| 3:50pm | Addicted to Yahoo Japan Auctions | | | | When I first stumbled upon Icie’s review of Tinkle’s 2nd artbook ~ 白夜茶会, I was in despair. As it wasn’t a commercial release, obtaining it would be near impossible for a mere tanuki. Or so I thought until my search led me to Yahoo Japan Auctions. The artbooks were there, getting... |
| 4:13pm | Choice harems, Stripey’s picks | | | | White Album has clinched the much coveted attribute of ‘Choice Harem’ on The Tanuki’s anime list. This happens when the Striped One deems 3 or more girls within the harem setup to be worthy of pursue. WA was elevated to such an exalted position via the combined charms of Rina, Yuki... | | |
| 8:12am | White Album - Where would it go? | | | | There are romances where you can see the end right from the onset (Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu) and there are those that keep you guessing right up to the penultimate episode (Kiminozo). White Album is surely on the 2nd track since it’s all so murky to me how the tale will pan out. 4 eps into the... | | |
| 5:24pm | Attributes of imouto-moe and the Dark Side | | | | As a faithful and indiscriminate consumer of the unhealthy 2D product “imouto-moe”, I was surprised to find myself not going ga-ga over Yaya (Shugo Chara). Twin-tailed, lolicious and a tad spoiled, she’s the embodiment of the imouto archetype I’ve worship all throughout my 2D... | | |
| 8:33pm | Quitting the PVC path prematurely - On borrowed passion or a mere crush? | | | | Double’s thoughts on the life-cycle of a PVC figure hobbyist got me wondering about the reasons why once passionate collectors would quit the love. When I say ‘quit the love’, I mean sell your entire collection and never look back upon the PVC path again. There are a multitude of... | | |
| 7:36pm | Richer than romance - The Taiga-Ryuji relationship | | | | Having caught a random ep of Toradora (turns out it was ep 15) on TV last night, I was rather surprised how enjoyable it was despite not having seen the preceding 8 eps. 15 min into the ep, I realised it was the Taiga-Ryuji relationship which intrigued me. Platonic relationships fascinate me because... | | |
| 4:52pm | Figure selling - Sign of a healthy passion | | | | I applaud Haruji’s first steps into the PVC secondary market. Whenever I see PVC collectors, reluctantly but cautiously release a small percentage of their PVC pretties, I’m encouraged. Because this PVC collector is surely here to stay. I’m not talking about temperamental collectors... |
| 4:36pm | How popular are your favourite anime bishoujos? | | | | It appears that I’m the only fan of Iokawa Karada, at least according to Myanimelist. Ioka-who? I don’t blame you. Served without fanservice and mecha, Asatte no houkou had only good drama, pseudo-lolis and strong characterisation to draw viewers. In other words, it wasn’t as popular... | | |
| 5:01pm | If I were a harem lead… - Dark Stripey’s 5 fantasies | | | | Condemnation, derision and contempt are some just common currencies when trading words on harem leads. While many would pen volumes of praise and poetry for their haremettes, most would rather swallow their pencils than to put in a good word for harem leads. But being a harem lead is not easy (no I... |
| 4:19pm | Matchmaking Hinamori Amu | | | | There aren’t too many reverse harems that I’ve enjoyed in anime. The last was Saiungoku Monogatari of which most of the charm needs to be attributed to the very fabulous female harem lead - Shuurei. My beef with reverse harems is that they often make the male suitors overly sensitive to... | | |
| 5:11pm | The music of D.C.if (Da Capo if) - The magic restored | | | | Inspired by the numerous comparisons of D.C.if’s end scene to a similar one in DCIISS, I revisited Oto-nee goodness in DCIISS 12. It was TERRIFIC. I remember again why I had betrayed my imouto-roots to band behind Otome. I remember why I’ll be getting the DCIISS DVDs. But I also remembered... | | |
| 5:33pm | Will Kotori CUM Nemu fans please stand up? | | | | Yes, anyone? Any Nemu AND Kotori fan here? Yes, I see one solit okay, no more, lynched by fellow Kotori fans. Ah, another brave soul in Nemu’s cam.. nope. He’s now crispier than the stake he is hanging on. No one? Alright I know I’m going to receive death-threats, petrol bombs or worse... |
| 4:37pm | What happened to Kotori (Da Capo) fandom? | | | | Having witness the massive ranks of Kotori supporters back in the days of Da Capo (2003), I thought the Kotori-centric Da Capo IF OVA (released on xmas 2008 with the Da Capo boxset in Japan) would make a big splash in the anime community. It’s been more than a week since and there’s been... | | |
| 9:20am | D.C.if Part 1 - Kotori goodness at its zenith | | | | This is a dream. come. true. It’s as if ZEXCS read my wishlist and granted ALL of them with overflowing abundance. Where all of the D.C. vehicles had failed in conveying the full, unadulterated beauty of Kotori, D.C.if succeeded. Finally, FINALLY, there is a vessel worthy of our eternal goddess.... | | |
| 4:15pm | 2008 in review - 2D expenditure | | | | Despite the global financial turmoil in the final quarter, my overall 2D-related spendings remained healthy for 2008. Chalking up a not-so-grand total of approx S$3200, I’m glad to have reported that my budget for the year was adhered to in spite of several stray purchases. Compared to 2007,... | | |
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