Well, another week has gone by. I'm slowly trying to build up my motivation and get back on my feet. Not even sure what to write right now, anything goes I guess. I should take note of positive things for a change.
These days, it's been quite windy. It has also been quite hot, sometimes I'd be constantly sweating throughout the day, especially when I move around a lot. I should increase my usual water intake to avoid dehydration. I don't mind the heat and sweating though, it feels good in fact to have the wind blow and dry my sweat away.
I also finally managed to beat the final-final boss on Ys: Oath in Felghana. I even managed to beat it on first or second try, without too much effort. With 7 HP left, I did it. Maybe I was well-rested and relatively anxiety-free. Or let my mind take a break from something difficult and come back on it with a better insight or skill.
But most likely, it's because I lowered the graphics settings and improved the FPS. Suddenly, deflecting the dark energy ball wasn't so difficult. Maybe it's all of the above.
No it's actually because I've been watching Shangri-La, an anime where the main character is an otaku who likes beating kusoge (diffult, shitty games). I think Ys games qualify as kusoge. I doubt a very attractive, big-breasted young woman is secretly into me, but it's quite easy to imagine myself as a bird-brained freak who fixates on terribly wrong or challenging things.
It's been a while since I last saw this ending. I wonder if Adol ever went back to Felghana to see Elena again. Looking it up, it doesn't look like she appeared anywhere in the later subsequent releases, so it's left for the player's imagination. What I imagine is that Adol never ever came back, and Elena grew old, decreipt and desolate, but still hopeful until the very end.
I also started playing Ys: Origin next. With the blessings of bird-brained sunraku, I've been in girigiri (close-call) situations, where I defeated several bosses with barely HP left. I even defeated the centipede boss with 1 HP left while poisoined. That's almost like Sunraku, except with a serpent instead of a centipede.
