Excellent episode. Definitely. Always knew Yoite was super cool (even if he is really emo too). And this is exactly the kind of development I wanted and predicted, Yoite and Rokujou's characters expanding. I like their new secret alliance, it's cool. Even though Yoite has an ulterior motive for it (Rokujou to erase his existance) it's going to be interesting to see someone actually helping Rokujou to control the Shinrabanshou instead of just trying to get rid of it.
But seriously, holy crap Yoite is emo. But at least his character has more depth and now I have sound proof as to why he's awesome haha. I adore that kid. This is such a great show, honestly, I'm in love with it. I want to read the manga, but the characters look so weird...
New chapter of Kobato is out, Drop 7. They're always so short! But I don't blame them, after all CLAMP is simultaneously working on TRC and XXXHOLiC so they don't have much time for everything else I'm sure. And they're starting a new shoujo series next year at some time. Anyways, heaven? What???? This is so insane, it really makes me wonder who the hell Kobato is anyways, especially with the weird hat thing (how she always has to have a hat on her head). Fujimoto's cool, I'm excited about seeing their relationship develop. Hopefully that'll turn into something instead of her ending up flaking out. Who knows, there's so little we ever know about every single one of their stories, no matter what genre they're writing.
Hm, nothing else really important, still no Special A, xxxHolic Kei, Itazura na Kiss, and Toshokan Sensou. And no D.Gray-man out yet this week? urgh
5.15.2008
5.10.2008
CLAMP, CLAMP & MORE CLAMP
It's been a few days, Chapitre 189 has had some time to digest, just in time for 190 to come out and FUCK WITH EVERYTHING WE THOUGHT WE KNEW.
So, it turns out that "Syaoran" has to do with the CCS world (something I kind of actually expected them to do) but having him as Syaoran Li and Sakura Kinomoto's son totally blew my mind out. Especially since HIS NAME ISN'T SYAORAN, ermmm, so every chapter before with R!Syaoran has been a complete lie. With the names that is. Jeeesus, CLAMP, what are we supposed to expect next? haha
Oh, that's right, everything we thought we knew about Sakura of Clow Country was essentially not true....? Fujitaka is really her dad, the king, and her mother, Nadeshiko, was still alive when she was 7? Soooo, Clow Reed wasn't her father, and Fujitaka wasn't C!Syaoran's adopted father, the archaeologist? Also, it seems that in this version (that R!Syaoran remembers), Sakura met R!Syaoran at the ruins during the purification ceremony with her mother, instead of meeting C!Syaoran when he was introduced to her by Fujitaka the archaeologist. Holy hell, WHAT? Does this have something to do with R!Syaoran going back in time and being by R!Sakura's side until the day that he returned? Haha, honestly, this is all so complicated.
So, were R!Syaoran and R!Sakura together in that tube thing the whole time and C!Syaoran and C!Sakura made to take their places? But that would have happened after R!Syaoran was captured, when he found out he went back in time and was with her until then....but he came when he was 7 directly to her side from present day Japan with his CCS parents...
And what the hell was up with how R!Syaoran coming to Yuuko's, the entire thing was EXACTLY the same as when Watanuki came. Well, I guess you could say when Watanuki came it was the same as when R!Syaoran came before him. CLAMP essentially recreated the panels and everything they said. Except that R!Syaoran said his name was Li Syaoran, and Yuuko knew right away that was a fake name, it was the name of his father not him. SO WHAT THE HELL IS R!SYAORAN'S NAME ANYWAYS????
And looking back, there was never really a time when he introduced himself as Syaoran, so I guess he never lied about that to anyone other than Yuuko and R!Sakura when they first met? Did Fei Wong Reed know the truth? He knew he was blood related, but man oh man is this kid like 1000x more powerful than his dad, and even his mom if you think about it, especially since she gave up her sealing staff so I don't know how she'd be able to use the Sakura Cards power. Who knows. She's still a dreamseer anyways. And, not done about the whole name thing. It's cool how when they were in Infinity and C!Sakura says that Mokona says his name is Syaoran as well, and he says no at first. Oooo so interesting. I always thought that was kind of weird.
Speaking of weird, isn't it odd that he would fall in love with someone who looks just like his mother? That's quite the complex there. They're pretty much the same. I mean, I get the whole "Syaoran and Sakura are destined to be together no matter what world they're in" but it's still creepyish haha. Oh well, they're my favorite couple, and I guess that means that there's no Syaoran in Clow Country. But, his name isn't Syaoran, is that ok? Does his name have to be Syaoran? Everyone who's been the same soul but different in the worlds has had the same name (I think) so isn't a kid not named Syaoran coming into Clow Country and getting with Sakura going against the natural order? Or maybe it's okay because he said his name was Syaoran at one point... The clones are okay together I guess because the clone's name is Syaoran, that was his given name, since he's a clone and didn't have one originally. I don't know, maybe I'm just looking too deeply into things. There's so much to think about and overanalyze in their works. Definitely.
So, that was 2 weeks worth of Tsubasa confusion, brought to you by CLAMP, thank you so much, I really do love all these stories. Sigh, even if they're confusing, they're probably the most interesting and thought-provoking out of anything I've ever come across before. There's way more twists than anything, even if they use a lot of the same stuff it doesn't get old or tacky haha. I guess clones are pretty big in a lot of works these days (Spiral, Kamichama Karin, Black Cat, Kaze no Stigma)
Whatever, CLAMP does everything the best, I feel. Other than Code Geass, there's no other work that I've had such contradicting emotions for all the characters, even if they're bad. There's always extraneous circumstances, which makes sense because that happens in real life too.
Well, I guess I can also talk about Code Geass from Sunday, since they're CLAMP's character designs, and CLAMP is what this post is all about.
That episode was INTENSE. I had to pause it and walk away probably 3 times. The biggest moment was when Nunnally was all like, Oh, but I want to do this, Zero you're wrong, Suzaku come save me! That was a HUGE blow. Haha, Lelouch was tweaking out. I just feel bad for Nunnally, when she finds out that Lelouch/Zero did everything for her. What a horrible thing to find out, even if that means he loves you all that much, it also means that it's because of you that so many people died, and became enemies, and suffered, and friendships and love was broken. So, good job Lulu, she's going to have to deal with that one for the rest of her life, on top of her mom being assassinated while holding her...
I should really put some pictures into these. But I'm just so busy freaking out during the posting I don't really think about much else. Sigh, another week until more TRC.
(And could xxxHolic Kei 6, Nabari no Ou 6, Special A 6, the Baccano! and Darker than Black OVAs, and Persona trinity soul 17-19 please get subtitled sometime soon? kthnx)
So, it turns out that "Syaoran" has to do with the CCS world (something I kind of actually expected them to do) but having him as Syaoran Li and Sakura Kinomoto's son totally blew my mind out. Especially since HIS NAME ISN'T SYAORAN, ermmm, so every chapter before with R!Syaoran has been a complete lie. With the names that is. Jeeesus, CLAMP, what are we supposed to expect next? haha
Oh, that's right, everything we thought we knew about Sakura of Clow Country was essentially not true....? Fujitaka is really her dad, the king, and her mother, Nadeshiko, was still alive when she was 7? Soooo, Clow Reed wasn't her father, and Fujitaka wasn't C!Syaoran's adopted father, the archaeologist? Also, it seems that in this version (that R!Syaoran remembers), Sakura met R!Syaoran at the ruins during the purification ceremony with her mother, instead of meeting C!Syaoran when he was introduced to her by Fujitaka the archaeologist. Holy hell, WHAT? Does this have something to do with R!Syaoran going back in time and being by R!Sakura's side until the day that he returned? Haha, honestly, this is all so complicated.
So, were R!Syaoran and R!Sakura together in that tube thing the whole time and C!Syaoran and C!Sakura made to take their places? But that would have happened after R!Syaoran was captured, when he found out he went back in time and was with her until then....but he came when he was 7 directly to her side from present day Japan with his CCS parents...
And what the hell was up with how R!Syaoran coming to Yuuko's, the entire thing was EXACTLY the same as when Watanuki came. Well, I guess you could say when Watanuki came it was the same as when R!Syaoran came before him. CLAMP essentially recreated the panels and everything they said. Except that R!Syaoran said his name was Li Syaoran, and Yuuko knew right away that was a fake name, it was the name of his father not him. SO WHAT THE HELL IS R!SYAORAN'S NAME ANYWAYS????
And looking back, there was never really a time when he introduced himself as Syaoran, so I guess he never lied about that to anyone other than Yuuko and R!Sakura when they first met? Did Fei Wong Reed know the truth? He knew he was blood related, but man oh man is this kid like 1000x more powerful than his dad, and even his mom if you think about it, especially since she gave up her sealing staff so I don't know how she'd be able to use the Sakura Cards power. Who knows. She's still a dreamseer anyways. And, not done about the whole name thing. It's cool how when they were in Infinity and C!Sakura says that Mokona says his name is Syaoran as well, and he says no at first. Oooo so interesting. I always thought that was kind of weird.
Speaking of weird, isn't it odd that he would fall in love with someone who looks just like his mother? That's quite the complex there. They're pretty much the same. I mean, I get the whole "Syaoran and Sakura are destined to be together no matter what world they're in" but it's still creepyish haha. Oh well, they're my favorite couple, and I guess that means that there's no Syaoran in Clow Country. But, his name isn't Syaoran, is that ok? Does his name have to be Syaoran? Everyone who's been the same soul but different in the worlds has had the same name (I think) so isn't a kid not named Syaoran coming into Clow Country and getting with Sakura going against the natural order? Or maybe it's okay because he said his name was Syaoran at one point... The clones are okay together I guess because the clone's name is Syaoran, that was his given name, since he's a clone and didn't have one originally. I don't know, maybe I'm just looking too deeply into things. There's so much to think about and overanalyze in their works. Definitely.
So, that was 2 weeks worth of Tsubasa confusion, brought to you by CLAMP, thank you so much, I really do love all these stories. Sigh, even if they're confusing, they're probably the most interesting and thought-provoking out of anything I've ever come across before. There's way more twists than anything, even if they use a lot of the same stuff it doesn't get old or tacky haha. I guess clones are pretty big in a lot of works these days (Spiral, Kamichama Karin, Black Cat, Kaze no Stigma)
Whatever, CLAMP does everything the best, I feel. Other than Code Geass, there's no other work that I've had such contradicting emotions for all the characters, even if they're bad. There's always extraneous circumstances, which makes sense because that happens in real life too.
Well, I guess I can also talk about Code Geass from Sunday, since they're CLAMP's character designs, and CLAMP is what this post is all about.
That episode was INTENSE. I had to pause it and walk away probably 3 times. The biggest moment was when Nunnally was all like, Oh, but I want to do this, Zero you're wrong, Suzaku come save me! That was a HUGE blow. Haha, Lelouch was tweaking out. I just feel bad for Nunnally, when she finds out that Lelouch/Zero did everything for her. What a horrible thing to find out, even if that means he loves you all that much, it also means that it's because of you that so many people died, and became enemies, and suffered, and friendships and love was broken. So, good job Lulu, she's going to have to deal with that one for the rest of her life, on top of her mom being assassinated while holding her...
I should really put some pictures into these. But I'm just so busy freaking out during the posting I don't really think about much else. Sigh, another week until more TRC.
(And could xxxHolic Kei 6, Nabari no Ou 6, Special A 6, the Baccano! and Darker than Black OVAs, and Persona trinity soul 17-19 please get subtitled sometime soon? kthnx)
5.09.2008
SIGH... WTF
No D.Gray-man 158 yet? Is there not supposed to be one out this week? I am so goddamn disappointed right now. It has been over a day, people know what is going on, and yet I still can hardly look for the TRC chapter without getting bombarded by spoilers. I am dying here, I do not know if I can handle this anymore.
But on a better note I went to see Speed Racer today and it was AWESOME. Easily one of the best movies I have seen this year, and probably will be for a while. (There is not much else exciting coming out I guess, except for Indiana Jones, a new Mummy, a possible X-Files, the next Chronicles of Narnia, and Get Smart)
I'm done. I don't even have the heart to write any more haha
But on a better note I went to see Speed Racer today and it was AWESOME. Easily one of the best movies I have seen this year, and probably will be for a while. (There is not much else exciting coming out I guess, except for Indiana Jones, a new Mummy, a possible X-Files, the next Chronicles of Narnia, and Get Smart)
I'm done. I don't even have the heart to write any more haha
STILL NO TRC, SO SATISFY YOURSELF WITH SDC...
Sigh, still no TRC 189 for me :/
But Shinshi Doumei Cross 46 got done! Finally. I'm sad to see this series ending next month, I really enjoyed it.
I'm also sad because it seems they're kind of rushing the ending, I mean, this chapter was good and all but I could never imagine it ending next chapter without knowing it beforehand.
If Haine dies, I'll be pissed, If Haine chooses Shizumasa, I'll be pissed. If Haine chooses no one and they all live happily ever after as friends, I'll be pissed. So there's only a quarter of a chance that I'll actually like this ending haha. I love Takanari, he's always rocked TTM, even if both the brothers love her equally. Shizumasa has just done so much sketchy stuff in the past and even now in the present (the stone thing, leaving Takanari, allowing him to be a shadow, locking him up, stealing Haine away, almost forcing her to marry him, etc etc) soooo I think Takanari easily deserves her more, and I think their love is the most pure. She loved Shizumasa for what he did that night, but she loved Takanari for the one always being there in the book. He was the original and the one who first allowed her to even think of changing her life.
or whatever.
Still no TRC? alskdf
Darker Than Black is such a quality series. I really really need it to come to dvd over here, I would buy it in a heartbeat regardless of the cost (hopefully it would be in a full package thinger like Fruits Basket is, which I just can't get myself to buy though)
Go Hei!
But Shinshi Doumei Cross 46 got done! Finally. I'm sad to see this series ending next month, I really enjoyed it.
I'm also sad because it seems they're kind of rushing the ending, I mean, this chapter was good and all but I could never imagine it ending next chapter without knowing it beforehand.
If Haine dies, I'll be pissed, If Haine chooses Shizumasa, I'll be pissed. If Haine chooses no one and they all live happily ever after as friends, I'll be pissed. So there's only a quarter of a chance that I'll actually like this ending haha. I love Takanari, he's always rocked TTM, even if both the brothers love her equally. Shizumasa has just done so much sketchy stuff in the past and even now in the present (the stone thing, leaving Takanari, allowing him to be a shadow, locking him up, stealing Haine away, almost forcing her to marry him, etc etc) soooo I think Takanari easily deserves her more, and I think their love is the most pure. She loved Shizumasa for what he did that night, but she loved Takanari for the one always being there in the book. He was the original and the one who first allowed her to even think of changing her life.
or whatever.
Still no TRC? alskdf
Darker Than Black is such a quality series. I really really need it to come to dvd over here, I would buy it in a heartbeat regardless of the cost (hopefully it would be in a full package thinger like Fruits Basket is, which I just can't get myself to buy though)
Go Hei!
5.08.2008
HAIRSTYLISTS, FIGHTING, CLAMP, MINDFUCKS, AND MORE NINJAS
So while everyone else is freaking out about TRC 189 and who's who's dad and mom I'm reading Beauty Pop, Lovely Complex, Twinkle Stars and the latest Shinobi Life, and watching Nabari no Ou, Code Geass, Persona Trinity Soul, Toshokan Sensou, xxxHolic Kei, and rewatching Darker Than BLACK.
(note: It's because I don't want to spoil the chapter for myself until I can fully read it all. Which would count if I somehow found a scan, like on livejournal, that someone had separately translated and such, but so far I have found nothing :()
I just finished Beauty Pop this morning. I LOVED it. I had been very apprehensive about this series, it just seemed kind of dumb (I mean, it's really not such an exciting concept and all) but they worked it out very well. I'm glad it's still running, I want to see what happens with Naru-Naru and Ki-chan! Haha, anyways, it was definitely a cool shojo, and something perfect for the mood I'm in.
Lovely Complex was a few days ago. That was pretty stressful (kind of like a Peach Girl thing for me sometimes) but I knew they were going to be together in the end. I'll say that Otani was actually a really cute character design. No, he's not handsome, sorry sir, but he's definitely cute. The Plus section was really cool too, how they had really met at the concert beforehand and were kind to each other making a good impression without even knowing it. Those stories are all really big on previous meetings.
I'm in the midst of Twinkle Stars, and it's a pretty good story. The characters are all very much like Furuba, which is to be expected. There's a Tohru, Kyo, Hana-chan, and Shigure/Kazuma. Though the Shigure-ishness is a lot nicer in Kanade. Chihiro is a little too tsuntsun to be a Yuki, he's much more like Kyo, but Yuuri is also like Kyo. I like them both :/. I hate love triangles, they're too sad (if I like the 3 characters that is...) It's interesting, and there's going to be some sort of plot twist/secrets that will arise from these seemingly normal people, just like Fruits Basket, soooooo idk, I'm excited.
Shinobi Life was lame, I expect way more out of that series, however the sexual tension in the rock in the leg scene was pretty great. Kagetora's teeth on her leg, oooOOOoo smexy haha. I guess I wanted them to kiss, like I do in every chapter. Her end feeling of, well this is ok to be like this with him, not lovers but just friends, is something that reminds me of Haruna thinking about Yoh in Koukou Debut. We all know how long that lasted... about 10 minutes tops. So, I just hope that Kagetora will just be NO! MINE, BITCH! to stupid Razuhiko. I hate that kid, and that other ninja dude, and Beni's dad. Goddamn just let those two be together!
People say that Nabari no Ou is BL, I say I really don't care. Even if it is it's mild at best, and there's crazy action and I like the character designs. Come to think of it Thobari-sensei, Rokujou, and Yoite all remind me of Kagetora, which is probably why I'm attracted to them... hm. I don't like the head of Fuuma all that much, he's so untrustworthy in my mind. And, seriously, can Rokujou be any weaker and less observant of his surroundings?? Yoite knocks out Kouichi and Raimei right behind him, they THUMP to the ground, his freaking cat HISSES and he's all like, hm what's going on? I'm just doing my math. JEEEEEESUS KID he's gonna die. Well, obviously not because this is made up, but in real life, he'd be dead. Truthfully the part I'm most excited for in this series is the character development of Yoite and partly Rokujou. I want to find out who his brother is. (oh, but no BL between them please)
Code Geass was just, a lot. It seemed like a filler but we got a lot of information, including the first real interaction with some of the Knights of the Round. And Nunally's alright, as if we'd expect anything else. Suzaku is absolutely insane, I love what he's willing to do to get power, redeem himself, and save Japan, it's just like Lelouch is willing to do anything and everything for Nunally. Eh, not much else.
Persona Trinity Soul was one big mindfuck. It doesn't help that they're so far behind on the subbing that they've only reached 16 a few days ago. Either way, this is going to be a great subbed episode. I've got the gist of it, but I'm very excited to figure out all that they were saying. Haha I really freaked out when I saw Eiko in the spoilers for the next episode, but it turns out that it was just something weird red dress girl (Chidori?) I love how many Persona 3 people they're throwing into this show, it's great.
I love Doujou. He's great. Kasahara, he's awesome, you know that now so remember it. This is easily one of my favorite shows of this season, I just wish it was longer than 12 episodes.
The fact that we just entered into the Kohane-chan arc of xxxholic makes me really happy. It's funny because that pretty much ended in the manga. I love her character and even though it was slow in the manga the anime is already doing a good job with it I feel. xxxHolic was never a fast-paced storyline (that's more left to it's sibling, TRC) but it's interesting and makes you think. It's obviously extremely complicated and thought out since it's a CLAMP work. I just feel that this season is so much better than the last, I dropped that one after 10 episodes... I hope there's TRC references though, the lack of them last season was disappointing, mainly because the series are both so intricately linked.
And yes, I am rewatching Darker Than Black, my favorite show. Thank you BONES, your work is beautiful (with Soul Eater, too).
Truthfully, I should be spending my time watching Soul Eater 5, Persona Trinity Soul 16 (with subtitles!!), The Hills (27 episodes! shitty) and Grey's Anatomy, but, it's hard to do that when I'm bored with them. Soul Eater needs more Death the Kid. In fact, there should be a show all about him, I would watch that.
Lastly, I picked up D.Gray-man 9 today. Excellent cover, excellent section of the story, so I'm excited to read that (again obviously). And Koukou (Highschool) Debut 3 supposedly came out on Tuesday, and Borders supposedly had it in their store on the shelves. Thanks for the letdown jerks, I even made a special trip :(
It's just been a bad day WHERE IS TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE CHAPTER 189 GODDAMMIT??!!
(note: It's because I don't want to spoil the chapter for myself until I can fully read it all. Which would count if I somehow found a scan, like on livejournal, that someone had separately translated and such, but so far I have found nothing :()
I just finished Beauty Pop this morning. I LOVED it. I had been very apprehensive about this series, it just seemed kind of dumb (I mean, it's really not such an exciting concept and all) but they worked it out very well. I'm glad it's still running, I want to see what happens with Naru-Naru and Ki-chan! Haha, anyways, it was definitely a cool shojo, and something perfect for the mood I'm in.
Lovely Complex was a few days ago. That was pretty stressful (kind of like a Peach Girl thing for me sometimes) but I knew they were going to be together in the end. I'll say that Otani was actually a really cute character design. No, he's not handsome, sorry sir, but he's definitely cute. The Plus section was really cool too, how they had really met at the concert beforehand and were kind to each other making a good impression without even knowing it. Those stories are all really big on previous meetings.
I'm in the midst of Twinkle Stars, and it's a pretty good story. The characters are all very much like Furuba, which is to be expected. There's a Tohru, Kyo, Hana-chan, and Shigure/Kazuma. Though the Shigure-ishness is a lot nicer in Kanade. Chihiro is a little too tsuntsun to be a Yuki, he's much more like Kyo, but Yuuri is also like Kyo. I like them both :/. I hate love triangles, they're too sad (if I like the 3 characters that is...) It's interesting, and there's going to be some sort of plot twist/secrets that will arise from these seemingly normal people, just like Fruits Basket, soooooo idk, I'm excited.
Shinobi Life was lame, I expect way more out of that series, however the sexual tension in the rock in the leg scene was pretty great. Kagetora's teeth on her leg, oooOOOoo smexy haha. I guess I wanted them to kiss, like I do in every chapter. Her end feeling of, well this is ok to be like this with him, not lovers but just friends, is something that reminds me of Haruna thinking about Yoh in Koukou Debut. We all know how long that lasted... about 10 minutes tops. So, I just hope that Kagetora will just be NO! MINE, BITCH! to stupid Razuhiko. I hate that kid, and that other ninja dude, and Beni's dad. Goddamn just let those two be together!
People say that Nabari no Ou is BL, I say I really don't care. Even if it is it's mild at best, and there's crazy action and I like the character designs. Come to think of it Thobari-sensei, Rokujou, and Yoite all remind me of Kagetora, which is probably why I'm attracted to them... hm. I don't like the head of Fuuma all that much, he's so untrustworthy in my mind. And, seriously, can Rokujou be any weaker and less observant of his surroundings?? Yoite knocks out Kouichi and Raimei right behind him, they THUMP to the ground, his freaking cat HISSES and he's all like, hm what's going on? I'm just doing my math. JEEEEEESUS KID he's gonna die. Well, obviously not because this is made up, but in real life, he'd be dead. Truthfully the part I'm most excited for in this series is the character development of Yoite and partly Rokujou. I want to find out who his brother is. (oh, but no BL between them please)
Code Geass was just, a lot. It seemed like a filler but we got a lot of information, including the first real interaction with some of the Knights of the Round. And Nunally's alright, as if we'd expect anything else. Suzaku is absolutely insane, I love what he's willing to do to get power, redeem himself, and save Japan, it's just like Lelouch is willing to do anything and everything for Nunally. Eh, not much else.
Persona Trinity Soul was one big mindfuck. It doesn't help that they're so far behind on the subbing that they've only reached 16 a few days ago. Either way, this is going to be a great subbed episode. I've got the gist of it, but I'm very excited to figure out all that they were saying. Haha I really freaked out when I saw Eiko in the spoilers for the next episode, but it turns out that it was just something weird red dress girl (Chidori?) I love how many Persona 3 people they're throwing into this show, it's great.
I love Doujou. He's great. Kasahara, he's awesome, you know that now so remember it. This is easily one of my favorite shows of this season, I just wish it was longer than 12 episodes.
The fact that we just entered into the Kohane-chan arc of xxxholic makes me really happy. It's funny because that pretty much ended in the manga. I love her character and even though it was slow in the manga the anime is already doing a good job with it I feel. xxxHolic was never a fast-paced storyline (that's more left to it's sibling, TRC) but it's interesting and makes you think. It's obviously extremely complicated and thought out since it's a CLAMP work. I just feel that this season is so much better than the last, I dropped that one after 10 episodes... I hope there's TRC references though, the lack of them last season was disappointing, mainly because the series are both so intricately linked.
And yes, I am rewatching Darker Than Black, my favorite show. Thank you BONES, your work is beautiful (with Soul Eater, too).
Truthfully, I should be spending my time watching Soul Eater 5, Persona Trinity Soul 16 (with subtitles!!), The Hills (27 episodes! shitty) and Grey's Anatomy, but, it's hard to do that when I'm bored with them. Soul Eater needs more Death the Kid. In fact, there should be a show all about him, I would watch that.
Lastly, I picked up D.Gray-man 9 today. Excellent cover, excellent section of the story, so I'm excited to read that (again obviously). And Koukou (Highschool) Debut 3 supposedly came out on Tuesday, and Borders supposedly had it in their store on the shelves. Thanks for the letdown jerks, I even made a special trip :(
It's just been a bad day WHERE IS TSUBASA RESERVOIR CHRONICLE CHAPTER 189 GODDAMMIT??!!
5.01.2008
NINJAS, CATBOYS, & VAMPIRES, OH MY!
alright, so in the time since my last post I've:
-watched the 3 episodes of Toshokan Sensou that are out
-watched episode 4 of Nabari no Ou, Vampire Knight, Soul Eater, and Special A
-finished Beast Master
-seen the scanlations and summaries of Shugo Chara chapter 28!!!!
-read xxxHolic chapter 157
-and started reading Bloody Monday
Ok, now that I've got that out there and organized I can talk about each in turn.
Toshokan Sensou
I've been meaning to watch this ever since the first episode came out, unfortunately subtitles took 3 weeks =(. But it's definitely worth the wait. This show is so fast paced! I'd love to read the manga and the novels as well, but I can't find them anywhere, well actually I really haven't looked that hard. It's a pretty interesting plot, though I'm confused I guess in the first place as to why they're doing all this and how long it took to get to this point? Anyways, I like that the main character is a girl, she's awesome. And I really really like Doujou haha. I'm thinking that mysterious letter handed to the captain guy at the end of ep.3 was saying that someone died and/or was seriously injured. My bet is on Tezuka.
Nabari no Ou
Holy shit, I love this anime. So much. (I tried reading the manga too by the way, but the characters seem so much younger so I kind of felt like a shotacon haha. And Yoite isn't as awesome, though he's a lot more destructive, he cut that one guy in half at Fuma village!!!) Anyways, this just keeps getting better and better. Haha, I really don't know what else to say about it, except that I can't wait for next week!
Special A
The brother situation reminds me of Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna, and to an extent Sasuke and Itachi (not that I am a devoted Naruto fan, I just like Sasuke, and I'll make this clear, I haven't watched any of the anime, and only read about 40 of the latest chapters) soooo I was bored by this episode I guess, cause you knew what was going to happen. Still though, I love Kei and his voice, BRITANNIA! I AM ZERO AND I WILL LIBERATE THE JAPANESE PEOPLE! or something like that. Maybe as a joke...
I kind of skipped through Soul Eater, because I had read about half of it in the manga, and I could pretty much tell where it was going. Wasn't too hard (deja vu?) Anyways, I watched the part at the end with Shinigami-sama and Death the Kid talking haha. Love him.
Also skipped through every part of Vampire Knight without Zero, just like normal. They went in a different direction I felt. I'm pretty sure Zero wasn't going to leave and I'm pretty sure that Kaname didn't know that Zero sucked her blood? Unless I'm just forgetting; it has been a while and that was one of the first couple of chapters. Anyways, there were a lot of really great Zero shirtless scenes XD
Beast Master
Awwwwww, Yuiko and Leo finally kissed XD!!! I love their relationship, and for only being 6 chapters (but at about 49 pages each) I feel pretty connected to the characters and in love with the story. That was a good one, definitely a favorite. I was mildly worried for a moment though, mildly.
xxxHolic
I only have one thing to say about this chapter: HOLY SHIT WTF THE TIME SPACE IS FALLING APART SLIDFJLSDFJKSDLFKJSDLFKJSDFLKSDJ. Oh, and: erm, wtf mid June for the next chapter? Come onnnn CLAMP, you'd better not drop the ball with TRC as well. We could also use some more Kobato, just so you know.
Bloody Monday
This was pretty interesting. I always have a thing for hacking in shows (.hack (haha), Ocean's, Italian Job, Bourne) you get the idea. The drawings are kind of weird sometimes, and the main kid is an idiot, buuuuut eh, we'll see how it goes. It's an interesting story line, with holes haha.
And last but not least
ASLDKFJSDLFKJSDF SHUGO CHARA CHAPTER 28!!!!! FINALLYYYY
Ikuto. You rock, enough said. Amu, why would you choose fruitcake Tadase over the sexy catboy lying in your bed saying you're the girl he wants.... I mean REALLY??!! (haha thanks Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers) So, we'll see. I know and you know that Amuto will happen IT WILL.
Oh, and I stopped by Borders in downtown Milwaukee yesterday while taking pictures and picked up the first decent copy of Blood Alone vol.2 that I've seen (The others have all been ripped or bent) sooo that was a complete success! =) And I also (finally) got Koukou Debut vol.1&2, though I cannot wait for us to FINALLY catch up to Japan. Volume 11 just got released this week, I mean, fuck this I want more YohxHaruna goodness! That manga is getting really good though for sure. Asaoka, wtf are you pulling?
So, excellent.
-watched the 3 episodes of Toshokan Sensou that are out
-watched episode 4 of Nabari no Ou, Vampire Knight, Soul Eater, and Special A
-finished Beast Master
-seen the scanlations and summaries of Shugo Chara chapter 28!!!!
-read xxxHolic chapter 157
-and started reading Bloody Monday
Ok, now that I've got that out there and organized I can talk about each in turn.
Toshokan Sensou
I've been meaning to watch this ever since the first episode came out, unfortunately subtitles took 3 weeks =(. But it's definitely worth the wait. This show is so fast paced! I'd love to read the manga and the novels as well, but I can't find them anywhere, well actually I really haven't looked that hard. It's a pretty interesting plot, though I'm confused I guess in the first place as to why they're doing all this and how long it took to get to this point? Anyways, I like that the main character is a girl, she's awesome. And I really really like Doujou haha. I'm thinking that mysterious letter handed to the captain guy at the end of ep.3 was saying that someone died and/or was seriously injured. My bet is on Tezuka.
Nabari no Ou
Holy shit, I love this anime. So much. (I tried reading the manga too by the way, but the characters seem so much younger so I kind of felt like a shotacon haha. And Yoite isn't as awesome, though he's a lot more destructive, he cut that one guy in half at Fuma village!!!) Anyways, this just keeps getting better and better. Haha, I really don't know what else to say about it, except that I can't wait for next week!
Special A
The brother situation reminds me of Spiral: Suiri no Kizuna, and to an extent Sasuke and Itachi (not that I am a devoted Naruto fan, I just like Sasuke, and I'll make this clear, I haven't watched any of the anime, and only read about 40 of the latest chapters) soooo I was bored by this episode I guess, cause you knew what was going to happen. Still though, I love Kei and his voice, BRITANNIA! I AM ZERO AND I WILL LIBERATE THE JAPANESE PEOPLE! or something like that. Maybe as a joke...
I kind of skipped through Soul Eater, because I had read about half of it in the manga, and I could pretty much tell where it was going. Wasn't too hard (deja vu?) Anyways, I watched the part at the end with Shinigami-sama and Death the Kid talking haha. Love him.
Also skipped through every part of Vampire Knight without Zero, just like normal. They went in a different direction I felt. I'm pretty sure Zero wasn't going to leave and I'm pretty sure that Kaname didn't know that Zero sucked her blood? Unless I'm just forgetting; it has been a while and that was one of the first couple of chapters. Anyways, there were a lot of really great Zero shirtless scenes XD
Beast Master
Awwwwww, Yuiko and Leo finally kissed XD!!! I love their relationship, and for only being 6 chapters (but at about 49 pages each) I feel pretty connected to the characters and in love with the story. That was a good one, definitely a favorite. I was mildly worried for a moment though, mildly.
xxxHolic
I only have one thing to say about this chapter: HOLY SHIT WTF THE TIME SPACE IS FALLING APART SLIDFJLSDFJKSDLFKJSDLFKJSDFLKSDJ. Oh, and: erm, wtf mid June for the next chapter? Come onnnn CLAMP, you'd better not drop the ball with TRC as well. We could also use some more Kobato, just so you know.
Bloody Monday
This was pretty interesting. I always have a thing for hacking in shows (.hack (haha), Ocean's, Italian Job, Bourne) you get the idea. The drawings are kind of weird sometimes, and the main kid is an idiot, buuuuut eh, we'll see how it goes. It's an interesting story line, with holes haha.
And last but not least
ASLDKFJSDLFKJSDF SHUGO CHARA CHAPTER 28!!!!! FINALLYYYY
Ikuto. You rock, enough said. Amu, why would you choose fruitcake Tadase over the sexy catboy lying in your bed saying you're the girl he wants.... I mean REALLY??!! (haha thanks Amy Poehler and Seth Meyers) So, we'll see. I know and you know that Amuto will happen IT WILL.
Oh, and I stopped by Borders in downtown Milwaukee yesterday while taking pictures and picked up the first decent copy of Blood Alone vol.2 that I've seen (The others have all been ripped or bent) sooo that was a complete success! =) And I also (finally) got Koukou Debut vol.1&2, though I cannot wait for us to FINALLY catch up to Japan. Volume 11 just got released this week, I mean, fuck this I want more YohxHaruna goodness! That manga is getting really good though for sure. Asaoka, wtf are you pulling?
So, excellent.
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