| 10:54pm | Do Blogs Ever Come Back From Hiatus? |  | | | Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. As I was finishing up Shikabane Hime, I started thinking about all those infamous hiatus posts that you tend to see as a blog is dying. I categorize these posts as either: Pre-Planned: At best... | | |
| 10:54pm | Do Blogs Ever Come Back From Hiatus? |  | | | Note: There is a poll embedded within this post, please visit the site to participate in this post's poll. As I was finishing up Shikabane Hime, I started thinking about all those infamous hiatus posts that you tend to see as a blog is dying. I categorize these posts as either: Pre-Planned: At best... | | |
| 8:22pm | Shikabane Hime: Aka 13 (Final) |  | | | Summary: Keisei’s death is blamed on a gas explosion, and the Kougon priests attend their own special funeral before the funeral that is open to the public. Unfortunately, none of the SH are allowed inside the temple and Makina is tied up back at Kougon HQ. Rinsen takes Ouri to meet Sougen,... | | |
| 6:49pm | Shikabane Hime - 17 | | | | Short Synopsis: Sougi and Itsuki tell about their background. Overall Enjoyment Value: 8/10 (Excellent) Now this is more like it! This is exactly the reason why I came to like the first season so much, and I’m glad to see that the second season is going to be more than a weak sequel of the first.... | | |
| 6:32pm | Shikabane Hime: Aka 12 |  | | | Summary: Rika, Sougen, Saki, and Kamika get caught in a weak crow Jinchi as Hazama and his buddy try to bog down reinforcements. Makina has a lot of trouble with Kowaku, because he can shift into any shape (e.g. mist, flammable gas) and easily get extra friendly with Makina. However, realizing that... | | |
| 3:36pm | Shikabane Hime: Aka 11 |  | | | Summary: When Kamika can’t find Sougen’s Sutra, Rika realizes that the brilliant Sutra lining Keisei’s ghetto level 2.5 Robe of Protection (with extra shikimi and boke) were written by Sougen. Although the Sutra contain some national secrets, Rika agrees to keep the robe for Keisei... | | |
| 5:10am | Weekly Anime Review (Jan 12 – Jan 18) | | | | If last week had been a light week of anime, this week was the opposite – as you can see below. And I didn’t include my marathoning of Zoku Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei and the first two episodes of OVA over a two day period. I decided it was the last of the 2008 shows that I wanted to get to before... | | |
| 6:45am | Shikabane Hime: Aka 10 |  | | | Summary: Keisei checks himself out of Rika’s care and heads to Bishop Gon to ask about Minai’s fate. While the Bishop won’t respond, the Great Bishop Geika (Kamiu Shinze) gives Keisei the 411. Keisei is suspicious about why Kougon Cult’s top two priests are together, but... | | |
| 12:00pm | Winter Anime Impressions – Shikabane Hime: Kuro | | | | The second season of Shikabane Hime started the week after the first season ended with a different set of animators, much like the second season of Minami-ke. I’m hoping desperately with this recipe for a better result then what we got with Minami-ke.Rating: 7/12 BI’ll keep the story recap light... | | |
| 7:27am | Shikabane Hime: Aka 09 |  | | | Summary: Ever since Makina saved Kasuka Nozomi from a shikabane, Nozomi has been trying to track Makina down (and date her). After Nozomi sees Ouri with Makina, however, Nozomi is able to get Ushijima Hiroshige to introduce her to Ouri. Ouri can’t help but grope Nozomi, but in the end Makina... | | |
| 7:00am | Shikabane Hime: Aka ep. 13 [END] + Review |  | | | [ Episode 13: Funeral for a Contracted Priest ] I want my own Shikabane Hime too! Normally, flashback episodes can be annoying. This episode pretty much revolved around flashbacks. However, they were used more effectively than usual. Through them, Oori (and myself) learned a bit more about the entire... | | |
| 9:33pm | Maria+Holic OP: SHAFT fapping Goodness (in HD) |  | | | Must resist.urge to Photoshop.words out Some OP’s are so good that makes you watch it over and over again. That happened several times with me with OP’s from anime such as Shikabane Hime, Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei, Tetsuwan Birdy Decode, xxxHOLiC or Kurenai, just to name a few. But Maria+Holic... | | |
| 11:28pm | Shikabane Hime: Kuro - Episode 2 | | | | The first episode of Shikabane Hime: Kuro ended with Ouri and Makina reuniting, but not too far into this episode it begins to look like a decidedly brief reuinion.For starters, Makina is none too happy with Ouri's dedication to continue as her Contracted Priest, with her feelings clearly somewhere between... | | |
| 6:43pm | Shikabane Hime - 16 | | | | Short Synopsis: Ouri continues with his training to not die. Overall Enjoyment Value: 7/10 (Enjoyable) The fanservice. wtf This series was supposed to be subtle. What the heck is up with the new ED? Why does the first scene of this episode start with a naked Makina? Seriously, I don’t mind a... | | |
| 7:25am | Shikabane Hime: Aka 08 |  | | | Summary: Ouri calls up Sumitori and puts him on speaker phone; the sound of Sumitori’s voice and the memories of Bamboo Blade are too much for Mitsuyoshi, and he drops his shikabane form. This allows Minai to take Mitsuyoshi out without taking damage from his curse. Minai is pretty pleased... | | |
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