Impressions: In need of money, Konoe Sunao finds a job at the curry shop ‘Oasis’, where it just so happens that Kanisawa Kinu is also working. The episode is all about them and their developing relationship (as friends of course!) By far the best episode so far, both in quality and plot. The animation was good [...]
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Impressions: Whoa! Episode 5 is out already? Oh well, I’ll catch up. Maybe. Anyways…episode 4 was quite a sad episode. I felt sorry for Nagomi. I’d say this episode is one of the better ones so far. It is a refreshing break after the episodes situated solely at school, although about a third of the entire [...]
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While the summer season is still young, it’s been a mixed bag thus far. While some shows have risen above my high expectations (Honey & Clover II) and others have pleasantly surprised (Zero no Tsukaima, Chevalier), a few have failed to meet even minimal expectations (like the horrid Tsuyokiss). Overall, there are plenty [...]
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Impressions: I have seen many articles and comments criticising the first few episodes of the series; about the quality, story and adaptation of the game. As I have never played the game before, I’d say my impression of the series so far is quite different from others. I agree that the animation and quality is not [...]
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Tsundere characters have been a staple of romantic anime since Madoka Ayukawa, the ur-tsundere, from which all other flow. However, as character types go in and out of style, these days the tsundere is definitely in - it’s like you can’t go out and take a walk around the web without falling into a puddle [...]
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Impressions: I felt that the second episode is not as good as the first; not only the story, but the quality of the animation as well. The last part where Otome saves Sunao and blows up the motorbike is far too extreme. Yes, I know the show is not the type that strictly forbids such exaggeration, [...]
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This finally dawned upon me today when I was watching the movie version of Rent. I never really could get into it, even though I like musicals. I’d say something like “::looks at ‘musicals’ category on the sidebar”, but I turned that into “Live-Action” recently. Anyway, while I had some complaints that [...]
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Maybe it was my overly immense expectations. Maybe it's because I really like tsundere type characters. Whatever it was, when I watched the first episode of Tsuyokiss, I was slightly crestfallen. Mildly disappointed, so to speak. My comments are based on the fact that aside from that one visit to the official website about 3 weeks ago (when there was basically nothing there), I don't know much about the anime except that I want to watch it.Konoe Sunao, or Daikon. ^^The opening song is cutesy, and some parts of the lyrics do foreshadow the theme of the show. "Daikirai nante usotsuki, daisuki sunao ni narenai" or "How I hate you, I'm a liar, how I love you, I can't be true to myself" obviously exemplifying the tsundere theme. Translation is probably off, but you get the point. But other than that, opening was generic. Ending was better sounding, I guess I'm more a ballad person.Talk to the sword, boy.Crab vs Coconut. Hard to crack, this one.The first thing I noticed was that the animation is only so-so. It's not Gonzo definitely, but I would love to see these girls better drawn. It may be the animator's art style, or rather simplistic animation, but I wasn't too impressed. I won't complain though, if the series turns out great anyway. =)Also, one minute after we see Konoe Sunao waking up, we have our first scene of exaggerated fanservice. What's with Sunao's towel falling off? Not in the first minute guys. And her boobs are like water balloons. Anyway, then we basically meet the girls one by one. Most of them have particularly convenient scenes where they get to announce their names. Like Kurogane Otome saying she's a member of the discipline committee while threatening a guy with a samurai sword...=S Oh, well. Kanisawa and Yashi Nagomi were very amusing, especially with Kanisawa being small and calling Nagomi 'coconuts'. A little bit prettier and she'd be your typical lolicon."Kuu..."Then Erika the student head, and 'hime' of the school arrives, with all the guys going loopy over her. She's probably the 'best-looking' girl to me, next to Nagomi and maybe Nishizaki...the girl who I've seen only go "Kuu.." and sounds real cute. Anyway, I can't remember all the girls but that should cover the few main ones. Oh, and seriously...I don't need scantily clad girls telling me I'm watching Tsuyokiss everytime a scene changes. Sheesh. And they all look so much hotter and older in those 3-second scenes.I assume he's the lucky bastard? =)Erika. Bitchy, manipulative, but kinda hot.Jokes and humour basically depend on what you would normally laugh at. I think I smiled at the "coconuts" and "Kani" scenes, but little elsewhere. Hopefully this improves later on. The episode as a whole was okay, but basically I believe this was just meant as an introduction to the myriad of girls/tsunderes we will be watching for 13 episodes. Speaking of tsundere, the only time I saw anything like that was probably Sunao slapping Leo. And they called themselves 'A Tsundere Animation'. For shame. Haha, though I'm sure we'll see much more of that later on."Tsuyokiss."......"Huh? Sorry, come again?"Kanisawa and Nagomi crack me up.Okay, so-so start to me. But, I'll definitely watch the other episodes. However, I do expect some misdirected fanservice, but I won't let that deter me. After all, we're talking about tsundere action here! ^^>>> AnimaniaTags: Animation, Anime, Japanese Animation, Manga, Tsuyokiss, Konoe Sunao, Tsushima Leo, Tenjou
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Why didn’t she ask Yoppi to lock the door… I know I should have really liked this because it had some girl-on/girl elements in it, but it was mostly boring. I’m not keen on this type of character design, I think it’s the faces? I was bored by the time Kanoe Sunao’s towel fell off, and that [...]
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