The result of mixing Ryan and Anime. I brought the slightly technical background knowledge to create and run this blog. I like slice of life, supernatural and grim horror anime series. I love the jokes hidden throughout anime and even my posts.
Warning: this episode was filler and absolutely devoid of any material. Actually, it wasn’t there some excellent moments in there, those being the cameos of Saten, Uiharu, Misaka and Shirai and of course the ending.
Do not tease others who are not well endowed.
A Quick Summary
This episode goes like this: boss the tells the bank members that they have a job – to find a bride for a 12 year old kid whose family tradition is to be married on their twelfth birthday. Ryoko, Ringo and Ryoshi go out with the kid and his butler to find the wife of his dreams, basically inspecting every single female member we have seen in the show thus far. They even poke some fun at Ringo and Ryoko.
Near the end of the episode, things turn around. The butler notices that the boy’s childhood girl friend has been following him around all day. He tells his young charge that there is one type of wife that money and power cannot buy: the childhood friend! And of course, she runs up to him and confesses her love to him just like that, ending the search.
Ookami wants to eat the filler
This has happened a lot recently. I remember blogging about it too. That said, this one actually led somewhere that gave out bonus fan service.
Ringo's fantasy - Ookami and the 3 pigs
This time the joke fell on the three pigs. They were fat guys basically, all with serious issues ranging from playing twister to using messed up sentences. In the end, it was shown that Ringo made the movie because she has some seriously messed up fantasies.
stare.
When the big busted lady came out, they were shocked at how caviler the butler was with her. She protested but quickly dropped out of the game when the realization of gravity literally brought her down.
I agree, she looks very wife-like, for some reason.
I don’t know why, but I agree with Shirai-narrator. She looks like she could be a housewife, easily. Maybe it’s the hair?
It was odd that the butler had the cast go around like a bunch of crazies and then suddenly pulled the boy’s childhood friend out of a hat. It was amazing how quickly the problem resolved itself. Maybe it was to show the boy that there is more to love than buy it? I don’t know. But this is filler, so there is no surprise that it can be messed up.
And now, the best part. Uiharu - Couldn't capture the others.
I don’t know if the same company that make Railgun makes Ookami-san, but if they do, they need to make this joke a bit more often. They did it with Lucky Star, so why not here? I also saw Taiga I think, but I don’t know for sure.
Finally
I got bored writing this halfway through. Really, inexcusably bored. So I’m not going to say anything else. There’s no reason to comment on filler.
Note: This covers both episodes because I simply wanted to relax on the first. Also, since I’m not capping the actual plot, the caps work regardless.
A Quick Summary
Juuzawa Juu is a delinquent who has to fight pretty often in order to just be left alone. At some point in high school, he meets Ochibana Ame, a girl who says she knew him as a King in a previous life and that she is his servant and knight to protect him. She wishes to be with him. It is later hinted as to why she thinks this rather odd story is true.
The first episode centers around the mystery of a phantom killer – he believes he is a government secret agent sent to kill the invasive alien race from another dimensions that hides as humans. Juu finds one of his classmates dead and the story begins from there, essentially – the race to figure out who killed her. From there, he meets the killer in a park and fights him. He momentarily wins, however the killer gets back up after being knocked out. Ame is present and saves him with a hard blow with a brick to the lunatic’s head. Later, it is revealed that the insane guy is the brother of a girl in Juu’s school, who is also pretty psychotic. She attempts to kill him but after begging and screaming for help, Ame comes to his rescue.
The second episode deals with Juu again, where he is a victim of a growing trend of nasty demoralizing pranks. He is riding the train and is suddenly accused of molesting a girl. Ame’s sister, Hikaru comes to his rescue and poses as his girlfriend, but makes she he keeps quiet about she did to help him. However, the news gets out and rumors spread out his school. Hikaru’s crush will not accept her because he has seen the rumor himself. This presses Juu to investigate with Ame and things lead to the discovery of a student council president and vice president using a website to collect happiness for themselves by destroying that of others.
Glimpses of a pas life
From what I’ve read, this is a light novel and the anime is short – it’s an OVA of three episodes two of which are out right now. That said, I think this series certainly has plenty of merit if expanded. Also, an aside, Ame’s very much like Tachibana-san from Angel Beats, incredibly calm and slow talking in a very mysterious kind of way.
Long bangs - no eyes.
Ame is an interesting character. She is sweet – she talks calmly and slowly. She’s methodical in her own reason, well, at least she understands what she is going on about. Her belief is that she and Juu are connected by their past lives. She’s slightly crazy too, she’s devoted to him. However, might I add, she’s totally creepy? Until I saw the hidden side of her, well, behind her hair.
Creepy hair + blood = extra creepy
Ame is so creepy when she can analyze the scenes of the crime. I can’t describe it any better.
Maid outfits negate creepy! Amazing.
Even though I proclaimed Ame the creepiest character ever, she’s actually fairly cute. When her hair isn’t in her face she’s great. When she’s in a maid outfit, she’s even better. It’s interesting though, as to why they did this. She wasn’t working in the first episode and to get her friends to help her, she needed to work half time? That’s not very nice. Anyway, look at that – completely innocent.
Swinging at sunset is what all apparitions do...
When she’s swinging with Juu, she look like an apparition. You know – you look to the other side of the street with the playground and see the swing moving all by itself and it’s not windy. You look the other way for traffic and you see her when you look back. And then you’re nervous and look away again, and you don’t see her. It’s like that. Creepy.
Finally
For an unscheduled viewing, I’d say Denpa Teki na Kanojo was great because it had a story and fairly interesting characters. It got everything done in two sets of 40 minutes too – that’s amazing because Angel Beats couldn’t do it in 390 minutes. I thought at first it would be a bit like Higurashi – all crazy and bloody but that quickly went away. Then I thought it might be like Chaos;Head which was mind bending crazy and this wasn’t that either. It was more like NHK – kinda. I look forward to the next OVA.
Last week, I ran with an One Pic Post about HotD. This week, things actually happened and while there was a truck load of lame fanservice, there was also a moment of “Oh yeah, this is actually awesome! Zombies!”
That's all that happened.
A Quick Summary
At the hideout, it’s time for some action. Hirano and Takashi saw a little girl, Alice, with her father attempt to get into a house. They were outright rejected, her father was killed. Soon, the zombies started to advance toward her but Hirano started headshot sniping them easily. Takashi gets on his bike and propels himself through the hoards and eventually meets up with the girl, saving her. Of course, he is now surrounded by them because he used his gun alerting them to his location. Hirano notices as the group prepares to rescue him with the Hum-V that is walking along the fence. Alice had to pee. Finally, Takashi and Alice jump to safey on the Hum-V where all the girls are hardly dressed to be outside and they drive off into the night.
Oh My Zombies
'Daddy! The zombies didn't bite you yet! You can't die!'
Alice’s father is looking pretty pale there. I don’t know if the cast really needed another member, but I guess they’ll take whatever they can get. When they took the initiative to save her anyway, Takashi and Hirano surprisingly declared their humanity and Rei commented about that too. Takashi ignored Saeko totally though, but in her outfit, how could anyone take her seriously?
Maybe this show has some decency after all
Aside from the fanservice in this episode, Rei managed to look unaccustomedly cute for just a moment so maybe there is hope after all.
'Was that a pot hole I just ran over?'
Seriously. This was the best scene so far in this show. Flying zombies are excellent to watch, better than flying fish, monkeys, or anything else that flies. It was too bad that the Hum-V had so little screen time though because it was absolutely excellent.
Finally
All that this episode did was affirm that these characters were still human enough to want to save a little girl with pink hair from 1000 blood drinking zombies. That’s all it did but it did it well.
Out of all the anime I’m watching this season, this anime has by far the most characters. And they just added another one! When will it end?
This show has an unusual amount of filler episodes. This episode consists of making Yukimura’s little sister be a princess for a day. And then there’s a side show about a promotional video shoot with Yukimura and his hypnotic sidekick.
If Misaki x Usui actually had a child
A Quick Summary
Yukimura’s sister walks by the front of his school and she introduces him as a boy in the neighborhood to her friends. Misaki and Usui walk into the scene together and Yukimura’s sister immediatly notices his blonde hair and claims him as her prince. From there, 15 minutes are spent with Usui walking around the city with a little girl while dressed a prince.
In the second half, Aoi-girl wants to make a PV of him/her-self and Yukimura and the other guy just happen to be there when he surrounded by a group of guys. The three idiots come along in a flea market sale and of course, Misaki’s sister is selling something. Aoi takes the memory card out of his camera and is holding it incredibly close to the edge of a cliff and a thief comes running by and knocks him over causing the memory card to plummet to the ground below. Additional, he is pushed off but Misaki whom of course was chasing the thief managed to grab his hand in the nick of time. The memory card safely landed in Usui’s hand while he was sleeping on a bench below in the park.
An episode of filler: priceless
'It's a prince!...'A princess should not use those words!'Misaki seriously looked better than Yukimura's sister as a princess.A setting that is too perfect - and nobody noticesThe weird sister.'How about a candy whip... please?'
Finally
An episode like this is really pointless. It didn’t move the story with Misaki and Usui along at all – although I didn’t expect it to because of what happened last week. That was enough for everyone for a while. I don’t like Yukimura or Aoi/girl/boy so there wasn’t much going on here. It was nice to see Misaki as a princess though instead of a maid.
Speaking of maids. This anime doesn’t really revolve around maids as much as one would be led to believe. It’s sometimes absent in an episode completely and sometimes it’s center stage. I wonder how many episodes this is going to go for.
Finally we can see what has troubled Kaoru so much. This episode was excellent, we had more glimpses of other arc heroines and of course more screen time with our male lead – but unfortunately without any strange and new methods of kissing.
A Quick Summary
Junichi is watching TV with Miya and snacking on their favorite rice chips. A commercial with a girl in a bikini comes on and he stares at her bellybutton remembering his evil-doings from just yesterday. Miya notices and hits with a pillow calling him a pervert and a bellybutton-kisser. Later at school, Kaoru does not show up for class. Concerned, he asks he girl who he gave to advice to a few days ago where she is. She tried to call, but never got through because no one answered. Then, he goes to all of the places she hangs out, and then runs off into the city ignoring the rest of the day’s classes. He thinks about her favorite candy in a grocery store, he meets the boys whose birdie Kaoru saved – they told him that she was crying down by the beach. He just misses her, and he walks off somewhere and eventually overhears Haruka and Hibiki talking about a waitress that spilled crab all over.
Junichi found Kaoru working at her restaurant. He tried to get her attention through the class but only managed to get a customers attention and is broke so he can’t walk in and order coffee. He waits outside the back door for a while, and Kaoru pokes her head out saying it’ll be 15 minutes before her next break – she also gave Junichi a scarf During her break, she spills the beans: her mother was with a man she didn’t know – her mom smiled in a way she wouldn’t do at home so she was angry and when got home, they had a fight. Kaoru didn’t want her mom to remarry, so she stayed out all night at an manga cafe after seeing her mom with some guy. Then she hurls Junichi over and returns to work, well, after some mushy stuff. She goes to call her mom. Miya and her friends are walking by, but luckily don’t see Junichi this time. Finally, Junichi gives Kaoru her present – her favorite candy. The next day she is full of energy and very cheery, she thanks Junichi.
That was longer than I expected, but it was easier to write because I paused halfway in each section.
A Tale Along A Scarf – Impressions Mixed In
She's right - he's a bellybutton-licking freak
Miya took a moment before the opening credits to roll out what possibly could be the naming calling insult of the year: bullybutton-licking freak. She witnessed the previous escapade of Junichi in the library so she has every right to say this. Miya doesn’t really shy around Kaoru at all, unlike she did with Haruka, and the reason for that is still unknown.
'I'm homeless... could I have some coffee... please...?'
Kaoru is found working and she notices him outside the window. She presents to him the scarf of his dreams, but I guess we don’t know if he keeps it or not. Anyway, he was willing to wait outside for her entire shift to end but luckily he’s not sly at all and is easily noticeable. Kaoru also showed her generosity by way of the scarf.
She should be careful - Junichi has hot coffee in his hands
The emotional dump upon Junichi was taken very well. Thinking about on it now after watching the entire episode, it wasn’t that emotional. She wasn’t screaming and crying and she was totally crazy either. She obviously calmed down a lot already before he even got there. She was stable enough to be working after all.
They had three colors of what?
I think every arc girl was in this episode. Of course Miya was with Ai and the other girl. Those three were talking about something, but they didn’t allude as to what it was. Something for Christmas perhaps?
'That was perfect.' - Hit By A Truck When Crossing Road
Junichi gave Kaoru her favorite chocolate and started to cross the road. I thought for sure something was going to happen in that time to make this entire arc totally win. But that wasn’t to be since no truck came out of nowhere.
That's how you walk when out on dates - not in school!
The day after brings Kaoru new life. Junichi offers to help carry a huge amount of paper for single class. That’s absurd. That school needs help.
And she called -him- a pervert!
It wasn’t the final scene, but seriously it was amazing. I never expected her to walk in while he was taking a bath. Since Miya called him a pervert earlier, I it was ironic she did that herself, so she’s more so than he is. Interesting for her I think. I couldn’t quite tell if she was honestly concerned about him in a hot bath and being all red and such.
Finally
Well, my impressions were above. Kaoru and Junichi have affirmed their relationship with each other, more or less. He vowed to stay with her. It’s kind of like the Haruka arc, she was lonely and he was going to be there for her. Kaoru wasn’t so lonely, she wanted to cherish her father’s memory and live with her mother alone. But as times change, she’s getting what is very much like a new guy in her life – making it more fair for her mother to also have new love in her life too.
This week’s episode of Ookami-san was great. It added more background to Ryoko and to her arch nemesis. There was of course some eye candy too, one might say – Ryoko wasn’t wearing that senseless outfit of normal.
Ryoko calls this her regular outfit - Ryoshi would love that to be true
A Quick Summary
Ryoshi runs to the meeting spot of an arranged double date – in the form of a ‘job’. Ringo previously set this up by way of a student desiring to repay whoever was cleaning his house and cooking for him, so she arranged this dating ‘game’ as a repayment. Ryoko has an ear piece which allows Ryoko and Ringo to chat while Ringo hides about the area, even while Ryoko looks for her. Eventually, the date starts and Ringo wants Ryoko to hold Ryoshi’s hand to perk up the dating atmosphere. The couples head to the local park where Ryoko hears a cat, but walks on to the picnic area. While setting up, Ryoko dashes off and Ryoshi follows. She’s trying to get the kitten down from the tree, and while she is leaning on the branch, it snaps and she falls into a shallow lake causing her to have amnesia of who she and Ryoshi are. Ryoshi explains to her while eating lunch, also offering to take her to the hospital. They get caught in the rain while the amnesia laden Ryoko 13-year-old Ryoko is exploring an unknown town causing Ryoshi to have Ringo meet them at a local restaurant. While explaining the situation to Ringo, Ryoko tries to get Ryoshi to accept some parfait, but is unable to hear her through his concern of her well being. She runs off and meets the white/blue hair guy from her past and is shocked too much to react. Ryoshi mets up with her and they have a little talk and even going so far as to snap magically Ryoshi’s slingshot. Ringo joins them and all is well soon as she goes to the hospital. Ryoko refuses to admit she remembers what happened while she was out of her mind, but she does in fact remember.
Imagine that it was a flip book
'My... what big hands you have...'They all oogled at that video - what did she just do?The pillow got more action than Ryoshi'If you don't wake up, I'll use mouth-to-mouth, Ryoko!'stare.'My... what big eyes you have...'Yin and Yang
This one deserves some compliments though. It wasn’t obvious at first, but in this sense, it’s easy. Look at the white/blue hair guy’s cloths. Black shirt with white pants. And then look at Ryoshi’s white shirt and black pants. It’s a contrast – specifically the contrast of Ryoko’s personality right now and as a 13-year-old. Or it’s a contrast between white/blue hair guy’s evil heart and Ryoshi’s true love for Ryoko.
Ryoshi forgot to take a picture yesterday with his phone - this will have to do
Finally
This episode made things from Ryoko’s past make a bit more sense. She was always shy, even with her friends. She was a naieve and young girl at heart, even going so far as to wear lightly colored and frilly cloths. That’s a pretty good indication of why Mr. Evil White Hair totally did something to her. Ryoshi in this episode was also fun, he was serious most of the time, but he had his moments of weakness when Ryoko’s beauty overwhelmed him. Ringo of course had a field day with all of the dating going on and of course her love of in house spy cameras.
A few weeks ago, I was bored. And since I was bored, I decided to checkout the latest season of Digimon Xros. The first episode lacked any true content because it was an introduction to the characters and some base digimon. The second episode though was a bit better.
A Quickmon Summary
3 kids. Bunch of monsters ending with mon. Kids walk off. Evil mon attack kids, good mon save kids and get beaten. Good mon talk about their hope to save their friends which encourges kids to support good mon. They DigiXros into super mon. Super mon beats scary evil mon. The end.
The Real Story
I have no intention of covering this show. But this show does raise a few questions. Why wasn’t this series being written, like Pokemon’s new season, for a more mature audience. The first season saw the kids grow quite a bit in a single season – dealing with issues of hardcore betrayal and other issues teenagers face. But no, these kids really couldn’t be any younger, could they?
Are they ten? Would a ten year old girl really wear that?
First of all, what’s going on with these kids? Every single season has kids and that’s fine, that’s the market they’re going for. Don’t audiences want a bit more maturity from their TV though? Seriously, these kids look way too young. According to Wikipedia’s article though, Taiki is in 7th grade, Akari is in 6th and nobody cares are weird-name-kun. So in 7th grade, I was, what, 13? Something doesn’t seem right.
Does she play basketball, because those shoes are huge.
Some of the art in this series is silly. The digimon look well crafted as always, but the problem lies with the humans. Look at their shoes, their bodies, and their hair. It’s not right. Gravity their pseudo-earth has seriously gone awry.
So Taiki is staring at a Digimon's...
You have three main human characters right now. There are in fact more humans involved, but we don’t know them yet. You have Taiki like the hero character of season one, you have Akari who has a striking resemblance to a character in season one and you have some other guy who I’ve never seen before, Zenjiro. That’s an odd name. Taiki of course plays the leader. And it’s always been the same since season one. Any innovation here? No.
That said, this is a perfect children’s show. It’s easily repeatable so children get it through their heads stuck in their heads. The Digimon names aren’t very imaginative this season though, you know, with Cutemon and all. I remember when I was a kid, way too long ago to remember though, I enjoyed Digimon more than the Pokemon anime. Because this show a moving story line, where Pokemon was just boring.
Overall, I’m not seriously watching this show or even blogging about it. If you need to burn sometime though and you saw the first two seasons, you can enjoy laughing at how different this show is.
