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Manga Review: Okusama ga Seito Kaichou

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Rin Misumi and Ui Wakana, the two main girls of Okusama ga Seito Kaichou Okusama ga Seito Kaichou Original Manga by: Yumi Nakata Japanese name: おくさまが生徒会長! English Translation: My Wife is the Student Council President 13 Volumes (Not Licensed in North America) Original Run 2012 – 2018  What happens if one of the most beautiful and charismatic girls in the school turns out to be a childhood friend and fiancé? That equally improbable and impossible scenario is the basis for the long-running ecchi manga Okusama ga Seito Kaichou. The manga originally released in the monthly shonen anthology Monthly Comic Rex (REXコミックス), and it was such a racy series that it became the first manga in that long-running anthology to get censored magazine spreads. The manga would produce two seasons of anime and become the highest-selling manga ever for Yumi Nakata, the manga artist, and writer. This manga would have extraordinarily strong highs and strong lows. Depending on who you like among the two m...

Nintendo E3 2021 Prediction and Expectations

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Nia and Pyra in Xenoblade 2 Every year, people across the world pay attention to the biggest videogame announcements during E3, the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The Nintendo Switch is currently standing tall as one of the most popular Nintendo platforms ever with just under 85 million units sold in 4 years. The world’s eyes will be on the E3 2021 Nintendo Direct at 12pm EDT/9am PDT on Tuesday, June 15, 2021 to see how Nintendo intends to keep the console selling well in the face of Microsoft and Sony’s newly released consoles. As with many companies, Nintendo was also adversely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, having to move its workforce home without an infrastructure to support it. This E3 will not only show the fruits of many years of previous work but of delayed projects that were near completion that also got affected by the global pandemic. With no industry connections, here is some good old predictions on what I expect this E3. As a bonus, we will also update this post a wee...

Nintendo’s Q4 FY 2020/21 Numbers

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As a publicly-traded company whose main business operation is videogames, Nintendo releases software and hardware sales regularly.   Here is the website   of the latest financial statement for the fourth quarter of the 2020/21 fiscal year.  1st Quarter FY 2020/21 Switch Hardware: 5.68 million Switch Software: 50.43 million  2nd Quarter FY 2020/21 Switch Hardware: 6.85 million Switch Software: 49.82 million  3rd Quarter FY 2020/21 Switch Hardware: 11.57 million  Switch Software: 75.87 million  4th Quarter FY 2020/21 Switch Hardware: 4.73 million  Switch Software: 54.78 million  Lifetime to Date (LTD) Switch Hardware: 84.6 million Switch Software: 587.12 million  Considering that this is the 4th year of the Nintendo Switch, being just under 85 million units sold is an incredibly impressive number. The Switch is selling faster than all Nintendo Hardware in its history except for three pieces of hardware, the Nintendo Game Boy, Nintendo Wii,...