A Song for Starlit Beaches (Day 259)

I'm hoping to finally finish Super Robot Wars J tonight since I only have a few missions left. I already have a lot of plans on how I'll handle a second playthrough, but we'll have to see if I'm actually in the mood to do that once I'm finished. It might be a better plan to go ahead and try Super Robot Wars Alpha Gaiden. I still haven't really decided. However, if I do decide to just do that second playthrough, I know I'm going to select the male protagonist and most likely the smallest of the three starter robots. I want something so mobile and evasive that I can move it into a big group of enemies and not worry about getting hit a single time.

Other than that, I'm going to focus on using the biggest and bulkiest robots available to me. For this first playthrough I mostly focused on the faster evasive units from Martian Successor Nadesico, Brain Powerd, and Tekkaman Blade. Next time I'll use units from G Gundam, Gundam SEED, and most likely the large five-pilot units like Combattler, Voltes, and Dancougar. I'd also like to try out Zeorymer, whose map attack Hades Cannon looks incredibly powerful. I'm not entirely sure how the New Game+ works, but you're supposed to be able to carry over unit upgrades somehow.

Aside from playing SRWJ, I've still been watching a lot of anime. Although I'm progressing very slowly through some of them, I've finished up my rewatch of Full Metal Panic and watched Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu for the first time. It's a comedy with little to no action elements, but I liked it a lot. It was a tad inconsistent, but some episodes were pretty hilarious. One that stands out in particular is episode 2 where Kaname and Sousuke are on the run from the police. I'm watching Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid now which seems even more serious in tone than the original series.

I'm still watching Martian Successor Nadesico, Brain Powerd, and Gundam SEED, but I'm watching them very infrequently. I probably like Nadesico the most, but since I can't watch it while doing other things (subtitles) I tend to watch it a little less often. I'm not sure I'll watch the entirety of Brain Powerd or Gundam SEED but I haven't quite given up on them yet either.

I should actually get around to watching Zeorymer since it's only four episodes, but I haven't done that yet. I could do it tonight, but. . .something tells me I won't.