Entries for April, 2005
April 1st, 2005
Starship Operators eps 13 : Moment of Truth
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02:12 PM on April 1, 2005
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Earth alliance is going offensive. They prepared to attack Conquistador. At the same time, force from the UN attacked Galaxy Network's headquarter to stop SSC's broadcast, and then they broadcasted their own version of the news.
Conquistador is attacked. Before it's destroyed, the captain open a line to Amaterasu, explaining the situation. Amaterasu is asked to surrender so thay can give her to the Earth, but because they starts attacking already, it become of no meaning.
Demand from the earth is the same, Amaterasu to surrender.
At Kingdom, Herman is taking over, but he too got killed afterward. There's a movement starting, Earth alliance is planning to take over Kingdom's control over Henrietta.
As their final struggle, Shinon suggested the plan to live broadcast Amaterasu's destruction by the Earth's force. Shimei stayed on board to maintain the operation when everyone escapes, because Amaterasu is sustaining already too much damage, and it's his responsibility for taking everyone into the war also. The broadcast succeed, with much loss. Peter is killed as soon as the army breaks into the emergency broadcast station. Amaterasu overload it's anti-matter reactor and explodes.
A sad yet beautiful ending for this title.
Still doesn't understand much of the monologues.
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Starship Operators - LIVE in Southern Cross Hall
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07:37 PM on April 1, 2005
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Track list :
- (drama) SSO Girls
- (song) bravery wings ( Itou Shizuka, Watanabe Akeno, Asano Masumi )
- (drama) LIVE in Southern Cross Hall
- (song) Negai Hoshi ~blue star~ ( Itou Shizuka )
- (drama) Encore
- (song) bravery wings ( off vocal )
- (song) Negai Hoshi ~blue star~ ( off vocal )
Short description of the situation : to boost Star Ship Channel's rating, Peter is making a test to commercialize the operators as idols, like he did with the fitness machine commercial before. This time, as singer, and the theme is Live in Southern Cross Hall, that observatorium where Miyuri observe stars.
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April 4th, 2005
Izumo eps 01 : Yume no Yobi Koe
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10:54 PM on April 4, 2005
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Originally from the second title of the game IZUMO by studio e.go. The first game's anime version is an ero-anime, currently at fifth episode, don't know if it's still ongoing.
Chara design for the anime is done by the person who did Tenshi no Shippo Chu!, not bad, although the chara looks a bit younger than Yamamoto Kazue's original design. You can compare the original in it's web page :)
The opening theme is Romantic Chaser. The animation and typeset reminds of anime in the 90s, not that it's bad, always like those kind of nostalgic feeling. They doesn't show the guardian gods though.
While the ending, Saishin Dream is better IMO, plus the animation is really cute, chibi-Takeru sleeping under a tree and the chibi guardians flying across the screen. Too bad the last scene is stamped with texts. But only the four beasts, no Kaede and Touka.
The seiyuu, probably the same as in the game ( CMIIW ). Kotono's voice sounds very okaasan type ^^
("Summary")
Stupid irrelevant thoughts :
Peter ( from Starship Operators ) reincarnated as Takeru's class teacher ?
The red field with pillars when Takeru and Takeshi touched the sword looks like the stage in Melty Blood.
Mai looks even more like a crow than Yukito.
Byakko-chan kawaii ! XD Please come to the screen soon.
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April 5th, 2005
Mahou Sensei Negima eps 12 & 13
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03:46 PM on April 5, 2005
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In summary, the Library Island arc.
("that long summary")
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April 8th, 2005
Mahoraba eps 13 : Narutaki-sou no Takaramono
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07:53 AM on April 8, 2005
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Anime original episode. Well, since this one came quite late to write, better not make it too long.
Megumi pulled off her room's door, so Shiratori, Kozue and Megumi went to the storage room to look for tools to fix it. There, they found Aoba's great grandfather's diary, and a treasure map.
Megumi + trasure map = treasure hunting.
Narutaki-sou's residents ( hima-bito ) + event = all aggree.
The door + Shiratori = tanomu yo, Shiratori-kun.
The treasure maps points to several place. Marking at the supports showing height of a girl living there before. There's view from under a tree 300 years old at the garden. There's an old well under the room ( reference : the Ring ) That place, even at summer is cool. Sayo-chan seems to enjoys it.
From the watermelon seller, they heard that once Narutaki-sou is almost torn down. The place survived the war miraculously, but after that, companies want to take the land and rebuilt it. Of course, the manager there, Kozue's great grandfather, disaggreed, he chase those peoples away with a broom.
Sayoko : nemui...
Asami : necha dame desu yo, okaasan.
Shinu ka ?!
^^;
With the camera Tama bought showed more clue. The treasure can be found by poeples that can fold right ( IINM ), which everyone understand as serious person. At Narutaki-sou, that kind of person is Kozue and Shiratori.
Apparently, that's a trick made by the residents at Sendai era, and for six generations after, including Kozue, everyone falls for it. The treasure is photo and the memory of the peoples living there.
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April 9th, 2005
Kore ga Watashi no Goshujin sama eps 01
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01:09 PM on April 9, 2005
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The anime felt more emotional, it emphasize much on Yoshitaka's loneliness of living alone, and the Sawatari sisters' feeling of wanting to live by themselves but have to face the world that's not so easy on them.
Kind of dissappointed I can't listen to Minakawa Junko using Echizen Ryouma's voice to play as a lolicon de seifuku mania de tousatsu mania de galge mania no ero-otoko
. Also, didn't expect that Asano Masumi sounds like Momono-san from Mahoraba, thought she'll use a younger voice for Izumi.
But, at the last episode, hope that they'll somehow made a warm ending between Yoshitaka and Izumi, plus cure that long list of mania complication he had.
Screencaps comes later, can't made one on this file -_-
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FutaKoi Alternative eps 01
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01:48 PM on April 9, 2005
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Well... since this is a really popular series this season, and I'm quite late, just personal comments. Matthew has done detailed summary, and Moyism had record quantity screencaps.
Crocquette and...
Heli and...
Underground boxing and...
Fan service, action, slapstick comedy, all in one. Despite seeing the promo seems to foreshadow a really serious and emotional stuffs coming later, this episode 1 done great in catching viewers :D
Zero-G twins Lulu and Lala against the white tentacle creature is one thing, then switched to descendant of an ( invinsible ) afro guy that runs a detective office with the Shirogane twins. How would they link those two ? As well as the other twins, they seem to have their own plots.
But Read or Dream changed detective story into something that bug anyway.
Directing, feels like Samurai Champloo in some parts.
Sara kakkoi ! XD Especially when she's interrogating Kane-san, that voice !
Fave male chara for this show : Dirty Harry.
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April 10th, 2005
Izumo eps 02 : Ikai
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04:17 PM on April 10, 2005
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After the weird light, Takeru founds himself in the school, only that the school looks like it has been abbandoned for decades if not centuries. Plants grows all over the place, covering it. Takeru meet with Seri and Asuka, while Takeshi founds Kotono nearby. They look around and found nobody at all. If that's not bad enough, Takeshi met huge bugs, and they likes human it seems.
Takeshi went to the dojo and take the sword, then fights the bugs. Takeru, still running.
Seri : ittai are wa nan nano yo ?
Takeru : Mushi no obake da yo.
Their's are not small and lot of flying insect, they met one huge kind of bug. The dialogue is humorous, and in the end, Seri kicked that thing dead.
Outside the school also, peoples in cloak look around the school, like looking for something.
After they gathered, everyone told their story and idea. Asuka think they're abducted by alien. They showed Himiko, who took away Takeshi and Kotono. Takeshi is their saviour called from another world.
Before those peoples killed Takeru, helps arrived. A girl, Sakuya lead them to the mountain, where they met Kitagawa, who's also thrown to this world ( uso kamo ).
Sakuya's father, Kagutsuchi, explained that their world is Ne no Kuni where spirit of peoples died in Takeru's world, the Ashihara no Kuni they're born as human again. Here, they fought against evil force, who called Takeshi to this world.
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April 14th, 2005
Futakoi Alternative eps 02
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04:08 PM on April 14, 2005
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*speechless*
nanda... ano oyaji-ppoi na kyoku ^^;
It opens with Rentarou in the public bath, washing himself while singing about being a man and about having no money ( kamo... ). The grandma who cleans up the floor asked him about how he's doing, then suggest him to find a wife soon.
Still much on introduction, everyone called him 二代目, from the elderly to children. Anyway, it's a calm and usual day for the private detective.
Rentarou tells about how he first meet with the twins. Two years ago, they came to his detective office. Sara and Soujuu just
Present day, ten hours after, Sara and Soujuu want to work in the office and have a fight. Sara want to do the detective work, and Soujuu can do the house chores like cooking and cleaning, because if Soujuu do it all, Sara won't have anything left to do ^^;
Rentarou himself is busy looking for UFO.
We then have a story about twin from USA. The name is Jim, and James. They're sepparated when they're still babies. But when both meet again fourteen years later, they have so many in common. They have the same car, their wife's name is the same, their first son's birthday is the same. Their job, Jim is an obstetrician, while James is an undertaker.
Present day, The person that called previously didn't came at all.
Back to two years ago. Rentarou asked for their name. Sara keeps commenting about Rentarou's room, how much it's outdated, smelly, and more ( don't understand ). This twin is not like Jim and James. Their looks are the same, but everything else is out of synchro.
Present day. Sara-chan tried cooking for lunch. With a very distant voice, Rentarou and Soujuu : Itadakimasu... Gochisousama...
They finished the lunch first before Sara even started. Angered, she attacked both Rentarou and Soujuu with red lightning from the pancake she made. It's still charged with electricity, it even explode when thrown away.
Ryouri touban wa yappari Soujuu-chan.
Five years ago, Futagotamagawa is becoming a sea of flame. A squid monster destroy the city with the light sphere coming from it's mouth. The person who safed the town is Rentarou's father.
That ends the sunday. Rentarou found UFO in the sky and the three of them runs out chasing it. Of course, there's no such thing as UFO. But there's
The title, No-name Day, really something I always having trouble to think of, just an idle day with nothing to do, and the town looks like it didn't move at all. The directing still amazes me with how the scenes changed so suddenly from one to another. Some might sounds nonsense, but the charm :D
Next episode seems to be about Ai and Mai. Title is Emerald Mountain High. Anyone knows what the title's pattern are ? I think it sounds familiar.
And by the way, Sara's cold commenting, sounds similar, but can't remember where I heard it before, it from other recent anime, or is it from drama CD ?
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Mahoraba eps 14 : Natsu no Owari ni
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11:04 PM on April 14, 2005
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Shiratori's story book. This is my favourite (side) story in Mahoraba. Bit sad, although not as much as KimiNozo's Mayauru no Okurimono.
For the summer vacation, everyone get an assignment to make an original picture book. Half more week and Shiratori hasn't done anything yet. okage de, Shiratori is becoming like a zombie, walking around not caring about anything else other than thinking of what to draw. Since Kozue asked the other residents to not disturb Shiratori, they leave him to do his assignment.
The next day, Shiratori saw Kozue water the plant. And surprisingly, the plant can talk ! Shiratori can hear it also.
He got the idea for the character, and now, he need the story.
At soumen dinner together, he think of the wolf Momono and the witch Tamami look for それ. But after seeing it, she changed her mind, the grass looks so cute that she can't kill it. So, both the witch and her wolf fights each others.
Next day, after seeing the Kurosaki, he thought of another story. There are the ant and the grasshopper. The ant is a hardworker and one day, she found それ. The grasshopper want to eat it, but after hearing that それ can make wish come true, it becomes business talk. The grasshopper asked for bean paste and a bed. That used up two wishes. And for the last, suddenly the grasshopper asked for purin for the ant.
From Johnny, he have story of the woodcutter. Which do you want, this golden Haibara, or this silver Haibara ? And Johnny ? Of course he need none.
The story about Shiratori giving pear to everyone is from Natsume's story. Quite the same as the manga, but the first part is different. The manga told about the story of that picture book, but the anime told more about writing it.
This is the story. There's a man living alone, because he's betrayed so he doesn't want to meet with anyone. But one day, he found a strange creature, not a plant, nor an animal. He take care of it and he become happy. But one day, it disappeared.
Hearing that, seems like Kozue remembered something she didn't want and changed into Natsume. Probably as seen, Natsume is the most problematic of Kozue's personality isn't it. It become more psychological in the anime. In the manga, it's the shock because Tamami hit the door.
Kozue's cuteness level is really jumping high this episode.
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April 18th, 2005
Izumo eps 03 : Wakatareta Tomo
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10:50 AM on April 18, 2005
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Need info from those who played the game. Is Kagutsuchi, Sakuya's father, Touma Hikaru, the protagonist of the first game ?
Animation is, still think it's very old school.
After the attack, Takeru is taken to Sakuya's village. There, her mother, Amateasu, explained the reason and what Himiko is trying to achieve by calling the reincarnation of their great warrior. They want to connect both Ne no Kuni and Ashihara no Kuni.
Using the same Hangon no Jutsu used by Himiko, Takeru can return. Although Amaterasu can't use that ability anymore, her daughter, Sakuya, can do it. There's a chance to return home. But first, find Takeshi and Kotono, then take them home also.
At the evil spirit's place, Himiko asked Takeshi to help them, because human and gods are interfering. Their side are called 悪霊.
As human, naturally Takeshi didn't like the idea very well, but because they asked him to be their ally, he think that there might be chance for him, and Kotono to get away.
Himiko asked Minakata to accompany Takeshi. Both tried fighting with sword, and they're interested in each other's sword style. Minakata asked Takeshi to teach him kendou, the sword art from Ashihara no Kuni, in exchange, Takeshi asked him to teach his, so he can become stronger, more than Minakata, and more than Takeru.
They seems to get along well with each others, the hot blooded Minakata seems more interested in Takeshi, especially after seeing that he can become strong also. Both are sent out to look for the human's village hidden behind the kekkai. They met resistance, but easily driven away.
Back at the village, Kagutsuchi asked about Takeru's world and who taught him kendou. He mentioned that peoples that cross the world must have an important meaning to both world. But Takeru will be fine, he have to protect the girls.
Amaterasu gave a present to the girls. Each of them got a magatama, which will protect them. Seems like something to summon their guardian ( after all, it's originally an RPG ). Seri got the red ( Suzaku ? ), Asuka got the dark green ( probably Genbu ) and Mai got the yellow ( Byakko ? )
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April 19th, 2005
Mahoraba eps 15 : ...kamo
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05:07 PM on April 19, 2005
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The second fave chara in Mahoraba ( at least according to the poll result at end of book 5.
So, how does Umeboshi-hime got turned into five ? the second princess came from the reflection in mirror, and the third one from reflection in the water. The fourth princess is from the shadow. Fifth princess came when they have problem, only one umeboshi is left. But the princess has a magic curtain that can double everything, they covered a princess holding the jar. In the end, the umeboshi got multiplied, but one of the princess is also multiplied.
Anyway, now they have enough umeboshi for everyone (?)
Kozue changed to a girl that didn't talk at all. Tamami, and the rest of Narutaki-sou called that personality あの子 because nobody heard her talk. Because she has appeared again, everyone gathered to continue the operation they have before, have her open her heart.
The attempts...
- Momono (attempt 1) : tried to talk to her. Failed misserably.
- Momono (attempt 2) : tried coming in front of her. Just making the defeat more painful.
- Sayo-chan : they amplify each other's silence.
- Asami : giving gag. She take a peek, but Asami is lost in her own play.
- Tamami & Johnny (joint attempt) : making a doll show. She's not watching.
Shiratori keeps trying, and he tried Natsume's trick. She does taught him how to do it. Finally, Natsume talked, she told why she didn't talk, because she's boring, she doesn't know anything interesting to talk about.
But even without that, they can still be friend, Shiratori said.
Then the rest of Shiratori's story. The parting with それ is sad, and he think that he'll never want to meet anyone again. But to think that if he never meet anyone he'll never be that sad, he went to the town again. Even after the winter, spring will surely come, and in the warmth of spring, there will be another meeting.
Kozue likes umeboshi, Saki likes umeboshi ice cream, Chiyuri likes umeboshi candy and Natsume... umeboshi senbe ( kind of rice cracker ). Nanako-chan is... forgot if I ever saw her eat umeboshi.
By the way, comparing Kozue-tachi to the other residents.
| Umeboshi |
Narutaki |
| Aoba Kozue |
Shiratori Ryuushi |
| Akazaka Saki |
Momono Megumi |
| Kanazawa Nanako |
Kurosaki Asami |
| Midorikawa Chiyuri |
Chanohata Tamami |
| Konno Natsume |
Kurosaki Sayoko |
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April 21st, 2005
Futakoi Alternative eps 03
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07:45 PM on April 21, 2005
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As in the preview yesterday, different athmosphere. First episode, full slapstick, second got bit more personal feel. Third, getting emotional. Third episode's title is written on the face of a desk clock, Emerald Mountain High.
As two years ago, Futaba Rentarou hugged the crying twin girls who came with job. That time, they're at middle school. And now, two years after, they're in high school and both slept by his side.
Mai, Rentarou's infirmary doctor in high school came. It's not just a visit and feeling glad to see how Rentarou is doing, she had a job. The job is to watch someone. Rentarou is not so pleasant with that job, because the person he had to watch is…
Three years before, in high school, Rentarou also hugged a pair of crying twin. That time, both are new teacher. Because of that, Rentarou felt reluctant on doing it.
Ai moved out from the apartment she'd been living with her sister, to her boyfriend's apartment. She never answered phone from Mai, and took rest from job.
Rentarou went to check the apartment, but instead got taken into the police station for stalking, then got interrogated by Dirty Harry ^^;
Worried about Rentarou's relationship to the client, Soujuu asked Sara to find out about Mai, and find out if Rentarou is really lying to them.
Unexpected, Ai came to Rentarou's place and have a request also.
Flashback, to a story in the past.
Emerald Mountain is a coffee that Mai likes. In contrary, Ai doesn't understand about taste, she's the type that think all coffee is the same ( like me ^^; )
But, the three of them will find it together, their Emerald Mountain.
That time, Rentarou's relationship is more than just teacher and student. Both likes him.
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April 25th, 2005
Izumo eps 04 : Kono Yo no Sugata
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02:09 PM on April 25, 2005
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There's already quality drop in several scenes -_-
A soldier arrived in the village. He survived an attack by the Akuryou. Also, he mentioned about someone that looks strange, wearing black clothes, like Takeru.
Worried, Takeshi want to make sure by going to where the soldier met Takeshi. Sakuya want to go also, but Kagutsuchi forbids her, because she can't ride horse ( maa... dojikko dakara ). Mai tried riding the horse, and she's good in it.
Led by Kagutsuchi, they went to a village in the forest to ask the surviving soldiers. They confirmed it, that there's someone that wear the same clothes as Takeru. But there's no girl, so Kotono is not with them.
At the Akuryou's base, they have report from Minakata that Takeshi is doing well. He could really be the reincarnation of Susanoo ( IINM, the antagonist in the first game also ).
He's not doing so well actually, after killing peoples. Minakata told him to be strong, besides, it's war and he want to be strong, so he hold his sword. If he didn't want to, then he can be the one running away from the war. The one that influenced him the most though is Minakakata's advice to throw away any doubt, just like Rokunosuke told him and Takeru in their last fight.
Himiko tried asking him again to help. She explained again that the war they're fighting is to return the world to what it used to be, a better world. Takeshi don't want to, because he doesn't want to help in murder.
Tracking the Akuryou, Takeru got to a village where all the peoples are gone. They found people killed, but it's by another human. In that world, there's also those kind of peoples. There are no bodies left because monsters ate it all.
Mai, from her memory seems like someone from Ne no Kuni, she remembered about war and peoples being killed.
Finally, before daybreak, she came out of the village alone and destroyed the core of the kekkai that protects the village.
Out of curiosity, tried checking the seiyuu name in the anime, because supposedly, it's the same
as in the game. Info is from Hatena Voice Database.
| Name |
Role |
Other name |
Other role |
| Hyousei ( 氷青 ) |
Shiratori Kotono |
Yokote Kumiko ( 横手久美子 ) |
Shirayuki ( Sister Princess ) |
| Rikimaru Noriko ( 力丸乃りこ ) |
Shiratori Asuka |
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Sakurada Nori ( Rozen Maiden ) |
| Ishimatsu Chiemi ( 石松千恵美 ) |
Oosu Seri |
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Ellis McGarland ( Triangle Hearts ~sweet songs forever~ ) |
| Yamakawa Kotomi ( 山川琴美 ) |
Kitagawa Mai |
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Izumi Ako ( Negima ) |
| Ichimura Oma ( 壱智村小真 ) |
Sakuya |
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Asakura Rin ( Narue no Sekai ) |
| Kawaragi Shiho ( 河原木志穂 ) |
Himiko |
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Saimon Tamaki ( Kakyuusei2 ) |
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Apparently, much is not really obscure seiyuu among anime watcher as I first thought, in the
meaning that they're not game specialist seiyuu.
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April 26th, 2005
Negima eps 16 : Amor tussisque non celantur
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12:51 PM on April 26, 2005
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After the test, it's summer vacation. In summer vacation, kimodameshi, at least what Kasumi said to Negi.
They changed this story, which supposedly is in the Kyoto arc. Come to think of it, wasn't the Kyoto arc begin at the summer vacation after the test is over ? And with several keys like Konoka and Setsuna's story, and about Nagi's house, they can't throw that away right ?
Asakura, the class' reporter and papparazi planned an event called 納涼きもだめし, everyone has a ribbon they have to put into the biology classroom. Negi got the first turn to come in, and the real game starts. ネギ先生とラブラブキッス大作戦
The new rule explained. After Negi-sensei entered the building, everyone come in through different entrances. The one who get a kiss from Negi is the victor. Of course, if any team meet each others, they can starts to fight with weapon limited to pillows only. And the teams are...
- Sasaki Makie & Akashi Yuuna. The sports team.
- Narutaki Fuuka & Narutaki Fumika. The twin combi.
- Ku Fei & Nagase Kaede. Baka ranger and has the highest battle power.
- Miyazaki Nodoka & Ayase Yue. Library explorer combi.
- Yukihiro Ayaka & Naba Chizuru. Oneechan combi.
Command centre is Hasegawa Chisame ( how did they talk her into this ? ) and Shiina Sakurako. Konoka didn't come in, so she joined Asakura as MC. Everyone else is watching the live broadcast from TV in the dorm, even Chachamaru. ^^;
In the building, Kamo came and found Negi. Despite being a sorcerer, Negi is afraid of ghost, but he still don't know what his students are having plan for him.
First conflict, sports club (1) against oneechan combi (5). Team 1 is in pinch, then suddenly Baka ranger (3) came with triple attack, enemy wiped out. Chizuru is not really participating more than to watch over Ayaka.
Twin combi (2) climbed from outside to avoid conflict. Same as the library explorer.
Negi arrived in the biology room, but the camera inside is damaged. Asakura forced Chisame to fix it, or else she'll spread the photo of her as Chiu ( so that's how they talk her into this ). Because of an accident, the flashlight is out, so Negi used a light magic. When Negi fainted, the magic changed into his shape and ask for command, which Negi can't give, because he's unconscious.
20:45
Kagurazaka Asuna, back to sleep.
20:55, second conflict, Library combi (4) against Twin combi (2). Fuuka and Fumika showed their bunshin jutsu, the same as how Kaoruko and Sumireko teleported Sara and Soujuu in the school festival in FutaKoi, easy because they're twins. Yue holds down the two, so Nodoka can get Negi's kiss.
Just pretend that things got as emotional as the long war in Starship Operators when Baka ranger combi arrived also. ^^;
Inside, Nodoka met with the light spirits who heard her request. They attacked her with kiss until she fainted. Afterward, all five copies went to find the other teams and kiss them.
In the end, everyone got their kiss and pink explosion. But instead of Nodoka ( who already fainted from the previous assault ), Negi's clone goes for Yue instead. Seems like this starts a feeling on her. At the manga, they put it much in chapter 87, but here, seems like the next episode will be anime original also.
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April 27th, 2005
Mahoraba eps 16 : Senkyakubanrai
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04:54 PM on April 27, 2005
in Mahoraba ~heartful days~
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*sigh* I had to find a new keyboard, this new one has an annoying Shut Down button that I often accidentally push and trash out all unsaved document. My previous one need me to press two buttons, so it's safer. Same, wrote this the second time, so might has bad mood in it.
Mahoraba one hour special is two episode chained back to back. Instead of one hour episode, we got two half an hour episode. These two are a bit different from the manga, and also has more Buchou fan service than usual. So, if you likes to hear Itou Shizuka with dead flat tone playing the role of that expressionless blank-eyed verbal masochist anti-garlic buchou of the occult club like me, joy ! XD
There's a lot of visitors to Narutaki-sou today.
Shirogane sensei is interested in Shiratori's story, so she decided to make a visit to Shiratori's place. Friends A, B and C comes also of course.
Asami's friends, Sacchan and Micchan also came for a visit. They got an unexpected guess, Mahiru and her bodyguard/maid, Tachibana. Micchan as usual got knocked by Sacchan.
But instead of playing, they found out that Sayoko is slacking, so Asami had to work more to make it at the deadline, even though her friends came to play together. Sacchan suggest that they can make it together, and chatting while working is fun also.
Sayoko awakes, and showed as if she's never asleep before. She had a long moment of meaningful scene with Mahiru, sadly, it ends with asking food ( Sayo-chan rashii ^^; )
When Sayoko is back asleep, Mahiru asked if that's their side job. She looks puzzled about why Asami had to work like that, because they're poor. So with Tachibana, Mahiru helped. They work like factory's production line, finishing all the jobs in no time. There's more time to play together afterward.
Outside, Tamami has set up a garlic kekkai at the gate, just to ward of someone who said she'll come to visit also. Buchou tried to get in, but she can't, because she hate garlic.
Just when she got serious and call for help from the father of sorcery, Allistair Crowley, Johnny came and took the garlic. She worshipped him, especially after Johnny badmouthed her, Buchou begged for more.
Tamami got out to check the kekkai, and founds that the person she doesn't want to meet is still there. In the end, it's a duel between their summoned demon, Buchou's bull headed demon Asmodeus against Tamami's gennie-like Galnov. Shirogane-sensei seems to be able to see those demons also, and she's about to join, when Kozue's curry is ready.
The fight is cancelled, everyone's invited to the dinner. There's curry rice, curry udon, curry bread, curry pasta and even curry umeboshi.
Seeing the lively athmosphere in Narutaki-sou, Shirogane-sensei founds what she's looking for, the reason why Shiratori can make that kind of story, because he had a lot of peoples living together happily everyday with him.
Even though it's different, this episode is good. The only thing I missed is just friend A's lots of interest to other girl and Shirogane-sensei - Tamami pair.
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Mahoraba eps 17 : sora no iro
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05:02 PM on April 27, 2005
in Mahoraba ~heartful days~
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Tamami's episode.
Still continuing last episode, Buchou asked Kozue ( カレーの人 ) to join her club. At first, Kozue refused, because she had job as the landlady. But Buchou convinced her, she just have to join and it's okay if Kozue never came, after all their Occult club is a 幽霊部. Kozue aggreed, because she can then be at the same club as Tamami.
Tama got dragged, and thus can't come home with Kozue. She got back and when passing the softball field, Tama hit back a stray ball perfectly. The club member praised her, reminding her of when she's in elementary school.
Ever since that time, Tamami is always someone who do everything perfectly and got praised. But that doesn't make her happy, instead she felt distanced and can't feel happy or sorrow like everyone else, until Kozue came. Kozue is a weird girl, she's always so innocently find interesting things in everyday's life, and before she realize it, Tamami is getting along with her more, and tried looking for her.
That is a feeling she never had before, feeling of love. Tamami made her kokuhaku, and Kozue accepts it, innocently. Ever since then, Tama and Kozue is best friends, but now, she felt lonely and left, because Kozue is getting closer with Shiratori.
It's not so though, because Kozue came back for her, so they can walk home together, after enjoying the sky, laying on the grass at the riverside. Since that time, they're always friends.
Didn't really pay much attention to the manga story. But Tama looks cuter when she's younger, same as Megumi.
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April 28th, 2005
Futakoi Alternative episode 04
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04:38 PM on April 28, 2005
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This time, about the Sakurazuki twins.
As we see from episode 1, the Sakurazuki family is yakuza, the head of the family has his personal grudge against Rentarou's father. But his daughter, Kira and Yura is not supporting their father, instead, they fight against the injustice done by the Sakurazuki-gumi as ゴズロリ仮面 and like the name implied, they wear goth-loli fashion.
That time, the Sakurazuki-gumi is buying away the shops at shoutengai in cooperation with a company to change the area into an amusement park. Negotiation of course is done by sending their men to intimidate the shop owners to sell their place, they specially called him from Kansai. But Kira and Yura keep stopped the buying and kicked him out.
This caused problem at the Sakurazuki-gumi's side, because the development is not advancing they could be in trouble also. That negotiator told the kumichou about how Goth-Loli Kamen is disturbing them everytime. So, everything will be fine if the two girls can be stopped.
Rentarou came also. Everyone still remember him and doesn't like it. But the boss has another idea, he asked him to help also.
Rentarou founds them immediately after they changed back into Kira and Yura in the shopping centre. He took them to his office and there, two pairs of twins got acquainted to each others real quick. Rentarou is forgotten. At the street, the yakuza is having their own problem with Dirty Harry.
Kira and Yura explained their reason. Back then, their father is a godd person, he always helped peoples in trouble. But because of the NikoPaku amusement park, he's clouded by the money and sent bad person from Kansai to terrorize peoples. So Kira and Yura want to stop it and see their father back into the nice boss like he used to be.
Rentarou promised not to hand them over to their father, but they should also find a way to stop him from that cooperation with Niko Paku. Kira and Yura has a way, steal away their father's うらちょうぼ kept in the safe. Sara asked how, and they put down a brick sized C4 plastic explosive ^^; They also have Pakulov handguns. Those girls got dangerous toys don't they ? And they seems to think that having a lot of those things in their house is not something uncommon for other households.
The plan. Next day, Kira and Yura gave their father sleeping drug and break the safe. In other place, Sara and Soujuu play as Goth Loli Kamen to trick the pursuers. But they're caught in the act and run away with the account book. sara and Soujuu is saved because they found out Sara and Soujuu is the fake.
Kira and Yura got away with the book. Back to Rentarou's office, they think about what to do with it. If they gave it to the police, it'll be a big scoop. But at the same time, they'll cause their father to go to jail. In the end, Kira and Yura gave the book back and told their father about their doing. He forgived them and regretted what he has done all this time.
Best scene this episode, I'd think the scene where Rentarou saw Kira and Yura after negotiating price for his service ( 08' 50" ). Looks like Japanese horror movie style.
Rather average episode after the past three, and still can't differ between Kira and Yura yet, they're like mirror image of each others perfectly.
Before the end, there's someone calling Rentarou. How they make it looks like the person has something to do with Sara and Soujuu isn't it. The preview of next episode 7 Days (... and happy days) showed Ui and Koi, and much looks emotional story about Sara and Soujuu.
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April 30th, 2005
Comics Party Revolution eps 04
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01:49 PM on April 30, 2005
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Because I only watched the OVA up to episode 4... The girl for this episode is Sakurai Asahi, the idol. Not really my favourite one. But the other girl, Minami is.
Short summary, Minami arranged a date for Asahi (that she didn't recognize wearing glasses) with Kazuki because she think that Asahi want to draw doujinshi also.
("Long summary")
Minami tte... sonna hito ka ^^; The my-pace type that do everything she likes in her own way, not realizing anything wrong around her.
My personal favourite for this part, had to be Minami, her fashion style and costumes. Also her room's interior design looks really comfortable.
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