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23Mar/099

The Kakoii of Misaka Mikoto

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Dav also highlighted the above scene, from Vol.2 Ch 13, in her discussion of the challenges and expectations of the forthcoming Railgun anime. It shows why Mikoto is full of love and win and Oneesama. And we see Kuroko falling head over heels for Biri Biri all over again. ????????????

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5Mar/097

Yuri Biri Biri Facerub Animated Gif II

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Biri Biri is cool and spicy sweet; coming to Kuroko's rescue with her trademark Railgun shot and then comforting her junior.

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3Mar/097

Yuri Biri Biri Facerub Animated Gif

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After much procrastination, I finally got down to making an animated gif from Index Episode 14 where Mikoto returns home to someone who loves her. ;) Except I couldn't remember how to do it at first. And as with all matters technical, I turned to Kabitzin - specifically the tutorial recommended in the Matsurika guitar post.

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1Feb/0911

asread atones for Okawari with Okaeri

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Ever since SHUFFLE! I have been watching asread's career with great interest. But Minami Ke Okawari was a big disappointment, not so much due to the art or animation but because the humour compared poorly to the first season by They of the Cabbage Love, Doumu. The three Minami sisters just seemed off-kilter; Haruka alternated between being hapless and mean; Kana was unlovably stupid; Chiaki was too bratty.

I was arguing with Stripey that Ga-Rei Zero has been disappointing. Because Kagura was whiny - definitely not a Good Job from Minorin here. The middle part was just dumb. See also #2-5 in Baka Raptor's post. *But* having just read tjhan raging on the manga (which I didn't pick up because I thought the art was fugly), I'm starting to think that Ga-Rei Zero was another case of asread being able to make the most out of rather poor source material so I'll still give it Good Job overall. But not as far as declaring it the top series for Fall 08.

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8Jan/097

Ueda Kana as Fukuzawa Yumi is yuriliciously uke

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Am I the only one to think that Yumi's intro lines for the OP of the fourth season of Maria-sama ga Miteru contained a hint of her kansai accent? Perhaps it's because I've read Erica's notes on the 18th MariMite novel where the author, Konno Oyuki, has Yumi say something in Kansai ben and then wonder why she did that. It's a glorious and generous nod from the creator of the MariMite universe; Ueda Kana richly deserves such acknowledgment as she has well-and-truly made Yumi's role her own.

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19Dec/089

Strike Witches, The Steven Den Beste Cut

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If you want to give yourself a chance to see the whole rest of the series, skip 5 and 7. Come back and watch them later.

Thus spake SDB. I'm here to report that, having done so, I enjoyed this series very much. With SDB's speculative explanation, even the ending made sense. And an unexpected positive externality was that I actually managed to enjoy Ep 5 and 7 too!

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14Dec/088

Mai Otome 0 S.ifr 3

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Things got a bit emo in the second episode but I've been won over by the surprisingly strong (for SUNRISE, that is) ending. Most important for me was how much respect I gained for Sifr; in contrast, I could never feel very much for Arika or Nina. What a fantastic diatribe she delivered to the Columns! 'I will not die for your convenience!' is going to be a favourite anime line of mine for a while to come. This, in turn, put a definitive end to Lena's funk so she can go and kick some serious ass for great justice.

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28Nov/0820

Per Ardua ads Braccarum

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It's all been said already but I'm still going to say it: The Strike Witches' logistics side seriously needs to indent them some pants. And the crotch shots were pure orz multipliers.

Oddly enough, I still decided to give this series a go because two of my favourite doujin artists/circles, chanomi and tamago no oheya, seem to have picked up on a heart of yuri-tinged comedy gold underneath all the awful fanservicey elements.

I've only seen the first four episodes. So far I'm really liking Mio's HOHOHO and Minna's Latent Tanaka Rie Evilness as well as the chara interaction but I'm not sure if it'll be worth my while to continue. Perhaps I need to go wash to bring out my inner evil.

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27Nov/088

Why I Want To Be Emperor

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As Meister Sara Maya said to Kazu-kun: 'When you are Emperor, you can have your own harem!' It should have been obvious that Lelouch wasn't planning on sticking around when he didn't immediately conscript all the captured bishoujos into a harem led with C.C. wielding the whip as Chief Concubine. And he didn't even have a nekomimi Otome's objections to deal with either!

P.S. Seirei no Moribito was excellent.

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25Nov/084

Aim for the Top Oneesama!

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I finally watched this landmark GAINAX franchise after picking up a (very cheap and almost certainly pirated) DVD box set from Stripey's favourite R3 DVD shop. Both Top wo Nerae! OVAs have long languished as a 'classic' (defined as something everyone knows but very few actually have seen) in my book. But intermittently there have been reminders. Evirus spoke well of it (Gun Buster) and its sequel (Die Buster). Kurogane had much praise for the latter; Kabitzin described it as 'feel[ing] like some kind of perfect amalgamation of Evangelion and FLCL' - I'd also love to read his thoughts on the final ep and review the series as a whole *poke poke*. And, most recently, Myssa Rei's comment on one of Stripey's Gurren Lagann posts.

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