Zero no Tsukaima 03 (princess of Rondo or whatever) sucks, and I'm ranting about it.

[melfra]

So here I was, hoping JC Staff would go epic with ZnT3 after ZnT2's brilliance finale, but they didn't even bother trying to fix the trainwreck that was 02. Instead of getting 02 without all the boob jokes and going back to 01's formula, JC instead tries to go 01 with boobs, and ugh, is it terrible. To make matters worse, they've switched Louise

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[melfra]

alkjdflkjfldkj Can't wait until 21 is out! I want to see Maka go berserk crushing Chrona's face into a wall IT WILL BE EPIC JUST WAIT AND SEE. Anyway, speaking of Kid, I was well and prepared to hate him, but I luff him to bits now. Although the character who's grown on me the most is Black Star, which really baffled me because I hated him SO MUCH at first. But after the Tsubaki episodes and his "I'll give you a hug!" line, I turned into a complete pile of goop for the guy. And I can't get enough of Soul in his pinstripe suit, seriously.

All this Soul Eater talk is making me want more Soul Eater icons. So I got more. OTL

As for Zero, it was originally based off light novels, which proves more that JC Staff sticks to one thing and doesn't veer away - butchering light novels and using Kugumiya Rie as the female lead. I'm getting SO DAMN SICK OF HER VOICE GOD. There was a really funny post on some blog a while back with excerpts of some pretty saucy stuff from the novels, lemme see if I can find it.

Kay, damn, that took forever. Found it, though.
http://derailedbydarry.com/archives/2006/08/06/851/
If that intrigues you, it's being translated and released domestically (the first novel will be out soon, I think), but being translated he- HOLY SHIT WHEN DID THEY GET THAT MANY CHAPTERS DONE PASLKFJL;ASKLFDJ

Anyway, as for manga, yeah, there is one, but I hear it sucks ass so I wouldn't bother if I were you. Speaking of which Reb and I are also doing scanlations now! It's for her to practice her translating skills, and I only fix the grammar because it sucks (glorified QC = me). We should do a joint sometime or something! =3

[sailorss]

I am actually in serious need of translators right now. Both of the ones volunteering for SC are uber busy. One is studying for some uber degree at TU, and the other is working on her doctorate in some biological science.

If Reb wouldn't mind chewing through a couple of FMA idea doujin, I would be eternally grateful. SC has gotten so far behind of idea... the fans are getting impatient -_-; Not much I can do about it though, as an editor is not much without a translation.

Dunno if you've been to the site in a while [ www.scan-clan.com ]

Please :D ?

ps. will check out the ZnT.

[sailorss]

pss.

<3 Black Star

<3 Pin suite Soul

<3 Pro. Stein & Papa-san

<3 Soul Eater

[melfra]

I'M ANSWERING YOUR P[i]SS DOES THAT MAKE ME WEIRD?
Stein is so awesome when he does the evil grin and cranks the screw in his head. XD Speaking of Papa-san, I wonder if Maka's mom will ever show up?

(also, <3 Soul Eater~~ This makes me want to get more icons of it! And I forgot to mention this before, but your ninja Link will always remain the classic embodiment of epic. Just sayin'.)

[sailorss]

Haha, my ninja Link is kinda 'classic' isn't it? I've had that icon for like eva. I never really thought about it.

I need pics of Soul Eater, for sho. I just love the style of that anime - sharp edges, bright colors - it's like, the embodiment of my style. I farkn love it.

I want Stein and Medusa to have sex. Does that make me weird? And not the 'I love you soo much sex,' - like the 'IMA FUCKING KILL YOU DEAD WITH ORGASIM' kinda of sex. And she's got snakeythingies... which could be hawt. And he's got a screw in his head. Do I need to mention the endless pun possibilities?!

Haha, I love the new SC layout. It screams SEX. Really, it's the way it should be. And if you wanna affiliate, das cool with me. Once I get around to updating the site I'll ad your link. And you seriously should get a domain... they're mad cheap nowadays. Before Net Neutrality I was paying like 50$ a year (OUCH). I actually get quite a bit of traffic, so maybe it'll bring in some hits for you guys?

And I REALLY need to do a release soon -_-;;;; omg it's terrible. And the email is piling up... and the scan pile... and... ugh ::die::

ps. I have no ps this time around.

[melfra]

God, Stein and Medusa could have the hottest hatesex ever. That whole dance scene was pretty great, but it didn't seem as hot as they intended it to be IMHO- I thought the "all arrows point to you, and I always get what I want" line was about 1000% hotter than anything on the face of the sun.

Your layout totally makes my eyes spin, but in a good way because it's still easy to read. I just love how pop-art it is, it's excellent. I've lost my touch, so I can't really design anything well anymore (case in point- TP's current layout).

But yeah, we've had desertmoon.org forever. It runs about $120 a year on Dreamhost (since they supply a repulsive amount of space and bandwidth, which we need since everything's hosted locally), but with donations it's down to about $51 or so this year, so that's a plus. We get about 600 views a day (1300 - 2300 on release days, depending on what's out), so if we don't get hits from you, you'll get hits from us! It'll be mutually beneficial regardless, so it's all good xD

Yeah, anyway, I'll probably register another domain for TP. Bah. By the way. We picked TP as a name only because it's TOILET PAPER TOO! WHOO!

ps. No ps? You're making me sad. =(

[sailorss]

Rules of site design: SHARP, BOLD, READABLE. That's basically what I do nowadays lol. Everything is black and white with a pop color... in this case, PINK. The last layout was red. lol.

It's a phase lol. Actually, I think the inspiration came from the Sex Museum in NYC. Haha, big surprise there, eh?

I'm still on homestead, which also runs about 100$ a year, but I get NO SPACE coz' the site builder. I host everything else on another godaddy account with gives more than enough space/bandwith lol.

I love the way Medusa fights. Her vector arrows are awsome, and so much better than SSBB Pit's arrows, which look surprisingly similar but do not have half as much the cool. And Maka is going batshit crazy next ep. Let me just say, I rewatched the last 30 seconds of the last ep like a million times. "You flew super far!!!" LOLZ. Best eva.

ps. I was wondering why you called it that...

pss. Be happy now :D

[sailorss]

psss. are conversation is getting thinner and THINNER?!? lol

[melfra]

THEY DEFINITELY ARE

But aside from that. I was checking out the Scan-Clan LJ and saw that the layout was a bit broken because of the top bar. Then I looked at the profile and saw that I was still a maintainer, so I took advantage of that and and fixed it. I hope you don't mind =X I'll switch it back if you do! SRSLY!

[sailorss]

Um, I don't mind that you messed with it. But it's not centered anymore? ... that looks kinda funny lol.

[melfra]

Not centered anymore? Alright, I'll fix it right now! Sorry, I thought the code was foolproof, but it looks like no =X

[melfra]

This is pretty much officially ridiculous. I've crosschecked the layout in IE and Firefox, and the problem seems to be the new "HAY WE'LL SHOW ADS IF YOU'RE NOT LOGGED LOL THAT'LL GET A LOT OF SUPPORT FOR US XDDD" thing. In other words, the ads are breaking the layout. Guess I'll just revert the stuff to how it was before and see if I can find a workaround. I'm sorry for fooling with it =X

[sailorss]

hey, that's alright. Thanks for taking the time to look at it. XD LJ is wonky, so I usually just leave things along lol.

[melfra]

Aheh, yeah, I should have done the same. Had you ever noticed issues when looking at the page while logged out? I'm never actually logged out on LJ, so I had no idea... but anyway, I fixed the initial problem (the bar up top was ruining the page alignment), so it looks as it should while logged in. Completely broken logged out though.

Agh, I really need to fix this though OTL

[melfra]

I'll ask her about it, then~ Can't guarantee it'll be soon though, since she's behind on a lot of her monthly stuff and the people who visit are whiny little bitches. (and she still hasn't done even the first chapter of Barajou no Kiss, which makes me raaaaaaage).

We should totally affiliate though. Do scanlation sites do that? Well, we should. And I was just visiting Scan-Clan a week or so ago (and was about to download some SM prons but the link was dead OTL), and wow, that is some layout thar xD

By the way, ours is Turtle Paradise. I should get a domain for it, since seeing yours like that makes me realize how cool it looks, but I'm sort of lazy. Whiich reminds me that I need to turn over domain name registration soon. Oops.