Aku no Hana

Well now, where should I start...

I was couple of weeks late into the series. When everyone was done hyping and spazzing about Aku no Hana, I was just about to check out the first episode. When I saw the animation, it was definitely something that is not the norm. It's like they filmed a real life dorama and then animated it frame by frame. Needless to say, I was impressed. It makes the animation so alive and gives so much personality to the characters. Take the walking of each character for example. Simple things like that, in my opinion, what makes Aku no Hana, in term of arts and animation, so much win.

(c) Doudoude Dou

And then there's the story itself, which is, if not entirely original, it sure is close. Aku no Hana means the Evil Flower in English. It derives from Takao Kasuga's favorite book. He is the male protagonist of this series by the way. The book is complicated and deep as shit, and triggered some very twisted, evil and sinister thoughts. Takao did quote some of the work inside the book earlier in the episode but after the third episode, the story itself takes the center stage.

I personally believe that the story/plot only started when they introduced Nakamura Sawa, the female protagonist who is so fucking original, I fell for her in an instant. She is like the book itself, triggering dark thoughts. Whenever she takes off her glasses, and she only did so with Kasuga, you know she means business.

Nakamura, in Kasuga's mind, is someone who is lonely and is fighting not to drown in this mundane world. Kasuga, for Nakamura, is someone that is similar to her but is afraid for the others to find out. Her mission is to make Kasuga comes out of his hentai closet.

Nakamura Sawa, to put it simply, reminds me so much of  myself that she becomes my muse. Oh, and I think she is awesome as fuck which is why she deserved to be in my most favorite characters list XD

Everything about Aku no Hana is twisted. The ED especially will give you the creep but at the same time so addictive. The somewhat fucked-up OP too is pretty telling that this series is not your average anime series.



There are couple of episodes that left me speechless but I'm sure everyone will agree that nothing can actually prepare you for the greatness of the ending of episode seven. It was liberating in more ways than one, not only for the protagonist but also for me personally as an audience. Then there's episode ten where Kasuga was once again got stripped by Nakamura. The revelation that he had however what makes the episode so enjoyable for me.

At the end of every episode of Aku no Hana, I often felt somewhat hollowed. It makes  me craving for more. It has been a while I got this excited for an anime. In fact, I can't remember the last anime that got me all worked out like this. Needless to say, I think Aku no Hana is a very awesome anime. I definitely recommended it to everyone. I forced my minions to watch it and as predicted they got hooked on it too. They all agree that watching this show is an experience in itself. I guess it helps people coming to terms with their own inner demon, if they have any.

Some people may have complains about the pacing of this show. Well, I don't. I thought it was necessary for the build up of, most often than not, a heart-pumping-fist-in-the-air, ending of each episode. Having said that, their avant-garde ending of the show kind of left me in a blur. I had to watch it for a couple of time to get what it was trying to say. It was all bunched up together incoherently. You either love it or hate it.

I do hope they are not trolling us with the hint of Part 2 of this show. While waiting for that, I am going to make sure that I pick up the manga for reading. It's just that good.

Aku no Hana... a show that I expected nothing from but get everything and more. I love every minute of it.

Arts & Animation 10/10
Sound 10/10
Story 10/10
Characters 10/10
Enjoyment 10/10
Overall 10/10***

p/s: did you know that I have the same moles on my face just like Nakamura's. One on my left cheek and the other on my chin. Talk about coincidence!

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First Impression: Itsuka Tenma no Kuro Usagi

Whenever I see a word usagi in an anime title, it quickly reminds me of Sensitive Pornograph. That second story is my favorite after all :)

However, I don't think this show would be something that is up my alley. One look at the ecchi tag, I know that I would have a major reservation of liking this one. I probably gonna end up raging instead. Maybe.


5 minutes in, I already can't stand Taito. He is just clueless. All that mushy mushy stuff with Haruka just makes me dislike him further. He had a recurring dream of Heima, the vampire who made him her slave when he was small. Naturally it's only a matter of time before he remembers it all again. This of course puts Haruka at a disadvantage for Taito can never likes her since he's the property of Heima.

Thankfully there's Gekkou (who is voiced by Yuuichi Nakamura btw *fangirling*) who at least makes this a tad more interesting. Gekkou is the typical character of Yuuichi, an emo dude but the most good looking boy in school and also the president of the student council. He treats other people like trash, which reminds me of Ulquiorra, and thus that makes him even more charming. Not to mention that he is probably the villain in this stupid show. Bad boys are always a winner in my book. Did I mention that he also wield a sword? Yup, I just came in my pantsu.

tell me honestly now, what's not to like about Kurenai Gekkou ♥

Taito got in an accident and was decapitated. Hah, this is how he remembers who Heima is, who by the way has been tortured somewhere in an alternate world while waiting for him. His body healed in an instant. Since he practically dead, this means that Heima power is back. Also, Andou, the demon girl that was overpowered by Gekkou, witness the accident, there's no way Gekkou wouldn't know about it now.

Thus things can only get more interesting from now on, especially since Gekkou seems to have a lot of hate for Taito.

I can't say that the seiyuu other than Yuuihi did a good job for the interactions between characters seem forced and thus makes everything sounds like fake. This obviously doesn't help the show since the story itself is pretty stupid and cliche.

Having said that, there are couple of occurrence in this show that makes me laugh my ass off. It was unexpected so I guess it wasn't all that bad really. Also, thank goodness that the ecchi doesn't makes me want to burn my computer. It's something that I can tolerate. But there is something that makes me rage though. The supposedly called romance between Himea and Taito. It makes me want to fucking puke.

Urgh fuck. I'm undecided. In a long run, I will probably drop this though.

art and animation 6/10
story 6/10
characters 6/10
sound 5/10
enjoyment 6/10
overall 6/10

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First Impression: Sukisho

I first heard about this show when chronolynx mentioned it in her/his twitter. What got my attention however is the fact that s/he mentioned BL in the same sentence. Without delay I went looking for it. Basically what I am saying is I am watching this based on my trust in chronolynx and since it's BL I'm willing to tolerate it even if it turned out shit. I tolerated Junjou Romantica so this should be peachy.


Sukisho is obviously about two guys who is hot for each other but that is only the tips of the icebergs. Sora just got out of the hospital after falling down from the school window. He suffered from memory lost. During his absent, his old friend Nao returned and became his new roommate. Nao is bipolar or something. At night he called himself Ran but during the day he's known as Nao. Obviously this made Sora confused. What he doesn't know is, he has a bipolar personality as well named Yoru.

This story is not that simple it seems. They threw in many shits in the first episode and looks like the characters are more than just meet the eyes. At least I won't be disappointed with the characters development by the end of this show.

Sukisho was produced in Spring 2005 by Zexcs. Just with any other yaoi, I don't expect a strong plot or story line. However this show has provided more than what I have expected which is good. The quality of the art and animation were like the rest of the anime produced during those years. In my opinion, the character designs could be the biggest flaw of this show. The manga looks good but when it got animated, they look like just retards with weird hairdo. I don't like the fact that there are too many feminine looking male in the show either. I also think that the production team were trying too hard to make this show has the cuteness value by doing the chibi characters and all that. If you asked me, I would have instructed them to focus on the story instead of coming up with these useless tactics.

>=3

I am not that familiar with the seiyuu but Hikaru Midorikawa and Souuchirou Hoshi were not really outstanding with the characters. The OP was weak as well and I wasn't paying much attention to the BGM because it sounded the same as the other shoujo shit we heard. There's nothing creative about it. At least there was a slight improvement with the ED. I like how fast the track is.

Unless you are a hardcore BL fan like me, it would be wise for you to avoid this one. The only reason I'm going to continue watching this show is the prospect of this:

*squeals*

art & animation 6/10
story 6/10
characters 6/10
sound 7/10
enjoyment 6/10
overall 6/10

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First Impression: Oniichan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Janain Dakara ne

The title is a mouth full, just like Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai. I like to believe that this show is a parody of OreImou and made fun of that shit but I have my reservation. After all, just look at the list of shitty shows they produced this season >>

I don't even care about the twin tail and Ojou-sama

*sigh*

I know it was too good to be true. Fuck, I hate this kind of crap. I like my incest sometimes but this is unacceptable. Why must they go don't the fucking cliche route? Hmm, come to think of it, why am I so picky about incest? Incest is incest no matter what right? So why can I tolerate some incest (Baka to Test, Yosuga no Sora) and hate the rest (OreImou, SisXsis). This is a question that I need to ponder on.

Maybe because Nao is a tsundere. The reason why I can accept Sora's incestship is because she's honest with her feeling and doesn't act all tsun and dere about it. I'm the kind of person who is always honest with my feelings so I expect my characters to do the same. A little childish maybe but that's how my brain works.

Also, what the fuck is up with the penguins. Fucking morons. This show has enough craps as it is. It isn't that ecchi to bother with censorship like that. Adopted daughter? So they are going that route to make the incestship legal *facepalm*.

Nao is seriously disturbing as a character with brother complex. I said so because I can picture a real person doing that to his/her sister/brother. She wasn't even sad with the fact that her real parent are dead but rejoiced because she can now get married to her onii-chan. Seriously? The little things she does, like smelling her brother tee was just creepy. My corrupted brain begin imagining her fapping to her brother undergarment. I don't want that picture in my head, I'm telling you!

The character designs aren't my favorite. It reminds me of Cartoon Network's cartoon in a bad way. The animation was average and nothing else stand out about this show. I found the story annoying and so this is the last time I'm watching this shit.

Arts & Animation 5/10
Story 4/10
Characters 4/10
Sound 5/10
Enjoyment 5/10
Overall 5/10

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First Impression: Omamori Himari

This show was released on January 6, 2010. I'm not familiar with the set up or have any idea what it is about, just like Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu. Naturally I hope it will turn out like Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu.

So obviously I am disappointed when I see big boobs gracing the screen and they are all the jiggling types too. I know I am not gonna like this much. From the looks of it, this is going to be another harem.

see what I mean?

The story is about a Yuuto Amakawa who had a charm (omamori in Japanese, I think?) that protected him from harm. He got it from his grandmother. Apparently the charm has some power to attract guardians girls with big boobs. Oh and he is allergic to cats.

On his birthday however the power of the charm left him and somehow his friend get possessed by six legged demons whatever and started to attack him. But fear not, the guardian is always looking after him. I have shaked my head at this point in time with the feelings of "not again..."

I facepalm when he stopped whatever-the-fuck-her-name-is from raping him. I mean... c'mon now, every guy dream to be raped by someone like her! and it is probably the best part of the show! *shakes my head*

Shut up and just enjoy it, why don't you!

Oh by the way, her name, I found out later, is Himari and she's a cat so she kind of an ayakashi too but the good kind? -__-

And she comes bearing the fate of Yuuto, that he is the descendant from one of the twelve demon slayer. Himari's ancestors made a vow to be of service to the Amakawa family. When I said service, I mean "service". Himari wants to rape Yuuto at every chance she gets.

This is that bastard Yuuto btw

And thus love triangle happened since Yuuto best friend who has taken care of Yuuto since his parent died wants to be in his pants too.

This is Rinko. Kinda look like Haruhi, isn't she? =\

And at the end of the episode a loli-ayakashi appeared. Seems like she doesn't like Yuuto at all and wants his dick for barbecue but I'm sure all that will change when they meet. This is a harem after all.

I find the voice of Yuuto especially annoying. It really gets on my nerve. Maybe because of the character because I am sure as hell is not annoyed by the voice of Senbonzakura.

Actually, watching this one episode is annoying so I won't put myself under such torture again.

art 5/10
story 4/10
character 4/10
sound 5/10
enjoyment 4/10
overall 4/10

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First Impression: Chu-Bra!

I already decided not to watch this series when I saw it on Chartfag's chart for winter season because of the obvious fanservice and ecchi theme but old habits die hard. I am used to check out at least the first episode of every show as of late so here it is, my first impression on Chu-Bra!

The show started with a duck chasing a dog in front of a school. I already know that I will hate myself for making myself go through this -__-

Okay these girls looks like they are elementary students. I am not one to talk about ethics and morals but dammit, listening to their conversation made me facepalm. Sugardaddy? sex? Crotch? WTF?

yeah... I don't know what to say...

Oops, did I forget that this is an ecchi anime? Why the fuck am I complaining?! *facepalm*


That is Nayu Hayama. That's her reaction when she saw big bouncy jiggling breast. Obviously she has chronic addiction to breasts and underwear.

Nayu proving my point

And she wonders why no one wants to be friends with her, or has this kind of impression about her:


The truth is, Nayu is an underwear monitor. She will tries out all the new design underwear and gives feedback. One of the teacher at school is actually an underwear designer and work closely with Nayu.

Once she cleared that misunderstanding, she is friends with Haruka and Yako. Although there is one girl in the class that keeps on hating her. Looks like someone is jealous.

So... I really don't know what the plot/story for this show could be (if it has one). I can't think of anything that is not retarded =\

Some of the images that I am assaulted with -__-

This one annoys the hell out of me.

art 5/10
story 4/10
sound 5/10
character 5/10
enjoyment 4/10
overall 5/10

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