Came across this article the other day claiming that folks who are more trusting are actually better at lie-detecting than people who are suspicious types ( Read more... )

Relevant icon is relevant ( Read more... )

Un-Go: examining the nature of truth and perception in a digital age.

( bleach )

Un-Go 7: the requisite BONES mindfuck episode. If I wasn't already in love, I would be now. (It seems I was very, very right about this being a subversion of the whodunnit -- it's an outright deconstruction*, actually. It is kind of glorious ( Read more... )

The more I think about the Honeymoon Salad ending, the more I like it. (I first read it last year in Chinese.)

I thought at first that it was a bit of a copout ending for what had been until then a beautifully nuanced series, but actually... now I think it is the only way it could have ended.

( spoiler for the ending )

Gosho interview. He drops super spoilery hints re: Sera's identity.

( gooooshooooooo. )

Detective Conan 770. Utterly unremarkable case, but the new Jeet Kune Do character.... AWESOME. (It has been more than a year since I've been this excited about Conan XD -- in fact, checking through my tags, the last super-exciting case for me was the department store case in Aug. 09)

( spoilers/theorizing )

1. I need sunshine ( Read more... )

After a bit of moping, I feel better now ( Read more... )

Been a while since my last manga update.

- FMA: AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH. Best climax EVER. No disappointment at all on my end; all the pieces were laid well in advance and yet I was on my toes the whole time, and Arakawa is just an amazing storyteller. Too many epic moments to list in this chapter, but I have to say I teared up at THE ELRIC FAMILY SCENE, ( Read more... )