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Waaaaaahhh!!! Natsu won! Natsu won! Natsu won against two 3rd generation dragon slayers!!! I'm sooo happy because I'm a huge Natsu fan!!! ^^

Sting and Rogue did well. It was a very wonderful match, indeed. Now, about the person who was crying on page one, I (and probably most of us) think it's Zeref. I'd be happy to see him once again... =) I want the next chappie now!!! Demo muri ka. Well, I'd just have to wait out the Intramurals Week.

- LZP

Awesome Natsu. Fanart by chuefue337 on DeviantArt.

HxH' 44

I just watched last week's Hunter X Hunter episode (44), damn...if I weren't used to the gore, I would've screamed my head off. I don't know if the 2001 HxH version had the head biting (if it did, I probably forgot all about it already).

But all in all, the episode was good. Kurapika's so damn cool, and I probably love Melody already. =3 The Gin'ei Ryoudan arc is already progressing, and this episode just nailed the build-up. When the next episode comes in a few hours, I'd immediately watch it. Excited, excited me! =3

EDIT: News just reached me--no HxH this week. Waaaay to disappoint me. T_T But I'll faithfully wait for next week. =3

- LZP

*Gasp* Kurapika's using tthe middle finger chain!

SAO 8

Finished watching Sword Art Online 8. It was probably the cutest SAO episode, with KiritoXAsuna moments all throughout. From what I've read from the manga so far, I think the next episode will stop around  the time where Kirito duels with the Knights of Blood leader. (This is not a spoiler, it's a teaser. I didn't say the reason why they had to duel, did I?) I'm so excited for next week! ^^

- LZP

LOL moment: Asuna the Flash hides behind Kirito, the Black Swordsman. Soooo cute! ^^

SKET Dance: The Modern Campus Version of Gintama

SKET Dance shows the life of the three SKET members, Onihime, Switch, and Bossun, as they fulfill the odd jobs for their fellow schoolmates at Keima High School. SKET means Support, Kindness, Encouragement and Troubleshoot. Whatever problem it is, the SKET members are there to help!

Sounds familiar? Yes, indeed. The Yorozuya has now come to the modern campus life! Bwahahahaha!

Aside from that, both SKET and Yorozuya are composed of three members (exclude the animals):

• One leader-figure (Gintoki and Bossun)
• One freakishly-strong female (Kagura and Onihime)
• One megane character (Shinpachi and Switch)

The comedy and humor are relatively similar in genre. Both Gintoki and Bossun insist on their protagonist status, and both series exhibit parodies from other animes. While Gintoki gets to wear Kobayakawa Sena's Eyeshield 21 costume, Bossun gets to have his own "Next Bossun's Hint" segment (from Detective Conan's famous ending segment "Next Conan's Hint"). Gintama is famous for its randomness. Of course, SKET Dance is relatively random--although it is well-balanced with the fair amount of modern society's common sense.

SKET Dance also has its own unique qualities. It has a considerable amount of common sense and sincerity to the purpose of the group compared to that in Gintama. Bossun's and Onihime's characters are also flexible for both comedy and straight. Switch is the really weird character. All three go along well with their baka-ness. However, what really made me love this anime series is its really remarkable mix of logic and cleverness with comedy and random baka-ness. As such, Bossun surprises me with his splendid Conan-like deductions.

Needless to say, if you loved Gintama, you'll surely love SKET Dance as well. However, while SKET Dance may look so much like Gintama, it has its own uniqueness--it is one change-of-pace to the traditional campus anime. You'll know what I mean when you watch it. SKET Dance is guaranteed to be worth your time.

Tanoshimi. ^_^

- LazyPrinzez ;)

Animes this Spring 2011

So far I've been writing things where Gintama is involved. Up to date, sadly, I've barely watched 25 episodes of this anime. Yeah I know, "Fail, LazyP, FAIL."

Well, it's not that I've given up on it, but I couldn't help downloading this season's animes. I've been looking forward to watch most of them. I decided to wait until September 2011 to watch them but I failed in holding myself back. They're just so tempting!

For the past five days, I've been downloading non-stop. I've more sleep hours than my laptop does, but I didn't watch so much so it gets to rest with only BitTorrent running in the background. Any anime addict knows where to find the proper and working links, so I decided to give it a try.

Here are the animes that I've downloaded (or currently Downloading):

• Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai
• Ao no Exorcist
• Be'elzebub
• [C] The Money of Soul and Possibility Control
• Deadman Wonderland
• SKET Dance
• Steins;Gate
• The World God Only Knows (Season 2)
• Tiger and Bunny

Legend:

Updated   Still Watching   Not yet watched

Recommended  Undecided  Dropped

I highly recommend [C], since the rest of my recommendations already got themselves spotlights before I even started watching them. Just to make it clear, I don't mean that the other series are less wonderful than [C], it's just that I want people to notice this anime series as well, because I admit that some of these series are overrated. However, these overrated series, rest assured, really deserve the positive remarks, otherwise, they would have been long dumped by anime addicts.


Reviews will be coming! ^_^

- LazyPrinzez ;)

Ohayou! Soshite, Oyasumi! ^_^

'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif;">I'm a vampire. 

Joudan janai yo. Honki daze!!!

I sleep in the waking hours and I'm up during night time, watching downloaded videos. Kukuku. My day and night had been reversed for about a month and a half already. This always happens during vacations, because I just love to watch anime overnight when nobody's bickering and fighting somewhere in this place that I and noisy my family ironically call "Home." This behavior evidently resulted to two unfavorable things: first, my parents decided to turn off the router by midnight; second, I couldn't sleep at night.

Now, I really don't have a problem with being asleep all day and awake all night, giving how annoying my environment gets what with me and my brother sharing the internet traffic; me, using my laptop and him, using the PC. Not to mention, the net speed during night hours is incredibly fast! However, to be awake all night with a turned-off router is worse than being bored. What would you do with a game-less laptop without internet access? 

So...yup, I'm trying to regain the regular schedule but trying to sleep when you're just not tired is terribly so hard. In my case I've come up with a weirder--yet probably more effective--solution: tire myself for 24 (plus 4) hours. I'll be terribly tired at night and I will get proper sleep, given that there won't be any midnight mayhem in our house (something that's very likely to happen by the way).

Maybe I should go back to normal human schedule, where day is day and night is night. After all, the new semester is coming up, and according to my new class schedule, my Mondays and Thursdays will start at a very early 8AM. LOL, with 1 hour bath (yes, I know it's long,  but it's a habit now, I can't change the duration) and 1 hour travel, I need to wake up at 6AM. My mother insists she use the bathroom at 6 so I should wake up earlier like--


Wait--5 effin' AM?! 

 Fuzakerun' na! Nani kore? Kitanai janai ka?! Go-ji da to? Yarerumon'ka! I've been waking up at 5AM my whole school life!!! Why does my brother already get to wake up at seven when he's just 15? I wake up at 5 when I was 15! Worse comes to worst, I would have to wake up by 4AM! Kanbenshite yo! Life is just so unfair. Why do I always get to enter such spartan schools?!

 Joudan janai! Moshi kore ga joudan nara, omoshirokunai joudan dayo! Bakanishiten'kayo! Mou ii, kurosu--

- LazyPrinzez  

P.S. Since the author is experiencing immediate and unexpected tantrums at the memory of her hellish school life (which caused her to switch to Japanese trash-talk) this blog entry has been cut short.
Hmm, nani? Ah, kore no koto desu ka?
Anshinshite kudasai. Kore wa katana dewanai...


...tada no "knife" desu. 


Sore dewa, yoi nichi dearimasu youni.

Search for the Phantom Gintama Mirrors...and Stuff

Go to AnimeCrazy.net--fail. Go to AnimeFreak.tv--fail. Go to AnimeUltima.tv--fail. Go to WatchAnimeOn.com--fail.

Try everything else...still...FAIL.

EPIC FAIL!!!

Until yesterday evening, I miraculously stumbled upon a certain site and--Thank God!--there they are, the ever evading Gintama mirrors that I've been searching for! Horaay!!! ^_^

You see, not everybody gets to see Gintama, and the lack of mirrors because of license reports make it worse. I have nothing against not supporting licensed media, in fact, I agree with the logic. However, not everyone in the world could access those licensed media.

Here in my country, there is no official licensed media distributor for animes, that's why fans settle for downloads, online streaming sites and pirated DVDs. For heaven's sake, if you make it licensed be sure you can distribute subtitled versions to the fans! People keep on banning the mirrors and say "Please support the licensed media," so easily. The problem here is the lack of said "licensed" media!

They ban Gintama mirrors because they're shown on TV, but I often miss the show on TV because my parents tune on AXN and my sister on Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon and DisneyChannel. How am I supposed to watch Gintama then. Moreover they air it DUBBED. The worst thing that could happen to anime is to get it dubbed! The voices change, the speech mannerism, the culture, sometimes even the character relations change (blame poor translation).

What's to say? Sub it dude, 'coz I can't understand it. People should know, with subs, you can understand what the characters are saying more precisely than dubs do. As a bonus, you learn Japanese language and culture! I don't hate people who prefer dubs because they have their reasons, but as much as possible, animes should be subbed for those who prefer watching it subbed--hey, less work for licensed distributors, right?

This is the problem of otakus who can only rely on the internet. Worse comes to worst, we could only be pushed so far to purchase pirated copies. Don't blame us, blame poor distribution. We have the money, we can buy. This is what my economics teacher said about high demand, low--or in my case, NO--supply.

To date, the search for the phantom Gintama mirrors remain frail. Who knows when the authorities would ban  the few functioning mirrors?

Best solution: download 'em videos. Bwahahahaha!!!

- LazyPrinzez ;)