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[Grace]

I might just be masochistic because of this, haha...

It's 9AM and I still haven't gone to sleep at all--too busy watching "Tiger and Bunny" XD;;

^Which is a pretty fun show, btw. It's not astounding or anything, but from what I've read on various sites it wasn't supposed to be; the makers hadn't expected the popularity it's achieved at all. Fun characters, interesting plot, decent mix of animation and CG--all in all, probably not worth not sleeping, but still very fun.

Speaking of not sleeping, I'm starting to feel dizzy XD;; Man, this takes me back to high school when I would stay up 'til three or four in the morning before getting up at 6:30 for school, all for the sake of watching anime/reading manga online.

Old bad habits never die, eh?

[Fyuria'sLeo]

I might just be masochistic because of this, haha...

It's 9AM and I still haven't gone to sleep at all--too busy watching "Tiger and Bunny" XD;;

^Which is a pretty fun show, btw. It's not astounding or anything, but from what I've read on various sites it wasn't supposed to be; the makers hadn't expected the popularity it's achieved at all. Fun characters, interesting plot, decent mix of animation and CG--all in all, probably not worth not sleeping, but still very fun.

Speaking of not sleeping, I'm starting to feel dizzy XD;; Man, this takes me back to high school when I would stay up 'til three or four in the morning before getting up at 6:30 for school, all for the sake of watching anime/reading manga online.

Old bad habits never die, eh?

I used to do the same thing, till I started failing 2 of my classes. heh.

[alexander]

I might just be masochistic because of this, haha...

It's 9AM and I still haven't gone to sleep at all--too busy watching "Tiger and Bunny" XD;;

^Which is a pretty fun show, btw. It's not astounding or anything, but from what I've read on various sites it wasn't supposed to be; the makers hadn't expected the popularity it's achieved at all. Fun characters, interesting plot, decent mix of animation and CG--all in all, probably not worth not sleeping, but still very fun.

Speaking of not sleeping, I'm starting to feel dizzy XD;; Man, this takes me back to high school when I would stay up 'til three or four in the morning before getting up at 6:30 for school, all for the sake of watching anime/reading manga online.

Old bad habits never die, eh?

Oh, I've done worse Kushina, believe me, we otakus must be an lost cause, eh? XD Oh, I just checked Tiger and Bunny, pretty interesting, somehow it gives me an vibe similar to panty & stocking, but I'm busy watching The Idolm@ster to watch this show (damn, this moe fests, they got me ), anyway, WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG WITH YOUR SIG KUSHINA? It's too bloody adorable!

[Grace]

I used to do the same thing, till I started failing 2 of my classes. heh.

Ah...I can't say falling grades made me stop; just made me lower my expectations for myself until around junior year when I was at risk for repeating a class in summer school. Nothin' like the threat of spending weeks of summer in a classroom with no A/C to make you go, "Oh snap I should give a crap about school." XD;;

@alexander--Indeed, otakus are a lost cause, but at least we have a huge number of people that can relate XD
Is it sad to say that I was prompted to check out Tiger&Bunny because of yaoi fanart for the two main characters? Not that they have that kinda relationship in the show, or that the show is a boy-love sort of thing at all--but the art was so cute, and I was seeing the show mentioned everywhere that I got too curious to not look into it.
It's...hm. I don't wanna say it's nothing like Panty/Stocking, but it's got few similarities. It's not as blindingly colorful or busy, the plot isn't made up of pure WTFery, and it doesn't run on innuendo like P/S. It does however look into the boundaries and "rules" of being a hero, sort of like how P/S looks into good and evil through the angels being....less than angelic or helpful, yet still the heroes in their own *special* way.

USAGI DROP is what's up with my omfgtoocute sig, alex! The anime...it eats my soul with it's sugary goodness DX <3

[alexander]

Ah...I can't say falling grades made me stop; just made me lower my expectations for myself until around junior year when I was at risk for repeating a class in summer school. Nothin' like the threat of spending weeks of summer in a classroom with no A/C to make you go, "Oh snap I should give a crap about school." XD;;

@alexander--Indeed, otakus are a lost cause, but at least we have a huge number of people that can relate XD
Is it sad to say that I was prompted to check out Tiger&Bunny because of yaoi fanart for the two main characters? Not that they have that kinda relationship in the show, or that the show is a boy-love sort of thing at all--but the art was so cute, and I was seeing the show mentioned everywhere that I got too curious to not look into it.
It's...hm. I don't wanna say it's nothing like Panty/Stocking, but it's got few similarities. It's not as blindingly colorful or busy, the plot isn't made up of pure WTFery, and it doesn't run on innuendo like P/S. It does however look into the boundaries and "rules" of being a hero, sort of like how P/S looks into good and evil through the angels being....less than angelic or helpful, yet still the heroes in their own *special* way.

USAGI DROP is what's up with my omfgtoocute sig, alex! The anime...it eats my soul with it's sugary goodness DX <3

Well, not really saying it looks the same as P/S, it's just that it gives that over-the-top feeling when I see the characters doing their stuff, you know, P/S gave me that same feeling when I first watched.
I actually tempted to watch the anime of Usagi Drop, but I was so disappointed with the end of the manga that I kind of doubfull now.

Edited by alexander, 26 July 2011 - 05:46 PM.

[Grace]

Well, not really saying it looks the same as P/S, it's just that it gives that over-the-top feeling when I see the characters doing their stuff, you know, P/S gave me that same feeling when I first watched.
I actually tempted to watch the anime of Usagi Drop, but I was so disappointed with the end of the manga that I kind of doubfull now.

Ahh, gotcha. The hero outfits can get a little...silly, but they're superheroes so I let 'em slide ;P

The anime's worth a watch, I think, especially if you liked the first half of the series, when Rin's a little kid. The animation's smooth and does a great job of "translating" the art style of the manga. The voice acting's really good too, Rin being too adorable for words--helps that they actually got a child to do her voice rather than an older woman/girl with a falsetto.
As for the end of the manga...I'm still not sure how to feel about it. I counted the end-pairing as a possibility from the beginning of the second half, but hadn't expected it to actually happen. Once it became clear that it was, I figured, "Meh, as long as it's handled well."--as in, as long as it wasn't played for laughs and Daikichi didn't randomly say he'd had feelings for her all along or something. When he told Rin to give him two years to sort his feelings out, I'd hoped for a little more improvement to be evident once we came back from those two years.... Instead, Daikichi seemed incredibly "blah" about it all. "I can't refuse you, let's get married"<---what kind of resolve is that, man??

I'm holding out some hope for extra chapters, since at the end of the "last" chapter, there was a note mentioning a bonus volume or something from the mangaka.

Edited by Kushina, 31 July 2011 - 01:48 PM.

[alexander]

Ahh, gotcha. The hero outfits can get a little...silly, but their superheroes so I let 'em slide ;P

The anime's worth a watch, I think, especially if you liked the first half of the series, when Rin's a little kid. The animation's smooth and does a great job of "translating" the art style of the manga. The voice acting's really good too, Rin being too adorable for words--helps that they actually got a child to do her voice rather than an older woman/girl with a falsetto.
As for the end of the manga...I'm still not sure how to feel about it. I counted the end-pairing as a possibility from the beginning of the second half, but hadn't expected it to actually happen. Once it became clear that it was, I figured, "Meh, as long as it's handled well."--as in, as long as it wasn't played for laughs and Daikichi didn't randomly say he'd had feelings for her all along or something. When he told Rin to give him two years to sort his feelings out, I'd hoped for a little more improvement to be evident once we came back from those two years.... Instead, Daikichi seemed incredibly "blah" about it all. "I can't refuse you, let's get married"<---what kind of resolve is that, man??

I'm holding out some hope for extra chapters, since at the end of the "last" chapter, there was a note mentioning a bonus volume or something from the mangaka.

Well, I might give it a try, since that forsaken sig of yours is stuck in my head now. Argh, just at the way she bounces, that's just not fair man...
About the manga, well, what really got me pissed was how the ending totally broke the message that the first part was trying to give, of the bond of an father and his children as they live togheter, grow togheter, learn togheter, only for them to freaking marry latter? I actually think that Rin ending with her childhood friend would give an better taste then this, regardless of how cliched it would be. Oh hell, I can't change things now, can I?

Well Kushina, since I sensed you like this slice of life series with their own share of adorableness, lol, I think I can recomend this manga to you. I had no reason to like this series, but it suddenly grew on me so much that I got addicted: http://www.mangaread.../chapter-1.html
The name is Yandere Kanojo, is the plain story of an delinquent girl who falls in love at first sight with an super geek guy, and then, it follows their romance from there. The simple combination of excentric characters and the everyday school life got me totally hooked.

[Grace]

Well, I might give it a try, since that forsaken sig of yours is stuck in my head now. Argh, just at the way she bounces, that's just not fair man...
About the manga, well, what really got me pissed was how the ending totally broke the message that the first part was trying to give, of the bond of an father and his children as they live togheter, grow togheter, learn togheter, only for them to freaking marry latter? I actually think that Rin ending with her childhood friend would give an better taste then this, regardless of how cliched it would be. Oh hell, I can't change things now, can I?

Well Kushina, since I sensed you like this slice of life series with their own share of adorableness, lol, I think I can recomend this manga to you. I had no reason to like this series, but it suddenly grew on me so much that I got addicted: http://www.mangaread.../chapter-1.html
The name is Yandere Kanojo, is the plain story of an delinquent girl who falls in love at first sight with an super geek guy, and then, it follows their romance from there. The simple combination of excentric characters and the everyday school life got me totally hooked.

Hohohoho~ Behold the power of my siggies >D
I can understand the frustration, but I remember that Rin flat-out told Daikichi she didn't think of him as a father; that her grandfather filled that role to her. Still, it's true that I was disappointed to see their bond change--though I'm not sure it was ruined/broken so much as portrayed in a less-than-squeaky-clean light, y'know? It's not entirely impossible for something like that to happen IRL (adoptive child becoming attracted to guardian). I kind of like that the mangaka went a different way than what was expected--Rin ending up with Kouki, Daikichi ending up alone or with Kouki's mom.
As for them marrying...I got the vibe that it was really just as a formality, rather than because Daikichi honestly wanted Rin as his wife; the way that was handled felt so flat to me... *shrug* Not sure how to describe it. And for Kouki...he was nice and all, but I'd wanted him to end up with Rina (Rena?) honestly, just 'cause they always bickered and they were both immature ;P

Oh, I remember that series! I was following it on Onemanga back when it was still around and forgot about it afterwards. Their relationship's so cute~ My only grumble about the series is that the girlfriend really isn't a yandere....she's way more tsundere =/

[alexander]

Oh, I remember that series! I was following it on Onemanga back when it was still around and forgot about it afterwards. Their relationship's so cute~ My only grumble about the series is that the girlfriend really isn't a yandere....she's way more tsundere =/

Oh, I can explain, that's actually an play with words, it's the combination of the word Yankee (delinquent) and dere dere (lovely dovey), so the name of the series actually means: "my lovable yankee girlfriend", many people actually commit this mistake.... wait! That's it! I finally realized, now I understand why I liked this series so much, it's all about Reina Tsundereness, how could I have not noticed that?! I'm such sucker for tsundere character, hell, the reason I'm in this site is because of Sakura tsundere attitude toward Naruto. XD

[Grace]

Oh, I can explain, that's actually an play with words, it's the combination of the word Yankee (delinquent) and dere dere (lovely dovey), so the name of the series actually means: "my lovable yankee girlfriend", many people actually commit this mistake.... wait! That's it! I finally realized, now I understand why I liked this series so much, it's all about Reina Tsundereness, how could I have not noticed that?! I'm such sucker for tsundere character, hell, the reason I'm in this site is because of Sakura tsundere attitude toward Naruto. XD

*smacks forehead* Gah, it's been too long since I read that series--I completely forgot she's a Yankee; how sad, that's the whole reason she hides her relationship in the first place.

Tsundere characters... Tend to be more fun when they're guys, I think XD Female tsunderes are still fun, but they can run a dime a dozen. Male tsunderes, though, I don't see too often.

[alexander]

*smacks forehead* Gah, it's been too long since I read that series--I completely forgot she's a Yankee; how sad, that's the whole reason she hides her relationship in the first place.

Tsundere characters... Tend to be more fun when they're guys, I think XD Female tsunderes are still fun, but they can run a dime a dozen. Male tsunderes, though, I don't see too often.

Someone like him?



I think he is the most tsundere guy I had ever seen.

[Grace]

Someone like him?



I think he is the most tsundere guy I had ever seen.

....who's he?

Gaaaah curse you, cliffhangersssssss.

Just finished the most recent episode of Tiger&Bunny--please don't let:

This be true! --Click here to view--

I don't want Kotetsu to lose his powers and quit being a hero! I want him to keep kicking ass with Bunny and being the uberdork of the hero competition/team/thing

I get that he needs to spend time with his daughter since they're just starting to have a good relationship, but if she's a NEXT then couldn't he just tell her he's a hero and put her in the hero academy? That way they'd both be in Sternbild and he could visit her, and train her....and he wouldn't have to quit being Bunny's partner! Bunny's just started being all dere dere and giving Kotetsu the respect he deserves; don't take that away so soon or I'll be forced to sic the rabid yaoi fangirls on you

seriously, the legion of yaoi shippers for this show is unbelievable. they're gathering together all over the net, the biggest mass i've seen so far being on tumblr....

[alexander]

....who's he?

Gaaaah curse you, cliffhangersssssss.

Just finished the most recent episode of Tiger&Bunny--please don't let:

He is Rin from an series called Ao no exorcist, it's about an academy that trains students to become exorcists and fight demons. In regard to everybody in the series, he is pretty normal, but when he interacts with the girl he likes he gets pretty tsun-tsun with her, for example in this pages:

http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread...-exorcist/26/31
http://www.mangaread...-exorcist/26/32

I think he is pretty tsundere sometimes.

[Greed-Sama]

And now I interrupt with something that has nothing to do with anything. See what I did thar.

[Grace]

He is Rin from an series called Ao no exorcist, it's about an academy that trains students to become exorcists and fight demons. In regard to everybody in the series, he is pretty normal, but when he interacts with the girl he likes he gets pretty tsun-tsun with her, for example in this pages:

http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread.../chapter-9.html
http://www.mangaread...-exorcist/26/31
http://www.mangaread...-exorcist/26/32

I think he is pretty tsundere sometimes.

Ooooooohhh. I am now even more inclined to check this series out than I already was; I keep seeing the manga in Barnes and Noble but pass it by every time... Maybe I'll look into the anime if I'm treated to a tsundere male character, fufufu >3

@Omega--I c wat u did thar. But I am unimpressed

*a side-note to no one in particular: i still haven't slept since yesterday; hoping to stay awake for at least 24 hours, which means i can't fall asleep until at least 6pm.
....yeah, i slept 'til around six yesterday, 'cause i'd gone to bed around 8am.... i'm hoping that staying up so long--all the way 'til the night--will help straighten out my sleep schedule.
maybe.
probably not.
but i'mma try anyways 'cause if i fell asleep now, i'd be out for at least eight hours, meaning i'd wake up around 10pm totally awake >>;;

[Grace]

Fufufufufu~

OmegaMan, Itachi, and I are having a "harem contest" with each other, claiming one fictional character every day to add to our personal harems. At first I'd thought it was limited to anime/manga characters, but knowing that it can be characters from books and movies and such...huhuhu, I'm having too much fun making a list of my favorites. So far I'm up to 55 characters XD [/shameless fangirl]

[Fyuria'sLeo]

Fufufufufu~

OmegaMan, Itachi, and I are having a "harem contest" with each other, claiming one fictional character every day to add to our personal harems. At first I'd thought it was limited to anime/manga characters, but knowing that it can be characters from books and movies and such...huhuhu, I'm having too much fun making a list of my favorites. So far I'm up to 55 characters XD [/shameless fangirl]

......all im going to say is awesome and have fun ( but it seems you already are) hahaha.

[alexander]

Nice sig Kushina, shame I never checked Spicy and wolf, they say it talks alot about economy, that's an unusual subject for an anime.
Sooo, I checked the Usagi drop anime like you said, and for no aparent reason I started on the second episode, and that scene at beggining on the park, were Rin squezzes Daichiki fingers with that tiny little hand of hers, made me somehow remember the end of the manga, and to think that from that adorable moment it goes to that messed up ending, it made me rage quit, damn, every cute little moment between Rin and Daichiki makes me remembers the damned ending, I probally not making much sense, but it's an really frustrating sensation. Oh I also saw the scene from your previous sig, it was slower, wich kind of made it not have the same effect of cute factor somehow.

[Grace]

......all im going to say is awesome and have fun ( but it seems you already are) hahaha.

I am indeed having fun. Probably far too much fun

@Alexander--It is a bit of an unusual topic for an anime, but somehow Spice and Wolf pulls it off really well. Hell, there are times where the economics are downright exciting lol. 'Course, it also helps that the romance is friggin' awesome and a big focus of the series.

Aww, sorry to hear that you're not able to enjoy the anime. To be honest, the manga's ending left so little an impression (as in, it was just kinda....there) that going back through Part 1 via the anime feels refreshing and makes it feel like I'm redoing the series again, with no ending in mind. *shrug* I'm hoping that whichever studio's producing it doesn't skip out on going all the way to the end of the manga; I'm looking forward to seeing if the anime can give me more of a positive or negative reaction to the ending. As it is, I feel rather ambivalent ;P
But I can understand what you're saying about the cute moments being overridden by remembering the manga's ending; I've heard a lot of other people complaining about not being able to enjoy the anime for the same reason.

[alexander]

@Alexander--It is a bit of an unusual topic for an anime, but somehow Spice and Wolf pulls it off really well. Hell, there are times where the economics are downright exciting lol. 'Course, it also helps that the romance is friggin' awesome and a big focus of the series.

Aww, sorry to hear that you're not able to enjoy the anime. To be honest, the manga's ending left so little an impression (as in, it was just kinda....there) that going back through Part 1 via the anime feels refreshing and makes it feel like I'm redoing the series again, with no ending in mind. *shrug* I'm hoping that whichever studio's producing it doesn't skip out on going all the way to the end of the manga; I'm looking forward to seeing if the anime can give me more of a positive or negative reaction to the ending. As it is, I feel rather ambivalent ;P
But I can understand what you're saying about the cute moments being overridden by remembering the manga's ending; I've heard a lot of other people complaining about not being able to enjoy the anime for the same reason.

Well, I hope the anime keeps only on part one, that would make things a little more enjoyable. Sorry to complain so much, but when it comes to romance in a anime or manga, I'm extremelly prude, I can't take when things get absurd like that (foster father turning into lover of his own daughter) for example. Guess I'm too picky when it comes to romance. XD
Well, I heard that the ending got a lot of mixed reaction, with over half of them being negative, tough, I'm not sure what the people of Japan tought about the ending.