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Okay, my life has finally calmed down so here's a bunch of pithy quick-hitter thoughts on stuff that's happened since last I commented.

Laphicet thinks the bug is a new species, which leads to an incredibly dumb argument between Rokurou and Eizen about whether it's a stag beetle or rhino beetle

One of the best skits in the game tbh. "Beetledom? More like beetle-dumb."

Zesty. I would give that game a chance, but... I hear Sorey is insufferable, Rose is a "Mean Girl," the rest of the cast is shoveled aside, the gameplay prohibits a good story, and playing through it makes one want to gouge their eyeballs. I heard Hideo Baba was fired for ruining the game to make Rose the heroine because he was f***ing her seiyuu. Is that true? Or just a rumor?

Rose's problem is less that she's a mean girl and more that she's a Mary Sue... And I never use that term. She's actually one of the more actively likable characters in the game personality-wise; unfortunately her very existence ruins the narrative.

The Baba thing is technically only a rumor, but there's no small amount of smoke there.

I am already VERY afraid of crossing Grim. She's one tough customer and nothing gets by her. I like her.

Grim is one of my favorite NPCs in the series. Glad you're having fun with her already.

Entering Yseult, I purge some weapons. This a good while. I had like 250 in there. That's like... 42 things per character or 10-ish per slot, yeesh!

Berseria's equipment system is a mess. Zestiria's is worse still. I know Tales likes to innovate on its gameplay with every entry, but I think Vesperia's equipment/skill system is where they topped out and I kinda wish they'd just stuck to that one and made small tweaks to it.

Magilou says being unoccupied is being busy. And she's with us because it's entertaining. This existential quandary resonates with me.

Magilou is basically a bunch of existential quandaries coalesced into physical character form... A character that also happens to be the party troll. It should be a really obnoxious and heavy-handed combination, but her dialogue is so legitimately well written that she's awesome instead. And the best is yet to come!

Someone named Grune (Legendia Grune? Never played that either.)

You're not missing much IMO, but some people really love its cast for reasons I don't quite get.

Mags going from explaining how Phi having a name gives him humanity to demanding a nickname, only to reject all of Velvet's ideas (HILARIOUSLY)

Velvet being really terrible at naming or nicknaming anything is a nice endearing, understated character quirk I've always enjoyed from her.

I've got more high-level thoughts on recent plot developments etc. as well, but since I'd have to delve into spoiler territory for that I guess I'll hold off. No reason to make this post look like a CIA document on the off chance anyone else reading through the topic had some bizarre interest in seeing me wax about Berseria's themes.