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Opinion: Angel Beats and K-ON!!, the Day and Night Differences of the Bands

September 10, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

It has been nearly two months since Angel Beats have ended and after listening to the whole Angel Beats OST, I was impressed by how surprisingly well ANANT-GARDE EYES and Jun Maeda songs sounded. I mentioned this since there was a discussion about the composition of the soundtrack a while back on Twitter between me, zzeroparticle and Aorii that happened last week over how long it took to compose the music for Angel Beats, which was rumored to be 3 days. Because of the discussion, I brought up the fictional school band, Girls Dead Monster since it could explain why the songs sounded so lackluster because of the composition and the vocals. The responses I got is that the songs would sound better in the Anime opposed to just listening it as a lone track and that Jun Maeda isn’t exactly cut out to make pop songs that involves guitars.

After watching the last performance of HO-KAGO TEA TIME at the School Festival in Episode 20, it have gave me some thoughts about Angel Beats’s Girls Dead Monster and if they really can compare to K-ON’s HO-KAGO TEA TIME in regards to vocals, composition and its message, which will be discussed in this opinion piece.
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Category: Angel Beats!, Editorials, K-ON!Tag: key, music, opinion

Kanon – Mai’s Arc and Fighting her Demons

September 9, 2010 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

mai-1 — You might be wondering, what exactly is she doing?

Continuing with the analyzing of the arcs I played in Kanon, the next girl’s arc I am going to focus on is Mai Kawasumi. She is viewed by everyone as an anti-social, quiet girl who seems to have this urge to go to the school at night with a long, sharp sword. There could be a reason why she is like this because of the events that happened in her childhood she couldn’t get over.

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Category: Kanon, ReviewsTag: drama, final impressions, key, moe, opinion, visual novel

Seitokai Yakuindomo – Episodes 5-6 Overall Thoughts

September 7, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

seitokai-ep5-scr1 — This is something that Takatoshi does not have in mind...

I have to say, Seitokai Yakuindomo is probably the mildly enjoyable series in the 2010 summer season since it has funny jokes with Episode 5 more so than Episode 6. Yet, our completely sane Takatoshi keeps getting these galage magazines because everyone thinks that all men are interested in those kind of things. It doesn’t surprise me either because like Takatoshi, I am not so interested in ecchi or rather the erotic works out there since it’s not worth polluting your mind with junk (like porn and no offense to people who like these kinds of content).
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Category: Seitokai YakuindomoTag: comedy, GoHands, Perverted girls, toru toru bozu, tsundere

Kanon – Shiori’s Arc – The Drama of the Two Sisters

September 6, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

shiori-1 — It kind of irked me that Kaori didn't get along with her younger sister, Shiori. There is a reason...

Back in 2009, I wrote an informal post about Shiori’s Arc after I had finished it. I was disappointed that I haven’t gone deep enough in analyzing and adding my thoughts about her arc, so I decided to go through and redo the review as I attended. No, I’m not going to cover what was different in the Anime adaptation, but analyze the story and give my own thoughts along with it.

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Category: Kanon, ReviewsTag: drama, family conflicts, fanboying, final impressions, key, moe, opinion, visual novel

Anime Blog Reading and Improving Anime Blogs

September 6, 2010 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

Anime Blogging may have a fun aspect given that you are sharing your thoughts to the world, but in reality it takes a lot of time and dedication. The blogosphere is so vast that you might find thousands of Anime Blogs out there to read. However, it’s the blogs that stands out the most get the most attention.

You may ask, why are you writing an editorial about reading other people’s Anime blogs in the blogosphere? You asked a good question. I’m writing about it because I read a blog post on it. Additionally, I had an idea that reading other people’s blogs gives a blogger an idea on how to improve their own blogs. After all, everyone wants to be successful Anime bloggers and get as many readers out there as possible.
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Category: EditorialsTag: blogosphere, essay, fandom, opinion

Amagami SS – Episode 10 (Sae’s Arc Part 2) – Junchi Becomes a Player

September 4, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

amagami-ep10-scr1 — He is doing good so far... or is he?

Do you sense that Junchi is being more perverted than the previous arcs? The other episodes simply cannot compare to the perverseness of this episode. What perverted things Junchi does to Sae? You will see for yourself.

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Category: Amagami SSTag: AIC, big brother complex, comedy, nii nii is a pervert, romance

Seitokai Yakuindomo – Episodes 3 and 4 – Overall Impressions

September 2, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

Yakuindomo-ep3-scr1 — Not the picture stalker!

In Episodes 3 and 4, Aria and Shino goes on a class trip and later we see bonded Pedobear! Its going to be a wild wide.

Note: I am still playing catchup, so these impressions post has to be in the same format like what I have done with Seitokai no Ichizon.

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Category: Seitokai YakuindomoTag: comedy, GoHands, pedobear, Perverted girls, tsundere

Opinion: K-ON, It’s more about Good Friendships than Girls doing Cute Things.

September 2, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

Friendship is one of the most desirable aspects of life since it allows us to interact with people that share the same interests and have a fun time. Without friendship, people would not be enjoying life and be setting in a corner with a feeling of boredom. In addition, having many friends can increase the chances of getting a job depending on how good your friends are.

K-ON is probably one of those shows that most people wouldn’t know about the friendship theme because of its reputation of being a girls doing cute things kind of show. If you look deeper in the activities and the songs they do, you realize that they are enjoying themselves because of their strong relationship between them. That feeling of friendship is what brought some of the nostalgia explained more in the last editorial when I looked back in my high school years.

Fanart used in this post is made by n@tu
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Category: Editorials, K-ON!Tag: editorial, friendship, kyoani, moe, opinion

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 21 – Yearbook Pictures!

September 1, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep21-scr1 — I always wanted to hug Azusa like that!

As the four girls’ high school year come to an end for good, they must overcome the second to last thing before graduation… Taking yearbook pictures! I remembered this time 2-3 years ago when I had to take senior portraits and it turned out to be pretty good. Yui on the other hand… Thats another story.
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Category: K-ON!Tag: cake is not a lie, comedy, kyoani, moe, yearbook pictures

Kaichou wa Maid-sama – Episode 20 – Yukimura and his Imouto

August 30, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

maidsama-ep20-scr1 — Every young girl's dream is described in this picture!

Given that Yukimura lost the Footman Competition because of his lack of manliness, now his younger sister is now doubting his manliness with her preference for Usui as her Prince. This sounds so wrong in many levels. This date reminded me of Mei going out on a date with Tomoya to piss off her older brother. The only difference is that Usui didn’t go overboard by having Ruri call him “onii-chan.” If they did, Misaki would be angry at him for life for being a lolicon and his perversion.

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Category: Kaichou wa Maid-samaTag: imouto, it's a trap, JC Staff, moe, shoujo, tsundere

Fall 2010 Plans – Updated

August 29, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

If you don’t believe it, the whole summer flown by very quickly. During that the whole time, I have watched and written a lot about Anime. The sad thing is that summer break isn’t here forever and I have to go back to college for another semester for learning. As Summer ends, it’s another season of new anime.

Fall 2010 Season unlike Winter, Spring and Summer seasons is very lackluster. The lack of comedy/drama/slice of life Anime pretty much turned me off for the season. Then again, I may be wrong if I manage to pick something up this season as it goes on. Therefore, there is always the currently airing shows from Spring/Summer to finish and the backlog.

Kaichou wa Maid-sama! (Backlogged, 4 episodes)
K-ON!! (2 Episodes Left, ends late September)
Seitokai Yakuindomo (Backlogged, 6 Episodes behind)
Amagami SS (Ongoing)
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakama-tachi (Started)

Fall 2010 Season

Yosuga no Sora
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Ore No Imouto Ga Konna Ni Kawaii Wake Ga Nai

Compared to last fall season, I was able to pick up two Anime titles (Kobato and Seitokai no Ichizon) to cover and they turn out to be good. This season, its filled with hot blooded shouen anime that I have no interest in or rather make me yawn real loud. Anyway, if you really want to see a list of Fall 2010 anime, head over to The Cart Driver or on Melative (incomplete at the moment).

Now for some site and personal stuff:

I will be working on a new banner for the Fall season with the remaining Summer Vacation I have left. I expect to have this up in two days. No need to worry, it’s going to look great. (Update: New Banner is now up!)
The fall semester has a moderate workload, so I will be able to update the blog at least 5 times a week. For those who want to know when I am free, the schedule can be viewed here.
For those who wish to write a Guest Editorial for Fall 2010 season, the criteria is listed here.

This is pretty much what I have to say on the Fall 2010 season and plans… I wish everyone will do well in school or the Fall Semester (if you are still in college) and hopefully enjoy the fall season.

Last Updated October 6, 2010

Note: Fanart used in this post is made by 華々＠ツイッターに挑戦中。

Category: UncategorizedTag: Fall 2010 Preview, updates

Amagami SS – Episode 9 (Sae’s Arc Part 1) – The Timid Freshman

August 29, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

amagami-ep09-scr1 — Sae is afraid of cute little puppies. 🙁

It’s a new arc and a new girl. That means that Junchi is companionless, for now…until he ran into Nakata Sae during the summer of course! She just transferred from another school and is in Miya’s freshman class. She is really cute, except that she is super timid as you see later.

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Category: Amagami SSTag: AIC, big brother complex, comedy, cute puppies, nii nii is a pervert, romance

Two Episode Taste Test – Seitokai Yakuindomo

August 28, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

yakuindomo-ep2-scr1 — Takatoshi is going to have a rough time with this...

I thought there is already a show with a Student Council filled with girls with one male character? In a sense, yes… but that one had a ton of Anime and Otaku references. As you noticed, Seitokai Yakuindomo is completely different since all the girls are rather perverted. ironically, the male character seems to be the only sane person in the school.

This is a two episode taste test. This is the overall impressions I have for this series over the two episodes. The third episode will ultimately decide if I should continue the series or drop it.
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Category: Seitokai YakuindomoTag: comedy, first impressions, GoHands, Perverted girls, tsundere

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 20 Brief Thoughts

August 26, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

kon-s2-ep20-scr1 — It ended just like that...

Surprisingly, time goes by very quickly when you are having fun with friends. After all, four of the girls are seniors and they had to perform their greatest to make the memory last forever. From the three festival performances, this is probably the best out of three and was pretty heartwarming. Some observations:

Sawako worked overnight to get the HTT t-shirts out to everyone. That is pretty nice.
The audience seems to be excited.
The first song was very light-hearted, but the last one seems to be heartwarming.
And of course, we got some stage comedy that took a chunk out of the time including Mio and Ritsu reciting lines from the play.

The sad realization is that it’s their last year they would be performing in front of the crowd. We know that good things have to come to the end, but never let go of the fond memories they had with each other. As we let the festival go away in the sunset, we should realize that K-ON is not all about girls doing cute things or eating cake and drinking tea. Its all about friendships, which is one of the simple things in life. Most people might have even gone through this feeling after graduating from High School or College and leaving old friends behind. In the end, as the girls did in this episode, we should remember the times we had fun with our old friends and never let them fade away…

Next Episode: Time for the Yearbook pictures!

Rating

9.5/10

Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, kyoani, moe, music

The Observation of Music from Key’s Visual Novels

August 25, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

After listening to the Angel Beats Original Soundtrack, I wondered about the other Original Soundtracks from other previous Key works like Kanon, Air and Clannad. After extensively listening to them, the three soundtracks had different styles between them and obviously completely different from the synth dominated tracks in Angel Beats.

Note: Fanart used in this post is made by さとPON
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Category: AIR, Clannad, Editorials, KanonTag: editorial, Jun Maeda, key, Magome Togoshi, music, OdiakeS, opinion, OST, Shinji Orito

Amagami SS – Kaoru Tanamachi’s Arc Final Impressions

August 21, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

amagami-ep8-scr1 — They live happily ever after...

Almost a month later, another arc is finished with some triumph. Kaoru’s arc compared to Haruka’s arc felt more realistic and natural. However, it still suffers the same issues of pacing. The question remains, how well Kaoru’s arc held up in Anime form?

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Category: Amagami SS, ReviewsTag: AIC, big brother complex, christmas, comedy, final impressions, nii nii is a pervert, opinion, romance

What is the Definition of Slice of Life Anime?

August 20, 2010 by Chikorita157 6 Comments

What exactly makes an Anime be considered in the Slice of Life genre? There has been talk about it around the blogosphere on the true definition of the Slice of Life genre (Midnight Equinox provides a whole lowdown of bloggers who provided their views on the Slice of Life genre). Like I said in my slightly trollish response, it’s actually complicated. There is a reason why explaining the genre complicated. People have different views on what qualities in the show they would consider as Slice of Life. However, I’m going to share my views on what qualities that would be in the Slice of Life genre.

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Category: EditorialsTag: editorial, essay, fandom, opinion, slice of life

Kaichou wa Maid-sama – Episode 19 – The Moment of Truth…

August 19, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

maidsama-ep19-scr1 — So, perverts come from Phermone? I didn't know that!

From a continuation from last episode, Misaki-kun and Usui become partners in beating the so called Footman contest… The question is… how well they do?
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Category: Kaichou wa Maid-samaTag: drama, horrible cooking, JC Staff, moe, shoujo, tsundere

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 19 – Romio and Jurietsu

August 18, 2010 by Chikorita157 Leave a Comment

k-on-s2-ep19-scr1 — Azusa's spacing out...

The school festival for the girls have now arrived! How does Mio and Ritsu perform in their class play of Romeo and Juliet? We will find out soon enough.

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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, drama, moe, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare

Turning a new chapter on Chikorita157’s Anime Blog

August 16, 2010 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

e6b1f7a35410a9b895812bde39a67fc8 — Also, more moe~... the wave of the future...

I know I screwed up the posts, but that is least of my concerns since 99% of them are restored. If you noticed, I have done some changes to the blog itself and I want to explain why I did them. Here it goes!

New Domain Name

If you noticed that chikorita157.com now redirects to chikorita157.com. That is because I bought a new domain name for the blog. The domain name will help give the blog even more exposure by dissociating the blog with NotCliche. However, they are still hosting us, it’s just that the name is no longer in the blog’s address.

Also, once I get Kronblr fixed, Kronblr will be accessible from kronblr.chikorita157.com and people can add me easily. Also, Kronblr will be easier to manage since I don’t have to fiddle with it for a directory installation.

Lastly, the domain name is highly portable. If I decide to host myself in the future when I get a job, I can just move my stuff on the new host and the existing URLs will still work.

New Mobile Site

This change happened back in June 2010 when I decided to pull the trigger and buy the Pro version of WPTouch. This version of WPTouch is different from the free version since it has more features such as threaded comments, advanced menu system, customization, WebApp mode, Retina Display support and other goodies. Since there are a good number of mobile users and I use the iPhone extensively, it will benefit the site more by using the Pro version.

Guest Editorials

This is something I haven’t done in the past, Guest Editorials. Since I’m going to be pretty busy during the fall and spring semesters, I won’t post as I normally do once summer ends. To fill the gap, I decided to allow other bloggers or members from Anime Forums like AnimeSuki to write Guest Editorials. Guest Editorials can be a review of a show I haven’t see (which pertains to the genres I cover in the blog), opinion piece on an Anime or related comment or the fandom/industry as a whole. Guest editorials must conform to the following:

Must be grammar/spell checked before submission.
Be at least 500 words or higher.
Anime/Manga/Light Novel/Visual Novel related. (No trolling, please).
Contributor cannot be anonymous. Contributor must be a member of an Anime Forum or have written for an Anime Blog.
Content have to be suitable for a PG13 audience.

To send your submission, you can either send me a Private Message over AnimeSuki under chikorita157 or send me a email containing the post in rtf or doc format at chikorita157(at)thecolorless.net. When I receive the submission, I will review it before posting it. The submission will be identified as a Guest Editorial.

Anyway, that pretty much wrap up what changes I have done to the blog. If you have any suggestions, comment below.

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Fanart used in this post is made by 若葉猫

Category: UncategorizedTag: site, update

K-ON!! Second Season – Episode 18 – Stage Fright

August 15, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

k-on-ep18-scr1 — Someone get the defibrillator!

Nobody has stage fright as Mio does… She is scared out of her mind!
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Category: K-ON!Tag: comedy, kyoani, moe, Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, stage fright

Amagami SS – Episode 7 (Karou’s Arc Part 3) – Kaoru’s Dilemma

August 14, 2010 by Chikorita157 3 Comments

While Junchi had a good time kissing Kaoru in the belly button, Miya was spying on him as always… Since Miya is pissed off, Kaoru became a bit upset when she sees her mother going out with another person.

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Category: Amagami SSTag: AIC, big brother complex, drama, moe, pervert, romance

Unfortunately, I screwed up

August 14, 2010 by Chikorita157 1 Comment

Well, there are always accidents in life and I did one of them. When I try to replace the old URL with the new URL for all the posts, half the posts were missing. This meant that most of the recent comments are gone and the posts too. It just proves that nobody should mess around with the Wordpress tables, unless they want the whole blog to break.

Luckily, Google Reader, the cache and Mac Journal have the posts back up. However, I felt that its just best to start over. Because of this preventable boo boo, I will have to rewrite some of the posts like Nanoha Ep6-7 post and the pages… but it’s no big deal since losing all the content will be even worse.

What I will try to do is restore all the posts from the Fall 2009 season to the present. I won’t be restoring any posts before then since they were junky anyways… In the future, I will have a better backup tool so that something like this will never happen.

Category: UncategorizedTag: update

Kanon – Makoto’s Arc – Final Impressions

August 14, 2010 by Chikorita157 2 Comments

makoto-1 — She started as a fox... and... yeah.

Makoto’s arc was one of those arcs that I couldn’t watch in one sitting. The drama was so tense that I skipped her arc during my first time of watching the Kanon remake. Its not until the middle of July that I finished her arc off. After I wrote the whole review on the Kanon Anime, I decided to continue with the visual novel and finish Makoto’s arc. The feeling of the visual novel arc was just as emotional as the Anime adaption, but it was more spread out instead.

For those who watched the Anime, there was hardly any content that was left out so you don’t have to worry about spoilers.
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Category: Kanon, ReviewsTag: final impressions, key, moe, opinion, tsundere, visual novel