Apparently, Komari’s brother actually exists. Sadly, she has totally forgotten about him.
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Little Busters – Episode 5 – Komari’s Sad Memories
Mitt Romney on Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai
As Mitt Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts trails in the polls against President Barack Obama days before the election, he tries to connect with the middle class, which he is losing support. Therefore, we got three questions from a financially struggling college student named Yuuta Segawa [1. I thought Papa Kiki was somewhat fitting for Romney since he is a Mormon] who is currently taking care of three young girls. He wants us to publish the answers on my blog. At the same time, I have asked Romney if he wants to answer them. He accepted the offer, so we are now revealing the answers to them.
Note: This is a satire piece and it’s not meant to offend anyone’s political positions.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai – Episode 5 – Rikka Conquers Math
It seems that Math is not Rikka’s strongest subject.
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s – Episode 2 – The Decisive Opponent
These opponents will never accept defeat.
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Hurricane Status Update
For the past day, I have been without any power, cell service and Internet as the hurricane knocked all those out. I want to let everyone know that I’m okay. I just won’t be sure when I will regain access to the Internet, but once it comes back, I will start publishing a backlog of post.
For now, stay safe.
Update (2012年11月1日): Cell Service is finally restored, so I can communicate with the outside world and make a few posts. I may go on campus this weekend if the power doesn’t return tomorrow to write up Chuunibyou Episode 5 since I can’t download anything on my phone.
Little Busters – Episode 4 – Kud’s Brief Appearence and the Melancholic Picture Book
Kud may look adorable, but she hardly got any screen time!
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Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A’s – Episode 1 – Mysterious Red Hair Girl Appears
Since I’m not watching much this season, I decided to watch some older stuff and finish the backlog. With that, I have decided to start the second season of Nanoha.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai – Episode 4 – Shinka’s Embarrassing and Unerasable Past
Believe it or not, I’m sort of right about Shinka.
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Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai – Episode 12 (END) – Heartwarming Musicals and Redemption
While Hina hears the heartbreaking truth, Yuuta questions his decision to become a father.
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Little Busters – Episode 3 – A New Challenger Appears! Kurugaya!
Another beauty appears to challenge Misato.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai – Episode 3 – Rikka Makes a New Hobby Club
After Yuuta gets reminded of his former ego thanks to Rikka’s older sister, now Rikka wants to make a club, which he is desperately dreading.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Lite – Episodes 1-3 – Behind the Weirdness
Hopefully everyone enjoyed last night’s 2nd presidential debate for those who watched it. Since that is over, I decided to watch Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai Lite, which is basically shorts streamed online covering Rikka’s and Yuuta’s past when they started having the middle school disease. Since they are short, I’ll will only give a few sentences and cover them every three weeks. (Image Source)
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Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai – Episode 11 – Daydreams and Difficulties
Things got worse with Yuuta’s aunt visiting to see a messy apartment.
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Little Busters – Episode 2 – Shyness and Clumsiness
Komari just looks adorable…
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PeTA, Team Plasma and Pokémon – Misconceptions and Concerns about Pokémon Welfare
As everyone should know, Pokémon Black and White 2 have just come out in America. I didn’t get the English release since I already own a Japanese copy of the game when it got several months ago, but that is beside the point. Just this week, PeTA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) have released a parody game called “Pokémon Black and Blue” to promote their agenda by using everything that made Pokémon great and take it out of context. When I watched a person play the game with commentary, I felt disgusted. However, it brings up some ethical issues that were present in Pokémon Black and White that released last year. (Image Source)
Warning: If you haven’t played the game, there are some spoilers.
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai – Episode 2 – The Fight over Cats
Rikka’s imagination cannot get any farther from reality.
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Papa no Iukoto o Kikinasai – Episode 10 – Sora’s Difficulties and Raika’s Encouragement
I suddenly realized that I have nothing to write about for the next few days. So, I decided to start chipping away my ever-growing backlog.
With this episode, the spotlight is on Sora as she faces more stress than usual.
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Little Busters – Episode 1 – Baseball, Recruitment and School Food Fights
At last, the most anticipated visual novel adaptation, Little Busters has finally landed, but does it meet expectations? Well, it sort of.
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Dog Days 2 – Final Review
When I first watched Dog Days on my Macbook Pro while heading to Minnesota back in 2011, it was a fun show. However, the story was average and the injection of drama did not fit well with the lighthearted feeling of the show. A year later, we now have Dog Day’s Dash, which is the sequel where Shinku returns with his childhood friend, Rebecca to the fantasy world of Flonyard. Also, his older cousin, Nanami joins in the fun. With Seven Arc’s track record on second seasons being better than the first, I wonder if the same can be said for Dog Days. Let’s find out! (Image Source)
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Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai – Episode 1 – The Dark and Embarrassing Secrets of Togashi Yuuta
Since summer is finally over, it’s time to focus on the first show I’m watching this fall. Just like Hyouka, it seems that Kyoto Animation was busy working on another project that got announced last year. This show is Chuunibyou demo Koi ga Shitai (中二病でも恋がしたい, lit: I have Middle School Second Year Disease, but I Want to Love!). It has a male lead and this weird girl with an eye-patch. Seems interesting enough until I actually watched the first episode. After that, my mind simply got blown away.
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Dog Days 2 – Episode 13 (END) – Farewell for Now
As the Union Festival and summer come to a close, the respective kingdoms throw their own farewell ceremonies as the heroes return to earth.
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A Year of Self-Studying Japanese – Some Experiences
It’s almost a year since I started teaching myself Japanese and I think it would be best to share some of my experiences in certain aspects. Obviously, learning a second language takes a lot of commitment and it’s not easy like buying Rosetta Stone (which is a big waste of money) and expecting instant gratification. It took a lot of effort since it’s learning by doing.
On the surface, Asian languages tend to be difficult since most of them use logograms, also known as Chinese Characters along with different grammar rules. With practice and constant studying, it’s just like learning any other language, except it takes a bit more time to have a basic understanding
Aside from that, here are some observations I had after one year of studying.
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Kokoro Connect – Episode 13 – It Ends Abruptly…
It finally ends with Taichi spilling the beans along with other stuff regarding Iori’s past.
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Nogizaka Haruka’s Secret ~Finale~ – Episode 1 – Time for More Disappointment
I’m dreading every moment of this considering how bad the second season was. Still, I’m obligated to finish it, which is why we have four original video animations to finish it. As a matter in fact, the original source material concluded several months ago, which can explain why they wanted to finish the Anime. Believe me, there will be a lot of fireworks going once this is done and it took only three years in the making to get here.
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