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It gets even weirder because SETUP has ties to Emi Sakura and Chocopro; which is how I believe they ended up with the IWA title to start with. I think they're also fully rebranding as IWA now.

Northeast Indy Daikaiiju Pro announced they were shutting down; just after announcing their fourth planned show. Definitely a bummer as the first two shows were fun and I was definitely looking forward to the third.

I'm catching up on GLEAT and I really dug this UWF tag match: Katsuhiko Nakajima/Takanori Ito vs Masakatsu Funaki/Daichi Hashimoto. https://youtu.be/S2VPu1yMjhM?si=9g9C-NxDaYIJEUpy&t=5289

I watched Late Night With the Devil yesterday as well, I loved how it constantly ratcheted the tension up so that even perfectly normal scenes had you on Edge. Dastmalchian does a great job portraying someone who is good at heart trying to succeed in the heartless world of showbiz. I also think the actors who played Lilly and Carmichael did their jobs perfectly, Lilly just added to the tension by being there and Carmichael deflated things just enough to keep it headed to the climax perfectly. It's just a bummer that the AI art thing and the Abu Dhabi funding kind of leave a bitter taste in my mouth, as the film creates a world that I'd love to see more of.

So the Vikings sign Sam Darnold to a 1 year warm body contract. I wonder if we'll see them bet the farm in draft picks and try to move up to draft a QB?

It only took me 155.7 hours, but I've finally beaten Persona 5 Royal on my PC and 100%ed the achievements. the P2 Duology will always be my favorites in my heart (despite aging like milk from a mechanics standpoint) but this feels to me like the modern Persona game perfected. Now to take a break, play some non-RPG stuff and then dive into Trails to Azure.

I want Belichick to FINISH THE STORY~! and go back to Cleveland and stay far, far away from the NFC South in the off chance he still has it.

I assure you I wasn't on my phone all show, I was having too much fun.

So The Daikaiju Pro show was great, it totally blew my expectations out of the water. Every match was fun, it felt like everyone showed up to show out. The Nakajima/Veny match was great, Shoko looked shocked at how much the crowd was into her. Definitely going back for the next show. I missed live wrestling.

I'm up in Maine so I don't hear too much about events down that way. This was pure algorithm luck, but that's awesome to hear!

I'm actually pretty excited to attend my first live wrestling show since the Pandemic. I've had the worse luck for getting seats for AEW shows and New Japan seems to hate having US shows less then 7 hours away from me. But there's a new group called DaiKaiju Pro doing a show in Worchester next month and I've got front row seats to it.

So I haven't messed around too much with character creation yet, but when I saw the goofy bear costume I had to make "The Grizzly" Bear (from Chicago as my GF insisted). I gave him a bear hug for a special and the Salt of the Earth (The Arm-Bear) as a finish. 10/10 flawless game.

I feel like the movie really wanted to put the viewer in Hongo's shoes. Starting in-media-res, everyone else working with far more knowledge then Hongo and being distant to him. Hongo was very meant to be a pawn for everyone, but his struggle with his newfound power and questioning his resolve brings out the humanity in everyone around him. One of my co-workers said it best "it's like Hongo was a color character in a black and white world and slowly the color spread from him". I'm curious to see if a second viewing will unlock anything more from it.

I really enjoyed Shin Kamen Rider. Its a lot like Shin Ultraman where it packs in a TV seasons worth of plot into a 2 hour movie, but I felt like it did a better job of it. There is some absolutely beautiful cinematography on display at times and the movie keeps the original shows love of Dutch angles and color gels intact. Turns out there's a closer showing on Monday, so I'm going back to see it again.

So hyped for Shin Kamen Rider tonight. The nearest place to me that had tickets was 2 hours away, but I enjoyed the hell out of Shin Godzilla and Shin Ultraman, so I might as well finish off the trilogy in the theater. For other Toku stuff, I'm falling behind on KingOhger (episode 6), but I love the chaos energy its bringing. Also getting back on Kamen Rider as well by watching Saber. At some point I'll get up to date with UItraman too.