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Air – Episode 10 – The Second Chance…

September 29, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Misuzu with a cute crow...

After the tragic ending of Kanna, we are brought back to the feature where Yukito gets incarnated into this crow that Misuzu talks to. From there, we learn more about Misuzu’s family problems and of course, some really cute moments.
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Tagged With: comedy, cute, drama, key, kyoani, moe

Air – Episode 9 – The End of Kanna’s Dream

September 28, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Mother, don't leave me! 🙁

It was nearly a year since I have watched Air. The reason I left the show collect dust for the reason of being occupied on other Anime. It was not until recently that I started where I left off because Flak was taunting me by trying to spoil the ending for me. This is probably an incentive to complete the remaining 4 episodes I haven’t seen yet so I can write a final review on it.
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Story Analysis – Ookami-san: Ryuuguu Otohime and Usami Mimi

September 28, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment


In the third episode of Ookami-san, the way they parodied a well known Aesop fable, The Tortoise and the Hare that its worth analyzing what the moral of the story they had in Ookami-san’s parody of the original.

Fanart used in this post is made by ちるく
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Tagged With: analysis, comedy, editorial, fairytale, JC Staff, moe, parody

Two Episode Taste Test – Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi

September 26, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Do I have a feeling that Ookami is denying it...

It is one of those shows I picked up late and probably the one that everyone is talking or complaining about. Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi is a slice of life, romantic comedy that parodies a good number of folklore out there. If you have seen in the picture above, Ookami is the wolk and Akai is Red Riding Hood. A better and comprehensive explanation written by Aorii from Major Arcana gives you a very good idea which folklore the characters are based from. If you know a lot of folklore, you probably recognize them pretty easily.
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Guest Review: K-ON2! Character Image Songs – Hirasawa Yui

September 25, 2010 by chikorita157

Azunyan~

Since the girls in K-ON!! finally graduated from their high school, I decided it would be fun to review the most popular girls’ character sing, Hirasawa Yui sung by Toyosaki Aki.

This review was a bit different experience compared to my previous reviews. Reviewing music singles are not easy as it looks since you have to convey what you heard into words. Even though I have a musical background, it took me some time to get it right. So, if you are interested, you can read the review by following the link below.

Read it at Anime Instrumentality > (Discussion about this single is done in this post only)

For those who are wondering, I will be contributing more reviews in the future (as in the coming months). These may include:

  • Misoji Misaki – For more bile fascination
  • Additional K-ON singles

I will not review any more Girls Dead Monster singles/albums since they really suck and I don’t want my ears bleed more.

Note: Fanart used in this post is made by ぽにし。 ¶

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Tagged With: final impressions, guest review, music, opinion, review, Toyosaki Aki

Kaichou wa Maid-Sama – Episode 22 – Gone Camping?

September 24, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

You might be wondering, why they are hiding?

It has been weeks since I covered Maid-sama, so I expect more Hinata development after he reunites with “Misaki-chan.”

The class has a field trip to the mountains where they first work their butts off and then have a camp out on the forth day. The only problem is that all the males get the intensive work while the females get the easy work! That did not work well in the end when the students arrive at the campsite. Because of the deprivation of pretty much everything else, the male students goes girl crazy at the end.

As you see in the picture above at night, Hinata and Misaki get locked into a storage shed. The whole event kind of reminded me when Kyou gets locked in with Tomoya in Clannad. The only down side is that they don’t really do anything funny. Nevertheless, it was a pretty hilarious moment and it requires the awesomeness from Usui to save them.

You might be wondering, when Misaki is going to reveal the person she truly likes? It seems that she doesn’t have the self-confidence to admit it since she is a Tsundere after all. In addition to her indecisiveness, the rivalry between Hinata versus Usui and they fight with each other. It’s not likely that this rivalry between them will be solved until the very end when Misaki finally reveals for whom she likes the most.

In the end, it was a decent episode and it was pretty fun. The relaxation in the mountains was good on restoring the spirituality of the male students. Then again, they went girl crazy at the end, so they should really consider not giving such a heavy load of work compared to the females. Lastly, Misaki, just decide what guy you like already! It’s really not that hard to decide which boy you like considering you nursed Usui back to health and you are completely annoyed at Hinata. Then again, love is always difficult when it comes to tsundere girls and that is a fact.

Next Episode: Hinata finds out Misaki’s secret.

Verdict

8.5/10 ¶

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K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 24 (END, Main Story) – Final Thoughts

September 22, 2010 by chikorita157 6 Comments

You forgot to sign it, Yui!

I have to admit, it was a pretty emotional episode as the four girls are finally graduate and leaves their school behind for college. In addition, it was quite funny for Yui to hide the gift from Sawako to give for appreciation. This pretty much makes her worry about Yui a lot during the graduation ceremony. In the end, it seems that she loves the gift she receives from her students a lot.

As for Azusa, she has not gotten over the graduation anxiety and she broke down towards the end. Yui gives her some mementos (the four girls freshman picture and a five petal flower) to her. Afterwards, the four girls played a “thank you” song to Azusa with the four girls singing. It was one of the best songs in addition to U&I. It was emotional and a happy song that pretty much marks the happy continuation of the friendship even though Azusa still has a year left in high school. After they played the song, they do an encore and it sends happily ever after.

I have to admit; K-ON is probably the most emotionally happy comedy slice of life ever. Forget the haters, I enjoyed and liked it since it brought nostalgia when I was having fun with my friends in high school. It even surpasses Lucky Star over its random comedy. K-ON in my opinion shows the good and simplest things in life, friendship and living life to the fullest. It’s also fully evident in another familiar slice of life show. I’ll keep that a secret. :p

Next Episode: Time for Azusa to get some new recruits… Final Review will be written after I watched the second Extra Episode.

Verdict

10/10

Overall Rating

9.45/10, A, Masterpiece.
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The Recette Effect or How Capitalism became so Addictive

September 21, 2010 by chikorita157 7 Comments

Capitalism + Cute Lolis + Moe = Yayifications!

Or rather how you price gauge your customers with the items you find in the dungeons FOR FREE! This game pretty much makes the executives at AIG look like greedy wusses… Or maybe not since they are not nearly as adorable like the girls in Recettear.

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Amagami SS – Sae Nakata’s Arc – Final Impressions

September 19, 2010 by chikorita157 Leave a Comment

They finally get their well deserved kiss...

Well, this was perhaps the most enjoyable arc out of the series that tried to differentiate itself from the earlier arcs. It was filled with so much cuteness, moe and perverseness that it could not compare.
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Amagami SS – Double Ending Singles Review – Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru & Kitto Ashita ha…

September 18, 2010 by chikorita157 2 Comments

General Information – Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru

Spoiler Inside SelectShow
Album Title: Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
Artist: Itou Shizuka, Oomori Toshiyuki
Release Date: July 21, 2010
Catalog Number: PCCG-70091

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru
  2. Hana
  3. Kimi no Hitomi ni Koishiteru (Instrumental)
  4. Hana (Instrumental)

Disk 2

  1. She’s walking with flowers
  2. The first feeling
  3. Character Monologue

General Information – Kitto Ashita ha…

Spoiler Inside SelectShow
Album Title: Kitto Ashita wa…
Artist: Satou Rina, Oomori Toshiyuki
Release Date: August 18, 2010
Catalog Number: PCCG-70092

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Kitto Ashita wa…
  2. Kaze ni Fukarete
  3. Kitto Ashita wa… (Instrumental)
  4. Kaze ni Fukarete (Instrumental)

Disk 2

  1. Her Heart is jumping around
  2. Girl’s talk
  3. Character Monologue

Two singles, two times the trouble. The question is, will well they fare against the last Amagami SS single I reviewed? Let’s find out!
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