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Kotoko is dreaming again. Sigh.

I do not know why no one other than Hinano seems to be interested in this series. I actually watched the 14th episode today and hell, I got the freaking shock of my entire life. I am now kyaa-ing (even though only fangirls are technically the only gender that kyaas) so much over the episode that I just have to make a post about the *cough cough* c-word.

That said, my girlfriend just went batshit fangirl as well watching this episode. It’s just one of the best episodes for this anime series and I really think any shoujo fan has to pick up Itazura no Kiss for viewing. This post will be likely filled with fanboy/fangirl loving, so beware of the consequences.

Oh yes, please *take note that it’s actual dialogue translated without edits*, so if you fear extreme spoilers, please do not go on.

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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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Stop screaming Jinko…

Ah the bitterness of finals how well I know it and how much I loathe it. Kotoko and her class are indeed pathologically stupid, but I guess that is why they have to make up for it a low cunning. Except of course Kin-chan whose ambition in life is incredibly simple, everyone else on the other hand has a burning desire to get into college.

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Every time I watch this show I seem to get a bit too jittery, but I guess Kotoko is just that damn awesome. For some one who is supposed to be a block head Kotoko is fearless and inventive. As Jabba would say she’s my kind of scum. If Kotoko is an unrequited love fighter then Machiko, I mean mum, is her chief of staff. Thank goodness there was no overly long recycling of footage this time around. No doubt this is all according to Machiko’s keikaku.

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Worry not mein Hauptman soon those tears will be tears of joy for your fairy god mother Noe will be there to help you force Naoki to submit to your will.

Well the first 2 minutes were a waste of time, but hoho Naoki’s pathetic resistance is nearly at it s end. In fact we are now in the death throes of this Naoki insurgency, and I think Kotoko, while being an idiot at times, is one of those blessed ones that Bismarck often spoke of. After all God does have special providence for children, fools, drunks and the United States of America. Kotoko is indeed a fool, but a fool that is in love. In any case F-class proves their superiority over those A-class mongrels, though we all know Naoki won because he wanted to jump Kotoko more than Kin-chan…

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The Oberkommando der Anime supports Kotoko in her noble quest.

Well this is terribly late but if I just finished that boorish historical fan fiction piece that most of the Academic world knows as The History of the Kings of Britain by Geoffrey of Monmouth good thing that even in his day the real historians called it fanciful bullshit and in the 16th Century they finally debunked the work as non-history and established that the author was cutting and pasting in what we could today call plagiarism. I am being overly mean as fiction it is decent if uninspired ego boosting bullshit/Norman and Welsh propaganda. Still for not mentioning Boudica, Queen of the Iceni, I hope Geoffrey of Monmouth burns in hell to be sodomized by Scots, Irish, Picts, Saxons, Romans, Libyans, Parthians, Saxons, and every other group that xenophobic prick wanted to fight.

Impz is busy so you boys and girls are stuck with me this time around, so sorry for the change in structure. So Itazura na Kiss then, well I have to say it was far more entertaining that reading Geoffrey and Kotoko was simply marvelous in her dealings with that uncouth Naoki. Clearly Kotoko was trained at the Dresden Infantry School and has learned to apply Hutier tactics to reduce the pathetic defenses of Naoki…

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The second day of the new releases bring about a slightly different twist. The first day brought more exotic offerings such as Allison to Lillia (that is going to be neglected somewhat by the mainstream audience) and Kure-nai (Go, Murasaki! You are the haughtiest loli I have seen for a while!). You can tell I happily avoided a certain title for commentary due to my dislike of excessive fanservice in general.

Nonetheless, it’s time for shoujo, my favorite genre. How will Itazura no Kiss fare?

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