...what are you watching...

Lily Hoshino's Otome Youkai Zakuro looks really pretty.

Kobato. 23-24! the end. *spoilers* So very CLAMP in that the writers just crossed Wish's reincarnation with CCS's forgetting of one's taisetsu no hito. It's a shame they settled the kindergarten story so simplistically, and didn't even touch on Ioryogi's story..poor plushies stuck in the baumkuchen bakery business for all of time. I suppose the relationship between Kobato and Fujimoto was realistically based on love-through-harassment. Though honestly, that flashback made it look like Fujimoto was Kobato's father in a past life. The rest of the story was somewhat sweet at times..okay, the matching mullets and Kohaku were sweet. ~7/10 rating~ The evil bunny-fairy and the fact that Kobato's wish was granted at the moment she met Fujimoto were nice twists, but the only episodes worth watching were the wtf-Tsubasa crossover episode, the psychedelic X-mas episode, the ginko-tree combustion episode, and the last 2 episodes.

Kimi ni Todoke 24! Oops, thought this had 24 episodes like Kobato, but apparently not. This would have been a nice episode to end on, but I'll happily take another episode next week. In this episode Kazehaya and Sawako visit the local shrine for New Years while their pals spy on them. Shoujo innocence at its cutest.

Kobato. 21! *slight spoilers* Ah ha, the old stand-out-in-the-rain-until-your-enemy-feels-sorry-for-you ploy. Way to go Kobato. Glad to see the lack of creativity. I hope the manga version allows Sayaka and Okiura to be less predictable and lame.

Kobato. 19! Doumoto is trying to 'make a move' on Kobato during Christmas, but oh noes, she's angsting over Fujimoto's sad Christmas past and stick-up-da-butt attitude. There were some nice Doumoto scenes here...even if he is just the third wheel. Kobato's singing causes interesting things to happen; spontaneous tree combustion, random psychedelic light shows...what else? There's a glimpse of what-could-have-been with this show here...y'know, if Madhouse gave the previous 18 episodes just a tad more attention.

Kimi ni Todoke 20! Chizuru has her moment of letting it all out. Iffy episode with a decent end.

Kimi ni Todoke 18! was a well-animated episode with pretty backgrounds. There were touching girl-time moments and guy-time moments. This starts off the Chizuru x Ryuu arc.


Kobato. 17! This show is more entertaining when the writers don't try to fill in twenty-some episodes with attempts at 'heartfelt' stories. The Ioryogi filler turned out to be randomly cute. Pluses for Watanuki. The plushie story and Kobato's story seem very disjointed thus far. Plushies win in terms of what I want to see.

The end of Sakura Gari? predictable except for which of the wacky characters was going to ---- him. And the smut? lengthy and weird in the one spot. Praise for Yuu Watase for stepping out of her shoujo blahblahlovetriangle dramas and into yaoi blahblahangst.

Random: These Poken businese cards look cute.

Kobato. 15! I wish this had new opening & ending songs like the other shows. So Sayaka collapses out of fatigue and heartburn which causes everyone to think she is dying. I'm sad to see a potentially interesting character go bland. Random note: somehow Shuuichirou looked very 'punk'. And finally, we see the debt collector again. I'm not a fan of Kobato hooking up with Fujimoto, but it was inevitable especially with that 'rule' presented in the beginning.

Kimi ni Todoke 16! The writers are afraid that the audience's brains rotted during the Kurumi arc, so they give us a flashback episode as told by drunk little spirits.

And uploaded the full Nadeko Snake Bakemonogatari opening here for those who'd like a little cute on their mp3 players.

Getting tired of two particular shows. Wish they'd move on.


Kobato. 13! Kobato and Kohaku sing a song for a tree pending its death. The tree liked their singing so much that it spontaneously combusted. srly.

Kimi ni Todoke 14! All is well, buuuuut Kurumi's arc lingers on and on and on, well on to the next episode.

Mouryou no Hako special! I thought this was going to be mostly flashbacks to the series, but it was actually almost all new animation involving Atsuko Chuuzenji thoughts and actions on the darkness of people's hearts. It was a nicely made side story.

Kobato. 11! Ioryogi sewing himself up was cute. Kobato tends to talk a tad too loudly sometimes. I guess it should be 'genki' rather than loud. We get the Chobits baker, Ueda, and Yumi in this episode. Not a bad episode. Ioryogi had some fun scenes.

Inuyasha: The Final Act 12! Time for Sango to power-up...about time. We get to see Inuyasha being drunk. Good times for all.

Kobato. 9! These fillers are excruciatingly long and painful...and badly written. I think the enthusiasm for this show is waning. The bakery bear needs to make another appearance asap. I do enjoy the ending song though judging by the lack of downloads, not many do...it's Ranka!

Kobato. 7! This episode is only entertaining if you assumed that it takes place in yaoi-land. Poor Domoto is too timid to confess to the scary Fujimoto. The animation was pretty bad. Lesson of the day: letting people mooch off of you is a-ok.

Kobato. 5! Kobato tries to proposition a middle-aged man in the park. The whole talk of 'forgetting how to glow' was somewhat unintentionally funny. The whole story about 'yakuza' trying to get money from a kindergarten is pretty ridiculous. Fujimoto's background music is also very laughable. So overall, silly episode. We get to see the baumkuchen bear next...awesome.


Zan Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 12-13! Actually, I didn't notice that I hadn't watched these episodes until now. Schrodinger's cat in the form of Danboards---neat-o. The last episode was not highly impressive, but just ok. I enjoyed the tulip-drawing song this season. ~7/10 rating~ for the consistent animation and intellectual wtfs.