#staroceansecondevolution — Public Fediverse posts

Ashton, Gyoro and Ururun; Dias and Claude for qmy and Peko 😊 Ink and water are so fun to work with! These were done with a Sailor Fude de Mannen and a waterbrush for blobbing the ink for shading.

(Old post about my tools and techniques here: https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/623322)

#StarOcean2 #StarOceanSecondEvolution #StarOceanTheSecondStoryR #AshtonAnchors #DiasFlac #ClaudeCKenni #ClaudeCKenny #fanart #ink #FountainPenInk

And a two-decades old mystery (to me) has finally been solved.

The mysterious case of the name of Salva's bar in Star Ocean 2.
https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5144720

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Here's that funny translation thing with Opera in Hilton that I found yesterday, haha. Just like Claude's random scream (see: https://mastodon.art/@maiji/112736078037518182), it's super amusing to finally be able to contextualize so many random childhood memories of this wonderful game 😂

https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/5144577

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I wrote a post about the opening soliloquy in #StarOcean2 Claude's story, with links to every version, a metaphrase of original Japanese compared to both official translations, plus thoughts on cinematics, translation decisions, delivery choices across 6 voice actors.

Lots of fun with Japanese practice, also got to hear Claude talk a million times 😆

https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4941937

#StarOceanTheSecondStory #StarOceanEX #StarOceanSecondEvolution #StarOceanSecondStoryR #translation #VoiceActing #seiyuu

The Tournament of Arms/Armory Contest is one of SO2's most iconic plot points! I had some fun writing a reflection on how the game uses perspective to manipulate player perception of events/characters.

I also have a comparison of game, manga, and anime versions summarized by: who enters under which smiths; reason(s) for entry; the matches; conclusion.

⚔️ https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4857218

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"Mom!" 😭

Chief Science Officer and symbology scientist Silvestri-Kenni reunites with her son, Ensign Kenni.

More commentary on a relationship I feel deserves more appreciation 🥺 https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4813267

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This morning's story is going through old files and being reminded of an amazingly hilarious glitch I experienced once in SO2 (original PS1) where Claude nearly got stuck in the sky. I tell that story here. There are a few other things in this post but just search for "The "Claude stuck in the sky" glitch", haha.

https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4809342

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I've been going down a Star Ocean 2 nostalgia rabbit hole~ :abunhdowohop:

"Hero of Light" lineart and commentary at https://www.pillowfort.social/posts/4657330

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