When I came home from work today, my yesasia.com order of the Making of Hanazakari no Kimitachi e and Miss x Match books were waiting for me. Both of them were smaller than I expected, but chock full of pretty pictures. Miss X Match happens to be the sapphilicious photobook Maki did with her friend (and fellow Sweet Power talent) Meisa Kuroki, and ( Read more... )

I'm watching the prefinale SP for Hana Kimi, and you guys, I cannot stop smiling. There may be a little crying too.

( PEACH! )

My birthday may have come and gone, but I'm still celebrating in my own way. My friend fixed my wireless connection on my laptop, the temperature in southern California has dipped down to not-brain-melting temperatures, so I'm finally getting around to working on the special omnibus edition of screencap reviews - three episodes in one, it's going ( Read more... )

( oh why do fools fall in love? )

ETA: 17.08.07 Episode 7 soft-subs are out, and I just finished watching the RAW w/it. I'm tweaking the last part of the screencap review for the contexty bits.

Anyway. With subs? Episode 7 IS EVEN MORE AWESOME.

( Mizuki and Sano sitting in a tree, S-T-A-R-I-N-G at each other..... )

Hanazakari no Kimitachi e episode 6 recap: Chasing Sano & Hanazakari no Kimitachi e episode 7 recap: Stupid Cupid ( Read more... )

All the screencaps I took for episode 5 start here. Episode 5 was an enjoyable, lighter than air confection, but it was also filler, so I'm concentrating on the hidden heart of the episode in this recap - the emotions/relationships that were explored therein. Because this episode was all about entangled hearts, things not said, and longing on ( Read more... )

Me x the cast of Hanazakari no Kimitachi e = endless, bountiful buckets of love. Seriously, I've never had such a huge crush on an entire cast before, not even for Hanadan, but how can you not love a cast that gives the lead actress the nickname Horikitty, play with fireworks, rescue kittens, take extra long takes for a kissing scene between two ( Read more... )

When Oscar met Hibari....

( it's so wrong, it has to be right )

let's go, shall we?

( love means saying you'll only stalk on alternate Wednesdays )