| 8:11am | Chaos;Head Maid Cafe |  | | | A maid cafe in Akihabara is currently holding a nearly two week long promotion for psychological-guro series Chaos;Head timed to coincide with the brand new Vol. 1 DVD release, and the Chaos;Head Noah Xbox 360 release of the game last week. The café is is chock-full of Chaos;Head art, posters, dakimakura... | | |
| 3:51am | Those pesky pronouns |  | | | I had to direct Lelangir on Twitter to the wikipedic entry on pronouns on Bugfox/fun. I thought everyone followed Jonathan, but apparently the way he mixes up anime with the hollywoodism repulses people. It’s understandable, I myself basically gave up on Mark to be surprised when he suddenly reviewed... | | |
| 2:50am | Toradora! - 22 |  | | | Summary:Having arrived back from the ski trip, Ryuuji can't get Taiga's confession out of his mind, and he accidentally yells out her name in the middle of class. | | |
| 8:21pm | ToraDora! #22 — Oedipal Complex | | | | I’m not judging you, Ryuuji. Impressions: A tremendously uneventful episode. Ryuuji thought about how great Taiga was and that’s seriously about it. Ami and Minori hashed it out some more about doing things properly from here on out, but since both of them are all but out of the picture... | | |
| 7:08pm | Why Goodness Doesn’t Matter (Probably Secretly a Confused Toradora Post?) | | | | Fandom is a strange thing, and one thing's for sure - goodness does not dictate fandom. As ghostlightning always says, "fanboys are forgiving, not blind." He supports this idea with his immense love for Macross Frontier in spite of the many flaws he himself professes it to have. Basically, this post... | | |
| 8:16am | Shock of the Season - Asu no Yoichi is a Pretty Good Show | | | | When I say pretty good, I mean just that. It’s been an entertaining show that’s kept my attention well beyond what the generic harem-esque premise should have been capable of. Now, I’m not saying that it deserves to be ranked up with the excellent shows of the season like Toradora but it’s definitely... | | |
| 2:08am | While Growing Up | | | | Do little kids dream of being or doing something when they grow up? Do we put that aside and ride that rail road to better education, career, and income? Japan is a place where people ride the rail. And I’m not just joking, I’m both joking and being serious! They even have train pushers... | | |
| 9:58pm | WAH on Toradora and H+C | | | | He says that one cannot compare Toradora and Honey and Clover, because wait for it they target different demographics. Here’s my explanation why comparing the above is valid (any two shows in fact). I don’t care what demographics are targeted, I only care about what I like. So, I watch show... | | |
| 9:06pm | Bunny Girl Minorin & Taiga | | | | Perhaps taking a leaf from self publicist Haruhi’s book, Toradora heroines Minori Kushieda and Taiga Aisaka don Playboy bunny girl outfits for added appeal. You may also notice that Taiga appears to be suffering a clothing malfunction Pitting them against one another would surely be a cruel way... | | |
| 4:12pm | To Taiga and Friends(?) | | | | The bomb that is episode 21 has come upon us and the girls continue to run the show. The dynamics have shifted and I can only wonder how this will all end. I don’t know if it’s going to be pretty, but it’s going to be one hell of a ride. Taiga, You’ve taken the lead! You’ve left the others... | | |
| 9:47pm | Naoko Yamazaki to STS-131; Toradora 16 | | | | The one and only voice acting astronaut is assigned to fly on STS-131, tentatively scheduled for February 2010. This is an old news, NASA announced the assignments back in November, but I wasn’t following closely enough. In fact, I have wrote her off already. Tangentially, Sumire’s career... | | |
| 7:18pm | Winter 2009 Mid-Season Check | | | | Once again it’s about time to check what’s going on this fine season. I apologize for the recent silence - I was busy spending my spring break in Austria with no chance to access internet before reaching Munich airport on the way back. Another reason for delay would be that I managed to... | | |
| 1:00pm | RedZone / KonataZone / ToraZone / LuckyStar Initial D Zone….what? |  | | | As I was bored, I decided to surf for nonsensical videos on Youtube. If you are a fan of Dance Dance Revolution or Beatmania, you will probably recognise this song. Then here comes Konata: And the Toradora gang: And the Lucky Star gang back with their Initial D spoof: And finally..Shana-tan’s... | | |
| 10:41am | Japan's Vertical "Senpai" Culture | | | | I write a lot about how Japan's society is considered "vertical," with concepts like senpai, a senior in a school, company or other organization, a role that comes with a degree of respect but also responsibility, such as the unwritten rule that you'll pick up the tab at restaurants when eating with... | | |
| 5:05am | Toradora - 21 - Thoughts and interpretations. | | | | Uh ohThis development was bound to have happened. With Taiga realizing she wants Ryuuji by her side, you know she won't stop. But there's a difference in this love: It's real. It's not the love where she's giving the eye to him or the love which she's trying to take countless pictures of. It was realized... | | |
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