Legion's Domain

Today is the same- duel against people and i lose one time to Rex Raptor due to bad hands.

But during the night, ive been intercepted by 2 Shadow Duelist.

First is Para- he is the brother of the other twin (Dox).

I dunno what his deck theme are, but he is easy to beat.

Next is a new Shadow Duelist- PaniK. He specializes in Dark Type cards. Cool theme, still weak.

Nothing much going on. I slept and the next day i went to the store to buy some cards. Nothing good hit, except i got 1 La Jinn, which is a solid level 4 monster.

Then, Mokuba came by and tell me that im eligible to participate in the tournamemt finals! Damn, this is so sudden. Hope i will win the tournament.

SHIN KAMEN RIDER

Directed by Hideaki Anno (Shin Gojira, Shin Ultraman), this movie is another reboot of the first Kamen Rider series.

SYNOPSIS

Hongo Takeshi once a normal male, but then, he being captured by a mysterious organisation called SHOCKER. His body been modified to a cyborg, and luckily, one of the scientist in the organization put some modification to his body, making himself crazy strong and still maintain his old self.

He journeyed with the scientist daughter, Ririko Midorikawa in the hopes to bringing SHOCKER down.

PLOT

Im a fan of Japanese tokustasus. And Kamen Rider is one of them. Im the biggest Kamen Rider fan. Although, i have mixed feelings about this movie. The pacing is fast. But there's so many questions. Many stuff is not being told in this movie. I think the stuff that is skipped is to make way for the villain appearances throughout the movie. This movie showcases about 7 kaijin altogether. Besides, since the pacing of the movie is fast, there's so little character interaction. Hongo and Ruriko doesn't have enough chemistry in order to make me feel sad when Ruriko dies.

Yeah i guess because the 98 episodes of the series is being piece together in a 2 hr movie can be quite a mess.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

I love the new suit designs. And their bike too. It still looks classic, but it feels modern. Thats a brilliant design in my opinion. Their is totally cool. I love their bike. All the kaijins suit is great too. Its simple, and it works.

However the CGI- is so mediocre. Most fight scenes have CGI in it. And every scenes that have CGI is the worst.

CGI aside, the fight choreography is damn good.

In this movie there's a little twist- to show that Kamen Rider is insanely strong, whenever he punches SHOCKER grunts, their head exploded and blood everywhere haha. But thats the true Kamen Rider concept though.

SOUND

Hideaki Anno used the classic Kamen Rider sound throughout this movie. The fight scenes, the appearance of Kamen Rider movie, giving it a retro vibe. It works for me.

ACTORS

Yeah i dont have any comments om the actors because i guess everyone doing great on their role.

Oh, Minami Hamabe- love her.

FAV SCENES

The intro scene- that is the moment that i know this is not gonna be the same Kamen Rider series i watched. Blood everywhere and we can feel how powerful Kamen Rider is

Final battle with Cho-Aug- Again, blood.

Final scene- Love it because they introduce a new suit, and a new bike for Ichimonji Hayato. Turns out Hongo's soul were in that new helmet, and he can communicate with Ichimonji through that helmet. It just a symbolic of Double Riders in the series.

VERDICT

Well, i can summarised that this movie is just a fan service- children that now adults (like me) can reminisce their childhood by watching this movie.

I gave-

Went into Power Plant, explore the dungeon, catch some Electric Type Pokemon, and finally reached to the highlight of the are- Zapdos! The first Legendary Bird Pokemon that i encountered.

Zapdos are insanely fast! It got only 2 attacks- Drill Peck and Thunder. Drill Peck is seriously hard. Luckily, Petals able to sleep it, then managed to hit it until it got 1/3 of its life, then chuck a lot of Ultra Balls. Eventually, i caught it!

Next, i went back to Saffron City to do some unfinished business with Team Rocket. They invade this City because they wanna get hold of Silph. Co brand new product.

Silph Co. is a large building. So there are many Rocket Grunts swarming here. Due to that, Archie got enough experience till he levelled up to 50 AND learned Flamethrower! At last! Then i evolved him straightaway.

Look at that Arcanine- its so majestic. Arcanine is my fav Fire Type Pokemon- ever.

The last part of the building before i reached Giovanni is to fight my rival again, and this time his team improved a lot. However, my team covers all type, so its so easy to beat him.

For battling Gary, i got a Lapras from a Sliph employee. Lapras is good, but its so late to obtain it. What a shame.

After that, i went on to battle Giovanni. Again, his Pokemon may look tough, but they were all weak af. Petals and Shell did all the business. And Jet, singlehandedly destroyed his Kangaskhan only using Double Kick.

I do some wandering around, talking to the townfolks. Apparently, their elf prince is in state of eternal slumber. He had been cursed by Astos, a dark elf. So its up to me to get their prince well again.

Doing some shopping here too. Upgrade the equipment for all my team members, also purchasing some black and white spell. This town got 2 black and white spell shop. Then i stock up my consumables, mainly potion and antidote, and some ether. Because the next area i will be in is swarming with poisonous monsters.

Before doing that, i looked at my team and they were all still in low level (10). So i decided to train them up until they were all level 15. Besides, its nice to rake up some money too.

Then, when i done levelling up, went to the next dungeon- Marsh Cave. This cave has 3 levels. All i need is the elf king crown resides somewhere here to cure the elf prince's sickness.

As i traverse the dungeon, eventually i reached the final place, and battle the boss here.

They are Piscodemons, they seems strong but my team wiped them out with no Potions, easy. Well, maybe i overlevelled my team.

As the reward, i obtained the crown. Time to give this to the elf prince!

Story by Doug Moench

Art by Paul Gulacy and Terry Austin

Its about Batman angers police officer due to his vigilanting, making police officers felt useless. Introducing Hugo Strange, a madman that claimed as "professional psychiatrist" urge Batman to be taken down. Thus a task force for hunting Batman is formed.

This comic shows that Batman is vulnerable as other people too. Thats why i like Batman. Because he is a grounded superhero. This time he is challenged mentally with Hugo Strange. Strange is so good that he nearly knows Batman's true identity.

Art-wise- i love it! It kinda feel weird at first, but eventually it grows on me.

Done training all my team members to lvl 45.

Next i went to this city's gym- Its Leader is Koga, specializes in Poison Type Pokemon, and status inducing strategy. My Archie and Buu worked well in this Gym cause most Poison Type is weak to Ground and Psychic type moves (Archie learned Dig). Winning here granted me the ability to Surf.

After the Gym Battle, i went to the main focus of the city- The Safari Zone. Gonna catch all Pokemon available here.

These are the rare finds in Safari Zone. Chansey is very hard to encounter, since its rate is very low. Scyther always ran. After a few tries in the Safari Zone, i managed to caught all the mons available, and got HM03 (Surf) and GOLDTEETH that must be given to the warden. As the reward, i get HM04 (Strength).

Surf let me surfing the watery areas and Strength let me crush boulders. Shell learned Surf, while Jet learned Strength.

After done with Fuchsia City, i backtrack a bit to traverse the water bodies in the game, and got a few unreachable items. Then went back to Celadon City, do a bit surfing, and eventually i reached Power Plant.

A Legendary Pokemon resides here.

i love to play drums too- its the only musical instrument that i can play. With the drums, i can play freely, without referring to any musical notes, as long as i can make it sound decent.

now, i dont have a real drumset at home- but i play fingerdrum using Real Drum app.

Start a new day, new resolve! Today i duelled Mokuba enough for him to register me as his friend.

During the night, story progression is unlocked! Serenity being kidnapped by Paradox brothers, and i duelled Dox in a Shadow Game. Managed to win, then Joey and Yugi came to the rescue! Turns out those villain Duelist were hired by Pegasus, the creator of this card game.

There is something dark happening in this tournament.

Before i called it a day, encountered Yugi grandpa. Duelled him twice, both time i lose due to his return-to-hand combo. My deck is still not good. Look at my duel. Its freaking 55 turns!

The next day, went straight to the shop for new cards. Spent the entire savings. And i got these bad boys:

Gemini Elf- the best lvl 4 monster in the game.

Luminous Soldier- its effect that give it a 500 ATK while battling Dark monster is nice.

Horn of The Unicorn- great Equip Spell. I use this over Stim-Pack.

Ultimate Offering- at the cost of 500 LP, i can summon as many monsters that i like.

MOVIE REVIEW- THE BATMAN

I just watched this movie for a second time, my first time is in the cinema. I just love Batman so much. So during my second watch, this is my take on this movie.

The Batman is directed by Matt Reeves, famously known for Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. This movie is released in 2022.

SYNOPSIS

The Batman is about Batman, who is in 2nd year becoming the masked vigilante in Gotham City, faced a The Riddler, a villain that used puzzles and tricks to murder every single corrupted authorities and reveal Gotham's true face.

PLOT

Okay i will give my take on the plot based on 2 POV.

First- If u are a fan of action movie- you know, you love a movie where there's action non stop, like every other superhero movie, then you will feel this movie's pacinf veryyy slow.

Second- if you love movies that give you the "shit what happened next" kind of feelings, then you will love this movie.

The Batman is very different from other Batman movies- its more focused on Batman being a detective rather than a superhero. That alone is interesting for me. The pacing's fine. Not too draggy. Besides i love the riddles in this movie. Sooo out of the box.

CINEMATOGRAPHY

Its absolute perfect. The tone, color grading is exactly what i imagine watching a Batman movie. Lets talk about Batman himself. In this movie, you will see the realest Batman ever. He got scared, he got injured, he's doing mistakes and stuff. Normal people will mock this Batman. But for Batman fans- this is absolutely comic accurate since this is only his second year being Batman.

The suit on the other hand, could be better. But there is one features of the suit that outshine all the other Batman suits that exists. That is the Bat symbol on his chest is actually a Batarang that can be pulled off and stuck again like a magnet? That shit is soo cool.

Personally, im not fan of armored Batsuit. Ben Affleck's Batsuit- thats gold.

A few favourite scenes-

Car chase scene- i love his Batmobile!!!!!!

The Penguin Interrogation scene- that is funny af!

Batman flees from the whole police department- shows you how grounded this Batman is.

ACTORS

Robert Pattinson held a heavy responsibilities for doing Batman's role. And surprisingly- he's very cool and perfectly casted! But we didnt get to see his playboy side though. I guess he's still mourning over his dead parents.

Standing ovation to Collin Farrell- actor for The Penguin. Those makeup and prosthetics make me hard to believe its him as The Penguin.

SOUND

Yesss! The theme sound for The Batman is exactly the kind of theme song you want in Batman movies. When you hear it, it feels like something bad going to get you. Really love the theme song.

VERDICT

Overall, im really satisfied with this movie. Everything is perfect. And as a Batman fan, i deemed this is the best Batman movie. (The Dark Knight now falls to 2nd place.)

Have a little sightseeing in Fuchsia City. There is a famous attraction here, the Safari Zone. There you can catch various type of Pokemon that cannot be caught in normal areas.

The Safari Warden's house is not far from the Safari, but he speaks gibberish. Need to find him his teeth.

Before we do all that, i do a little grinding. Do a route clearing up, battled trainers and most of my time playing this today is to levelled up my team.

During the process, my Petals grew to lvl 38 and learn Petal Dance! This is in my opinion the strongest Grass Type moves in the game. (Yeah, Solarbeam is overrated.)

I planned to lvl up my team to lvl 45 before take on the Gym in Fuchsia City. So far, 3 of my team completed their training.

Im stumbled upon a fan made digimon game! Its called Digital Tamers 2, made by dragonrod342.

My luck is so great! I got my absolute favourite Digimon- Gigimon!

Basically this game is like a digivice- you care, feed, nurse your Digimon until it evolved. There's features like feeding, cleaning, and playing with your Digimon. This is so cool.

Its not only caring for your Digimon. I need to train it, by battle with other Digimon in the Digital Area (which is unlocked after levelling it up) or just train in your lobby.

I can have not only one Digimon, it seems that i can have plenty of them. Man, this game is exactly what i wanted in a Digimon game!

BATMAN: VIEWPOINT

The next in my reads is Batman: Viewpoint. This is kinda special issue because the pages of this comics are drawn by different artists, the famous ones

These are the list of the artists. Got mad respect for them making Batman alive in those pages.

This comic is only about how legendary Batman is. No one knows who he is, what he is. Some say he is a devil, phantom, even some says that is a cyborg under that costume.

Randolph Spire, a rich, succesful businessman, hires a bunch of journalists to get info on Batman. He wanted them to dig on who Batman actually is. Well, those attempts are failed. Turns out, Spire comitted a bombing that cause Batman to follow the case.

At the end of the comic, Batman ambushed his mansion. Now he get to know him personally.

There's not much to say in this comic, because the storyline is mostly about how legendary and mysterious Batman is. Plus side, the various artstyle that i can see in this comic is very refreshing. I love the cover art.

Today i unlocked 2 more Duelists- Mako amd Serenity.

I lose when duelling Mako, because its Umi-Tornado Wall combo. Shit, i need those spell and traps removal cards sooo much!

Serenity's deck is kinda unique. Its focuses on high defense points monsters. But its easy to win.

I noticed there is a new building when i roaming around searching for Duelists. But its still locked. I wonder when will i get to unlock this building.

Anyway, today's sucks- barely making any money cause im losing too much! And, when i spend money for cards, there is no decent pull at all😥😥😥

But i wont giving up!

BATMAN: SHAMAN

Story by Dennis O'Neil

Art by Edward Hannigan and John Beatty

Next comic in my list is Batman:Shaman. Its a 5 part comic book that revolves around Batman investigating several murder that ties to some ancient rituals.

This is another touch of supernatural element in Batman comics, aside from Batman:Gothic. In this comic we get to see the investigative side of Bruce Wayne, using techs for spies such as realistic rubber mask, using some science stuff things like that.

Its a fun read, although im not too fond of its art.

Today i played FF I (again). This is a pixel remastered with a bunch of extras included. So lets see if this game worth it!

For my team, i choose Warrior, Monk, White Mage and Black Mage. Those are my character's name. Oh this version got 'Boost' setting, in which i can adjust to get max exp, or money, or both. I can on and off encounters too. For this run, i just maxed the money that i can get (4x).

So i start in Cornelia, where im brought to meet the king since my team were all holding some sort of crystal. Apparently, there is a prophecy about a group of warrior with crystals that came to restore light in this realm.

The king asked me to rescue his daughter Sarah, that has been abducted by Garland, a rogue knight.

Leveled up my team to 5, then beat Garland easy peasy. As the reward, i obtained a lute. Dont know the use for it yet.

Then i stocked up, equipped new gears, then head to the next town, Pravoka. This town is terrorized by pirates, and its my job to beat those pirates.

As the result, i obtained a ship- i can traverse the ocean now!

Before i explore the ocean, i visit Matoya's cave. There's a bunch of items here up for grabs. Matoya is a witch, and she lost her eye, apparentlt someone stole it. Its a hint for me to get her eyes so that i can proceed the story.

Its been a while since i posted any progresses in this game. Soo im gonna picked up where i left.

Now i'm a 3 star rank! Pokemon up to lvl 40 will obey me and i can use and craft Great Ball.

This is my team so far. Permanent members are Kuronami the Oshawott, and Raijin the Shinx.

Im really progressing slow in this game. You know, take it easy. I planned to perfect the pokedex research on each pokemon before i move to a new area. And so far, i perfected Wurmple pokedex! There are others that can be completed soon.

Today i unlocked another duelist, Espa Roba! He specializes in machine-psychic type card. The signature card is Jinzo, that can nullify every trap on the field. But so far he doesnt get to pull out his ace card yet. Cause i beat his ass before then.

The story progresses as im being dragged to play into a Shadow Game. Shadow Game is where i duel villaim duelists, and this time i dueled Dox from the Labyrinth Brothers. In Shadow Game, once you lose, you will need to restart from the last you save. Plus, an encounter with Shadow Duelist is very random.

Luckily, i won.

I battled Yami Yugi again- and this time, i lose. Because my hands sucks.

Anyway, got enough money to buy packs, so these are the best cards i had today.

Metalmorph- a good equip card offensive and defensively

Waboku- a very good protection card. Kinda like a cheap negate attack.

Jirai Gumo- he got massive ATK. But the downside is kinda suck. Maybe i used him mostly to stall opponent.

Firewing Pegasus- a good 1 tribute monster.