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Zero no Tsukaima - Princess no Rondo 6: The Forbidden Magic Medicine

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Finally! Some Siesta time! I was thinking for further eps, but I didn’t expect it to come too soon. So much for waiting, but this kinda got my funny bone for a bit while waiting for my copy of ep 7 to come by.

So yeah, my backlogs haven’t changed even though I had a Monday. Sucks for that.

The ep starts with the Siesta family lineage having a forum on an item in question: A heart-shaped vial full of powder. What does it contain? Scarron and Jessica tells that it’s a legendary love potion capable of anybody ingesting it to fall in love with any person the drinker sees fit. The plan seems to be speeding up the relationship between Saito and Siesta, now that Siesta herself is already pledged as Saito’s “belonging”. That does give another meaning to it. How about “Mistress?”

Everybody loves a Cinderella story… sort of…

Siesta was hesitant but first, but her feelings for Saito pushes her onward to planning some “private time with her master”, which she did. Siesta pulls Saito away from Louise and then goes to the commoner’s quarters, which the Undine Knights (who were then pulling grass from the fields as punishment from the perverted deed last ep) and the other girls didn’t fail to notice.

PUNISHMENT TIEM!

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Strike Witches Halftime Report

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on August 19, 2008
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AND NOW…

We’ve reached half the series’ running length, so it’s about time we have our first Halftime Report for a series! I didn’t get the chance to do so in Kanokon, so it’s a good opportunity to start this maiden voyage with something good.

First off, I didn’t think I’d take this series up in spite of all the GONZO trash talk I’ve been hearing all around the series. All the more the people who started to ignore it. Koihime Musou cleared its presence first, but I was somehow convinced that this would be good enough to take on. Seems I was wrong on half of it.

The series’ plotline was good enough. As what I’d expect from Fumikane Shimada, to be able to pull off a feat that is as realistic as it was to the canonical events and information that it was based from. Then again, there are still the futuristic points are that made focal from which stems the series’ main enemy: Neuroi.

HONEYCOMBS! Too bad there’re no bees.

Okay, so they’re the bad guys from outer space that may have come from some sort of interdimensional warp gate or something. Is that your resident Protoss knocking? Maybe. There wasn’t good elaboration about their source, but I guess the conquest of interworld domination is obvious. However, it is made clear that most of the Neuroi designs came from conceptual aircraft during World War II. Well, I do recognize some of the designs, but some are outrageously peculiar for something of the era. Stingrays? In your 1930’s? Yeah, right.

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Strike Witches 7: Nice And Breezy

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on August 18, 2008
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Sweet shit. Having Monday as a holiday gave me the chance to purge my backlog of doom and dispense some  indiscriminate justice upon reality! GIT A DOSE O’ ME VENJUNZ!

SURPRISE BUTTSECKS TIEM!

I was surprised when this started up: A full, uncensored view of Sanya’s crotch after her midnight patrol. Now that it didn’t mattered to GONZO as long as it had something sort of clothing on it, but it was still worth the stare, if you’re ever the pervert. Besides, this pic is much more winnage than it seemed at first. The title itself is already a testament to that.

No Neuroi fights this time around. Seems that the ep purely focuses on a chunk of the normal routine that happens within the base. However, it seems that we caught them at a very interesting time. The Witches overslept, and are now pressed on schedule for an event. To be precise, it’s the commencement exercises for the awarding of the Knight’s Cross of The Iron Cross to Erica Hartmann. Well, it’s not like I’m mad about the repetitive bedscenes every single ep. They’re not bad anyway, and they get to show some more sleeping habits of the cast, save Miu, who’s probably the most time-oriented personnel in the squad.

OSHIAT YOU GONNA BE RAEPD!

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Zero no Tsukaima - Princess no Rondo 5: The Alluring Women’s Bath

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on August 15, 2008
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This? ON A FRIDAY?! Boy, am I really out of time to even thinking of that. Wait, wrong. Totally wrong. Did I say wrong?

Anyways, this ep’s all about Tabitha and Sylphid. Screw Louise, screw Tifa. Those two aren’t even up to the feat that Tabitha pulled off. Besides, this IS the first time Tabitha did pull such a feat. So much for the implication since the frist ep’s OP. And Sylphid’s also getting some development, too.

Now, if there’s only more Siesta every ep, that may balance the equation… a bit… perhaps…

Distrust stirs Saito and Louise as the former was forced to sign a contract about boobies. Of course Saito won’t. Any male won’t. He’ll just be a dog tied with a leash like the animal he is! Pissed, Saito leaves, and heads to Colbert’s room: the room of the person the believes him, and the person he believes in. So yeah, let’s admit it. A lot of people somewhat loved that half-bald AN HERO professor because of his relations to Saito, and his so-called “change of heart” for the sake of everyone, especially Saito.

AN HERO will live in our hearts. A 5-second voice time in commemoration.

He then wakes up, goes out of the room, and finds the Undine Knights headquarters brimming with girls and gifts. Seems the girls are taking their time with the members after the previous ep with Beatrice. They also introduced (subtly) a new recruit for the Knights: Gimli, a green-haired cute guy (that’s according to my preferences for one) with the J.R.R. Tolkien written all over it. Oh, great. First there’s Old Osmond for Gandalf, AND NOW THIS?!

Sylphid had a bit of her time too asking Saito suddenly for food, and happily eating it. Now the implications  of affection are complete, we just need a whole ep for an appearance. Sagematt can just die of disbelief, hahaha!

OM NOM NOM!

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Strike Witches 6: Solidarity

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So much for getting backlogs again, but bah, what the heck. We’re already halfway through the Strike Witches series anyways, so I think this is where we go smooth cruisin’…

Or so I think…

In Soviet Russia, Sanya is your God.

I didn’t expect Sanya V. Litvyak’s story out so soon. More like I prefer shy personas introduced last than introduced somewhere else. Eila Ilmatar Jutilainen was an added value service for the episode as well.

The episode starts at night, which is obvious since we’re talking about Sanya here. It seems that the various governments and unions are trying to temper the squadron down with more policies and budget cuts and all that stupid rules and laws and shit.  That’s predictable. Any nation wouldn’t want another nation to get so powerful enough even at this point in time. This proves that they’re trying to level each nation down into equal terms, at least until they finish this Neuroi gig. After that, well, it’s about time they whack each other’s brains out… AGAIN.

To ask for Strike Witch yurisex: Stick a tongue out. If they answer with their own, then you’re on.

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The Truth Behind The “O” Word

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on August 9, 2008
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Justice for the word.

In response to a space bunny’s failpost (really, you lost me dude), I think it’s about time we clear things up according to more than just looking at the letters.

“Otakuism”. You know the word. And if you do, you know what you can call yourself. But hey, it’s more than what the perception of the word is. The word “Otaku” was first used to denote family, or house. However, further implications of the word were changed according to the people not only in the anime or manga business, but to ordinary people as well.

First would have been the lolicon community. Note the word. “Lolicon”. Who guessed this would pop up as soon as Macross came up? Add in some serial killers hell-bent for lolis, more Macross, MORE MACROSS, MORE FUCKING MACROSS, then some Gundam, and a horde of creative people who want to gratify their pitiful selves by using a term that generalizes them, and there you have it.

Sure, you’ll see a lot of anime and manga references thrown in there. But no, it still doesn’t justify calling someone who loves the stuff as an otaku. Maybe it was because of the repetitive usage and implcation. Maybe it was because the word inclined into something sort of an indoor hobby (though that’s a big shitty lie). Maybe because of Macross, and lolis, which amazingly go hand in hand on the latest season. All I know is that we need to give the moonpeople some credit for the word. Now a lot of retards call themselves by the namesake.

How does one label a person an otaku? Anime? Manga? Yeah, right. Those kind of people might’ve experienced some kind of jet lag since they’re living in some kind of screwed eon or something. True it may have been largely related to the anime and manga industry, but that’s not the case anymore. Any frequent obsession over something, anime, manga, or no, can be distinguished as an otaku nowadays. Geek over houses and architecture? You’re a house otaku. Ga-ga over figurines and nendroids? You’re a figumate otaku. Now, see the whole picture?

Unfortunately, some people still defend the term according to its most famous meaning, and the most likely of them are the people outside the moonland: the west, and some from the east. Since the rave of the word they already went out branding their stupid selves based on what’s the most typical meaning there is. I can’t argue. Moonpeople don’t, because they still see people who take anime and manga as a hobby as otakus in general. That’s that, and knowing the the word’s nature, it’s hard to reverse the meaning that’s so strongly etched to it.

I’m no exception to this ruling either, even though I don’t really brand myself as an otaku. It’s just that it’s going to be the most likely term they’d call me when they see how I do things. But I don’t care, really. It’s just the matter of perception, and that’s how this word goes in MY dictionary.

Strike Witches 5: Swift, Gigantic, And Soft!

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on August 8, 2008
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I got lazy so hard I lost half my lifebar. So much for not having an entry for yesterday? Maybe, maybe no. I just don’t feel like moving for a day, so I was forced to return inanimate for at least a few hours.

Anyways, we move on to the fifth ep of Strike Bitc-I mean, Strike Witches, where we now focus on the speed maniac under the name of Charlotte Yeager. With the rank of lieutenant and a passion for acceleration, she’s the healthy AMERIKKAN chock full of BEWBS. Oh geez, are we going to talk about another F-cupper?!

Also, Minafuji loves BEWBS. She’s starting to amuse me.

NICE ONE.

The episode starts with the whole squad deciding to go to the beach, partly for training, but most for amusement. Well, that’s at least for the majority of the group. Yoshika and Lynne have to start survival training, which includes underwater training with their Striker Units on. Survival procedures after a shootdown, or probably trying to use the units as underwater propellers? Seems like predictable shitdrills to me.

Of course, some parts of the ep also focus on the fanservice. Swimsuit fanservice. It’s like they’re fucking mocking us to go to the beach at this season. That aside, the “Moe Swimsuit Episode Witch” award would have to go to Erika Hartmann, who cutely dog-paddles her way to enjoyment while she slowly wades into the territory of one of my personal moe sanctions.

Seriously, everything else can just get the fuck off puppy-waddling Witch.

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Mana Soup For The TYPE-MOON Soul: Rakkyo Edition Part 1!

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on August 4, 2008
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Welcome, moontards, to my very special portion about the elaborations of the connections pertaining to the entirety of TYPE-MOON’s so-called “Nasuverse”. Not like it’s anything big, but since I’m a lunatic myself, I’d figure I’d gatecrash into another one’s material and see what I can do since I’m still so far as to creating such big doujin or novel shit. And since I’m at the good mood about finally watching Kara no Kyokai’s third movie, why not start it with that?

Prepare for epic tl;dr battle.

Let’s start off with the characters. Main protagonist-antagonist, Ryogi Shiki. She was born in the rich family of the Ryogis, bent under the sole supervision of her father. Pretty much the same as Tohno Shiki if you look at it from the start. Only difference is, Ryogi is pure blood, while Tohno came from an enemy family of the clan, the Nanayas. Both got powers after they got into a life-threatening situation, Ryogi being involved in a car accident, Tohno being involved with the clan’s true heir of a son, which resulted of him being “involved” in a car accident. If you think about it, they also underwent Inversion Impulse, wherein they were devoid of any conscience and just followed what their mind or instincts started to tell them. Ryogi inverted due to the clashing of her egos, with the male and female trying to overpower each other till they merged as one cold-blooded killer, the similar yet opposite of the two personalities warring inside her. If compared, Tohno’s case was far too simplified: He inverted to his instincts and his bloodline. His hidden, second personality known as Nanaya Shiki awakened when she first knew of Arcueid Brunestud’s scent. Nanayas are demon-killers, and when there’s an anomaly in the world , they act upon what their blood tells them. Then again, isn’t that what the opposite personality is? The ugly facade of the harmless, unsullied persona that they are trying so hard to hide? That simply means Ryogi and Tohno are the same even though the means may be different.

Second similarity of the two Shikis: The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. Both have the ability to see lines and points to which they could perpetrate the end and death of things by means of cutting the said lines and points. Cut a line, a part where the line runs is cut. Stab a point, the entire existence from where the point is designated is destroyed. Nobody’s an exception, not even a god or an immortal. However, the difference in experience of use have garnered a great gap between the two Shikis. Ryogi was able to escalate the properties of her eyes to the extent that she was able to see and kill spirits, powers, and even things without form. She doesn’t suffer headaches like Tohno did. Tohno, on the other hand, had the ability to kill the properties of a certain realm or world, and can also kill an ego by means of ending not the physical material that binds the soul, but the soul itself, as to when he killed Roa from himself on one of Tsukihime’s routes.

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Kara no Kyokai - Garden of Sinners Movie 3: Remaining Sense of Pain

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So late for this one, but what the heck. Neco-Arc and 1UP cameos plus F/SN chibi goodness. Add in Toko lulz and it got me laughing maniacally. HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE !

“Warning: Cigarette Smoking Is Dangerous For Your Living Bloodbath Of A Sister.”

We stray from the plot of Ryogi Shiki’s past, and move on to another case, where I was surprised to see titties and sex before the actual information about the case was laid out. The case is about the killer who mangles the victim’s bodies into unrecognizable shapes, with twisted arms, legs bending in an odd direction or way, and decapitated heads as if it was twisted off like a screw. Of course, whoever did this wasn’t normal to begin with.

Some scenes are not for the faint of heart. Not for me though, no. Then again, the gore wasn’t implied that much, as Shiki killing her arm or stabbing Fujino wasn’t shown.

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Strike Witches 4: Thanks

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on August 2, 2008
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Okay, two backlog eps. Hope I can pull this off on the weekends, even though I don’t even know why my schedule’s so cramped on my rest days. WHAT THE HELL?!

Next on the spotlight for this episode is Gertrud Barkhorn, the “hardened” Witch with the rank of Lieutenant. There was already implications about what happened to her during the Neuroi attack on Europe, it was made to see the light that she had a sister, Chris, that she tried to protect while the rest of the people evacuated to Britannia. She failed, and now Chris is into a coma. Now, if only she would stop remembering her when she sees Yoshika…

Bedsex: Not again…

So that’s the reason she primarily avoids Minafuji. The way Trude sees her sister in her distracts her that even if she tries to avoid, she still gets affected. This worsens by the minute, and Yoshika herself was bothered by the ire of the upperclassman. Not like we care, but hey, it’s Yoshika the protagonist we’re talking about. I feel like watching a harem anime that has a female lead instead of the usual male one. But then again, that’s another typical genre overall.

Franchesca tsuntsun is so majestically done by Chiwa Saito, I nearly didn’t care less on Perinne tsundere.

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