#bring jamato back PLEASE

[mellohiizz]

trying to actually lock in this time so im mapping out something but i wanted to share this little exploit founders doodle because i realized how much i miss them chat....

[nitpick7]

unstable universe soulmates au. the kind where if you write/draw on yourself, it shows up on your soulmate's body too.

disclaimer: i have not finished uu yet, i haven't watched doomsday or anything after that!! also i will probably mess up timeline stuff. sorry

spoke's soulmate is jamato. they figure this out while they're testing exploits together and one of them is writing notes on their hand or something. and they're like obsessed with each other. the whole time they're doing exploits together they're dating and spending like every second together, and if they're not together (not often), they're writing to each other. it's very codependent. so it's even worse when everything explodes and they break up and jamato leaves. (spoke still writes to jamato. jamato never writes back.)

but i've decided that soulmates can change over time. someone who's right for you at one point in your life might not be the right person later on. (also you can have multiple soulmates but i haven't used that lore yet.)

spoke's soulmate changes to mapicc. at some point before they're running around destroying farms? mapicc notices that someone is suddenly writing to him but the messages are definitely meant for someone else. he figures out it's spoke after a couple weeks. spoke does not realize they're soulmates. (jamato never replied anyway, and mapicc hasn't been writing anything.) until at some point they're sneaking around, mapicc needs to message spoke, and he finds a pen before his comms. so he just writes it on his hand. they have a... difficult conversation after that situation is over. but they're good (:

when mapicc is missing (captured by invis mafia), spoke writes to him constantly. mapicc doesn't have access to a pen to write back (for this exact reason), but it brings him comfort knowing that spoke is looking for him ((:

(feel free to reblog or send an ask or something if u want to talk about this au please i love yapping about aus with people)

[buffa-z]

ep 13

tsumuris ipad vlogging continues

show me the houseee show me detailed plan section and elevation drawings of the houseeeee

punkjack is absolutely not going to be able to kill geats but great that youre sending your only soldier to die or get recruited

the signs are written in jamato language? ill have to see if i can find a translation key

archimedel is kinda likeable at this point in the show

not this ugly ass suit get the fuck out of here that looks cheap as hell + not tailored + unflattering color + no structure

uh oh plastic tables alert! someones getting knocked over

is that samas? i totally forget shes in this episode and we have no clue who she is yet

"this feels like fate, and is it just me, or does it also seem familiar?" yeah bc thats the assistant producer and youve probably seen her before

creepy red hat girl time

neon staring down her dad: you know about the dgp? wtf is going on

kurama: no questions

this parasite ass back gate hello

michinaga is just running???? is he training or is this just how he lives

also he already has the necklace? i thought beroba gave him that but i guess not

first time we see jamato attack without a clear defined area

the roll into magnum 🫢

oh hey punkjack cute sweater

the jamarider really fucks ace up damn (hiding my cheers and grins)

musical chairs is a fun way to call it

also the first time we see a bishop jamato!

sara has quantitatively the worst luck in this show like 70% of all the drained happiness seems to come from her

ace's undershirt isnt tailored. and his blazer is unstructured. we should kill this guy

wait what room is this?? this isnt the usual first aid room

ace: we can talk secrets when youre ready to talk secrets

neon doing the little wave even in deadly serious circumstances and HER DRAWINGGG i love that

i love that sara also has a wallet case

keiwa is actually quite strong for this she fights like crazy and gets the drivers back

i love these pants michinaga is wearing. this is an outfit of all time for him

actually this outfit ace changes into is pretty good too

well punkjack considering theyre standing next to each other and youre not i have a guess as to who is going to fail [: )]

ok yeah buffa has the necklace, did he get it from the cosmetics tablet????

sit on the bench and fight on the bench

michinaga absolutely refusing help but neon is right as always

its all four main characters in one shot! yippee!!

also (guy who has a vested interest in helping you voice) sometimes you need help. you cant do everything on your own

man hey remember how that was a moral once. remember how that was supposed to be true.

punkjack: i know you guys are playing themes rn but the jamato are not gone please help

tycoon is actually crazy good at transforming directly into finisher

oh my god buffa doing the leg grab twist??? 😳

ace has gotten hit in the stomach a lot :[]

producer first appearance

ooo yum i love to know this

this episode was really good bc you can see ace not win

just kidding! he gets jet buckle

ace: keiwaaa can i borrow your driver i prommy ill bring it back

keiwa: ok

i honestly cant believe shes still trusting him like it works out in this instance but cmon

he doesnt know how it works. its actually new

hes still the biggest badass in the world tho

JET AND CANNON (applause)

the powerscaling in this show really is interesting bc the base buckles are not that strong compared to previous riders, its the players themselves that make them strong

"maybe a little too much firepower" cmon man

i mean he does actually make good on his promise to give her his buckles at least

AAAAAAAAAAA (editors note: at this point the author got up and walked in a circle for several minutes) HE LEFT THAT DRIVER FOR MICHINAGA

the producer is pissed

oops! you guys dont have drivers! whats gonna happen! the mask starts to crack

[alpona]

Geats Episode 12 liveblog

*Spoiler alert as always*

- Michinaga kinda starting to sound heroic.

- so the word game, it's definitely cipher in Jamato plant language.

The writing system looks beautiful btw.

- Btw Ace-kun, do you fall in the old or young category? Lol

- I've seen preview pics so I'm not surprised, but Huh, Ace deliberately got Keiwa's memories returned? It wasn't just accidentally touching an ID core...

And there isn't any rule against letting people touch ID cores on purpose?

- Welcome back, Keiwa's memories!! And welcome back our status quo, I guess...

- yesss! 'IF DGP is a world saving game at all', you finally spill out your suspicion, Ace!

- And we get answer to another old question, so it is possible for eliminated riders to get re-entry after all, without crazy plot twists.

- hmm by the way, Tycoon's return is a lot less dramatic than I expected.

- And welcome back, Keiwa's luck as well. Finding ninja buckle like that. Also probably welcome back to the real story of this season, Tycoon ninja boost love triangle 🤣

- yayyy!! Geats and Tycoon tag team fight is SO cool!!!

- Hmm, punkjack doesn't know the code either... I thought he would...

- ohoho, from being clueless to Ace figuring out punkjack! Guess he's been acting suspicious.

- Tsumuri looks like she's about to cry

- Very convenient how the sword slash was in that position...

- Ace boldly declaring about rebelling against Game master's scheme (in this scheme arc.. why am I pointing this out anyway)

But you know you're also sounding hero-like, Ace-kun?

- Everyone using fever buckle

... Fever everywhere... Be careful of covid everyone ... ahem...

- So you can keep trying with the fever buckle? Wait... Then this is a gatcha game ad? lol

-And "please give every rider their respective double forms for once"

- Time to shut up and enjoy the cool action scenes!

- wow, the green screen was so bad in this one scene that even I have to say it. Blew the budget on all the action 😆

- word cipher puzzle time! I like such puzzles a lot. But why's there katakana instead of hiragana for himawari, akebi etc.... Anyway.

Most credit goes to the poor sempai rider who died though.

- Granpa actually got to live! His story is one of the most wholesome one, things went well this episode!

- and everyone's free, happy, waving goodbye! Wow, this is such a happy ending, this episode had such positivity... Sure we're watching Geats? Ahaha😅 it's concerning how I think of tragedy by default lol

- Now that even Michinaga knows about game master's scheme and is curious, things are getting interesting.

- Keiwa's new wish to bring back dead riders. Expected, but there could be some trouble fulfilling this....

- oh hello mysterious botanist-san! Huuh, you wanna destroy DGP now? So I guess he's gone rogue. DGP definitely hasn't been paying him enough, that's why.

Ace has been too nice lately, do some shenanigans next! Trick Keiwa again haha!

Next week, more dgp staff members? Interesting. And a little mysterious girl in white? alright.

[buffa-z]

ep 11

ace: seriously why do you not want to be my sister so bad

tsumuri: we're complete strangers

meanwhile theyre making the exact same expression just looking in different directions

tsumuri covering her ear when ace calls back to girori

even girori is getting fed up LOL his head breaking thru the "father" graphic

ok so actually looking at this layout of ace's five wish cards that means this is his fifth game? meaning that the length per game is usually closer to a year, considering he joined while in high school and is currently 21. doing the math, that means that this should be michinaga's third game actually, not fourth, so ill have to fix that. but thats crazy bc that means the game from the first episode was his first game

i forgot aces wish is to become staff

the glass pickup/put down cut fuck yes

girori: please punkjack you need to kill this guy

tsumuri: well hold on you cant say that

time for one of my favorite episodes

the log sound playing when keiwa scratches off the tanuki icon

even the child gambles - remember when this was a show about gambling? lets bring that back 👍

yuppp youre going in the labyrinth. i love that shot

neons outfit is so cute. too bad she has to run away from home

again this is a new build house, id place it around 2010 if i had to guess. which is really interesting to contrast with ace's older house and what it says about their situations

as much as i dont like neon's mom i also dont like her being posed as a hysteric next to neon's dad, making him seem like a rational actor and her a crazy woman

ace: im so fucking glad youre not staying in that house. (please come live at my house)

neon: ok back to business. why dont you just wish to find your mom?

ace constantly like interrogating neon's belief in him and her giving realistic measured answers and ace is like wow im actually so pleased to be talking to you right now

ace: the dgp wouldnt let me wish to see my mom bc of some unknown reason so i have to make increasingly strange wishes trying to look for her

the wall behind him:

ace confidently insisting his mom is someone worth fighting for, now its neon's turn to have silent doubts

THE FLOOR JUST DROPS OUT FROM UNDER THEM even tsumuri wasnt prepared

pack it up spy kids

LABYRINTH GAME TIMEEEEES

michinaga being the first to stand. well he has the most practice getting up off the ground

jamato pocket dimension

tsumuri: (passive aggressive reminder not to fucking tell the civilians whats happening or let them touch your id core)

michinaga feminist moment. you will not harass women on his watch.

keiwa is always hanging out with old people or children and i think that has an effect on her.

maid dress plus morningstar frankly goes crazy

JAMATO BUCKLE DEBUT the music is so good

DONT STEAL HER BUCKLE ASSHOLE

it is funny that the so called funk/metal/rock guitar sounds are distinctly not those characteristic of their respective genre. that is not metal guitar but good try

remember when the jamariders were a big deal

phone call from the gm and theyre all split up. i love the map graphic too

i honestly honestly wish that there were more games like this. i love the idea of jamato as almost like ants or termites whose evolutionary purpose is to turn human structures and lives into these twisted esoteric mazes that the riders have to navigate. almost like if a whole arc took place inside of the pandora tower

lets get the gambling back in here

girori staring down the phone that goes to archimedel: what did you put in my game you son of a bitch

oh wait yeah this is actually the first time we get to see archimedel and the baby jamato

theyre a little cutes tho

TOGETCHI CORE SPOTTED

at first i thought the vine collars were ivy but it looks like theyre actually a copperleaf or coleus variant

lets learn the puzzle!

ace: heres the clue im going to think it with my mind

neon: let me take a photo on my phone

ace like "lets share information what do you know" and neon is like "i dont know anything but my dad seems to" and ace is nodding like yes we will find and hurt your dad

i do like how much ace fights out of suit tbh

punkjack fucking with the code plaques lmao

michinaga: hey why do You guys want geats out

cut to geats baywatch running thru the manor

accurate corinthian pillars spotted!!!! this is a renaissance revival build if i ever saw one

ace loudly talking about all the dgp rules in front of civillians including keiwa. this is why tsumuri doesnt like you

lets go grandpa

uh oh grandpa

nago telling keiwa to help the man as if they still know each other

ace, who has never lost: come on stop being so pessimistic you have to believe you can win

LETS GO GOLDEN FEVER

luckiest guy on earth: just decide to be lucky

this buckle is a special glue that lets you walk up and down almost anything

i still so strongly associate the jamarider silhouette with buffa its strange to see just some jamato using it

and of course the music is crazy

lets get kon in here to kill everyone

dude you're getting your yucky bike tires all over my renaissance revival tile foyer