Wednesday, March 26th, 2008
True Tears 12: Sad Girls in Snow Should Not Climb Trees!
(spoilers for true tears 12 and a certain Kyoto Animation adaptation of a KEY game)
“I Can’t Believe It’s Not KANON“
(At least Noe’s ‘flight’ was intentional, though much too emotionally driven. I was actually going “NOOOO NOEEE DON’T DO IT!!” while watching this scene, whereas when Ayu fell in Kanon I was actually close to laughing [...]
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Whatever happened to "And they lived happily ever after"?
Bad End for true tears?
Question: Why is it that picture books that pop up in anime tend to become utterly depressing? Aren’t these books supposedly meant for young children who ought to be sheltered from the horrible horrible things in life (At least till they enter their emo teen years)? Wouldn’t it be bothersome for [...]
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Monday, February 25th, 2008
True Tears 8: Burden of the B*tch?
Hiromi in true tears seemed to be receiving quite some controversy lately, certainly a bit more than what I’d expect from a character like her. Now before I say any more and conclusions are jumped to, this will neither be a Hiromi-bashing post nor (god forbid) a Chris Crocker style LEAVE HIROMI ALONE rant either.
Before [...]
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Wednesday, February 20th, 2008
True Laughs in True Tears?
It sure is!
So today I watched… true tears 7, the recent high drama episode everyone has been raving about, only I found i totally lolz. Yes, something must be wrong with the part of my brain which is support to govern my emotions, which may just explain my thoughts in my previous post (on [...]
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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 [...]
