Sunday, January 31, 2010

Ookami Kakushi hadnt release much information on the killings yet but the latest episode did move the story up to another level with Hiroshi having witnessed a person getting strike down by the girl with the scythe. That did freak Hiroshi out and made him go and find someone who could help but was unable to find any one, phone did not work too, till he saw the man who had come into this town to investigate (he appeared ard halfway of the episode) the strange happenings and murder that many people were killed. The crime scene, however, did not leave behind any blood traces but there was still evidence of the murder being conducted as there was the hairpin that the victim was wearing and on it were some blood stains. Issei seems to be more "ill" then ever and even requested for more medicine and i've got a feeling that Issei could be strike down soon and perhaps it would show the scene where the 1st episode started soon...

Railgun's latest episode was more about developing Tessou's character, nth much did happen in the episode, with just an episode focusing on the life of hers. Index and Aisa were shown in the episode as well, maybe they had wanted to show them in this series sooner or later since Touma had already appeared for many episodes... did LOL-ed when Komoe-sensei said smth about the students blowing off the roof of her house which happened in the Index series... seeing that its already in the 17th episode, im thinking that the sisters arc might not be shown at all since i dun tink this series is gonna be long, ard 26 epis perhaps, and that Index series had already shown it, and also the manga portion of the arc has not ended yet.

had started on another manga as well : The World God Only Knows. thought at first it was some action manga or one with rather deep meanings in it... turns out to be quite an interesting supernatural series =) So they have this guy, Keima, a pure gamer who plays his sorta handheld game almost every single minute, no matter he's in class or at home, or even eating dinner. The games he play are mostly dating games and he does not fail in capturing a 2D girl's heart, no matter what games he play, even those with bugs, he is still able to complete it. SO... one day he receive some kinda contract from a devil girl, Elsee, who is here in the human world to capture spirits which hide in people hearts, when there is a gap in their heart. So Keima would have to somehow close that gap and force the spirit out for Elsee to capture, but the problem lies in how to fill up the heart and Keima used the answer : Love. Off he goes to try and capture the hearts of real life girls using his 2D experiences and make them fall in love with him to force the spirit out of their body and of course, he got many kisses as the series progresses. This series is really great though, interesting and with small jokes here and there, super clever main character at all, even teachers allow him to play his games in class since he practically aces any test =.= it could move to a romance manga as well, cant put away the possibility that Elsee might fall for Keima in the end or Elsee having possessed by a spirit and Keima would have to try and remove it through making her fall in love with him, well... IMO, it is a possible story development =)

the ED song for R-Type final by the original singer =)

Friday, January 29, 2010

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu is just a brilliant comedy series, every single episode has made me either LOL-ed hard or laughed hard. Episode 4 was basically more about both Himeji and Minami making lunch for poor Yoshii who apparently does not have enough money to buy lunch, resulting in him "indulging" on a tiny portion of a piece of instant noodle that was finished in a small bite. Minami felt embarassed to give Yoshii the lunch that she had made for him and instead used an excuse that she had made too much. Himeji did not give any excuse and asked Yoshii to eat the bento she made for him which made the rest of the class tying up Yoshii and sentenced him to torture+death+XXX after seeing that Himeji made lunch for him. The bento did turn our to be extremely nice and high-class till Yuuji came and ate a little of the bento before fainting and close to dying. Himeji was away to get drinks for Yoshii and after seeing the situation, Yoshii decides to smell it and was almost taken away by death. Yuuji however did try and persuade that love can overcome the poison and Yoshii ate the entire bento, resulting in... identical situation with Yuuji... well, Minami did give Yoshii the lunch she made after Yoshii sees her attempting to dump the bento away. Hilarious episode as always, the series COULD move to a romance side after seeing this particular episode though... LOVE this :D

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

after reading from the random manga Ane Doki, i went to find a similar manga by the same author and found this : Ichigo 100% ... just finished the manga and anime together recently and i'll say that it was a great storyline and plot. the story slowly and gradually became more serious with the last few chapters being exceptionally touching, had almost teared at chapter 163 too =X

it is a pretty old manga but heres the plot anyway (from wiki)

Strawberry 100% chronicles the school years of Junpei Manaka, a high school student and aspiring movie director, and his relationships with the girls that enter his life. At the start of the series, he encounters a mystery girl with strawberry-print panties, who he quickly becomes intrigued with. Hoping to find her, he finds the notebook of Aya Toujou nearby, who turns out to be an ordinary-looking girl. However, he soon discovers that Aya is a gifted writer, and the two become friends. Meanwhile, he believes the mystery girl to be Tsukasa Nishino, the most popular girl in his school. The two soon start a relationship together. However, he eventually realises Tsukasa is not the mystery girl he had been searching for, but chooses to continue their relationship. During his entrance exam for his desired high school, Izumimaka High, he discovers that Aya is in fact the mystery girl. On his first day, he meets a feisty girl named Satsuki Kitaoji, whom he later discovers to be his classmate. The two gradually become friends and Satsuki eventually falls in love with him. Junpei starts a film club with Aya, Satsuki, a new classmate, the girl-crazed Hiroshi Sotomura, and two of his high school friends. Later Yui Minamito, an old childhood friend, reenters his life, around the same time Tsukasa grows impatient and breaks up with him, although their relationship later develops once more and they become good friends. During the three years in senior high school, different incidences happen between Manaka and the girls and Manaka remains indecisive about who to declare his love for. Several other characters also came into the picture. It is only during the last year in senior high school, when one of the girls confessed to him, that he finally made his decision.

the very 1st chapter really did make me think that this manga was going to be like "XXX" and had a very unique way of starting the whole story. well, excluding the er... X parts of the story, this manga was just great. from the start, i had guessed that at the end, Junpei would be with Aya since that was what he had wanted but after seeing how Tsukasa and Junpei were as a couple and the things they had went through together, i did hope for them to be together in the end and was well rewarded with chapter 167... reunion at last after 4 years :) of course, many other characters did come and could have moved Junpei, i believed that Aya and Tsukasa were the only characters that had a larger impact on Junpei himself. For Aya and Junpei, they did shared the dream of making movies togther but Aya was more keen on writing novels and Junpei was more interested in making movies. More importantly, it did took Aya quite some time, nearing the end of the manga, before she did confess to Junpei, but she do know that it was already too late as Junpei already and always has, chosen Tsukasa. For Junpei and Tsukasa, it was Junpei who confessed to her and their feelings grew but when they went to different high schools and Tsukasa broke up with him sometime later. Junpei does not seem to want to forget about Tsukasa and Tsukasa herself still thought about Junpei and kinda regretted breaking up with him, after some time. Then, Tsukasa confessed to Junpei this time round, and in the same way as Junpei had confessed to her in the past. However, they broke up again once Tsukasa was soon going overseas to try and grasp her own dream. It was only then, in chapter 167, that Junpei and Tsukasa were reunited after four years and Junpei asked her once again if she would like to go out with him once more. A wonderful ending with the time-skip indeed :) Well... for Satsuki, she had loved Junpei but i do not see Junpei seeing her in the same light too, the two of them just doesnt seem right i guess, personally, i would have wanted Satsuki to be put together with Amachi =X After seeing how Aya talked with Junpei in chapter 163, and how he and she had cried after that, i really felt touched... after all, it was a hundred and sixty three chapter build-up of feelings, both Junpei and Aya, ever since he saw her on the rooftop on the very 1st chapter. Kozue could have been placed as a competitor in the later part of the story but i guess she had liked Junpei as he was the only guy she was comfortable around, she does have a unique personality too... Would have loved it if the anime had shown the movies that Junpei and the others had created, i was super interested in the movie whereby there was a scene where Tsukasa was running beside a train and smiling and that, was a scene from the movie i'll loved to see it being animated. The anime didnt show much though, although they had shown the breaking up between Tsukasa and Junpei but that part could have been extended since the next episode showed Junpei all alright and lively again which he should not have been, the manga did show him cry after him realising that making Tsukasa wait for him had accidentally hurt her. i wanted the anime to end with the time-skip chapter but they didnt introduced much characters but ended with the scene of filming Tsukasa, in the movie where theres the scene of her running beside the train. there were much "un-needed" parts in the manga but nonetheless, the story plot, the way the story progressed, the way there showed Junpei slowly maturing and the moving forward of the relationship of Junpei and Tsukasa was just fantastic and it had definitely, in 100%, moved me :) thumbs UP for a great and touching manga :D

there isnt really much storyline behind Sora no Woto but i just do not get bored watching it, beats me... the series does seem to have something mysterious in it, just IMO i guess...

K-ON! 14, a special episode, was just like any other typical episode, with full of fun, joy and laughter, the episode was on the K-ON! band moving to a live at a live house and performed there with the other bands and did attracted qutie a lot of audience as well... did LOL-ed when Ritsu wanted to write the spotlight to shine on the bassist when she trips... looking forward to their 2nd season =)

here are just some wonderful vids :)

R-type song sang by Miku =D R-type FTW <3, (addicted to the mobile game =X quite a long ago though...)



and the energetic ending song for Ichigo 100%:

Sunday, January 24, 2010

now i could add in another similarity on Higurashi and Ookami Kakushi, both have something to do with bio technology. Well, for higurashi they did have smth to do with the disease thingy and for Ookami they were like designing some medicine which perhaps is trying to either help / worsen the effects of the people who can "turn" into wolves << just IMO though... so now the plot gets more mysterious with Isuzu's brother turning all wierd and was kinda attracted to Hiroshi's scent. And the existence of Hiroshi in the village at that time could have smth to do with the wolf thingy which yet again, is similar to higurashi with Keiichi going into Hinamizawa and finally ending the endless cycle. now im feeling that the Hassaku does seem to have an effect on those wolf people as well since Issei somehow got to his senses when Hiroshi broke the Hassaku scent bottle. definitely looking forward to whole series :)

the current Railgun arc turns out to be not bad after all the much is explained in the latest episode before ending the Konori - Kurozuma arc. Konori turns out to be a member of Big Spider in the past, even though she was an esper and she felt that she was at home while she was in Big Spider. So in the end, in order to save Hebitani, Kurozuma went to save him but didnt return after that. Everyone thought that Kurozuma was dead then until he appeared again. Misaka turns out to be quite worried for Konori in the end and had doubts over what Konori could be doing. In the end, it was a pretty nice scene with Kurozuma pwning everyone and Konori had used her ability once again and yes, thats pretty useful. Of course not missing the railgun which took down the Capacity Down in one shot. Everyone was brought down again with Kurozuma getting arrested by Konori herself and it turns out that the milk that Kurozuma enjoys was well liked by Konori as well. Quite an emotional episode, but nonetheless great.

once again we have an epic episode of Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu. After F class had lost to A class in the ESB, the facilities of F class got downgraded again and now they got cardboard boxes for their classroom tables. and amazingly, Yuuji was now the "slave" of the A class rep, being dragged again with his hands being chained and got tasered now and then - including bringing him to watch a LONG movie, ... twice ... being unconscious. Yoshii has now budget problems and had spent quite a large amount on watching movies, eating crepes and had turned to instant noodles for his dinner as well. he did wanted to eat a piece of bread that was dropped on the floor as well... poor thing... it was certainly epic to see Mr. Yuuji getting dragged along by Shouko... hilarious indeed :D

Sora no Woto's 3rd episode came with Kanata getting sick and Rio was the only one left to take care of her since the others were gone. Rio wasnt able to find medicine anywhere and had to turn to the church for help on Kanata's illness. Meanwhile, while Kanata was sleeping, she had dreamt of the past again where she was still a small kid and had listened to a beautiful tune played on a trumpet and awakes to find Rio humming the same tune as well. Rio then knew from Kanata that it wasnt the 1st time she was hearing tune and brought her to the tank where Noel was working on it and played the tune once again for Kanata to hear and tells her to try and create some troubles and not just work hard on trying not to get into trouble. It turns out that the person whom Katana had heard the tune from was also the one who had taught Rio blow the trumpet << IMO ... and hopefully that person's identity would be revealed soon enough...

P.S. the tank's real cool lol

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

after viewing the 2nd epi of Ookami Kakushi, i have to say that it seems quite similar to higurashi... or perhaps its me thinking hw higurashi is alike to Ookami and had purposely went to fish out the similarities... ANYWAY...

1. both series are located at a countryside town
2. nothing much is explained
3. mysterious things happen w/o ppl knowing
4. gore level - although Ookami's doesnt seem up to match with higurashi's... yet.

it certainly proves to me that it had a nice 1st starting and made me wanna see the rest of the story explained :)

Saturday, January 16, 2010

was basically bored a few months back and went to read a random manga which did turn out to be quite nice after all: Ane-Doki. The manga has now ended with only 26 chapters and it was a cliffhanger-styled ending which of course i would love it to be continued but it was also a good way to end it all. The story revolves around Kouta, who was supposedly living alone due to his father being away from home, but met up with a girl who was 4 years older than him, Natsuki, and she moved into Kouta's house to take care of him. So as time goes by, Kouta starts to see Natsuki in a different light and feels that he might actually have feelings for her. While in school, a schoolmate, Kanade, likes him as well after seeing how Kouta had saved her from thugs. The ending was kinda rushed but it was still a nice cliffhanger to end it off with Kouta having confessed to Natsuki before moving away and he had also kinda rejected Kanade. Oh well, it was a nice manga and it was the 1st manga i've read that was this short and sweet. =)

Railgun's latest epi came with the new OP and there was a short scene on Index in the OP, didnt really see it till i saw someone's post in a forum, try and find it yeh =)



the arc now shld be focusing on Konori since throughout the episode, Konori seems to have something on her mind when Kuroko and Mikoto are discussing about the Skillout who were behind the attacks on the espers in Academy City. In the end, Kuroko and Mikoto went into the Skillout's hiding place and attempted to arrest their head but was unable to use their abilities efficiently due to the enemy using some sort of machine that produces high pitch sound to influence the mind of espers. So in the end, they were both rescued by the unknown man who was also behind some of the saving of the espers being attacked by the group, Big Spider and at the end, Konori appears in front of them and the two of them seem to know each other. oh well, there was quite some action in the episode, some non-ability action. oh well, Konori's past might get explained in the upcoming episodes.

saw the spoilers for Hayate no Gotoku chapt 256 as well, and the fight does not seem to be over yet and the Midas appears in front of Hayate... and theres blood again in one the pages... this is surprisingly getting serious :)

Thursday, January 14, 2010

started on another series as well: Ookami Kakushi

the 1st episode had already "captured" me so im having high hopes for this anime. The first part was kinda "in the climax" part where the main characters were being attacked. Right after that came to the present, or recalling the past again, when the main character, Hiroshi meeting the girl, Isuzu, whom were both attacked in the front of the series, which should be in the near future and Isuzu does not seem to be human as well since her eyes had become er... "demonic" in the front part. Isuzu does seem to like Hiroshi and tries to stick with him for as long as possible and in Hiroshi's new class, he was well received and popular among the students. When the classmates were sorta snatching Hiroshi, a girl in the class, Nemuru, stood up and spoke in a cold voice which made one of the students horrified. Hiroshi doesnt know why but then in the night, it is seen that the student who was scared by Nemuru's voice, was running away from some sort of hunters who were hunting him down, and he isnt human as well - eyes were like Isuzu's in the front portion of the episode, and was led face to face with a girl with white hair, does seem to look like Nemuru ALOT though, who strikes him down with her scythe. so oh well, it was a promising 1st episode and a suspense already built up. will be catching this series :)

hayate's manga had a nice chapter this week, with hayate and a-tan having some real serious action and conversation which in the end led A-tan's own feelings to somehow overcome the devil inside her as shown in the last page, finally the story is moving and the cliffhanger does serve well for the next coming chapters.

heres the new OP for Railgun anyway, does seem promising :D this is not the full song FYI

Sunday, January 10, 2010

have started watching Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu as well and... its kinda interesting which the unique battle style that the students have via classes. the ranking of classes in the school was pretty drastic, with the F class getting like un-stuffed cushions while A class gets high class sofas. So the 1st episode started with the F class people, mainly the main characters, fighting with E class using the unique battle style they had to "win" over their classroom and raise their class rank. The students are therefore able to summon... beings... with the attack points of the previous scores they had on a test and attempt to wipe off the opponent's commander, which is the class rep. SO wad happens when u're lacking points? well, take another test of course... and they do not limit the tests u take, its the time u take that matters. In the end, F class was saved by a gal whose SUPPOSED to be in A class but had flunked the previous test cos she was sick and thus, ended up in F class. IM really interested in hw this series will go the hw the story will continue and the rest of the plot... =)

Thursday, January 07, 2010

had class chalet the last 3 days and was amazingly tired, but still went cycling after that ... which resulted in a 13 hour straight sleep last night D: oh well, couldnt stay up all night during the chalet... had "collapsed" ard 4.30-5am OH WELL, it was still a fun 3 days and we'll all be getting our results next monday... kinda excited yet a little nervous... hoping for good results nonetheless and gd luck to all others as well :)

started watching Sora no Woto as well and the resemblance with K-ON! is just............. TOO... similar O.o well, tats IMO but i guess everyone'd see the resemblance as well... it seems to be a typical show with very little or no action at all but with promising story developments, the OP really fit this series and im having high hopes with this...

heres the OP btw, the animation could change though, since i see many continuing scenes from the epi in the OP:



had clicked on to Good Smiles web jus now and found out that theres a new BRS PVC, look kinda cool with the blade now instead of the previous PVC with the gun:

Sunday, January 03, 2010

so for this coming series-es, there arent much series that catches me though,

currently here are the few that im considering it to be not bad, in the time being:

1. So-Ra-No-Wo-To (
2. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (looks kinda interesting) << PV is below



K-ON!'s having a second season as well, so im definitely looking forward to it... would love to hear their new songs too :D

Friday, January 01, 2010

MINNA~~~~~~ 2010 HAS ARRIVED~~~~~

well, 2009 was a fun year, much things did happen throughout the year and i enjoyed this year :)

so now its 2010, kinda wierd since u might be writing dates like 27/6/10 << or its just IMO...

im hoping 2010 to be a great year, loads of things tat im looking forward to:

1. my results
2. BRS anime
3. other series of cos
4. Cosfest 10 (as in 1020, not 10th cosfest)
5. AFA 10 << told u it seems wierd

sms-es finally got through :D ANYWAY, once again, a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, WISHING EVERYONE A GREAY YEAR AHEAD!!!