Wednesday, March 19th, 2008

Shigofumi 10: Otaku Power!!!

In Japan, it is illegal for a full grown man to bring a loli walking around in public.
So much for posting every 3 episodes… Now I’m posting 3 times a day?? (Well it’s to make up for me disappearing for the next 4 days…)

It’s not been a good week for birds in anime…
But I couldn’t [...]

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Thursday, March 13th, 2008

Shigofumi 9: Lone Island Syndrome

It’s the obligatory beach episode of Shigofumi! *blinks* Is this for real?

No no no… It’s really the onsen ep… Wait that can’t be right either…

Sharp objects? Now that’s more like it!
It’s become sort of a ‘tradition’ for me now to blog every 3rd episode of Shigofumi, so I made sure I was paying attention in [...]

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Friday, February 22nd, 2008

Shigofumi 6: Planet School of the Beast King

“Mine is a drill screwdriver that will pierce the heavens!!!”
*redundant yet obligatory spoiler alert goes here*
This episode of Shigofumi handles the typical issue of bullying typically. And as a throwback to episode 3, it takes place in that same school once again (whose authorities are by now tired of the negative press the school is [...]

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Sunday, February 3rd, 2008

Winter 2008 Watch List

Smack dab on the equator, seasons don’t really count for much here in Malaysia. Sure we have sweltering heat, high humidity and the prolific rain all year round, but at this time of year elsewhere, low temperatures and freak weather tend to bog down the daily proceedings. The Winter season (generally at the start of [...]

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Saturday, February 2nd, 2008

Shigofumi 3

Personal random otaku fantasy: To don a Japanese school uniform and have a lunch of bread and juice on the rooftop of a Japanese school building. (And not be arrested by the authorities)

*spoilers for Shigofumi ep 3, so for those who plan to watch it, you’ve been warned. For those who DON’T plan on [...]

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