Diary of a tard: Week 2, May 2012

Monday, May 7

So because of Trazor's month of May project, I ended up rewatching Lovely Complex again since I chose this show as my first show for the project. It has been a while since I last sit and marathon a show. Let's recap. Episode 1 introduce the characters and their goals to find a girlfriend/boyfriend. Episode 2 they both bumped into their ex as well as childhood friends. Episode 3: It's the Valentine's Day. Risa made chocolate for Ootani but since Ootani is pissed off with Haruka he rejected it. Haruka took the chocolate and told Risa that he plans to make Risa his girlfriend soon. Episode 4: A 1st grader, Seiko, has a crush on Otani and acts upon it. She bloody kissed Ootani and asked him out. I am still pissed that Otani agreed just like that. Men! Episode 5: Risa is slowly coming to term with her feelings. This episode reveals that Seiko is actually a trap. LOL got me every single time.

Wednesday, May 9

The girls suggested that I read Not Equal, another yaoi manga that according to them involved incest and the hottest smex. I read this for the latter, obviously. This manga is about a son who has a crush on his dad. It just so happened that he got the chance to travel back in time and met his shouta father. You should know how the rest of the story goes from here. Conflict and dorama ensued. I wasn't that big of a fan on incest (unless they are twins) but whatever the smex is yummy.

he's licking his lips when he thought that and I thought fuck! he's fappable

Thursday, May 10

Completed Not Equal by scanning through the last 3 chapters in raw. Like I said, I read this for the smex and boy it came too late. The build up was too much for me as they tiptoeing around each other. I guess logically it should be like that. This involved morals as a human being and incest is always wrong in the eyes of the society which is probably why this manga is liked by many. To be honest I was quite disappointed with the smex. It was not exceptional. I've seen better and hotter smex in yaoi T_T

Thanks to my fellow yaoi fangirl, I end up with another incest yaoi titled is Aijin. It's about Akira basically, who whoring himself to save the shop and to help his step-brother out. The man he is whoring to is a the son of the company that is going to buy the shops around and build a mall. See the pattern? The smex wasn't even that good. I think I'll drop it now >_>

Friday, May 11

Yurumates 3D episode 5: It's Tanabata. So Yurume and the other wrote some wishes. Kumi wants every good sold at half prices while Sae wrote a fucking narrative that include the Martians invading earth. Matsuchiki is the only one who wishes for normal shit like be happy but everyone else thought that it was impossible lol. Well, the ended up hanging the wishes in Yurume's room and then having a drinking party. Naturally the room turned the chaos but still Matsuchiki defended his wishes to the very end.

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Remembering Love: Opposite Attractions in Lovely Complex

I thought that it was an interesting idea when I read Trazor's idea for the month of May of which we blog 4 posts for anime that we remember with love. He called it Remembering Love or something like that. I missed the first week but he reminded me of it which ends up with me writing this post.

Lovely Complex was released in the Spring of 2007. It has been 5 years and it remains as my first ever and perhaps the only shoujo anime that I can truly accept, enjoyed and even fall in love with. Not just with the story but with everything that has to do with it: the seiyuu, the studios even the pop OP and ED. I remember memorizing the lyrics of both the songs and became an overnight fan of the group. It is safe to say that I was (and still am) a fangirl of this show.

Yes, you read that right. I am a fangirl of this SHOUJO show.

So you see... I can enjoy shoujo too if it's done right.

Anyway,  if there is a theme for this show, it gotta be the contrast between the female and male protagonists. Koizumi Risa is a giraffe who always yearns for a boyfriend while Ootani Atshushi is the midget who doesn't give a damn about a girlfriend. All he's focusing on is his performance in the basketball team.

They are both at each other's throat since the beginning of the show, both can't stand each other but they completed each other, without them noticing it of course. Sometimes fate like to play with you, I guess. I mean, being called All Hanshin-Kyojin must have not feel to good for the two kids and only further fuel the animosity between them.

But don't ever underestimate the power of opposite attractions. They both make a pact to help each other find the other a boyfriend/girlfriend. Ootani to help pair Risa with Suzuki while Risa will help Ootani develop a relationship with Chiharu and few other females that appeared afterwards. All of these side characters definitely suited the main protagonists like a glove but they will end up just as a another boring couple.

Everyone but themselves can see that they are made for each other. However it's the journey of them both to get to term with their own feelings what interest me the most. It's great to see how they compromise and at the same time compliment each other being so opposite of each other.

It's complex but not really if you can find a common ground. Also, it doesn't have to be a love at first sight in order to make it successful. It's more of how you treated the other person as well as the honesty and effort that you put in.

That's what this show has taught me at least.

All my ex(s) are totally the opposite of me. While I'm strong will with bitchy personality to match, they are pretty meek and quite the loving types. However my relationship didn't works because I don't want to compromise at all, and did not put any effort to make it successful. I know I should probably learn a thing or two from Risa and Ootani but I believe that if it didn't happen, it wasn't meant to be. And if indeed I think I have found my Ootani, I am sure things will go accordingly without me having to force it.

Sometimes, fate works in a strange way too.

Other posts for this project:
Remembering Love: Detroit Metal City
Remembering Love: Loving Another Human Being in Honey and Clover 

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