Winter 2010 – Week 9
This is not an anime blog.
I feel like this blog has been mostly about the weekly ranking recently… I’ve been quite busy lately, so I didn’t really have the time to junk or to think about things to post. And it will continue all this month I guess…
Obligatory reminder : that’s not an overall ranking, just my ‘personal’ appreciation of the latest episode of each show.
#1 ↑↑ Chu-Bra!! (9)
Heh, I never thought I would rank Chu-Bra so high someday. XD Pool and yukata, but more importantly it was awesome ‘Haruka no Yuuutsu’ episode, with Haruka-chan being troubled by her lililicious feelings for Nayu-chan. The part when they’re in the woods, the kokuhaku taimu scene… that was all Love & Piece. Also, I like how Kiyono is so thoughtful despite her attitude. She’s great.
#2 ↓↓ Hanamaru Youchien (8)
No moar Satsuki-chan, but new characters got introduced in the children’s side. Second half was particularly nice and funny, and Hinagiku-chan is so cute~. Kawashiro-sensei, my teacher of love, was also back in the show with a few lines. <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
My teacher of love #2, Kakogawa-sensei.
Now that I look at it… these tsurime, this hairstyle… she reminds me of a certain someone… XD
#3 ↑↑ Dance in the Vampire Bund (8)
Wow. My favorite episode so far. All the Mina x Yuki part at the beginning was just so frikkin cute ! Shizuka Ito’s character is back in the story, as a hawt shotacon no-pan vampire seitoukaichou. XD Got also a bit of fighting action. Putting aside how that red-haired vampire woman was ugly (CV : Rie Kugimiya !?!) and that werewolves bishie squad, this episode was really great.
#4 ↑↑ Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (9)
Hawt bro-con onee-san KITA. Very funny episode, and again these annoying shoukanjuu were nowhere to be seen. See, this kind of episode is the proof that the show has interesting enough characters for not relying on these battle things. But maybe that’s just me. Only one complaint about this episode : no Hideyoshi saabisu this time.
Hideyoshi seems to be ok with porn magazines, though you can actually see a bit of blushing when looking carefully. Which reminds me : we’ve yet to know if Hideyoshi is into boys or girls. Not a single bit of romance, even as a joke, has been developed around Hideyoshi… ki ni naru ! That really asks for a Hideyoshi episode~
#5 ↓↓ So-Ra-No-Wo-To (9)
Nice Kureha-chan episode. Got a bit of comedy, of pajamas saabisu, of Noel-chan goodness, of drama and GAR. And lot of Kureha-chan cuteness. Huggable. Too bad that this week the other shows were greater, I feel bad when ranking it so lowly…
#6 ↓↓ Ladies vs Butlers! (9)
Tomomi episode. Was ok. Well, the ‘funny’ thing about it is that when an episode focuses on a certain heroine, the girl usually ends up noticing her feelings for the main guy. For a change, the heroine here noticed that she finally doesn’t love the main guy that much, lol… well, until the very last seconds of the episode, that is. XD The loli breast-fondling action was damn HAWT.
Looks like they heard me : next episode is Daichi-kun episode #2 !
GO ! GO ! DAICHI ENDING !
#7 ↓↓ Omamori Himari (9)
Saabisu overload~. So much service that it got censored pretty heavily, lol… though it’s still pretty ‘light’ service compared to Ladies vs Butlers. XD But censored anyway. New arc starts here so nothing really to say about this episode.
#8 〓 Kimi ni Todoke (21)
So apparantly, Chizu-chan arc ends here, and the show will focus on Sawako-chan again.
This week’s A Certain Delusional Railgun Corner
Still catching up with Railgun, but I’m so behind that I can’t put it in the ranking. It would be #1 every weeks anyway. So this week again I’m gonna throw random pics and (delusional) comments in this corner.
Onna no ko to, onna no ko ni deatta.
Soshite, futari no monogatari ga hajimatta.
In their own little world~ (1)
In their own little world~ (2)
Mikoto noticed that Saten-san left, and she ran after her.
<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3
Mikoto blaming herself because she couldn’t detect that Saten-san was really feeling bad when she talked to her under that bridge.
Saten-san wants to see Mikoto’s cute swimsuit~
Saten-san rocks my world.
I’ve still of few episodes of Hidamari Sketch x365 left to watch, and then I’ll start watching Hoshimittsu.
This week’s waifu : #1 Saten-san, #2 Kiyono, #3 Kawashiro-sensei, #4 Mina Tepes, #5 Hideyoshi
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Dépucelage de Mars
Winter 2010 – Week 8
So, this is that day of the week again.
I had a hard time making this week’s ranking, because there was lot of nice moments in every shows… and mizugi everywhere !
Obligatory reminder : that’s not overall ranking, just my ‘personal’ appreciation of the lastest episode of each shows.
#1 〓 Hanamaru Youchien (7)
Same as last week : Mizugi feast in the first half (including Satsuki-chan this time), and Satsuki special in the second half. Add light lulz and cute flashback scenes to that, and you get Love & Piece win. Ah~ Satsuki-chan… I wonder if she will appear again in the show… :/
Again, the ED was a piece of epic greatness.
At least, to me who’s into this kind of “Film Noir” mood, parisian jazz and “Hotel Dusk”-like animation.
And it’s sung by Satsuki-chan (with her onii-chan). Awesome.
#2 ↑↑ Chu-Bra!! (8)
Got everything that makes an otaku happy : Mizugi, onsen, yuri raep, ice-cream bukkake, flying fake breast… But it was also some lovely Mizuno-sensei episode. Still, it was Kiyono who caught my interest the most, I really luv her more and more. Seeing her participating so seriously in the shitagibu’s activities is cute, and her gentle smile (during the scene when she puts some make-up on Mizuno-sensei’s face) is a killer. <3
#3 ↑↑ Ladies vs Butlers! (8)
Moar mizugi ! As expected, the show is getting a bit better now that it stops adding new characters again. Very enjoyable Flameheart-san episode, though I regret that they had to use the old ‘Main guy gets accidentally drunk’ trick for deepening their relationship. Also, since Tomomi knows Daichi’s secret and invited her home, I was really hoping for some yuri raep to happen (like, Tomomi trying to forcibly dress her as a girl and… you know what happen next). But it’s the last scene that made me rank it high. It’s nice to finally see one of the shows taking a step further in the story. Next episode will be Tomomi episode, I seriously hope that Daichi will also get her change at deepening her relationship with Hino. DAICHI ENDING KIBONNU !
#4 ↓↓ So-Ra-No-Wo-To (8)
For a change, SoraWoto was rather servicey. It was mostly Kanata watching over a phone, restraining herself from going to the bathroom (offering lot of ///// faces), and eventually wearing some mahou shoujo-ish dress. Maa, doesn’t mean that this episode was bad. The characters’ quality makes up for the lack of content (especially Noel-chan <3 <3 <3), and I found the part with the priest pretty funny. Still, I can’t help but think that ‘something’ was missing (compared to the early episodes), and at the same time I’m feeling like I was a bit severe with this episode. At the end, we got again a hint that they will most likely enter war (“I want you to save this country”, lol >_> )… orz
On a side note, I wish Miyuki-san (Lucky Star) was a bit more like Filicia-san…
#5 ↑↑ Omamori Himari (8)
For making it short : I really, really loved all the second half of the episode with Kuesu. KUESU IS LOVE. I’d have surely ranked it higher if I didn’t hate the main guy so much. Also, I like how Rinko thinks that the fact that she’s ‘ordinary’ is her weapon of seduction. XD
#6 ↓↓ Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (8)
The shoukanjuus are back… But well it was still rather funny, mostly thanks to all the references throughout the episode.
I’d buy a set of these pictures…
#7 ↑↑ Dance in the Vampire Bund (7)
Cool. I found nice how they made us think that Mina was the ‘guy buy’ while it actually wasn’t the case. Led to some touching Akira x Mina moments again. That wouldn’t bother me much if the show ended here, lol.
#8 ↓↓ Kaidan Restaurant (11)
Nothing to say here, was the usual Kaidan Restaurant. Not so scary, not so moving this time.
#9 〓 Kimi ni Todoke (20)
Chizu-chan’s arc continues…
Also, I’ve finished to watch To aru Majutsu no Index recently, which was really a nice show. And finally started to watch To aru Kagaku no Railgun, which is even better, for obvious reason :
DESU NO~
It seems pretty obvious to anybody that the pairings go ‘Mikoto x Kuroko’ and ‘Saten-san x Uiharu’. So far, I’ve only seen fanarts and doujins featuring these pairings, and indeed when watching the OP/ED and the show you can’t help seeing things that way.
But I beg to differ : Saten-san is the one for Mikoto. That’s what I thought when watching the first episode. Really, the development of this episode looked like the perfect start to a cute and deep lililicious love story.
Saten-san luvs Uiharu. Or rather, she luvs Uiharu’s pantsu. XD
But Uiharu luvs Mikoto, she keeps talking about her and how meeting her is her dream, making Saten-san a bit jealous.
So out of jealousy, Saten-san starts bad-mouthing Mikoto, saying how she must be some kind of arrogant ojou-sama.
When alone together with Mikoto, Saten-san feels uneasy because she still have that ‘arrogant ojou-sama’ image in mind.
But Mikoto shows her that she’s actually a nice girl, and Saten-san starts seeing her differently.
Mikoto goes berseck when she sees Saten-san being kicked in the face.
Saten-san is deeply impressed by Mikoto’s power.
… AND LOVE WAS BORN AT THIS VERY MOMENT !!!
Another point is how Mikoto and Saten-san are so different from each others (Mikoto is the strongest ESPer around, Saten-san is a Level 0), it always makes a pairing even better. MIKOTO x SATEN : TOGETHER FOREVER ! *added to the yuri pairings wishing list*
Episode 5 : ^ the most adorable little thing EVAR
A Kuroko x Uiharu is fine too.
As for my Top 5 Waifu of the week, it’s something like : #1 Saten-san, #2 Satsuki, #3 Kiyono, #4 Daichi-kun, #5 Kuesu.
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I’m a Sunshine !
Zic(s) du moment :
Harumi Kamo – Seishun no Prelude
Vous n’êtes pas sans l’ignorer, mais la chaine Gulli repasse dans son émission “Télé Grenadine” les épisodes du très culte Slam Dunk version shoujo, Jeanne & Serge (“Attacker YOU !” en VO).
Donc je matais l’OP et sa chanson qui fait sans doute partie maintenant du patrimoine national (j’imagine que tout les Serge et toutes les Jeanne de france ce sont fait chanter cette chanson par quelqu’un), et je me disais que j’avais jamais encore checké l’opening original. Et en fait…
… il décalotte son luigi ! XD
En plus y’a un karaoke ! Tous ensemble !
Hashiridasu, fune ga tsukuru
namishibuki no you ne
kuishibaru shiroi ha kara
koboreta hohoemi wa
ima futari, Seishun Prelude !
Yubi to yubi no sukima soko ni wa taiyou ga aru wa
Koi to koi no sukima soko ni wa ai ga nozoku~
YES I’M A SUNSHINE !
Kono hizashi wo agetai no yo
SUNSHINE !
Karadajuu ni kanjite
Ima futari, Seishun Prelude !
Kurushimi to, kanashimi to ga
kurosu shiteru yoru mo
kirakira to, tanoshisa kara
hajimaru asa ni, kawaru~
Comme les vagues que fait
le bateau qui fonce à travers les flots
Mon sourire qui débordait
de mes dents blanches serrées
Maintenant pour tous les deux, Seishun Prelude !
Entre mes doigts, je vois le soleil là-bas
Entre deux romances, l’amour guette
Yes I’m a sunshine !
Je veux te donner ce rayon de soleil
Sunshine !
Que tu le sentes dans tout ton corps
Maintenant pour tous les deux, Seishun Prelude !
Même la nuit où se croisent
la douleur et la tristesse
Changera en un matin
éblouissant et joyeux
Traduction vite-fait plus ou moins littérale, pour le lulz XD
Ils passent aussi la série Sherlock Holmes de Hayao Miyazaki, pour ceux que ça interesse…
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Mario Painting
Zic(s) du moment :
Earl Klugh – Living Inside Your Love
J’arrive pas à croire que j’en suis encore qu’au stade du mario painting… orz
Pour le reste ça avance un peu, je me suis décidé pour le logement et le billet, reste à éventuellement me décider sur une école et surtout faire ma demande de visa ASAP. Le départ serait pour la 3ème semaine d’avril si je rencontre pas de pépins…
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ペン入り
Zic(s) du moment :
Nancy Wilson – The Things We Did Last Summer
J’y passe très peu de temps à chaque fois, donc ça avance pas très vite. Surtout qu’on est déjà à la dernière semaine de février, si je veux une chambre sur Tokyo pour avril j’ai intérêt à mettre les bouchés double à ce niveau là…
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Nagato Yuki-chan no Shoushitsu (1)
Today’s random scans posting action is the first volume of The Disappearance Of Yuki Nagato-chan (長門有希ちゃんの消失, The Vanishing Of Nagato Yuki-chan) by Puyo, the author of the “Haruhi-chan” serie.
Unlike the Haruhi-chan serie, this is not a gag manga. It doesn’t have all the SD crazyness (just a tiny bit) nor the sudden epic GAR action. Well, it’s still a comedy manga, since it’s actually sweet and refreshing rabukome about Disappearance Nagato.
Also, even though it’s based on the ‘Disappearance’, this is not about what would have happened if Kyon didn’t press the ‘enter’ key. The ‘Disappearance’ world is the default world here, this is just slice-of-life about a ‘normal’ litterature club and its 3 members, and about a shy girl and her one-sided love.
So, will you press the ‘enter’ key ? Y/N ? if not, then click ‘read more’~
Winter 2010 – Week 7
Today’s sunday, time for the weekly ranking.
As always, this is not overall ranking. Just a ranking based on my appreciation of the latest episode of each show.
Note that this week’s Dance In The Vampire Bund is absent from the ranking because it has been released too late. Since next week’s episode (the 8th) is supposed to be a recap episode, I guess I’ll throw episode 7 in next week’s ranking…
#1 ↑↑ Hanamaru Youchien (6)
First half was full of lulz and Yamamoto-sensei saabisu~. It was great. As for the second half… TSUNDERE BRO-CON IMOUTO KITAAAAAAAAAA !!!! What else can I say ? Satsuki is love ! Horete shimatta ! And epic Y-shirt scene at the end. That was just too awesome for words. I’m in love.
The ED was just splendid.
Cool animation and song, and it gets adorable scenes from the beginning to the end. The design reminded me AniKoi a lot (see manga category ‘Ani Koi’). If Ani Koi ever gets an anime adaptation, I hope Gainax will make it and that it will looks like this ED !
#2 ↓↓ So-Ra-No-Wo-To (7)
And so, what I feared kinda happened. War, tears, and cute girls dying. Well that was just Filicia-san’s flashback scene, but still… History repeats itself like they say, it is to be expected that our cute 1121st Platoon will eventually enter war I guess. Anyway, overally it was still a very nice episode, saved by some very moving yuriish scene at the end.
#3 〓 Chu-Bra!! (7)
This time, the episode focused mostly on the guy, but it was still full of Kiyono goodness, and more importantly (to me) Haruka being all down after that her beloved Nayu-chan received a love letter. Haruka-san, it’s about time you make your move on Nayu-chan, or else Komachi-kun will get her first ! … Maa, if it had to happen you could still take comfort in Yako-chan’s DFC though~ (personally, Kiyono x Nayu kibonnu). At the end, there was that ‘How to wear a garter belt’ section that was trying to make us think that this show is actually aimed at girls, but I hardly believe anybody fell for it.
#4 ↑↑ Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (7)
Shouko-tan episode~. Yet again an episode in which the shoukanjuu were nowhere to be seen, means a good episode. Shouko is just too cute. I was wondering why the hell Yuuji was pushing away such a cute girl, and it started to irritate me. But we somewhat learn the reason at the end, and I must say that finally, Yuuji frikkin rocks. He’s really a cool guy. And Shouko’s fabulous smile at the end speaks for it. I totally liked how Hideyoshi (with no hairpin <3 ) took part in the whole date plan thing too. XD Surprisingly enough, quite the plotter~. IT’S ABOUT TIME WE GET A HIDEYOSHI EPISODE, DON’T YOU THINK ?
w00t new ED ! The song isn’t particularly good or anything, but yay for seifuku feast !
Also, you can really tell who is the real heroine of the show… XD
#5 ↓↓ Ladies vs Butlers (7)
To be totally honest, I can’t say this episode particularly caught my interest. I mean, all the mahou shoujo stuff. Was still a decent watch, mostly the birth of a love between two lolis was heartwarming to watch. I guess the show will be a bit better from now on, since it will stop adding new characters again and again, and will focuse more on the ones already here.
#6 〓 Omamori Himari (7)
Nothing much to say about it. Keeps becoming a bit more interesting every weeks, story-wise. Main guy still sucks as always.
#7 〓 Kimi ni Todoke (19)
Continues with Chizu’s very predictable love story (I mean, everybody guessed the whole thing about Ryu’s onii-san, right ?). Sawako is still super cute, crying over other people’s problems. Yet again no Kurumizawa. Only good thing in this episode was that I got again a bit of screentime…
So I guess we’re now halfway in this season, no ? Time for adding a Top 10 of my waifus so far (originally it was supposed to be a Top 5, but it was just too hard to choose only 5 characters XD ) ! Well, this ranking may vary a lot every weeks, depending on one character’s appearance…
Winter 2010 Waifu Top 10
#1 ↑ Satsuki Tsuchida (Hanamaru)
#2 ↓ Ume Kurumizawa (KimiTodo)
#3 ↑ Hideyoshi Kinoshita (BakaTest)
#4 ↑ Kiyono Amahara (ChuBra)
#5 ↓ Kawashiro-sensei (Hanamaru)
#6 ↓ Kaoru Daichi (LvsB)
#7 ↓ Minami Shimada (BakaTest)
#8 ↓ Noel Kannagi (SoraWoto)
#9 ↓ Kureha Suminoya (SoraWoto)
#10 ↓ Mina Tepes (Vampire Bund)
Also, came across the Spring 2010 Anime Chart recently…
Well, no need to mention that K-on!! is the show I’m looking forward the most. But for the other shows, I don’t really know…
1st pick should be : Mayoi Neko Overun and KissxSis (obligatory service fix), and Working!.
Then as a 2nd pick, maybe B Gata H Kei, Angel Beats, Arakawa under the bridge, and Yutori-chan… It will mostly depends on how many anime I can get.
I mean, if things go well for me (or rather, if I’m motivated enough), I should be in japan at the beginning of april. I should have an internet connection over there, probably better than the one I’m using now, lol. But good enough for getting anime, that is not for sure… well, as long as I can watch K-on!!…
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