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Yummy anime overdose!

.hack//Roots (8) :: I’m liking the BGM. I’m not liking much else. I should mention that I want to turn Tabby into puree.

Black Lagoon (5) :: I’m not exactly sure why, but I’m loving everything about the show. Shinsen should sub more episodes some time soon.

Blood+ (32) :: Kai is the coolest character since Shinji Ikari. Rock on.

Disgaea (6) :: dumbest show I’ve seen in a long time, but for some reason it’s not unintelligent in the same way as a lot of less dumb, more pretentious shows I’ve seen recently (Fate/Stay-night.) It makes me feel younger when I watch it, and that’s a nice feeling.

Ergo Proxy (9) :: predictable, unstable, and damn good.

Fate/Stay-night (21) :: disappointing. I’m tired of this show and need it to be over.

Good Witch of the West (5) :: the moral of the first story arc is that wtfyaoi solves everything. I should be disgusted, but Roux makes a damn cute girl.

Gundam 08th MS Team (6) :: this has been sitting on my HD for a few weeks/months now. I should just finish it some time.

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (8) :: <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 though episodes 1 and 5 blew, and 9 most likely will as well.

Himawari! (5) :: <3 <3 <3 though the “de arisu” girl can go die.

Infinite Ryvius (8) :: un-sucky Sunrise! Woot!

Joshikousei (6) :: why do I watch this? It sucks plain and simple.

Kyou no Go no Ni (1) :: I NEED MORE OF THIS.

Love Get CHU (1) :: I NEED MORE OF HER.

Naruto (a lot) :: get off filler, bitches. You have your plot.

Nana (7) :: it’s ok, but ep 6 was annoying as hell for me. I hope they don’t do full episode frame-for-frame recaps again.

Ouran High School Host Club (8) :: “And if you put earplugs in, you won’t hear the noise.” … brilliant. Tamaki is the new Warai no Kami.

Soul Link (8) :: it’s getting better. And it still sucks ass.

Strawberry Panic! (8) :: it’s getting less humorous. And it’s still hilariously bad.

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu (8) :: it’s getting worse, and worse, and worse. :(

The Third (3) :: holy shit she’s awesome.

Tsubasa Chronicle (28) :: um, the OP and ED for the first season were better. ’nuff said.

Windy Tales (8) :: hmm. Interesting show. I like it, but it’s kind of boring at times.

Witchblade (3) :: sucky get-up in witchblade form. Take it all off, damn it.

xxxHOLiC (7) :: Watanuki sucks. Yuko is my new god.

Yume Tsukai (3) :: fun stuff, but is it good?

Zegapain (4) :: the angst is beginning already. Woot! I just need more subs now.

It appears as though Nagisa isn’t the only one that speaks in the third person. Apparently all 4th years and below speak in the third person in Strawberry Panic. Does being a lesbian Catholic Japanese schoolgirl make you speak in the third person? Chiyo, Tamao, Hikari… it begs the question, will PHLAG start referring to herself as Tsubomi? The heresy!

Oh, and the Etoile Battle endorses lolicon.

More on this as I read more… just a couple things to note.

- Yaya is vicious in the manga, and I like it.
- Chikaru is cooler in the manga, and I like it.
- Etoile’s hand looks like that of an old lady in the manga, and I like it not.

That is all. Dismissed.

What else is there to say other than that I approve?

UMBRELLAS ARE SERIOUS BUSINESS.

As all watchers of this show should know (for all watchers of this show should have seen both seasons of Maria-sama ga Miteru), blue umbrellas are to lilies as handkerchiefs are to Othello. In otherwords, a lack thereof makes them go emo. And when I say emo, I mean super emo! Rainy Blue, anyone?

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No, the answer is not that Arthur is a sweaty, bearded, sister-fucking pagan. No, the answer is in fact not that Ilya is hotter (though that is the case.) No, the answer is that this is the look Tohsaka will surely give you, as surely as Yahoo stole Hard Gay’s hoo:

HER EXPRESSION BEAT YUMI.

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“SUTEKI~!”

Were one not to know better, one would think that Tamao has the oddest fantasies. Unfortunately for the mental health of the viewer, her “fantasies” are reality. I wonder why such realities only take place at Catholic schools. Maybe Maria-sama really WILL make you lesbian, with her sapphire heart and all.

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Wow, this episode was depressingly bad. Not only was it not worth my time, but it’s not even worth the time to blog about it. This time around, the producers do every single thing they can to make the show as bad as possible.

Just a little note to the powers that be, my little aside on Noir’s overuse of flashbacks was not one of sincere admiration. We had the same flashback of dying Emiya-kun twelve times, and then Saber’s past took over. Now we’ve had Caster’s flashback three times. And of course, Gilgamesh’s very un-epic introduction during the first half of the episode had to be recycled in flashback form in the second half. This is beyond tying with Noir, this is beyond passing it. This is disgusting.

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