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Love☆Com 22-24! the end. They finally get together and then what next? They break up, of course, and then get back together. I suppose high school kids are really that fickle. At least the comedy makes it amusing. Suzuki and Tanaka even get relationship angst in as everyone worries about their future. The last episode was really cute. Ootani has some test anxiety and Koizumi stresses over her future, but needless to say they work everything out and everyone graduates with a happy smile. This was a straightforward, cute shoujo series. I think the manga had more detail, but the seiyuu were very good at portraying their characters. The fact that the series covered 3 years of their high school life was interesting. hm..maybe I'll go watch the live-action movie again.
~7/10 rating~ because the animation quality varied and Koizumi was approaching nuisance level mid-season.

Claymore 1! Quite a few people are saying that this is the best anime this season. My sister assures me that although that sentiment is mostly because of females in tight tights with big swords chopping monsters heads off, the anime is worth watching ...weeeell, she quit the anime halfway through and is reading the manga now. It's about a world where humans hire 'claymores' to kill monsters/youma. Claymores are female half-youma half humans. In the first episode, we are introduced to Claire who gets rid of a youma in a town, and picks up a stray human boy who was thrown of the town. Another excellent Madhouse production. I'll probably watch the rest in chunks.

Seirei no Moribito 18-19! I'd forgotten that Chagum used to be a cry-baby, but he can be forgiven since it was brought out from hearing how dismal his fate is.

Love☆Com 20! Enjoyable happy date episode.

Naruto Shippuden 26! Great episode as the fight between Sakura, Chiyo and Sasori reaches the end. Love the one-up-man-ship in Naruto! And for those reading the manga, the recent chapter gives us a decription of Naruto's parents...hm, is his mother alive? Oh and Sasuke might actually fight Itachi soon. Yay for fun Naruto! Maybe it'll wrap up before I become a middle-aged old woman.

Rie Fu's new PV, 5000 miles is a weird video, but the song is pleasant as always. Didn't know she paints.

There was a storm that past through Thursday afternoon knocking down trees and powerlines and causing floods. Therefore, I strained my eyes catching up on my reading by the power of a dozen candles. Reading by candlelight sounds romantic and soothing, but it isn't. The light is too dim and flickers too much; also no A/C->hot->fire->more hot. And the smell of scented wax isn't that great; blech, who gave us the peony-scented candle?. Anyway, glad to see lj didn't blow up during my 2.5 day absence. What have I missed?


Love★Com 18! Koizumi reaches her 54th birthday and is still mooning over Otani, but there is progress. There's even a symphonic overture pinging in during the special moment. Gotta love Koizumi's reaction.

I hope that's some form of Dr. Spock in Gundam00.


Seirei no Moribito 17! is another solid episode as the chase is on. Poor Suga. He tries to be well-informed, but lacks critical information and he finds Chagum, but gets beaten up by a single blow from a woman. And for a character with long purple hair, he isn't that cute.


Romeo x Juliet 17! Ah! good episode. If only all the previous episodes could be erased, this would be a great series. In episode 17, you've got revelations that rival those found in soap operas. Oh darn~ the next episode looks like a filler.


Naruto Shippuden 24! Is there going to be a new opening anytime soon? The visuals for this episode's opening & ending were promoting the new Naruto movie. In this episode, the Team Gai's fights with their clones are entertaining. Sakura's looking rather butch these days, isn't she?

Code Geass 24-25! Hey, the end of season uno. Episode 24-25 confirms my lukewarm interest in the fighting aspect of mech war genres. There were some entertaining parts like Jeremiah flying a huge orange-shaped mech, and the end was a good cliffhanger, but the actual fights and story twists weren't as impressive as they could have been. Season one gets a 7/10 rating.


Naruto Shippuden 21! I liked Chiyo and Sakura's reaction when they saw Sasori for the first time. I'm sure they were reacting to his eviable use of makeup.


Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 3! is about the foreign student with a split personality and an illegal immigrant. Not sure what to say about the episode other than it addresses all sorts of social and political issues in a truly amusing way. Excellent show with moments of creepiness. I'm enjoying afk's attempt to translate everything...plain awesome.

LoveCom 16! Hey Say 7's PV is a smidge adorable like the Mickey Mouse Club...does the MMC still exist? In this episode, the animators spent too much money on drugs and alcohol and can't afford to draw the character's faces correctly. Maity-sensei gives Ootani and Koizumi a little push.

Love★Com 13! mistakenly thought that this was a short series, but it'll keep on going. In this episode, Koizumi gets a kiss from a sick Ootani. He doesn't remember afterwards.

Romeo x Juliet 13! Curio and Francisco rescue Juliet. I think the tree wants to eat Juliet.

Both shows were kinda tedious. *yawn*

Is it too much to ask that one US-licensed manga I buy NOT have a spelling mistake or gender error or missing verbs or wrong translations? And English was actually one of my weaker subject areas in school..."SCHOOL" was spelled wrong!!!! they forgot the 'C' and no, it wasn't part of a joke. Who are they hiring as editors!? Spell-check deficient twelve year olds from the middle of a poverty-stricken country?

ANYWAY eh hem.

Emma S2 7! Hans, poor Hans. You are neither quite as happening as Hakim nor do you have a harem, but you sure try. Mr. Campbell is creepy...I foresee more creepiness.

Seirei no Moribito 9! Why does L'arc's opening song sound like it's coming from a cave? In this episode, we are shown that Chagum's brother, Sagum, is a decent guy.

Love★Com 9! There is much sighing and crying.

Romeo x Juliet 7! Tybalt clangs his sword around, gives everyone a glare and swooshes his cape before his leaves. Excellent. Ah, and Romeo and Juliet share their first kiss complete with soaring music and fireworks. It's not an outstanding series, but it's still enjoyable. Does 'Hermione' mean 'annoyance' in old English?


Emma S2 4! For some reason I like the romance in this show a whole lot more than the above show. Probably because Emma isn't as loudly wimpy & weepy as Juliet, and William's naivete is amiable...while Romeo's naivete lets the commonfolk get killed. Actually, the charm of this show is Hakim and his harem. ♥ In this episode Colin reacts like we all should at William's proposal.

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Love★Com 7! This falls inbetween RxJ and Emma in terms of enjoyable romance. Koizumi's angst over Ootani is laughable, but hopefully they progress faster because tears get old after awhile.


Darker than Black 7! was such an odd, funny episode. Nothing else to say about it other than it was not the usual episode.

Gotta mention Google's new translation toy here where you can put in an inquiry in english and search for sites specifically in another language. The results come up in both the original language and in your home language. The translations aren't 100%, but it seems that they're working on it. ♥..and I like how you can edit the translated inquiry.

Love★Com 5! Even with the secret out, 'the voice' grates my ears. Bump him off please..don't care how much comedic fanservice he brings. Koizumi is starting to remind me of Olive Oil from Popeye when she has that wide-eyed look...or sometimes like Luffy from One Piece.

Not a speck of snow. Where's my 12 inches of pretty white fluff?

Darker than Black 2! Despite all the limbs being in the right place, this body of work is kind of faulty.
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Love★Com 2! Love the energy of this show.
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Naruto Shippuden 8-9! Sis informed me that the Naruto forehead protectors were a popular accessory at this year's Cherry Blossom festival. haha...along with chubby Sailor Moon cosplayers. ^_^
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