| 3:00pm | True Tears 12 - Hiromi, almost Shirakawa Kotori | | | | There are a few absolutes I hold dear and fast in my anime world: Mahoro would always be my favourite maid, Nemu my top imouto and Kotori my eternal bishoujo. Today, one of these uncompromising pillars of faith was shaken. Hiromi came this. very. close. to toppling Kotori as my top bishoujo. This... | | |
| 3:47pm | 3 ani-manga community building endeavours | | | | I almost never get requests to publicise events or sites but this week I had 3. Since all 3 activities contribute to ani-manga fandom in general, here’s some tidbits for those interested. Fan History Fan History is a fan run wiki dedicated to preserving fan history. They have an anime segment... |
| 1:10pm | True Tears 11 - Story > Character love = Shin X Hiromi | | | | Shin seemed to be getting a lot of flak for not looking happier with Hiromi’s kiss. Speaking from experience, One shouldn’t look too elated kissing another when still officially hitched. At least, any man with a shred of integrity shouldn’t. I don’t blame Shin. He doesn’t... | | |
| 5:05pm | [Artbook] 月夜茶会 ~ Tinkle Illustrations | | | | Utmost gratitude to Zyl who, against all odds, acquired the most hallowed of artbooks for me Tinkle’s 月夜茶会 (Tsukiyo Chakai) has to be the holy grail of 2D artbooks. I have been monitoring its price on Amazon JP since last Sep and it ranges from 9000 to 12000 yen, 4-5 times its original... |
| 5:25pm | [Bootlegged artbook] World’s end ~ Fairy’s diary | | | | For local collectors of Japanese artbooks/PVC figures, it is common knowledge that a popular local manga chain carries bootlegs of both merchandises. Fake Megahouse Bleach figures is sold together with authentic Gundam SEED figures at heavily reduced prices and bootlegged trading figures lean spectacularly... | | |
| 5:49pm | True Tears 10 - Who is Raigomaru? | | | | A panting Hiromi is fine too I agree with Omni. This great ep has the makings of a fine finale for True Tears. With Aiko and Noe bowing out graciously and the climatic restitution of the Shin/Hiromi relationship, I wouldn’t have minded if True Tears ended on this note despite not closing the other... | | |
| 3:41pm | Anime tribute - Losers in love (2nd edition) | | | | It’s been 2 years since my post on losers in love and many debutant bishoujos have shown themselves worthy of this list. Hence here’s a revised and expanded tribute to of some of the most heartbroken bishoujos in anime. In ascending order of love. True Tears ▼ ShowAndou Aiko - Man,... | | |
| 4:16pm | [Artbook] Dengeki Hime Illustration collection ~ Girls museum | | | | Dengeki Hime magazine is the bishoujo publication for the Japanese eroge art scene as MEGAMI magazine is home to anime bishoujos. Because of its racy content, the sale of Dengeki Hime is prohibited in Singapore (well at least it’s sold not openly). So imagine my surprise when I found the abovementioned... |
| 11:48am | 5 favourite tracks - True Tears OST | | | | One of True tears greatest strength lies in the masterful employment of its background music. From dramatic tracks accompanying shocking siscon relevations/surprise kisses to gentle piano pieces following Raigomaru/Noe’s adventures, the soundtrack never ceased to string my emotions along with... | | |
| 5:02pm | True Tears 09 - Gracious love | | | | There are few pains in the romantic realm that can rival the searing knowledge that the one you love, hearts another. Noe was admirable this episode. From her astute perception of Shin’s true affections to her gentle guidance in leading Shin to Hiromi, Noe has shown herself to be a lady worthy... | | |
| 8:40am | Figure dilemma once more | | | | 2008 has been a slow year for me figure-wise. March is already round the corner and I’ve only 2 PVC acquisitions with 4 preorders so far. I suspect the tremendous difficulty of selling my older figures had an impact on my purchasing pattern. Seeing how hard it is to find new homes for... | | |
| 6:19am | [DVD purchase] Kannazuki no Miko | | | | Armed with my ang bao money (apparently first year married couples are still eligible for red packets), I waltzed into my favourite anime DVD retailer yesterday, hungry for a purchase. My eyes rested on the Kannazuki no Miko boxset for the hundredth time this year. KnM was one of those productions... |
| 11:14am | True Tears 08 - Mix and match | | | | Maybe Jun is short for Junichi after all Hiromi is a less perfect version of Kotori and Noe is almost as cute as Nemu Nemu is almost as cute as Noe Sadly Jun-nii is not the center of affections of either fantabulous girls but.. wait a min, Shin-nii. Is this your answer to DCSS, PA works? *Bows down... | | |
| 5:55pm | Bamboo Blade staaato! ~ Tama chan is love | | | | Can’t. stop. watching. Bamboo. blade. I blame Zyl for getting me started. However, unlike him, BB’s hook for me wasn’t yandere MiyaMiya but the lolicious Tama. As an accomplished swordman myself (AD&D Fighter level 19 circa 1993), I acknowledge her powress and hope that I’d... | | |
| 5:14pm | Kimikiss - Worthy relationships | | | | I suppose it speaks volumes of what I think of the whole Asuka/Kazuki/Eriko entanglement when Nana has become my choice bishoujo for Kazuki. I guess it helps that Nana’s seiyuu is Nogawa Sakura san of Nemu fame from Da Capo. When assessing any romances, I have 2 key performance indicators - basis... | | |
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