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shmaster · 2016-09-30, 23:49

Cosmic, I lied.
The temptation is too strong, I have placed my pre-order now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal Regnum771

Buying for item #1 and #2.
>Melonbooks
It's my nemesis. We meet again.

Pre-order using credit card first. Melonbooks take foreign credit cards.

The have them ship to whatever proxy you use.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-10-01, 00:14

Euuurggh....

How much has it cost for you total?

I think I'll order it tonight

TwilightsCall · 2016-10-01, 01:47

For me its easy because I live in Japan atm, so it totaled 10,700 yen.

I'd expect another 3000~4000 yen if you're using a shipping service to send it to North America. If you live closer than that it might be a bit cheaper.

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-10-01, 02:50

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmaster

Pre-order using credit card first. Melonbooks take foreign credit cards.

The have them ship to whatever proxy you use.

T-that's possible? I have to contact my main proxy (which doesn't accept MB) to see if they'll do that for me. At worst, I'll just have to open another proxy, although I really don't feel like making another deposit to open one.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-10-01, 06:00

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal Regnum771

T-that's possible? I have to contact my main proxy (which doesn't accept MB) to see if they'll do that for me. At worst, I'll just have to open another proxy, although I really don't feel like making another deposit to open one.

Very. It's how I buy from Melonbooks when outside Japan.

Have them drop off the items at your shipping proxy's address (Tenso in my case) and the proxy shld take over from there

shmaster · 2016-10-01, 13:39

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal Regnum771

T-that's possible? I have to contact my main proxy (which doesn't accept MB) to see if they'll do that for me. At worst, I'll just have to open another proxy, although I really don't feel like making another deposit to open one.

Actual money deposit?
Then just use one that doesn't requires that.
I use Tenso too, they don't requires deposit for their service.

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-10-01, 18:26

SMJ can't do it. Melonbooks have their place blacklisted.

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmaster

Actual money deposit?
Then just use one that doesn't requires that.
I use Tenso too, they don't requires deposit for their service.

I guess. I'm asking Tenso and Big in Japan if they can order on my behalf. I hope one of them can >_>

I can always order from amazon.jp, which I seldom use, but their shipping prices are always high.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-10-01, 20:53

Tenso does NOT order for you AFAIK.

You place the order on Melonbooks and then put your Tenso address in the address space.

Also, didn't know that Melonbooks blacklisted SMJ.....Wow, I was even considering SMJ myself. Why, you know?

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-10-01, 21:28

I figured, but I'm asking them anyways cause Melonbooks is more complicated with their drop down option, which auto-translate doesn't work on.

Coincidence, I guess? ^

shmaster · 2016-10-01, 23:54

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eternal Regnum771

I figured, but I'm asking them anyways cause Melonbooks is more complicated with their drop down option, which auto-translate doesn't work on.

Coincidence, I guess? ^

Wait, I thought you can read Japanese. Why you would need auto-translate?
The address page should be simple enough that you can copy and paste things over.

And no, Tenso won't buy on your behalf, if you ask, they'll just refer you to their sister site: Buyee. Which buys on your behalf, but only the shops that's on their list, which does not include Melonbooks.

If you really need a proxy that buys on your behalf and don't give you much trouble, use Celga.
Celga buys from any shop as long as that shop is on-line, even those personal on-line shop of minor doujin circles. But they require you to pay full price in advance. But their service is very reliable.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-10-02, 00:32

One word though, Celga has good service but accordingly, the price can also become quite steep

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-10-02, 02:53

Quote:

Originally Posted by shmaster

Wait, I thought you can read Japanese. Why you would need auto-translate?
The address page should be simple enough that you can copy and paste things over.

And no, Tenso won't buy on your behalf, if you ask, they'll just refer you to their sister site: Buyee. Which buys on your behalf, but only the shops that's on their list, which does not include Melonbooks.

If you really need a proxy that buys on your behalf and don't give you much trouble, use Celga.
Celga buys from any shop as long as that shop is on-line, even those personal on-line shop of minor doujin circles. But they require you to pay full price in advance. But their service is very reliable.

o.O. I don't think I said I personally could Japanese before. I'm just good at using various machine TLs and have experience with translated text from machine. Although my sister is learning Japanese and she knows very basic stuff at the moment.

So, Tenso is out and so is their sister site then.

I checked out Celga and it looks like I'll use them. Thanks.

Mahou · 2016-10-16, 16:55

Phew, finally done with Nozomi's, Satsuki's and Narukana's route. Trudging through the game 3 more times was tiresome in the long run and made me wish for a battle skip function

, despite the battles ending faster with maxed characters.

Spoiler for Nozomi, Satsuki, Narukana Impressions:

Nozomi in bullet points as I've played her route first out of the three:
- Added letter conversations after her temporary "depature" were good. Should have been used during all routes after they were introduced once, but I can accept that it gave an exclusive flair to her route.
- Confession alright, but Nozomi's personal drama felt unnecessary
- Dialogue with Jirol better than Katima route.
- Zetsu-Nanashi scene was beautiful.
- Iyaga was lame with her OP situation and while the solution by Nozomu and Nozomi was cliche, it might have been as well their only way to beat her.
But, wow, that ending was terrible in its execution

.

Satsuki:
Drama after returning from the log domain with losing taste, touch, feeling of temperature was strange-ish as never mentioned before. But as it seems to be connected to her route it was servicable. It felt like it dragged on after a while. Nozomi "beating" some common sense in Nozomu was definitely the highlight of her route for me *lol* as that had been causing some of the tedious feeling. Her and Nozomu becoming Null Eternals was fine enough and I actually liked the resolution how everyone could keep remembering them. Iyaga as the final enemy was tiresome. I've read on the jp. wikipedia that she's got more depth than the game showed and counts to the powerhouse members of the Law Eternals with her Rank 2 sword.

Narukana:
Narukana's change of attitude between haughty, depressed, deredere, honest and lonely were good and provided needed character depths. Her scene with Jirol was nice, but the latters suddenly-revealed purpose/dream of hardening Nozomu's mental prowress to resist the Null mana backlash was quite out of the blue. The party's confrontation with the Creator was kinda anti-climatic but Narukana roflstomping her was hilarious in a postive way.
Once again Iyaga was a complete

-moment. Narukana turning berserk and finally admitting Nozomu's and her own wish was probably the only redeeming moment here. Nozomi using the power of friendship with help of technology might be questionable (if only due to my half-@ssed comprehension of the jp. version) but I love her supporting function.

Last but not least: The transformation with Reme and Satsuki was ridiculous + out of place in terms of the comedy-way it was executed but probably better than Satsuki completely vanshing or something like that. Narukana disappearing and re-appearing was an "Okaaaay....?" moment. Her epilogue, or rather the last big scene was terribly bad.
Oh yeah, and the short notice of Euphy joining the Law Eternal was poor. I know it will be a (big) plot point of the next installment and gives her her own tragic fate, but come on a short bit of her thoughts wouldn't have hurt.

Overall: I think I still got my fair amount of entertainment, even though my nagging about the - for me - "negative" parts may not give off that impression; given that I don't consider myself as a huge lore enthusiast of the Eternal war.

TwilightsCall · 2016-10-31, 19:47

Pre-order bonuses (or whatever you want to call them, not sure if it's restricted to pre-orders) have been announced. There's a set of 4 Tapestries, each provider giving one.

Sofmap > Aselia
Getchu > Esperia
Melonbooks > Orpha
Official site > Uruka

So if you haven't ordered anything yet, that might colour your decision as to who you buy it from.

TwilightsCall · 2016-11-09, 16:14

And samples are up.

Cosmic Eagle · 2016-11-09, 21:28

Uruka's is nice

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-11-10, 09:35

Well, that settles it. Now I have to get that Aselia tapestry. RIP my wallet.

Mahou · 2016-11-10, 10:04

Uruka's looks the best for me

. Still not spending money on any preorder special edition thingy. If customs wouldn't be such a pain, I'd eventually wait for a normal edition.
And I still haven't found a job yet >_< -> no money for any entertainment goods

Zetsuen_no_Myuu · 2016-11-17, 03:12

Xuse calendar for 2017. Deader wallet soon.

Spoiler for .:

Makes me want a remastered version of Aselia 1 so bad.

TwilightsCall · 2016-12-23, 01:41

Well well well, look what arrived today!

Spoiler:

I would have actually got it yesterday, but I wasn't home to pick up the delivery.

And as luck would have it, my DVD drive can read the game disc fine, but doesn't recognize any of the other discs. Hurray.

Guess I'm waiting for a rip to listen to Lia's story >.>

2016-10-01, 00:14	Link #1182
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	Euuurggh.... How much has it cost for you total? I think I'll order it tonight __________________

2016-10-01, 20:53	Link #1188
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	Tenso does NOT order for you AFAIK. You place the order on Melonbooks and then put your Tenso address in the address space. Also, didn't know that Melonbooks blacklisted SMJ.....Wow, I was even considering SMJ myself. Why, you know? __________________

2016-10-02, 00:32	Link #1191
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	One word though, Celga has good service but accordingly, the price can also become quite steep __________________

2016-11-09, 21:28	Link #1196
Cosmic Eagle 今宵の虎徹は血に飢えている Join Date: Jan 2009	Uruka's is nice __________________

2016-10-01, 01:47	Link #1183
TwilightsCall Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Age: 33	For me its easy because I live in Japan atm, so it totaled 10,700 yen. I'd expect another 3000~4000 yen if you're using a shipping service to send it to North America. If you live closer than that it might be a bit cheaper.

2016-10-01, 21:28	Link #1189
Zetsuen_no_Myuu ボクは、ボクを全て殺す Join Date: Sep 2008	I figured, but I'm asking them anyways cause Melonbooks is more complicated with their drop down option, which auto-translate doesn't work on. Coincidence, I guess? ^

2016-10-16, 16:55	Link #1193
Mahou ダメ人 - 人間失格 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Age: 37	Phew, finally done with Nozomi's, Satsuki's and Narukana's route. Trudging through the game 3 more times was tiresome in the long run and made me wish for a battle skip function , despite the battles ending faster with maxed characters. Spoiler for Nozomi, Satsuki, Narukana Impressions: Nozomi in bullet points as I've played her route first out of the three: - Added letter conversations after her temporary "depature" were good. Should have been used during all routes after they were introduced once, but I can accept that it gave an exclusive flair to her route. - Confession alright, but Nozomi's personal drama felt unnecessary - Dialogue with Jirol better than Katima route. - Zetsu-Nanashi scene was beautiful. - Iyaga was lame with her OP situation and while the solution by Nozomu and Nozomi was cliche, it might have been as well their only way to beat her. But, wow, that ending was terrible in its execution . Satsuki: Drama after returning from the log domain with losing taste, touch, feeling of temperature was strange-ish as never mentioned before. But as it seems to be connected to her route it was servicable. It felt like it dragged on after a while. Nozomi "beating" some common sense in Nozomu was definitely the highlight of her route for me lol as that had been causing some of the tedious feeling. Her and Nozomu becoming Null Eternals was fine enough and I actually liked the resolution how everyone could keep remembering them. Iyaga as the final enemy was tiresome. I've read on the jp. wikipedia that she's got more depth than the game showed and counts to the powerhouse members of the Law Eternals with her Rank 2 sword. Narukana: Narukana's change of attitude between haughty, depressed, deredere, honest and lonely were good and provided needed character depths. Her scene with Jirol was nice, but the latters suddenly-revealed purpose/dream of hardening Nozomu's mental prowress to resist the Null mana backlash was quite out of the blue. The party's confrontation with the Creator was kinda anti-climatic but Narukana roflstomping her was hilarious in a postive way. Once again Iyaga was a complete -moment. Narukana turning berserk and finally admitting Nozomu's and her own wish was probably the only redeeming moment here. Nozomi using the power of friendship with help of technology might be questionable (if only due to my half-@ssed comprehension of the jp. version) but I love her supporting function. Last but not least: The transformation with Reme and Satsuki was ridiculous + out of place in terms of the comedy-way it was executed but probably better than Satsuki completely vanshing or something like that. Narukana disappearing and re-appearing was an "Okaaaay....?" moment. Her epilogue, or rather the last big scene was terribly bad. Oh yeah, and the short notice of Euphy joining the Law Eternal was poor. I know it will be a (big) plot point of the next installment and gives her her own tragic fate, but come on a short bit of her thoughts wouldn't have hurt. Overall: I think I still got my fair amount of entertainment, even though my nagging about the - for me - "negative" parts may not give off that impression; given that I don't consider myself as a huge lore enthusiast of the Eternal war.

2016-10-31, 19:47	Link #1194
TwilightsCall Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Age: 33	Pre-order bonuses (or whatever you want to call them, not sure if it's restricted to pre-orders) have been announced. There's a set of 4 Tapestries, each provider giving one. Sofmap > Aselia Getchu > Esperia Melonbooks > Orpha Official site > Uruka So if you haven't ordered anything yet, that might colour your decision as to who you buy it from.

2016-11-09, 16:14	Link #1195
TwilightsCall Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Age: 33	And samples are up.

2016-11-10, 09:35	Link #1197
Zetsuen_no_Myuu ボクは、ボクを全て殺す Join Date: Sep 2008	Well, that settles it. Now I have to get that Aselia tapestry. RIP my wallet.

2016-11-10, 10:04	Link #1198
Mahou ダメ人 - 人間失格 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Germany Age: 37	Uruka's looks the best for me . Still not spending money on any preorder special edition thingy. If customs wouldn't be such a pain, I'd eventually wait for a normal edition. And I still haven't found a job yet >_< -> no money for any entertainment goods

2016-11-17, 03:12	Link #1199
Zetsuen_no_Myuu ボクは、ボクを全て殺す Join Date: Sep 2008	Xuse calendar for 2017. Deader wallet soon. Spoiler for .: Makes me want a remastered version of Aselia 1 so bad.

2016-12-23, 01:41	Link #1200
TwilightsCall Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Tokyo, Japan Age: 33	Well well well, look what arrived today! Spoiler: I would have actually got it yesterday, but I wasn't home to pick up the delivery. And as luck would have it, my DVD drive can read the game disc fine, but doesn't recognize any of the other discs. Hurray. Guess I'm waiting for a rip to listen to Lia's story >.>