1. White Rabbit

    The mailman delivered a surprise package today: Canon Wordtank G70 that I ordered from White Rabbit two days ago.

    God I love capitalism.

    Incidentially, White Rabbit was also cheaper than eBay sellers, to say nothing of generic stores like GoodsFromJapan. I credit J. Greely for the reference, he had gotten …

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  2. Puzzling Gum

    The gum wrappers come with puzzles on the wrappers, all in hiragana for pre-schoolers.

    The question is: "〇なかにことばをいれてネ".

    Once I figured out that "irete" means "insert" in this case, I was able to guess 4 out of 5.

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  3. Jason Miao on ef.12

    At first I wanted to save this for a long post, but... Seen at DbD:

    Remember when Simon first went into space and forcibly combined with Arc Gurren to form Arc Gurren Lagann and then broke space/time/this blog? If that were a 10 on the chill meter, Renji …
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  4. Omo's year 2007

    It's long, but not boring. The question of ef was covered at length elsewhere, but I'll pick just a few tidbits.

    What’s amazing about 2007 was I managed to get a new top 10 anime on my list in the form of Manabi Straight. I’ve been watching anime …
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  5. Comments are eeeevil

    In comments at Omo's, DMdm sez:

    ef has going for it more than just skilled use of technical pens and photoshop. As Link says, it’s taken a pretty tired genre — bishoujo game adaptations, a genre that has never produced anything particularly good — and produced a powerful set of …

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  6. ef ends

    To sum it up, ef certainly was inspirational, and ended very well.

    Among the anime I saw, ef seems to fall into the unique class together with Haibane Renmei. Unfortunately, I think it does not measure up, and this is why:

    • ef overdoses on the imagery. It does not hurt …
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  7. Quick note for Nova

    Nova writes:

    The first two thirds of this episode concludes Renji’s story, though I’m not sure if a miracle actually happens to allow Chihiro to overcome her disability (since her representative chains DO break).

    There wasn't any miracle, but by learning to trust Renji completely, Chihiro can borrow …

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  8. Suguru and "cabbage"

    Suguru is nothing if not persistent. I'm curious if he's going to see Crescent Love like I did or not. I have to admit, I toyed with the idea of continuing the nominally suspended series many times. Feena compels. BTW, I tried to explain it to him before, but I …

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  9. The uselessness of Top 10

    Case in point, Protaku's top 10 at IGN. I think I can add a diminsion to it by posting the Amazon rankings (using the latest available volumes):

    10. Highlander: 7,334
    9. Witchblade: 4,827
    8. Beck: 9,335
    7. Mushi-shi: 15,336 (Amazing. But I didn't buy it either …

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