Sunday, October 5, 2014

Current anime episodes comments - World Trigger, Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo, Sora no Method, Akame ga Kill!, Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji, Grisaia no Kajitsu, Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis, Gugure! Kokkuri-san

World Trigger



Episode 1

Explanation at the beginning made things clear.
It's amazing to what people can get used to.
That Kuga kid looks interesting.
Mikumo & Kuga look like a pair that'll have many adventures.
Those bullies almost got what they deserved.
Mikumo just likes to be noble all the time.
Kuga is on a whole different level.
The plot might be slow-ish, but it's fine.
Will give it a few more episodes before I decide.


Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo



Episode 1

Lots of very "conveniently" dressed girls..
Girls operating some interesting looking mechas.
The weird variation of Lacrosse was inventive.
Whole Norma thing was so cruel..
It was fun to see how it backfired on the Princess.
This has potential, but feels more like it's for guys.
Gonna skip it.


Sora no Method



Episode 1

Moving back to childhood place.
Nonoka never thought she'd see Noel again.
Guess this'll be about childhood memories lost & regaining them.
The story is relaxed with some amounts of drama.
It's sweet, it's nice, but it's not for me.


Akame ga Kill!



Episode 14

Tatsumi got jumped by Esdeath.
New character made an appearance.
It was foolish of him to challenge them.
Tatsumi got a nice kiss #^-^#
That fight was pretty challenging though.
Esdeath sure enjoyed her time on the island with Tatsumi.
They got rather close too.
Telling their pasts to each other was interesting.
After hearing all that, no wonder she grew up to be a sociopath.


Ookami Shoujo to Kuro Ouji



Episode 1

This looks like fun.
Erika totally has a lying problem.
And a problem of fitting in like a normal person.
Guess she's not the only one either.
She kept on piling lies..
Fake boyfriend came with a price.
Not that she didn't deserve it.
Will be watching it!


Grisaia no Kajitsu



Episode 1

New transfer student looks very interesting.
Lots of nice fan service for everyone.
There sure are a lot of girls..
This may end up as harem.
Yup, everything seems to be going in that direction now.
Still, those girls are all weird.
Slightly eminds me of Akuma no Riddle x Zankyou no Terror.
Might give it a few episodes before I decide.


Shingeki no Bahamut: Genesis 


Episode 1

Very impressive opening!
Parts of it reminded me of Attack on Titan..
Characters kinda look old school.
This one is pretty weird too.
Totally not what I expected while reading the plot.
The magic parts are great, but don't like that Favaro much.
Still the demon girl looks very interesting.
Gonna give it a few episodes before I decide.


Gugure! Kokkuri-san



Episode 1

The fox sure is nice looking ^^
Reminds me of Tomoe from Kamisama Hajimemashita.
That fox sure had some parental feels for the girl.
Her situation sure is a sad and lonely one.
Fox got attached with lightning speed.
This one is pretty amusing.
Indecisive about it..

Friday, October 3, 2014

Current anime episodes comments - Terra Formars, Fairy Tail, Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun, Madan no Ou to Vanadis, Sword Art Online, Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete, Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works, One Piece

Terra Formars



Episode 2

More info about the virus.
The Mars mission objective revealed.
Get the virus samples..
That sounds so simple, doesn't it?
It would've been if there weren't for those roaches.
The atmosphere on the ship sure was interesting.
Sheila - Captain crush was fun ^^
It definitely lightened the mood.
OMG! How?! Guess they had some on board.
The revenge of the roaches began even before they landed.
Guess they are pretty smart too.


Fairy Tail



Episode 27

Frosch was so cute ^^
Sabertooth got a new master.
Guess the mood there is nice & relaxed now.
Pool parties seemed to be a theme this time ^^
It's nice to take some down time after all the fighting.
Shame the Frosch situation put that on hold.
Sure was fun watching them run around town.
It was fun & relaxing episode.
Nice for a change!


Gekkan Shoujo Nozaki-kun



Special 1

Nozaki & his manga obsession..
Wakamatsu was obsessing over Seo too.
It was short, but fun ^^


Madan no Ou to Vanadis



Episode 1

I like the archer guy.
Also like the way characters were done.
I strayed into the ecchi & harem land wishing it would be just fantasy.
Wishful thinking on my part..
It's not hard to predict where the story is going.
Still, for those whole like this genre, it should be enjoyable.
Skipping it.


Sword Art Online II



Episode 14

Damn, Kirito to the rescue in RL!
Or was it Sinon to the rescue?
Things got serious fast.
Luckily it electrode saved the day!
Wow! Sinon got over her trauma in the most impressive way.
The whole DG situation got resolved too.
Explanation of their whole operation was interesting.
Sinon finally got to meet Asuna.
Well, at least they added one more member to their group.
It was nice that little bit of her traumatic past came back to thank her.
That was a very touching moment.
Really liked this episode!


Ushinawareta Mirai wo Motomete



Episode 1

Basic school life & astronomy club.
The usual bickering between clubs..
Some love/crush problems.
Tragedy & mystery encounter.
Basically it's OK.
Still lacks that certain something to get me interested.
Skipping it.


Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade Works



Episode 0

Don't know what's new and what's not.
Been a long while since I've watched the series.
The art certainly looks nice.
It was good to see Tohsaka again.
Girls school uniforms were nice, but boys looked like janitors.
Tohsaka got Archer by mistake, but those two are so alike that it's funny.
Ah, the good old days of beginnings..
Archer vs Lancer was awesome!
Even Saber made an appearance.
Thing were moving fast towards the end of the episode.
Think I'm gonna be watching this.


One Piece



Episode 664

I remember that kid with broken tooth.
Nice that he's not dead after all.
Flashback to childhood brought it all back.
Franky is such a big softie ^^
At least the attack of the natives has started.
That Senor Pink sure is a weirdo.
OMG! I totally forgot about Rebecca.
She's still at it..

Thursday, October 2, 2014

Anime series episodes comments - Blassreiter



Episode 1

Was pleasantly surprised right from the start.
Still, the CG was pretty crude...
I'm so not a fan of CG, especially bad one.
The story seems pretty interesting though.
So they formed a task force that fights Amalgam corpses.
The Gerd situation showed a completely different side of the story.
Those Amalgams are getting smarter & faster too.

Episode 2

That pill Gald took made him into a half breed.
There was a certain amount of distrust and scrutiny after that.
Guess they were being cautious about his situation.
Those amalgams from the circuit sure gave our team problems.
Looks like half breeds aren't something new after all..
Damn, Gerd just couldn't catch a break after the accident.
No wonder he reached a point where it pushed him off the edge..

Episode 3

Hermann was taking the Gerd situation pretty hard.
That's to be expected since he was his hero.
Guess he was Amanda's brother Malek hero as well.
Now people attacked by human-Amalgams become half breeds as well.
Not all of them though... interesting.
XAT guys sure have quite a few dilemmas in their hands..

Episode 4

XAT is fighting against Amalgams.
So is the half breed Amalgam group.
That kind of situation is not an easy one.
Chasing the Amalgam again + Malek side story continues.
That kid just keeps being bullied.
Guess Gerd wasn't dead after all..

Episode 5

Gerd sure can hold a grudge.
He came after Igor to get his satisfaction.
I thought Gerd was one of the good guys, but not so much at the moment.
Malek saved Joseph, that could prove to be a smart move.
Damn, everyone Gerd attacked turned into Amalgams.
XAT sure had their hands full.

Episode 6

On top of Amalgam thing everyone seems to have a personal drama.
The whole story is revolving around Gerd so far.
Gerd was totally out of control this time.
He seems to be getting more & more frustrated.
That makes him unstable and dangerous.
Hermann and Malek just wouldn't give up on him.
Looks like all he needed was to be reminded of his past self.
It still wasn't enough to snap him back.
In the end Joseph had to put him out of his misery..

Episode 7

Joseph did what needed to be done.
That act put him on Malek's bad side though..
Those bullies SO need to get their asses kicked!
They drove Johann into suicide..
Can't stand to look at them anymore.
Guess rich bullies prevail over poor good people..
Sadly, that's the reality we all live in.

Episode 8

Malek took the forbidden pill when offered.
Hope he won't end up like Gerd.
He was totally driven by revenge.
That mystery doctor finally started to spill some info about Amalgam.
So Amalgam's are actually evolved humans.
Guess she's looking for the perfect candidate.
Malek dished out some justice in his new form.
Those bullies totally had it coming.
Joseph got injured 'cause of Malek's recklessness.
The cat is out of the bag now..

Episode 9

Poor Amanda...
She's on the opposite side of Malek now.
Amanda - Malek relationship shown in full.
A new character emerged - Xargin.
He's quite an interesting one.
Xargin seems to posses some very interesting qualities.

Episode 10

Malek pulled the short end of the stick again.
Joseph pulled through though.
Guess that's the difference between blood & pills.
The difference between the ways they were made into Amalgams.
Seems the Director of XAT was in on the experiments.
Wolf banging the mystery doctor... intriguing.

Episode 11

Flu like thing spreading around.
Could it be something more?
Well damn, more people are turning into those things.
Things are getting serious.
Looks like an internal uprising is happening.

Episode 12

Wolf switched sides.
The disappointment and confusion of his teammates was obvious.
More & more of them are turning into Amalgams..
The infected ones put up a good fight to the already turned ones.
Guess they rather sacrificed themselves then turn into Amalgams.

Episode 13

Joseph's past comes into light.
He had a hard life as a child.
Endured everything with a smile.
A typical story of conflict between rich and poor.
All the injustice of the world was clearly shown.
So that was how Xargin and Joseph first met.

Episode 14

Story about Joseph's background continues..
Thanks to Xargin showing up, Joseph met his sister Sasha.
Sasha was involved into mysterious research.
The kids kept getting sick & Sasha was beaten to death.
Cruelty of the world was at its peak.

Episode 15

So Sasha was alive after all.
Now Joseph is suffering once again in the Director's clutches.
They want to make him as strong as Xargin.
Probably so that they could pit them against each other later on.
The Amalgam outbreaks are getting worse too.

Episode 16

Sasha spilled the beans about her point of view.
Guess she was naive at first as well.
That's why Xargin became the first test subject & ended up going crazy.
Hermann showed up all messed up..
He turned into Amalgam and seemed to blame Joseph for everything.

Episode 17

Joseph finally turned into his strongest Amalgam version.
Amanda - Hermann situation was such a fragile one.
New challenges have presented themselves.
Things are getting more interesting as well.

Episode 18

Joseph must have evolved into something really strong.
Demoniacs were just standing there and staring at him.
Wolf's fight with Joseph was good.
He seemed out of control & was attacking anything.

Episode 19

A girl from the past showed up.
She was determined to snap Joseph out of it.
Looks like her effort was not in vain.
Amanda almost got her revenge.

Episode 20

Hermann managed to infiltrate the facility.
Amanda is looking for Malek in all the distraction.
Xargin is always on a horse... so weird and out of place.
Maybe that makes him feel more like a real knight of justice.
Looks like Xargin is still far from Joseph's reach.

Episode 21

Xargin confronts Sasha.
That was not a very happy reunion.
Only a few moments later he was walking around the facility like he owned the place.
Funny how no one was able to stop him at all.
Well, at least Amanda managed to find Malek.
Director got what he had coming..

Episode 22

Beatrice's past got some of the spotlight.
Now we know why Xargin rides a horse.
Hermann vs Beatrice!
Luckily Malek stepped in and helped out.
Guess it was too much for Hermann to come out of it alive.

Episode 23

Malek took it upon himself to deal with Xargin.
Xargin and his army of Demoniacs met with Malek.
Malek va Xargin!
Things weren't looking good for our boy.
Joseph showed up just at the right time.

Episode 24 Final

Season finale offered a showdown of Xargin vs Joseph.
Things ended up well.
Malek got to live on and join the XAT.
Things went back to normal.
Good final episode.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Music Time! - This weeks' Asian pop charts

J-pop

1. EXILE TRIBE: THE REVOLUTION
2. 2PM: Midaretemina


3. Kiyoshi Hikawa: Choito Kimagure Watari Dori
4. Lead: Omoide Breaker


5. AAA: Sayonara no mae ni


7. JUJU: Last Scene


8. LiSA: BRiGHT FLiGHT


9. SOLIDEMO:Heroine


10. Allover: Yujo Express


11. NAOTO INTI RAYMI: LIFE


16. UNiTE: Rev


17. STRAIGHTENER: Fuyu no Taiyou



K-pop

1. Postmen: I Can't Go To Shinchon
2. Yoon Mirae: I Love You
3. IRON: Dokgi
4. SISTAR: I Swear
5. Bobby: Bounce
17. Taetiseo: Whisper


21. T-ara: Sugar Free



C-pop

1. Harlem Yu: Que Kou
2. Lin Xin Yi: Deng Yi Ge Ren
3. Magic Power: I still love you
4. Vivian Chow: Café·Waiting·Love
5. Zhou Xing Zhe (Eric): Yi Hou Bie Zuo Peng You
11. Guan Zhe: Miss You Tonight


26. Soo Wincci: 像我一樣愛你的人 Someone Like Me


30. A-Mei Chang: Tiao Jin Lai

Sunday, September 28, 2014

JGames - Rewrite (PC)


I finally managed to finish Rewrite visual novel. Honestly, this game could have been great and amazing. I truly don't understand what the developers were thinking when they put in so many unnecessary dialogues and pointless discussions. It was pretty much torture playing it except those few parts with the robed men and super powers. This is mostly related to the first half of the game.
The characters were really beautiful and very detailed. Even their behaviors were interesting and kinda fun. Like I mentioned before, dialogues were pretty much boring and that is the main reason it took me almost 7 months to finish the game and by that I mean the Kotori path. The story was stretched too thin and that is another mistake to add to the pile. 
Now for the good parts. The second part of the game was better. Things finally started moving forward and the explanations for the mystery parts were offered. There were even action parts. Some of those action parts were pretty intense and generally well done.
All in all, it's a mediocre game with good, but too stretched story, beautifully made characters and good setting. If you have some spare time I'd recommend this game, if for nothing else, just because of the characters.


Plot:
The main part of Rewrite's story takes place in the fictional city of Kazamatsuri in Japan, where treeplanting and afforestation have caused the city to become overgrown with trees and vegetation. The protagonist Kotarou and his friends in the occult research society attend a high school in Kazamatsuri, and the characters also spend time in the society's clubroom. Outside of the school, frequented locations include the forests of Kazamatsuri and Kotarou's house. Throughout the story, Kotarou encounters an alternate dimension of Kazamatsuri where everything is silent and the sky is gray. There are many entrances to this dimension throughout the city. In this secret world developed by Gaia, demons are free to roam and a sufficient ecosystem exists to support life. When on the Moon, a hill where daisies grow is prominently shown amid a ruined Kazamatsuri and the night is eternal. This hill appears again later on Earth in the forest of Kazamatsuri.


Kazamatsuri is the setting for a secret war being waged by two main groups: Gaia and Guardian. Gaia, an organization under the auspices of the environmental conservation group Myrtle, is populated by nihilistic and misanthropic people able to contract with demons, which manifest as constructs fueled by the summoner's life force. Myrtle itself used to be a church and contains within it a holy maiden group of girls with developmental disabilities. Guardian is dedicated to the destruction of demons and is composed almost entirely of humans who possess special powers. Gaia and Guardian came to Kazamatsuri in the pursuit of a special type of demon named Kagari, who manifests as a young, high school age-looking girl. Kagari, the main heroine of Rewrite, has the power to destroy all intelligent life on Earth, though can also initiate a period of re-evolution, which restarts the process of evolving another means of intelligent life. However, this is done with the use of the Earth's energy, and by the time the events of Rewrite occur, there is no more energy left to do another re-evolution. Gaia wants to capture Kagari to ensure the destruction of humanity, but Guardian wishes to seek out Kagari to kill her, ensuring that human life continues. 


Developer: Key
Publisher:Visual Art's
Genre: Visual Novel
Rating: All Ages
Platform: Windows
Released: June 24, 2011


Current anime episode episodes - One Piece, Akame ga Kill!, Tribe Cool Crew, Ano Natsu de Matteru, Naruto Shippuuden, Denki-gai no Honya-san, Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken, Gundam Reconguista in G

One Piece



Episode 663

Bellamy got his ass kicked.
Luckily Bartolomeo intervened at just the right time.
Finally, a good plan by the little inhabitants.
Can't wait to see what'll happen when toys turn back into people & everyone gets their memory back.
Don Quixote Family members sure are scary dangerous!
Taking down Sugar is not gonna be easy..
Luffy just realized getting out of Colosseum is not gonna be easy.
Guess that's one of Doflamingo's evil plots.
Those disguises were pretty LOL, but at least it worked.
Still, who was that blond guy that made Luffy cry..
Could it be Ace?! But that's impossible...


Akame ga Kill!



Episode 13

 Esdeath just isn't giving up on Tatsumi.
That girl is just delusional about their relationship.
The humanoid monster things were making a mess.
Bols is so much more benign than justice biatch despite his appearance.
None of them is innocent though.
Bols family moment was just totally out of place.
Susanoo training Tatsumi, that's a good idea.
Tatsumi got laughed at... that was fun ^^
Interesting how both Jaegers and Night Raid had the same goal this time.
It must be fate that keeps putting Esdeath & Tatsumi together..


Tribe Cool Crew



Episode 1

The art looked like something for Cartoon Network.
Definitely not typical anime style.
CG parts were very well incorporated though.
This anime is something different.
Still, this is something for younger viewers.


Ano Natsu de Matteru Tokubetsu-hen



Special

The amount of detail in this anime never ceases to amaze me.
It's definitely one of its advantages.
Being bored and lazying around during summer vacation, nice.
Remembering that best summer of their lives..
Guess life had to move on eventually.
Nice episode.


Naruto Shippuuden



Episode 380

The new opening is very nice ^^
Interesting idea, letting the 2 halves share chakra.
That should make everyone's attacks more powerful.
Minato is so proud of his son! And with good reason too.
Still, it's always hard & sad when they show us how much his family sacrificed.
His mom's monologue was heart-breaking...
I'm amazed how Naruto managed to stay so positive all the time.
Good episode, but also sad.


Denki-gai no Honya-san



Episode 1

Manga store & bunch of weird employees..
It does have some fan service and comedy parts though.
The art seems kinda simple when you look only at character appearances.
The amount of misunderstanding was totally ROFL
This anime is actually pretty entertaining ^^
Will give it a try if nothing better comes along.


Danna ga Nani wo Itteiru ka Wakaranai Ken


Episode 1

Wow... that was one weird relationship.
His wife sure wasn't on the same page as him ^^"
Damn, it was like those 2 were living in completely different worlds..
Still, it was kinda fun.
Shame it's so short..


Gundam Reconguista in G


Episode 1

Decided to watch episode 1 on a whim.
Gundam 00 was the first I've watched & the ones that followed did not peak my interest.
So far I like what I'm seeing.
Reminds me of older anime style.
Newbies doing training.
That Bellri caught my eye. He seems very capable.
But skipping it..

Thursday, September 25, 2014

Current anime episodes comments - Naruto Shippuuden, Zankyou no Terror, Terra Formars, Tokyo ESP, Fairy Tail, Sword Art Online, Karen Senki

Naruto Shippuuden


Episode 379

Madara vs Hashirama!
Now that was interesting to watch.
Everyone else could do only that... watch.
It would have been useless to interfere.
Was nice seeing Naruto & Sasuke work together.
They make a great team combined with the Hokage guys.
Still, Jinchuriki seems pretty unbeatable so far.
Seems like he has evolved quite a bit.
Luckily, Naruto always comes up with new ideas.
Wtf?! 9 tails in Naruto is only half of its true form.
Didn't see that one coming, but it would be cool to see it complete.


Zankyou no Terror



Episode 11 Final

An atomic bomb threat!
That definitely takes first place in their bomb threats.
A balloon with a bomb, interesting concept.
This bomb sure got everyone worked up to the max.
12 was in pretty bad shape..
Damn, this episode was the icing to the cake!
They actually did it, they detonated it.
It was nice to see those 3 hang out afterwards.
In the end they wanted to get caught and wanted Shibazaki to do it.
Of course the US had to interfere..
Shame both of them died, but that was to be expected.
Really good final episode.


Terra Formars



Episode 1

Hizamaru Akari vs a bear in a cage fight?!
Damn, that was just insane.
His drama wasn't that original, but was painful for him.
At least it explains how he got recruited.
Guess the point of first half was to get to know Hizamaru better.
But they are getting there slowly.
Still, the second half started to involve the Mars mission.
Team members were gathered,briefed & shipped off to Mars.
The adventure begins with episode 2.
Solid start.


Tokyo ESP



Episode 12 Final

The final showdown!
Minami vs Rinka.
It was fun watching them fight.
Of course they managed to put some drama into it as well.
Everyone was pretty busy with their fights too.
To think Rinka's dad would land that huge thing! Talk about impressive.
Rinka decided to give another go with the powers things.
Finally, she'd be able to fully fight!
In the end Kyotaro had to play knight in shining armor.
This final episode was lower than my expectations..


Fairy Tail



Episode 26

They sure got a nice welcome at their town.
Not surprising since they did win the games!
Looks like Gray might have realized the old woman was Ultear.
Still this was a celebration episode.
Geez, the town gave them an HQ castle!! Awesome ^^
Doing jobs again... it's sure been a while since they've done that.
Natsu really needs to get over his motion sickness.
The mole job was ROFL
Guess the old Fairy Tail is back ^^
Damn, Zeref...


Sword Art Online



Episode 13

With Asuna & Yui cheering him on things looked better.
He finally figured out who DG was.
No way, the bastard tried to cloak in the middle of battle.
Good thing Kirito snapped and finally got rid of him.
He got even closer with Sinon too.
Interesting way to win the tournament though ^^
Shinkawa, Sinon's RL friend turned into a true weirdo.
The real truth finally came out... damn.
Good thing Kirito decided to come after all..


Karen Senki



Episode 1

First thing I noticed was the CG animation.
The robots looked fine, but the human characters looked unnatural.
The action was nice though & funny at times.
It's short, not totally crappy with lots of action, but not my thing.
Skipping this.


Barakamon



Episode 12 Final

Damn, his mom really wanted him to stay..
Guess he thinks of that island more of a home than his real home.
His dad had some nice memories of that place as well.
Only his mom was throwing a fit about it..
The package from the island was nice ^^
Everyone was happy he was back yet he ended without being picked up.
I'm still fascinated by vending machines in the middle of nowhere.
At least he got a happy welcome back!
Think they placed him down on purpose thanks to his dad so he can learn more on the island.
The best thing was that it didn't bother him at all.
Wish this would get another season.
At least they left plenty of room for a sequel.