Kairosoft - Grand Prix 2 - Beginner's Guide - VS Races

Kairosoft's Latest Free 2 Play Game - Here's a quick beginners guide, 

These tips are simple things you can do to have an efficient start to the game, These little tricks were discovered personally as I was playing the game and therefore unaware of any other guide that may have already mentioned them

Fuel Storage is the Way ( Fuel Tank ) 

When you rank up, you are automatically given max fuel ( like leveling up in RPG games give you max HP and MP ). Which is why upgrade your fuel tanks as soon as you can and avoid wasting fuel. 

Don't Waste Fuel ( VS Races ) 

When you are close to ranking up ( leveling up ) be sure to spend your fuel on VS Races (Doesn't give you experience towards ranking up) , These races give you "Grain" for winning, Which is used to feed your chicken for eggs ( High Exp Enhance Materials ), and even if you lose you still gain Staff Experience and Fans. 

Make sure you leave enough Fuel behind to compete in a Race and gain experience to rank up. 

Throwing Races ( VS Races )

This tip works hand in hand with the previous tip, If you have to spend fuel on VS Races do so accordingly, Winning a race against a user at your level gets you a small amount of "Grain" as well as a small amount of "G" (Money). But racing against a high level users gains you a large amount of "G" (Money), Staff Experience and Fans ( Enhance Material Gifts ) .

For Example :  

The image on the left shows a player that is of a way higher level than me, I have a horrible "Win Chance" of 10% but I'm not counting on winning this race, 

Note : Winning the Race gets me 32,000G and 450 Grain

Though losing will only drop me - 10 Star ( Rating) 

I had a horrible race with over a minute of everyone else's finishing time. 

But at last place I still earned 3,200 G. 

Lots of Staff Experience because of the high level race.

Lots of Fans too. Gaining me 5 enhance items from that one race.  

New Anime Review - Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume

New Season Review : Shakunetsu no Takkyuu Musume (Scorching Ping Pong Girls)

So will personally be following with the release of the episodes and will post updates of this review, Maybe half-way and and after it is completed. 

Another Sports anime, In my personal opinion starts off very cringy the animation style felt very shabby and the amount of fan-girling done by the background characters. Personally can't recommended this to anyone who doesn't have much time to spend watching anime, For those looking to fill their Tuesday slot give this a try and if you can get past the animation style. 

Of coarse this is a review only of the first two episodes that have been out so my opinion on it may change, Can't see this season being the only one at the current pace they are going at (assuming it's a 12 episode season) Of coarse with sport anime's you expect it to end on a cliffhanger for the next season. Of coarse where is currently stands people are rating it at about 6-7 out of 10, 

Give the first two episodes a try if you really have the time, Otherwise I would personally skip this. 

(My personal Opinion, As a person who have a preference for Slice-of-Life, Adventure,Mystery stuff, I have watched my fair share of Sports anime, If you are a person who enjoys Sport's animes there is quite a few of them out this Fall 2016, 

Such as : Haikyuu!! (Volleyball Anime - Third Season)

Keijo (Swimming Sports Ecchi Anime)

Yuri!!! on Ice (Ice Skating Anime) *Quite a popular one at the moment

All Out!! (Baseball Anime)

Long Riders! (Competitive Cycling).

So this Fall 2016 seems like the season for Sports Anime, Will give a review on Yuri!! on Ice soon, and Probably Long Riders! when it comes out. 

New Anime Review - WWW.Working

New Season Review : WWW.Working (According to Ep. 1 & 2)

So will be following with the release of the episodes of WWW.Working (WWW.Wagnaria).

This review would be short, and a full season review will be posted after the season is completed.

For those who have watched the first 3 seasons, Then you may enjoy this new one.
It takes place in the same restaurant but with a whole new cast, (At least I think so)
At where it currently stands none of the original staff are still around.
WWW.Wagnaria has kept the essence of the Wagnaria! Series with it's strange mix of characters.

But at where it stands I currently have a preference for the first one, It made me laugh more,
Let's see where it goes.

Something really cool happens in the first minute of the show. And I'm not sure if many anime's do this and if it's a "thing" that animes do. But it was very self-explanatory and cool. Won't spoil anything here, Check it out for yourselves.

Random Morning Post - Hanasaku Iroha : Home Sweet Home

The movie for Hanasaku Iroha : Home Sweet Home showcases two different issues/morals

Written at 3-4 in the morning...

The Family Structure - Society Today

In today's society the regular family unit consists of two parents and children. Unlike the past where one of the parent would go off to work while the other takes care of the household and kids, Things have changed where most families would require both parents to work, Some so that they could live comfortable lives in the middle class, others so they can make ends meet. 

As a child living in the developing country of Malaysia, I have not experienced this, My dad was a lecturer and we were able to live comfortable lives, Though I wouldn't say we didn't have our own struggles with money as we did, When I started Middle School my mom started working as well to earn extra money for the household. 

With the way society is going today as basic necessity and wants start costing more and more, A single working parent is but a rarity only for those with high paying jobs or successful business owners. 

As both parents work harder and harder to provide all they can for their kids, They lose grasp of what the kid deems important or not and realize how difficult it is to find time to spend with their kids while trying to provide for them the best. 

The Curse of Society Today, You shall get married, Have a Kid, Work every waking hour to send your kid to a good school and provide them with everything they could want. But they would never be happy as they never get to spend time with you. Kids crave attention, even if a lot of them have their eyes glued to a screen nowadays, I'm sure at some point in their lives they still call theirs parents to show them something they find interesting. And due to your state you are unable to scrounge up the energy to entertain them, As work has drained you of all your energy and all you want to do is go to sleep. 

The worse thing is when you make a promise to bring them somewhere, and instead you end up apologizing as something came up at work. I'm sure you feel the regret in your heart. Knowing how disappointed they might have felt. Telling yourself your working hard for their sake. 

And your right, you did it for their sake, knowing if you didn't answer the work call, you could have lost your job, not everyone has a job in which the company finds you irreplaceable. 

Instead of Complaining about society, Maybe it's time to look for solutions.
Break old customs, Swallow your pride, Innovate and Create new ways to live life. 

Question your work ethics. 

Question your expenditure. 

If your still alive, (And if your still online reading this). 

Then there is a way to change things for yourself and your family. 

With no regrets. So your kid would grow up happy, feeling loved, 

Do you really need that big car?

Do you really need to eat there? 

Do you really need that new high-spec phone?

Do you really need to check facebook right now?

Do you really need loads of money to spend time with your kids??

What activities could I do at home with my kids?

Not all activities require you to go out to the nearest theme park or zoo.

What can you do at home? Kids value that time spent. 

Would I be able to carpool to work?

Is it possible to change the meaning of a family unit??

These are just a few random ideas that popped up in my head at this time. 

For those who don't have a family yet. 

It's the time for you to prepare in case you have one, 

Do everything you can to make sure your ready for one before having one. 

And remember we are all humans, we are all family, 

" If you complain that their are not enough nice people nowadays, It's time to become one."

Review : Hanasaku Iroha

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Review of Hanasaku Iroha

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Comedy, Drama, Slice-of-Life

It's been awhile since my last review, But here is one, 

Noticed this anime on the front page of MyAnimelist.net and decided to watch it,

Like my other reviews I expect the reader to have read the synopsis.

If you haven't visit the MyAnimeList page here.

(SPOILER-FREE)

Hanasaku Iroha about a girl who abandoned by her care-free mother, She has nowhere to go but live with her grandmother in the Kissuisou Inn.  

(Story 8/10)

Hanasaku Iroha pitches a similar concept to that of Hayate The Combat Butler. Abandoned by parents now have to move to a new environment and get used to it, Of coarse instead of an over-talented butler we have a regular energetic high-school girl. 

A story about dedication to work and pondering what is truly important in life.

(Art 8/10)

Hanasaku Iroha has no issues in the art style in my opinion, And meets the standard art style in most anime's nowadays. As per usual the scores 9-10 are reserved for animes with unique identifiable art styles that work. 

(Sound 10/10)

Usually don't have any issues with sounds in the animes I've watched and Hanasaku Iroha is no exception. The Japanese Dub has been done well and in my opinion the voices match the character quite well. 

(Characters 7/10)

They have done well to develop the characters, Giving most characters enough time on screen. There are a couple episodes focused on these other characters which allowed the viewers to get to know them better. Though other developments allow the viewer to understand the reasoning behind the character's actions. 

(Enjoyment 8/10) 

It was a really fun anime to watch, and personally enjoyed it, Though I wasn't able to watch the whole thing in a couple days as my usaul and actually watched it over the course of two weeks. 

Looking forward to a second season and will be watching the movie soon, "Hanasaku Iroha : Home Sweet Home. 

I recommend this anime to anyone who enjoys the a little bit of comedy and drama, It was a fun little anime to watch. 

If you are interested to watch "Hanasaku Iroha"

Then I recommend Kissanime.to

http://kissanime.to/Anime/Hanasaku-Iroha

If you really really enjoy it then support the creators by purchasing the Blu-Ray. 

Or supporting their other works. 

https://myanimelist.net/anime/producer/132/PA_Works

Life is a Playground Analogy - #001 - Life is a Swing

Life is a Swing Analogy

Prepared by: [DJK]

Life is a Swing, An analogy of playing on a swing and how it relates to living life.

The Swing represents the Lives we sit through, the higher we are the happier we become though we always come back down. We push against the ground to get ourselves higher. The ground represents problems. We make the effort to solve our problems in turn it makes us happy, though without the ground we would have nothing to push against. A life without problems feels meaningless.

The Swings we get differ from person to person. The quality of the seat of the swing determines how comfortable we feel with life, though it wears down over time, we can make the effort to replace it for a better or worse one.  The Swings we get differ in height and length of chain describes the maximum potential society has set for us. The longer chain and higher the swing set, the higher one could swing. But no matter how permanent these chains may feel they can be altered. Make the effort to make your chains longer and heighten your swing set. 

Thought Provoking Post #005 He, She?!, She's a He? He's a She?

This post questions the meaning behind genders. In no way is this scientifically backed, This is just a thought developed in my head and through conversation with a friend.

So let's say you the average person were to date say another average person of the opposite gender. You two are close, very intimate, You trust each other to a certain degree. You have been dating said person for two to three years now.

On one of these days you stumble upon information somehow finding out that the person you have been dating is not actually of the opposite gender at birth, but instead went through a sex change earlier in their life.

How would you react to this? 

Talking with said friend mentioned earlier. She said that "if they have dated me for that long and still didn't tell me such an important thing then it wouldn't have worked anyway".
Probably a very common response a lot of you might have.

 But instead of condemning this person for their actions what if, instead you took a step back and tried to understand why they would have done such a thing? Now if you both of you were actually in a relationship where one loves the other. Then their actions were not done to hurt you but instead was probably what they thought was the right thing to do, to protect the relationship you have.

They probably have felt afraid that this information would have ruined or changed things in how the relationship developed or maybe they truly felt that this information was unimportant.

No matter the reason we can only assume how another feels in the situation. Imagine the feeling that you are fault, You love this girl/boy with all your heart and you do everything you can to see them happy, But because you born of the same gender they would never accept you, The fear that if they find out you would lose this person, The person that makes you... oh so happy.

Let's learn to question people's reasoning behind their actions instead of acting out on emotion. 
After all whether you like it or not, We are all human.