Aku no Hana

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.

A Year Older: Again

It’s that day when I got another level up in life. I’m turning a year older again today. So many things have changed in a course of a year. I read what I wrote on my birthday last year and I almost choked with laughter at how ridiculous everything sounds.

Goodbye 2012 and Hallo 2013

So overall, year 2012 has indeed been kinder to me. I have achieved what I set out to achieve but most importantly, I unexpectedly found love which is easily the highlight of the year for me.

Light Writings: Love II

I need an outlet to express how I feel nowadays. To be honest, things are going too good for me at the moment to the point that I am sort of living in fear for I do not want these extremely good feelings, and the love I have for him to end. If all these are gone tomorrow, there is a big probability that I might lose sanity.

Light Writings: Crush II

Welp, looks like we are having this conversation again after so many years. Well 2 years and 3 months to be exact. The last time I wrote about my crush, I was in a different state of mind where I know it can be nothing more than just that, a crush.

29 January 2012

Diary of a tard: Week 4, January 2012

Monday, January 23

Recorder to Randoseru episode 2: Shows Atsumi in her everyday life chores like drinking milk hoping that she will grow taller or bringing Atsushi along when she is doing some shopping so he can help her out getting stuff from the high shelves. In episode 3, Sayo treated Atsumi like she's a kid and then proceed to discuss the kind of guy that they like. Sayo obviously has a crush on Atsushi. I wonder if she knew he is Atsumi's little brother.

Episode 3 of Kill Me Baby: Yasuna was easily influenced. This time she believes that she has esper power just because a guy in the TV said so. As usual, she forced Sonya to take part. From esper to voodoo to fortune telling. Best thing about Yasuna is, she NEVER gives up LOL. In second stint, Yasuna came up with different things to do when it's raining outside from playing puzzle rings to making Rain Doll. When the sun is finally up, they introduced a seemingly unused character, Kyara, that keeps looking for Yasuna and Sonya. Rie Kugimiya is her seiyuu, btw.

Thursday, January 26

Episode 3 of Another: Misaki showed Kouichi what is underneath her eye-patch. Well, nothing creepy like Nnoitora's empty eye socket but only a different color pupil. Misaki is a heterochromia but not really since that eye was artificial. She uses doll's eye and that somehow gives her the gift to see things that should remain unseen. She warned Kouichi: the doll shop isn't a good place for him to hang out since the dolls are seeking to fill their hollowness. She also told him about the class 3 story. It sure was creepy telling ghost story inside the doll shop. It was as if the dolls were eavesdropping. When Kouichi ased his classmates and aunt about it, everyone was jumpy and even warned him not to mess with things that don't exist. He didn't heed their warnings though. He then found out the name of the girl who died at the hospital was Misaki Fujioki. When he told Misaki, she said that Misaki was her cousin and admitted that she didn't exist. Just then Yukari was about to go home but I think she saw Misaki with Kouichi and ran quickly away. As she ran down the stair, she slipped and was killed by the sharpen edge of the umbrella she was holding. Jeebus. That was cruel O_o

I don't like her much now :S
(c) Aranmax

Friday, January 27

Hunter X Hunter episode 12: Phase 3 examination continued. They have to serve the 50 hour penalty. Tonpa trying to make Leorio feel guilty about it but didn't work. When that 50 hours were up, they only have a balance 10 hours to complete the phase. At the end of the exam, they were supposed to fight and only 3 should pass but Gon came up with an idea of hacking through the short cut wall with the given weapons. Thus they passed along with other 19 applicants.

that butt crack...

Sora turns out to be the tsundere and not Miu. I found out in episode 2 of Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! that Yuuta will be the legal guardian for all three of them since the plan that his sister took with her husband crashed. Other family member wanted to take those siblings separately but Yuuta was against the idea because of his own experience of losing his parent earlier on.

Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai! episode 3: Yuuta pretty much ran away with the girls. He didn't think it through so when his aunt asked how is he going to raise the kids and attending college at the same time, it finally dawned on him of the magnitude of his responsibilities. He is not chickening out though. They might face some difficulties trying to cope with the changes but they'll manage.

27 January 2012

First Impression: Papa no Iukoto wo Kikinasai!

Episodes: 12
Producers: Feel, Sentai Filmworks
Genres: Comedy

I should probably checking out the shows that are in my 'potential' list like Ino x Boku SS but I find myself more intrigued by this show than any other shows that I have yet to see. Part of it is due to the twitter spoilers that I saw every other day, particularly by Koji Katsuragi. I think this show turns him into a lolicon.

To be honest, halfway through the episode, I don't know what the hell I was watching. There's this guy Yuuta Segawa who is a freshman at a University. Naturally he had a crush on Oda Rankai, his senpai. It is remains to be seen whether there are any romance developed between these two. Yuuta's sister married a guy who has 2 daughters from his previous marriage. The eldest has a crush on Yuuta and the story of this show revolved around the fact that his sister asked him to look after her three daughters when she and her husband went on some trip. A 19-year old guy looking after 3 females? He'll turn into a lolicon in less than 5 minutes.

meet the eldest daughter everyone...
hot dayyum, I'll be tempted to fuck as well

The characters are lively. I like Nimura (Yuuta's friend) right away because of Daisuke Ono. Those three girls/daughters aren't as annoying as I thought they would be (the annoying one at the moment is Oda). I can understand how the eldest daughter could end up having a crush on her uncle. It shouldn't be that weird, even more so that they aren't blood related. Yuuta is a bit of a push over in my opinion. I have yet to see him proves that he got balls of steel but I am willing to give him another chance.

The arts and animation is definitely above average. It is something that I noticed the most throughout this show especially the character designs that sort of reminds me of Otome Youkai Zakuro although these characters look more plum. It also doesn't escape me how the characters have quite an uncanny similarities with other characters from other anime. Sora in my opinion looks like a crossover between Haruhi and Yurippe while Mui looks like Nagi's twin. I hope they live up to the expectation.

I thought Yuuta's voice is too deep for him. At times I feel like Wataru was trying too hard. he's not the only one though. I think Yui Horie sounds just as annoying as her character Oda. That "sobbing" part left me hollowed. I found myself rolling my eyes every time she sobbed. It seems too fake for me. Hina was supposed to be the annoying little child so I forgive her.

I am tempted to label this show as harem but so far I have only see one girl interested in Yuuta, or maybe two if you want to include Oda. I certainly hope that this wasn't the case because most often than not, harem turns me off.

Nonetheless, Justin said that this show gets better with every new episode. I must admit that towards the end of this episode, it wasn't as boring as the first half of the show. I might check out another episode just to make sure.

art & animation 7/10
story 6/10
characters 6/10
sound 6/10
enjoyment 6/10
overall 6.2/10

Persona 4 the Animation: Episode 13

New OP looks good and sounds well... Engrish. Hehe. Looks like the kids will get a break that they deserved after they managed to crack and solve the murder case. Or at least I thought so judging by what was said in the Velvet Room.

The episode starts off with Nanako giving an umbrella to a drench fox that wore what looks like a baby bip. When asked by her father, she lied and said she lost it. It also shows that Yuu was pretty busy lately. He rarely eats dinner at home and it seems like Nanako missed him.

(c) Mika Takeda

So she decided to be a detective and finds out what Yuu has been up to. She trails him but was distracted when she found Teddy and thus she lost him so she will continue to trail him until she gets the answer she was looking for. Turns out the guys have no idea what Yuu has been up to lately so when they found Nanako all dressed up, they decided to help her out too.

Guess what though, Yuu is acting like a real hero helping out people. He pretended to be Teddy by wearing his Teddy suit, helping out a child, woman and old lady. Obviously his friends would doubt him and think he was a pervert but everything will be set right at the end.

Jeebus this is one hell of a boring episode unless you are a lolicon.

Everything will be explained in the next episode though. Not sure I am interested to find out...

26 January 2012

Daily Lives of High School Boys: Episode 3

Pretty much have an idea or two how episode 3 is going to be thanks to the spoilers I saw on twitter. Nonetheless, that does not dampened my excitement to watch this show. Daily Lives of High School Boys definitely that show that I look forward to the most every week for the Winter season.

Tadakuni is so moe, it's a sin... hhhhhhhhhhhnnnngghh
(c) pixiv id 444993

Heh, if in the past two episodes you can't tell that this show is directed by the same director of Gintama, this episode has that sure tell tale sign. We got the protagonists talking in the background while they only show clouds lazily moving across the sky. It's an improvement though. In Gintama, all you get is the static picture of Gin's place. This time, Tadakuni, Yoshitake and Hidenori were discussing about how usually anime about school starts in Spring and not Winter. This shows that they acknowledge that they are in anime and for some reason, I always found that funny if not amusing. They even correcting us about the genre. They preferred to be known as slice of life anime instead of a school anime.

Gag #1: High School Boys and Summer Plans

The guys are having a meeting about summer plans at Tadakuni's house. Hidenori chaired the meeting at first but then they wanted Karasawa to take over, who did come in school uniform as per requested. It's fun to see how they look up to Karasawa for no apparent reason. Even when they asked Tadakuni's imouto who she would date, she picked Karasawa as well. Must be the cap. She quickly changed her mind though when Karasawa jokingly said something sexist LOL

Gag #2: High School Boys and the Beach House

So their first summer plan is going to the beach. Tadakuni made a mistake of wearing the school trunk. Heh so moe. The guys were busy trying to get the girls but Hidenori was busy looking at the noodles. He was so tempted he got a nose bleed and consequently another smack from the guys when he concluded that girls like their noodle just like they like their man: HOT. Hehehe, I have to say that he has a keen eye for observation because he is totally right about it.

he's a champion

Gag #3: High School Boys and Hot Spring Balls

The boys went to the onsen next. They played some ping pong with penalty. Whoever failed to answer the question and lose will have to punch the Student Council President. I LOL'd at how the boys readily agreed to that suggestion. That brought back a lot of memories tbh :D

Tadakuni lost in all three rounds XD

I lol'd... hard

Gag #4: High School Boys and the Radio DJ

Hidenori pretended to be radio DJ that's talking FS. I bet FS stands for Fucking Shit. He dragged Yoshitake into it. Yoshitake played along though he took it all very seriously. It was a bit awkward at time because you keep expecting Yoshitake to crack some stupid jokes but he didn't. Tadakuni didn't even say a word during the whole stint except a 'hhhmmph!' at the end of it.

Gag #5: High School Boys and Summer Memories

They decided to have fun till end of their summer vacation. The production team decided to play Capsule in the background while showing the boys having fun at festival, playing video games, etc.

Gag #6: High School Boys and the Train to School

Another Hidenori monologue. He boarded the train with the same girl every day going to school. He got interested in her because of her hairy mole at the nape of her neck. He wanted to tell the girl about it but didn't have the courage to do so. He even seek advice from his senpai who was against his idea as well. He somehow came to a conclusion that the hair mole was proof of her loneliness, that she has no friends who could tell her about it. That was how he found the courage to tell her and surprisingly the girl just thanked him and laughed it off.

And thus end the quest of a stupid boy who worried about stupid shit.

Oh, and I love the ending stint of High School Girls are Funky XD

23 January 2012

First Impression: Recorder to Randoseru

Episodes: Unknown
Producers: Seven
Genres: School

I didn't know this show is only 3 minutes per episode. I wonder what can be achieved for a short stint anime like this. Hardly anything and hopefully it won't be too annoying and made that 3 minutes feel like an eternity.

I saw Rie Kugimiya as one of the seiyuu and thought that this is going to be another shitty anime that Glo has to watch in order to complete his quest. Right then I saw Aya Hirano as one of the other seiyuus as well and thus, I feel obligated to watch this show regardless how shitty it is. The torture that we subjected onto ourselves sometimes Orz

Atsushi and Atsumi
(c) pixiv id 2461540

My brain was trying to compute logic since the beginning even though I already know that the basic story line of a boy who looks like grown man and the older sister who looks like a kindergarten student. Because of these differences, Atsushi, the younger boy, got into a lot of misunderstood situation. For example, in this episodde Atsushi was apprehended by the police as being the suspected molester when all he did was showing his scarf to his kindergarten female friend.

There was nothing outstanding about this show. Everything was average, from the art to the animation and even the seiyuu and overall direction of the show. Though it wasn't bad, it wasn't particularly good either. Also, did I mention that Aya's character actually has a melon size boobs for a change?

But meh, Recorder to Randoseru (or Recorder and Randsell in English) certainly meets my expectation as another anime that is made for god knows-what-reason that we fans can't think of. Does Japanese really watch this kind of shows on TV? O_o

art & animation 5/10
story 4/10
characters 5/10
sound 4/10
enjoyment 5/10
overall 4.6/10

22 January 2012

Diary of a tard: Week 3, January 2012

Monday, January 16

Kill Me Baby episode 2: (1) Yasuna kept pastering Sonya to teach her martial arts move so she can countered them the next time Sonya has her head in a headlock. Sonya just made Yasuna even more of a fool then. (2) Yasuna brought a nun-chuck just so Sonya could hit herself with it. Fat chance that it's going to happen. (3) There was a bear at the park. Sonya ran away so Yasuna has to deal with it herself. At last, she accidentally fell on top of the bear's head and knocked it unconscious. (4) They ended up playing hide-and-seek at the park so naturally Yasuna hide but Sonya didn't bother to seek her.

Tuesday, January 17

Episode 2 of Another really creep me out. Those BGM managed to scare me a few times, especially during the hospital and the doll shop scenes. Kouichi classmates still haven't said anything about Class 3 but he keeps seeing Misaki, and as if possessed, always followed her. He even met with the nurse to check whether a girl died and she confirmed it later that a high school girl did die and her name is Misaki. If I was him, I would probably head home but Kouichi went into this very suspicious looking doll shop called Studio M where he met Misaki. He acted like he didn't know that she's dead, or maybe he thought Mei and Misaki are two different girls. Anyhoo, just before the episode ends, Misaki tempted Kouichi and she showed him what's underneath the eye patch that she's wearing. To be continued.

Madoka's mecha or Ovid (Vox Aura) changed color in episode 2 of Rinne no Lagrange. It is definitely looks cooler than before. Anyway, Izo set out to save Array since his Ovid didn't respond. Izo is supposedly the best pilot for the bishies people. Madoka was forced to fight him too and since she was pressured by the expectation, she didn't pilot it well enough like she did the first time. That is until her sister put some sense back into her. At the end of the episode, she has to face Kirius too, who came to fight with his comrades. Dare I say it that this show is a tad more interesting now...

she's growing on me
(c) Nilitsu

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