So the spring semester at The University of Toledo has finally ended and I am taking a well deserved break. Doing what you ask? Catching up on playing a game that I’ve been wanting to play for awhile, Mana Khemia. It’s a JRPG by Gust in Japan, and released under NIS America, the same people that brought the popular Disgaia series to the USA. It follows the system set down in the somewhat popular Atelier Iris series of RPG’s and is about a group of students learning Alchemy at the prestegious Al Revis Academy. So yeah, I finished a semester of school only to start playing a JRPG where the main character is going to school, silly I know. So far I’m ejoying it, but I must add that I’m glad they included the option to have Japanese voice overs. It’s not that the US voice actors in this one stink. NIS has kept up with their tradition of hiring good voice actors. The problem is the US voice over gips players because it, at least so far, has about 50% less spoken lines than the US voice over. Just for example with the Japanese voice overs all of the shop keepers, very minor characters in the grand scheme of things, get a voice over for their greeting and for when you leave the shop.

As for Anime I’ve been watching a few different series. I’ve been keeping up on the ongoing popular series Naruto Shipuuden and Bleach, meh I’m sure I don’t need to comment on a show that at least 90% of the US Anime watching population is keeping up with. Aside from this I’ve been watching K-On, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Senjou no Valkyria, and another old favorite of mine, the comedy Tsukikage Ran.

For those that might not be familiar with this title, it follows the travels of a wandering female samurai by the name of Ran. She has a love of sake and is followed by the Lady Meow of the Cat Fist style. The series is hilarious and will more than likely be included in our next episode for my review.

Written by skyeline