GAYME GUIDE with JOSH JAQUEZ AND STEVEN H. GARCIA
Sasaki and Miyano by Josh Jaquez Sasaki and Miyano are both in high school with Sasaki being one year ahead. After seeing Kuresawa, a friend of Miyano’s, getting beat up and realizing that Miyano wanted to but shouldn’t step in, stops him and takes on the group. Soon Sasaki starts getting closer to Miyano through their mutual interest in BL or boys love manga and novels. Miyano has always been teased by classmates because of his feminine features and considers BL to be a guilty pleasure that he is embarrassed to talk about in public. To his chagrin Sasaki seemingly at times doesn’t care what others think and is quite open about his newfound enjoyment of the genre. This could be a result of being raised by his two moms. What starts as an awkward friendship between the two boys slowly grows into something much deeper. Throughout the series we get to know the boy’s groups of friends Hirano, Ogasawara, Hanzawa, Tashiro, and Kuresawa. The show is a cute and somewhat honest depiction of what it’s like to fall for somebody for the first time. Showing the story from both of the boys’ points of view - the uncertainty of not knowing whether the person you like could possibly like you, and not wanting to lose them as a friend if you ever confessed your feelings and they weren’t interested. With characters created by Maki Fujii the anime is based on the Japanese manga series of the same name written by Shō Harusono and produced by Studio Deen. It was later adapted by Kotoko Hachijō into a two-volume novel. To follow Sasaki and Miyano’s story you can watch the first season dubbed or with subtitles on Funimation or with subtitles on Amazon. •
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Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga by Steven H. Garcia Lego Star Wars The Skywalker Saga is a Lego-themed action-adventure game developed by Traveller’s Tales and published by Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment. The game adapts all nine entries in the Skywalker Saga series of films, with additional characters based on other Star Wars films and television series. The game offers 380+ playable characters. Each episode has five main story missions, making a total of 45 levels, contrasting from six levels per episode that was in previous games. There are also short pre-levels in between that advance the story forward but do not feature any of the collectibles like minikits or True Jedi. You can start any of the trilogies in which ever order you like. Beating the first episode of a trilogy will unlock the next episode in that series. Combat has been fully fleshed out with awesome lightsaber combos, force power and more skills to unlock via the skill tree, same with gunners and droid abilities. There are also hidden Lego bricks to collect everywhere, and you can use them to buy fun power ups and silly add-ons. It’s so fun seeing all the funny jokes they have thrown into the Star Wars series. The Lego humor is great for all ages, and there are some great jokes for adults too. Local co-op spit screen is also available in the game and it’s a ton of fun to play this wacky adventure with a buddy. And if that’s not enough Star Wars for you, then there are DLC story missions already available to play based off of The Mandalorian Season 1, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and The Mandalorian Season 2. Each story will add even more minifigures to add to your collection. 44 | GEDMAG.com
