Yay!!~ Shugo Chara is still as awesome as ever (atm). This episode was still really great. Not as fangirling as the last, but still very good. I still had some things to fangirl about. Let’s see…many short quick thoughts on this episode. But other than that, I guess we should be moving on!~

Oh oh! And you can click on the pics again to enlarge. Just to say it again, I love torrents. <3~ But I’ll only be downloading torrents for good episodes. Episodes I deem WORTHY of torrents, mwahahaha….*cackle*

Thoughts

Lol PWNED! All attempts are futile! >:D That’s what he deserves anyways. Just keep on trying, it’s not going to happen~

Am I the only one who thinks that the x-character looks cute and looks like a purple-chef-hatless-pillsberry-dough-boy? Anyways, the eyes remind me sort of a baby too, which is why I think it’s so cute~ Until….it opens them. Then it’s just plain creepy. O.o

Omg so hawttt!!! (Just a note, I’ll be doing lots of Ikuto fangirling today~) Why so hawt?

Anyways, that leads to the fangirling centerpoint for the episode!~ Thus, the picture spam!

asd;lfkjas;dlkfj! KYA! Yupp……kyaa!!!~~~ Okay, so it wasn’t really a “spam” but still. This moment deserves fangirling. Even though I think I did enough fangirling in my chair (but I had to contain it since I’m in the same room as my family). First of all….Ikuto, so cool. And Amu’s blushing is so full of win~ OTP, anyone? Plus, princess ftw! Not to mention that Amu’s tsun-tsun-ness was well missed, and I just loved how it brough back some of the teasing from the old times. And Ikuto saying he’ll protect Amu = me dying as a fangirl. =u=

O_O!!! It grew a hand! :O

One of my personal favorite pictures of Ikuto. He is just soo….freakin….hot there. Gah. *A* *Ahem* Anyways, I really loved seeing Ikuto and Tadase get along again. And, Tadase freely calling Ikuto “Ikuto-nii-san” is just adorable.

I loved how Satelight enhanced the Open Heart sequence for this episode and made it so much prettier. It just looked….so cool, with the heart rings and all, y’know? Anyways, pretty open heart sequence. ^-^

Haha, even the idiot scientists are surprised that they actually did something right. Gotta have more faith in yourselves! Oh wait, you screwed up too many times. Forget it, be shocked! XD

Hmmm…..I’m disliking her less and less. Maybe you aren’t too bad after all. *pats* She actually feels….regretful! :O

Kyaaa!!!!~ Another fangirl worthy scene. Rimahiko!~ I just loved the Rimahiko in this episode. I liteally started squealing so much trying to hide it.

I couldn’t help but d’awww at this scene. It was such a cute and touching scene between siblings. And seeing Utau blush was also cute. ^w^

*shockgasp!* Scientists actually have a purpose! And they’ve gone onto the good side~ Yeah, the girl isn’t too bad anymore. Can’t say I really “like” her, but she’s okay now. ^^

Andd……gasp! Gozen is a……little boy?!!! Okay, well, there is a bit of sarcasm in there since I read the manga. xD But anyways, I was still shocked by it when I first learned about it. More like a “Wtf?” kind of reaction. For some reason though, I found the scene to be quite anticlimatic. Like….I couldn’t take it seriously. >.>

“Shock! I’ve been being controlled and ruled by a little shouta kid?!”

Yes, Ikuto, we feel your pain. That must suck. Being controlled by a little kid. ._.”

Psshhhh……of course it’s worth keeping. If it wasn’t, why would people die for it? It’s so….wanted and he just thinks of it as nothing. This leads to me wanting to slap him in the face. Actually, I have wanted to do so several times. No matter how cute and adorable you are, there are times, when you need to be slapped. This is one of those times.

Don’t act all surprised. -_______- |||

Awww……poor charas. Trying to life the Embryo up. Dx

Please tell me that I’m not alone in going, “Wth?!” to all of this because the Embryo is an egg, not a stone. ._.

Thank you Amu, for saying what I was thinking! It really is a petty reason to do so much harm. I mean like, what the heck. Harming people to get a “stone” for your collection. But it really is a slap in the face to know all of that too.

It’s kind of sad. I barely feel sorry for him. Being fired by your own grandchild. Who’s a shouta little boy. ._.

No wonder he’s so different. It’s so jacked up not being able to even have a childhood. Being expected to be a successor as a baby. No wonder his personality is so emotionless. Seriously, it’s the director’s own fault.

Because seriously. who would want to learn compartive government as a five year-old? That’s….that’s just sad and wrong. :’[

*coughpedocough*

I think this shouta can grow up to be a very hawt bishie. *gets shot*

Preview

Aww....distressing Hikaru is sad to see.

The next episode looks again, good! Wow Satelight! There are a lot of familiar scenes in the manga, such as crying, sad, people, and this distress Hikaru (poor Hikaru!). So I will definitely be following. ^^ Until next time~ Can’t wait!

Kyaaa~ I have to say that Rhythm is awesome, *fangirls over him*. Gah, I knew I’d like him from the start. One good thing that the anime does: emphasize on characters that aren’t so emphasized on in the manga. I have to admit Satelight did this well. Anyways, an enjoyable filler/main plot episode.

On blog note…TT^TT. I’m currently really busy working on both my piano and other stuff, so gah, Umi Monogatari won’t be posted again. It makes me so sad because I have stuff to say!! D:< And then watch, when I finally can, there won’t be anything left to say. At least all of the stuff I’m working on will be worth it in the end. :D

Anyways, let’s get onto Shugo Chara, why don’t we?

Thoughts

Lol, I soo get reminded of Amu and Rima’s experiences with their charas in this. But with Nagi it’s just so funny hearing him got “Yay!” so confidently and…un-Nagi-ish. xD

Lol Rhythm! That’s one way to get acquainted. Rhythm’s “yay” catchphrase is funny yet love at the same time. Haha, Miki’s totally digging the hug. No one can resist Rhythm’s hugs!~

Rima pinned it spot on. That’s exactly what I thought. Not much to really say. Just had to give Rima some love~

Omg, I loved this scene! Come to think of it, they really are similar. The background music was also very fitting btw. Yoru no kakkoii!!~ I don’t know why, but hearing Yoru introduce himself just seemed so cool (the way he said Yoru maybe?). They could be like, best buddy charas or something. xDD And making a handshake on the spot? Total win!

Lol, shock!~ For some reason though, I don’t feel as sorry as I should for Kiseki (I mean I do feel sorry for him, but not as much as I expected). Haha, but that’s what he gets for being so stubborn. X3

Himmm!!!! What? They’re already giving us hints from the manga with him holding the rock?But I didn’t expect Hikaru to have blonde hair with blue eyes. :/ I always imagined him with light brown hair and light brown eyes. I wonder if it was a manga coloring I saw or something, but I’ll have to get used to it I guess. He looks so cute in the anime! I want to huggle him if only he wasn’t the ebil little kid (although later he gets better, I’m totally ignoring that).

Kyaa~ Rhythm is so cool, again! Did I ever mention I love the headphones for the chara-nari? Anyways, omg that scene with him carrying Amu is total love right there. Immediately got reminded of a couple Amuto scenes, lol. Rhythm, oh you player you. But you gotta love him for that huh? Now that I think about it, I think if I had to choose someone else besides Ikuto for Amu, Nagi would probably be second to Ikuto. x) Then again, Kairi wasn’t that bad, I guess the Jacks are win, ne?

Lol, so cute!! I have no idea what they are doing though. xD But lol, running into a tree. Daichi, Yoru, and Rhythm would definitely make great buddies, they’re all so similar in personalities.

Haha…smart. >_>;; -___- Banging on the door when there’s another exit.

In this episode, Nagihiko shows his intelligence the most. He sounds so strategic. X) But I guess that’s the point of the episode, not to overthink things.

D’aww, how cute. Kiseki’s a tsundere chara I guess. But Rhythm’s such an awesome chara, no one can resist his charms! Anyways, found this oh-so cute because even Kiseki finally caved.

O_O So detailed! But it so fits him. But isn’t it sad to see a little kid care about that stuff? Like Amu said, shouldn’t it just matter that it tastes good when your that young? But anyways, it’s sorta sad seeing this.

(And on a taiyaki boy note, I lost the screencap and it’s too late to get it, so I’ll just say this. He was so cute when he bumped into Amu, when he stepped around a couple times and finally fell. >.< That was cute somehow. xD)

Preview

Excuse me for a moment while I go fangirl…

OMGG!!!! KUTTTTAAAAUUUU!!!~

*ahem* Well it wasn’t that much fangirling but oh well. The shock thing seems like it’s implying something!!! XDDD I hope I don’t get disappointed. But OMGGG!!!~~ Kyaaa~~~ And Kukai is taller than Utau. They already look like a couple~ XDD Kyaa!!!~ Definitely looking forward to the next episode because of this.

And Eru and Iru appear! Kawaii~ And it seems like Eru will also fall for Rhythm’s charms. X3 I wonder how that will turn out~

Aw…this filler is really cute! I liked it this week! So um, why did I enjoy it better than last week?! Anywho, I enjoyed this episode, it was incredibly cute, and I couldn’t help but smile watching the chara’s antics.

Quick personal explanation rambling: I’m re-applying for student council, just took a couple tests, have my school magazine articles to do, just had a concert, so I have been pretty busy these last two weeks. I still have a little more things to do, but I have to wait ’til Monday to start on them (complicated reasons). So yes…stuff. ._.  I’m just explaining why I’ve been pretty late with my posts. I seriously can’t wait for summer to come~

But enough about me, onto the Shugo Chara! post.

Summary

The episode starts with Yoru tired and exhausted from looking for Ikuto, and arrives at the charas house, laying on Kiseki’s chair. The next day, the Guardians and their charas are at the Royal Garden, where you get to hear Kiseki’s yelling. The rest of the charas are curious, and go to his room, where it shows him yelling at Yoru staying in his chair. But, Yoru is so tired he hardly pays attention. However, the rest of the charas are worried about Yoru’s condition. Suu reveals that something did happen and Amu and Tadase explain it to the rest of the Guardians. Yaya gets hyped up and suggests that they march right up to Easter’s headquarters and ask away. Before anyone else can rebel, Yaya takes them away, leaving the charas with each other. The charas try getting Yoru to respond (Suu with sardines, KusuKusu with a funny face, etc.) but he simply goes back to sleep. Kiseki, however, pulls the sheets underneath Yoru, causing him to fall off the bed. He tells him to stop lazing around and look for Ikuto. However, Yoru tells him he looked all night without a clue of Ikuto. They fall into an argument, and Kiseki calls Yoru a coward, and Yoru ends with a sad face. The rest of the girl charas gang up against Kiseki for making Yoru feel bad, and Kiseki leaves. The rest of the charas excluding Yoru leave to look for clues at where Ikuto could be.

They try using a form of a radar to go in a direction, with no avail. Instead, they decide to go to the amusement park, since that is the last time when they saw Ikuto, in hopes for find a clue. Meanwhile, Kiseki is hiding behind a tree next to the Royal Garden, practicing his apology to Yoru. Before he is able to do so, he notices that Yoru is on his way somewhere. It goes to the girl charas when they discuss more, however, Nana pops out of nowhere and they explain the current situation. Nana reports this to Lulu, but Lulu mentions that it is none of her business. She goes back to do her homework.

It goes to Yaya who barges into Easter, only to be kicked out by the security guards outside. Yaya thinks up another plan, and takes the Guardians away again. To…him. The scene changes to Yoru, who is on his way to Easter, still reminded about what Kiseki said. Kiseki however, stops him, but Yoru won’t give it up. So Kiseki decides to go with him, and they sneak in together. Yoru explains to Kiseki that the Easter goons can’t see them, and Kiseki points out the Easter director. It goes to Yaya, who reveals that the guy she was referring to was Nikaidou. She begins blabbing out about Easter and Nikaidou’s past, in which Nikaidou shushes her and takes them outside. They talk about sneaking in, and Nikaidou assures them that Ikuto isn’t in as much danger as they assume. Nikaidou does his evil face stuff and Yaya fangirls about it. Amu, Nagihiko, and Tadase talk about it more. Nikaidou then points out that none of the charas are there.

It goes to Yoru and Kiseki, who are hiding behind a door. Yoru becomes angry at the director, since he has been ruining Ikuto’s life. So Yoru pretends to kick him, only to have the director turn around and charge his way. This causes Yoru and Kiseki to panic, but then they realize that the director is just fixing a plant, and that they were not seen at all. They follow the director, who goes into the scientist’s lab. However, the scientists are able to see charas, and so Yoru and Kiseki hide. After the director leaves and a scientist goes somewhere else, Yoru goes after the tuning fork in the room. They are caught though, and Kiseki points out the air vent for them to escape in. The scientists tell the Easter goons that the tuning fork has been stolen, and so they stake out almost every part of the building. They go to the only part that isn’t covered, only to have the scientists find them. They blab on about their plan, and Yoru and Kiseki try to run away from then. This starts a little back-and-forth showing the girl charas having a good time and the guys running for their lives. Then, a scientist grabs Kiseki and threatens to squish Kiseki if Yoru doesn’t give up the tuning fork. Kiseki tells Yoru to just go, but Yoru, after a couple inner struggles, decides to hit them with the tuning fork. He grabs Kiseki and they leave the building together. They then have a stubborn friendly argument.

The Guardians are outside the garden, wondering where everyone went. The girl charas arrive, and tell the Guardians that they were at the amusement park. However, the rest of the Guardians and charas are then curious where Kiseki and Yoru went. The Guardians and charas go into the garden, to see that Kiseki and Yoru are napping next to each other in the chara house (trying not to make it sound wrong…-_-|||)

Thoughts

Whoa…more screencaps in a filler than in a plot related episode. Well, it was a good filler, so let’s go along with it, k?

Ah Yaya…you humor me. I enjoyed Yaya a lot in this episode. Honestly, I like how she often tries to uplift everyone’s spirits, and she tries to help out. But…she needs to think out plans first. But yes, I like Yaya in this episode. :D

Oh and I love those trains you make too! But did anyone notice Rimahiko?? Holding hands? Anyone? *Fangirls a bit* Ah and Rima’s expression is awesome. Too bad it’s blurry here.

Aww…Kiseki!! Bad chara! Poor Yoru, I just really want to hug him right now! He’s just too cute in this shot. And I want to slap Kiseki for making Yoru feel so bad. TT^TT

Even the girls agree with me! But now…it’s like Yoru’s gained his own harem that is going against Kiseki. xD

So cute! Their radars were so cute, even though none of them really work. Especially KusuKusu’s, but she gets the screencap since her’s was so entertaining. But uh, poor KusuKusu, being hit in the head with her radar shoe.

xD Rofl.

Kiseki redeems himself here though! He’s just so funny here! “Obnoxious apology=win!!” XD I like how we see Kiseki’s attempt at being soft though. It’s so cute, his stubbornness.

Lol, @ their little “race”. And Yoru’s expression. Man-to-man competition.

NIKAIDOU!!! OMG!! It’s been so long since we’ve seen his evil face!! And Yaya even shares the same opinion as most of us! It’s been so long…Ah I actually am excited over it.

And when Amu, Tadase, and Nagihiko talk, there is background talking. Too bad the subs don’t include it. Thankfully it’s easily understood. Haha, it’s pretty funny.

Yaya: “Kakoii! Kakoii!!”

Nikaidou: “Kakoii daeyuna?!”

Rima: “Kakoii.”

Nikaidou: OAo “Guh!”

(I apologize for my terrible Romanji)

Hearing Rima say it’s kakoii was funny. But hearing Nikaidou respond to Yaya made me wonder why his voice was extra familiar. So I looked it up and I was right! His voice actor is the same as Ryuuji from ToraDora. Mwuahaha…Now I hear it.

*Ahem…* Now I’m getting off-topic. So next…

I laughed at the part when the director went for the plant. I mean, it’s just a plant. But lol…I thought that Yoru and Kiseki would be caught. But it was the director peeved at a plant. -_-|||

I know this is off-topic, but now I’m wondering, does the director have OCD or something?

This was funny and sad at the same time. Poor Kiseki and Yoru running for their lives while the rest of the charas are having the time of their lives. It’s humorous though, comparing what’s going on, and how they’re completely different. xD

Btw, Kiseki’s expression=priceless.

My Kiseki screencap wouldn’t work. TT^TT So I’ll do my thoughts on this screencap and my non-existent Kiseki one.

Aww, Kiseki is actually really nice and a loyal friend when the time calls for it. It’s pretty noble that he was able to do that, and he redeems himself even more. He can actually be a really great King-like character when the time calls for it, and has some pretty great attributes that reflect his king personality. Like how he thought of Yoru before himself.

And Yoru, he was so great too. He made a great sacrifice for Kiseki. So it was really a admirable act for both of them. He really didn’t want to give it up, but he gave it up for his friend. So cute!

This seems pretty random, but I really wanted to say it. This picture is a bad example for what I want to say though. But anyways…Is it just me, or did the part when they did that full rotation view on the chara house look like it was CGed? It looked extra 3-D…ah well.

Preview

Skyjack!!! Kukkaaiiii!!!! Omg, I’ve missed Sky Jack so!! That’s the only thing I’m looking forward to. (Look at his arm! =O) Everything else…meh. It’s a filler. I thought we’d be lucky enough to get ?-egg-less fillers, but I guess not. It’s about a filler character and baseball.

Utau!!!! She’s here, she’s…back! Thankfully she was able to make this episode interesting. I mean without her, the episode would have sucked (especially with our filler character x_x). But this episode was good, and I enjoyed it quite well. The only problem I have is that I don’t have much to say today, and the summary will be quite short (school stuff).

Summary

The episode starts off with Amu reading a magazine, and sees that Utau is coming to town. She starts asking Ikuto if he’s seen Utau lately, and he says he hasn’t. Right after their little conversation, Utau pops up! Amu comes to the door, and asks why Utau is here, and she tells her she’s looking for Ikuto. After Amu is scared that Utau finds out, Utau brushes off the idea that he could be with Amu. She asks Amu if she’s going anywhere, and asks Amu to come with her.

They go to a ramen shop, and apparently Utau knows how to order well. She orders mroe and more food, when a boy interrupts Utau when Utau is ordering rice, saying that it is rude to order something else while eating ramen. He’s actually a ramen blogger (whoa, blogs for everything now), who is like a critic. He starts explaining some of his “rules” for eating ramen and all. Utau asks if you can enjoy it though, and he flinches. They leave, and Lulu realizes that the boy is lost.

Amu and Utau go to a field place, and begin chatting, and Amu also asks about the Tsukiyomi past. Then Tadase and Kukai stroll by. Tadase and Amu get blushy and Kukai begins talking to Utau. He’s surprised to find out that Utau eats ramen, and tells her that he loves ramen too. He begins telling her about the ramen shop near the train station, and Utau says that she is up for the challenge, and they leave to the ramen shop. Tadase and Amu meanwhile, go out for a little walk together. Tadase now calls Amu Amu-chan instead of Hinamori-san and they begin talking a little bit as well. Utau and Kukai are eating ramen, but the match is paused because of a ?-egg. Amu, Tadase, Utau, and Kukai meet up at the place where it is at, and see that the ?-egg belongs to that ramen boy that they met earlier. Everyone except for Kukai (because he’s too full) chara-nari, and Utau comes to the rescue! Amu finishes it off, and the boy is back to normal.

It is now after the fight, and Amu and Utau have a little talk. Utau gives Amu permission now to save Ikuto, and Amu is in surprise for the responsibility. It’s now night, and it flashes to a man playing the violin, summoning x-eggs coming out.

Thoughts

Haha, so cute. They treated eachother so casually though, she’s actually getting used to it! But uh…isn’t it just a bit too casual considering what happened before? >.>

Utau’s evil aura!! zOMG! So scary!! (Btw, I apologize for the sucky screenies this week) Her Ikuto senses were tingling, but she actually brushed off the idea, which I was suprised about. I’m glad she’s finally realizing how paranoid she is over Ikuto though.

Oh no, you did NOT say that. You could only dream to end up like Utau! She’s awesome! And I can’t believe Lulu called Utau a loser, she’s the loser. D:<

Haha, so serious about her ramen. And it was funny when Amu thought it was a password. xD

It’s okay for Amu to fangirl over Utau. I give my permission! xD I agree so much though! Even the charas are all fangirly too.

Why is Amu going :o for his process of eating? And…charismatic?! He’s like the opposite of charismatic. Can I say that I don’t like this filler character? Ramen boy is seriously dumb. I mean, what’s the point, and how can he just…butt into their conversation? You have to admire how the ramen looks? The thing I don’t like is that he tries to tell everyone that his way of doing things is the right one, when there really isn’t a “right” way of eating ramen. And I agree with Utau, does it really taste best like that?

Ah, they seem so great. After watching this, I am a SoukoxAruto fan!! It’s really sad, but I really want to see how Aruto looks. He seems like he looks like Ikuto. I hope at the end they get back together, because that would be just…awesome.

Chibi Ikuto is so cute!! I want to pinch his cheeks!! >.< x3 D’aww!!

*Ahem* It’s sad to know that Ikuto could never really live as a child though, he always had to be the strong one for everyone, even though he was so young. *Sigh…*

*Giggly fits* Kya~ Kutau!! Haha, I love this part in the manga…and he says…fiesty!! Erm, ok. Anyways, nice to see them hit it off so well, like Tadase said.

Tadase does not sound right when he says Amu-chan. It sounds even more girlier…and seeing Amu fangirl everytime is just…-__-

She gave permission!! Aha! And we get to see more of Utau’s awesome tsudere-ness (since I didn’t get the previous moments screenied). She’s moving on, because Kukai’s here now! XP Haha…

Preview

Sorry for the cut-off screenshot…

TT________TT zOMG! Death Rebel! It looks awesome, but it makes me so sad…The collar still makes me laugh though. But why is Nagi there? Hm, oh well, Nagihiko is always fine with me. Just…:’( @ Ikuto’s cuts. Anyways, looking forward to more action. Just make sure there are no filler characters! So far, there’s no sign *phew* let’s just hope though.

Ah, it’s already March and spring is fast approaching. Now I’ve gotta hurry onto Spring Anime! The month has gone by so fast for me that I forgot that it is almost the Spring season. Unfortunately, this season, spring doesn’t hold many of my interests…And knowing that my two favorite shows to watch that are currently airing are going to end. TT_TT I actually start gathering a couple to watch the first episode at least, but spring seems to lack the good romance I’m looking for! Dx There’s actually more that might feed my interest for action anime though.

So here are some shows that might take my interest, and I suppose I can blog first impressions on the ones I have to say. So for the spring, here are the spring anime that are taking my interest (probably won’t watch most of them after the first episode though). Oh and thank you Kanzeon for having a Spring 2009 image that I could actually read! xD (Girl with horrible vision)

(Darn, horizontal bar isn’t showing/working!)

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Asura Cryin’

Airdate: 4/2

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

The semi-serious school action story revolves around Tomoharu Natsume, a boy who has been haunted by a ghost girl who was a childhood friend.

Wow, that’s erm…brief. Well, with that brief summary, there’s a lot that could happen with this show. This show actually looks interesting, and has a heck of a lot of characters (cries at the thought of trying to remember all of the names). But the series does look like it has potential, and the character designs look good. At least there is variety between the large amounts of characters. So it’s got to be interesting…

Watching: Yes

Blogging: Don’t think so, 90% no.

Pandora Hearts

Airdate: 4/2

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

Oz Bezarius, heir to one of the duke houses, has just turned fifteen. His life is rich and carefree, darkened only by the constant absence of his father. At his coming-of-age ceremony, however, everything changes. For no reason that he can discern, he’s cast into the prison known as the “Abyss”, only to be saved by a “chain” known as Alice, the bloodstained black rabbit. Why was he cast into Abyss, how does Alice factor into it all, and what does the organization known as “Pandora” want with him?

I looked at the picture, and I was like…”Animation looks f-in awesome!! Characters look effin awesome!! The title looks…effin awesome!! The whole thing looks…awesome,” it does though. The series looks really good just looking at the picture and promo. I don’t know why, but anything with the word “pandora” just sort of caught my attention. And after looking at FuyuMaiden’s post, it made me want to watch it more. Probably the series I’m looking forward to the most as well.

Watching: Oh yeah! Definitely!

Blogging: Maybe in Random Anime…

Tears to Tiara

Airdate: 4/5

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

In a world resembling the middle-age. A girl, Riannon, is set to be sacrificed to appease a resurrected demon lord, Arawn. As her brother Arthur attempts to rescue her, Arawn defies those who resurrected him and frees Riannon from her captors, which leads to Riannon admiring him.

When I first saw this, I have to admit I was quite skeptical. Looking at the picture (not this one), I thought it was…e-c-h-i-i at first (spelling it out because I don’t want to put the whole word together, who knows what’ll pop up on the blog…). But then I read the summary, and it looked like it had romance~ so I had to give it a try. It didn’t actually look that bad after I soaked the summary into my head. So now, I’m kinda looking forward to the series.

Watching: Yeah, just to see how it is

Blogging: No

Phantom ~Requiem for the Phantom~

Airdate: 4/2

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

A spate of mafia assassinations occurs in America, the work of the mysterious organization named Inferno. “Phantom” is their most strongest and capable assassin, however a lone tourist witnesses Phantom’s latest act of murder. He unwittingly exposes the top assassin’s true identity, a young girl named Ein. Witnesses are usually killed, but the man is captured and taken to be brainwashed into “Zwei”, Inferno’s newest assassin, with no memory of who he is. From this point on, Zwei is drawn into a world of conspiracy, deceit and violence.

This looks quite interesting…So apparently it was an OVA first, hmm. It looks pretty promising, but I had to watch the promo first to totally go all interested in it. It actually caught my attention after that, so now I’m looking forward to it. There are some complaints about it being produced by Bee Train, but oh well, I’ll still watch it.

Watching: Yeah!

Blogging: Pretty sure I won’t

07-Ghost

Airdate: 4/6

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

Barsburg Empire’s Military Academy has always been known for training the elite with potential to become superb soldiers who won’t bring shame to the name of the empire. The students of the special program freely utilize an ability called “zaiphon” to fight… Everyone’s capabilities are different, and in many cases, reflect their nature.

However, not everything is what it seems, and nothing will be the same for Teito Klein after passing the last exam…

I get reminded of Code Geass looking at this. -_- But I like Code Geass, so that’s okay! I think this show looks pretty cool at first glance, and the promo totally got me excited for it. There’s a character who keeps reminding me of Tamaki-senpai from OHSHC, so that made things better, and the main characters voice is…so cool. Apparently it is…Saiga Mitsuki! Ooh, she does Kairi~(Kya~), Yoite (Cool!), that weird Zuka Club from OHSHC, and tons more. So I’m looking forward to listening to her voice, and this series!~ ^^

Watching: Definitely!

Blogging: Erm, Random Anime?

Gokujou!! Mecha Mote Iinchou

Airdate: 4/4

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

In the story, Mimi Kitagami is a kind, level-headed girl who aims to be the best, coolest student council president of her high school class. However, three trouble-making boys are always causing her grief — and she has a one-sided crush on one of the boys, Ushio T?j?.

Haha, when I first looked at the summary and picture I was like…”Hey! There’s my friend’s nickname, Mimi. And hey, she has a hamster, that looks like Hamtaro!” Wow just typing that I don’t even know if that makes sense. But anyways this series looks pretty cute. It’s got some romance, which is nice, and a cute hamster~ It looks okay, so I’ll probably watch an episode now and then to see how it is. The animation is cute, and the shoujo-ness is what I’m looking for, so let’s hope.

Watching: Episodes every now and then…

Blogging: No

Hanasakeru Seishounen

Airdate: 4/5

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

A very powerful industrialist directs his daughter to pick a husband from three candidates he has chosen for her. They are to come into her life, and their uniqueness would cause her to recognize them immediately. All three of the candidates are outstanding. Well, it’s actually four…

The story evolves along the lines of a power political mystery involving a small middle eastern country.

Um, riiiight. Plot=cool, worth watching. Animation=Not. I understand that it is an old manga (snap, REALLY old), but the animation should be at least a little better than this. And erm…pretty boys. I honestly find those guys…hard to watch, especially the dude with longer hair than me, but I’ll try. Often times, I get to a series where I SO want to watch it, but every time I do, I get distracted from the main plot and romance with the terrible animation. It’s stopped me too much, and it makes me sad. :( How come I feel like the dude with super long hair is the fourth one?! *Ahen* Anyways, so I honestly hope that the animation will get better, and I’ll try my best to watch it.

Watching: Yeah, just the beginning to see how it turns out.

Blogging: I doubt it…

Shangri-La

Airdate: 4/5

Website: [Official Website | MAL]

The story takes place in the middle of the 21st century when global warming has turned Tokyo into a tropical city. To reduce the temperature at the heart of the city by 5°C (9°F), the city is being reborn as the world’s largest forest city. However, despite the flow of refugees to the new city of Atlas, there are not many residents who can actually live there. Moreover, anti-government guerillas are attempting to stop the forestation.

Haha, that’s original, global warming. I’ve got to at least check one episode out on this, though I’m sure that I won’t watch it. This series revolves around global warming, so it caught my interest because I’m a treehugger kind of girl, but I honestly cannot take this series seriously even if I tried. But I’ll check this out, just for the heck of it to see how it goes. ^^;

Watching: Just for the heck of it to see how it turns out.

Blogging: No

There are a couple more I wanted to put, but I wasn’t very interested in them, like Hayate no Gotoku 2. As I mentioned before, I’ll try to make First Impressions, but I honestly do not think I will do episodic blogging for many of them. I didn’t put episodic blogging at all for any, Random Anime at most. That’s what I’m expecting, but nothing is set in stone. It depends.

I got most of my information from MyAnimeList, as well as FuyuMaiden‘s post, and Kanzeon’s picture. Well, that’s all for now, I might update every now and then, but that’s it for now!

Kairi!! I realized just how much I love/missed Kairi with this episode. He seems a little different, probably more mature, but yes. I really enjoyed this episode, but I had delays to keep me from blogging yesterday. So yay for Kairi, but it’s a pity for Tadamu fans that the really cute Tadamu scene was just Amu’s overactive imagination. All in all, nice filler, interesting preview. :]

In other news, I’m eyeing that new theme out for WordPress.com, and now I enabled comment threading for the blog. Yay~ I like it threaded, it’s better, and I can reply a whole lot easier instead of bolding everyone’s name. I gave it three levels, but it’s still under experimentation for me. ^^;

Summary:

The episode starts off with Amu and Tadase being chosen to represent Seiyo Academy for a summit. Amu is kind of reluctant to go, because of complicated things, but when she hears about staying overnight, she begins daydreaming about her and Tadase alone. She comes back from her uber fangirl fantasies and decides to go. Meanwhile, Kairi is looking at all of the representatives, as the committee Chairman of the summit, and sees Amu and Tadase’s names.

Amu is nervous, because she only knows Tadase, but then thinks of Kairi when she hears someone call out, “Inchou!” also thinking that it wouldn’t be strange if she encountered him, since students from various schools are coming. Then, Ran goes through a little recap and bio of Kairi, reminding us all of who he is (though we can’t possibly forget!). Amu gets all blushy after she remembers the confession he gave her. Miki feels a presence and discovers Kairi hiding behind a wall. Right before, he helped out a little boy named Saito. He doesn’t want Amu to find him, because he feels he isn’t worthy, but it’s too late. The scene changes to them drinking tea together, but a weird atmosphere is currently present. The charas work together creating mayhem in order to lighten up the mood. It succeeds, and the 3 begin talking casually again. Amu praises Kairi, and though he tries to stay modest, he bursts into exhileration about his compliment.

They start an event, but Kairi begins having trouble gathering all of the students attention. Tadase and Amu try helping out with the charas by folding airplanes and having the charas navigate the airplanes in the air making a little show. The audiences attention is gathered, and all consider Kairi cool now, with applaud and wondering how he did it. It goes back to the three of them talking about the event before. Kairi seems to be down though, and Amu and Tadase try to lift up his spirits, with no prevail. He gets water, and thinks about various things, upset. He hears two girls talking about Tadase and Amu being a good couple, and Kairi is even more upset. He tries to go back to his room, but Tadase tries to stop him. He uses his King Position making Kairi do as he says like a former Jack, so that Kairi will come back. He talks to Tadase about how he can’t show himself to Amu, but Amu overhears and appears yet again before him. He tries to say that he must be a better person to be able to be in Amu’s presence, but that angers Amu leading her to say a couple things and words of advice to him.

Little Saito-kun talks about going in the forest and catching squirrels and rabbits, to Kairi. Amu and Tadase are shown waiting for Kairi, but someone announces that there is bad news. Kairi is shown just practicing samurai things, instead of going to the lake. He is thinking of what Amu says, when a student calls for him about Saito missing and being seperated from the group in the forest. He tells Kairi that Amu and Tadase are looking for him too though. Kairi runs into the forest looking as well, and chara-changes with Musashi. Saito is shown chasing after a rabbit, but then thunder seems to appear. Amu is looking for him, and Suu gathers information by talking to a deer. She tells Tadase of the information that Suu gathered, and that Amu is already on her way. She finds Saito, and comes for him. She slips though, and Tadase catches her. They comfort Saito, but the thunder seems to get worse. The thunder strikes a tree, making it collapse and large logs of wood fall down from the cliff. Kairi is able to stop the first one, but more come down. Kairi and Tadase chara-nari, and Kairi tells Amu to leave it to them. The are able to stop the logs, and Saito begins going, “Kakoii!!!!” a lot. Nikaidou takes him, and Kairi apologizes to Amu with what he said about not seeing Amu until he becomes worthy of her. He tells her when he wants to see her, he’ll come, and that makes Amu blush once again. Kairi tells Tadase to not let his guard down, and Amu wants to know what he said, but Kairi won’t tell him.

Thoughts

O_o She has a perverted look in there. *Sigh* Amu sounded so weird giggling and being her extremely-more-than-usual-fangirl self. And I do agree with everyone else, I get reminded of Kanako from Maria+Holic.

Haha, of course. For Tadase of course. Haha, Amu looks funny in that pose as well. And Tadase looks so…fake in this. -.-”

Yeah, these two pictures are from different parts of the episode but oh well! I’m using this time to explain my observations about Kairi in this episode! So here goes.

Is it just me or does Kairi look older? And from what I said last week about the preview. His hair did grow longer. In both of these shots he looks so mature and older. xD

Haha, of course, his maturity dies down here. Of course Miki could keep it a secret. Haha, his fretting face looks so funny in this. Ninja Kairi! X] And when after that Saito kid comes, and leaves, he’s all “Hmph,” *goes back to spying* “Hinamori-san!”

Ah, he can’t keep his modesty. It’s pretty hilarious he just lets go of it and becomes smug. Hahaha…

>.< Cute little worried charas on a leaf boat! xD ‘Nuff said.

Kya!~ Suu is so cute-desu!~ >.< She can talks to animals too! xD Sorry, just broke down into thoughts of extreme cuteness there.

Ah! Kairi is so cool in this, kakoii! I agree with what FuyuMaiden says about Tadase. He just…killed the atmosphere with his frills. Lol I tried covering his half of the picture and it looked so much…cooler. Erm, when I covered Kairi, it looked like some sort of joke. I seriously could not take it seriously. Sorry Tadase.

Lol, I just had to add this picture in. Amu looks so nice in this, but the one I’m paying attention to is this little boy. He looks…funny. I guess he’s our filler character of the episode. His eyebrows are like…dots…almost. >.> When he says, “Kakoiii” he looks…funny. What’s the word for it? Ah, I don’t know, maybe…overly happy? Constipated or happy constipation (umm….wut? O.o)? I do not know. -_-

Preview

Lol, I agree with what they said in the preview! Eek! She is scary! Scary-looking at least. O.O What the heck is up with her hair. I seriously feel sorry for anyone who is French, because they drew her really…badly. Bad depiction of an old French lady. Anyways, Lulu looks really cute in the preview as a kid, and I guess it’s another Lulu filler. Apparently her grandma’s coming, so I don’t know if I’m looking forward to that or not.