“By the way, how many times has this repetition happened?” Now that wasn’t so bad… Endless Eight takes place after the Mysterious Island arc in the first season, near the end of summer. Due to Haruhi’s feelings of regret, the world has been thrown into a two-week time loop. The gang will relive their summer over and [...]
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So I do like the occasional shoujo manga, but lately I feel like drama shoujo titles have become more like soap operas rather than romantic dramas. Lately there's been too much of a reliance on melodrama to get readers. Even the insanely popular and praised, Kimi ni Todoke has it's own share of melodrama. While the addition of melodrama might make for nice "oh snap" moments in the manga, it takes a toll on the human factor. Bokura wa Itsumo is a exception to the current trend in shoujo manga, and is an immensely satisfying read
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So this is the 3rd time that we’ve gone on unintentional hiatus due to school.  Considering the increasing frequency of these hiatuses, I think it’s clear that college engineers + episodic blogs don’t mix.  Fact of the matter about episodics is this: it’s hard to have something to say about every episode of a 26 episode series. [...]
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So 3 episodes in to DtB2 and the only real word I can come up w/ summing up my thoughts is: disappointment. Don't get me wrong... I really like the series so far, as an anime... but not so much as a sequel to DtB. It just seems to be missing what made the first season really good. I'll just run through what I feel is lacking w/ this season thus far.
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After missing out on the summer preview, PSJ is back with a full fall season preview. Same format as before, same style, not including kids show (so no Battle Spirits or Stitch commentary here.) As always summaries and production infos are found on MyAnimeList, AnimeNewsNetwork, and AnimeDB.
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So I’ve been following the Shugo Chara manga series for over a year now, and last month I felt my heart sink when it seemed as if the manga would end on Chapter 44. So you must understand how incredibly elated I was when the chapter came out today and the series didn’t end! I don’t know [...]
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A guest post? Just who is this guest posting on Psychadelic SoulJam? It is I, 53RG10!! … .. . …no reaction…as expected… ”’orz Well, I’m the owner of both Open Your Mind and Deciphered Melody and I was asked by tekky here to come and post about Sora no Manimani episode 05 because he’s a lazy bastard he has writter’s [...]
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Gonna try something new, and attempt an ongoing manga review. Manabiya is a new manga written by Kojima Akira, and serialized in Gangan Joker. Kojima Akira previously worked on Mahoraba (Not to be confused with Maburaho). Mahoraba is my favorite slice-of-life manga so far. All the characters were such a treat to watch (or read in this case), and I couldn't help but smile while reading each chapter. If the first few chapters of Manabiya is any indication, than Kojima-sensei has done it again.
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Haha I fail, made this post awhile ago and didn’t realize I never actually posted it X_X. Short post to break my long absence ^_^. The spotlight is on a manga I believe isn’t out there enough called Akumetsu. At first I thought it was be the generic bad government->rally for revolution/chance-> obstacles->revolution/change win or  government [...]
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The process of me watching Darker than Black is an interesting one. I attempted to watch the series a year ago; however, for some reason, I just wasn't really liking it. After about 6 episode, I dropped it, thinking that I'd eventually come back to it. Last week, I picked up the series from where I left off, and finished it.
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Hi guys, Menma is on FIRE!  I have to keep writing or else I’ll go to Wikipedia and read Doctor Who spoilers and then I will kill myself and you will never see me again, so I’m gonna burn through this backlog.  This time I’ll be talking about Hanasakeru Seishounen episode 5, “Meeting ~ Reunion”.  [...]
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