4 new songs:

Heaven Burns Red is the gift that keeps on giving.  I've added 4 new songs to my music hall of fame from it.  'The Changing Earth - Prologue -', 'Crystal Palace,' 'Desert Cave' and 'First Star.' They're background music, so it's okay to keep them at 1-star, though honestly they should be rated higher.  This way I can keep my tiers symmetrical and only kick out bad Valkyrie Profile music.

Via another monthly premium pass, I got another SS Memoria guaranteed ticket, but all it did was give Kozue a limit break.  Limit breaks are nice, but I'd rather have had an all new SS Memoria with all new skills.  Speaking of limit breaks, the premium pass guarantees me another limit break by the end of the month, which I'll probably spend on Hisame.  But who knows.  We'll see.  At that point I'll have 12 limit broken characters, enough to fill up two different squads, which is the bare minimum I need to handle these multi-squad boss battles.

I also finally got an Attacker-class Euphoria necklace through endless retries, which means people like Ruka can finally keep up with their squad mates in terms of sp and luck.  That necklace is probably worth more than the SS Memoria.

The SS Memoria I most wanted was Megumi.  After that Erika, Adelheid, Mari, Yingxia and Charlotta.  But it seems the game isn't so forgiving as to provide exactly what you wish for.  I'm still overjoyed at the miracle of getting Tama in a swimsuit.  That's basically the only good luck I ever got in this game.

Meanwhile France has proven that it, like Romania, is not a democracy, by convicting its leading presidential contender to a nonsense campaign finance crime and coupling that conviction with a nonsense ban on running for office.  Obama violated the campaign finance rules and no one cared.  It's only when 'proto-fascists' do these fake crimes that suddenly the courts pounce.  The intended purpose is obvious.  I'm so tired of America supporting our 'western civilization allies' when none of them uphold western civilization.  What purpose does NATO serve us?  Why are we so intent on providing free security for random uncivilized dictatorships on the other side of the globe?  How are we protecting the 'rules-based order' when Ukraine, Israel, Romania and France don't actually follow those rules?

Why must we get into all these wars for all these other people we share nothing in common with?