= kiwiishly orange =

hey look my current ‘watch’ list is shorter! xD gradually becoming more able to let go, lol. making more time for dorama and baking. *cue yummy pic of cake* sadly i haven’t been documenting my baking adventures. i really should, so i can drool at the pics later and go, ohhhh i wanna eat that againnnn.

anyway.

somehow, i seem to have developed an interest for shounen-ai. i believe it is thanks to junjou romantica, but my brain doesn’t seem to have room to remember minute details such as that anymore. so then of course i went to look for more. as we do with yummy food. oh human nature.

which landed me with sukisho, which has such a long ass name and for what reason. it wasn’t a random choice really, as i’ve sampled sukisho before, when it first aired. at that time, i had not grown up yet and was still like OMG i shouldn’t be watching this OMG they shouldn’t be on top of each other like that >< today i am able to appreciate it. lol.

sadly, in search of anime that truly interests me, sukisho doesn’t really capture my attention. i had watched the first 3 eps a while ago, and just watched the 4th. it seems to be the same silliness on repeat. maybe i prefer shounen-ai without the supernatural? hahaha. junjou romantica feels more down-to-earth, more slice of life. it’s like i could be one of those characters, having an experience like that… if i were a guy.

the only problem i have with junjou is that the brown haired guys all look the same to me.

I dunno if it’s just me, but it seems like there is a ridiculous amount of new fansubs this season. So far I’ve got around 10 new shows, but I’ve sampled way more than that. Some are prolly a few weeks back, but let’s try and count them xD

1. Kanokon - prolly one of the first subs of the season? For those who get turned on by little boys being sexually assaulted I guess. I think I had more than enough with just the first ep.
2. ToLoveRu - however you spell that. More nakedness and boobs and stuff. I might have been slightly amused, but seeing the flood of fansubs made me discard this quickly. Plus there’s Mnemosyne, which is similar enough I suppose.
3. Bus Gamer - the characters are kinda ugly. Only that older-looking guy looked okay, and even then he’s not the type I’d go for in terms of bishies. It was kinda okay since it was nice and short, but the 3rd ep didn’t even really seem like an ending. It’s like they got lazy or sth.
4. Chi’s Sweet Home - so cute xD and it’s like 2 min, so why not?
5. xxxHOLiC Kei - watched to the first season, love the manga, so this was a no-brainer. I just wish they would animate it better. I know it’s sometimes hard when you have a manga to compare to, but Tsubasa turned out okay, right? I dunno… *sigh*
6. Kurenai - I think this is one of the most promising this season. Character design is similar to that of Red Garden. Murasaki is really well done, imo. Most shows that I’ve sampled, most of the characters are easily forgettable. I love her hair, her facial expressions, and the voice matches quite well. Shinkurou is not as impressive, but I guess that’s supposed to be his character as well.
7. Special A - my original intention was to follow this one, but after the 2nd ep I felt like the exact same things are just gonna repeat every ep. And the way the guy protects the girl is kinda awkward. His character is unnatural for some reason.
8. Itazura na Kiss - a classic shoujo story. Art is slightly outdated, but sorta nostalgic lol. The only downer is that Irie-kun is not really a bishie. And Kin-chan is just… yea…
9. Vampire Knight - my friend was pushing for me to read this manga. If only I had the time. Well now there’s the anime version. I do like vampire stories so I hope this continues in a good direction. Ooooooh Zero~
10. Zettai Karen Children - no recollection of any strong impressions. the only thing I remember is that I did not really like the colours. and that ‘karen’ is written such that the kanji means ‘pitiful’ in chinese.
11. Allison and Lillia - as of the third ep, it’s still on my list, but I’m not sure if I’m too interested in it. And who’s Lillia??
12. Wagaya no Oinari-sama - more wolves huh. This seemed kinda boring.
13. Kamen no Maid Guy - I wanted to stay away when I looked it up and saw the promo pics. But I was like, I’m doing all this sampling anyway, what the heck. Then I started watching it and did not last through the OP.
14. Nabari no Ou - seemed kinda cool at first, but after the 2nd ep, the main guy’s apathetic personality made me just a little apathetic to the show. Again too repetitive.
15. Kyouran Kazoku Nikki - this is absolutely stupid. No, really.
16. Golgo 13 - the idea of a genius shooter is cool. Not too fond of the art style, but I’ll manage if the story is good. I just hope it’s not actually 50 eps.
17. Penguin no Mondai - this was kinda stupid too. And the animation was so crude.
18. Crystal Blaze - I just wanna see what the ‘cargo’ is exactly. Most of the main characters are kinda annoying. And that enemy woman was ugly.
19. Amatsuki - It’s Paku Romi~~~!!! Prolly the main reason I’m gonna check out ep 2. Otherwise it’s not that impressive.
20. Himitsu - the Revelation - I thought the brunette was a woman!! O_O I wonder if this would get episodic.
21. Daughter of Twenty Faces - reminds me of Kamikaze Kaitou Jeanne somewhat. I think the way they introduced the girl was not that well done. She gave the impression of a snobby brat and not much more. They could’ve hinted more that she was being controlled and stuff, rather than just emphasize that she only exists to piss people off. Absolutely no foreshadowing is what I’m trying to say, I guess. Well now that she’s out of the house, we’ll see where ep 2 goes.
22. Monochrome Factor - oooh shounen-ai huh. And I like those long ’silver’ hair types haha. Actual main character is nothing amazing, but I’ll watch it for Shirogane
23. Real Drive Sennou Chousashitsu - I’m not too into sci-fi, so I kinda knew I wouldn’t be too interested in this one. And I was right.
24. Kaiba - kinda sci-fi too, but this one has Paku Romi xDDD I just love her voice. We’ll see how the story progresses in ep 2.
25. Edit: Soul Eater - forgot about this one. At first I was interested in the way they animated the show to resemble somewhat like a video game, and the fighting was not bad either. Then, as I watched the 2nd ep, I lost interest again.

Besides these there are of course more shows that I did not bother to check out. *sigh* too manyyy.

Anyway… so before this big flood, there were still those shows from last season, or longer.

Kaiji… last ep was kinda meh, even though I don’t use the word ‘meh’.

Clannad… it’s so cute that the two of them finally got together. I don’t think I really cried, which is a bit disappointing, but I’m still happy about the confession and stuff. I also watched the Clannad Movie, which was a bit… different. Ending not bad either, I guess.

Finallyyy finished Zetsubou Sensei. That show is such a chore to watch, with all the writing on the blackboards and signs and stuff. Sometimes I wish the fansubbers didn’t translate all of the text so I wouldn’t specifically go back to read what it says. I thought about not watching Zoku Zetsubou, but somehow I got to watching the first ep of it… well let’s just say this show is so random you can’t help but not watch it… eventually. Though I gotta say I like the first season’s ep better.

Also got to watching Ghost Hound. I’m really amused by the dialect they speak xD It fits Tarou’s image, but it’s kinda weird hearing it from Makoto xD I’m not a science nerd, so I’m not *that* interested in all the scientific/psychological terms, but all that stuff about illusions and existence and stuff is something to think about. I’m just sad that I caught up before the last ep has been subbed. Now I have to wait.

Well it’s been lovely, but I’m gonna get back to watching Karei Naru Ichizoku (dorama). Didn’t think I’d like it that much, but it’s somehow drawn me in. I’m not archiving it though, unlike (almost?) all the other dorama that I’ve watched. Think I’ll be picking up Zettai Kareshi too. hehehe.

I wonder if I still get visitors. lol.

Anyway, seems like Maestro needs a bit of help. Click here to read all about it.

So at some point I found this online puzzle called the Tim Tang Test (DON’T GO THERE!!) and now I spend countless hours of frustration trying to move from one level to the next… AND IT’S USING UP ALL MY ANIME-WATCHING TIME DAMMIT.

Ahem.

Due to my realization that there just isn’t enough hours in a day, I’ve dropped Dragonaut and Bamboo Blade. Dragonaut… well in the end it’s all about boobs, and I’m not a big fan of mecha anyway. Bamboo Blade… it’s not *that* exciting to watch.

On the other hand, I’ve been watching a drama called Galileo (thanks SARS Fansubs for all their work!) which is about a genius physicist and a rookie police detective and their adventures in solving ’supernatural’ mysteries. With all the supernatural-ness it sometimes has the mood of a horror film, but at the end when the mystery is solved with logic, it’s like OHHHHHH. And then tying in human emotions and its irrational nature, mmmmm. Loving it. Fukuyama Masaharu is not bad looking either And I am really tickled by the expressions he makes as his character.

Well back to anime.

Was able to do some catching up today. Clannad is soo sad right now. And I love it. I hope it turns out~~ Kaiji is still good, despite the drawing style. The only thing that bugged me was when they were saying “うんぷてんぷ” (unputenpu - trusting to chance)… such an unpleasant-sounding word… *shudder*

Shion no Ou… sometimes the quality of the art lowers, but I’m enjoying the story and the shougi as well, even though I know nothing about shougi. It has the same kinda, how do you say it, intensity (? I’m stealing the word from the subs :P) as Go. And Hikaru no Go was so good.

I still follow Bleach and D.gray-man faithfully heh heh. Bleach looks like it’s picking up, and I wish D.gray-man would pick up faster. I mean, get your friggin arm back already. And why is his right hand so swollen-looking??

Haven’t touched the other shows yet… especially Minami-ke, my favourite from this season. I was waiting for a group other than Ayako to release, and for a while there it seemed like nobody else was continuing. I’m not pleased with Ayako’s little ‘prank’ in the intro. I want to keep these eps, and I’d rather not keep those kinda subs.

Ahh can’t wait til xmas break. Catch-up catch-up timeeee.

love long weekends.
(yes i’m in canada)

was supposed to study lots… not so productive in that area.
but really productive in terms of reducing my ‘to watch’ folder

finished a few more series.

darker than black: last ep was pretty cool. i haven’t been paying that much attention so i’m not sure if i understood what happened. or whether i was supposed to. lol. but this anime was good in terms of animation quality and action.

seto no hanayome: silly all throughout, but it did include some nice themes including loyalty. quite typical main guy saving the main girl. fairly entertaining nonetheless because of its quirkiness. like when san acts manly and does her whole ningyo/ninkyou thing. haha.

nodame cantabile (drama): sooo good. loved it as much as the anime, if not more. both chiaki and nodame were very well played. i was kinda wishing that they had kissed. hehehe. i’m still wondering how they did the orchestra performance scenes. i’m sure not all of the actors could play their instruments… ah well.

lucky star: was pleasantly surprised when a.f.k. came out with the last few eps so quickly (there was a bit of a gap between 19 and 20… i think?) it was random and relatable at the same time. i really liked the style in which they carried out the eps. and even though the later endings with shiraishi minoru (the real guy) singing in random places was kinda stupid, it was fun at the same time. hehe. oh, and the cheerleading routine was cute too ^^

it’s always so hard for me to sit down and watch movies cause they require such time commitment. but if i really think about it, sometimes i end up watching lots of anime eps at the same time, which takes the same amount of time. i dunno *shrug*

this weekend i finally got around to watching two movies

densha otoko movie: i mainly watched this for yamada takayuki, since i really liked him in taiyou no uta and then i saw him again when i watched lunch queen xD his expressions are so cute. it’s not really fair to compare a movie with a drama, since a drama has more time to develop the story and characters. but i do think the drama densha and hermes were better. the movie hermes did not seem as scared as i expected her to be. and the movie densha completely ditched his otaku appearance as soon as he got a makeover. but the story was still sweet, still uplifting like the drama was.

sakuran: definitely not for the little kids hahaha. although there are kids in the movie. this one is about a rebellious and strong-willed prostitute in edo japan. played by anna tsuchiya - sounds interesting right? definitely was. jealousy, deception, forbidden love. mmmm.

still have 3 more eps to go with these shows:

la corda d’oro: so now i’m also caught up with the subs of la corda d’oro. can’t wait to see how kaho-chan does in the final selection. i think it’s a bit unrealistic the way she made her comeback. i mean, if you know you can’t play well you don’t practice on the roof where everybody can hear you right? i think that’s just unnecessary, even if to show that she doesn’t care what other people think of her. *shrug* we’ll see what happens.

romeo x juliet: also caught up with r x j subs. oh what will happen to juliet?? save her romeo! haha. but seriously, i’m not making fun of the show. i’m looking forward to seeing what happens

bokurano: big robots aren’t really my thing, but this show is good. also excited to see the ending.

and then there’s the new shows. i’ve downloaded a bunch of ep 1s. wonder if i can finish them by the end of next week (considering there’ll prolly be more ep 1s coming).

and then there’s dramas that i want to watch too ;_;