#arodeth rambles

Sure, the mechanics of the game were shit, but those characters and the obscure lore got me through high school, damnit.

Guess who decided to just indulge to grab this relic days ago and it came today~

This almost has everything except anything like the Act of Elimination part two and anything besides it

Though will say I'm surprised how big it is

Plus I didn't realize it also had the job stories in them- mostly Japanese, gonna make a bet that I can translate them with Deepl with em (excuse the terrible lighting, I didn't switch to like the lamp in most of the photos, so some of the sun's lighting isn't great, but I refuse to retake as I have a need to ramble)

There was also the event stories, especially the one with Lammy and the collabs (least the ones that were like available when the art book was produced)

Some stuff obviously never made it to global, but it does give me back some memories like guild ship designs and the events global had. Yet more importantly: my Shaylas (aka: the characters)

WHICH I DO INDEED HAVE A BIAS, since I did read it off an online site years ago as a teenager on a fan translation as I will confession, but this was before the official English translation and official release of the manga came, so coming back to read the manga again as an adult makes me feel a bit of nostalgia.

Though I think I actually understood it better now apparently to realize some segments were just dreams and I was a fucking idiot, like how did I not???

Like sure and to me it's pretty good. But as for the exclusive short story in the manga, it practically answers my question from years ago on how (Reality) Pinocchio knew how to drive lmao, like my question from five years ago (yes) is finally answered in 2026 vvvvv

Overall, I felt right at home. A home that smells like blood and guts, but still a home. (⁠◍⁠•⁠ᴗ⁠•⁠◍⁠)⁠❤

(I'm insane)