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Alchemist Startover Chapter 140

New Chapter!
I have reached the final trial of XIV Dawntrail, that is to say the big finale boss…
Which, I am sure would be very exciting if I hadn’t tried to do it at 3am when I was slightly tired…
Because boy did it not go well.
Not only was the waiting time massive, but the mechanics…
And then I had to actually quit because it was just getting so late and we were making no progress.

I guess, by unfortunate luck, we were a bunch of players doing it blind together and I just did not having the capacity to learn all those mechanics.
I will try again tomorrow most likely.

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Alchemist Startover Chapter 139

New Chapter!
The new GFL2 update is interesting…
It’s kind of hard to invest in the story on its own merits personally, because it’s so broken up into segments for regular releases rather than batches of complete story.
But also, they use cliffhangers way too much.

It really feels like it’s kind of meandering, but it’s still early days, maybe it’ll find its footing.

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Small Fry Character Chapter 20 Part 1

New Chapter!
I got distracted twice while trying to post this.
I don’t even know how because I put my phone on the other side of the room. I just ended up picking a book on my shelf and going “I don’t remember reading this one, what happened in it” before flicking through to go “Oh I did read this one, I remember these scenes, but I still don’t remember the story.”

So yeah, that’s the functionality level of my brain right now.
Also for the record it was Magical Explorer Volume 7 that I was trying to recall reading.

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Small Fry Character Chapter 19 Part 2

New Chapter!
Strangely it feels like my room has started to fall apart recently.
This week alone I have had two incidents:
The last two of my remaining coat hooks spontaneously snapped off overnight.
My headset cushioning has started to come off entirely and is merely held in place by friction and force of will.

The only thing in perfect condition is my door handle because that broke in the middle of last year and has been replaced.

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Automata Maid Chapter 218 Part 2

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I have fully ended up dropping Heaven Burns Red.
I love the writing, the characters are great, story engaging etc.
But the gacha… god the gacha…
I have never felt so drained of resources as a free to play before.

The speed of character releases and events is just impossible to keep up with, it sucked my energy dry.
Even a single missed day could tank your account for keeping up, not to mention how expensive it felt.

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God’s Gofer Chapter 63

New Chapter!
Update on my progress with Dawntrail: The entire story so far has been me saying “They could have done this so much better if…” at all but about two scenes.
I don’t understand why they billed this expansion as a “summer vacation” when literally the weight of an entire continent is on your shoulders, and to make matters worst, you’re not even allowed to take direct action to resolve it! You’re telling me I am here to relax but then keep impressing on me that a crisis is imminent?

Also you have THREE characters that are directly relevant to the story why is only ONE of them talking non stop?! LET THE GIRL BREATHE!
I don’t even have anything against her but the two scenes I have actually enjoyed are ones where she is otherwise indisposed in some way.
Absolutely loved the sparring duel against her father, that was the first time in the story it felt like the Warrior of Light was just having fun with everything after saving the world for the nth time.
I also really liked the whole sequence of events where Wuk Lamat got kidnapped, not because I dislike her, but just because her absence let other characters actually do something
We finally got to spend time with other people! It did also help that the final part of that sequence was you getting to just have the imposing aura of someone who has seen it all, enough to set off warning bells in the young upstart and intimidate them.

Sorry for the sudden rant.
I will do it again.
This is both a promise and a threat.
(I think I am about a third of the way through the main story quest currently so updates are pending)

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God’s Gofer Chapter 62

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I got a delivery of light novels today!
The final volume of Trapped in a Dating Sim is finally in my hands.
Sadly after flicking through it seems they didn’t redo the image that celebrated the end of the web novel version with everyone in wedding dresses.
Well, I haven’t read it to see if the ending is different either yet so, I will have to get to that.

I liked that image though.

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Alchemist Startover Chapter 137

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I got some mail this week, it was from a friend of mine abroad who does cosplaying.
She sent me a whole bunch of stuff, a postcard, a calendar of her cosplays of my waifu for the year etc etc.
The majority of it was of course quality prints of her cosplays though.
There was a lot of that.

Well, we’ve been friends for years, and I do sometimes chip in to cover the costs of costumes of the characters I really like.
The secret to accessing my bank is that power. I joke.

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Demon Sword Maiden Chapter 1155

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My friend got me back to Final Fantasy XIV again, honestly not too excited about the latest story expansion but-
I did do my first trial after returning from my four year break. I wasn’t very good…
But I didn’t do awfully at least.

The biggest problem I have is that I only have vague memory of how to use my class, and muscle memory.
And also what I read of my skills as a refresher.
The bigger problem I have is I have forgotten everything about the party dynamic stuff like burst windows etc. Relearning that is going to be slow.

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Demon Sword Maiden Chapter 1154

New Chapter!
It’s Chapter 100 of this volume!
Which honestly, doesn’t sound like a milestone when you see this is chapter 1154 overall…
And considering how many chapters there are left to get through…

This is a LONG novel alright.
In fact it basically has two endings as far as I have heard. A middle point where all the original storylines complete, and then a direct continuation which heads off to its own ending.

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Small Fry Character Chapter 19 Part 1

New Chapter!
I am entirely unsure as to what to put for this ramble to honest.
Oh right!
My friends persuaded me to resub to ffxiv so I can experience the story I have been skipping since Endwalker released.

To be honest, it was mostly one friend, but it’s kind of hard to say no to her.
I only intend to play it sporadically though, I have other games to focus on these days, like GFL2!

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