#iroha anniversary

[voca-song-a-day]

Today's featured song is: "Hanabi" by *Luna feat. Nekomura Iroha!

(Also, today is the 13th anniversary of Iroha's release!)

[muffinrecord]

Some of the recent game CGs

[tetrix-anime]

Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru. - 10th Anniversary Illustration and PV

[justsquibby]

Oh jeeOh gosh-Oh how did that happen

[tfoscans]

Magia Report S2E244 [TFO Scans]    

[halloweenqueenkanagi]

Posting pictures of Kanagi until she gets an alt: Day 173!

(Also, a side note to those of you in places where it's still April 2, today is officially my oldest OC, Valka's, birthday! Let's hope you can all have lots of fictional adventures with Valka and the rest of the Premiere Nebula soon~)

[bunnymajo]

Sasara with the new event background!

[magiamemoriareview]

From Now On, With Everyone

Obtainability: Limited to the “TV Anime 1st Anniversary Memoria Pack” Gem Bag (purchasable with paid or unpaid gems).

MLB Effect: Attack Up [20%] & Defense Up [30%]

Effect Definitions:

Attack Up increases the equipped character’s base stats, meaning that its effects are calculated before buffs/debuffs are considered. The effect caps at 100%.

Defense Up increases the target’s base defense stats. Defense Up is generally worse than Damage Cut.

TLDR: “From Now On With Everyone” is a solid memoria that can be used in most situations as it gives two generic (but useful) effects that will offer both offensive and defensive potential. It’s effects are comparable to several unlimited memoria in the game. However, “From Now On With Everyone” suffers from the fact it comes from a costly Bag using Magia Stones (paid and unpaid), and that there are numerous comparable memoria in the game that can do similarly to what it does, and for a cheaper price.

You can skip this purchase unless you’re very new to the game and need all the help with memoria acquisition that you can get.

This memoria can be used on Support.

Review: “From Now On With Everyone” is good memoria that should be useful in just about any situation thanks to its generic yet helpful effects. Attack Up is one of the best offensive effects in the game, and the only thing that holds the buff back is that it caps at 100%. Defense Up isn’t as good as the effect Damage Cut, but it’s still a solid Defensive buff and will be great for protecting a unit from damage, especially a squishier attacker-type.

You can view “From Now On With Everyone” as a slightly worse version of the memoria “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” which, when Max-Awakened, has 25% Attack Up and 37.5% Defense Up.

That doesn’t mean “From Now On With Everyone” doesn’t have a strange advantage over “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” -- this memoria for some ungodly reason has 2600 ATK. That’s a lot of passive ATK stats. In fact, that’s the most ATK you can find on a memoria currently in the game.

Note from this image that “From Now On With Everyone” even tops several limited memoria. However, also do note that those limited memoria have better effects and higher Attack Up. But still, that’s kind of crazy for a free-to-play friendly memoria!

However, the real question for this memoria isn’t just how good it is. It’s this: is this memoria worth spending magia stones to buy the bag it comes from?

Benefits to consider are that that “From Now On With Everyone” comes Max-Awakened and Max Leveled. Naturally this means that Whales or very established (or lucky!) players won’t have much need for it– but players without good memoria to use, such as new players or some unluckier Free-to-Play players, might find it helpful in building their arsenal.

Another thing to consider would be that it’s not like the memoria in its entirety costs 400 gems. The bag includes a tenpull ticket, so subtract 250 gems and you get 150 gems for the memoria and all the other goodies included– however, is the memoria and a handful of mats worth 150 gems?

That really depends on what kind of memoria you yourself already have. 

If you already have the aforementioned “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” at max-awakened status, then the usefulness of “From Now On With Everyone” is called into question. However, unlike some types of effects in the game, you really can’t go wrong with having more Attack Up passive memoria. Attack Up, as mentioned above, is one of the best effects to have and you’ll always want to have it when doing generic battles or even for things as banal as equipping on your Support. 

But again, this counts on what memoria you already have. And there are a number of really good memoria, including unlimited four-stars, that have high passive ATK stats with a higher percentage of Attack Up:

(Limited 4*) “We Promised Didn't We” Attack Up [30%] & Status Ailment Resistance Up [25%]

(4*) “Don't Call Me Childish” Attack Up [30%] & Damage Cut [15%] & Defense Down [25%]

(Limited 4*) “Could Not Throw It Away” Attack Up [25%] & Attack Up While At Max Health [30%]

(Limited 4*) “Fairy Tale Entrusted with a Prayer” Attack Up [25%] & MP Gain Up [12.5%]

(Limited 4*) “Contradiction of Apology and Punishment” Attack Up [25%] & Damage Up Versus Witches [25%]

(Limited 4*) “The Grin of a Saint” Attack Up [25%] & Ignore Damage Cut [60%]

(Limited 4*) “The Young and Pretty Queen” Attack Up [25%] & Poison on Attack [25%] (3 Turns)

(Limited 4*) “Great Success in the Longed for Land” Attack Up [25%] & Bind on Attack [20%] (1 Turn)

(Limited 4*) “Still Far From a Starry Night...” Attack Up [25%] & Accele MP Gain Up [15%]

(Limited 4*) “Miracle Heroines” Attack Up [25%] & Magia Damage Up [12.5%]

(Limited 4*) “The Fake Hatred Reflected in the Mirror” Attack Up [25%] & Skill Seal on Attack [30% / 1 turn]

(Limited 4*) “A Fake Smile Reflected in the Mirror” Attack Up [25%] & Evade [25%]

(Limited 4*) “Kyubey Knight Breaking Through” Attack Up [25%] & Charged Attack Damage Up [15%]

(4*) “Reaching Out Towards Our Goal” Attack Up [25%] & Fog on Attack [20%] (3 Turns)  

(4*) “That Light I Thought I Gave Up” Attack Up [25%] & Charm on Attack [20%] (1 Turn)

(4*) “Flickering Aspiration” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Bind [100%]

(4*) “Kind-Hearted Revolutionary” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Provoke [65%]

(4*) “Feigning Innocence School Time” Attack Up [25%] & Anti-Stun [100%]

(4*) “Everyday Overflowing with Pride” Attack Up [25%] & Defense Up [37.5%]

(4*) “To Grace with Aster” Attack Up [25%] & Charged Attack Damage Up [15%]

(Limited 3*) “Gorge of Fate” Attack Up [25%] & Defense Down (Self) [20%]

When looking at this very very long list, the necessity of “From Now On With Everyone” is called into question. Do you need this memoria? Do you have any of these listed memoria already, and more importantly, are any of them Max-Awakened and max-leveled?

Of special note would be the memoria “Kyubey Knight Breaking Through” as it can be easily purchased through 2000 Support Points. It is a phenomenal memoria and easily counts as Whale tier. So if you’re pressed for Magia Stones and are just wondering about good offensive memoria options, skip “From Now On With Everyone”. Better memoria, even Free-to-Play friendly ones, already exist and can be purchased more cheaply.

But, if you’re a new player or a very unlucky one, “From Now On With Everyone” might give you a little assistance in your collection of memos. It’s certainly not a bad memoria, it’s just decidedly average. Whether or not it’s worth spending 150 magia stones to acquire is up to you, but personally this reviewer says no unless you’re really hurting for better memoria to equip.

If you do purchase “From Now On With Everyone”, you can use it on Support.

[anqlicrosie]

₊ ⊹ happy one month anniversary! ✧ ˚. ᵎᵎ

an entire month has passed since may 10th when i first opened this blog to make moodboards. and now it's already june 10th! i can't believe an whole month flew by so quickly while i was having so much fun! 🥹💗

making moodboards everyday was something i looked forward to, especially finding out how to make them more prettier and more aesthetic than the last hehe. and not to mention trying to figure out how to make gifs at the start from scratch (which i'm still in the process of learning) and being surprised at all the different ways in which you can make moodboards more unique.

taking part in so many events, getting to meet and interact with so many talented people, even getting the confidence to start a writing blog, honestly i feel so blessed haha. all in all it was such a good experience this past month ♡︎ and i am so thankful to everyone whom i had the chance to interact with this last month ‹3

꒰ 🦔 ₊˚ . . . a few memorable moments !

› the first mb i posted on this blog 一 karina spicy era vs. my latest mb 一 yeji orange tangle

› the first post that took off for me 一 wonyoung orange era vs. my top post right now 一 karina armageddon teaser

› my personal fav that i had to spend so much effort & time finding pics for 一 winter sports attire

› first event i took part in 一 mean girls event

› trying out a style i definitely wasn't used to 一 iroha posing w/ an egg

› already crossed a 1000 likes & reblogs!

› reached 50 followers a few days ago & now making progress towards 100!

꒰ 🦔 ₊˚ . . . fav blogs & some amazing ppl !

@purinkiss @v3gue @yuqi-luv @cg1rl @lil-liaa @lilaquette @soulari @hyelita @aericita @hyetart @suzy143 @sul1ann @koosuvi @pommecita @p-oisn @gigittamic @jicito @v6que @fairytopea @baesol @heavenurl @kthice @c-heriis @eyuulas @minguukie @i-kyujin @dollcuriies @storyofcats @y-unjins @y2jiz @artoruu @yunjidoll @chaey2k @hyefilms @alloraamore @tripleseu @qqmariztwsse @kiriyori @jnssite

[do let me know if you prefer to not be tagged, i'll keep that in mind for the future!]

[vsynthbday]

happy anniversary to "Meltdown" / "Roshin Yuukai" (炉心融解) by iroha(sasaki) & kuma! this song came out 15 years ago today.

art by nagimiso | youtube upload | august 30th, 2024.

[Image description: A screenshot from the official music video for "Meltdown". It depicts Kagamine Rin holding the headphones on her head while her eyes are closed. She has medium-length hair and is wearing a split black and white dress with a yellow sailor bow and black and yellow gloves and socks. The background white, with a red-orange moon visible. Overlayed is a circular-shaped, repeated image of glowing city buildings. End image description.]

[voca-song-a-day]

Today’s featured song is: “Beyond the Door” by sigotositeP feat. Nekomura Iroha! 

(Also, today is the 12th anniversary of Iroha’s release!)

[muffinrecord]

Oh yeah, this showed up in the login story for real. I'm not really sure of the context, but I imagine that the reprieve Iroha and Ui got in the anniversary event has ended and they've been forced to go back into the automatic purification system.

Kind of a sad note to end on.

If they were going to go this route then I wish they hadn't undone it in the first place and left it as is. I'm glad that Puella Historia existed, but having them "disappear" and then reappear and then disappear feels like it dulls the importance of it all.

That's just my theory though, who knows what actually happened. I think Mochi has translated the whole login story, so I'll try reading it (or watching it in video form).

I suppose having the original four girls of Iroha, Ui, Touka, and Nemu stay together while everyone else moves on is very symbolic of the end of MagiReco.

[vocaloidfactoftheday]

An alternate version of Nekomura Iroha's VOCALOID2 illustration appears to exist, without the speakers on her arms or the Hello Kitty hood (instead being replaced with the headband from her Kittyler design). This was used to advertise an illustration contest for Iroha's first anniversary, but otherwise seems to be very rare.

(middle image from Tokyo Otaku Mode)

(source (+ right image source): Hatsune Miku Miku)

(thanks to @glaberr for sharing the middle image!)

[wil-is-done]

Happy 2nd debut anniversary to the seiso samurai, Iroha!

[tfoscans]

Magia Report S2E295 [TFO Scans]

(Minor typo fixed)

[worlddaikokonat]

For anyone looking for a new rhythm game and/or a game with canon yuri to play, the game World Dai Star: Yume no Stellarium is currently celebrating it's 0.5th anniversary with a new main story chapter, a festival banner and reruns of previous banners.

World Dai Star is a mixed media theatre girls franchise whose main entries are the anime of the same title and the mobile rhythm game. It features both original songs and cover songs such as Stellar Stellar, Phony, Snow Halation, Ano Natsu ga Houwa Suru, Tokyo Shandy Rendezvous and more.

It's set in a world which had a huge theatre boom in the middle of the 20th century, which resulted in the field of theatre acting becoming so crowded that some people developed mutations which gave them acting superpowers called 'Senses', which can range from increased athletic ability to mind reading to de-aging while on stage. The very best actors are classed as World Dai Stars, with only a small number of people worldwide claiming the title.

The anime follows a girl named Otori Kokona as she joins the theatre troupe 'Sirius' and starts her journey towards becoming a World Dai Star. Kokona has been repeatedly rejected during auditions as they say she lacks a Sense, however she has her best friend Shizuka supporting her in her dreams no matter what. As it turns out though, no one else can see or hear Shizuka. As the show progresses Shizuka becomes visible to others and it's revealed that she's actually Kokona's Sense and although many mysteries remain around her, with her help Kokona's acting starts to shine.

World Dai Star: Yume no Stellarium is a direct sequel to the anime which continues to follow Kokona and the rest of Sirius while introducing three new troupes, Eden, Gingaza and Gekidan Denki.

Eden is a subversive troupe led by the young lesbian genius Renjakuno Hatsumi, which creates unique plays with controversial subject matters and has a dangerous reputation with the more mainstream troupes in the area. Bar Hatsumi, whose Sense allows her to suppress other's Senses, all members of the troupe have Senses which can act as double edged swords.

Gingaza is one of largest and most prestigious theatre companies in Tokyo and scouts for actors internationally. The environment at the beginning of the game is both hyper competitive and unfriendly and the members rarely befriend each other, but that begins to change when Ramona Wolf arrives from Germany.

Gekidan Denki is a troupe which focuses on 2.5D performances such as anime adaptations. They are a relatively easygoing troupe made up of various kinds of otaku and their dedicated fans are very enthusiastic. However, due to changes in the economy of Akibahara the troupe isn't as profitable as it used to be, and the threat of closure is often hovering above their heads. The story starts when a cosplaying anime otaku named Iroha, who quit acting when she was young because she has no Sense, joins the troupe with her best friend Mito.

The rhythm game aspect has been praised for it's three finger Olivier charts and high level of user customisation, which you can see in the linked video and read more about in the English language fan guide. It uses a system called Star Acts for it's scoring system. The team building and score increasing aspects are more in depth than most rhythm games and are considered one of the major draws of the games for people who like meta aspects.

The card art is always high quality and in particular often has excellent lighting.

The original songs are also highly praised, and the game has many covers like the ones mentioned above and ANIMA, Turing Love, Fleeting Lullaby and Hide and Seek. You can see three different difficulty levels with three different songs in the videos below.

In addition to the rhythm game section, there are also 3DMVs with customisable cast members and outfits and Photo Spots where you can dress members up and take photos of them in daily life situations. There are also 3DMVs of plays such as The Phantom of the Opera in the game, which have scripts written by a professional playwright.

For the yuri, there's a lot of potential pairings who openly flirt with each other, but more explicitly Renjakuno Hatsumi is gay and is in an open relationship with Lilja Kurtbay of Gingaza (first pic below). She cruises around town in her car hitting on girls on most days and regularly goes on dates with the girls she picks up. She's hit on most of the girls in the cast at this point and about a third of them like it. Also, the most loved up pair in the game are Senju Iroha and Shiromaru Mito (second pic below), and the official Twitter account of the game liked a post of rainbow flags replying to one of the Iroha/Mito 1komas that they posted.

(There's also this from the anime.)

Since the 0.5th anniversary banners and events are ongoing it's a good time to start the game, you can download it through QooApp. The game was laggy for Android on release and the reviews reflect that, but the issue was fixed in the first month and it now runs smoothly. All of the main story chapters, all of the key story events and some other events are translated to English, link is below.