Lulu sums it up perfectly.
No seriously, I love Christmas. :P Just the shopping for 8 hours today took me away from my beloved computer and my plans to post this blog today. Sundays=episode blog day. Don't know why my mother refuses to understand that but oh well. :P I needed to finish my shopping anyway!!! Christmas is a few days away and my shopping was not finished weeks ago like I usually strive for!!! So my post was slightly late tonight and there are massive spaces in between the different episodes. I will ask my husband to fix them tomorrow. :P
I would like to add a little something about Kuroshitsuji. Episode 9 is out...sorta. The text was huge and was giving me a headache so instead of trying to CRAM it into this weeks review, I will wait for next week with something a little smaller. maybe when one of the 12 episode series finishes another subbing team can pick up this series.
Next weeks reviews might be smaller as some series take a winter break. :( I guess that is understandable. I mean, the subbers will be on vacation too!! :P Maybe I will have time to watch some older series that I haven't had time to watch yet!! anyway, please enjoy my reviews!
To Aru Majutsu no Index Episode 11
Yes Touma. your life sucks.
So “sister” Misaka is running around injured as scary mouth man is chasing after her. She is firing bullets at him and uses her electricity as a last resort. She is struck down and scary mouth man explains (I think) that he can control the properties around objects to his advantage. He then shoots her in the head. Touma emerges from the pet store with the book and is confused to see the cat sitting all by itself outside. Touma’s spider senses starts to tingle and he races down a long alleyway. There he finds the sister’s body and promptly throws up. The police are called….but the body goes missing. Touma starts freaking out and starts running down the alleyway again. Suddenly…sister Misaka is there, holding a big garbage bag. Touma is temporarily relieved until he learns that the sister he knew…is in that bag. Suddenly about a dozen sister Misaka’s show up. Touma starts losing his mind when the sisters calmly say that they are a part of an experiment. The military wanted to clone Misaka since she is one of the highest espers around. The sister’s decide that they can’t reveal any more information and apologize for causing Touma any inconvenience. One wishes him well with the cat and they leave with the body. Elsewhere Aisa and Komoe are eating dinner and fighting over meat. Index shows up because she is starving and Touma hasn’t returned home yet to feed her. Touma is not letting this whole clone issue go for some reason and goes to see Misaka. Misaka is not home at her dorm room, but her roommate let’s Touma in. It turns out that Kuroko (that crazy Judgment chick) is her roommate…after she got her old roommate kicked out. The two share a few crazy words before he is nearly caught by a room check adult. Kuroko tries to use her powers to zap him outside, but haha they don’t work on him. He ends up hiding under a bed. He discovers a teddy bear slashed opened with a map and a letter containing details about someone having the potential to be a level 6. Touma figures out that Misaka is going to be a specific location soon and takes off to find her…with the cat of course. The episode ends with Misaka waiting near the energy windmills, looking like her wonderful pissed off self.
Ready to kick some ass...or be killed!
This episode was missing something and I am not quite sure what. Regardless, it was still a pretty good episode and it was enjoy by my tired self.
It was not missing kittens however :O
The clone thing was explained pretty fast. I am use to some shows keeping a “secret” a little bit longer. However, they were probably afraid of going the Tales of the Abyss route and having the secret be SO not a secret it is laughable. And again, there is probably so much material to cover with this show, a fast pace is necessary. And at least answers are given before we grow tired and forget why we even cared in the first place. I do think it was a nice touch that all of the clones (well, a lot since I do not know how many clones there are) came out of the wood works and confronted Touma. It really cemented the fact that Touma really has an unfortunate life.
No one else notices the clones..but Touma.
:( So why was Aisa at Komoe’s house? The day before she was at Touma’s trying to deflea the cat. And how does she even know that teacher anyway? Did they have a run in at that cram school? Regardless, I thought Aisa was living at Touma’s and not “free loading” off Komoe. Index I understand ending up there looking for food, but not Aisa.
Cluless girl is hungry and clueless!
Kuroko is pretty much a crazy psychopath. But I am sure due to her appearance and provocative nature she is a hit with the male audience. I am not sure how sleeping on someone’s else bed is perverted. In my mind it isn’t really a big deal and if ANYTHING it might be a little bit gross and germy. But Japanese citizens apparently get off on sleeping in other people’s bed and ridding other people’s bicycles. Clearly Kuroko sees Touma as a love rival and I am surprised that she didn’t throw him out the window. Of course…that might have made her Misaka mad….
Truly that is dirty!
The most amusing part of this episode was the cat. Touma is running around looking for dead bodies, being confronted by clones, hiding under beds, and searching for strange girls who have gotten cloned…all while carrying this innocent little kitty. I just hope the kitten will be okay and not harmed with this fighting. Perhaps it is to show how caught up Touma is with all this and that he is clearly not thinking straight. Or really he loves all kittens and feels the need to protect them. In any event…yay for no animal abuse and the kitty better live next episode too! OR ELSE!
Going on an adventure...with my kittttttty.
From the opening song, I thought that the white haired, big mouth guy was going to be one of the main bad guys. Of course that is me ASSUMING again and we all know that me assuming is pretty dangerous. And of course, this is forgetting that most of the time 24 episode series get a NEW theme song halfway through the series. I just thought it was odd that we have met almost everyone from the opening song and there are a lot of episodes left. We can chalk that up to a new second opening song or the show just laying the ground work to come. I just hope the second opening song is just as powerful as the first one.
I am sure whatever he said made sense x_X
Perhaps the little thing that I think is missing from the show is the presence of the Church. They were so absorbed in getting Index back and you would think that since Touma revealed that they are big fat LIARS about Index’s condition…that they would be trying to take out the three people who know about the lie now. But that is just me and what I would do. Silly me and cleaning up the loose ends. I suppose the church is just in the background and at the end it will be revealed that they have orchestrated every single event that has happened in the series. Because that is what the Church of Necessary Evil would do. I am not expecting a lot of answers for the next episode, just Misaka having her battle and Touma sitting on the side lines rambling on about why this is wrong and his way is right.
And of course MORE KITTENS!
How can this plan fail? IT HAS PICTURES!
Kotoha is busy making a plan for protecting the town. She, Ao, and some old dude I should probably know his name by now are going to go in his car to find the source of the problem (I.E. Enjin) while Akina and Kyosuke go around and kill spermie babies. This plan is obviously full of win. Ao tells the two boys to be safe as they drive off. Akina and Kyosuke cackle and decide it is time to be EVIL :O The old dude who runs the ramen shop goes back to his house despite warnings to flee. While he is trying to leave, a spermie baby almost smushes him. Kyosuke saves the old man and the old man has a bit of an attitude problem on why Kyosuke is doing Hime’s job. Kyosuke has a mini flashback where he and his sister had to flee to the mountains to avoid humans. Hime (and baby Kotoha) find the little siblings and she tells Kyosuke that they should come to their town. From then on, Kyosuke will serve Hime no matter what. The old dude makes out of the area safely as Kyosuke and Akina fight spermie. Meanwhile Ao is having a hard time tracking down the energy source. They get a call from nurse lady that Hime is waking up. Nurse lady decides the best way to make Hime stay put is to give her a concussion. Akina and Kyosuke are bonding over spermie monsters when Inozuka shows up. Inozuka is all smart ass and says that Kyosuke should really work for Enjin. Kyosuke decides…not to and tries to kick his butt. Akina is blamed for not telling Kyosuke how strong Inozuka is. Ao is having a hard time still tracking down the “power source” and the slime youkai are appearing all over the place. Nun lady appears and protects the group while telling Ao she is using her powers wrong. There is a quick scene of all the citizens crammed in the elder’s place. The old ramen dude is telling the council members there is still time and not to give up! Ao has climbed up to a very high point in the town and uses her power to locate her brother….who is on top of Tokyo Tower. Hime has woken up again and ramen dude has shown up. He informs Hime that her grandmother was just as weak and pathetic as she is, but the people loved and respected her anyway. He then gives her a new tip for her spear and she is ready for action! While she leaves the hospital, she spots a band of men heading off to kill some spermies. She tries to stop them, but realizes they want to help protect the town and she can’t deny them that. Kyosuke and Akina are still fighting Inozuka and neither side is doing that well. But Akina and Kyosuke demonstrate they are tree frogs and hop on the car carrying the others (and Touka in tow too). Somehow…Kotoha has decided that she is going to make a HUGE train and fire a huge explosive bullet at Enjin and the tower. She fires, but Enjin changes the wind. Yuhi has decided he wants to help now and changes the wind BACK. Not that it matters, as Enjin manages to escape and is not THAT injured. He goes off and makes another Nana-gou bloom. Hime is flying to the tree and screaming for Enjin. Enjin laughs evilly as it is time for the last battle!
This episode was very special, but the pace was okay. And seeing how the series is almost over, I suppose I can suck it up and deal with it.
Clearly that is how a nurse should handle her sickies.
There were quite a few “why are you doing this” moments?! I am not sure why they decided to break up into groups. Their goal was the same: save the town and stop the enemy. True they wanted to fight the spermie monsters and find Enjin at the same time, but I don’t know why they could not accomplish those two things together. They all could have fought the spermies FASTER while Ao did her searching thing. This time, breaking up into groups made less than no sense.
We don't need sense WE ARE MEN!
The other wtf moment was the train. I can give a little bit of slack for the breaking up into group decision…but what was the point of the train? I mean….wouldn’t it be better to sneak up on Enjin or at least…not move him from his current place? I am not sure what would be accomplished with Kotoha blowing up the tower. She would either kill Enjin and risk hurting a lot of other people or she hits/misses the tower and he gets away. Either way, not very good options. Akina even thought the entire situation was special. I would have you know…sent Kotoha ahead and made a wall around the tower keeping him in? It probably would not have worked (okay, it would not have worked AT ALL) but at least the damage would have been minimized.
Um yeah...awesome plan x_X
Anything involving a green tongue must be win!
So….are we to believe this little country town…is near Tokyo? Unless there is more than one TOKYO TOWER of course. I found the whole thing really stupid. Tokyo is a HUGE city and I doubt some town on the very outskirts of the area can SEE the tower. The whole thing was…seriously?! They are asking us to believe two very unbelievable things. Last episode people were scrambling to find nearby towns to take them. Looks like the only place nearby IS Tokyo so that is a lie I guess. And they are expecting us to believe the town is that close to a major city and no one sees crazy trees blooming. That and why would Enjin be there anyway….just stupid.
WELCOME TO TOKYO!
However, there were some cute/good moments. Despite Kyosuke’s hating Akina the entire series, the two seem to get along this episode. Kyosuke even saved Akina from being splatted. I fought thinking about possible yaoi moments (and let me assure you it was hard). So even though Kyosuke can be a hard ass on Akina, there is still respect between the two. Perhaps if the sister was not involved there would be less hatred.
Sadly not yaoi enough :(
Baby Kyosuke (well, younger Kyosuke) was super duper cute! Touka was meh, but Kyosuke was :). There is always something special about a hard ass looking like a scared cute little boy that makes me go crazy fan girl. Baby Hime was also very cute! Of course…are there mountains near Tokyo? Sorry, what WAS I thinking :P
TOO CUTE FOR WORDS!
Akina was around first so Kyosuke needs to RESPECT!
I really liked the town’s folk standing up to fight the spermie monster. It does make Hime look kind of weak since she is suppose to be a strong fighter and they are basically fighting the spermie with sticks but whatever. It is nice seeing people standing up to protect their home town rather than relying on some teenagers to handle the job. Also, it would have been nice to see them using their powers too, but that might have been asking for too much.
Hime approves!
So we know that Enjin really wants to get rid of all the humans. I always laugh at villains who decide destroying an entire area so they can rule it. Enjin ups the special factor with allowing “dangerous” youkai to come back to Earth. If I were an evil villain, I would want to keep any competition away, but of course that is just me. The series is coming to an end and it is show down! Hime looks like she has no problem killing Enjin/Gin, but Akina is still hesitate. Not to mention this while tunning issue makes me think that Akina has been shortening his life anyway…so I would not be surprised if he dies to protect Gin. Which you know….would sorta cement the Gin x Hime fans. :P Stay tune for the conclusion of this EXCITING series. And hopefully Rin dies!
It's tackling time!
Anime: Where meat is always scarce.
So life is returning to normal or at least as normal as Jin’s life can get. Nagi is sitting around watching some stupid anime show and she is really getting into it. Jin asks some basic questions about the show, but she is unable to answer. Jin brings up the fact she has not been meeting her objectives lately and Nagi decides that she was going to do them…tomorrow. And also she wants to have a new magical purity stick. When Jin tells her she is not getting a new stick, she retaliates by eating all the meat. This conversation is interrupted by people calling and telling Jin he is too good for Zange/Daitetsu. As Nagi takes a bath Jin reminisces about how he met Nagi and how crazy his life has been since she has lived there. When she returns from her bath, he tells her she can have a new wand. She responds by saying the one she has now is fine. Nagi stays true to her word and starts fighting impurities the next day. Sadly in an attempt to capture one, Jin falls out of a window. Jin is sporting lovely new bandages and the whole school is gossiping about how he is bisexual and those are battle scars. Daitetsu doesn’t make the situation any better when he confronts Jin and tells him to beware of Nagi! Shino explains that everyone has a popular time and apparently this is Jin’s. However, after the popular time, misfortune often follows the individual. Jin isn’t really thrilled with this development as Takako imagines that Jin’s life is a video game. Well, Jin snaps and starts blaming Nagi for everything that has gone wrong in his life lately. When she does not dispute those facts, he decides to take a different angle. He claims he does not know anything about her and demands answers. She tries answering his questions, but he tells her her answers are too ambiguous, just like her stupid anime show. Nagi gets all defensive and tells Jin he doesn’t deserve answers. Nagi runs off crying and Jin is shocked at what has happened. Jin then is summoned by Suzushiro who wants to talk about the Nagi situation. Jin tells him that Nagi is a god and Suzushiro seems to doubt that. He thinks that maybe she is another type of spirit, but has fooled herself into thinking she is a god. He thinks that this is a plausible idea and that is where Nagi’s split personality comes from. Meanwhile Nagi is on the roof upset. She has this little back flash of watching all the art club grow up, but then she has a conversation with herself. She claims she really does not know why she is here or what her purpose is. That is why it hurts when Jin asks, because she doesn’t even know who she is. She starts crying on the lonely roof top as she thinks about how she has no purpose in life. Jin has decided that he is going to prove that Nagi is one of the gods of this land and checks out a book on the local past. It does not list the name of the god, but Jin discovers that Nagi has checked out this book herself. The episode ends with a sad look at Nagi’s abandoned purify stick.
:( My poor Nagi.
Well…I asked for plot didn’t I? It was like the writers were reading my mind and did everything I was questioning (well, almost as Zange’s situation was not discussed. Since her dad was in this episode, I decide it will count). But I am wondering if it is a little bit too late now. It could be worse; there could be only ONE episode left. But still…2 episodes is not a lot of time to cover some issues.
Okay, plot and some insanity too.
I never once questioned Nagi being a god. I just assumed she was. I mean, anyone who is born from a tree could probably convince me of a lot. Her story made sense and while her powers were extremely LIMITED, it made sense WHY they were that way. So I am not sure why Suzushiro (of ALL people) would doubt her! If anything, she should be believed as her very existence could hinge on that very fact! I suppose I should be happy with the fact he acknowledge that she was SOMETHING special…but for a professor of the super natural, he really didn’t have a lot of answers.
Why does he NOW get involved?
I am pissed at Jin and I see where he is coming from. He is frustrated. His life has changed dramatically since Nagi has entered his life. However, some of these things are really not her fault. She is not the one who “told” the school he was a homosexual. She is also not the one who sent his happy self flying out of the window. It is the rumor that a certain SOMEONE else started and it has snowballed into this. Had Jin be sported these bandages and the rumor NOT exist, people would not be whispering like crazy church ladies. So yes, he can be frustrated, but it is not ALL her fault.
How can you be so mad when your life is this wonderful?!
Another thing he pissed me off about and yet I understand is Nagi’s past. He is at fault for not pressing the issue sooner. He is the one who let the pressure build inside of him and he just exploded all over her. These are things he should have questioned RIGHT OFF THE BAT! He is the one who let the situation get to where it is now. She is also to blame with always avoiding the questions, but he is could have investigated himself…or ask Zange who is supposed to be her sister. If something irritates you, change it. Don’t live with it for months and complain about it later.
LOOK AT SAD NAGI!!!
I am glad that Nagi has gone back to her mission of slaying impurities. And I am sure there are many, MANY impurities in the male bathroom. Zange is focusing on her idol status though…so I don’t want Nagi to “fall behind”. Of course Nagi is doing something better, actually protecting the people and the land while Zange is doing stuff for herself. By default that makes Nagi the better “god” but sadly that is not how it works in the real world. The squeaky wheel gets the grease and all those other sayings that apply to this situation.
Nagi is cute no matter what!
One of the most random things about this episode…was Jin talking about his penis. After all the crap he has had to endure since Nagi has entered the picture, he is still traumatized that Tsugumi saw his penis. That and he refers to his penis as his “precious”. I know SOME males name their junk…but precious? That is beyond creepy and bizarre.
Seriously....this was too weird.
If I had to pick a funniest moment…it would be the crazy caller about Daitetsu. I am not really sure how people got Jin’s number or why they can’t bother him at school (because at school no one is getting on to him about Zange, just that he is gay). But the Daitetsu caller was pretty amusing and I hope it was that cute little boy that graced us with his presence last week (or the week before I forget). Overall…Jin’s suffering was great at that moment.
Just keep causing problems...
The anime shows Nagi watches are scary. I mean, I think it is pretty awesome/scary that the show is either poking fun at anime (and itself) and is acting somewhat aware of the irony of the situation…….but still. That club rock stick whatever was scary. And the show looked pretty stupid. I guess if you ARE an anime show, you can’t pull out all the stops to show a quality anime show WITHIN your own show. That would just be silly. But seriously… the shows she watches are quite scary and she then says those kinds of shows are educational. This poor “god” is confused.
Lame does not begin to describe it...
So while I did get what I want, it was not in the direction I thought it was going to be. I did not think Nagi had to prove her godhood or she really did not know what she was. The show got serious really fast and part of me is sad that the fun times might be done with. But then again I realize that it is probably necessary. I will hope for a happy ending or at least a moderately bitter sweet one.
It is Mortal Kombat Chicken style.
Kyoko is upset her last plan failed but she has other tricks up her sleeve. The next question to Sho is about how he used to play badminton in high school. Sho is immediately embarrassed that it is revealed he use to play such an LAME sport (his words, not mine….or maybe mine). Magically it is decided that Sho should have to show off his awesome skills…and Chicken Kyoko comes up with two rackets. The rules are whoever loses has to act like an animal and wail in failure. Kyoko apparently has some mad badmintoning skills. Sho has to really show off to even get a hit in. At first the fans are a little weirded out that he is so good at this sport…but then decide he is a magical butterfly or some crazy crap. Kyoko pulls out her deadly move out of frustration and Sho is like WTF is that Kyoko? Sadly the little birdie whatever thingy gets caught in the vent and Kyoko loses by default. Sho tries to chase after Kyoko to reveal who she is but his manager stops him. Kyoko is yelled at by the person…ahead of this wonderful show and Moko is wondering what the hell is wrong with Kyoko. So Kyoko has to serve Sho tea and thinks life is unfair. SHO HAS LOST HIS DAMN MIND! He starts assaulting Kyoko trying to rip her head off and basically throwing her around the stage. It ends with Kyoko being on top of Sho and Sho commenting that the chicken must be a boy since it has no boobs. Sho is cheered and Kyoko is told she will NEVER be allowed at that studio ever again. Kyoko has to watch Sho go on stage and be cheered by his fans. Dejected, Kyoko walks around and tries to bash out the idea that Sho might be cool. She happens upon Ren who seems down and out. They banter back and forth for a while but it is finally revealed that Ren received a script and does not understand some of the kanji. Kyoko delights in the fact that Ren is stupid at something and cackles like crazy. But she also takes time to reflect that everyone has secrets that they do not want revealed. Ren finally tells her what he is having problems with and he is way off base on what the word means. Kyoko laughs at his pain but is quickly subdued when she gets a glance at the big stage and bright shining lights. She feels as if she will never get there. Ren then reveals that that he has gotten fired a lot of times and has failed miserably to get to where he is today. Kyoko runs before he can figure out who she is. Later Ren tracks her down and thanks her for helping him out. Kyoko starts blushing and thinking about how it would be nice to find out the other sides of him. She feels renewed for the first time without the help of Corn stone and knows she can rise about her failures.
Speaking of failure...
Well, this wasn’t my favorite episode so far…but that is okay. I can’t be in love with the entire series! Besides, it will make the better episodes stand out even more. That and if this is the worse episode ever I will consider myself pretty lucky.
I didn’t really think that Kyoko picked a very good question/way to get back at Sho. The name thing I could see a reporter finding out…but badminton? Really? Is that the most embarrassing thing she could think of? Perhaps if she revealed more he would have figured out it was her (even though he did anyway…). She was working with limited time so maybe she could not think of anything better. Sho’s fans are crazy for thinking Sho was utterly amazing with his mad badmintoning skills (insert Special A moment here).
Another FABBBBULOUS moment!
I felt really upset when Kyoko was called out for beating on Sho. He clearly started it and how much damage can a person in a chicken costume cause?! She was clearly not as mobile as he was and he really went to town on her. Not to mention he sexual assaulted her! Yet since he is the star, he can get away with anything. I am sure that is true in many cases…but I still don’t like it. Sho’s fans must be real morons to still support him after seeing that scene.
Did anyone see this at all!?
The face is too cute!
I ALMOST liked Ren again this week. He tries to show he is human…but he still finds ways to ruin it. I actually had to look up the word he was talking about ( :( Why do you hate me subbers and not provide that information for me) and I thought it was an honest mistake…but it was still pretty funny. He was doing a great job opening up to Kyoko when he listed all the ways he has personally failed and gave Kyoko hope that she can succeed too. Still…even when he is acting like a vulnerable human being he still acts like a cocky bastard! He might have redeemed himself at the end by thanking the chicken, but he still is condescending sometimes!
I did say almost right?
I hope that Kyoko gets over her “non pure” reasons for entering the entertainment industry. Okay, she wants revenge on Sho. That does not mean she won’t be worthy of that bright stage one day! All this self doubt is getting me down! I also don’t want her to start feeling guilty about her….trying to expose Sho. T hat dude needs to be put in his place! I guess I just want to Kyoko to find her own self esteem and realize she is worth all the attention. Maybe when she actually makes it big, she can find a new reason for wanting fame and that will make her feel better about herself.
NO MORE DOUBTS! Especially about him!
It is hard to pick just ONE funny moment out of this show. I mean, how can you when there is a girl running around in a chicken suit?! I suppose the chicken going super sayian was pretty awesome. But Ren walking up closer and closer to chicken Kyoko was pretty interesting too. The entire concept as a whole was funny ;P
BEHOLD MY MIGHTY POWER!
Yeah...because that's not creepy at all.
So…I hope that Kyoko is not going to be trouble next week. I don’t see how she can avoid getting in trouble since she has now been BANNED from that station and the entire LOVE ME section will be blamed (making Moko upset too). She does not have that many points to begin with and she surely did not make anyone love her with that performance. But judging by the previews of next week Kyoko is going to have to deal with another bitch anyway…because there are no nice people in this industry. X_X
:O What could this face possibly mean!?!
So our heroes are traveling along to the capital of Malkuth. The capital is actually a floating city in the middle of nowhere and SURPRISE it is held up by fonmachines. Jade doesn’t think it is a good idea to just float into port as you know…war might have broken out and people could do silly things like attack them. They port somewhere else and walk to a check point. The guards are willing to allow Jade, so Jade goes on the capital while the others wait. Everyone is sorta chillin when Largo comes out of nowhere and tries to kill Luke. Natalia shows off her amazing archery skills, but Guy starts acting funny. The curse on his arm activates and he has a brief flashback of his home being burned down and he being the only survivor. Guy then decides to kill Luke. Since Guy is acting funny so that means Sync is nearby. Natalia shoots an arrow and hit Sync who is hiding in a tree (because jumping out of the way would make sense). Guy passes out and Sync and Largo decide to run when Jade and some men show up. Luke is panicking about Guy being hurt. Ion says since ONLY a fon master can do this spell, he can heal him. Only Jade and his eye ball glare pick up on that fact. They reach the city without further problems. Ion decides to stop and tell Luke the only way this spell can work is if the victim had WANTED to kill the target previously. AKA Guy has wanted to kill Luke before. That is such happy news to share. Luke strangely is not pleased with this news. Tear tries to cheer him up later, but she sorta sucks at that.
Thanks for sharing.
Ion heals Guy and Luke runs to apologize for whatever thing he did to piss off Guy. Guy states it is not Luke’s fault. It turns out that Guy is originally from Malkuth and when he was 5, all his relatives gathered at his house…and were promptly killed by Luke’s family (I get confused if it was his dad or uncle, but I think it was his dad). Not ONLY is he from Malkuth, but he is from Hod so Tear went all x_X about the situation. Jade then is like I knew who you were all along INSERT GUYS REAL NAME here (started with a G too…). Everyone does the little SHOCK moments and how can this be happening. So apparently Guy became a servant for Luke’s family with the idea he was going to get revenge for his family and make Luke’s father suffer. But Guy wants to stick around with the group because there is still something he wants to verify apparently (that would be Jade’s love for him). Enter random solider cutie who tells them they have an audience with his Emperor hotness tomorrow. Peony decides to start off the conversation by poking fun at Jade’s expense and making Guy super jealous. After that, the group informs the Emperor that St. Binah is going to fall into the abyss. Peony states that they already know about this all, but his country men are afraid that this is a sign of war from Kimlasca as they think they sunk that other city. After much MOG that is not what happens Luke suggest he lead a team to go rescue all the innocent citizens because it ended so well last time. Peony agrees, but wants to speak to the group later. There is a momentary moment of WTF when they discover Peony has a band of cute piggies living in the palace (Tear almost goes INSANE with cuteness). Peony has even named one of the piggies Jade :) Anyway, Peony wants to talk to Guy AKA Gailardia or something like that. It turns out that Guy’s family was one of the nobles of the city and thus he has a place on the council. Peony wants to give him back his title. Guy apologizes for being gone so long, but he has to stay with Luke. Peony ends the conversation promising the send someone powerful to help them. The group then travels to that place that is about to collapse and help the citizens escape because they apparently forgot where the exit was. All was going well until the city starts collapsing with the soldiers and the mayor of the town sinking. Suddenly a huge air craft appears and perhaps the people shall be saved?
MMMM Peony deliciousness…and he does not appear to be a bad guy either…add in that random soldier and this episode was pretty hot!!!
Random hot dude mmmmm
Let’s start off with Guy. I think Guy having a more elaborate back story is very ultra special. I mean, he already has girl issues and we knew his family died (or at least that GIRL died). But now Guy is some awesome noble from the warring country and his mission in life was to kill Luke. Oh, but Jade knew this all along because Jade knows EVERYTHING. And Peony can tell it is Guy even though it is like at LEAST 12 years later. It just makes me laugh that no one is who they really are. I am sure Tear is the reincarnation of Julia and Ion is who I think he is. Oh and Anise is probably a dude.
Still too easy...
I was getting kind of worried about Guy. I had my own WTF gasp moment when I learned the condition of the spell placed on him (way to go Ion for bringing up something really didn’t need to be brought up). I was like HOW CAN HE HATE LUKE?! He is the only one who basically LIKES him?! You can’t take that away from Luke. But after the unbelievable back story was explained, I felt better. A little bit of eye rolling that it was the same exact place that Tear grew up and Luke’s father was the cause…but better. I am sure that Anise is someone’s long lost brother from Hod too.
:( Tis very sad.
Jade is a psychopath. I mean, besides the point that he killed little animals and tried to clone his dead teacher and messed around with dead bodies. I mean he is a freak for knowing everything and everyone in the whole entire universe. Okay, sure I will buy that MAYBE the fighting technique is based on that of a person from Hod? But how could he automatically assume that Guy was that little boy? X_X and how would he even know anything about Hod, everyone is DEAD! Jade probably knows who everyone is without ever meeting them. Just like he is going to know about Ion being a clone.
Of course he knows...HE IS CRAZY!
Let’s talk about Ion again. Once again the writers were BEYOND subtle about implying Ion’s…Ion ness. I mean, ONLY a Fon Master can do that certain spell/technique. But Sync was able to do the spell. WHAT COULD THAT MEAN?! Of course it probably means Ion is a replica and Sync is the real deal…due to Ion’s medical condition. They MIGHT be twins but the replica idea is more fun. But…Ion would have had to been cloned rather young given his age and Luke’s age at cloning. And that would mean he is that much closer to death. Not to mention every time I assume something I am wrong :P Still, this show has not been known to hide things very well…
Must hold back the cuteness!
I guess I should talk about something positive now…like Peony. MMMhh yum. This show has way too many characters and the good ones won’t get any air time. I sense that will be the case for Peony. I am super glad Peony is not a bad guy or dead. :) Of course…there is still time for that…BUT HE HAS PIGGIES! Cute little piggies running around his room; he CAN’T be evil. He is just a playful young ruler who teases Jade. His Jade I mean. Although Guy’s connection to Peony makes this an interesting love triangle (I would say square…but obviously Luke is going to end up with Tear). MMM yaoi. *waits around the yummy fanfictions*
Aw a hottie!
Why isn't Jade happy with the piggies name?!
There are other characters in this show. This week Tear was pretty dumb about “cheering” Luke up. That and I am not sure why Luke had to look back at her to get her approval on anything. Natalia was just there to make a big stink because she can. Anise was a greedy little piggy about Guy being some important dude. Even Luke was kinda bland in his role this week. Granted I have never killed thousands of people before…so I am not sure how I would be able to carry that burden. I would just not announce it to everyone I meet that I was responsible for that crime. That and I would not have apologized to Guy for his wanting to kill me. Special.
But he is at least trying...
I love how Luke and the gang HAD to go to err…let me try to remember…. St. Binah to evacuate the people. I am sure military presences would be LOVELY in case of a disaster…but a disaster had not taken place yet. All they had to do was leave. Do people really need help leaving an area? The whole let’s go to St Binah was just another plot device to get them to the next WTF moment. Moving right along this video game route lala. Stay tuned next week as everyone goes GASP again over something completely unexpected!
They do the gasping thing so well.
Keen eye for detail WIN!
Edgar and Lydia are having a romantic meeting…that is not so romantic. Lydia informs Edgar she can’t handle his lies anymore and she is heading off to the fairy world. Edgar begs her not to leave…and then he wakes up from his “nightmare”. Edgar feels very crummy the next day and tries to blame Raven for his….wild night with Lydia. Frog man house keeper butler dude tells him it is okay; that couples all the time get the “order” mixed up but he can make it right! So Edgar does the very sensible thing and brings Lydia a big armful of roses and begs Lydia to marry him now. He apologizes for being so rough for her first time He insists that he tried to be gentle but despite all that they should get married right away. Lydia squawks out that they did not have sex and refuses to marry him. Edgar tries to convince Lydia he is being ultra serious…but he is shooed away. But not before she accidental tells him she is mad he called out the wrong person’s name half way through/the beginning. Lydia cries and boo hoos and Nico tells her not to be so sad. Edgar asks Raven what name he might call out in his sleep and Raven implies that the list might be too long to list. The dude from Scarlet Moon, Paul, Raven, and Edgar are looking at a painting of a warrior girl with a giant shield. The painting was from the Earl’s family and Edgar’s dad gave it to Paul dad for safe keeping (away from that pesky Prince). Oh and we learn the Prince is really some guy whose Father use to be King before the GLORIOUS revolution. Edgar being super awesome discovers that there is something written on the shield. It is basically the last Earl(ess) telling her descendants that they must kill the unfortunate Prince. That would be straight forward and boring if Edgar (in private) didn’t point out he ALSO has royal blood and that they might be talking about him. In any event, Edgar feels guilty that he is not really the one who can stop the Prince so he is hindering the final plan. That and he is worrying about Lydia’s virginity. Ermine appears in front of Edgar and takes him somewhere. Lydia is having a crazy dream that Kelpie is in horse mode and flying her to the moon. That gnome fairy wakes Lydia up by telling her to put the moon ring on (oh the ring can TALK to him by the way). Kelpie is all like WTF Edgar is going to die soon ANYWAY so why don’t you pick me anyway?! Well Lydia doesn’t know why she put the ring on and she has to find out!
Lots of seriousness!
Lydia decides to go to the mansion but only Paul is around. They look at the painting trying to figure out clues. The gnome dude appears and tells them the amber that everyone is looking for is the material used in the painting. Then, FOR NO REASON!!!, Lydia decides that Edgar has gone to see Ulysses and that gnome man has to take her (and Edgar) to the fairy world or make a fairy road to the banshee. Meanwhile Raven is feeling all sad and lonely that no one wants to play with him. Nico won’t take him to the fairy world, but Ermine appears and will take her brother. Edgar is talking to Ulysses and they are having a LOVELY conversation. Apparently Ulysses use to be an older gentleman and Ulysses insists he is the same Ulysses that Edgar remembers. Ulysses tells Edgar that people wanted to use him (Edgar) as the Prince’s replacement or something. That makes all the flashbacks with Edgar getting hit and abuse make that much more sense. Ulysses is a little pissed he was not groomed to be the Prince’s replacement and that Edgar has taken his rightful place as Earl. He is further more pissed off when Edgar says they should duke it out! LIKE MEN!
This series…is so very very special. Sure I could stop watching it and just focus solely on making fun of Vampire Knight…but why would I deprive myself of such joy! That or I am a masochist.
If we hold hands, we can get through this together!
I would like to point out how much of a douche bag Edgar is. We can FORGIVE (well…forget really) the fact that he got hammered the night before and he can’t remember WHAT he did. It happens. It shouldn’t, but people have drunk sex all the time (or not drunk sex). What makes Edgar a douche bag is that he is not apologetic that he might have RAPED someone and hurt them. He seems to think that telling Lydia that sex is normal much more AWESOME than that makes it all better. Granted no sex, forceful or not happened…IT IS STILL THE POINT! He was quick to put aside the fact she might have been crying because she was hurt and it really belittled the situation. Roses do not make it better. Edgar=douchebag.
It's your fault for not stopping me from being a douchebag!
But sir, you are always a douchebag!
I would probably be more upset at Edgar being a douche bag…if it wasn’t happening to Lydia. :) Because I think she deserves it. She needs to make up her damn mind. Every week she whines about Edgar not really meaning what he says and every week I want to stab my eyes out with rusty spoons when I hear her say it. JUST STOP! Either move on and shut up or just stop trying to believe your own lie. Okay, BESIDES moaning Ermine’s name during your attempted rape, what has Edgar done to be a womanizer. Edgar is a lot of things, but since you have come into the picture all I see him doing is falling all over you. So if I were Edgar, I would be pretty pissed all you seem to say is YOU DO NOT LOVE ME…and proceed to act all close to me and do other mixed signal type of things. You know what you are doing and so do I as I have boobs. Stop pretending to be the innocent girl in love crack head. Also one does not put on a wedding ring unless they are accepting a marriage proposal. She has now used it TWICE to get out of a situation, neither dangerous. She uses Edgar’s “love” to her advantage and throws it away when she is done.
Pissed off face....
And the WTF face for the win!
The biggest WTF moment out of the whole show was Lydia *GASPING* concluding that Edgar had gone to see Ulysses. It didn’t have to be a WTF moment. Lydia could have sat there and used her brain to think about where Edgar could have gone. But that is not what she was doing. She was chillin with Paul and gnome man trying to figure out where the amber is and GASP she knows where Edgar went. X_X What kind of crazy line of thinking is that? Yes the two are VAGUELY related…but ADD much?
It makes so much sense!
However…I might have learned something today. I had no idea that amber could be used as a painting material. I mean, I am sure anything can be melted down and smeared around to leave a stain. It doesn’t really make much sense to me either. But apparently this is the only way you can hide magical amber from crazy people. DUH!
I also learned that halfway through means the start.
But only to stupid Lydia.
I would like to take a moment…and thank someone for not making me the replacement for the title of Prince. Because as much fun as it looked getting beaten an inch of my life and nearly killed…I think that I will have to pass. Of course I can see why Ulysses would be so jealous that Edgat got picked to be the next Prince or the replacement. What kid (or adult..) doesn’t want to have his back marred for life or missing some use in his arms? Clearly only a crazy person! I also like how Ulysses made a big deal about trying to help Edgar out then 5 seconds later rants about he hates him and wanted to kill him back then. MMMM sense please?
LOADS OF FUN FOR ALL!
I also enjoyed in this episode Edgar and Raven being so calm about Ermine being alive. Whether or not she is a human might be besides the point (as Raven is not quite human himself). The point is someone you knew and were probably close to…is alive and you should go “MOG I missed you” or at the very least “WTF why are you working for the bad guy!” Nope, none of that occurred. I suppose that the impact on her being alive wasn’t as EPIC since they knew she was…but still people. Can I get a little bit of emotion please?
Raven always makes me laugh. Here Edgar is whining and complaining about what a douche bag he is and somehow this much be Raven’s fault. :) Then Raven is all like..but you are always like this so how was I suppose to know? Raven was lucky there was not another ball tonight or it would have been dress time. That and I think discussing Edgar doing Lydia made Raven jealous anyway.
All is well since Edgar clearly has his priorities in order.
I can see why Twilight is so popular: Vampires are so sexy.
THE END IS UPON IS!! I can taste the emoness in the air!
So…Kaname is all smirking as Ichiru goes off to see Zero. Yuki is still being useless and holding her small hand gun. Zero is trying to hold off his vampire self and “listening” to Kaname tell him it is too late; that he is already the monster he hates. Ichiru comes in and is all staring at the obviously upset Zero. Shiki wakes up and immediately goes to see Rima. Rima is still alive and recovering as Shiki offers her pocky. They talk about how there are so many strangers on campus and that things aren’t well (FOR REAL?!). Shiki says that Ichijo told him he had to go DO something (a.k.a die). The other members of the Night Class are killing all the level E vampires that are on campus. Aido shows up and is admonished for not watching Yuki. Aido is like…eh, we shouldn’t be fighting these small fries when Rido is still around. Rido is busy having a vampire orgy with a bunch of slutty vampires. Headmaster Hottie and cross dressing tranny have a face off and…tranny runs with YOU WILL REGRET THIS kind of attitude. So…. Ichiru is like I am going to shoot you….and he does! All the vampires in the area go :O with shock! Kaname and Yuki have a little talk with Kaname saying that he has done this all to protect her and all he did was hurt her. We then are subjected to baby Ichiru and Zero having a weird snuggly cuddle. The dialogue was basically Ichiru being upset that he could not be a part of Zero and Zero being upset that Ichiru does not have more. Ichiru kept saying things like there is no room in Zero’s heart for me and all that kind of self pity jazz. He then explains that he only joined Shizuka’s side because her lover was unduly taken from her and he just wanted to help her. Zero is still pissed that Ichiru smiled when their parents were killed…but asks why Ichiru is bleeding all over the place. It turns out when Rido woke up… Ichiru stabbed him to avenge Shizuka. :O I AM SHOCKED AND AMAZED! Well…yeah, Rido hurt Ichiru and sent him on his way. So the REAL reason Ichiru just shot Zero (in the heart no less) was so Zero would take the very last bit of life from his body so he can finally be joined with Zero. Also he wants to get his revenge on Rido THROUGH Zero. Awesome. Of course Zero is all like NO we love you and I would never do that. Ichiru passes out and Zero thinks about Yuki and how he needs to protect her…so yeah, he sucks his brother’s blood :O it is all sad and tears as Zero leaves the dungeon and Yuki runs off to cause more harm than good.
DEAR LORD! I thought you know..with the last two episodes things would actually get ACCOMPLISHED! See, see what happens?! I put a little bit of faith and a tiny sprinkle of assume in my heart and it gets crushed on the ground. WHY THE HELL IS THIS SHOW SO POPULAR!
Before I talk about the show I would like to smile at the subbers. This week they thought every sentence deserved an exclamation point at the end of each and every sentence. Even when the person (Rima) was practically whispering it was all !!!!!! I am really not making fun of the subbers (well, just poking a little bit of fun) but it did make the episode more bearable to watch. So thank you fast little subbers.
I shall whisper and go !!!!!!!!!!
First of all Shiki….I get it. You are “cool”. Things that make a normal person freak out are just…whatever to you. Just an awesome little vampire aren’t you? However….you were possessed. You nearly killed your bestest best friend in the whole world…and you bring her Pocky. Pocky….seriously? You couldn’t look a little bit serious for one second? No..okay. Just look bored and high…pay no attention to all the violence and mayhem going on around you. Just be happy..because you have your pocky. And when did you get so tall?! You just look like a freak now!
Sorry I stabbed you, have some pocky.
Yuki…you were ten kinds of awesome in this episode. And by awesome I do mean 10 difference variations of the word useless. But…at least you didn’t cry. And that probably counts for something. More since it was about you. I just want to know what you are going to do with a hand gun. Because….Zero just got shot in the heart (or area) and Rima got stabbed….and both are alive. So I am SORTA doubting how effective that tiny gun is going to be. But you are the Pure Blood Vampire Princess of Power…I am sure you know much more than I do. I am sure in the FINAL battle you will be so helpful and you won’t cause ANYONE to die at all. Please carry on with your epic plan of fail.
Another useless conversation.
Dear Writers. Orgies are stupid. Vampire orgies are even more stupid. Orgies without sex are massively stupid. Orgies without sex and result in all the females being killed are the mostest stupidest thing EVER! P.S. You get bonus points for making everyone look exactly the same. Love Someone with a brain.
Apparently this is sexy.
Seriously though….what exactly what was the point of that blood orgy? I mean…yay, their dark underlord is back from the grave YAY take off their clothes and die? Because you know…silly me, I would want my minions to be alive. I wouldn’t go around eating them all. Makes my army kinda small and I need actual meat shields not piles of dust. Not to mention the small fact of how everyone even got INTO the dorm rooms to begin with. The Night Class is pretty much killing anyone before they reach the doors so I am not sure how a bunch of slutty people made it past them. Also I am not sure how much nutritional value level E vampires have once you are a Pure blooded vampire. The writers are under the delusional impression this kind of scene=bad guy. LAME!
A brief break from bloody orgy.
The orgy brings me to another point. Apparently there are MANY things I do not know about vampires. Apparently they just WHAM turn into dust after getting sucked on for a little bit. I have read stories and seen shows/movies where something DOES happen to vampires after the last drop…but these vampires were still clearly moving. Vampires are also very stupid creatures that just allow themselves to be eaten by someone who JUST rose from the grave. But…they can only die if their heart is ripped out. Because those weapons that Vampire Hunters have been carrying around this whole season DO NOT KILL VAMPIRES! Not even if you blast near or AT their heart. Or Zero is just the most special E vampire in the world. Rima got jabbed in that area too and is just fine. So in review vampires who get sucked on the neck DIE…but being stabbed in the heart means you get to live. Pay no attention to Kaname and Yuki still being alive after getting sucked on. I mean…who pays attention to things like facts and inconsistencies.
Kaname will give you no answers either.
HeadMaster hottie is still a hottie however. Him fighting tranny mess with his fan was special. But I really like how this pacifist school teacher man is the legendary fighter to end all vampire hunters. That is like me running over a bunch of kids and then opening a day care center. And there is a reason Kaname listens to him right? After headmaster tried to kill mommy? I shall focus on his flowing hair instead of facts I guess.
Pacifist my left arm.
Aido…he is my little voice of reason. He is like um….we should save my strength for the battle ahead. Those little “level E” vampires were a joke anyway. And where are they coming from ANYWAY? If there were that many crazy ass vampires near the school wouldn’t Kaname send his minions to kill them all? Or do all these level E vampires have special teleporters on their backs that sent them ZOOMING to the school? MMM logical. Only Aido has it.
Group meeting!
I am not going to even comment on the “subtle” twincest. And do you know why? It is WAY too easy and everyone was already thinking it! So I will talk about something else…like how special Ichiru’s reasoning for this all this baloney. I still have no idea why Ichiru felt so bad for Shizuka and I will never will. His parents went around killing vampires. The wording that has been used all along was “he had not followed to level E YET” which means he was going to be on that list anyway. Plus…he was a vampire. His parents killed vampires. I mean, I could see him being outraged about every single death and hating his parents for having this job but that is not the case. He was just a bitter little boy who knew he couldn’t be a vampire hunter like his brother. Him trying to put a spin on it was not working; he is still a douche bag. His brother believed in him too so I don’t know why he had to turn to psycho vampire for some love.
There are no words.
My brothers never had such cute p.j's.
And…what was up with Maria? Why is it important that Maria wants to see Ichiru again? Why would Ichiru give a flying cupcake if Maria wants to see him again? Ichiru was fond of Shizuka and Shizuka was only borrowing Maria’s body. I am failing to see why that would be a selling point for Ichiru to stay alive. Did Ichiru even KNOW Maria? Seriously…this show is hurting my head.
Live for me since I am so important!
BUT FEAR NOT! There is only one more epic week left! ..What? This season has 13 episodes and not 12? WHY!? WHY ME?! Why must I suffer????!! Well I guess it makes sense. There is way too much going on to sum it up in one more episode and considering that nearly nothing happened in this episode…I guess there has to be two more episodes. The light at the end of the tunnel is nearly here. I will brave it just a little while longer. Endure it with me!
Clearly an anime that will not end with smiles. :P
Insert jerks who can't stop to help kids who need help!
After finishing a job, Yoshino praises Tomoya’s work and it is positively cute Tomoya being proud of himself! Tomoya then spends special time with Nagisa’s family…something about a word association game or something. Tomoya is in high spirits on the way back to his apartment and thinks Nagisa wants to talk about buying new swimsuit. Nagisa really wants Tomoya to call his father and let him know where he is living now. Tomoya is all…I will one day. Tomoya’s boss has some position available with another company (sorta) and he thinks Tomoya would make a great manager/supervisor for the job. Tomoya is a little confused and thinks he is being fired, but sees the pay increase and learns he is just getting this recommendation because his boss has that much faith in him! While riding in the car, Tomoya sorta feels bad as he thinks that Yoshino deserves the job. Yoshino says he is not really a people person and Tomoya is really more suited for the position. One thing leads to another and Yoshino decides to tell a “story” about a young man who wanted to be a rock star. This story is o so vague. This person…OKAY Yoshino was a ‘bad kid” in school. He claims that no one believed in his music but his teacher. She gave him the encouragement he needed to go to a big city and make it big. But not before he promises to go on a date with her once he is famous. The magical thing is he DID make it big. He sang loud and what he felt and his fans loved him for it. The start of his downfall came when he met some of his fans….and how much his music really affects other people’s lives. Somehow he is paralyzed with fear that his songs are no longer his own and he cannot perform under the pressure. He takes some time off to find himself and other music baloney. During his time off one of the fans he visited committed a huge crime and apparently it was because Yoshino did not write any new songs. MMM how lovely. Yoshino felt so much guilt he tried to write songs and please his fans…but his music was not the same and he felt disgusted with himself. He then turned to drugs and lost most of his hope (or all of it..) He was soon replaced with some other pop star and forgotten. He returns back to his hometown and runs into his teacher again Kouko. She kindly asks if he has reached his dream yet….and he breaks down and starts to cry. Yoshino then decides that story time is over and tells Tomoya to be careful to protect what matters most. Tomoya then spends an afternoon with Nagisa and old ladies having a picnic. On the way back to the apartment Nagisa notes how Tomoya has changed and he seems gentler now. Tomoya starts talking about this new job and how he wants to provide for Nagisa when he gets the news that Tomoya’s dad is in jail. It is not clear what his father did but word gets around and Tomoya is not eligible for that new job. His current boss tells him not to worry, that he is not going to fire him because he is more understanding. Tomoya is very pissed off and wants to leave this city and get away from his father’s curse. Nagisa says they cannot run away and leave with bitter memories…but she will go with him wherever he goes. Tomoya and Nagisa go to see Tomoya’s father and that is a huge mistake. Tomoya starts yelling that he sucks as a father and runs out (probably pissed off his father was just sitting there smiling like a moron). Nagisa runs after him just in time to watch him break his knuckle on a wall. She manages to hold them off and they fall to the ground. After this…upset moment Tomoya says let’s get married and Nagisa just accepts. X_X She says they will become better people forever and she will never leave him. Tomoya is overwhelmed by her words and starts to cry.
Okay Clannad..I can say you can do no wrong..but this episode was not one of my favorites. However, if it goes down as worst episode ever you are still miles away from some shows at their bests and that says a lot.
I love him supporting Tomoya though.
Yoshino is a funny person or so I thought. He tried to be serious about certain topics but he always came across pretty funny. However…I really was not fond of his back story. More that I really don’t like some of the more BS aspects of it.
And how old was Ms Teacher at the time?
Yes, I get that Yoshino felt his songs are no longer his own and that they belonged to the fans. But it just came across in a very narcissistic way. Perhaps that is just me and my jaded little self, but Yoshino was either really naive or very stupid. What did he think that was going to happen when the masses heard his songs? That they won’t love them and become obsessed little fan girls? The GASP shock look on his face after his performance would have been genuine awe, but given his further shock with his fans devotions…it is just off. It’s really hard to explain what was off about his shock but it felt like too much.
He did have a lot of passion, I will give him that.
Such a genuine response.
I really do understand what the writers were going for with Yoshino or I assume I do. His fame changed his perspective on his work and soon he felt that he was not in control of his own songs. That shows at the very least he has respect for his work and isn’t some teeny bopper manufactured brainless slug (bitter much?). He felt pressured to write songs so he could produce something and then he felt sick when he put on stuff that was not up to par. However…I don’t think he should have gotten so upset that his songs seemed different. Artists grow and they incorporate their personal experiences in their songs. So if Yoshino was going through a lot of suck ass at the time, I would expect his songs to reflect that. I see nothing wrong with songs that state reality. And really…if he only wanted to sing songs about his school teacher, he should have stayed at home where the material was there and it was relevant in his life. And REALLY he wanted to be a rock star BEFORE his teacher gave him encouragement…so what were his songs about then?
Just too much for me too believe....
And why did Yoshino say that the only one who liked his songs was his teacher? Well, he said his classmates ridiculed him…but we saw in Misae’s back story that there were wild fan girls all over him. I guess that fact needed to be left out so Yoshino’s back story could sound sadder and focused on Kouko.
Of course they are just like Tomoya and Nagisa.
So while I like Yoshino I really didn’t like his part in the episode. I did like HOW his back story was explained in the car and was really meant to focus Tomoya on what is important in life, it just felt …wrong for some reason.
WHAT WAS HIS CRIME?!
The rest of the episode (except the end) was pretty sweet/realistic. There has been less snarky and pranking Tomoya lately…but he is becoming a man and I have to accept that. When Yoshino praised him…the look on his face made me almost feel proud too. Because I am special that way. And I really do think Tomoya took Yoshino’s story to heart when he sat down with Nagisa instead of focusing on the game. And while he was dodging Nagisa’s questions about his dad…what girl doesn’t want a swimsuit?
Such a special dad.
So apparently Nagisa has been having a rough time in school lately. I have commented on it and instead of making her life a little easier, the writers decided to make Tomoya’s life hard. I was a little bit x_x when Tomoya was recommended for a job over Yoshino but I was upset when he lost it. BECAUSE OF HIS FATHER! I understand to an extent that people get judged based on what their kids do and vice versa…it just seemed very cruel in this instance though. I wish I knew what crime his father committed and why they would use that against Tomoya…It just proves Tomoya right about not having contact with his father. He even wants to leave the city because of him. Tomoya was clearly not thinking when he said there is nothing good in this city. Although if I was getting punished for something my father did I would be pretty pissed too.
She is soft spoken, but really thinks about her words!
So..the proposal…while yes, it is exciting that Tomoya and Nagisa are getting married…the proposal made me sad. Perhaps that is because I am the kind of girl who believes in “just the right moment” and everyone going AWWWW. This proposal…..was pretty crappy. You should ask someone to marry you because you love them, not because you are sad and hurt with your biological family. I truly understand his reasoning though. He wants to start a family of his own since he is so lonely with the family he does have. I GET IT! It doesn’t mean I have to like it. Here he is bleeding with a busted up knuckle, pissed off at his father, and he says..let’s get married. HE DIDN’T EVEN ASK HER!! :(
AND SHE SAID YES!!! WHY NAGISA!! You needed to insist you would be happy to marry him, but on MUCH BETTER TERMS! But then again…I understand too. Nagisa is a “save me” girl. Some girls like to (or just happen up) the most hurt/broken person and decide that they can fix him. They can make his life better and strive to give him everything his parents didn’t. I can see how she can be so hurt that Tomoya does not come from a family like hers and she is desperate to give him that. She is the one who actually made it a proposal. By her saying yes, she made it more than a passing statement. :( I know Tomoya is lacking in the romance department, but I just thought Nagisa deserved more…and better.
Okay, I can't deny the tears that formed in my eyes!
Of course one could argue this is the best KIND of proposal. One where both parties realize they just need each other and the right time and moment is different for all. Some might argue that as long as they both acknowledge they need each other, it was perfect. And I see that too. There are times when I see something so awful on it makes me realize I love my husband even more. It is that fear of what could be that makes me appreciate what I have more. But then again…I should always appreciate what I have, not just when times are tough and it is more important. So fine….it didn’t have to be roses or a fancy dinner…but it did not need to happen right after such an explosion. But it was pretty powerful and I am sure it meant more to Tomoya that Nagisa accepted him “at his worse”. At least she does not have any delusions about what she is getting in too. RARW! Now I am not sure if I hate this proposal or love it!
Determined Nagisa is the best Nagisa!
So yeah…not really happy with the random proposal made out of pain and woe. But…there were some really cute and awesome things said. Nagisa saying that they were better together and they could make each other stronger….win. She even didn’t give in to Tomoya’s self pity why do you want someone like me. She simply accepts him the way that he is and I think that is better than lying and saying OH you are so not like that. And Tomoya crying….it gets me ever time. So this proposal is like a lot of things in life: done for the wrong reasons but the results are happy. Or at least Clannad happy.
Becoming an adult is really rough :(
I have decided I was a little harsh when implying this might be the worst episode ever. Well, it could be after the entire series is done and I sit down and think about it. But getting a B+ or A- from an A+ series is still pretty good. I think the problem is I understood WHY things were happening the way they were and I just assumed they should happen differently. But Clannad is about sugar coating things. It is has moments of harsh reality (which Yoshino doesn’t want to sing about) and things that you wish turned out more positive. But life isn’t always positive or fun. :( I just wish it was for Tomoya and Nagisa.
Sometimes they just seem so far apart...
At least Amu's hair was cute...
Lulu is all happy as she has finished a new necklace for her mother. She thinks her mother needs this necklace to regain her radiance or something. Lulu’s mother comes in and tells her that they will be hosting a Christmas party tomorrow. Lulu seems excited and asks where the fabulous party will take place. She is less than thrilled when she learns it will be at their house. Meanwhile Amu’s parents are all going crazy of dancing Ami. Amu’s mother tells her they are going over to a client’s house for a party (someone she interviewed for her magazine). Amu starts putting two and two together and realizes that it is Lulu’s house…right when Lulu walks by. But Amu’s family is a little bit too star struck to care about the MOG faces of the kids. Lulu’s family does a great job playing host to everyone. Lulu tries to be a good host to Amu, but she reminds her she is just doing this because she has to and Amu is beneath her. They briefly talk about the Shugo Charas. Amu forgets that she hates Lulu’s guts and is impressed by her hosting skill. Lulu’s mother tells Lulu she needs to take it easy and enjoy the party. But how can she do that when the Christmas tree outside is not DECORATED! Lulu runs outside and is frantic to make things perfect. Amu comes outside and helps Lulu even if she does not want it. The two make the tree beautiful and all is well. Amu witnesses a warm and fuzzy moment between Lulu and her mother. Lulu then shows Amu a piece of jewelry she made for her mother. After much pointlessness, Lulu decides to go and give it to her mother now. Amu and Lulu go upstairs (or downstairs…SOMEWHERE ELSE) to witness her mother and father dressed up as morons. Lulu is not pleased and resorts back to evil Lulu girl. She runs into a down and out Santa downtown and wants to use her magical stone on him. Well, he was sad because no one wanted his samples of tissues. Now he is psycho person pushing his product on everyone, including Lulu. He gets upset when he sees other people with presents and that they did not want his. He changes into…FAT SANTA and starts sucking up all the presents. It is all very magical and stupid. As luck would have it Amu was out shopping and she senses the drama. She manages to stop Santa by mass producing her pom poms and stuffing his bag with them. She heals his heart and Lulu gets a heartfelt message. She ends up giving her mother the necklace and they share a happy little Christmas day.
That is how I felt watching this episode :O
Really? REALLY WRITERS?! This is the best you could do for a Christmas episode? Because you know how many people in Japan celebrate Christmas as a romantic holiday and Amu has not one BUT TWO choices for this day. But inside of making it about romance or HER FRIENDS you choose to make it about some idiot no one cares about and sucks as a villain. Great job you fail hard.
Little kids fail too.
Lulu..you seriously fail. I am sick and tired of seeing all this perfect kids who are ready and willing to help their parents out so hard. I have never seen one of these kids in my life. I mean, I was all for helping my parents too but not like that. Kids deserve to be kids for a little bit. Or Lulu just wants to pretend she is an adult and takes things on to look important. Either way I hate you.
Newsflash: you are not made of awesome.
And now you are not even a bad guy anymore. RIGHT? I mean, how can you be? The reason you want to the Embryo is to help your mother out and win more awards (such an awesome reasoning for being a bad guy). But now due to Amu’s words…you totally understand your mother now? Granted after seeing your mother in such a stupid costume I might have had a mental break down too…but that is beside the point. The point is your stupid reasoning for wanting the Embryo is fading fast and you are looking more and lamer. You reason was dumb to begin with and you have no reason to go after the egg. Please just go away so we can get back on the main story. Such a waste of time and space.
I might have jumped off a roof if this happened to me.
Congratulations! You are healed! No more bad guy for you!
The “person of the week” was the weakest one to date. I can’t remember a bigger failure than this guy. Perhaps it is due to the fact we didn’t even get to learn his name. Or the small fact his issue was NO BIG DEAL! Seriously, how lazy can you be writers? So anyone who has a minor problem in life is in danger of losing their true dream? Is Mr Santa’s true dream giving out tissue samples for a living? Give me a break. I would ignore him too. It is time to toughen up buddy! I think it would have worked better had he been trying to sell his own gifts or something…ANYTHING but what the writers did. It was too cheesy and lame for it to be believable.
Yes, this touches my soul...not.
Laziest transformation ever!
I am not really understanding Lulu’s accent or why she thinks it is a big deal or why others think it is a big deal. I guess I would have to be from Japan to understand why it is so weird. I guess that would be like a southern person walking around New York City? Again not sure but that is all I can come up with.
YAY ACCENTS!
This episode was pretty dull. No Guardians, no Easter, no real threat. Just Amu hanging out with her best buddy in the world and healing a stranger on the street. Please if you are going to have filler episodes TRY to make them suck a little bit less. A Christmas special is lovely and all but not with Lulu as the main character.
This is me, not being impressed.
And wtf was up with that hat? I thought she was “French”.
NO HATS FOR US!
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