An actual update (for once)

[citrus_cactus]

It's been a month since the move, and I'm gradually getting settled in to my new life and a new routine, which also means a return to fangirling. I realized I really hadn't played any sort of video game since a "delightful" trip to the DMV in February (so much fun, I got to go back the next day! 9_9), so it was fun to pick up Pokemon X, change into

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[lelenmargyle]

Ah, back in the day, I collected DNAngel up until about...volume 7 maybe? But then I guess I lost interest. The premise sounded promising, but I thought it moved too slowly and spent a little too much time on tired shoujo tropes. I recall that one of the volumes focused a lot on his rival, and that one was pretty good. It's been years since I picked it up. I have so many manga books that some of them are in boxes in various places - Maybe storage, my parents' house... ^_^;; I intend to weed through them eventually and sell or donate the ones I don't care about anymore. (But I'm kind of afraid that I'll never be able to part with enough of them, once I start thumbing through. I'm halfway tempted to give DNAngel another try, now that I'm talking about it. X3; )

As for my collection, I am in full agreement with you there. Unfortunately, I'd either have to be a homeowner, or be fortunate enough to rent a place that happens to have a secret room built into it already. (Maybe that should be one of my requirements for my next apartment hunt: "Does it have a secret room? A secret closet or cubby, maybe?" LOL.)

I remember back when Medabots was on TV. I always made fun of the previews for it. It could've been a fine show for all I know (I have to remind myself that I initially made fun of Digimon *gasp*.) But I never did watch any of it. Here's my ridiculous story about it, though: My sister and I had a small yellow/black/white vacuum cleaner that vaguely looked like a transforming robot to us. We called it "Metabee" in jest, after the commercials we were were always seeing for that show. XD;

Okay, I watched the opening theme that you linked, and not only is it sorta cute, but THAT'S GOMAMON. I was pretty sure, just based on how the voice sounded. But yep, I've verified that the song is indeed sung by Gomamon's voice actress (Junko Takeuchi), so SQUEEEEE. I wonder if she performs a role in the show? Also, Takoyaki are gross, IMO. Maybe I just had crappy ones -- They were from a fast-food court in an American Japanese mall, so maybe they weren't the best, but... XP

[citrus_cactus]

Yeah, I thought DN Angel had an interesting premise (and pretttyyyyy arrrrrttttt), but the story isn't really there to back it up (the anime isn't very good either, I watched maybe half of it?). I seem to recall that the manga only went up to volume 7 or 8, and it still remains unfinished, so given all that, I ended up giving up on it. Now it seems popular to re-release manga as "double volumes" anyway, so it's going to be really hard to fill in the gaps for stuff like CardCaptor Sakura and Ranma. Blarg.

A vacuum named Metabee though-- bwahaha, I love it!! And yup, totally Gomamon-- I think she voices Metabee in the show (in that exact same voice? Doesn't seem like it really works for a robot, but idk. I like what they did in the dub by making all the 'bots sound kinda hollow). Never had takoyaki, but man, that was a good episode (also: the main character yelling "OCTOPUS BALLS!" all the time; my inner 12-year-old gets a kick out of that) XD Let's see, what else: the RubberRobo Gang gives Team Rocket a run for their money in terms of campy villainy... Henry is a cutie (and totally NOT the Phantom Renegade, OK? Why would you EVER think that??), and The Guy Selling Chicks (pictured in icon) turning up randomly to offer enigmatic advice... good times, good times ^_^