An anime blog of childhood promises, forgotten memories, and all things moé

The story seemed pretty innocent so far, didn’t it? Considering the genre, as well as the first season, we all knew that a few heartbreaking twists were bound to come at some point - forgotten memories, a painful childhood, something of the sort. We’ve seen these things all too many times in Key anime to be surprised any more. On top of that, I myself assumed (and hoped) that we would get another awesome love triangle in the second season, because even though my choice was made from the first episode, I throughly enjoyed - in a perfectly ordinary manner - watching Kei and Miyako fight over Hiro. It added a little flair to an otherwise ordinary plot, and the romance overtones are something that can bring me to watch almost anything.

But this…this isn’t ordinary. Nor is it cliche, or romantic, or in any way moe. This is one of the best episodes of anime I’ve ever seen in my life, and this is serious business.

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Despite what I say about casual gaming and LOL Wii Fit LOL, Animal Crossing is one of those utterly casual and “kiddie” games that I’ll probably always be playing. I’m not sure why I like it when I could just as easily play The Sims (or even try wandering around the real world), but I do know for a fact that I’ve been looking forward to this one almost as much as Gears of War 2. Perhaps it has something to do with childhood memories - funny how my childhood memories stretch up to the early Gamecube generation - but for some reason, whenever I play an Animal Crossing game I always get that warm, fuzzy feeling that I usually only get from good shoujo. I’m aware of how stupid that sounds, but it’s the truth, and it’s probably the only reason I’m still playing a childish game about catching bugs and talking to animals.

But I digress: the new Animal Crossing game for the Wii has just launched in North America, and I’m about to play it. Hopefully it’ll last me until I get around to watching Special A or Nana.

~ ETERNAL
つづく

No, this isn’t an essay on the importance of fansubs in today’s world, nor is it any form of crusade against low-quality subbers as a certain aniblogger seems to be infamous for. Quite simply, I propose to you a question; what do you look for in fansubs?
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Ne, ne, guess what?

…Guessed yet?

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…Well, you’re taking too long, so I’ll just tell you anyway. After a rather short absence that probably felt a lot longer for me than for you (in a good way), I’m back, and with a burning passion to finish everything that I told myself I would do since summer.

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Irrelevant pic is irrelevant.

Like I mentioned a couple times already, I’ll be disappearing from the interwebs for about a week, to engage in something that involves *gasp* real life. That means that I won’t be posting or commenting at all, unless I get lucky and I happen to have a decent internet connection. So anyway, since I have no real need to beat around the bush and turn this into a multi-paragraph post, I’ll just leave it that.

And if all goes well, I’ll be able to enter a Kinokuniya for the first time in my life!
…Damn, we really need some of these stores in Toronto.

~ ETERNAL
つづく

Everyone seems to have forgotten than twincest is always a viable option…

It was a long battle for all of us, contestants and reporters alike - though much more so for those of us who actually bothered to report. However, I do believe that the majority of the community has had their eyes on the tournament since its beginning, watching in both anticipation and fear as their favourite girls either dominated the competition or were mercilessly defeated by something involving Hayate or KyoAni. Regardless of your personal preferences, however, the tournament has finally come to a close, concluding the epic battle between the Hiiragi twins: and Kagamin has come out on top.
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