Could it be?!! Monthly Mania?! And a post? Yay! Happy Early Valentine’s Day! I finally have another issue of Monthly Mania as my Valentine’s Day post~ :D I intended to wait awhile before I’d post it, but I didn’t plan for it to be this long. Since it’s been so long I’m as enthusiastic as ever to make another issue. Also, this issue has more than usual. :DD It includes a movie, drama, video game, anime, manga, and novel. The drama is especially long though since I cut it out from a draft of another post. More in celebration of it’s first issue of the new year. I don’t plan to have it monthly still, but during months when I feel I have enough to put.

Movie

Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-La-Ti-Do

Cast:

Cha Ye-ryeon as Jeong-won
Jang Geun-suk as Eun-gyu
Jung Eui-chul as Hee-won

Summary:

Jung-won wears a funny dragon suit, while working at the amusement park, and pours soda on Eun-gyu, because of his taunts. A short while later, Jung-won finds out that Eun-gyu has moved into the house next to hers. Eun-gyu now threatens to tell Jung-won’s parents that she works part time at a local mart. To keep Eun-gyu quiet, Jung-won agrees to carry his guitar for a week.

Jung-won then starts to develop feelings for Eun-gyu, who is the lead singer of a band called Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do. Eun-gyu also starts to develop similar feelings for Jung-won. The two soon become a couple.

With an odd twist of fate, Jung-won went to the band’s rehearsal room and meets a familiar person from her past, a boy named Hee-won. Their relationship makes everything more complicated.

-Wikipedia

Thoughts:

So depressing that I have so little to write about this…

So annoying typing it out. x_x Anyways, after finishing You’re Beautiful, I decided to watch Jang Geun Suk’s (Taekyung’s actor) other stuff. Therefore, I watched um, this movie. Not much to say because it’s a movie, but it has become one of my favorite movies now too. I’m pretty sure it’s the first Korean movie I’ve watched, but I do really like it.

It’s starts off very slow, and not that interesting. However, if you watch through it, it does get much more interesting later. I had to persuade my friend to continue and at the end, she was glad she finished it. Sometimes the characters are really stupid yes, but I definitely did cry a few times as well as my friend. It’s sweet but sad at the same time, and the dramatic parts are well played, believable, and really heartbreaking. Some may find it over dramatic, but my friend and I totally loved it. However, I simply loved the ending, and gah~ make sure you watch through the credits. ^^

Overall, great music once again from Jang Geun Suk, some sweet romance, ignore some stupid parts and you’ll find yourself a great romance comedy.

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Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] 10

Where to watch it: YouTube

Drama

You’re Beautiful

Cast:

Jang Geun Suk as Hwang Tae Kyung
Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nam (Male) / Go Mi Nyu (Female)
Lee Hong Ki as Kang On Yu / Jeremy
Jung Yong Hwa as Kang Shin Woo

Summary:

The management company of the idol group A.N.JELL insisted on adding a new singer to the group as the lead vocal, Tae Kyung’s voice was hurting. However,the new member, Mi Nam, had to go to the States to repair a botched eye job just before signing the contract. His agent came up with the idea of having his twin sister, Mi Nyu,to stand in for him and pretend that she was her brother. The two of them grew up in an orphanage and Mi Nyu, who was all set to become a nun, agreed to this charade as she didn’t want to spoil her brother’s chance of fame which would make it easier to look for their mother.

-DramaWiki

Thoughts:

This is now officially my romance favorite drama. I was wondering why I didn’t watch more Korean dramas (which this is), and this brought me back into them. To be honest I didn’t want to watch more dramas since I didn’t want to be distracted, but my friends forced me to watch it, claiming it was addicting and just so good. X) Reluctantly, I watched it, and soon found out it was. I became literally addicted. What made me happier, is that this is on TV here where I live on those Asian channels. :D

Maybe what made me addicted was how much it reminded me of Hana Kimi from the plot. It’s about a girl named Go Mi Nyu who is training to be a nun, but finds out her twin brother is in America having surgery, and she has to fill in for him as member of the all-boy group A.N. Jell. So pretty much, if you like K-Pop, hawt guys, cute romance, cross dressing, then this is definitely worth watching.

The romance is a lot more like the cute shoujo animes/mangas I’m used to. Again it has the cliched jerk and the nice girl. This time though, the romance is all about the development. It revolves around their romance developing til the end, rather than midway. It also has some family twists in it later. And I guess maybe that’s why I loved this series so much. The interactions between the characters are just so adorable I want to squeal. The chemistry is definitely there, and it’s simply a sweet hilarious show. And from the Korean dramas I’ve watched, many of them have lots of development, which is probably why I enjoy them so much. It’s not as rushed. Each moment and step is also valued much more, and the constant references to stars can be refreshing and cute.

The main characters are also very likable too, and I feel sympathy towards them. You know, except for Yoo He Yi and Taekyung’s mom. They get awesomely pwned so it’s all good. -u- Taekyung wasn’t exactly very likable in the beginning, but I soon really warmed up to him once he changed his hair and showed his cute side and opened up. Plus his OCD is hilarious. And Go Mi Nyu is a decent heroine, she doesn’t get on my nerves or anything, and plays out the nice role. However, my favorite character other than Taekyung has to be…Jeremy!! xDD He’s just so cute and funny it’s irresistible. X) Shin Woo isn’t a repulsively annoying kind character, but he does creep me out sometimes. He is definitely sweet though and I do feel sympathy. Lastly, I have to hand the coolest character title over to…their designer (which I keep forgetting her name)! She’s a hilarious and awesome noona/unnie. XD

Anyways, it’s definitely enjoyable and good. If you’re starting out on a dramas I’d definitely recommend it. Even if you aren’t, it’s definitely sweet and heartwarming, and has lots of moments to fangirl for that remind me of the sweet romance animes I enjoy. Plus, I forgot to mention the music is great too and each cast member was perfect in playing their role and being multi-talented. :D

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And in my opinion the most hilarious scene in the drama, just in case anyone wants to see a clip of the series. I wouldn’t suggest watching it if you want to be surprised though:

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Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 [10] -- (bias much?)

Where to watch: YouTube

Video Game

No More Heroes

Summary:

The story follows Travis Touchdown, who is a stereotypical otaku – his motel room decorated with professional wrestling and anime collectibles – living in near poverty in the No More Heroes motel of the fictional town of Santa Destroy, California. After winning a beam katana in an internet auction, he runs out of money to buy video games and wrestling videos. After meeting with Sylvia Christel, he accepts a job to kill Helter Skelter, also known as “the Drifter,” which earns him rank 11 by the United Assassins Association, a governing body of assassins. Realizing that he has the opportunity to make it to the top, he sets out to secure himself the coveted position of number one hitman in the UAA.

After killing the tenth ranked assassin, Sylvia reveals that if Travis stops killing, he’ll eventually be targeted by other aspiring assassins. Travis, now convinced there’s no way out, goes on to try to kill every other assassin on his conquest to the top.

-Wikipedia (with edits >_>)

Thoughts:

Yup, a game all about killing. But, with the sequel recently out, I guess it’s a good time to introduce No More Heroes. :D My uncle had actually rented the game, but ended up buying it after all since it was a lot better than it appeared. :] A loser otaku assassin with Touchdown as his last name? Definitely different. XD

The game is pretty straightforward and simple. Reach the top. However, it’s a pretty entertaining one at that. Or at least…different and…interesting. >_> The game gets a little more complicated and interesting later, but it is fun in the beginning nonetheless. You can do lots of stuff outside of killing people, like playing with your cat, buying clothes, etc. However, if you know your Wii, then the gameplay is also very easy to learn. The characters are decent, I guess. Not really the strong point of the series in my eyes. The main character is a loser otaku, to say it bluntly. And why he should be the main, I have no idea, lol. Oh well. But I guess the character I dislike the most is the blonde umm…head of the rankings? However, it is entertaining to see the cut scenes between the characters, since each character in the rankings has a distinct personality immediately resulting in lots of entertainment.

Overall, not a bad game--it’s pretty different, interesting, and most importantly, it’s fun. ;]

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Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10

Anime

Peach Girl

Summary:

Peach Girl is a high school drama centered on Momo Adachi. A former member of the swim team, Momo tans easily and her hair is bleached out; unfortunately, she is stereotyped by her ignorant classmates, and is forced to endure rumors about being a playgirl. Her only friend is Sae, who is actually responsible for spreading the nasty gossip due to her jealousy of Momo. Momo is in love with Toji, a taciturn baseball player, but the scheming Sae also has her sights set on the boy. Momo’s life is further complicated with the introduction of Kairi Okayasu, a wise-cracking playboy who is determined to make her his.

-Wikipedia

Thoughts:

I watched this series a long time ago, so there isn’t much I can write about. :/ However, I decided to watch it on a whim while looking for new anime, where my uncle just randomly pointed it out. I didn’t want to since I knew of its um…drama, but I did anyways. It was definitely dramatic, but I did enjoy it. Perhaps my standards are a bit low?

Let’s see. The animation is a little below average, as I’d prefer it that guys don’t have eyelashes drawn. You can tell a lot about the type of anime it is by the picture. Otherwise, like I’ve mentioned before, it’s definitely like teenage drama on overload. Indecisive girl, awesome guy is awesome until he gets the girl, etc. However, I did enjoy it because it got some part of my fangirling inside and the end turned out satisfactory. Let’s see, the characters are pretty average, especially the heroine. However, I do like Kairi (at least, in the first half). He’s pretty awesome in the beginning, but later I’m like, “Wtf?” at him. But then he comes back again which is good. :D The romance is can be random, yet still maintains a cute vibe that I fangirl about. I’m also glad that even the bad guys turn good, which leads to Sai, who I really wanted to slap. But later she is a pretty cool character.

Overall, not a bad series at all that I definitely recommend for those who love those excessively dramatic series with break ups and heart aches and the works. ^^ Usually one of those love em’ or hate em’ types.

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Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 [7] 8 9 10

Where yo watch it: YouTube

Manga

Beauty Pop

Summary:

Kiri Koshiba uses her hairstyling talents to help brighten up the lives of girls, but she does so anonymously. On the other hand the Scissors Project (also known as the SP), a group of three boys at school, gives grand makeovers to already-beautiful handpicked girls. Shogo Narumi, the head of the group and a hairstyling genius in his own right, finds himself butting heads with Kiri. To make matters worse, Ochiai, another member of SP, plots to expose Kiri’s talents. As much as Kiri tries to shy away from the spotlight, she finds herself drawn into the world of hairstyling.

-Wikipedia

Thoughts:

After just going through my public library and borrowing this, I immediately liked this manga. <3 Maybe it’s just because I had it in my hands? For whatever reasons, I liked it in all its shoujo cliches.

Anyways, it’s a pretty unique concept of haircuts being a part of the plot, but I guess that gives more options if you like drawing hair? XD Anyways, there are several reasons why I probably enjoyed it so much. Firstly, the main girl is pretty unique, and isn’t the average shoujo character. However, she’s still kind and cool, as some might say. So, it’s entertaining to see how she’ll react or what she’ll do. The main guy is definitely entertaining and made me lol all the time. So overall, the two together make for a very entertaining manga. X) The drawings are pretty decent as well, although sometimes the characters look a little awkward.

Overall though, the story is generally nice, light-hearted, and fun ride. It’s pretty average, but still nonetheless enjoyable and good.

Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 [8] 9 10

Novel

Secondhand Memories

Summary:

A simple story about a high school love.
One loses their memories.

A story about the true meaning of love, sacrifice, friendship and pain…

-Official Summary

Thoughts:

Novel…it’s a text novel. I’ve already mentioned this novel briefly in my Blossom Blabber, but I feel I should probably elaborate on it. It’s currently ongoing and I’m still trying to catch up on it, so I can’t say everything I should about the story. But I’ll try! XD

To start it off, it has a very calm beginning. To be honest, I’d drop it if I wasn’t bored one day and decided to read more. After I get past the beginning and into the good parts, I go through chapters like crazy. XD So give it time and it will be interesting and intense. The characters are decent for a novel like this. The characters are developing, which is always great. The main guy is pretty mediocre, though sometimes I wish he’d have some sense knocked into him. It’s harder for me to say much about Aoi since she’s in a coma for a long time and she still is in where I’m at (which just shows how much I need to read). She seems extremely sweet, though that may be exaggerated from the point of view the story is told at. The only problem is, due to the main character’s view of her, she seems like a mary-sue. They’re relationship is already set from the beginning and is extremely sweet, but I guess it may seem like a “perfect” relationship to some…until the conflict comes.

Overall though, I like it. Some parts keep me at the edge of my seat, although what I just mentioned doesn’t seem like it. xD I acknowledge the author’s amazing use of simplicity in the writing, so don’t expect it to be super detailed. It’s supposed to be simple, since it’s a cell phone novel.

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Verdict: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 [9] 10

Where to read it: Textnovel.com | Mobile Site | Wordpress

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Ahh, finally done. Hope you guys enjoyed the comeback~! Boy I’m exhausted now.

Anyways, I wanted to say that I probably won’t be blogging much, although it’s kind of already evident. I just wanted to explain why. Mainly, school as usual, and just interest in other things outside of anime. This season isn’t very great, and I really just enjoy watching Kimi ni Todoke and Durarara!! at the moment. However, there really isn’t much for me to say on them and I don’t want to force myself. I’ve just been straying away from anime and gotten more into music (so expect more of those posts), being with my friends more (I used to be under really strict rules, but now they’ve lessened and I can actually hang out with friends outside of school O.o), working on a long personal project, making keychains (I’ll post up the shop when it’s up, so look forward to that!), reading, etc.

I’ll still post when I can, but I’m not forcing myself to that much anymore. Shorter posts will most likely come from this though. The reason they haven’t been coming now though is from working on this. But anyways, I’m taking your suggestions and I’ll most likely break up Blossom Blabber. :D

So late!! Everything is already on episode 2. Dx Anyways, first impressions on the Winter season. Tbh, no shows really impressed me. I’m not hooked on any show. I’ll follow a few because they seem like they’ll get better, but no real one to squeal about. I’ll probably continue to follow the Fall shows. However, the one thing that does appeal to me this season are the numerous amounts of wonderful BGM. So I’ll be looking forward to tons of OSTs. :D

Hanamaru Kindergarten

It was definitely a cute and hilarious light hearted series. It was a lot more enjoyable then I expected (because I expected to just plain dislike it, haha). I have to say sometimes Anzu sometimes annoys me but I guess it’s inevitable. I love her friend Hii-chan (too lazy to remember her whole name). She’s just so calmly cool, and her neko costume is adorable. The different EDs are also very nice, and the main guy isn’t that bad. He doesn’t get on my nerves, so…he’s okay in my book.

So-Ra-No-Wo-To

I have to admit I was going to first say I was plain bored with it and didn’t like it. However, after I decided to watch the rest today (I watched it yesterday with distractions), I have to say it’s actually interesting so far! I like it so far. It has a different vibe than usual and it has a very interesting concept to it. Though I still think there are some K-On! rip offs, it’s already a lot more interesting than K-On!. I’m not a slice of life kind of person, because it usually bores me, but so far it seems like there’s more to it. Also, the BGMs are absolutely beautiful. I love the French BGM. The art for the landscape is also done impressively.

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Hmm…because I’ve never read the manga so far, I’m at a clean slate with it. I have to admit the beginning was boring with the game show, but it started getting interesting when I saw Mina. I’d like to see what’s going to happen in the future. It looks somewhat interesting…However, I’ve heard that it’s straying from the manga, so I’m afraid if that’ll be for the worse or for the better. I have a feeling it’ll be the former, but I guess we’ll have to wait? It was categorized as romance, so I hope to see some romance soon. Even though by the looks of it, it’ll be some boring romance.

Durarara!!

Uwah, one of the most anticipated by the season and I’m sure it doesn’t disappoint. I was searching so much for it, but I finally just watched it on crunchyroll. My favorite music of the season no doubt. As for the series, it has that mysterious feel and pulls off the urban feel really well. I really hope to see more revealed because right now I have no idea what to expect and what’s going on. XD But it looks good, and that’s good enough for me to continue. The characters are likable, and Kida is really a great friend character at the moment. So far Mikado seems quite the average character, so I hope to see lots of development. Overall, it’s really good, filled with awesome, and could possibly be one of my favorites for this season as well.

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Surprisingly enjoyable. Um…one of my favorite first impressions? I’d hate to admit that it’s one of my favs this season and I don’t know why. It just kept my attention the whole way through and it was pretty interesting and funny. So I liked it. It has an interesting concept that reminds me of a video game, though not quite. The chibis are so adorable! >w< The characters aren’t special, but they don’t get on my nerves either. Traps are awesome, pervert is hilarious, and I guess it’s just plain fun to watch. So maybe now I know why I liked it so much.

Ookami Kakushi

Lol this is exactly why I want to push her off a cliff. Is she rubbing her butt on him?

One of the biggest disappointments this season. Hiro is plain boring. I’d like to slap Isuzu off a cliff for being such a w***e. And the only characters I’m actually okay with are Nemuru (actually, she’s pretty awesome), the God which I’m pretty sure is Nemuru, and Kaname. Everyone else…blergh. The class is way too happy it’s suspicious as well. The only interesting thing was when over-happy-guy died. XD

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Anyways, I’m most likely going to follow Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Durarara!!, and Sora no Woto. I’ll also occasionally check out Hanamaru Kindergarten. So I’ll catch up on my Fall series when I can to follow more. I don’t know if I’ll blog any of these series, I’ll probably just go back to Kimi ni Todoke and try to blog YumePati once I catch up. And if any Winter shows I find are worth blogging I will. Or I’ll do random episodes that I want to blog. XD I’m still pretty unorganized.

Happy One Year Anniversary for BMC!!

Uwah~ Time goes by so fast, doesn’t it? Anyways, today is the one year anniversary for BMC! I wish I had been more prepared, but this vacation was a lot busier than I thought. ^^; Anyways, I am pretty stumped on what to write because a bunch of things are coming to my mind at once and I really don’t know how to put it all down–at least, cleanly. xDD

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY!! :DD

I was hoping to change the theme, but I can’t DL it atm. >_> So all theme changes and header changes are postponed atm. TT^TT And then, I had this drawing for this blog, but it…TT^TT disappeared. *goes to emo corner*

Yay! It works!~ I’ve finally gotten the theme changed. More details later in the post.

Random Ramble:

Well I guess BMC didn’t really start out as much, not that it ended up being that big, either, haha. But it does bring out a lot of fun. To be honest, not for the modesty but honestly, I didn’t think I’d be able to make it this far. There were tons of times I thought I should just give up, but I honestly didn’t want to. I wanted to at least last for one year. xDD And now that one year has passed I want to still keep going. It probably won’t be that long though, but I’ll try my best!! I can’t believe though that I was going to end up having people read some of my posts, which makes me super happy, because it feels like I’m not talking to myself. xD And with my short attention span….>_> Yup…I actually made it. :’D

This fan art is not mine. All credit goes to the illustrator. :D

Thank You’s:

To start it off, I want to thank EVERYBODY, readers, subscribers, commenter, people who put me on their blogrolls, random people, etc. Without you guys I would’ve given up the first day. Let’s see, now for specifics, and btw, I’m a very, very corny person. :D

Thank you….

FuyuMaiden for pretty much inspiring me to start a blog. I’ve read your blog since it first opened on Wordpress (but only as a lurker until later) and you are just an amazing blogger. :D

warriorhope for my first real commenter (as in, big time commenter? or…commenter with a blog? xD Hard to explain) . Seeing your comment encouraged me to continue. :3

Xiao for being my first regular commenter, and being such an awesome, nice, encouraging, commenter. When I read your comments I always smile. :D

kanzie for being simply fierce and having an awesome blog! XDD And thank you for encouraging me to continue in graphics~

Rin for being such an awesome, regular commenter. Even when no one else comments, and I even think there’s nothing to comment about, I see your comments there and you’re almost always first! XD

7 for being such a helpful person, especially when I feel like I’m so stupid, you still help me out. Thank you for helping me with my blog and with coding!

And, thank you lea-chan (we must talk about k-pop one day XD), Kitari, Ryan A. (especially for forming Melative and helping me out so much around it), kiseki, lostty, Azura, and animehalf. I’m sorry if I forgot anybody else, I’m getting distracted.

Stats

Oh no, it’s the…stats part. ._.” I’m ashamed of my stats. I’ll say it straight out right now. My blog isn’t popular, I barely have anything. I’ve moved around so much though that my stats are getting lower, and lower…and lower…Anyways!! My blog isn’t that interesting, so it’s not popular, so it makes sense. ^^ Then again, my current blog has a chunk missing out of my stats due to forgetting to install the counter. o_O Anyways, from around 5 yesterday, my total hits from all my blogs were…56,035! Yup, that’s…lame. ._.” The majority are from my wordpress.com blog. It had around 49,000. XD It’s doing better than my current one even if it hasn’t been updated at all. It still gets regular views. XD I still haven’t done many posts on this blog and haven’t done a regular series in awhile so, that’s probably why.

I’ll get some stat info from wordpress.com and from this one. I’ll be ignoring the freecp.net one. XD So wordpress.com will be abbreviated as WP.com, and this one will be SH (Self host XD). Because I’m lazy like that.

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Search Terms:

WP.com:

SH:

I’m not surprised, lol. I started this blog mainly for shugo chara, so I’m not surprised that it’s number one. Since my WP.com one has mostly…Shugo Chara posts, all of it’s terms are of…Shugo Chara. The thing that makes me happy is that my current one isn’t all Shugo Chara. There’s a lot for Yumeiro Patissiere though, haha. I only did one post and it wasn’t even focusing completely on it. And I’m surprised that “anime girl listening to music” is a top term. O_o

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Referrers:

WP.com

SH:

Starting off with the WP.com. More…Shugo Chara. XD First blog is Simplicity, so thank you FuyuMaiden! :D Oh, and third was the news article. I forgot to celebrate it BB. Awhile back my Anime Expo post got referred to from a Japanese news article. I was seriously ecstatic, watching live how much it promoted my blog, haha. But anyways, yup. So…yeah. :D

And my self hosted blog, WordPress Dashboard. >_> Is that me? I thought my views weren’t counted, so I guess a dashboard, haha. And anime nano, I’m not surprised about that, haha. Yup…

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Top Posts/Pages:

WP.com:

SH:

LOL. Shugo Chara posts completely filled my WP.com one. XDD Don’t you love the differences?

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Well that’s all for stats. :D I’m such a pathetic blogger, lawl.

Future Plans

I’m not so sure about future plans yet. I hope to well, post more. I just need to find time and a series that I’ll have stuff to say about. I’m just so busy at the moment it’s hard. I have a ton of posts in my drafts, but they’re all outdated. I was contemplating if I should start fresh short posts instead of medium ones, but I’ll only do it once I get a three column theme. It sounds funny, but I also plan on that as well. It’ll be better if I post shorter posts with a three column blog to me because I hate having extra sidebar leftover. D:< I’m also wondering if I should bring my friend along to blog with me since I don’t get to update much and I have friends who enjoy anime/manga, but that’s also unlikely since I haven’t asked and they don’t seem the blogging type? XD

More Blossom Blabber is hopefully in the future. However, I’m wondering if I should just break up Blossom Blabber into each of their own posts. I’ll be doing a drama one soon, but that’s just temporary. Otherwise, like music, manga, dramas…I’m still unsure though. Feedback would be helpful. ^^ Let’s see. Hopefully more News will coming back, and I really hope to bring back Monthly Mania. I stopped before because I was bored with typing it (you should’ve watched me try to type out the last one) and couldn’t think of much, but I hope to bring it back once I get series.

All in all, I plan on more posts–more manga reviews, more video game (I never really had an individual video game post even though I had planned on doing so when I first started) stuff, random youtube videos, and more music things because I’ve been into lots of music recently. However, school is back and I might be slowed down thanks to that. So busy @AAA@ it’s not fair….TT^TT Overall, I have no idea what’s in the future atm. ._.”

Theme Change

And for a hopefully small amount of time, I’ll be changing the theme in celebration of the anniversary. The theme is called unwakeable. Why did I choose this theme? Well, when Iwas looking for new themes, I happen to pass by this theme. It happens to combine the two themes unsleepable and k2. Coincidentially, those were my first two themes. ^^ So I thought it would be the most suitable theme to change to. Going back to the past theme. It won’t stay very long because I like my custom headers, but with school and everything, I’ll try to squeeze it in there sometime or another.

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That’s it for now I guess~ I wanted to add more, but I guess I could add it later because I can’t do much, and I’m getting ready for school. So if necessary, more anniversary stuff might be added later. But again, thank you everyone and let’s hope for the best ahead!

Well, it’s New Years here. ^^ Happy New Years everyone!! I hope everyone is enjoying the New Years holiday with parties and fun! I am, so it’s just short. ^^

Merry Christmas!! :DD

I hope everyone is enjoying their Christmas day with family and friends and you guys get lots of presents. I was going to make my own little list of favorite Christmas episodes, but I didn’t have the time (out shopping for gifts all day). Anyways, hope you guys enjoy the holidays~ Make sure you all eat a ton and get fat! XDD Jkjk…

And two of my favorite Christmas songs~!

Toradora! -- Holy Night

Ah~ I’ve talked about how I liked this song before, and it definitely fits the holiday season.

Shugo Chara! -- Happy Christmas!

And what Shugo Chara! anime fan doesn’t recognize this song? XD

I’m back!! *sigh* I’m extremely sorry about the sudden hiatus. I miss blogging. >.< I’ve been pretty much banned from doing anything fun on my usual computer, so I’m using another computer, lol. Anyways, I’ve gotten to do some stuff over break, so it calls for another Blossom Blabber! I seriously need to do these more often. So this Blossom Blabber includes anime, manga, drama, music, blog info, and other. Not a lot at all this time, but enjoy!

Anime

Kimi ni Todoke

Currently catching up on Kimi ni Todoke. Kimi ni Todoke’s animation quality though is just…dropping. Everyone looks so weird now. I guess it was to be expected though. So far though, I really want to slap Kurumi for Sawako, haha. She’s just so cruel to Sawako. I know can’t wait to see how she’ll turn good…O.o Anyways, Ryuu at the moment is also being pretty epicly awesome, as expected. And, it seems like there’s a little love triangle forming and Kazehaya is getting a bit jealous. Oh well~ Can’t wait to see more Kimi ni Todoke. :D

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!

I saw the scan for the Kaichou wa Maid-sama anime and…blergh. It’s…not very good, honestly. But then again, it’s to be expected. Shoujo is hard to be adapted and it’s pretty hard to keep Usui’s hawt-ness in the anime. I’m still excited but also a little worried about the anime coming up.

Manga

Koukou Debut

I had recently went to my local bookstore along with my friends, and we decided to check out the manga section. I had found tons of series, and saw Koukou Debut. It had caught my attention before, but this time I actually got to look at a few chapters. Since we were limited in time, afterwards, I decided to check it out online. Gah! I became addicted to the series immediately. It had that cliche’d shoujo couple, but maybe that’s why I loved it so much. I haven’t finished it, but I’ve loved all of the chapters I’ve read. It gets slightly more boring mid-way, but I still would like to read more if I could.

Shugo Chara

So far the preview for chapter 48 looks pretty good and pretty heartwarming. Slightly less confusing, lol. I’m glad to see Ikuto again, but I’m also sad to see Yoru go. Not much more to say until the full scanlations come out.

Now onto the actual thoughts for the manga series…

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Ahem…yup.

Drama

Dramas are my current addiction~ >.<

Bloody Monday

After hearing about the second season from ANN, I decided to go check out Bloody Monday. I’ve been talking about it on twitter for awhile as well. I have to say that it is strangely addicting. Even though it’s pretty bloody and usually not my type of drama, it somehow ended up being a drama that I actually finished. Maybe it’s because of Haruma Miura playing the main actor, lol. It may not be the best drama to some, but I personally liked it. It kept me to the edge of my seat and was full of suspense. There were so many plot twists, unpredictable, and “OMG NO!” moments that I found it fun because I couldn’t tell what would happen next. Usually you can tell what will happen, but it’s just really hard to for this series. I guess another reason I liked it was because it has the same vibe as Liar Game. Both are pretty similar with suspense and twists. So much detail in both of them. However, there are flaws like most drama. Sometimes it’s overdramatic and you want to smack the characters back to normal. Overall though, I really enjoyed it, and it was able to take up the majority of my time during vacation.

Koizora

Upon realization that Haruma Miura was in Koizora, and remembering that I never finished the movie, I decided to watch Koizora. I have to say, it’s so beautiful! TT^TT It’s definitely a touching, quite sad, movie. It has a few older elements to it like pregnancy and well, rape, but nothing explicit is actually shown. Now if only the novel was translated somewhere…

Devil Beside You

I’ve just recently start the Taiwanese drama Devil Beside You. Ah~ I’m only on episode 5 so far, but I’ve loving it. It’s a little more “dramatic” and well, over the top, but I still like it. Maybe it’s because of how cliched it is…Nonetheless, I’m loving it. I really want to set Li Xiang’s hair on fire though, gar. The mother and father are hilarious and suit each other really well though. Especially the father. He’s acts like a pedo in a hilarious way, even though he isn’t one, I don’t think. Oh and I forgot to mention that Mike He is so awesome. <3 Especially in this picture and in the bed scene of episode 3. At the moment though, I’m loving it and MUST go watch more. >:3

Music

So pretty~

Uwahh…all the music stuff is old now thanks to the break. Oh well, please excuse it’s total late…ness.

Listened to America’s single, and…as the preview hinted, it’s epic! America is just so plain adorable in Hamburger Street and the song is definitely catchy. Ah~ Love it! Also, I listened to the Kimi ga Iru Kara single. It’s such a beautiful song and never gets old. It makes me upset though that they’re using My Hands for the North American release. The song just doesn’t…fit. I mean, I don’t have anything against Leona Lewis or the song, and it’s a decent song on it’s own, but for FFXIII it’s just not right.

Also decided to listen to more BoA, and her songs are such catchy songs! I don’t like the lyrics, but the melodies are just…awesome. I love looping her songs and they’re such fun songs to dance to. BoA’s awesome at dancing too. :3 My friend also introduced me to Brown Eyed Girls, and I don’t care if they all had plastic surgery, I love their music! They’re dancing is a little…”Whoaa O.O” but the songs are somehow catchy (that’s seriously all I can say about songs, huh?). Candy Man is one of my favorites and I really don’t get why, at all. It is though.

Lastly, in American music and albums, I decided to listen to The Fame Monster and For Your Entertainment. I absolutely adore both albums. I am now officially in love with Lady Gaga’s music. Her songs are uh-mazing. She’s a little on the eccentric side, but it doesn’t stop me from loving her songs. As for For Your Entertainment, I’ll be ignoring all the controversy about Adam Lambert and say that his album was actually pretty good. O.O The songs are catchy and fun to listen to. Easy as that.

Blog Info

It’s pretty obvious already but I was on a sudden hiatus. I’m back though, but I’m still trying to catch up so at the moment blogging is somewhat slowed down. I was hoping for tons of holiday posts, but I guess not. I still need to catch up after my return, so things will slowly come back. ^^ I’ve also added a new K-On! holiday banner. There were tons of cute K-On! scans, so I decided to finally use one as a banner. It’s pretty average, but still satisfactory I guess…

Other

Cell Phone Novels

After watching Koizora, I decided to read up a bit on cell phone novels, which is the genre that the original Koizora was from. I’m so intrigued at the thought of a cell phone novel. It just seems so cool and interesting to me. *A* Only scary part is the number of chapters. It’s a scary thought to try to catch up. So I started checking out some cell phone novels at textnovel.com, but to be honest I want to read the Japanese cell phone novels, if only they were translated. Anyways, I started checking out a cell phone novel Secondhand Memories, which is pretty close to a typical Japanese cell phone novel. So far it’s pretty interesting. So many chapters though! 150+ chapters….Anyways, cell phone novels are pretty fun to read to pass the time, but they honestly lack some of the depth of actual novels. Nonetheless, they’re fun and entertaining if you just want something quick to read!

Keychains

Keychain making: my latest addiction. *A* It’s really addicting to do, and so many keychains look so cute! >u< Anyways, it’s not hard to make at all (unless you’re going for a super pretteh one…then obviously it’s going to be hard) and you can get the supplies anywhere. I checked out a couple deviantart tutorials and made a few. Probably my favorite thing to make is flan. Flan can be so cute…and since before I needed to raise money, keychain making was in considering. Only problem is, they only sell for like a buck. O.o

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Okay…so that really wasn’t much in the end. It was probably because I forgot so much stuff after my break that I had to delete lots of stuff from the post because of how outdated it was. Anyways, I’ll start posting more soon. So for now, seeya!

Hmm, a pretty nice, light-hearted calm episode. The art went down again however. *Sigh* I miss the early episode’s art. There were some parts where Kazehaya looked almost totally different. Nonetheless, it was still an enjoyable, happy episode. :3

Thoughts

Suspicious too-nice flowery background! Well, we finally get to focus more on Kurumi, and right from the start her personality and atmosphere is pretty suspicious. I think having Aya Hirano as her seiyuu helps though. xDD

O_o Umm…what? I pretty much had the same reaction as Sawako when I saw this. It’s so out of the blue, but it has this sort of mean tinge to it as well. :/

Aww, poor Sawako. To be honest, when I first saw the hands going towards Sawako, I thought it was some sexual assault. xDD Turns out it was just some creepy girl touching her…? Still don’t get it though, it’s just pretty creepy.

So cute~! I’m so happy for Sawako. She has more friends now, and her reactions are just so adorable. X3

Ahh! I love the overly dramatized name referring scenes (did that make sense?). It’s just so cute to watch them try to say their names, and it shows just how much they’ve developed. So I had this small grin watching Sawako try to call everyone by their first names. Ah~ if only it was like this in the U.S.

It seems like in this episode Sawako is blushing and looking at Kazehaya a lot more. It’s cute watching her though.

Lol. They’re so much alike. xDD Getting so fired up, haha.

XDD Aww, even though she missed, she missed it adorably. It was funny though. Don’t worry Sawako, you’ll make it! >:D Ganbatte, Sawako!

>///< Ah, we’re starting to see Sawako’s admiration develop into something more. She’s starting to notice Kazehaya a lot more though. However, it seemed that this particular scene dragged out for a long time. ^^”

But ah, she’s trying to deny it and shake it off. >.< She can’t deny it for too long~ huhuhu…

Her dedication is so admirable~ I just loved how she tried practicing extra hard and get a soccer ball. And even though she didn’t get it, she just used her resources. Well, it is to me since I’m not too dedicated like that when it comes to sports. xD

More shipping moments. X) I loved how he just got so distracted and smiled so warmly when he watched her.

I can see that Kurumi sees it though too, and she has a really scary evil look to her. D:< Gar.

Aww, I loved the ending scene between Sawako and Kazehaya. It was so nice of Kazehaya and overall a sweet scene. Plus, when she says, “Reaching Kazehaya,” I started squealing at the title reference. x3 Also, the ending music added in there added an awesome effect. ^^

Preview

Seems like we get to see more Kurumi and development between Kurumi and Sawako, even though I’m not sure how to react on it. Seems like an average episode next week though. :/ I’ll be looking forward to it nonetheless though! :D

xDD

Yay~! Finally decided to start blogging APH. Right now I have more free time, so I might as well blog the show I’ve been trying to for months. >_< But, short episodes call for short posts.

A…pretty fun, pretty normal episode this week. This time we have more of Switzerland and Liechtenstein, and America interacting with Japan and Canada.

Thoughts

xDD Yes, they are. Seriously though, lawl because that’s all that she can think about.

But she’s right!! They are definitely cute. X3 The cuteness really doesn’t match Switzerland though, but that’s what’s so entertaining about it.

Especially seeing how serious he is when he draws, and the results are so…cute that it’s funny.

Haha, such an innocent, irresistible look, eh?

Aww, Switzerland can’t resist his imouto. Lol @ all of his blushing too.

Hmm, Japan and America, that’s pretty new. Well…unappetizing looking colors usually make cakes look even more appetizing~

Although I do agree with Japan. That cake is definitely worth taking a picture of. It’s…quite scary to be honest. O_o

Aww, poor Canada…taking all of the hits. Cruel Cuba…

Taken because of bishie hawt America right there. xD

XDDD America and his chainsaw!! Lol @ his naivety on how scary that chainsaw is. He’s just so cheerful he doesn’t even realize how scary he is right now. xD

Aww, poor Canada. Ganbatte Canada! You can…one day….!

Since I’m pretty much an idiot when it comes to Hetalia, and I don’t read the comics *gets shot*, I don’t know who she is. But I have a feeling I’ll find out soon. Anyone willing to tell me? Tried finding out myself but I couldn’t find it. orz.

But all I can say is, her seiyuu sounds a lot like Rie Kugimiya. O.o

Phew, yay for being a bit early this time! Anyways, since I got my Winter preview up, and it feels a little out of place to keep my former theme, I’ve made some Winter changes for the blog~ I hope everyone enjoys them first of all. Even though it isn’t even Thanksgiving yet, the Christmas music is already playing on the radio so it doesn’t seem to early, right? So I’ve added some new banners and a little bit of revamps on the theme; thus, a short Winter update post. :D

Theme

Hey~ A theme change without an actual URL move. It’s been awhile since that’s happened. xD

I can honestly say that I’m always soo tempted to change into another theme because I just love all the more choices with self hosted wordpress. Soo, it was really hard to keep the same theme and just change the colors, but I did~ Actually, this theme has four different colors, so I just changed to blue and made the background. Not much to say about it this time, except that of course it’s a Winter-y theme.  I don’t know why, but I like this change a lot more than before. I guess it’s because blue is my favorite color. I’m not into Halloween, so the Halloween colors on my blog before weren’t exactly my favorite. Not to mention a brighter background makes the site look so much more open~ Okay, so now I’m going into a messy ramble, so onto the banners!

Banners

Ah, this time, I didn’t have as many banners made as before. I’ll probably make more as I find more scans. So for now, I won’t remove all of the banners from my old rotation just yet. I’ll keep the ones that fit. However, this time, I have a “meh” sort of feeling towards this set. There are some that I really like, but then others that I just wish I would’ve done better. Maybe I just need to add more. xD

Kimi ni Todoke: Under the Stars

The Kimi ni Todoke banner first because it’s my favorite. Favorite show, favorite banner~ Even though it’s a pretty plain banner and doesn’t look like a lot of work was added onto it, the reason I love it so much is because that’s not all true. It’s a lot more plain compared to what I usually do, but I think that’s what I love so much about it. Also, it was the first time I ever actually extended the picture, so I’m pretty proud of myself, haha. It’s pretty obvious where since I’m not that great yet and it was my first attempt. Anyways, if that doesn’t make sense, all in all, half of the sky was well…made by me? And I didn’t need the clone tool! xDD So I feel pretty accomplished (since I’m so noobish still on photoshop). xD It probably seems unreasonable to most people, but I don’t know, I feel happy on my first attempt.

Anyways, rewinding back. I had wanted another Kimi ni Todoke banner since I didn’t want to (but had to) remove my new Kimi ni Todoke banner. Anyways, I remembered how lovely episode 7 of Kimi ni Todoke was, and I absolutely loved the scene under the sky. So, I grabbed a screencap of it. I just loved how beautiful the sky was, so I just had to use it for a banner. However, the screencap was cut and didn’t extend further leading to the situation before. Afterwards, I just added glassy, glowy text that I thought would go along.

Eden of the East

Ahh, the Eden of the East banner. I forgot where I got the fanart from, but it isn’t mine, firstly. Anyways, a pretty “meh” banner to me. Since we have the first movie coming in December and the second movie coming in January, I figured, an Eden of the East banner should fit fine. xD

Anyways, I pretty much just went crazy on this banner. I added tons of effects. I think I was experimenting or something when I made this; however, I don’t remember since I made this banner way before the rest. I added the checkers, tiles, circles, thunder, etc. Since the theme is blue, I tried bringing out as much blue as I could in the banner. The attempt failed.

Watashi ni xx Shinasai!

Probably my least favorite banner. Not image though. The image is just hawt~ Anyways, it’s my least favorite because I couldn’t do the picture justice.

I decided after being deprived of other Winter scans, to use manga scans. Since the Nakayoshi calendar just came out (which, btw the scans belong to cookie.Dough, thank you!) I decided to use the image for my banner. It is a Christmas card afterall. However, I had problems on what to do for the rest of the background. Thus, what you currently see occurred. I changed a lot of the borders to be a tint of blue (maybe I’m a bit crazy on the blue?). It was pretty hard for my uncreative mind to decide what to do for the background, so that’s why it looks so blergh. Oh and the tagline. A pretty lame one. WnxxS! fits being hawt, so…I just thought the tagline fit it. Unfortunately, some of the text is hard to read, so I apologize for that.

Shugo Chara!

It was a beautiful picture. But I killed it with my title. Even though Shugo Chara! definitely isn’t up to par, I’m still into the manga. I’ve dropped the anime, and I’m probably only going to watch the anime if someone tells me to.

However, about the banner. I was looking for Christmas scans of Shugo Chara, and I came across quite a few Winter-y and Christmas-y scans. I wanted to use all of them, but I realized it was pretty hard to include all of them (hence why they’re used in this post xDD). So I simply used my favorite. It’s just so colorful and pretty~ Then I just slapped some random text on and that’s about it. xD

Kobato

One of the ones I was satisfied with. I had found this perfect scan of Kobato and I just had to use it. It fits so well for the season, and it’s just so pretty. :3

I didn’t do much to the banner. For the image, pretty much the only thing that I did was fix the line in the center. However, I added lines on the side and bottom to give it a…gift box look to it. Lastly, I just slapped on the title. To be honest, it’s sort of different from what I usually do like the rest from this set, but I’m still happy with it. :D I just wish I could include more of Ioryogi!

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Anyways, I guess that’s it. It’s a pretty short post, as I’ve mentioned before. I hope to add more banners when I find more awesome images~ I’m hoping to find at least some nice scans of the Winter shows coming up so that I can make banners with the Winter shows. If I do make more banners though, I’ll just add them into the roll. :D

Wow, it’s already soon going to be the Winter season. It seems like the Fall season went by so fast. Anyways, personally for me, there aren’t very many shows that I’m jumping off my seat for or truly anticipating. I guess it’ll be a good time to keep up with the Fall shows and backlogging then. :D There aren’t lots for Winter like usual, but a few I just want to check out. I’m a little depressed about it though, I have more free time in the Winter to blog, but there’s less shows to blog. >_<

Usually I wait for the V2 charts, but I guess I’ll just update this post when the V2 chart does come out.

Note: no final Fall impressions since Fall isn’t entirely over yet.

Here’s the chart:

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Winter 2009/2010

These are shows that caught some sort of interest. But blegh, none of them I’m really excited for. I might be following others not listed, or drop the ones listed, I don’t know yet. The list will change as a new chart is released as well. Most of the information is from MyAnimeList and/or the chart (credit: chartfag). So here are the shows~

Durarara!

Airdate: 1/7/10

Episodes: Unknown

Website: [Official Website | MAL | Melative ]

Trailer: Show ▼

The story takes place in a downtown of Tokyo, Ikebukuro. Teenage punks gang up and fight against each other. The gangsters are afraid of an urban legend “Dullahan” headless rider, who rides a black motorcycle without head lights nor sounds of engine. Ryuugamine Mikado is a normal high school boy who seeks peculiar beings. When He moves in to Ikebukuro, a mad scramble for Dullahan’s missing head breaks out. -MAL

I don’t know what it is about the show, maybe the title, maybe the characters, that makes me interested. Usually it isn’t exactly my kind of show, but I watched the trailer and it looked pretty action-filled and decent. Plus, I see that it is categorized as romance as well? I don’t see any hints in the trailers, but maybe there’s some possibility~

Watching: Checking it out?

Blogging: No…

Dance in the Vampire Bund

Airdate: 1/?/10

Episodes: Unknown

Website: [ Official Website | MAL | Melative ]

Trailer: Show ▼

After millennia in hiding, Mina Tepes, the Princess of the ancient covenant and ruler of all vampires, wants change. Using the vast wealth of the Tepes line, she has paid off the entire gross national debt of Japan and in so doing, gained the authority to create a “special district” off the coast of Japan that is to become the future haven to vampires the world over!
Now, on the eve of the landmark press conference announcing the existence of vampires to the world, terrorists and rival factions are plotting to assassinate Mina Tepes before she has a chance to make her world-changing announcement. (Seven Seas) -MAL

Vampires…-_____-”" I feel like I’ve had enough of them, especially from the New Moon movie being released and so on. It looks like a cliche’d vampire thing to be honest. The cliche’d stereotype of vampires is pretty evident as well--from the neckbiting, to the red eyes. And the girl likes being nekkid. O.o Not my kind of thing I’d be interested in. So why is this on my list? For one, it’s SHAFT, so I guess I could try it out. But mainly, for the lulz. It looks like something I can point and laugh at.

Watching: Checking out for the lulz

Blogging: No

So-Ra-No-Wo-To

Airdate: 1/4/10

Episodes: 13

Website: [ Official Website | MAL | Melative ]

Trailer: Show ▼

The story takes place in an imaginary town Seize (the model cities are Cuenca and Alarcón Fortress in Spain). A long war brings a gradual decline to the world. People disappear from the town and fishes cease to exist in the sea. In this quiet world, five girls guard a fortress and play brass vividly. -MAL

Like I’ve already said, it looks just like K-On! + military. -.-” I’m pretty interested in it though. It seems…unique and pretty interesting. I mean, I don’t know how they’re going to be able to mix music and military in together, so I’m looking forward to seeing the results and how that turns out. Of course, I really hope it’s not like, “You die from my terrible singing!” or something of the sort. *shot*

Watching: Yeah, going to check it out~

Blogging: Nahh

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu

Airdate: 1/?/10

Episode: ?

Website: [ Official Website | MAL | Melative ]

Trailer: Show ▼

The story centers around Akihisa Yoshii, the “baka” of the title. His academy rigidly divides up the student body into classes based on the results of tests. The prodigies are in the A class with reclining seats complete with air conditioning, but Akihisa is in F class, the lowest rung of the school ladder which is furnished only with low, decrepit tables and worn-out straw tatami mats. A girl named Mizuki Himeji is actually one of the smartest girls in Akihisa’s sophomore year, but she had a fever on test day and was pigeonholed into the F class. Besides Mizuki (who Akihisa secretly adores), the F class also has Y?ji Sakamoto, the class president who has been Akihisa’s friend and partner-in-crime since the freshman year.

The school happens to have developed experiments to summon fantasy creatures, and Akihisa decides to rally F class to take on the higher-tiered classes and seize their perks. The F class uses the summoned creatures in an all-out battle for school supremacy. -MAL

Hmm, it looks like a nice, light-hearted series. And for that, I’m interested. It doesn’t look bad, so I’ll just check it out. Looks a bit odd and weird, but it doesn’t hurt to see it.

Watching: Yup…

Blogging: Nope…

Ookami Kakushi

Airdate:1/?/10

Episodes: ?

Website: [ Official Website | MAL | Melative ]

The story follows Hiroshi Kuzumi, a 16-year-old boy who has just moved to the seemingly serene village of Jogamachi. Nestled in the mountains far away from the city, the village is divided by a river that separates old Jogamachi from new Jogamachi. Young Hiroshi soon discovers that the village’s ancient as well as mysterious traditions and customs have been kept alive over the ages. Although a bit bewildered by the new environment, Hiroshi begins to settle into his new life. While he has never been the type to win any popularity contests, he quickly earns the affection of his classmates. That is with the exception of aloof class president, Nemuru Kushinada, whose only words to Hiroshi are a warning to stay away from old part of town. It is there that terror and mystery await him. -MAL

Uwahh, it sounds so good~! This is probably my most anticipated show of the season. Mainly because of the creator Ryukishi07 (Higurashi, Umineko…) and the character designers Peach-Pit (Shugo Chara, Zombie Loan…). When you combine awesome character designers with an awesome creator, it makes me have high hopes. The only problem I have is being disappointed. So I won’t expect it to be amazing too much, but I want to~

Watching: Oh yes~

Blogging: Not really sure yet. Don’t think so though.

Other Blurbs

I was planning on adding Katanagatari, since it looked, different. xD But the episodes are an hour long, and the plot doesn’t capture much of my interest. -.-”

Qwaser of Stigmata looked so good~ Until I saw the trailer and the genre. =_=” The sad part is, it probably has the potential to be a good series, if only they omitted the ecchi. I mean, it seems so serious and cool, and the panty shots…sort of kill it.