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Well i guess the first blog entry should introduce myself ^_^
Hi there, i'm the owner of eudemon.org and all its child sites
currently computer science major college student
From: China -> Canada -> U.S.A.
Gender: male
Hobby: Anime, manga, game, programming
Languages: English, Chinese, Cantonese, Japanese(learning)
this is delayed entry, been busy for the past few days, and will continue to be in the near future
Green tea frappe
saw a dragon ball soft drink for the 1st time in the super market
Calbee chips, pretty popular brand in HongKong (at least it was when i was there)
some manga, magazines and light novel
gift from the magazine, so cute > <
Btw went to play pool and KTV with friends couple days ago
found some good amount of Japanese songs in the KTV box, pretty happy with it, although still not a lot (been there before didn't find any probably are updated)
Originally from a manga
バクマン。
the title literally means gambler
General ★★★★★
Even though I've already read the manga, the Anime still keeps me excited
That's how good it is
Just like the manga, every episode ends at exciting point
Story ★★★★★
Both main characters had their heroines in the start
The effort they put into the their work alone the way attracted many other female characters
and they never changed their heart
The psychological descriptions of characters are nice (the story writer really put a lot of effort into this)
As for the main Story
those who never watch/read this Anime might think there isn't much to tell in drawing manga story
That's not true, every difficulty they have overcome, another one soon pops up
I'm not gonna discuss about the difficulties they have overcame, You will know what I mean once you watch/read it
CG ★★★★☆
One small negative thing I have to say is, the Anime production is too focused on speed
Environment and Character expression are not detail enough(exp: light/dark effect)
The manga does much better performance on this part
Altho it's two different platform, hard to compare
Other than that, the anime quality is good
Design ★★★★★
You might be familiar with this drawing style
yes, the art is done by the same artist of Death note, Hikaru no go etc
and like all his works, story is done by someone else
As for bakuman, it is the same writer who wrote death note
Music ★★★★☆
No noticeable BGM, but I really like the OP and 1st ED
Especially the OP lyric uses strive, dream as theme, really nice
See you again on season 3
Plot
Finally bought one piece 1~64 volumes (all brand new sealed)(wanted for a long time, yes one piece is an amazing Anime)
and also 10+ posters
gave me some hard time to carry all these back home
ordered a special made for manga bookshelf today as well
slots enough for 770 manga
plus the one i have right now, space enough for 1040 (when double layered)
that means, by the time I filled my two bookshelves I will have almost 2k manga books!! (that will be one of my short term goal for now!)
(one is alrdy full, the other one when arrived will be 10% full aswell, gonna add more bookshelf later on)
I feel great accomplishment
First of all, the reviews and ratings are based on my personal opinion
you may have a different view, so please don't throw up and break something if you disagree lol
All the reviews have delays, because i like to wait until Anime finished airing and then watch them all at once
(unless it's One Piece, I know, it's great, bought the manga's too)
Basically I watch Animes of one season earlier than Japan's playback time (sometimes more)
it's just a headache to keep track of whole bunch single episodes every week isn't it? well, not if you have a lot of free time
Comments are welcome
bought some flowers for my mom
Actually I was thinking about take them to an Italian restaurant I saw on the internet
but couldn't reserve seats for event date, but anyways the flowers turned out good so I'm glad
General ★★★★★
Re-watching this anime in the past few days, pretty old but very good anime
btw im trying to purchase the complete manga series of this anime
Story ★★★★★
This is neither a romantic nor hot-blooded story
but rather slow pace and bit fair tale that calms your heart
I love the final ending scene when Akari stares and smiles at Ai while she took a bit of breakfast when Ai first started working in Aria company
and Arishia did the same exact thing to Akari back then when she first came.
It indicates how things go around and achieve its mature states and around in a circle back to the new generation
Graphic ★★★★★
Might not comparable to today's graphic but back then it's very good
it also improved a lot in later season
btw the landscapes are a plus point
Design ★★★★☆
I like their uniforms
and the design of the city
Music ★★★★☆
Nothing to say about BGM but
the opening song and insert song of the first season have magnificent enchantments to the Anime
Undine & Symphony - both by Makino Yui
Especially the OP song plays while showing landscapes of AQUA or scenes of people getting ready to work
It has other good songs as well (why i gave it 4 stars? because this is for general music rating)
Warm your heart ★★★★★
CV ★★★★☆
Plot
this happened in last week, but the site hadn't configure out yet so delayed til now
went out shopping for sushi materials prepare for going to the park the next day
Story ★★☆☆☆
The plot is bit childish, and boring, the hero goes out save everyone and punish all bad guys type
Every time when I done with an episode there wasn't any desire to make me want to continue
that's why this Anime took me so long to finished
Not to mention the "cursed tools" are too buggy
BTW I talking about the Anime only, haven't read the light novel so it might be different
Music ★★★☆☆
It did a good job on having two theme songs for a one season Anime, the songs are not bad either
but, the BGM is where points are taken off
by the time I done with the Anime, I can't recall any background music melodies
Pantsu ★★★★★
A recommend for Pantsu-cons
Graphic ★★★★☆
The graphic for most part is ok, but they did do lazy jobs on some parts
for example, boob shakes and doll moves etc...
Design ★★★★☆
A plus point, character designs are more toward Loli-cons
CV ★★★★☆
Plot
General ★★★★☆
Originally from a manga
for both seasons
Story ★★★★☆
It's fun to watch, good for pass time
Not decent setting, background
just about daily restaurant lives of some inordinate workers
Graphic ★★★★★
Done well for display some detail movements
for example, skirt will move/flutter when character bend, too bad they don't show pantsu (nose bleed
Design ★★★★☆
The staff clothes are ok, and different sets of clothes when they're out
Music ★☆☆☆☆
No BGM(or nothing i can recall), and some ed/op are bad
One of the selling point of this anime is definitely moe
but the op/ed especially in the second second overdid it
Fun ★★★★☆
CV ★★★★☆
Plot
Title translated into English would be:
"The recollection of a pilot", Wiki and ANN use "The Princess and the Pilot"
General ★★★★☆
Story ★★★★☆
Usually people that are watching this movie would think the pilot will successfully NTR the prince's princess
The pilot decided to let the princess go even though she wanted to stay with him (C'mon pilot boy)
(The story would be more romantic if it was the opposite, but this ending does leave us some surprises)
I personally don't like the setting of half-blood of two races being the lowest status of the society but racism does happen in life... well
Fight ★★★★☆
This is one reason why this product is good for movie not anime series
The flight fights are very cool, but there are limited strategies you can use
people will get get bored from watching same fight scenes for a while
Minus point on when he dodges bullets shooting from tens(can't remember the exact number) of enemy planes
just same scenes repeat over and over
Design ★★★★☆
Character design is more toward reality. Unlike some anime fans, I don't dislike this drawing style, that's why I like Bakuman's as well
To the Loli-cons - ahah, not your steak
Music ★★★☆☆
Nothing to talk about
Plot
His motherboard and CPU broke, had to replace with new ones
plus an upgrade of fan and memory (his old memories were ddr2 that are not compatible with the new LGA 1155 mb anyway, same issue with the cpu, basically upgrade from 775 series)
General ★★★★★
Story ★★★★☆
The first half of the movie is basically review of what happened in the Anime series from the new character Hiyori(風音)'s view to show how she fell in love with Tomoki (智樹)
A lot of ERO funny scenes like usual
And the ending is very heart touching, when Hiyori turned into an angeloid(angel robot) after a tragedy right before she was about to hear back from Tomoki from her love confession earlier
In the end she sacrificed herself to protect Tomoki
The scene I like the most is in the last few minutes of the film, Tomoki went back to the place where he and Hiyori first met. A ray of right shined behind him along with leathers, at last came the sound of bell Hiyori always wears, leaving the audiences a huge imagination space
BTW, I also like the name of Hiyori (sound of wind) which matches the sound of bells she always has on her hair
CG ★★★★★
The fighting scene is very well done
as well as the rest, graphic very detailed
Design ★★★★★
The design of the clockwork angeloid is awesome
Characters also dress up very nicely
Music ★★★★☆
Ending songs so-so
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Amzanig huh? Yaeh and you awlyas thguoht slpeling was ipmorantt
Professor : You are a Christian, aren’t you, son ?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, you believe in GOD ?
Student : Absolutely, sir.
Professor : Is GOD good ?
Student : Sure.
Professor: Is GOD all powerful ?
Student : Yes.
Professor: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to GOD to heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But GOD didn’t. How is this GOD good then? Hmm?
(Student was silent.)
Professor: You can’t answer, can you ? Let’s start again, young fella. Is GOD good?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Is satan good ?
Student : No.
Professor: Where does satan come from ?
Student : From … GOD …
Professor: That’s right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?
Student : Yes.
Professor: Evil is everywhere, isn’t it ? And GOD did make everything. Correct?
Student : Yes.
Professor: So who created evil ?
(Student did not answer.)
Professor: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these terrible things exist in the world, don’t they?
Student : Yes, sir.
Professor: So, who created them ?
(Student had no answer.)
Professor: Science says you have 5 Senses you use to identify and observe the world around you. Tell me, son, have you ever seen GOD?
Student : No, sir.
Professor: Tell us if you have ever heard your GOD?
Student : No , sir.
Professor: Have you ever felt your GOD, tasted your GOD, smelt your GOD? Have you ever had any sensory perception of GOD for that matter?
Student : No, sir. I’m afraid I haven’t.
Professor: Yet you still believe in Him?
Student : Yes.
Professor : According to Empirical, Testable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says your GOD doesn’t exist. What do you say to that, son?
Student : Nothing. I only have my faith.
Professor: Yes, faith. And that is the problem Science has.
Student : Professor, is there such a thing as heat?
Professor: Yes.
Student : And is there such a thing as cold?
Professor: Yes.
Student : No, sir. There isn’t.
(The lecture theater became very quiet with this turn of events.)
Student : Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat, mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat. But we don’t have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees below zero which is no heat, but we can’t go any further after that. There is no such thing as cold. Cold is only a word we use to describe the absence of heat. We cannot measure cold. Heat is energy. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence of it.
(There was pin-drop silence in the lecture theater.)
Student : What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as darkness?
Professor: Yes. What is night if there isn’t darkness?
Student : You’re wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light, flashing light. But if you have no light constantly, you have nothing and its called darkness, isn’t it? In reality, darkness isn’t. If it is, well you would be able to make darkness darker, wouldn’t you?
Professor: So what is the point you are making, young man ?
Student : Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.
Professor: Flawed ? Can you explain how?
Student : Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue there is life and then there is death, a good GOD and a bad GOD. You are viewing the concept of GOD as something finite, something we can measure. Sir, Science can’t even explain a thought. It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less fully understood either one. To view death as the opposite of life is to be ignorant of the fact that death cannot exist as a substantive thing.
Death is not the opposite of life: just the absence of it. Now tell me, Professor, do you teach your students that they evolved from a monkey?
Professor: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process, yes, of course, I do.
Student : Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?
(The Professor shook his head with a smile, beginning to realize where the argument was going.)
Student : Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going endeavor. Are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a scientist but a preacher?
(The class was in uproar.)
Student : Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the Professor’s brain?
(The class broke out into laughter. )
Student : Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor’s brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so. So, according to the established Rules of Empirical, Stable, Demonstrable Protocol, Science says that you have no brain, sir. With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?
(The room was silent. The Professor stared at the student, his face unfathomable.)
Professor: I guess you’ll have to take them on faith, son.
Student : That is it sir … Exactly ! The link between man & GOD is FAITH. That is all that keeps things alive and moving.
P.S.
I believe you have enjoyed the conversation. And if so, you’ll probably want your friends / colleagues to enjoy the same, won’t you?
Forward this to increase their knowledge … or FAITH.
By the way, that student was EINSTEIN.
forgot to bring my camera that day, did took a photo of the menu and the ramen with my phone
but for some reason i can't transfer it to my pc
so i went to the store's website and grab a photo of their ramen just u can see
these are the photos taken by my friend's iphone (unfortunately im too broke to afford that
this is IppudoNigori Sake (bit sweet, taste really nice :P
also went to bookstore that day
note that the dengeki daioh and G’S october ver gift a set of アスナ figures :wub:
got my new external harddrive, 3 TB usb 3.0 shipped home that day as well
the speed is really really nice!
General ★★★★☆
Super love soap anime (makes me itch sometimes..
Story ★★★★☆
every 4 episodes feature one main character
the last two feature a hidden char and his sister (if you don't know what I'm talking about maybe because I only watched the blue ray version I can imagine they are not included in the TV version
CG ★★★★★
Detailed, the light effect is very nicely done
Design ★★★★★
Excellent cloth, and character designs
for example, Rihoko who likes to eat and always wants to lose weight
if you compare her deign to the others, you see she is little fatter but still as cute as (or more than) others
Music ★★★★☆
Both OPs sung by azusa are very good
I personally favor the second one "君のままで" over the 1st one
The EDs are sung by the characters (one for each)
and since they are CVs not music artists, the songs ain't good (for both singing part and making part)
Can't recall any BGM in the Anime
Plot
General ★★★★☆
Typical Missy and agent (housekeeper+bodyguard), more suitable for female audiences
Story ★★★☆☆
Day to day scenes, very few fighting (even though the setting of Maison de Ayakashi and half ayakashi half human gives you a good battle sense)
You may also learn some basic info about Japanese ghosts
Btw, the main character said in the beginning that she always says something against her will, in other words, tsundere
Although it's popular among some people, I really hate this type of personality (don't hit me
CG ★★★★☆
Graphic is good and detailed
Design ★★★★☆
Has some sets of outfit, the drawing style is cute as well
Music ★★★★☆
I personally don't like the OP and EDs
but the BGM especially the one plays when she changes form is very good
Plot
today I was reading bakuman manga on my bed with an improper pose
and because I was too concentrated into the book I ended up sprained my shoulder
right now the shoulder is expose with unguent on it, maybe i should continue with the manga and sprain my other shoulder to make it balance XD (joking
