5/20/25:Although I have some gripes about how they handled some story beats especially with anything Relena-wise, this is the beginning of another fun retelling. The art is absolutely beautiful. The expressions and eyes are 10/10. It's my favorite part. The girls especially Sally are super pretty. Still seriously, how much angels and rose motifs does Sumizawa need to put in his stories. Even Relena's birthday invitation and the flower on her party dress has a rose on it now. Now I can gush about the parts I like: I like how naturally it incorporates the back stories. I know it was planned for the anime too and everyone knows the rushed production story. I would love an animated episode 0. It was a unique choice to start with Duo. The bits about how he won't drop L2 and him seeing Heero's capsule was nice little additions. I enjoyed how they adapted some scenes from the anime like Heero fixing his leg and the famous cliff roll scene. I do miss the little lines like "I'll have nightmares over this." and "He's anti-social, thinks he's Evil Knieval, and hardly speaks.". Trowa keeping a battle record is great too. Shame that they won't re-release here or well fix that 00's translation for the original manga. I would love to collect that one too.

5/20/25:So I was a total idiot and didn't realize it was the same illustrator as the OG manga and Battlefield of Pacifist. I never even noticed until I saw the BOP flashback and I had to put two and two together. It makes me curious what the novel considers the middle point manga/drama CD-wise. It was a fun plane ride read. Plus the best ending for my hiiriri loving self.

5/7/25:This one is super adorable! Her small outfit is super cute! I am more of a casual fan of the games so I didn't know she was coming out. The best part was that I didn't have to sign for this one like last time.

3/27/25:As your local 11 player who doesn't play the game right at all, I haven't done Dynamis at all. I know the Corps from the WOTG story, very glum fate. Pretty neat shirt though, I just hope that it doesn't get mistaken for the Marvel one. I did notice the tag said ffxi compared to the concert shirt having a print shop logo. So interesting how times change. Since I am writing this much later, I made sure to wear it for a food bank photo. I mean my back is kind of twisted in the pic but, you can see the serpent at least!

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