This is of course relevant only for poor sobs who do not have access to server logs, but for quite a while Technorati provided a list of reactions to posts. Amazingly, they did a much better job at it than the mighty Google. In fact, Google's results were useless (and …
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When Kampfer opened, a few people blogged that it "was like a stupid [version of] Ranma" — a very natural misconception, given what they knew about the premise. But even so I knew we will not see another Ranma again. Anime changed too much. As I wrote in the little teatrise …
read moreNow that I learned to pick them up, I hear them all the time. For example, Kurumi says "おどろかせちゃった", or "made you startled" - odoro-ka (neg.base) + se (because odoroku is an -u type), and the shortening of shimau, I think. Indeed it's …
read moreSo, everything is explained, nothing is resolved. More later, maybe.
Oh, and also: I heard Shizuku (and Mikoto) saying "あやつられていろ" (it means "is being manipulated"). I knew that studying passive would come handy one day. There was casuative too, although I didn't jot …
read moreSekirei and Kampfer are almost entirely unlike each other, except for the very broad conformance to the genre of "fanservice comedy"... and for one more thing: both had half-hearted endings for the season, which can serve as a springboard for sequels, if money is forthcoming (in case of Sekirei, this …
read moreThis may also explain why I am not Filled With Fury over wasted opportunities or whatnot in Kampfer. It's entertainment that doesn't require me to do anything particularly strenuous, but still surprises me with its humour, while not actually leaving my comfort zone of the familiar …read more
Evicted the list of categories from the sidebar into a dedicated page. Now K-ON and GA: Geijutsuka Art Design Class can get their own categories. Unfortunately, re-tagging old posts is an immense pain, so I'm not sure if they will. Well at least the Zyl's confusion is settled.
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