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THAT kdrama blog: Boys Over Flowers

By jiff | Published: January 27, 2009

Some of you may be watching this kdrama remake of a jdrama remake of a tdrama adaptation of an anime adaptation of a manga (OK it’s probably just an adaptation of the manga, but it’s way more fun to say that way). To be honest, I wasn’t a big fan of the manga; I [...]

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Clannad ~After Story~ : Sunohara Siblings Arc

By jiff | Published: November 2, 2008

Where the hell have I been? Stuck in a hotel with no internet for over a week! No excuses, I know, so I’ll get right to it. I did some thinking while away, and I have decided to give something a try. Rather than keep on with the episodic style I [...]

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Clannad ~ After Story ~ Episode 3: Let’s talk about Youhei

By jiff | Published: October 19, 2008

Another week, another Sunohara-centric episode. I know that Mei has been on a lot of people’s minds, but I’m going to go ahead and skip that discussion, as it kind of weirded me out. I’d rather focus on Sanae’s insistence that, at heart, Youhei is a good person. I know that last [...]

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Clannad ~ After Story ~ Episode 2: Sunohara’s Imaginary Girlfriend

By jiff | Published: October 12, 2008

Wear your hair like this all the time, please. I will love you forever. After last week’s one-off baseball episode, it looks like the show is settling into a new arc focusing on Sunohara. It’s about time! He spent last season as the butt of every joke, and deservedly so most of the [...]

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Hyakko Episode 1: Meet the Girls

By jiff | Published: October 10, 2008

I, I know, super late on this one, plus Impz already did a little writeup on it. However, I will be picking this up for the season, and I wanted to say a few small things about it before episode 2 gets subbed. Best not to fall behind at the beginning! So, [...]

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Clannad ~After Story~ Episode 1

By jiff | Published: October 4, 2008

Another season of Clannad is what kept me going through the mostly lackluster summer shows, and I spent a good part of the summer trying to work my way through the Clannad Visual Novel. I didn’t quite make it to the after story, though, so if you want someone to predict the next episode [...]

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Celebrating 50 years of feeding Otaku

By jiff | Published: August 25, 2008

Today is the 50th anniversary of the day instant ramen went on sale in Japan – August 25th, 1958. You may remember January of 2007 when the creator of this delicious treat, Momofuku Ando, passed away and was given a huge send-off – Yasuhiro Nakasone, former Prime Minister of Japan, even delivered the eulogy [...]

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