Published on
October 27, 2009 in
Anime.
Tags: Anime, Asskicking, Biribiri, Cameos, Canon, Filler Episode, Myths, Paradoxes, To Aru Kagaku No Railgun, Urban Legends.
No offense to Kuroko fans: Has justice finally been served?!
Served on this week’s Railgun is a can of whoop-ass, or so we think. Good points for the episode: Back on canon track, a grand cameo of Index’s Kamijo Toma, with a slight introduction to the main elements of Railgun’s Level Upper Arc. Bad points: ass-whooping served short on a disappointing 4 minute mark, scenes that defy the laws of Science, and only little progress for the story, marking it as another filler episode. I was expecting a long and detailed fight since we’re talking about GAR guy Toma here, but I guess I expected too much.
Continue reading ‘Railgun 4: Paradoxical Curiosity’
Published on
October 26, 2009 in
Anime.
Tags: Anime, Kuchu Buranko, Mental Health, Mental Illness, Mental Treatment, Mind Games, MINDFUCK, Psychology, Trapeze, WINSHOW.
It’s a masterpiece of the mind. No, really, it is.
Even with it slowly creeping into the array of shows, Kuchu Buranko, or most commonly known as Trapeze, caught everyone by surprise with its methods, characters, wit, and confusing yet effective way of telling the story. Okay, maybe that’s just me, but try finding people other than myself that have SERIOUS BUSINESS written in every particle of their body and I think you’ll get almost the same reaction. Since the story is told with the objective of seeing the psychologist’s methods on a better light, most of us had a hard time trying to grasp the situation. But even though I’m not into Psychology, I’m interested in it, and I’m quite baffled on how its mind games somehow hypnotized yours truly into watching it. Of course, what I learn from this show, I plan to use on others. Wink wink.
Continue reading ‘Kuchu Buranko First Impressions: Irabu Ichiro, Tarot Psychologist Extraordinaire’
Man has always been trying to reach out to God in an attempt to understand why the former was created from the latter’s image. Often, the endeavor strays from its intended path, becoming bold, devious, and wrong. “Reaching out to God” suddenly becomes “Reaching God”, and “Reaching God” can even become “Overthrowing God and Taking His Place”. I can only imagine much, but I think I’ve seen some of the best examples of Man’s attempts from this excellent piece of paperback.
Hallucination from the Womb is the second tankoubon volume of compiled works by Kitoh Mohiro, an artist known for drawing disturbing scenarios concerning human behavior in a futuristic background. Now, before I do share the general sentiment of the book, I’ll do have to warn you guys that the manga itself is NOT SAFE FOR WORK. It’s pretty touchy stuff, and Mohiro-san seems to have taken a liking to drawing deformed and underdeveloped girls for the story’s characters. Other than that humble reminder, we’re good.
Continue reading ‘Existential Insights on Hallucination from the Womb: Man Can Reach God, But He Cannot Become God If He Falls From Grace’
I don’t think there’s anyone who can understand the various amorous advances save for the fact that they’re something to be feared.
Ever since the first episode, people had their eyes on Shirai Kuroko. I’m sure most of us are pretty amazed at her performance as one of the main characters of the Railgun franchise. However, I’m not going to elaborate at her devious plans to make the Railgun her own. I’m not going to take a peek at the contents of her beauty box, either. But I do need to have a word with one of the most annoying, yet enigmatic characters of the show.
Continue reading ‘Kuroko on Railgun 02: I stole (Onee-sama’s Boxers) the spotlight, and the show’s better off without me?’
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