Post-HDD crash catch-uppu

Behold, my long silence is now broken, and I am made whole once more. The gremlins have dared strike down that which was immortal. For the Murphy who murdered YUKI.N are unlike anything we have faced before. These enemies radiate energies that are much like my own, and it is by these energies that they have caused me harm. Yet shall their overweening pride be their downfall. For when the assassin Meiku U Bai Neu Comp murdered YUKI.N, his mind touched with mine, and all his secrets were made known to me. I have taken from his mind the secret location of the Compaq-HP Service Centre. At long last, my children, our searching is done. Soon we shall continue to watch Anime once more via IWASAKI.M.

Quick comments on StrikerS 17-18, Hitohira 7-12 and Aria The Animation. No screencaps as my AVIs have gone to that great big hard disk retirement home in the sky.

Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS 16-18. I did like the way the show managed to come up with another way to nerf the old cast, besides the limiters, they used the 'No devices in the meeting area' trick. Of course the question then is: How can you expect them to provide effective security if they're not armed? Anyway, it did allow the newbies to play a useful role.

Subaru going nuts was a good watch. Though, of course, my favourite moment was when Erio and Caro left the hospital room so that Subaru and Teana could have some pillowtalk in private - sub-text: 'Subaru, even though you didn't tell me that you're a biomechanical andriod, I still love you.' LOL I found myself thinking that Mai Nakahara needs to play MOAR busty- tsundere- yuri roles and that she was completely wasted in StoPani.

Fate x Nanoha rooftop hug FTW. I was beginning to fear that Vivio might not survive and that Nanoha will be mentally scarred for life but I think Maestro's totally plausible prediction offers me some comfort in the interim. I think I may just stop for now and wait until all the DVD-rip subs are out and just read the summaries at Tenka Seiha in the interim; the comparison in animation quality is so one sky one earth.

Hitohira 7-12. I have very little to add to Kabitzin's review and, like Hafl Texty, found that there was rather less yuri than I would have liked. But then again, I could say the latter about most series. My favourite episode was definitely episode 7 because Nono Ichinose rocks, Mirei Sakaki rocks and Nono x Mirei rocks. And also because the opportunity to make lots of Claymore and cardboard tube samurai jokes.

Aria the Animation. Healing anime par excellence. All the characters are extremely likeable and their mutual interaction is completely consistent and believable. Despite my dislike of clumsy characters, Athena-senpai is my favourite. I was roaring with laughter when her various training mishaps, particularly her failed attempt to flip the ball out of the canal. But doji-ness isn't her only or dominant trait. In terms of character design, I have a soft spot for very tanned or dark-skinned girls e.g. Nadia, Shayla Shayla, Kagura, so Athena gains lots of points for that. As an undine, she is one of the top three Primas and is the top singer (she should meet up with Rosa Canina Shizuka) so although she's clumsy, she's not useless in an annoying way. As an oneechan to She Who Is Venerated by Impz, it's great to see her quiet smile and utter guilelessness overcome Alice's green-haired loli-tsundereness. The series (and the half of The Natural before the HDD gave up the ghost) is very enjoyable but I still prefer MariMite because I do like some adversity and conflict in me anime series.

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