Asatte no Houkou is in no doubt one of the best slice of life series in the anime world of 2006. However, is it a lolicon heavenly keep with the extremely lovable characters or a series that speaks volumes about how a slice of life series should be done? Both are applicable, to a great [...]
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I can now exclusively reveal that the reason my blog is so HARD GAY is because I have Lui chained up in my basement.   As the days became depressingly short and winter tightened its grip upon the land, I had the great idea of summarising all the 2006 series I watched in one great ‘Annual Round-Up’; [...]
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A Merry Christmas to everybody out there! Was Santa good to all of y'all? Yesterday, I spent most of the day over at the mobile home park for the Christmas Eve service we did there. We had a whole truckload of presents to give to the kids there thanks to the churches around here, so they had a good Christmas :) Rather worn out since I spent a good 30 minutes before things started chasing around kids that weren't listening to me... seems they think that I'm just the nice onii-chan that comes to play with them, not anybody with authority and whatnot ;)    My presents weren't much of a surprise since I picked them all out by myself at Best Buy last Saturday... but that's probably best since my parents generally don't know what I'm talking about when it comes to computers and such (^^;;) Anyways, after all the unwrapping was over this morning I played some Wii Bowling/Tennis/Baseball with my mom and grandparents (yes, I was finally able to find another Wiimote/nunchuk at Best Buy). My mom was pretty good at baseball... beat me once (^^;;) Grandparents seemed to enjoy bowling, though it took them a bit to realize that all you have to do is pretend like you're really bowling and such. I've been working on my bowling technique so it wasn't really a fair match ;) After that, I played some of Rayman Raving Rabbids. Pretty hilarious and fun game, but it can be tiring, especially the first mini-game in the video below, "Bunnies are addicted to carrot juice" (captured using the new TV tuner I got): Those of y'all that have a Wii should check it out sometime. If any of y'all got a Wii for Christmas or before, please add me to your address book: 1627 8945 2353 9113. Post your Wii console number in the comments or e-mail me and I'll add you and send you my Mii :) Besides the Wii stuff, I also got a few anime DVDs: Midori no Hibi collection, MOON PHASE #2 and Shakugan no Shana #2. They didn't have Kamichu or Ichigo Mashimaro there... Anyways, other than playing Wii a lot, I'm catching up with and finishing all of the fall season shows that wrapped up (except for Asatte no Houkou, which I'm watching on BS-i. Couple of weeks behind). I'll try and post something about each of them... think I can do at least that much to make up for being lazy (^^;;) Y'all must be surprised that I haven't even posted on Futago Hime Gyu the past few weeks. Saturday's Christmas episode was really good, so I've got to write something about it ;)
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Okay, I managed to get 7 episodes in before my body forcibly shut down from lack of sleep. Its better now, I managed to get a few. . .minutes of peaceful rest. At any rate Asatte no Houkou is getting better with every episode if for no other reason than Shouko happens to be the definition of kawaii. Seriously, Shouko is almost Ayu (Kanon) cute, in a I-am-an-adult-trapped-in-a-nine-year-old-body
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I don’t believe in being fashionably late, Being fashionably late is for fashionable people. As for me, I have the annoying habit of totally missing the party. That appears to be what happened with Asatte no Houkou. The show seems to have finished it's run a few days ago and the subs are complete as well. It was on my short lists of series to catch if I didn’t have anything else to do. So,
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Wait, an actual slice-of-life series that I actually enjoyed? Yes, it is possible. While I normally find pure slice-of-life series rather boring, sometimes one appears which adds something extra. In the case of Asatte no Houkou, the result turned out amazing. This is one of those rare anime which creates a very strong mood and [...]
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And so it has ended. Phew, it surely has been one great ride, from start to finish. Like I said, so far Asatte no Houkou is standing on the #1 spot for the shows released in the fall season. All that’s left is to see whether another show can take its place. Heh, it surely [...]
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Great pre-ending episode. Even though nearly everything it’s been doing is build up for the final episode, we do get to see Karada telling Tetsu about what happened to her. Unlike Hiro, however, he doesn’t believe her. Asatte no Houkou has really been the best anime to air in the fall-season so far. But then [...]
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This episode is not as bad as I thought it would be but I do think that it could have been better. There are some good lines included in this episode but the problem is I don't believe that these lines are applicable to the characters. One of the lines, for example, would have been romantic if I believe that the characters are meant to be together. The problem is, I don't think that these characters should be together. Because I don't root for them to be together, the end result feels a bit forced to a degree. I am also not happy that they left some elements unresolved even though it's obvious that there won't be a second season for the series. Oh well, I think the series was pretty good up to episode 8 but then the writers didn't know what else to do with the remainder 4 episodes. Neverhteless, I like the series mostly for the animation style and the pleasant background music courtesy Mitsumune Shinkichi.
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Star Ocean has taken over my life; it seeps into all the cracks and leaves me with no time to do anything else. Nonetheless, I shall get on top of this addiction, even if it means playing all three games (four if you count Blue Sphere) to death. In the meantime, Bakumatsu 7-8 will be [...]
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