Where to start.....
I was bored one night and decided to look into what free stuff my On Demand had to offer, The Funimation Channel complimentary Episodes 1 and 2 of Strike Witches.
Eh... Might as well.
First thing I noticed? None of the females seem to wear pants. Undies Everywhere. This was a little discouraging at first but it seemed to have a plot.
Alternate Earth has been attacked by UFOs called Neuroi.
The only people with the power to fight these Neuroi are young female "Witches", With the aid of Striker Units they fly around pantless, use magic and guns to destroy the Enemy.
Well, Maybe that's a bad description but... it gets the point across. There are A LOT of characters in these 12 episodes, Most of them quite likable.
The Mains...
Mio Sakamoto; 19/20 Years Old, The most mature Witch in the 501st. She knew Dr. Miyafuji and was the first witch to use a Striker Unit. Sub Commander of the 501st, She trains the others in the squadron and seems to have a soft spot for Yoshika.
Yoshika Miyafuji; 14/15 Years Old. Her father Dr. Miyafuji designed the Striker Units before he died in the war... Having received a very late mail from him she is recruited by Sakamoto... At first she was dead set against violence but that changed {rather quickly} after an attack by the Neuroi.
She joins the 501st and quite excels as a Strike Witch.
Brief Summary...
The 501st fight the Neuroi. Well, Maybe there's more to it. The episodes are a nice of mix of silly, character building and battles. Episode 7 is a bit.... unusual. There's a Panty Thief on base, One girl {Hartmann} misplaces her panties and "borrows" another girls who then takes someone elses.... It makes for some awkward and strangely amusing situations.
Things get rolling in Episode 9 when Yoshika out "dueling" Perrine goes ahead of the other Witches on a Neuroi call, This Neuroi however is different. It's shaped itself as a human and plays childishly with Yoshika.. Until the others get there. Sakamoto not realizing what was really going on attacks the Neuroi who then shoots thru her shields and escapes when the girls go to catch her.
A Friendly Neuroi? Everyone trys to convince Yoshika that it was just trying to trick her but... she can't believe it. Even after being put on a 10 day confinement she sneaks off base and goes to find the Humanoid Neuroi.
This doesn't go unnoticed, Minna is given orders by the higher ups to shoot Yoshika down. Of course the Witches couldn't just shoot her, going out looking for Yoshika they finally find her...and the Humannoid Neuroi. It's being friendly once again so they just stay back and watch... as it leads Yoshika into the Neuroi Hive.
Inside the Hive the Neuroi shows Yoshika many video type screens of things that had and were happening, One shows a Core in a room with a large Mech. Outside the Hive a giant Mech has shown up, The friendly Neuroi coming outside to investigate{?} is killed then the entire hive is.... Nice weapon.
Yoshika is uninjured in the incident but once all the Witches get back to base they find General Maloney there, The Military turns on the girls and due to Yoshika's actions and the Witches not following orders to shoot her down... the 501st is disbanded.
The Giant Mech is there as well, It's revealed to be "Warlock" ... Long story short. Maloney has been using a Neuroi Core to make a new weapon... Robot...Mech... to fight the Neuroi. That way they wouldn't have the need for the Witches...
As all the girls are going "home" the Warlock is sent out to fight more Neuroi, Bad stuff happens and yes.. it kills a bunch of Neuroi but the Warlock itself turns against the Humans. Warlock attacking the ship Yoshika, Perrine and Mio are on the other girls all just happen to see what's going on and rush back to base to get their striker units..
Everyone, One way or another get their Strike Units back and go out and defeat the Warlock {Which actually melds with the entire battleship during endgame.}. That Hive is Destroyed, The Country it was over is saved and all the 501st is sent off to other places.
Yoshika is sent back to her home in Fuso.
At the end it shows Yoshika healing a bird that her best friend Micchan brings to her, suddenly something falls from the sky and crashes in a nearby bush. It's a Witch! The girl is there to deliver yet another letter... from Yoshika's father.
TidBit: I forgot the most important things! When the Witches powers are activated they grow
Bunny/Kitty/Puppy ears/tails. I'm sure there's some correlation of who has what sort of ears/tail but
it wasn't really discussed.
Favorite Episode: Episode 6- It focuses on Sanya. Enough said.
Weakest Episode: Other then six, Most were hovering about the same level.
Favorite Character{s}:
Sanya; 13/14 Years Old. Black Kitty Years! She's the night witch, Doing the night watch she likes to sing when she flys about. The quiet one of the 501st, Her special powers are radar like which help her during her night missions.
Francesca; The youngest, 12 years old. She's childish and likes to skip out on training to go play around base, often seen sleeping in unusual places {trees,rafters}. Seems to like grabbing peoples breasts as well... When "active" she has Black Leopard Ears and Tail.
Least Favorite Character{s} At first it was Perrine but she has even grown on me, Her hang up on Sakamoto is still a bit annoying though....
Want More? Yes and there is.
Berry Ranking: 3 out of 5.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Mushi-Uta
Well... That was a most unsatisfying ending....
The show is a basic Good Organisation Vs Bad Organisation with a couple little twists thrown in.
The SEPB Vs The Mushibane.
Which one is the good one? It really depends on how you look at it.
You have the SEPB which is made up heavily of Hosts, going around and killing the insects of other Hosts. On the death of their insects the Hosts become zombie slaves {Fallen}.... they have no emotions, free will or memories of any kind.
However, If left be the Insects will slowly eat the dreams of their host and then "Mature"... Maturity kills the host and pretty much turns them into a monstrous creature.
The Mushibane really seem to just not fully understand what the Insects are doing... Having strange pipe dreams that Hosts and Normal people could live together in harmony. Wishful thinking of the uninformed...
Who we have...
Daisuke Kusuriya; Codename Kakkou. The "good guy".... Sorta. He works for the SEPB in rounding up other "Hosts" and taking them to the "GARDEN" {a prison of sorts.}. Taking the guise of a student he enters a High School in search of the leader of the Mushibane.
Rina Tachibana; Codename Lady. She's the leader of the Mushibane. Seemingly a normal High School Student, She has friends...She paints... She gets crushes... On Daisuke. >_>
Shiika Anmoto; Codename Winter Firefly. The only Fallen to have their insect brought back and only person to have ever escaped from the GARDEN. Four years before the story begins Kakkou kills her insect... She's a very powerful Host, Possibly the most.
Happening by Daisuke one day who instantly falls for her, not remembering her from years earlier. She also saves the Mushibane from the SEPB {it's not shown though} and ends up living with Rina/Lady.
Love Triangle.
Keigo Haji; Leader of the Local SEPB Branch. Pretty much an ass the entire show but... has a soft side it seems. He has a younger sister that lives by eating his dreams....
The Original Three; Not really touched on a lot but, It seems they are the reason the Mushi exist. As shown at least one of the three can blend in well with Humans, It's Rina and Daisuke's Homeroom Teacher.
The Devourer; One of the original three and Daisuke's Homeroom Teacher. She's the one who brought Shiika's Insect back and helped her escape from GARDEN. Wanting to allow the insect to mature so that she could eat her dream....
The End; Shiika looking for Rina runs first into the Devourer who plays the reveal game, Then saved by Cicada {I forgot her name} who also plays the reveal game {She loves Haji}and attacks Shiika. Cicada's Mushi ends up dead but Shiika is also gravely injured.
Rina goes to the GARDEN to try to free all of the Fallen, This goes horribly wrong when her Mushi starts to Mature and the Devourer ends up..well...Devouring her.
Daisuke....Uhg.
Lets just cut the torture and say.... Rina ends up dead, Shiika in the hospital and still free, Daisuka/Kakkou back to work with the SEPB. Shiika still doesn't seem to know that Kakkou is Daisuke but... She's supposed to meet Daisuke a year later on Christmas at the Planetarium so not all is bleak.
Favorite Character{s}:
Asami Minagawa; Rina's bubbly friend in HS, She ends up becoming a "Host" thanks to their Homeroom teacher. She's quite the Mushi Fanatic, Maintaining a website about them and even searching them out for photos. Sadly, In episode eight one of the SEPB destroy Asami's Mushi which was inside her camera.. A computer bug?
Least Favorite Character {s}:
Daisuke; Yep. I don't like him.... Can't quite pinpoint why I don't but he just seemed like a bad... "Main Guy".
Want More? Not really.
Berry Ranking: 2 out of 5.
The show is a basic Good Organisation Vs Bad Organisation with a couple little twists thrown in.
The SEPB Vs The Mushibane.
Which one is the good one? It really depends on how you look at it.
You have the SEPB which is made up heavily of Hosts, going around and killing the insects of other Hosts. On the death of their insects the Hosts become zombie slaves {Fallen}.... they have no emotions, free will or memories of any kind.
However, If left be the Insects will slowly eat the dreams of their host and then "Mature"... Maturity kills the host and pretty much turns them into a monstrous creature.
The Mushibane really seem to just not fully understand what the Insects are doing... Having strange pipe dreams that Hosts and Normal people could live together in harmony. Wishful thinking of the uninformed...
Who we have...
Daisuke Kusuriya; Codename Kakkou. The "good guy".... Sorta. He works for the SEPB in rounding up other "Hosts" and taking them to the "GARDEN" {a prison of sorts.}. Taking the guise of a student he enters a High School in search of the leader of the Mushibane.
Rina Tachibana; Codename Lady. She's the leader of the Mushibane. Seemingly a normal High School Student, She has friends...She paints... She gets crushes... On Daisuke. >_>
Shiika Anmoto; Codename Winter Firefly. The only Fallen to have their insect brought back and only person to have ever escaped from the GARDEN. Four years before the story begins Kakkou kills her insect... She's a very powerful Host, Possibly the most.
Happening by Daisuke one day who instantly falls for her, not remembering her from years earlier. She also saves the Mushibane from the SEPB {it's not shown though} and ends up living with Rina/Lady.
Love Triangle.
Keigo Haji; Leader of the Local SEPB Branch. Pretty much an ass the entire show but... has a soft side it seems. He has a younger sister that lives by eating his dreams....
The Original Three; Not really touched on a lot but, It seems they are the reason the Mushi exist. As shown at least one of the three can blend in well with Humans, It's Rina and Daisuke's Homeroom Teacher.
The Devourer; One of the original three and Daisuke's Homeroom Teacher. She's the one who brought Shiika's Insect back and helped her escape from GARDEN. Wanting to allow the insect to mature so that she could eat her dream....
The End; Shiika looking for Rina runs first into the Devourer who plays the reveal game, Then saved by Cicada {I forgot her name} who also plays the reveal game {She loves Haji}and attacks Shiika. Cicada's Mushi ends up dead but Shiika is also gravely injured.
Rina goes to the GARDEN to try to free all of the Fallen, This goes horribly wrong when her Mushi starts to Mature and the Devourer ends up..well...Devouring her.
Daisuke....Uhg.
Lets just cut the torture and say.... Rina ends up dead, Shiika in the hospital and still free, Daisuka/Kakkou back to work with the SEPB. Shiika still doesn't seem to know that Kakkou is Daisuke but... She's supposed to meet Daisuke a year later on Christmas at the Planetarium so not all is bleak.
Favorite Character{s}:
Asami Minagawa; Rina's bubbly friend in HS, She ends up becoming a "Host" thanks to their Homeroom teacher. She's quite the Mushi Fanatic, Maintaining a website about them and even searching them out for photos. Sadly, In episode eight one of the SEPB destroy Asami's Mushi which was inside her camera.. A computer bug?
Least Favorite Character {s}:
Daisuke; Yep. I don't like him.... Can't quite pinpoint why I don't but he just seemed like a bad... "Main Guy".
Want More? Not really.
Berry Ranking: 2 out of 5.
Saturday, March 12, 2011
Crunchy Viewing
Voices of a Distant Star
This was about 25 Minutes worth of sad...
Set in the future, It revolves around Mikako and Noboru. Middle school students and friends, Their relationship just blosseming into more... As Noboru is entering High School however Mikako is sent off to join the UN Army to fight Aliens.
Into space she goes, Sending Noboru texts with her cell... the delivery time lengthens the further she gets from earth. With Mikako being in space and Noboru on earth, Her rate of aging slows drastically...
As time goes by at a normal pace on Earth, Noboru grows older having tried and failed to move on with his life he still waits.. In the meantime he joins the Military to hopefully be reunited with Mikako someday.
In the end, Mikako {still 15/16}is over eight lightyears from Earth and fighting the Enemy Alien and Noboru has now aged to 24 {+} and from what I gather is hoping to be going to rescue Mikako's group.
It's amazing how much emotion was packed into just 25 minutes... I really would like to think Noboru goes off into space and find Mikako so they can reunite. Even if he is nearly ten years older then her now...
Mushi Uta 1- 5
Bugs..... I bet Merry could handle these pests. They eat peoples dreams....and if killed the host slips into a "Dream Loss" type state. These Mushi Dream Demon like things actually come out into the physical world to protect their hosts.
More thoughts and details when I get to the end....
This was about 25 Minutes worth of sad...
Set in the future, It revolves around Mikako and Noboru. Middle school students and friends, Their relationship just blosseming into more... As Noboru is entering High School however Mikako is sent off to join the UN Army to fight Aliens.
Into space she goes, Sending Noboru texts with her cell... the delivery time lengthens the further she gets from earth. With Mikako being in space and Noboru on earth, Her rate of aging slows drastically...
As time goes by at a normal pace on Earth, Noboru grows older having tried and failed to move on with his life he still waits.. In the meantime he joins the Military to hopefully be reunited with Mikako someday.
In the end, Mikako {still 15/16}is over eight lightyears from Earth and fighting the Enemy Alien and Noboru has now aged to 24 {+} and from what I gather is hoping to be going to rescue Mikako's group.
It's amazing how much emotion was packed into just 25 minutes... I really would like to think Noboru goes off into space and find Mikako so they can reunite. Even if he is nearly ten years older then her now...
Mushi Uta 1- 5
Bugs..... I bet Merry could handle these pests. They eat peoples dreams....and if killed the host slips into a "Dream Loss" type state. These Mushi Dream Demon like things actually come out into the physical world to protect their hosts.
More thoughts and details when I get to the end....
Friday, March 11, 2011
Gosick 6 ~ 8
Episode 6 ~ Points.
- Avril and Kujou are out and about together, In an open market like setting they first run into a strange
Magician who makes Kujou's text books disappear... and turn into a turban. They also meet a vendor fake
nun who is "selling" a plate... With an exploding music box and pigeons as distraction said Nun steals the
pretty plate.
- Kujou takes the disappearing plate case to V-Chan who quickly solves that it was the Nun {It was kind of
obvious anyways}, Telling Grevil this he makes the arrest.
- The Plate is Never Found.
- In the newspaper there's an open invitation to all Gray Wolf Descendants to come to the village near
Horovitz for the Summer Solsistice festival. Kujou shows this to V-Chan and off to Horovitz she goes.
- There's a little drama before going, V-Chan trips and falls on her face and reacts quite badly to the pain the
fall gave. Kujou trying to be funny flicks her in the forehead which causes her to go into a minor crying
meltdown..
- Even with V-Chan upset with him Kujou tags along to {The dentist} Horovitz with V-Chan. {He thinks
she's having teeth problems because her face is puffed up.} He's quick to figure out that they aren't going to
the dentist....
- On the Train the Nun pops up again, In their car of all places.
- After spending the night in Horovitz they make their way to the Village of Gray Wolves, V-Chan, Kujou,
The Nun Mildred and three males.
- The Welcome isn't that warm at first, the men of the village recognize V-Chan and Cordelia's daughter and
take up their swords. The Elder however has them back down and welcomes her even though she is the
daughter of a Murderer.
Episode 7 & 8
Cordelia Gallo ~ V-Chan's mother, She was once a maid in the Village of Gray Wolves but was exiled after it was believed that she killed Elder Theodore. 15 at the time, She went into his study at midnight to change the water in the jug... others {including the current Elder} saw her use a key to enter the room and then moments later scream and run out of the room.
Startled, The current Elder ran into the room and found Elder Theodore dead on the floor... a knife in his upper back. For an unknown reason there were gold coins scattered across the floor. {The village doesn't allow the gold coins to be used there so the Elder confiscates them}.
Cordelia fell sick after the incident but...after her fever went down the current Elder being the next in line at the time exiled her... With just a trunk of belongings and a single gold coin. She had never left the Village before...
-V-Chan and Kujou go to her mothers old house, under a floorboard they find a picture of Cordelia holding
V-Chan. Someone else had to have been there since Cordelia hadn't been back to the village.
Harminia ~ A {crazy} maid working for the Elder in the Village of Gray Wolves, When V-Chan first comes to the town she freaks out. Many spazzes later it's found thru a trick that she is the one who actually killed Elder Theodore.
They dress Kujou up in a strange outfit with a mask and have him push her over the edge so to speak, She believes Theodore came back from the dead and just spurts out that she did it. How?
Much like the situation in the open market with the pigeons, The gold coins were the distraction...
Harminia was hiding in the grandfather clock in Elder Theodore's room where the gold coins were also kept. When Theodore entered the room she swung open the door of the clock, gold coins flying everywhere. As he bent down to collect the coins she jumped from her hiding spot and plunged the dagger into his back.
After the attack she locked the door from the inside and hid away in the clock once again. Cordelia was the unlucky person to enter the room and find the body... and be blamed for the murder.
Why did she do it? The Oracle at the Mid-Summer Festival told her that she'd die in 20 years... at age 26. The Elder is the "Oracle" so... Somehow she believed killing him would stop her death. Of course no the current Elder has ordered her death, Telling Ambrose to chop her head off but... instead he lets her run.
Chaos ensues, Harminia sets many fires before attempting to run out of the village over the only drawbridge exit there was... Having chased her to the bridge V-Chan and the gang try to run across before the bridge is destroyed by the fire. Harminia goes after V-Chan... Kujou protects her...ladeeda... FightFight.. Harminia falls to her death and Kujou nearly does as well...
V-Chan catches him as he falls and... He climbs/gets pulled up. Where was Grevil, Ambrose and the Nun during the pulling up?
Harminia really did die at 26.
-The three men who came to the Village with Kujou and V-Chan ended up being thieves, At first they turned on each other...two died. One burned alive accidentally, Second was shot by the third but it was nearly blamed on the Elder.
V-Chan figured out they had been thieves who turned on each other and "saved" the Elder from whatever punishment needed to be done for him "killing" the man.
-The Nun Mildred was actually sent to spy on V-Chan and Kujou by Grevil, She had been calling him from time to time and that's why he showed up. He wanted to arrest the surviving thief but he apparently has no jurisdiction in the Village of Gray Wolves.
Village of Gray Wolves - Is actually the Kingdom of Seyrun, A legend about the Village says that what they lacked in physical strength they made up for with intelligence... Basically.
- Ambrose, A man from the Village of Gray Wolves who's fascinated by the outside world also ran across that bridge and left with V-Chan and her group.
TidBits.
When leaving the Village it shows the Magician from Episode 6, Standing on a cliff looking over the area with a short woman with long blonde hair. Cordelia of course.
- Avril and Kujou are out and about together, In an open market like setting they first run into a strange
Magician who makes Kujou's text books disappear... and turn into a turban. They also meet a vendor fake
nun who is "selling" a plate... With an exploding music box and pigeons as distraction said Nun steals the
pretty plate.
- Kujou takes the disappearing plate case to V-Chan who quickly solves that it was the Nun {It was kind of
obvious anyways}, Telling Grevil this he makes the arrest.
- The Plate is Never Found.
- In the newspaper there's an open invitation to all Gray Wolf Descendants to come to the village near
Horovitz for the Summer Solsistice festival. Kujou shows this to V-Chan and off to Horovitz she goes.
- There's a little drama before going, V-Chan trips and falls on her face and reacts quite badly to the pain the
fall gave. Kujou trying to be funny flicks her in the forehead which causes her to go into a minor crying
meltdown..
- Even with V-Chan upset with him Kujou tags along to {The dentist} Horovitz with V-Chan. {He thinks
she's having teeth problems because her face is puffed up.} He's quick to figure out that they aren't going to
the dentist....
- On the Train the Nun pops up again, In their car of all places.
- After spending the night in Horovitz they make their way to the Village of Gray Wolves, V-Chan, Kujou,
The Nun Mildred and three males.
- The Welcome isn't that warm at first, the men of the village recognize V-Chan and Cordelia's daughter and
take up their swords. The Elder however has them back down and welcomes her even though she is the
daughter of a Murderer.
Episode 7 & 8
Cordelia Gallo ~ V-Chan's mother, She was once a maid in the Village of Gray Wolves but was exiled after it was believed that she killed Elder Theodore. 15 at the time, She went into his study at midnight to change the water in the jug... others {including the current Elder} saw her use a key to enter the room and then moments later scream and run out of the room.
Startled, The current Elder ran into the room and found Elder Theodore dead on the floor... a knife in his upper back. For an unknown reason there were gold coins scattered across the floor. {The village doesn't allow the gold coins to be used there so the Elder confiscates them}.
Cordelia fell sick after the incident but...after her fever went down the current Elder being the next in line at the time exiled her... With just a trunk of belongings and a single gold coin. She had never left the Village before...
-V-Chan and Kujou go to her mothers old house, under a floorboard they find a picture of Cordelia holding
V-Chan. Someone else had to have been there since Cordelia hadn't been back to the village.
Harminia ~ A {crazy} maid working for the Elder in the Village of Gray Wolves, When V-Chan first comes to the town she freaks out. Many spazzes later it's found thru a trick that she is the one who actually killed Elder Theodore.
They dress Kujou up in a strange outfit with a mask and have him push her over the edge so to speak, She believes Theodore came back from the dead and just spurts out that she did it. How?
Much like the situation in the open market with the pigeons, The gold coins were the distraction...
Harminia was hiding in the grandfather clock in Elder Theodore's room where the gold coins were also kept. When Theodore entered the room she swung open the door of the clock, gold coins flying everywhere. As he bent down to collect the coins she jumped from her hiding spot and plunged the dagger into his back.
After the attack she locked the door from the inside and hid away in the clock once again. Cordelia was the unlucky person to enter the room and find the body... and be blamed for the murder.
Why did she do it? The Oracle at the Mid-Summer Festival told her that she'd die in 20 years... at age 26. The Elder is the "Oracle" so... Somehow she believed killing him would stop her death. Of course no the current Elder has ordered her death, Telling Ambrose to chop her head off but... instead he lets her run.
Chaos ensues, Harminia sets many fires before attempting to run out of the village over the only drawbridge exit there was... Having chased her to the bridge V-Chan and the gang try to run across before the bridge is destroyed by the fire. Harminia goes after V-Chan... Kujou protects her...ladeeda... FightFight.. Harminia falls to her death and Kujou nearly does as well...
V-Chan catches him as he falls and... He climbs/gets pulled up. Where was Grevil, Ambrose and the Nun during the pulling up?
Harminia really did die at 26.
-The three men who came to the Village with Kujou and V-Chan ended up being thieves, At first they turned on each other...two died. One burned alive accidentally, Second was shot by the third but it was nearly blamed on the Elder.
V-Chan figured out they had been thieves who turned on each other and "saved" the Elder from whatever punishment needed to be done for him "killing" the man.
-The Nun Mildred was actually sent to spy on V-Chan and Kujou by Grevil, She had been calling him from time to time and that's why he showed up. He wanted to arrest the surviving thief but he apparently has no jurisdiction in the Village of Gray Wolves.
Village of Gray Wolves - Is actually the Kingdom of Seyrun, A legend about the Village says that what they lacked in physical strength they made up for with intelligence... Basically.
- Ambrose, A man from the Village of Gray Wolves who's fascinated by the outside world also ran across that bridge and left with V-Chan and her group.
TidBits.
When leaving the Village it shows the Magician from Episode 6, Standing on a cliff looking over the area with a short woman with long blonde hair. Cordelia of course.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Lets Pretend....
That Winter never happened.
I do almost nothing in the winter, I try to survive the cold and crap and hope for Spring. This past Winter has sucked ass for the most part...
The cold weather seemed to creep in waaayyy before Winter actually started, Sometime in November just in time for Christmas shopping. Last winter didn't seem nearly as bad but that may be because my Gym was still just over the hill....
The gym makes me happy.
I did discover my walking limit however... 19 degrees and below. With the wind it feels even worse... A mile walk to the gym in that weather is hellish. I did do it quite a few times, I'm stubborn and hate to ask for rides but have broken down on days that didn't get above 18.
Thankfully, The winter seemed to let up around mid Feburary. Early Winter means Early Spring? Of course as I type this it's 38 degrees outside but that is much,much better then 20.
Christmas{Saturday} was... almost just like Christmas of 2009. It had snowed the day before and we were unable to go to the grandmothers house... Instead we went to see a movie. Narnia. Then Chinese food from one of the only restaurants opened in the area.
All and All it was quite nice, Just me and the dad without the stress of family drama. Until....
Sunday the First. We had a New Years/Late Christmas get together which wasn't that bad. Not much Drama, Just a laid back time.
Other then Christmas not much as really happened.
Just Cold, Snow, Ice and Crap.
Oh.... >_> Got the hair cut...washed and cut... No styling or anything back in the 23rd of February. I should have asked what the price was before getting it cut, Last time at the same place was 20 dollars but this time... OMG... 30 dollars. Hmph.
I do almost nothing in the winter, I try to survive the cold and crap and hope for Spring. This past Winter has sucked ass for the most part...
The cold weather seemed to creep in waaayyy before Winter actually started, Sometime in November just in time for Christmas shopping. Last winter didn't seem nearly as bad but that may be because my Gym was still just over the hill....
The gym makes me happy.
I did discover my walking limit however... 19 degrees and below. With the wind it feels even worse... A mile walk to the gym in that weather is hellish. I did do it quite a few times, I'm stubborn and hate to ask for rides but have broken down on days that didn't get above 18.
Thankfully, The winter seemed to let up around mid Feburary. Early Winter means Early Spring? Of course as I type this it's 38 degrees outside but that is much,much better then 20.
Christmas{Saturday} was... almost just like Christmas of 2009. It had snowed the day before and we were unable to go to the grandmothers house... Instead we went to see a movie. Narnia. Then Chinese food from one of the only restaurants opened in the area.
All and All it was quite nice, Just me and the dad without the stress of family drama. Until....
Sunday the First. We had a New Years/Late Christmas get together which wasn't that bad. Not much Drama, Just a laid back time.
Other then Christmas not much as really happened.
Just Cold, Snow, Ice and Crap.
Oh.... >_> Got the hair cut...washed and cut... No styling or anything back in the 23rd of February. I should have asked what the price was before getting it cut, Last time at the same place was 20 dollars but this time... OMG... 30 dollars. Hmph.
Sunday, March 6, 2011
Yumekui Merry 7 & 8
Episode 7 ~ I'll make this one short.
It's a Beach Episode.
Every one's there.
Even the creepy people.
Chizuru is still a little too interested in Isana.
Saki seems to like Takateru a bit.
Merry's coming to terms with the fact she may be terminating the other Dream Demons, Not sending them back....
A little boy gets his dreams eaten.
By Treesea....
Expected Merry to show up during the fight but... Treesea pretty much just kicked the big dudes ass.
One more Dream Loss.
Now, Who is housing Treesea and Lighthouse/Elcres? Probably two of the creepy people.
Episode 8 ~ What do you want to be when you grow up?
Quick Infos.
-Creepy Teacher Iijima is also the Guidance Counselor.
- Iijima is talking to the students about what their goals are... their dreams.
- Isana has her meeting with him today, She still wants to be a painter but doesn't seem vibrantly sure.
-Yumeji hurt his ankle at the beach so he goes to the Clinic after school to get it checked out....
- Merry's supposed to be escorting Yumeji to the Clinic but she gets sidetracked...
At the Clinic....
- The Doctor's a little strange.
- Yui is his grand daughter.
- Once the doctor figures out they know each other.... it goes into a grandson to be conversation with Yui's parents{?} making an appearance.
- Yumeji finds out that Yui is Engi's vessel.
- Much apologizing to Yumeji for injuring him.
Finding Merry...
-Engi/Yui is waiting outside the doughnut shop.
- Two strange guys are in the shop talking really loud.
- Yumeji goes in to get Merry and... a day dream expands.
Dream Demon...
- Freaky Circus Like, Maze Landsborough!
- He refers to Elcres as his "Master"
- Engi and Yui are also in this daydream.
- Lots of talking... then cliff hanger.
More Interesting....
Patty.
Engi's Sister.
Engi is going thru her sisters last memories... Being chased thru a dark and dead forest by Lighthouse. Her feet get stuck... he catches up and kills her.
Engi's startles Yui leading to a touching scene between the two. It's like Engi is her big sister... In the memories it seems that Yui is a lot like Patty was.
Elcres is twisted looking.
Creepy Teacher is still Creepy.
Creepy Exchange Student not as creepy as before.
It's a Beach Episode.
Every one's there.
Even the creepy people.
Chizuru is still a little too interested in Isana.
Saki seems to like Takateru a bit.
Merry's coming to terms with the fact she may be terminating the other Dream Demons, Not sending them back....
A little boy gets his dreams eaten.
By Treesea....
Expected Merry to show up during the fight but... Treesea pretty much just kicked the big dudes ass.
One more Dream Loss.
Now, Who is housing Treesea and Lighthouse/Elcres? Probably two of the creepy people.
Episode 8 ~ What do you want to be when you grow up?
Quick Infos.
-Creepy Teacher Iijima is also the Guidance Counselor.
- Iijima is talking to the students about what their goals are... their dreams.
- Isana has her meeting with him today, She still wants to be a painter but doesn't seem vibrantly sure.
-Yumeji hurt his ankle at the beach so he goes to the Clinic after school to get it checked out....
- Merry's supposed to be escorting Yumeji to the Clinic but she gets sidetracked...
At the Clinic....
- The Doctor's a little strange.
- Yui is his grand daughter.
- Once the doctor figures out they know each other.... it goes into a grandson to be conversation with Yui's parents{?} making an appearance.
- Yumeji finds out that Yui is Engi's vessel.
- Much apologizing to Yumeji for injuring him.
Finding Merry...
-Engi/Yui is waiting outside the doughnut shop.
- Two strange guys are in the shop talking really loud.
- Yumeji goes in to get Merry and... a day dream expands.
Dream Demon...
- Freaky Circus Like, Maze Landsborough!
- He refers to Elcres as his "Master"
- Engi and Yui are also in this daydream.
- Lots of talking... then cliff hanger.
More Interesting....
Patty.
Engi's Sister.
Engi is going thru her sisters last memories... Being chased thru a dark and dead forest by Lighthouse. Her feet get stuck... he catches up and kills her.
Engi's startles Yui leading to a touching scene between the two. It's like Engi is her big sister... In the memories it seems that Yui is a lot like Patty was.
Creepy Teacher is still Creepy.
Creepy Exchange Student not as creepy as before.
Saturday, March 5, 2011
Kore wa Zombie Desu ka? 1 ~ 6
First Half.
Harem.
Who Killed Me?
A Little Stupid.
Sat and watched all six episodes in one night.
The Who....
Ayumu Aikawa; The Zombie of the story. While walking home from the store he comes across a murder in progress, entering the residence he too is slain by the murderer. He is later brought back as a zombie by Eucliwood Hellscythe {a necromancer he had met earlier in the day}, who then moves in with him.
As a Zombie he can exceed human limitations, although he can still feel physical pain he cannot "die". He doesn't handle fire or the sun very well, sort of drying up like jerky when in the sun too long. It also seems that he can absorb magic since he steals Haruna's Masou Shojou abilities.
Throughout the first six episodes Ayumu is searching for who killed him and acquiring strange new housemates along the way. Harem.
Eucliwood Hellscythe; The Necromancer; She brought Ayumu back from the dead to be her servant and has been living with him since. She wears armor to suppress her magic and communicates by writing things on a pad of a paper, Her words have the power to kill. {Literally, She says die and that's pretty much what the target does.}.
She too can apparently turn into a Masou Shoujo.......
Haruna; The Masou Shoujo; She happens by Ayumu in a graveyard while attempting to kill a giant bear Megalo. During the battle Ayumu ends up in the way and she uses her chainsaw Mystletainn on him and the Megalo, Sawing Ayumu in half. The fact he didn't die was a bit surprising to her and she attempts to erase his memories using her magic.... and he absorbs her magic.
She ends up moving in with Ayumu as well.
Seraphim: A Ninja Vampire; She normally refers to Ayumu as a piece of shit. At first Sera wishes to be Eucliwood's servant but, she is denied...... deciding to stick around to see if Eu will change her mind she too ends up staying at Ayumu's house.
Orito ; Basically the only other male in the series, He's Ayumu's friend from school. He's the one who first introduces Kyoko to Ayumu....
The Killer.
Kyoko; First she was a helpless girl in the hospital and then she's a psycho. A Masou Shoujo gone awry she is the killer who killed Ayumu and many others, With each sacrifice she gained a "life". Which makes it hellishly difficult to kill.....
Taking on Ayumu, Haruna and Sera at the same time she pretty much wipes the floor with them. Eucliwood shows up who even has some difficult with the girl, using her words she continuously tells her to die. Each life ticking away until Kyoko busts her own eardrums..... She can't hear the words and with a point blank blast she even levels Eucliwood.
Who beats her? Masou Shoujo Ayumu! With his {Haruna's} power saw he slices away each life till she's on her last one.... Passing out from fear they leave her alive. Dai-Sensei {Masou Shoujo Teacher} shows up to take Kyoko back but before she can... Kyoko wakes up and starts to talk... In a different way... Seems she's been possessed by the King of Night.
Good show?
Not Really.
Going to Finish it?
Maybe....
Harem.
Who Killed Me?
A Little Stupid.
Sat and watched all six episodes in one night.
The Who....
Ayumu Aikawa; The Zombie of the story. While walking home from the store he comes across a murder in progress, entering the residence he too is slain by the murderer. He is later brought back as a zombie by Eucliwood Hellscythe {a necromancer he had met earlier in the day}, who then moves in with him.
As a Zombie he can exceed human limitations, although he can still feel physical pain he cannot "die". He doesn't handle fire or the sun very well, sort of drying up like jerky when in the sun too long. It also seems that he can absorb magic since he steals Haruna's Masou Shojou abilities.
Throughout the first six episodes Ayumu is searching for who killed him and acquiring strange new housemates along the way. Harem.
Eucliwood Hellscythe; The Necromancer; She brought Ayumu back from the dead to be her servant and has been living with him since. She wears armor to suppress her magic and communicates by writing things on a pad of a paper, Her words have the power to kill. {Literally, She says die and that's pretty much what the target does.}.
She too can apparently turn into a Masou Shoujo.......
Haruna; The Masou Shoujo; She happens by Ayumu in a graveyard while attempting to kill a giant bear Megalo. During the battle Ayumu ends up in the way and she uses her chainsaw Mystletainn on him and the Megalo, Sawing Ayumu in half. The fact he didn't die was a bit surprising to her and she attempts to erase his memories using her magic.... and he absorbs her magic.
She ends up moving in with Ayumu as well.
Seraphim: A Ninja Vampire; She normally refers to Ayumu as a piece of shit. At first Sera wishes to be Eucliwood's servant but, she is denied...... deciding to stick around to see if Eu will change her mind she too ends up staying at Ayumu's house.
Orito ; Basically the only other male in the series, He's Ayumu's friend from school. He's the one who first introduces Kyoko to Ayumu....
The Killer.
Kyoko; First she was a helpless girl in the hospital and then she's a psycho. A Masou Shoujo gone awry she is the killer who killed Ayumu and many others, With each sacrifice she gained a "life". Which makes it hellishly difficult to kill.....
Taking on Ayumu, Haruna and Sera at the same time she pretty much wipes the floor with them. Eucliwood shows up who even has some difficult with the girl, using her words she continuously tells her to die. Each life ticking away until Kyoko busts her own eardrums..... She can't hear the words and with a point blank blast she even levels Eucliwood.
Who beats her? Masou Shoujo Ayumu! With his {Haruna's} power saw he slices away each life till she's on her last one.... Passing out from fear they leave her alive. Dai-Sensei {Masou Shoujo Teacher} shows up to take Kyoko back but before she can... Kyoko wakes up and starts to talk... In a different way... Seems she's been possessed by the King of Night.
Good show?
Not Really.
Going to Finish it?
Maybe....
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
IS: Infinite Stratos 3 ~ 8
Didn't I drop this?
Sure did.
Why is it here?
No idea.
Just for the hell of it, I started back in on episode three.
Entrances.
Lin Yin Fang - A Chinese Representative Candidate, Her personal IS is called Shen Long. Having attended junior high with him, She's the "second" childhood friend of Ichika. When they were young she told him that she would learn to make sweet and sour pork so that she could make it for him everyday. Ichika took this as her making him free food but in reality... she was meaning that she would be his wife.
Now at the IS Academy, She trys to boot Houki from Ichika's room so that she could move in with him. In the process of attempting this, she issues a wager on the Inter Class Tournament. Winner gets to have looser consent to one request.
Their battle ends up interrupted by a strange, unmanned robot thing which the two of them fight and barely defeat.
Charles Dunoa ~ Look! It's a male! heh... A French Representative Candidate, His personal IS is called Rafale Revive Custom II. Being the second male in the Academy he ends up being roomed with Ichika, With Houki being booted. {poor Houki}
All is well for a while, The girls are swooning over both Charles and Ichika but... yea.. Charles is really Charlotte. She was sent to the Academy to spy on Ichika by her father/fathers company, The Dunoa Company is the third largest IS related company in the world.. but they are falling behind.
She was supposed to gather information on Ichika and his IS, This was all discovered after Ichika walks in on "Charles" while she's getting out of the shower. He forgives the situation quickly and decides to help her...
Laura Bodewig ~ A German Representative Candidate, Her personal IS is called Schwarzer Regen. She followed Chifuyu to the Academy from Germany, She hates Ichika with a passion when she first arrives due to something that happened a long time ago that caused Chifuyu to forfeit a Championship match.
She attacks Lin and Cecilia, going far beyond just beating them she nearly kills the two before Ichika and Charles show up... Besting the two of them as well just before striking Charles down Chifuyu shows up.
{No more fighting till the Inter Class Tournament.}
Laura is some sort of super soilder or was... When the IS units were developed she didn't quite synch up with them enough to truely be "super". She had nanomachines implanted in her left eye to help but that experiement failed.
The Tournament ~ It will be pairs matches, Lin and Cecilia both wanted to be Ichika's pair but he chooses Charles. Turns out however that the damage done by Laura to their bodies and their IS's Lin and Cecilia can't participate in the tournament anyways.
Those who don't choose get paired up in a lottery... Houki gets paired with Laura of all people. First round, Charles and Ichika Vs. Laura and Houki. Laura's not much of a team player so, that was a bit of a mess.... Charles finishes Houki off pretty fast {disables her IS} then joins Ichika in the fight against Laura.
It's not as one sided as I thought it'd be, With teamwork Laura goes down pretty fast but then..... Laura's IS mutates... with her inside it forms a giant...sword wielding woman thing.. The tournament attendees and students are all evacuated and Ichika ends up taking it down without killing Laura.
Laura's IS is or was apparently equipped with a banned VT System, Valkyrie Trace System. When the pilots mental state, will and damage taken were all at the correct levels it would activate...and did.
Date ~ A rumor was started around the school of anyone who won the Tournament would get to date Ichika. Since the Tournament was canceled no one won and no one gets to date him.
This rumor was started with the ease droppings of a conversation between Ichika and Houki... Houki says that if she wins the Tournament he'd go out with her. However at the end of the eighth episode Ichika approaches Houki and says he would go out with her..... out shopping. >_> Clueless.
Charlotte Dunoa ~ Charles finally decides to show his real self and introduces herself as her true self, Charlottte. Of course this is a shock to everyone but Ichika.... Certainly since the night before the two of them were in the "guys" bath together.
During her introduction Houki is angered {room sharing} and Lin busts into the room with her IS, Cannon set on Ichika she attemps to blast him and... Laura defends him with her own IS. Laura turns, snatches Ichika up and kisses him! Finally Someone Did It! She proclaims that he will be her Wife.
Only 4 More Episodes.
Will watch them when they are all out.
Sure did.
Why is it here?
No idea.
Just for the hell of it, I started back in on episode three.
Entrances.
Lin Yin Fang - A Chinese Representative Candidate, Her personal IS is called Shen Long. Having attended junior high with him, She's the "second" childhood friend of Ichika. When they were young she told him that she would learn to make sweet and sour pork so that she could make it for him everyday. Ichika took this as her making him free food but in reality... she was meaning that she would be his wife.
Now at the IS Academy, She trys to boot Houki from Ichika's room so that she could move in with him. In the process of attempting this, she issues a wager on the Inter Class Tournament. Winner gets to have looser consent to one request.
Their battle ends up interrupted by a strange, unmanned robot thing which the two of them fight and barely defeat.
Charles Dunoa ~ Look! It's a male! heh... A French Representative Candidate, His personal IS is called Rafale Revive Custom II. Being the second male in the Academy he ends up being roomed with Ichika, With Houki being booted. {poor Houki}
All is well for a while, The girls are swooning over both Charles and Ichika but... yea.. Charles is really Charlotte. She was sent to the Academy to spy on Ichika by her father/fathers company, The Dunoa Company is the third largest IS related company in the world.. but they are falling behind.
She was supposed to gather information on Ichika and his IS, This was all discovered after Ichika walks in on "Charles" while she's getting out of the shower. He forgives the situation quickly and decides to help her...
Laura Bodewig ~ A German Representative Candidate, Her personal IS is called Schwarzer Regen. She followed Chifuyu to the Academy from Germany, She hates Ichika with a passion when she first arrives due to something that happened a long time ago that caused Chifuyu to forfeit a Championship match.
She attacks Lin and Cecilia, going far beyond just beating them she nearly kills the two before Ichika and Charles show up... Besting the two of them as well just before striking Charles down Chifuyu shows up.
{No more fighting till the Inter Class Tournament.}
Laura is some sort of super soilder or was... When the IS units were developed she didn't quite synch up with them enough to truely be "super". She had nanomachines implanted in her left eye to help but that experiement failed.
The Tournament ~ It will be pairs matches, Lin and Cecilia both wanted to be Ichika's pair but he chooses Charles. Turns out however that the damage done by Laura to their bodies and their IS's Lin and Cecilia can't participate in the tournament anyways.
Those who don't choose get paired up in a lottery... Houki gets paired with Laura of all people. First round, Charles and Ichika Vs. Laura and Houki. Laura's not much of a team player so, that was a bit of a mess.... Charles finishes Houki off pretty fast {disables her IS} then joins Ichika in the fight against Laura.
It's not as one sided as I thought it'd be, With teamwork Laura goes down pretty fast but then..... Laura's IS mutates... with her inside it forms a giant...sword wielding woman thing.. The tournament attendees and students are all evacuated and Ichika ends up taking it down without killing Laura.
Laura's IS is or was apparently equipped with a banned VT System, Valkyrie Trace System. When the pilots mental state, will and damage taken were all at the correct levels it would activate...and did.
Chifuyu Orimura |
Date ~ A rumor was started around the school of anyone who won the Tournament would get to date Ichika. Since the Tournament was canceled no one won and no one gets to date him.
This rumor was started with the ease droppings of a conversation between Ichika and Houki... Houki says that if she wins the Tournament he'd go out with her. However at the end of the eighth episode Ichika approaches Houki and says he would go out with her..... out shopping. >_> Clueless.
Charlotte Dunoa ~ Charles finally decides to show his real self and introduces herself as her true self, Charlottte. Of course this is a shock to everyone but Ichika.... Certainly since the night before the two of them were in the "guys" bath together.
During her introduction Houki is angered {room sharing} and Lin busts into the room with her IS, Cannon set on Ichika she attemps to blast him and... Laura defends him with her own IS. Laura turns, snatches Ichika up and kisses him! Finally Someone Did It! She proclaims that he will be her Wife.
Only 4 More Episodes.
Will watch them when they are all out.
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