Rise From Hate!

...by @daiki-umeko​. I can’t tag 20 people, sorry about that.

GENERAL APPEARANCE:

1. How tall are you? I’m 5′7′’ or 170.18cm.

2. What color and style is your hair? Black, and I just style it just like it is (see my pic as Shichirou “Seven“ Hamada).

3. What color are your eyes? Brown.

4. Do you wear glasses/contacts? If ever I can wear glasses, it’s just for style/fashion statement.

5. Do you wear braces? I don’t, even if my dentist or Mama wanted me to. And it’s kinda expensive.

6. What’s your fashion style? I look like a total bum whenever I’m at home or at me and my Mama’s studio-type apartment in Makati. But I dress decent enough (and comfy enough) whenever I go, be it work or when at a meet with friends or family bonding.

7. What’s your name? Vincent Rafael Puenteblanca. Name means “Conqueror that God has healed of the White Bridge″. My nickname can be Viel, Vince... Any variation will do, as long as it’s not kinda offensive.

8. When were you born? August 13th, 1992. It’s a Thursday.

9. How old are you? 23 years and 3 months old.

10. Where are you from/live now? Born in the city in Alabang, Muntinlupa in Metro Manila but moved to Trece Martires City in nearby Cavite Province when I was 3 and lived there since. And to save transportation fare, me and Mama stay in our studio-type in Makati during the weekdays, only going home during weekends.

11. Do you have any siblings? None, I’m an only child.

12. What school/college do you go to? Used to be at Lyceum of the Philippines University - Cavite Campus in Gen. Trias, Cavite. Just a short jeepney ride from Trece.

13. What kind of student are you? Just your average type. Strangers think I’m actually nice. Friends think I’m great. Best friends know I’m awesome. And teachers know I’m one of their best, if not well-known students. I also get good grades, and keeping it that way until graduation.

14. Do you even like school? Back then I’m torn between loving and hating it, now I’m missing it, since work is kinda depressing most times, since we must work even on holidays.

15. What are your favorite school subjects? Math, Computer, English and Foreign Languages.

16. What are your favorite shows? Anime: Kuroko no Basuke, Shingeki no Kyojin, Free!, DIGIMON, and many more (as long as it’s not horror/gore/plain stupid). Non-Anime: Any interesting show, as long as it’s not horror/gore or pointless that it becomes a national consciousness.

17. What are your favorite movies? If I list ‘em all, it’ll take long. It’s similar to the genres for non-Anime favorite shows.

18. What are your favorite books? Not much of a bookworm unlike back then in LPU-Cavite where I can read whatever fancies the mood I have. I only read up news from elsewhere now since work is fast-paced.

19. What is your favorite past time? Singing my favorite songs at the top of my lungs, and maybe the same as that of Seven Hamada’s.

20. Do you have any regrets? What’s to regret for now except the depressing fact about having to work even on holidays?

21. What is your dream job? An ambassador or diplomat (Yes, just like the famed first Goggle Boy Taichi Yagami). Or maybe just your average world traveler like those people in NatGeo People.

22. Would you like to get married one day and where? Kinda fast, but I’m still yet to find my Taiga Aisaka. Yes, besides Yukio Kasamatsu, I see myself in Ryuuji Takasu as well.

23. Would you like to have kids one day and how many? No, but if ever, just one. My Palmtop Tiger can’t handle that many kids.

24. Are you a girly girl, a regular girl or more of a tomboy? I’m a dude. Next query, please...

25. Do you like shopping? Depends on what I’m shopping for, like just the necessary food and home improvement stuff, most of the time when in Makati.

26. What countries have you visited before? Vietnam was my first country visited, and my current favorite. But soon it’ll be Japan, and then finally, Denmark. For now, other countries visited are Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia.

27. What is the scariest nightmare you have ever had? Never had one yet, all are just the same falling from a high place kind of “dream“...

28. Do you have any enemies? Everyone has one or two or many and we made them, after all. And of course, unlike back then in high school, I love them now.

29. Who are your best friends? My former (first) college buddies/co-forum members, Anime Club in LPU-Cavite, known Facebook friends, and my cousins.

30. Do you have a boyfriend/girlfriend and what is their name? No girlfriend since birth, and yeah, I’m single (I’m loving it for now...).

Again, sorry if I can’t tag 20 people. ;)

Tagged by noshitaka. :)

In no particular order except #1, 10 honorable mentions composed of 8 anime and 2 western animation characters. xD

1. Yukio Kasamatsu (The Basketball Team Captain and Senpai) - Kuroko no Basuke

2. Koushiro Izumi (The resident techie DigiDestined) - Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure Zero Two/Digimon Adventure tri.

3. Eren Jaeger (The Rogue Titan) - Shingeki no Kyojin

4. Shinpachi Shimura (The resident Straight Man) - Gintama

5. Gintoki Sakata (The master troll and true blue samurai) - Gintama

6. Makoto Tachibana (The Swim Team Captain) - Free! Iwatobi Swim Club/Free! Eternal Summer/Octopimp & SparkyTheAndroid’s 50% OFF

7. Denmark (Headcanon Human Name: Magnus Densen) - Hetalia series

8. Taichi Yagami/Tai Kamiya (The iconic/First Goggle Boy) - Digimon Adventure/Digimon Adventure Zero Two/Digimon Adventure tri.

9. Takato Matsuda/Takato Matsuki (The Fanboy Baker) - Digimon Tamers

10. Masaru Daimon/Marcus Damon (The Street Fighter) - Digimon Savers/Data Squad

Honorable Mentions: Takuya Kanbara - Digimon Frontier Taiki Kudou/Mikey Kudou - Digimon Xros Wars/Fusion Tagiru Akashi - Digimon Xros Wars/Fusion Daisuke Motomiya/Davis Motomiya - Digimon Adventure Zero Two Kyon - Haruhi Suzumiya series Ryuuji Takasu - Toradora! Koro-sensei - Assassination Classroom Kazuyoshi “Switch“ Usui - SKET Dance

First things first: What took them so long? ((SPOILER ALERT in the next 1,000+ characters or so, or kinda...))

Released here in the Philippines last August 12th, and me and Mama watched it two days later as part of my birthday week celebration, at least it’s quite the wait. :D

When I first saw one of the official trailers almost two weeks ago, the first reaction I did was, “Forget planning to buy a car*, I should watch this!“ And, sure enough, at the first scenes, it’s just as I imagined what the setting is in real life.

The head trio, Eren, Mikasa and Armin (in this movie, a guy)’s opening scene in a dream of exploring the world outside the walls was expanded, and there’s kind of anachronistic stuff deviating from the anime and manga like the idea of planes and bombs. Seems like a good idea for starting the movie lightly unlike the in-your-face thrills welcoming you in the anime and manga.

But we go fast-forward into the film: There goes Colossal Titan breaking a part of the outermost wall so that the others can come in, the drift of what makes SnK holding on to your seats from all that thrills, spills and chills...

Some stuff that kinda shies away from the very plot like costume changes (I’m talking about the Military Police Brigade in their Unicorn crest patches), Mikasa going solo, some girl in the Survey Corps hitting on Eren (or Armin, can’t tell since both of their actors look almost alike), names (both person and place) changed, and what I thought was Levi is actually not (Captain Shikishima).

What I can agree with the other (negative) reviews is about both the deviations as mentioned above and the bungled idea of Levi not making an appearance at all. And maybe in a way, the actors for the Titans (Usually deformed, comes in all sizes, eats humans just for the heck of it, you get the idea if you know what they are in the very plot) and the (quite distracting) score.

But, where there’s negatives, there are positives, such as the saving grace of the movie: Eren’s strong and unwavering resolve, and in the climax, his transformation as the Rogue Titan was glorious. Sekai no Owari ((End of the World, subtitle for the second part of the movie))’s “Anti-Hero” and “SOS” as theme songs were catchy enough to tide over either “Guren no Yumiya” and “Jiyuu no Tsubasa” by Linked Horizon in the anime.

More to come on September 19th, hopefully the second part makes up for some of these critical points I’ve said in this review.

*Baymax voice* On a scale of 1 to 10, how would I rate this movie? I say, about a 7. And to end my informal movie review, have a hipster!Titan!Eren Jaeger wearing a shirt ((the rest lies in your imagination how was that shirt made for his size xD)). Credits to Kroshik on deviantART. :)

But I’m not, actually. And so do you, Pattsuan... xD

Gomennasai, apparently it took me on the 10th try that the upgrade went well...

The Goggle Boys in all their AWESOME glory...

...and my device is ready. Will soon post up a new screenshot as my commemorative upgrade to Windows 10! ((Bye for now...)) :D

This is my DigiDestined self as Shichirou “Seven” Hamada, a bearer of the Crest of Knowledge ((Obviously my favorite Digimon is Tentomon! He and Koushiro Izumi make up a great team!)) from a Digimon RP entitled “Digimon Rising” over at AlternateHistory.com! Can’t find a better or fitting Digivice but Takato’s ((the Digivice was a hand-me-down gift from a great fellow Digimon fan and friend in my college’s Anime Club)).

FULL BIO/s ((taken from the RP)) Name: Shichirou "Seven"* Hamada (浜田 七郎 Hamada Shichirou) Nationality: Japanese Age: 18 years old Height: 183cm (6'0'') Weight: 75kg (166lbs) Birthday: August 13th, 1996 Birth Place: Sendai City, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan Current Residence: NanaZuika Beach House & Recreation Center/Station, Mactan Island, Cebu, Philippines Partner: Tentomon (Rookie)

Fresh: Pabumon

In-Training: Motimon

Rookie: Tentomon

Champion: Kabuterimon

Ultimate: AtlurKabuterimon/MegaKabuterimon

Mega: HerakleKabuterimon/HerculesKabuterimon

Trait: Knowledge (知識 Chishiki) Hometown: Cebu, Philippines Physical Attributes: "Seven" has clean short, black hair and brown eyes. Has a regular but impressive physique. Hobbies/Skills: Surfing (both real waves and the Internet), swimming and cooking. Without a doubt, a techie with both a wild imagination and intellect. He takes his tasks earnestly and sincerely when it comes to being diverse to stuff. Bio: Migrated from Sendai City to the Philippines after the 2011 Touhoku earthquake and tsunami, "Seven" and his family run a beach house in Mactan Island in Cebu. He is seldom seen without his 2-in-1 device he christened as Switch that he uses most of the time for his daily routines doing his part in the family business. Favorite Food: Tuna sashimi and kani (crab) salad Specialty: Tech stuff, noodling (catching fish with bare hands) Best Subject: Mathematics, Computer/I.T. & Modern Japanese Committee: Netizens.org (an I.T. club) Club President Family: Father and Mother (only child) Things he's not good at: None so far Type of person he likes: A cheerful (and fellow techie) girl What he does on free time: Forum sites, write codes and casual, puzzle games Quote: "Work easy, play hard! Take information responsibly!"

*Name Meaning: Ja: Hamada (浜田). Japanese surname that means "beach/seashore field", which fits his hobbies that are most of the time by the beach. Ja: Shichirou (七郎). Masculine Japanese name that means "seventh son", therefore explaining his nickname, “Seven“.

My first, and will be my favorite all-time anime is Digimon Adventure. Can’t wait for TRI this November 21st!

Happy Odaiba Memorial/Digimon Day, greetings from The Philippines!!!

LAHAT TAYO, DIGIDESTINED! ((We are all DigiDestined!))

Thanks!

Yo!

Happy birthday/Otanjoubi omedetou/Maligayang kaarawan to the best basketball team captain and senpai!

Yukio Kasamatsu (CV: Souichirou Hoshi) is the Kaijō High School Basketball Team’s Captain and is a nationally-credited point guard. He possesses a hard personality though not necessarily harmful, he does have a serious demeanor and a rather short temper fuse that can easily go out when his teammates either do poorly or goof around. ((*ahem* especially you, Kise *ahem*)) Though he may appear violent, he is only very devoted to his teammates and wants the whole team to succeed and lead them to victory. It is obvious that he is a very serious person regarding his position as team captain and even if he commonly appears to be bossy, he really has faith in his teammates’ abilities.

Unbreakable. Strong. Courageous. Firm. Respected.

The senpai that everyone wants to have (xD).