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Sawako was born ready.

I finally got over my jet-lag or at least I think I have, so I can finally give praise to Sawako. Sawako might be shy and overly modest but she is holding up just fine and making steady progress. I like how she is dealing with the walls that everyone put around her by SMASHING THEM INTO ATOMS with her polite attitude and saintly qualities. While usagijen thinks the rest of the class as unworthy miscreants who are undeserving of Sawako, Sawako is of such good quality that she cares not about their misconceptions and her desire to be friend them is undiminished by their spiteful ignorance and craven fear. Indeed many in Class 1-D are unworthy of such a friend, but they will be turned eventually. Yano and Yoshida may be rough around the edges but they are genuinely nice blokes, and do a decent job of providing snarky rabu rabu commentary. Yosida and Ryuu seem to have some history and Yoshida delightfully reveals how utterly ignorant the Kazehaya fan girls are. Seems back then they went communist and decided to institute the collectivization of Kazehaya. I look forward to seeing Sawako end this Kazehaya Soviet, though I think that Kazehaya is going to end it himself.
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Even the nameless detectives cannot die.

It’s been too long since my last Mazinger Z post and while the summary was easy enough I am still at a loss for words to properly gush over just how EPIC it was and how much it moved me as a mecha fan. In any case it seems that Hell and Kenzo were in cahoots for a while and slaughtered a whole lot of Mycenae while rotting Tristan and Iseult. Baron Ashura swore terrible vengeance and teamed up with Mazinger Z and the rest of the gang. Gamia-chan was at her loveliest this ep as she shallenged the King of Hell and held it at bay until Mazinger Z went into to finish the job. The Mazinger Army was also most useful after they revealed that within each held a part that was worth much more than the actual mecha. Wife Beater Kenzo tries to make amends but I am still sorely disappointed in Tsubasa’s for not ending Kenzo’s misery buy running her Z Blade right through his thick skull. After 100 some odd combined Rocket Punches and the most Ultra Gorgeous BIG BANG PUNCH the King of Hell is slain. It was so beautiful and made me want to punch something at the same time. Nevertheless the treachery continues as Ashura had only wanted to kill Dr. Hell so that it could commit hara-kiri by ripping itself apart. With that a sequel was confirmed in a manner most dire as the not so dead Mycenae Empire invades the Earth with many pillars and the new Big Bad cuts Mt. Fuji down to size.

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Knowing that Inuyasha would finally be finished after so many episodes and filler had really gotten me excited. It was one of the first anime that I watched, during the time of Midnight Run/early Adult Swim back in late middle school and high school. And the nostalgic satisfaction is definitely there. While some annoying fans may sully the reputation of an otherwise great show, even bringing some to think themselves too good to associate with it, I (and in subsequent posts, possibly Crusader as well) will watch, blog, and enjoy the final act of a very fun show. So join us for the nostalgia and the final battles of the War of the Shikon Jewel!

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This is the story of a girl…

Despite the lack of my kind of mecha it seems that I get a very promising shoujo series this season. Sawako is just darling as a little generator of fear forcing cowards to flee for the hills at a mere glance. Unfortunately she’d rather make friends with these cowardly types than cast them off a precipice of annihilation, but different strokes for different folks I guess. At any rate I have taken a liking to Sawako because she is such a good person who is sorely misunderstood by her idiot peers. Thankfully she is not too into weeping over her situation and tries to make others conform to her will. She tries to make friends with varying degrees of success but at the very least Yano and Yoshida readily accept her along with Kazehaya. Yoshsida is my favorite of the bunch as she has a code of justice and a fatal weakness for well mannered otome, Yano is a bit more slow, and Kazehaya is a boy that has yet to adopt the sagely methods of Patrick Colasour. Sawako may have trouble making friends but she takes to her Zeus given talents with gusto, and worries mostly about not living up to expectation. Long may Sawako SHINE IN THE NAME OF ZEUS. Sawako gets a bit weepy now and then, but at least she is selfless, though at times overly selfless, so I can forgive Sawako’s True Tears for Noe likes them too.
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Wait what was you name again? I forget if you are even worth remembering.

This week it was mostly about Saten and Uiharu after last week’s intense focus on Kuroko and Mikoto. To be sure there was some hint of plot with the data manipulation but I still look forward to having good times with Kuroko and her love for Biribiri onee-sama. So there was a poor little girl named Miho who was a lowly level 2 who started a warpath against Tokiwadai students. While I am not sure how levels are measured I think it is possible to under perform and there is the distinct possibility that hatred made Miho powerful. At any rate I was glad to see that Mikoto has a sharp mind and I liked the amount of teamwork they demonstrated. Saten-san might be a level 0 but she can be properly motivated to succeed. Even if Saten-san did not like the Tokiwadai uniform she didn’t look too bad in it though I would have also enjoyed a uniform swap with Uiharu for shits and giggles. I am not sure if Komori-san is going to play a role later on but this series could use a bit of megane to spice things up. There wasn’t too much plot going on as it was all Miho’s vendetta over her broken heart. Thankfully in the end though Saten-san saved her and now Miho belongs to the Yuri side. Given how Miho is already a stalker maybe we will see her again gloriously stalking Saten. Next week seems to be scary story time and a possible Yuri tea party too…let the good times roll.

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And such a wonderfully funny tale this is.

Although I  am still stuck in the Socialist Worker’s Paradise, Kampfer is continuing to deliver my regular dose of yuri goodness. So far this was one of the funniest episodes thus far for those of us who watch yuri shows with monastic devotion. They just crammed in the references and ran with it and in my opinion they did a fine job. The plot is pretty lame any ways so they might as well take it to the limit with the yuri fanservice, and boy was there a lot of it. Unlike Calawain I am willing to tolerate the Class 2-4 since they were willing to cash in on their new heroine and pimp her out to the how school for money. To get rich is glorious indeed. On the Sakura front the dumb bitch is getting possessive and trying to monopolize Natsuru Girl-type. Fortunately Akane is willing to protect the feeling of love in Natsuru Girl-type’s heart and will love her even if she assumes her guy form. Akane’s love is so deep that it blows everyone else out the water as Shizuku’s rumor of Natsuru Girl-type being hetero brought forth denunciations of the alleged vile betrayal. While it was a hasty reaction on the part of the female student body, it was understandable given how lamentable Natsuru Boy-type is. Still poor Akane is facing an uphill battle for Nat-chan’s attentions as in the class-room she cannot use her Kampfer form to assert her dominance over the rest of them. If nothing else I just love how Akane fluctuates between tsun tsun and dere dere, given how shallow Sakura is. Hopefully after The Return of Mikoto Akane might get some help against Sakura. If this keeps up then Kampfer will earn a slot as one of the pillars for this glorious Year of Yuri.

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I could get use to a monthly anniversary like this…

So Railgun is chugging along nicely though I must confess I do not watch this show to find the meaning of life or some other such nonsense. It will be sometime before I can finish assessing and admiring Alphard onee-sama’s handiwork, so a dose of yuri goodness is very much welcome while hotel hopping from Beijing to Hong Kong. At any rate Kuroko was simply delightful in her devotion to her Biribiri one-sama. Her love is like Liang Qi’s in that Kuroko’s LOVE WILL NEVER DIE. Nevertheless despite having Liang Qi-like tendencies Kuroko is not at the point where she is willing to kill all those annoying people around her and her one-sama. Her attempt at seduction was brave but doomed to fail as Biribiri is still hung up over some male spiky haired tart who should not have shown up in my yuri anime to begin with. I spit upon his memory, whatever his irrelevant name may be. All I know is Kuroko’s love is stronger than anything in this show.

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