Review the Demon Slayer Movie

Hello everyone! It’s been a busier week. Work has been coming to us more as the week goes on. I even stayed late one day to finish off something for the next day. There are still times it’s slow, but that’s because the lady who sends us the work has other work she does and sometimes she has a weird schedule. I never know, but maybe my supervisor does? If so, he doesn’t typically tell us.

I did the Flabébé community day on PoGo and got all three for the yellow and white versions, but sadly only got one of the orange ones. I’ll have to try again in December when they come back for the weekend. The blue and red are in other parts of the world, so I obviously didn’t get any of them.

Anyway, I watched the Demon Slayer movie – Infinity Castle on Friday so I’ll tell you what I thought of it.

[Spoilers]

So, it has great visuals, just like the anime. I’ve completed the manga and from my memory, they did a good job keeping to the plot from it. A friend said 1 to 1, but I haven’t read it recently. I watched the Dub version, because that was what my group wanted to do. Because of that I can’t say how the subbed version sounded, but the dubbed VA’s did a good job. I personally don’t have an issue with them, but many people disliked all the flashbacks, especially how long the last one. My biggest issue with it, other than the fact we have to wait two and four years for the 2^nd and 3^rd movies, is that this honestly could have been a series and not been much different.

It obviously started with them falling into the Infinity Castle. You see the corp. team up start their plan to end the demons. The first fight we have is Shinobu vs. Upper Moon 2 – Doma. She tries her best, but sadly dies against him, just like her sister. Her adopted sister, Kanao finds them rights as she dies and sees her sister give her a signal, then is eaten by Doma. Having read the manga, I know what that meant, but they didn’t finish this fight in the movie.

The next big fight is between Zenitsu and New Upper Moon 6 – Kaigaku. Kaigaku was Zenitsu’s senpai and fellow inheritor of Thunder breathing. Kaigaku couldn’t use form 1, while Zenitsu can only use form 1. Kaigaku couldn’t stand being equal to someone he saw as below him and took the chance to become a demon. This led to their ‘gramps’ Jigoro to commit seppuku, causing Zenitsu to seek Kaigaku out for revenge. Zenitsu seems to be losing, until he realizes there’s not getting through to him and he uses the new Thunder breathing move he made up to kill Kaigaku, though he has many injuries.

The final and longest battle in the movie is between Tanjiro and Giyu vs Upper Moon 3 – Akaza. This is a grudge match because Akaza killed Rengoku in front of Tanjiro and the others. They both take turns trying to kill Akaza, but it’s not doing much because he can sense their ‘fighting spirit’. Tanjiro begins to remind Akaza of someone from his forgotten human memories and wants to kill him even more. Tanjiro eventually remembers something his father taught him and learns how to shut off his fighting spirit. He decapitates Akaza, but he forces his head back on. Giyu knocks it off, but Akaza lives on. However, now he’s starting to remember his human memories.

We learn all about Akaza’s life and how he cared for his sick father, even stealing for him. When he kills himself to give Akaza a better life, Akaza goes a little crazy. Keizo, a martial artist stops him and trains him. Akaza takes care of his sick daughter, Koyuki and they fall in love. They agree to get married, but when he goes away for a night, the neighbor dojo who want the building poison and kill Keizo and Koyuki. Akaza kills all of them and Muzan makes him a demon who wants to be the strongest. Akaza apologizes to his father and adopted family and tries to kill himself. It doesn’t work at first, but then Koyuki appears and they both go to hell together. Giyu and Tanjiro are injured and knocked out, not to mention Giyu’s sword is broken.

Overall, a good, but long movie.

[Spoilers]

After that long movie review, I’ll talk about the changes in what I’m listening to. First off, I finished Reincarnated as a Sword Vol 13. Then, I started relistening to By the Grace of the Gods Vol 1 by Roy. It’s a cute light novel about a worker from a black company who dies and is reincarnated in another world as a young boy. He had many misfortunes in his first life and just wants to be by himself for a while. So, he lives in a forest for three years learning about magic and studying slimes. He eventually is found by the local noble by accident. They convince him to leave live among people. It’s his story in the this new world. However, the three Gods who reincarnated him are researching why his former life was so bad at the whims of Earth’s God. There’re even side stories about what happens to those around him in his previous life.

I finished No Need for Harry by Pheonix Dawn and then listened to The Ad by kb0. It’s a three-part story Harry Potter fic, where Harry finds an ad to deal with pests in the Quibbler after fourth year. He contacts them to take out the death eaters and Vodlie. It’s interesting and doesn’t really say much about what happens after the main part of the story.

I quickly finished it and started listening to The Accidental Bond by kb0. It’s another Harry Potter fic that I’ve talked about here. It’s a Harry/Hermione/Ginny/Gabrielle fic where Harry bonds with girls he’s saved. It’s finished and fairly good.

I also finished Pick Up the Pieces and Rebuild by Umei no Mai and started Broken Dreams by ThunderReborn. It’s a Bleach crossover fic I’ve talked about before here. It’s an Ichigo/Many girls from many stories. He gets the spirits of Kyoka Suigetsu and the Hogokyu after the fight with Aizen and they train him under everyone’s noses. Then he leaves to seek his fortunes. [Content Warning] There is incest, but Ichigo is more than human, so it’s not as skeevy. [Content Warning] It’s ongoing and has 107 chapters and is updated once a month.

Finally, I restarted the section I stopped and added, Princess of Mandalore by L4 of the WEST. It’s a Star Wars and Youjo Senki crossover. Tanya is reborn after her life as the niece of Satine Kryze, Dutches of Manadlore around when Anakin is born. In her efforts to bring her people together, she begins to change things, not only in her territory, but the galaxy. And some people don’t like that. I’ve read most of it, but stopped because I wanted to wait for a situation to be completed. I think it might be soon, so I loaded into my text-to-speech app to listen to.

Okay, I’ll do a quick few ones from my quest as this has become a longer one. The first one is Blacklight by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a Harry Potter and Forgotten Realms crossover. Fem Harry, Cerridwen accidentally gets reborn as a Drow in Drizzit’s family, but older than him. She escapes first, but they eventually meet up. Sadly only 7 chapters and incomplete.

Second is Blades of an Unlimited Sky by sakurademonalchemist. It’s a KHR and Fate/Stay Night crossover that I’ve talked about before here. It has Shiro as a Tsuna who’s lost his memories. It has 16 chapters and is of course incomplete. Third is Bleach Drabbles by sakurademonalchemist. This is a Bleach one-shot/short story collection for this author and thus is never complete while they’re still posting. I’ve talked about it before here.

Fourth is actually a lost fic, Boku no Hero Academia – Heroism and Villainy At It’s Best. I don’t know the author because when I went looking for it a little while back for this list, I couldn’t find it. I have the two chapters on my text to speech app, so it is what it is. It’s a My Hero Academia two-shot where Izuku, Himiko and Ochaco get together. It has sex scenes in it, but I’m not gonna put warnings because as far as I know, you can’t find it.

Fifth and final is Bolt Fashion by White Angel of Auralon. It’s a two-shot Harry Potter fic that I’ve talked about before here. Harry becomes a fashion designer and saves the day. That’s literally it, just in more words, but still worth a read.

So have a great week and I’ll see you next week. Maybe it won’t be as long. As always, May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

Sorry It’s Late, I was Tired

(posting this on Monday because I’m tired and I can’t finish this Sunday) It’s been a hot week and I’ve worked outside in an inside garage for a few days, so I’m a bit tired. I also met the new person in the position I mentioned previously and she seems nice, but I haven’t had much interaction with her. The creative group I’m a part of hasn’t meet for last week or this week, but I did set aside time to work on my Cardcaptor Sakura/My Hero Academia fanfiction. I’m almost done with chapter 6!

Remember I promised I’d start posting it after I had 10 chapters complete, but I need to get them beta read. I’ve been hoping to have my creative group help me a little bit, but I may need to go further afield and contact an old friend that I haven’t talked to recently. She and I have had our differences, but hopefully she’ll at least listen.

So my thoughts on Fantastic Four: First Steps –

[*Spoiler Warning*]

I thought all the actors did a good job of portraying all the characters that I knew about well. Reid was the thoughtless scientist who doesn’t get emotions but is trying. He also likes to know all the variables and was frustrated when their son kept eluding his scans. I liked his statement about how he has to think of all the bad things so that he can be prepared to deal with them when they come.

Susan was the wife who knows who Reid is, but still gets frustrated with him for how he does things. She does get emotions and uses that to deal with the crowd that wanted her to give up their son to save them from Galaticus. Her dying and coming back wasn’t expected, but to be honest, I don’t know much about Franklin.

Ben being the most emotionally adept tracks. The heart of gold in the stone body is an apt description. The fact he has to shave his rock beard is very amusing. Of course he had to have a lady he likes that he meets up with before the final battle. Johnny forcing him to say “It’s Clobbering Time” is great.

Johnny is often portrayed as an irreverent womanizer. He did chase after the Herald, but he showed that he does have more than the emotional range of a teaspoon (If you don’t get this, I am judging you, fair warning). He was the only one who thought much about the recording from space and used them and the phrase the Herald gave him to turn her to their side. The fact he was willing to sacrifice himself for the earth got through to her and she pushed Galaticus through the portal.

Overall, a pretty good movie and an interesting transition into the new Avengers movies as currently there isn’t any connection between this universe and the main MCU one.

[*Spoilers End*]

Onto what I’m listening to changes – after The Analyst by aicyel, I started listening to the My Hero Academia series The Rabbitverse by ShadowedSword13. I skipped the first fic for now as it’s set later than most of the other fics in the series. It’s the main story, but I like the backstory first even it’s fragmented.

I started with Rabbit Tracks. It’s starts in class 1-A’s first year and is told in the format of reports of a vigilante that’s later named Rabbit (Izuku) and the heroes that interact with him as he’s later classed as a villain (though he’s more grey than that). I’m currently on Falling in the Dark (For The Girl He’ll Never Get). It’s snipets of Rabbit finding out about and falling in love with Uravity. It also gives some context to where he is and what he’s doing between Rabbit Tracks and the main fic.

I listened to Kuma Kuma Kuma Bear Vol 2 on Audible. It was fun and it’s more about Yuna getting used to the new world she’s in and getting to know the people around her better, including the local lord and his daughter. She even find the chicken equivalent, gets eggs and makes her own business with them.

I’m now on Reincarnated as a Sword Vol 12. Fran and Teacher just went through a big battle with the main body of the fallen Godsword, but the battle isn’t done yet. They still have to save their friend and another has become the new body for the Godsword. How will they and the capital make it through this without falling themselves?

I decided that Death March in the Parallel Rhapsody light novel was changing too much from the web novel to continue listening to instead of reading after vol 20, so I’ll read the last 3 currently available ones instead. So I started listening Using the Force Made Easy by Fencer22. It’s a Star Wars fanfic set in-between Episode I and II. John Kesel a former Jedi youngling who escapes before being sent to the Agri-Corps decides to get revenge on the Jedi by releasing Force How-To videos. He explains about how to connect to the Force and even how to strengthen your connection to the Force. The Jedi Council finds out about it not too long after they send Obi-wan and Anakin to look into him. They end up joining his ship crew to observe him and because he makes Anakin question what balance is. Its great and has 24 chapters. It hasn’t updated since Dec 24, but they author updates infrequently.

Finally after Chaos and Shadows by sakurademonalchemist, I started Fate: Hammer Time by TedTheRabbit. It’s technically a Natsu verse and Marvel crossover, but only at the beginning and slightly. Marvel Thor (MCU or not) is at the end of his long life and The One Above All asked him long ago to send all of his power to the next wielder of Mjölnir. He sends the hammer to the next wielder with the last of his strength and it ends up with Shiro Emiya. Shiro is still in middle school and now has the power of Thor, what does he do but become a Hero of Justice. It has 64 chapters and was updated earlier this month. It’s supposed to be the start of a multiverse of other anime characters who will eventually get other powers from the Marvel verse but that’s in the future (they’re mentioned as potential wielders, but you can figure out who they are based on the descriptions).

Onto the quest, I’m finally finishing the A’s! First is Ascension Book One: Bloodline by megamatt09. [*Content Warning*] This author’s fics typically have a lot of sex in them. This one specifically has underage sex. The premise is that wizards mature early and need sex to reach their magical potential. I’m not agreeing with it, but I’m willing to put it aside as suspension of disbelief. [*Content Warning*] It’s a Harry Potter and DC universes crossover. Harry is the product of one of Zod’s experiments that gets Lily pregnant with his son (there’s more to it, but the story eventually explains that). He goes to Hogwarts, but only after passing his high school education. He gets together with many women from the Wizarding World, but ends up in Gotham after he graduates. It has 38 chapters and is complete. I’ve talked about it before here.

Second is its sequel Ascension Book Two: Eternal by megamatt09. It has the same warnings, but not the underage anymore (I think, it’s been a while). This mostly deals with Harry dealing with DC characters and there’s a world change that mostly wipes out the wizarding world and changes young Clark female (for later). It finally ends after 354 chapters (though the last ones are all sex). There’s room for a another sequel, but it hasn’t been written yet.

Third is Ashes Just Reward by The Warmongers of Simora. It’s a Pokémon fanfic set in Alola. Ash is having fun with the class even he already knows most of the information. However, the Legendaries of world want to thank Ash for all his help over the years. This is the story of Ash getting his rewards and what’s this about a secret organization keeping track of him? It has 49 interesting chapters, but sadly hasn’t been updated since 2021.

After that is Ashes of the Past by Saphroneth. It’s a Pokémon time travel fic that I talked about in my second post, here. It has 305 chapters now, but also sadly hasn’t updated since 2021.

Next is the sequel to Another Little White Lie by rayrae118, Woven in My Soul. You may ask, why this one, it’s because the third story in the series is the next one, but this needs to be mentioned first. It follows the next movie in the Star Trek 2009 storyline, with changes. Then is Ashes to Flame by rayrae118. It follows the final film, but also manages to deal with the an old villain from the first of the series. This is the last in the series.

Following that is Ashikabi no Shinobi by The Engulfing Silence. It’s a Naruto and Sekirei crossover where Naruto is immortal and he ends up taking Minato’s place in the game by accident. Things aren’t going to be happy that’s for sure, but it works out in the end. It’ completed with 43 chapters and a bit chaotic.

Then is Ashikabi of Thunder and Lightning by SeerKing. This is a Sekirei fanfic where things change from the beginning. Minato’s mom, Takami decides that if she can’t keep her son out of her boss’s game, she’ll help him. She convinces the Thunder Twins No. 11 and 12 to meet her son before they find Seo. This changes things and he gets them as his first Sekirei. It’s ongoing and was last updated early this year. I also talked about it before here.

After that is Aspect by DeusVerve. It’s a My Hero Academia fanfic. Izuku doesn’t get a quirk, but he does get magic. From Death, when he almost dies to the sludge villain. He just has to help those she tells him to. It’s an interesting set up, but the author hasn’t updated since chap 7 in 2022.

Following that is Aspirations by megamatt09. [*Content Warning*] As previously mentioned, this author has sex scenes, though much less than his other ones. There is slightly underage sex scenes, but it’s not as bad as the ones in the other story. [*Content Warning*] In this Harry Potter fic, Hermione and Ron don’t believe Harry when his name comes out of the Goblet of Fire. This leads Ginny to help him, and many different changes happen. Including a greyer Harry and Ginny and Hermoine even gets into Dark Magic. It’s completed and is one of his earlier fics.

Third to last is Ataraxia by a1lvera5hley. It’s a My Hero Academia and How to Train Your Dragon crossover. Hiccup is reborn as Izuku. Toothless even follows him as a cat that can turn into his dragon form. It’s sadly incomplete with 23 chapters and hasn’t been updated since 2021.

Second to last is Aura Heart Journey by Kairomaru. It’s another Pokémon fic. In this one, Trainers start later and are more mature. Ash starts his journey with Pikachu, but he makes friends with him fast because of his Aura powers that he’s trained. It’s a good fic, but at least on hiatus and hasn’t been updated since 2022. It still has 39 chapters.

Last of the A’s is Avatar Taylor by Dalxein. It’s a Worm and Avatar: The Last Airbender crossover. When Aang dies in Book 2, Raava gathers the energy to create a new Avatar, but lets it go when Aang is brought back. It’s found by the Queen Administrator and changes what it can do and what it wants to do. I like it a lot and I’m waiting for the next chap. I’m fairly sure it’s still updating, but the last chapter was put out in Dec. 2024.

Finally done with the A’s! Next week I’ll talk a bit about the other new anime I’m watching this season. Hopefully your week goes well and as always – May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key.

The Week and a Superman Movie Review

Hello everyone, it’s me again. It’s been a pretty boring week for me. Work’s been the same, but I have now been to almost all the company locations except the farthest out ones. I did see the new Superman movie last weekend, I didn’t talk about it last post because I didn’t have time. I’ll talk a bit about it now, but before that

[*Spoilers Start*]

I thought it was an interesting movie. I’ve never really seen or heard of Kal-El’s parents being portrayed as telling him to take over the planet. The fact that part of the recording was corrupted was just dying for someone to either fix it or fake it to make things worse. Of course, most of Superman’s story is about his humanity and how he sees himself as human over being Kryptonian. He even straight out said it when confronting Lex. Superman is the mask and Clark is how he sees himself. This is interesting as Batman is the opposite. In Batman Beyond, someone tries to make Bruce think he’s crazy, but Bruce knows it’s not his subconscious speaking because it called him Bruce. He implies that he calls himself Batman in his head.

Moving on, Krypto being an untrained menace really makes the movie amusing. That Krypto is a cause or mitigating factor of most of the issues throughout the movie, makes it great that Clark uses him to help defeat Ultraman. Of course, Kara being a drunk party girl is an interesting take, but we’ll have to see where that goes.

Ultraman being a Superman clone, yeah, I could tell just as soon as Lex and his crew just straight up walked into the Fortress of Solitude. I mean really, the One character who wears a mask and doesn’t speak for the whole movie, even if I didn’t already know about Bizarro, I would have thought clone. Yo no est stupido.

Lex being in touch with his feelings and admitting that he’s jealous or envies Superman, seemed slightly out of character for him. Not the fact that he knows he’s jealous or envious, the fact he admits it, to Superman, in front of subordinates. Lex’s got an ego and my take on him is that he might if they were alone, but in front of others? Not unless he was in full meltdown mode, which he wasn’t at that point in time.

Lois being about to break up with Clark was an interesting choice. I mean, she was worried about their differences, but she got over her doubts when she saw his humanity over his being an alien. Her going to his house and seeing his history there in his room, soothed her that he was as human as she was.

Guy and the Justice Gang… Lol, Nathan Fillion did a great job portraying Guy’s Ego with a slight willingness to help people. Hawkgirl was great, though it took me a second to get used to her scream when she first started to attack. Mr. Terrific, I honestly don’t know enough about the character to say much, but he was fun.

Overall, a good movie. I’ll wait and see how they do with the new DC verse.

[*End Spoilers*]

So, I actually changed a few of the stories I’m listening to. First is, like I mentioned last week, My Heroic Drabbles by sakurademonalchemist. I’ll go over the more interesting one, two or three shots that I’ve gone through. I’m not going by chapter on this one, but the name of the chapter/s.

First is A Hero’s Wings, which has two chapters. It’s a crossover with Gundam Wing, where Izuku is Heero. Interesting and has a smarter Heero. The next interesting one-shot is Cheshire. In it, Shota (Eraserhead) has a kid from a one-night stand that acts like a cat. Not much to go on, but would have been interesting to see more. Then there’s Crystalized Hope, it’s a two-shot where fem. Izuku (Hikari) actually has ice powers, but accidentally killed a cat when they manifested and hid them because the cat’s owner wanted to jail the one who did it. She would have become an figure skater if All Might hadn’t given her his powers. Again, would have liked to see more.

After that there’s Do Bad Well, which is a two-shot crossover with Yu Yu Hakusho. Izuku is Yusuke and comes back in time. Atsuko is actually his aunt and he moved in with her and changed his name after Inko died. After the main story (at least I assume so, it doesn’t actually say), he ends up before his mom dies. He decides to change things for the better. Eclipsed Heroics is a two-shot that has fem. Izuku (Hikari again) starts a hero review website Eclipse. This is one of my favorite type of fics, where Izuku actually uses his hero notes. Ferrous is a two-shot Iron Man crossover. Izuku gets an internship at Stark Industries at a young age and moves to America. It turns out he’s Tony’s son and he takes over when Tony is captured. This changes things.

Flying Free is a two-shot crossover with Dragon Ball Z. Izuku is the result of a magic(?) flower that cause Goku and Inko to hook up some time before the end of Dragon Ball when he and Chichi get married. Izuku has dream where he meets and is trained by Bardock. This leads to him and Gine being brought back. This causes changes when Raditz shows up. The final one I’ll mention is the one three-shot I’ve gotten to, Queen of Chaos. Harley Quinn is reborn as fem. Izuku and lives a normal life until All Might shoots down her dream. Then she decides to change things her way, as a supervillain. She teams up with Dabi and Toga (even helping her). She even stops the League of Villains attack on UA and saves Todoroki’s mother. I wish there had been more of this.

I’ve gotten to volume 19 of Death March in Parallel World Rhapsody. There were quite a few changes. One, Satou still can’t chant as he never got that orb in the auction. Two, Satou isn’t from Hikaru’s (Mito’s) world, but a parallel one. So, she waiting for her Satou. Three, they never had to deal with ‘his majesty’ turning into a demon as he was never even mentioned. Four, Arisa has another brother who is alive and trying to retake their kingdom. He still had to deal with the ‘Evil’ God’s offshoots the same way, so that’s something. There’s more changes, but those are the biggest ones.

I’m on volume 5 of The Accomplishments of the Duke’s Daughter. The War has started and Iris has deal with that and other things in her territory. It’s the last one from her story. Finally, I’ve started Effects and Side Effects by Pheonix Dawn. It’s a Harry Potter AU that changes after the Department of Mysteries. Voldie wants his soul fragment back and sends a potion to Draco to give to Harry that will help with that. When it’s given to Harry, he fights back and destroys the fragment, but there are side effects. The most prominent being that he’s turned into a girl. Eight witches swear themselves into his services and accidently end up married to him. This is their story. Sadly incomplete and was last updated in 2015.

Onto the quest, first is Another Little White Lie by rayrae118. This is a Star Trek AU from the most recent movies (2009). James T. Krik runs away at a young age to his aunt and uncle. This is his story as his genius gets him in and out of trouble. He even meets most of his crew early. This is the first of a set of stories and goes through the end of the first movie. The whole series is finished. I’ve actually talked about it before here.

Second is Another Path by DragonflyDream. It’s a Katekyo Hitman Reborn fic where things are very different. Tsuna has a twin who his mother treats better than him. This leads Tsuna to meet and befriend Hibari and Shoichi and early. They eventually have to flee when his twin tries to kill him. It’s very interesting, but sadly unfinished and hasn’t updated since 2022.

Third is Another Path by Selector. It’s a Worm fic, where Taylor gets another power. To be completely honest even glancing over this one I don’t remember much about it, which is something in and of itself. It has six chapters and I can’t even tell if it’s finished looking at the end of the last chapter.

Next is Another Soldier Reporting by sakurademonalchemist. This is a Katekyo Hitman Reborn and Harry Potter crossover. Lal Mirch is fem Harry and is sent back in time. I’ve talked about it before here. It’s incomplete and hasn’t been updated since 2019. After that is Another Way by ack1308. It’s a Worm AU where Marquis wasn’t captured and raised Amelia. I’ve also talked about it before here. It’s still updating but has 40 chapters so far.

Then is Answering the Call by Mirrond. It’s a My Hero Academia AU where Izuku is All for One’s son and wants to be a hero and manages to convince other villain’s kids to become heroes too. All for One decides if you can’t beat them, join them and blackmails Nezu into becoming vice principal and to make a new class for the villains’ kids. It’s definitely crack as All Might gets really weird. Incomplete, but unsure if continuing.

Finally is Appearances Can Be Deceiving by soulofdarkandlight. It’s another My Hero Academia UA, but not as cracky. After All Might offers Izuku his quirk, he goes home and finds his cousin. Said cousin doesn’t care if he’s quirkless or not and decides to do something about how he’s treated. It has 64 chapters, but sadly hasn’t updated since July 2023.

Got a few trainings and the massive company conference coming up, so it’ll be a busy week. Have a great week and… May Your Heart Be Your Guiding Key!