Archive for October, 2006
October 28, 2006 – 1:19 am
I think… I have wasted two years of my life. I think, I was meant to find something more. ‘What is most important to you.’ Or, I intended to, by coming to Japan. Instead, I met many people, had fun, perhaps fell in love, just a little… but not what I came to Japan to find.
I wanted to find what I needed most. Instead, I found something which ate me and didn’t let me go. Fool I am.
I’ve turned 30. What do I have?! At 25 I was brilliant. At 30, I have regressed. I would cry, if only tears were enough. But they are not, so I wallow in dry self-pity. Fool.
Why why why?! I don’t understand. But that is the way it is.
I should have paid more attention to Negotiation 101. Seems I never get what I really want.
Fool.
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October 28, 2006 – 12:58 am
Halfway through ep21..
Screw Yaya!!! Miyuki all the way!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God, Miyuki rocks. Absolutely.
Actually I thought she was freakin’ awesome back in the play ep, when she disected the Student Council politics shit in one swipe. God, this girl is incredible.
Yet, she’s the most tragic character. In love with Shizuma, so much so she is utterly self-sacrificial.
Brilliant, beautiful, tragic, flawed, doomed. Amazing.
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October 21, 2006 – 9:50 pm
Um…. so.
Who knew summer vacation could be so yuri-conducive? In ep 13, everything kinda hit the fan.
Didn’t much care for Amane and Hikari. Raised an eyebrow when Shizuma made her move on Nagisa (and two eyebrows when they hit first base, in the pool no less, and moved a jaw when Shizuma started working her way down Nagisa’s, um, chest). But damn, it was when Yaya-chan grabbed Hikari that I went, “Holy sh!t I can’t believe she finally did it!!”
Then in ep 14, I was completely floored when ye ol’ flashback showed that Yaya-chan not only sprinted for first, she made a dive a for second too. Unfortunately, she got royally booted off by Hikari.
Noooo!!!!
But, of course, totally to be expected. Man, Yaya-chan gets no justice. She even had a stare-down with Amane! Guts girl! You rule!! Too bad it’s awfully clear Hikari is meant to be with Amane. God, all that foreshadowing in the previous parts, hinting Hikari knew of Yaya’s feelings and wasn’t exactly comfortable… Geh. Life sucks.
I have to vote for Yaya-chan just because she’s in the school of tall, dark ‘n’ long, and spitfire. So sue me, my first anime chara obsession was Hino Rei. God, the hair…
Nagisa is soooooooooo clueless! I don’t get it!! Obviously she wasn’t terribly unhappy with Shizuma lessons in yurification, but then she’s like, “Tamao-chan, the ribbon will keep us together!” type thingy… Dude, are you just blind? And Tamao-chan, this girl is frickin’ scary coz any sane human being woulda gone postal by now. I think Tamao-chan needs to execute on Nagisa because otherwise she’d go down in history as most screwed over female yuri anime character (most screwed over yuri anime character because Souma, of course).
WTF. Kenjou and Momomi FTW!!
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October 19, 2006 – 9:49 pm
I just finished watching Strawberry Panic ep 8.
Oh my god, this show is soooooooo cute!!
I saw the first ep way long ago, when it first came out. Heck, I had to, it was billed at the yuri show of the year, borrowing shamelessly from Marimite and a gaggle of other works. Mediaworks at their plagaristic best, ya know?
First ep = some oneesama girl like practically assaulting some kohai girl.
Okay, pass. Neither character appealed, and I only go for shows where I like the characters, or the plot or atmosphere is extremely good, such as in GitS.
But last week, I went to London on vacation and suddenly found myself with time to kill. Like, I’m not working frickin’ 80-90 hour weeks anymore. And on blogsuki people were raving about the ending to Stopa… I had to see it.
And so I did. Up till ep 6. It was hard going. I found it boring. I don’t like Nagisa. I keep getting her mixed up with Shizuma (coz Nagisa just sounds like such a seme name) and I don’t care for Nagisa and I think Tamao is kinda freaky…
But… I figured, what the hey. Coz I have time to kill and 50 billion people worship Yaya so there’s gotta be something about this show, right?
Yeah… I watched ep 7 on the plane. Back from London. Feeling miserable that I had left a bunch of good friends for Hell On Earth.
Ep 7 is the one with the psycho duo from Spica. And suddenly, SP wasn’t so innocently anymore. Almost kisses my @ss, those two Spica girls are like… … … ahem, excuse while I wipe my fogged glasses. Holy shit, this is not something you watch out of the safe confine of your room, girls. This is pretty damn hardcore.
Um. I thought it was pretty frickin’ awesome :D
Geh, so sue me, I’m a dirty ol’ anime fan.
Excuse me. “A bee always goes for honey.” Dude, those girls are underaged and highly dangerous. And all that weird ass psycho ‘I’m so awesome’ shit when trying to practically rape some 14 year old? Um… yeah. Needless to say I had to see more of this show ^^;;;;;;;
Okay I’m a sicko. Actually no. I was very much disturbed by that scene with Kaname. Kaname should be like neutralized. And nuetured. Yah. And icky as Akio, and that’s saying a lot.
But hey, that brings us to ep 8. Which is the cutest ep in the world. Who knew a lost umbrella would be sooooo cute?! Absolutely awesome. And I hate ‘cute’.
So, I guess I’ll be stickin’ with this one all the way. Even if I don’t give much more than a rat’s behind for Nagisa and Shizuma. Go Yaya! I know you’ll get shafted in the end because you have that aura of tragedy, but dammit… dammit! Go Yaya!! But, I also like Hikari. And Amane. Dammit! Threesome!
Excuse me, I’m high on jetlag.
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