Why do you hurt me like this, Pengy? I don’t want to play your damned crazy Japanese MMO where you’re shepharded around by one of the Da Capo tramps, the terminally ill Shuffle girls, or the inept Clannad fleshpiles. Bring me back my Pengy, dammit! Please! Please please please! Just a little Pengy? A new episode? Only [...]
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The second day of Osaka was certainly one of my more expensive days to date and for many reasons. For me one of the places I wanted to visit in Osaka was the main Volks store. The reason for me wanting to visit the main Volks store was that I wanted to see what dollfies [...]
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To celebrate the creation of Canvas3, I give you a little post on Naru Nanao. Naru Nanao is one of the most popular artists out there, and anyone can easily find her artwork. She mainly does character design, but didn’t get popular until the release of Da Capo, where she did the design of Nemu, Sakura, [...]
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Just a quick update that I am currently in Kyoto and the past few days I have been in Osaka with limited internet access. Here is some of the things to look forward to: Summer Wonderfest experience Getting lost in Osaka Denden Town, Osaka’s answer to Akiba Visiting Osaka Castle Coming close to death by fugu My Da Capo fandom strikes again A [...]
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A spin-off manga of DaCapo II written and produced by Circus staff with Shirakawa Nanaka as the main heroine? COUNT ME IN!!! This is “Da Capo II Imaginary Future”, and just as the title implies, it’s an imaginary story line. As of now, there are three volumes. I heard that in this version Nanaka is the [...]
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It's... a... TRAP! Kudou-kun, Da Capo's resident crossdresser. I have a weird enough penchant for characters of this type (no I'm not going Brokeback on myself), mostly because you can really only do this in fiction. In real life, I have not seen any convincing crossdresser that would fool me into thinking that he/she is actually [...]
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This week we feature the lovely Kotori Shirakawa from the Da Capo franchise. While plain by current eroge standards, any otaku worth their beans should still know who Kotori is. I don’t care what the canon story says, because Kotori was obviously the correct choice. Well whatever. I won’t turn this into a Nemu Asakura [...]
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I haven't marathoned an anime in a long time. After being repeatedly disappointed by with a lot of the things that I marathoned like Kanon and Da Capo, which I never got past episode 4 of each. I'm not sorry, but harem anime are crap in my books ~but their art is lovely. I really prefer something with a little more common sense or a lot of comedy apart from the blood and guts every once in a while.I've been meaning to watch Lovely Complex for months now. But the premise of tall girl and short guy kinda put me off. Well... I watched and loved Toshokan Sensou already so I figured I should finally watch this already.The story revolves around Koizumi Risa who is taller than the average Japanese female at 5'8" and Otani Atsushi (LOL! Same given name as that short guy the sexy beast Dojo!) who is shorter than the average Japanese male at 5'1". Both have spontaneous and fun-loving personalities who always speak their minds. They fall in love with each other but are hesitant because of they're uneasy about the height different. Risa gets over it faster and confessed to him but he took a little more time getting over the fact and they finally get together. The series spanned through the three years of high school. In between, they are surrounded by their friends some want nothing more than for the two of them to get together and a handful wants to break them up.I love this show! It is freaking awesome! I can't believe I sat through True Tears (I had to admit, it was good but was kinda meh... story-wise) rather than watch this show that time. The story is nothing extraordinary - no on is super rich or super talented or super anything. Actually, it's incredibly ordinary, but the consistency in the characters' personality with the right injection of comedy totally made it worth it! It had the best depiction of boy-girl friendships I've ever seen in anime where the characters are not in elementary school. But the thing I love love love about this show is: common sense. It goes through the motions of misunderstandings and awkward situations, but they don't last very long because the characters are actually willing to listen to explanations when they are being made. They don't stop at, "I will never speak to you again no matter how valid your explanation is!"The art style is suited for the anime... it's not going to win any awards for pretty animation (Also, when I started, I thought Otani looked a lot like that moron Yano from Bokura ga Ita so I had a big prejudice against because he's a moron. I got over that fast because his personality shone more his appearance). The two OPs and EDs are nice, though it's not something I'd listen to regularly - reminds me of perky teenybopper music. I like the BGMs though... well, I am a sucker for BGMs.The only complaint I have about the show is the sequencing. I sat through 17 episodes of getting together and only 2 or so of Koizumi and Otani as couple??? I mean, that's it? The only problem they encountered as a couple before they had a happily ever after is that other short guy in the restaurant that Koizumi worked in? Well, I heard that there are actually more things that happened to the pair as a couple in the manga, but I haven't read the manga. I certainly wouldn't have minded if they had more episodes just to make the part of them being a couple more stable.But other than that, I don't really have any complaints about the show. This is one of those shows where brains is not really a requirement to watch and appreciate the show, which was a relief for me..
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So here are the results for groups 11 to 15 of Saimoe 2008. Again, aggregate posts are only done for the preliminaries, and the actual tournament will have actual posts looking at each round. Here we go.Group 11 Results1. Louise from Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~ (664 votes)2. Saginomiya Isumi from Hayate no Gotoku! (658 votes)3. Edomae Runa from Seto no Hanayome (582 votes)4. Shindou Chihiro from ef - a tale of memories (453 votes)5. Yoshinoya-sensei from Hidamari Sketch Tokubetsuhen (450 votes)6. Maki from Seto no Hanayome (385 votes)7. Shirayuki Mizore from Rosario to Vampire (380 votes)8. Otoha/Kagura Hinata from H2O -Footprints in the Sand- (341 votes)9. Tabata Yui from H2O - Footprints in the Sand- (230 votes)9. Mike from Sketchbook ~Full Color's~ (230 votes)First time I see two number 9's. Ah well, their disparity in votes will probably mean they are going to be out in the first round. Louise is expected, and so is Isumi, both from strong anime. Seto no Hanayome is well represented as well now. One would expect as much though.Group 12 Results (original post)1. Kawazoe Tamaki from Bamboo Blade (836 votes)2. Katsura Kotonoha from School Days (653 votes)3. Minami Haruka from Minami-ke (631 votes)4. Vita from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (611 votes)5. Sonozaki Mion from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (578 votes)6. Nijihara Ink (Pastel Ink) from Moetan (526 votes)7. Asakura Yume from D.C. Da Capo II (470 votes)8. Anya Earlstreim from Code Geass R2 (435 votes)9. Lala Satalin Deviluke from To-LOVE-Ru (423 votes)So eh, not surprising for number 1 in a way. I did not watch Bamboo Blade though I wanted to, but meh. And Haruka makes it in! Yes! So much love for her indeed. So does Anya, which is one of the two lolies this year that I actually liked, the other being Coopa from Tower of Druaga.Group 13 Results (original post)1. Hanyuu from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (648 votes)2. Aizawa Sakuya from Hayate no Gotoku! (574 votes)3. Henrietta de Tristain from Zero no Tsukaima ~Futatsuki no Kishi~ (481 votes)4. Nunnally li Britannia from Code Geass R2 (418 votes)5. Akihime Sumomo from Nanatsuiro*Drops (387 votes)6. Ginga Nakajima from Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS (354 votes)7. Patricia Martin from Lucky Star (311 votes)8. Nena Trinity from Kidou Senshi Gundam 00 (302 votes)9. Mashiro Rima from Shugo Chara! (300 votes)So eh, I think when I looked through the list for group 13, I felt like there were a few (think Gekka) I hoped could make it in, but alas, none of them did. Nunnally being in was almost a given, since Geass fanboygasm is taking most of the prelims by storm. Sakuya was lol, but expected. Too bad about the rest...and this group's votes, or the quantity thereof, seemed lacking compared to others.Group 14 Results (original post)1. Horo from Spice & Wolf (732 votes)2. Houjou Sakoto from Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Kai (583 votes)3. Wilhelmina Carmel from Shakugan no Shana Second (481 votes)4. Morimiya Aono from sola (443 votes)5. Mitsukai Dokuro from Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokura-chan Second (401 votes)6. Haibara Ai (Miyano Shiho) from Detective Conan (356 votes)7. Yoshino from Minami-ke (344 votes)8. Andou Aiko from true tears (333 votes)9. Sakura Misaki from Wagaya no Oinari-sama. (330 votes)Horo FTW. This group was indeed pretty weak, but still, the huge difference in votes is just wow. Also, WTF Yoshino made it in.Group 15 Results (original post)1. Fujibayashi Kyou from CLANNAD (761 votes)2. Yuuki Mikan from To-LOVE-Ru (559 votes)3. Midarezaki Kyouka from Kyouran Kazoku Nikki (439 votes)4. Fumika from Shigofumi (403 votes)5. Ayanami Rei/Ayanami Sanshimai from Shin Seiki Evangelion (372 votes)6. Adilicia Ren Mathers from Rental Magica (358 votes)7. Amamiya Yuuko from ef -a tale of memories. (329 votes)8. Sakai Chigusa from Shakugan no Shana Second (324 votes)9. Tsukishima Koko from Da Capo D.C. II (318 votes)Kyouka-sama made it in lolol. Then again looking at the votes disparity it is safe to say Clannad ruled this round, and that Kyouka made it in because the rest were of little consequence and this was another "weak" round, though as I recall, it seemed to be pretty fine. Meh.And thus, the results! I forgot to copy the 11th group's post, but the rest are all there at least. Next post on the prelims will be the last, since the last 5 groups are coming up over the next several days.Saimoe 2008 Preliminary Groups 11-15 Results,Panther
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this has to be the most ub3r pwnage group match ever… 1位　761票　藤林杏���CLANNAD (Fujibayashi Kyou@CLANNAD) 2位　559票　結城美柑���To LOVEる (Yuuki Mikan@ToLOVE ru) 3位　439票　乱崎凶華���キョウキァ���エアエリアエア������狂乱家族日記 (Midarezaki Kyouka@Kyouran Kazoku Nikki)) 4位　403票　フミカ���ミカ���シゴフミ配達人������シゴフミ (Fumika@Shigofumi) 5位　372票　綾波レイ���綾波三姉妹���新世紀エヴァンゲリオン シリーズ (Rei Ayanami@EVA) 6位　358票　アディリシア・レン・メイザース���レンタルマギカ (Adilisia Lenn Mathers@Rental Magica) 7位　329票　雨宮優子���ef - a tale of memories. (Amamiya Yuuko@ef - a tale of memories) 8位　324票　坂井千草���灼眼のシャナII (Sakai Chigusa@Shakugan No Shana second) 9位　318票　月島小恋���D.C.II ���ダ・カーポII��� (Tsukishima Koko@Da Capo 2 Second Season) FU*K YEAH!!! [...]
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