~Beadsville~

You're fired/the weakest link, goodbye!

Well, since I wasn't hired in the first place it's not technically correct but it conveys the gist of my situation ^_^;

They're gonna do some "structural changes to the staff" so there apparently won't be much need for me after the 15th *shrug*

Time to do the "What to do with Mimmi?" spiel again D:

PS: Boy, am I ever glad I was insightful enough to set aside a good chunk of money from my paychecks for 'rainy days'. I think I see some clouds in the distance :o

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH

Shin, watch Toradora! 16 NAOW! Be broken into a million tiny watery pieces together with me ;______;

(Uhm, I guess I could try to do a proper post. We'll see if it happens by the end of the day :p)

Manga vs Anime

So I finally saw the end of "Vampire Knight: Guilty" and was slightly disappointed. I wanted Yuuki to end up with Zero *pout* Guess there'll be no more Night Class since Kaname took off with everyone, as well.

You know, it really bugged me how Yuuki and Zero kept holding on to the "One day I/you will kill you/me" spiel to the very end. I can see its relevance in Zero's case but why would that even be necessary in Yuuki's??? Oh well.

Reading a blogger's thought on the anime made me interested in how the manga unfolds, because he/she thinks the latter is far superior to the animated version....

Another series that doesn't disappoint is "Skip Beat", which is saddening since it'll no longer be subbed by the group I've been downloading from. This whole Crunchyroll business seems so foreign to me :-/ Anyone know if it'll be available somewhere else, like with Naruto?

Good thing "Clannad - After Story" and "Toradora!" hasn't gone that route. And boy were the latest episode from them both awesome this week :3!!! As far as Clannad goes, Tomoya really had me worried for a second there, considering the mental stress he's been through lately. It's gonna be great to continue following his and Nagisa's future =^_^=

Toradora! makes me root for all possible couplings but deep down I actually want Taiga/Kitamura and Ryuuji/Minorin to happen. The scene between Kitamura and the Vice President made me wonder if either of them made a confession, though? O_O Noooooo!~

.... It'd be so incredibly great to watch these two series together with Shinmaru ;_; Ah, to fangush in super-synced mode :p

Commencing raw update ..... naow?

Aaaaaah! People have been updating like mad and I've totally lost the ability to comment accordingly ;___;
But it's super nice to read everyone's posts /gluttonous remark

Aside from working and not working, I've not been up to much. Adjusting to a floating schedule isn't easy to me so nothing tends to get done when there are too many days of down time or there's no spare energy on the occasions that I get overloaded with hours ^^;

Finally got around to cleaning my room properly this week, though. Weird how much some dusting and vacuuming affects the atmosphere/air. I suppose an abundance of dust does affect how the air feels. Yay for freshness! >.>;

Speaking of fresh, Shinmaru's been doing great on his anime updates and, like myself, took advantage of the freeleech BoxTorrents held recently. I maxed out the space on my 'puter pretty fast and still had series of interest to download, with little time left of the grace period. So the solution was to look at a smaller sized series, then prune it out to make room, start downloading a new series and simultaneously watch another one. I don't even know how many days in a row I left the computer on during all that o.O

Thankfully my list of "anime to grab" was completed in time and now I can relax more while going through the backlog. Hm. Lazyness hasn't set in yet. Guess that means I can list off the completed series :o

Important note: I am lazy with "descriptions". This is a bare-bones list of what I've seen, not reviews of them :D

(For those who are short on time, solely interesting in recommended series, head on down until you see ***)

Nanami-chan - Über cute anime about an acorn-looking character. Short episodes. Equally small download size, lol. Apparently there's more to this series but one round was enough for me. For now :p Go for it if you need a picker-upper!

Piano - Slow paced series about a girl who plays ... piano! The end :x

Library Wars - Great comedic anime about a girl and her comrades in a military force battling censorship on books. The lead female is voiced by the same seyuu that does Skip Beat's lead female. And they kinda share the same vibe, despite touching on two totally different subjects. Totally recommend this one!

Hantenkou Yuugi - Episodic tale of a (magical!) girl journeying aimlessly after being thrown out by her father, who thinks she should see the world. Without warning xD Not worth watching if you're adverse to a show that abruptly end in the middle of a cliffhanger and with no continuation in sight (at least not to my knowledge). It's mildly brutal at times, but nothing really stomach churning.

Binbou Shimai Monogatari - *grimaces* Sugarcoated show that I dragged myself through, totally off-put by the siscon-esqueness.

REC - Deals slightly with the anime industry in that the lead female works on establishing herself as a seyuu. She happens to end up living with the leading male character who has come up with a mascot for a brand of crisps/chips which the girl gets to voice. A fun and different take romance anime (Neko-ki should totally get a spin-off >.>)

Comic Party - A young man gets tricked into entering the world of doujinshi by his fellow classmate, who tends to throw out americanized lines (such as "my brother!"). It could've been better executed. Meh.

Bartender - Awesome series about the drinks a bartender presents his customers with. It's very slow paced and oh-so-enjoyable. Grab it noooooow :3

Good witch of the west - Eeeeeeh, drudged myself through this one. It wants to be a bit of everything: yuri, shounen-ai, action, romance, magic, etc.

Sentimental Journey - Episodic series revolving around love. Some of the episodes are wonderful whilst others don't have the same impact. The one with a girl conversing with a Buddhist priest/monk (?) is worth the download alone, in my humble opinion. There was probably one or two more but that's the one I remember most.

Diary of Tortle Roddov - I love the animation and it would've been great to see more, but sadly it's only a few episodes "long" (even with the extra material). Definitely give it a go, since it won't take up much time or space :D

Kenko Zenrakei Suieibu Umisho - Semi-funny fanservice-filled show about a school's swim team and the mysterious girl who arrives in town on a house boat with her father. The team's captain both makes me gag and snort in amusement. Shizuoka is hilarious.

Kaiba - Finally got around to wrapping this one up after watching two episodes when they first got out, getting freaked out by the hentai scene o.O, then forgetting about it and being reminded of it while browsing for series to download.

The animation is wonderfully quirky/refreshing, musically it wowed me over and over [a couple more times], character and story-wise it just rocks. Everyone should give this a try. Looks like a children's anime but isn't.

Yume Tsukai - Interesting show about dreams crossing the border that separates them from reality and thus turning them into a real nightmare. They messed up the pacing slightly towards the end, regarding Touko and the backstory, but other than that it was fairly enjoyable.

Crystal Blaze - Detective series + Secret organization dealing with human experiments = Interesting mix.
I wanted to kill Manami, though. So annoying in personality and action. Porylin/Pauline balances it all out by being super awesome.

Lamune - Slow paced romance. I enjoyed it :)

Cinderella Boy - Detective show with retro feel. After an accident the lead man and woman inhabits the same body, which takes them 4 episodes (I think) to figure out ... by matter of coincidence ... and a third party character. Interesting premise which could've been handled a lot better.

Angel's Egg - O__O wtf????..... Heavy symbolism which may or may not have a meaning. Creepy atmosphere.

Windy Tales - Very relaxing. Fitting show to watch today since it's been very windy outside, lol. Likeable characters. Quirky animation style (think Shin-Chan or whatever the poop-kid show is called). Flying cats, lawl!

Wow. Despite not putting much effort into it I feel somewhat drained xD!! For those too lazy to read what has been essentially zilch about the series I've watched, head on over to My Anime List to see my scores. That should give you an indication of my overall thoughts on them. And also links to informative pages about the shows, written by people more ambitious than me :p

*** Highly Recommended Series

Nanami-chan (short)
Library Wars
Bartender
Diary of Tortle Roddov (short)
Kaiba

I don't need a scabbard to sheathe my mind

* The post title is a quote taken from "The twelve kingdoms" anime. It's been in the back of my mind from when Ichigo reviewed it on AP and after downloading it I always seemed to have other things to see instead, haha. I'd definitely recommend it to pretty much anyone. It's a shame they didn't tie up some loose ends but other than that there's nothing major to complain about. Though beware of some major angst in the beginning.

Man, now I really feel like writing more about it but at the moment I don't have the energy ^^; Maybe in a future post :o

* Speaking of anime, I've amused myself by putting tags to the ones I've watched on My Anime List. I even tried to be creative with some series *snickers*

* Misread something while cashiering: "Smoking damages both you and your crotch" xD!!!

* Bought and watched "The Incredible Hulk" with Edward Norton. When it was first announced he'd be playing the bulky greenster I admit to being dubious, seeing as it's a visual effects comic character and I couldn't squeeze Ed into that box. But because it was Ed I hoped that he'd be able to make it work somewhat. And he sure pulled through, which became even more apparent while going through the dvd-extras. It was so awesome to hear him take on the ripped shorts of the Hulk and not do it the easy way, but rather be incredibly involved and help make it into a serious movie ... while also being very fun to watch ^_^ Seriously, a character called ABOMINATION!!! lol

Oh, and one more thing, that surpasses even that: "HULK SMASH!" *dies laughing*

* Finally got around to see "Batman - The Dark Knight". When everyone was busy hyping up Heath Ledger's Joker to Oscar buzz-levels I couldn't help but wrinkle my eyebrows and question the legitimacy of it all. Did they make his performance into more than it was simply because of his tragic passing? Once again I was happily proved wrong. Talk about intense acting, immersed characterization, believable approach and execution. Yes, his performance truly deserves to be nominated and would justly deserve a win. Bravo.

Though it was really saddening how the movie was such a downer O.o Psychologically/mentally, I mean. Gordon killed (boy did my heart rejoice when it turned out to be faked) Rachel offed (seriously expected her to return, half-surprised when she didn't, guess she served her part), Harvey tormented and offed (brilliant character, btw), Batman pissing off not only the town further but Lucius too?! The way it kept building and building really made me wonder just where another movie would take things. Or start off, for that matter.

* Dad bought me "Wall-E" :O! Can't wait to see it.

* I'm craving ice-cream in a cone ~d: