Air Gear Chapter 301

Air Gear killed it this week.
The most epic chapter off shounen jump in ages.
AGES I TELL YOU!

But my god- it killed it this week.
Everybody found out the 'brothers' Kaito-Agito/Akita are actually father and son- with the spilt personality of their mom inside the brothers.
I just died trying to process the info into my brain.

Best chapter ever since we found out that Rika was pregnant and Simca is actually close to 30 years old and a shotacon since Ikki is not even 20...

Read it.
Read and love it.

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Manga Haul XD

So... I got manga...

and it's awesome...

and I want to show off...

Muahahaha.

be. j e a l o u s. XD

 

 So~ I got my second copy of Kaichou wa maid-sama volume 8 becuz my old copy went missing... so now i have up to volume 12 ^^ All the volumes of watashi ni xx shinasai were purchased by me all at once XD and i got the last book of shouri no akuma which completed the series since i had the first and second already ^^

Plus , plus - a picture of the day for everybody ;3

 

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Starry Sky Ep 1 [Review]

So, I'll be writing this review as I watch it on a tab- so it'll all be what I feel about this anime "first hand", no edits or research ;)

Op isn't all that great in my opinion... so I guess I'll skip that~

Animation is incredibly smooth and... game-like? I guess that was to be expected though XD
So far I've watched as far as the telescope being picked up by the girl... taking a closer look at the boys face now... what do I find?
A girl.
The boy is a girl, his eyes are bigger than the girl's too 0.0

Okay story continues...
actually.. chotto-
this is completely off-topic but...
I love the girl's bunny clips!!!! ^OwO^

The rest is kinda boring...

Until he gets to class and starts talking to himself in this stalker-like girl-voice way...
that was creepy ><

But when he says that the girl knows him- I really want to keep watching T^T
Why is something so weirdly boring able to make me want to watch?!?!
...

ED is great- maybe I should learn to play it?


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Gundam Wing is older than me?

Being the first Gundam series to be dubbed and aired in other languages, Gundam Wing is now celebrating it's 15th anniversary!

15... it's older than me! Running actively on TV Asahi from April 7th, 1995 to March 29th, 1996 with 49 episodes- with several replays (only reason I would even know about it XD), there will be a new addition to this Gundam series titled "Gundam Wing: Frozen Teardrop" (isn't is sad when anime names become lamer with time?) which will be set 30 years in the future from the original series and the original sub-series, "Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz" (which unfortunately I was unable to watch T^T).

For those out there maybe slightly older than me, do you feel like you're childhood is returning with news such as this?
If so- remember to keep an eye on anime streaming sites ^^


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Syuri’s 10mins Manga Challenge: Yuzuru’s List

Ai Kora

Akane-chan OVERDRIVE

Ane Comi

Ane Doki

Angel Densetsu

Bakuman

Beelzebub

Bleach

Bitter Virgin

Cage of Eden

Defense Devil

Fairy Tail

Flame of Recca

Fullmetal Alchemist

Gacha Gacha ~Secret~

Gacha Gacha ~Capsule~

Gamaran

Good Morning Kiss

Hayate no Gotoku

K-ON!

Kateikyoshi Hitman Reborn

Legend of Koizumi

Love Hina

Midori no Hibi

Mahou Sensei Negima!

Mahou Shoujo Iroha

One Piece

The World God Only Knows

To Love-ru

Tower of God

Yotsuba

Don't have much to say about specific series =P  The general genre that I like is comedy/ecchi/action/romance.  Actually, if it's on this list, then I like it XD  The ones that I've highlighted are just the ones that I really really recommend.  Later I went back to mangareader.net and found a few that I've missed, but I didn't add them into here.  After doing this challenge, I realized that I wasn't really such a manga fan after all lol.  I was really really impressed with Syuri's list hahahaha.

Syuri's 10 Minute Manga Challenge

Okay, since now no one is posting anything.
As in [n o n e]
I decided I'd do something "tag" style ;3
Basically, I want everybody reading this to do the same.

1. Give yourself 10 minutes, and make sure your'e free of disturbances. Go to the toilet and turn of your phone if you have to C;
2. Open up a word doc. and turn off your internet connection if you can (we don't want you to cheat ^^)
3. Type up as many manga's titles that you can think of that you have finished reading (or read up to the lastest chapter as of doing this)
4. Remember: Do. Not. Cheat. It ruins the fun of hitting your head and forcing yourself to pay attention to the titles of mangas instead of storylines (that's me XD)
5. Fix up the grammar (caps) later, we don't want you to waste time ^^
6. OPTIONAL: highlight and italic-ize the ones you would definitely recommend others ;] and add commentary like I did if you want ~

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So here's what I came up with, can you beat me? I spent the last 2 minutes or so just pulling at my hair and basically giving up ;3

Naruto (funny how Naruto and Bleach always come into mind first XD)
Bleach
Air Gear (seriously the most epic shounen manga EVER! quite ecchi though ><)
D.Gray Man
Katekyoushi Hitman Reborn (if I did this 1 year ago, this would def. be highlighted and italic-ized...)
Gakuen Alice
Ghost Hunt
Detective Conan
DNAngel
Fairy Tail
Fairy Megane
Fairy Cube
Vampire Knight 
Saijou no Meii
Ouran HSHC
Shinobi Life
F.O.X
Kaichou wa Maid Sama
Puchimon
Pandora Hearts
1/2 Ouji
Shounen Dolls
Akagami no Shirayukihime
Harlem Beat wa Yoake
Monochrome Factor
La Corda D'Oro
Dengeki Daisy
Hana to Akuma
Princess Princess
Koko Ni Iru Yo!
Sakurahime Kaden
Kuroshitsuji
Tennis no Oujisama
Shin Tennis no Oujisama
Barajou no Kiss
Heart no Kuni no Alice
Ten no Ryuu Chi no Sakura
Zero Count
Loveless
Shitsuji-sama no Okiniiri
Kyou, Koi wa Hajimemasu
Houkago no Oujisama
07-Ghost
Zettai Kareshi (I just watched the last episode of the live drama during breakfast this morning :])
Her Majesty's Dog
The World Only God Knows
Do You Want To Try?
Shinrei Tantei Yakumo
Kenja wa Nemuru
Elemental Gelade
Honggane
Girl in Heels
Makai Ouji
Dance In The Vampire Bund
Watashi ni xx Shinasai
Hanashite Nante Agenai yo
Obaka-chan, Koigatariki
Bloody Cross
Crimson Empire
Shouri no Akuma
Nononono
Hakuji
Inuyasha
Rasetsu no Hana
Hanako to Guuwa no Tera
Skip Beat! 
Akatsuki no Aria
Akuma to Love Song
Boku no Hatsukoi wo Kimi ni Sasagu
Hana no Kishi
Wild Ones
+Anima
Tales of Innocence
Beauty Pop
Shugo Chara
Black Cat
Ludwig Kakumei
Zodiac P.I.
Ranma 1/2
Death Note
Jigoku Shoujo
99% Love
WANTED
Peter Pan Syndrome
Mermaids Saga
Love Monster
Kimi Sae mo Ai no Kusari
Cardcaptor Sakura
Tsubasa Chronicles
Shinshi Doumei Cross
Rurouni Kenshin
Kamichama Karin
Charisma Doll
Haou Airen
Double Arts
The Lover of the Devil
Rust Blaster
Tsuki no Shippo
Hana Kimi (the full name completely escapes me XD)
Show Princess
Princess Tutu
Ai wo Utau Yori Ore ni Oborero! (I don't think I've ever met someone who didn't enjoy this ^^)
Kitchen Princess
MeruPuri
Otogibanashi de Himitsu no Kiss
Watashi no + Okusuri
Crash
Uwasa no Midori-kun
Moe Kare
Defense Devil
Suki desu Suzuki-kun!
Spiral: Suiri ni Kizuna (I LOVE LOVE LOVE)
Fly High
Usotsuki Mii-kun to Kowareta Maa-chan Totteoki no Uso (it's going to be a movie soon!!!)
Eden no Ori
Smash!
Enigma
Kami ka Akuma ka

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I think I did pretty well with this challenge ^^
I'd love to see someone else do the same!
You can really tell what types of manga people like by doing this, as the ones that make a deeper impression will most likely be on the list ;]

But yeah, I highlighted those that I really like so you can check them out ;3
Until next time~

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[KWMS] Usui's... purse?

Because I'm so cool I upload more than 1 post a week XD
So let's get on with it~
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So I was happily reading my LaLa of the month and...
Huh?
I flipped the page back...
Usui was carrying?
A . p u r s e ?

Not just any purse-
My mom's purse -w-"
*eh hum*
Your mom's purse.

I have kindly waited for this to be translated in english before linking a pic for everybody~ ^^

Everyone, marvel this to your heart's content and ask yourself-
"Why does Usui look like a women from the back?"

But nether-less, just for being Usui Takumi (mind you, the person voted #1 for being the sex*iest anime male of 2010)
He can rock that man-purse XD
God- he can be in my mom's flowery gardening clothes and still look hot XD
...okay
...maybe not
...

But just sharing a great moment of joy with you guys~
Let's just say it's an early Christmas pressie for everyone ;3



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Oricon's Weekly Manga Rating for December 13th

Maybe a bit late- but wanted to post this anyway ^^
1. “BLEACH” (the 48th colume) – Kubo Tite (462,154)

2. “Yotsubato!” (the 10th volume) – Azuma Kiyohiko (243,912)

3. “D.Gray-man” (the 21st volume) – Hoshino Katsura (215,177)

4. “Gintama” (the 37th volume) – Sorachi Hideaki (188,618)

5. “Katekyoushi Hitman REBORN!” (the 32nd volume) – Amano Akira (180,760)


So those were the results everybody, I sure hope I wasn't the only one that found this disappointing ><
How did Gintama beat KRR? Yotsubato beat D.Gray-man?
And god- BLEACH isn't even good!!!
What is this?
...
disgraceful?
oh well- back to reading shoujo I guess ;3
Just as much action with at least more decent story lines then shounen these days -w-"


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Hana to Akuma Ending Review [SPOILER]

SPOILER WARNING

Only for those who have finished the manga because they can read nihongo- and don't need to wait for translations.

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I ADORED the ending of HANA TO AKUMA

It was bittersweet everybody~ stop complaining that it's sad -w-"
For a shoujo manga, this now goes on as one of the best on my list of epic endings.

Hana to Akuma parts with us in a 27 page ending, I was hoping they'd get a special and run for 40+... but I guess, short and sweet is good too ne? ^^

With a beautiful full-color page as the beginning~ mind you, featuring both Hana and Vivi with their eyes closed, which made it so so much better (since their eyes was the main reason I seriously considered dropping this)!
The color page seems to have an "antique" feeling to it? The type of tea-stained effect color-scheme, which makes it so oddly romantic... >w<

We start "episode.58" (as the cover reads), with a timeskip to "1 year later", with a beautiful wedding dress on Hana and Vivi looking fine as usual... guess what? They finally get married! YAY!
Just a question: How old is Hana again after the time-skip? She looks 15-16 -w-"

Momo also pays a visit to Hana at her wedding, sending her down the aisle with a smile and we are finally given our last romantic moment with Hana and Vivi under the moonlight, hugging and a smile on their faces.

With another skip through time- we are seen with a young girl walking home who looks suspiciously like Hana, meeting with Eleanor and Felton- then seeing her brother (who looks like Momo and Vivi's gay child XD) ushers him towards their car.

As they meet Vivi, we see him standing in front of a grave and...

*le gasp*
it's Hana's T^T

Most of us, who have followed this manga ever since the beginning are probably tearing up by now- but let me continue...

We - the readers are finally given our last parting gift with Hana to Akuma with a series of flashbacks with Vivi being the narrator- finishing his little speech with a smile.

Flowers are then put in front of Hana's grave, and we are lead to presume that the two "young'ins" are the children of Vivi and Hana.

The story finally finishes with a picture of Hana's grave, several bouquets and a single rose from Vivi.

"To live in the hearts
of those we love
is never to die"
is the quote embedded on Hana's grave.

Doesn't that finish the story perfectly?

I'm actually kind of glad we don't get the Disney ending with "happily ever after" and Hana turns out to be an angel or get an immortal potion blah blah blah.

As I said, I ADORED this ending.
Bittersweet endings like this is the best ^^ (unless it's like Clannad and turns good after bad, or was just a happy story with no major complication like Immortal+Mortal to start with).


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Monogramic Concert

Heyaz~ it's Syuri again! ^^

So, has anybody been cheering for a monogram on stage lately?
An amazing phenomenon of thousands of Japanese cheering on a h.o.l.o.g.r.a.m. is eerily enticing seems to be the new hottest thing.

Crypton Future Media is to blame for creating and subsequently unleashing the popular singing synthesizer extraordinaire, Hatsune Miku (and her fellow vocafamily ^^), and this time (after finally collecting enough money from several million people + me)- they have finally released Miku's own concert!
Backed up by a live band only, Hatsune is arguably mesmerizing even as a hologram~

(Fact: the tickets were ALL sold out within 17 minutes upon release)
Check out the following clips ;3:
World Is Mine [Hatsune Miku]
Romeo & Cinderelle [Hatsune Miku]
Just Be Friends [Ruka... somethingicantrememberatthemoment]
Butterfly On Your Right Shoulder [Kagamine Ren+Rin]


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Air Gear ~Kuro no Hane to Nemuri no Mori~ OVA Episode 1 [WITH SPOILLERS]

Hey la~! It's Syuri here ;3 So I was searching online for the last few days for this upload and...

Yes! Finally out ^^ I was waiting so long for this! I <3 AG, and I'm so glad this is finally out... this was posted online a little earlier this week, but since this is an OVA, we'll have to wait till March of 2011 for te next one... *sad face* T^T

My musings~
#1: At the beginning where she attacks Simca (yes, it's Simca you idiot subbers- not Shimca, what are you? People who haven't even read the first chap of Air Gear? Simca was featured- go read it ;3), Ringo's belt was an apple?!?! Anybody else notice this? I thought that it was so fitting to her name but so weirdly un-fitting for her outfit ^^
#2: They shortened the whole sequence a LOT compared to the manga, but unlike a lot of other animes- I think Air Gear's anime is very fitting for random cuts, because there are oly a few important moments (don't get me wrong though- those 'important' moments should be marked as 'epic'!).
#3: Ringo's and Ikki's fight was AWESOME! Smooth animation, the pretty illustrations of the thorn queen, the overdramatic ripping of clothes (relax. it's the guy's), Ringo's amazing mood swing, the awesome sound effect- EVERYTHING you'd want in a fight ^^ Start at "I can crush you" and watch their fight if there's nothing else you want to see (but then again, it's more than half the ep...). Their match each other so well~! Only thing that I have to pick on- what's with Ringo randomly flashing her bra???
#4: Ikki ripping his shirt off. Equals. Dumb. Moral of the day- in a battle where your opponent can shoot throns at you, keep all clothing on the protect oneself.
#5: ending... with the... kiss... *sigh* so sweet~ too sweet la~ oh wells ^^ me love anyways~ (not to mention the extra at the end with Iron was oo funny XD)

AUDIO:
Epic! With a 'k'! AG music never fails to impress ;3 The theme song is good too (guitar-wise anyway, learnt it on guitar the other day afterall, I don't learn things I'm not interested in ^^)

ANIMATION:
Better than the original, very smooth- but the art is nothing to die for, just very easy on the eyes~
Hair and eyes of the charas look much MUCH better though... ^^

NEW CHARAS (including those that weren't very featured in the last one):
Iron Clock: his voice seems... deeper? Probably the most 'in' chara apart from Kanon though ^^
Simca: I like her new voice- it's... less annoying? Did they change her seiyu or did she get better?
Kanon: I love him. Not as a guy. Not as a chara. But as someone to piss others off, that the role as the one who moves the story- this guy is too lovable ;] His evil laugh is so LOVABLE
Kururu: Help. Me. I. Want. To. Kill. That. Annoying. B*tch. She is also not as "Kururu-like" as I would have liked her to be... "Let's get revenge"? What happened?!?! Her personality changes too easily... And oh, did I mention? I hate her voice -w-"

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