Queen's Blade White Triangle Story 4-2

For the commissions poll, "loowd" and "main cast" won with 14v-38% and 13v-36%, followed by "obscure characters", "holiday related" and "wholesome" bunched together with 4v-11%, 3-8% and 2v-5% respectively.
Lol, you know, when our fella proposed the poll, that's the two choices I told him were gonna win~

Next poll is about the Tartarus from last week, we're expecting the last 4 designs to drop within the week hopefully :3

Continuing the story, Leina and co fall to Mei's clutches...?

Enjoy!

Also, we didn't touch upon this before, but do stay safe during these times, guys!

Queen's Blade White Triangle Story 4-1

The news this week is the White Triangle twitter deciding to start revealing the kick-ass designs of the Tartarus that never got their time on the spotlight: Irma, Cattleya,  Nyx, Ymir, Melpha, Menace, Melona and Elina, or here together in a funky gif:

For the poll about years following QB, "9-12" took it with 15v-46%, followed by "6-9" with 8v-25%, "3-6" with 5v-15% and "12+" with 4v-12%. No one voted for "3-".
Guess it only takes a cursory look at the blog to guess I'm in the "9-12" range as well... but hey, wasn't expecting people here with 12+ years of fandom!

This week's poll comes from our pal The Evil Overlord, commission-related!

And here we continue with WT's story!

Enjoy!

Happy St Patrick's Day!

Hey guys, this isn't really a holiday where I'm from, but our buddy The Evil Overlord commissioned a lovely pic with Joan & Risty to celebrate, enjoy and have fun!

Queen's Blade White Triangle Character Songs (3): Mei

Regarding the OVA 2 poll, "definitely checking it!" and "probably, no hurry tho" won with 12v-35% and 11v-32%, followed by "saw it already!", "wait, it's been ripped already!?" and "0 intention of watching it" with 5v-14%, 4v-11% and 2v-5%.
I did watch it and shared my opinions on Discord in real-time while I was at it, but basically: not a bad adaptation of the story we read back then, better animation than chapter 1, but still a bit rushed.

Next poll, in honor of the (early) 15th anniversary celebration, how long ya been a fan?

And now we finish with Mei's song, the longest and moodiest of the bunch! Also the only one who doesn't have a direct English title, Mei's kind of always the odd one out, huh.

Enjoy!

Queen's Blade White Triangle Character Songs (2): Taylor

Before I forget, the 15th anniversary page has been updated with all kinds of products, not sure if you can buy any online yet tho.

Regarding the Senran Kagura collab, "pretty good" and "awesome!" won with 12v-48% and 8v-32%, followed by "could have been better" and "didn't really like it" with 4v-16% and 1v-4%.
Yaay, I just wished these kinds of collabs weren't that damn rare in the first place :3

Now next poll, did you already watch the OVA 2 (released here icymi)?

And it's now Tay-tay's turn! Let's get the jazzy tunes going with her Shake Period, and don't forget to shake it! :D (also, since Youtube age-restricted Joan's vid, let's just skip the middleman)

Enjoy!

Fun fact: I commissioned transcriptions for the short versions of these songs like half a year ago, when a CD was nowhere in sight. They got a decent amount of this song right (though "saa, DEAD or LOVE" isn't something anyone could have imagined)... but got pretty much pwned by Joan's, for good reason :p

Queen's Blade White Triangle Character Songs (1): Joan

Regarding the "WT coming back" poll, "we don't have the best track record" won with 10v-35%, followed by "let's not lose hope!" with 9v-32%, and then there was "I don't think so" and "yes, else it'd be a waste" with 5v-17% and 4v-14%.
Hmm, no way I'm going to lose hope in the WT story continuing and my dear Shiwasu no Okina regaling us with more Triangle stuff, no siree... :D

Next poll, what did you think about SK collab anyway? (man, did I nail the vid thumbnail on that one :3)

And for this week, while my partner's not around, we start going over Triangle's character songs, in what some might call glorified AMVs~!
This was supposed to be a bit of hype for when they became playable in the game... but since this doesn't seem the case anymore, let's instead celebrate the awesomeness of the new characters of the first place! Starting with our strongest red oni, and her Badass Love!

Enjoy!

(Let's hope Youtube doesn't get too uppity with the sexyness :p)

Btw, thanks to our pal Anubite07 for the summer attack footage :3

Queen's Blade: Senran Kagura collaboration

Sup guys, after last time, it's time for another rare Queen's Blade collaboration it seems, and it's in one of the series that kinda appeal to the same demographic: Senran Kagura! (aka "Tits are life, ass is hometown")

More precisely, the Senran Kagura New Link game for Android, which you can find here and will continue the collab up till the 28th if you're interested:

So, what is a Senran Kagura New Link anyways? Well, it's quite a simple, hands-free RPG, where your team of 5 girls will do their basic attack most of the time, with you deciding when to use their special attack or their ultimate thing (as soon as they're ready, that is). And after the enemies in the last wave are finished, if all your teammates are alive there's a chance you can trigger a "New Link Chance" for a last attack ganging up on the enemy together.

Gameplay-wise there isn't much more to mention, but the main draw is rather the 3d models, which are quite nice, their animation very smooth and everything, and the game mode where you can make them wear all kinds of suits, earned from event stages or shared with their mates (you do need to find some keys to make any suit available for one girl though).

I should also mention that the gacha rates are quite shit (0.5%), and there's no pity/spark system either, but thankfully yours truly managed to beat the odds twice and got a Leina after around 900 gems (21 multipulls), combining 4 rerolls, and an Airi after 200 gems more (5 multipulls) :3

And now, on with the goodies! The last collab post might have been more of a picture filled one, but this time I made a nifty vid, yo~!

And here are some timestamps for your enjoyment! (first time doing these, yay)
00:00 - Opening collab scene
01:57 - Leina comes home!
03:03 - Airi comes home too!
04:11 - Battle: Airi
06:23 - Battle: Leina
07:45 - Title and diorama: Leina
11:30 - Title and diorama: Airi
15:46 - Dressing room: Leina
20:43 - Dressing room: Airi
25:12 - Evolution! Souji (Alleyne suit)
25:44 - Dressing room: Shouji (Alleyne suit)
27:11 - Evolution! Airi & Leina Bikini
28:08 - Battle as Bikini Leina
30:35 - Battle as Bikini Airi
31:31 - Title and diorama Bikini Leina
32:00 - Dressing room Bikini Leina
33:17 - Title and diorama Bikini Airi
34:01 - Dressing room Bikini Airi
35:05 - Event scene (SK = Hinomoto? lol)