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THOUGHT GAINED: INFERNAL ENGINES

PROBLEM

The world is ending. You know it, your neighbor knows it, the dealer knows it, the jailer knows it, the king and all his men know it. All one has to do is look around to see it— the future is curdling into something pale and incorporeal. The infernal machine that is this stupid world is going to blow, sooner rather than later. So what are you doing? Why are you still here? Why is anyone still here?

SOLUTION

You are doing the only thing worth doing. You are living. *Why,* you ask? Try and remember now. Remember your mother’s hand on your shoulder. Remember the taste of a fresh catch. Remember the times when you were kind to the dogs in the valley and they did not bare their teeth. Remember the weight of a child on your shoulders. Remember the stars throwing their light against the wall of sodium and smog. Remember singing until your throat was raw. Remember crying just as loudly and publicly, and the gentleness with which someone opened your curled fist and pressed a handkerchief into your palm. Crying, laughing, running, eating, screaming, haunting, loving, fighting, fighting, fighting. The fight fuels you, and you fuel the fight. You run yourself ragged just for a chance to keep running. You never stop. You cannot stop. The world depends on it. *You* are the infernal engine. You are the world. And, simply put: you want to live.

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I love Spirit Hunter: Death Mark's approach to the amnesia trope and the question of "If you can't remember who you were, are you even the same person?"

A lot of narratives play around with the weight of that, only to turn around and say "Of course you're the same, who else would you be?" The character gets their memories back and they're suddenly exactly as they were before, maybe with a life lesson along the way.

But Death Mark doesn't. Without all the knowledge and experiences of Masamune Kujou, Yashiki is fundamentally a kinder and less apathetic person, without any sort of prompting. Even when confronting dangerous spirits out to kill him, he takes the time to learn their stories and show them some small form of kindness. He listens to the recording of who he used to be, and he can't reconcile the callousness that Masamune had towards the deaths caused by his mistake with the way he feels about them, to the point where he doesn't even go back to using the identity that he's worked so hard to remember. Even when the game gives you the option to forgive Masamune, the options are still "It had to be done" and "I can't forgive him" because Kazuo Yashiki and Masamune Kujou are not the same.

And I think that's a way more interesting take than the protagonist just reverting back into the same person they were despite all the experiences we saw them go through.

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死印　Deth mark

コミカライズ電子版表紙

2019.2

死印コミック　http://kakkiteki.co.jp/books/0002

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Choose carefully and everything will be okay…

…or not

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Be careful of the curse that falls on young lovers, starts so soft and sweet and turns them to hunters

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Vampire Lord Leon

Just an illusion, sorry for any possible confusion

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you waited and waited and waited

and you’re finally reunited with your king

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I finally got Apocalypse to play for myself today

What if though 😂? Seriously if SMT4 or SMT4A ever gets a remake we need a Divine Powers route. Can you imagine Krishna showing up in your SMT4 game and you can say yes to join him. The unfortunate thing is that SMT4A would be over in 5 minutes if Flynn actually agreed 😂. Maybe Krishna should have just explained his salvation to Flynn instead of jumping to kidnapping so quickly. Like seriously Krishna hardly explains it in the scene where he talks to Flynn at all.

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Mikado date

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SMT 4 and Apocalypse memes 2 Electric Boogoloo

Isabeau just wants to vibe and read her manga and all this crazy crap keeps happening to their team😂.

Poor Flynn😂...

That smirk though 😰...that memeable smirk😂.

I think the Mikado epidemic DLC is way too crazy to be canon. If it was YHVH would have done it in the Bonds route (I would say in SMT4 vanilla too, but Apocalypse massively retcons it anyway) to stop the squad if it was canon.

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The fan translation of Nikkari’s prequel short story is being finalized! 

Game designer Yusuke Miyata has written pieces of flash fiction following the events that happened the day before Shin Megami Tensei IV: Apocalypse takes place. Due for Sept. 15, 2021, the “Accounts of the Day Before: Nikkari’s Account” translation is being finalized and prepared for viewing and downloadability. Prepare to follow Nikkari, Manabu, and his apprentices, Nanashi and Asahi, as they face the dulls and dangers of being Hunters.

Contact @roaldseth for questions or support regarding the project, or visit Twitter and find the fan translators at @Roald_Seth and @Nahobishi. 

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zero thoughts

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Do Bulls Dream of Humanity?

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Kazue Kato saying she is not good at writing stories and then creating one of the best shonen mangas in terms of character writing and storytelling is amazing tbh

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Medieval Mephisto Cosplay 📿

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Shiro: There are seven chairs and ten kids. What do you do?

Mephisto: Only I will be sitting.

Yukio: Have everyone stand.

Rin: Bring three more chairs.

Lucifer: The best seven of the lot can sit down.

Shura: Rock-paper-scissors.

Amaimon: Fight to the death.

Satan: Kill three.