Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu – 4

Rebecca — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:48:16 +0000

That is official freaking win right there =D

I love how Hishoku no Sora was playing in the background right then xD

Run after Ueda-san, Nobunaga! She’s super popular and beautiful!

Ueda Kana was so awesome in this episode. You know that when Hazuki kept sighing, it was because she knew they were all following her. Seriously, character never do a very good job at tracking someone. Do they just try to be loud? =P

Oh, Haruka, you are just too cute. MOE!

Yeah I really don’t have much to say about this episode so it’s just the screen caps ^^

Nabari no Ou – 17 & 18

Rebecca — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 04:22:26 +0000

Wow, it’s been so long (at least it feels like it has been) since I last saw this and I have to say I really missed it: missed the characters, missed the OP and ED (both the new and the old), and it’s great to finally get to watch some anime after a week or so. I know a week isn’t all that long at all but it’s big for me, okay? =P

Something else that sparked this post is something that I’ve been wanting to say: WHAT IS UP WITH ALL THE PEOPLE WHO LOOK AT THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOITE AND MIHARU AND GO ‘OMGZZZ ITZ YAOIIIIII’???

Seriously, in this world right now, obviously two people of the same gender can’t be good friends without having a bunch of people (or more) suspect them of other feelings. OBVIOUSLY. I mean come on, Miharu wants to save Yoite and that’s because he loves him. Well yeah of course, both Miharu and Yoite have been living their lives (I forget how old they are though) almost by themselves and suddenly they find in each other someone who can understand how they feel. Of course they’d stick to each other like glue. That’s happened to me before. Back when I was in high school, I was almost desperate for someone to understand what it was like for me at home and in my second year, I found someone and I almost became so attached to her that I was pretty upset (okay, I still am a little) when she decided to just up and ignore me one day. IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. Tight friendship is important, people and that’s what Miharu and Yoite are getting at, not some yaoi business. I’m kind of sick of hearing that.

I’m also kind of sick of hearing OMG IT’S A RIPOFF OF NARUTO but you know, that’s old now. What am I gonna do about it? Do you know, I saw somewhere (probably in one of the threads on MAL) two short clips with fight scenes from Cowboy Bebop and Naruto with the exact techniques and sequences displayed and someone quoted it and went ‘wow, they copied off Naruto >.>’ and I’m like ‘you’re a moron, NARUTO copied off Cowboy Bebop.’ But anyway, that’s just a personal annoyance.

Anyway, it’s been such a long time since I really watched Nabari no Ou that I kind of forgot what happened D: I have a feeling I may have to rewatch this later on just like I have to rewatch Amatsuki to really understand what happened.

I really have to sympathize with Yoite’s belief that he feels like a make-believe character in the world because, well, let’s just say that sometimes I feel that way during summers at my house. The end. It was nice being able to catch up =)

Special A – 16 & 17

Rebecca — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:43:09 +0000

I lol’d here. Ryuu is too funny.

All I have to say about episode 16 is: LOL at Jun’s split personality. And here I thought his secret was that he was really gay or something. But since I was wrong, I did get a kick out of his ‘bad boy’ personality. Such a twist from his usual demeanor that I lol’d xD

Episode 17 focused more on my favorite ‘couple,’ if they can be called that. I was disliking Hikari and Kei’s relationship because Hikari was just too dense but look at that, so is Tadashi!

Oh Tadashi, I bet you don’t know what you said wrong.

Anyway, since I don’t watch previews (they’re too spoiler-ish for my taste D: ), I hope their relationship takes a turn for the better because we only have 7 episodes left. Go Akira! You can get your feelings out to Tadashi!

Itazura na Kiss – 17

Rebecca — Sun, 10 Aug 2008 03:27:38 +0000

Nice, just when I was starting to lose interest in this because of the lame marriage development, someone interesting arrives on scene: Kamogari Keita. He’s like another Naoki, only better. Now this show has been having some issues because while I usually like characters (men in this case) that act tsundere, I couldn’t really make myself like Naoki, probably because he was just the worst of the worst. Keita, I can like, though and what a shame that he probably won’t end up getting together with Kotoko D: That scene with the two at the party was too cute and funny and I hope they don’t cut Keita out of the picture too fast. I want to see more of him!

Kaiji – 8/10

Rebecca — Sat, 02 Aug 2008 03:32:18 +0000

So I’ve completed Kaiji after a month or two-long hiatus followed by two (or three?) days marathon. After finishing each episode, I’d go over to the MAL discussion boards to see what everyone else thought and their speculations and after hearing what everyone had to say back in episodes 12 or 13, I was thinking I’d end up giving Kaiji a 9. But that definitely wasn’t the case. I have a lot to say but as I want to get this out tonight and am kind of tired, I’m going to be brief instead or everyone who reads this will be even more confused than they normally would D:

Restricted Rocks, Papers, Scissors was a pretty exciting game and I really enjoyed it as a first arc. I have to say, though, that Brave Men’s Road was my favorite, especially the second beam crossing. After the first arc in which every contestant was suspicious of each other, it was nice seeing a change. Ishida’s death was probably the best part of that arc. The E-Card arc came next and while I didn’t like it that much in the beginning, it grew on me as we discovered that Tonegawa was (unsurprisingly) cheating. Tissue-box raffle was the most boring arc in the show. Maybe it was because there had been the epic beam arc and the E-Card arc that had gotten me excited and I had high expectations for the last arc and when it didn’t deliver as well, it lost points. I don’t know. In any case, that last arc and its least exciting aspects lowered the potential score of a 9 to an 8.

Kaiji – 7

Rebecca — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 03:35:46 +0000

Can I just say something here? I watched the first six episodes awhile ago and then took a break for multiple reasons. One of them was that I suddenly had a lot less time to watch anime. Second reason was because of the narrator. He really starts to get on my nerves now. It makes the whole show turn from mystery/detective to game show all of a sudden and it kind of breaks my mood. He doesn’t even say anything remotely important. He only repeats what all the viewers already know.

“The air around shrinks them.”

“The space begins to suffocate them.”

Isn’t this a classic ‘show us, don’t tell us’ situation? =/

Red Garden – 3

Rebecca — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:36:13 +0000

This is really a creepy show. Apart from the creepy character designs, especially that Lula woman, sometimes near the end of the episode, one of the girls will start singing a sad and creepy song and it just is a little scary watching this. Other than that, I’m hoping the girls will get over their ‘I can’t believe I’m dead’ phase and stop screaming all the time. I know it can’t be helped but seriously, a lot of screaming is no good to me.

So I’m curious. These girls that Lula and that other guy pick have lost the will to live, so she says. So is that the only criteria in how she picks the girls? It’s interesting what happened. Lise was kidnapped I suppose and brought into some mansion. Lula went to find her and so did the four girls (don’t know why though) and that’s where they were killed by what looks like Lula’s partner and some other guy. Then she revived the four girls so that they could live on borrowed lives and during a car chase, only Lise was taken. So now, monster-men things are going to come after them (I guess because they’re dead now?) and their only way to stay alive is to kill. Alrighty then. What will next episode reveal, although I’m not sure how long I’ll keep up with this?

Some quick first impressions

Rebecca — Wed, 30 Jul 2008 03:45:30 +0000

Now and Then, Here and There

It started off all right. It took awhile to get used to the character design but that’s only because I’m so used to watching recent anime. Shu’s a funny person to watch, especially while he was trying to get Lala-Ru’s attention back on top of the smokestacks. Now, I’ve seen two episodes of this and it seems like the other kids there don’t really like this Hamdo person. I was distracted while watching these episodes so I’m pretty sure I missed something that might’ve been obvious. In any case, I’ll be paying more close attention from now on since it seems like it’d be an interesting show, especially since Hamdo has already proven himself to be almost insane (his voice on the phone and his behavior towards Shu when the latter had no pendant on him).

Legend of the Galactic Heroes

Well I’ve started this supposedly epic show and I have to say, the total number of episodes is quite daunting. Kind of like how it’s taking me forever to start Prince of Tennis because of its length. Anyway, again like Now and Then, I had to take awhile to get used to the art. And I was also overwhelmed since I was just introduced to, what, at least fifteen characters in one episode? I can’t yet remember whose name is who but at least I know who Reinhard is. haha And I’ve suddenly forgotten what his red-haired friend’s name is too. Oh well. This was only the first episode and there are tons more to go so I think I’ll take this slow and enjoy the ride.

Red Garden

I have to say, though it has a low-ish rating on MAL, it’s synopsis was intriguing enough that I picked it up: four girls discover that one of their classmates have committed suicide and then that night, they get approached by two people telling them that they all died the previous night? That was enough to pique my interest. Although I’m now looking at its page and it’s Gonzo. Gonzo has a hit or miss reputation so I was a little wary watching this. Anyway, this was an odd episode. And I can’t really say how it was – it just was. I might continue to watch this but we’ll have to see in the next few episodes if it can hold my interest. Oh and I must remember next time not to watch this at night. Some of the characters’ eyes get extremely creepy ><

I miss playing my RPGs

Rebecca — Tue, 29 Jul 2008 03:16:54 +0000

So while my brother was getting his wisdom teeth pulled, I went to the mall to walk around and spent an hour in GameStop. So I’m wondering, if anyone has something to say it would help:

I have yet to play any game on the PS2. There’s no (good) emulator out that I know of and even if there were one, I doubt my computer would be able to handle it smoothly. Now, I’ve been thinking to wait until I have enough money before I buy either a PS2 or a PS3 and then get the games I want but at this rate, PS2 games will be out of production before I can get them. I saw in GameStop Final Fantasy X-2 for $9.99, Valkyrie Profile 2 for $19.99, and Suikoden IV for $12.99. So would it be worth it to buy the games now when they’re at low prices and just keep them until I can buy a console or should I just not?

Listing the games here so that at least I have a list somewhere…
-Disgaea 1, 2
-Final Fantasy X, X-2, XII
-Grandia II, III
-Radiata Stories
-Soul Calibur II and III (I just want to play these, not necessarily buy it)
-Star Ocean: Till the End of Time
-Suikoden III, IV, V, Tactics
-Tales of the Abyss
-Tales of Destiny
-Tales of Eternia
-Tales of Legendia
-Tales of Rebirth
-Valkyrie Profile 2: Silmeria
-Wild Arms 3, 4, 5
-Xenosaga Episodes I, II, and III

Wow. This list makes me want to cry pearly tears.

Macross Frontier – 16

Rebecca — Sat, 26 Jul 2008 22:56:31 +0000

Brera’s pretty hot :3

One thing I do have to say about this episode: I don’t like Ranka being used as a military weapon. In fact, I wouldn’t like it if it were Sheryl being used. I just don’t like that idea at all. Or even the experiment with Ranka’s voice. Maybe it’s because I know Grace has some ulterior evil motive but I hope Ranka ends up disagreeing with her being used.

That said, I don’t like Sheryl. I don’t like her personality, especially that ‘Oh so you were worried about me?’ comment right after waking up from a rest. It’s too playful, like she’s trying to test and see how Alto feels about her. Nothing outright and it kind of irks me. Maybe it’s because I used to do that (or still do?) and that’s why it bothers me. Whatever the case is, I hope she becomes more clear and determined about what she wants. The feeling I get from her is that she likes Alto but isn’t sure about what being with him might mean? And that’s why she’s being all roundabout in her behavior?

Ranka has the cutest signature ^^