A Fool's Study into Witchcraft [Little Witch Academia X Persona]
- Thread starter AuthorNCS
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Astray Spiral
Potential Evil Incarnate
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Cheers, and the art is looking good.
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
AuthorNCS: Season 2 end was such a mind****.
Not even sure they were for real with season 3, and it will be an intergalactic war where Tae finally awaken to beat some alien ass.
...Or they are going to go full meta with all the alien stuff, and it was just Tatsumi signing the girls off to a movie deal and they have to film a power ranger B movie (therefore paying off season 1's opening and Super Robot War X-Omega) while the plot commentating on how some idols transition to movie actresses after their prime.
Either way, I am there.
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pingas plight
-Most cunning scientific fuck-up in all of Mobius
Okay, i don't know who you are, that is adorable.
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
Artist741: SMTV is right around the corner! But... where's Wood race?
Seriously, Skogsra didn't get a model in Dx2 and now not even SMTV?!
Why did they single out Mandrake to be a Yoma rather then adding all the Wood?!
Poor Shan Xiao and Zaccoum... This is legit the first fanart they had in decades.
AuthorNCS: You are so salty about Skogsra lol.
SMTV review
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
AuthorNCS: Had a great time, here's our thought with spoilers...
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Holy crap this game is Persona as hell lol.
Ok ok, that's not exactly correct, more like it had echoes from a ton of previous SMT games and their spin-offs and they all got mashed together, which included both the great and the terrible.
It's technically a sequel to Nocturne and shares the Reason picking theme... but also maybe to FINAL because YHVH is dead dead to the multiverse. The concept of Nahobino (original Japanese: 合一神 Gouitsujin, lit Combined God) where all the gods are locked to a human partner reminded me of Persona. The concept of gods needing Knowledge from humanity reminded me of Observation from IV and Cognition from P5. Ba'al being one of the prime gods defeated by YHVH for him to gain power reminded me of the Bel story in Devil Survivor 1. Tsukiyomi's action is also very close to the Hotsuin family's goal in Devil Survivor 2, trying to preserve their Japan from being deleted. Yakumo is basically Raido Kuzunoha XIV. Shiva said it himself that he was sent by Brahma to destroy this dying universe so he can recreate it, so DD2. Aogami revealed to be Susano-o parallel the New Digital Devil Story.
Gameplay-wise this is the most balanced SMT game to date with top-tier animations. All the demons were balanced around their levels and very few worthless folders. No Null Phys until LV62 with Arahabaki, Phys dampener can't be brought, and with Belphegor, the best resist phys, locked to a side quest, all the bosses before that with deadly Physical attack will kick your ass. I don't know how doable a min-leveling run is in this game but it will be amazing if it can be done.
(Although it was a mistake putting Shiva before the final bosses because you will over-level and the final boss will become a wimp.)
DLC rating: Artemis is broken, Cleopatra is broken, and Mephisto's ok... but you don't need him, use Alice or just grind until you can fuse Beelzebub.
Those are great, I love them to death.
Now the terrible. And they are irritating.
This game is actually very large, but it feels small because there are only 4 maps (+2 dungeons, one extremely annoying, and one extremely simple). This game feels like a testing ground for an even bigger open-world SMT game. I will not be surprised if V gets a sequel with a world that's actually complete.
Characters... oh my poor writer soul. It's like they took the hash criticism from IV where 90% complained the characters are annoying and the plot is too much like Persona, and just throw their hands up.
Tao, who the hell are you? I don't know you and I don't think the silent MC was familiar with you before this game. Your death has zero impact. No, I don't care that you are the saint of this world.
Sahori, AKA, Persona Shadow self going rampage done extremely poorly. I probably kill her myself since she caused a ton of bystander deaths.
Yuzuru... I only care about you because Hayataro is voiced by Jouji Nakata.
Ichiro is just cringed. I get what they are going for but... no. His divorce plot has zero impact other than telling the audience that he sucks at picking sides, and him going full edgy zealot was so sudden I couldn't relate.
Miyazu... You had a deadly disease? Which part of the dialogue did I miss? If you were so sick that even the most powerful of Egyptian gods can't cure you then why are you off the bed and going to school? Your plot reads like you secretly trolled Khonsu so he kills himself willingly to make you immortal.
Tsukiyomi's also weird, it's like he was 100% behind protecting Japan, but when the opportunity came he turned 180, and now he is all about restoring the age of the Japanese gods.
Lucifer in this game... I want crossdressing schemer back.
DLC Fiends are also not great. Lost a lot of comically serious moments, so it feels like a boring fanfic recreation of them from Nocturne.
All these character problems are all from the bad parts of older SMT games... Where characters are effectively Alignment bots. They can have a semblance of personalities, but will all go illogically insane for either Law, Neutral, or Chaos at a drop of a hat. SMT purist b*tch about Persona spinoff having "anime" plot (that's a strawman criticism anyway) but I think they are just salty that the mainline can't ever seem to generate reliable characters on the same level as the spinoffs.
All these characters aren't even that bad. A few hangouts or side quests would've made them more serviceable...
Music's also kinda mah personally. Didn't vibe with any track other than the Fiend remix and Shiva theme.
The best SMT game is still Devil Survivor 1&2 unfortunately. Where the best of both worlds was achieved...
Artist741: If you don't mind my 2 cents on the demon design of this game.
There are a bunch of great demons added to this game. No complaint about almost all of them (in fact I have a few new favorites) other than Abdiel's fallen form, which was way too in your face and might have been a resource-saving design.
The problem I have is that this game is very faithful to Kaneko's art style so when stuff stickers out, IT REALLY STICKS OUT.
Tsukiyomi's boss form has elements from Dis Astranagant... Lucifer's final boss form is... I guess it can be something he could've done but overall it's a bit too busy to fit in.
I need to wait for the design work, but I still don't know why MC had flowing long hair other than to show off their physics engine.
Tao's goddess form is pretty weak too. I guess she's supposed to be Amaterasu... but it wasn't? I don't know man.
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Holy crap this game is Persona as hell lol.
Ok ok, that's not exactly correct, more like it had echoes from a ton of previous SMT games and their spin-offs and they all got mashed together, which included both the great and the terrible.
It's technically a sequel to Nocturne and shares the Reason picking theme... but also maybe to FINAL because YHVH is dead dead to the multiverse. The concept of Nahobino (original Japanese: 合一神 Gouitsujin, lit Combined God) where all the gods are locked to a human partner reminded me of Persona. The concept of gods needing Knowledge from humanity reminded me of Observation from IV and Cognition from P5. Ba'al being one of the prime gods defeated by YHVH for him to gain power reminded me of the Bel story in Devil Survivor 1. Tsukiyomi's action is also very close to the Hotsuin family's goal in Devil Survivor 2, trying to preserve their Japan from being deleted. Yakumo is basically Raido Kuzunoha XIV. Shiva said it himself that he was sent by Brahma to destroy this dying universe so he can recreate it, so DD2. Aogami revealed to be Susano-o parallel the New Digital Devil Story.
Gameplay-wise this is the most balanced SMT game to date with top-tier animations. All the demons were balanced around their levels and very few worthless folders. No Null Phys until LV62 with Arahabaki, Phys dampener can't be brought, and with Belphegor, the best resist phys, locked to a side quest, all the bosses before that with deadly Physical attack will kick your ass. I don't know how doable a min-leveling run is in this game but it will be amazing if it can be done.
(Although it was a mistake putting Shiva before the final bosses because you will over-level and the final boss will become a wimp.)
DLC rating: Artemis is broken, Cleopatra is broken, and Mephisto's ok... but you don't need him, use Alice or just grind until you can fuse Beelzebub.
Those are great, I love them to death.
Now the terrible. And they are irritating.
This game is actually very large, but it feels small because there are only 4 maps (+2 dungeons, one extremely annoying, and one extremely simple). This game feels like a testing ground for an even bigger open-world SMT game. I will not be surprised if V gets a sequel with a world that's actually complete.
Characters... oh my poor writer soul. It's like they took the hash criticism from IV where 90% complained the characters are annoying and the plot is too much like Persona, and just throw their hands up.
Tao, who the hell are you? I don't know you and I don't think the silent MC was familiar with you before this game. Your death has zero impact. No, I don't care that you are the saint of this world.
Sahori, AKA, Persona Shadow self going rampage done extremely poorly. I probably kill her myself since she caused a ton of bystander deaths.
Yuzuru... I only care about you because Hayataro is voiced by Jouji Nakata.
Ichiro is just cringed. I get what they are going for but... no. His divorce plot has zero impact other than telling the audience that he sucks at picking sides, and him going full edgy zealot was so sudden I couldn't relate.
Miyazu... You had a deadly disease? Which part of the dialogue did I miss? If you were so sick that even the most powerful of Egyptian gods can't cure you then why are you off the bed and going to school? Your plot reads like you secretly trolled Khonsu so he kills himself willingly to make you immortal.
Tsukiyomi's also weird, it's like he was 100% behind protecting Japan, but when the opportunity came he turned 180, and now he is all about restoring the age of the Japanese gods.
Lucifer in this game... I want crossdressing schemer back.
DLC Fiends are also not great. Lost a lot of comically serious moments, so it feels like a boring fanfic recreation of them from Nocturne.
All these character problems are all from the bad parts of older SMT games... Where characters are effectively Alignment bots. They can have a semblance of personalities, but will all go illogically insane for either Law, Neutral, or Chaos at a drop of a hat. SMT purist b*tch about Persona spinoff having "anime" plot (that's a strawman criticism anyway) but I think they are just salty that the mainline can't ever seem to generate reliable characters on the same level as the spinoffs.
All these characters aren't even that bad. A few hangouts or side quests would've made them more serviceable...
Music's also kinda mah personally. Didn't vibe with any track other than the Fiend remix and Shiva theme.
The best SMT game is still Devil Survivor 1&2 unfortunately. Where the best of both worlds was achieved...
Artist741: If you don't mind my 2 cents on the demon design of this game.
There are a bunch of great demons added to this game. No complaint about almost all of them (in fact I have a few new favorites) other than Abdiel's fallen form, which was way too in your face and might have been a resource-saving design.
The problem I have is that this game is very faithful to Kaneko's art style so when stuff stickers out, IT REALLY STICKS OUT.
Tsukiyomi's boss form has elements from Dis Astranagant... Lucifer's final boss form is... I guess it can be something he could've done but overall it's a bit too busy to fit in.
I need to wait for the design work, but I still don't know why MC had flowing long hair other than to show off their physics engine.
Tao's goddess form is pretty weak too. I guess she's supposed to be Amaterasu... but it wasn't? I don't know man.
Anyway, sorry for the one-week break. We will be back to work slaving away. Check Pat reon front page for updates, and no, none of them are gated.
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pingas plight
-Most cunning scientific fuck-up in all of Mobius
Sucy VS X-mas 2021
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
Artist741: Oh... get a head start they say... it will be quick and painless they say...
Proceed to waste 2 weeks making this.
Whatever everyone gets Grinched. Eat grass, brats from EP.
Dangers of the Magical World
Grinchmineae- Grass that Despise X-mas
Grinchmineae- Grass that Despise X-mas
Profile: Mysterious grass creature that started terrorizing X-mas eve ever since the commercialization of the holiday. They will attack any form of X-mas cheer and steal everyone's presents. Unfortunately, it lacks a heart to grow three sizes.
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AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
X-mas Poll result
Akko: 5
Sucy: 19
Lotte: 3
Amanda + Constanze + Jasminka: 1
Diana + H&B: 3
Ursula (maybe +Shadow Chariot): 11
Other LWA characters that fanarts rarely touched: 5
Artist741: Yeah... Sucy won by a landslide. It was probably a mistake allowing multiple votes on Pat reon...
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
AuthorNCS: Nah, highly doubt we would win with any reasonable degree in a forum mostly about scifi and worshipping Warhammer 40k and Worm.
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pingas plight
-Most cunning scientific fuck-up in all of Mobius
Really, though, who else could it have been other than sucy who finds themselves grinch-grass?
- Location
- Wellesley MA
The competition this year is an x men legal drama and Brockton's Celestial Forge. I believe in your fic much more then those other fics.
AuthorNCS' stance on a possible Season 2
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
AuthorNCS: So someone asked me recently am I excited for season 2? Because they saw on the wiki that TRIGGER said so (even though they are currently stuck with Cyberpunk 2077 anime and SSSS Gridman X Dynazenon movie... so like 3~ 4 years from now at the bare minimum?), and think there will be a ton of new material for the story.
My answer to them was, "I would be if TRIGGER made an OVA with all the season 1's missing episodes."
Seriously. What the hell are they going to do with season 2? I know they set themselves up by making Akko the first year so she still has 2 years of learning left but holy hell, the way they ended the anime is not a good place to start season 2.
I said it before, but ideally, LWA season 1 should've been totaled about 42~50 episodes. Everyone can tell the anime has so many wonders to tell but is completely impossible in 26 episodes, especially when the script wastes time mostly on Akko screwing up and being bullied. Absolute galaxy brain cutting important character backstory over scenarios designed to flex your animation.
In an ideal season 1, ep 1~21 would be about Akko learning the ins and out of the Magical World, and then 22~ onward would be her accepting the mission to gather all the Words while Croix shows up to be the antagonist.
We technically got that... but is done so painfully mediocre. They burned the Chariot plot, they burned the Shiny Rod plot. What hell's left for Season 2? Magic's restored, the warring countries decide for cease fire. They basically wrote season 1 as if season 2 is not going to happen even though they lay plot thread everywhere!
If they do season 2 now, they have to introduce some entirely new antagonistic force for Akko to deal with. I mean some people might like that, but to me, LWA is infinitely more interesting when Akko's trying to uncover and connect with Chariot. Season 1 ends with Chariot as the new headmistress and Akko can just hang out with her anytime she wants; The secret is out of the bag and along with it, all the drama.
Michiru Shimada's also dead... Just move on TRIGGER. You guys honestly aren't that great with slice-of-life drama. I still haven't forgiven you all for how you all concluded Kiznaiver and most of the BS in Darling in the Franxx.
So hashtag LWAOVAMISSINGEP not hashtag LWASeason2. Honestly, the best they can do now is animate all the missing plot as a side story OVA. Only after patching the mess should they go on with another adventure with Akko.
My current stance: If Netflix funded season 2, I probably wouldn't use anything from it unless it's the missing character backstories that are meant for season 1. I wish to only write for the strongest theme LWA can offer, not the new problem invented for another season of anime because they wrote themselves into a corner.
My answer to them was, "I would be if TRIGGER made an OVA with all the season 1's missing episodes."
Seriously. What the hell are they going to do with season 2? I know they set themselves up by making Akko the first year so she still has 2 years of learning left but holy hell, the way they ended the anime is not a good place to start season 2.
I said it before, but ideally, LWA season 1 should've been totaled about 42~50 episodes. Everyone can tell the anime has so many wonders to tell but is completely impossible in 26 episodes, especially when the script wastes time mostly on Akko screwing up and being bullied. Absolute galaxy brain cutting important character backstory over scenarios designed to flex your animation.
In an ideal season 1, ep 1~21 would be about Akko learning the ins and out of the Magical World, and then 22~ onward would be her accepting the mission to gather all the Words while Croix shows up to be the antagonist.
We technically got that... but is done so painfully mediocre. They burned the Chariot plot, they burned the Shiny Rod plot. What hell's left for Season 2? Magic's restored, the warring countries decide for cease fire. They basically wrote season 1 as if season 2 is not going to happen even though they lay plot thread everywhere!
If they do season 2 now, they have to introduce some entirely new antagonistic force for Akko to deal with. I mean some people might like that, but to me, LWA is infinitely more interesting when Akko's trying to uncover and connect with Chariot. Season 1 ends with Chariot as the new headmistress and Akko can just hang out with her anytime she wants; The secret is out of the bag and along with it, all the drama.
Michiru Shimada's also dead... Just move on TRIGGER. You guys honestly aren't that great with slice-of-life drama. I still haven't forgiven you all for how you all concluded Kiznaiver and most of the BS in Darling in the Franxx.
So hashtag LWAOVAMISSINGEP not hashtag LWASeason2. Honestly, the best they can do now is animate all the missing plot as a side story OVA. Only after patching the mess should they go on with another adventure with Akko.
My current stance: If Netflix funded season 2, I probably wouldn't use anything from it unless it's the missing character backstories that are meant for season 1. I wish to only write for the strongest theme LWA can offer, not the new problem invented for another season of anime because they wrote themselves into a corner.
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To be fair, Trigger was basically only involved in the animation side of things on that. They basically had no hand in the writing.
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AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
Artist741: Talk about being direct.
Technically she has 4 arms if you think about it.
Artist741: So just an update. Unfortunately, we are delayed again because:
1: We got sick again.
2: Hit another creative block so RIP March update.
3: OHHHHHHHHH ELDEN RING OHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
Again, truly sorry. I updated a lot of the older arts BTW, go check them out on the Pat eon and TV trope page.
Astray Spiral
Potential Evil Incarnate
- Location
- C:\Windows\explorer.exe
Well, that's life for you. Hope you can find that writing inspiration soon.
AuthorNCS
*Only suffering*
- Location
- Diana Cavendish's Heart
AuthorNCS: I know we shouldn't bring up actual-world issues. And my words basically have no meaning on the current insanity... but just this once:
Jasminka is very sad today.
That's already a known mistake on my part, but in the future, I will change all "Russian girl" in the story to "Ukrainian girl". Please, this world, don't blow up before I finish this.
Jasminka is very sad today.
That's already a known mistake on my part, but in the future, I will change all "Russian girl" in the story to "Ukrainian girl". Please, this world, don't blow up before I finish this.
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