Sadly, good things come to an abrupt end.
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Tari Tari – Episode 11 – The Dream That is Almost Lost
Hyouka – Episode 21 – Getting Upset Over Valentines Day Chocolates
As one would expect, it’s all about chocolate. It’s not just any kind of chocolate, Valentines Day chocolates!
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 10 – Inaba’s Love Dilemma
Finally, the shocking conclusion to “unleashing personal desires.”
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Live Blogging – Natsuiro Kiseki OVA
Wait?! Natsuiro Kiseki has an Original Animation? Well, yes as it got handed out as part of a festival event that happened on August 29th. Since this is very short in nature, I want to experiment with something new.
Just recently, Automattic, the creators of Wordpress created their own Liveblogging Plugin that makes it easier for people to post updates on the fly. Typically, I done live commenting on Melative, but I no longer do that since I don’t have the time and nobody really uses it. Just glancing at this plugin, it brought me a good idea of possibly liveblogging certain shows that I percieve difficult to blog like Nichijou. However, I will still be writing episodic posts for most of the currently airing shows. With that, I’m going to try this out with this OVA.
To view the Live Feed, press Read More. Do not refresh the browser as updates will come automatically. Once I finished watching, I will write my brief overall thoughts above the livefeed. (Image Source)
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Fall 2012 Anime Season Preview and Plans
As the summer season comes to a close in a few weeks, it’s time to start planning for the fall. What I intend to do is to give a list of shows I plan to watch and some updates on what is going on (and its subject to change). (Image Source)
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 9 – Éclair’s Love Anxieties
It’s finally time for another round of war and it seems that Éclair is experiencing some love sickness.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 9 and Thoughts about the Biggest Public Relations Disaster in Anime History
After putting it off for several days, I wanted to let the drama settle before diving into the 9th episode. Since Dog Days aren’t out yet, I’m going to share brief thoughts for this episode and the bullying incident that everyone talked about in great lengths for the past week (Image Source).
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Hyouka – Episode 20 – The Incident that Occurred During New Years Eve
This looks more like a date!
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Tari Tari – Episode 10 – Wein’s Bravery and the Secret Behind Composing Music
Because of the e-drama involving Kokoro Connect, I decided to hold off on it until later this week. For now, the focus is on that super-hero skit while Wanaka asks for advice from the vice principal, Naoko about composing music.
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Tiger Moms and Eagle Dads – Strict Parenting in Anime
Just recently, something has come into my mind about how parents raise their children in Anime after watching the 8th episode of Tari Tari. With the stereotype of Asian parents wanting their children to succeed such as the Tiger Mom and Eagle Dad, some of these stereotypes are also present in Anime. This is because Asian countries typically value education a lot, which is why they tend to rank high on science and math. For that, I’m going to explain what these terms mean with examples from various shows. (Image Source)
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 8 – Cat Thief and Return of “Hero” Shinku
Before another three-way war begins, Millhi performs at Pastillage. Meanwhile, a cat burglar suddenly appears and cause havoc.
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The Anime Blogger Interrogation Game (Updated)
Since I’m still taking a short vacation in Boston, I decided to entertain some people with five questions I came up for a game by Iso. Thankfully, I haven’t been tagged for any questions yet, so I won’t be listing any unless somebody decides to.
If you are wondering about the rules, here they are.
- Each person is supposed to follow the rule of fives.You are allowed to ask 5 questions, after which you can tag up to 5 bloggers by hyper-linking to their blog; 5 questions because it’s not too many to flood another blogger and occupy too much of his/her time, but yet a large enough number to ask your most important questions, and 5 bloggers to avoid spamming. Hence, prioritize your questions, and who you wish to ask!
- Those tagged are obliged to answer the questions in a blog post, and after which, they are entitled to create their own 5 questions and tag 5 other bloggers, so on and so fourth. You are allowed to tag the person that tagged you in the first place. Also, copy and paste this section on your blog so others can understand how the game goes.
- In the case where a blogger strongly refuses to answer a question, he/she must instead post a nice anime image, wallpaper or cosplay picture, et cetera in response to that question.
- To make things interesting, a blogger can include wildcards in his/her 5 questions by placing an asterisk, (*), after which those tagged are obliged to reveal something interesting about themselves that others did not previously know. There is no limit to the number of asterisks one can place (which means there can be up to 5 wildcard questions).
- Anyone can feel free to start the game; you don’t necessarily need someone to tag you. Just create your 5 questions and tag your 5 people of choice. However, the catch is that you must answer your own 5 questions as well.
- To potentially prevent an endless game, this round of games will end on the 8th September 2012, 12pm JST (GMT +9). After which, no more bloggers can tag others to answer their questions.
So let the games begin. (Image Source)
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The iDOLM@STER – Episode 26 (OVA) – More 765pro Awesomeness
It seems that the Idolmaster goodness keeps on going. After watching Episode 15 and 16 despite Kevo ragequitting two times in the latter because of Jupiter, I decided to tackle the special I intend to cover this week. However, I did it one day early since Dog Days 2 subs are not out yet.
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Tari Tari – Episode 9 – Returned Letters and Fundraising
Like any club, Konatsu needs some funding so she can get the stage performance rolling.
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Hyouka – Episode 19 – Dating Mystery Solving Game
This almost felt like a date, but it isn’t one.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 8 – Personal Desires Hits a Fever Pitch
Despite being wrong with my prediction on what will happen to Inaba, the drama gets turned up to 11 as things hit a sour note.
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 7 – Age Changing Rats and the Ultimate Hero Appears
Oh my, what happened to them? They become younger!
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Shinryaku! Ika Musume – OVA – Video Game Madness and Hiding
Ika Musume returns briefly for some more antics.
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Summer 2012 Midseason Impressions
Since summer break is coming to a close, I may as well share my midseason impressions on what I’m currently watching. (Image Source)
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Tari Tari – Episode 8 – Giving up a Dream and Regaining it
The drama continues as her father finds out the shocking truth.
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Hyouka – Episode 18 – Curiosity Disease Arose
Oh my, what happened to Houtarou?
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 7 – Outbursts and Fear
It seems that the “unleashing of desires” is not making things any better.
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My Answers to Yumeka’s Questions
Since I’m still enjoying my vacation, I decided to go a bit off track. Remember the 50 questions I have answered back in March? Well, I’m going to entertain you with some answers to questions Yumeka came up with. So, enjoy and feel free to share your thoughts on what I have said. (Image Source)
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Shining Hearts ~Shiawase no Pan~ – Final Review
Being a fan of Japanese RPGs, I always find these adaptations rather interesting because of the setting and the characters. Shining Hearts is a Japanese RPG made by Sega that is part of the Shining Series that received a Japan only release. Since it’s an RPG adaption, I thought it had potential. Sadly, it kind of fell on its face for being an over glorified commercial promoting bread and happiness. Its kind of disappointing if you think about it since the actual game (which I’m ironically playing at the moment) is much more than just baking bread. I think there are several reasons why the show is a let down, although it’s not terrible by any means. (Image Source)
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