After a long 8 year wait from its announcement, Anonymous;Code finally came out in English. There’s much I have to say about the game as a whole, but today, I’d just like to once again register a unique experience from my playthrough. A story of closing the loop.
I’ll be discussing heavy spoilers for the end of Anonymous;Code in this post.
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Two episodes of this season’s Undead Girl Murder Farce have aired, and one aspect of the show has been largely overlooked in English discussion: the show’s connection to rakugo and Japanese theater in general.
You may know that the anime is directed by Shinichi Omata, who previously helmed Showa Genroku Rakugo Shinju. It’s clear that his experience there must have been one of the reasons he was chosen here, and is helping elevate this element of the show.
As an experiment, I searched Twitter for the show’s title or hashtags + “rakugo”. In English, I could only find mentions of Rakugo Shinju. In Japanese, however, that only accounts for a small fraction of the results since airing – the great majority of the comments are about lowercase ‘r’ rakugo. Here is why that is.
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I’d like to chronicle one aspect of my experience playing NieR Replicant, involving a nice instance of ludonarrative harmony that felt unique to my playthrough. A story of an unfulfilled promise and my regret.
This post contains spoilers for all of NieR Replicant ver.1.22474487139….
Continue reading “Yonah’s Watermelon – My NieR Replicant Experience”