Last season, I initially planned to cook-up a comprehensive first impressions post on the fall animes I watched, but before I even got a glimpse of most of them, I already found myself joining the bandwagon of blogging Shugo Chara, KimiKiss, My Condolences Ninomiya-kun, and Suteki Tantei Labyrinth. In the end, my originally intended post never materialized. I dropped one show after another as time went by, leaving only KimiKiss (and the Shugo Chara manga, if that counts) in my current blogging schedule. I lost the passion and drive to blog Saiunkoku and Emily along the way as well, and up until now I'm still trying to rekindle that flame =__= This time around, I decided to take it slow, to delight in what the Winter '08 animes has to offer, before deciding on which shows to blog. Despite how several shows piqued my interest, namely True Tears, Persona, Porfy no Nagai Tabi, Shigofumi, Spice and Wolf, Hatenkou Yuugi, Hakaba Kitarou and KimiAru, I can't seem to bring myself to write about these shows. These animes struck a chord with me, but somehow, it wasn't enough inspiration for a write-up (the KimiAru deep frying I did isn't really a proper write-up, but just a random "lol"). <a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer's_block>Winter's Block is making me feel like a sad girl in the snow. It's not you, winter animes, it's me. I've never been a good writer. If there's one thing that blogging has really taught me, it's that I should not have taken reading [English books] and writing for granted, during the "formative years" of my life. Sorry, mom, I now realize how foolish I am for not listening to your advice. But that's not the point. The thing is, with the lack of ability to articulately express myself, especially for shows I can't [fully] get into, I am not able to churn out a "worthwhile" post. With this, I come to the conclusion that the problem lies with me and my current <a href= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer's_block>Winter's Block. The most plausible and convenient reason I can think of behind this phenomenon is that, I left my heart somewhere else, in the season of Spring~ yes that's right. Deliberately or not, I found myself not wanting to become attached to the Winter shows, in light of what is to come in the next season. I feel like singing, "O Come All Ye Spring 2008 Animes" now, actually :P My Newtype magazines just made this worse, as it allowed me to do some sort of "time leap", and I became excited for what Spring '08 has to offer instead. I guess this also explains why I wasn't able to cook up a Winter 2008 Anime "Menu" / Season Preview? Though I think I owe much of that to laziness, procrastination, and loneliness (bunnies need company to be able to GIVE IT ALL THEY'VE GOT, after all) :P Having known the roots of my Winter’s Block, I obviously cannot go about proclaiming how the Winter season of animes suck. I’ve already lost the “right” to proclaim that with what I’ve mentioned thus far. If you’re looking for a guide for the Winter season of shows, I’m sorry to say that I cannot be a hermit bunny at this state of hibernation. And besides, there are other blogs out there which are more qualified for that, IMO. So instead of forcing myself to post about the current shows [halfheartedly], I'll just stick to what I've already been doing and continue to look at what lies ahead, while not losing focus of the present (aka watching Winter shows, and blogging what I’m supposed to). Allow me then to guide you into the world of Spring! Wai~ :D So yeah, all this lengthy introduction is just to tell you guys, that I'll be providing "Snapshots of Spring 2008" in the coming months, as I scan pages from Newtype / Animedia, for the greater good. ^^;;; Enjoy the pics~! Let's all be happy and look forward to Spring! =3
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