With Tooru’s birthday approaching, we take a look back at some nostalgic moments along with the addition of cake!
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A Channel – Episode 11 – Wasabi Cake and Entrance Exams Nostalgia
Gosick – Episode 20 & 21 – The Great Coco Rose Murder Coverup
If you remember a few cases ago, Coco Rose had a secret affair with Leviathan while he help the king make gold. This results in one of the most bizarre murder mysteries, popularized as a tragic fairy tale.
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Tears to Tiara – Episode 7 – Octavia’s Sweet Revenge
After the abuse Octavia went through because of Bubulx’s irresponsibility from the last episode, she finally gets to face him off to a duel. Also in this tournament, a mysterious elf participates in order to win the grand prize and eventually joins to help the Gael Clan.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 11
Even with the hard effort Ohana puts into the inn, it’s not enough to stop the slanderous reviews that swept through all the inns in the Yunosagi Hot Springs. In order to make things right, she goes on a journey to fight against the person who wrote those reviews until she finds out the shocking truth.
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Summer 2011 Anime Season Preview and Plans
Since Summer Anime Season starts in a few weeks, I probably want to share my thoughts on the Anime Season. In addition, I will share some real life stuff on what I will be planning in the coming weeks. (Image Credit: matsuryuu)
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Hidan no Aria – Episode 9 – Riko’s Triumphant Return and Shirayuki’s Naughtiness
After Riko’s brief disappearance at the private charter plane, she is finally back to steal Kinji’s heart once again!
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A Channel – Episode 10 – Girls in the Snow
Winter has finally came and do you know what this mean? Its time to have fun in the snow!
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Tears To Tiara – Episodes 5 and 6 – Extremely Adorable Liyr and The Secret Ambush
It has been several months since I watched Episode 5 and 6 of Tears to Tiara… Since I have nothing else to blog about, I may as well come back to it.
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Gosick – Episode 19 – Cordelia’s Hidden Past…
Few months after the whole incident at Bezzlebub’s Skull, winter has finally come. Beneath the winter cheer is Cordelia’s unfortunate memory that changed her life forever.
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Dropped: Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai – Thanks but no thanks…
After watching 8 episodes of Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai, I am really crazy to continue watching this show this far while everyone else in the blogosphere stopped at episode 2 or even late as episode 6. The reason I kept watching is the cute girls in the show. However, when somebody asked why I am still watching this with the addition of a rather disturbing scene in Episode 8, I said enough is enough. I’m finally dropping this show once and for all! (Image Source)
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 10 – Ohana’s Fever and Homesickness
After Ohana’s big success from the last episode of dealing with the flood of customers, she has become too dedicated that it eventually caused major fatigue. This leads us to one of the strangest sick episodes I have seen so far.
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A Channel – Episode 9 – Malformed Animals and Yuuko’s Pancakes
Ah Yuuko, you never fail to impress me!
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Hidan no Aria – Episode 8 – Fighting Ice with Fire
With Durandai’s true identity finally uncovered with the attempted kidnap of Shirayuki, the real battle begins.
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Gosick – Episodes 16 ~ 18 – Brief Thoughts
Things starts to heat up in the second half of Gosick as Victorique was forcefully transferred to a convent in part of her father’s evil plans.
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Reflection & Review: Madoka Magica is still Captivating.
Ever since the finale of Madoka Magica, which aired two months ago, the series has definitely become one of the most captivating and memorable show of 2011 in my opinion. While Madoka has some of the traditional magical elements, it had a darker story filled with despair that made the overall premise rather interesting. Despite the minor flaws in storytelling, the show has definitely redefined certain aspects of the magical girl genre (Image Source).
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Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai – Episode 7 – *Insert Overused Cake Joke Here*
The cake is a lie! Garuda (also known as Karura) wasted them on his so-called war against mankind!
I know… the cake jokes from Portal are hammered to death by now, but I just cannot resist.
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 9 – Brief Thoughts
From the last episode, the Kissuisou Inn had a sudden surge of customers. With Ohana’s grandmother in the hospital after collapsing, things got stressful rather quickly. After Ohana fetched the notebook with all the customers out and called Nako for help, Ohana sets out to find Tooru.
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Hidan no Aria – Episode 7 – Shirayuki’s Date and Kinji’s Big Mistake
After fierce competition between Aria and Shirayuki to win over Kinji, the girls finally cool down. Shirayuki spends her time with him the night before the festival without realizing that the fictional Durandai is targeting her secretly.
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A Channel – Episode 8 – Friendship Drama
With Summer Break finally over, the girls start off fresh with a new term. Later some drama happens as Tooru and Run-chan goes into a fight…
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On Taste Testing and Dropping Anime: My Anime Viewing Experiences.
Just a few days ago, a blog post at the Behind the Nihon Review had myself thinking about the usefulness of the three-episode test I have been using for the past three seasons and questioning the rationale of dropping Anime. As we all know, fans have different tastes and expectations when it comes to the shows they watch. After I took a look of the three episode taste tests and the number of shows I dropped in the past two years, its quite obvious that dropping Anime is rather difficult for myself and I haven’t found a good reason to do so (Image Source).
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Gosick – Episodes 13 ~ 15 – Mystery of the Leviathan
After taking a short summer break, Arvil comes back for a date with Kazuya to the movies. After the movie was over she finds the same clock tower where the Leviathan is rumored to be. (Image Source)
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Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai – Episode 6 – Catgirl Naru and the Awakening of Garuda Darkblack
The plot deepens for the male lead when the archbishop of R-Wings is out to get his friends with the potential of awaken Garuda Darkblack inside Hiyato…
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Hanasaku Iroha – Episode 8 – Troubles at the Kissuisou Inn
The first time since Episode 5, things get a bit serious as the sudden surge of customers pour into the inn with Takako making the situation even worse with a stream of bad ideas.
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A Channel – Episode 7 – Karaoke and Fireworks
Since summer break almost comes to an end, the girls decide to have some karaoke, go to the summer festival and watch fireworks.
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