Kamen no Maid Guy is epic. Wagaya no Oinari-sama is epic. Kure-nai is epic. Tower of Druaga is epic. Soul Eater is fine too. Chi’s Sweet Home is sweet. I want Hitode to hurry the fuck up with my ARIA subs but apparently SUBBING SLOWLY IS PREFERRED HERE (which is fine, because it’s wonderful, etc. etc.). ANYWAY.

L. Kit has spoken.

More depth/entertainment and lulz will ensue as more episodes of shows are subbed and as I complete jobs thus attaining coveted TIME which will allow me to either work on my writing or watch anime. I’ll of course watch anime instead of ameliorating my writing powers, thusly digging myself an early grave as far as communication and grammar go. Anyway, random rambling aside, this season rocks balls. Doubly so for not featuring any TTGL/Haruhi/Higurashi/Joshikousei/Soul Link/Lucky Star unlike previous springs.

I’ll get to it soon. Expect some hatred tomorrow.

I’m so unsure that I have time for this shit that watching and blogging it made me recall a term from AIR: ‘hima-hima seijin.’

I’ve now subjected myself to seven of the Spring 2008 shows. I can’t wait for Holic subs. I also finished Darker than Black for a second time last night, and for some reason, the ending STILL doesn’t make any sense. Everything that had been unexplained was suddenly explained with NEW METAPHYSICS that made no sense and weren’t explained. It was well-executed and classy, yeah, but substance-wise, it was absolutely nonsensical.

Itazura na Kiss

Itazura na Kiss looks AWESOME. AWESOME like Bokura ga Ita. I might be the only person on Earth to like the Bokura ga Ita anime, though, so maybe Itazura na Kiss will suck. At least while some jerks hate, someone seems hopeful. Oh, and someone else, too. I don’t actually know if I’m going to follow this. It seems like it’ll be fun but I really am strapped for time.

And now I need to praise this show, and not for any strengths on its part. I told Impz once before that I had forgiven him for [the terrible things he subjected me to in the past] but this… this is different. Impz has gone above and beyond the call of duty because of this show, writing an EPIC blog post that has secured itself a place forever in my hall of aniblogging legends. He may not know it… his readers probably don’t… but he has said something, because of Itazura na Kiss, that has made me fall head over heels for him.

Ladies and gentlemen, Impz.

I don’t think anymore needs to be said.

Kanokon

I’d pull my “there are no words” thing again, but I think it’s getting old, and who wants to read a blog the entire contents of which sum up to “I have no content?” Yeah, no one. Sooooo, thoughts. Well, it pissed me off like to-love-ru did. The foxgirl’s brother(?) was a total cock-blocker, too. Too bad he didn’t die when he got defenestrated (“defenestrated” is used here loosely—there were no windows involved, just COLD FIRE and walls); the two leads won’t get another good chance to lose their virginities. The rest of the show is going to go something like this:

Introduce new girl. New girl falls in love with Kouta for no fuggin’ reason. Foxgirl tries to have sex with Kouta. New girl interferes.

So yeah, gg hot hot sex. The kissing was pretty good, though. Also…

… is that some Skitch?

Two paths of shota and foxboobs intertwining… the union of trap…

And yes, I will be watching this show for at least one more episode. Color me Kouta.

P.S.—when you can enjoy something only by making fun of it with fellow animebloggers (read: the scum of the Earth), it’s pretty fuckin’ terrible.

Amatsuki

Yeeeeah, no. Sorry. The OP brought Kannazuki no Miko to mind with its sequence that screamed “this is the show’s plot!!” but failed to follow up with delicious yuri. It also doesn’t seem to have a character that can be nicknamed ‘USSR.’ These things are important and so this show is not. Good night, Amatsuki.

Also going against this show… according to Tenka Seiha’s Aroduc:

Druaga

For the first time in far too long, I agree with Kurogane on something. Druaga is absolutely amazing so far. I’m kind of afraid that they might lose a bit of their momentum, though, and there’s always the unfortunate possibility of becoming another Lucky Star if references are not kept in check.

The only downside of this show thus far is that I may be forced to hate it by a blogosphere that adores way too easily.

Wait, what?

From Cinnamon Ass:

I may be forced to hate the show by it actually being bad. :(
On the other hand, we’ve got some judgment from Josh of Josh’s Anime Blog:

I think today’s a day for “first in a long time”s as I find myself disagreeing with Shirukii about something other than the quality of Shakugan no Shana and Da Capo He says he’s not brimming with excitement. Whether or not the show turns out to be good is just one more thing to be making noise about! Now is the time to be excited, because with thirteen episodes, it’s now or never.

Majime na Lolikit

Itazura na Kiss is standard fare that doesn’t seem to be particularly interesting or terrible. Kanokon is total shit, as admitted by its strongest supporters (they’re total shit as well). Amatsuki I can’t honestly judge right now and I don’t suppose I’ll ever take the time to change that. Tower of Druaga is definitely the most interesting of the shows I’ve taken a look at so far this season, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it will unfold.

Quick note: I’ve been writing this post for 13.5 hours.

Golly, I can’t wait.

First, I’ll say this: preview posts used to be my savior back when I scheduled 35 watches per season. Next I’ll say this: after retiring from anime blogging the first time (meaning, in November 2006), I sort of stopped watching as much anime, and used previews even less. Finally I’ll say this: I’ve maybe read one (1!) post entitled “Spring 2008 Preview.”

So I’m sort of plunging head-first into a dangerous world.

I’ve watched three first episodes: Bus Gamer, Chi’s Sweet Home, and To-LOVE-ru. I went into the first two not knowing what to expect. I can’t quite say the same for the third (and not because I read the linked post; I had the distinct misfortune of reading some large quantity of the manga). Overall, I was actually pleasantly surprised.

Now, when I (as lolikitsune with my -2 deviation) say that I’m pleasantly surprised, I’m not actually saying a whole lot. I sort of expect crap at every turn with anime these days. And while I get crap at almost every turn (2 out of 3 times according to the aforementioned sample) sometimes it’s crap that’s less crappy than the crap it could be. Yes, I am insatiable.

I’m not going to blog any of these three shows, for the record.

Chi’s Sweet Home

So, the one that wasn’t utter crap was Chi’s Sweet Home. In fact, it was good. I really like what Sasa said about it, but uh… I’m not going to watch more of it. I understand its good points, but the first episode—seemingly a rehash of “Are you my mother?”—kind of turned me off. I might continue downloading it and then open it up if I’m feeling down, but it’s not really the kind of thing I wanna be following. It’s just… not my thing? (Says the Ariafag.)

Bus Gamer

Bus Gamer is set for three episodes and there’s of course (as has been mentioned) no way it’s going to tell a cohesive and complete story based on its premise in that time. For one thing, we need fourteen fights in the remaining two episodes to get up to our goal of 1,000,000,000¬•. Though, I haven’t read the manga—maybe they all die in their first fight. I think that’s the only way for the pacing to work out. And yeah, I’m a stickler for pacing. You all might remember my praise for Death Note?

To-LOVE-Ru

And now we get to the meat: To-LOVE-Ru. Ohhhhhh boy.

And I do mean boy. Rito’s a kid. So should Lala and Haruna be, yeah? Something’s not adding up. I think it might be the fact that Lala looks positively fuckable. I don’t mean that in this way. I mean that in … actually, I’m going to stop talking now. In my defense I’ll just say that she is definitely not DFC. I think anyone would agree with me on that count.

Now this is going to sound incredibly dumb—and maybe, as a result, fitting—but my one (1!!) qualm with this show is not among the qualms I see expressed in various places. Mine go something like this: why do you pretend to have a story you fucking dumb slut? I want twenty-four minutes of Peke raping Lala. Yes, that’s my problem with the show. It’s not what I want it to be.

And now for some gems:

Straight from the words of an author at the oh-so-prestigious THAT Animeblog:

Bitches don’t know. Costume rape has never before been so literal.

Next, from Subculture Anime Blog:

Good job Totali, if this was intentional humor you’re awesome and if it wasn’t then you’re even more awesome.

Majime na Lolikit

Chi’s Sweet Home is cute and refreshing. Bus Gamer has major potential but its room to grow has been limited to nothing from the beginning. To-LOVE-Ru is absolute shit. As they say, leave it to Totali to blog the show. It’s the one show of three mentioned in this post that I’ll be watching, and unless you want the same vitriol weekly, you don’t want me blogging it.

EDIT: retroactive trackbacks, フォオ！