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Impressions:

To be honest, after watching this episode I’ve begun to root for Siesta. I’m a bit disappointed that she didn’t kiss Saito on the lips, but I wasn’t expecting that anyway as it’s still very early in the show. I don’t like Kirche at all. I doubt she truly likes him, and I hope Saito won’t get involved with her. Louise; I’m not too sure yet. She acts very sweet when she’s concerned for Saito, but that never ends up as more than just concern. When is she going to develop and realise her feelings for Saito? Or will she? This is going to become slightly ‘haremish‘, isn’t it? Now to a random topic that has nothing to do with the romances in the show, the same music that is often played during the show reminds me of ‘The Third ~ Aoi Hitomi no Shoujo’. The theme music both give the same feel, but the two shows are completely different. Anyway, it looks like Saito’s going into a real battle next episode, this time with the talking sword. Yay!

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Impressions:

Whoa! Episode 5 is out already? Oh well, I’ll catch up. Maybe. Anyways…episode 4 was quite a sad episode. I felt sorry for Nagomi. I’d say this episode is one of the better ones so far. It is a refreshing break after the episodes situated solely at school, although about a third of the entire time was spent on showing Nagomi walking. The animation was ok, though at times I felt the characters to drawn too short (maybe it’s just my imagination). I’m beginning to wonder if this series is going to get subbed. The second episode hasn’t been subbed yet…

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Popularity: 6% [?]

Episode 90: Abarai Renji, Bankai of the Soul!

Impressions:

Damn, the quality went down again. The episode wasn’t as good as last week’s in terms of the animation, but the fact that it was able to squeeze in heaps of action with quick plot movement makes it better overall. I had thought the filler arc was almost at its end, with Ichigo fighting Kariya, but it seems there’s still more to go – the ‘Soul Society arc within the Bounto arc’. Sigh… I hope it doesn’t take too long. I’m really looking forward to Ichhigo’s Bankai next episode, as well as Ishida regaining his power. But Kariya is so strong! He seems as strong as Aizen at the moment, but this is in fact false. Both were able to stop Ichigo unarmed, but when Ichigo was thwarted by Aizen, he was in his Bankai form. When he fought Kariya, he only had his shikai. But then again, Kariya hasn’t even released his Doll yet (wait, does he even have one? Of course he does! Or, maybe not… Hmm…) Wait a minute, I haven’t even taken into the fact that Aizen never even released his shikai, nor his Bankai. Aargh!!! Such power! But the 1st Squad leader, thought to be the strongest of them all, is there protecting Soul Society, so everything should be fine right? Maybe so, but I sure wouldn’t want to watch some old dude beat up Kariya. I just wanna see Ichigo kick his arse.

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Popularity: 24% [?]

シュヴァリエ

Release: 7/2006
Episodes: 24
Genre: Historical Setting, Mystery
OP: “BORN” by Miwako Okuda
ED: “OVER NIGHT” by Aya

Impressions:

It’s really hard to enjoy something if you can’t understand it. I won’t be writing any summaries about this series until the subs come out, though I will post pictures. I know I’m a bit late on this one. I had in fact watched it a couple of weeks ago, but forgot about it. It seems really interesting – the mystery and supernatural genres make a great combination. There are so many deaths in the first episode! The character designs are horrible, but I think it’s because they were drawn to look more like French people. I guess more realistic character designs go well with serious shows, but the women are just so ugly! Or maybe I’m just used to normal, large eyed cute school girls. Anyway, the quality seems to be quite good, and it looks like the storyline will only get more mysterious and interesting, so I’ll be sure to keep watching.

EDIT: I’ll keep watching but I won’t be blogging this series…

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Popularity: 13% [?]

�?�ょ�?�ッ�?� Sister

Release: 07/2006
Episodes: 24
Genre: Love-Romance
OP: “Doki! Doki! My Sister Soul” by Harenchi Punch
ED: “Neko-nyan Dance” by Harenchi Punch

Impressions:

Chokotto Sister turned out to be better than I thought. The reason it’s taken me this long to right about it is because I never felt like watching it, until recently, when I finally decided to give it a shot. The show is extremely cheerful until Haruma’s flashback of his mother’s miscarriage, which was SO sad! I wonder what happened to his parents… The style of the character designs aren’t too much to my liking, but this particular style is perfect for a young girl like Choco, although the large eyes and roundish face make Haruma look much younger than he is. Nevertheless, I enjoyed the episode, even though I usually don’t like shows where not much happens. (Oh sorry, I’ve made a big mistake. I forgot about Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu, which had episodes where practically nothing happened, yet the series ended up being one of my all-time favourites.) The OP and ED are both pretty good, and the OP seems really familiar, though I can’t determine where I’ve heard something similar before. The cat dance animation for the OP was weird. Cute, but weird…

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Popularity: 15% [?]

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I’m not sure what to make of this series. The first episode drew me in very easily, but the second one had trouble keeping me in. I hope the making of the game won’t last many episodes, as the main point of the story should be Misaki helping Satou to rid himself of his current life. The quality of this episode was slightly worse than the last, and I noticed Satou’s face and profiles being drawn badly. There weren’t many crazy hallucinations this episode, and I’m not sure whether they are a good thing to show or bad. The storyline is very interesting, and I’m curious to discover what Misaki’s plan is, and if it really is to cure hikikomori. Misaki seems normal and nice, but who knows? Maybe she’ll turn out to be some murderous, post-hikikomoric psycopath (’hikikomoric’ is so not a word!) Satou’s senapi from high school also seems to be making an appearance next episode. I always love new characters (well, she really isn’t ‘new’, as we’ve seen her in Satou’s flashbacks.) Even there were some not so good things this episode, I still think this series as a great one with lots of potential, so I’ll definitely keep watching.

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Popularity: 5% [?]

Impressions:

I’m starting to like this show less now. It’s going quite slow, but hopefully things will get interesting now, as Mister is finally going to Graceland. The Sisters are also becoming a bit impractical – worrying about clothes and putting on makeup? What kind of android does that? It also seems to me that the 12 Sisters are losing their touch. September was not able to kill Swamp or Mister when she engaged them (of course, neither Swamp nor Mister are allowed to die yet). If the people who created the Sisters were smart enough to implement such humanistic qualities, why weren’t they able to make them more efficient in combat? We’ve seen that October, November and December have superhuman strength, so I assume the others have as well. They can all survive bullets and their reflexes have to be better than humans, so why did September suck so bad? This goes for the rest of the Sisters too. They are not meant to lose so easily and frequently. They are meant to put up a fight; give the protagonists a challenge. Things better get better soon, or… (I was about to say stop watching the show, but I know that’s not gonna happen, even if the show does become crap – which I highly doubt it will. It’s only the third episode out!)

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Popularity: 9% [?]

Impressions:

I didn’t find this episode as funny as the last. It was too repetitive, and I generally don’t like it when things are repeated to make it funny (Miki getting pounded multiple times). However, this doesn’t mean I didn’t enjoy the episode. The second half was easily predictable (how Toshiyuki was the dog and not the boy), so that downgraded the comedy slightly, though overall it was still a funny episode. I’m wondering if there will be any form of progressive plot in the show – so far there has been none. Megumi and Kankuro fighting Miki is a side story that can always be referred to for a few laughs – sand pointless laughter is just what this show is all about, though it wouldn’t hurt for a bit more development. The woman in the OP holding the staff has not yet made an appearance yet. I suspect she will appear soon as the series is only twelve episodes long. I believe the ending will be focused on the war between Miki and Megumi, as that seems to be the main focus of this ‘Invisible Poster Girl’ show. Toshiyuki may be of great importance too, as the entire ED is on him (although this could just be another random thing that was thrown in).

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Popularity: 9% [?]