【Episode Comment】 4 Week Continuous Special Super Sentai Strongest Battle!! Episode 2: The Secretive Armor of Mystery

This is a bit overdue since I had to do something else, so sorry. As for my comment for this episode, some were already expected to happen. Others were surprising, but a lot brought smile to my face. Speculations and more questions were brought up after unmasking Gaisorg but surely, there is an explanation since they wouldn't promote a five-member team if one of them turned out to be the one causing a great deal of trouble, right?

So, yeah. That was a bit of a shock for me near the end when they actually did that to Takaharu. In any case, I like the interaction between him and Marvelous who still like acting all prideful that way. And with Kagura listening to all of it, as well. They were still a team that liked to work on their own -- or at least at the moment, it appeared that way. Stinger had his reasons for doing that, I can tell. He wasn't the current Commander of the Rebellion if he was just acting that way only because he wanted to. I'd like to see his real reason in the next episode.

Yamato... just do your best in maintaining your cool and trying to connect everyone in your team, okay? I know they were all odd in their own rights, hence the name of your team. Hehe! That was a joke. But Yamato was surely doing his best in that team, huh? Kagura would be the second in that department. The other three had their own level of hardheadedness that could be a hindrance in uniting the team in figuring out what was really going on with that heck of a game in that place. But I'm sure they'd be able to figure out a way.

Right?

Anyway, I'm not sure if my episode comment right here actually made any sense. But I'll do my best in writing an episode comment on the next episode until this mini-series is over. Okay? Till next time!

Forget Or Continue?

Forget everything and start anew?

Or continue where it was left of?

Yup. Those are my questions at the moment while reading those pending stories I have after finding them again. In particular, I was talking about my supposed first original fantasy story titled Rainbow Knights.

It was a fantasy story inspired by various mahou shoujo animes like Sailor Moon, Wedding Peach, Precure, and Magic Knight Rayearth. Another inspiration was the English-translated Italian comic titled W.I.T.C.H. and the Italian cartoon Winx in which I watched both the English and Tagalog dubbed versions.

But if I have to add another story to my blog entry's title, it's my first action English-Filipino story titled The Last Sky of the Earth. I started writing it around late 2014 and posted it on my first Wattpad account in November 15, 2014. Yes, I have a date on that story because it's one of my favorites of the stories I've ever written in my life. I couldn't do anything to continue writing it for quite some time now and it saddens me.

So what am I suppose to do now?

Book Comment: "Flipping The Script" by Danica Mae P. Sison

Genre: Romance, Young Adult
Release Date: February 15, 2019
Book Cover Info:

Cover Models: Liane Palomo, Boo Gabunada
Cover Designed by: Tara Frejas
Flicker Design Identity: Clarissa Ines
Photographed by: Chi Yu Rodriguez
Makeup by: Carla De Guzman
Styling by: Alex Lapa

Synopsis: 

Miri dela Merced’s film director grandfather and Pabs Paglinauan’s studio head grandmother had a huge falling out that ended Lolo Ikong’s career. At seventeen, Miri finds herself in the same summer film internship program as the down-to-earth film studio heir Pabs, whom she’s decided to automatically write off, just because of his lineage. As Miri gets a crash course in her expectations vs the reality of what it's like to work on a real movie, her true feelings for Pabs become harder and harder to ignore. In between attending outdoor screenings of classic Pinoy movies and battling monster production assistants together, can flipping the script on a decades-old grudge be only a few sequences away?

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For the Kindle edition: http://bit.ly/loloikong 
Goodreads Link: http://bit.ly/FTSgr

Short Excerpt:

So now what? Are we a thing? Do I want us to be a thing? Would it be so wrong if I say that I do? What do I do with these feelings, exactly? 

It was definitely more simple when we weren’t friends. It was easier hating Pabs, but I must admit that falling for him is a lot more interesting.

Episode Comment: Star✩Twinkle Precure Episode 2 - A Friend From Space ☆ Cure Milky is Born!

I had to post this first before continuing to watch the 3rd episode. So this episode is about the start of the aliens' stay on Earth. But more importantly, it was focused on Lala on her journey to becoming the 2nd awakened Precure, Cure Milky. If I had to comment on her alter-ego's name, it sounded delicious. 😊😊

Lala's desire to become a Precure herself stemmed from the time she saw Hikaru changed to Cure Star for the first time. She wanted to be a Precure, but having a computer analyze the probability for that to happen had only made her sad and disappointed since it pointed out that Lala has a slim chance of becoming a Precure like Cure Star. Computers, especially those with AI built in them, can be really smart. But then, as this episode implies, there are miracles in which even technology couldn't predict. Yes, there are also miracles that only happen once.

But sometimes, determination and passion can surpass that. Lala proved that as she said that it was her turn to have received the miracle — just as how Hikaru received her miracle when she became Cure Star.

The last part of the episode got me curious, though. It's like Hikaru's Star Color Pendant acted as a compass or detector of some sort since it glowed. It could be about the Zodiac Princesses' scattered powers, right? By the way, I saw a pic of the Zodiac Princesses on animelover_569's IG feed and I have to say, they all looked beautiful.

Anyway, I'll end this comment here for now. Till next time!

Episode Comment: Super Sentai Strongest Battle Episode 1: Who Is the Strongest in History!?

I know this is Sentai-related, but I still decided to post this here only because it's a personal comment on this show. Trust me, I don't think the hype for this 4-week show is going to subside anytime soon... as long as the story plot won't mess it. That's what I think. By the way, thanks to Over-Time for subbing this episode.

The episode started off as intense because of the mysterious warrior Gaisorg attacking the Gokaiger. Stating that he seek only the strongest in the universe before leaving the defeated team, Marvelous soon received a gold plate before getting transported to a place called Planet Nemesis by a girl named Rita. (Okay, I think I'm doing some sort of recap here instead of writing down my actual comments.)

Anyway, the game was announced and soon split everyone invited into 32 teams of five. One of those teams consisted of three Earthlings (Yamato, Takaharu, and Kagura) and two aliens (Marvelous and Stinger). I still don't know why they were called the Weird Team (sometimes the Oddball Team by others). Then again, after watching their interaction with each other, I guess I could see thd reason for such name to be given to their team. Marvelous is obviously on the edge because of Gaisorg, which is why he wasn't communicating much with his teammates even with Yamato acting as a mediator. Takaharu was playing it cool. Kagura was scared at most point but the others' presence calmed her somehow. The ones seemingly having a hard time getting along—enough to have them get pitted against each other—were Stinger and Marvelous.

But they each had their reasons and their personalities were almost similar to the point that they acted like magnets in which same poles repel each other. At least, that's how I think it is. We're still in the first episode, though. There are three episodes more to come. So I know they will get along at some point. By the way, the returning characters Eiji and Sousuke seemed to get along well... somehow. Their personalities were different, obviously but they got teamed up (as part of Team Vehicle) and ended up fighting Takaharu and Stinger. I like seeing those two again.
I forgot to add about the appearance of two of the Ryusoulgers — the siblings Ryusoul Green and Ryusoul Black who both appeared to have arrived late (at least that's what I think). But I have a question. What's with the cave with the emblem of the Ryusoulger carved to it? Green was holding a gold plate so it's still related to the battle. But why they weren't taken straight to Nemesis Palace like the other Super Sentai members?

Another question I have right now is about Luka. What happened to her and where is she when the team was attacked? Marvelous did notice that Gaisorg used one of her moves against him to take him down. So was it possible that Gaisorg had something to do with it?

Anyway, I think I'll stop right here for now. Till the next episode, I hope. 😄😄

【Episode Comment】Star✩Twinkle Precure Episode 1: Glitterific~☆ Shining In Space, Cure Star Is Born!

For the first time, I'm going to watch a Precure series. Yes, I'm back to watching magical girl animes again after a long, long time. And yes, I know. It's been a while since I last posted an episode comment of any of the shows I've watched. Trust me, I have a lot of episode comments to post. It's just that... laziness struck me a lot of time.

Sorry. 😄✌️😄✌️

So this anime is a sort-of space-themed Precure since it involves space combats and aliens. Yes, which is new for a magical girl-themed anime, if you would ask me. At least I observed that on the battle part between the first batch of Notraiders and Cure Star. Of course, magical powers are still involved for that feat to happen. There's no surprise there.

I first noticed in the episode that Fuwa looked a lot like Chiffon from Fresh Precure, though. Definitely cute and huggable. But there are differences, too. Especially in terms of powers, I guess. Or maybe a mix of Chiffon and Candy (from Smile Precure) in terms of appearance. At least, I think of it that way.

I just had one question, though. Was this the first time a girl was singing while transforming into her Precure alter-ego? To be honest, I found that weird when I watched it even though I like the message the short song implied. If I were to compare it to Sentai, Star✩Twinkle is like a mix of Kyuranger (space-themed) and ToQger (based on the power of Imagination).

Then again, maybe that's just me thinking of it that way.

Till the next episode comment... though I'm not sure which show. 😄😄