Yaana

He was so funny this chapter.

Stayed up till 3am to play it but its okay we ball

Bonus...

It seems like shmilk brainwashed wind archer and everyone else into thinking his new order is direction for their world,and they must kill the main timeline as it is a "weed" holding them back from the new world.

I don't have the screenshots but in one cutscene while he was attacking Dragon Island and destroying the spear, he says "is that the strength of a dragon?" implying he had not encountered a dragon before.

But later when he encounters Ananas he says "persistent in every timeline" to which implies he has fought Anana's before.

The previous scene could have been a flash back though, since I found it odd that Archer was attacking the village only to do it again later.

-> kid who likes water

-> spooky scary gem of ultimate power

-> island of Pure Life

Basically all my issues I’ve had with the Story so far are absent here. Its episode feels like a breath of fresh air that we haven't gotten in God knows how long. We haven’t had anything that feels remotely like a breather since I thiinnnnk the Millennial Event update? For the first time in a long time we get to just have fun. It feels so much like a Crispia episode but with real stakes and important lore that are actually engaging. It's genuinely funny at parts with that Summer fun feel but there is still lots of action for this is a very plot relevant episode. 

My main issue I’ve had with Act 2 so far is that the sequence of storytelling has felt disjointed. Each episode had 2 or 3 plotlines happening at the same time, constantly switching between them without letting them breathe properly. The Pacing was weird, as so much was happening, at a very short amount of time yet somehow it kinda felt slow because the plotlines were being sliced up and jumbled together. 

This episode has been the first episode since Beast Yeast 14 that just told the story linearly. One plotline with beat after beat and my is it so refreshing to just be focused on one thing. The Dialogue this episode just felt more characterised as well, especially between Strawberry Crape and Expresso howe have been overlooked for so long and I am so incredibly glad they have been given their chance to shine. I’m liking Ananas and Night Raven a lot as well, and overall all the characters were done great here. 

I do take issue with the explanation for why the Elementals aren’t here. I know they tried to explain that the power they paid for the war was too great so they got to recharge now. But they explained it kinda terribly. Like Bro tf you mean they are “sleeping”, wake tf up the universe is going to collapse?! I know they didn’t want the story to be Elementals vs Corrupted Elementals (Which I really do want though) but rather Dragons vs Corrupted elements. But It wouldn’t  be hard to write the elementals in a way that they are still plot relevant but won't instantly solve everything. While I'm not an elemental cookies fan, nor have I watched/played Played Oven Break aside from some of the TDB stuff, I know that the implementation of the Elementals in Kingdom has been messy.  So I can see why some can feel let down by this. 

I saw a few fans disappointed that the Night Raven didn’t get much screentime, but honestly I think he was used quite well here. I like that he was this underlying dark force that contrasted the warmer light hearted tone with the protagonists. Obviously ep 6 will give us much more of him because that's where the real fight between him and Anananas takes place. Also I liked how he was being built up throughout the story, I think if we saw too much of him, we would lose that suspense that he was creating. 

I find that I tend to feel a bit unsatisfied with the first half of these updates (Eps 1 and 3) the second half makes up for it (2 and 4). These stories are told in pairs, and I appreciate that its not rushing into crazy action off the bat but building up towards it and setting these plotlines up to be built upon later. I’m quite happy with episode 5 so I have hopes that 6 would continue the momentum.T he story is getting better and better and if it's kept up, we got a great Arc on our hands! :D 

his habit of being overly kind to others to the point where he tries so desperately to understand others is said again and again to be a weakness. he tries so hard that it's detrimental to his health, and he misses what someone may truly need. being kind and welcoming to others to the extent that he does is something that hurts him in the end. the root of his healing is the fact that all life is precious, and pure vanilla has to deal with the fact again and again that he cannot save everyone.

but, if you think about it -- what kind of character is the kind who refuses to accept compliments? someone who thinks very little of himself. pure vanilla hasn't allowed himself to linger on his thoughts for too long since white lily's death, but i can't help but think about how he feels about himself right now.

i think pure vanilla must feel a lot of regret for feelings left unsaid, in the end. he's suffering so much in canon right now, but i'd like to think that his regret in white lily's death and the route that he had to take to defeat dark enchantress will motivate him to truly try to save shadow milk

and i can't help but think that pure vanilla is the one who can truly understand him. shadow milk who once took the burden of helping countless cookies, and pure vanilla who works tirelessly to do the same thing.

another crk x danganronpa

Due to them having the same dough, Shadow Milk cookie is the only thing Pure Vanilla can touch without feeling pain. In fact, both Shadow Milk's Presence and touch creates a blissful and comforting flood through Vanilla’s dough. This is to condition Pure Vanilla into becoming yearning and zealous towards him, and weakens his soul’s resistance to him. Pure Vanilla is quickly developing an addition for his God’s affection

Panels have been edited from Sonic the Hedgehog Vol. 2: The Fate of Dr. Eggman, published by IDW.