HAPPY BIRTHDAY......ME!

26 long years ago I graced the world with my presence. Truly I have made the world a better place by just existing. Or I am just a normal girl with a huge appetite for Hello Kitty and anime. You can decide which one rings more true.

Yay for birthdays!

Now despite yesterday's.......yesterdayness I tried to have a positive day today. For the most part I think I was pretty successful. I had a few moments where I thought about yesterday's situation but I can't let one person keep me down. Even if that one person is super important to me.

But other than that I tried to keep my thoughts happy today. And I did receive quite a few well wishes so I shouldn't dwell too much on the ones I didn't get. So yay for birthdays and getting a little older and it not really mattering.



I was planning on having a ton more pictures. Well I was going to take a ton more pictures and post some here. But every single battery in my house is dead. And I mean every last one. I took the batteries out of everything but they didn't have enough juice to get the camera powered up. So....what I really needed for my birthday was batteries. XD They are now on the charger/waiting to be charged and I shall make do with what I have.

As you can see the kitty is very helpful with the pancake making process.

I woke up "early" for me today. I had orginialy set my alarm for 11 am but since I stayed up late/early to watch the Devil's Rejects (a bad idea on both accounts) that was a silly plan. That and my phone was ringing and buzzing with people telling me congratulations for being old. So I got myself up and awake before my husband thought I would be. XD He had been planning on making me a breakfast in bed. Curse me and my random stuff.

Chocolately delicious.

So while I didn't get chocolate cake today I got chocolate pancakes which is just as good. Probably better since I can't remember the last time I had chocolate pancakes. But I was pretty full with the pancakes, bacon, and eggs. NOM NOM NOM!

Time for presents!

The entire time I was eating I was eyeballing my present. It was like he was toying with me or something. That isn't true though since my husband kept saying to open it. But I wanted him to watch and I kinda wanted to eat while my food was hot. Please note that we wrap everyone's presents in Christmas paper. I just happen to turn it inside out and decorate the white paper with occasion appropriate stickers.

MOG CUTEST THING EVER!!!

I knew I was getting a nendoroid. I asked for Saber Lily. However my husband told me a few weeks ago that she wasn't available for ordering yet. I actually bought that excuse because it says the release date is October 2009. So that could be October 1st or October 31st. That and I figured if he could order Saber Lily it would take a long time for shipping. So when I saw the Japanese shipping box I knew I was getting a nendoroid or a figurine.

So ( I like to use the word So a lot) when I opened up my present and I saw my favorite figure ever (or up until now) I am sure my face was all :D :D :D! My husband is a dirty rotten tricker. He took great pleasure in his trick. What a goober.

Saber and all her extra parts glory.

Saber Lily comes with a lot of extra parts. Maybe it just looks like she is full of extras but it is actually the normal amount. The point is that I think she is worth the money with all the cool parts you get. XD Not one but TWO swords for stabbing!

Pay not attention to the mess behind the nendoroid!

If this doesn't get a MOG cute out of you your heart is made of stone. Or your last name is Grinch. She is seriously awesome and squeal worthy.

She-Ra anyone?

If I could snuggle a nendoroid I would.

I can't remember the last time I was so excited about a figurine. Well I can and his name is Fai but I was trying to be dramatic okay? But ever since I saw the first picture of Saber Lily I wanted her more than any other nendoroid. XD Just look at that cute little face!

I was going to take more pictures of Saber Lily meeting up with the other Lily and Saber Lily with a few other nendoroids. But no batteries. So I shall save the 478576 nendoroid pics for another day. But I love her. Thank you husband!

I like instructions. XD

Everyone is jealous they don't have a Jamie friend like I do.

A Hello Kitty themed present!

My Jamie friend and I have a ongoing joke if you will. We like to give each other cute cards despite what age group it was really meant for. So I have given her happy 2nd birthday cards and I got children's birthday cards as a wedding card before. XD So really this card is more than just finding a Hello Kitty card for me. It's our own personal joke...that I am now sharing with everyone. But Jamie, I love this card. Plus it came with stickers! You can't get much more win than that!

Why yes I like Hello Kitty.

Here is a picture of all my lovely treasures. I am sure that more Hello Kitty will make its way into my house tomorrow as my brother's girlfriend probably got me something Hello Kitty (it's a mutual love for HK XD). My personal favorite is the Urban Outfitter Hello Kitty figurine. There are 12 possible figurines in that blind box and I got the one I wanted! I was pretty excited even if my husband couldn't understand why. XD

Time to smell nice!

I was really surprised when my friend gifted me some Harajuku Lovers perfume. That stuff can be PRICEY. But it is a awesome gift and I love it. I would have taken better pictures...if the camera hadn't died. That and we had a time trying to figure out what the head was. We thought it was just a decorative item and were like IT LOOKS LIKE IT OPENS?!? Yeah we are special. But now I have something cute and I will smell nice. The head makes a nice travel size product too. I also heard that this present was stolen from little old ladies which warms my heart. XD

You can survive a zombie apocalypse! Just believe!

After opening presents and making fun of the guys in Million Dollar Listing it was movie time. I really didn't have an interest in seeing Zombieland but it turned out to be really funny. It actually had some decent zombie kills too despite being a comedy. If you are looking for a good laugh and a movie with a silly plot line then ZombieLand is for you. But I recommend seeing it with a friend so you can whisper stupid things about the movie to each other. XD

Happy Birthday for me!

So that was my day. And there shall be more birthday celebration tomorrow with my brother (with rumors of cake) and probably more Hello Kitty. XD It was a tame kinda birthday but then again I am not the kind of person who goes out and gets hammered drunk. XD I had a happy day and that is all that matters.

For the record being 26 feels just like 25. Well except for the fact I am now closer to 30. But seeing as I got a figurine and a bunch of Hello Kitty stuff for my birthday...just yeah. So happy birthday to me and happy birthday to that particular person on livejournal that helped me out during that bad moment yesterday. I hope you had a good birthday too!

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To Aru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 3

Today was not a very good day. Sometimes when I am having a crappy day anime can cheer me up. However today was a really crappy day.

I FEEL ANGER TOO! RAGE!!!!

What does that have to do with anything? Well I was in a slightly bad mood for most of the day thus it kinda melt over into my post. Which is a unfair thing but also reality. How my day is going shouldn't affect how I feel about something not affecting said bad day but that is how the world often goes. If you are in a happy mood you tend to over look some of the silly things in certain shows. But if you are having a crappy day then everything makes you RARW and rage inside.

So...yeah. That was my mindset when I wrote this post. So there might be a little bit of unfairness with my tone and how I describe this episode. But this is when I watched the episode and how I was feeling today. Next time I will just try to let the anime take me to a happy place. But for now here is my post.



Just…..sigh. Sigh sigh sigh.

I thought episode started off okay. Then it had a promise of being a tiny bit more serious. Then that promise was blown out of the water and by the end of the episode I was rolling my eyes. After the day I have had this is not what I need people!

But since I am in a bad mood and I went into this episode angry at the world perhaps I am not in the best frame of mind to judging this episode. Or at the very least hold back some of my anger.

Saten is my down to Earth girl who doesn't care about this political/popular school mess.

So I will start off with a little confusion. I understand that Misaka and Kuroko go to a different school than Saten and Uiharu. What I don’t get is where their school is in relations to this special Garden area. Because it looked like the Garden is the name of the area that houses the school. I only ask because of the whole Anti Skill thing. Both Kuroko and Uiharu are members of Anti Skill so it would make it a little difficult no matter where their headquarters were. Either the Anti Skills is outside this special garden place or it’s in it. I think I need a map.

WATCH OUT FOR THE NORMALS!

Call me crazy but I think how they are going about portraying Misaka’s school is a bit creepy. Uiharu has a power so why is her school less awesome than Misaka’s school? Or rather why aren’t all Anti Skill people over level 3? If Uiharu isn’t awesome enough to attend their school why is she awesome enough to risk her life? Of course this is overlooking the fact that 7th graders are protecting the city…perhaps I should move along now.

Puddles are serious business.

Aside from the whole let’s go to the most special part of town…I thought the antics leading up to the “not so serious drama” was cute. My poor Saten fell in a puddle. :( And yes I am going to overlook the fact that it is really strange that Kuroko doesn’t have any other clothes to wear other than her uniform because…we needed that fact for the plot. Any little anime scene that involves shopping and or going to eat treats is fine in my book. It is something that could actually happen and a nice dose of reality in a young person’s life.

Decisions decisions....or just get them all!

But no one got to enjoy their cake. That is the true tragedy of the episode. That and silly Uiharu was making a decision on what treat to have. You don’t decide, you have them all!

Prepare for some real scary stuff people!

I actually thought the plot was going to be serious when it was talking about the six attacked girls and Saten being the next one (the whole plot of her wearing the wrong school uniform playing an important part). I thought OH SNAP things are about to get serious and it is time for a real fight. I also felt a little bad that 7th graders had to look at something “horrifying” and that Misaka would save Saten in time. I should have known since the bad thing happened to unimportant fan girl it couldn’t have been that bad.

THE HORROR!

Eyebrows. The Tokiwadai students were getting ugly eyebrows drawn on their faces.

The most awesome reason for tazing people EVER!

Because one girl (Miho) lost her boyfriend to a Tokiwadai girl.

It really doesn’t matter that it was a Tokiwadai girl. It could have been any girl because home boy left Miho because she has scary eyebrows. Yeah home boy was a jerk for leaving her because of her eyebrows. One because that is vain and MOG look inside a person and see how wonderful they are. And two…she had those eyebrows all along so why did you start dating her anyway? So if anything Miho should have exacted her avenge on vain men?

So yeah…nothing to see here folks. Just some girl with the ability to be invisible and draw eyebrows on people. Because she is too stupid to PLUCK HER OWN. Seriously. She doesn’t have to have stupid eyebrows so why all the drama?

Even if I thought the overall plot was stupid I do think it was kinda cool how the girls figured out how to track and capture Miho. Even if they are only 13 and at 13 I was into the Backstreet boys and other boys. And that the fact no real adults had a hand in the situation. But besides all that I liked how it was slightly complicated and explained at the same time.

What?! Did you say something important?

The entire point of this episode is to lay the ground work for the next episode (or a future episode). The reason that Miho was a little hard to find was because the information on her was wrong. She was classified as a level 2 but her ability was much stronger than that. Thus the computer system is wrong. But the girls brush it off as a simple mistake and life moves on to Saten being upset about her eyebrows. Such a passing comment but it’s going to be important in the future. I sense these things.

So….yeah. At least there were no pantie shots. But I would be less RARW if the entire episode was devoted to one sentence said in passing. But again I was in a bad mood when I watched this episode so I am a meanie head. XD I shall focus on the fact that no one died and that young girls tend to get emotional about things. These girls just happen to have powers. XD

But seriously pick up the pace pleassssssssse. Need a serious episode and soon. Now I shall put aside my anger and have a happy birthday. Or that is the plan anyway.

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Kobato Chapters 16 and 16B

Kobato is very interesting. One day I am saying the anime is going too fast and the next day I think the manga is going too slow. Clearly nothing will make me happy.

Follow me as I take forever to get published!

Not only does the manga go slllllllllow it gets released even sllllllllllllllllllower. Sometimes I think CLAMP really hates my soul. But then I forgot about X/1999 not being finished and how I think Wish had a different ending planned but somehow it ended too soon and how tons of unanswered questions lurk in their mangas and I keep on reading their work. I am that special.

But Kobato is still X_X when it comes in terms of pacing. Either give us more content or be released on a weekly basis. Stop messing with my mind! Now on to the chapters!




Sayaka tries to make small talk with Fujimoto but his head is in the clouds. Sayaka tries to talk happily about the past and how cute Chibi Fujimoto was but Fujimoto wants to be all doom and gloom and he was thrown away. After Sayaka gets done reassuring Fujimoto he is family she teases him about why he was spacing out. AKA he was thinking about Kobato. Fujimoto tries to cover up his feelings by saying he is just concerned and that maybe Kobato isn’t the brightest bulb in the pack. The topic of college comes up and Sayaka tells Fujimoto to go back, that she has everything handled. Fujimoto doesn’t buy her lie and questions again why she won’t give her gang member husband back his name. Because she can’t ya’ll!

Back in Kobato is special land Kobato is walking with divorce paper girl. I don’t think she has a name. Even though Kobato has no knowledge of Earth and how things are done here…she seems to understand what a divorce is. Kobato questions the girl and the girl eventually explains that she still loves her husband but things have changed between them. Kobato presses more and the girl reveals that her husband is in love with someone else. Kobato starts crying and says that she is sorry for crying and that the girl should be crying instead. The girl hugs Kobato and thanks her for crying for her. Kobato earns a broken heart for her efforts but her plushie pal doesn’t seem impressed. Be happy Ioryogi! Elsewhere Mr. Bear and Ginsei are talking in the restaurant when Kohaku magically stops on by. WOOT..and the end?

So yeah....not a lot of information at all. :( In two months we get less than 30 pages. Clearly we are hated.

Almost too cute for words. Then you realize it is Fujimoto.

Being that I am ME I wonder about what Fujimoto is thinking about. He has been spacing out as a child? ALERT ALERT! This could be an innocent little statement and that a lot of kids go off into lala land and all is fine. OR this is CLAMP and every single tiny detail is important. That Fujimoto could be spacing out as he lives his life in another dimension and he DIED in that dimension and Kobato knew him and is here to go to the place where Fujimoto is.

If this ends up being true I might have a heart attack. After I go I TOLD YOU SO!

Stop ruining the cuteness with your attitude problem!

Of course...it could just be that Fujimoto was thinking about the situation that caused him to be adopted. That is probably the more likely answer. But we aren't supposed to dwell on any of this because Fujimoto changes the conversation back to something less positive. Excellent tactic there Fujimoto.

And then Fujimoto redeems himself. CURSES!

Fujimoto is just so awesome at hiding how he feels. No no, he can't be worried about Kobato because he likes her. No he is worried about her because he thinks that she is missing part of her brain. Only you aren't fooling anyone Fujimoto.

But really Fujimoto should be worried. Even though Kobato sorta...forced herself into the nursery school situation she is in danger and Fujimoto should feel obligated to protect her. Even if I think that means he should push her away and MEAN IT instead of being passive aggressive about it.

Gang members love to take over nursery schools true facts.

I am sure it will turn out ex-husband is just trying to protect Sayaka and he isn't a bad guy. But for now I hate him and his evil ways!

Stop being so vague!

Fujimoto is so hung up on Sayaka keeping gang member's last name. I am sure it will have some great meaning later but for now LET IT GO. Right now her having the same last name isn't going to fix the situation. Maybe Sayaka still loves him. Maybe Fujimoto is jealous. Maybe I want people to actually say what is going on instead of trying driving me insane!

But seriously stop looking so peaceful about the situation. It's creepy.

Kobato handles things in a very delicate manner.

Kobato. I love you. I get that you are the innocent naive girl who is confused on how the world works. Just...try to phrase things a little less....err hurtful next time. Accidentally hurtful of course but still. Sorry to be harsh my little Kobato. But you had to ask these questions because we needed to heal her heart and get her side of the story. So I guess it is forgivable.

Sometimes you have to know when to stop asking questions....

Mystery lady tries to come across as very mature for her age. But since I don't know her age or her name she might be older than I think. That and when you go through something tough like this you can either come out of it a more mature person or become bitter and evil. Very rarely can you pull off being both.

It's bad that her man loves someone else!

I am pretty sure I would be the bitter and evil person. Just taking a wild guess on that one. But what mystery lady is saying is very true. Sometimes it is no one's fault. Granted if her husband was cheating on her then he is a douchebag and deserves to have his balls cut off. But he told her...I just don't love you like I use to and I love this other person.....maybe it wasn't cruel. People do change. People grow and experience new things as they go through life. No one is the same person they are when they are 20 or 30 or 40. It's a sad reality and I much rather someone be honest with me than have an affair and make me hate them.

But if it happened to me I would be finding the girl and cutting her face with a steak knife. It's hard to accept the reality of life when it happens to you.

Even those she is awkward this time she's right! And it's sad.

So even though Kobato kinda made the situation a bit sad and awkward she is able to understand the pain this woman feels. Even if the woman does her best to hide her emotions deep inside. She puts Fai to shame in the fake smiles department! But Kobato crying is so sad yet almost cute! You can tell she really feels bad for this woman after only knowing her for a few minutes. Kobato truly is a kind person despite her lack of tact.

:( Such a child like value system.

I am not sure any words would do this scene justice. Sometimes when you tell a sad story to someone else they get more emotional about it than you do. Maybe because you have had a chance to get rid of your emotions or you are still bottling them up inside. But when you tell someone else they are not trapped by shame or regret or anything. They either put themselves in your shoes or feel your pain for you. And that is what Kobato has done.

Everyone loves Kobato!

Kobato heals another broken heart. And i am sure once again she will be confused how she did so. If anything she might think that she made the situation worse by asking such personal questions. But she really has "saved" this woman. I am sure she wanted to express how she felt for a long time but even now she is unable to. But she now has told someone her story (or rather they figured it out) and tears were shed on her behalf. She couldn't cry them but someone else did it for her. Sometimes you can't do anything to help a person but listen to their story and give your sympathy. Kobato is great at that.

Err...that was random.

So after it is established that Kobato is great at everything we are back at Mr. Bear's shop. Ginsei is making a mess and Mr. Bear is not too happy. Suddenly there is a customer. Why it's Kohaku from Wish! I mean, just talking about her (him?) wasn't enough. We needed a cameo.

Or is it something more than that? Since Wish was actually finished we know that Kohaku and her man (his man?) were reunited after 100 years. But this is CLAMP. It could be the past or the future. We just don't know. There is also the possibility that Kobato has something to do with Kohaku's situation and vice versa. We do know for certain that this is not taking place before Wish as a certain angel has been punished for falling in love with a certain devil.

Ginsei and Ioryogi has also been banished from the place they were from. Because Ioryogi loved someone. One wonders if that also has to do with the Kohaku situation. Or if everyone in heaven, hell, and the underworld are in love with each other and are constantly being "punished".

But aside from that tangent yeah. Interesting situation is interesting. I also might be making too much of the situation as Kohaku might just be a passing character. We will see...in about a month.

Also important to note Kohaku is looking a lot more girl like. Before Kohaku's sex was rather vague but now it seems clear she is a she. Not saying that is a good or bad thing. Wish came out a while ago so of course CLAMP's drawing style has changed. Her outfit is ten times cuter now though. XD

And...that's it. Kobato earns another heart in her jar (which is actually a jar and not some tiny bottle like in the anime) and everyone else is experiencing part of the past. And we have another CLAMP crossover. We will probably have to wait 4 more weeks to get 14 more pages and it will drive us crazy. But we will eat up all those 14 pages and demand more. Because we are CLAMP fans. And Kobato is cute. XD Thanks for reading!

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A rebel with a cause or a Christian with no convictions?

Keep it a secret or show the world?

Religion is important to many people. Most individuals practice some kind of religion at one point in their lives. That or their lack of religion represents who they are/what they believe in. If that makes any sense.

Now even though religion is very important to almost everyone on the planet it is considered one of the topics you should avoid talking about here in the U.S. Politics and religion is something that one doesn’t talk about in front of polite company because it leads to hurt feelings and tears instead of interesting conversations and a healthy debate.

Which I think is a little special because politics and especially religion is what shapes us as people. Or maybe I use to think that. Perhaps it is better to just show what you believe and not label yourself one way or another. Because labels are scary.





I am a Christian.

Now if you say that online you immediately must go “But not one of those Christians”. Because if you don’t an entire livejournal community might eat you alive. Once you label yourself a Christian people automatically get an idea of what you are like in their heads. Which I can understand to a point. Yes we all hate generalizations which may or may not be true. This can lead to racism and bigoted behavior and a bunch of other isms. But sometimes they are true. Generalizations have to come from somewhere. And if you are going to call yourself a certain term you must feel a part of that group and connect with them on some of their principals and ideas.

That being said…sometimes being a part of a group means you need to explain how you are not a crazy member of that certain crowd. Thus the disclaimer that some of us Christians have to use so people don’t go off on us and think ill of our beliefs. Maybe us “less crazy Christians” need to use a new term to describe ourselves. I for one don’t want people to think my choice of religion makes me a bad person. That is the exact opposite of what most religions are supposed to represent in a person.

Maybe I am the crazy one, for not adhering to rules and standards that have been etched into most Christian’s minds for a long time. But I would like to think following the main principal of a religion still would make you a member of that group even if you didn’t believe/follow all the mini principals.

But everyone has a different idea of what a mini principal is and what a main issue is. And I think that is what separates the crazies/die hards from the live and let live Christians.

To me the main issue/point to Christianity is accepting Jesus Christ as your Lord and savior. A no brainer really. You accept Jesus into your heart and try to follow how he lived his life and do your best to be a “good” person.

Now where I think the fundamental (crazies) get it wrong as they don’t focus on how Christ lived his life. Loving people and trying to better their lives. They rather focus on rules that may or may not be the exact word of God and if they were….some of its original meaning has been lost in translation.

So no matter where I stand on other issues I will consider myself a Christian because I do accept Jesus as my personal Lord and Savior. Others might (have) disagree with me but in the end you can’t tell me what I feel in my heart. Or argue that I am not a Christian when I am following the most important rule that there is.

So where do I stand on the other issues? All over the place would be the answer.

The most controversial (at least to every fundamental Christian) is gay marriage. Or gays in general. I think that some people are born straight and others are born gay. It’s hard to wrap my mind around the numbers otherwise. 10 percent of the population is “wrong”? Bleh. But in any event I am not seeing the massive sin people are committing if they are in a loving stable relationship and both people happen to have a penis. Or both have vaginas.

Now there is some massive hate from certain Christians when it comes to gays in general. But most of the HATE (or most recent hate) stems from gay marriage. Or the lack thereof. Again I don’t see the big deal in letting gays celebrate in the institution of marriage. And if I DID have a problem with gays in general I would fail to see how allowing them to marry each other affects my marriage. When straight people and their 50 percent divorce rate doesn’t affect my marriage I don’t think allowing gays the same right to be happy or miserable will either.

But fundamentals do not feel the same way. Gays are bad and are sinner and if they marry the entire world will explode. People will be allowed to marry goats or oranges or something. Truly scary stuff. It’s okay for straight people to do it in the bum but not two men. Trying to make headway with someone who feels this strongly about gay marriage/gays in general is very difficult. Also you get called awesome names and told you aren’t a real Christian for thinking that people deserve to live their lives in peace and not called awful names.

And really, if I was against gays I wouldn’t be against gay marriage because I firmly believe in separation of church and state. Again that will make fundamentals RAGE at you and mumble some gibberish about how America was founded on the back of Christian. History is hard ya’ll.

Moving on to a less clear issue for me is the whole God made the Earth in 7 days verses the Earth is really 56897 billion trillion years old. I think that is something a lot of Christians have to think about because it comes up frequently in conversation with those trying to disprove Christianity. Sometimes I think that the days weren’t really 7 24 hour days but huge amounts of time that God called days so he could better communicate with us humans. Before then the concept of keeping track of time hadn’t existed so who knows the truth.

But other times I think WOW God is so awesome and all powerful he really did create the world only 6000 years ago and our technology can only prove so much. Or maybe God made the world look a lot older for a reason. Or it could fall into my 7 days doesn’t equal a week theory. I’m not quite sure and that is where faith has to come in.

That is pretty much my stance on the issue of evolution as well. I don’t believe I came from a monkey because….I don’t want to be a monkey. I see myself a little higher on the food chain than that. And if we were from monkeys why are they still around and not something else? But I do believe that there is evolution on Earth. In other animals. Because that is how I roll. But I believe God made animals with the ability to adapt to their environment and change if need be. Just not with us humans. GO US.

On the issue of premarital sex…meh. I think this condition made more sense when kids were getting married at 13. It is a bit EW when only one of the people was 13 (see girl) and the other person was over 30 (see creepy old dude). But now in a day where people are putting off marriage later in life abstaining from sex well into your 20’s is almost impossible.

Going to church is important. I think being surrounded by like minded people can be a good environment and help establish a closer relationship with God/your certain religion. That being said..it also can be an environment where hatred can feed off each other and the real focus (which should be on God) is lost in church politics. As of right now I do not attend church. I have been hurt/shocked a few times in a house that is supposed to be God’s. In theory church is good and positive tool. In reality people are people.

I am pro choice. *a hush goes over in the crowd*. I really don’t know about where life starts and if it’s a baby verses a fetus. The important issue for me is a woman’s right to choose. All babies (even though I hate kids) should be wanted and pregnancy should be a joyous and puke filled event. It shouldn’t be a mistake or something one dreads. There are tons of unwanted children already in this world. Why add to the problem? But if a woman doesn’t want to put her body through that for whatever reason she shouldn’t have to. It shouldn’t be up to anyone else what she does with such an important part of her body/future.

Also if abortion is murder…then what do you call killing an abortion doctor?

These issues and many more are why my mother is often mad at me. And why we can’t have a normal conversation/debate about religion. Because she has in her mind what a Christian should be. That all Christians are the same and no one can form their own opinions and thoughts for themselves.

But I’m a Christian. Just not one of those Christians.


(Image may be fanart. I am not the artist. If you are contact me and credit will be given).

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Kobato Episode 2

WOOT for Wednesday! Wednesdays mean a short day at work and that I get to home to a cute episode of Kobato. XD Happiness for me.

Kobato is fun and random. WATCH IT NOW!

Now I wrote the rest of the post before I wrote my starter. And the post is…long. Not epic long but apparently I got a little wordy. Since it is so long there shall be no summary. I think I covered all the major plot points without having to make a summary. XD It has nothing to do with the fact that I am lazy no no no.

So….on to episode 2. Where I am trying my best to keep the manga separate from the anime.





Okay. So this episode wasn’t as wonderful and magical as the last one. It happens. You get excited about a series and your expectations are so high no show could reach them no matter what. That and it’s a weird transition between the first episode “let’s get to know you” and the second episode “let’s get down to business”.

Just shut up and enjoy the cuteness Tenchi!

That and it might be harder for me to enjoy this series since I am up to date on the manga. I have to hold in my screams “that’s not right!!!”. I will also have to hold back mentioning manga spoilers in the anime posts.

The fact is that things are going to be different in the anime verses the manga. And I would think most people would want SOME slight differences. We don’t want 5734867 fillers and obvious character changes but going word for word with the manga would make the anime boring. Besides they already did that with Dragon Ball Z.

It is hard to have super secret meetings when there are no walls to your secret base.

With that said the only WTF thing that the anime needs to cover is Kobato and the park. Is she seriously going to live in that tube in the park for the entire series? Because err….yeah she shouldn’t be at this point. Kobato needs a proper place to sleep! It might have been cute when she was getting use to living on Earth and proving to Ioryogi that she belongs here with all the humans but now not so much. Kobato is going to be staying here for the near future to collect....candy so she needs to have a proper place to stay. Bring forth her living arrangements!

Oh Lord. A commercial for SAW VI just came on. I got so angry I lost my train of thought for a minute. Focus on Kobato and not a movie series that should have DIED at IV. Rage fills my heart. Heal me Kobato and help me not to see this movie when deep down we both know I am going to anyway.

CLAMP has made me crazy I swear.

Something that was not in the manga and I found interesting was Ioryogi’s pep talk with Kobato. Not so much a pep talk but a reminder of why Kobato is here on Earth and her whole wish/bottle thing. In case we forgot since episode 1. But anyway here is what he said.

“Since you lack any memory, knowledge, or common sense, I’ll explain”.

I tend to read too much into things all the time (especially when it comes to Fai and Kurogane) but why would Ioryogi mention anything about Kobato’s memories? Yes she lacks common sense and knowledge of this new world but memories? The translation may be off and perhaps it could mean she lacks memories of Earth, which could mean experience. That would make sense. But I tend to go crazy with theories and wonder if Kobato has NO MEMORIES AT ALL. See how everything is big and scary? Yeah that means I really wonder about this. Of course it was just one sentence in the entire episode. But I know CLAMP. This tiny detail might be important later down the line. I shall over think this issue to death. XD

Of course…if she really had no memories…she wouldn’t know what her wish was…or the place she wants to go. I am sensing fail in my general direction.

I think much better when my brains are blasted into mush. Wait did someone mention SAW?!

So on to the meat of this episode. Kobato has earned her bottle YAY. At first she forgets that she has to earn the hearts…I mean candy. But Ioryogi blasts the sense back into her. Isn’t that sweet of him? Such a kind and sweet stuffed animal. But yes now Kobato knows that she has actively go out and heal people. This is a CLAMP universe Kobato. Everyone you talk to will have a problem so don’t worry too much about finding people.

I NEED AN ADULT!

But of course this is Kobato. She can’t heal anyone because she is freaking them out when she runs up to them and demands to help heal them. XD I want to blame Ioryogi for this one as he is more up to speed on the human world. After all Kobato has no common sense right? How about you guide Kobato and teach her that the way to heal people isn’t to randomly walk up to them and demand right away they pour their heart and soul out to a stranger. You have to at least know a person for 5 minutes before you do that GOSH!

I have been LIED to! All tissues are handed out by cute girls in maid outfits! It is a LIE!

I liked the tissue scene. It was completely random and Kobato like. I am not sure why home boy didn’t just throw the tissues in the trash and call it a day. He didn’t really care about promoting the product anyway…but if he did that then we wouldn’t have gotten to see Kobato try to pass out the tissues and fail. And drop the entire box two times. XD I love Kobato and her clumsy nature.

Look at me, walking away like I'm awesome.

Fujimoto is a jerk. Kobato dropping all the tissues on the ground really didn’t affect him. You don’t upset a person already flustered over their mistake. Considering that he is part of the reason she dropped them all he could lay off the attitude. All he had to do was step aside and avoid her mess. But then we wouldn’t have the misunderstood angry guy.

Hello personal space?

Kobato finally makes it over to FallingApart Nursery school. She drops her tissues again and some kids laugh at her. Because kids are awesome. Sayaka comes and rescues Kobato from the sheet monster because sheets are hard. Sayaka was really smooth about hiding her problems from a stranger. Hello Sayaka, didn’t you hear the 5 minute rule?! No? Okay, just tell Kobato that your school is losing students and it’s old and you can’t afford help. I will let it slide this time since you are the kind of person Kobato was looking for anyway. Look Kobato! Time to heal someone!

It would be easier to support Fujimoto if he didn't say such stupid things...

Now a lot of people are going to tell Fujimoto a jerk for the way he treated Kobato when he found out she “works” at the nursery. Even though Fujimoto didn’t go about it in the kindest way….he does have a point. You really shouldn’t let complete strangers watch children. I am not sure how the hiring process works in Japan but I would think it would be just as strict if not more so than it is in the US. And that means not letting cute and innocent strangers watch children after only knowing them for 3 seconds. So yes Fujimoto is a jerk but he is right on this one.

Domo Arigato, Mr. Roboto?

But it doesn’t matter ya’ll! Because Sayaka just knows she is a kind heart soul and good with kids. Oh and she is free labor. Watch as she dances the dance of her people. I am not sure who her people are but look at her dance!

Err...I would fear more for the person who found you...

After playing with the kids Sayaka thanks Kobato for her help and mentions the whole NO MONEY issue again. Because she is poor ya'll. Watching Kobato freak out because she forgot Ioryogi on the side of the road. She is stopped by Fujimoto who once again has kind words for Kobato. The whole “Don’t work here and mess around with us and feel sorry for us” spiel. Simply lovely. The fun keeps on coming when Ioryogi crawls up inside Kobato’s purse and unleashes some fire balls on our sad heroine.

But to be fair Kobato did leave Ioryogi alone on the streets. And left her bottle behind. You got to keep track of the important stuff silly!

AW Sad Kobato is sad. :(

After getting yelled at some more Kobato realizes she didn’t earn a broken heart today. Ioryogi yells some more, that Kobato has to do more than play with a few kids. Kobato is disappointed. Yeah she really didn’t do much but this girl thought she was helping out the evil crows with the trash. She really does lack common sense…so why don’t you help her out Ioryogi?!

Also important to note Kobato has decided to heal Fujimoto’s broken heart instead of Sayaka’s. In the manga she seems angrier at Fujimoto and doesn’t mention the fact he might be hurting until later. But the way the anime has set up the scenes so far it makes more sense for her to worry more about Fujimoto than Sayaka at this point. Also more MOG coupleness for the viewers.

Wait until he is finished talking!

I guess the scene I was looking forward to most was the Takashi heart scene…and it wasn’t as powerful as it was in the manga. I think it really has to do with Kobato’s dialogue. What was up with the weird clapping? It just seemed out of place. I think it would have been better had she clapped her hands together ONCE and said “your mom sounds great”. Not your mom sounds great 15 times in the short conversation. :( It almost sounded fake because Kobato was giving her opinion before she even knew the whole situation.

Must....not...look into...the eyes...

But Takashi was 10 kinds of cute! Seriously I hate kids and I wanted to hold that kid tight. He really stole the scene from Kobato. And WTF was up with those moms? They fail at being passive aggressive. If you want to say snide things that SOUND like concern you say so IN FRONT OF THE MOM! Not in front of the kid. And what the hell was up with “If your mom cared about you more?”. WTF lady? Why don’t you help a working mother out and offer to have a play date with your kid and Takashi? Or is it easier to be an asshole? Yeah I thought so. Don’t cry too hard Takashi. You got the best mom in the entire daycare.

It's almost like it's magical or something?!

So after Kobato did…nothing she arrives back at her home and discovers she had earned a broken heart! Again the scene was cuter in the manga with the SDness and her overall shock. But it was still cute. Ioryogi wasn’t very helpful in explaining why Kobato was able to earn a heart this time when she wasn’t meaning to but couldn’t earn one during her time at the nursery when she was giving it all. It’s just because okay?!

Yes Kobato, you are nice.

But I really do get it. Sometimes a gesture means more when it is from the heart and unexpected rather than sought out. You expect people to help out near the holidays. But it means more when you help people out on a random Tuesday when they tend to be forgotten. And that is what Kobato will be good at. In her house in the park.

Just don't eat them!

So our episode ends with Kobato getting a 100 from Ioryogi (WTF that was for the tests silly anime people) and Kobato nicknaming the broken hearts candy. A good episode overall. Could have been stronger at some parts but I tend to be a bit harsh on…everyone and everything. XD But yeah they are going through the manga pretty fast. X_X More than half the anime series is going to be anime original at this point. It will be interesting to see where this ends up. Thanks for reading!

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