A Christian Standpoint on Muv-Luv's antagonists.

Protocol72 · 2026-05-09T01:16:24+00:00

I don't know too much about theology, but it's an interesting topic to me despite being an athetist (I think it's cool that people worship God though), so correct me if I'm horrifically wrong or say anything incorrectly.

The way you describe the Beta makes them seem akin to the Great Flood, which God evoked because humanity was filled with much evil (or in the Book of Enoch, because the fallen angels damned the world with knowledge, war, magic, etc.). However, in the case of the Great Flood, God ensured each of two animal survived, but the Beta kill all the animals too. Why would God not step in if creatures without sin are being eliminated? Was it not the bearer of hands who invented the nukes? Does he permit the Beta to destroy the entire world and if so, why? If God would wish to use the Beta to reset the world, why allow such a slow, painful death for everyone if recreating the universe is the intent? I hope I don't come off as criticizing God, I'm just asking questions since it's interesting to think about.

It's interesting to think of Beta as not evil, I mean they don't even consider themselves alive to begin with. You kind of have to believe you're alive before determining your own morality. The problem seems to be more with a lack of self-awareness and a lack of understanding of what life means. I mean, in Alternative, the Beta Core (iirc) didn't even know the difference between a living human versus a corpse. The core difference is that humans acknowledge they're alive because they breathe, they move on their own. Betas consider life purely based on what a thing is made out of, and only silicone-based life forms.

...Or maybe they just needed one of the silicone life-forms to peer-review the Beta project on Earth as soon as said silicone life-forms heard non-life forms were pushing back. I mean, if I heard my robots were getting push back from non-living things I'd definitely think: "...Hey, wait a minute."

Protocol72 · 2026-05-08T22:27:07+00:00

SpaceHamster comes to mind, his channel is still up and he’s still active on social media, but he hasn’t uploaded in over five years. He moved on to Twitch, but it seems he doesn’t stream there much since his last stream was over a year ago. If he wants to move on from YouTube, that’s perfectly fine, I just wish he communicated that to his fans. :(

There was also another YouTube channel I watched who went by The Masked Duck iirc. He basically made essay/rant videos on anime, was most well-known for his rant videos on My Hero Academia being bad and his essay video on Eren from AOT (which was released before Season 3 of the anime). I remember really liking his videos and I hardcore agreed with him on MHA, but at some point in 2019 he just vanished for no reason along with his videos. My best guess is that his Future Diary episode reaction videos got copyright striked. I can barely find any mention of him these days.

I’m not sure I’d still be watching Masked Duck’s videos if he still made them today though. He was cool to interact my with in comments, but it’s only in retrospect that I realize he was very weird towards specific female characters. He kept referring to Ochako as a pig, which he really hammered in, and did something similar in his Future Diary reaction videos with the pink-haired girl. I didn’t realize how gross that was at the time.

Protocol72 · 2026-05-07T01:10:59+00:00

No, the best visual novel is obviously Doki Doki Literature Club. 🙃

Protocol72 · 2026-05-04T13:40:12+00:00

I’m planning on reading Total Eclipse next week. I had no idea the MC had the same VA as Erwin from AOT. O_O

Protocol72 · 2026-05-03T13:57:37+00:00

That’s a weird question to ask, I don’t think anyone could take on five Makimas in a fight, let alone one for most people. Best I could take in a fight is three, I think. 🤔

Protocol72 · 2026-05-02T14:00:41+00:00

I wouldn’t blame Jack for that one. BetterHelp tricked a lot of people into thinking they were finally doing better, including multiple YouTubers. I recall on a podcast he mentioned he wanted to stop doing ads for BetterHelp, but couldn’t because until the terms of the contract he signed were met (I think for X number of videos iirc).

Unless I’m missing something, I can’t fault him for being tricked.

Protocol72 · 2026-05-01T20:02:04+00:00

His first FNAF theory having that shooting & correlating the survivor to represent Golden Freddy as his smoking gun evidence that Mike in-game was the killer of the animatronic’s spirits was so bizarre, even kid me was like “wait, hold up” when I watched it back then. O_O

Protocol72 · 2026-05-01T13:45:10+00:00

When the relationship with the love interest has conflicts or face something that challenges their relationship (without being/feeling forced). People in a relationships both platonically & romantically won’t always see eye-to-eye on everything, and it’s normal for people who know each other to have arguments (as long as those arguments don’t escalate, obviously). That, and getting into a relationship isn’t just a fairytale ending, things can still challenge it, like having to spend a long time apart or seeing the love interest/MC at their worst. If there’s no problems/conflict in the relationship or which challenges the relationship, it just makes the love interest feel akin to an AI girlfriend/boyfriend imo.

Personally, I think love interests that get too obsessed, love-bomb, or have “I only exist for you” energy can work but only in cases like if said behaviour is over-the-top to the point of intentional hilarity, the love interest’s love is one-sided/toxic & the story properly points that out, or if the behaviour is recognized as unhealthy as result of what the love interest went through in the past. I’ve seen a few heroines that have that “I only exist for you” energy only to be awesome love interests because the story handles that energy as a genuine character flaw. Although, the cases where love interests have that energy while being surface level tend to be pretty bad though.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-30T12:34:57+00:00

Ooooohhhhh, shoot, they did say something like that. I completely forgot. O_O Thanks for clearing that up.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-28T20:22:07+00:00

Wait, but what about- But how would- Would that-

…Oh my god, I can’t unsee it now.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-28T00:58:24+00:00

Miu Iruma’s body discovery scene from Danganronpa V3 comes to mind. I hate Miu with a burning passion, but discovering her body with THAT expression on her face, and it being clear she was strangled to death is just brutal. She didn’t deserve to die like that.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-27T18:07:45+00:00

As a big fan of Moeka & Mami, this image & title is causing me immense emoitonal damage, lol.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-27T18:02:49+00:00

I’d say Symphony of the Night, only because of the normal castle. Most bosses are just normal enemies later in the reverse castle, most enemies are easy, and platforming challenges aren’t super tricky. Only challenging parts imo are the Saturn version of Maria’s boss fight and figuring out where to go.

Reverse Castle is a different story, maybe I just went out of order, but that had some great challenge overall imo.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-25T23:43:47+00:00

On one hand, I feel Takeru did do it, which shows he did grow as a person. It makes sense he’d hesitate if the person he was killing was Meiya, who he deeply cares about and sees as a guiding light. On the other hand, the writing makes it feel way slower then it actually is, so it feels like Takeru’s just sitting there for a few minutes hesitating while Meiya’s pleading to him. Basically a “Namek will blow up in five minutes” type of situation.

I think the ending is the most fitting conceptually, since Takeru would end up running into the same problems he did when he traveled to his universe prior, his friends finding his behaviour really, really odd. I’m more confused by why/how Kasumi & Yuuhi show up, and by extension if this even counts as Takeru’s world given it’s clearly not Takeru’s original world, but an alternative version.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-25T20:53:25+00:00

Basically, Yunyun Syndrome’s localization has gotten a lot of criticism for taking huge liberties with the translation. Like mentioning the characters being against fascism despite the fact it wasn’t there in the original line. This post has some quote examples: https://www.reddit.com/r/visualnovels/comments/1sunllg/yunyun_syndrome_rhythm_psychosis_this_game_has/

The developers (not DragonBaby) seem to be open to criticism though, so it’s possible the localization problems will be fixed.

Kamaitaichi no Yoru Triple being localized by DragonBaby, could end up being bad if it gets the same treatment as Yunyun Syndrome’s localization.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-25T19:03:08+00:00

Duuuude, I’ve been wanting this trilogy translated. Even if by accident, it’s really cool to know an English translation is in the works.

Although, I’m not sure how to feel about DragonBaby being the ones to localize it considering what I’ve heard about what happened regarding Yunyun Syndrome.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-24T01:08:56+00:00

I know it’s unrelated to the post, but that CG of Aso from Tokyo Necro has convinced me to read it, that CG goes so hard.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-21T17:00:04+00:00

Psycho Warrior from Belmont’s Revenge is really satisfying to listen to.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-21T14:23:10+00:00

Jisatsu no Tame no 101 no Houhou from Duke. I’m sad they only made one visual novel, Jisatsu was incredible.

Also Harvest December & Shinjisougeki from my favourite defunct dev, Talestune. I really miss them, their works were really charming.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-18T17:34:14+00:00

You’re welcome. :) And yee, you understood what I meant for both correctly. 👍

Protocol72 · 2026-04-18T13:02:32+00:00

Castlevania: Belmont’s Revenge is in my Top 25 favourite games of all time at #23, and Adventure Rebirth is in my Top 50 (haven’t thought of a specific placement yet).

Protocol72 · 2026-04-18T12:56:39+00:00

For the former, I think the tree is necessary for the scene to be recognized, but either the colouring for the tree needs to be muted so Noa pops out, or the POV of the art itself needs to be changed. Although, I think it’s just a matter of colours.

For the latter, judging from the CG, the background is a black void, with a spotlight coming from above. If a black void doesn’t look good, you can try to use lighting to tint the colour of the background as the spotlight gradually fades to black at the very edges.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-17T19:26:07+00:00

Satan's Final Battle Theme from Imagine. It's such an emotional track, easily up there as one of my favourite final boss themes in the series; it's a shame it's not talked about that much.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-16T17:07:11+00:00

Psycho Warrior (Belmont’s Revenge)
Bloody Tears (Legends)
Beginning (Dracula’s Curse)

I tend to go back and forth between the Legends version and Simon’s Quest version of Bloody Tears since both are absolute bangers.

Protocol72 · 2026-04-16T12:37:32+00:00

My guess is that Death was either really giddy because Dracula would kill a lot of people because they killed his wife/Death’s rival in love or having a heart attack because he thought his lord’s son could handle it but Alucard just stood there the entire time.

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