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I didn’t play Fate/Extra so I’ll gotta pass this one o7 and glad to hear it!
I would call her a Saber. Not just for literal her literal Class but because the three possible player Servants in EXTRA are all designed to foil each other.
And because Nameless Archer from Stay Night is there, that means they’re all tied into F/SN’s “everyone is a character foil to Saber” mess. All three EXTRA servants have tragedy stemming from being betrayed by the people they loved.
More specifically, Nero also deals with the soul crushing contradiction of wanting to be loved as a person, which is impossible when you’re a King/Emperor.
Thanks! I’m looking forward to seeing how that unfolds as I play the game now.
Kitchen appliances I would recommend purchasing when moving out on your own:
Air fryer
One of those panini press grill things (not only can you make sandwiches but you can grill chicken and steak if you have an expensive model)
Rice cooker (not only good for rice but quinoa and any other grain, alternatively you could buy an Instapot)
Electric kettle (depends on how much tea you drink but it’s good for boiling water for cleaning and preheating water for pasta etc)
Kitchen appliances I would not recommend buying when you move out on your own:
Counter top coffee maker (you should not be drinking an entire pot of coffee on your own and it will be stale by the time you get to the bottom, plus these bitches suck to clean, Keurigs, French presses and stove top percolators where you make one or two cups at a time are more practical for a single person)
Here are some things it’s okay to buy off brand/cheap:
Cleaning supplies. Most cut rate sponges, bleach sprays, Clorox wipe knock offs and cleaning chemicals get the job done just fine.
Food staples like pasta, canned vegetables, rice etc.
Here are some things you should never buy off brand/cheap:
Trash bags. I made the mistake of buying Dollar General brand ones and they ripped several times, sending garbage all over my yard while I tried to take the trash out. I had to double and sometimes triple bag which was not economical in the long run.
Toilet paper. The two and one ply stuff sucks. You you have to use much more than you would if you bought quality paper.
Good luck and God bless you to any college freshmen out there.
toaster ovens are also very useful, much more than a regular toaster. you can do many things you can do in an oven, just faster and with less hassle
Michigan Democrats have had a truly incredible afternoon: they’ve ended the state’s anti-union “right to work” law, repealed an abortion ban from 1931, enacted universal background checks on gun sales, and passed an LGBTQ anti-discrimination law. All in the last 24 hours
luckiest guy in the world is the random eurobeat channel that was making come out ye black and tans for thatcher’s death anniversary only to have the queen die just in time for them to insert the announcement as a beat drop
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How to read the Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Light Novels
I was recently reminded that there is a lot of people who simply don’t know that they can read the Case Files light novels, and that there are people who do know but have no idea where to find them. This is especially a problem when these people have only watched the anime and want to know where they can find more of the story. Since it kind of requires you to go through some hoops (not a whole lot but still), I decided to take a page out of @humbertozero‘s excellent Fate/strange Fake resource post and make one for my other favorite Type-Moon Fate spinoff, the dossiers of El-Melon.
Read the First Volume: Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.1 (EPUB)
Read the Second Volume:
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.2 (PDF) (EPUB)
Read theThird Volume:
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.3 (EPUB)
Read theFourth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.4 (EPUB1)(EPUB2)
Read theFifth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.5 (TBA)
Read theSixth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.6 (PDF) (EPUB)
Read theSeventh Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.7 (PDF) (EPUB)
Read theEighth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.8 (PDF) (EPUB)
Read theNinth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.9 (PDF) (EPUB)
Read theTenth Volume:Lord El-Melloi II Case Files Vol.10 (PDF) (EPUB)
Volume 5 updated (19-02-23): Chapter 5 Part 4. Approximately 86% of the novel has been translated.
Important note!
It should be noted first that I am just the compiler here. I am neither the translator nor am I the files’ creator. So all credits go to…
Credits
Credits and thanks to TwilightsCall on the Beast Lair forums (from which the majority of the other creditors originally posted their contributions) for translating the first 4 volumes and some of volume 5, thus getting the ball rolling. Further thanks to azwhoisverybored for translating the rest of the series from volume 6 onwards, and thanks to Kneenaw for starting the translation for the rest of volume 5. Thanks to Dotelias for making EPUBs for volumes 1-3, thanks to cereal_ for making EPUBs of volume 4, thanks to
u/confusedkuratowski
on Reddit for making EPUB of volume 6, and thanks to ProtoformX for making PDFs and EPUBs for volumes 6 to 10.
And thanks to Makoto Sanda for writing Case Files in the first place!
Further explanations
Volume 5
At this point, you might be wondering what is up with volume 5 and if it won’t hinder you from reading the series. Don’t worry, it won’t, but to explain that, we need to address the anime.
Anime
The anime adaptation of Case Files, with the mouthful of atitle that is Lord El-Melloi II’s Case Files: Rail Zeppelin Grace Note, is particular to use as an entry-point in the series, because it only partially adapts the series.See, the author, Makoto Sanda, said in interview that the two first arcs/cases in the seriesdidn’t quite work as scripts for anime episodes, so the anime only adapted the third case/arc, Rail Zeppelin, which is more action oriented than the more mystery focused first arcs. But because they still needed to explain stuff like Gray, Reines, El-Melloi’s students, etc., many of whom are relevant characters to the arc, the first half/six episodes of the anime is about introducing them.
So to the question “where do I start reading after the anime?”, the answer is unironically to restart at volume 1. And then you may skip volumes 4-5 since they are the Rail Zeppelin arcand there are not much differences besides some characters not being present during that arc. This is why volume 5 not being complete at the time of writing is not a huge problem, and why I think you can watch the anime first if that’s more your speed (I have my problems and criticisms of the anime but that’s irrelevant to this post).
And you can’t start with the anime and start reading with volume 6, the first 3 volumes have characters and plot points that come back for the final arc, so you’re gonna be incredibly lost if you think to consume the series this way.
Weirdly enough, despite being original episodes, the anime originals are most likely canon in some ways. Episode 0, the original OVA, is an expansion of an anecdote Gray mentions in the first volume’s prologue, and Episode 1 takes place during Waver’s travels before the story starts and is an actual story, one of the 3 incidents Sanda has in mind for Waver’s journey before he returned to London. Episodes 2 to 6 take place during the one month period between volume 3 and volume 4, and finally the special OVA take place on Christmas also in between arcs.
Manga
The manga has gorgeous art, but, at the time of writing, it is unfortunately only translated up to the second case right now. Still, go check it out.
The Adventures of El-Melloi II
The sequel series currently ongoing, started a year after the first Case Files ended in 2019. You might know it as “the (other) series where Rin shows up grown up and also a pirate”. @reignsan has been compiling pretty thorough chapter-by-chapter summaries of the volumes by @kaibutsushidousha if you don’t mind being spoiled. Or you can be patient and wait for azwhoisverybored to finish translating them on Beast Lair in this thread.
Lord El-Melloi II Case Files material
This is absolutely not required reading in any shape or form, those lore books are usually of interest only to dumb nerds like me lol. A timeline of the Clock Tower? An explanation of its politics? Yes please. But it also has insights into the characters by the author that aren’t in the books proper, as well as behind-the-scenes explanations for some decisions (for example, why it’s Gray with the American spelling instead of Grey with the British spelling). Only the glossary/encyclopedia is translated, but give it a look…after you read the series, because it assumes you did and has some big spoilers.
Drama CD
What’s that? You heard something about a Buzzfeed quizz about the most handsome Clock Tower teachers and how it’s somehow a plot point? Look no further than one of my only posts that did numbers. Read the summary, it’s hilarious.
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Also fuck turbotax, I’m not even allowed to use it because it’s inaccurate enough that I’d get fired since Congress mandated all IRS employees’ taxes need to be PERFECT as a condition of employment
Here’s a list of free tax filing services, straight from the IRS website:
