Another week, another ABSE. If you haven’t already, please vote in my poll and let me know what you think. So, while this week was much stronger than last, some disturbing trends are begenning to emerge. But, enough of my rambling, let’s get to the numbers Biggest Gainer- School Rumble. Maybe it’s becuase several series are [...]
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So I got tired of the Contempt theme. The letters were quite big and was a dead giveaway the author was a nearsighted blogger (ouch). The new header image is awful though, but that’s the most I could do anyway. It sucks to have mediocre design skills. The Melancholy of a School Rumble [...]
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Theres hardly any good anime out right now. Not one new anime out right now is good. I’m just waiting for Honey & Clover II and I pray it’s good. I waited for School Rumble Nigakki and it messed up. Stupid girls keep coming. Now, since there’s hardly any good anime out, I turned back in [...]
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I have a theory. If the series features many very attractive girls with great personalities, chances are, this anime has eroge (ero-game) roots. (Note that the reverse is almost always untrue.) So far, School Rumble's been only the exception for me. With characters like the kawaii Eruru, the lolimoe Aruru and the 'I'm-blind-and-vulnerable' Yuzuha, it [...]
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More Sukuran summaries and reviews. #148 - Sans Toit ni Loi The next morning, Harima finds himself all tied up and marooned outside the gate of the house. Yakumo, in the kitchen, is wondering where he is. Tenma feigns innocence and thinks to herself, "I can’t believe Harima tried to sneak into Yakumo’s room at night, [...]
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I realised something horrible. I screwed up the numbering of the chapters because I accidentally combined #142 and #143. Crap. I’ve made the changes to the previous posts. And here are two more. #146 - One Hour with You Tenma, Yakumo and Harima have lunch together. They share some slice-of-life moments and Harima feels like he’s in [...]
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I continue my mad rant of School Rumble. Another two chapters today. Pity the Wannabeforums are down, there are a lot of people there who write thesis-like dissections of the mental state of every character. That’s you Swampstorm. The problem with discussion manga is that everyone is at different points. There are those who follow [...]
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I know it’s called Nigakki but it’s a “II” for me (just like Tsubasa Chronicles II ). I’ve been browsing around random blogs at work recently and randomly looking at people about pages….and man you guys are making me feel like an old fart. (Yes all you kiddies still in high school or college [...]
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With the latest tankoubou, volume 12, School Rumble propels itself back to the pantheons of romantic comedy greatness. In other words, YEAHHH ITS FUCKING GOOOOD!! Our favourite SR was in a slump, during the basketball arc, but through some really illogical and forced plot devices, has succeeded in phoenix downing itself. In my fit of euphoria, [...]
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This is another decent episode for the series. The first story is quite funny and features some interesting interaction between the characters. It also has food as a theme so it brings back memory of Yakitate!! Japan, which I have to revisit one of these days. Unfortunately, the second and the third stories are not that good. I am starting to wonder now if supporting characters like Nishimoto is funny enough to be featured seperately from the main characters. They're just not funny enough in my opinion. Having said that, I'm starting to get used to Imadori, Tougou, and Lala now. Well, it's mostly just Imadori and his silliness but since the writers need someone to go against his obnoxious personality, Tougou and Lala are often featured alongside him.
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