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9Dec/076

Bamboo Blade 10

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Pink-Black Ranger MiyaMiya meets her match, in both senses of the word, in Evil Psychotic Stalker Reimi who had been flagged up by Mentar earlier (though, at the time, I thought he and Dav were talking about CLANNAD orz). With a fun mix of motivations, the team works towards the goal of the inter-high.

2Dec/075

Bamboo Blade 8-9

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It's been great to watch how Tama-chan's been developing as a person / character. Lots of new experiences from joining a club, making new friends from other schools, and now a part-time job. The creepy shopkeeper reminded me of Kayahara-sensei but, at least, the latter has a bijin side when eating ramen!

But Miya Miya quite effortlessly steals the scenes when she goes back and forth between Black and Pinku. If MaxFac makes a figurine (or Good Smile Nendriod) of her, they'll definitely have to have alternate heads for her. And speaking of yandere figurines that may tempt Skane, I've yet to see a similar concept executed for Her Supreme Yandereness, Krazy Kaede Fuyou herself. In fact, for some reason, good SHUFFLE! figurines seem far and few but I'm still pleasantly surprised, i.e. in shock, that it's been licensed by FUNimation!

5Nov/075

Bamboo Blade 6

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Ishida-sensei uses trickery to deploy Tama-chan twice for the 4 v 5 match. Obiwan Tamaki has taught her team mates well; Saya and Kirino manage to triumph against their opponents after learning to trust in Tama-chan and to use the force. Tama-chan 'fesses up when asked for her name by the visiting team's teacher but the only thing on his mind is to pit his skills against hers.

16Oct/0710

Bamboo Blade 3

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The kendo club goes to buy new equipment, a new character Saya is introduced and Miya Miya plots violent retribution against the two seniors who were bullying her boyfriend.

10Oct/0712

♥ing the heartless

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I found myself belatedly developing an interest for and liking of Ryoko Asakura after the initial airing of Haruhi. It had been sparked off by the yuri content of Ryoko's creepy stalker Shizuru-like crush on Yuki in the fourth novel, The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya but continued to grow with exposure to Stripey's fanboying.

The critical limit of self-awareness was finally breached when I found myself purchasing a few Ryoko doujins and the Ryoko chara-CD (not to mention browsing of numerous Yuki x Ryoko doujins at ComiKet 72).

28Mar/075

SHUFFLE! Memories 12

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Swimsuit fanservice and the relentless waves of humourous scenes! Of course, lots of my favourite character: Asa-senpai, you look gorgeous as always!

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4May/0617

Psycho is the new moé

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T_|'s comment captures a trend so well. And I certainly can't resist a chance to make fun of Sakura Matou and Kaede Fuyou at the same time. But unless we get Heaven's Feel, both girls (whose games were commercially released on the same day, 2004-01-30) will have to bow down to the girls of Higurashi no Naku Koro ni - the best horror series I've seen for a long time. Mad thanks to Kurogane for getting this ball rolling and to Stripey for finally tipping the balance.