Okay, so I really only have two instances; Tokikake’s Chiaki and Suzumiya’s Mikuru. It’s a similar shade of orange too. Is there some myth in Japan about time travelers with orange hair? Ponyo has orange hair too.
There’s also something about snipers in giant robots (I’ll touch on sniper robots later): Lockon Stratos, Kurz Weber, and Mikhail Blanc are all shockingly similar. They are all…
LIST TIME.
- Snipers
- Ungodly snipers
- Pilots of giant robots
- Elite pilots of giant robots
- Elite pilots of giant robots tooled for sniping
- Employed by a special organization outside of a predominant military
- Able to attract women pretty easily
- The closest male ally to the main character
- Pretty calm and collected
- Orphans
- Dead
And Lockon and Kurz share a voice actor, and Mikhail’s voiced Tieria.
And what the fuck is with characters named Kurosawa? Granted, I’ve only come across Onani Master Kurosawa (BLURG I STILL FEEL ANGER AND PATHOS) and Saikyou Densetsu Kurosawa (PAAAAAAAAAATHOOOOOOOOS). LIST.
- They’re named Kurosawa
- They’re pretty lonely at first
- They introspect hard
- They’re misunderstood!
- Nobody really likes them
- They eventually start trying hard to get people to like them
- They misunderstand people
Okay so a list was a bad idea, these series are a little deeper than a superficial list of sniper similarities. I like OM Kurosawa a lot, but I could probably never read it again because Takigawa Magister made me cry tears of anger and vengeance. Not really, but it was 3am and I had to stifle a shout. DEAR GOD WHY I’MNAMINGMYDAUGHTERAFTERYOU. SD Kurosawa, though the art irks me a lot and everyone freaking cries all the god damn time, I would read again just to feel the pathos story of Kurosawa and Tarou. Dear god I felt it. When he hit the middle school fight I sort of lost that feeling, but I liked his “enlightenment.”
While I’m on manga (I do not want to wrack my brain for more similarities between manga characters), Watashi ni xx Shinasai! made me smile like no other. Like fuck, a god damn tingling under my womanly collar bones was going on for about 14 chapters and the one-shot embedded in there. GRAAGHAERG RIEAGHAKLDJ F. I don’t even remember their names anymore. Okay yea I do. Yukina is such a fucking bitch, but she is so cool. Akira is really creepy, but he is so cool (when he’s not acting like a fucking Nodoka-class pussy), Shigure (who I’m shipping the hell out of [did I really just say that?]) will probably die a painful death because of karma but that’s okay because he’s cool too, in a Yukina is a bitch kind of way. That’s enough of that.
MAGIC THE GATHERING.
Hells yes baby, I got started two months ago, and now it’s eating my life. Sort of. Here’s the deck I’m running now. It’s an Esper deck built around the Master Transmuter that I swear to god I came up with before reading any MtG articles on it online. Well, my friend helped.
- 3x Master Transmuter (AND THEY MAKE WONDERFUL SPHINX BABIES)
- 4x Etherium Sculptors
- 3x Sanctum Gargoyles
- 2x Parasitic Strix (Fucking Strix drop you to death)
- 2x Ethersworn Canonist (lulzy bitch)
- 2x Glassdust Hulk
- 2x Ethersworn Shieldmage (useless because I have Muters)
- 1x Filigree Angel
- 1x Sphinx Summoner (I should get more)
- 1x Lodestone Golem (+Etherium Canonist=kick in the face)
- 1x Inkwell Leviathan (Control Deck Rapist)
- 1x Leonin Abundas (lololololololol)
- 1x Memnarch (+Leonin Abundas=You can’t do shit)
- 1x Sphinx of the Steel Wind
- 1x Metallurgeon (also kind of useless)
- 1x Sphinx Sovereign (lololololololx2)
- 1x Arsenal Thresher (needs to freaking fly)
- 1x Sharuum the Hegemon
- ——Creatures [29]
- 1x Azorius Signet (It gets more and more annoying the more I use it, but Muting it is fun)
- 1x Dimir Signet (“”)
- 1x Lightning Greaves (too much fun)
- 1x Unbender Tine
- 1x Time Sieve (+…)
- 1x Open the Vaults (I should get a backup)
- 2x Fieldmist Borderpost
- 1x Mistvein Borderpost
- 2x Oblivion Ring (wait till I get Tidehollow Sculler)
- 2x Esper Charm
- 1x Scourglass (lol)
- ——Other stuff [14]
- 1x Creeping Tarpit (I have no use for its unblockability except when I’m creature screwed)
- 1x Halimar Depths
- 3x Arcane Sanctum
- 4x Swamp
- 5x Island
- 4x Plains
- ——Lands [18]
So I’m one over 60. It’s not the finished product I wanted, but it’s probably better off this way. The problems are; it relies on creatures a lot, so a Day of Judgement after I Open the Vaults would be game for me; if I can’t get a Muter out I’ll be trudging along; Scourglass is the only kill card I have, and its limited; Memnarch’s abilities cost a lot, and they cost blue which means I’d have to forgo Muting for a turn; Borderposts and Signets are annoying to use sometimes; ungodly numerous and reliant on the heart of the cards.
But otherwise the combos I can rip out are alright, I guess. You could call me some timmy-johnny if we were to use those terms godihatethoseterms. Okay I admit Sphinx of the Steel Winds I could probably do without and is just there to intimidate the shit out of people when I drop him for U, and then when I mute him back after Unbender Tining a Muter. Also, 4 Master Transmuters + Two Etherium Sculptors + Extra blue mana + Parasitic Strixes= I will butt rape you in two turns. Also, throw a few Sanctum Gargoyles into my hand so I can use the Strixes to block AND THEN BRING THEM BACK (AND THEN MUTE THE GARGOYLES BACK FOR MORE FUN). Memnarch and Leonin Abundas pretty much means I’ve shrouded my field, and Memnarch alone can be pretty devastating, especially when I’m bouncing your creatures back to your hand (after two turns. <<). Glassdust Hulks (and Glaze Fiend, if I ever get some) commit adultery with Strix dropping and Muters by bulking the shit up and becoming unblockable (And Leonin Abundas pretty much means that they can’t be touched, or Lightning Greaves for great dropping justice). Lodestone Golem, let me talk about him for a second; He costs 4 for a 5/3 (what) and his ability, “Nonartifact spells cost 1 more to play,” when combined with maybe ANOTHER LODESTONE and an Ethersworn Canonst (players can only play 1 nonartifact spell per turn) means I’ve locked the opponent up. Sure, that means that Open the Vaults and Leonin Abundas cost more now… But I could just mute the Lodestone back and forth. Oh, and Time Sieve and Open the Vaults is pretty standard, I guess. Sacrifice five artifacts (in addition to all the ones I didn’t bring back with Gargoyles/Sharuum) for an extra turn, bring EVERYTHING BACK and lay down some hurt. After, of course, wiping the field with Scourglass. But if Open the Vaults is countered I’m fucked. Arsenal Thresher + the deck’s disgusting tendency (once it gets started) to hold cards in my hand thanks to the Muter (which I am now calling Arsenal Stocking) equals potential 10/10 creature. Let’s give it shroud+haste.
There’s a lot more I could be doing. But eh. Oh, and call in Filigree Angel after I’ve dropped a few Strixes and beefed up some Threshers and Glassdusts and when I have lodestones and Canonists lying around. And then do it again.
I’m also working on a control-mill deck, an aggro-flying deck (for sustainability in an increasingly eco-friendly world! SCORCH THE FUCKING EARTH WITH FIRE, AKROMA), another control deck that’s a more standard UW but with more creatures, and a one-color+colorless artifact deck made from the dredges of the Archenemy set that gave me my third Muter. Basically I’m a causal player who goes for some novelty when making decks. What– Oh, I should go U-Colorless and get Tezzeret. FOR NINE DOLLARS.
I’m done, I’ll talk nerd with you guys later.
