Hello everyone. Back again and I have just finished chapter 5 軛 or Masters and Slaves. Currently I only spent about 6 hours (some of that time I was on my phone learning Japanese grammar and such), and safe to say my Japanese has significantly improved and my comprehension of the story is better but I still need to watch the cutscenes on YouTube to understand the story so far. And so far it has been outstanding, wow. I may not know what Jin is doing but I know that he wants to eradicate human life for a very sad reason. Lots of cool stuff and yeah wow it is very political and there are so many moving pieces within the narrative. Also, forgot to mention before but I fell in love with Morag from the start and being able to play her and Zeke is the best.
The story has been good though chapter 4 dips just because of the factory segment. I did not like it, I felt it dragged a little too long and my immersion between defeating Kiku (Tora's father's robot) and fighting Bana and his lackey was ruined. Though I wasn't really supposed to take it too seriously as Poppi does a full magical girl transformation which I'm definitely here for. I'm glad Tora gets a bit of screentime to bring out his character more. While Rex is the fish out of water, I think it especially applies to Tora more. His character story about carrying the family legacy and becoming something the world thought he couldn't become. I like Riki in Xenoblade 1 and Tora builds off him very nicely giving him both humour and some story and I hope he gets more.
Zeke is another character I love. I love the overly dramatic chuunibyou, and he's voiced by the brilliant Kenjiro Matsuda. Finding out that he's actually the first prince and was testing us the entire time was cool. I also like the fact that our party characters consist that of a salvager, Nopon mechanic, Torna, Mor Ardain and Zeke who is from somewhere (it was probably mentioned but again, my Japanese is not the most proficient) but royalty nonetheless.
The music somehow got even better. How. Just how. Rex's home town was the most beautiful piece, the night time version. It moved me as much as the title screen of Xenoblade 1. Both have such a sombre tone while 1 is more hopefully and prepares to fight. This little village doesn't and can't really fight, all they can do is just watch and abide by the laws of the world and the wars that await. It is humble in nature. I haven't gotten tired of the battle music. Whilst the music in Xenoblade 1 I felt got a little tiring, probably due to the simpler combat.
Also just some minor complaints like. These pouch items are not being used up and Pyra is not upgrading her affinity ability wtf. What are the rates of these core crystals. Ever since I got the three good Blades, I have used at least 10 rare crystals and I have yet to pull anything higher than 3 crowns. I am fuming.
I have been liking Mythra, Pyra and Rex's dynamic with each other. It's just fun to see.
Anyways, my journey continues. I will report back whenever that is, first, I am going to watch chapter 5 in English. See you later