...what are you watching...

It's a pleasant day when you've got nowhere to go and a lovely blizzard is painting the outside. *pretty*

Decided to reread all of Ellie Mamahara and Enjin Yamimaru's available manga which didn't take long considering they both have only a handful of manga out there. Cute boy-love nonetheless...wish there was more from them.

Death Note 15! This is the point in the manga where the story starts getting wayward. L arrests Misa on suspicion of being the second Kira. They lock her up. Light-o receives her death note from Rem. *dum dum dum*



Negima?! 10-13! still luvin' the colorful, unique and odd scenes, but it was getting a tad redundant..until aaaalll the girls find out about Negi's magic and then he gets turned into a chupacapra. Cute! Anyway, this leads to Negi and his class plus Evangeline & Takamichi-sensei being stuck in an illusion. *dum dum dum*

Negima? 68! Negima and girls search through the library for information about the magical crystal thing. The two little twin girls want to be adult-like and become Negima's partners at the end. The Black Rose Baron is introduced. It was a very potluck episode with very nonsensical, but cute things thrown in.



Code Geass 8.5-9! uh...The show develops Kallen more; y'know, by more nude shots and an angtsy family. Being someone who has had her fill of Gundam-type anime, it's hard to take this anime seriously when everything is so blatantly spelled out for you. The oppressed cling to their status or resort to escapism...woe.

Being one who doesn't drink much, I still find Bartender fun to watch.

Bartender 2! This is definitely a show that doesn't have much action or drama. It's more of an educational show with a sappy story of the day. The female from the first episode asks Ryuu, the bartender, to figure out the menu of the heart...or something like that; actually the drink her father wanted to give his estranged father. This part of the episode is the sappy and slightly boring part. The educational part includes the following info:
The No.1 cocktail chosen by men is the Gin-Tonic (I'm fond of that, too)
The No.1 cocktail chosen by women is the Spumoni.
Bars have no menu.
Torii Shinjirou tried to create a whiskey for the Japanese people.
The show even goes through some of the ways whiskey is served.
The episode gives you the recipe for a Nikolaschka which includes brandy, sugar and a lemon slice. The ending visuals shows the live-action bartender making this drink.

Once again anime is able to present food/drink in an educational, but unique manner. There were other little tidbits of fun info and the bartender is still darn cute..so I'll keep amusing myself with this anime. I guess comedy or action would have been inappropriate with the topic of alcohol...darn.


Negima? 4! With each episode I watch, a few brain cells die...and there's no alcohol involved. In this episode two creatures from the magical realm come to inform Negi and the others that the Star Crystal of a-whole-lotta-power was stolen. Negi investigates. A contract with Nodoka is made. Negi is such a playa. This storyline is told like an RPG; visual fun for all. There's a new ending and a new ending short about the Chupacapura. *cute*

For Ayakashi Ayashi and Bakumatsu episodes 3, I won't be reviewing since these were just plot builders. Both the shows are still decent, but slow. I'll mention them again when they start moving.

( for episode twos of busou renkin, negima!? & nana..and other thoughts click here... )


Tenpou Ibun Ayakashi Ayashi 1! 'Ayakashi' is the what ppl are shortening it to...i think.

+ Nice animation & production by Bones.
+ The main character, Yuki, has sparkley shoujo eyes!
+ Very interesting premise.
+ Porno Graffitti's Winding Road is the ending song with plain visuals...but it's a nice song.
- Standard pop tune with a harmonica for the opening song by Ikimonogatari.
- I have some reservations about that lame-looking weapon shown in the preview.

Quick impression~ A bunch of cute peasant kids are praying for a good crop of rice when a big dinosaurus-looking thing appears. Yuki and a mother & son are running away from something. The dinosaur/Youi attacks. Yuki gets his magical shoujo powers and attacks. There are some cute male (possibly fanfic-worthy) couples who also can see the dinosaur. I like this show. It's unique in the odd genres it seems to mix and somewhat funny. The characters have an old anime design to them and are fun to watch. ++



La Corda D'oro -primo passo- 1! hyuu~ decided to watch this after all...after all, Jun Fukuyama is in it. haha.

+ Pretty guys each with different colored hair.
- eh, plot what plot?

Quick impression~ At a school where talented students who study music are separated from the other students, a normal girl sees a fairy who wants her to help him create 'world peace' through music...in return she gets amaaazzzing musical abilities and her pick of a hot boyfriend. It's a standard magical shoujo series. My guess is that the green haired boy gets the girl, but not before the blue-haired boy gets the stick pulled out of his ass. Yes, no more for me...really.

yeah...that was 5 episodes. still have the jdrama to whine about.