Finished

I have seen episodes 4 to 11 (the last), but will still do my lamereviews per episode instead of just putting my thoughts on the whole series. I’m so late on this, I know. It’s just that I haven’t felt like blogging about anime lately. -_-


Episode 4 - Apology Man

This episode is about Hiroko’s boyfriend who works in a construction firm. He tries his best at his job, so that the workers wouldn’t get mad at him. He tried his best, but was then transferred to an office job with regards to sales. He suddenly regrets not being too serious with his work. He realized that he was afraid to take risks.

When I saw this episode, I felt the story would somehow revolve around him and Hiroko on how their work will affect their relationship. I thought it was already going to be bad for them in this episode, but aside from a canceled date nothing very bad happened.


Episode 5 - Turn-Around Man

Miyu’s dream is to be able to write a book with her favorite author. After she was able to land a contract for her favorite author, she found out from Hiroko that it would be Hiroko herself who would be in charge of her favorite author and not her. It frustrated her. She didn’t concentrate on the job she was reassigned to. When she complained to the chief, she was told that a second year like her wouldn’t be able to do that job and she has to do other tasks to gain more experience. She was able to fully concentrate after talking to her favorite author who admitted that she asked the chief to let Hiroko take in charge of her just so she could broaden her horizons.

It is true that if you stayed with one audience, they will eventually get tired of you. This type of thing does not only work with authors, but with others too. Like when you create homepages, you have to change your the look of your designs from time to time. I think that when you stick to something like that, you end up losing some of your creativity. Wanting to be creative means trying things you haven’t before. All right, this may already be out of the topic already, but I hope you guys get what I mean. It’s one of the lessons we get to learn in this series. :3


Episode 6 - Princess Man

One of the staff is ’somewhat’ thoroughly introduced in this episode. Yumi-chan, an editor, gives special scoops on a famous baseball player Shimura. Hiroko needs to interview him in her article Seven Samurai. She asks Yumi for help. She’s fine with it, but treated her coldly that was least expected by Hiroko. She rewrites her proposal to a shorter one after figuring out that Yumi does only have limited time with the baseball player. She goes to the field by herself to try to talk to Shimura herself, but the other reporters ignore her and even run over her. Yumi helps her up and introduces Hiroko to Shimura. Hiroko quickly explains her article to him and is finally granted permission. He says he can’t turn down a woman anyway.

Some of us may have met a Yumi-chan in one part of our lives. She’s the type of girl who uses her sexuality to get the job she wants. She claims there is nothing wrong with that. I did that before. Fyi, no, I didn’t sell my body to get what I want. Acting cute and sweet definitely got what I wanted. I was spoiled. This happened when our band was doing well with gigs. I met someone who handles productions and he gave us priority. He made us perform more songs than other bands. It was bad actually, but we enjoyed it. I had fun and I’m grateful. Yet I still feel guilty. I don’t know if Yumi feels guilty, but it’s true that if you want something real bad, you got to do everything you can to achieve or acquire it.


Episode 7 - Fussy Man

Hiroko is stressed with work and couldn’t get her gears working. She goes out for a short trip to the massage parlor, but, Shirakawa, the one who always assists her is on a day-off. Shirakawa is having troubles of her own too. They affect her work which make her worry more. She decides to quit her job and work on another place, but it doesn’t seem better. She told her boss that if they’re always pushed and stressed they wouldn’t be able to relieve the stresses of their customers.

It might have looked like a mistake to quit and move somewhere, but people irl do that, right? Once they find themselves too stressed and not happy with their work, they decide to move on to someplace else. I wish I could do that. Ha! Anyway, I thought this series will focus only on the staffers in Jidai. Seems like anyone Hiroko gets in contact with ends up having their own episode.

Episode 8 - Payoff Man

This is an interesting episode. I hate to admit that I was touched with the work Chiba goes through and how he reacted after Natsume thanked him for selling her books.

Natsume’s story that is being serialized in Jidai will be released into a book. Hiroko talked to Chiba in charged of its sales to print more than 20,000 copies of as she believes it will really sell out. But Chiba wouldn’t change his mind. They’re afraid that they might not be able to sell more than that anymore. Plus, he wouldn’t let feelings rule their decision on how many books they have to print. Chiba is an interesting character. I know that you have to tease customers or give them a ’sales talk’ just so they would buy your product, but he’s a great actor. I thought he reads 54, but he doesn’t and only acted like he does. Just so he could easily relate to their customers. Then it was shown why he’s like that after his experience on a book he sold and promoted with extreme eagerness. He worked hard especially when the girl who edited the book was his crush. Just when the sales topped, the girl said it was all thanks to the author. He realized that he did all that for nothing. He wanted to be praised. It was different for Natsume’s work though. When he got to read 54 and noticed how much people liked the story, he told his boss to print more than 20,000. He was aiming 50,000 like Hiroko asked. He ended up with 40,000, but it was better than just sticking to 20,000. More copies were printed as every bookstore quickly sold out Natsume’s book. It was amazing. During the celebration party on the huge sale of Natsume’s work, Natsume quickly thanked Chiba. She found out from Hiroko that Chiba had pressed his boss on printing 40,000 on the first publication. He cried. Surprised that the author took notice of him and his hard work.

All of us want to be thanked for something we do for other people. Big or small. Also, if others have done something for us, we shouldn’t forget to thank them. The thought really counts. You know, it gives this warm feeling that we don’t experience everyday.

Episode 9 - The Full-Fledged Hataraki Man

Hiroko was given an article where she is the chief editor. The title of the article this time is Fifty Samurai. She said she could do it, but she overworked herself. She got sick, but couldn’t rest until she’s able to finish this article. She was given more work when some of the people she gave parts to had to back out because they got sick or didn’t want to do it anymore (as far as I recall). When one of the people she had to interview died, things didn’t go out smoothly after. This person who died is Mimura who did something related to computers. He worked too hard which they say probably resulted to him being sick and ended up dying. So, yeah, working too hard doesn’t always mean we’ll get high rewards. Our body will also suffer. Too much is always bad. Anyway, following on Mimura’s way of working, when she got her article done, she thanked him in a whisper. I do not really recall what happened in this episode. I found it somewhat boring after the excitement from the previous episode.

Episode 10 - Not-Working Man

The last of the four ladies in the editorial section, Kaji is introduced in this episode. She’s like the very, very mature version of Yumi-chan. She doesn’t flirt, but she gives this vibe that makes you respect and like her at the same time. She doesn’t take advantage of her being a female. Hiroko seems out of it in this episode. All that was shown is her thinking about her job and how Kaji handles her work and of being a woman. Kaji has a lover who was in an accident. That’s what they thought. She didn’t falter after hearing of the accident although she smiled when she was told of the good news that her lover wasn’t in the accident. Anyway, Hiroko was very weird in this episode. It wasn’t very clear until episode 11…


Episode 11 - Even So, Hataraki Man

Not-so-good things happened to Hiroko. Aside from the stress in her job, her apartment gets flooded as water leaked from the ceiling. It was a busy time for her because no one can work at a home in such state. She wanted to stay at her boyfriend’s house for the meantime. Instead, her boyfriend tells her that they should just clean up her room and have the problem fixed asap. So they did, but the fixing will take about a week to finish.

Hiroko works very hard because she’s got passion for her work. One night, while working on an article, her boyfriend visits her by surprise. He was drunk. He tells her that when he looks at her, all he could see is his worthless self. That may hurt although he did say that it isn’t Hiroko’s fault. I believe so too. It’s probably because the guy doesn’t actually have the passion for the work he’s currently in. He wanted to work in the field, but ended up in sales. Well, I guess it’s hard to blame him entirely. One would feel insecure of your partner who’s successful and is enjoying work while you’re not. Then again, if you think positively, you wouldn’t feel that low of yourself. Not all good things happen quickly. You got to be patient and, at the same time, you have to work harder.

After writing all these down, I could say that this is a good series. I have never given the series much though until I did this lamereview. Oh, I apologize for any grammar errors. I may have missed some here and there. If you made it up to here, congratulations! I know most of you would have ignored this post seeing the length of it. XD; I would have added screenshots too so it wouldn’t be boring, but my Zoom Player wouldn’t let me.

Episode 24



Kyouhei has gone missing after the incident in his home. Even though his mom doesn’t like him that much because of the nonstop calls, visitors, etc. for Kyouhei, Sunako had to even tell him that she doesn’t want to be near him anymore. Kyouhei ran away to somewhere unmentioned. He seems to get by from helping people and taking whatever hospitable offer they could give him. He also joins food eating contests in various restaurants and even became a leader of a gang that he made do community service. The other 3 boys ask Sunako-chan if anything happened when Kyouhei was home. She said she doesn’t know anything, but she starts feeling guilty. The boys found out that Kyouhei isn’t returning because a member from the gang said (from a TV show) that Kyouhei mentioned not having a home to go back to. They lecture Sunako and try to make a way for Kyouhei to come back with the help of an offer from the restaurant they used to work to. That restaurant will be covered on TV and they will use it to bring Kyouhei back. Sunako also helps out by making herself look dazzling. You should see how she does it. XD

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Episode 20


Three girls kidnapped Hiroshi-kun because they thought it is Kyouhei’s favorite after seeing him talking to it behind the bushes. Sunako went out to search for him. She didn’t go home for one night then later on was found on a dumpster. She didn’t take the time to eat nor drink the whole time she searched. After probably 2 days, the mannequin thieves sent a letter to Sunako of the whereabouts of her beloved Hiroshi-kun. She hurries there, but instead that she gets Hiroshi-kun right away, they ask her to bring Kyouhei to them first. They will have him kneel down, get him naked, they’ll caress him, and make him moan. She hardly hesitated when she answered, “I can’t do that.” It surprised everyone. She cried, ran away, and bumped into Kyouhei. Kyouhei then gave himself up, so he could get Hiroshi-kun. Fortunately, the girls passed out from his being TOO HOT, he left them and brought Hiroshi-kun with him.

I laughed out loud after watching the part when the girls said they wanted to do this and that to Hiroshi-kun. One of the girls seem to have a S&M fetish. XD I also want to do this and that to some men I know (I don’t have a S&M fetish, btw), but I wouldn’t go as far as they did. Also, I’m not that desperate… I can only do that in my dreams or in my imagination.
The production company are probably few on resources as the voices of the thieves are familiar. They sound like those Goth~ Goth~ Loli~ Loli~ girls. I guess that’s very expected when they could do that much to the animation.

Episode 21


Sunako’s dad visits the mansion after finding out that his daughter is staying with four boys. He was so angry that he was literally on fire. His entrance to the mansion is similar to Sunako’s. Kyouhei was very right on how something like that happened previously. Sunako’s Papa looked fierce and all, but he just loves her daughter too much. Seeing his daughter change as she grew up, she became distant and he felt hated. What he didn’t know is that she kept her distance because she didn’t want him to find out her hobbies or the things she likes. He faints at the sight of scary things. His visit concerns not only of Sunako and her staying with the boys, but of Kyouhei. Because, while on his way to the mansion, he overheard the Goth~ Goth~ Loli~ Loli~ girls talking about Sunako and Kyouhei’s actually-non-existent relationship. He became wary of him. Just like any father, he’s afraid he might not be good for his daughter. He kept his eye on him and even tested him. He liked him in the end though. In fact, he even asked him to look after Sunako. Sunako’s mom makes an appearance at the near-end of the episode. She drops by to pick up the ‘Papa.’ The boys were stunned by her prettiness _and_ her strength. If Sunako started acting like a true lady, she’ll be like her mother (also with the great strength — !!!) or maybe prettier.

Episode 22-23


Instead of futile attempts in turning Sunako into a true lady, it seems the story will focus on Kyouhei. This starts on episode 22. Kyouhei gets kidnapped this time. He’s taken by cult-looking people. Kyouhei was saved by Yuki. He was discovered in a cave and tied on a throne-like chair. o_o The cult-looking kidnappers are atually the store owners near his old home. He left that place because his mom got sick and tired of the endless phone calls, faxes, packages, etc. for Kyouhei. He tried his best to stop those only to get in trouble. He decided that to end his mom’s agony is to leave his home.

The kidnapping was headed by Kyouhei’s dad. His dad wasn’t sure of what happened, but he didn’t like it when he heard the things Kyouhei’s mom would say about wanting Kyouhei to disappear and such. For whatever reason, a mother shouldn’t say things like that to their children. She shouldn’t apologize if the sight of him still angers her. Stupid mother. I guess Sunako realized this because she’s treated differently by others (only opposite of how Kyouhei attracts attention) yet her mom wouldn’t be bothered by it. Sunako’s method of helping Kyouhei didn’t do much help and her after saying she doesn’t want to be with him is probably going to be a problem to their friends.

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I almost wanted to forget reviewing this episode even though I already finished watching it. It’s even the last episode of the series, but I should being a lazy ass and get this over with. XD

The school vice president is still after Yamaguchi; trying to find something to ruin her reputation, getting her fired, and aiming to become the next president (or something because I already forgot) of whatever it is that’s going to be erected on the school grounds after it gets demolished. His plan fails because her students and her ‘men’ back her up and the school president already knows her background.

(Please correct me if I’m wrong with my episode summary as I hardly recall what happened and I only skimmed through the episode.)

I was a bit hesitant to watch this series because I was given the idea of the show being similiar to GTO. The series is similar because both protagonists want to become teachers. Not only do they teach academic stuff, but also in real-life issues. The difference is that Yamaguchi is a daughter of the head of a yakuza while Onizuka isn’t. Of course there are differences with the art and the humor as well. GTO’s better at both, though it doesn’t mean Gokusen sucks. The art might turn you off, but it’s still an enjoyable series.

Animation: 3.5/5
Story: 3.5/5
Sound: 4/5
Character: 4/5
Enjoyment: 4/5

Fufufu~ I finished the Prince of Tennis tv series last Friday. Whew! After a long time, I finally managed to. I kept pushing it aside because I got tired from watching too many of the tennis tournaments. If you watch it straight from episode 1 to about 70+, the tournaments will really get to your nerves. It’s like watching Full Moon o Sagashite with a single song playing a number of times in every episode. Know what I mean? That’s forgiven anyway because a series with lots of boys would mean possible YAOI pairs.
When I watched from about episode 160 to the end, I kind of regretted not watching it earlier. The filler episodes are hilarious. I did mention this in my blog about the obvious hints of InuKai, TezuFuji, OishixKikumaru (or vice-versa), and my favorite pair TezuRyo. The yaoi fangirl in me is finally very satisfied with the series. *rofl* I enjoyed all the chibi, prince-of-various-sports, and other extra episodes. They were good enough to make one forget tennis for a little while. SD-Tezuka is so OOC XD And Oishi acting as the mother is extreme CRACK! I wasn’t very happy with the ending though because it sucks Ryoma wouldn’t be able to play in the Nationals. But, you know, the only fortunate thing for finishing watching the tv series just recently is that the National Chapter OAV is already showing. That means I would see right away what happened after Ryoma left for the US Open. I’d go on, but discussing about the OAV should go to a different post.

This is the longest anime I have ever seen. (I would say Ranma 1/2, but I’m pretty sure I missed a lot of its episodes or a season.) Prince of Tennis will be my first favorite sports anime in my list.

Animation: 4/5
Story: 4/5
Sound: 4/5
Character: 4/5
Enjoyment: 4.5/5

Oh, I have yet to see Ryoma grow a little bit. Even only a few centimeters maybe.
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I wouldn’t be making a per-episode rant/review since, a lot had already done that and you’ll probably ignore this post if still went on with it. Just to give my point-of-view on episodes 20-24, it certainly got better with the action scenes. Interesting how Alice becomes the strongest in the group, when she started out as a character that does nothing but BLAH-BLAH-BLAH. I could forgive that because I’ve seen her with her really kick-ass weapon. I didn’t think she was the kind of girl who would take the time to learn other weapons than the dagger-like thing she always brings with her. She would look cooler without the army coat.

There were episodes before these that were only fillers that could have been removed or easily summarized to short-fillers in the end of some episodes. This series could have been, at most, 16 episodes. But no, they had to make more than 20 episodes. I continued watching this series because Orland impressed me with his skills in the first episode. He got lamer and lamer by the episode. *bah* He went all EMO in the end. Sheesh~

All in all, I can’t say it’s a great ride with this series. The animation’s alright. The drawing sometimes look as if they were lazily worked on. I could give a high rating on music though. The bgm, I mean. The opening and closing songs aren’t really my type. The ending songs are really unexpected from such series. I guess the production thinks the anime is too dark and, to make it lighter, they have to make a happy-feeling ending video.
Animation: 3.5/5
Story: 3/5
Sound: 4/5
Character: 3/5
Enjoyment: 3/5

Gawd, when I saw Hiroshi in a sexy pose, I thought I would puke. I can forgive the crappy animation because of all the hilarious things going on in this anime, but I can’t do so completely with Hiroshi being weird in the intro of every episode.

It’s Valentine’s Day. The boys dread the day because they know they will be followed by a huge crowd of girls. Whether outside or inside the school. What’s really funny in this episode is when the male teachers wanted to glomp Kyouhei. *rofl* XD Sunako ♥ chocolates. Haha~ She could have just asked the boys properly. She could have taken a few, right? Anyway, I don’t see a connection with Sunako loving chocos and becoming a lady. The series is already on its 19th episode (the subs that is) and there is still no progress with what the boys are supposed to do. Is it a hopeless case? I don’t think it is. I hope there will be some progress. I hope they would stop with the filler episodes and get on with the main plot of the anime. Although the filler episodes aren’t that bad. :P

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WTF. Bokura ga Ita just KILLED ME with the extreme drama. I find the series damn good. So good that I want more. I’m not satisfied with the open ending. They could have just included the last part of the 8th volume of the manga. The ending with Takahashi chasing the train then watching it leave on a cold, snowy winter day just made the anime more sad than it already was. It wasn’t even heart-warming, darnit. I wouldn’t mind the drama, but at least a semi-satisfying ending would it alright. *sighs*

Before I give my input on the characters and the story, I’d like to make a few comments with the animation. So far, the simplicity of the anime is a major point. I like it. It kind of gives this Kareshi Kanojo no Jijyo feeling to it. There are times though that the main characters would look sad. The part when Takahashi was waiting for Yano in front of the station. Takeuchi and Yano, at the same time, headed there… I thought it was Yano who got there first, but Takeuchi beat him to it. I was also confused by the voice because he sounded like Yano. I didn’t notice that the music at the near-end of the episodes changes. Some episodes weren’t that dramatic, but whenever those music would play, it really gives off this melancholic feeling.

Others weren’t happy with this series. But I think it’s a good series. It’s already in my favorites, btw. Yano isn’t the perfect guy than what he seemed to be in the first episode. He may be cold or rash with Nanami, but his choice of words when he’s being honest with his love for Nanami can make you melt. Takeuchi may be a good guy and he’s right about Yano being almost impossible to understand… But I still root for Yano and Nanami. He’s Nanami’s first boyfriend, so I could forgive her if she gets indecisive or get easily hurt/mad when she could easily talk it with Yano instead of just ignoring him. I saw how she matured through their high school years. I was surprised when told Takeuchi to stop being nice to her when she’s weak. That he was being unfair. He somewhat takes advantage of the situation when she and Yano fights. We know all he wants is to protect her, but he also knows his limit. He can’t force Nanami to like him when all she sees is Yano. I pity Nanami because she’s trying hard and Yano isn’t completely open with her. I know he’s right when he said that Nanami’s mentioning pointless things. I believe he would have eventually moved on and made Nana become a memory (even though he doesn’t believe in memories), if he and Nanami had led a normal, happy couple life. I guess Nanami just wants Yano to move on by facing the problem instead of trying to forget it. She’s afraid that Yano isn’t completely in love with her. Like Yano’s feelings still linger for Nana. Well, we did witness that in the anime. It couldn’t be helped anyways. Nana’s dead. He loved her. As much as he wanted to hate her, he couldn’t. She was his first love. I contradicted myself, didn’t I?

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Episode 17


Sunako locks herself most of the time in her roof to watch her horror movies and eat a lot of junkfood at the same time. This caused her to have lots of pimples and to gain wait. The pimples kind of gave me goosebumps. Noi gives her tips, but Sunako already went back to her room. She hardly cares for herself anyway. Then Ranmaru’s fiancee arrives. She plans to become a lady/woman/girl that Ranmaru will love. This episode is about beauty and Noi and Tamao (Ranmaru’s fiancee) becoming ideal for Takenaga and Ranmaru respectively.


Episode 18


The guys used a different tactic this time for turning Sunako into a lady. Their tactic is like a “If you can’t beat them, join them” thing. They were able to make Sunako wear a gothic dress after they told her that she’s out of place. She was hesitant, but when she wore it she fell in love with the feeling of wearing the dress. She was really into it that when she needed to buy food ingredients, she wore that. She got more attention this time. She didn’t realize that the more she’s trying to be different, the more she will just gain attention. Isn’t that what she hates? :P Sunako got into a trouble when she went with a kid who showed her his hideout. The people thought the kid was kidnapped by her. Kyouhei comes to rescue her once more. He wore a prince outfit, so it would seem they were just having a cosplay or a shooting. They think it was a bit of progress for getting Sunako to wear a dress. It sure was a progress. In the end, she said she didn’t mind wearing a dress once in a while.

Episode 13


Hiroshi is starting to freak me out. Sunako becomes uber girly. Thanks to the mushroom Yuki got from the Goth~Loli girls. They were chanting/praying using those mushroom to transform them into girls that the boys will like. They were suddenly chased away by a dog that was interested with the mushrooms. The boys puked when they found out where they came from, but Sunako ate all of it. She transformed to somebody who’s more than a lady. They thought they’re free from paying rent. But, they got shy around her and so did she. Feeling uncomfortable, they wanted the old Sunako back. They did that things that Sunako hated, but nothing turned her back to normal. Seemingly, by the end of the day, Sunako turned back to normal. The “metamorphosis” didn’t last very long.

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It sucks that my computer can’t take screencaps from mkv-format videos. I’m getting the mkv version of eclipse’s Pumpkin Scissors. The only thing I like it when it’s mkv is that I can skip the opening and ending parts.
I’m led to believe that the higher-ups of the army or the Empire are up to something. In episode 17, the Himmel drug that is being sold in the sewers is supplied by Silver Wheel. An underground group, it seems, that probably consists of rich people. I thought the long-haired guy who met up with the president of the sewers lines company was Alice’s fiance. After watching the recently-released episode 19, I realized how wrong I was. If he was it would be super cliche.
Episodes 18 and 19 are filler episodes. Episode 18 is cute though. Stekkin’s so childish. She should watch what she says or Mach’s will get hurt more. XD Episode 19 is somewhat serious. I’m not really interested about Alice’s engagement unless it’s part of a big happening. The fat guy in the ball is though… The people that the big guy spied on has something against/for him. I didn’t quite understand that part.

Episode 11: The Quiet Quickening

Section III was interviewed by a big time newspaper to let the people be aware of the tasks they’re assigned to. There were mixed reactions. Some were supportive. Some were not. Of course, it could happen that people’s dreams get shattered when you’ve been in a war for so long. Not many people believe they can restore happiness in everyone. Restoration is hard for them to do since out of desperation do people tend to more bad things. Alice gets kidnapped by Cecile, whose brother was killed for finding out information about the Invisible 9. He was supposed to publish his findings in the newspaper, but he died before he actually completed the article. When he was killed, his manuscript and memos were taken or disappeared. Cecile has a copy though. His brother made a copy, but divided it into 3. Cecile only has the first part it seems. They’re going to use Pumpkin Scissors to find the rest of the manuscript and have it published. They want the people to know what the army/government is up to. The squad searched for her as soon as they found out from Alice’s self-proclaimed fiance.

So far, this is an interesting episode next to episode 1. It takes a single episode per character just to introduce them. This is the second time that we get to see Alice’s self-proclaimed fiance. I call him since it is true and I’ve forgotten his name.

Episode 12: The Unseen Pain

This is the second and last part to the story in episode 11. Alice was released. She returned to their office and reported to their captain what her kidnappers’ intentions are. It seems that Dalton, the reporter who interviwed them previously, is also interested in the Invisible 9 after seeing the Door Knocker w/ Oland. He made contact with Dr. Colt. I remember he’s the father of tanks. He was paid a visit by the female scientist (if she really is). She killed him, I don’t know how, for finding out about the Invisible 9. Cecile’s friends sold the manuscript to Dalton causing them to get killed. Dalton was killed too. Alice and Oland encountered this assassin. Alice tried to get information from him, but he poisoned himself. The assassin seems to be one of the experiments of the female scientist.

The newspaper chief seems to be part of something, but we are not sure what. When he was presented by the copy of the manuscript then Dalton left to get the scoop completed, the chief had to talk to someone. I think that whoever he talked to must have caused Cecile’s friends to get killed. Also Dalton.

Being the said father of tanks, I didn’t think Dr. Colt was unaware of the turning humans into weapons experiment. I knew he was going to die at some point.

The boys are in another task. Sunako’s aunt called. She told them that Sunako should get an 80 in her math test or else they would start paying rent in full again. Takenaga found out that Sunako’s score in a math quiz is a 3, so they had to do something. Sunako wasn’t really into it. Kyouhei got mad at her; said she always ran from every problem she encounters. Kyouhei tried his best too just to prove to her that you can do achieve anything as long as you try your best. Sunako did study in the end. She also got a stomachache from Yuki’s disastrous cooking. Very impressive, yet she got her answers mixed up. She got another 3 then.
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The continuation of murdery mystery was solved by Sunako. The chef was behind the incident. But the problems didn’t end there. Sunako found out that the knife used still wasn’t found. So she was so determined and sneaked around which caused trouble for the other guests. Sayuri, the hostess who Ranmaru is very fond of, decided to get rid of what was causing the problem. That wasn’t the only case though. She blamed Sunako for getting her plans ruined — including the capture of the suspect. So she tricked her to an old warehouse. She set the place on fire. Good thing one of the female workers informed the guys that the hostess had a guest with her. Kyouhei saved her. The evidence was saved as well. The video camera that Sunako used to video in her search for clues/evidences was able to record the hostess confession of her plans. She also got to record the time when she called Sunako ugly. The boys weren’t a bit happy about this. Even Ranmaru defended Sunako.

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No screencaps because I got too engrossed in watching to take them. XD


Episode 8

This episode is about Kyouhei’s want for Nabe and eating it while in a kotatsu. He’s becoming a bit of a brat. Wanting this and wanting that. Making Sunako as if their maid. Poor Sunako The guys then suggested that if Kyouhei wants Nabe, he should accompany Sunako to the market. Things went great for them in the market. They got a lot of free or cheap food because they thought Sunako, the known creepy girl, finally got a boyfriend. They celebrated and cheered for them. It went that way at first, but girls suddenly came and all their needed ingredients for Nabe was stepped on or gone. Sunako got mad and left with hardly any penny left. Things got better in the end though. They got to eat nabe and they also got kotatsu which was handmade by Sunako.


Episode 9

Episode 9’s the first part of the murder mystery that happened in a hot spring resort where the gang was. Ranmaru was invited by the hostess there and was told to bring his friends along. That’s why they are there. The ping pong fight was funny. XD The starting background music reminded me of Prince of Tennis. And the moves… They named their moves! XDDD I didn’t think Sunako could be that good with ping-pong. Haha~ She could do anything just to get what she wants (they bet on a key to the safe where their travel expenses are kept). Something else happened between Sunako and Kyouhei, btw. They were charging into the ping-pong table and, since it was too fast that I didn’t get to see what happened to the net, they suddenly locked lips together! Haha~ XD Of course Sunako had another nosebleed and faint fit. Kyouhei then brought Sunako to her room. Ranmaru went with the hostess while the three (Noi was with them) went for karaoke. When Sunako suddenly woke up in the middle of the night, she finds Kyouhei in her room gazing out to the night sky. She stood beside him. A few minutes later, they saw Ranmaru running. Then a girl shrieks of their manager being dead. I guess Ranmaru and the hostess would become a suspect for this.

This episode is about how Pumpkin Scissors came to be. The longest members of the group are Captain and the one who takes care of Mercury. Oreld and then Machs joined. Then Alice came last among them until the corporal was recruited. Machs was different before he joined Section III (aka Pumpkin Scissors). He was removed from his section because he meddled with the plans of the Major which led him to realize that the major was corrupt. When Alice joined, Machs and Oreld barely listened to her orders, but everything changed when they were able to arrest the major from Mach’s previous section. Section III finally knew their identity. Alice gave their section a name as it is necessary to rally all of them together.

Alice old hairstyle is bad. Haha~ Pigtails? I wouldn’t have expected her to come from a highly respected family and with a HOT fiance if I’d seen her first with that kind of hairstyle. Mach’s too is kinda old-skool.

Watched this movie with my brother since I got him to watch the tv series before. Watching this series made me miss FMA. I watched this when I got all the subs and, I must say, it probably sucked watching this while it was still showing. Waiting for subs is sometimes an overkill. Anyway, I’m impressed with the animation on this movie. It’s still the same as the tv series, but the characters are older. Winry’s pretty and she seemed to have followed well from her grandma’s job. I wasn’t too happy with the ending. I am happy that he’s finally reconciled with his brother, but what’s with Edward’s attachment to the “normal” world & wanting to stay there? He could just stay where he came from and close the damn gate from that side. Seeing everything that he had left and the world he chose… I would say he made a wrong decision. It’s like he hasn’t escaped from any battle even though he’s finally done with his attempt to see his brother again.

I watched Saikano TV series thinking it was going to be some hardcore drama. But war stuff doesn’t get me sad or teary-eyed even a bit. The ending only had me a bit sad. I’m a sappy romantic. Haha~ The only thing that had me thinking was, “What happened to Shuji?” He was the only one left alive. o_o Even Chise who transformed into big fighting-plane like thing was only a spirit. (Correct me if I’m wrong.) I didn’t expect that it would be answered in this oav (well, it didn’t answer my question anyway), but it covers up some things about Chise’s becoming an ultimate-fighting weapon. She’s powerful yet she cannot control herself. Whatever that was planted in her seems to have a mind of its own that it attacks just about whoever attacks her… Even though she’s allies around her. -_- The first episode wasn’t that sad, but the second episode made me teary-eyed. She was afraid of what could happen to her. She didn’t want to fight anymore becuase she doesn’t have control of herself when she fights. She doesn’t want to kill more than she already has. And she just wanted to live normally with her boyfriend.

*bah* It’s raining so hard tonight. Eclipse is just in good timing with their release of episode 9. XD I had a Pumpkin Scissors marathon before dinner. I thought more information about Orland would be disclosed when Machs researched about him. So far, we get to know that 901’s known as the Invisible 9. They were made to fight against tanks, as their name ATT implies, since tanks are the ultimate weapon in war. Machs found out about Orland’s weapon when they visited to Dr. Colt to research a tank they got from Wolkins (the guy who targets people using a tank). I thought the series would revolve around Orland, but I think not anymore. One is because of the tank in question. When they tried to get information about it, some people had it destroyed. Then when they went to a feudal lord who keeps stocks of the supplies he gets instead of giving it to the people, they got rifles with no name/serials. Also, there’s something weird about Alice’s fiance. Speaking of her fiance, man, HE’S HOT. XDDD

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Episode 03

I didn’t realize I skipped this episode. No wonder I was still looking forward to that episode where Sunako turned into a graceful lady (temporarily) and there was supposed to be a party held by her Aunt. They were all starting to worry about Sunako since they were left with only a few days before the supposed party. Things went hectic when Kyouhei was kidnapped by guys from a host club it seems. Sunako and the gang dresses up, so they could easily get in the club and get Kyouhei back. Sunako was into this because he’s her prey. How else could she kill him if he’s gone, right? XD;


Episode 07



The head of National Boss Association from Kumagoroshi, Hanayashiki Hiromi, falls in love with Sunako. He wants a duel against Kyouhei, just so he could have her. Kyouhei was pretty much against it. He leaves him be. As usual, leaving him alone didn’t keep that huge Hanayashiki quiet. Hanayashiki becomes Sunako’s enemy when Hiroshi went missing and found it in their secret base/quarters/whatever you call it. ^^;; Hiroshi’s a fave of Sunako, isn’t it? She went berserk when she found it missing. Good thing she found it before one of Hanayashiki’s guys burned it.
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Started watching Pumpkin Scissors after Ultra Maniac. I’ve been watching too much comedy lately that I think it’s about time I watch something that isn’t. Pumkin Scissors is an army group that was formed as part of war relief efforts. After the emperor declared ceasefire after a very long time of war, many soldiers became rebels and peace isn’t completely restored yet. The first episode gives us a little view on Randel Orland — a 901-ATT soldier than everyone seems to be scared of. I only wonder why there are still a lot who doesn’t know him. Including Alice L. Mavin who is the lieutenant (is that right?) of Pumpkin Scissors. Heck, I don’t think anyone from their group is aware of the 901-ATT. Their first enemy in this episode is from 903-CTT. I think CTT means Chemical Tactics Troop. Correct me if I’m wrong.
In episode 2, they were assigned to a task of educating a noble. A viscount, I guess. I forgot. I didn’t take notes on this episode. Before they even got to the nobleman’s mansion, they already found out about the reason why they were called. Machs, Oreld, and Orland become the nobleman’s targets — it’s like a hunting game usually by those rich people, but he uses tanks as his weapon and people as his targets. The maids refuse to turn against him because they couldn’t point a gun to a noble. But Alice is actually a noble and they found out after she told them her background. They were pointing guns at her then. She made them realize that they can point a gun at a noble. Orland used his amazing fighting skills once more. He killed the person who assists the nobleman in his hunting. He almost killed the noble too, if Alice hadn’t stopped him.

I was a bit reluctant to watch this series because it seemed boring. I THOUGHT WRONG. Well, I think it’s still to early to say that. I hope it gets better and better.

Woo-hoo! Finished another series. I feel like I haven’t watched a good number of anime this year compared to the previous years. Anyway, the ending to this show is okay. I didn’t expect that Maya’s love would be the prince himself. I was thinking it would be an unintroduced character. The prince is very much charming. Seeing him react weirdly when Nina turned him down is kind of OOC or, should I say, unexpected. I thought he would react in a dignified manner. While the girls were still collecting the holy stones, I pitied Maya. She was so desperate. All the time I thought it was for her dad to consider black magic. But it was because she was in love with the prince all her life. She was desperate enough just so she could marry the prince. Fortunately for her, Nina told the prince everything. They got together in the end. It’s a bit sad to know that the gang was erased of Maya’s memories. It would have been good news for them. Though I couldn’t believe she went as far as doing something evil to get all the holy stones.

If you want something comedic and shoujo then this is the series. Watch it! XD Maya’s chameleon is so cute and Maya’s weird facial expressions are funny. Must see!
Animation: 4/5
Story: 3.5/5
Sound: 4/5
Character: 3.5/5
Enjoyment: 5/5

Episode 15



Nina goes back to Magic Kingdom during her summer break, but she goes back again because her grandpa’s been nagging her too much. Maya returns too to look for the holy stone which she located near Tsujiai’s family’s beach house. She confesses to him, so she could easily go to his place. (She first thought it was in his house.)

Tsujiai invites Ayu, Nina, and Kaji to his family’s beach house. They played volleyball, swam, went sunbathing… Then Tsujiai sees Maya going to his place. They argued because Tsujiai realized she wasn’t serious about her confession. He told her that she probably doesn’t have anyone she actually likes. Then she got mad, said that she does, and storms off.

Oh, Nina and Maya finds the holy stone, but Maya was the one who was able to get it.
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Episode 13



Another filler episode. Nina’s mom puts up a booth to sell some old stuff of theirs in the flea market. Nina, Ayu, Tsujiai, and Kaji help out. There was a vest that the girls sold to their homeroom teacher. It was the vest of Nina’s dad… That he meant to throw away! It’s a magic vest that will make you say what’s on your mind and will tighten if you lie.


Episode 14



Luna pays a visit to Maya to help her find the holy stone. Luna isn’t really like Maya. She’s gloomy, lonely, depressed, etc. She’s way pessimistic. While they were going around (no reason was told), they ran into the other 4 — Nina, Ayu, Tsujiai, and Kaji. Luna drops her bag to the ground by accident. Kaji picks this up and, whoa, Luna falls in love with him! Luna meant well though when she gives him various odd-looking gifts. Kaji thinks otherwise. Poor Luna… She got sort of dumped in the end. She walks away, depressed once more, and drops her bag again. Someone picks up the bag and hands it to her. ^_^; I’m sure you know what happened then.
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It’s finally the start of summer break. Ayu’s sad because she won’t be seeing Kaji for a while. Fortunately, she and Nina get invited by Kaji and Tsujiai for the midsummer fireworks festival. The night before the festival, Ayu panics because she doesn’t have a decent yukata. Nina helps her by magically creating a kimono for her. Things were going smoothly til she had a problem with the yukata. To save Ayu from going naked, Nina makes something for Ayu. It’s not something you’d want to be seen in. Other than that, Tsujiai finds out about Nina’s secret.
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Maya’s butler, Sebastian, arrives. Not such a good butler though. He’s so into housekeeping and taking care of Maya, but he’s very annoying. I love his get-up though. XD I forgot why Maya did a potion. I’m pretty sure it’s for something against Nina. Sebastain stole the potion. He felt sad because Maya isn’t giving him much attention he wants or was really shaken by the fact Maya doesn’t like him. I forget. ^_^; Anyways, he escapes to the libary. The potion was spilled accidentally on picture books. The most spilled on picture was a buffalo. The other were disappearing because the potion didn’t spill too much on them. Ayu and Nina try to “control” the buffalo. Tsujiai was about to find out. Nina kept him from entering the library. I feel bad for Tsujiai, but seeing his face squeezed on the door was really, really, really, super hilarious. XDDD Check the screenshots! The buffalo was then captured by Sebastian. Maya said he would be responsible if she were to cause any problems.
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Maya’s so pissed with Nina that she makes a cursed doll. Ayu’s the one who freaks out though since Nina found the doll really cute. Poor Ayu! She’s so scared that she wants to have the doll thrown away. Nina almost did that, but gave the doll to Tsujiai. The doll wanted to stay with him when she was asked to do poison Nina. I didn’t think cursed dolls could feel love. XD Oh, but she changes her mind after Hiro told her that she would be turned back to her original self if she doesn’t do what she’s told.

She planned on putting poison in the soup Nina’s mom making. Accidentally, she spills everything on it. Nina didn’t get poisoned though. She did. Luckily, it wasn’t a real poison. It only gives some kind of allergy. :P
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What happened in episode 9 again? Oh yeah, Yuta visits again to give Nina a clue to the holy stone. He pisses her off though and ends up helping Maya instead. The white holy stone (that is one out of five holy stones, I recall) was located in a festival/park. Maya and Yuta were the first to arrive there before Ayu and Nina did. Before Yuta helped Maya, they rode some rides. I didn’t expect to see Maya very scared as they rode the roller coaster. XD A little later, Nina and Maya tried to get the holy stone. I wonder who would have gotten the stone if Yuta didn’t cast a wind spell. Anyway, Nina sure got lucky. It’s in this episode that her magic level started to increase. It’s like a game.
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Pine, Plum, and Bamboo visit their older cousin, Nina, to help her look for the holy stone. The little kids freak out Mikami, the girls’ homeroom teacher, as they enter the human world thru it. The little kids weren’t much of a help after they tried to make something to help look for the holy stone. They had this thunderballs and their potion spilled to a robot made of blocks. Maya was at the scene too because she got mad when her dearest Lulu got hit with a thunderball. Nina does some magic to stop the ruckus, but it seems the principal really fixed everything.

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Matsukata Hiroko is an editor in the weekly Jidai magazine. She’s referred to as “Hataraki Man,” being that she works extremely above the normal when she’s on work mode. She makes it sure that she writes a great article. She won’t stop until it satisfies her. The first episode is like an introduction about her character. She’s got a boyfriend although they barely see each other, it seems due to work. (No sex for 3 months already even.) She gets to write an article about a minister. She’s very much pissed off because they shortened her interview time. But the minister’s secretary calls her and gives all the information she knows about him. Not very good information though. She writes this article and publishes it. She started getting threatening calls. The minister then accuses his secretary of all the things said about him. So as not to disclose her source, she writes another article.

Episode 2 is about Stakeout Man — Sugawara Fumiya. He’s a photographer for gossip columns in the magazine. His job is to get racy photos of an Olympic athlete and her coach (who’s got an afro and a sideburn *lol*). His first stakeout attempt is a failure. In his second, Hiroko goes with him. Mostly because she wants to find out why Sugawara dislikes her a lot. Sugawara doesn’t seem very friendly around with the girls. He finds them, I think, annoying. It’s probably because of the ladies he has dealt with in his work. Their stakeout wasn’t successful and Hiroko was still unclear of Sugawara’s attitude to her. Sugawara though was able to figure out why he dislikes Hiroko.

Ramen Man, episode 3 of Hataraki Man, is Kubo-chan. He helps Tanaka write an article about ramen which is supposedly for Hiroko to work on. She was so pissed that he had to continue to write about it. Hiroko dislikes him a lot for being so laid back and isn’t that much resourceful. For example, instead of looking for a ramen expert himself, he just asked Hiroko. In the end, Hiroko told him to talk to Kubo-chan. Kubo-chan’s work is more about food and erotica. I didn’t expect that Hiroko and him to be close. I mean, Kubo-chan looks like the type Hiroko would dislike. They’re close since they got in weekly Jidai at the same time and there isn’t much to worry about him when it comes to work-related information.

I’ll definitely watch the rest of this series. XD Even moreso after hearing Sugawara and confirming that Kazuya Nakai (he also did Mugen’s of Samurai Champloo) who voiced him. Based on ANN, this series will only have 11 episodes. Anyway, I like how realistic the story is… All of us get tired of all those magical, fighting, etc. type of anime, right? Hataraki Man sort of reminds me of Genshiken. Please don’t ask me why. Ahh, why are the good animes short?

Btw, I don’t think I’ll be able to post screencaps because I’m getting the HD version of this series from Arienai Fansubs.

Sunako has been sick for a week already and the guys don’t know what to do. The house is a complete mess — they couldn’t get to eat decent food, their belongings are everywhere, molds have formed in their bathroom, and they couldn’t get a bath — well, that’s just a few of the problems they’re having. They tried to cheer Sunako who, after finding out it was already November, got depressed. They thought she missed a birthday or something… They didn’t know it was halloween that she missed. Noi found out when she visited their place. She tried to do her best to fix their mess. Sadly, she wasn’t of a big help for them. When Sunako gave her a pumpkin to cheer Noi up, that’s when she found out about the halloween thing. They set up a late and small halloween party for her. Sunako was so happy about it that she locked herself with a pumpkin, Hiroshi, and the rest of her displays.

This episode isn’t as funny as the previous ones. I’m starting to get tired of seeing Sunako in SD form and, what, it’s just episode 6? When will her Aunt get back and hold a party? I wanna see Sunako all lady-like! *sniffles* There’s a part of that in the manga, right? I don’t want to see anymore filler episodes please. The guys should start working their butt offs in making Sunako all girly and pretty. XD
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Sunako was fooled to go to a photo shoot. It was easy because the setup was a haunted house. She was so excited and eager. They got her in easily, but they had a hard time getting her to wear a dress and putting make-up on. Sunako was discovered when the photographer saw her picture in a magazine. After they had her changed, the photographer got furious because she was no where near beautiful than he had expected. She suddenly did a chant or prayer to the ghosts and vampires. They freaked out. XD Even so, they continued to take pictures of her. Sunako got scared and ran away. They had to chase her. That’s when they discovered the boys. The first one they got to model was Yuki. I really lol-ed when the photographer shouted “きれい!” while watching him. XDDD He cried because he was forced to wear a dress again.

Things didn’t go well for them again especially when Yuki got mad at the photographer. The photographer called Sunako ugly and Yuki an asexual. They escaped with no worries, but the photographer was able to take a good picture of the gang. They got paid for it, but the money went to Sunako’s aunt as payment for the rent they still owe.

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Episode 4
This episode is about how Nina and Ayu met. Ayu was really freaked out at first and thought she was only dreaming. But after having witnessed green rock-like stuff bouncing around and Nina floating on a scooter, she had no other choice but to believe that Nina is from Magic Kingdom. Having a place simply named like that is actually unbelievable. One odd thing in this episode is when the class rep saw Nina performing a magic. I thought she was hiding behind a wall; somewhere out of view from the store. Anyways, having seen that, it seems this was also when and where it all started for the class rep to stalk Nina.
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From the all the episodes I’ve seen, this is the funniest. Really. The annoying, low-budget animation didn’t even bother me a bit. XD I thought this was already the episode where Sunako’s Aunt comes home to see if Sunako’s really turned to a lady. Well, that’s what I recall.

Kyouhei was almost lucky because the guys didn’t want a share in the money. Sunako didn’t want it either. But he lost everything due to the gas explosion that happened in the takoyaki ruckus he and those ugly guys created. Didn’t Kyouhei’s hair look longer than the first episode?

Yukinojo looked like Gash when he was crying and complaining why he’s the only one dressed as a girl. I really laughed out loud and it was about 4AM when I watched this episode. XDDD
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In episode 3, the students compete over how many tennis courts the girls or boys teams can use. The boys team is led by Tsujiai and the girls team by Ayu. Nina decides to help Ayu with her nervousness with competing against Tsujiai because she knows he’s really good at tennis. So, Nina does another magic thing and turns Ayu into a guy! The girls lose, of course, because Ayu isn’t used with a male’s body. Everything turned out well though because Tsujiai suggested that there should still be equal usage of the courts during practice. Before the day ended, Ayu was invited by Tetsushi and Tsujiai to a karaoke. On the day of the karaoke, Nina turns herself to a boy too while she hasn’t found a dispel for the magic Nina cast on Ayu. Things went a bit smoothly as she tried to keep girl from Tetsushi. That girl thought Ayu’s interested in her. After the karaoke and everyone was about to leave, the girl gives Ayu a kiss ON THE LIPS. XD There goes her first kiss.

This episode’s really cute and funny. I can’t find the right words to describe this episode. Heck, it’s hard to give a really detailed, enlightening, etc. comment about shoujo anime. Poor Ayu, she gave her first kiss to a girl. She should tell herself that the kiss isn’t counted. It was to a girl anyways.
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I decided I’d watch some semi-old anime as I wait for the rest of the newest series to get subbed.
Ultra Maniac is about a girl, whose name’s Nina, who came from the magic kingdom. She’s not that good of a mage and she still relies on her mini computer. Her close friend’s Ayu… There aren’t much going yet with the two episodes, so I can’t say much. Oh, before Nina could perform magic, she has to transform into her “magic kingdom clothes.” >_> I wonder why she has to go through that. Anyways, Ayu likes a schoolmate of hers. His name’s Kaji. Nina tried to get them together, but her magic sucks. (Rather cliche, don’t you think?) Then a childhood friend of Nina comes by for a visit. His name’s Yuta. The first he saw Ayu, he suddenly showed interest and asked her out. Ayu didn’t want to, but with the bouquet of roses raining on her, she she just agreed. It’s not like she wanted the roses. She just wanted him to stop. The date went good and, in the end, Ayu found out that Nina’s really the girl Yuta likes.
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This one’s hella funnier than the previous episode. I don’t recall the events happening in the manga, so I guess that was the reason I found this episode highly amusing. I watched it with my brother too. There are more nosebleedings in this episode. Sunako could have actually died from losing too much blood. XD Sunako sees Kyouhei taking a bath. Lucky her. XD Also, it’s her first day at school and she has already taken too much attention with her weird looks. She’s made enemies without her knowledge with the Ganguro girls and Goth-Loli group. Both are actually weirder than her.
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So I started watching this last night. I got episode 2, but will watch it after I post this. It’s not as funny as I thought it would be and maybe because I already read the manga. I haven’t followed the manga though for a long time. Shall do it soon. Anyways, the art is better than the manga. The manga art looks like sketches — like their hair looking more like just strands. The SDs are cute and funny, the boys are bishies as ever, and… Sunako’s Sunako. She’s got nice guy friends… Those types you’d keep in a biology lab. XD Hopefully the show gets better. Watching another comedy anime makes me miss Ouran High School Host Club. (Read more…)

I got busy with my computer fucking up, my room being a mess after the typhoon, and with my website being not accessible at my end. Grrr~ The good thing for me is my school schedule which is usually from 6 to 9PM. A schedule for lazy peeps like me. Though Mac isn’t too happy with it. It’s just for this term anyway, so we’ll have to deal with it for now. So, I watched the Ouran episodes in 2 sittings (or seatings?). XD Episodes 16-23 are hilarious! One of my favorite scenes is was during the practice of a stage play. She was singing and the Host Club peeping toms were so surprised, but their amazement didn’t last long when someone accidentally tripped and unplugged the radio. The music stopped, but Haruhi kept singing. Or more like mouthing the words of the song. XDDD There were more episodes about Kyouya this time compared to the earlier episodes. Mori probably’s the only one that wasn’t focused on too much. I love the episode where “Casanova-kun” wanted to be his apprentice (is this the right word?). XD Overall, Ouran High School Host Club is too cute and hilarious that I’m going to include it in one of my few favorite anime.
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I was thinking of watching more Tenshi na Konamaiki, but I remembered I haven’t made my usual reviews/rants for Ouran High. XD;


Episode 9

The Host Club comes face to face with the Zuka club Of Lobelia High. One of the members of the Zuka Club saves Haruhi when she almost slipped from a banana peel. Haruhi was even surprised when her “savior” knew she is a girl. I can’t recall why or how, but the Zuka Club wanted Haruhi to join their club. They will even go as far as doing the paper works for her transfer. So the Host Club tries to do something, so their everdearest Haruhi will not leave them. XD

Lobelia High is an all-girls school and Zuka Club seems like the Host Club with having tons of fangirls over them, but with a more purpose like stage plays. Host Club’s just for the leisure of the girls in Ouran. It’s great that Haruhi didn’t leave the Host Club nor Ouran because the Zuka Club freaks me out. I wish they just made a Marimite spoof like Haruhi become more lady-like with Marimite characters look-alikes.


Episode 10

The Host Club decides to visit Haruhi’s place. Well, it was supposed to be Tamaki who would be the only one to visit, but due to some circumstances, the whole gang was suddenly invited. They also meet Haruhi’s father and they get to know more about him and Haruhi’s relationship.




Episode 11

Nekozawa’s sister mistook Tamaki as her brother. She’s scared of Nekozawa and she even called him a monster. They’re quite the opposites. Nekozawa cannot live in broad daylight while his sister is afraid of dark places. The Host club helps Nekozawa overcome his fear, but he was only able to get rid of it, only for a very short while, when he rescues her little sister from a cat.

Watched the rest of the series in 2 sittings. I’m not too happy with how the series went because it’s kind of rushed. This season has the most less funny moments among the other series. Fumoffu is still the best. XD Do you have any idea who brought Chidori to Hong Kong? I thought the lady was just acting like Chidori… Like some sort of plan made up by the other SRTs after seeing the Chidori look-alike. The guy who was looking after Chidori when Sousuke left is weird. When they were attacked by Tessa’s brother, who’s another Whispered, the skin on his face was scraped. I didn’t pause to check it clearly, but that face seems like a mask. =_= Weird. Anyway, would there be another season of FMP?

XD Ouran High marathon!


Episode 03



I would love to have a photobook of the twins. Episode 3 is about Ouran High’s physical examination day. Tamaki’s really excited for Haruhi, but he’s suddenly reminded that Haruhi’s to remain known as male while she’s still paying her debt. Things were going smoothly, somehow, when Kyouya arranged a special doctor for her. But there was a doctor loitering around the campus; was even mistaken to be one of the doctors who would give the physical exam. He isn’t one of Kyouya’s hospital doctors. He was seen heading to the special doctor’s clinic were Haruhi is to have her physical examination. The hosts just got in time with Tamaki giving a strong kick at the doctor’s face.


Episode 04

In episode 4, the hosts were taken control by a female student — appoints herself the manager of the club — she’s very much into dating simulation games. She likes Kyouya being the one who resembles her favorite character in a game. When she found out about Kyouya’s true nature after trying to make a movie with the hosts as the cast, her attention turned to Haruhi. Because she’s very gentle although harsh w/ words. ^^;; I didn’t take any screenshots of this episode. It’s a “serious” episode; not as hilarious as the previous 3.


Episode 05



I ♥ ♥ ♥ the twins. XD Incest! Male twins even. So, yeah, they rock. Having their hair dyed w/ blue and pink reminds me of some characters I can hardly recall atm. Hmm… But they’re both evil. They would fool with the customers making them think that they’re right when they guess which is which. :P Haruhi gets them right though. I wonder why. The twins do have a world of their own even. Does Haruhi being able to identify them going to be trouble?


Episode 06

An elementary school boy wants to join the host club because he wants to please this girl he likes. He wants to do it that way because he doesn’t have much time w/ the girl leaving for Germany permanently. Tamaki was happy at first being called a genius and a king at the same time, but was disappointed at the boy when he found out he planned on using a host’s technique for a girl he likes. Tamaki decided to teach the boy the piano piece the girl is practicing. It’s by Mozart and is supposed to be played in duet. The boy did some host activities too. He did the party of being the “naughty” one. XD He took most of, if not all, Tamaki’s customers.


Episode 07



This episode is about Honey and Mori. Wow, it doesn’t show on their faces… Most specially Honey. He’s great in martial arts! For a small boy who likes to look cute… That’s unlikely to be expected.

Episode 08



About Tamaki and Haruhi this time. I thought they were going to get along well. Tamaki found out about Haruhi’s weakness. He should have told the guys and won the photogroups of Haruhi w/ long hair and in her grade school uniform. (They made a contest of whoever gets to know first of Haruhi’s weakness gets those prizes.) Instead, he ends up being known as having a SM fetish. They found him with Haruhi having a blindfold and earplugs and the guys thought they’re to perform SM. *sweatdrop*

Episode 1 Screenshots


Haruhi, with no other choice, joined Ouran HS’ Host Club. She got a huge debt of 8M because she accidentally broke a big decoration jar. She was stumped as to why such group exists in a prestigious school. The first she gets to closely encounter is Tamaki, of course, being the “King” of the club. The cool type goes next. He’s like Inui since he holds a lot of information about, probably, majority of the students in Ouran High.

I was thrilled finding out that Ouran High School Host Club will have an anime. Though I didn’t expect to be partly bored with it. Maybe because I’ve read the manga, so the silly scenes didn’t appeal to me anymore. The art is good too… Very colorful anime. I ain’t sure how to exactly describe it. One thing I didn’t remember when I watched these episodes was — did Haruhi look like much of a boy?
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This show is just so wrong. They could have made a proper sequel to Kimi ga Nozomu Eien since I liked that series (except for the ugly sex scene if you could even call it that!). Akane might have benefitted something from Gouda Jouji’s extreme optimistic attitude, but that sudden dramatic outburst of hers to Jouji was very unexpected. She might have reached her limit, yes, that is possible. Though it could have been more believable if she did it in an angry manner. I mean, Jouji’s annoying as heck. Jouji’s imagination — his conscience and the mecha stuff — are funny, but not as funny School Rumble. What an unfair comparison no? How things ended was somehow good. Akane falling in love with Jouji might make me destroy my monitor (or my dad’s monitor, for that matter, because I was using his computer at that time). It would prove that Akane’s weak and how much this OAV really sucks.

I don’t think I should blog here when I’m in a not-so-good mood.

I think this series has started to bore me. >_> I finished this one sitting (after installing CCCP that finally makes all the AVIs I downloaded working!). Jeda, Art, and the guy with an insect mask started to make better appearances on episode 19. They were mostly in the shadows in the previous episode/s. Kaoru goes on Nekomimi transformation that I think is rather odd and OOC of her. Kouhei undergoes serious training including climbing mountains without any ropes, safety gear or any support. Isn’t it crazy? I thought this was going to end up some loli-romance stuff. I’m glad it didn’t. I like lolicon, but I never got to appreciate the anime ones. The ending of Tsukuyomi ~Moon Phase~ is, err, okay. I can’t find the right word to describe it. The last episode only showed how everyone was doing. Oh, grandpa and Elfriede were alive. WTF. Then I thought there was something wrong with Kouhei’s grandpa, but it wasn’t properly explained. WTF (again). I was thinking of reading the manga. The anime though doesn’t give much reason for me to do so. Hazuki’s a vampire who doesn’t seem to be of much use — she kinda dragged everyone down & without Kouhei’s blood she’s almost helpless. I overestimated this show. -_- Watch this if you’ve got time to waste. The series would have been properly reviewed if it weren’t for the fact that it bore me; forcing myself to finish the series because I don’t usually stop watching when it’s almost ending.

I was happy to find out that there will be a second season to the uber hilarious mecha anime, Full Metal Panic! After seeing the first 4 episodes, I can’t say it beats the first season and Fumoffu (I can’t consider Fumoffu the second season because it’s like a filler). Yet. Seeing only 4 episodes doesn’t justify my opinion. Chidori is still violent as ever though it gets tiresome at some point. She does know about Sasuke’s “job,” right? She should learn to understand even a bit. I have no complaints about Sasuke. He’s so dense, it makes him cute. For the new villains, there’s something I really like about Gates. He’s so crazy in a very funny way. XD He was singing Ave Maria as his men killed off some country’s army. After a li’l while, when their enemies were all dead, he like goes, “What happened?” *rofl* Xia Yu Fan and Xia Yu Lan are good fanservice for yuri lovers. That embrace while being nude wouldn’t make this series shown on local channel here. It’s so INCEST and YURI for that matter. XD
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Episode 17



Kouhei decides to study his grandfather’s art… Err, I don’t know what it’s called. Anyway, his grandfather disapproves of this. He wants to learn it because he wants to protect Hazuki instead of doing nothing or just having to run away with her. Grandpa, in the end, recommended Kouhei to go to Yayoi to learn their art. It’s good he had told him where to go and learn it because his death and Elfriede’s shocked me.

Elfriede and Grandpa are getting along very fine after she tells him about her past. If she wasn’t a vampire, it wouldn’t be freaky since they’ll be both _old_. Grandpa may know they could be okay together, but the people who are unaware of Elfriede’s true nature would be against it.
Damn, this episode’s ending is unexpected.


Episode 18



This episode’s cute. I can’t find the right word to describe it. But they really made something that would make the viewers happy because of the damn previous episode. 8 Months had passed and Kouhei is still training. So far, no vampires have gone to their whereabouts. The part where a monster was following Hazuki was hilarious. XD She looked like she was being chased by a sex maniac deformed into a purple monster. XD;

Mario died with barely doing anything, so now there are new enemies. There are still no HOT vamps? Seiji’s the only nice looking guy in this show.

Epsidoe 14



Hazuki and “Luna” seems to have merged. Elfriede has also proven that Hazuki/Luna is a “Perfect” Day Walker. Kouhei shows Hazuki/Luna how it is outside during daytime. There were times she’d act like Hazuki and Kouhei would think she returned to normal. What Elfriede said about Hazuki and Luna (the fake personality) merging together might be true.


Episode 15



Ever since her personalities “merged,” she’s become very sensitive. She started ignoring Kouhei after hearing from him that he’s no servant of hers and that he’s only obliged to be with her. Luna seemed to have forgotten that it was a full moon that night. Elfriede reminded her of that and, after finding out why she’s down, made a way for them to make up. Obviously, they make up and Kouhei offers his blood to her. The ff. day, Hazuki seemed to be back to her old self. His blood triggered her to return to normal.

Gawd, Tsukuyomi is turning Lolita-ish. Kouhei blushed because of Hazuki/Luna!? I like Lolita-ish love pairings, but I don’t think I can stomach the two. I don’t like them. I can’t even find a good pairing in this show. :P On the other hand, Elfriede is becoming funnier than how she was the first time her character was introduced. Then person she was able to suck blood from is hilarious. She doesn’t seem too surprised to find herself sleeping outside with birds around her.
Oi, I wanna see a HOT vampire. All I’ve seen from this show, so far, are oldies and female vampires.


Episode 16



This seems like a filler episode about Kouhei and Hazuki having some quality time together. In the end, Kouhe forgot about his photoshoot. He could have been in deep shit if it weren’t for his photograph of Hazuki that was used for the magazine cover. When are they going to reveal who the guy behind the pig mask is? I wish he’s a HOTTIE vamp.
Haiji vs. THE CROW! XD It’s been a while since I saw something very funny from this series. XDDD Hazuki certainly has nothing better to do than do stupid like picking on crows.

I watched Marimite ~Spring~ in two sittings. Hehe~ So I didn’t think of reviewing every episode would do me good. In other words, I was just lazy. XDDD

There’s nothing really special about Marimite ~Spring~. This is the continuation from the first season. In this season, it tells about the seniors’ graduation and how the girls, especially Shimako, copes up with not being with their elder sisters. Most of the episodes are about Yumi and Sachiko though. Everything has gone way more dramatic than the first season. It’s kinda boring in an interesting way. It’s also fun to watch all those yuri hints. It makes me wish for some fanservice. The characters I like are the seniors especially Sei. She reminds me of myself. XD Too bad there weren’t shown as much as before. Well, that was kinda expected being that they graduated from hs.

Anyways, here are some screencaps from the series. If you’re wondering where the screencaps of episodes 8-12 had gone, I don’t know either.
Episode 1

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The chairman of Shirokin is the principal’s brother who’s really, really tall. He visited the school as he plans to close the school. Yamaguchi overheard the conversation, so she butt in and made a contract — he will not close the school if the school becomes #1 in Japan academic or sports-wise. Later on, she finds out that the chairman only wants to build a new company on where the school stands. In the end, since the rest of what the teachers plan to help the school, they settle with boxing.

The boxing training is hilarious! Yamaguchi starts a boxing club with Shin as the captain and his friends as the members. She even got a trainer for them. His name’s Carlos who came from Mexico. In the end, the school still stands. They got to win because they did all means just to win. XDDD;
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Yamaguchi visits Shin at his home to find out why he’s quitting school. Because his father is a top officer of the police, their house has tight security. Yamaguchi was frightened at first. Of course, being in a “yakuza family.” She was able to talk to him and found out he was being confined because his dad wanted him to do something else than graduating from Shirokin.

This episode is full of drama. Yamaguchi argued with Shin’s dad and Shin was embarassed by his dad’s actions. He _is_ using his power to harm the people who was only trying to help Shin. My fave scene was when Yamaguchi sneaked in Shin’s house. She said their places should be the other way around since she was the one sneaking and peaking thru his terrace.

I don’t remember watching episode 17. I have this feeling it’s just another boring episode, so I won’t watch it anymore.

Episode 18
Real boring episode. I wish I just skipped this episode too. *bleh* It’s about the lotus and cherry blossom fires happening in Ueno. There are old stories about the presence of those in Ueno, yet I don’t understand if there’s some connection between those stories and Hikaru’s past life. She was brought in several places in the past. I don’t remember them happening during her previous life.


Episode 19
It gets interesting here somehow because the red-head guy’s appearance. I forgot his name, but he and Hikaru had this thing in the past. He mentioned he has been waiting for her for the longest time and he lives to make up for the wrong he has done (or somewhere along that). Another reason this episode is interesting is the white/guardian dog. It was turned back into stone, but it still gets money from the people. The money becomes donations though.

Episode 20
They all thought Tsuna’s going to get married. I think this is just some filler episode so Kintaro and Sadamitsu will have extra spotlight. This is a cute episode though and, at least, Hikaru was able to see/hug her brother.

Episode 21
Mansairaku and Hikaru go back to Ikebukuro of 200 years ago to look for Tsuna. I thought it was going to be the end for Tsuna… Like what happened in their previous life.


Episode 22
Hikaru’s memories of her past life awakened when she heard Mansairaku’s name. She’s going through some drama; wondering what are Mansairaku’s true intentions. She decides to leave Tokyo because she thinks she’s the cause of the problems happening in Tokyo. Hikaru leaves without her friends knowing where she’s going, but they figure out later on. They decide to help her in everything just because they want to.


Episode 23
I’m starting to dislike anime series with too much dialogue. XPPP Their search for the place is rather interesting to watch though. The art got better too. Hehe~ When time stopped and Hikaru and Manasairaku went back to the present, it was saddening. I dunno… The faces of the people and the strong earthquake… Hikaru had no choice, but to trust Mansairaku. Her drama was getting on my nerves. She cries too much. I liked her in her previous life.


Episode 24
This is the end of the Tokyo chapter. Mansairaku disappears and Tokyo is back to normal. I’m unsure of Hikaru’s friends even remember the incidents. Hikaru’s brother returns too. I thought he’d still be missing, but it’s as if they managed to make time better for them.

Episode 25
Special Arc 1 — This story is about Urabe’s encounter with Hikaru and the others thru Torakuma. It’s a nice story. I hate cats, but Torakuma’s cute. XDDD


Episoded 26
Special Arc 2? Err, about Mansairaku this time. Very boring, too much dialogue… I wouldn’t kept on watching this if I hadn’t reached the part when he met an old man in the park. I can’t believe he just died there while he was reading. So sad…

Whoa, Kinkel is, in truth, Elfriede’s father! I didn’t expect that because she said she wasn’t a vampire til recently. Kinkel surely did give them a rough time. Poor Grandpa and Seiji. Anyway, how come Hazuki wasn’t affected by the sunlight? These _important_ mysteries are still unsolved.

Episode 21


Another funny episode Hanai finds out about Harima’s baldness and is shocked (he’s assuming) that Tenma’s sister is taken by him. *sweatdrop* How did Harry become Halima? *rofl* So funny; random characters pop out of this show! XD

Midori is my favorite in this episode. He gets himself striked with a fork, pisses off the wrestling-addict foreign girl by squising a banana in front of her, but manages to hold her breast to find out her cup size. ^_^;


Episode 22


The most hilarious episode ever! XD The sports festival is more like a duel between 4C and 4D. The other classes surely didn’t put up a fight. The 4D class is full of weirdos including the 3 fatsos (one gained 30kg only for the horseback riding event) and the giant Tennouji. The 4-legged race is funny. Hahah~ Tenma’s so cute. Hanai and Harima were dragging her. XDDD


Episode 23


The end of the sports festival. 4C wins with a one-point lead.

Episode 24


Rumors suddenly spread that Sawachika and Harima like each other. Harima starts going crazy as he thinks Tenma’s sad over this. Well, that’s just what he thinks. In the end, everyone suddenly thought it was Tenma’s sister who’s going out with Harima. The matter wasn’t disclosed properly because Tenma’s sister (I forgot her name!) couldn’t tell the truth that she’s just helping him with his manga.


Episode 25


Harima was supposed to leave Japan, but he was stopped by the ship’s captain. He’s fortunate he was told to go back. Tenma asks him out to help her buy a gift for Karasuma. He tried to fool her by making her buy a lousy gift. Then he felt guilty and bad because she bought him a shirt as thanks. This is a really cute episode. Harima was very happy. Though the matter between him and Tenma’s sister is still unclear to Tenma.

Oi~ Karasuma plays the guitar!

Episode 26


The ending’s okay. I want a more proper ending though. Check out the rest of the screenshots I took from this episode. I captured the one with Karasuma smiling. He’s cute! Tenma’s got taste. XDDD
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I didn’t take much screenshots from the first episode to the 16th because I was lazy and I watched these straight. I wished they lengthened the Heian period because I like the old Hikaru rather than the new one. Although she’s more forward than her previous life, she’s kinda annoying. I like girls who does the guy’s job. Mulan-ish? She was sexier and prettier with the long hair. Artwise, ep. 1-13 are better. The story that goes on in the present isn’t interesting; more like boring. Please, I want action! I do not like war, but watching fights are better than all the drama.

The sports festival is near! The four girls have started making pompoms. Eri and Akira though were playing around — cut off a pompom as if it’s Akira new hairdo and while Eri was proudly posing for giving a wonderful “pompom-cut,” she accidentally cuts Harima’s beard. A good chunk of it. She tries to apologize, Harima takes advantage, but Eri still tries to apologize seriously. When Harima decides to grow his beard again he finds out Tenma prefers guys without beards. He quickly shaves his off. Wonder what Eri’s reaction is? XD

The second story is about Harima’s manga again. He was asked to have a friend check his current work, so it could be edited and proofed. By accident, Yakumo becomes his “friend editor.” In the third story, Hanai saw Yakumo and Harima together as they were discussing Harima’s manga. Hanai doesn’t know the latter, of course.

Itoko and Kyouko are bestfriends. Kyouko asks Itoko to be a nude model for her art display. Nishimoto Ganji is famous in class for important news such as Itoko’s nude modeling due to his networks. He has spread the word and even did a strategic meeting. He will once bring his 2-C classmates’ dreams and hopes come true. Nara makes a few seconds appearance as the Underling. In the second story, Yakumo was asked by Sarah to be the bride in the mock wedding. Hanai became the groom unexpectedly. When things were just about to start, Harima barges in and tries to fight for Yakumo. Actually, he doesn’t know that the Tsukamoto in the mock wedding was Yakumo and not Tenma. Can’t he spot the difference between the sisters? Which brings me to think he’s making the correct wish during the meteor shower. The meteor shower is the third part in this episode. It was very nice! Unfortunately, Hanai and Tenma missed it.

Uwaah~ There aren’t much to say about this episode except that we’ve seen a lot more about Imadori. He’s a true flirt, a pervert, and not totally manly. He’s still got a cute side to him though. He makes this Garfield-ish faces. It makes him look so cute! And he’s after Mikoto, the hard-to-get girl. XD He tries so bad to go out with her even though he makes the wrong moves. Kare-rin’s okay for him too. I think he’s better off with her. She will wrestle him if he two-times her or something.

I was thinking about the animals, how did Harima get them? How come they weren’t noticed earlier when he was still in his animal fortune telling job? At least his sister/cousin (I forgot) still cares about him. She took care of the animals while he was away and even after he ran away from home.

After that chaotic summer vacation, the guys and gals are back to school. Tenma is happy because she gets to see Karasuma again. Instead of realizing how much her relationship with Karasuma hasn’t stepped forward, she must think of getting herself more mature-like. She usually doesn’t act her age.

Another gloomy episode… *sighs* But there are still a few funny moments. It sucks that Hiromi and their editor-in-chief got involved in their problems. The Count bit them, shouldn’t they be forever under his control? Hazuki went on about returning Hiromi to normal. :P

Hazuki looked so cute when she was a baby and in that neko costume. XD She is still cute, but “annoyingly” cute. *sweatdrop*

You know, the story is sort of interesting, but the way they did the animation isn’t good. For example, in this episode, Hazuki and Kouhei were attacking Seiji. There were only still shots of Seiji’s head, while Hazuki and Kouhei were shouting. After a few seconds of every still shots were just black screens. I didn’t understand what was going on.

How unlikely of Kaoru to cause trouble.


Hazuki is trying to act like a big sister to the two girls or she’s just trying to make a good shot at Kouhei. It’s so out-of-the-blue that you’d think she’s up to something. A surprise? Not like anything’s _that_ surprising in the series. ^^v

Elfriede shouldn’t have tried to harm her master. She should have ran off to another country. She _is_ stupid to go against whatever-his-name-is. Not only did she make herself known as “stupid,” she will also be the cause for Kouhei’s future problems.

Episode 9



The opening video is… X___X A treat for the lolicons. Hazuki looks cute in the last part, so I guess it’s fine.

Elfriede’s wish to fight against Count Kinkel reminds me of Louis and Lestat. The “easy” way of being free from one’s master isn’t similar to the Vampre Chronicles though. The Vampire’s Lover has been brought up again and it’s a question of how and why Kouhei is. He’s lucky he doesn’t turn into a vampire though unlucky he could be a living supplier of blood for these female vamps. The series should introduce a HOT vampire. A little treat for the bishie lover in me. Nevermind those lolicons. XDD;

Let’s say Kouhei lives through his lung wound. Would he be able to live normally? :P Unlikely, don’t you think? Count Kinkel also found out that he’s a Vamp’s Lover. That thing might be spread around their kind and they will all go kill him. XDDD I like violent material, but the way Hazuki is all cute and neko-ish, the bad guys here just annoy me.


Episode 10



Hazuki is starting to feel bad about being a vampire; like a curse to everyone around her. Seiji had started to blame Hazuki for what happened to Kouhei. It’s something really fatal that even I might get mad it were to happen to my friend. What happened is rather unexpected. Young girls would usually act like a spoiled brat. Hazuki was completely the opposite. She remained calm and became a lot helpful to Kouhei and his family by giving her life energy to save him.

In the end, how a bite could save a life is beyond my expectation.

I must not do “compiled” episode ramblings. :P


Episode 12

The episode starts with a short 3-part stand about Tenma and Yakumo. There’s even an explanation about Tenma’s hairstyle. It reminds me of Parfait Tic where the protagonist had almost stopped styling her hair because of the love troubles she’s been having. *sweatdrop* With Tenma, her tied hair faces down when she’s sad or trouble and it’s tied real up when she’s happy.

In one scene, Nara looks like Tenma. Long-lost brother or cousin, maybe? haha~ Fun times in the beach. It’s summer now, just the right time to watch this episode… makes me envious! I also wanna go to the beach!




Episode 13

This is a really cute and funny episode! XD Mikoto and Imadori swam back to the beach! They have such nice friends, don’t they? Imadori seems an okay guy. I like his droopy eyes. His being flirty _is_ a turn off though.



Harima’s better off without the glasses. I bet Tenma will like him. It must be nice to be embraced by a nice-bodied man like him. XD Hanai and Suou’s 2nd grade story is so touching. Suou forgetting it is a proof that Tenma and her would truly make good friends.
(There were sunflowers! Reminds me of Samurai Champloo.)
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Tenma is so cute in her pink swimsuit. I think the only guy in the anime who sees her cuteness is Harima. Nara’s… Well… Getting there.


Harima’s best dumbass line –> I’m so happy I was born dumb.
*rofl* Anyways, he should have been forward about wanting to join the others to the beach. Tsukamoto had misunderstood him.
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Episode 9

*pulls hair* What the hell’s up with Harima!? He’s gotten depressed because of Karasuma and Tenma eating lunch together??? Oh dear… It didn’t occur to me that he’s the type to easily give up.




Episode 10

Harima needs an anti-depressant. He should be lucky that Tenma’s got friends who aren’t meanies. They’re actually telling him to go back to school! Anyways, I got so happy that Tenma finally got the chance to have a “curry” date with Karasuma! The “curry or me” thing was kind of a shocker.

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Episode 10 - Hinoenma



It really sucks being compared with a friend. What happened between Tatsuta and Shiragiku and sort of understandable, but it’s such a one-sided story. There must be something that Shiragiku also feels towards Tatsuta. She must have kept her friendship with her because she was always better and praised. I almost got lost in the story. So it was Shiragiku who got burnt and not Tatsuta. T___T Messed up events do happen in real life when they’re word of mouth.

I believe they’re not pointing out a lot of important matters here. Like, how did Mataichi know Tatsuta and vice-versa? Damnit. Did I miss it?


Episode 11 - Funayuurei



I can’t help but think Momosuke has developed feelings for Ogin. XD He’s like the man who has a thing for dead females. J/k! Ogin’s just too sexy. You wouldn’t normally see a lady wearing a kimono that way. More oddness in this episode… Momosuke is always saved from dying/trouble. He got into this remote island while his companion was… *gulps* I hate it when the protagonists already has a new acquaintance/s and they die just like that. T__T

The Hikasou is an interesting weapon. But not as scary as a nuclear weapon.


Episode 12 - Shinigami or, rather, Shichinin Misaki Part 1

This is a bad, bad episode. Burning people like roast are too cruel.



The bad men have taken hold of the Hikasou. They want to create a new evil in the world? >_> Reminds of Slayers Season 1. Even Shinigami looks like the priest in aforementioned series. Haha~


Episode 13 - Shinigami or, rather, Shichinin Misaki Part 2

Fuck the men here who only think of is sex.



Ah, the Shinigami is Kyougokutei. Surprise, surprise. I so like Mataichi here. His akuma look blew me away. (Just so you know, I have weird tastes.)

Episode 5 - Shio no Chouji



I was about to eat a cake when I played this episode. I almost lost my appetite! Whatever the guy was eating wasn’t clearly visible, but he ate _it_ like some monster. Blood was everywhere even. *gah* This anime isn’t the type to watch a popcorn or whatever food with.

Momosuke’s not a writer anymore. He’s already an actor. They may find him annoying, but he’s pretty useful to them. I really thought he had forgotten the three and suffered from the horse curse. I really wonder what business does the three have with Momosuke. T_T Only the small guy, who’s name I’m forgetting at the moment, is making him leave them.


Episode 6 - Shibaemon Tanuki

Isn’t the hair of the man-tanuki a proof that he _is_ a tanuki? So Momosuke truly killed him similar to the old legend.



Am I glad this episode doesn’t have anything gory. The talking skeleton is freaky though. Even the doll has a skeleton? ^^vvv


Episode 7 - Katabira Street

There’s a name for a person who has a fetish for dead bodies, right? :P It’s sick, I know, but I remember watching it on tv. It was a documentary. Not a movie or a random tv show, fyi.

Sato looks like Ogin. No wonder she could be the next target. Her husband is freaking sick. He had a sudden liking for dead bodies when he saw her dead body rotting. After he kissed her when she was already dead, I have the slightest idea what happened when he removed the blanket off her. Sicko.



I rewatched the last part and I finally understood that the three set something up to cover the truth.

Episode 8 - Nodeppou



Momosuke and his older brother have the same hairdo. XD His older brother is a hottie though. (There goes my liking for older men. *lol*) Because I’m a yaoi and incest fan, when Momosuke was glad on seeing his brother… I thought… They.could.be.a.couple. *rofl* Heck, Momosuke was adopted when he was really young. They don’t have much of that brotherly love. XD

Anyways, doesn’t the story in this episode happen in real life? Some people are driven to madness due to too much anger and hatred. But I don’t believe a person could be taken over by a spirit or ghost.


Episode 9 -

Another sicko episode!


I’m beyond confused. Giemon is the one who was beheaded 3 times, but is still alive. Sasamori is the one who captured Giemon. From what I understand, Giemon is actually Ogin’s father and Sasamori is the one who really killed Ogin’s parents. :P Is that correct???

Episode 11



I kinda hated Saki for _accidentally_ burning Genshiken’s precious collections. All those stuff burned because of one cig! She did feel bad about it, but it seems she didn’t realize the consequences yet. When the fire got big, both Madarame and Saki had slow reactions. ~__~ If they acted faster, they would have probably saved a few. I least expected Saki to panic. Probably because she was shocked that she caused the fire although it was an accident. A stupid accident. Poor Ohno got drenched because Saki accidentally (again) threw the water on her. The result of all these accidents = Saki cosplaying. *rofl* She looked awfully pretty and sexy.

Episode 12



The gang was depressed they’ll be spending most of their winter break doing community service. It’s their punishment for causing fire in the school grounds. It was certain one of them was going to snap. Saki felt really stressed and bad, so she tried to do things for the group to make up for her mistake. She vented out by crying to Kohsaka, but somehow blamed Madarame for everything. The fire had a great impact to her that she doesn’t smoke anymore.
Sasahara is now the new chairman of the group for the new year. Madarame stepped down because he needs to find work. He must have needed $$$ again for his future dj spree. Say, who’s the girl in the ending credits? Genshiken’s purely random, but the ending’s open for a second season. I hope there is. I’m going to miss Saki for her violence, Madarame for his wild imagination and dj obsession, and Ohno for her cosplay.

It’s been almost a month since I last watched an episode.
Genshiken goes to the beach, but I kinda missed the part why they were there and why Saki didn’t want them there. But I’m guessing the latter is due to Ohno. Keiko was also with them. She vowed on to make Kohsaka hers, but she has to deal with Saki first. XD I lost count how many times Saki whacked Keiko. My favorite was when she was following the two on the way to the water. Saki suddenly whacked her with the alligator floater (whatever you call that).
Ohno didn’t remove her blouse though her figure and big boobs were very noticeable. I sense something between her and Tanaka. They’re always together on cons or other events because of Ohno’s cosplay. Tanaka’s into those. But in this beach episode, they were making a sand castle. The castle of Cagliostro! Since they were on the talk of anime again, Keiko comes up with the plan — to be an otaku. She stayed in her brothers place and goes with them to ComiFes. Well, she wouldn’t have come if Ohno didn’t show her a doujinshi of some band. T___T Pierrot? XD J/k!

Keiko finally understands how Saki is handling a relationship with an otaku. I’m an anime fan and my brother likes some too, so I can’t say anything about the feelings of a non-otaku. Are otaku hard to mingle with?

Not much funny moments in this episode.

It’s Madarame’s first time being alone with Saki. It’s also the first time we see Saki reading a manga. I repeat, SHE’S READING A MANGA! How unexpected. Madarame made a fool of himself trying to strike a conversation with Saki. He was the only one so affected by the moment. And… WTF… He notices the smallest details like NOSEHAIRS!?



*gah* This episode’s such a waste. I hope the fun picks up again in the ff. episodes.

Ep. 4 - Dancing Severed Head
Momosuke started travelling with the “ongyou” to research for his Hyaku Monogotari. They got in another trouble because Momosuke got dragged into it. Oyoshi is the mistress of the head fisherman in the town. She has a sister, named Otama, who’s always inside her bedroom; not allowed to go out. Odd, don’t you think? Who would have thought that Otama is actually blind and Oyoshi is to blame for it? She was seen by Otama having sex with their father.

*pukes*

This Oyoshi has major problems. Let’s cheer on Mataishi for wiping her off the face of the earth. XD

Ep. 1 - Red Beans Washer



A weird, but good first episode and introduction of Ongyou and some lad whose name, I think, wasn’t mentioned. Yet. The guy got lost in some mountain. He first came across Mataichi who helped him when he almost fell down a cliff. He was told to leave the place right away, but because of the rain, he was still forced to stay in the place and look for shelter. He found a rundown store named Bicchuuya. “Tokubame” is the owner of the place and offered him and another traveller to stay for the night. He meets Ogin in the store; Mataichi was also there.

The young lad knows a lot of stories and is on his job of knowing a hundred ghost stories. In the end, he discovered that “Tokubame” isn’t really “Tokubame” and… They had killed the traveller. They do not look like they kill random people though. They just punish those who have done harm to others.


Ep. 2 - Willow Woman

The guy’s name still wasn’t mentioned! Or do I just keep missing it? Grr~



Kichibe is the head of the House of the Willow. He has already lost 3 wives and kids because of the Willow Woman, rumors say. Ogin and Mataichi were nearby. Although they didn’t have any plans of “cleaning” the place up, Ogin has decided to do so. As for the still-nameless guy, he was told by his stuffed-animal-looking editor to head up to the House of the Willow if he plans to continue his Hyaku Monogatari.


Ep. 3 - White Zousu



Yasaku is a hunter who had killed off a lot of foxes. And people. Momosuke (the guy who wasn’t introduced in ep. 1 and 2) was asked to go out with Mataichi to show him White Zousu. It wasn’t explained well, but it has something to do with the Kyougoku clan. After understanding Mataichi’s intentions, he leaves but came across Yasaku. He questionned him about his killings and even helped him escape the ongyou. In the end, he was tricked by Yasaku.

It seems the Kyouguku clan part will be explained in the fourth episode. And… this series is getting kind of boring. Episode 1 was interesting that I had been itching for months to see this, but watching up to this episode got my hopes down. I don’t think I already made a review of the op and ed songs. Both sung by foreign singers, I guess, since the english doesn’t sound engrish. XD The ed is better than the op though. The singing in the op doesn’t seem in tune with the music itself nor the lyrics catches up with the beat. T_T Well, it’s still good in a way it’s different from other anime. They could just have done better.

Episode 07


Elfriede got a chance to “drink” Kouhei’s blood. He didn’t become her slave though and sees this as a start of rivalry between her and Hazuki — whoever becomes the vampire’s lover.

Kouhei tells Hazuki not to rely on her powers to get what she wants. She quarreled with him, but did things Kouhei told her to prove to him what he said was wrong. In the end, she learned her lesson.

I’m not sure of the vampire lover thing, but I think that whoever becomes the lover will be set free of being a vampire. Kouhei’s clumsy, but I don’t think it would be easy for any of them to get his “loving” attention. Hazuki’s still a brat. Her lolita shots are getting annoying too.

Episode 08


They thought they finally found Hazuki’s mother. Hazuki went off to go to her, but was only kidnapped. It’s up to Kouhei and his grandfather to save Hazuki.

So, Kouhei’s blood did free Elfriede from her master, Count Kinkel.

The opening song is getting quite addictive. Although, the “kissu” part is irritating. >_>

Kouhei goes out of town with Hiromi to collect some data while Grandpa and Seiji has other plans. Hazuki had to go with them because they couldn’t leave her alone.

When they got to the temple where Grandpa and Seiji had something to do, Hikaru and Kaoru arrives, introduces themselves, and claims to be engaged with Seiji and Kaoru respectively. Both seem to be temple-caretakers.

A few things were revealed about Heidi like her having met Hazuki’s mother through Shizure. Since he’s getting weaker they brought her to the temple. Grandpa and Seiji decides to move/evolve her into something else, so Hazuki will still have a companion.

(No caps because I don’t know how to do that using VLC. I watched this using my mom’s laptop.)

Elfriede asks Hazuki to return to the castle, but she refuses. Some minor action ensues. Nothing biggie in this episode.

Elfriede has began her watch over Kouhei. It’s kinda odd to have a mouse do a job when over at Kouhei’s they have a cat. A cat who has not much keen sense in detecting rats. Hehe~ I thought when Hazuki was at Kouhei’s grandfather’s place, she automatically became a helper in the shop.

What’s up with Hazuki sitting on top of Kouhei, btw? It made me think ECCHI. Probably a Lolita treat? Pfft.

Hrm, Hazuki runs away before 12 mn and Kouhei starts searching for her by 4 am. Kouhei, Seiji, and ol’ man were just drinking tea. If I were them, I would have fallen asleep. T_T We also find out in this episode that Kouhei’s mom leaves and, a year later, she’s dead. It seems the similarity of Hazuki and Kouhei’s situation is some kind of fate. Hazuki’s still unaware about what’s really up with her mom though.

I missed most of the conversation in this episodes. Being that I have Studio ADTRW’s mkv subs and I use VLC Player in my mom’s laptop to watch it. The way VLC handles subs SUCKS. A long sentence goes in one line; the words overlap. I can’t even make caps too. *bah*

This is the last episode of this OAV…

This anime is romance, horror, suspense, and about drugs. T_T Matsunaga almost went over some ecstasy overdose. *rofl* J/k! Beach Girl is actually Mikage, Matsunaga’s dead girlfriend. I didn’t understand the made-up letter and stuff, so I’ll leave those out. Hmm… Nao and Matsunaga did end up together. I did say it was predictable, right? It still was a sweet ending. After 7 years, they visited the beach again. The place holds a lot of their precious memories.

If you’re wondering where the screenshots are… ZP was being an ass and wouldn’t let me save caps. It says the format isn’t allowed or something like that.

Some red-head girl is an add-on to the story. Probably added to liven up the story, but she only annoyed me. There wasn’t anything important with her. If she liked “Onii-san” then she could have caused trouble for the two. All she did was pout and say something similar to “I want to be with Onii-san!!” *bleh*

The Beach Girl randomly makes appearances by popping out of nowhere. She creeped me out. >< And I was watching this around 3 AM. I so wanted to eat something, but my imagination started running crazy.

After all the treats for the ecchi-heads, we get to see Nao’s boldness. If she was so bold to kiss Matsunaga, why the heck did she want to kill herself? Make up your mind, girl!! Then, she was 10x bolder when Matsunaga gave him a hot shower (after saving her from drowning). I was totally expecting a make-out scene there. Haha~ Mr. Tenjouin’s just too patient. Didn’t seeing such a helpless Nao turn him on!? How corny…!

Don’t tell me… Is this anime is based on a hentai game??? T_T The art sure looks like it. Anyway, we get introduced to several characters. Nao and Tenjouin-san are the protagonists, both have been unlucky in love. The story is certain of cliche… Not that such story is famous. It’s also predictable. What do you expect with a guy and a girl both suffering from their past love’s death and fatefully meets up?

Nao and the other guests look like high school students. They might be college students, but their faces don’t look like it. There are few boob and butt shots for the ecchi-heads. That’s just more proof of the anime basing on a hentai game. ^^v The bath scenes are sorta… err… @_@

The art in this episode seems not as good as the previous episodes.

It’s springtime and it’s a good time to make Gungal models. Ohno and Sasaya bought some models and Tanaka is off to give them a week of training on how to build them. Saki’s, as usual, spoiling their mood and making them nervous whenever she held the models. Ohno was unfortunate when she let her touch her model.

The bgm when Saki touched Tanaka and Ohno’s models made me freaking nervous. She’s not that interested in them, but the way she looked at them was unexpected. She could have touched, looked, and not bother to move any parts. I feel sorry for Ohno.

Sawachika buys ingredients of nukijaga to prepare dinner for her dad. Due to her father’s work, the dinner gets cancelled. It seems Harima’s trying to get the good side of Tenma’s friends. He accompanies Sawachika with an umbrella when he sees her troubled.

Tenma decides to give Karasuma a curry lunch box. She made her sister cook it though. On lunch break, she managed to give him the boxed lunch, but accidentally brought two boxes of rices. Karasuma “saves the day” by making onigiri out of the rice. Harima witnesses the “special lunch” the two are having and suddenly skips school. Well, he even made friends with Karasuma. So he starts to think of not trusting anybody anymore. He stays home, watches several shows that made him realize what he saw was only an illusion and Tenma and Karasuma are siblings.

Hanai found out that Yakumo’s class is assigned to clean the pool, but he didn’t want Yakumo (he forgot that she’s not alone in it) to do such task. So he forced his homeroom teacher to assign pool cleaning to them. Tenma’s friends teased him about his hopeless crush on “Tsukamoto” Yakumo. Harima assumes this “Tsukamoto” is his crush and decides to _take care_ of Hanai. Thus starts the pool war.

I’m starting to think that Karasuma’s in the wrong series. T_T

The club are getting two new members and Saki’s going to make sure they will change their minds of joining. Also, the club’s kaichou is resigning because he finally decides to write a paper to graduate. Madarame becomes their second chairman.

I didn’t expect Ohno to be a strong drinker. She gets clingy and hyper. Their little celebration went out of hand. I’m glad Saki didn’t join in the ruckus. I wonder where the club will lead to with Madarame as their second chairman.

Saki is fretting over her boyfriend being an otaku, so she asks the other members of Genshiken if cosplaying would be a good turn-on. They give out their opinions and she finally opts to learn games. She finally learns one, but Kohsaka beats her easily.

She told them it was her friend who’s in that situation to save her from embarassment when it was so obvious she’s describing herself. Lucky her, Kohsaka’s not a sentimental guy. I bet he would break up with her right away if he was. Why be with a girl who can’t accept for who you are, right? Then again… Kohsaka doesn’t seem _normal._ Nor are the others. T_T

I’m surprised that Kimi ga Nozomu Eien’s sequel turns about to be a romance-comedy. It’s about Akane this time. She’s the younger sister of the girl who got into an accident and was in a deep coma for years. Gouda is a transfer student at Hakuryou High. On the first day of school, he falls in love-at-first-sight with Akane. He does everything he can to please her and prove his feelings to her, but she only finds him annoying.

Gouda’s imagination is wild. His daydream of a love confession with Akane seemed too perfect, so he spiced it up by adding some “mecha effects.” @_@ I thought I downloaded a mecha anime when it was just imagination. Damnit. Just an imagination! ~__~ The rest of the characters still look like “Kimi ga” while Gouda is like a Saint Seiya character. His hair and fashion is so old-skool. Fortunately, there’s Gouda in the story. I can’t stand Akane. She’s melodramatic.

Society for the Modern Visual Culture (aka Genshiken) was suddenly listed as one of the clubs that will be dismissed as soon as the year ends. Saki is very happy about this. But she was forced to help them out because of the way the members are taking this and she doesn’t want her boyfriend, Kohsaka, to be with whoever-he-is in the manga club. The club was somehow saved with a little help of their chairman who’s freaking me out with his weird eyes. (See screencaps.) He’s so weird! He even got Saki to join the club. T___T I didn’t get the last part that much in this episode. Saki was asking him how he knows the _things_ between her and Kohsaka… Does that mean he’s got cameras in the clubroom? He also warned her of what restrooms _not_ to use. >_> Anyway, if things are going smooth for this couple then there’s no reason for me to dislike Saki. XD I like her character. If she ditches Kohsaka because he’s an “otaku,” she’s just like those other girls. Even real life girls. Not as funny as the previous episode, but it still has some nice moments. (Again, see screencaps.) A love confession after talking about athlete’s foot cracked me up. XD Not sweet. Not at all. But it’s the funniest confession I’ve ever seen!

Nekomata group is at it again. They’re targeting Shirokin’s students by selling them cat badges, so they wouldn’t be attacked by cat-masked fellows. Yankumi goes behind this by herself. On a pinch, her 2 young followers comes to the rescue.

I actually thought Yamaguchi’s followers entrance was cool! I’m sad that Shin gets beaten up. He acts all cool and mighty when he barely has the strength to stand up against these bad guys.

I just had to do a lot of caps. This was one of the good & very funny episodes in the series. XDDD

It’s time for the school trip to Okinawa. Yankumi and Fujiyama-sensei daydreams about their stay there, forgetting that they’ll be with brats who will only give them a headache. During the trip, Sawada planned to tire her out by making her chase after them whenever they stopped at every sightseeing location. The plan was a success. The guys were able to sneak out and have fun. Of course, there’s always trouble waiting ahead of them. She searches for them with the help of Shin, but gets involve with a group of men who’s looking for ANOTHER SHIN!

You wouldn’t believe Yankumi’s fighting spirit. She got hyped up joining a group of strangers who’s also in search of another Shin. She thought it was her student Shin. >_> The bed scene between Shin and Yamaguchi gave me a slight “First Love” idea. Gokusen would be a wonderful spoof! XD




After the school trip, it’s the yearly festival and class 2-4’s activity is a host club. About 3 students including Shin are the only good-looking guys in it. Ha~ Even if Shin’s got the looks, he’s not even good with the girls.

Tsuruta, a senior, is temporarily back after being suspended as a request to join the school’s festival. The juniors and seniors set up another fight to see who’s stronger like their previous fairs. The seniors took chances with Tsuruta. He doesn’t seem so bad though. Just don’t provoke him by insulting his physical appearance.

When I have to teach a student proper conduct, I wouldn’t go as far as sticking my fingers in his nose. That’s icky.

Sawada finds out Yankumi’s real identity! Kyo’s _lame_ act didn’t help at all.



What the efff is Mingenhiiinaaa??? T_T

Yamaguchi-sensei finally has recruits for her choir and all of them are bishies. Well, they look 100x better than the other students. @_@

Ichikawa gets bullied by his so-called friends, but still hangs with them. The two female teachers don’t catch their bullying, but Yamaguchi tries to get Ichikawa into the choir. Probably to keep him from his friends and other bad influences.

Ooedo’s group in danger as Kuroda (Yankumi’s grandfather) was taken to the hospital. Yankumi was left in charge of the group and on the time there were rumors about their group having a dispute with another (Kakita group). Later, Sawada informs Yankumi of Kudou being part of Nekomata group. The Ooedo gets a visit from Tenkai, Ooedo’s Kumicho’s brother-in-law, and tells them to settle the case with Kakita.

Nothing much in this episode except Shin accidentally crosses paths with Yankumi as she goes to Kakita. She may look different in a kimono and tied-up hairstyle. But we all know Shin’s not very, very stupid not to recognize her.

Talk about shounen-ai hints… T_T I watched this because of so far who lent me her copy. The video we have is in mkv format. My mkv player doesn’t have the “easy frame capturing” feature. I’m too lazy to figure out how to solve that, so I’ve no caps for this one.

Nanachi goes out-of-town with theater groupmates for a play research. On the day of their arrival, it was the town’s festival and they had witnessed a miko’s dance (actually, I’m not sure what was going on… *sweatdrop*). They find out later on that the miko is actually a guy and does possess spiritual powers. After a family ritual held every 49 years, the nen around them was suddenly disturbed and had escaped (from something; the subs weren’t helpful! ARGH!). Kuraki had only one of the 7 swords that could help seal the nen and it seems Nanachi was just right on time for also bringing his grandfather’s important memento.

I was starting to enjoy Kuraki’s mean character, but when he had to decapitate his father he got all nervous and afraid. It somehow destroyed his image as much as I understand his feelings then. His being an evil shaman is only partially true. The ending shows a possibility of this two hitting it off. XD Luckily, Kuraki’s got a sister who’s _supportive_ of them. *rofl*

I would have blogged earlier if it weren’t for the strong storm that’s causing electrical problems. I’m doing a quick post now. I don’t want to get caught of a black-out in the middle of posting.



Itoko, Harima’s cousin, interrogates him about his crush on Tenma. He narrates his cute love story on how he met and fell in love with Tenma without knowing she was sitting behind him. Tenma was eaves-dropping to his story and said how bad the girl was. The second short story is about Hanai’s _obsession_ with Tenma’s sister whose name I’m forgetting at the moment. He begs the head of the tea club to let him in because Tenma’s sister is invited to join. The head of the club is, surprisingly, Itoko and leaves the president to deal with it. At first, the president decides no, but then gives him a “tea test.” In the third story, Tenma’s class is to play baseball. The 4 girls are in one team. A blonde guy butts in to show-off for his fans, but gets knocked-out by Harima. The latter gets knocked out when Tenma pitches the ball. She got inspired by her weirdo crushie, Karasuma.

Is the name of Tenma’s sister Yakumo? I really forgot. Harima’s present appearance made it seem that his meeting with Tenma took place 20 years ago. He looked so thin and he had fair skin. He shouldn’t have sported those glasses and mustache.




*cuts off summary*

It _is_ a miracle to survive after getting hit by a truck. Harima’s imagination is too wild. His situation is very common anyway. One would really think a person likes them if they have their eyes set passionately on them. BUT!… In his case, he’s always near Karasuma! XD Of course Tenma’s going to look _his_ way. *sweatdrop* Harima’s getting worked up for nothing. Well, at least, he got a visit from Tenma. He got to spend some time with her. She does look cute in her plain clothes. In the first story, Tenma should have used the chance to talk to Karasuma in the gym’s storage room. She already got lucky getting locked up in there… WITH HIM! I wouldn’t have thought of that. XD I got preoccupied with Tenma’s “survival stupidity.”

Puhaha~ Kohsaka won 25-years worth of (shitty) video games!!! WTF! XD They’re all probably rpg.

Saki is just eBil. She should be better off with her ex-boyfriend or anyone else, but not Kohsaka. Loving him means also liking his interests/accepting his likes, but she’s hiding that fact. She’s also a problem for the club… The guys are too afraid to stand up to a violent girl like her. Oh well, she’s a major plus in making the show hilarious. Her sd-face reminds me of Jungle wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu. She might be Guu’s long-lost sister. XDDD

Genshiken’s got a new female member. She automatically got herself in due to her cosplay interest. What was her name again???

I feel bad starting in episode 3. Hehe~ I watched episodes 1 and 2 about 2 weeks ago. I’m too lazy to go over them. Besides, a lot of anime blogs out there are giving reviews to this. I didn’t intend to join the hype, but this is amusing to pass up.


Watching this makes me feel like I’m not _that_ much of an anime fan. ^_^; Is it possible to have so many people in just a doujinshi con? I’m not a hardcore fan (aka otaku), but it would be really, really awesome to be able to go to one. @_@ I would need lots of dough. Poor Madarame missing out the rest of the convention. He should have his hand checked right after he fell.

The art seems a bit different from the previous 2 episodes. The characters looked odd as if the artists did a quick job on them. The opening song is good, btw. It gives me The Pillows-feel. The ending song is so-so. They should have done another comedic song, but the background video seems to blend with it well. It shows the “outcome” of a day being with Genshiken.

There was a thief going around the Shirokin area. Most people have started to accuse the Shirokin High students due to their reputation. So, Minami and his friends decide to catch the thief to prove to the people they weren’t the bad guys. Instead of catching the thief, two of them — Minami and Noda — got busted (Noda looked so much like the thief on the “wanted” pin-ups). Yamaguchi gets the students out, but the vice principal shows up after being informed by the police and has started on accusing the kids. Of course, Yamaguchi won’t let this slip off.

Yamaguchi’s girly get-up is amusing. Even if I were a thief, I would likely try to steal anything from her. She did a good job in acting as the victim. XD Shin didn’t believe so. Heck, all of them are so lame in “acting.” *sweatdrop* It just highly aroused his suspicions on her.

I would like it if I knew some of Yamaguchi’s kick-ass moves. No jerks would be able to lay a single finger on me.

Yankumi meets Kuma’s mom in the bar. But, during that time, she didn’t know yet she’s Kuma’s mom. She only found out when she saw her in the school grounds. She informed her not to mention anything about it in school so as not to cause trouble to her job.

There’s nothing exceptional in this episode. We just get to see more of Kuma and his friends’ thickheadedness (Is there such word?). I’m glad they decided to attend math tutorial even though it’s for other reasons and not because of their low scores.

Sawada Shin asks for a duel with Yankumi. The fight didn’t push through when a “satsu” discovers them. / END OF SUMMARY

XD The choir cracks me up. I didn’t expect Fujiyama to teach music. She looked as though she would teach P.E.

In this episode, we see Yankumi on her first day in Shirokin High School. The vice principal informs the two new female teachers of some safety tips in case the students go wild. Class 2-4’s the class Yankumi’s going to be a homeroom teacher in. The students were all disappointed because she looked plain and, rather, found her stupid. Only Sawada Shin thought differently.

The manga’s hilarious, so I decided to watch the anime. I’ve already seen til ep. 11, but will still review on a per-episode (or maybe 2) basis. They didn’t mostly follow the manga. One is the appearance of the vice principal. They created that character for the viewers to hate and be more reminded of GTO. >P

The first story is about the class’ field trip. Tenma and Harima try their best to get to talk with their crushes, but both are out of luck. Harima’s the unluckiest. Because of his stupidity, he accidentally rode on the bus of senior citizens. He managed to escape after several tries. Then he ended up in vast deserted place. Poor guy.

Tenma’s effort of asking Karasuma to share an umbrella with her sure took a lot of courage. It’s a pity he turned her down… With his knee-slapping KAPPA GET-UP! XD Goodness, he’s so weird! They would make a hilarious couple if they hit it off.

Shoujo, but dark and about vampires. For those with lolita complex, this is a must-see. I’m not one. Only the “vampire” part intrigued me.

If I had a thing for straight-pairs and lolita stuff, I would have fangirled over Vigo and Hazuki. :P Me and my wild imagination. See, Vigo’s being an over-protective BUTLER of the castle. He might be way obedient and loyal to his _still-unknown_ master, but it could be ♥. Aigoo! Pedophile. *rofl* What’s more, he tried to kill/destory/eliminate Kouhei because he was trying to kidnap Hazuki when he wasn’t.

I don’t understand why Kouhei didn’t become a vampire. It’s the first time I’ve seen a vampire biting a human and he/she doesn’t become his/her _loyal_ servant (or follower or something). It was the only way for Hazuki to be free from the castle.



Since the “kiss” didn’t work, Hazuki begged Kouhei to help her. They had escaped, but things were only about to start.

She got away from the castle with the help of Kouhei, but disappeared after the long fight. She flew back to Japan to find her mom and forced herself in Kouhei’s home (with his grandpa). Bishie Midou Seiji frequently visits to play with Kouhei’s grandpa and to discuss about the girl.

This episode didn’t make me itch to watch ep. 3. Not a cliffhanger, nothing that will make ask the questions what, why, and how, and less close-up shots of Seiji Midou. The first episode gave me a good impression and, hopefully, it will stay the same in the following episodes.

Episodes 1 and 3 doesn’t compare with the stupidity in episode 2.

Harima was trying to get Tenma’s attention because she forgot to put her name on her paper. He couldn’t tell her directly because… Well, we all know why, don’t we? He almost did something _not_ idiotic. Haha~ He should have just thrown the eraser on her table rather than act like it accidentally fell on the floor. Tenma is a young girl in love. She wants Karasuma to have a perfect image of her. This will really lead to nowhere.



Ah, the woes of Tenma’s love confession. She just thinks of weird ideas and out of them all, she had to choose the old-fashioned way. Karasuma did a good job of evading the arrows. He was purposely evading them! *rofl*

Seigaku vs. Champion Rikkaidai — I’m Going to Win!!



Forgive the yaoiPoT-deprived fangirl in me. I forgot when was the last time I’ve watched/read anything PoT-related. *glomps Meg* Thanks!

Not much of a cliffhanger… Just like the previous matches, there are always late Seigaku regulars. It’s Kaidoh and Momoshiro this time. Who prioritizes a date over the tennis finals? J/k! I know it’s KaidohxInui or InuixKaidoh, but who wouldn’t imagine these two boys together? How come Kaidoh was fidgeting with the phone cord when he called Momo? Nervous to call a doubles partner for practice?

There seem to be a lot of potential pairing in this episode. Let’s see… TachibanaxFuji, SanadaxYukimura, SANADAxECHIZEN (!!!), and MomoshiroxKaidoh. Echizen’s perfect for a shota-uke role (blame his kid-like look compared to his teammates). Too bad for Tezuka… He should come back soon, so he could steal Echizen from Sanada. XD

See the last screenshot? *____* Be still my heart…

I’m almost catching up to where I left off in the manga. I already know the results of the first match. I can’t wait for the other matches then. I thought Ryoma beat Atobe during their practice, but if Tezuka can match up to this guy… Then it’s still early for him. I wonder if they will have a rematch in the near future. (Actually, I just want to see an older version of Ryoma competing against Atobe. Puhaha~)

I should have taken the chance of downloading the manga before. When I saw this episode, it reminded me of Azumanga Daioh. Most especially Tsukamoto Tenma. Her sd forms are cute and funny. XD Unlike other shoujo protagonists, she may be a clutz, but she seems likable. Harima Kenji will remind you of Kuwabara. Stupid, strong, and always try to act cool with his tough get-up which makes people afraid of him. There’s a possible love-triangle here. Tenma ♥ Karasuma (did I get his name right?) while Harima ♥ Tenma. Lucky for Harima, some big guy got dumped in his place. XD But he didn’t think Tenma’s rejection was for him. Heh~ This is the first time I’ve seen a love letter gag — a love letter so long that it became a SCROLL. Tenma writes something as long as that, but forgets to put her name. (Check screenshots.) No wonder Karasuma read the letter for about 3 times. >_> You must check out the brief appearance of an Initial D segment! That got me by surprise.
I watched this a few days ago. I couldn’t post til I get, at least, 50% of the blog (MT) settings right. *♥ MT 3.12*