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Well, they just wanted to know everything Shin knows about Apollon. That's pretty much it. You can probably guess why.

Since I don't have my PC at home, I'll be doing this at work, which will make this a lot more slower that it already is. Thankfully I'm really early at work so I still have time to do this in the office. Here's the first page (page 7), I'll try to follow with the next image soon. Hopefully. Page 7 Red fron at top: Prologue Blue font at top: Is the "unit" inside the Duralumin Case! In the center is a shining metal glove = Control Metal emitting a suspicious bluish light!! red font: Mysterious Fugitive Segawa Tetsu text: A lone man running along a deserted dry river bed at night. His name is Segawa Tetsu - One of the scientist of America's leading Giant pharmaceutical company, Cronos. Being kicked, Tetsu with the Duralumin Case he was carrying flying off to the gound, checked the safetfy of his baggage, opening the case. Inside, a suspicious shining object - the unit! Tetsu grabbed a discarded red plastic box and transfered the contents there. Embracing the empty case, Tetsu once again ran away. However, a group of robust figures blocked him ahead. They were ordered to chase after the Fugitive Tetsu who has stolen the unit, they are the employees of Cronos. The 4 persons, Inspector Lisker, the Mistress Weber, and the plump ramsey, an an easily elated black person Stiker. Grasping Tetsu, Lisker invited him to return to Cronos. However, Tetsu refused, and challenged Lisker to a death match! Under the white clothes of Tetsu his right arms can be seen transforming into blackish blue, his muscles expanding!!With that arm he thrusts at Lisker, Tetsu transforms into a fishlike monster. He is a Zoanoid - A monster that was created from the genetic manipulation of Cronos!! Blue font at bottom left: Lisker asking Tetsu to return to the organization, with that kind of intellect, would be useless. But, he screamed , Tetsu's body shaking. Blue font at bottom right: Cronos employee Ramsey (right) and Striker (left) an uneven combo.

I can actually relate to that. Every time I play MMO games, I have the tendency to ignore other players because I see them as bothersome. This is the reason why I am saying that I can relate to Kirito when it comes to his playing style, because I would have done the same thing in his situation. I don't want people to be relying on me all the time only to be miserably disappointed of their expectations.

Now that I think about it, finishing the story after ALO only makes sense despite my apprehension on continuing the story after SAO.

Wouldn't you know it, Math can actually make nice music. Song using the numbers from Pi (3.14159....):

As it turns out, Sword Art Online and Accel World was created by the same person. I guess this is the reason for it's similarity.

And 16 months later, I got my SIC tatoba combo. I've gotten it despite me not having seen a single episode of OOO.

Was the Guyver's head always looked that egg shaped in the OAV?

I'm sure I might be mistaken about my knowledge of history, but it was taught to us in school that among all the crusades, only the first one succeeded.

Ok, I stopped reading Sword Art Online just so that I can translate this. I hope that the following pages aren't as text intensive as the last page. I'm just too lazy to translate anymore. Anyway, here's what's written: Page 00 bioboosted armor Guyver town mook super visual series guyver the movie screaming "mad" george & steve wan present 850yen Perfect Photostory Zoanoid illustrated encyclopedia SFX scene Features of Complete Storage version Page 01 yellow text: The First Prize! text at top right: Monthly Shonen Captain On sale every 26th, SRP 380yen Bioboosted Armor Guyver Getter Robot Go Space Family Calbinson Legend of the Galactic Heroes KAZE Other wonderful writers bottom left: Tokuma Shoten Page 02 bottom right: Illustration / Suemi Jun Page 03 no japanese text Page 04 top text: A mysterious "unit" that was discovered from an ancient relic. However, it was bioboster armor Guyver that enhances the strenght of a human a hundred time! Coincidentally, this is the start of the battle with the secret organization Cronos who targets Sean that obtained this "unit"! Bottom text: A popular comic [bioboost Armor Guyver] under the authorship of Takay Yoshiki the A class SFX staff of hollywood participated in the American SF movie [GUYVER]!! That film story, will be completely introduced here!! red text at bottom: A Wonderful SFX action explodes in the Screen!! Page 05 left text: [GUYVER] is a popular comic from [bioboost armor guyver] authored by Takaya Yoshiki, which is the subject of the product. surrounding the living armor called "Guyver" by the aliens, the unfolding fully loaded SFX action, is full of intensity! Comprissing the uniqueness of the modelling, this is the arrival of a new hero under the directorship of SFX man the famous Mad George and Steve Wan. The hero is the young Jack Amstrong. Together with the collaboration of Mark Hamil and Vivian Woo. text at bottom right: Original version [bioboost armor guyver] (Serialized Monthly Shonen Captain) Page 06 top right: Mizuki - Sean's GF. A firm pretty lady. of Japanese descent Sean - The main protagonist. Equipped the guyver The story started during the ancient times. In order to create the ultimate living weapon, a group of aliens descended on earth- They experimented on humans, planting such hereditary information into such a variety. That is the genes to change humans into monsters. Capable of turning from human to monster, as well as monster into human. The aliens, called the powerful monster that has the power to transform humans. Zoanoid. bottom right: At the same time, the living creatures discovered the armored space suit that the aliens used. Calling the unit, such equipment were deemed by the aliens as defensive suits, however, when the humans equipped this, it amplified it strength a hundred fold. It was the birth of the "Guyver". However, fundamental unit's equipping process has yet to be analyzed. Tetsu - Father of Mizuki. Was a member of Cronos but escaped. red text at center:Everything started from the "Guyver Unit" Top left: Max - Agent of the CIA. Secretly chases Cronos And then, the time reaches the present-. Controlling the Zoanoid, the super existence Zoalord that was created to lead, has awaken from the long sleep. Zoalord = Beast God General's goal, to control all the world. He, who has the method to change the humans to zoanoid from what remained in the genes, in other words the research of processing and developing, created Cronos Corporation. bottom left: Lisker - An inspector of Cronos who is a zoanoid Dr. Segawa Tetsu, who was a scientist of Cronos in charge of analysis, felt the danger. The unit, If humans are made to be equipped, can demonstrate a devastating destructive power. If ever, a Zoanoid equips it, then what-!? And then now, unable to bear the uneasiness, Dr. Segawa stole the unit and was in the middle of escape. Balcus - Cronos President. A mysterious being who targets the Guyver Unit.

Currently finished with volume 3 of the novel and it looks like some harem would be involved. I hope it's not going to be a lasting feature. So far, I'm enjoying the story thus far despite the disappointing theme of the second arc. I too am not really fond of the fairy theme. But some of the fighting in this arc looks good. And some things are just too overpowered if you asked me. I liked the pacing of the Aincrad arc, at least you don't get to see the level grinding that every MMO player has to deal with, but they still show how tedious it was. Kirito for example exudes an aura that he has been spending all his waking moments level grinding.

I don't see a big deal with Siri. Siri is not really a voice recognition program but just some nice lady apple hired and put in an office to let you think that you are talking to your iphone. Here's the proof: But yeah, with the passing of Steve Jobs, apple seems to be losing it's hold in the market. There seems to be less innovation in the apple headquarters. Since any new product they launch are actually inferior products compared to their competitors. iphone 5? SIII wins hands down. And the ipad mini? They have to wait until everyone has it until they released it. In fact, my playbook is actually better than the ipad mini, and I got it at half the price of the ipad mini. These days, the hardware of apple products no longer justifies their overpricing.

Have you updated to the latest OS? I hear that the IOS was recently updated to 6. An update that turns you map into crap.

Right? I just love the way how the characters interact. And it's not just about the fighting and all that. They show the fight scenes only when necessary, or during the integral parts of the story. I get a warm feeling everytime I watch kirito interact with other players. I'm actually done with the Aicrad arc and I felt that it was a good ending and a point way to end the story. I'll see if the next arc will still fulfill my expectations.

Didn't you have an iphone? So it's having problems now? That's unexpected from an apple product. Or were you talking about your older nokia phone?

I think I'm gonna be needing a new phone soon. My personal phone, the Nokia E66 which I bought I think around 4 years ago is starting to act weird. I plugged my phone to charge it at 10 in the morning, and now it's already 8 in the evening and it's still charging. I hope it's just the charger, but if it's the phone, then I might be needing a new phone soon. Then just like the phone can read what I was typing, it suddenly beeped that the phone is fully charge, just as I am typing this post. Really weird. I really do hope it's the charger, since I really hate to have to change phones. Anyway, any suggestions as to my next phone in case my E66 bit the dust? I am leaning away from an Iphone and the Galasy S III is kinda big and too thin for my pockets, it's gonna break easy if I use it.

Odin has suggested to me a wonderful anime and I am currently enjoying it. It's so great that I had to create a thread for it. In summary, Sword Art Online is a story about Kirito, who is playing a virtual reality massively multi-player online or VRMMO game. It's a game that utilizes the Nerve Gear, a helmet that you wear which intercepts the information of your brain and allows you to act out your actions in a virtual environment. So it means while you are inside the game, your body will lie still in the real world. Imagine playing a game console with a setup similar to Matrix, but instead of a bigass needle sticking in the back of your head, you wear a helmet. What's different about this setup? Well. the clincher is that due to some twisted turn of events, the players cannot log out, and if their HP reaches zero, they will die in real life. In order to leave the game alive, they have to clear the game. This anime came from a light novel, and upon learning that it exists, I immediately searched for it. Fortunately, Baka-Tsuki has all 10 volumes of it. I'm reading the light novel while simultaneously watching the anime, and so far, the anime is pretty faithful to the original source. The difference is that the anime depicts the story in a straight timeline, while the novel starts at the first chapter then jumps to 2 years after, detailing the stories in between via side story. Obviously the next question would be - who's also following this?

Wow, we're like comparing Super Robots and Real Robots. whereas the Super Robots rely on "Guts" or "strong emotions" to power up their attack, real robots uses strategy and skill to defeat their opponents. I would say that Goku and Vegetta is more of the Super Robot sorts, while the Guyvers are more of the real robots. One can beat the other based on a certain scenario. So if you ask me as to who will win, my answer is - who would you like to win?

Interesting, dates on the tombstone has dates as late as 2009. So it means that it's more than 10 years since x-day? And Natsuki is still in college? Unless explanation is made, we might consider this as a plot hole?

Good luck with that. But might I suggest that instead of waiting for someone to commission you, you might want to try joining some design competition which private companies hold. The basic logic is that the company will specify a design need, you answer that need by submitting a design to them. Once they chose your design, you get a generous sum for your efforts. I think that will keep you busy while waiting for any commissions. Perhaps those companies will help you strategically price your work.

Well, I was watching the anime and reading the novel simultaneously, and there are many scenes in the anime that was not in the novel, while some scenes that are revealed later in the novel are shown early in the anime (Sachi). The "dual-wielding" really impressed me and I am waiting to see it in the anime. It's not just about attaining the skill, but more like the feeling of how a nobody did something so epic.

Well, I think it would be best to concentrate on one series at a time. The last time I spread my attention to a lot of anime (I think its close to decades ago), I wasn't able to finish some of them. Since I just finished watching Gundam AGE, I have no other anime that I am currently watching. That's just me, so I'm not sure how it will apply to you. Although I am reading the novel simultaneously while watching the anime. I just finished episode 1 last night and I'm already to the point where 2 years has already passed in the novel. Wow. I just gotta say wow to this series. Even by just reading the novel, I can't stop thinking about how great this series is. This is not a cutesy series mind you, as Odin has mentioned, there are psychological stuff at work here. You might not get this, but just reading about the dual wielding, WOW, it gave me an excitement that I haven't felt since a long time ago. When Odin mentioned this, I did a youtube search of the series. Sad to say, none of the youtube videos did justice to this series. You have to watch and digest the story in order to truly appreciate Sword Art Online.

Well, I voted 3 times since I have internet access from 3 different locations. (one at office, one at home and one from my mobile )

Wow, as it turns out, Baka-Tsuki has the light novels up to volume 10. Nice. And I can't believe how similar my playing style with Kirito is. I can really relate to this series.

You'll have to beat the transforming bumblebee first to beat the iron man. I think those are the only two who has votes that are in the thousand. We got your back. But there's only so much some of us can do.