A Channel episode 12 FINAL EPISODE!!!

Today is Sunday and people are supposed to be in my house watching movies. Instead I am sitting here waiting and waiting. -___- I has a life too people. Plan your stuff better so my plans with you are not interrupted!

In other news I guess this means I can totally catch up with A Channel yes?

A Channel was a special show for me. I know a lot of people will compare it to Lucky Star or K-On!! but for me this show was even MORE laid back. It lacked even less of a plot. And sometimes the characters just repeated themselves over and over again. We get it Nagi, you’re fat. So very little plot and character development. Overall the show was just okay but it needed…more I guess.

So many little tears.....

Spoilers for Tooru pouting all over the place.

Very little studying goes on when there is not exams.....

Episode Summary: Tooru is still very upset at the thought of the girls graduating from high school. The only comfort she has is her kitten and quite frankly she might strangle that thing to death. At school the next day Nagi is depressed about staying up all night and eating two boxes of chocolates at the same time. Yuuko furthers her good mood by spoiling the end of a book Nagi just started. Run finds out almost all of her homework is wrong and sets to work coping Nagi’s. A similar scene happens with Tooru and Yutaka but Yutaka is stupid and copies the answers upside down. During break a boy talks to Run and Yuuoko freaks out thinking Tooru will freak out. She manages to stall for time by strangling Tooru. There is little pep talk to all the students during the day and most of the kids find it boring. Nagi manages to make their homeroom teacher feel stupid because she doesn’t know Nagi’s name. After school Tooru, Yutaka, and Miho are sweeping up leaves when they spot a kitten in a tree. Yutaka manages to save the kitten but not before nearly killing herself and making more leaves fall everywhere. Run comes by and cleans the mess that is Tooru’s hair.

Is she a zombie?

All the girls go to a burger joint afterwards where Run nearly bites her tongue off. Much of the action is focused on Yuuko being silly and trying to earn points to get a teddy bear. Oh and her flashing her underwear. Then Run confuses magnifying glasses with real glasses and she is dumb. Run does an impression of Nagi which is okay. Nagi does an impression of Run and it is right on. Their teachers randomly drive by but decide that Mos Burger is not cool enough for them. Tooru falls asleep and has a dream that Run is actually an alien and is going back home now. Nagi and Yuuko wish her well and Tooru is like NOOOOO. But Tooru wakes up and Run has carried her home. Later that night Tooru gets depressed and goes out to buy some treats. Only Run is outside waiting for her. XD Life goes on at school and instead of being left behind the girls always wait for Tooru. THE END!!

One of the fun things that still linger from my Japan trip is that I sorta recognize things now. Mos Burger indeed. XD There were quite of few of those around but since I feared the dreaded onions we did not try them. Maybe next time.

Poor Tooru. She is worse than Azusa with the worrying about girls leaving and graduating on her. This is still your first year in high school! Enjoy it!

Yuuko collecting the points for the tiny teddy bear was cute. Wish I could have better understood the point systems in Japan. Guess it is more for people who work there.

But I would have gone in the trash to get those precious points out.

Run’s tongue must be more complex than mine because if I bite mine I can talk a few minutes later without sounding like an alien.

The entire thing with Run being an alien going back home was funny. Mainly because on another show I watch that is SUPPOSE to be about aliens we have yet to see one.

Also I think Run acts like an alien.

I am glad Tooru has a kitten to keep her company. Snuggles the kitty!!!

Yutaka is usually fruit cake but she was right to go up in the tree and save the kitten. Yay for kittens

I think Japan is really smart to make the students take charge of cleaning up the school. Some kids these days can barely clean their room!

Nagi's impression was awesome. XD

Because when people graduate from high school they can never visit their underclass men friends EVER!!!!!

Yuuko is a book spoiler!!!

Yuuko is such a dramatic person....

Opies. Now she is dead. :(

Personally I would be more upset about the leaves everywhere and not my friend falling out of the tree.

It's not even that far up people!!!

I wish my friends would rate my underwear.

So perfect!!!!!

WRONG SHOW!!!

Everyone is happy woohoo!!

Well that is about it.....XD At any rate it was a nice way to kill time. Thanks for stopping by.

I miss K-On! :(

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A Channel episode 11

I am such a people person. Really I would love to be manager. Heck why aren’t I manger now? XD I would make a great manager. Things would get done, no one would be slacking, and no more random free food.

But that is the dream folks. Right now it is probably more realistic to think about my boss blasting off to the moon in a space ship. XD That is a nice dream too.

What is snow?

Onward to catching up on more anime! This time let’s finish A Channel in one swoop! Spoilers for Run…being a great student?!

Cold? In winter? LIES!

Episode Summary: Tooru is having a bad dream about Run graduating and leaving her behind. Poor sad Tooru, at least she has a kitten to wake up to. The girls are all walking to school and remark on how winter is cold. News breaking information. When they arrive at school they see a bunch of junior high kids walking around. Soon they will have their high school entrance exams so they are checking out different schools. This brings back old OLD memories for the girls. Run tells the magical story about how she studied for her high school exams. At first Run was going to apply to a school that she could probably get into (AKA for average people I think). Tooru supports Run in whatever she does and says she will go to the same school too. Run’s mother supports her going to a school her speed until she finds out that Tooru’s future is also on the line. Then she is like GO TO A BETTER SCHOOL NOW! When force does not work Run’s mother uses briber.

Ghostbusters?

At first Run’s studying does not go so well as she loses her mind. Tooru is a hard teacher though and forces Run to pay attention. Run is dedicated to the cause and studies all the time. When exam day arrives both Nagi and Yuuko are in the same room as Run. Run has a run in with a pencil which leads to Yuuko thinking it was sabotage. Later Run talks to Yuuko and Yuuko explains she is moving to Tokyo that spring and blah blah. Run makes it into the school and there is much rejoice. Soon it is Tooru’s birthday and Run gives her cake and some jokes. One of the jokes being two of the pieces of cake are full of yuck. Yuuko and Run get the yuck pieces. They then take a commemorative picture for Tooru’s almost birthday and discuss what to get Tooru for her birthday. After school Tooru gets a little worried about the girls studying for exams next year and leaving her behind. Tooru manages to stay oblivious and cheer her up at the same time. THE END!

I often question why Japanese society places so much emphasis on youth when really they spend half the time study for one exam or another. Doesn’t sound like golden years to me.

Winter is cold, I am shocked.

Run’s mom caring more for Tooru’s future was special. Don’t be bothered with your daughter’s future or anything…maybe she will marry well.

Run’s mom was smart to not use force. Bribing is much more fun. NOM NOM STEAKS!

Run actually studying hard was….surprising. Goes to show you that the right motivation can really work on people.

It always makes me sad when people don’t celebrate their birthdays. At least Run did a little something for Tooru. I guess I am just more into birthdays that most people.

Cake should never be ruined, especially in Japan where cake is more expensive to begin with.

When pulling a practical joke on people make sure you don’t pull it on yourself too.

I shall not make fun of Tooru being sentimental about being left behind. It is a real possibility and things will change again.

Somehow I don’t think Tooru will be getting boobies for her birthday. :(

Random songs are always fun, especially right before the ending song.

Someone looks like a crazy stalker X__X

Scary mom is super scary.

One should never be sad when they are eating a doughnut.

High five mom!

Yuuko is a bit of a conspirator.

This calls for cake!

Cake does not belong on the ground....

How dare I ruin my own cake!!!

Maybe Yuuko is a ghost?

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Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko episode 10

I would really love it if customers stopped complaining about me. Really I would. One would think if people are complaining about me I am the one at fault. Well when they complain about the fact that THEY MADE ME CRY I think not. Or they complain about the fact that the store ran out of Pepsi and I apologized. Or when they say I was rude to them WHEN I WAS IN JAPAN. Yeah things like that piss me off.

XD But since I have cake I will be okay. The great thing about being an adult is you can eat cake for lunch. Cake shall wash away this batch of crazy customers and prepare me for more. Please decent customers come and buy our pizza. Outnumber the crazy!

Welcoming a new crazy face into their lives. XD

Speaking of crazy….WOOHOO! I am caught up with Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko! One step closer to getting all the way caught up with the Spring 2011 anime season so I can get ready for the summer one. XD Spoilers for more little girls thinking they are aliens.

More creeped out that people are referring to Erio as a THAT!

Episode Summary: Spacesuit girl recovers from her injuries and life on the baseball field goes on with everyone ignoring the fact she claimed to be an esper. The pitcher for the other team explains the girl is relative of another teammate but she ran away from home. Makoto admits that Erio is his cousin and is given looks. After losing another game Makoto helps clean up the field and ignores the fact that Maekawa is dressed up as the scariest alien EVER! Before Makoto can accidentally flirt with Maekawa she points out that Erio is being tortured by spacesuit girl. Spacesuit girl claims that Erio is an alien just like her and she needs to talk to her. Makoto is like um you said you were an esper and stop trying to talk like an alien. Erio is happy that Makoto protected her and vows to depend more on Makoto in the future. Makoto asks Ryuko if he can go watch her practice but is turned down (gently) when Ryuko learns Erio would come too. Later that night Makoto looks at the stars with Erio as she tries to say his name instead of cousin. Spacesuit girl shows up and tries to take Erio hostage again. Only Erio puts on her mattress and flattens the girl. Her helmet comes off and she is revealed to be an Elliot look alike. She introduces herself as Yashiro and that she is an alien esper.

Strike a pose Ms. Alien lady.

Makoto takes Erio inside and locks the door from the newest weirdo. Then Ryuko calls and it is 19 kinds of awkward on the phone. She wants him to come to her game and cheer her on but she is afraid she will suck. Makoto is all WOOHOO girls. Ryuko invites him to a festival (if she does well in the game) and explains the rivalry between the different sides of town stems from who hosts the festival. The next morning Makoto wakes up to find Meme taking Yashiro under her wing, mainly because she reminds her of Elliot. Makoto is like yay…Yashiro has given up on convincing Erio she is an alien and wishes for Makoto to take her somewhere. After dropping Erio off at work Yashiro explains that no one can see the aliens because they don’t believe in them. She later forces Makoto to stop at a pool so she can jump in it. Somehow a waterfall falls on Makoto’s head and he is like X__X aliens? He joins her for a swim and later leaves her near the pool as she does not want to go home. Makoto picks up Erio from work where he promises to take her to the pool one day. THE END!

I think that scientists should come in and study this town. Because obviously there are way too many crazy people in such a small place to be a coincidence. Something is in the water or something. Or the unlikely theory that there really are aliens all over the place and people are subconsciously aware of them.

And no one thought to question what she was wearing....

Space suit girl turns out to be related to someone on the team. If I was paying more attention I would know who. But I guess she ran away from home or something? But if she is right there playing baseball they know where she is so what is the problem? Whatever the case may be Yashiro is not Meme dressing up trying to convince Erio of aliens and she is not Ryuko trying to work the cute weird girl angle. Yashiro is Yashiro.

Take me to your leader! Or to the pool.

Yashiro is a bit deeper into the alien belief than Erio was. Maybe she has been delusional longer and did not have a Makoto to throw her into the ocean. That and Erio did start off pretty strong what with her backstory and all. Still Yashiro tries to take it one step further with being an esper and trying to talk a little bit different. So I guess she is crazier.

Don't humans wear the space suits...?

The fact that Meme accepts her into the circle of “family” means she is not to be trusted. Or she is to be trusted completely. Yashiro does look a lot like Elliot so maybe Erio has a half-sister. XD That or she just looks like Elliot with the sparkling hair and all. Typically when I find little girls hiding in my house (which has never happened but pretending it did) I do not serve them breakfast and give them clothes. I tend to call the police and make sure they get home safely. I do not aid in the continuing runaway process.

AN ACTUAL ALIEN?!?!?!

I think it is strange on some level everyone in this town believes in aliens and what not but only a few people are considered too weird to associate with. Granny was always talking about cattle mutilation but that was okay, people still shopped there. Maekawa dresses up weirder than Erio ever did but people still support her and are friends with her. Yet Erio was hated from the start. If everyone in town is crazy how do they pick the people to shun?

Well maybe Erio was hated on way before the whole alien thing because she was pretty and the girls were jealous. That very well could be it. Maybe Erio tried to commit suicide and ended up in the sea? It would be nice if the show focused more on that whole oh I was gone for 6 months aspect of the story.

Can't you sense the love?

Yashiro seems to be more interested in Makoto now instead of Erio. Which makes sense as this is a show about Makoto building a harem yes? Oh what aliens? I do think Yashiro should have tried harder to get Erio back on the alien side. Which would be sad as Makoto has made such progress with her. But if there really is an alien plot thing going on in this town I would like to see some conviction in people instead of giver uppers. Probably a sign that there are no aliens though.

Alien proof?

I thought the pool jumping thing was a big source of youth points and Makoto didn’t even mention it! I am on the fence on whether or not that was proof Yashiro is an alien though. We didn’t see what happened and it can be easily explained as something else so who knows. But yay youth points! Pools are meant to be jumped in.

I like that Erio wasn’t a jealous freak like some characters in this show when Makoto spent time with another girl. Instead she just made the obvious comment that she likes the pool better than the ocean and asks Makoto to take her to one someday. See Erio is a normal little freak. XD

Not sexy. Embarrassing.

Oh do I have to talk about Ryuko? Do I? I love her little lie she sent to Makoto. They get along splendid indeed. To anyone who doesn’t have eyes in any event. The entire phone conversation with Makoto and Ryuko was too awkward for me. I was getting second hand embarrassment. I was getting a gay vibe from Makoto too which is weird since he was 10 seconds away from masturbating over the fact he was talking to a girl. Just weird.

Is it too late for things to get real?

Oh and the festival. Can’t forget about the festival. The rivalry between the towns in a little more obvious now and makes the baseball game less friendly than was painted last week. One wonders why can’t they just share every other year to host the festival? Because that would make sense and it is better to have conflict? Whatever the case I think this will cause Makoto to try harder at the baseball thing. Also if this is really what the alien stuff is all about it is truly subtle.

It is almost time for work. Then I get to experience the outcome of my stupid decision. Hopefully my furniture and sanity will survive. XD If not….well time for me to learn to be patient?

I sense the love between Ryuko and Erio too.

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Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko episode 9

I am like one of the stupidest people in the world. I am. Like I have no idea why I put myself in such stupid situations. But I guess at this point I win the sister of the year award? Or the evilest if I end up stealing what I say I will watch. XD

But still stupid. Not as stupid as my husband who should have known better and said NO to me but still dumb. We make a good pair yes?

Wish I could rewind the clock 2 hours...

In other news I am still watching this crazy show. Probably just to say AHA I caught up with everything look at me. Or maybe because I am stupid I don’t know. Spoilers for sports EWWW!

How many youth points is receive food from a girl?

Episode Summary: Summer vacation is about to start and Ryuko is excited. But not excited enough to forget she wants to have Makoto all to herself. She exchanges phone numbers with him in hopes of texting him all the time. The sparkle moment is slightly ruined by Maekawa also exchanging numbers with Makoto. On the way home Ryuko gets renewed spirits when she invites Makoto to her basketball games (wtf kind of summer break is this?!) and he says yes. On the way home Meme says some gross things to her nephew. Maekawa calls and asks Makoto to play baseball with her. When asked Maekawa said she didn’t mention this in school because she didn’t want to hurt Ryuko. Makoto says yes because she is a girl. Makoto goes outside where Erio is playing around with her telescope. Makoto agrees to spend time with Erio and said telescope when he gets bored and Erio sparkles a little. The next day Makoto goes to play baseball and Maekawa wears a fish costume. The girl pitching for the other team seems to have problems keeping her arms above her head too but Maekawa doesn’t claim her as a relative.

And then Ryuko looked five.

Stalker dude is there and asks if Meme has mentioned him yet. That would be a no. A member from the other teams tells Makoto that there are two different sides of town with two different views on life that may lead to conflict. Thus they play baseball to make things happy. After the game the pitcher girl hangs out with Makoto and Maekawa and says stupid things like are you a couple? Makoto arrives home and agrees to space watch with Erio that night. Meme says something perverted and life goes on. Erio wears her mattress again but this time part of the reason was to keep the bugs away. But then they look at the moon and have a good time and sparkle. Erio then asks to play baseball with Makoto. Makoto takes that as a good sign and thankfully the group agrees to let Erio play. Ryuko shows up as she was going to practice on the other side of the field. She is jealous and has a little pout. Oh and there is a random person in a space suit. After Ryuko runs away the game proceeds and Erio accidentally knocks out the person wearing the space suit. Only when the person wakes up they talk like an alien and claims to be esper. Oh okay. THE END!

Put on your blinders! The sparkles are coming to get us!

Can someone please explain the sparkly hair thing to me? Does it mean anything at all or is it just there to throw me off? I do tend to become obsessed with tiny details that later mean nothing. But there is sparkly shiny hair all over the place so I assumed it meant something other than the fact the artists of this show went overboard with the glitter. Did Kesha help in this anime?

Obviously someone else loves sports too.

I don’t like sports. But like with Clannad I was able to tolerate a small amount of outside….fun if you will. But nothing will top that baseball moment. Ah memories…

I think the most interesting thing about this episode was people’s dependence on cellphones and the importance of those tiny devices. I am guilty of texting a lot but probably not as much as the average teenager. And from my short time in Japan the average Japanese people could out text any American teenager. So yes. It interests me that people are so attached to those little phones now.

Plus texting is just better. Like you just want to say one thing to someone and you aren’t obligated to stay on the line and make small talk. My mother doesn’t understand this, that it makes life more impersonal. To me it makes it easier to be personal. Stick with your checkbook mom.

Ryuko sending annoying text messages? NEVER!

Ryuko is still annoying to me and I have not forgiven her for not wanting to defend Erio. But she is pretty adorable when she makes the stupid faces. And I can see her shy little face when asking Makoto to watch her play basketball. I wonder if she is any good. But she does need to ease Makoto into the world of texting. Boys might not be used to the random nonsense messages.

It is hard to understand Maekawa. Mainly because she is insane.

I am not sure why Maekawa invited Makoto to play baseball. Is this her way of flirting with Makoto and to do so in a place that Ryuko couldn’t interrupt? Does she want him to become closer with the town? Or is there no reason and she just needed another player? Whatever the reason I thought Maekawa was actually going to be a player but haha what was I thinking?! Fish girl woohoo!

Finally doing alien stuff. XD

Erio and her little dance outside was weird. Maybe she was trying to summon aliens or something. But I am surprised that it took the show this long to make Erio use a telescope. Or if she has been using one taken this long to show it to us and Makoto. But you better join her Makoto!!!

This comment was more interesting than the entire Ryuko drama. Enjoy.

Ryuko showing up and the random encounter with the rival baseball boy was weird. Poor Makoto, I think I hear your youth points dropping. A girl in your love harem might have another love interest. HOW DARE SHE!

This will make sense later yes?

I am sure the rival dude had a good reason in mentioning the whole old town/new city rivalry thing. A very good reason. Surely it is not a smoke screen for something else. Maybe the old town has all the nutbags that believe in aliens and the new town is like…um those are actually shiny lights from our buildings? But that theory is out as both girls seem to live in the city part.

How can you say no to this sparkling face?

Erio wanting to play baseball was…a big step. Throw off the futon and set into the real world. Maybe baby steps next time okay? However I am glad the team was nice to her and didn’t just shove her to the side. There were whispers and giggles but she was allowed to play and have fun. Thanks for giving the mattress girl a chance ya’ll.

Just when I have given up hope about aliens we are thrown another curve ball. Of course this curve ball is probably just Meme in a suit trying to show Erio there are real aliens or something. Of course that would really take her 10 steps back in her progress….In any event I don’t think it is a real alien and it is someone trying to be “nice” to Erio and give her hope.

Sorry. Not an alien. ESPER!!!

And if it is aliens….IT IS ABOUT TIME! We are going to be 10 episodes into this series and I have yet to see any proof of aliens. Well besides the fact that everyone in town is insane and that might be a side effect of anal probing or something.

On that note (not the anal probing note) why are we so into this series and we have yet to see anyone help Erio regain her memories? I mean didn’t she create this alien situation in her head to help deal with the gaps in her memories? Why isn’t that being discussed more? X__X

I see that Meme is rubbing off on her...

Will we find out in episode 10 or will it just be more insanity? Hopefully Maekawa will at least have silly costume….at the very least at this point.

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