To Aru Kagaku no Railgun Episode 14

….Well then.

This episode was still better than boobiegate.

Then again there was nowhere to go but up….

No, punishment was last episode......

I am going to be harsh with this episode. Because I must. Because I am an honest person. And this episode made my eyes roll so hard they near popped out of my head. Does surgery exist to repair that kind of damage?! I don’t have insurance so the makers of this episode better pay my hospital bills!

Hey I didn't say it...

This entire episode was about Saten and I wasn’t happy. That makes me very unhappy. :( I love my Saten very much and I want to only associate happiness with my lovely Saten. But despite the…specialness of this episode at least Saten was the glimmer of hope at the end.

I totally go to festivals for the free swag.

Uiharu, Misaka, and Kuroko try to plan what they are going do on their day off. Days off in Japan really mean something to school kids. They don’t seem to hang out after school as much as it is not encouraged over there and most schools require attendance on Saturdays. So between club activities and homework getting time off is actually important to these kids! They can’t just waste the day away, they must make the most of all their free time. Which….they don’t in this case which makes it so sad. And Kuroko’s fault.

Schools are very serious business.

During the girl’s boring fest Uiharu mentions that Saten is not there because she has to take a special class. That is must be a big deal and how awesome this class is. Okay maybe the girls didn’t refer to it as awesome but the word special was used. Why am I agreeing with Kuroko on this matter?

If you put special in front of anything it makes the situation less sucky!

It turns out this special class that has students all over the city coming to take means….15 kids. Or less. Not this epic number of people. And when the real reason for this class is revealed (like two whole seconds later) this class should have been huge. Like 10k kinda huge.

Just look at ALL the Level Upper users.

This class is for the Level Upper users. They have all woken up from their comas and are ready for their punishment. I mean CLASS. This is a class to teach these non ability users how to have an ability. Which means they are going to be taught….personal reality and run 5867 laps. This class sounds necessary to have on someone’s day off from school. Very important stuff.

I'm not touching this random storyline with a ten foot pole.

I think it would have been better if the entire school (Touma’s school I believe) had all the classes filled with all the Level Uppers. None of this empty seat one classroom nonsense. They made a big deal about how many human minds it needed to make this network so I want to see lots of nameless faces in multiple classes as Saten and her school friends make it to their classroom. I don’t think just showing the few faces of the “villains” in the classroom with Saten was enough for me to be impressed.

People sure have learned their lesson...

So putting aside that the class was super lame and it appears that the material was already covered….no one was really listening. I have no sympathy to any of their causes now. If you have no ability and you don’t do anything to better your situation then….stop complaining about your situation. You are all a bunch of lazy kids and that is the real reason you don’t have powers. The people who have powers either work hard for them…or were lucky enough to try as hard/be born with them. But since you can’t put any effort into bettering yourself then you deserve to be level zeros.

Less doodling and more paying attention!

Even my beloved Saten put little effort into the class portion of the day. :( If someone is teaching you how to have an ability and you WANT an ability wouldn’t you take notes? Yes I realize that the information being given is the exact information you already have been taught in class and told by Uiharu but still. SOMETHING HAS TO SINK IN! Without this important piece of information you are never going to have an ability! It’s not enough just to want something, you have to put a little bit of effort into it.

Walking in defeated is never helpful.

Don’t even get me started on the personal reality situation/idea. The more they talk about it the more I find myself confused. It seems like a really, REALLY simple concept to me but all these kids act like it’s so complicated. So if I try to discuss it I will only confuse myself and then I will be in the same boat as these crazy people.

Keep going Saten!

The running outside exercise made sense to me. And again I feel sad that those kids didn’t put forth the effort or realize what the point of the exercise was. Even after being explained the purpose by the AntiSkill member no one got up and kept on going. Only the….slightly overweight boy, the person you would think would be out first, kept running. I wonder if they all felt bad that they were being lapped by a person who probably had less physical strength than them. But it was just a sad situation that they were told how to get an ability, to push yourself to your limits, and they all still sat on the ground and complained about the situation later. WAY TO PAY ATTENTION TO THE LESSONS!

Punch her in the face!

In the end it sorta felt like Saten got it. She wasn’t really taking notes and her level didn’t go up at all but she understood what the lesson was supposed to teach her anyway. It makes me sad that she and the running boy didn’t go up in stats even though they tried to put forth the effort. But sometimes that happens in life, you try as hard as you can and you still aren’t the best. In situations like that you should just try hard to feel good about yourself and know that you put your all into the situation.

Because I believe in sappy stuff like that.

....My poor Saten.

So at the end of the day this episode wasn’t really necessary. None of the Level Uppers learned their lesson, how to increase their level, or learned what Personal Reality was. …Except maybe for Saten and the running boy. So at the end of the day was it really worth it?

I guess gaining faith in yourself is never a waste of time.

I wish Saten had gotten a power. But this episode was really to sum up the plot points of the first half of the season. Now we can move on and see the girls get hurt in new and exciting ways. Plus this episode was about Saten which makes me happy. I should focus on that and not how all the kids learned nothing.

Onward to the future!

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Ookami Kakushi Episode One: New Anime Series!

The new anime season is upon us. Due to the sheer number of shows that I plan on watching/blogging I am not sure how I will manage my time. I mean…..one whole new shows! Whatever shall I do!? :(

Every other sentence in Ookami Kakushi is ominous. Beware!

But yes, Oakami Kakushi (Hidden God) is the only new show that caught my eye and didn’t mention breast milk. So in a way a lot is riding on this show. Shall it pull through and become show number three that I am currently blogging? Or will my high expectations be shot down in a burning blaze of glory? Let’s take a walk to spoiler land and learn more about this show together.

Oh and I am not up to date on the game that this show is based on. So feel free to mock my theories and ideas if they are totally wrong. But mock in private and don’t spoil the show for me.





I am going to start off my saying I am not really up to speed with Higurashi (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni). I know there is a lot of killing, a repeating plotline (that has the same theme but different outcomes. Not an ENDLESS LOOP OF DOOM), and it has to do with a small quaint Japanese town and their small quaint mystery that involves X_X. This anime has been compared to Higurashi so I tried to read up on it. And then my brain exploded into little tiny pieces.

But I get the plot…sorta. Mysteries involving the town’s god and how an outsider comes in and things explode into little tiny pieces (like my brain). So I can see how Ookami Kakushi is being compared to Higurashi. Not that any of that really matters or spoils things for me as I have not gotten into Higurashi besides looking up the awesome death scenes. For some viewers though the plot might sound a little familiar and that might make some people RARW and go on and on in livejournal about how Avatar is the more expensive version of Fern Gully. My point I have lost it.

And we start of this show with a bang. Or at least a chase scene.

The first scene is the classic “let’s start off the anime at the end of the series and go WHOOSH to the beginning” scene. Everyone is confused because the characters are not introduced, some major conflict issues are going on, and oh yeah, there are wolf dog creature things flying around in the middle of the night. So the opening scene is successful in breaking my brain even more but it gets the series going pretty fast. Not sure if I really like the end is the beginning style of opening but it was done better than some.

The opening theme song is interesting. Not my kind of music but it was fun enough to listen to at least once. I am sure it will be popular. The ending song reminded me of Clannad/Kanon. Both did a decent job of showing the important characters and only revealing a tiny bit of the plot. Seems to me most of the classmates aren’t going to be that important. Poor expendable red shirters :( Getting shafted in the song.
This episode gave me a bit of headache at times. The jumps in scenery were a bit much at time and very, very random. Outside, inside, morning, someone sleeping, the town. None of it seems to matter and it makes me wonder why they wasted the time with unnecessary scenes in the first episode. What, to be pretty? We don’t need pretty!

Can I has a rescue please?

Hiroshi is our lovely main character. He is slightly stereotypical as he is not the stereotypical ladies man. He wears GLASSES (the horror!), he’s on the small side, and seems to be the type who is shy and reserved. He is probably the man of the house taking care of his wheelchair bound sister and absentminded dad. But despite being so mature for his age he will be clueless about girls.

You look so del...I mean precious!

In most animes/mangas the transfer student gets one of two plotlines. They are either perceived as being super interesting and everyone is at least friendly OR they are treated like an outsider (which they are) and have very few friends, probably only one equally oddball person. Even though Ookami Kakushi goes the super interesting route they take the interesting part to a WHOLE NOTHA LEVEL. Yeah I fail. But Hiroshi is gushed upon by his classmates to no end after…day two? Everyone is clinging to him, there is a bell wearing girl, their teacher is a child molester, and everyone wants to be BESTEST BEST FRIENDS with Hiroshi.

So clearly they want to eat him.

No I am being serious. Clearly they want to eat Hiroshi because his blood is so delicious smelling and mog average boy is just too magical for all these super natural townspeople to handle and the leader of this crazy clan has already laid claim on him. :( It’s like Twilight but without the sparkles.

This is slightly more than creepy.

Okay I am really being serious now. I think they want to eat Hiroshi. Maybe he has something different inside of him that the people from this town haven’t seen in a while. It really wouldn’t explain why Kaname (girl who also moved to town recently) hasn’t been eaten by the town yet but she does seem to think something is slightly off in this town. But details details. Hiroshi will be important for some reason and all the kids wanted to….do THINGS to him. Not sure what things but probably not good things.

Sorry that my name is Kaname. :(

Watch as boring words become dramatic!

Besides Kaname (who…shares a name with an extremely emo vampire who loves to be emo over not eating their own sister) the only other normal person in this class of special people is Nemuru. She admonishes a taller boy when he gets really into being Hiroshi’s friend and everyone kinda fears her. She appears to be the cool mature type who all the boys love and all the girls want to be. Only that when she speaks everyone responds and seem afraid of.

I PROMISE TO BEHAVE MASTER!

So clearly Nemuru is the wolf god that protect this town and she is keeping the half breed werewolves in check. See it’s not Twilight because it is about werewolves! Oh wait…..Moving right along that is my little theory and I’m sticking to it. Of course later red shirt classmate (the one who really, really liked Hiroshi) is seen running through the streets being chased by the wolf flying creatures and it APPEARS that he turns into a werewolf. And it APPEARS that Nemuru is the leader of the wolf flying creature gang and that she kills him. So really are my theories that awesome and profound? I pretend yes but really it is kinda obvious. So when I am totally wrong later it will be pretty special.

And you are....

I am not really a fan of number one crazy/maybe a werewolf Isuzu. The whole glomping when Hiroshi just stepped out of the car was a bit much. I think a meaningful glance would have been enough but we all need to know that Isuzu is really a crazy and devoted person. Because we didn’t get that at all in the ending is the opening scene. I think a little more time needed to be devoted to developing her character instead of just assuming the viewers are on board this crazy train.

Oh a crazy person. How lovely.

Did you like how I didn’t explain anything about Isuzu and just went into talking about her? That is exactly what the show does. She is just thrown at us and we just stand there and watch as she takes over the scene as some important person. Who likes oranges (or something) and wears a bell. And loves Hiroshi. And whose eyes glow. And who loves sweet things. But other than some random facts there is nothing solid about her so I hope she is either given more of a mystery that I care about or really becomes a villain I can hate.

Other things that I liked about the show is the no nonsense sister. Part of me thinks that she does’t trust Isuz. Go with your gut instinct girl. But get rid of the hat (in fact most of the characters need to get rid of their ugly clothes…

We don't go to that side of the school...err I mean town!

I think the concept of the old town being separated from the new town and that crazy girl Isuzu warns Hiroshi to stay away from the old side of town is interesting. Because I think she is crazy Hiroshi should go to the old side of town and hide from the werewolves. But knowing how anime works crazy girl will actually being trying to save him. Whatever is the case I am interested in that part of the plot. It just better be something cool and awesome and not something as simple as the older people didn’t want to change their way of life. It better have something to do with the werewolves.

My heart bleeds for you. If we were in the same room together I am sure it really would.

Also do werewolves like oranges? Or whatever Isuzu called them? Do werewolves eat fruit? Apparently they need them to survive. Interesting fact is interesting.

Hi boring dad. :( Go back to being boring now.

I feel as if this review is all over the place. But since this series seems to be all over the place it goes hand in hand. Some parts like the serious lack of character development made me :( I want to get to know the characters slowly and there was way too much jumping around for me to handle. On the other hand I have been known to complain when the plot moves too slow and Ookami Kakushi is anything but a slow moving plot.

A wolf? I would have NEVER guessed! XD

This series is worth a second episode and if it keeps up the intrigue, a place of being blogged every week. I am sure I missed some points of the episode but I think I covered the basic plotness. Boy moves to town. Townies act odd. The oddest one either may be a wolf god or a werewolf slayer. I am sure you have heard that classic story before. XD

….And there is my Winter 2010 anime. Yay….

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Customers totally make me a people person

Sometimes my mother annoys me. I guess that is what mothers all around the world to their children. But it gets to me sometimes when my hobbies are always lame, I spend my free time wrong, and my opinions on political/social matters are just edgy. Yay moms bringing down their kids one jab at a time.

LOVE YOU MOM! XD

But what makes me roll my eyes is when my mother insists (“lovingly”) that I hate people and my attitude towards the average person is pretty poor. That I fail at empathy, sympathy, and I am sure one other kind of XXXpathy. At times she feels scared for my future and wonders how she could produce such an uncaring person (see how moms turn this back on themselves! It is amazing!).

I roll my eyes because I am the poster child of a people person! I have paved the way for hard core people haters everywhere to see the light and learn to love their fellow human beings! Why look at these lovely examples on how I DIDN’T lose my temper and protected the innocent feelings of my fellow man.





A family came in for some lunch. One of the children (a teenager) used crutches to walk in and sit down. When I came back from a delivery the family was gone…and the crutches were still there. Now did I laugh in this dumb family’s face when someone came to retrieve the crutches ONE HOUR LATER!? No I did not. I was behind the wall laughing in silent. Someone with no XXXpathy would have totally made some stupid remark to the family member picking up the crutches. Go me.

A woman with her kid and husband came in. She approaches the counter and comments that our food looks like shit. Those weren’t her EXACT words but she made the I smell dog shit face. She did use the words “your food used to be good”. This is all occurs before she orders and consumes said food. Now a total asshat would have told this bitch off (LIKE SHE DESERVED) and then complained when she got fired for (justifiably) going postal on this idiot’s ass. But what did I do? I walked away. I was the bigger person…that asked someone else to deal with that woman before I pulled out her hair. Would someone who REALLY hated people pass up on an opportunity to legitimately scream at someone? I think not.

Coworker comes in to show off some hideous gift they got at Christmas. Said gift is truly fugly. I even suspect that I am being pranked because of the obvious fuglyness. But do I bash the person who gave coworker this really hideous and fugly gift? No. Because I have mastered the art of receiving fugly gifts and have learned to be TACTFUL about such matters. Instead of talking directly about the object one must say something in passing, like you were trying to compliment the item but really you are changing the subject. Example:

“Wow that is pretty interesting, sorta like those shoes are they new too?”

The key is to talk fast and look genuinely interested in the new topic. Or if all else fails find SOMETHING nice to say about the present/item. The color is nice, the fit is great, it looks expensive. If I didn’t care about other people’s feelings would I go to such lengths to protect their little bubble?

The husband likes to watch this really boring TV show. I know I watch a lot of boring TV too. But he will watch past seasons for hours and hours and randomly laugh (or it seems random as he is wearing headphones so I can’t hear the punch line). But when he deems something funny enough to share with me I walk my happy self over to him and pretend to be interesting. Because that is what a good wife does. If I really had a heart that was two sizes too small I would tell him to buzz off and stop showing me lame clips.

Sometimes my friends do stupid things. Because they are human and humans do stupid
things every single day. Now I have learned (over time of course) that instead of getting mad at every stupid thing they do that I should pick my battles on important issues and support them on the rest. It takes time to learn that your friends are not you and thus will not make the decisions that you would pick for yourself. So sometimes you bite your tongue and let the issue past. Now this might more me wanting to have friends and avoid being alone in the world rather than me trying to show my love for humanity. Or maybe it is my love for humanity, just a select few members.

When a customer’s son knocks over his cup and spills his drink I say nothing, accidents happen. I am not even going to ask why the lid wasn’t on the cup. After the spill is cleaned (SEE ME not the parents) I say nothing when the kid spills the drink again! Because lids are hard. And when your kid spills his drink for the third time only one of my eyes twitch and I don’t throw the towel at you. I gently place a clean wet rag at the end of your table and cheerfully say this is for any future messes. Any normal human being would be stapling the damn lid to the damn cup that your damn kid can’t seem to master BUT NOT ME. Look how loving I can be.

When a customer (multiple customers) pokes fun at the HK shirts I wear every day to work I do not stab them in the face. Really does this one need explaining? I think my awesome people skills are pretty obvious with this one.

Customer and two family members come in at 7:59. We close at 8. They argue over what they want to order. I am standing there with a fake smile on my face. They finally place their order and tell me they plan on eating their food there. I politely inform them that while we closed at 8 and that they would be unable to eat in our restaurant we could still make their pizza. When customer and said family members throw a colossal bitch fit saying that this is so unreasonable and blah blah poor customer service I do not pick up the baseball bat and bash them in the heads. I do not tell them how rude they are for expecting everyone to stay later because they have a hard time reading the hour of operation times on the front door. Instead I watch them go out the door and wait until they drive away before I scream in frustration.

Now to me all these examples mean that I am not a people hater and that deep down my soul is a peaceful and friendly being.

My mother sees it differently. Apparently harboring ill will to those who deserve it and complaining about the situation later to non involved parties are signs that I am beyond hope and truly hate people.

If I really didn’t care about my mother (and money and possible jail time) I would do all the little things the voices in my head tell me to do. But like most people, I get frustrated, I vent, and then I move on. Being a sympathetic/empathic person doesn’t mean you have to be walked all over. A lot of times it does though. I also don’t have to run around constantly and say AW POOR THEM when they are the ones who caused the problem. I can be a realist and fake being a nice person at the same time. Sometimes I can actually be a nice person and really mean it!

But if you are stupid you are stupid. I’ll help you out if I can (or if it’s my place to) but I am going to snark you later and laugh at your stupidity. I am after all human.

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Kobato Episode 12

Kobato! How dare you take a week off and leave me alone on Wednesday! After all I had to work a grueling 2 days last week! I needed you to comfort me in my time of need!

No sleeping on the job! Come and entertain me!

But….since almost the entire episode was manga plot related I shall forgive you. This time. No more vacations. Be like Wal-Mart and work every single day of the week!





There was very little Kobato in this episode which is a bit sad. Maybe that is why she was wearing the same outfit she has been wearing for like 3 episodes now? I would have been sadder if Kobato had been wearing a brand new outfit (and a brand new hat) and missed out on her loveliness.

Going to classes while in college? This shocks me to my core!

Takashi and his random showing up was kinda special and useless. Trying to make him into a more important character than he actually is? I think it would be more interesting if they made Fujimoto and Takashi rivals for Kobato but that would another plot line that would need to be covered! But it would be nice to see Fujimoto actually have to worry about losing Kobato (even if he doesn’t have her yet).

Bows are serious business.

The crowning jewel of this episode was the bow. Kids like to dress up stuffed animals. And maybe even silly bloggers name Tenchi do too. So I thought it was amusing that the kids were dressing up a male stuffed animal (because plushies have genders) with a girly bow. And since it was Ioryogi suffering it made the fun more enjoyable.

So this is a father/son relationship gone wrong?

But most of the episode focused on Ioryogi and his relationship with Mr. Bear and Ginsei. Well mostly the past issues that brought them to Earth and into these particular bodies. Which is what I have been waiting for people! Plot related things are always a winner in my book and the anime team has decided to group all the Spirit World information into one post. Dragging it out slowly might have made me go insane (like the pace of the manga being released).

Stealing people/angels is easy! It will always end well.

A bit of Wish plot was brought up by our lovely Mr. Bear and Ginsei. That plot being Kokuyo (son of Satan) sorta accidentally did Hisui (one of the Angel Masters) and he decided instead of honoring some pact that the beings from Heaven and Hell can’t be together he would go hide out on Earth with his true love. That was a really long sentence…In any event since Ginsei and Mr. Bear talk about this incident in relation to Ioryogi doing something REALLY bad we can conclude that there was someone in Heaven that Ioryogi loved.

Ignore the wings and look at my serious face. Not to be confused with my angry face.

The giant wings might be a big clue too…but I still pat myself on the back for figuring out the obvious. GO ME!

Oh of course! Silly me. After being explained why everyone is on Earth lets pretend not to hear any of it!

Mr. Bear, Mr. Ugly Bird, and Ginsei were all beings in the Spirit World and Ioryogi’s underlings. Apparently they liked him enough to get involved in this mess. It is not easy business going against God because some dude you know likes some chick you don’t know. So even though they are all stuck in el sucky forms I am sure deep down they still respect their plushie friend. Or maybe he was the leader and they had to follow him into fail battle. Who knows.

Hurting Kobato is against the rules! My rules!

That all being said Ginsei was so stupid for attacking Kobato/stealing the bottle of candy. We all understand that he actually really cares for Ioryogi and that all these battles are really his way of caring. Deep down. Sorta like when boys pinch girls on the play ground. I am not talking about the battle being a dumb idea, just his reasoning behind this one.

I fear there is a serious lack of communication going on...

He wants to hurt Kobato/break the bottle so Ioryogi can go back home to the Spirit world and regain his body. Which would all be lovely and make sense…if Mr. Bear hadn’t just explained the situation to Ginsei 5 minutes ago. You know, the story that Ioryogi is being punished by God and that he is redeeming himself by helping out Kobato. That Ioryogi has to help Kobato gather all her candy and only when her wish is granted will Ioryogi be forgiven and allowed to go back home.

Why is my former boss such a weenie?!

So…I highly doubt that Ginsei hurting Kobato/making sure she can’t get her wish granted is helping Ioryogi. If anything that is screwing Ioryogi into being stuck on Earth in the form of a plushie FOREVER. Basically Ginsei is a moron. I can understand him wanting to help Ioryogi out but I don’t think pissing God off even more is the best way to go about it.

No more words! More fighting please!

The battle between the plushie and the awesome looking rogue Pokémon ended with Ioryogi on his knees begging for the bottle. :( Not really what I wanted to see but oh well. It also got a little mushy when Ioryogi went on and on about how he really does care for Kobato despite the fact he is always picking on her and that she makes life difficult. It was sweet and all but part of me always knew that Ioryogi cared for Kobato. None of that needed to be said so it felt…almost wrong to hear Ioryogi be so nice? Almost like if Kurogane flat out said he loved and cared for Fai I would die of shock. It is more of an understood love (in my crazy mind) and it is the same in this situation.

The wording there makes me curious...

But it was still super cute. This series is about being super cute so Ioryogi had to flat out say how he felt about Kobato so everyone out there in TV land knows the truth. Ginsei is overwhelmed by the mush and gives back the bottle. Or maybe he realizes how full of fail his plan really was.

Of course it was tag. DUR!

I'm in your park looking down on you and your plushie.

Kohaku helps Kobato find her precious plushie and bottle of candy (Kohaku wins the clueless award for this episode) and Fujimoto arrives just in time so it appears that he was actually helpful in some way. Fujimoto is good at always being every where and looking superior…..

Kobato is always in trouble but never seems to mind. XD

Anyway Kobato and Ioryogi are reunited, Ioryogi denies that he is a good person, and he is given a new bow. It is all amazing and wonderful and full of sprinkles. Not sparkles…but sprinkles. Ioryogi also manages to give Kobato some good advice about getting her candy collecting butt in gear but the episode ends on a positive/happy note.

Earn some more candy and do it fast!

I loved this episode for the amount Ioryogi plot related stuff but that means Kobato’s screen time had to suffer. But I am happy for the anime relating more to the manga. Soon we are going to run out of manga material so it makes me wonder what we are in store for next. Stay tuned for another exciting episode of K OB ATO.

Okay that failed. I tried. :(

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Seitokai no Ichizon Episodes 1-2

The show that will never die....

Before the New Year started I searched the internet to add a few more blogs to my blog roll. I like reading about new and upcoming animes and how other people react to series. Also I find reading other people’s blogs a great way to add new animes to my viewing schedule, animes that might sound totally lame in the synopsis but are actually pretty decent.

I recently added Borderline Hikikomori to my blog roll after see the website on someone’s blog roll. XD After reading a few of their post I found myself liking their writing style and relating to what they had to say.

For one of their 12 days of Christmas posts they mentioned Seitokai no Ichizon. I had originally decided not to watch this show because it mentioned the evil word harem (although…you know Tenchi…) and minutes from a high school meeting sounds pretty lame to me. But Borderline Hikikomori seems to hate harem animes too yet stuck with this show. They talked about Seitokai no Ichizon in such a way I decided to give it a chance (and further putting behind my CANAAN viewingness) and watch a few episodes.

Spoilers for episodes 1 and 2 are after the cut. Spoilers are fun for everyone!

Although it is refreshing to see what a student council really is instead of a bunch of 15 years old with the brains of 35 year old men playing God over the school.

I am going to start off my post by saying this anime, Seitokai no Ichizon, will not win any awards or go down in history as one of the best animes of all time. At the most it is an entertaining way to spend 22 minutes at a time and it is way better than watching the brand new Bachelor. It is average. But sometimes average can be good and average means it has a little bit of everything than can appeal to a larger audience. So….it is what it is.

Without moe fanboys would starve.

That being said I thought the first two episodes were enjoyable. Enjoyable enough for me to continue watching this series.

This looks...slightly familiar...

I am happy that the harem aspect of this show is really just an ongoing joke. Yes there is one guy verses four girls and chances are they all do like him in a romantic way. But the pervy scenes are done in such a way that I am not rolling my eyes and eying the roof of my house. Most of the time the joke is on the male, Ken, and the focus is not on embarrassing the girls. That and the fact that Ken keeps mentioning the fact that he wants a harem, that he is pretending his life is a H-game, and that all the girls know how Ken views them. XD

Loving the brutal honesty.

Speaking of Ken he isn’t very likable or magnificent. He seems to fit the profile of a typical male in a harem anime/manga. He thinks that too but for different reasons. He thinks the girls want to fall all over him but there is nothing about him that would make the girls go wild. Which is precisely why all the girls will fall over him. Because girls don’t want a bad boy; they want the “loser” who can’t get a date.

Are we having a moment here?

Kurimu is the student council president and as such she is the voice of reason when it comes to doing work. Or she is the leader of getting sidetrack from getting work done. Kurimu is the moe character out of the group yet she looks like a child. So far most of the content has focused either on hating Ken or making fun Kurimu. Which is fine with me.

It's always the quite ones....

Chizuru is the “mature” member of the group. In theory anyway. She tries to act like the mother hen but really she might be more perverted than Ken. She has an angry streak and probably will be the character who strikes the most fear in people’s hearts. Also her boobies are big. This is important.

Her reaction to the recent movie was awesome.

Minatsu is my favorite character and her type usually ends up with the boy in the end. I doubt this will be the case in Seitokai no Ichizon but this series really isn’t about the pairings (at least not yet). Minatsu seems to stand up to Ken more than the other girls yet she seems to be more on his wave link suggesting weird ideas. XD I like her.

Isn't that card banned now?

Mafuyu is meh for me. I don’t like how she refers to herself in the third person; it doesn’t seem to flow naturally. I do like her gaming side of her as girl gamers are often portrayed rather…special like. It is nice to see a cute girl gamer. Gamers come in all shapes and sizes people! But yeah, as a whole Mafuyu feels like a 5th wheel on the fun party.

We're all going to die down here.

The first episode was funny but I think it relied a lot on other shows to carry its jokes. Which isn’t anything NEW as other anime shows do their fair share of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya, Dragon Ball Z, ect mentions. But Seitokai no Ichizon also mentioned non anime/popular shows which amused me. Seeing Resident Evil as a gag was hilarious for me. So while I think maybe there were too many other show references I did like how they threw in some oddballs for us.

YOU SEE NOTHING!

I also liked the Death Note scene. Yes it is a popular show, easy gag but I like it okay!

Everything needs an anime this is true!

I also enjoyed how the show opened up with talking about…how it was a show. The little rants about the different kinds of media and whether or not it was a good thing they were becoming an anime was interesting to watch (and read super duper fast as these characters talk a mile a minute). Again is this self awareness a new thing? No but it is enjoyable to watch.

Oh look Ken turns out to be a good guy after all. I am shocked and amazed.

So in conclusion while this show isn’t going to go down in history as the BEST SHOW EVER it is an interesting way to spend some time. Hopefully the next 10 episodes keep up the fun pace and that the perverted aspects are only kept as jokes against Ken. XD So the next time you brush aside a certain anime read several bloggers takes on it to make sure you aren’t missing out on something interesting.

Also the new Bachelor is beyond boring. Or maybe it has always been boring and I have forgotten that what with Survivor and the Amazing Race. But the over the topness of beautiful people not being able to find love is truly amazing. Really I am crying tears of blood for you people.

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New Year's Resolutions

HAPPY NEW YEAR! I hope everyone had a safe and fun New Year. Or that you were able to locate your house after waking up from a long night of partying. Nothing is more awesome than laughing at a co-worker who has no idea how to get home from a random person's house.

But I do hope you got to spend the day/night with people you at least marginally care for and ate food that was reasonably delicious. Having someone to kiss is just a bonus.

Now every New Years it is tradition to blow up some fireworks, have a toast, and watch that humongous ball drop in Times Square. Another tradition that most people take part of (and give up 2 months into the year) is that of making a New Year's resolution. Because we can't make promises to change/be better people/improve our lives in the middle of the year. That would be crazy talk.

So I shall take part of in this time honored tradition and list what resolutions I am setting for myself this year. And yes I said resolutions. I can never pick just one thing!




My first resolution is to save more money. Since getting this job I have gotten very use to buying fun stuff here and there. Before this job I wouldn't roam the mall looking for treasures or snag things unless they were seriously on sale. But now I can buy mangas AT THE STORE and not wait for them to be super on sale at a convention. I can buy that overpriced shirt at Hot Topic/Sears. I can eat out more often and not totally kill my budget.

But this year will be different. One because I am tired of being a greedy little piggy and I need to appreciate all the nice useless treasure I have now. Plus the economy is bad blah blah saving money is smart blah blah. That and going shopping with people who can't afford to waste their monies on everything with HK splattered on it makes me feel guilty and I don't want to go shopping alone.

But the second and most important reason is because I need to funds for the GREATEST TRIP EVER. Operation Tenchi is going to Japan 2011 is a bit of a mouthful but I like it. And it's true. I am going to Japan with my husband in the year 2011. Japan or bust. People who know my awesome money saving skills might be scoffing at me but this is my master plan. I am going to Japan before I am too old to pull off being a teenager at Sanrio Puroland. I am going to Japan before I become a scary old otaku. And I am going to Japan before my husband is too old to carry my metric ton of souvenirs all around Japan.

So....I guess I am not really stopping my greedy pigness and just holding off my spending until a certain three weeks in 2011. Which is fine for me. Every time I see something that is remotely cute at the store I will think to myself NO. That item equals one meal in Japan I shall resist! This resolution will be hard but I have to keep to this goal. Without money there will be no Japan trip. Steady the course.

My second resolution isn't as grand or important to me but maybe it should be. I have a lofty goal of getting into shape. I may be relatively small but I am terribly out of shape. Perhaps being able to lift more than 20 pounds or climbing one flight of stairs without becoming winded would be nice. Also if I am going to travel around Japan, the land of a lot of walking, it would be nice to be able to do all that walking.

Really I should get in shape and stop eating fast food so I can be a healthy person and not another American statistic. But as long as the goal gets do who cares what my reason right?

So I think that I shall stick to two goals due to the fact that getting anything done on time for me is hard enough as it is. Not spending money may be rough but I will try to focus on the big picture. And getting in shape for me might just mean walking the stairs a few times a week. XD

Oh and I guess I could stop judging people so harshly.....but I won't beat myself up if that never happens. HAPPY NEWS YEARS EVERYONE! I hope everyone who makes a goal/resolution makes a reasonable goal so failure isn't inevitable. Let's start this new year out right and try to be the best people we can be!

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