Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica episodes 12: Of sparkles and ribbons

Well obviously I went to bed before blogging episode 12. I really think between the back to back episodes and reading discussions online my broken brain needed some sleep. Not that sleep protected me from overthinking. Dreaming about red eyes in the dark and random bombs in the water makes me think even while unconscious this episode has had an impact on me.

But having time to reflect personally on this episode and reading other people’s opinions will make this post better. Because if my Scream 4 post wasn’t enough proof my best thinking/typing is not done at 2 am. No it is better after working 10 hours straight with crazy insane people.

Homura is really not having the best life ever....

Spoilers for what I consider the best show of 2011. Maybe in December I will be singing a different show but for now A+ for Madoka.

I don't think you will be smiling for much longer my dear evil one.

Episode Summary: Madoka apologizes to Homura and says she will become a magical girl. Homura cries because she has lost her mind and now thinks it was all for nothing. Madoka acknowledges that perhaps she was a big useless crybaby up until this point because of Homura’s protection. But it’s okay folks, Madoka has a plan. Kyubey is like WOOHOO finally Madoka is going to be a magical girl, I don’t care how impossible the wish is! Madoka takes a deep breath and wishes to erase every single witch past present and future before they are born from existence. Kyubey gets worried because Madoka’s power level is over 9000 and at this rate who knows what will happen. Madoka doesn’t care what happens to her, she just wants to protect the girls who had pure wishes from becoming despair to those around them. Madoka demands that Kyubey fulfills her wish and everything goes white. There is a brief scene with Madoka talking to Mami and Kyoko, tips about how to be a magical girl. Over cake and tea like people aren’t DEAD or something.

Wait we are dead? Well it is still tea time so suck it.

Madoka morphs into her magical girl self and her weapon appears. She shoots off into the sky which breaks off into other arrows. She then travels across the world and time to stop the previous magical girls before they become witches. They smile as their souls are saved. Some disappear while others continue on in their lives believing in themselves. Madoka defeats the big witch but it is not revealed who it was. Homura is transported to what looks like the moon and is shown what is going to happen now because of the wish. Madoka’s soul gem is really a comet and she herself becomes a witch. But because of the wish Madoka is able to super morph and kill the witch. Madoka appears to die and is erased from history. She instead becomes a force that is always combating the witches before they take over.

Apparently soul gem and MASSIVE COMET OF PURE CONCENTRATED EVIL/GRIEF are the same word to Kyubey.

Naked sparkly blob Homura is NOT happy with this turn of events but naked sparkly blob Madoka comforts her and tells her all will be okay. Madoka also says she understands all the past universes Homura created and how Homura did her best to save her. She thanks her for the valiant effort. Madoka promises to be with Homura ever in her new nonexistent form and not to cry. Homura of course cries as Madoka gives Homura her hair ribbons and says HEY maybe a miracle will occur and we can meet again one day. Madoka breaks off into sparkles and Homura is returned to the real world. Madoka goes to rescue Sayaka. It is unclear why but Kamijo’s future will change if Madoka saves Sayaka’s soul and Madoka is sorry for that. Sayaka says it is okay and is glad he could play again. Kamijo seems to be more successful in this timeline and shows some remembrance of Sayaka. This new reset universe has started in the middle of timeline three, with Sayaka dying. Only this time she is not a witch but simply disappears as that is what happens to Magical Girls once they use all their energy. Mami and Kyoko are very upset that Sayaka is gone but accept that as their fate in life. Homura starts crying over Madoka and Kyoko and Mami are…who is that? A time later Homura is walking through a park and sees Madoka’s family. The younger brother says the name Madoka a million times but no one knows who she is. Madoka’s mom is happy when she hears the name Madoka but doesn’t know who that person is.

That might be the understatement of the century my friend...

Later Kyubey is like…..oh so let me get this straight. I used to be an evil villain and you girls would turn into witches instead of hunting demons? That is crazy talk! But Kyubey says that would have been an easier way of collecting energy, instead of this demon hunting that manifests from the evil in everyone’s hearts. Homura decides it is not worth trying to convince Kyubey and jumps to the ground to defeat the demons. After the credits Homura is still fighting demons but with a Madoka like weapon. During the battle wings appear on her back and things get all sparkly like they did in the “oh do we still exist” plane. Madoka is heard cheering on Homura and Homura smiles as she fights the demons. THE END!! X__X

Longest summary ever, I suck. Seriously do I have to write anything else since I said everything already?

But holy crap folks. This series has ended and I still don’t know how I feel inside. I do feel as if the ending was pretty amazing but after waiting so long for this episode I am sure that has put rose colored glasses over my eyes. And from what I have had read over the internets people either LOVE this ending or hate it. But since I have not seen Neon Genesis Evangelion I am on team MOG GREAT.

I am going to be like Homura and make my wish endless so screw you Kyubey!

While we don’t know Madoka’s previous wishes were this one….was pretty awesome. In the face of no hope Madoka found a way to make a really, really bad situation just….semi bad. Now do I think she spent the entire series thinking this wish up? No I don’t. And she also got lucky in the fact that Homura “gave” her that much power to allow that wish to be granted. That is truly where Homura’s hard work paid off.

All Madoka ever wanted was to make people happy and now she gets her ultimate wish. To protect the wishes of every girl before and after her.

And that was really the whole point of this show. To put Madoka through so much that she would have to make a wish that would stop the cycle of pain. Some may say that is predictable but for me seeing it play out was the real fun. Because it would have been too easy to wish Mami back. Or to wish Sayaka back. Or to go back in time like Homura to stop it. Because then it would keep on happening. No we had to see Madoka experience all sides of the misery of being a magical girl and then still become a magical girl to save them all. Because Madoka had hope that magical girls were still a positive thing to be.

You are still toast but now you can die knowing your wish did not bring about a witch that would one day kill countless people! SMILES FOR ALL!!!

But I am not calling this a happy ending folks. Because in a series where the main character gets munched in episode 3 I don’t see a happy ending in sight. Instead this was the best possible outcome. Despite Madoka having that much power she still couldn’t stop all the evil in the world. The matter of Kyubey needing to collect energy so the entire universe doesn’t die had to happen. That is a given. If Madoka eliminated all the evil in the world it would probably erase all the good. So instead she gave magical girls peace of mind. You are still in danger of dying but instead of becoming a destructive force you instead just….disappear. The witches are replaced by demons and the girls don’t have to live in fear that one wrong move will turn them into a witch themselves.

Now what are the demons? I have seen several theories on the internet. One is that the demons are Madoka’s releases of grief. She had to take in all the emotions of the girls before they die and that negative energy had to turn into something. But since Madoka herself smooshed the culmination of that grief (witch Madoka) I am not sure about that. Another theory is the demons are the evils from every day people, all of us across the world and that the magical girls must destroy them before things get out of hand. I like that theory as evil takes a hold of everyone at one point and that the blame shouldn’t be only on the girls TRYING to save the world.

In any event Madoka made the perfect wish. I do think Homura telling Madoka about the possible futures that would happen if Madoka became a magical girl helped shape this wish. Again Madoka didn’t know she was too magical for her own good but I do think Homura finally being honest with Madoka stopped the cycle of pain. That and Madoka crying about everything being so cruel finally makes sense as she now wants to save EVERYONE and not just Homura.

Tenchi approves of the new, older ass kicking Madoka.

Because of Madoka’s wish she is able to kick her own ass when she becomes a witch. I am sure that is much like going back in time and changing the future so time travel DOES exist but I am going to roll with it. Plus Madoka was so pretty I tend to forget about those tiny details.

Translation: Thanks for making me a huge baby for the entire series.

I also like that Madoka acknowledges what fans have been saying for a while. The Madoka from episodes 1-11 was not the person Homura was really trying to save. But the Madoka post wish was. She was the strong girl that was trying to save the world and knew all that Homura had done to save her. So thank you Madoka for accepting that you spent most of your time crying and being hysterical and that is because Homura protected your butt for so long.

Don't cry Homura. I am just an entity that can never touch or talk to you ever again. HAPPY ENDINGS FOR ALL!

I am not sure why Homura didn’t have a mental breakdown. She spent who knows how many months, years trying to save Madoka and Madoka wishes herself into nothing (or everything depending on your perspective). All she wanted was Madoka happy and alive with her little family and instead Madoka got an eternity of battling would be witches and no one would know it. Now Homura was never meant to save Madoka. Madoka just didn’t want to become a witch. She wanted to stop the pain. Homura was meant to make Madoka have no regrets and she fulfilled that role. Just Homura should have lost her damn mind somewhere along the way.

Now in regards to Sayaka saying goodbye to Kamijo….yeah I don’t know folks. I don’t know WHY his future would change. It appears that Sayaka made the same wish, to fix his arm. So why he goes from auditioning to being famous and how this undoes all of Sayaka’s hard work makes no sense to me at all. If anyone has information on this please let me know.

And Sayaka was never happy the end!

But Madoka and Sayaka saying goodbye to each other was touching. It appears that Sayaka was an unstable girl no matter what and she was fated to die. Which is funny as Mami splats each universe but oh Sayaka is the real crazy one. But Sayaka not becoming a witch made her happy so that is all that matters.

A little clarification on what would make a girl disappear would be nice.

It appears in this new universe the girls are told the rules before the contract is made. ALL THE RULES! Because there was no tears or gnashing of teeth when Sayaka died. Just WHY NOW?!?!?! Mami accepted it and didn’t go on a mass killing spree. Now I would like more information on why the girls disappear instead of just living on. Sayaka doesn’t count as she is insane and maybe the same rules apply in regards to being a ZOMBIE. Mami says something about being led astray but what appears to have happen is Sayaka ran out of energy. So which is it?

See! She is still alive and not....disappeared. So I think there is hope for all magical girls.

To me I hope it is just Sayaka being the depressed child she is and that Homura, Kyoko, and Mami will live on for quite a while because they don’t think they are unworthy. That the girls who “disappeared” in the past did so because they died in battle due to lack of energy and not because of something else. We saw other girls living on after their soul gems were cleared of darkness so hopefully that is the case. And I have now confused myself so moving on.

This might be funny if it wasn't so damn SAD!!!!

Homura talking to Madoka’s family was just twisting the knife in an opened wound. I don’t know what that did except show that Homura really is the most unfortunate person ever.

So in a universe where you are not evil you still wish to be evil. I see.

But the scene with Kyubey was excellent. In this new universe he is not the evil mascot but…..in the middle. He is more honest with the girls but when presented with information on the previous world he agrees that killing people would be a better way to gather energy. I am not sure how I feel about Homura being so close to Kyubey as she does know the truth. I rather her just not try to actively kill him. But I like that even in a changed universe Kyubey still is a devil inside.

While some people think that Homura was fighting in a post-apocalyptic world I do not. I think that demons have a different plane of existence just as the witches and that is where Homura went for her final scene. Not everyone died because hello that would really screw Madoka’s wish up yes?

It's not about the glittery wings or the action. It was always about Homura and Madoka.

Even though I think Homura is the most unfortunate girl ever I do like that she got somewhat of a moment when she and Madoka connected in battle. Homura fought for so long and will have to continuing fighting…forever. But knowing that Madoka is always with her and is HAPPY to be with her in this way might put Homura’s mind at ease. Or at least not make her any more crazy.

No. She just wants you to stop being one.

Now do I think this show was perfect? Of course not. That would be a dumb thing to say. Looking back on everything in life something, one tiny factor could have been changed and made better. And a lot of that is on personal perception. For me the main issue I have are the continuing appearance(s) of Kyoko and what Madoka’s wishes were each time.

Of course that might not be a big deal to anyone else but I do want to know what started this entire crazy series. She and Mami were not aware of the true nature of magical girls so obviously it was something happier than STOP THE WITCHES!!!! Perhaps it was as simple as Mami saved her life and did the whole I don’t want to be alone speech. But I still want to know how the wishes changed in each timeline. I think that would have built up to the ultimate wish of saving the universe if we saw how each wish got more and more serious.

Translation: LOVE ME INSTEAD!!!!

Kyoko’s appearances in each timeline bothers me for no reason I think. I am so stuck on the timeline we saw for 11 episodes I can’t accept the other possibilities that were shown in episode 10 and at the end of episode 12. Kyoko came to town because Mami died and she wanted to take over this city. Since that was the reason given this time around I don’t understand how she came to town all the other versions where Mami was making it through to the final boss. Perhaps there was a different catalyst bringing her to town but I wish I could have seen it.

However I still think this show was brilliant. Yes at times the witch world was a bit X__X on my eyes but this really changed the view of magical girls. No not everything is cupcakes and rainbows. Some people think that Madoka making it about love and hope at the end makes it a cliché. However if it ended in total gloom and doom then what was really the point? Instead if ended bittersweet. The girls still will die but won’t become the witches they fought against. Madoka changed the rules but didn’t have complete power to rewrite everything sad out of existence. And Homura puts on a brave smile but deep down she is still a sad girl without her best friend.

Insert the new catch phrase "Madoka died for our sins on Good Friday" comment here.

Since my post is like a million words long I will end it here. This show brought a lot of enjoyment to my life and now that it is over I am not sure what to do. Hopefully this show goes down as one the best of 2011 as I think it deserves it. A show about magical powers ending in a realistic Well sometimes life is unfair but not hopeless kind of message.

But Kyubey is still evil ya’ll. Maybe Madoka should have wishes his race emotions so they wouldn’t be douchebags and put them through this in the first place.

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica episodes 11: Evilest mascot EVER

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica is OVER! Over folks. 6 weeks after the series was supposed to end we got our episodes 11 and 12. All the waiting and the X__X is over and now all we have are the memories.

And the entire internet went BAWWWWWW!!!

Kyubey: The maker of hope. Or nightmares. I get confused.

Now that I have overpriced Girl Scout cookies and Code Red to see me through these tough times it is time to start blogging. And despite the episodes being released together I am going to blog them separately. I think both episodes had a lot of themes and events in them and I don’t think I could blog them properly if I squished them into one post. Well I could but then the post would be 2839247374 words long. So on to episode 11 folks. Spoilers for utter despair and Homura breaking into tiny little pieces.

I don't think anyone is buying that anymore Homura.

Episode Summary: Kyubey arrives at Homura’s house to confirm his suspicions. That Homura is a time traveling terminator sent to protect John Conner. And just like in the I’ll Be Back movies it is Homura who created the self-fulfilling prophecy. By her trying to go out of her way to stop Madoka from being a magical she accidentally made Madoka the most important magical girl ever thus Kyubey perusing her so hard. Kyubey thanks Homura for her hard work and leaves to go torture Madoka. Madoka has just arrived home from the funeral of Sayaka (whose body was found in the hotel). When Kyubey again expresses confusion on why humans care so much about just a few of them Madoka snaps slightly. Kyubey then shows Madoka the past of the Earth, how since the beginning of time there have been magical girls and thanks to them humans are where they are today and we should all be happy. Madoka does not smile or looks very happy. Madoka’s mother and homeroom teacher are getting drunk over the current situation and worry about Madoka.

At 14 I don't think my parents trusted me to go to the mall alone. Clearly I am not magical girl material.

Madoka gets up from her awesome talk with Kyubey and goes to see Homura in regards to the Witch Night of DOOM coming up. Since Kyoko died Madoka doesn’t think Homura can do it alone. Homura tries to put on a brave face but ends up sobbing in Madoka’s arms and tells her the whole truth about the time travel and such. Homura tries to make Madoka promise not to be a magical girl and that she will save the day this time. Oh and the day is today. The city has to be evacuated as this witch doesn’t need to make a barrier. Homura is all like bring it on bitch and pulls out the big guns. And the stolen truck. And the stolen boats. And the stolen rocket ships. But despite all this Homura loses and loses big. Madoka is told by Kyubey that Homura will lose and only she can save her. The momma tries to stop Madoka but she is like mom….I love you and I am the star of this anime. I need to go. With momma’s blessing that 14 year olds make the best decisions ever Madoka runs to Homura who was about ready to become a witch herself. Madoka comforts Homura and is like sorry…but I am going to become a magical girl. THE END!!!

Well…I am glad that we watched the two episodes back to back because ending things like that would drive me crazy. Well more crazy than I already am. But one episode at a time okay?

Homura is the best Incubator EVER!

Kyubey is an asshole. I think we all knew that already. But Kyubey breaking it down and explaining to Homura HEY everything is your fault was the final nail in the coffin. Like thanks Kyubey could you be any more of a douche? He is told over and over again he doesn’t get human feelings. I get that he himself doesn’t have emotions but maybe he could LEARN about them so he could better interact with the girls? But if he did that the grief seed process might suffer and we can’t be having that.

This makes sense! As much sense as magical girls, witches, and time traveling can make WOOHOO!

However I do like that Kyubey was able to explain a few things while being an asshole. See in the first timeline, the actual timeline before Homura went back and changed everything, Madoka died and Kyubey wasn’t going NOOOO life is horrible because the ultimate source of energy just poofed. Because that Madoka wasn’t the best witch ever. Probably not even the second one. We don’t know how many different times Homura reset things but I am thinking more the 5 we saw as….you know episode 12 XD

But good job Homura. Your efforts to save Madoka will cause her to become the most powerful witch no matter what. Trying to save one person will destroy the entire world. Good job. Also good job Kyubey for making this make some kind of sense.

So...where is Hitomi?

Off in Madoka land Sayaka and Kyoko recently died and she is not aware of Homura’s time traveling abilities. Madoka looks like a zombie going through the funeral and mom’s integrations. Which I can’t blame her. Even though she has been through so much already hope really left Madoka when she realized that witches can’t become human again and all is loss.

MOOOOOOO!

Then Kyubey decided that he wasn’t evil enough and decided to show Madoka the past lives of magical girls. I think that was unnecessary. Madoka GOT IT. She GOT that being a magical girl sucks…I mean saves the universe at the cost of your soul. She just didn’t like being referred to as cattle. I am not sure what type of being would be okay being compared to a lesser life former on the planet. Even emotionless Kyubey should have gotten that much.

History class is starting to make sense now!!!

But Joan of Arc and Cleopatra being magical girls is so awesome. XO I am sure there were other important examples but those really stuck out. So…okay Kyubey thanks for showing Madoka if only to make me happy.

PLEASE START ACCEPTING THIS!!!!

I think Madoka being unable to accept Kyubey being an asshole is slightly annoying. Like have you been paying attention Madoka? If not please go to the internet and read about Kyubey and his evil ways. HE DOES NOT CARE ABOUT YOU!

Your daughter's best friend is killed and you are getting drunk? Did you watch Scream 4?

The adults (momma and home room teacher) coming together at the 11th hour was a bit too late for me. Momma had a few scenes in the first few episodes but she has been pretty much out of the picture since things went south in magical girl land. And the homeroom teacher crying over her dead student is understandable but I am not sure it added anything to the series. It just seemed random and out of place.

The real surprise of episode 11 was Homura telling Madoka the truth. Madoka came over and was like oh so this huge witch coming, can you fight it alone? Homura tried to be brave and do her tough girl act but then she fell apart. I am not saying she shouldn’t fall apart and have a good cry. That makes sense. I just didn’t think she would do so in this timelines.

I love how Homura acknowledge this was not really HER Madoka and that by changing the past their friendship was truly changed.

But maybe she had to. Homura tried to do the tough girl act but that just pushed the girls away and caused too many unnecessary problems. And maybe she thought if she was honest with Madoka and TOLD HER that hey if you become a magical girl you will destroy the world maybe she wouldn’t do it. At this point Homura was one step away from being a killer in the Scream franchise so she was desperate for Madoka to believe her. And what made this really heart breaking was she was crying for her best friend and Madoka was like wait what?

Um yeah I had these under the water the entire time. Duh.

But then the biggest witch of them all appears. With the city evacuated to one spot (better to squish you with my dear) Homura was able to go all out in her attacks. And attack she did. Obviously Homura stole every single weapon from every single military in the world. This is what we call planning folks. Is she available for my trip to Japan? Every single action was thought of and Homura was kicking ass.

And it wasn’t enough folks. It probably would never be enough. In the timelines that Homura/Mami/Madoka were magical girls and they “died” did the witch ever die? I guess I mean the first version of the timeline as it is the most important. Would the world have been a better place had the evil witch died and left Madoka and Mami dead as well? But in any event Homura and her super powered self could not finish off the witch.

Who this witch is never explained but I can't help but notice these look like magical girls...

After some words from momma Madoka arrives to save the day. Because there are no more resets. Madoka did not ruin anything. Homura was ready to give up and become a witch because all the resets in the world won’t change things and would eventually make it worse for Madoka. Perhaps it would be better for Madoka to be smashed in a building spending the last moments with her family than have her be responsible for destroying the world. The point is Homura reached her limit and gave up.

After 11 episodes...I have decided to save the day. Because the show has my name in it.

And our cliffhanger for episode 11 is…Madoka is going to become a magical girl! We are so shocked folks! Because she hasn’t become a magical girl ever other timeline right? How will this time being any different?! Let’s find out..now!!!

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Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica episodes 11 and 12 UP AND SUBBED!!!

What this post lacks in substance makes up for in kittens.

XO Why are you reading this?! You need to get to your favorite anime download/streaming site and watch these two episodes NOW!

As for me I have already watched the last two episodes. Once my brain stops being confused and my eyes dry out I will bog these two episodes. Right now I am fried and there is no ice cream in the house to comfort me. XO How will I get through this?!

Was the wait for it? Hurry and watch the episodes for yourself! Then maybe come back here and see what I have to say about the final episodes.

There is nothing here. I am currently trying to sort it all out in my head. GO WATCH THE EPISODES NOW!!! A little birdy told me they are both up at GoGoAnime. So...GO GO!

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Scream 4: EVERYBODY'S A SUSPECT

This post would have been up a few hours ago but I got caught up after the movie. XD Seeing old friends and all. Also making new ones on the Pokemon Global Link site.

But yes folks. Scream 4 is out in theaters. I didn’t see it opening weekend because I am cheap. XD That and I work/the husband didn’t want to see it. But this movie had to been seen by my fellow Sci-Fi/Horror movie lover friend. Also sometimes it is more polite to go on an off day so when we are our loud selves no one will get all crazy on me.

Spoilers for spoilers XO


Sidney was the killer! Dewey died! Gale is really the survivor girl!!!

And I am a giant liar. WOOHOO folks.

This post isn’t going to make sense. Most things that I type at 2 am in the morning make little to no sense. But this post will just be highlights/low points of the movie.

Sidney having magical relatives that never left Woodsboro is special. I mean we know Sidney still have a father out there who lives in KillerCityVille. Or maybe not since I thought Sidney was coming back to town to attend her father’s funeral. Did the internets lie to me?

But yes this whole oh Aunt Kate and Cousin Jill thing was weird. If Sidney’s mother had a sister why wouldn’t she go to HER for information? Why did that family ever get police protection when all the crazy was going on? Why didn’t Sidney ever thing about this family when a new killer came up? Oh that’s right…because that would make sense. XD

But I do like that Sidney came to town to promote her whole book. And that the killer(s) brought up the fact that technically Sidney is profiting from this horrible stuff. Which I don’t have a problem with. I can’t imagine it would be easy to get a job once people knew who you were. That and I wouldn’t have been skipping around at the end of Scream 3 free and happy. I would be an inclusive crazy person still. The timing of her returning to town was a bit meh to me. Not that she should have suspected murderers but the decorations and crazy parties she should have.

Gale being a has been was X__X. I didn’t really like her character as much in this movie as the others. She still had a bit of hardass in her but not enough to be the old Gale. I mean I guess she couldn’t become channel 7 local news reporter after being so famous and stuff. But being reduced to a simple housewife who has nothing interesting to write about was sad.

Although when I saw Robbie walking around with the camera on his head I was like GO GET HIM GALE!!!

Dewey was super less likeable in this movie. I didn’t like how he treated Gale, I don’t like that he is now in charge in town when OBVIOUSLY he is still a moron and can’t hit a still target to save his life. Plus I don’t like it when married men are getting hit on by women and don’t tell them to knock it off. GET HER GALE!

Sidney was still Sidney. After all she has been through she is still a likable character. And I think they really made Sidney look old for this movie. Neve is super hot in real life and in the movie she was wearing grandma clothes. But I guess she is supposed to be about 32 in the movie now so they were trying to separate her from the “teenagers”.

I am not sure why everyone on the internets thinks Kirby is alive. Maybe they like her name and crazy helmet alien hair? But dude she had THE BEST lines of the entire franchise. Should I have gotten a phone call? Does that mean I am not going to live as long as them?! It was so funny. But yeah…sad she died after falling in love with the geek and trying to save him.

I do think that the movie could have done without trying to replace Randy. It was okay in the second movie with Randy bouncing ideas off other people’s thoughts and in the third movie it was okay as Randy was the only movie buff. But now we have a group of people trying to be movie buffs and outdo each other in the knowledge department? No. Randy cannot be replaced!

And now the killers……

Yeah. When this movie referenced SAW I thought OH are we really making fun of SAW and not Scream in this movie? And yes I thought the stupid double kill opening was dumb. Movie within a movie within a movie within a mystery my ass.

I was not really buying Charlie and Jill as the killers. Many people have already stated they probably couldn’t DO what the killers were supposed to do. Others were like oh they relied on surprise instead of strength. That may be true but Sidney was kicking their asses all over the screen and they were a bit too fragile for that kind of treatment.

Since Charlie was just a second banana to Jill his motives really don’t count to me. Jill probably approached him with this crazy idea and he was like pretty girl AND fame? So he doesn’t really need to be explained.

But Jill….crazy. Pure crazy. I was going to write POOR HER Sidney being tortured for years REALLY messed her up. I still think that Jill had no reason to do what she did and this fame thing was weird and out there.

BUT HOMEGIRL WAS INSANE! She stabbed herself, pulled out her hair, scratched herself, fling herself into a glass table, and smashed her face into a mirror. So clearly trying to explain away why she did anything would NOT make any sense at all. Like…..if the only way you can think of to become famous is to kill everyone who cares about you obviously you dumb. Just make a sex tape moron.

I am also going to go on record that if my best friend was murdered in front of me I would not go to a party the next night celebrating the reason why she died. JUST SAYING!

In conclusion I am sleepy. I am leaving out a ton of stuff and didn’t cover half of what I wanted to. Mainly about how Scream is going down the SAW road and they better tread lightly. I don’t think this franchise can survive another movie with all three of the main characters living. But if they didn’t live fans would be pissed. So yeah. They are repeating deaths and are trying to stick to rules that things can’t help but overlap. As much as I love horror movies that can make us laugh and scream at the same time I might be time to put this to bed. Oh and I wanted to talk about you know...the title of my post. How every single person I gave the shift eye to. Especially momma and crazy lemon squares lady.

It is also time to put me to bed. But don’t worry, I’ll be right back.

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Travel Plans Tuesday. Or otherwise known as Tenchi loses her mind.

Make the words stop!

Do you see this face? This is the expression I have been making all day. Of course without the orange juice. Code Red instead but even Code Red can't save me now.

PLANNING A TRIP TO JAPAN IS HARD!

XD It is funny how I have been looking forward to this trip forever and now at the 17 days left mark I am just now cementing plans. Or attempting to cement. Why didn't I do more work ages ago?!

Of course the more work I do now the less stress we will have while there. I like plans. So if we plan and get lost here on the couch trying to figure things out it is better getting lost in a country you are not familiar with. Still....reading maps is hard.

Oh and I say we and my husband has done...nothing. I am going to blast him on a rocket ship to the moon. Or I would but then I would be super lost and who would hold my stuff? But I guess he can't complain with all the shopping and garden trips.

But my fellow anime lovers who dream about going to Japan one day....it's hard. XD I thought I was at least semi intelligent before planning this trip but now I can't tell right from left. Trying to keep the different sections of Tokyo straight is X__X and I am sure the plans I have made so far are messed up. XD But as long as this ride all day metro $10 a day thing pans out it won't matter that I scheduled things wrong or at least in ways that make no sense.

As long as I see Puroland I am happy!!! XD Sure I am driving myself nuts now but I am trying to plan a trip of a lifetime. Maybe when we get there we will have a better lay of the land and will know where how to schedule things. But if anyone is scheduling a trip to Japan one can never do enough research. DO RESEARCH NOW FOLKS!

Maybe I should take a break from planning and catch up on my blog comments....such a slacker. But thanks for reading my little blog post of nothingness. If anything it gave me a few minutes break between the madness. XD

Also sorry if I come off as annoying with these travel plan posts. I think the excitement is getting to my directional challenged head. XD

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Kobato Drop 23 C and D

XO A Kobato post? Why it feels like forever? Has Tenchi finally had it with CLAMP and their crazy ways?!

Nah. Although I still think they hate our souls. Just the last two “drops” had so few pages each drop didn’t really need a whole post on its own. I understand they are limited by magazine the number of pages they can have each month. What I don’t understand is why a major group like CLAMP only gets 12 pages a month. I just don’t understand folks.

One of my favorite Kobato pictures.

But here is my post on Drop 23 C&D. Spoilers for things taking way too long to finish. But hey we will have Kobato for that much longer yes?

Why doesn't Kobato like us?!?

Chitose explains to her twins Chiho and Chise that Kobato just said something weird. Chitose puts the pieces together and realizes that was Kobato’s way of saying goodbye. This kinda makes me mad at Kobato was close to the twins and should have said goodbye to the girls. CLAMP why you rushing things and taking people out of character? Or maybe this is Kobato’s character, not imposing on people and making them sad. Still the twins deserved a goodbye.

Um...sure. Do what you can Kobato.

Outside the nursery Kobato explains (to the readers) that while she didn’t collect all (see almost NONE) of the broken hearts she is okay with how things worked out. Ioryogi must have lost his mind in the night because he tells Kobato there is still time for her to fill the bottle. Kobato realizes that no there isn’t and that is okay too. She plasters on a happy face and vows to at least help Sayaka though.

Moral support is always important folks.

Oh and by helping out Sayaka Kobato must have meant standing by Sayaka’s side. I am not sure what else Kobato could have done so I am not really picking on her per say. Just saying that Okiura is coming up those steps and Sayaka is ready for battle. This is really a fight between a couple and Kobato is the third wheel without any knowledge about the situation.

GASP! SHOCK! MOG! I have to wait a whole month for 12 more pages?!

I do have to congratulate CLAMP though. Or commend them. Whatever. But their actual chapters have to be broken up into tiny little pieces all time and yet they change to end of cliffhanger type moments each time. I will close down the nursery INDEED!

Look at me not caring and smoking. I am so cool.

Okiura pretends to take this news like a cool cucumber. We all know the truth from the anime and even if we didn’t have that prior information we could have guessed he was pretending to be bad. But Okiura is like oh okay so you are giving up your dream that’s fine. You should leave town too while you are at it. Because that is not obvious at all.

But Sayaka is not Kobato. Or the heroine of the story. She has seen a bit of life and experienced hardships. And she has a brain. She decides to ask Okiura about all the past events in their lives. This is done so the readers and Kobato can go XO at the facts. Did Okiura know what his father was planning? Did they force her father to take on that debt? Was Okiura marry her to help in the plan to get rid of the nursery? Okiura answers yes to all these questions and acts like he could care less about the nursery, his scamming father, and the fact this has ruined Sayaka’s life.

Pint size plushie ease dropping!

But smart runs in the family folks. Sayaka’s dad made sure that Okiura was decent enough to marry his daughter. Which is guess is what father’s do, research and make sure that the husband to be really has cut ties with his gangsta father. And instead of keeping all this information to himself he told Sayaka that hey this guy isn’t going to kill us in our sleep YAY. The face Okiura made when the truth was unleashed upon him was….actually I was going to say priceless but now looking at it again it is just sad.

Well obviously things did not go according to plan....

I like that after Okiura got caught in his lies he… confessed to them. Maybe I am just surrounded by liars who will keep denying stuff to the very end and someone being honest when caught is a novel concept to me. But the vulnerability that Okiura expressed when Sayaka listed all the reasons why Okiura lied and how he really did care about her and her father was really touching. He broke down (well as much as a manly man as himself can break down) and basically said yes…I did all those things…but if I had told you what good would that have done?

Um but I was telling the truth now.....

And Okiura is rewarded with his honesty with a slap. WOOHOO! I am sure he looks forward to the next time he can be honest. Since it is just a positive experience and all. XD Not that Okiura doesn’t deserve a slap to the face for all he has put Sayaka through. But I am sure most of the emotion behind Sayaka slapping Okiura wasn’t because of the awful things he did (in the name of protecting her) but because he went through all these terrible things alone. Because that is how CLAMP girls are folks.

And Kobato sat there and did nothing. THE END!

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Japan Trip: 19 more days to go!

We have reached a mini milestone folks. Well the word milestone might be too strong of a word and when I saw we I mean me!! (and my husband). We are now in the teens in regards to WOOHOO Japan trip 2011. 19 days until Japan and counting!!! And since my favorite number is 19 (for no reason at all….) I thought I would do a mini update post on how things are going.

The long wait is almost over! We are nearly there!

Of course now that we are getting down in days I am starting to realize that X__X maybe I wish I had more time to save, plan, and get things accomplished. The last time I felt this way was in regards to my wedding and that went pretty well. Granted I did get the church 10 minutes before the ceremony started but things (on my end) went well that day. So surely this trip will be okay yes?

And as always the Japan Tsunami Disaster is never far from my heart and my prayers/thoughts go out to all the Japanese people, especially those affected by the disaster. The rebuilding process will take a long time in regards to their nuclear power plants and economy. But hopefully the Japanese people themselves will heal faster and have a hopeful view towards the future.


19 days til Japan means 2 sad little pay checks going towards the fund jar. However me and my list making abilities have calculated we are OK on funds. More is always better but we have enough for event tickets, subway rides, and souvenir funds. Granted I did use Google Maps to estimate the fare rides around Kyoto and Tokyo. Also I am banking on the all day 10 metro pass deal Tokyo has. But if my estimates are right things shall be fine.

Of course my budget could be blown out of the water if our food cost is more than 100 dollars a day for the both of us. The thought of spending that much money on food is mind blowing though. Yes things are more expensive in Japan but I am not a major foodie here at home. Olive Garden is expensive and a big deal to me. So while things cost more food wise (well everything wise) in Tokyo I will still seek out the inexpensive options. And I think my husband would eat anything placed in front of him. The only way we would break our food budget is if we went insane at the vending machines. Which I hope are still there given who was just elected as governor….

Behold my holy ground.

Also I am going to starve folks. Until I get to Puroland and Tokyo Disney anyway. Not that I haven’t been trying at home. I am just too picky with food. I will try stuff over there but I am bringing some back up food just in case. Don’t take my snacks away customs!

If one is planning on going to the Ghibli Museum maybe one should do that like…a month in advance. Note 19 days some of which include weekends. Because one has to send in a request to a travel agency and if you can’t pick up your vouchers they have to be mailed to you. HMMM folks. HMMM! That fell through the cracks there didn’t it? I feel as if I don’t go to the Ghibli Museum I will be kicked out of the anime club or something. XD Hopefully things work out. But even if we do get tickets I was told to expect long lines. Also no picture taking which breaks my picture taking heart.

Today I sat down and slowly started a calendar of events. I say slowly because it can be overwhelming trying to figure out where all the landmarks are and because my husband is not deciding where he wants to go. Granted he did help me with my Pokemon Global account so he wasn’t a total lazy bum. That and his kind of attitude is let’s just see when we get there.

Which I can’t work with. XD Not when dealing with a trip overseas and to a country that has energy problems. So here is the halfway done list that took me 3 hours to do. Well in between getting metro tickets and distances worked out.

May 6th- Arrive in Japan

May 8th- Fushimi Shrine

May 13th- Kyoto to Tokyo travel day

May 14th- PUROLAND!!!! (money wise this might be a bad idea but I don’t think I could spend two weeks in Tokyo with visiting my Mecca. So I shall do it first).

May 15th- Akihabara. (People watching day and price comparing.)

May 16th- Akihabara (Purchasing and picture taking day).

May 17th- Imperial Palace Garden

May 18th- Ghibli Museum (hopefully)

May 19th- Ueno Park

May 20th- Tokyo Disney!!!

May 22nd- Harajuku (cosplay street and shopping!)

May 23rd- Meiji Shrine

May 30th- Leaving Japan :(

So while it looks like a lot has been decided…X__X half the days have nothing on them and some days need more stuff included in them. Now I don’t know how long it will take to do certain things like the Meiji Shrine. But for things like the Ghibli Museum that is a two hour affair or so I am told. My goal is to have one planned activity for the day and then do stuff around that area. And meals are all going to be OH let’s stop here type deals. XD That way my husband gets his way and I still feel as if stuff was planned.

Can I fly in this instead?

We are also trying to plan around stuff because of the necessary power cut backs. Puroland is closed two days of week but opened longer on Saturday. Most of the dazzling lights of department stores won’t be on and have also cut back the number of hours they are opened. And the Ghibli Museum is going to be closed a great chunk of time we are there. So while I only got half our trip planned so far I am trying to work around a lot of stuff. And I am easily distracted.

In regards to stuff that needs to be done before we leave...yeah. My brother may or not may not drive us to the airport. Given the fact we have to be there at 4 am I can see why that might be a problem for people. Also we still need to work out exactly who is watching the tiny furry babies. I kinda wish my brother would just stay at my house. My friend has offered to come over and feed them everyday but as an overprotective momma I would like it if someone was here at night as I have raised crybabies. XD

Oh and some shopping needs to be finished. I am not walking around Tokyo in flour covered shoes! Also a few more shirts that aren’t covered in sauce stains would be nice but since we can wash clothes….or buy them there it’s okay if that need isn’t met. We do however need to get our butts in gear and buy a memory card for our new camera. We have one that came with the camera but the husband wants to get a better one. Well go find it crazy pants! We still need to contact the banks and let them know our plans but they said to wait a week before we actually leave.

Tuesday May 3rd is going to be my main packing day. Then on May 4th I will rush home from work and try to gather up the loose ends and try to get some sleep as we will be traveling for like 18 hours that day. Or at least I think it is 18 hours. We do lose a day and have a 5 hour layover. Time in the sky is going to be 17 hours and time in the airport is going to be 5 hours. And then an hour subway to Kyoto. So…..23 hours from the start of our journey to a hotel bed to sleep in. Surely I shall die.

But I will only be dead until the start of May 7th. Then the trip shall start. Jet lag be damn because we have a schedule to keep. So 19 days and counting folks! Hopefully these odds and ends get worked out. You know, actually PLANNING the trip and all.

And Ms. Jamie just sent me a link to the plane we are taking to Japan. XD I am next to the window woohoo!!! And we are not near the bathrooms. It is like I won the least amount of torture in a 23 hour travel day. Exciting times in casa de Tenchi. Well at least for Tenchi. Not so much for the husband hehe. XD

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