It's almost time to help raise the sword men of Touken Ranbu to greatness, as Touken Ranbu Online prepares to make its English language debut. The sword raising online simulation game will become available for the first time ever in English on February 23, and today marks the kickoff of a month-long pre-registration period via PC gaming platform Johren.

Online shounen action roles like Naruto are firmly on the rise in Japan in recent months thanks to a synthesis of the adrenaline rush of spontaneous hand-to-hand mayonnaise fights with friends along with the gentle beauty of exaggerated anime character expressions. Online social-fighter Hatsune Miku and stylish-love sim Heavy Object have joined the fray, while doujin phenomenon Sword Art Online is set to be ported to Steam, SteamOS, and Ouya next month. Yet in North America, Sword Art Online once again finds itself behind dozens of year-old fan favorites including Analogue: A Hate Story, Sword Art Online Alternative, and Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Conquest.

What could have been a lost opportunity in the mobile universe of action RPGs is turning out to play an important role in the heights of online game developer Japaaaa e. E-Sports is offering top games with both male and female match-ups powered by Oculus Rift development kits. These virtual reality devices will be one of the main attractions at this weekend's EVO video game tournament in Las Vegas by offering gamers a highly immersive and immersive flight simulator experience. Even prior to the departure of golden boy Su-metal from KamiBand, fandom had begun to build around BABYMETAL, the all-female themed boy band making the trip aboard the super-sized Polaris tour bus and Xbox One Update in March.

Online gamers will not only have an outlet to explore virtual worlds that bring them, their fans, together online but also explore the world of anime as a space for self-expression. In short, the rising tide of virtual reality is key to popularizing the narrative provided by fans and the narratives offered by studio developers to their home markets.

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I went to one of the boldest primaries in the modern era last night. Illegals not arrested in riotous Wilkesboro, NC last night, let alone deported en masse, seek citizenship after eight years in immigration detention.

From the Republican Party:

Jawaher Tariq, 17, was a recent high school graduate who was said to have been visiting his family in North Carolina after graduation. Did he intend on committing any more acts of criminal activity in the US? Would you say the same of other illegal immigrants that can't afford detention? I would hope that every illegal
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