Five women around, and Watanuki is ogling the boy fox. Good work, kid. Impressions: Well, to the surprise of nobody, they turned a short, relatively meaningless chapter on the dangers of buying refridgerators and the thunder gods that become trapped in them, into a mass clusterblockage of every single character in the show, all making a guest [...]
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Kate Dacey lists this week’s new manga, and describes her top picks in haiku form, in the latest Weekly Recon. Also at PopCultureShock, Ken Haley has composed a definitive guide to Shirow Masamune. At Japanator, God Len posts a haiku-free version of this week’s new releases. (Image is vol. 12 of xxxHolic, one of this [...]
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Aside from the gasp-inducing-thank-gawd-it-finally-ended Inuyasha, it was a slow week for Manga Weekly. Bleach swings back to present day chaos; School Rumble still delves into strange ground; One Piece throws another revelation; xxxHolic voices a curious remark. Since it’s a slow week, let me introduce a series called Akuma to Love Song. Serenus Dreamer [...]
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Now this was an awesome episode! I’m glad to see that the creators were able to play with the manga chapters in such a way to save the best story for last. In fact, I wouldn’t mind if the Himawari-arc would close off the xxxHolic anime, because in this way, the series would leave you [...]
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Read my reviews of xxxHolic Volume One and Two! In Volume Three of the supernatural xxxHolic, the Japanese summer heats up the action! Plot Summary Life hasn’t been easy for Watanuki, and it hasn’t gotten much easier since he started working part time in Yuko’s shop. In fact, things can be pretty difficult whenever the witch is involved. [...]
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Epic.
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  But which one? Impressions: A pretty decent end to the Himawari arc, but after the last episode being stretched out to hell and back again, this one was almost verbatim what I remembered in the manga, so at the same time, it wasn’t really all that interesting to me. About the only visually interesting thing [...]
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Oh noes, it’s finally here! Flavor: Sweet I guess I don’t really have much to say about this episode other than everything was done just like how it was supposed to… although the first part seemed to drag out a lot and it had a bunch more of “omg there’s something wrong with Himawari!” hints which made [...]
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Some people have observed that Level Comics's 24 June 2008 release list is surprisingly generous: There are eight manga titles scheduled where there are usually 4 to 6. I would submit that this seeming windfall is NOT the onset of more Level manga streeting per week. If we revisit previous release schedules, the four extra titles—volume 2 of Level's #3-ranked bestselling manga Love and Collage
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SEAMO - Honey Honey feat. AYUSE KOZUE (25.7MB, PSP/Quicktime format) | Abbreviated Live Performance (YouTube video) The first time I heard the song as xxxHOLiC Kei ED theme, I thought the song was just okay. I just didn't get the groove of the song in the TV version of the song. Besides, Mokona, as animated as it was, does not really represent the spirit of the song, especially the nature of the duet. As a background, SEAMO is actually a stage name for Naoki Takada, a Japanese rapper/hip-hop artist. This particular song has actually been released beforehand without Ayuse Kozue. The difference between the two songs lies in the final two verses of the song. Instead of repetition of the chorus twice, the song has a new bridge fully performed by Ayuse Kozue and a final chorus which is slightly modified to give Kozue a more singing presence in comparison to the rest of the lyrics, where she can barely be heard.
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