Who is your favorite station?(answers) So I finished this Miracle Train arc last night, when I was supposed to be studying for midterms that occurred today. Now I wish I didn’t, and it’s not because my grades in Economics are gonna suffer (although…) I figured as much that Akari should not be an exception to the Miracle [...]
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Katt: Hey, if Minnie can wrap up White Album because the blogger vanished, then I will do so for Miracle Train! Why? Because, for some reason, I watched this senselessly bishietastic show until the end. Sure, it was mostly for giggles thanks to the show not taking itself too seriously (at least, I hope that’s the [...]
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Though the conductor is a big shot, he’s still hot. ^_^ I got the latter right: it is the Station who attends to the passenger. As done by Roppongi in this episode, a report about their passenger. In this episode, it is Mai, who boards from the Oudeo-sen terminal, Tochou-mae, thus assigning Saki Tochou, leader of [...]
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There is an urban legend that a Miracle train runs along the Oedo-sen and boards only troubled ladies. You’d might as well say that it’s true, though… A girl name Chinatsu loses her dog, Kotaro, when he enters a train. When she follows, she meets a set of men, and is told that she is aboard [...]
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You know, when I said “I’m not entirely convinced that Akari isn’t just some amnesiac girl they just random picked up at some point” a short while back, I thought I was just making a grammatical error I really shouldn’t have (It’s “Randomly”, Mr. Kerot). Whoops. Turns out I’m correct. I’m really not sure if I [...]
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I… what? Girl boards Miracle Train. The train stations greet her in typical rapescene style. They explain to the girl that she is on the Miracle Train. Girl’s reaction is generally poor. One train station is singled out to solve the girl’s problem. They go for a walk. Actual problem comes to light. Problem is either solved, reconciled, or jedi mind trick’d away. Yay.
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There are some miracles a train station cannot perform – like bringing people back from the dead. They can however create wonderful illusions to bring back tears in people’s eyes. Seriously wtf was that　Σ(´・д・`|||)　Can we get out of srs bzness train and get to making fun of stuff again? Too bad the show’s ending soon… [...]
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Due to a processing error, today’s damsel-in-distress is not a damsel at all. Also, JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN JIBUN. Girl Guy boards Miracle Train. The train stations greet her him in typical rapescene style coldly. They explain to the girl guy that she he is on the Miracle Train. Girl’s Guy’s reaction is generally poor. One train [...]
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You’ve probably all noticed that Miracle Train episode follow a pretty typical THE SAME plot. So I’ve written up a template, which I will use for all Miracle Train episodes that follow it from here on out. Girl boards Miracle Train. The train stations greet her in typical rapescene style. They explain to the girl that she is [...]
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No passenger this episode? Oh no, what ever will we do?! This episode of Miracle Train experiences a rather dark turn when the train has some technical difficulties. The Miracle Train spends about half the episode in limbo, and our train stations asking themselves who exactly the conductor is. Like an angry mob, they head for [...]
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Nerdy hacker Roppongi! *squeal* The girl this episode, Hi- you know what? I’m not even going to bother with names any more, we’ll probably never see these girls ever again. And if we do… uh, whoops? Anyway so this bimbo-y looking girl is running from some suits, when Tsukishima shows up to save her. [...]
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Click To Watch Video <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/swflash.cab" width="640" height="360"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> </param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> </param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"> </param><param name="quality" value="high"> </param><param name="movie" value="http://www.crunchyroll.com/swf/StandardVideoPlayer.swf"> </param><param name="flashvars" value="config_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fxml%2F%3Freq%3DRpcApiVideoPlayer_GetStandardConfig%26media_id%3D536058%26video_type%3D0%26auto_play%3D0%26aff%3Daf-78579-fkru"> <embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.adobe.com/go/getflashplayer" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" wmode="transparent" quality="high" src="http://www.crunchyroll.com/swf/StandardVideoPlayer.swf" width="640" height="360" flashvars="config_url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.crunchyroll.com%2Fxml%2F%3Freq%3DRpcApiVideoPlayer_GetStandardConfig%26media_id%3D536058%26video_type%3D0%26auto_play%3D0%26aff%3Daf-78579-fkru"> </embed></param></object> A woman dressed in an extravagant gown tries to get through the Tsukishima station ticket gate. Behind her are suspicious men in black. At the last minute, Tsukishima guides the woman to safety on the Miracle Train. The woman turns out to be Himero, daughter of an extremely wealthy family, and she has never ridden the subway before. Suspicious of the motives of the men in black and the not entirely truthful Himero, Tsukishima takes her out to explore the area and find answers to his questions.
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Trudging on with these anime impression posts, next up is a trio of shows The Sacred Blacksmith, Miracle Train, and Trapeze. On first glance, this is a very diverse set of shows which would make it difficult to talk about them all at the same time but they all happen to share something in common [...]
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Wow. Miracle Train actually had a story this week, besides their standard “customer of the day” thing. Not only that, but they actually helped an old lady at the very start of the episode, so I guess I won’t be able to call them ageist anymore. The most interesting part of the episode though is when they [...]
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Today’s passenger is self-proclaimed tetsuko, or woman who likes trains.  Noriko is enthusiastic about being on the Miracle Train, having heard rumors of it. However, Shiodome shores her up by being more know-it-all than she is, going on and on about rail gauges and train sizes and ohgod make it stop already. So [...]
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Recently, I have been spending most of my free time re-watching some of my favorite old anime series. To be frank, I hardly have any mood to watch the ongoing series. Among the many Fall series, I've only started watching a few. Here is my impression of them:1. Aoi Bungaku (Episode 1)Light look-alike!What's Hot? So far, 5 episodes have been released and I only just finished watching the first episode. I'm not going to watching the rest as it's night time now.Anyway, this series is an adaptation of six Japanese literary works by famous authors:No Longer Human (Ningen Shikaku) by Osamu DazaiRun, Melos! (Hashire, Melos) by Osamu DazaiKokoro by Natsume SousekiHell Screen (Jigoku Hen) by Ryunosuke AkutagawaThe Spider's Thread (Kumo no Ito) by Ryunosuke AkutagawaIn the Forest, Under Cherries in Full Bloom (Sakura no Mori no Mankai no Shita) by Ango Sakaguchi.The first adapted story is No Longer Human and I must say the story is intriguing and creepy. If I'm not mistaken, mangaka Takeshi Obata (Death Note) is the artist behind No Longer Human. Takeshi Konomi (Prince of Tennis) and Tite Kubo (Bleach) will also be involved with the production. I'll definitely continue watching this but I'll probably do it during daytime.What's Not?If you are already feeling depressed, please don't watch. It'll only make you feel worse.2. Fairy Tail (Episodes 1 - 3)What's Hot?The only thing I like about Fairy Tail so far is its main characters, Natsu and Gray.What's Not?Hmm... the first 3 episodes turned out to be quite a disappointment. Though it's not entirely boring, it's not very interesting either. In terms of action, there's nothing I have not seen before. In terms of humor, it's only average. However, despite the negative comments, given the success of the manga, I believe this series has the potential to be good.3. Thriller Restaurant (Episodes 1 - 2)What's Hot? This looks like it's meant for kids but for some reason I'm enjoying it! Don't be deceived by the lame-looking ghosts as this series is actually quite entertaining. Thriller Restaurant is supposedly a horror series but I actually find it more amusing than scary. The stories are all very short and I guess that's the reason why I don't feel bored while watching this series.What's Not?If you are hoping to have a good fright watching this series, I think you'll be disappointed.4. Miracle☆Train ~Ouedo-sen e Youkoso~ (Episodes 1 - 4)What's Hot?I admit I am superficial! The only reason I'm watching this is because of Roppongi Fumi and Shinjuku Rintarou.What's Not?The plot is boring and the jokes are sometimes funny, sometimes lame.
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Miracle Train 2In this episode, we focus on Saki Tochou. He's very reserved and takes his job seriously. Today's passenger is scheduled to arrive at his station but is late. The rest of the gang start fooling around (except for Fuwa Roppongi) and this does not help Saki's nerves. The passenger finally arrives, stating that she was at Tochou station to renew her passport. It seems that she is being transferred to America. Being only 22, she feels like this is too big of a change and doesn't want to go. Saki shows her sights of Tochou, calming down her nerves and finally convincing her to get her passport renewed.Touchou greeting a passenger that doesn't show upPersonally, I find this "let's solve your problem by going sightseeing" a bit insensitive. I mean I guess I shouldn't expect much since you are just a train station, You can't possibly have experiences and emotions that normal humans have. So your method of comforting is limited, but I personally would not feel relieved about spilling my guts and having you respond by talking about this park and that street.Miracle Train 3This episode proves to be a bit more interesting since the passenger shows entertaining displeasure at being on the train and openly shows her desire to get off. This girl's dilemna is having been rejected entry into a marriage group meeting due to her young age of 14. Our hero of the week Shinjuku tries to use his smooth talking ways to mend her irritated heart. He gets rejected and has to reveal his 'more sensitive and sensible side' to make her happy. A bit predictable but oh well. Oh yes - there was 3 or so Shinjuku brothers who were just as flaky as him - and ah yes more sightseeing.It's probably apparent that I'm getting irritated with this show and wonder "why am I blogging about this". I suppose I still carry hope that there's some crazy plot twist that will happen after we go through a special of each character - but chances of that look pretty slim.
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