I'll be playing Blue Archive for the first time on Twitch on May 28 (CT). I don't have the exact time, but it'll be after I finish playing Lobotomy Corporation! Hope to see you there~ Also, I'll be using my new model in the next Blue Archive reaction video and in the streams! So be on the lookout for it! DISCORD SERVER LINK BELOW! TWITCH: www.twitch.tv/trailblazerririna (I'll be streaming Blue Archive for the first time on Twitch!) DISCORD: discord.com/servers/trailblazer-ririna-1097679395231113226 (Let's chat about Blue Archive together~) YT MEMBERSHIP: kzread.info/dron/XIcWBkYpOSwleic06QO97A.htmljoin SHOP: ko-fi.com/trailblazer_ririna/shop BACKUP CHANNEL: www.youtube.com/@TrailblazerFoxRirina

@matraser3201

2 ай бұрын

Hope i catch it

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@matraser3201 It's okay if you can't! I'll be releasing the edited version of the VOD on my channel around a week after. But it would be awesome if you were able to catch the livestream~

See when people say the game isn't dark, what they actually mean (assuming they read story) is that HOPE is one of the main themes, but of course we all know what hope pairs with :v Tho I suppose if we refer to devs, the word they'd use is "miracles" :v

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

So that's what they mean by the story not being dark... Well, I do love some angsty and emotional moments, even if it leads to a happy end. haha Or perhaps, the better word to describe it is a hopeful or miraculous end. XD

@ddice626

2 ай бұрын

i think people just see serious tones in stories then call it dark lol its honestly just wholesome, the BA story is very wholesome, it has very serious tones but it always have a light at the end of the tunnel.

@Korogiri_Koenagi

2 ай бұрын

And also just as the GSC President said, the other themes are adulthood, responsibility, and ideals, so Blue Archive is mainly about students facing adulthood, responsibility, and ideals, the journey can be considered dark, but the ending is always a happy ending, just as our great faust has said in her speech

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@ddice626 I loveeee that mix so much! And honestly, I really love the fact that it leads to a happy end no matter what. It's less stressful that way!

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@Korogiri_Koenagi It sounds like an emotional yet moving story with all of those themes~

29:10 They are an after-school sweets club, and now have a band event. Not to mention the instrument selection. People may say Bocchi but it's literally a K-ON reference lmao

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

They are?!? Haha, I actually did think of K-ON (and a few others) afterwards, but at that point, it was too late to say anything else. LOL Such a cute anime though~

I think a reason people sometimes say that BA is dark is that even though it has a generally light-hearted, hopeful tone, the writers care about exploring some serious themes through the story in ways you don't usually see in slice of life. There are a lot of mature questions and ideas that get addressed through the characters and their conflicts, and I think some readers conflate the presence of those themes with dark storytelling. I don't really blame them - cute, uplifting media rarely contains serious themes unless it's part of a dark anime style 'gotcha' moment!

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Ahhhh, that makes sense. I like it when stories tackle more serious themes, so I look forward to experiencing the story myself next week!

Its funny that you commented that Hifumi looks so bright... Because... She shares the same VA as Suzuran of Arknights... The Light of Rhodes Island... And she certainly lived up to the fan title Light Of Kivotos as well down the line in the main story...

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

That... is quite a coincidence! Makes me look forward to both Suzuran and Hifumi~ Need more light in my life! haha

The other PVs you saw like 0.5 are animated PVs made by Chinese Server since they just recently started. And goodness they have a pretty big budget. They animated a lot of PVs and they have their own CH dub for the whole main story.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Woah, that was animated by the CN server?!? I can see why the quality is so nice, especially if they have a pretty big budget!

Welcome new sensei. I recommend checking out "blue archives lore in 7 minutes" by Inoe to explain some of the world details. There's no spoilers, so it's safe to check out. Blue Sechi also has amazing animations (avoid the one titled Final Episode highlights). For your question on stars, students come in 1-3 star rarity. However, blue archive works on a shard system. Any character can raise their rating (also increases stats) easily. On top of that, they can then be raised to a further 5 star status. Blue Archive's story is light hearted, but also emotional. I genuinely did not expect to love it as much as I did when I started. Do note that the global servers are 6 months behind JP. Some previous events stories can also be read (with minor rewards) despite the event itself no longer getting another re-run. Even if you're not a fan of the gameplay (which, to be honest, can usually be auto'd or skipped), the story is absolutely worth it.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Thank you for the welcome! And thank you for the recommendations~ I'll check them out, most likely, after I finish playing the game for the first time! That's super nice that you can raise the rating of the students with shards, instead of having a set rarity. Makes me excited~ hehe Oh, don't worry. More than the gameplay, I'm always here for the story! So if the story is solid and enjoyable, then I'm 100% sure that I'll continue to play it!

@cry-o1436

2 ай бұрын

"Final Episode" Me: Suddenly thinking of Final lesson for no reason

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@cry-o1436 *whacks you with hammer* NO!!

@cry-o1436

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna Hey! It's not my fault the word "Final" causes me PTSD >.> Blame Shaoji

They really managed to make a guns girls ganre a lighthearted novel ahaha! Can't wait for you to play

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Hehe same here~ Only 8 more days until I can finally play the game for the first time on Twitch!

Highest gacha rarity is 3* but you can raise every students to 5*. Also you don't have to spend money to raise a student to it's max potential because everytime you pull a character you'll get eligma, shop currency to buy character's eleph (items to raise it's star)

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

That... is quite F2P friendly of them! That means that I can focus on my favorites and make them 5* in the future~ How nice~

@vicelvin3248

2 ай бұрын

​@@Trailblazer_Ririnaalso the gacha use points instead of pity. If you pulled 200 times, you will get 200 points, where you can trade it to any feature banner characters. Unfortunately the points will reset once the feature banner end.

@NullMaull

2 ай бұрын

@@vicelvin3248 Adding some info, the gacha points will reset after the banner end AND those points will be converted to another currency (Keystone Fragment). With that currency u can craft some upgrade material, cafe furniture & gift for students

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@vicelvin3248 Ooo, that's quite useful! I actually quite like that feature!

@dannyn6558

2 ай бұрын

​@@Trailblazer_RirinaGotta grind or roll for Elephs, every time you pull gotcha you get Elephs. It takes 20 pulls or 200 pts to guarantee for the unit you want. Elephs can also be used to purchase firing pins to upgrade unit weapons.

If it eases you a little. This is the first gacha I’ve played other than one month of Fire Emblem Heroes when it came out. Don’t play mobile games that much. But the actual gameplay is fun once you get out of the really early portion where you don’t have to think at all and steam roll. The team building aspect is pretty entertaining and it doesn’t punish you for being free to play since many different units fill similar roles and common units are still competitive with the rare ones. I’m free to play and have had no issues getting into the harder content after some time playing. Looking forward to watch you play! Game really finds its footing in the third main story but the first two are still pretty fun.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Looking forward to it already~! and yes, it does ease me a lot. I love it when games don’t punish you for being F2P! It makes the game a lot more enjoyable, especially since I usually play games for the story~

Ririna sensei has once again blessed us with Blue Archive. Excited to watch you play and live the story! ❤️

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

And you will continue to see more of it from me~ I constantly crave for their refreshing and lighthearted music and artwork. (But also, most likely, the story in the future. LOL)

Why do I get the feeling you were so hungry during this reaction Ririna? lol Thank you for the video! Blue archive is definitely a game, and even though it is fanservicey the story is anything but that.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Eh, if I can watch and enjoy a whole bunch of harem anime as a kid, then I don't think I'll have a problem with the fanservice in this game. 😂😂😂 But yes, I think I was hungry while watching all the videos. hahaha

They did say the Railgun collab will rerun at some point if you are curious!

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Wait, are you serious?!? It'll rerun at some point?! I thought that it would get the same treatment as the Hatsune Miku one, but THAT IS SO AWESOME!

pretty late to the video, but the reason why there are people who say that the game is dark, and there are people who say that it's not, is because that the game EVENTUALLY, has a happy ending. "Eventually" being the emphasis here. And on some volumes, that "eventually" part can take quite a while...

@Trailblazer_Ririna

12 күн бұрын

That makes a lot of sense! Thank you for the explanation~

9:00 Natural 3 is the highest, but all character can be upgraded to 5 star for more status and more effect on skill 11:25 Yea EX skill is the only skill you can determine to activate

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Good to remember. EX skill! Thank you, sensei~

@syaondri

2 ай бұрын

No problem! ​@@Trailblazer_Ririna

the story is confirmed by dev that it always has happy ending it sometime has serious moments but we always can smile at the end blue archives mean youth archives, thats all what its about ( you can search Hifumi speech for more detail)

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Aww, that's cute~ I like that! It's always less stressful when we know that it'll always have a happy ending!

The auto battle ai isn't exactly very smart. You're better off playing the game on manual once you get the jist of how the combat and synergy works. The highest ranked character is 3 stars when you pull but you can max them out to 5 stars from dupes. You can farm certain characters and acquire their dupes from the in game store. Also check out the full OST on MO2's channel its a banger.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Oo, it isn't? I guess I'll pretend that the Auto Battle AI doesn't exist then. That way, I'll just rely on manual playing. haha I'll check out the OST eventually~ Thank you for the recommendation!

19:29 Meanwhile global having this event in the middle of June XD we're having Junesmass XDD

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

LOL What a good time to have Christmas~ My favorite holiday during my birthday month!

@syaondri

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna hoo you're a June girl huh? Nicenice XD

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@syaondri If only June was as cold as Christmas. XD I can't stand the heat!

@syaondri

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna true especially in the equator ;v;

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@syaondri Oh gosh, I feel for the people living there. It must be horrible to deal with the heat right now. >.>

que genial qu te divertio el juego

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

¡No puedo esperar a jugar el juego la semana que viene! Translated by Papago. Original: Can't wait to play the game next week!

4:05 中国 = China It's probably the half-year anniversary PV for the Chinese ver. of the game

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Ohhh, I knew the kanji for China, but I couldn't read the middle kanji. Haven't read stuff in JP in a while! But that's really interesting, so I guess that's the reason why it was 0.5 then since it was the half year anniversary!

As player/sensee we task to raise main character of the game

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Ooo, so it's important to raise the main character then. Good to know!

@vin7490

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna one more thing there was anime

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@vin7490 I did hear that in the previous video, so I decided to actually check out the opening and ending in the next reaction video for Blue Archive!

You should react to the blue archive MVs they are so good to watch

@Trailblazer_Ririna

23 күн бұрын

Blue Archive MVs? Do you mean MVs that fans made? Or any official ones?

@deltaxiii7803

22 күн бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna gheres the blue archive sugar rush mv that is said to be included in game, along with the rap Battle

@deltaxiii7803

22 күн бұрын

And this one is also supposedly from the blue archive cn channel kzread.info/dash/bejne/pqCaqsOBZKvPoLA.htmlsi=c5lNdlLId6m9E69o

Well you still missed some animation pv which only on Blue Archive CN 😊

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Do you mind linking them in my Server? XD I did have this new playlist checked by multiple sensei's on there, but it was mostly the JP ones that I missed. But dunno for the CN ones. I'm going to be recording another BA reaction video today though, so it would be great if you let me know in there before I record it!

@iyaru235

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna id be rather careful with them, lots of them ties to the main story which can contain spoilers, though there are some that arent spoilers at all

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

That's good to know. In that case, I'll avoid all CN PVs, just to be extra safe!

😼 of course there will be more pvs, hmm 🤔 BA try to cover many topics posible isnt just dark.

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Liking that for sure!

The story be good and does have some dark parts of it but it culminates to amazing storytelling all the same

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

HECK YEAH! I'm very very excited for the story. So many people have been praising it, so I can't wait to see what it's like for myself~

@ShayYuichi

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna I'm sure youll enjoy it! It does make references to a lot of anime culture so you can expect a lot

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@ShayYuichi Hehe I'm sure of it too~ I don't know if I'll be able to catch all the references since I'm a bit slow, but it'll be fun to recall and have that lightbulb moment after!

@ShayYuichi

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna It's all good! I'm sure people will also point it out too

Blue Archive stories are like 90% wholesome slice of life of the respective clubs, and 10% damn thats fucked up

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

YES! My favorite anime genre, these days, is slice of life, so this works out~ (And of course, I secretly like the "damn that's fucked up" things too tbh whenever it's done well cuz angsty moments are addicting to watch or read.) LOL

4:20 is the half anniversary of the CN server, they tend to animate other server's pv XD 6:47 I'll put who's older down below Momoi is the older sister XD

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

WHAT?!? SHE'S OLDER????

@syaondri

2 ай бұрын

​@@Trailblazer_Ririna to be fair they're only minutes apart, but yea Momoi seems more childish at time but mental wise she's actually stronger than Midori

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@syaondri Hmm, I can see why she's the older in that case!

yeah the story is "light hearted" alright😂

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Dang, is this a sign that it's not?!? Well, I guess I'll be happy either way. haha

@inabagodkumori

2 ай бұрын

I hope you enjoy the game

@MastatmastaT

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna The main story has very serious moments, but the events are quite happy-go-lucky, which most of the PVs show

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@MastatmastaT Love serious moments, but love happy-go-lucky moments even more~

I am willing to be you cant tell who is an NPC and who is playable character in the 5th PV

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

I am willing to admit that I definitely can't tell.

@manoi8

2 ай бұрын

What if they all would be playable in the future? but sasuga Mob Archive, having the first half of the PV be almost all mob characters

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@manoi8 Mob Archive! 🤣 LOL I mean if they are all becoming playable in the future... then I guess it's fine. haha

There's a video that encapsulates the whole BA Experience RE Aoharu x Luminous Memory by Pachi

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

Oooo, interesting. I assume it has spoilers though? Somewhat? Or not?

@Diceboxx

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririna most of the images used are in the PVs it simply conveys the entire vibe of BA lore (mostly Volume F and it's importance)

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@Diceboxx I'm not sure what Volume F is, but perhaps, I should wait until after I finish Volume F before checking it out since it's not "all images from PVs". Just in case!

@Diceboxx

2 ай бұрын

@@Trailblazer_Ririnajust a heads up the final 20-30mins of Volume F is the reason why new players should play the game, I know it's a bit of a spoiler but it's message about "Responsibility" that would hit you hard

@Trailblazer_Ririna

2 ай бұрын

@@Diceboxx Ahhhh, then yeah, I'm definitely not going to watch it in that case because if I watch stuff too many times, then I'll end up remembering it very very well. LOL Thankfully, I won't remember the PVs I watched for Blue Archive once I start playing it because my memory sucks, but yeah. XD

I like your wide smile

@Trailblazer_Ririna

Ай бұрын

Awww, thank you! I don't use this model anymore, but it sure is nostalgic to look at.