Monthly Archive for September, 2009

Oppai Power Levels + TileSLAM = ???: Saki on NOT Redefining Mahjong

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And so, the first season of the series ends…?

It’s quite a ride. Not that good, but interesting nonetheless. During my hiatus, the only prominent series that I said I’ll follow till the end was Saki. Maybe, for lack of a better show, or because the next season’s series lineup is made of ho-hum and fail. The episodes pass, the comparison to canon material deepens, and various innuendos regarding boobs and yuri scattered everywhere (with, of course, some interventions of Censorship-san from both the TV and DVD releases). And now, with the last episode symbolizing the final curtain fall, the anime gets the rest it deserves…

Or so I think.

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Otaku = RAPE: The Gaps of Bittersweet

SukimaMe and the Gap: “There is a gap in each and every otaku that cannot be easily filled.”

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The Doujinshi World: We Weave Love… Parallel Love…

Doujin1You won’t see this kind of thing inside the confines of official material, or outside the confines of Patchouli’s mind, especially since Touhou is already questionable on being “official material”. But it’s out anyway, so what gives?

animekritik just opened himself a can of worms. Who’s willing enough to eat its contents? I am.

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The Dilemma of the Impoverished Otaku

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Ah, yes. I don’t suppose most readers out there are bothered with this matter, yes? As a matter of fact, I, for whatever experience I may have in the past, have recently branded myself as a “poor” otaku. And it’s not like I can say I’m “in the red” in pure jest. I wear red, and I like red. It just turned out that I was red both in a monetary and preferential sense.

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Kyon on Haruhi: The Fighting of the Shadowy Gods Syndrome

Haruhi-Motivator1If that’s so, Kyon’s just the perfect Messiah, only that he’ll save us from the true god herself…

Before you start reading the article, please do take heed of its first paragraph: I’m not a fan of  the Haruhi franchise, nor am I engaged with any of its current content except for some chapters of the novel, a complete watch and rewatch of the first season, and some understanding as to how people in the series stand. I don’t know if it’s the boredom, or the rather bland preference over the supernatural, or the existentialistic properties that pop up almost anywhere on the series’ timeline. I don’t even plan on giving KyoAni a say on this blatant trolling that they’re doing. The very existence of the events resulting to these understandings is but a figment of what little interest I have over two of the most controversial entities almost all of us agree upon: The Supreme Being, and the Messiah. So unlike the previous writers who may have prevented people to post their hearts out of admiration, opinion, religion, or hate, I open this article to everyone, especially to those who think they’re normally… unique…

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