after viewing the 2nd epi of Ookami Kakushi, i have to say that it seems quite similar to higurashi... or perhaps its me thinking hw higurashi is alike to Ookami and had purposely went to fish out the similarities... ANYWAY...

1. both series are located at a countryside town
2. nothing much is explained
3. mysterious things happen w/o ppl knowing
4. gore level - although Ookami's doesnt seem up to match with higurashi's... yet.

it certainly proves to me that it had a nice 1st starting and made me wanna see the rest of the story explained :)

was basically bored a few months back and went to read a random manga which did turn out to be quite nice after all: Ane-Doki. The manga has now ended with only 26 chapters and it was a cliffhanger-styled ending which of course i would love it to be continued but it was also a good way to end it all. The story revolves around Kouta, who was supposedly living alone due to his father being away from home, but met up with a girl who was 4 years older than him, Natsuki, and she moved into Kouta's house to take care of him. So as time goes by, Kouta starts to see Natsuki in a different light and feels that he might actually have feelings for her. While in school, a schoolmate, Kanade, likes him as well after seeing how Kouta had saved her from thugs. The ending was kinda rushed but it was still a nice cliffhanger to end it off with Kouta having confessed to Natsuki before moving away and he had also kinda rejected Kanade. Oh well, it was a nice manga and it was the 1st manga i've read that was this short and sweet. =)

Railgun's latest epi came with the new OP and there was a short scene on Index in the OP, didnt really see it till i saw someone's post in a forum, try and find it yeh =)



the arc now shld be focusing on Konori since throughout the episode, Konori seems to have something on her mind when Kuroko and Mikoto are discussing about the Skillout who were behind the attacks on the espers in Academy City. In the end, Kuroko and Mikoto went into the Skillout's hiding place and attempted to arrest their head but was unable to use their abilities efficiently due to the enemy using some sort of machine that produces high pitch sound to influence the mind of espers. So in the end, they were both rescued by the unknown man who was also behind some of the saving of the espers being attacked by the group, Big Spider and at the end, Konori appears in front of them and the two of them seem to know each other. oh well, there was quite some action in the episode, some non-ability action. oh well, Konori's past might get explained in the upcoming episodes.

saw the spoilers for Hayate no Gotoku chapt 256 as well, and the fight does not seem to be over yet and the Midas appears in front of Hayate... and theres blood again in one the pages... this is surprisingly getting serious :)

started on another series as well: Ookami Kakushi

the 1st episode had already "captured" me so im having high hopes for this anime. The first part was kinda "in the climax" part where the main characters were being attacked. Right after that came to the present, or recalling the past again, when the main character, Hiroshi meeting the girl, Isuzu, whom were both attacked in the front of the series, which should be in the near future and Isuzu does not seem to be human as well since her eyes had become er... "demonic" in the front part. Isuzu does seem to like Hiroshi and tries to stick with him for as long as possible and in Hiroshi's new class, he was well received and popular among the students. When the classmates were sorta snatching Hiroshi, a girl in the class, Nemuru, stood up and spoke in a cold voice which made one of the students horrified. Hiroshi doesnt know why but then in the night, it is seen that the student who was scared by Nemuru's voice, was running away from some sort of hunters who were hunting him down, and he isnt human as well - eyes were like Isuzu's in the front portion of the episode, and was led face to face with a girl with white hair, does seem to look like Nemuru ALOT though, who strikes him down with her scythe. so oh well, it was a promising 1st episode and a suspense already built up. will be catching this series :)

hayate's manga had a nice chapter this week, with hayate and a-tan having some real serious action and conversation which in the end led A-tan's own feelings to somehow overcome the devil inside her as shown in the last page, finally the story is moving and the cliffhanger does serve well for the next coming chapters.

heres the new OP for Railgun anyway, does seem promising :D this is not the full song FYI

have started watching Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu as well and... its kinda interesting which the unique battle style that the students have via classes. the ranking of classes in the school was pretty drastic, with the F class getting like un-stuffed cushions while A class gets high class sofas. So the 1st episode started with the F class people, mainly the main characters, fighting with E class using the unique battle style they had to "win" over their classroom and raise their class rank. The students are therefore able to summon... beings... with the attack points of the previous scores they had on a test and attempt to wipe off the opponent's commander, which is the class rep. SO wad happens when u're lacking points? well, take another test of course... and they do not limit the tests u take, its the time u take that matters. In the end, F class was saved by a gal whose SUPPOSED to be in A class but had flunked the previous test cos she was sick and thus, ended up in F class. IM really interested in hw this series will go the hw the story will continue and the rest of the plot... =)

had class chalet the last 3 days and was amazingly tired, but still went cycling after that ... which resulted in a 13 hour straight sleep last night D: oh well, couldnt stay up all night during the chalet... had "collapsed" ard 4.30-5am OH WELL, it was still a fun 3 days and we'll all be getting our results next monday... kinda excited yet a little nervous... hoping for good results nonetheless and gd luck to all others as well :)

started watching Sora no Woto as well and the resemblance with K-ON! is just............. TOO... similar O.o well, tats IMO but i guess everyone'd see the resemblance as well... it seems to be a typical show with very little or no action at all but with promising story developments, the OP really fit this series and im having high hopes with this...

heres the OP btw, the animation could change though, since i see many continuing scenes from the epi in the OP:



had clicked on to Good Smiles web jus now and found out that theres a new BRS PVC, look kinda cool with the blade now instead of the previous PVC with the gun:

so for this coming series-es, there arent much series that catches me though,

currently here are the few that im considering it to be not bad, in the time being:

1. So-Ra-No-Wo-To (
2. Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (looks kinda interesting) << PV is below



K-ON!'s having a second season as well, so im definitely looking forward to it... would love to hear their new songs too :D

MINNA~~~~~~ 2010 HAS ARRIVED~~~~~

well, 2009 was a fun year, much things did happen throughout the year and i enjoyed this year :)

so now its 2010, kinda wierd since u might be writing dates like 27/6/10 << or its just IMO...

im hoping 2010 to be a great year, loads of things tat im looking forward to:

1. my results
2. BRS anime
3. other series of cos
4. Cosfest 10 (as in 1020, not 10th cosfest)
5. AFA 10 << told u it seems wierd

sms-es finally got through :D ANYWAY, once again, a HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL, WISHING EVERYONE A GREAY YEAR AHEAD!!!