Am I wrong for asking for feedback/wrong for being cold to him???

In other news. Between my last post, I’ve been out enjoying my R/C hobby, & upgraded a truck to resemble a truck I kicked myself for giving away.

This truck turned out nice, better than the one a guy gave me! The guts are from his, since I bought the motor/esc combo. Had my local hobby shop put the tires from his, and they put the receiver to my five profile transmitter in, so I wouldn’t need five controllers for the r/cs I own. How does it look? Look below to see it drive! 🙂

As for anime posts, I have a good one coming, but for now, I’m Shadowlight, Ja Ne!

One Dumb R/C Choice I’ve Made in 2020 (And Regret)

Continuing on from last night’s post, before I get back into Anime & more topics. With the Facebook hacking, Covid crap I had to deal with, there was one thing I could kick myself over!

My old, but good 2wd Stampede

I showed pics of this r/c with a different body style many years ago, and it was my baby. Well, whether it was weakness or the “God-of-idiot-choices” hit me, but I gave it away. In return, the guy I gave it to gave me his Stampede he destroyed for “parts”. Yeah, the R/C was gutted, had nothing, or broken parts, so I don’t know what he thought I could use it for.

Anyway, the thought was to rebuild it, which was done well. I wish I had the pics of the finished R/C, but they were deleted when my PC crashed a few days ago. The truck ran, but had things fall off it or loosen up, so I don’t wanna run it. To me, the truck has a negative vibe to it, as does he. Yes, I believe in aura, vibes, whatever you want to label it.

A week or two ago I find out he was selling my old truck, which money was offered to buy it back. However he wanted a trade, but the guy changed the deal almost daily, until he got ticked off at me for refusing the R/C, (He kept flip/flopping, so). A new 2WD Stampede was bought, and my plan is to upgrade it the same exact way the old truck was and horde it. 🙂

After a year and change, Shadowlight’s back, (Kind of…)

Ah, where to begin? If any of the followers I had still came around, hoping I’d return, well I’m here. For those new readers who creep in through the door, let me introduce myself! 🙂 I’m a PC Gamer, Anime watcher, semi writer of anything, and a R/C hobbyist all rolled into one.

I blog about anything that strikes me at the time, whether it be Anime, gaming or anything. So let us get down to why I’ve dropped off until now.

Truth is, the urge to blog wasn’t there really. I knew I should, just so you readers/followers knew I was alright. But, then my Facebook was hacked, forcing me to shut it down, open a new email, and kick FB down a hole. I’m not on there anymore, but wait there’s more! Even with the COVID restrictions, my family still had parties, and we all caught it… Even me, the careful one got that thing. It wasn’t a fun! Some of it is still hanging with me, but I do feel a lot better!

So, I’m back, though for now I may just post a little to get back into the groove! 🙂