we're finally notdotq anymore

for now, let's reminisce about a nostalgic future while standing in the hall

sunrise penetrates kimi ga nozomu eien

the end

Oct 14
2008

nogizaka yori aoshi; sexuality and jealousy in anime

lolikitsune crafted this last love song.
This is categorized as Anime, Commentary.
It probably has over nine thousand tags. What a slut.
At least it only has 24 comments and 3,433 views.

I’ve mentioned before that I have a “problem” with Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu. I first discussed this in an IRC chat with Mike; he was fawning over the show, calling it the best of the season, and I objected. I said it “did the Ai Yori Aoshi thing.” Mike seemed pleased by that (it seems like a lot of people enjoy Ai Yori Aoshi). I didn’t try to persuade him that it was a bad thing at the time, because I was beginning to concoct a blog post.

Well, that was maybe two months ago now. It’s about time I get that blog post out there.

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Aug 28
2008

ikkitousen GG GG’d previous ikkitousen series; Big Success

lolikitsune crafted this last love song.
This is categorized as Anime.
It probably has over nine thousand tags. What a slut.
At least it only has 3 comments and 438 views.

Seriously, when did this crap become Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha?

but... how do we become friends? take your t-t-that, your FINGER and put it to my this, my-my-MY VAGINA and s-s-stick it in deeper!!! =[

“I don’t know how to become friends.”
“It’s super simple, Genpou-chan! All you have to do is call my name!“

Great Guardians … it left me feeling like it lacked something integral, something promised by the name. Maybe the whole “great” part. There also weren’t any guardians. There wasn’t a whole lot of anything, in fact. Maybe after twenty-five episodes of shit I was desensitized to such things as pantie shots or cleavage but this time around even those felt scarce. I missed the conflict, I missed the resolution.

Hell, I missed the part where Ryomou forgave Ryofu for fingering her back in season one.

BAWWWWWWWWWW

Um, does anyone care about Ryofu dying again? I think I was with this season for about two minutes when I thought Kannu was dying. That made me kind of sad. Then I watched the next episode and she was alive. I think there was a disconnect at that point. So Ryofu going again? Big fucking deal. Maybe Ryomou’s sad because Ryofu promised a flute for their second time but the second time never came.

When I say “Big Success,” I mean that the creators succeeded in creating something vaguely approaching value. By taking MGLN’s stellar premise and themes and applying those to their lame fanservice shit, they leveled up their product. “Big Success” in no way refers to the actual quality of Great Guardians. I’m throwing it into the ever-humongous 1/10 category on MyAnimeList.

I can’t bitch too much, though.

The observant observer might take the time to comment, “what did you expect, dipshit?”

Anyway, one last parting shot before I burn this show from my memory:
itsuka mata ano oka de