Yumekui Merry 5 & 6

Episode 5 ~  Merry Goes Shopping.

Well, That's not really the highlight of the episode...  Winged Dream Demon is back!

Yui Kounagi;  A friendly.... seemingly childish high schooler. While admiring a doll Merry accidentally bumps
into her, causing the doll to fly into the air with Yumeji just barely catching it before it hit the ground. This got him a nice view of Yui and her friend Nao's panties of course which caused a uproar from Nao .

       In flashbacks, It's shown that Engi brought Yui into her dream and asked for her help. The way Engi presents herself causes Yui to agree and now Engi occasionally controls Yui's body to hunt down dream demons...

Dream Demon of the Day;  Engi Threepieces.  This one's a lot different the past demons, She seems much stronger and really has a reason for being in the human world. Pulling Merry and Yumeji into her "dream world" she and Merry fight, things look bleak until Yumeji takes a sword hit meant for Merry and.... Cliffhanger.
      Engi is looking for Pharos Elcres, Another Dream Demon who apparently has something to do with her sisters death.  In the flashbacks, Her sister is quite the cheerful girl that wants to go to the real world...


Tidbits; Merry's been in the real world for 10 years.
           Seems the dream demons that Merry's been "sending back" are basically just dieing.

Episode 6 ~   Kitty Girls!

Where we left off.....

Yumeji runs to protect Merry from Engi's sword attack and takes quite a hit. Blood gushing from his chest Merry rushes to him and Engi just seems... Shocked. The pissed off Merry turns her attention back to Engi, Key rings appear around her wrists and she goes into Uber Merry Power Mode. Engi's dreamworld starts to shatter...along with her swords and she decides to retreat.

Back in the Real World;  Merry is concerned for Yumeji but, He's pretending like nothings wrong as they walk home {Still not home from the store.}.
     Yui-Engi is also feeling the effects from the dream world battle, Engi compares Merrys powers to that of Elcres'.  Engi needs to rest and Yui is back in control of her body... Her friend Nao shows back up. Asking if she {Yui} finally hit puberty and if she at least got Yumeji's email address.   Yui's so cute and innocent.. ;.;

Yumeji and Merry finally get home, Yumeji pretty much heads directly up to his room... Once inside he finally shows that he truely is injured from the dream world battle. Merry then comes to his door, wanting to play video games with him again she enters and finds him writhing in pain/passed out on his bed...

Dreamworld;  Welcome back Chaser John Doe!

John Doe's been watching.

Commenting on Yumeji's "Spiritual Wound" he's surprised he stayed conscious so long, This would be the perfect time for him to make Yumeji his vessel but.... he's not like that.

Poof!

John Doe makes Kitty Girls Appear!

The girls are there to treat his wounds, gauze and ointment.  Yumeji sort of freaks out but John Doe just chuckles... He also reveals that he knows about the fight via... I guess. Neko TV. heh....

Learning.

-Yumeji can still enter dreams because John Doe is still wandering around his own.
- Elcres is a Dream Demon, He uses his light to draw other Dream Demons to him and then takes them over
      to expand his territory.
- Dream Demons normally do not work together, Unless their goals align.
- John Doe was one of the Demons who followed Elcres' light to the real world.
- Elcres may have something to do with Merry showing up in the real world.
-There's another Dream Demon that broke thru to reality, He could be more dangerous then Elcres. His name
     is Mistiltienn Treesa, He's probably that twisted thing that kill the flower demon a couple episodes back.

Real World.

Yumeji is absent from school, Merry is watching over him the entire day.

-Takateru and Saki tease Isana a little about how she should be home caring for Yumeji.
- Chizuru seems a little too interested in Isana's "dreams".
- Isana would like to paint for a living.

Dream Loss;  People have been loosing their motivation and dreams recently, The girl back in episode two is one of them. They seem to be in an almost a Zombie-ish state. Seems to be most common in Yumeji's school then anywhere else... the numbers keep growing.

Creepy People; Chizuru, Takateru and Iijima.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica 7 & 8

Episode 7 ~ Questions are a good thing.

After the last episode I thought this could be a minorly fluffy one but... It kept chugging along.

At Sayaka's Home.

Upset could be a bit of an understatement to describe Sayaka's mental state, Kyubey's answer to why he didn't inform her{them} about the Soul Egg {Gem} being "You didn't ask" didn't help much.  He of course goes on... Show's Sayaka what the pain would be like if in fact she had taken a spear thru the stomach..  He's a twisted little critter.

At school the next day, Sayaka skips. Madoka and Homura have a little chat about Kyubey, her knowing about the gems and what not.... Homura being her normally blunt self. Telling Madoka to give up on Sayaka, That such miracles like Kamijou's hands healing have a very big price...and so on... Madoka crying is getting a little annoying.

Back at Sayaka's house, Kyouko shows up and they go for a little field trip together... to a broken down church.  Turns out it was Kyouko's fathers church and here is how Kyouko was made a Magi...

Background;  Kyouko's father was a preacher, He was a very kind man who felt that a new way of thinking was needed for the new age.  He started to preach things differently then the main church....everyone left... he was excommunicated from the main church.  Noone wanted to listen to him, preaching common sense and doing the right thing....  His family then went hungry.
     Kyouko then went to Kyubey, Asked him to make the people at least try to see her fathers side.  The next day the church was full... more and more people would come each day.  Kyouko was fighting Witches, Her father preaching. It was sort of like a team... Until he found out about her.
       He found out that all the people came because of magic, not because they believed... This drove him insane. He called her a witch that manipulated peoples minds.... he started to drink... then slayed her entire family.
       Wishes will even themselves out, Wish for hope and an equal amount of despair will come with it.  Kyouko now uses her powers for herself, no one else...she lives for herself and tells Sayaka that she should do the same.....
     Sayaka is bent on that not being her though, She doesn't regret anything....yet.... She gives a bit of a valiant speech but... I don't think that feeling will last.

The next day, At school... Sayaka is back and apparently so is Kamijou.  This just really isn't Sayaka's week....   She meets Hitomi after school and Hitomi has brought an ultimatum , Hitomi has like Kamijou for quite a while and she knows that Sayaka does as well... She is giving Sayaka 24 hours to confess to him or she will.




Witch Hunting

Madoka meets Sayaka outside of her building, Sayaka seems a bit surprised by this... She is starting to regret . She was thinking what if she hadn't saved Hitomi ....  Hitomi is going to take Kamijou away from her because she's all ready dead... she's a Zombie.  CryCry,HugHug.
     Cut to the battle, Sayaka has found herself a full blown witch. Kyouko is actually just sitting above it all, eating a Popsicle and watching {Homura joins her}.  When Kyouko thinks Sayaka can't handle the witch she jumps down.... Sayaka tells her to go away.

The shadow play in this is beautiful, Sayaka's giggling as she slices the tentacles of the witch... the background music... The bashing and of the witch... Sayaka has pretty much lost it.  Embracing the fact that she really can't feel the pain the witch is inflicting on the body since... the souls not really in there.

And that's how it ends.

Episode 8 ~  For some reason I just can't feel bad for Sayaka.....

With Madoka and Kyouko watching on, Sayaka finally kills the witch... Retrieving the Grief Seed she throws it over to Kyouko  "I don't want to owe you any favors.". Sayaka walks over to Madoka and she reverts back to her "normal" self and nearly passes out on Madoka.

She's worn out.

Madoka helps her away from the scene and the two of them talk in private, Sayaka just turns pure bitch on poor Madoka {Madoka's crying is getting old though.}. Sayaka ends up running away from Madoka telling her to stay away from her.....

"I'm a total moron! Why did I say that to her?"

Cut to Kyouko and Homura, Hanging out.... somewhere. Talking about Walpurgisnacht, Kyubey interupts the two.  Kyouko gives him the point of her spear welcome but he's just there to inform the two of Sayaka's impending doom...  She's wearing out. Both body and magic... Her Gem is becoming too corrupt.

Homura shoo's Kyubey off.







At school, Sayaka isn't at school and Madoka is blaming herself as always. I swear this girl needs some self confidence....Wonder where she lost it.

After school, Hitomi is walking with Kamijou "You live over here?" he asks and she informs him that they need to talk.

Sayaka didn't come home the previous night.

Sitting on a bench together Hitomi and Kamijou are talking, Sayaka is hiding behind a pillar close by.. What are they talking about though? She doesn't seem to be able to hear the two.... I'm betting it's not what she thinks.

Sayaka is slipping further and further away.

Killing all sorts of critters/familiars Sayaka is met by Homura, Homura throws her a grief seed so that she can purify her Soul Egg but... Nope. Sayaka won't have any of that. There's a bit of a chatter between the two of them but it ends with Homura trying to kill Sayaka....again.
     Homura doesn't want Madoka to watch her {Sayaka} "fall", So instead she was going to kill her but.. Kyouko comes to Sayaka's rescue. Sayaka scurries {hobbles} off and Kyouko keeps hold of Homura for... a few seconds.
     Grenade. Homura Gone. Kyouko Grrrr.

Sayaka on a train with two men, The men are talking about women and basically comparing them to dogs. I'm not entirely sure what Sayaka did to the two but... it really looks like she may have went witch on their ass.

Madoka and Kyubey talking, On a bench.  Madoka of course is emoing over everything that's happening and being worthless and no good, Kyubey is trying to sell the whole Magi thing to her again... She will be amazingly powerful if she were to become a Magi.  Perhaps.... She could save Sayaka.
        She's about to agree to become a Magi and... Homura shoots Kyubey full of holes.  Yes, We have Swiss Cheese Kyubey here...  "Why must you always sacrifice yourself..."
         Homura certainly knows Madoka somehow, She's actually getting emotional this time around... Homura is crying on her hands and knees and Madoka runs off to find Sayaka.

I seriously laughed at this part...

Reenter Kyubey, A Clone!!  He eats the Swiss Cheese...erm... Hole Filled Kyubey and then rolls around cutely on the bench. {Uhg}.  He's figured Homura out to a point, Seems she's killed him before and she has some sort of Time Control power.....
         He declares that she's from another timeline and... She knows who he is and what his plans are. She's there to stop them and his name is or he is actually Incubator.

Kyubey's probably evil, Not a big shock there.

Kyouko has finally found Sayaka, Sitting in a chair somewhere {can't tell where.} the two of them talk... Sayaka has pretty much given up, She no longer has anyone to protect and nothing to fight for. Showing her Soul Egg it's looking really sad... Corrupted.  "The Balance of Hope and Despair is always Zero."
      Kyouko looks shocked, Sayaka starts to cry... as she talks her tear falls down and lands on her Soul Egg.  A "witch" field seems to expand, Kyouko is blasted backwards.... the Soul Egg breaks to reveal a Grief Seed.

Sayaka's turning into a Witch.

Kyubey is looking off over the city   "Growing young women are called girls. So it's only proper that you, turning into witches, are called magical girls."

Ore no Imouto ~ 12 TR

I had almost forgotten about this....

It's basically a retelling of the twelfth episode to take the series a different route...

Not a lot changed.

Kirino still acts abnormally nice to Kyousuke in the morning, then later on in the evening she drops the bomb of wanting him to go buy her a new game at midnight. He goes and still runs into his friend who is there for his own sister who wants the man on man game.... and after that it changes a little.

In this version he misses the last train home, Not wanting to disappoint Kirino he begs a guy to borrow his bike... his bike decked out in little sister stuff. Riding and riding he finally makes it back home, Kirino lets him inside...

Pretty much the same for a little while, they play the game together and Kirino wants to show him something before he goes to bed.

Rummaging around in the closet a different game falls out... whatever game it was prompted Kyousuke to ask if she liked to eat poop?  Must have been a fetish game.  She even seemed a bit freaked out by the game itself, saying she didn't know what type it was before she bought it.

Back to the rummaging, She pulls out the box with the Album and other things in it. Kyousuke doesn't go after the Album this time saying he doesn't want to see it, So the tickets to America never have a chance to fall out of it. Instead she shows him a box with her track medals and times in it... shares a bit of a touching story and then he's finally allowed to go to bed.

The next morning, Breakfast. Kyousuke comes down to his mother and father seated at the table, starting to eat he asks if Kirino had gone to practice... his parents seem a bit shocked and tell him that Kirino has gone to America until High School.  Their father says that he was against it but she used the money she eared from her job and the book to buy the ticket to America...

Kyousuke seems sad.

Time passes.

Kyousuke is walking to school with Manami, Manami points out that he's been nicer recently and he chops her on the head.  As this happens a girl walks by the two.... Kyousuke seems to recognize her from the back.. Runs up to her and it's... Kuroneko!   Kyousuke is now her Senpai!

Rundown.

Kirino's gone.
Kuroneko is now going to Kyousuke's school.

Apparently there's three more episodes to this little string.... Hope there's more!

Wonder what happened to that bike....

Gosick 4 & 5

Episodes 4 & 5

These episodes were actually more enjoyable then the first set....

Grevil arrests Kujou for Murder!

Yes, That's how this starts out. After some minor panic he is allowed to go see Victorique for help, Along with Grevil....while handcuffed.  There he recounts the story....

That morning the housemother Sofie asked him to go shopping, On the way he's talking to himself.... about women. He's a teenage boy of course he wants a girlfriend...a blonde haired one at that. Coming upon another road he hears the sound of a motorcycle, the rider whisks past him and... into over a brick wall. Pop! His head comes off... blood flowing off into the sky.

Long story short, There was a wire strung out across the path {connected to two trees} and when the rider came along it cut off his head. A woman with blonde hair and an injured hand did it {she cut herself on the wire}, Victorique informs Grevil of this who finds the woman and arrests her.

That was short.

New Student!  Avril Bradley from England.  There's another blonde for Kujou!

Well, By the end of the fifth episode it's found out that "Avril" isn't the real "Avril" she's actually the second Phantom Thief {that Grevil has been looking for}  She comes to the Academy and takes Avril's place to get a rare stamp that Avril's grandfather {a famous adventurer} was sending to his granddaughter on a Post Card.

The real Avril and the Second Phantom Thief were on a train to the Academy together and the Phantom Thief overpowered Avril, tied her up and put her in the storehouse. Kujou and his teacher by chance found her... at first thinking she was the ghost of the storehouse.

Within that there was also a long dead man that fell out of the crypt, Turns out he was Maxim the first Phantom Thief... Every Spring he'd return to the school to hide his stolen treasures in the Crypt.  The last time however... He was accidentally sealed inside the crypt before he could get out.

Of course it took Victorique to figure all of this stuff out, She even saves Kujou from the fake Avril while the two fought in the Library... She threw books down on her.

With all the twists and turns I didn't quite write everything here of course.... Really in the end it turned out pretty easy to figure out though....... The fake Avril was arrested and the real one was saved, Her grandfathers postcard was given to her and all is right once again.

Freezing 1 ~ 6

Half Way Mark.

Earth has been invaded and is at war with a race of Aliens called the Nova.  Genetically enhanced females called Pandoras and their male partners Limiters are the only defense against the threat.

Kazuya Aoi 

-Younger brother of Kazuha Aoi, A very talented Pandora who gave her life to destroy a Nova
-Newly Enrolled in West Genetics Academy.
-Has a bit of a sister complex.
- Causes Satellizer to loose her Number One Rank when he pounces her in the beginning, Allowed Gennesa
    Roland to defeat her and take the Number One position.
- Persistent. Bent on becoming Satellizers Limiter.
- Uses the Limiters skills {at a very high level} without being Baptised.

Satellizer el Bridget

- The Untouchable Queen, She hates being touched to the point of killing most who do so.
- Has a strange soft spot for Kazuya.
- Wears glasses when not fighting.
- Very anti social.
- Loves to eat Hamburgers....
- Thinks of the Baptism as Dirty, Doesn't have a Limiter because of this.

Little Bits,  Most of the show has been Kazuya trying to become Satellizer's Limiter and her slowly warming up to him.  As of episodes five and six however there is another girl who wants Kazuya to be her "Soul Mate" {Limiter}.

Rana Linchen

- Enrolls at Second Year Level, Even though she's new.
- Physical fighter.
- Has six stigma's or "Tears of Kunlun"
- Wants Kazuya as her "Soul Mate" Limiter.
- Can hold her own against Satellizer.  {they fight for Kazuya in episode six}
- Seems very friendly so far...


Why?  Surprising enough there's more to the show then chicks kicking ass while getting their clothes ripped off.  With episode four, Ingrid Vernstein a third year student who lost a very close friend against a Nova a year ago.
     While they were still second year students, Marine {her friend} gave her life to protect the first year students from a surprise attack by a Type S Nova. Ingrid had always been angry and believed that the first years ran away and abandoned Marine but that wasn't really the case... Marine knew the first years didn't stand a chance so she basically sacrificed herself so they could escape.
     The episode made things feel a bit deeper, Gave better character to Gennesa, Kazuya and a number of the other characters.
     So yes.....   I will continue on to the end of this series.

Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica 5 & 6

Episode 5 ~   Magi Vs Magi.

Wondering how long Sayaka's happiness is going to last.

The episode starts with showing how the contract between Sayaka and Kyubey was formed, Kyubey brings Sayaka's cute lil soul egg{gem} fourth and her wish is apparently granted.


At school;  Madoka, Sayaka and Hitomi are in class. Hitomi yawns and then explains to them about being at the hospital and police station all night, Apparently she was "sleepwalking" and woke up surrounded by a lot of people who as the doctors said had a "Collective Hallucination".
      Of course Madoka and Sayaka had to pretend that they had no idea what had happened. Hitomi is okay though...

Madoka; She's worried about Sayaka being a Magi, Obviously imagining bad things happening after seeing Mami killed.  She goes to talk to Homura, to see if she will fight with Sayaka and Homura is absolutely no help. Although she does seem a bit annoyed that Sayaka became a Magi, Stating that she should have been watching both her and Madoka.

At the Hospital;  Kamijou's arm has healed, His legs aren't quite better yet so he can't leave the hospital. This pleases Sayaka and he even apologizes to her for the things he said last episode....

The Fight;  With Madoka tagging along Sayaka goes out to hunt witches, Chasing after a Familiar is when Kyouko shows up. Kyouko wants the familiar to get away so that it can feed on humans, become a witch and can be killed for a Grief seed.
       This idea doesn't sit well with Sayaka and the two of them fight... sorta.. Kyouko has the upper hand nearly the entire time and just before Madoka makes a contract with Kyubey to become a Magi to save Sayaka... Homura shows up and saves her.

Interesting; It seems that Kyubey doesn't know much/anything about Homura. Kyouko asks about her and he states that she only "Sort of" made a pact with him to become a Magi.

Episode 6 ~ Things get more interesting.

Homura to the Rescue!  Kyouko turned tail and ran pretty fast and really Homura's powers are a bit strange compared to the other girls.  With Sayaka out cold {Homura knocked her out}, Kyouko's retreat, Madoka thanks Homura but she doesn't hold back her anger..  She's quite pissed that Madoka keeps getting involved.

Sakaya; Keeps cleaning her Soul Gem with the Grief Seed the witch in Episode 4 apparently dropped. I was wondering if she dropped one, With the Seed being really dark Kyubey "eats" it... sorta.. He stores it in his body somehow.
      Sayaka however needs another Grief Seed to help her Gem, Lacking the Skills {Like Mami had} and the Grief Seeds {Kyouko has} she's pretty much a underpowered magi.

Kyubey; OMG, You little demon critter. I swear he is just drooling all over the idea of Madoka becoming a Magi.  He hints it to everyone, brings it up all the time.  Talking to Sayaka he points out that Madoka would have the power to defeat Kyouko even without the Seeds and no Experience if she were to become a Magi.

Kyouko;  Has a thing for Pocky.  Homura approaches her at an arcade{?} while she's playing a dance game, Tells her that she can have the city and that she will take care of Sayaka.
     Apparently Walpurgis Night is coming... Kyouko actually offers to help Homura with that. Whatever that is.




Madoka;  She trys to talk Sayaka into talking to Kyouko next time they meet but, That's not happening. Sayaka has pretty much gone into crazy, killer mode even when it comes to other Magi. Other Magi who don't think like Mami did that is..
     Not knowing that Mami had tied Homura up the night she was killed, Sayaka thinks Homura was just waiting for Mami to die so she could steal with Witch/Seed from her. Madoka doesn't have a chance to explain what really happened...
     At home, Madoka has a chat with her mother in the wee hours of the morning. Telling her in a round about way of what's happening with Sayaka... Her mother says that even when you're doing everything "right" sometimes someone has to do something wrong for you.

The Fight;  Kamijou has been released from the Hospital and Sayaka is looking for him, Kyouko approaches her and offers to break his arms and legs so that he can be hers.  Yea, That goes over well.
       The two of them go somewhere less public {a bridge over a road, at night}, Kyouko transforms, Homura shows up and tells Kyouko that she'll take care of Sayaka, Sayaka takes out her Soul Egg and... Madoka having showed up with a little "please don't fight" chatter grabs it and throws it off the bridge to land on a passing truck.
       Kyubey and Homura are the only ones who know the outcome to this, Homura goes after the egg and Kyubey stays around to explain/witness the events.  Sayaka runs to Madoka then, falls into her arms. Kyubey tells Madoka that she just threw her friend away and to do something, Kyouko grabs Sayaka by the neck and raises her up.....  She's dead.
     This even angers Kyouko, Not knowing what the hell is going on she turns to Kyubey... A Magi must stay withing 100 meters of their Soul Gems.  Otherwise the body will "die".  They can't fight Witches with normal bodies so when they make the contracts with Kyubey he extracts their soul from their bodies to make the Soul Gems.  This way when the body is damaged they can use magic to heal themselves....
      Kyouko looks like she's about to throw Kyubey off the bridge when Homura shows back up with Sayaka's Egg..... She wakes back up....  End of Episode.

Words;  I wish someone would squish Kyubey. Got quite a bit of new info in this episode.. The Soul Gem thing is creepy yet really does make sense. As long as your Gem is fine and around your body can be cured..

I bet Homura is from the Future.

Maybe all the Girls can make friendly now.

Rio -Rainbow Gate- 5

Episode 5 ~  It wasn't a boat, A floating Casino.

Linda;  The new girl with strange tan lines. She's a robot and main computer of the Sky Resort. She's rather ditzy, clumsy and her head falls off quite often...

Rundown;  Owner has another new Casino destination, The Sky Resort. At first it just looked like a casino sitting on a mountain but as it turns out... it can fly.  After a tour of the new Casino, Linda ends up being controlled by the daily "bad guy" and challenges Rio to a Gate Battle.
      A Stupid Gate Battle.


The Battle;  Water Slides, The resort has the longest water slides in the world.  These aren't normally slides they go all throughout the floating Casino, snaking about and even going outside of it. You win the "battle" by being the first one to the bottom.
        There are many different ways to get to the bottom but they are all the same in length, just not in speed. Rio of course wins and Linda is returned to "normal".

The Bad Guy;  The one who hijacked Linda sounded like a little kid but, A blonde woman called Cartia shows up at the end in the Owners office. One of those two were the owner of the gate card.

Words;  Not sure why I keep watching this, It's sort of relaxing though.

Outfits!

Watching

Star Driver: Kagayaki no Takuto ~  25 Episodes - Sunday


Kore Wa Zombie Desu ka?* ~ 12 Episodes - Monday


Rio: Rainbow Gate! ~  13 Episodes - Tuesday


Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ~ 12 Episodes -  Thursday


Yumekui Merry ~  13 Episodes -  Thursday


Fractale* ~   11 Episodes - Thursday


Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica ~ 12 Episodes -  Thursday 


Gosick ~  24 Episodes -  Friday


Freezing* ~  12 Episodes -  Saturday


*Not posting about these.

Waiting

Level E   ~  Wandering Son

Catch Up

Fortune Arterial: Akai Yakusoku


Tantei Opera Milky Holmes


Togainu no Chi


Shiki

Yumekui Merry 3 & 4

Episode 3 ~  Be careful about what's overhead.

Things like to fall at Yumeji.

The dreams we see while we're asleep actually come from a parallel world.  Yumeji is trying to grasp this and the whole Dream Demon thing of course, He's also trying to find Merry to try and help her.

Dream Demon Food;  First, Merry meet Minato.  A little girl with a doughnut and no friends.... Minato gives her half the doughnut which apparently means they are for now BFFs.  Soon after, Yumeji meets Minato's can... Be careful about what's overhead.

      Merry is once again being attacked by black birds, hearing her voice Yumeji turns and... she falls on him again. {Be careful about what's overhead.} Now the three of them make nice, talk,  Minato talks about Ichima and apparently she can only come out at night. 

      Kick the can time, Ten games later and both Yumeji and Merry are worn out... Minato has a lot of energy beating them in all the games. It's time to go home but before that... Yumeji wants to do a little dream fortune telling.

      The dream aura he sees around Minato he does not like, It's the same one that he had when John Doe was after him in his dreams. Enter Daydream.

Dream Demon of the Day;  Ichima, Turns out she was preparing Minato to be her vessel. Ichima is not a happy Dream Demon when she finds out that Minato has made some friends...  Just as she's attempting to posses Minato, Merry shows up... Some words back and forth, a little fighting {face pinching}, giant things falling from the sky.. Ichima finally retreats back into the dream world. {Yumeji had shown up too, To Merrys surprise.}

       Merry trys to follow after but it's no use.

The End;  Minato decides to go make friends with the other kids at the playground, Merry freaks out a bit that Yumeji can tell where the Dream Demons are going to pop up just by making a circle with his fingers and looking thru...  It's team up time!  {Almost}

And who are you?

Tidbit;  The exchange student Chizuru seems to be a Dream Demon Vessel.

Episode 4 ~  I am seeing a pattern here.

Points....

    

      - Merry meets Yumeji's friends and discovers video games and maracas. 

      - Isana makes friendly with Chizuru.

Dream Demon of the Day;  Chris Evergreen.  He didn't seem like that bad of a "guy", He possessed Yumeji's friend Mei and was texting her.  Technically she was texting herself...  It was a little strange.

Final ; Merry and Yumeji are teaming up now!

      

Gosick 1 ~ 3

Almost dropped this show at episode two... It nearly put me to sleep.

Out of pure boredom I decided to watch episode three, then four and I am glad that I did.

Episodes 1 ~ 3

We meet....

Kazuya Kujou -  He's the third {youngest} son of a Japanese solider, Having troubles living in his older brothers shadows he goes to study abroad at St. Marguerite.
       In the Spring he arrives at the school, A very superstitious school with a lot of ghost stories.. "The traveler who comes in the Spring brings death with him"   This saying and his dark hair/eyes grant him the nickname "Reaper" and most of the students tend to avoid him.
      On his first day he goes to the Library and meets...

Victorique de Blois -  A small, blonde haired girl who really looks like she came out of Rozen Maiden.  She's a bit strange and almost always seems bored... Spending most {all?} of her time in the Library she's quite well read and intelligent.
       The first few meetings with Kujou seemed a bit rocky but, After a couple mysteries the two of them have grown on each other.
      By the third episode it's told that she and Grevil are siblings but, Only half.  Her mother was a Mistress and described as a "Dangerous Woman", As a child of such Victorique was kept locked within the de Blois mansion for most of her young life and then sent off to school with orders not to leave campus.

Grevil de Blois -  A detective, sorta..... He's really flaky and his hair makes him look as though he escaped from Shiki.  He's quite annoying, When coming to the Library for Victorique's help he never talks "to" her... He talks to Kujou as if he were the one giving all the answers...
       After "solving" the cases he of course takes all the credit for himself.

The First Mystery;   The Maid Did It.   Roxanne, an old fortune teller was murdered in her mansion. She lived there with her maid {Arabian} and manservant {Indian}, Her granddaughter came to stay the same night.  Before the murder the maid was in her room, the manservant was outside... gun fire was heard and everyone went to the old woman's room.
      The door was locked, The maid called out something but there was no answer... just as the manservant tried to use an axe on the door the granddaughter stopped him {she didn't want the door destroyed}. The maid pulled out her gun and shot the lock....
     When the door was opened, The old woman had been shot thru her left eye.  The window was locked and there were no weapons found in the room.
     Victorique solves this pretty fast, No one understood Arabic so when the maid was calling out to Roxanne she was actually telling her to come to the door. The old woman was peeking out the keyhole when the maid shot the lock....

The Outcome;  Grevil takes all the credit, gets rewarded {A Yacht}, Kujou confronts Grevil about it and... Grevil invites the two of them to go out on his gifted Yacht.  With special permission from Grevil, Victorique is allowed to leave the school... Once she and Kujou meet Grevil at the Yacht he is called away on Police Business.
       On the Yacht Victorique finds an invitation addressed to Roxanne, The invitation is to a dinner on a luxury liner nearby.  And so they go...


Second Mystery;  Going to the dinner with Roxanne's invitation, The "dinner" was drugged.  Kujou and Victorique wake up locked in a waiting type room with ten other people.
        Victorique is quick to point out that there were just nine other people in the dining room earlier, the two of them making it eleven and there are twelve people in the room. One of the people in the room is the culprit...
       Everyone in the room believes that the ship is The Queen Berry that sunk ten years prior.  The story is Ghosts raise the ship up on stormy nights, lure the living onto it and then it sinks again killing everyone on board.
       The next events are pretty easy to guess, The lights go out, writing on the wall, they all run around and most everyone ends up dead. The reason behind it all however is not ghosts....
    
Outcome;  Julie was the culprit,  This was her way of getting even for the events that happened to her ten years ago on The Queen Berry.  All the people on the ship were somehow connected to it...
       The Queen Berry was a test ship of sorts....  Eleven orphans from around the world were taken and placed on the ship. Having a major language barrier they had troubles communicating with one another.
      One of the kids was "murdered", Obviously since they were the only people on board it was one of them who did it. This lead to paranoia and... they started to turn on one another. Julie was one of the orphans, She found a "friend" on the ship amongst the chaos and she, the friend and two others made it safely to the ships Radio room.
      What did they find? A bunch of men in suits and the "murdered" orphan quite alive.  It was a test, The nationalities of the orphans that survived was French, Italian, American and Sauville {The fake dead guy was England.}.
      Roxanne was also involved, with her fortune telling and running of the hares... She raised hares, released them and set the hunting dogs on them.  The ones who survived she used to tell the future.  The Orphans were the hares, England was the hunting dog, It was a way of fortune telling of who would survive in World War One.
      Each of the surviving hares were given large sums of money, Julie couldn't get over what had happened on the ship and was in a sanitarium for many years. When she was released she used all the money to recreate the ship... and arrange everything else.
      To top it off, Roxanne's maid was the "friend" that Julie made on the ship... She was taking her own revenge with shooting Roxanne.
    

Dropped

Dropped.

Dragon Crisis ~  Yes, I only watched one episode. No, I do not plan to watch another episode.
      Ryuugi,Ryuugi, Ryuug,iRyuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi,Ryuugi.

Onii-chan no Koto Nanka Zenzen Suki Jya Nai Dakara Ne~!! ~  Okay, I'll admit the show is funny.  Someday when I am bored and have nothing else to watch... I may watch the rest of this.  May.

Wolverine ~   Really, It wasn't that bad.  More interesting then Iron Mans first episode and even more believable since I know Wolverine had some time in Japan in the American comics. Just really don't want to watch another retelling of Logans life..... Oh and he's also a little too pretty for my liking.

Cardfight!! Vanguard ~  Nuuu! It's Yugi, I didn't even like Yugi.... There's no way I can sit thru another episode of this.

Beelzebub ~  Umm... Nope.   >_>

IS: Infinite Stratos ~  I was going to watch this but, I couldn't even get all the way thru the third episode. Then the fourth episode met the same fate..... Maybe I'll try again when I have nothing better to watch.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica 3 & 4

Episode 3 ~  Well.....That was unexpected.

Mami you did not last long... I will miss your gun attacks and your mentoring ways. It's sad how you were finally happy as you fought the witch only to have your head chomped off by a giant caterpillar.

Most of the episode was weighted towards Sayaka and Madoka trying to figure out what to wish for...

Mami's Wish?  Was to live.  The flashback shows she was in a car accident when Kyubey came to her. To survive she became a Magi... She regrets not having the chance to choose.

Sayaka looks to have a love interest of sorts, A young boy {Kamijou} who use to play the violin and who is now in the hospital. I'm unsure what he has but Sayaka brings him hard to find music when she visits him.
     She questions Kyubey and Mami on whether she can use her wish for someone else... Seems she can but the wish must be exact and it could turn out very badly. Since you are never sure exactly what someone else truly wants.

While attempting to visit Kamijou, Sayaka, Madoka and Kyubey come across a Grief Seed. Not having Mami's number Sayaka and Kyubey stay behind to watch the seed while Madoka goes to get Mami.
       When Madoka returns with Mami the seed has all ready expanded it's barrier {Sweet Monster Land}, Kyubey and Sayaka inside the two of them set off into the Witches realm. Homura shows up during the walk but Mami ties her up with red ribbons and continues on...
        Chatting on their way Madoka reveals to Mami that she just wants to be useful, She's never felt useful to anyone and just by becoming a Magi she could realize that wish. Mami tells her it's not all rainbows and bunnies being a Magi {basically} and that it's a very lonely job... Madoka says that Mami is no longer alone with her there......
        Once to the awakened Witch... Mami is fighting with so much pep to her movements but.. This witch is no push over and the battle quickly turns when it morphs into a caterpillar and bites her head off. With Mami's death Homura is released and shows up just in time to save Sayaka and Madoka from the Witch....

Not a graphic death....

Episode 4 ~  Depressing Episode, Really thought Madoka would "Rezz" Mami with her wish....

Madoka; Looks to be having the most difficult time with Mami's death, Even more so after hearing from Homura that since Mami has no close relatives that it will be a long time before anyone reports her missing and that her body will never be found.  Magi who die in the Witches Barrier never reappear in the real world.

Homura;  Thankful that she "saved" Madoka from becoming a Magi, Maybe a little too soon of course...  She chats with Madoka some, even trys to comfort her in her own depressing way... Saying it wasn't Madoka's fault that Mami died, It's just what happens.

Kamijou; His injuries were caused by an unspecified accident, The doctors have finally told him that he will never be able to play the violin again. This doesn't set well and he releases all his stress in front of Sayaka, Asking if she's trying to torture him with the music that she keeps bringing him... seeing that he'll never be able to play again.... Without a miracle...

Sayaka;  Looks to be trying to go on with life as normal at first but, On the rooftop she and Madoka both recognize that the world isn't the same now. Knowing about the Witches and the Magi.... Mamis death and everything is just too much.
         They send Kyubey away.

Hitomi; Madoka runs into her on the way home, She has a "witch mark" and is acting strange. She and quite a few others go to an abandoned building where they are attempting a mass suicide but Madoka stops them. In the process Madoka is pulled into a witches barrier.

The Witch;  Madoka being essentially torn apart in the witches realm, With all the strange little inhabitant dancing around. She's calling out for help and she receives it... from the newly born Magi Sayaka.
      Homura shows up late, Looking disappointed that Sayaka made the contract to become a Magi.

Kyubey;  Didn't go far when he "left", Just after Kamijou's vent he's there in the window of the hospital looking at Sayaka.  She apparently makes her wish to heal Kamijou....

The End;   Kyouko shows up to take Mami's "turf" but, Kyubey informs her that it's all ready been taken by a new Magi {Sayaka}. This doesn't dissuade her however... Looks like there's going to be a Magi fight...

Tidbit; I can't help but think something bad is going to happen with Kamijou after this wish...

She could be Umi.....

Rio -Rainbow Gate- 3 & 4

Episode 3 ~  A haunted castle and flying chicken wings.... Why do I keep watching this?

Rundown;  The Owner bought an old Castle, An old haunted castle. Rosa is possessed by the ghost who is bent on bringing down the casino and... eating all it's chicken wings.

Rosa Canyon; I forgot about her in the first episodes, She's a Hollywood Actress and works at the Howard Resort as a Dealer.

The Episode Bad Guy;  Misery. A woman who loved gambling more then anything else, She opened a casino in the castle and one night... In a game of craps a high roller took her entire casino along with her chicken wings. Yes! He took her delicious chicken wings!

The Outcome;  Once Rio figures out that Rosa has been possessed by Misery {finding her hotel room full of chicken wings.} she confronts her. Misery hasn't just taken control of Rosa however, The two bunny girls are also doing her biddings.
      The game set, Of odds or evens.
      The terms, With the owner having been shoved into the magic acts saw-in-two box... Rio is forced to make it Rosa and the Owners freedom against the ownership of the Casino.
     For some strange reasons, Just as Rio is about to throw the dice she is attacked by flying chicken wings that only she can see. The rescue?  Misery takes a bite out of habenero tainted wings that she stole from a "fan" of Rosa's earlier in the show.
      The flying chicken wings gone, Rio rolls the dice... Misery having called Odds it lands on double ones to give 2.  Even wins!  The Ghost vanishes...everyone is saved...
       New Girl!

Rina; Not sure about her yet, She was the fake fan who Rosa/Misery the habenero spiked chicken wings. She's also a new dealer at the casino it seems and also a old friend{?} of Rios.

Words;  This is a light series, It's a little on the dumb side but slightly amusing. I've either gone blind to the fanservice or it seems to have lessened...

Episode 4 ~  Yuri senses tingling......


Rundown;  The new girl Rina is Rio's childhood friend, Rina's mother fell ill and her father always worked so her grandfather entrusted Rio's mother with her to "raise".  The two of them were separated when Rina went to study abroad.
     This episode was all over the place, Rio gave Rina a tour of the resort, Saved Ania from some Hard Bull man and they went to the Resorts Magician for a tarot reading. Apparently Rio is going on a trip soon.
    The whole skeet shooting thing was....um...yea... ;.;   Rina is a bit harsh in her ways unlike Rio.

Risa/Lisa{?};  Rio's mother, She's the only Dealer to have gathered all 13 of the Gate Cards.


The Game;  The "bad guy" of the episode wasn't much of a deal, Hard Bull shows up and harasses Ania a bit only to be beaten by Rio in some strange drink machine game.  So.... The Owner set up a "game".
      Rio Vs Rina in Skeet Shooting, Every time one of them missed a disc a piece of their clothing was disabled. Rina was a bit skeevy with her clothing choices, Rio's shirt button was the first to go and then her shorts support.
    Each girl missed two, Rio only took Rina's hat and armband however...

The End;  New Mystery Woman with Bull Man and it seems Rio will be going on a trip.

Linda;   New girl!  Seems like a Robot and has to do with the new boat?