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Review for Gundam SEED Destiny: An Impression
I actually originally wrote a ‘proper’ - for me - review draft for Gundam SEED Destiny, but my laptop Lavinia, which is beginning to crack up, ate the document and shortened it considerably. As in from 20+ pages to a mere 2. So the best I can do now, for you, dear non-existent reader, is write my general impression of the show, which will be ( Read more... ) -
Lovely Complex Review
Lovely Complex: The Final Verdict
I’ll admit I’m not in the best position to review this anime objectively, given I only have vague memories of the first twenty episodes, having seen them last year. Basically, this review is a generalization of the series based on its final four episodes - a far cry from comprehensive, but sufficient, I hope.
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Lovely Complex Ep24
Lovely Complex Episode 24: Together Forever!!
As expected, Otani ends up in Risa’s house because Nakao appears to be engaged in some familiar thing and Suzuki is sick. He can’t avoid meeting his girlfriend’s family, the members of which are all tall. Feeling very anxious, he even preempts Risa’s father’s first question, immediately blurting, “Yes, I ( Read more... ) -
Lovely Complex Ep23
Episode 23: Many Future Paths!! The Circumstances Everyone Bears
Realizing her mistake - fully, this time - Risa tries to apologize to Otani, but he refuses to get back together with her. The ever interfering Nobu and her boyfriend-slash-accomplice-slash-slave Nakao talk to Otani, trying to convince him to forgive Risa. It is eventually revealed ( Read more... ) -
Lovely Complex Ep22
Lovely Complex Ep22: Otani’s Catastrophic Declaration
With the upcoming college entrance exams, Otani is stressed and irritable. To prepare for the tests, he takes prep classes, and Risa takes a job across his school so they can walk home together. With everyone preparing for their future - Nobu and Nakao tasting sweets for their future dessert shop ( Read more... ) -
Lovely Complex Ep21
Lovely Complex Ep21: Premonition of Separation?! Risa and Otani’s Different Paths
Apparently, Risa has no idea what Otani wants to do after high school. This incenses her rather interfering but well-meaning friend Nobu, who, together with her longtime boyfriend Nakao, takes Risa and Otani out to a pseudo double date so they can talk properly. Otani ( Read more... ) -
Lovely Complex
I would personally love to have Koizumi Riza’s height. She’s about 5’6” - apparently too tall for a female Japanese teenager - and is, therefore, technically capable of joining the Miss Universe Pageant. Like most girls who stand out from the majority, she ends up having a lot of insecurities, made worse by the unfortunate circumstance of her ( Read more... ) -
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Before anything else, in case anyone reads this blog regularly - which I find highly doubtful - I apologize for reneging on my promise of delivering Kaze no Stigma episode-by-episode summaries. Let’s say this happened: I went back to my school, far away from my hometown, and left my Kaze no Stigma DVD in my house. So no Kaze no Stigma blow-by-blows ( Read more... ) -
Kaze no Stigma Episode 01
Kaze no Stigma Episode 01: The Wind Returns
Summary: Yagami the Fake
After four years, an exiled descendant of the fire-wielding Kannagi clan returns to Japan bearing the ability to harness wind magic. Yagami Kazuma, however, arrives at the worst possible moment; a secret war is being waged against the Kannagi, resulting in the murders of its clan ( Read more... )
