Been trying to avoid the PoT manga posts I've seen around as I am planning on reading it in one fell swoop when the series ends...but the squeeing that erupted over Genius 349 defeated my resolve. leviosa8's post just killed me. I...can't quite believe that one infamous panel. Fanservice, much? I can't take it seriously (even though I do ship that pairing ( Read more... )

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Ookiku Furikabutte 3--Oh man, I love this story. I can't believe how much gayer the hand-holding scene is in the anime! But at the same time, it totally wasn't because they were both just so earnest. I love Abe's expression when he's overcome by the realization of how much Mihoshi had worked and how completely unappreciated he was. And though he's ( Read more... )

I figured I wouldn't watch any of the new anime for a while, since I haven't really had much of an urge to watch anything at all in the last five months or so. I was going to eventually check out Ookiku Furikabutte since I love the manga and there's just something about baseball anime (and movies) that works for me. But I was galvanized into ( Read more... )

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I finally got a hold of the first six volumes of Ookiku Furikabutte by Higuchi Asa, the baseball manga that will be animated this spring. It's about a pitcher who had an absolutely awful intermediate school team experience that robbed him of any semblance of confidence, but also about how his high school team comes together. So far I don't feel ( Read more... )