some update delays soon with exams coming soon... =X
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 6
Liszt returns to give his report to the headmaster of Otogi Academy who was also the one behind the Otogi Bank. Liszt informs him about the problem of the Onigashima High School where the students have been acting more rowdy and had picked on Ryouko lately. Liszt adds on that the new student council president of Onigashima High could be the root of the problem or that he wasn't doing his job as the student council president properly. At the school gate, a new character is introduced who is an old friend of Ryouko, Kibitsu Momoko. Ryoushi sees Ryouko hiding behind the tree, and as he calls out to her, Ryouko is startled and then asked Ryoushi to be her shield for the time being and attempt to sneak in the school without Momoko realising her. It failed and Momoko became all hyped after seeing Ryouko, who is apparently afraid of that nature of hers. Ryoushi later learns that Momoko had already fancied Ryouko and Ryouko wasn't comfortable about it at all, making her hair stand after Ringo added more comments on her. Later that day, Momoko went to the Otogi Bank for a request which Ringo started the conversation by revealing that Ryoushi had confessed to Ryouko. An interested Momoko came forth and got close to Ryoushi, telling him that he have some good senses to have fallen for Ryouko but Ryoushi's "illness" returns and he cuddles back into the corner. Momoko then makes her request that she wants to raid Onigashima High to make them know of their place which the request is quickly accepted by Liszt, who had the same idea of investigating the school, and the members prepare for an assault on Onigashima High. After a short briefing where Ryouko later goes off to the gym, the trainer there asks Ryouko if she had found someone to rely on since he had seen her moves becoming more stable. The day of the assault arrives and Ringo had designed a rather "interesting" armour for Ryouko which was equipped with cat ears, which were probably the communication mic. Momoko then arrives with more underlings who were all captivated by her nice figure and even Tarou wasn't left out, but was quickly taken away and shut in by an angry Otohime. The team of Momoko and her men, Ryoushi and Ryouko was welcomed by a large group of Onigashima High students and the fight begins. Ryouko's neko-knuckles were upgraded again by Majo and was now more lethal than the previous versions. Ryoushi then covered Ryouko's back with his slingshot and Momoko could see the wonderful teamwork between them. The team moves off to the student council room and while fighting their way through and finally nearing their destination, the trio meets the old dude back when Ryouko was kidnapped. Ryoushi asks Momoko and Ryouko to leave first and prepares to take on the man. Soon after, communications were jammed and Ryouko was separated from Momoko, probably done by the new student council president and with Ryoushi's obvious disadvantage, Tarou comes to his rescue and Ryoushi is guided by a well-disguised Liszt to Ryouko's location. Meanwhile, Ryouko had reached the student council room and is taken aback by what she saw, someone she probably knew in the past, Hitsujikai Shirou. Bad flashbacks then flooded into Ryouko's mind on how she was treated indecently by that man before and was rooted to her feet in the room. Luckily, Ryoushi reaffirms her after shouting for her and Momoko and Liszt arrives together with Ryoushi. Shirou tells the members of the Otogi Bank that he would promise to try his best to control his own students and without prove to detain him, a warning to Onigashima High ended the long day. Ryoushi later had a drink with Ryouko and tells her that he would always be by her side which Ryouko replies that she would count on him from now on with a smile. Ryoushi was surprised to see Ryouko replying like that but was still happy nonetheless.
bad boss appears! well, most probably too. so now the question lies on what exactly did happen between Ryouko and Shirou, could they have been in a relationship which breaks her maiden heart, causing her to be more "violent" now? the flashbacks aren't really detailed by Ryouko does seem to be heavily affected in it and seeing how Ryoushi's voice had helped her bring herself back to senses, she probably agree that Ryoushi is really someone who can support her and thus gave a different response than the more commonly one where she shrugs it off like a tsundere.
K-ON!! 17
the music room is out-of-bounds due to a water leakage problem and the girls now do not have a place to practice in, further more, the school festival is only about one month away. So off the girls go to find some location they can practice in and their first glimpse of hope from Sawa-chan was to borrow a room from another club that Sawa-chan is in charge in but it didn't turn out as what they wanted. The girl's next location was a classroom and after Sawa-chan left and the other students watching on, they start to practice but the intense music shook the other rooms around them and they had to apologise for disturbing them. And so, classrooms are out of the options. With their instruments, the girls now go to the gym where they were given permission that they could practice there but with all the sports club and cheerleading club practicing there, they did seem out of place to be practicing in the gym. Ignoring that, they began to practice but Mio was too distracted watching the other students as she enjoys watching sports and while they were going to start off again, Yui was taken aback by the loud voices from the sports club and then the girls had to give up practicing in the gym after music came playing from the cheerleading club. In the end, the day had ended and not much progress was made. The remaining time was then used outside to discuss on the lyric of a new song that's going to be used for the school festival and Ritsu had rejected Mio's first copy as she wasn't really able to express her own feelings and the rest were given the task to write their own songs. The next day, the girls this time, under Sawa-chan's advice, goes off to a studio to practice. While having tea as usual outside of the studio due to their no eating and drinking rules, Ritsu decides to start discussing on the lyrics that everyone had wrote. Yui's was all about food, Mugi's was more like a story and Azusa's, which did seem to be promising at the start, turns out to be all about Ton-chan. When the girls returned to the studio, their time was already up and yet again, no practice was done. Leaving the studio, Sawa-chan meets them in her car, informing them that the music room is ready to be used again and everyone was just as happy to be able to use their own club room once again. Next day in the music room was yet another lyrics selection and Yui's song was quite well done, and which Yui reveals that Ui did help her on her lyrics and the rest knew that it wasn't just a little help. Later that night, Yui calls the others, telling them that she had caught a cold but it wasn't her who had caught it when the others reached, it was Ui. After taking care of Ui, the others leave, telling Yui to call them if she needs anything and after leaving Ui in her room to prepare some porridge for her, Yui suddenly had some inspiration for the song and her lyrics were chosen which were done solely by her while Ui was sick in bed.
just a typical episode but am quite interested on how Yui's song would turn out...
Friday, July 30, 2010
Monday, July 26, 2010
Highschool of the Dead 4
much of the episode was a recap and a brief summary of what exactly has happened in the town. From the moment Takashi saw the mysterious man outside the school gate till when both Rei and him were separated from the group.
Riding on the motorcycle, Takashi stops by on the road and Rei asks him if he think anyone is coming to save them which Takashi replies blindly that there isn't going to be any help at all. Rei however hates him for putting it so straightforward and spotting a group of incoming zombies, Takashi restarts the engine and leaves the scene. Meanwhile, Shizuka-sensei and the others were still stuck in the bus, waiting to cross the bridge due to tight barricades from the police, potentially keeping the zombies away. Rei and Takashi now passes through the towns, having mixed feelings are seeing no one was left and even if they had become one of the zombies, they were most probably already gone looking for more victims. The town has already become dead quiet and blood splattered all over the place. Then, the duo spots the headlight of a police car and thinking that they might have found some form of rescue, the police car was however, already smashed from behind by a truck to their dismay. The policemen in the car weren't spared either. Takashi warns Rei that there might be gas leaking out of the vehicle but Rei isn't going to let that bother her and goes to search for some things that could possibly help them. Together, they manage to recover a hand pistol with all 5 bullets intact and also 5 extra bullets from another policeman's damaged pistol. Takashi decides no to throw away the bat for now since he has never fired a shot before but couldn't deny the fact that he did felt more safe after acquiring the pistol. Leaving the scene, there wasn't much gas left for the motorbike and the duo heads for the gas station. Takashi was however unable to pump gas in since he does not have any spare change and after Rei tells him that he's the worst, Takashi dragged Hisashi back into the picture which Rei is trying desperately to forget. Takashi then quickly changed the subject and asks Rei to lend him some money for the gas but she didn't have her wallet with her, which in turn led to Takashi having to break the cash register in the store to top up their gas. At the same time, Rei lets out a scream which made Takashi run out and sees a man holding Rei tightly and a blade at her neck, prompting Takashi not to move. The man himself has already lost his mind after he had smashed the skulls of his family members after they had all became zombies in front of them and after looking at Rei, he couldn't resist the urge to do something to her in this already wayward world. Seeing how Rei is suffering, Takashi does what the man tells him to do and refuels his motorbike, but before doing so, he threw his baseball bat onto the ground, causing the echoed sound to attract the nearby zombies. After topping up the gas, Takashi turns back to the man who urges him to scram but when Takashi saw an opening, he rushed forward and points his pistol onto the man's shoulder and tells him that it would be impossible to miss. The man however dared him to shoot which Takashi eventually did and shot him point-blank at his shoulder. Rei escapes from his clutches and was stopped by Takashi when she wanted to take revenge on the man as she already noticed from Takashi that they had already created quite some noise and groups of zombies were already heading this way. The duo then leaves on their motorbike, leaving the injured man totally defenseless towards the incoming bloodthirsty predators.
it was rather true that no one was really going to help them at all since preventing the spread of the virus could and most possibly would be every country's mission. reliving the scenes from the beginning of the whole commotion really did make the world looks like it had already ended and streets were all filled with them, bloodthirsty and merciless zombies. Obtaining some firepower is indeed good but with nine bullets left, i doubt Rei and Takashi could last long, perhaps they could regroup with the others before they run out of ammo too. How this series is going to end really does interest me though...
*oh and just a note, the first defeat of BRS as shown in the OVA was probably depicting how she actually got her scars
much of the episode was a recap and a brief summary of what exactly has happened in the town. From the moment Takashi saw the mysterious man outside the school gate till when both Rei and him were separated from the group.
Riding on the motorcycle, Takashi stops by on the road and Rei asks him if he think anyone is coming to save them which Takashi replies blindly that there isn't going to be any help at all. Rei however hates him for putting it so straightforward and spotting a group of incoming zombies, Takashi restarts the engine and leaves the scene. Meanwhile, Shizuka-sensei and the others were still stuck in the bus, waiting to cross the bridge due to tight barricades from the police, potentially keeping the zombies away. Rei and Takashi now passes through the towns, having mixed feelings are seeing no one was left and even if they had become one of the zombies, they were most probably already gone looking for more victims. The town has already become dead quiet and blood splattered all over the place. Then, the duo spots the headlight of a police car and thinking that they might have found some form of rescue, the police car was however, already smashed from behind by a truck to their dismay. The policemen in the car weren't spared either. Takashi warns Rei that there might be gas leaking out of the vehicle but Rei isn't going to let that bother her and goes to search for some things that could possibly help them. Together, they manage to recover a hand pistol with all 5 bullets intact and also 5 extra bullets from another policeman's damaged pistol. Takashi decides no to throw away the bat for now since he has never fired a shot before but couldn't deny the fact that he did felt more safe after acquiring the pistol. Leaving the scene, there wasn't much gas left for the motorbike and the duo heads for the gas station. Takashi was however unable to pump gas in since he does not have any spare change and after Rei tells him that he's the worst, Takashi dragged Hisashi back into the picture which Rei is trying desperately to forget. Takashi then quickly changed the subject and asks Rei to lend him some money for the gas but she didn't have her wallet with her, which in turn led to Takashi having to break the cash register in the store to top up their gas. At the same time, Rei lets out a scream which made Takashi run out and sees a man holding Rei tightly and a blade at her neck, prompting Takashi not to move. The man himself has already lost his mind after he had smashed the skulls of his family members after they had all became zombies in front of them and after looking at Rei, he couldn't resist the urge to do something to her in this already wayward world. Seeing how Rei is suffering, Takashi does what the man tells him to do and refuels his motorbike, but before doing so, he threw his baseball bat onto the ground, causing the echoed sound to attract the nearby zombies. After topping up the gas, Takashi turns back to the man who urges him to scram but when Takashi saw an opening, he rushed forward and points his pistol onto the man's shoulder and tells him that it would be impossible to miss. The man however dared him to shoot which Takashi eventually did and shot him point-blank at his shoulder. Rei escapes from his clutches and was stopped by Takashi when she wanted to take revenge on the man as she already noticed from Takashi that they had already created quite some noise and groups of zombies were already heading this way. The duo then leaves on their motorbike, leaving the injured man totally defenseless towards the incoming bloodthirsty predators.
it was rather true that no one was really going to help them at all since preventing the spread of the virus could and most possibly would be every country's mission. reliving the scenes from the beginning of the whole commotion really did make the world looks like it had already ended and streets were all filled with them, bloodthirsty and merciless zombies. Obtaining some firepower is indeed good but with nine bullets left, i doubt Rei and Takashi could last long, perhaps they could regroup with the others before they run out of ammo too. How this series is going to end really does interest me though...
*oh and just a note, the first defeat of BRS as shown in the OVA was probably depicting how she actually got her scars
Sunday, July 25, 2010
. Black Rock Shooter OVA
the wait is over! its finally here after months of waiting after the pilot edition was released. The original BRS animation makes its debut!
after hearing the BRS song being sang by Miku and subsequently getting to know more about BRS, the BRS OVA was finally confirmed. The pilot edition did bring out some of the highlights of the OVA and i am extremely happy now, that the wait's OVER!
The OVA had split scenes in and out throughout the entire 50 minutes, showing both the real world and the world Black Rock Shooter is in. It was honestly confusing, about when exactly are the two worlds occurring, they don't seem to be happening at the same time... I'll temporary leave the BRS world to the end for now.
The story begins where BRS is facing off with an enemy wielding a huge blade whilst our dear BRS is only holding on to her thin katana. Apparently, BRS was quickly overpowered by the enemy and falls in comparison of power after being stabbed cleanly with the huge blade. It then returns to the real world where we get to see the main protagonist, Kuroi Mato. She wakes up to a new school term, ties up her hair and before leaving for school, she goes off to her favourite place where she's able to see the whole town just by standing there. While staring at the beautiful scenery, Mato nearly missed the train to school and only nearly managed to catch it. Nearing the school gate, she spots another girl, the other main char, Takanashi Yomi alighting from the car and from then onwards, Mato hopes for a chance to talk to her, as though there's some special feeling Mato feels on her. Spotting an opportunity, Mato goes forward and starts a conversation with Yomi, talking about how she's tall and that she arrives in school from her parents' car. Mato then mispronounced Yomi's name as her written name isn't exactly how it's supposed to be pronounced as. As time passes by, Mato and Yomi become really close friends and when it was time to pick a club, Mato had chosen basketball as she was experienced and wanted to grow taller as well. Overseeing how well Mato is doing in the basketball team, she notices the volleyball team practicing as well and took interest in it, joining the club as a result. From then on, the duo were always able to see each other since both their clubs were practicing in the same location. After school, the duo decides to hang out together and while doing so, Mato buys a blue star handphone strap for Yomi after bringing her to her favourite location which she tells her that she'll definitely take good care of it. Time then flies by quickly with the the both of them excelling in their clubs, going to festivals together, hanging out and then the next school year arrives. After checking the new class arrangement, the duo are disappointed that they're both in different classes and can only meet after school and during breaks. During one of the club practices, Yomi sees Mato spraining her ankle and is taken care of by their manager, Yuu. At this point, Yomi already feels sour from not being there to help her. During one of the school breaks, Mato goes to find Yomi to chat and midway, Yuu cuts in to inform Mato about club activities and introduces herself to Yomi. One day after Yomi's club activity has ended, she sees Mato chatting happily with Yuu on the bench while waiting for her and feels a little down. Even on the way back, Yomi was segregated as the other two were chatting about basketball things which she has no idea. After Yuu leaves and Mato and Yomi are left with each other, Mato sees Yomi spacing out and asks her what was wrong and later apologises for talking about things that excluded her from their conversation. Yomi however said that it doesn't matter but that was only at the surface. The next day, Yomi was already jealous about how close both Yuu and Mato were after they got into different classes and while she was going to find Mato during one of the breaks, she sees Mato chatting happily with Yuu once again and this time, she leaves without cutting in to their conversation. Later that evening, Yomi didn't show up at the bench and after asking the volleyball team, Mato finds out that Yomi had left earlier that day due to urgent matters. Sensing something was wrong and feeling that it was her fault for neglecting Yomi, Mato sends Yomi a message and waited during the night but there was no response from her. Even in school, Yomi was nowhere to be seen and then Mato receives news that Yomi has went missing. Investigators called in for Mato in hope for more information since she was Yomi's closest friend but there wasn't really any important clues to aid the search. Yomi didn't turn up the following day as well and seeing how worried Mato was, Yuu comforts her, telling her to think positively and that she'll return soon. Later in the night, Mato receives an empty message from Yomi and thinking about a possible place Yomi could be, Mato leaves the house, grabs her bike and rides frantically to her favourite location. No one was there when she reached by after seeing something shiny on the ground, she picks up the handphone strap that she had previously bought for Yomi and after holding it close to her chest, a mysterious blue light engulfs her and she sees Black Rock Shooter in front of her. She asks Mato if she wants to save that girl but Mato corrects her, saying that she doesn't want to save her but wants to talk to her like always once again. Black Rock Shooter then let her consciousness enter Mato's and with that, Mato has now the ability to rescue Yomi. After Yomi's return, it seems that Yuu is the one feeling jealous now or could she be the main antagonist after all?
-END-
Leaving the real world aside, its now time to look into the world of BRS. Scenes from the both worlds were mixed with each other and the scenes in BRS generally consists of fighting sequences. After failed to save the first girl where she was stabbed through by her blade, BRS now returns to face another girl, who seems to have been possessed by Dead Master, the girl wielding a large scythe and floating skulls around her. BRS this time is equipped with her own unique cannon and finally locates Dead Master in her castle. Looking at her, BRS raises her right hand, in a request for the girl inside Dead Master to leave with her. It wasn't that simple as it seems to be and a fight ensues. The famous blue flaming eye activates and BRS is up and ready. After finally clearing the two skulls with a concentrated shot and later transforming her cannon into a large blade, she follows Dead Master and after being able to break her scythe, BRS succumbs to her chains. Keeping in mind that she's here to rescue someone, she frees herself from the chain and advances towards Dead Master. Not wanting to be freed, the Dead Master nearly falls from an edge but BRS goes forward and hug her. It then seems like the emotions took over the Dead Master and the form leaves the girl, Yomi, behind in BRS's hands. After finally rescuing Yomi, BRS makes the break for it with Yomi in her arms and escapes from the collapsing castle.
Somethings i'm currently assuming is that the sequence in the BRS world happens AFTER Mato receives BRS's consciousness and the scene after the credits showing Yomi having returned and Yuu feeling jealous would be after BRS rescue Yomi from her world. So what i can conclude is that Yomi, after feeling neglected from Mato, feels that she doesn't belong anywhere and is swallowed by the Dead Master and with BRS's consciousness, Mato is able to save her. The previous "host" of BRS could have been killed in the first scenes where BRS is defeated and that could possibly be the reason for BRS looking for Mato to rescue Yomi or it could be just because they were close friends. A Yuu in the BRS world has incurred some possibilities that could possibly happen after the last scenes of the credits whereby whatever happened to her was similar to Yomi's case or it could perhaps be the one behind everything, planning everything to make Mato being close to her and neglecting Yomi and as a result, she would be engulfed by the Dead Master. There are just too many possibilities floating around and seeing that this is an OVA and an anime series isn't really confirmed, how it would end out to be would be clearly something unknown for now.
For the plus points, the animation was great. It did manage to retain the style of Black Rock Shooter as compared to the original art and the feel was there. Fighting scenes were unique and the fight sequences seems to be equally great as well. Music wise seems to be OK, would love to hear their OSTs but would've hoped that there was at least a small OP of BRS Miku vers. being played. The credit song by ryo too, was a rather nice song as well.
For the negative side, i think the main problem about this is the lack of story development. Considering that this is an OVA and there shldn't be much expectations on story development, it was still rather bland and things happened a little fast. Just a few seconds and minutes and one year had already past?! Mato crying over Yomi's disappearance could have a little more feel if they could show more on their friendship but 50 minutes is really limited. I personally had felt that the introduction of BRS into the storyline could mean something more rather than just jealousy in friendship which seems similar to The World God Only Knows where a "gap" in the heart is taken over by a devil, which in this case is the Dead Master.
Overall, i really was anticipating this OVA but was slightly disappointed on how it turned out to be, watching a 50 minute OVA with way too much split scenes is already confusing enough and with no proper connection between the worlds. Nonetheless, the animation quality has proved to be rather well done and hopefully, there will be a full anime series on BRS which then, could possibly fill in the loopholes in the OVA and also more on story development.
P.S. Mato's seiyuu is the same as Kanade from Angel Beats! if anyone is wondering :)
the wait is over! its finally here after months of waiting after the pilot edition was released. The original BRS animation makes its debut!
after hearing the BRS song being sang by Miku and subsequently getting to know more about BRS, the BRS OVA was finally confirmed. The pilot edition did bring out some of the highlights of the OVA and i am extremely happy now, that the wait's OVER!
The OVA had split scenes in and out throughout the entire 50 minutes, showing both the real world and the world Black Rock Shooter is in. It was honestly confusing, about when exactly are the two worlds occurring, they don't seem to be happening at the same time... I'll temporary leave the BRS world to the end for now.
The story begins where BRS is facing off with an enemy wielding a huge blade whilst our dear BRS is only holding on to her thin katana. Apparently, BRS was quickly overpowered by the enemy and falls in comparison of power after being stabbed cleanly with the huge blade. It then returns to the real world where we get to see the main protagonist, Kuroi Mato. She wakes up to a new school term, ties up her hair and before leaving for school, she goes off to her favourite place where she's able to see the whole town just by standing there. While staring at the beautiful scenery, Mato nearly missed the train to school and only nearly managed to catch it. Nearing the school gate, she spots another girl, the other main char, Takanashi Yomi alighting from the car and from then onwards, Mato hopes for a chance to talk to her, as though there's some special feeling Mato feels on her. Spotting an opportunity, Mato goes forward and starts a conversation with Yomi, talking about how she's tall and that she arrives in school from her parents' car. Mato then mispronounced Yomi's name as her written name isn't exactly how it's supposed to be pronounced as. As time passes by, Mato and Yomi become really close friends and when it was time to pick a club, Mato had chosen basketball as she was experienced and wanted to grow taller as well. Overseeing how well Mato is doing in the basketball team, she notices the volleyball team practicing as well and took interest in it, joining the club as a result. From then on, the duo were always able to see each other since both their clubs were practicing in the same location. After school, the duo decides to hang out together and while doing so, Mato buys a blue star handphone strap for Yomi after bringing her to her favourite location which she tells her that she'll definitely take good care of it. Time then flies by quickly with the the both of them excelling in their clubs, going to festivals together, hanging out and then the next school year arrives. After checking the new class arrangement, the duo are disappointed that they're both in different classes and can only meet after school and during breaks. During one of the club practices, Yomi sees Mato spraining her ankle and is taken care of by their manager, Yuu. At this point, Yomi already feels sour from not being there to help her. During one of the school breaks, Mato goes to find Yomi to chat and midway, Yuu cuts in to inform Mato about club activities and introduces herself to Yomi. One day after Yomi's club activity has ended, she sees Mato chatting happily with Yuu on the bench while waiting for her and feels a little down. Even on the way back, Yomi was segregated as the other two were chatting about basketball things which she has no idea. After Yuu leaves and Mato and Yomi are left with each other, Mato sees Yomi spacing out and asks her what was wrong and later apologises for talking about things that excluded her from their conversation. Yomi however said that it doesn't matter but that was only at the surface. The next day, Yomi was already jealous about how close both Yuu and Mato were after they got into different classes and while she was going to find Mato during one of the breaks, she sees Mato chatting happily with Yuu once again and this time, she leaves without cutting in to their conversation. Later that evening, Yomi didn't show up at the bench and after asking the volleyball team, Mato finds out that Yomi had left earlier that day due to urgent matters. Sensing something was wrong and feeling that it was her fault for neglecting Yomi, Mato sends Yomi a message and waited during the night but there was no response from her. Even in school, Yomi was nowhere to be seen and then Mato receives news that Yomi has went missing. Investigators called in for Mato in hope for more information since she was Yomi's closest friend but there wasn't really any important clues to aid the search. Yomi didn't turn up the following day as well and seeing how worried Mato was, Yuu comforts her, telling her to think positively and that she'll return soon. Later in the night, Mato receives an empty message from Yomi and thinking about a possible place Yomi could be, Mato leaves the house, grabs her bike and rides frantically to her favourite location. No one was there when she reached by after seeing something shiny on the ground, she picks up the handphone strap that she had previously bought for Yomi and after holding it close to her chest, a mysterious blue light engulfs her and she sees Black Rock Shooter in front of her. She asks Mato if she wants to save that girl but Mato corrects her, saying that she doesn't want to save her but wants to talk to her like always once again. Black Rock Shooter then let her consciousness enter Mato's and with that, Mato has now the ability to rescue Yomi. After Yomi's return, it seems that Yuu is the one feeling jealous now or could she be the main antagonist after all?
-END-
Leaving the real world aside, its now time to look into the world of BRS. Scenes from the both worlds were mixed with each other and the scenes in BRS generally consists of fighting sequences. After failed to save the first girl where she was stabbed through by her blade, BRS now returns to face another girl, who seems to have been possessed by Dead Master, the girl wielding a large scythe and floating skulls around her. BRS this time is equipped with her own unique cannon and finally locates Dead Master in her castle. Looking at her, BRS raises her right hand, in a request for the girl inside Dead Master to leave with her. It wasn't that simple as it seems to be and a fight ensues. The famous blue flaming eye activates and BRS is up and ready. After finally clearing the two skulls with a concentrated shot and later transforming her cannon into a large blade, she follows Dead Master and after being able to break her scythe, BRS succumbs to her chains. Keeping in mind that she's here to rescue someone, she frees herself from the chain and advances towards Dead Master. Not wanting to be freed, the Dead Master nearly falls from an edge but BRS goes forward and hug her. It then seems like the emotions took over the Dead Master and the form leaves the girl, Yomi, behind in BRS's hands. After finally rescuing Yomi, BRS makes the break for it with Yomi in her arms and escapes from the collapsing castle.
Somethings i'm currently assuming is that the sequence in the BRS world happens AFTER Mato receives BRS's consciousness and the scene after the credits showing Yomi having returned and Yuu feeling jealous would be after BRS rescue Yomi from her world. So what i can conclude is that Yomi, after feeling neglected from Mato, feels that she doesn't belong anywhere and is swallowed by the Dead Master and with BRS's consciousness, Mato is able to save her. The previous "host" of BRS could have been killed in the first scenes where BRS is defeated and that could possibly be the reason for BRS looking for Mato to rescue Yomi or it could be just because they were close friends. A Yuu in the BRS world has incurred some possibilities that could possibly happen after the last scenes of the credits whereby whatever happened to her was similar to Yomi's case or it could perhaps be the one behind everything, planning everything to make Mato being close to her and neglecting Yomi and as a result, she would be engulfed by the Dead Master. There are just too many possibilities floating around and seeing that this is an OVA and an anime series isn't really confirmed, how it would end out to be would be clearly something unknown for now.
For the plus points, the animation was great. It did manage to retain the style of Black Rock Shooter as compared to the original art and the feel was there. Fighting scenes were unique and the fight sequences seems to be equally great as well. Music wise seems to be OK, would love to hear their OSTs but would've hoped that there was at least a small OP of BRS Miku vers. being played. The credit song by ryo too, was a rather nice song as well.
For the negative side, i think the main problem about this is the lack of story development. Considering that this is an OVA and there shldn't be much expectations on story development, it was still rather bland and things happened a little fast. Just a few seconds and minutes and one year had already past?! Mato crying over Yomi's disappearance could have a little more feel if they could show more on their friendship but 50 minutes is really limited. I personally had felt that the introduction of BRS into the storyline could mean something more rather than just jealousy in friendship which seems similar to The World God Only Knows where a "gap" in the heart is taken over by a devil, which in this case is the Dead Master.
Overall, i really was anticipating this OVA but was slightly disappointed on how it turned out to be, watching a 50 minute OVA with way too much split scenes is already confusing enough and with no proper connection between the worlds. Nonetheless, the animation quality has proved to be rather well done and hopefully, there will be a full anime series on BRS which then, could possibly fill in the loopholes in the OVA and also more on story development.
P.S. Mato's seiyuu is the same as Kanade from Angel Beats! if anyone is wondering :)
Thursday, July 22, 2010
K-ON!! 16
we'd have to accept the fact that the Light Music Club is probably the best club you could join... just think of all the free time and snacks to eat... .__.
The girls were having their normal cup of tea and Azusa was given the last piece of cake since Sawa-chan won't be coming. Azusa then sees that Yui's hair had a sticker stuck upon and while helping her to remove it, Jun happens to drop by and stumbles upon them having their usual snacks. Next day during class, Jun approached Azusa and asks her to write down the activities the Light Music Club has for every session. Azusa did not dare to let Jun find out that they were having break times now and then to have snacks and wrote down as 'meetings' instead which Ui helped cover the truth for Azusa. Azusa was therefore determined to change and not to slack during club sessions but when she stepped into the music room, no one was there yet. Moving in, Azusa then finds a clump of hair sticking out from the piano and sees Mugi sleeping there. Mugi awakes, greets Azusa and suggests to her to come over to her as well with the warm sun. When asked for a reason, Mugi tells Azusa that she had planned to scare someone who comes in and after realising that her target was supposed to be Azusa, she tries desperately to scare her, but to no avail. Azusa feels wierd as it was her first time being alone with Mugi and when she takes out her guitar, Mugi was surprisingly close and asks her if it was hard to play the guitar. Azusa let Mugi try playing the guitar and after teaching her some chords, Mugi concluded that it was hard and continuous practice is definitely needed. After spending the next few minutes chatting, Azusa hears voices from the door and opens to discover Ritsu, Yui and Mio watching them from outside the room since it looked 'interesting' to see Azusa and Mugi together. Incidentally, the girls continued to have snacks and Mugi then takes out her newly composed song which would be used for the school festival. After class ended, Azusa was determined again to practice hard during club session and this time, she finds Mio changing her string for her bass alone in the music room. Azusa suggests that they practice but by the time Mio was ready, Ritsu came running to Mio to ask her for help on her home econs for sewing a skirt. Mio then agrees to help at Ritsu's home and packs up her bass and before Azusa could initiate a practice session, she ended up tagging along after Mio thought that she wasn't following. Mio quickly finished up the task which Ritsu treats them to her homemade meal afterwards and Ui wished that she could eat Ritsu's homemade meal too after Azusa told her and Jun the next day. For the third time, Azusa tried to be determined again and this time, she finds Yui alone in the music room. Moving close and finding a chance to start practicing, Yui suggests that they should clean Ton-chan's tank and by the time they had finished, both of them were already tired but with Azusa's calling, Yui asked Azusa on the reading of the notes of Mugi's new song. Seeing how enthusiastic Azusa was on practicing, Yui asks her for a reason which Azusa says that now, it was the real her but Yui doesn't think of it as important since she feels that everyone is everyone themselves and Azusa and Azusa, there isn't really a 'real' self kind of thing. With that, the next day in class, someone went to return the keychain that the others have bought for her during their class trip and it was known to have belonged to Azusa as Yui's fetish on stickers had caused her to stick on Azusa's keychain and writing her name on it. Azusa, who was trying to protect the 'real' Light Music Club from being found out, finally broke in her class. Apparently, the class was deciding for an event in the school festival and since they were doing a maid cafe, Azusa asks Jun if she was wearing cat ears which Jun doesn't understand and Azusa had thought that cat ears were an essential part of a maid. In the end, Jun could nearly see what exactly the Light Music Club was about after her comments.
much about Azusa interacting with each of her senpais in this episode and having such slack members, determination alone isn't going to cut. and poor Azusa have been 'learning' the wrong ways of the maid, most probably through their dear Sawa-chan... Jun's expression was exceptionally priceless after hearing from Azusa that maid comes with cat ears .__.
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 4
and it begins with Long, long time ago... once again...
Ryouko is seen to have disguised herself totally, wearing a cap, sunglasses and mask in order to buy a girls novel written by Yuki-sensei which she admires but feels embarassed for buying a girls novel and thus, had disguised herself. Otsuu was cleaning the front yard of the Otogi Bank and is watched by her admirers as usual. While returning to the Otogi Bank, Ryouko sees a baseball flying in the direction of Otsuu and tries to get her away but she wasn't going to reach her in time. Ryoushi then shoots the ball away using his catapult and which Otsuu later goes to Ryoushi and thanks him for saving her. Seeing how she's staring, Ryoushi's old habit had started again. Returning home, Ryoushi discovers a maid in his house and quickly closes the door, thinking that he must be seeing things but it was a fact. The next day in school, Ringo sees Ryoushi having some serious eyebags and asks him for a reason which he slowly explains. Having saved by Ryoushi, Otsuu wants to return the favour to him and had thus become his maid. Ryoushi wasn't exactly happy about it but Otsuu seems to be overworking herself to serve him and having to sleep in the same room as her, Ryoushi was unable to sleep at all and fears that he may die from sleep deprivation if the situation continues. Ringo tells Ryoushi that many boys would prefer to be in his situation but Ryoushi says that he prefers Ryouko instead and after seeing her blush, Ringo goes to Ryoushi and whispers to him, asking him if he would like to see Ryouko in a maid outfit which he nods. Ringo then decides that they'll go to Ryoushi's house after school and after enticing Ryouko with the two dogs that she was close with, Ryouko tags along. Having reached Ryoushi's apartment, he tells them about the person looking after him and the other tenants who was Yukime and she was the Yuki-sensei that Ryouko admires. Taking the chance, Ringo reveals to Ryoushi that Ryouko's a die hard fan of the girls novels that Yukime writes and is afraid to be seen reading it for which she attempts to hide them using separate book covers. Ryouko was unable to deny it and shouts out loudly that she's a fan of Yukime's novels which in the flat, Yukime hears it and invites them up. After having some chat, Ringo sees that the impression of Yuki-sensei is rather different from what she imagines to be. Otsuu then comes to serve tea which Ryoushi still feels uneasy and spills it, and was taken away by Otsuu. Yukime could then tell that Ryouko had some feelings toward Ryoushi and when she tries to deny it by saying that she prefers some strong person, Yukime corrects her that what she really wants is someone who could protect her, someone she could rely upon and someone who would love her with his mind and soul. She also tells Ryouko that Ryoushi is someone that fits the bill and that he changes when influenced by certain girls and since its Ryouko, there isn't going to be much problem. Yukime then asks Ryouko and Ringo to stay for dinner which they did and while serving them water, Otsuu faints due to her high fever and was brought away by Yukime to the hospital. Back in Otogi Bank, Ryouko is curious on the reason why Otsuu is willing to overwork herself to repay her favours but Liszt feels that whether to tell them or not, the choice does not lie with them. The Otogi Bank then decides to go visit Otsuu in Ryoushi's house and after seeing how Otsuu still wants to serve them in her current state, Yukime reprimands her and tells her that it would be a selfish decision to do so and asks her to continue to rest. Looking at the situation, Liszt decides that it would be best for the others to know the reason why Otsuu is so determined and tells everyone that during Otsuu's childhood, she had acquainted herself to a neighbour boy and once, while crossing a road, she was nearly banged down by a truck which the boy risks his life to save her. Otsuu vows to return the favour for saving her but before she could repay it, the boy dies from his injuries and the favour can never be repaid. Thus, in fear of not being able to repay a favour again, Otsuu is therefore determined to repay all her favours. Ringo then have an idea which they later carry out and Otsuu, this time, would be served by the Otogi Bank who are all dressed up as maids, even Liszt, Ryoushi and Tarou aren't left out. After serving her for the day, Otsuu thanks them and promises that she'll repay the favours eventually but Ringo tells her that the favours she needs to return is just too much and she'll never be able to repay them all. Even if she did, she would just continue adding more and more favours to pile up her debts. Ryouko adds on that she doesn't want the Otogi Bank system to work within the members since everyone are all companions. Otsuu was touched by them and apologises, telling everyone that they are all her dearest companions. Having solved a problem, Liszt then decides to hold a celebration in Ryoushi's small, compact room which Ryoushi fears of having sleep deprivation again.
having more character development and with more on Ryoushi and Ryouko's relationship, i could say, for now, that as compared to Toradora!, this is less entertaining... maybe due to the larger number of characters that the plot has to develop into and perhaps slowly move on to the actual relationship between Ryoushi and Ryouko. and for this episode, Otsuu's character developent was rather short, as compared to last week's Otohime but at least we get to see Majo out of her funky costume :D
we'd have to accept the fact that the Light Music Club is probably the best club you could join... just think of all the free time and snacks to eat... .__.
The girls were having their normal cup of tea and Azusa was given the last piece of cake since Sawa-chan won't be coming. Azusa then sees that Yui's hair had a sticker stuck upon and while helping her to remove it, Jun happens to drop by and stumbles upon them having their usual snacks. Next day during class, Jun approached Azusa and asks her to write down the activities the Light Music Club has for every session. Azusa did not dare to let Jun find out that they were having break times now and then to have snacks and wrote down as 'meetings' instead which Ui helped cover the truth for Azusa. Azusa was therefore determined to change and not to slack during club sessions but when she stepped into the music room, no one was there yet. Moving in, Azusa then finds a clump of hair sticking out from the piano and sees Mugi sleeping there. Mugi awakes, greets Azusa and suggests to her to come over to her as well with the warm sun. When asked for a reason, Mugi tells Azusa that she had planned to scare someone who comes in and after realising that her target was supposed to be Azusa, she tries desperately to scare her, but to no avail. Azusa feels wierd as it was her first time being alone with Mugi and when she takes out her guitar, Mugi was surprisingly close and asks her if it was hard to play the guitar. Azusa let Mugi try playing the guitar and after teaching her some chords, Mugi concluded that it was hard and continuous practice is definitely needed. After spending the next few minutes chatting, Azusa hears voices from the door and opens to discover Ritsu, Yui and Mio watching them from outside the room since it looked 'interesting' to see Azusa and Mugi together. Incidentally, the girls continued to have snacks and Mugi then takes out her newly composed song which would be used for the school festival. After class ended, Azusa was determined again to practice hard during club session and this time, she finds Mio changing her string for her bass alone in the music room. Azusa suggests that they practice but by the time Mio was ready, Ritsu came running to Mio to ask her for help on her home econs for sewing a skirt. Mio then agrees to help at Ritsu's home and packs up her bass and before Azusa could initiate a practice session, she ended up tagging along after Mio thought that she wasn't following. Mio quickly finished up the task which Ritsu treats them to her homemade meal afterwards and Ui wished that she could eat Ritsu's homemade meal too after Azusa told her and Jun the next day. For the third time, Azusa tried to be determined again and this time, she finds Yui alone in the music room. Moving close and finding a chance to start practicing, Yui suggests that they should clean Ton-chan's tank and by the time they had finished, both of them were already tired but with Azusa's calling, Yui asked Azusa on the reading of the notes of Mugi's new song. Seeing how enthusiastic Azusa was on practicing, Yui asks her for a reason which Azusa says that now, it was the real her but Yui doesn't think of it as important since she feels that everyone is everyone themselves and Azusa and Azusa, there isn't really a 'real' self kind of thing. With that, the next day in class, someone went to return the keychain that the others have bought for her during their class trip and it was known to have belonged to Azusa as Yui's fetish on stickers had caused her to stick on Azusa's keychain and writing her name on it. Azusa, who was trying to protect the 'real' Light Music Club from being found out, finally broke in her class. Apparently, the class was deciding for an event in the school festival and since they were doing a maid cafe, Azusa asks Jun if she was wearing cat ears which Jun doesn't understand and Azusa had thought that cat ears were an essential part of a maid. In the end, Jun could nearly see what exactly the Light Music Club was about after her comments.
much about Azusa interacting with each of her senpais in this episode and having such slack members, determination alone isn't going to cut. and poor Azusa have been 'learning' the wrong ways of the maid, most probably through their dear Sawa-chan... Jun's expression was exceptionally priceless after hearing from Azusa that maid comes with cat ears .__.
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 4
and it begins with Long, long time ago... once again...
Ryouko is seen to have disguised herself totally, wearing a cap, sunglasses and mask in order to buy a girls novel written by Yuki-sensei which she admires but feels embarassed for buying a girls novel and thus, had disguised herself. Otsuu was cleaning the front yard of the Otogi Bank and is watched by her admirers as usual. While returning to the Otogi Bank, Ryouko sees a baseball flying in the direction of Otsuu and tries to get her away but she wasn't going to reach her in time. Ryoushi then shoots the ball away using his catapult and which Otsuu later goes to Ryoushi and thanks him for saving her. Seeing how she's staring, Ryoushi's old habit had started again. Returning home, Ryoushi discovers a maid in his house and quickly closes the door, thinking that he must be seeing things but it was a fact. The next day in school, Ringo sees Ryoushi having some serious eyebags and asks him for a reason which he slowly explains. Having saved by Ryoushi, Otsuu wants to return the favour to him and had thus become his maid. Ryoushi wasn't exactly happy about it but Otsuu seems to be overworking herself to serve him and having to sleep in the same room as her, Ryoushi was unable to sleep at all and fears that he may die from sleep deprivation if the situation continues. Ringo tells Ryoushi that many boys would prefer to be in his situation but Ryoushi says that he prefers Ryouko instead and after seeing her blush, Ringo goes to Ryoushi and whispers to him, asking him if he would like to see Ryouko in a maid outfit which he nods. Ringo then decides that they'll go to Ryoushi's house after school and after enticing Ryouko with the two dogs that she was close with, Ryouko tags along. Having reached Ryoushi's apartment, he tells them about the person looking after him and the other tenants who was Yukime and she was the Yuki-sensei that Ryouko admires. Taking the chance, Ringo reveals to Ryoushi that Ryouko's a die hard fan of the girls novels that Yukime writes and is afraid to be seen reading it for which she attempts to hide them using separate book covers. Ryouko was unable to deny it and shouts out loudly that she's a fan of Yukime's novels which in the flat, Yukime hears it and invites them up. After having some chat, Ringo sees that the impression of Yuki-sensei is rather different from what she imagines to be. Otsuu then comes to serve tea which Ryoushi still feels uneasy and spills it, and was taken away by Otsuu. Yukime could then tell that Ryouko had some feelings toward Ryoushi and when she tries to deny it by saying that she prefers some strong person, Yukime corrects her that what she really wants is someone who could protect her, someone she could rely upon and someone who would love her with his mind and soul. She also tells Ryouko that Ryoushi is someone that fits the bill and that he changes when influenced by certain girls and since its Ryouko, there isn't going to be much problem. Yukime then asks Ryouko and Ringo to stay for dinner which they did and while serving them water, Otsuu faints due to her high fever and was brought away by Yukime to the hospital. Back in Otogi Bank, Ryouko is curious on the reason why Otsuu is willing to overwork herself to repay her favours but Liszt feels that whether to tell them or not, the choice does not lie with them. The Otogi Bank then decides to go visit Otsuu in Ryoushi's house and after seeing how Otsuu still wants to serve them in her current state, Yukime reprimands her and tells her that it would be a selfish decision to do so and asks her to continue to rest. Looking at the situation, Liszt decides that it would be best for the others to know the reason why Otsuu is so determined and tells everyone that during Otsuu's childhood, she had acquainted herself to a neighbour boy and once, while crossing a road, she was nearly banged down by a truck which the boy risks his life to save her. Otsuu vows to return the favour for saving her but before she could repay it, the boy dies from his injuries and the favour can never be repaid. Thus, in fear of not being able to repay a favour again, Otsuu is therefore determined to repay all her favours. Ringo then have an idea which they later carry out and Otsuu, this time, would be served by the Otogi Bank who are all dressed up as maids, even Liszt, Ryoushi and Tarou aren't left out. After serving her for the day, Otsuu thanks them and promises that she'll repay the favours eventually but Ringo tells her that the favours she needs to return is just too much and she'll never be able to repay them all. Even if she did, she would just continue adding more and more favours to pile up her debts. Ryouko adds on that she doesn't want the Otogi Bank system to work within the members since everyone are all companions. Otsuu was touched by them and apologises, telling everyone that they are all her dearest companions. Having solved a problem, Liszt then decides to hold a celebration in Ryoushi's small, compact room which Ryoushi fears of having sleep deprivation again.
having more character development and with more on Ryoushi and Ryouko's relationship, i could say, for now, that as compared to Toradora!, this is less entertaining... maybe due to the larger number of characters that the plot has to develop into and perhaps slowly move on to the actual relationship between Ryoushi and Ryouko. and for this episode, Otsuu's character developent was rather short, as compared to last week's Otohime but at least we get to see Majo out of her funky costume :D
Monday, July 19, 2010
Highschool of the Dead 3
more and more on story development and perhaps the antagonist of the series is revealed. and it was rather quick for the cast to escape from their school, so wouldn't it be wierd to call it high school of the dead anymore?
the group took their rest in the staff room and tuned in to the news where they witness the downfall of a news reporter and the others around before the camera got cut off. Back in the studio, the reporter urges everyone to stay indoors as its potentially dangerous outside. Seeing how bad the condition is all over the world, Rei only hopes that all was just a dream but was quickly rebuked by Saya who reminds her that it is an epidemic spreading outside and no one can hardly stop it from spreading as it spawns from the dead. It is generally different from other past worldwide epidemics where the virus dies off after losing hosts but this virus spreads AFTER a host die which in other words, it is almost impossible to stop. Shizuka-sensei however thinks that the zombies might decompose after a few days or months since the body's already dead but Saya thinks otherwise as its all just her assumption. Leaving all those thoughts aside, the group decided that leaving the school grounds would be the best option and rushes for the school gate where a school bus is parked. Running through the school grounds and striking down the zombies made the group discover other survivors and grouped up with them to leave together. However, just as the gate was right in front, the group would first have to get past a large group of isolated zombies. Saya tells the others that from experimenting, she concludes that the zombies can only hear and are unable to see. Saeko still have doubts over it and Takashi took the risk to prove Saya's theory. As the theory was proven to be true, Takashi lures the zombies away through flinging a shoe to the other end and signals the rest to quickly leave. One student, however, accidentally hit his weapon onto the metal railing, echoing the sound throughout the school and thus provoking the zombies. The group then rushed to the school bus but two of the members unfortunately fell prey to the zombies. Just as the rest had boarded the bus, Shidou-sensei came running with the other survivors and request Shizuka-sensei to wait for them. Rei however asks Takashi to leave them and tells him that he'll regret saving Shidou-sensei. Takashi however still waited for the survivors and Shizuka-sensei stomps onto the pedal and takes them all out of the school and into the city. However, midway through the journey, Shidou-sensei tells them that a leader is required to prevent a conflict and automatically picks himself to be the one without Takashi's group consent. Rei immediately leaves and Takashi follows her, asking her to hold on till they reach the city. Just then, a bus filled with zombies came crashing in Takashi and Rei's direction, skided and burst into flames. Saeko rushes out to try and find the duo but as the flames were too big for them to return to their side, Takashi tells Saeko that they'll meet at the East Police Station at 7pm and it might be the next day if they can't make it in the same day. With that, the bus explodes, completely separated into two groups and Takashi and Rei are now alone with each other. Leaving the scene, Takashi was ambushed by a zombie and lost his weapon. The intense strength of it was enough to cause him to succumb but Rei saved him in time and lifts him up, reminding him that he can, too, count on Rei and the duo hurries to their meeting place.
out of school and into the city! and Shidou-sensei is really a @!#!$ .___. how i wish he could like die off and become a zombie lol. He was the main reason why Rei and Takashi were split up from the rest and could possibly cause deaths of the the others since he's now the self-proclaimed "leader" of the group. even if it was Rei's personal grudge that caused the to be separated, i still don't like Shidou =/ ... it was a story development episode this time and a rather lot of zombie smashing again ...
more and more on story development and perhaps the antagonist of the series is revealed. and it was rather quick for the cast to escape from their school, so wouldn't it be wierd to call it high school of the dead anymore?
the group took their rest in the staff room and tuned in to the news where they witness the downfall of a news reporter and the others around before the camera got cut off. Back in the studio, the reporter urges everyone to stay indoors as its potentially dangerous outside. Seeing how bad the condition is all over the world, Rei only hopes that all was just a dream but was quickly rebuked by Saya who reminds her that it is an epidemic spreading outside and no one can hardly stop it from spreading as it spawns from the dead. It is generally different from other past worldwide epidemics where the virus dies off after losing hosts but this virus spreads AFTER a host die which in other words, it is almost impossible to stop. Shizuka-sensei however thinks that the zombies might decompose after a few days or months since the body's already dead but Saya thinks otherwise as its all just her assumption. Leaving all those thoughts aside, the group decided that leaving the school grounds would be the best option and rushes for the school gate where a school bus is parked. Running through the school grounds and striking down the zombies made the group discover other survivors and grouped up with them to leave together. However, just as the gate was right in front, the group would first have to get past a large group of isolated zombies. Saya tells the others that from experimenting, she concludes that the zombies can only hear and are unable to see. Saeko still have doubts over it and Takashi took the risk to prove Saya's theory. As the theory was proven to be true, Takashi lures the zombies away through flinging a shoe to the other end and signals the rest to quickly leave. One student, however, accidentally hit his weapon onto the metal railing, echoing the sound throughout the school and thus provoking the zombies. The group then rushed to the school bus but two of the members unfortunately fell prey to the zombies. Just as the rest had boarded the bus, Shidou-sensei came running with the other survivors and request Shizuka-sensei to wait for them. Rei however asks Takashi to leave them and tells him that he'll regret saving Shidou-sensei. Takashi however still waited for the survivors and Shizuka-sensei stomps onto the pedal and takes them all out of the school and into the city. However, midway through the journey, Shidou-sensei tells them that a leader is required to prevent a conflict and automatically picks himself to be the one without Takashi's group consent. Rei immediately leaves and Takashi follows her, asking her to hold on till they reach the city. Just then, a bus filled with zombies came crashing in Takashi and Rei's direction, skided and burst into flames. Saeko rushes out to try and find the duo but as the flames were too big for them to return to their side, Takashi tells Saeko that they'll meet at the East Police Station at 7pm and it might be the next day if they can't make it in the same day. With that, the bus explodes, completely separated into two groups and Takashi and Rei are now alone with each other. Leaving the scene, Takashi was ambushed by a zombie and lost his weapon. The intense strength of it was enough to cause him to succumb but Rei saved him in time and lifts him up, reminding him that he can, too, count on Rei and the duo hurries to their meeting place.
out of school and into the city! and Shidou-sensei is really a @!#!$ .___. how i wish he could like die off and become a zombie lol. He was the main reason why Rei and Takashi were split up from the rest and could possibly cause deaths of the the others since he's now the self-proclaimed "leader" of the group. even if it was Rei's personal grudge that caused the to be separated, i still don't like Shidou =/ ... it was a story development episode this time and a rather lot of zombie smashing again ...
Friday, July 16, 2010
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 3
more on Otohime's past is shown and that she was a fat girl in the past. Luckily enough, she met Tarou, who she daily chase after, and that meeting changed her life, including her own body. Meanwhile on the way to school, Ringo tells Ryoushi that she now has a bento that Ryouko has made and asks him to spin around 3 times and bark in order to get it... which he did and got hit from Ryouko. Just then, Tarou rushes forward and grabs on Ryouko's leg, asking her to save him and from afar, sparks are flying from both Otohime and another girl. Turns out that the other girl was Mimi and was also in the same elementary school with Otohime and Tarou. Earlier on when Tarou bumps into Mimi and later sees Otohime, she was shocked to see how much Otohime has changed but still called her by the nickname "turtle" as in the past. The duo then decides that they will settle their score in the Miss Otogi Academy Contest where if Otohime wins, Mimi will stop using the nickname "turtle". Back in Otogi Bank, Otohime becomes the cilent this time and requests that they help her to win the contest and of course, the normal fee of the request applies to her as well even though she's a member of the Otogi Bank. Having requested it, Ringo gives more in depth information about the contest where both Mimi and Otohime are equally competitive and every male student would only be entitled to one vote each. Ringo also tells about the history of the winners and also about a mysterious girl who appears just as Ringo finishes. Turns out that it was just Liszt crossdressing and his marvelous ability to do so allows him to gather information efficiently. No doubt his Otogi Bank's president. And so, the defaming mission begins for the Otogi Bank and Mimi as well, whom both parties have started spreading rumours about each other, resulting in them being recognised more, but in a bad way. Ryouko was also shocked to discover that she was entered into the contest as well. The defaming continues and Ringo, Otohime and Otsuu went to snatch votes from Mimi which later results in a bad-mouthing exercise and defames the both of them even further. The day of the contest is nearing and when Tarou sees Otohime dozing off he supports her and tells her not to work too hard for it. The Contest day finally arrives and it was a swimsuit extravaganza and Ryoushi was initally happy as he thought he would see Ryouko in a swimsuit but fanservice doesn't come easy. In the end, when the results of the top10 contestants were revealed, neither Mimi nor Otohime was in the top 10 position and while Mimi goes on a rampage on the students, Otohime was on the verge of tears when the contest had ended. Liszt then gives Otohime a voting slip and brings her to the scoreboard where she discovers that she had only gotten one vote while Mimi had none. Liszt tells her that they were not able to fully accomplish her request and took a different route to let her see how important one vote counts and Liszt suspect that Tarou's vote would be the most important to her. Otohime then throws herself into Tarou's arms and cries in happiness after Tarou telling her that she has already worked hard enough for him and she'll always be in his heart.
a sedimental episode i suppose... was quite surprised to see how much Otohime has changed and Tarou and Otohime are really bonded by fate eh =) it was amusing, too, to see how the rabbit (Mimi) fights the turtle (Otohime) and those scandalous remarks on each other... and the censorship with the character overlap of Ringo and Mimi's vulgar quarrel. it is a light-hearted series and storyline wise per episode seems to be going quite well too...
P.S. i just realised that Liszt had opened his eyes while crossdressing O.o
more on Otohime's past is shown and that she was a fat girl in the past. Luckily enough, she met Tarou, who she daily chase after, and that meeting changed her life, including her own body. Meanwhile on the way to school, Ringo tells Ryoushi that she now has a bento that Ryouko has made and asks him to spin around 3 times and bark in order to get it... which he did and got hit from Ryouko. Just then, Tarou rushes forward and grabs on Ryouko's leg, asking her to save him and from afar, sparks are flying from both Otohime and another girl. Turns out that the other girl was Mimi and was also in the same elementary school with Otohime and Tarou. Earlier on when Tarou bumps into Mimi and later sees Otohime, she was shocked to see how much Otohime has changed but still called her by the nickname "turtle" as in the past. The duo then decides that they will settle their score in the Miss Otogi Academy Contest where if Otohime wins, Mimi will stop using the nickname "turtle". Back in Otogi Bank, Otohime becomes the cilent this time and requests that they help her to win the contest and of course, the normal fee of the request applies to her as well even though she's a member of the Otogi Bank. Having requested it, Ringo gives more in depth information about the contest where both Mimi and Otohime are equally competitive and every male student would only be entitled to one vote each. Ringo also tells about the history of the winners and also about a mysterious girl who appears just as Ringo finishes. Turns out that it was just Liszt crossdressing and his marvelous ability to do so allows him to gather information efficiently. No doubt his Otogi Bank's president. And so, the defaming mission begins for the Otogi Bank and Mimi as well, whom both parties have started spreading rumours about each other, resulting in them being recognised more, but in a bad way. Ryouko was also shocked to discover that she was entered into the contest as well. The defaming continues and Ringo, Otohime and Otsuu went to snatch votes from Mimi which later results in a bad-mouthing exercise and defames the both of them even further. The day of the contest is nearing and when Tarou sees Otohime dozing off he supports her and tells her not to work too hard for it. The Contest day finally arrives and it was a swimsuit extravaganza and Ryoushi was initally happy as he thought he would see Ryouko in a swimsuit but fanservice doesn't come easy. In the end, when the results of the top10 contestants were revealed, neither Mimi nor Otohime was in the top 10 position and while Mimi goes on a rampage on the students, Otohime was on the verge of tears when the contest had ended. Liszt then gives Otohime a voting slip and brings her to the scoreboard where she discovers that she had only gotten one vote while Mimi had none. Liszt tells her that they were not able to fully accomplish her request and took a different route to let her see how important one vote counts and Liszt suspect that Tarou's vote would be the most important to her. Otohime then throws herself into Tarou's arms and cries in happiness after Tarou telling her that she has already worked hard enough for him and she'll always be in his heart.
a sedimental episode i suppose... was quite surprised to see how much Otohime has changed and Tarou and Otohime are really bonded by fate eh =) it was amusing, too, to see how the rabbit (Mimi) fights the turtle (Otohime) and those scandalous remarks on each other... and the censorship with the character overlap of Ringo and Mimi's vulgar quarrel. it is a light-hearted series and storyline wise per episode seems to be going quite well too...
P.S. i just realised that Liszt had opened his eyes while crossdressing O.o
K-ON!! 15
It is the end of school break and the girls are back to school, to prepare for the finals and the school festival as well. A highly enthusiastic Azusa was totally pumped up due to the school festival but the mood dampens when the school marathon comes first. Everyone wasn't anticipating the marathon at all and even though it was just 4-5km, Yui kept whining about why they have to run. Sawa-chan then told them that things could be more fun if they wore her costumes and run at the same time. This time, Mugi brought a wierd looking black jelly for the rest to try and it did tasted funny in Sawa-chan's mouth and it seems that Mugi had made it herself. Ui and Yui then went shopping after school and after browsing through a shoe shop, they see Sawa-chan and are given a ride home. During the ride, Sawa-chan explains that she was going through the entire marathon route and had bought some ingredients with her such as red beans and rice cakes where the students would be given after they finish their marathon. Passing by the marathon route, Sawa-chan tells them about how tempting the cake shops on either side of the road could "take down" some of the runners and also a uphill slope which would demoralise some of them. After reaching home, Ui is puzzled to see a rice cake but temporarily ignores it. Back in school the next day, Yui hopes that when tomorrow comes, it would rain and so as to cancel the marathon. Things didn't go well as weather report announces that it would be a sunny day tomorrow and in order to try her best, she hangs rain dolls upside down outside the house. It obviously didn't work and the marathon begins. Nodoka quickly leaves the girls behind and after Mio thought about how embarassing it would be if she was the last runner, she decides to pick up her pace and goes on ahead. Jun couldn't hold out running with Ui and Azusa and took a short break where Mio catches up with them. Jun was suddenly filled with energy after seeing Mio and ran together with her. Meanwhile, for almost every few metres, Yui would be distracted about the things around her, by cakes, new vending machine drinks and even dogs and Ritsu is surprised to see her attention span being so short. Mio waits for the others however and the girls continue to run. Reaching the uphill slope, Yui was the first to be "taken out" and Mio suggests that they sing while they run and switched to singing in your own head while you run when it was too exhausting for Yui. It didn't work quite well and it was then converted to think of something happy which Mugi backtracks to suggest that they sing and run again. Meanwhile, Mio suddenly had an inspiration for a sound and quickly registers it in her head as they continue running. Reaching the top of the slope, the girls realise that Yui was missing and Sawa-chan and Ui were notified. They were unable to find Yui at all until Ui thinks of a possible place and finally finds her in a grandma's house after she gave Yui a plaster when she fell. The girls were now last in the marathon and as Yui suddenly remembered the rice cake that Ui had discovered and each student is only given one, she then had a burst of energy to rush to the finishing line to get the rice cake. The others were no exception, just that Mio only wanted to not be the last and sprints forward as well. However, at the finishing line, Mio trips and rolls forward, creating a flashy end to the marathon and was totally embarassed about it. However, Sawa-chan wasn't notified that Yui has already been found and continues searching for her in the nearby forest.
what a marathon... singing while running isn't a really good strategy to keep yourself running at all but keeping the rthym in your own head is actually a good way to do it. and really, Yui's attention span is just too short .__. i really wonder how did she manage to get into high school at all... oh well, Mio's new song could debut in their school festival so i'll be looking forward to that :)
It is the end of school break and the girls are back to school, to prepare for the finals and the school festival as well. A highly enthusiastic Azusa was totally pumped up due to the school festival but the mood dampens when the school marathon comes first. Everyone wasn't anticipating the marathon at all and even though it was just 4-5km, Yui kept whining about why they have to run. Sawa-chan then told them that things could be more fun if they wore her costumes and run at the same time. This time, Mugi brought a wierd looking black jelly for the rest to try and it did tasted funny in Sawa-chan's mouth and it seems that Mugi had made it herself. Ui and Yui then went shopping after school and after browsing through a shoe shop, they see Sawa-chan and are given a ride home. During the ride, Sawa-chan explains that she was going through the entire marathon route and had bought some ingredients with her such as red beans and rice cakes where the students would be given after they finish their marathon. Passing by the marathon route, Sawa-chan tells them about how tempting the cake shops on either side of the road could "take down" some of the runners and also a uphill slope which would demoralise some of them. After reaching home, Ui is puzzled to see a rice cake but temporarily ignores it. Back in school the next day, Yui hopes that when tomorrow comes, it would rain and so as to cancel the marathon. Things didn't go well as weather report announces that it would be a sunny day tomorrow and in order to try her best, she hangs rain dolls upside down outside the house. It obviously didn't work and the marathon begins. Nodoka quickly leaves the girls behind and after Mio thought about how embarassing it would be if she was the last runner, she decides to pick up her pace and goes on ahead. Jun couldn't hold out running with Ui and Azusa and took a short break where Mio catches up with them. Jun was suddenly filled with energy after seeing Mio and ran together with her. Meanwhile, for almost every few metres, Yui would be distracted about the things around her, by cakes, new vending machine drinks and even dogs and Ritsu is surprised to see her attention span being so short. Mio waits for the others however and the girls continue to run. Reaching the uphill slope, Yui was the first to be "taken out" and Mio suggests that they sing while they run and switched to singing in your own head while you run when it was too exhausting for Yui. It didn't work quite well and it was then converted to think of something happy which Mugi backtracks to suggest that they sing and run again. Meanwhile, Mio suddenly had an inspiration for a sound and quickly registers it in her head as they continue running. Reaching the top of the slope, the girls realise that Yui was missing and Sawa-chan and Ui were notified. They were unable to find Yui at all until Ui thinks of a possible place and finally finds her in a grandma's house after she gave Yui a plaster when she fell. The girls were now last in the marathon and as Yui suddenly remembered the rice cake that Ui had discovered and each student is only given one, she then had a burst of energy to rush to the finishing line to get the rice cake. The others were no exception, just that Mio only wanted to not be the last and sprints forward as well. However, at the finishing line, Mio trips and rolls forward, creating a flashy end to the marathon and was totally embarassed about it. However, Sawa-chan wasn't notified that Yui has already been found and continues searching for her in the nearby forest.
what a marathon... singing while running isn't a really good strategy to keep yourself running at all but keeping the rthym in your own head is actually a good way to do it. and really, Yui's attention span is just too short .__. i really wonder how did she manage to get into high school at all... oh well, Mio's new song could debut in their school festival so i'll be looking forward to that :)
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
had the time to catch up with the other series before i go into work overload mode again =X
Mitsudomoe now begins to play with mucus in the 2nd episode @.@ ewww...... spinning your teacher and your arm around to lump the mucus together isn't cool at all ._. its still a good entertainment series although it kinda lacked humour in the 2nd episode as compared with the 1st. hopes epi 3 would go well...
Shiki's trailer was cool and mysterious, and an anticipated series for me... guess it didn't turn out as well as Angel Beats! did... the 1st episode was mysterious enough, but pace-wise, it was rather boring. The story revolves around a girl, Megumi who lives in the countryside and absolutely hates the village she lives in, due to her feeling that the village wasn't suited for her kind of trend. For her, she wants to leave the village as soon as possible with her grades and she too, has a crush on a teen in the village, Yuki. Things weren't as simple since Yuki doesn't like Megumi at all and ignores her when she attempts to start a conversation. The village is old with traditional houses, except a new European-styled house being built up in the hill. Megumi was interested in it and one day, she decided to take a look after hearing that a family had moved in. Megumi then didn't return home and when she was found lying on the ground, she had already suffered some huge blood loss and passes away the next day. So theres it, the "main" girl dies... in the 1st episode, and a cliffhanger as well. Since the title of the series is Shiki (Corpse Demon), she'll most probably be the demon that kills? and questions are popping out already from the 1st episode, wad's with the European-building and the family that lives inside, whom Megumi had met and then passed on... will see how the series goes but the 1st episode wasn't really enticing at all.
High School of the Dead 2
In the hectic situation, Saya was now stuck with a plump dude, Kouta. Kouta suggests that they go to find the other teachers but Saya showed him the consequence of the students thinking the same thing as Kouta. The duo now attempts to make their way out to safety and meanwhile, Takashi and Rei are still staying at the rooftop and Rei tries to contact her father again, who is a policeman. As the emergency hotline is overloaded, Rei decides to call a private number and successfully contacted her father. Her father however was unable to recognise Rei's voice but tells her to get to somewhere safe as the whole city is now in chaos. In the school infirmary, another student had turned into a zombie after being attacked and the teacher there now confirms that those who are bitten once will turn into zombies. The student with the teacher, Shizuka-sensei, requested for her to leave quickly but they were soon surrounded by zombies, only to be saved by Saeko, a student with a wooden sword. She later helps to end the life of the student who was bitten after protecting Shizuka-sensei, who requested to be killed while he was still himself. Saya and Kouta then went to lock themselves up in a room but the zombies found them pretty soon but Kouta had already built a nail gun rifle from the parts that Saya had grouped together and successfully fend off the incoming zombies. At the same time, Takagi and Rei decides to use a water hose to drive away the zombies and with the high pressured water, the zombies stand no chance and the duo rushes forward and take down those in front of them. In the hallway, Saya throws a drenched cloth at a zombie and then at a wall, testing the zombie's abilities and senses. It turns out that the zombies' senses are already dead and relies on sound to find their prey. Soon after, Saya and Kouta were cornered and the nail gun rifle had already run out of ammo. A zombie closed in on Saya and while she screamed at it to go away, she reaches for a nearby tool to protect herself. Takagi, Rei, Saeko and Shizuka-sensei then came running towards Saya's location after hearing her scream, only to see her hands holding tightly to a electric drill. The rest quickly defeats the remaining zombies and introduces themselves to each other as they're most likely going to be working together from then onwards. Saya finally couldn't hold in much longer and breaks down on Saeko after seeing how the world around her has become.
couldn't really see the drill coming towards the zombie, bet it was too gruesome to be shown... and now the survivors should be all grouped up and probably fighting their way out of the school soon. Didn't expect Kouta to be experienced in guns and stuff, his nail gun mod ver. really did helped out. with the whole city in the same situation as the school, it would be interesting to see how the plot develops and how it ends. it wouldn't be just massacring zombies now and then... its getting rather normal to see them being killed off ._.
Mitsudomoe now begins to play with mucus in the 2nd episode @.@ ewww...... spinning your teacher and your arm around to lump the mucus together isn't cool at all ._. its still a good entertainment series although it kinda lacked humour in the 2nd episode as compared with the 1st. hopes epi 3 would go well...
Shiki's trailer was cool and mysterious, and an anticipated series for me... guess it didn't turn out as well as Angel Beats! did... the 1st episode was mysterious enough, but pace-wise, it was rather boring. The story revolves around a girl, Megumi who lives in the countryside and absolutely hates the village she lives in, due to her feeling that the village wasn't suited for her kind of trend. For her, she wants to leave the village as soon as possible with her grades and she too, has a crush on a teen in the village, Yuki. Things weren't as simple since Yuki doesn't like Megumi at all and ignores her when she attempts to start a conversation. The village is old with traditional houses, except a new European-styled house being built up in the hill. Megumi was interested in it and one day, she decided to take a look after hearing that a family had moved in. Megumi then didn't return home and when she was found lying on the ground, she had already suffered some huge blood loss and passes away the next day. So theres it, the "main" girl dies... in the 1st episode, and a cliffhanger as well. Since the title of the series is Shiki (Corpse Demon), she'll most probably be the demon that kills? and questions are popping out already from the 1st episode, wad's with the European-building and the family that lives inside, whom Megumi had met and then passed on... will see how the series goes but the 1st episode wasn't really enticing at all.
High School of the Dead 2
In the hectic situation, Saya was now stuck with a plump dude, Kouta. Kouta suggests that they go to find the other teachers but Saya showed him the consequence of the students thinking the same thing as Kouta. The duo now attempts to make their way out to safety and meanwhile, Takashi and Rei are still staying at the rooftop and Rei tries to contact her father again, who is a policeman. As the emergency hotline is overloaded, Rei decides to call a private number and successfully contacted her father. Her father however was unable to recognise Rei's voice but tells her to get to somewhere safe as the whole city is now in chaos. In the school infirmary, another student had turned into a zombie after being attacked and the teacher there now confirms that those who are bitten once will turn into zombies. The student with the teacher, Shizuka-sensei, requested for her to leave quickly but they were soon surrounded by zombies, only to be saved by Saeko, a student with a wooden sword. She later helps to end the life of the student who was bitten after protecting Shizuka-sensei, who requested to be killed while he was still himself. Saya and Kouta then went to lock themselves up in a room but the zombies found them pretty soon but Kouta had already built a nail gun rifle from the parts that Saya had grouped together and successfully fend off the incoming zombies. At the same time, Takagi and Rei decides to use a water hose to drive away the zombies and with the high pressured water, the zombies stand no chance and the duo rushes forward and take down those in front of them. In the hallway, Saya throws a drenched cloth at a zombie and then at a wall, testing the zombie's abilities and senses. It turns out that the zombies' senses are already dead and relies on sound to find their prey. Soon after, Saya and Kouta were cornered and the nail gun rifle had already run out of ammo. A zombie closed in on Saya and while she screamed at it to go away, she reaches for a nearby tool to protect herself. Takagi, Rei, Saeko and Shizuka-sensei then came running towards Saya's location after hearing her scream, only to see her hands holding tightly to a electric drill. The rest quickly defeats the remaining zombies and introduces themselves to each other as they're most likely going to be working together from then onwards. Saya finally couldn't hold in much longer and breaks down on Saeko after seeing how the world around her has become.
couldn't really see the drill coming towards the zombie, bet it was too gruesome to be shown... and now the survivors should be all grouped up and probably fighting their way out of the school soon. Didn't expect Kouta to be experienced in guns and stuff, his nail gun mod ver. really did helped out. with the whole city in the same situation as the school, it would be interesting to see how the plot develops and how it ends. it wouldn't be just massacring zombies now and then... its getting rather normal to see them being killed off ._.
Saturday, July 10, 2010
Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi 2
for Ryoushi, who had overcame the fear of being looked at by the people in Otogi Bank, was however, still having the same habit in front of the others. Incidentally, when not being stared at, he is actually quite a skilled hunter, which was shown in the episode.
Unfortunately for Ryoushi, Ryouko still does not see him as a potential target for a relationship but still accepts him as being her shield which was at least better than nothing. Ringo and Ryoushi went home together and on the way, Ringo asks Ryoushi the reasons for him falling for Ryouko. Ryoushi told her the exact same thing as he told Ryouko, that she was cool and strong but Ringo knows that those were attributes that do not compliment girls at all. Ryoushi however added on that he thinks of Ryouko as a different personality as her outer strong self and that she seems to be a totally opposite person on the inside. Late in the night, Ryouko spots two cute dogs waiting outside of a shop and looking around to see if there was anyone she knew, she went forward and patted them after making sure there wasn't anyone. However, the two dogs belonged to Ryoushi and he was the one who had spotted Ryouko patting them and the duo seems to like Ryouko alot. Back in the dorms, Ringo tells Ryouko that Ryoushi is actually quite sharp to have noticed that Ryouko does seem to be two different self in one body. Ignoring Ringo's comments, Ryouko goes off to sleep first to rest for the next day. A new cilent had came to the Otogi Bank, requesting to look for Ryouko which she tells her that she has a very violent boyfriend and she hopes that Ryouko would be able to free her from his clutches. Ryouko accepts the requests and goes off to the meeting point with Ryoushi. The duo were however ambushed by the cilent's boyfriend and were outnumbered by his subordinates. Ryoushi tries to protect Ryouko and takes a heavy blow to the head, resulting in him being powerless as Ryouko was captured and taken away. As the other members of the Otogi Bank became worried about them after quite some time had passed, an injured Ryoushi returns to explain the situation. In the enemy's territory, Ryouko herself actually hopes that she can depend on someone one day and with that in mind, her cellphone rings and the boss picks it up. Ryoushi was on the line and warns them about their danger and fires projectiles from the shadows after equipping a catapult to his left arm. As a trained hunter, Ryoushi's aiming were exceptionally accurate and had taken out most of the other enemies and the whole of Otogi Bank came down to assist as well. It turns out that the two dogs had followed Ryouko's scent to her location and Ryouko's Neko Knuckles are now being upgraded to Neko Taser Knuckles that emit electricity upon contact. Teaming up with Ryoushi, Ryouko defeats the boss but he wasn't totally knocked out and manages to remove the Neko Knuckles from Ryouko and binding her. Ryoushi steps forward and faces off with him one-on-one and defeats him in the end before he himself succumb to the injuries that he had been dealt by the boss. Back in the Otogi Bank, Ryoushi's old habit seemed to have worked up again and feels all uneasy after Ryouko stared at him. Turns out it might take a long time before he can discard it.
near the end, there was like some kind of mastermind behind the planning of the plots to "defeat" the Otogi Bank? hopefully this series isn't going too far into the mastermind thing though, would prefer if they remain as a love comedy kind of series... Ryoushi did looked quite cool with him helping Ryouko from behind the shadows and him facing off with the boss was cool as well, seems like love can overcome his phobia... heh... and i'm now loving the Neko Knuckles even more :D imprinting injury!
for Ryoushi, who had overcame the fear of being looked at by the people in Otogi Bank, was however, still having the same habit in front of the others. Incidentally, when not being stared at, he is actually quite a skilled hunter, which was shown in the episode.
Unfortunately for Ryoushi, Ryouko still does not see him as a potential target for a relationship but still accepts him as being her shield which was at least better than nothing. Ringo and Ryoushi went home together and on the way, Ringo asks Ryoushi the reasons for him falling for Ryouko. Ryoushi told her the exact same thing as he told Ryouko, that she was cool and strong but Ringo knows that those were attributes that do not compliment girls at all. Ryoushi however added on that he thinks of Ryouko as a different personality as her outer strong self and that she seems to be a totally opposite person on the inside. Late in the night, Ryouko spots two cute dogs waiting outside of a shop and looking around to see if there was anyone she knew, she went forward and patted them after making sure there wasn't anyone. However, the two dogs belonged to Ryoushi and he was the one who had spotted Ryouko patting them and the duo seems to like Ryouko alot. Back in the dorms, Ringo tells Ryouko that Ryoushi is actually quite sharp to have noticed that Ryouko does seem to be two different self in one body. Ignoring Ringo's comments, Ryouko goes off to sleep first to rest for the next day. A new cilent had came to the Otogi Bank, requesting to look for Ryouko which she tells her that she has a very violent boyfriend and she hopes that Ryouko would be able to free her from his clutches. Ryouko accepts the requests and goes off to the meeting point with Ryoushi. The duo were however ambushed by the cilent's boyfriend and were outnumbered by his subordinates. Ryoushi tries to protect Ryouko and takes a heavy blow to the head, resulting in him being powerless as Ryouko was captured and taken away. As the other members of the Otogi Bank became worried about them after quite some time had passed, an injured Ryoushi returns to explain the situation. In the enemy's territory, Ryouko herself actually hopes that she can depend on someone one day and with that in mind, her cellphone rings and the boss picks it up. Ryoushi was on the line and warns them about their danger and fires projectiles from the shadows after equipping a catapult to his left arm. As a trained hunter, Ryoushi's aiming were exceptionally accurate and had taken out most of the other enemies and the whole of Otogi Bank came down to assist as well. It turns out that the two dogs had followed Ryouko's scent to her location and Ryouko's Neko Knuckles are now being upgraded to Neko Taser Knuckles that emit electricity upon contact. Teaming up with Ryoushi, Ryouko defeats the boss but he wasn't totally knocked out and manages to remove the Neko Knuckles from Ryouko and binding her. Ryoushi steps forward and faces off with him one-on-one and defeats him in the end before he himself succumb to the injuries that he had been dealt by the boss. Back in the Otogi Bank, Ryoushi's old habit seemed to have worked up again and feels all uneasy after Ryouko stared at him. Turns out it might take a long time before he can discard it.
near the end, there was like some kind of mastermind behind the planning of the plots to "defeat" the Otogi Bank? hopefully this series isn't going too far into the mastermind thing though, would prefer if they remain as a love comedy kind of series... Ryoushi did looked quite cool with him helping Ryouko from behind the shadows and him facing off with the boss was cool as well, seems like love can overcome his phobia... heh... and i'm now loving the Neko Knuckles even more :D imprinting injury!
Thursday, July 8, 2010
with Cosfest being over, it is time to start on some new series
having mostly watched the 1st episodes of them, i've narrowed my viewing to the following series: (for now)
Mitsudomoe
High School of the Dead
Seitokai Yakuindomo
and of cos: Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
leaving High School of the Dead aside (for blogging afterwards), Mitsudomoe and Seitokai Yakuindomo doesn't really have a main storyline.
Mitsudomoe revolves around a new teacher in primary school and there are three problem sisters in his class, each with different personality and he's having a hard time keeping them under control. nothing much really adds on to the storyline and build-up but for its hilarious side, its quite good i would say. although the hilarious level still has not match up to Baka to Test, it is a series that one can try for its laughter and just for a slice-of-life.
Similarly, another slice-of-life series to keep me entertained while i'm bored would be Seitokai Yakuindomo. Watching it for the first time made me constantly think about Seitokai no Ichizon, which is somewhat similar to this series:
Having a student council: Checked!
Having a single guy in the student council: Checked!
Harem-styled: Checked!
perhaps the most significance difference would be that the male protagonist isn't the one aiming for a harem.
short scenes + small laughs + how the girls act with guys around (their school was previously a girls school = not having interacted with a guy for quite some time...) somehow trapped me into watching this just for killing time, whether or not i'll continue watching this till the end would be still under a pending decision... *but its hard to ignore this if there's Mio and Ritsu's seiyuu here =="*
High School of the Dead
this series ain't suitable for all, there's not only violence and gore but another contributing factor as seen from the OP (it should be quite obvious...)
The main protagonist and his classmates are being chased my mindless zombies who are after their lives and the only way to kill them was to crush their skulls, totally. He then wonders what exactly has happened to the world around him which was previously at peace hours ago...
The main protagonist, Takashi, was alone at a corner of the school, pondering about the girl that he liked, Rei, who had once told him that they'll get married someday but that has already seemed impossible as Takashi didn't really returned her feelings towards him, resulting in Rei leaving him and is now close to Takashi's best friend, Hisashi. Saya happens to pass by and is disappointed to see Takashi still hiding alone when he's feeling down. Just then, Takashi suddenly sees a suspicious-looking man coming up to the school gate and rattling it, until the teachers started to approach him. One of the male teachers grabbed the man and slammed him onto the gate and tried to turn him away but the man suddenly bites the teacher's arm with immense strength that a huge wound was inflicted on the teacher and he then dies due to blood loss. The other teachers were totally shocked to see what had happened but started to feel relieved when the injured teacher stood up but they got bitten and subsequently killed by him. Witnessing the murders, Takashi runs back into the class where Rei and Hisashi are in, grabs Rei by the arm and tells her to leave with him now. Rei initially thought that Takashi was trying to be funny and refuses to leave with him, but after Takashi's slap, she sees that he's serious about it. Taking Rei and Hisashi out of the class, he tells the both of them what he had seen at the school gate and is now trying to get them to safety. Hisashi then breaks a mop to obtain a pointed weapon just in case what Takashi said was true. Meanwhile, a broadcast was delivered through the school, warning the students of a "fight" going on and that everyone should evacuate. Everyone doesn't seem to be affected by the announcement until the broadcaster started to scream into the mite and when it when dead, the students started to panic and pushed each other while trying to escape, resulting in multiple casualties. Seeing how chaotic the situation has become, Takashi leads Rei and Hisashi to the rooftop where they'll try and get help and on the way, they encounter another teacher who was supposed to be dead and when he attempted to attack Rei, she stabs him with her weapon through the heart but it wasn't enough to stop him. Hisashi rushes forward and retrains the teacher but its overwhelming strength was too much for Hisashi to stop and his arm was bitten by the teacher. Seeing Hisashi in pain, Rei attempts to free him but to no avail, she then turns to Takashi for help which he smashes the skull of the teacher with his bat, and thus ending the whole facade. At the rooftop, the trio was shocked to see what has happened to the city, emergency lines were flooded, there were smoke everywhere and those who are killed by the unknown people are revived as one of them. The students of the school are all getting killed one by one, creating a large number of "zombies" which is what the trio decide to classify them as for now. Having blocked the stairs, the trio took a rest but Hisashi started to vomit blood and told Takashi then he's time was up the moment the teacher bit him and it did not need an individual to die to become one of them. Hisashi tells Takashi to throw him off the building to kill him while he's still human but Takashi was unable to do it. Rei tries to protect Hisashi but it was already too late and he had became one of "them". Having no choice, Takashi strikes his best friend down, causing Rei to be in a stage of shock for a moment and says that Takashi had already wanted to kill Hisashi as he hated him for being Rei's partner. Takashi sees that any explanation would be futile and decides to leave alone to fend off the zombies but that woke Rei up and she pulled on to Takashi, telling him not to leave her alone and that they would stay together from now on.
It is, a rather gory show, with all the students getting killed and zombies being skull-smashed. i have not read the manga so i do not know what's gonna happen next, but storyline wise, it does seem interesting. Having that amount of zombies around, Takashi and Rei would have to fight their way out if they could but there would be still zombies around in the city, so literally, they are not safe anywhere they go? Judging from the OP, the duo aren't the sole survivors and would probably team up with them to fight the zombies... L4D? O.o
K-ON!! 14
Ritsu was apparently bored out of studying and decides to ask Mio out to hang out with her. Mio was however studying and turned down the offer. With Yui studying with Nodoka, Ritsu now have no one to hang out with... until she saw Mugi. Off she goes to tail Mugi, planning to surprise her in the end but when she thought she had lost sight of her, Mugi jumps out and became the one to surprise Ritsu and coincidentally, they both have the same idea. Ritsu then asks Mugi if she had spare time to hang out with her and after a short call, Mugi turns back and tells Ritsu that she's absolutely free right no. Meanwhile, Yui fell asleep while studying and had dreamed of "eating" Mugi's pickles eyebrows and as Mugi starts to melt due to the lack of eyebrows, she was rescued by having protractors as temporary substitutes for her eyebrows ._. Meanwhile, Ritsu brings Mugi to an arcade where Mugi gets all excited with the games that she had never seen before and the duo had much fun there, toying with snapshots of the both of them and winning a plush toy from the UFO machine. Yui then wanted have a taste of the cake Nodoka was eating and offered to exchange a small bite. Nodoka then reaches out and takes the strawberry on Yui's slice of cake, causing her to space out after seeing what Nodoka had done. Going back to Ritsu and Mugi, they were now at a candy store where Mugi is fascinated on how cheap the things were and was having fun learning how to eat various snacks from Ritsu. Azusa was totally not amused by Yui calling her and telling her how wierd it was for Nodoka to have taken the strawberry first and that it was the heart and soul of the cake... ==" Azusa's face was priceless, guess its hard to have a senpai calling you now and then, talking about the most unique things, ever. Mugi then requested Ritsu to hit her as she sees that Ritsu and Mio get along so well together with Mio hitting Ritsu most of the time and she wanted to try that too. Ritsu, however, was unable to do it and tells Mugi that most of the time, it was cause she was acting all stupid that she'll get hit by Mio and somehow, Mugi took it to heart and tried to be as stupid as possible. The next day was Summer Class and everyone were in their home clothes, except Mio who was in uniform. Mugi then arrived, wearing a dress and had intentionally forget to remove her dress tag which Mio found out. Ritsu then discovers what Mugi was planning to do and tried to give her opportunities to get hit by Mio but to no avail. Back in the music room, over the dispute of who getting to eat the slices of cake, Mugi accidentally won a game and avoided getting a hit once again. Not giving up, she snatches Mio's slice of cake's strawberry and eats it. Mio initially spaces out but starts to tear after realising what had happened. Mugi apologises and when she told Mio what she was intending to do, Mio was still unable to hit her at all. Mugi later leaves with Ritsu and thanks for everything that she has done and tells her that it would be great if she was a guy. Ritsu doesn't really understand what Mugi meant and out of embarrassment, she finally hits Mugi. Later that night, she calls Mio, telling her about her "hanging out" with Mugi and Mio, this time, was surprisingly angry at Ritsu for not calling her out to join then and Mugi was happy as she had finally accomplished her goal.
so the whole episode was about Mugi trying to get hit... and there's finally like an episode being focused on the rich girl who doesn't really know much about the normal world. i seriously went ._. after seeing the protractor eyebrows... K-ON!! has somehow turned into a more watch-for-entertainment kind of series, would've preferred these kind of series to not last so long as there isn't much storyline development and it doesn't have multiple switch scenes like other slice-of-life series... ain't really all hyped up on this series but nonetheless, their new ED is great as usual :)
having mostly watched the 1st episodes of them, i've narrowed my viewing to the following series: (for now)
Mitsudomoe
High School of the Dead
Seitokai Yakuindomo
and of cos: Ookami-san to Shichinin no Nakamatachi
leaving High School of the Dead aside (for blogging afterwards), Mitsudomoe and Seitokai Yakuindomo doesn't really have a main storyline.
Mitsudomoe revolves around a new teacher in primary school and there are three problem sisters in his class, each with different personality and he's having a hard time keeping them under control. nothing much really adds on to the storyline and build-up but for its hilarious side, its quite good i would say. although the hilarious level still has not match up to Baka to Test, it is a series that one can try for its laughter and just for a slice-of-life.
Similarly, another slice-of-life series to keep me entertained while i'm bored would be Seitokai Yakuindomo. Watching it for the first time made me constantly think about Seitokai no Ichizon, which is somewhat similar to this series:
Having a student council: Checked!
Having a single guy in the student council: Checked!
Harem-styled: Checked!
perhaps the most significance difference would be that the male protagonist isn't the one aiming for a harem.
short scenes + small laughs + how the girls act with guys around (their school was previously a girls school = not having interacted with a guy for quite some time...) somehow trapped me into watching this just for killing time, whether or not i'll continue watching this till the end would be still under a pending decision... *but its hard to ignore this if there's Mio and Ritsu's seiyuu here =="*
High School of the Dead
this series ain't suitable for all, there's not only violence and gore but another contributing factor as seen from the OP (it should be quite obvious...)
The main protagonist and his classmates are being chased my mindless zombies who are after their lives and the only way to kill them was to crush their skulls, totally. He then wonders what exactly has happened to the world around him which was previously at peace hours ago...
The main protagonist, Takashi, was alone at a corner of the school, pondering about the girl that he liked, Rei, who had once told him that they'll get married someday but that has already seemed impossible as Takashi didn't really returned her feelings towards him, resulting in Rei leaving him and is now close to Takashi's best friend, Hisashi. Saya happens to pass by and is disappointed to see Takashi still hiding alone when he's feeling down. Just then, Takashi suddenly sees a suspicious-looking man coming up to the school gate and rattling it, until the teachers started to approach him. One of the male teachers grabbed the man and slammed him onto the gate and tried to turn him away but the man suddenly bites the teacher's arm with immense strength that a huge wound was inflicted on the teacher and he then dies due to blood loss. The other teachers were totally shocked to see what had happened but started to feel relieved when the injured teacher stood up but they got bitten and subsequently killed by him. Witnessing the murders, Takashi runs back into the class where Rei and Hisashi are in, grabs Rei by the arm and tells her to leave with him now. Rei initially thought that Takashi was trying to be funny and refuses to leave with him, but after Takashi's slap, she sees that he's serious about it. Taking Rei and Hisashi out of the class, he tells the both of them what he had seen at the school gate and is now trying to get them to safety. Hisashi then breaks a mop to obtain a pointed weapon just in case what Takashi said was true. Meanwhile, a broadcast was delivered through the school, warning the students of a "fight" going on and that everyone should evacuate. Everyone doesn't seem to be affected by the announcement until the broadcaster started to scream into the mite and when it when dead, the students started to panic and pushed each other while trying to escape, resulting in multiple casualties. Seeing how chaotic the situation has become, Takashi leads Rei and Hisashi to the rooftop where they'll try and get help and on the way, they encounter another teacher who was supposed to be dead and when he attempted to attack Rei, she stabs him with her weapon through the heart but it wasn't enough to stop him. Hisashi rushes forward and retrains the teacher but its overwhelming strength was too much for Hisashi to stop and his arm was bitten by the teacher. Seeing Hisashi in pain, Rei attempts to free him but to no avail, she then turns to Takashi for help which he smashes the skull of the teacher with his bat, and thus ending the whole facade. At the rooftop, the trio was shocked to see what has happened to the city, emergency lines were flooded, there were smoke everywhere and those who are killed by the unknown people are revived as one of them. The students of the school are all getting killed one by one, creating a large number of "zombies" which is what the trio decide to classify them as for now. Having blocked the stairs, the trio took a rest but Hisashi started to vomit blood and told Takashi then he's time was up the moment the teacher bit him and it did not need an individual to die to become one of them. Hisashi tells Takashi to throw him off the building to kill him while he's still human but Takashi was unable to do it. Rei tries to protect Hisashi but it was already too late and he had became one of "them". Having no choice, Takashi strikes his best friend down, causing Rei to be in a stage of shock for a moment and says that Takashi had already wanted to kill Hisashi as he hated him for being Rei's partner. Takashi sees that any explanation would be futile and decides to leave alone to fend off the zombies but that woke Rei up and she pulled on to Takashi, telling him not to leave her alone and that they would stay together from now on.
It is, a rather gory show, with all the students getting killed and zombies being skull-smashed. i have not read the manga so i do not know what's gonna happen next, but storyline wise, it does seem interesting. Having that amount of zombies around, Takashi and Rei would have to fight their way out if they could but there would be still zombies around in the city, so literally, they are not safe anywhere they go? Judging from the OP, the duo aren't the sole survivors and would probably team up with them to fight the zombies... L4D? O.o
K-ON!! 14
Ritsu was apparently bored out of studying and decides to ask Mio out to hang out with her. Mio was however studying and turned down the offer. With Yui studying with Nodoka, Ritsu now have no one to hang out with... until she saw Mugi. Off she goes to tail Mugi, planning to surprise her in the end but when she thought she had lost sight of her, Mugi jumps out and became the one to surprise Ritsu and coincidentally, they both have the same idea. Ritsu then asks Mugi if she had spare time to hang out with her and after a short call, Mugi turns back and tells Ritsu that she's absolutely free right no. Meanwhile, Yui fell asleep while studying and had dreamed of "eating" Mugi's pickles eyebrows and as Mugi starts to melt due to the lack of eyebrows, she was rescued by having protractors as temporary substitutes for her eyebrows ._. Meanwhile, Ritsu brings Mugi to an arcade where Mugi gets all excited with the games that she had never seen before and the duo had much fun there, toying with snapshots of the both of them and winning a plush toy from the UFO machine. Yui then wanted have a taste of the cake Nodoka was eating and offered to exchange a small bite. Nodoka then reaches out and takes the strawberry on Yui's slice of cake, causing her to space out after seeing what Nodoka had done. Going back to Ritsu and Mugi, they were now at a candy store where Mugi is fascinated on how cheap the things were and was having fun learning how to eat various snacks from Ritsu. Azusa was totally not amused by Yui calling her and telling her how wierd it was for Nodoka to have taken the strawberry first and that it was the heart and soul of the cake... ==" Azusa's face was priceless, guess its hard to have a senpai calling you now and then, talking about the most unique things, ever. Mugi then requested Ritsu to hit her as she sees that Ritsu and Mio get along so well together with Mio hitting Ritsu most of the time and she wanted to try that too. Ritsu, however, was unable to do it and tells Mugi that most of the time, it was cause she was acting all stupid that she'll get hit by Mio and somehow, Mugi took it to heart and tried to be as stupid as possible. The next day was Summer Class and everyone were in their home clothes, except Mio who was in uniform. Mugi then arrived, wearing a dress and had intentionally forget to remove her dress tag which Mio found out. Ritsu then discovers what Mugi was planning to do and tried to give her opportunities to get hit by Mio but to no avail. Back in the music room, over the dispute of who getting to eat the slices of cake, Mugi accidentally won a game and avoided getting a hit once again. Not giving up, she snatches Mio's slice of cake's strawberry and eats it. Mio initially spaces out but starts to tear after realising what had happened. Mugi apologises and when she told Mio what she was intending to do, Mio was still unable to hit her at all. Mugi later leaves with Ritsu and thanks for everything that she has done and tells her that it would be great if she was a guy. Ritsu doesn't really understand what Mugi meant and out of embarrassment, she finally hits Mugi. Later that night, she calls Mio, telling her about her "hanging out" with Mugi and Mio, this time, was surprisingly angry at Ritsu for not calling her out to join then and Mugi was happy as she had finally accomplished her goal.
so the whole episode was about Mugi trying to get hit... and there's finally like an episode being focused on the rich girl who doesn't really know much about the normal world. i seriously went ._. after seeing the protractor eyebrows... K-ON!! has somehow turned into a more watch-for-entertainment kind of series, would've preferred these kind of series to not last so long as there isn't much storyline development and it doesn't have multiple switch scenes like other slice-of-life series... ain't really all hyped up on this series but nonetheless, their new ED is great as usual :)
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
Day 2 pics uped and thats the end of Cosfest 2010!
photos uploaded are not in order of time when photo is taken:
BlazBlue
BRS
Day 2 Graffiti Wall
RAWR! Ichigo~
BRS Kaito (from Korea!)
Lelouch *look into my eyes*
BlazBlue Faye Ling
Korea team? (not very sure if they're all Koreans)
Naruto
Pandora Hearts Sharon (correct me if i'm wrong =/)
Gotta Catch 'em All! POKEMON!
Tsuna
Rin and Len
Soul Eater
Unidentified photos =X
Miku!
Rin and Len?
Vocaloids!
AND... The End
photos uploaded are not in order of time when photo is taken:
BlazBlue
BRS
Day 2 Graffiti Wall
RAWR! Ichigo~
BRS Kaito (from Korea!)
Lelouch *look into my eyes*
BlazBlue Faye Ling
Korea team? (not very sure if they're all Koreans)
Naruto
Pandora Hearts Sharon (correct me if i'm wrong =/)
Gotta Catch 'em All! POKEMON!
Tsuna
Rin and Len
Soul Eater
Unidentified photos =X
Miku!
Rin and Len?
Vocaloids!
AND... The End
Monday, July 5, 2010
Cosfest photo-stash from Day 1
(after much filtering , off-focus, brightness bla bla bla, Day 1 is now complete, moving on with Day 2 soon, expected to be completed in the next few days)
Cosfest 2010
Ragna, this dude's from Korea :)
BRS
Chobits
看他！(Kanda)
DGM
Graffitis!!!
Nuclear Fission from Touhou lol
Chrome
Hibari
Kuroko!!!
Sebastian (did i mis-spell?)
??? is the left dude from Kingdom Hearts?
Primo
Shana
Suika
Beatrice... HA-HA-HAAAA!
???
??? Sakura?
???
Vocaloids
MIKU! <3
Yu-Gi-Oh
(after much filtering , off-focus, brightness bla bla bla, Day 1 is now complete, moving on with Day 2 soon, expected to be completed in the next few days)
Cosfest 2010
Ragna, this dude's from Korea :)
BRS
Chobits
看他！(Kanda)
DGM
Graffitis!!!
Nuclear Fission from Touhou lol
Chrome
Hibari
Kuroko!!!
Sebastian (did i mis-spell?)
??? is the left dude from Kingdom Hearts?
Primo
Shana
Suika
Beatrice... HA-HA-HAAAA!
???
??? Sakura?
???
Vocaloids
MIKU! <3
Yu-Gi-Oh
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