9. Kurogane on Hanamaru 09

   He says:

   Oh god.. what?!!

   I'm looking forward to Hanamaru 09 now.

   Also, a thought occured to me: so, this is what Sumire looked like when she was in the kindergarten.

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10. Omamori Himari to be taken down from Crunchyroll

    Gia drew my attention to the upcoming removal of Omamori Himari from Crunchyroll, by -- who else -- Kadokawa. Crunchyroll's Rob Pereyda even made the following observation about Kadokawa's insufferable arrogance:

    "While I cannot reveal too many details as to the specifics of the Kadokawa Pictures deals, I can confirm that there …

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11. Bloggers agree about Working

    Aroduc and Scamp quickly focus on the same thing:

    The rest of the cast is cut right out of the same cookie cutter collection as a billion other terrible pseudo harems. The idiot loli, the older girl sensitive about her age, the one afraid of men, the one with a …

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12. Kabitzin on Kimi ni Todoke 21

    I quietly gave up on Sawako and Co after ep.10, but I follow the spoilers at Sea Slugs (currently at ep.21), which seems better than the real thing:

    Chizuru might not have that fierce magnetism that Tohru is looking for, but she still managed to scam FOUR whole …

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13. Damien Kellis on Summer Wars

    In his entry at Moe Check, Damien is somewhat less forthcoming with the explanations than DM, but he, too, seem to be unhappy with sci-fi part:

    Offhand, though, the phrases which stuck were "In the future of Summer Wars, there is no network lag", and "I don't think physics works …

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14. Tokimeki Memorial for PSP

    Since I am an owner of a PSP now (a beaten-up hand-me-down from my daughter), I search for PSP-based VNs periodically. The catch was thin, and there aren't many games that interest me. I know that Sakura Taizen and IM@S SP had VN content, which is not quite there …

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15. Azumanga Supplement

    The 10th Anniversary Supplement was out for a while, but I somehow forgot to check it out until today. So...

    Yotsubatized

    

    The first thing that strikes when seeing the new Azumanga is how much Yotsuba influenced its style, especially around faces and in the beginning. But the effect lessens along …

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16. Head-riding cuteblobs

    Hanamaru Youchien reminds us about the visual trope of head-riding, where a cute blob rides someone's head. By necessity, for the gag to click, the blob has to be no larger than 2 heads. Which is perhaps why ostensible "children" in the Hanamaru are so small. Funnily, I do not …

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17. Jeph Jacques confuses me

    The text for today's Questionable Content runs:

    Today's strip is a loving homage (or blatant ripoff, depending on how you look at it) to Azumanga Daioh, which is probably my favorite manga/anime of all time, and has been a huge influence on QC. I recommend grabbing a copy of …

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18. MP3 Tracks At Amazon

    Amazon sells MP3 and not DRM-ed garbage like iTunes, so naturally I gravitate to it. Unfortunately, its J-pop library is very small. It's mostly just Puffy (of whom I have everything on CD) and Utada (who I cannot stand for some reason). Just to make things harder, their recommendation system …

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