found this anime simply called bartender n it's a pretty chill watch. the specific way they break the 4th wall to talk to the audience makes it feel like a play
it came out in 2006 but there's something new coming out for it in spring 2024
my review of death mark 2 after playing it again in english this time: kinda weird that michiho never says anything n that the last fight is just an hour long sex scene between yashiki, mashita n daimon huh. pretty solid horror game tho 👍
(real thoughts under readmore; spoilers mentioned)
jokes aside i still stand by calling the game 'the roughest' bc it really is imo
i've seen a few ppl go to bat for the plot but me n a lot of my friends agree that it just wasn't as strong. everything abt michiho n hime's writing + the writing surrounding them in general pissed me tf off which didn't help. teacher-student situations are back but unlike in the first game, it's students aggressively pursuing teachers... uncomfortable! the scissors chapter did handle it a bit better than i expected (esp since the teacher turned her down) so i did get emotional at the end of it but circling back to michiho's behavior after that is so UUUUUUUGH. n the writers never let yashiki firmly tell them to stop it sucks so much. don't get me started abt the fanservice cgs i'll blow everything up. why'd they make it woooorse
the girls should've just been silly rude teenagers. i don't think they should've been the departed at all *points at my au*
however! the writing for returning characters is super good. they're what makes the game worth it in all honesty, it's so nice to see all these comrades yashiki made in the first game trying to help n protect him. plus the fun stuff where they're cutting each other's hair n front of a ghost n meowing at rocks n shit. it kinda makes me wish death mark 2 was just.... death mark..... the sequel.... as in a direct continuation of dm1's plot w mary?
art wise i like the ghosts but they're not as unnerving as the prev games. also yashiki doesn't look as old n tired booo - he's beautiful to me either way but still
i notice some people have a hard time figuring out if they're doing the right thing or not n it makes them frustrated. the fact that there's so many unavoidable casualties this time definitely adds to that
side note: it's cool that the first thing you see when you start a new game is a flash of the bad end cg. scary
final verdict: personally i think it's mid. this will not stop me from drawing a bunch of fanart where i completely make things up xoxo
really underrated phenomenon is when some artist gets incredibly attached to like one character from a thing and you see them go from “here’s my fanart of this character! let me know what you guys think!” to creating like fucked up surrealist shit that doesn’t even have to do with ANYTHING the canon is from anymore. I don’t mean aus I mean like actual absurdist art of some fucking cartoon guy
part of the spirit of wonder series; this one is about a club of mostly old men building ship to try to find canals made by martians on mars with the help of one of their daughters (based off the real life percival lowell's beliefs)
the guy with the white hair follows the perverted old man trope, unfortunately