For over a year we waited for the anime adaptation of the great visual novel, Yosuga no Sora. And now, after its passing, we can now all sigh in relief – our wait was not in vain.
Any commentary would cheapen the lulz.
read moreKyon and ambiguity
I heard that the recently pirated Haruhi movie, in which I have no interest otherwise, made it clear fairly explicitly that Kyon actually likes all the bullshit (and apparently wants it back when it stops or something like that). He's still a battered husband, but a voluntary one, like the …
read moreCourtship training and VNs
This is going to double on previous post, but Steven also stated the following:
The real hook is this idea that expertise in playing dating games somehow prepares you for real life romantic endeavors, and I found that idea utterly ludicrous.
Unfortunately, arguing the point seriously would entail going too …
read moreHuman Vocals
I was listening to "Alive" at an IM@S CD, and it struck me how Haruka Tomatsu can take plainly insane notes for Ai Hidaka. If Miku did that, I would say "pfft, how fake", but Miss Tomatsu is a living person. I don't go to opera often, but I …
read moreDM on Ishihara ordinance
I have already twittered the article, but the matter may be consequential, ergo reblog. I tuned out people who were worked up, so DM's theatrise is timely. Executive summary:
Contrary to what certain easily-excitable individuals [link: Sankaku] may proclaim, this is not a ban and this is not the end …
read moreSDB on TWGOK
IMHO the biggest issue with Steven's approach to TWGOK is the way it's being lumped together with Yosuga no Sora. He finds a custom excuse to dismiss it later ("insults intelligence"), but the structure of the post makes me suspect that its destiny was sealed beforehand. Note that at no …
read moreKurage-hime 01-02
I meet the ghastly pall casted by Railgun by binging quickly on a variety of anime that were marked in the queue. Kurage-hime is one, selected because someone mentioned derisively how it was about "ugly nerd women" (I think it might have been Nobar, or maybe Sage).
Regrettably, the show …
read morepad-anime.txt.diff
I re-uploaded the (in)famous pad-anime.txt, which is basically everything I know about anime (ok, not quite: old notes are removed for archival). A diff is also included, for those computer-minded. As an experiment, there is a colorized diff for those not computer-minded, although honestly I'm not sure it's …
read morePeter S resigns for now
Oh what the eff, I just put him on the blogroll a month or so ago. Nonetheless, as he puts it, "life changes" happened. The skinny:
* He was a librarian, and that field is circling the drain.
* He was going to become an IT peon, but in a perversely lucky …
read moreAs if they were OVAs
I rewatch some episodes as if they were movies. Banner of the Stars 01 is an example, for all the conversations. read more