I have been wondering for a while why people tend to enjoy shows that are either have a ridiculous premise or ones that it can be considered as “so bad it’s good.” While I have shared my thoughts about bad anime, I wonder what qualities make a show so bad it’s good.
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Ore No Imouto
Bullying and Generalizing People for Liking Anime and/or Video Games
In the past few weeks, I have witnessed a lot of bullying and name-calling shaming people who play or enjoy video games. It’s true that people tend to judge people depending on tastes and their hobbies such as people who like Anime since it’s a niche medium. Because of this, people who are not familiar with it will likely hold an ignorant, distorted or uninformed view on it and generalize them to a certain stereotype or label.
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Gamers and Otakus – Should Hobbies get tied to a Label?
After I shared my thoughts about Miyazaki’s remarks on otakus and the Anime Industry’s focus on that demographic, one of the comments caught my attention to write about this topic: Should you call yourself an otaku or even a gamer? (Image Source)
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Best and Worst Anime of 2013 and Year in Review
As the year comes to a close, it’s time to focus on the best and the worst Anime of 2013 along with some thoughts about 2013. (Image Source)
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12 Days of Anime – Part 2: Free!, Ore no Imouto 2, Japanese Video Games, Pokemon
Since Christmas comes in about another week, its time to share the second part of 12 Days of Christmas (Days 5-8). (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto 2 OVA – I can’t believe my Star-Crossed Lovers Romance Story can be this Tragic!
After witnessing the massive disappointment from the second season’s finale of Ore no Imouto, there is something that I came up with while watching the OVAs. Basically, I felt that this show is literally a tragic love story as Ruri, Ayase and Manami have their dreams crushed by a forbidden incestuous relationship between Kyousuke and his little sister.
This makes me wonder, was it worth it for him to go through all of this? My analysis says otherwise. (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto 2 – Final Review
After spending about 11 and a half days relaxing on vacation in Chicago and Wisconsin, it finally came to an end this afternoon. So, I’m catching up with everything and hopefully I’ll be back on track by end of this week. With that, I want to share my thoughts about Ore no Imouto 2, which has been one of the most anticipated sequel for the Spring 2013 season. However, this sequel disappointed a good amount of people for various reasons. (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto 2 – Episode 13 (END) – The Unsurprising Flashback…
It seems that Ore no Imouto dived further into the sea of disappointment with its finale.
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Anime Weekly Digest – Spring 2013 – Week 12 – It’s Official: Kyousuke is Pathetic – (OreImouto 2 and Photo Kano Episode 12)
I can’t believe that Kyousuke got me filled with so much rage inside me. (Image Source)
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Anime Weekly Digest – Spring 2013 – Week 11 – Post E3 Edition (Photo Kano and OreImouto Episode 11)
Since E3 happened last week, it’s time to share my brief thoughts about the Playstation 4 and games for the Nintendo consoles as everyone else already done so…
Also, Anime Impressions for Photo Kano and Ore no Imouto 2 Episode 11. (Image Source)
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Anime Weekly Digest – Spring 2013 – Week 10 – Stay Calm and Keep Blogging (OreImouto 2 and Photo Kano Episode 10)
It seems that I can’t stop feeling melancholic when it comes to the lack of interaction. Then again, maybe I’m worrying too much about it?
Also in this digest, I will focus on Photo Kano Episode 10 and yet another disappointing episode of Ore no Imouto 2. (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Digest – Ore no Imouto 2 and Photo Kano Episode 9
Romance is in the air, but it’s certainly not in Ore no Imouto… (Image Source)
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Weekly Anime Digest – Ore no Imouto 2 and Photo Kano Episode 8
Since my weekly podcast experiment is over, I decided to just do a traditional Anime Digest sharing my brief thoughts about the shows I did not blog about. (Image Source)
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Anime Weekly – Episode 3 – New Computer, Photo Kano (Haruka Niimi), Ore no Imouto 2 5&6
Sorry for the long delay as I was wrapping up the Spring Semester and also my Undergraduate degree. However, I’m not done with college yet as I’m getting my Master’s Degree and be finished about a year. Hopefully then, I will be able to get a job in Information Technology.
Also, this is the last episode I’m recording on my 2010 Macbook Pro, Takamachi Nanoha. Future Anime Weeklies will be done on the new computer.
Episode Content
- Intro – 00:00 to 00:30
- New Computer – 00:31 to 1:34
- Photo Kano (Haruka Niimi’s arc) – 1:37 to 2:40
- Ore no Imouto 2 Episodes 5 and 6 – 2:41 – 4:05
- Anime Power Rankings for Week of May 7 – 4.07 – 4:35
- End – 4:37 to 5:00
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Ore no Imouto 2 – Episode 4 – Ria means Trouble
I can’t believe that Kirino’s friend can be this annoying… Then again, why does this feel like the fourth episode from the first season?
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Ore no Imouto 2 Editorial – Hobbies and the Influence on Life
From the look of a timid Saori to the one we know already, this episode shows the hobbies’ everlasting effects on people as it enables them to know other people with the same interests and even become friends. (Image Source)
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Ore no Imouto 2 – Episode 2 – Kyousuke Gives Friendship Advice
Poor Ayase… I understand how she feels when her best friend gets ignored because of some video game.
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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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Ore no Imouto – Episode 12 (END)
The last episode is here and with the end of Kyousuke’s Life counseling from Kirino, he doesn’t expect a secret that she is hiding from him.
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 11 – Kirino’s Apology
Kirino, Kuroneko and Saori throw a party for Kyousuke to cheer him up … except there is a surprise that he doesn’t find out until the day of the event.
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Nogizaka Haruka and Ore no Imouto… Two different worlds on the Otaku Subculture.
I have always wondered about the themes Ore no Imouto covered since it was a topic that has been done in the past, but not well executed. Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu covered only the surface of the Otaku subculture but only to throw it out of the window in the second season.
While there are some resemblances of the two shows, they are significantly different. The difference between them is what I want to cover. (Original Image)
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 10 – Ayase Blackmails her friend to Cosplay… and loves it!
Ayase kind of got her best friend, Kirino angry about her hobby. She allows Kyousuke to help her with a gift that will make Kirino happy and forgive her. Sadly, this requires someone to do the most embarrassing thing for a non-Otaku… COSPLAY!
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Ore no Imouto – Episode 9 – Life of an Otaku
After the drama caused from the last episode, we get to explore the life of three otaku girls with Kirino playing eroge, Kuroneko babysitting her little sister and the other… well.
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