I am so glad I redid my playthrough twice for this game, feels good to be able to provide both gameplay and story at the same time. While I enjoy the gameplay I prioritise progession in these playthroughs. So we just conquered another batch of Freya's army this episode and triggered the next scene where it sorta reveal Ymir's schemes. Gamepaly wise I think it didn't debuff Freya though lol so attacking the capital is still gonna be very difficult but we should be able to destroy her I feel as...
2023-12-16 10:27:25 +0000 UTC
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Surprisingly a good mix of story and gameplay this episode! Guess re-doing the playthrough wasn't wasted after all lol BlackBallBouncer, Spartan and DDShaq carrying me as usual and as long as the enemies don't send out their own attacking force, I can squash their defenses pretty fast. We did get destroyed trying to attack the super defense team at the capital but I guess that place is the stronghold so can't expect it to fall that easily. We got 2 more H scenes this episode well more than 2 ...
2023-12-15 10:27:42 +0000 UTC
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What did I say about the length between the H scenes in this game lol, we just got our 2nd H scene of the game! The H scenes themselves are great though I just dislike how short the intervals are for them. The H scene is great because it still has Misaki's character which is usually not the case for VNs I've read before (I'm looking at your Meteor World Actor where the MC became a sex fiend and the girl suddenly fell prey to MC's dick lol). But yeah we found a way to beat Inui and Asuka this ...
2023-12-13 13:09:25 +0000 UTC
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We did it, we got out first H scene of the game at last lol only took 30 hours but we got it! And darn was it a good one, it was also a whopping 50+ minutes lol super vanilla and cute, I personally wouldn't use it as "research material" lol simply because it's super romantic. Really a shame youtube can't see it. The story before that was just trying to reinforce Misaki and Masaya's relationship and while I still think the start of the romance is awkward, the romance itself is pretty good. Onl...
2023-12-12 11:49:12 +0000 UTC
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Did another long episode this time, which was a bit unplanned lol the last scene was just longer than I thought it'd be. So far, other than the romance parts, Misaki's route is pretty nice, but also a bit anticlimatic if I have to say or maybe boring. We're thinking of ways to counterattack Inui's way of flying and the way she utilizes her tactics but it seems like we never look past that, what if she counters what we use to counter her you know. The last scene does seem to show her at least ...
2023-12-11 10:52:31 +0000 UTC
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We're at the start of Chapter 3 and unlike the last couple of episodes where it was mostly gameplay and me not knowing what to do we surprisingly are progressing quite well lol, I still have a hard time with defensive fights but offensively we are plowing through Freya's units! A good mixture of story and gamepaly this episode if I do say so myself which I like, I feel like just an episode on gameplay could be quite boring if you guys don't play the game yourself. A lot happened this episode,...
2023-12-09 11:08:51 +0000 UTC
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So I replayed the whole game again lol since the last episode and this time have a much better team imo, but even with that I still finished the 2nd chapter with an F grade talk about a kick in the balls! Idk how you get better at this game lol, I even got an S rank on the 1st chapter this time around too! A lot of story transpire this chapter since we did finish Rigret's story so not much battling, next episode I should be able to stomp most units with my main team though they are very stron...
2023-12-08 10:51:50 +0000 UTC
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We finished the chapter! Definitely a shorter one compared to chapter 6 but I guess this is inline with all the other previous chapters we had before so around 2 episodes worth of recording time. A lot happened this episode including finding out about a crucial part of Masaya's past which I called like the first episode I recorded this like 2 months ago lol. Still a very nice chapter even if it is a bit predictable, the music is also good so that adds up the score. The duel between Satouin an...
2023-12-06 11:59:39 +0000 UTC
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I ended up choosing Misaki for our very first route, a lot of my reasoning is because eventhough I like Rika, she barely played a role on the last chapter which to me felt like she got sidelined. I wanted to know how Misaki is gonna deal with her problem, so really it's curiosity that won over and not favoribility lol. So far we're having trouble having Misaki to rejoin the practice sessions and I stopped the episode just when things are gonna be a bit more intense, we are already at almost 2...
2023-12-05 11:22:13 +0000 UTC
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Just a reminder there won't be an upload for Aokana today, gonna take the day off just relaxing and play some osu or random games. Also kinda crazy that's it's almost the end of 2023, I know I haven't been the most consistent throughout the year but I appreciate you guys joining me on this journey to think a random Joe like me recording VNs could actually be entertaining lol. I'll probably make a new year's video for 2024 as a goal to myself for YouTube and patreon, cheers everyone!
2023-12-04 05:21:40 +0000 UTC
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We did it, we actully did it not beating the 2nd continent mind you but beating Jorm lol I swear I feel like I'm underpowered eventhough my units are already so good the game keeps throwing better units darn it! This episode we get a lot of Tyrca's scenes as usual heck we even get 2 H scenes which was baffling to me how fast we got it lol I actually kinda want to remake my save file again from scratch with all the new info I got this run, turns out the key gacha thing only uses 1 uses for eac...
2023-12-02 10:38:49 +0000 UTC
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I was honestly expecting to stomp Rigret this episode but alas we are having difficulty once again lol this game sure likes to amp the difficulty and I'm liking it! Jorm joined the war again after being saved by Menia what horse shit lol, now she got actual troops but they're a joke compared to Rigret though so we're gonna take her on first next episode! This episode was mostly me trying to trigger events and failing to do so since it's not very clear which area we need to conquer for them. A...
2023-12-01 10:06:16 +0000 UTC
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Wow just wow lol this chapter rocks! There was a reason why they didn't show Asuka's previous match and dear god was it a good one. The reason this was a double episode was because I was in suspense since we didn't finish the chapter yet after 2 hours lol. Just know that these episodes are action packed, the Asuka match gave me goosebumps! I do feel that after this chapter the only route that makes sense is actually just Asuka and Misaki tbh since while Rika gets some screentime in previous c...
2023-11-29 12:58:56 +0000 UTC
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Talk about an action packed episode! Now this is what made me really like this VN lol the past couple of episodes have been mostly comedy, weird humor and fanservice and have me kinda disappointed but this recording session was great, everyone got screentime well for some reason except Asuka lol. Prez, Mashiro, Misaki and even Rika got their time to shine here! Really enjoyed the tournament arc so far, they didn't waste time too, the start of the chapter we're already doing the tournament! Do...
2023-11-28 10:36:05 +0000 UTC
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Man I keep saying this in the episodes but I think I'm too old for the humor that Aokana sometimes try to do lol. Not saying it's bad or anything but I probably grew out of the stuff that these anime archetypes try to do. Still a very enjoyable banter between characters but I wish they don't do it too often lol so far the tropes have been very on point with what's popular on anime/japanese media. I also prefer a more diverse ratio of guys and girls but that's moreso a preference, since the in...
2023-11-27 09:41:27 +0000 UTC
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Super late upload today! Actually wouldn't have been this late but I decided to actually replay the game since Rigret was whooping my ass lol and I found a realization that to make units you need their respective medals, what a shocker! So with the better starting save file, we're gonna stomp Rigret! Not much story happened this episode but we do see more scenes with Tyrca and more H scenes with her too, at this point I'm commited to choosing the most evil options for this first playthrough l...
2023-11-25 15:47:54 +0000 UTC
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Did an impromptu visit to my friend's place today after the gym, will be back in an hour or so! So expect today's upload to be in another 3-4 hours earliest, was awesome to reconnect with my friend. Cheers everyone!
2023-11-25 10:28:34 +0000 UTC
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After mending my mistake from the last episode, we can now start the real chapter 2 lol. I decided it was best to go to Rigret this chapter instead of going with Ymir to Folk simply because I thought having Tyrca would mean an easier time with her, but it doesn't seem like it's going to be easy, not to mention Jorm is a very useless individual that can't help us out lol. She got her ass whooped! I'm not gonna lie, this game is super fun for me to record, I really wish I played this sooner lol...
2023-11-24 10:50:13 +0000 UTC
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I'm not gonna lie, I was expecting a lot more Rika this chapter lol but I was letdown, well there are scenes with her but just not as much as I'd hoped. We're only halfway though so fingers crossed! No fanservice this episode but we do get more slice of life stuff as usual! This is just one of those feel good VNs so far with a tad of sports sprinkled in from time to time but even that hasn't been happening for a while lol hope they get into FC again soon I really miss the nerd talk. Not reall...
2023-11-22 10:41:01 +0000 UTC
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It seems I was right about the episode length! Last episode was a bit longer than I thought but we finished up this chapter with the current recording length so expect each episode for Aokana to be 1 hour 50 minutes to 2 hours instead lol. We finished up the chapter but truth be told I felt like it was filler lol not that I mind, we do end up learning more about Misaki and Mashiro but I just wished they did it before the training camp arc since I miss the FC nerc talk! We also meet new people...
2023-11-21 09:42:36 +0000 UTC
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Darn I actually recorded another 2 hour segment this episode lol I was gonna try to keep it 1 hour 40-50 minutes but it just felt awkward to leave it at the scenes that were ending at that part but I'm liking it though, I'll probably keep doing this but yeah Aokana episode lengths are gonna vary depending on which scene I think fits to end on! This new chapter is about Mashiro and dear god she actually needs a chapter for herself since her main personality so far has been bothering me, it doe...
2023-11-20 10:22:31 +0000 UTC
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I just got my very first evalution of the game and I thought I was doing pretty well... but I got a fucking E rank lol guess I learned too late and seems the turn order carries over to the next chapter so I'm actually guessing to get some scenes you need to conquer pretty quickly there might be an internal time limit or something. I'm not gonna sweat it too much for now though since it's a first playthrough. No gameplay except for the last 10 minutes this episode so there is actually a lot of...
2023-11-18 12:23:03 +0000 UTC
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Whoo boy so much gameplay this episode and was it fun lol, I actually think I got the knack of the gameplay so far since we are winning! I was fumbling my way to the first victory though, Tyrca and her knights are no joke. The last maybe 30 ish minutes of the episodes is actually where the story will be if you guys don't care about gameplay but gosh this game's a lot of fun! No H scenes since I actually recorded a long gameplay segment and we stopped before we could get to it! Hope you guys e...
2023-11-17 10:05:03 +0000 UTC
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I actually forgot to save after the last recording session of aokana lol but thankfully this VN is just reading and no gameplay so phew! After a quick 2 minute skip we got back to where we were. This episode we got a lot more serious on the sports which the nerd in me loves! The matches are pretty epic and I quite like voice acting serious scenes like that, we also got more fanservice lol dammit they just love shovig fanservice lol not like too much though last episode was a lot more risque. ...
2023-11-15 09:49:07 +0000 UTC
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More chill vibes from this VN that I'm liking and I think Masaya is growing on me, I wasn't really a hater in the first place but something about him just didn't click with me. Nothing is happening so far on the training camp which actually is a bummer, the nerd in me wanted to learn more FC mechanics lol. We also get some more fanservice randomly, this game sure likes to do that and this time I have to censor it on youtube lol. Next episode should be the end of episode 3 of the game if the l...
2023-11-14 09:32:48 +0000 UTC
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Ah it's so good to juggle a gameplay VN and just chill VN like this, the recording for this episode flew by so quickly lol I might not like the MC all that much but it's always nice to just chill and let the scenes play out in this VN. I realize I don't really recap this VN on my posts but that's simply because most of it is just banter that's light hearted so far and I'm really enjoying it, it's a very feel good kind of story other than the random times that MC has flashbacks and feel sorry ...
2023-11-13 09:48:33 +0000 UTC
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So we got into the gameplay segment of this game which seems to be super huge looking at the continent, but dear lord does the game pull no punches in just getting you into it lol, after the initial tutorials you basically just are left to your own devices! Its fun but I don't even know whether or not I'm actually doing well or not lol. Story wise we don't see too much but I wished I did the last episode a bit longer since we were 10 minutes away from the opening of the game. We got a couple ...
2023-11-11 14:23:18 +0000 UTC
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Wow this game is actually impressing me so far lol, I expected it to be a nukige but the first episode is shaping up into a pretty good revenge story arc! We already got 1 H scene of course though so that's another extra point! The MC is capable too and so far way better than Aokana's MC lol I'm not even at the part where the gameplay is there yet but the story is interesting so all is gucci, as for the gameplay guess tomorrow's episode will tell me about it! Thanks Mike B for this playthroug...
2023-11-10 09:59:52 +0000 UTC
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We're still learning about grav shoes and the sports part of the game and for some people this might be a boring segment but to me personally I'm enjoying quite a bit because it is technically sports related and my cycling hobbies kinda collide with it lol. There's lots of fluff in this VN but not unwelcomed, the pacing feels right and I'm kinda okay ish now with Masaya, I needed to cut him some slack the game said his mental fortitude didn't develop enough before he faced adversity and I gue...
2023-11-08 11:00:19 +0000 UTC
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Really liking the characters and budget the game has so far, everything looks so vibrant and they sprinkle a lot of chibis and character sprites that are unique unlike the typical VN. One thing I have an issue about is the main character so far and I explain it during the episode but he really does rub me the wrong way, guess it's like he's not being true to himself and that's something that I don't agree about. In the last part of the episode I guess he does sorta redeem himself but we'll se...
2023-11-07 09:27:42 +0000 UTC
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