Aboveup
@aboveup.bsky.social
Retro game enthusiast solo-studying Japanese. Fan of system-heavy esoteric RPGs and difficult action games.
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This was the same show where Pomu pretended to be a ring corner the entire match.
December 19, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This was the same show where Pomu pretended to be a ring corner the entire match.
Catching up on a match from a while ago I still wanted to see. TJPW 11/24's Nakajima Shoko vs Harajuku Pomu (as a dinosaur)
December 19, 2025 at 7:58 PM
Catching up on a match from a while ago I still wanted to see. TJPW 11/24's Nakajima Shoko vs Harajuku Pomu (as a dinosaur)
Speaking of never getting play. I don't even have a CD player. It's 4 discs!
December 19, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Speaking of never getting play. I don't even have a CD player. It's 4 discs!
Done. Still not great in Japanese. Characterization is much better, story largely makes more sense. Time compression still feels like the writers didn't know what it was themselves. The timeloop also just kind of doesn't work.
Ending is a massive overreach and corny.
Ending is a massive overreach and corny.
December 18, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Done. Still not great in Japanese. Characterization is much better, story largely makes more sense. Time compression still feels like the writers didn't know what it was themselves. The timeloop also just kind of doesn't work.
Ending is a massive overreach and corny.
Ending is a massive overreach and corny.
Instead I studied a lot. Started reading articles and books more in Japanese on the side. 40-50 new cards and 200-300 reviews a day usually.
This should be winding down next year, but then there's other study directions I want to head into.
This should be winding down next year, but then there's other study directions I want to head into.
December 16, 2025 at 11:40 PM
Instead I studied a lot. Started reading articles and books more in Japanese on the side. 40-50 new cards and 200-300 reviews a day usually.
This should be winding down next year, but then there's other study directions I want to head into.
This should be winding down next year, but then there's other study directions I want to head into.
I barely played videogames this year. store.steampowered.com/replay/76561...
December 16, 2025 at 11:35 PM
I barely played videogames this year. store.steampowered.com/replay/76561...
I don't even think it was on sale. Can't remember the last time I randomly bought a game to play immediately on impulse instead of buying during a sale and playing it three years later.
December 14, 2025 at 3:25 PM
I don't even think it was on sale. Can't remember the last time I randomly bought a game to play immediately on impulse instead of buying during a sale and playing it three years later.
It's kinda funny seeing people complain how much the Kabukichou area looks like Kamurochou. lol asset reuse
I've walked through that street. That's what it looks like. No shit it looks extremely similar.
I've walked through that street. That's what it looks like. No shit it looks extremely similar.
December 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
It's kinda funny seeing people complain how much the Kabukichou area looks like Kamurochou. lol asset reuse
I've walked through that street. That's what it looks like. No shit it looks extremely similar.
I've walked through that street. That's what it looks like. No shit it looks extremely similar.
Furthest I got with this game. Never cleared it.
My disc 1 stopped working when I was near the end of it back in the day. Continued at a friend's place, taking my memory card there. Got to the Garden fight on Disc 2. Left it in my pants pocket one day.
That's how my memories got washed away.
My disc 1 stopped working when I was near the end of it back in the day. Continued at a friend's place, taking my memory card there. Got to the Garden fight on Disc 2. Left it in my pants pocket one day.
That's how my memories got washed away.
December 11, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Furthest I got with this game. Never cleared it.
My disc 1 stopped working when I was near the end of it back in the day. Continued at a friend's place, taking my memory card there. Got to the Garden fight on Disc 2. Left it in my pants pocket one day.
That's how my memories got washed away.
My disc 1 stopped working when I was near the end of it back in the day. Continued at a friend's place, taking my memory card there. Got to the Garden fight on Disc 2. Left it in my pants pocket one day.
That's how my memories got washed away.
Bonkers movie in a good way. Recommend.
December 10, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Bonkers movie in a good way. Recommend.
His real life banner was the Holy Grail btw.
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
His real life banner was the Holy Grail btw.
Watching Makai Tenshou. All I knew going in was that this was a major inspiration to Fate/stay Night.
The movie opens on a character named Shirou being the sole survivor of a massacre. (To make it better, this Shirou is a historical figure who championed Christianity, Shirou Amakusa)
The movie opens on a character named Shirou being the sole survivor of a massacre. (To make it better, this Shirou is a historical figure who championed Christianity, Shirou Amakusa)
December 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Watching Makai Tenshou. All I knew going in was that this was a major inspiration to Fate/stay Night.
The movie opens on a character named Shirou being the sole survivor of a massacre. (To make it better, this Shirou is a historical figure who championed Christianity, Shirou Amakusa)
The movie opens on a character named Shirou being the sole survivor of a massacre. (To make it better, this Shirou is a historical figure who championed Christianity, Shirou Amakusa)
Also Raijin 雷神 and Fuujin 風神 are interesting in Japanese.
Fuujin only speaks in Kanji, when she does talk. No phonetics, only a bunch of kanji mashed together. These are often barely words.
Raijin has a speech pattern that kinda comes down to him ending sentences with "See?" or "You know?"
Fuujin only speaks in Kanji, when she does talk. No phonetics, only a bunch of kanji mashed together. These are often barely words.
Raijin has a speech pattern that kinda comes down to him ending sentences with "See?" or "You know?"
December 10, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Also Raijin 雷神 and Fuujin 風神 are interesting in Japanese.
Fuujin only speaks in Kanji, when she does talk. No phonetics, only a bunch of kanji mashed together. These are often barely words.
Raijin has a speech pattern that kinda comes down to him ending sentences with "See?" or "You know?"
Fuujin only speaks in Kanji, when she does talk. No phonetics, only a bunch of kanji mashed together. These are often barely words.
Raijin has a speech pattern that kinda comes down to him ending sentences with "See?" or "You know?"
To add to this, Squall is fascinating in Japanese. His speech pattern is different depending on if he's talking as a representative of SeeD, a party member, or his internal dialog.
December 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
To add to this, Squall is fascinating in Japanese. His speech pattern is different depending on if he's talking as a representative of SeeD, a party member, or his internal dialog.
Japanese media crossover: Character from X is in Y and you get to see unique interactions between characters and different settings not possible in the original work. Corporate, but has fan payoff.
Western crossover: Skinning dead media and wearing it on your player character
Western crossover: Skinning dead media and wearing it on your player character
December 10, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Japanese media crossover: Character from X is in Y and you get to see unique interactions between characters and different settings not possible in the original work. Corporate, but has fan payoff.
Western crossover: Skinning dead media and wearing it on your player character
Western crossover: Skinning dead media and wearing it on your player character
Make that three.
Hit Master with Mai.
Hit Master with Mai.
December 9, 2025 at 1:13 AM
Make that three.
Hit Master with Mai.
Hit Master with Mai.
I can't put my finger on why. But one of these screens was much more rewarding to reach for some reason, even though both were the result of the same effort using the same materials.
December 8, 2025 at 5:24 PM
I can't put my finger on why. But one of these screens was much more rewarding to reach for some reason, even though both were the result of the same effort using the same materials.
The best thing about not getting a dopamine hit from a dumb level up system. Is that you're more likely to seek it elsewhere. At least, if you're smart enough to.
Which then becomes much more rewarding than a flashy screen and a meme-filled celebration email.
Which then becomes much more rewarding than a flashy screen and a meme-filled celebration email.
December 8, 2025 at 5:14 PM
The best thing about not getting a dopamine hit from a dumb level up system. Is that you're more likely to seek it elsewhere. At least, if you're smart enough to.
Which then becomes much more rewarding than a flashy screen and a meme-filled celebration email.
Which then becomes much more rewarding than a flashy screen and a meme-filled celebration email.
Asterisked that out because I am doing that course still. Just pirated to get rid of that awful system. The material itself is mostly fine.
December 8, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Asterisked that out because I am doing that course still. Just pirated to get rid of that awful system. The material itself is mostly fine.
Reward after it was done.
Here's hoping I passed so I never have to go through this again.
Here's hoping I passed so I never have to go through this again.
December 7, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Reward after it was done.
Here's hoping I passed so I never have to go through this again.
Here's hoping I passed so I never have to go through this again.
Taking the N1 was an experience. None of the mail I got said what building it was held in. "TBA"
Looked it up on the official site. Which led me to a side facility that's... Clearly not in use yet. Rushed back to the main facility close to my hotel and arrived 2 minutes before the exam started.
Looked it up on the official site. Which led me to a side facility that's... Clearly not in use yet. Rushed back to the main facility close to my hotel and arrived 2 minutes before the exam started.
December 7, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Taking the N1 was an experience. None of the mail I got said what building it was held in. "TBA"
Looked it up on the official site. Which led me to a side facility that's... Clearly not in use yet. Rushed back to the main facility close to my hotel and arrived 2 minutes before the exam started.
Looked it up on the official site. Which led me to a side facility that's... Clearly not in use yet. Rushed back to the main facility close to my hotel and arrived 2 minutes before the exam started.
Big weekend. Took the N1. In Germany. Three hour train ride there went without issue.
Had Gyuudon in the nearby Japan Town on arriving. Staff was entirely Japanese, so I could get by without needing to know any German. (What are the odds the Dutch guy doesn't know German, but speaks Japanese?)
Had Gyuudon in the nearby Japan Town on arriving. Staff was entirely Japanese, so I could get by without needing to know any German. (What are the odds the Dutch guy doesn't know German, but speaks Japanese?)
December 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Big weekend. Took the N1. In Germany. Three hour train ride there went without issue.
Had Gyuudon in the nearby Japan Town on arriving. Staff was entirely Japanese, so I could get by without needing to know any German. (What are the odds the Dutch guy doesn't know German, but speaks Japanese?)
Had Gyuudon in the nearby Japan Town on arriving. Staff was entirely Japanese, so I could get by without needing to know any German. (What are the odds the Dutch guy doesn't know German, but speaks Japanese?)
Yeah, the western title and poster don't properly convey it at a glance. But most of the movie takes place in Kowloon before it got demolished.
So it's supposed to look bleak and desolate. With over the top characters carrying it.
So it's supposed to look bleak and desolate. With over the top characters carrying it.
December 5, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Yeah, the western title and poster don't properly convey it at a glance. But most of the movie takes place in Kowloon before it got demolished.
So it's supposed to look bleak and desolate. With over the top characters carrying it.
So it's supposed to look bleak and desolate. With over the top characters carrying it.