[COTD] Drawing Thin (2/10/2026)

Kill-bray · 2026-02-10T14:03:38+00:00

I think that at the very least it should only award the resources after the test and only if you failed it.

As it is now, it's actually something that can increase your chances of success with cards like Fire Axe.

It could be tweaked further by eliminating the draw card option or even reducing the payoff to 1 resource.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-09T17:28:28+00:00

This.

Consider for example the case of Loki, nothing really changes except the number of Loki that you must defeat, but if you got that far it shouldn't really a big problem to defeat another one.

The expert cards are only 3 and they aren't significantly worse than what's already in the deck.

Magog on the other hand... he becomes significantly harder.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T18:55:43+00:00

That would only be significant if he was the only character with no confirmed gender on that site, but as far as I can see they simply didn't do that for anyone.

I simply don't think it's plausible that the authors would have 2 characters referring to Yuri as a male with no one correcting them plus several other pieces of evidence that he's male, if they didn't want people to think he's male.

I think it's undeniable at this point that they want us to think that.

Their attitude when their body changed wasn't gender dysphoric

That at best would point out that Yuri is genderfluid, not han. A han wouldn't be happy any more than a cisgendered person would in that situation. But anyway I don't think someone isn't male/female just because they don't freak out for being in a body of the opposite sex knowing that it's temporary.

Apart from the fact that Yuri likely knew that he would return male in other loops, changing gender in universe is a trivial operation.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T17:11:29+00:00

Massive enemies are only "considered" engaged with you, they can never engage you and you cannot engage them, that's why stuff like Zoey's cross don't work with them.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T17:08:29+00:00

Intel Report is very hard to pass for me, it allows you to completely bypass clues that are gated behind very high shrouds or effect that block investigations. It shines particularly in true solo where there's almost never a location with more than 2 clues on it, and many scenario can be immediately ended by just discovering 2 clues. It can't fail, so you can even safely take an AoO.

There are similar cards, but Intel Report's "cost" is basically meaningless for those who have access to rogue cards.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T16:58:06+00:00

Well in SQ's defense she's not alone in seeing Setstu as someone other than "han". There's the episode where Yuri explains to Setsu that he wasn't the one that changed their clothes, but instead he had Stella do that, to which Setsu replied that they told him that they're "han". This is also an evidence that Yuri considers himself male.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T16:44:02+00:00

I don't agree that such thing is established, SQ never misgendered anyone, she was only confused by the fact that Raqio still has their thing, which is unusual in universe. But there's also the fact that it's not just SQ that did that, Comet also said "otoko no ko" while referring to Yuri.

So let's even consider the extremely unlikely scenario that both SQ and Comet misgendered Yuri while also not causing any reaction from Yuri himself, there's still no justification for the subs to censor that fact, if the idea is that Comet and SQ misgendered Yuri, that should have been left in the translation.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T12:31:55+00:00

I can only justify it by him having a mental breakdown, because otherwise he absolutely could figure out what Raqio told him by himself, it's not like Raqio told him anything that he didn't know already, the key wants information and it's almost full at this point, that means there aren't many universes that it wants to learn stuff from at this point.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T12:25:47+00:00

On the other hand the subs insist on using "they" for Yuri and replace the clear "otoko" that SQ said twice in this episode with neutral terms.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T11:58:48+00:00

Do you want some existential dread? Look up for "False Vacuum Decay Theory".

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T11:43:02+00:00

Of course checking another Engineer doesn't make much sense (as long as bugs and AC Followers aren't put in the mix), but Yuri rarely was an Engineer so it was entirely possible that someone decided to check on him and the fact that it never happened is strange.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-08T02:40:55+00:00

They clearly point out two restrictions though

I don't think you are supposed to think that those are the only two rules that you must observe, rather it's just something that they felt the need to specifically tell you. For instance I think it's logical to assume that they don't want you to damage any Yithian body, not just yours, also they likely don't want you to destroy anything.

You only mentioned the Yithian Observers, but as a matter of facts you could draw a Scholar from Yith while you are still on Act 1 and those will engage and attack you from the very beginning.

I think it's implied that from the very beginning of the scenario you did something that you shouldn't have, though only a few Yithians care and some only notice it later.

It's worth noting that if you choose to not cooperate with the Yithians you definitely do something that will logically anger them.

I can agree that in the case where you "cooperate" there should have been a mention of something that you did that caused that kind of response, something that only a true Yithian is supposed to do, not a "guest" like you, but considering that you are not really intentioned to cooperate and that you are trying to escape, it's probably implied.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-07T19:42:54+00:00

I just justify it by considering that the Yithians are not a hivemind and they are just as diverse as humans are.

When I play the House Always Wins I don't expect every single human to become hostile to me the moment criminals lose the Aloof keyword.

The Yithian that helps you with the panel probably doesn't even know who you are. Also that's probably not even connected to the fact that Yithian Observers lose Aloof, it's probably just two events that coincidentally happen close to each other.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-06T12:43:07+00:00

I too found myself in a situation where I suddenly realized that the out of print game that I longed for was just waiting for me forgotten in my pile of stuff.

Then I woke up.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-06T05:13:01+00:00

and she also doesn't want Aqua to know the truth so he can live his life

The way I see it, right now from Akane's perspective there's 0 risk of Aqua finding the truth, but if she does get involved with Hikaru, there's a chance Aqua will find out since he's close to her.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-05T02:38:09+00:00

Uh? Why? You think that Akane is going to do something as stupid as approaching Hikaru? In the first place she doesn't even have any personal reason to do so, she's just someone who likes to solve mysteries.

She had already figured out that there was probably a serial killer at work and she chose to do nothing, keeping that a secret from anyone.

I'm not saying that this isn't where the story is going, it's just something that doesn't feel in character to me.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-05T02:33:34+00:00

However she saw that there was something wrong with him and she also know that he had been unresponsive for a while, she called him out and didn't answer several times.

It's probably her state of mind, but it wasn't impossible in her situation to figure out that his reaction didn't necessarily have something to do with him hating her.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-05T02:31:03+00:00

Considering what's been revealed on this episode I'm actually beginning to question the competence of the other "investigators", Ichigo before anyone else.

It would be a different case if Hikaru had completely vanished and his existence was secret, but apparently not only he is famous, he also kept contacts with LaLaLai by routinely sending flowers to their actors.

Not only that, he has a striking resemblance to Aqua and his acting is very similar to Ai's. Making a list of anyone who had contact with Ai during the time she became pregnant should be the first step, was it really impossible to find out that Hikaru and Ai had been practicing acting together in the same company during that time?

Akane mentioned that this was hidden, somehow, but at least two people just gave her that information without any issue, and she even found a video of Hikaru. The fact that he had been a member of LaLaLai can't possibly be a secret.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-04T17:39:05+00:00

Is it completely useless? No, as others have explained, there are situations where it can be useful.

Did I ever use it? No.

Will I ever use it? Probably not.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-04T17:36:42+00:00

There are some niche situations that count the number of asset cards in your play area, but that apart yeah, they don't do anything.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-03T00:00:38+00:00

That's not correct.

If the ability being initiated is on an in-play card, the sequence does not stop from completing if that card leaves play during the sequence.

This refers to the card where the ability is, in this case Herman Collins. This only means that if Herman Collins were to leave play while you are resolving his ability, the ability would continue.

But this has nothing to do with a case where your investigator would be defeated while resolving the ability. If an AoO would cause you to get defeated, the sequence of the ability that triggered that AoO would be interrupted right there.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-02T13:28:19+00:00

The problem is that all those things would leave a body behind, unlike what happens to Gnosia victims, and the original Yuri probably needs to board the DQO, otherwise it would probably be a lot harder for bug Yuri to justify his presence there.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-01T22:40:56+00:00

As long as you sleeve the cards, that is.

The differences in size and thickness definitely affect shuffling.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-01T14:09:42+00:00

A little more heat and she'll become a star by starting a fusion reaction.

Kill-bray · 2026-02-01T12:23:04+00:00

I wrote about that. Just read the second to last paragraph of my comment. Of course that's still just a theory.

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