It was great to have this when coping with the hot weather!

Man, I hate this bleeding hot weather! It isn't just hot, it's fucking unbearable!!! This is one of the few times where I've actually had to rely on my electric fan to cool things down.

Anyway, that's enough bitching towards the weather. I'm just going to note what I've been doing these last few days (if anyone cares).

For the most part I've been playing KIRA☆KIRA like crazy from beginning to end. This VN was also entertaining enough to keep my mind off the sodding weather for awhile.


Before I got the VN I'd seen remarks that stated it was the VN equivalent of K-ON!, but I'd feel like disagreeing with that because KIRA☆KIRA had a lot more focus on the music aspect than K-ON! did.

Their training to be punk rockers was hilarious. The girls dressing Shikanosuke Maejima in drag and getting a kick out of it was memorable to say the least. And near enough everything else about it was great in its own way too.

Long story short, I consider KIRA☆KIRA a must play VN!

Besides that I got to try the Episode 1 patch for School Days. Get the Watanagashi-hen Day 1 patch for Higurashi (haven't played it yet). Watch the extremely condensed as hell CLANNAD ~AFTER STORY~ Kyou Chapter OVA (haven't seen it subbed to really comment on it). And finish the week two patch of CROSS†CHANNEL.

Oh, and I saw the start of the Umineko anime. Yeah, they did chop some bits from the VN as I expected, but it wasn't too bad cos they kept Rosa's 'epic parenting' skills for all to see!

Confirming the truth with Kotonoha Katsura

This figure of Kotonoha Katsura has been on my wants list ever since I saw the prototype.

And today it appeared for pre-ordering on Ami Ami with a release date of July.

Now if my assumptions from these pictures are true, Kotobukiya have done better job than I could have hoped for.

It looks like she'll be interchangeable between her normal state of mind and her broken state of mind complete with the infamous bag which contains Makoto Itou's severed head in the finale of the anime.

Here's a figure that's dying for a Nice Boat!

I could almost kick myself for not knowing of the development of this figure sooner. I only learned about it from seeing some prototype pictures on AkibaHobby by chance.

It had even been shown off on Kotoblog without my realising it!


Ah well, the main reason I'm annoyed is because this is a figure of a character I've been wanting for the last couple of years. So I'm feeling grateful towards Kotobukiya for making one of her.

This is Kotonoha Katsura from School Days; who you may remember better if she had a bloodstained dozuki in her hand. I know I do as I used that uncensored DVD scene of her holding it from episode 12 of the anime for my current signature on TheTF.net.

And on a related note. Sekai Project are apparently very close to releasing a partial English patch for the School Days VN!

I'm not too fussed about it being a partial patch, I just want to play the VN I've been waiting to understand since the anime ended.