My Top 10: Anime of 2011

It has become sort of a tradition for us fans to list out our top ten anime of the year and since I've been doing it for the past couple of years, I might as well continue with the tradition. I think you can tell a lot from the list as to what the person's preferences are when it comes to anime, and how (or if) it changed over the years.

When I look at my 2010 and 2009 lists, I spotted a difference. Comedy anime pretty much dominated my list in 2010. However, I rather enjoyed anime with heavier plot and solid story in 2009. I am excited to see which anime will make it to the list for 2011.

My top 5 choices were easy but I was having quite a hard time with the bottom 5. Some I like because of the characters but found the story to be weak and the end anti-climatic while some I like for the story but didn't have anything that stood out. I need my criteria sorted out lol. Besides, shits were crazy at the start of the year and I hardly watched anything which mean I missed watching some few good anime like Madoka, Steins;Gate, Hourou Musuko, etc. I am pretty sure that at least my bottom 5 anime would be slightly different if I did completed those shows. Thus, after looking around the aniblogsphere I can see how my list is different from most of them. Oh well...

So for the time being, lets just get on with the list. After a long and very careful deliberation, here are my personal top 10 anime of 2011 in mixed orders:

9. Ao no Exorcist
Aired: Spring 2011
Episodes: 25
Producers: A-1 Pictures, Aniplex
Genres: Action, Shounen, Supernatural
My rating: 9/10

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If it wasn't for the anti-climatic ending and the fact that half of the episodes were fillers, Ao no Exorcist could have ended up higher up on my list because despite everything I just freaking love the Okumura twins. They also managed to keep me interested even through those fillers episodes that included the obligatory beach episode for the summer. At the end of the day, the casts and strong characters became it's backbone and carried this show through for me. Ao no Exorcist is a pretty darn typical shounen anime and A-1 Pictures knew this so when the series can't be original, they sure as hell live up to expectation by making sure that it was entertaining with a decent story for me to enjoy.

6. Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san!
Aired: Spring 2011
Episodes: 13
Producers: Production I.G.
Genres: Comedy, Supernatural
My Rating: 9/10

Each episode is only 12 minutes long but it manages to offend pretty much everyone and everything which in my opinion what makes this show so brilliantly funny. The comedy was unconventional and the characters even more so. Azazel-san pretty much reminds me of Gintama with it's random jokes and anything that reminded me of Gintama's humour deserved to be in my top 10 list. Beware though, enter at your own risk.

2. Ano hi Mita Hana no Namae O Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
Aired: Spring 2011
Episodes: 11
Producers: A-1 Pictures, Aniplex, Fuji TV
Genres: Slice of life, Drama
My Rating: 10/10

(c) XI-Hypocrisy-IX

This show is as real as it gets when it comes to dealing with friendship, death and feelings and learning to deal with all that while day after day you grow farther apart from each other yet the attachment, or that bond, is still as strong as ever. Ano Hana for short (We Still Don't Know the Name of the Flower We Saw That Day - for the long English translation), hits so close to home that even to this day, I can't bring myself to watch the last episode of the show. I am not ready for either a disappointment, or a heartbreak. With Ano Hana, I was forced to see, consider and analyze far more than what would be considered healthy. Thanks to this show, it gave me the courage to seek those friends that I thought would have been best forgotten. Meeting them again was liberating and it made me see how much each of us have grown up as a person, either for better or for worse. For an anime show to have that kind of effect on a human being in real life, Ano Hana is definitely quite special in it's own right.

5. Kimi to Boku
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: 13
Producers: J.C. Staff, Aniplex
Genres: Slice of life, Comedy, Drama
My Rating: 9/10

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There is no practicing of trash music, or tea time after school. If you think this is the male version of K-ON than you are incredibly wrong so for the haters, clearly you are missing out on this one. Granted that it is full of bishies, but what is wrong with that? If us females can watch Lucky Star or K-ON, then it is definitely manly of you guys if you could watch this without feeling disgusted. People have the pre-notion that this show has no plot and is just a BL fantasies for us fans/gays. It is anything but that. Kimi to Boku tackles real issues growing up as boys (I grew up surrounded by boys so I have an idea or two). It was an honest show and because of that I found it alluring and it left me wanting more.

4. Fate/Zero
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: 13
Producers: ufotable, Aniplex, Nitroplus
Genres: Action, Fantasy, Supernatural
My Rating: 10/10

(c) Yukihime

I know shit about Typemoon and thus why I have some doubts going into the Fall season, as I've said in my preview. However after watching the first episode, and the fact that ufotable didn't disappoint me at all with their delivery, I quickly become a fan. Part of it was thanks to Reiki, a reader of my Fate/Zero episodic posts who never got tired in teaching me the ropes about the Fate-verse and gradually made me interested in it as well. It's true what the saying goes then... tak kenal maka tak cinta (you can't fall in love if you didn't know them). Fate/Zero far surpasses Fate/Stay Night, it's predecessor, in every way imaginable. I love Kara no Kyoukai for the dark themes and I basically got what I was asking for in Fate/Zero due to the awesomeness of ufotable, from the directing, visuals, character expositions and everything/anything else you can think of. It all adds up into a much more complex and intriguing tale, a journey that is certainly unforgettable and definitely fulfilling.

1. Working'!!
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: 13
Producers: A-1 Pictures
Genres: Comedy
My Rating: 10/10***

(c) Atsu Takashi

Wow, really klux? Two years in a row? YES REALLY. Working'!! is a fine piece of work. The changed of director and crew for the the second season really did pay off as can be seen from the story. Everything from the animation to sound, characterization to story are all quality materials and together form both a visually and emotionally satisfying experience. The anime is far past the point of debate whether watching it would be enjoyable and worth one's while, because it most certainly is. The comedy is casual and yet hit with such force that all you can do is laughed your ass off. Unlike in first season where the focus was only on Inami and Takanashi, we have different plots that keep us on our toes because the way Working'!! is written you don't know what to expect. Most of the comedies I watched were average if not mediocre so when something like Working'!! comes along, something new, something exciting, something that you can watch and be merry about, I just ended up enjoying it. The fact that it had pique my interest from season 1 meant that it had established itself as something special, something good enough that A-1 Pictures able to be improved on after every episodes. Just how did they do it, really? For everything that Working'!! does just beautifully right, there is usually little it gets horribly wrong. I absolutely endorse this anime to anyone even if they didn't ask for my opinion.

7. Persona 4 the Animation
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: tbc
Producers: Aniplex, AIC A.S.T.A, Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Mystery, Supernatural, Adventure
My Rating: 9/10

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I didn't play the games but from what I've heard from those who did play and watch the anime, the anime is pretty faithful to the games and though it has it shares of pros and cons, I want to pay my respect for the producers. I thought it would be straight as an arrow and just action from end to finish. Persona 4 surprised me at the humors which I didn't expect from such show and it is mostly the reason why it ended up on my list. Since the show is on going, it wouldn't be fair to exaggerate so I ended my thoughts here.

10. Ikoku Meiro no Croisée
Aired: Summer 2011
Episodes: 12
Producers: Satelight, Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Slice of life, Historical
My Rating: 9/10

(c) Nya?

This show was the biggest surprised for me for the summer. It wasn't even on my radar until I watched the first couple of episodes. Croisee was mostly overlooked and quickly disregarded by many because just like me, the initial reaction to the preview was that this anime is nothing more than another "moe-trash" and simple pandering. Well, true that Yune was moe but damn she's adorable. This comes from someone who has a personal vendetta against moe (that of K-ON's standard). I love the interaction between the characters especially the two main protagonists. I found myself leaning a bit closer to the computer screen whenever the scene involved Yune and Claude. In fact, I didn't feel the slightest of guilt trying to make Claude a lolicon. Croisée of the Foreign Labyrinth is a piece of resistant to much of the failings that we often found in both historical and slice-of-life anime.

3. Mirai Nikki
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: 26
Producers: FUNimaton, Asread
Genres: Thriller, Action, Mystery
My Rating: 10/10

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I love blood in my anime but sadly we didn't get enough of that lately. Deadman Wonderland was promising but damn it all those censorship, as well as the weak ass story, made me quickly lost my interest. Mirai Nikki on the other hand has a compelling story and a company of pretty wacky characters, especially Yuno Gasai, who quite possibly the only character that made this show so much win. Mirai Nikki has everything I am looking for in anime that isn't a comedy or a slice-of-life. It is a psychology thriller, with murders, gore, sins and some demented killers. They are the mechanics that makes this show so addictive. Nutcase is the right choice of word that really sums up Mirai Nikki as a show. Haters be damned.

8. Chihayafuru
Aired: Fall 2011
Episodes: 25
Producers: Madhouse Studios
Genres: Drama, Sports
My Rating: 9/10

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The general idea that this show is about a Karuta card game should put us all to sleep but after one episode, most of us has nothing but praise for this show. It wasn't just about the card game, which they successfully made it looks like it was an exciting game, but it also has that element of friendship and romance that surrounded the three main protagonist. I quickly found myself rooting for Taichi, knowing very well how hurt and lonely it could be when your love is unrequited. The fact that I can identified with Taichi should be enough reason why this show ended up in my list but that is not all. The premise is simple and yet the story is so well written/thought of that it will just pull you deeper with every passing episodes. This is an anime that is best experienced one episode at a time as it thrives from the long exposure.


And so ladies and gentlewomen... that concludes my list. I'm pretty balance with my choice of anime of 2011 from heavy stuff that involved friendship, murders, horrors, and even Master/Servants relationship to the more light hearted comedy with a dash of slice of life (and perhaps a little BL) in it.

I wished for the anime industries to have better anime produced in 2011 and my wish was granted. Compared to previous couple of years, 2011 can be said as a come back year for some anime. They have everything that taste just right for my palate from thought-provoking anime to slice of life anime about boys instead of girls. Hopefully 2012 would be even grander than 2011.

Having said that, from 2011/12 Winter season preview... it looks rather disappointing... T_T

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Diary of a tard: Week 1, July 2011

Sunday, July 3

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu: Matsuri special - nothing special really just Akihisha trying to jump Hideyoshi at every chance he gets, whether in real life or in game mode. Needless to say I approved though I think Akihisa is better off with Kubo :D

Gonna consumed the rest of the episodes for Fireball Charming. That's 8 episodes in one sitting, approximately 16 minutes overall. Heh. Drossel meets the old servants that are called Zugzwang. Drossel changed it to Chickaboo. Catchy indeed. In episode 7 Drossel asked where does word comes from, who created them. Obviously it's the ceiling. Hehe. Drossel gets a bike in episode 8. Pretty cool shit and I'm sure it will cost a bomb. I dunno what the heck episode 9 is all about. Drossel gets another head peace set and a megane in episode 10. Just how many accessories does she has? Oh it's her birthday, no wonder she gets a new one. Jeebus she gets a new gear in episode 11 as well. Fuck I want her in my collection. Something about mankind returning in episode 12 and a hint of why this season is called Fireball Charming. It should be Fireball Warning. Drossel goes into slumber and no doubt will be awakened in season 3 in the last episode. The end. Overall 8/10

so want!

Monday, July 4

Watching last the last episode of Sex Pistol. It's a yaoi and the first episode was released in Spring 2010. I expect more from the second episode but I just got more talking than action. That pissed me off even though Madarame does end up with Fujiwara. Is it so hard to ask for more fucking and less talking in my yaoi? Seriously, I mean, there was even rapeage going on but they didn't show shit! Urgh final score 6/10

Tuesday, July 5

The final episode of Yendomasu Yo, Azazel-san: lol this show is an absolute blasphemy to religions around the world. Jesus making a penis joke? Brilliant. But it seems like Zeruel has been tricked. Turns out Beelzebub was just eating a pile of shit in the back alley when Sakuma and Azazel found him. He goes berserk and Sakuma herself put his life to end. LOL final score 9/10.

never thought you live long enough to see it, right? ^__^

I'm reading another yaoi manga because I'm stressed out. Ai dano Koi dano by Ootsuki Miu about two guys who aren't really close before get together when one of them was dumped (by a girl). Since they don't know each other before, they only judged the other by their outward appearance. One of them is not bisex by nature while one of them doesn't believe in love. It's not hard for the bisex to convince the other to fall for him. Overall ratin 7/10.

there's just something about kissing scene that makes me melts

Saturday, July 9

It may looks like I didn't have much done but I've read the latest chapter of Bleach and check out few of the new Summer season anime. I'm just too busy preparing for a huge event (GEGO) that took place yesterday and my cousin engagement party that will take place tomorrow. Orz

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Diary of a tard: Week 5, June 2011

Sunday, June 26

My plan for today is catching on my sleep but as usual I can't follow through with my plan. Now I find myself reading another yaoi manga by Nara Chiharu titled Plastic. It's about a student-teacher relationship which many still considered taboo for some old-winded reasons. Love is love, in my opinion. It doesn't have a boundary. The sooner people get that, the better. Too bad that this yaoi is so cliche otherwise I would have enjoyed it a lot.

Wednesday, June 29

I am sure gonna missed the OP of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. With just one more episode to go, lets get episode 12 over with: they managed to tame the old hag thanks to Salamander power. It also poses an unknown problem to them since the mountain ape is back. With the old ha all nice and what not, he quickly gains access to the building by using the old hag and obtains the Grimoire. Shit, Beezelbub is in trouble! This can't be his last episode! But in case it is, here is a fanart to pay tribute for his awesomeness

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Thursday, June 30

The World God Only Knows II episode 11: Can't exactly say that I look forward to this episode since this teacher arc bores the fuck outta me. But here goes nothing - Keima goes to a pro-wrestling match and steals Nagase's seat so they can watch it together and thus making this their unofficial date. Keima confronts her with the basketball team shit and she totally lost it hence finally gives Keima the upper hand. Nagase really is a crazy bitch who keeps pushing her ideals to everyone else. Just looking at her makes me tired. Besides, this time she’s the one initiates the kiss which needless to say pissed the hell outta me. That whore!

The final episode of The World God Only Knows II (episode 12): Keima finds a dating game that he bought because it was cheap. The character design was fucked up so he thought that it would sucks. He is caught by surprise however by the fugly chic in that game. I almost had a hard attack. WTF? Nooo Keima, you musn' fall for the fugly chic. Don't go down the path of the nerd! Jeebus that dating sim game is fucking evil I tell you! Then he gets an offer from B's Ware (that's short for Bullshit Ware, if you asked me) to help them produce a dating game according to his ideas. Surprisingly he has problem coming up with an ideal dating game. It was just the way of the production team pushing their ideals on us. I am actually surprise that this series is going to get another season. Not that I'm complaining ^_^

parody FTW ^__^

Saturday, July 2

Beelzebub episode 4: Human is going extinct caused by Beelzebub's urination. Yeah. i don't even. They have to think of a plan to stop that from happening. One of the solution is buying diapers for him but then they become hostage to a robbery at the supermarket. It wasn't a problem for Oga to get them out of that bind since he's supposedly to be stronger and more evil than anyone else. In the end, Baby Beel pees in the ocean. Problem solved. WTF.

I'm really taking my time with these anime, don't I? The last time I watched this show was back in January. lol I need to be more consistent with my anime episodes. Episode 8 of Arakawa Under the Bridge x Bridge: Ric has a new student; the Amazoness. She totally wants to be in Ric's pantsu. As expected, Hoshi is having a field day especially when the tengu successfully hypnotize Ric. This does not makes Nino a happy girlfriend, not when they got married. Actually I think this is awesome news. I don't like Nino with Ric. He's too blah. But too bad this show is about him. I am surprise even Hoshi helps him out in the end. This episode pissed me off.

I've been asking myself the same question

C: The Money of Soul and Possibility Control episode 5: Now that Yoga is in the guild, Mikuni is cultivating him to be a better opponent by knowing the scale of his own power. Yoga becomes quite calculating after that which cost him to lost a deal. He suffered from minimal lost, failing a test but then another deal threatens the economy in the real world thus Mikuni buys the company to minimize the damage. Apparently you have to pay a certain amount of fees to be in that guild. Mikuno must be filthy rich then. If only he doesn't look to derpy.

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Diary of a tard: Week 4, June 2011

Sunday, June 19

I guess I'm still high from last week's yaoi hence why I am reading Ore ni Koi Shite Dousunda. Another ongoing yaoi by Yoneda Kou and centers around Tora who has to stay at his uncle (Kase Ryouji) place. Yep, this one reeks of incest and I'm loving it. The two of them aren't on the best of terms and can't stand each other at all. It may sound cliche but because of the way it was written, it becomes so entertaining. Unlike her other yaoi, this time both of them aren't gay but circumstances made them so. I make this yaoi sounds so simple but it is actually quite intricate. It's only the first chapter and so much drama has taken place already, like Tora caught up in human trafficking shit and almost get rape. Yes, rape. That just makes me smile XD

heh >=D

Tuesday, June 21

Episode 11 of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san: Another Angel has comes forth and his name is Zaruel. Just like the last angel, he's ugly as fuck and with uglier manners. He found out about Sakuma and Beelzebub from the internet and thus stalks the detective agency which has barrier against Angel. There is also the obnoxious landlady who Sakuma tries to reason with by summoning Salamander. Given his personality, Salamander refuses but later agrees when he gets zap by Sakuma (and loving it. Who would have though that he's a masochist).

THIS

The World God Only Knows II episode 10: I am not buying this teacher-student shit but I'll indulges these episodes because of Keima. Nagase misunderstood Keima's situation assumed he is lonely which is why she is so determined to help him out. Keima is at lost of what he should do since all the routes he takes meet with a dead end until he gets a whiff of why Nagase is so down. She's just too passionate, it suffocates the people around her. Too bad this one gets another episode >_>

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Diary of a tard: Week 3, June 2011

Monday, June 13

Watching SKET Dance episode 8: Momoka wants to be a seiyuu so she comes to Switch to know more about anime and him being quite a tard, readily takes the job. Momoka is supposed to do a kid show but that show has 90% crap drama that aren't appropriate for kids. This is trufax which is why it's funneh. Momoka is dead serious about it and thus gets the job. The other half is about Harima (from School Rumble, now a teacher) who wants the three of them to join the Genesis club he created. It was dumb as fuck.

can't help but notice how cool Switch is XD

Thursday, June 16

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san episode 10: The reasons Sakuma is so into cosplaying are because of the money and getting the class notes. Beelzebub is so awesome with his task of dragging her back to normal. Like the saying goes, if you can't beat them, join them. So with his simple "snack", the nerds disbanded and everything goes back to the way it was.

so charmingly evil

Kubo revealed Ichigo's latest outfit in Bleach chapter 452. Get ready with the power ranger theme song >_>

After reading Tadayoedo Shizumazu, Saredo Naki mo Sezu, I can't stop myself from reading the other manga from Yoneda Kou (because she's just that good). So I picked up Yorube Naki Mono next. Unlike her other manga, this one is set in the old Japanese era and so naturally the characters are samurai with sword. Ah, I just has this terrible fetish when it comes to men with sword. The story is interesting enough to get me excited and it certainly doesn't take the cliche route. This one is an ongoing manga so maybe now I go back to being a manga whore.


Though Tiger and Bunny is not really BL, but it is definitely close to being a BL show. Just take a look at all the fanarts for some proof. Anyway on to epsiode 7: Bunny totally lost it and is quickly to blame the old fart but at least he's candid about what happened in his past. He's still acts like an emo bastard though. Oh well. As they get ready to ambush a criminal hideout, the NEXT that Barnaby is looking for spoiled their fun and destroyed the place first. He's obviously toying with Bunny. Later on he introduced himself as Lunatic and the guy at the end of the episode is clearly Lunatic. This show is getting serious. Damn

Friday, June 17

Yukio is just too awesome for words in episode 9 of Ao no Exorcist.

Episode 9 of The World God Only Knows II: This time the loose soul targets a student teacher which means Keima gets an upgrade. Heh. She immediately notices Keima since he doesn't pay attention in class at all and determines to help him (though he's fine, if you asked me). As for Keima, he has his own strategy to conquer Nagase unfortunately things aren't going as he planned. She's leading the game and Keima has no idea how to react.

you don't say...

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Diary of a tard: Week 2, June 2011

Monday, June 6

Gintama episode 149: continuation from the kidnapping arc. Hijikata and Okita has no hope left so Okita kills himself in order for Hijikata to escape and save the Shinsengumi. LOL Why do I feel like I'm being trolled? because this is Gintama. Of course Okita won't kill himself. He only pretended that he did. In fact this whole mess is his plan. LOL evil Okita is evil ♥


Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san episode 9: Akutabe is suspicious about Sakuma lately. She has been acting strange so Akutabe releases Beelzebub from his barrier and guess what? He's one good looking motherfucker. Well not really but wants to believe that he is. So they stalk Sakuma (Azazel-san wearing a dog suit) and see her going to some anime club. She has to cosplay and that's why she is looking so down. She has to return their favor by borrowing lecturer's notes. Turns out she becomes addicted to it. Nyorin~ LOL this does not sits well with Akutabe at all.


With each passing episodes, I get madder at Jintan and Menma. Ano Hana episode 8.

Tuesday, June 7

More ghoul demon and Snipe in episode 8 of Ao no Exorcist.

Thursday, June 9

This is pathetic. I have almost nothing to do and yet I have been neglecting my anime. Oh well, another predictable chapter for Bleach 451.

Friday, June 10

Not feeling too well. I'm kinda overdosed right now. Took half a bottle of pain killers. Instead of suicidal, it making me depressed so I'm watching Gintama episode 150: Another trolling episode saying that this is the final episode of Gintama. LOL I don't see any other anime that talks about quitting every chance they got. For the (supposedly) finale, it feels like I was watching Endless Eight, only that the awesomeness level is >9000!

cuteness overload!

Saturday, June 11

This is one of the show that I don't want to fall behind. Watching episode 8 of The World God Only Knows II. Keima decides to teach Elsie about games and he's fucking serious about it. In doing so, we also got to learn the history of dating sims game and how everything started. That's the first half of the episode, the second half, Haqua comes asking them to help out with her report. That is just an excuse. She just wants to meet Keima is all.

oh how naive of you, Elsie >=D

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Diary of a tard: Week 1, June 2011

Monday, May 30

X-Men episode 6 - So they return to Japan to distribute the vaccine. They learn the river there has becomes toxic. The mutants, and few other things there are getting weird deformations too. As they investigate the source, they walk straight into the enemy's trap. U-Men is more than ready to welcome them. They have every means on how to defeat the X-Men. But of course they still have something up their sleeves. Team work is the keywords. As they travel back to Hisako's place, the storm force them to retire at Sasaki Yui's place who seems not to happy with Emma and vise versa and so the plot thickens. dum dum dum...

poster worthy

They looking for someone who has fire as powerful as Fire Emblem but the wrong enemy (he's not worth it as a character so the show doesn't give him a name :lol:) already targeted Tiger as his next victim in Tiger and Bunny episode 6. In the mean time, Bunny is busy reminiscing about his parent's death. He still has not give up looking for the murderer. Coincidentally, the wrong enemy has the same mark as the man Barnaby is after. Right on cue the new antagonist appears and burns the wrong enemy to crisp.

I can't take this guy seriously with mask like that

Time for some yaoi. Sekaiichi Hatsukoi episode 5 - oh, new character new story? Hatori Yoshiyuki, Yoshino Chiaki and Yanase Yuu are the names. Threesome in the future? Awesome. I have to ask though, why does the uke all look the same? It got me confused. So let see if I get these uke/seme thing right. Hatori likes Yoshino who unconsciously likes Hatori but Hatori is fucking Yuu who also has feelings for Chiaki. :lol: talk about complicated. But of course everything works out by the end of the episode. Blurgh such is yaoi. So weak :(

this is kinda hot

Wednesday, June 1

So Dojin is assigned to his class that is full of fugly students in episode 8 of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san. That teacher of his sure is popular as fuck with the girls. This of course makes Undine jealous thus she turns the school upside down. The fact that Himoi-sensei looks a lot of Ichigo makes this even more hilarious, even after Undine turned him into a fish and got eaten by the monkey. Oh, since Akutabe refused to help Dojin, he makes up story about how he loves Undine and what not. Hah, this should be entertaining.

rofl

SKET Dance episode 7: Bossun has to stand-in as Koutarou for Te-chan as part of their request this time. He has to meet with Te-chan childhood friend, Misaki who kinda sick. Once they find out that Misaki is going to America for a life-death operation, Te-chan doesn't waste any time and immediately turns emo. The rest of the episode is cliche as fuck.

lol what's with the fuck-me face?

Thursday, June 2

Bleach chapter 450 makes me rage, thanks to whorehime.

Saturday, June 4

I keep postponing Ao no Exorcist episode 7. Oh well, at least I get it done.

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Diary of a tard: Week 3, May 2011

Monday, May 16

Tiger and Bunny episode 5: I have to applaud Barnaby for putting up with Tiger. Damn he got on my nerves with his "heroic" attitude that only caused trouble to anyone else around him. Anyway, it's Barnaby's birthday and Tiger thought he threw him a surprise party. It didn't turn out the way he had planned since he caught up with the real robber. So defeating that scum turned out to be how Barnaby celebrated his birthday, by getting points. Good Luck Mode indeed. Pfft!

Tuesday, May 17

Am I the only one who thinks Akutabe is one of the most appealing protagonists in anime? Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san episode 6; everything that's ugly in this show is fucking fugly including the fugly angel who is still looking for Sakuma and the demons. Remember Moloch, supposedly the fearsome bull? Fujitaki is totally into him, since he's all cute and cuddly. LOL Moloch definitely doesn't like to be called THAT. Unfortunately for Sakuma, things don't work out too well for her. The fugly angel found what he was looking for: the Grimoire, or the summon book. He took it and then disappeared. Oh shit! He even killed Moloch while doing so.

Episode 4 of The World God Only Knows II: The loose soul this time around is on different level than the rest that Keima has fought before. I assumed that Haqua needs some soul cleansing as well. She treats Elsie like dirt and thus she herself is possessed by the loose soul. Ironically she will be save by Elsie under Keima's guidance. I guess there's no kissing Keima this time around. He's totally useless.

cute =3

SKET Dance episode 5: New characters coming in - those from student council but lets save that for later. At the moment SKET Dance has to uncover the truth about some ghost story in the academy. The request is personal for Switch since he doesn't believe in ghost. Of course he managed to defunct that theory through data gathering. At the end of the episode, the show focus on Spider Society that has been blackmailing the students in that area. They takes that opportunity to officially introduce the Student Council members; Tsubaki Sasuke (VC), Asahina Kikuno a.k.a Daisy (secretary), Unyuu Mimori (treasurer), Agata Soujiro (President) and Shiba Michiru (general affairs). I got a feeling that SKET Dance and the Student Council are not the best of friends.


Wednesday, May 18

Ano Hana episode 5 shows that Jintan is actually quite a jerk.

I still need to catch up to Ao no Exorcist. I'm only on episode 3.

Thursday, May 19

Something to speculate and look forward to in Bleach latest chapter.

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Diary of a tard: Week 2, May 2011

Me and my fucked up scheduled. With just one week of vacation, I am already behind 3 weeks worth of anime. On top of that, I got food poisoning that shut down my body system for two days. Damn, time to catch up.

Wednesday, May 11

Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san episode 4 and 5. Grimiore gets on my nerves. He's not funny anymore, just obnoxious. I can't wait to see what Undine has in store. She managed to turn Hebi-chan into a fugly chic but of course her curse will be undone when she's happy so it only lasted for about a few minutes. It's enough for the pig NEET not to like her anymore though. Once again, Akutabe is such as awesome character in this one. I wonder if he's even human. Sarier is introduced in episode 5. He is an angel sent down to protect and guide lost soul but he's a fugly coward. He seriously doesn't like demon and ready to go to war with them. Akutabe summons Moloch who specialized in violence to help him solve a case. Unfortunately we didn't get to see him in action until the next episode.


Episode 4 of SKET Dance: They are making fun of cliche. This better be good. There's this girl who aspired to be a mangaka. She sees everything through her Otome filter and mistook Bossun as a bishie from shoujo manga. Nothing funny though but that is only the first half of the episode. In the second half, the client lost a Pelolin wrapper and they are hired to search for it. The gangster from episode 1 fell in love with the girl (the client in question) and was the one who found the wrapper. It might sound boring the progress takes turn to the funny. Kinda but not really.

Thursday, May 12

I'm hungry but since I am too lazy to go to the kitchen, I will watch Gintama instead. Episode 146: The conclusion of Yoshiwara Burning arc. It was kinda of cliche but fuck it this is Gintama so all is forgiven. I am more interested with Kamui though. He'll be back for Gin.Guess what, Abuto still alive so he learned how strong Kagura is now. Interesting indeed. After the fight, Gin met with Kagura and Kamui's dad where he warned Gin about his son. He asked Gin what will his choice be if he had to fight Kamui in front of Kagura since despite the badmouthing that she does, she still wants to save him. Gin did not say a word which make the plot thickens even more. Awesome.

Friday, May 13

Ano Hana episode 4 invokes so many emotions when it comes to Yukiatsu. I love it.

The last time I read the chapter of Amatsuki was back in July 2010. So phailed. Chapter 51: Utsubushi comes to Toki rescue but he quickly captured by Kurotobi. Demon isn’t allowed inside the temple after all. Beni-san comes afterward to bring Toki and Tsuruume away leaving her brother Kurotobi to fight with Utsubushi. Heh but let’s not forget Tsuyukusa. Beni-san sends Toki and Tsuruume away so that she can move freely against Tsuyukusa. Fuck, I’m nervous for him because I know Beni-san is someone you don’t mess around with.

I want a Tsuyukusa plushie too!

Holy fuck yes, Hyakko update! Chapter 40: School Festival is coming up so they are having a discussion of what to organize. The lesbian class president suggested a maid café and the boys gladly agreed and from there it branches off to many other ideas. This chapter is not much but we can see how real the situation is when a fujoshi gets excited at the thought of Tokeo crossdressing, a girl otaku looking forward to cosplay as maid, a robot maniac overjoyed at the thought of making a mecha Kamen Battle 00 play, etc. They ended up doing a Halloween theme party for the whole school. Now I look forward to the festival.


Saturday, May 14

A quick watch before my trip to Kuala Lumpur in one hour. I still haven't showered yet. Orz but whatever, X-Men episode 5: Hisako is getting on my nerves. Was her voice has always been this annoying? Professor X offers Emma to be one of the X-men (and Hisako as junior X-man) but of course Scott is against it though no one listens to him. So he takes out his frustration with Hisako. He trains her with such a bad ass attitude. Heh. Since Hisako is such a weak shit, Emma finally agree to let Charles do a mind dive under the condition that everyone get to see it. In doing so she proves herself innocent and has nothing to do with Jean's death. So now that everyone is happy, they go to Japan again to deal with the secondary mutation.

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Diary of a tard: Week 4, April 2011

Sunday, April 24

That's one great OP song. Also I saw Shiro's nipple. Just saying. Episode 2 of Deadman Wonderland: Ganta entered the Dog Race. The seemingly nice inmate Takami Yoh isn't really very nice but I guess you have to be cunning to survive in that kind of hell hole. He told Tamaki (the warden) about Ganta entering the race so Tamaki made the hurdle as dangerous as possible. In this race, either you win or you are dead. It was cruel shit. Ganta is lucky because Shiro is looking out for him otherwise he's long dead.

Why the fuck do all gangsters/side characters sound so fucking annoying. Some were too high pitch while some is all bass. Who can take them seriously? Anyway, SKET Dance episode 3: some girl name Momoka stole Onihime's identity and caused trouble around town. She even kidnapped Onihime only to find out that she's the real one. Despite some serious moments, this is still a comedy which has successfully made me laugh. It's well balanced indeed.

the best of both worlds

Monday, April 25

Tiger & Bunny episode 4: For once we are focusing on other Hero. This time it's Blue Rose. It's interesting when she said being a Hero isn't her main goal. This goes back to what I have been saying since episode 1. These so-called heroes are either doing it for the money and/or for the glamor or worse, being forced to do so. That's what happened with Blue Rose/Karina until Tiger made her realized that being a hero is not as bad as she thinks. Typical.

Episode 2 of Ao no Exorcist is still as awesome as the first episode, if not better. Though it is stereotypical type of stuff that we have seen countless time, it still managed to grab our interest and even WOW us with the whole presentation. This is how shounen anime should be.

Episode 3 of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san: A human is a slave for lizard-like looking demon, Grimoire, who has the power over words. Everyone else fell under his power except for Akutabe-san. To counter his power, Akutabe summoned Citro, a fish mermaid who desired love and has the power to transform and giving man a fucking blowjob. She can't control herself when she gets jealous. I LOL at the cruelty of Akutabe. God, i love him.

lol wut?

On to the next anime, episode 3 of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi: Ritsu met Yokozawa from the Sales Department and dislike him almost immediately. Why? Because Yokozawa and Takano are obviously fuck buddies. Anyway he's adamant not to fall in love with Takano again but hey, this is yaoi. He'll give up his ass sooner rather than later. It was so apparent that he got jealous and such. He tried to avoid him as well unfortunately Takano is his boss so there's no way of doing so especially when there's a storyboard he needs to approve. As I have expected, Takano jumped him only to be interrupted by Yokozawa who has the key to his apartment. Ah dorama...

It means that HE WILL MAKE YOU SAY IT with his dick up your ass ^__^

Hanasaku Iroha episode 4: Ohana starts schooling again at the same school where Nako and Minko are. Ohana is immediately famous just because she transferred from Tokyo. Looks like Minko is quite famous with the boys herself. Ohana makes a new friend with a bubbly girl named Yuina who is the successor for Fukuya hot spring. Basically they are rivals. There are other sides of Ohana that I see today so she wasn't as annoying as she was in the last episode. For example, her surprised with new things that the local found as normal like seeing Heron for the first time. This episode also confirms that Minko likes Tohru while Ohana is denying her feelings for Ko. Interesting. So I guess the OTP for now is OhanaxKo and MinkoxTohru. But wait, towards the end of the episode, Tohru picked Yuina up and looks like they are dating. WHAT THE FUCK? That was totally unexpected. Great XD

It has been a while since I read any manga. Not even yaoi. But for some reason I feel like doing it tonight and what other way to start it off if not by reading some yaoi manga. I picked Curiosity at random. It featured two shouta but hot damn the yaoi was good.

that's a cute dick >=3

Tuesday, April 26

Haqua is introduced in episode 3 of The World God Only Knows II.

Episode 3 of Fireball Charming: Drossel is planning on going to a ball but Gedächtnis won't allow her to go out since the relationship between robots and mankind is still complicated. He tried to stop her going on an electrical car with made up excuses about special car for mature ladies with thought process comparable to a sea slug. Drossel ignored him and got on one which only tour around the mansion where she lives in less than 5 seconds. I guess this episode introducing one of Drossel accessories as a figure, which is his father red cloak.

awww *pouts*

They introduced two more characters in Sengoku Otome: Momoiru Paradox episode 4, Shingen and Kenshin. Both of them have the armors that Nobunaga seeks. Mitsuhide/Akerin suggested some underhand tactics to get the armors which enraged Nobunaga. Ieyasu quickly took the opportunity to poison her mind since she has her own agenda up her dirty sleeves. Mitsuhide decided to follow through with her plan but since Hideyoshi overheard her, she locked her up. But of course Nobunaga came, save her and stopped Mitsuhide. This only made Mitsuhide hates Hideyoshi even more. Nobunaga interfered with Shingen and Kenshin battle. Of course she won it and almost killed them both but meh she won't do it. In the end she got the armors. Mission accomplished.

Thursday, April 28

Episode 4 of X-Men is much better structured than the last episode. It still meh though.

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Diary of a tard: Week 3, April 2011

Monday, April 18

My first impression on SKET Dance and [C].

Hanasaku Iroha episode 3: Ohana was about to get rape by the novelist. I approved because she obviously volunteered to atone her mistake in the last episode. Such a nice girl. She even helped him with her sex-writing career (Ohana having a threesome with Nako and Minko in a bath tub). Then she tell the others about it *facepalm* which pushed him to the point of being suicidal. He jumped off a cliff but was save by Nako. The end. By the way, what's with the fanservice in this show? It decrease the value and I'm definitely getting bored with the crap. So what if the animation was flawless when it's boring as fucking a dead guy? Fuck, Ohana is annoying *is mad*

*shakes head disapprovingly*

Tuesday, April 19

Episode 2 of Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san! Tamura's lecturer asked her agency to look for his dog. Akutabe used the service of Beelzebub for this mission. His power is "forcibly induce excretion in living creature" as he puts it. He was good though and they caught the missing dog in no time at all but he also ate shits. But yeah as the show progresses, I was lolling off my chair with laughter because it took turn to the unexpected! God I love this show =3

the timing of this scene was impeccable

Ah crap Ritsu has started dreaming about his boss. That is always a bad sign that the anime is taking turn for the worse. Well we got to see how Takano is charismatic when it comes to his work in episode 2 of Sekaiichi Hatsukoi though. It just the process of wowing Ritsu which also included him forcing himself on Ritsu, trying to make him remember of the past. And fuckif that is not cliche enough, how about the fact that they are fucking neighbors?

Episode 3 of X-Men disappoint me. The pacing was poor and the plot was too cliche for my liking.

Episode 2 of The World God Only Knows II on the other hand was good. I was entertained.

Oh wow, I am watching episode 3 of Tiger & Bunny. Who would have thought? I sure did not plan this but I might as well watch this since I got the time to spare. This episode is about Kotetsu and Barnaby working on for better understanding and team work. Sounds terribly boring and sometimes it were but the show has it moments too. TV Hero was also doing a documentary on Barnaby so we got to learn a few things about him like his parent were murdered. The show won't be completed without a little action so they added in a bomb threat where Tiger & Bunny finally managed to work successfully as a team. They still bicker though but that's the best thing about this partnership. Btw, what's with Karina Lyle?


Wednesday, April 20

Sengoku Otome - Momoiru Paradox episode 3: Nobunaga paid a visit to Imagawa Yoshimoto to obtain the left leg of the crimson armor but it won't be so easy. The episode is about how Nobunaga used 'recreation' to get the armor. It was stupid >>

Episode 2 of Sket Dance: random samurai guy showed up at the club asking for help to win the kendou tournament. They solved the problem with Friske. Then onto the second mission: taking care of Yabasu and getting rid of a bomb. They have to do both at the same time because the monkey ran away with the fucking bomb. There were some funny moments but only like for 2-3 minutes of the whole show.

Thursday, April 21

Bleach chapter 445 was somewhat interesting.

Glo convinced me to check out Nichijou so I started with the OVA Nichijou episode 0. Not as I expected it to be.

Friday, April 22

As expected from A-1 Pictures, Ao no Exorcist is fucking awesome. I came in my pantsu.

Episode 2 of Ano Hana. I am glad to say here that the quality remains and the story/drama just gets better. Awesome shit.

Yoga met his Asset, Masu in episode 2 of [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control and immediately forced into a Deal. As expected Yoga was totally useless and got beaten by his own bitchy Asset but through this Deal at least I grasp the idea of what it is and how it works. Eventually Yoga won which was a big deal. The last person who won on their first Deal was Mikuni so naturally he paid Yoga a lot of attention. He even went out of his way to pay Yoga a visit. Yoga still has stick up his ass when it comes to Midas. He doesn't want to has anything to do with it. That's impossible. Masakaki remains as best character of the show.

Saturday, April 23

Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko episode 2: Makoto treated Erio like she's totally retarded as she explained about some alien shit. She totally deserved that kind of treatment. She also brought him to the ocean and when she went adrift, I couldn't help but laughed at what Makoto has to say. Apparently Erio disappeared for half a year and came back with no memory of what happened. Interesting... In this episode Makoto also met Mifune Ryuuko, a totally moe and adorable girl from his school. I can't help but like Mifune because he made Makoto do all kind of stuff that even he questioning himself doing it. Her attitude is infectious. He also met the Giant Oarfish, Maekawa. Note here that some of Makoto's monologue are really witty and funny. Kudos to the writer.

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First Impression: Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san

I have been planning on checking this out later but since Glo asked me to do so, I figured I should see what's so great about this show as soon as possible. So here I am writing this mandatory first impression post for future reference.


Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san is about a detective company who used demons/devil to help solve their cases. As you can see, the demons aren't scary looking. In fact they are kinda... cute if that kind of thing is your thing.

Akutabe, the detective in question is also a demon summoner. I like him right away as I do with the rest of the characters. The demons, especially Azazel who specializing in sexual harassment, are funneh. Man, when he screwed up, he fucking screwed up.

This show is only 12 minutes long per episode but it provides you with plenty of shiznit. I love this kind of random shit even though I can do without the stupid OP. This show didn't take itself seriously so as an audience, you are expected to do so as well.

The art at time emphasize how crazy the situation is which in itself is funny. Coupled with great voice acting, it turns out as a masterpiece. I have nothing bad to say about Yondemasu yo, Azazel-san (yet) so I recommend this to everyone who appreciates humor.

There are so many hilarious screencap but that would mean spoilers. It is best if you see this shit for yourself XD

By the way, what kind of sex position is this?


art & animation 8/10
story 9/10
characters 9/10
sound 8/10
enjoyment 10/10
overall 9/10

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