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Getting a boyfriend is tough, but for lovable lasses like Miya here reading this post could help her come up with a winning plan to make Lulu her HUNNI. Ah music to me ears.

Well I guess waiting for the professor to compile all the data from every land is now the norm so in the mean time I guess more posting time. So this post has been incubating on my hard drive for sometime ever since True Tears ended but it has been expanded quite a bit since then.

As a military man I simply adore how shoujo shows have one thing that most other genres lack, doctrine. While there is many a mecha pilot and shounen brat that is ready and eager to charge forth into the fray, this to me is at best some piss poor doctrine and a serious lack there of at worst. In any case the typical shoujo Heroine displays far more tactical and strategic acumen at achieving her objectives so here is a breakdown of a few that I have come across, this list is by no means comprehensive and I hope that a few of you have some proposals of your own. Like war for the shoujo heroine there is no substitute for victory in her love life and in her struggles all is fair, though not all is right. To form a coherent doctrine she has to break things down into strategy (over all vision of how to achieve her goals), operational art (amassing the resources she needs where and when she needs them), and tactics (what she does in every date/meeting). It is no simple task and while there are preferred doctrines proper execution and the will to win remain key to a decisive victory.
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Good to see that Amu likes her new orders to seize Ikuto, now go forth and conquer with gusto!

It appears that my Academic Winter Offensive of 2008 is meeting some stubborn resistance from professor busy work and doctor useless online portions. Nevertheless since Feldwebel Amu is going to be occupied with the minutiae of sentry and patrol duty (aka fillers) until episode 19 my reports on her progress will be limited to only significant triumphs that include either belittling Tadase, besieging Ikuto, and smashing Utau’s pathetic attempts at securing Ikuto. Though in the odd chance that mien good Feldwebel eliminates that insolent teacher I will sing her praises on such a momentous achievement. That being said this episode did fulfill the laying siege to Ikuto and crushing Utau conditions…

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I share your sentiment on tests, they do indeed suck.

So I just killed off two essays from my to do list, but bloody work seems to get in the way more than usual. Finals are coming and soon there will even less time than before. Ah well I was able to catch up with Shugo Chara to evaluate Feldwebel Amu’s progress on the Ikuto front. Progress is steady and Ikuto is slowly being worn down. Utau shows up belatedly and infrequently, and thus she is of little consequence to out brave Feldwebel. In fact such is her talent that she is not half bad at ballet.

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Mein Feldwebel good to see that your Hima-sense is tingling with excitement.

Normally I would decry this filler episode as it fails to introduce any new characters, however since Amu-chan invaded the pitch all will be forgiven. Besides hopefully from here on out Ran is going to have to lose her first among equals role and submit to a more equitable triumvirate.

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My thoughts exactly mein Feldwebe tell that Imperialist bastard what you think. Kampfgruppen Crusader supports any and all of your offensive operations.

So while waiting to see comrade Darkmirage’s vaunted workmanship for Gundam 00 I decided to check out Shugo Chara. I confess that I have taken a liking to Amu-chan. Hopefully this will be subbed with some regularity since the loli-con over tones that brought Moetan to a grinding halt are absent. Still I have high hopes and expectations for Feldwebel Amu failure will not be tolerated even if she is in the fifth grade…

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