Moments of 2009: It Takes an Otaku (Onani Master Kurosawa Chapter 25)
This would’ve been a usual scene in Onani Master Kurosawa. What’s different here is Nagaoka (dude with the afro and the thick eyebrows) is for some reason having trouble asking Kurosawa to stretch...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: Did He or Didn’t He? (Tokyo Magnitude 8.0)
If you haven’t seen this show, STOP READING NOW. Maybe read this instead for an introduction to the series [->] St. Yuuki did indeed die, but the thing is we weren’t sure. The show suddenly became...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: Without a Doubt, the Real Star of the Shin Mazinger Z is...
There are two breakout characters in Shin Mazinger Z: Nishikori Tsubasa, and Baron Ashura. The former used to languish in obscurity in the manga Violence Jack, and the latter was the bad guy that...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: One Summer Night Senjougahara Gives the Sky Away...
As a kid I was very much into astronomy, and the stars and constellations was very much my thing. Oh to be a grade-schooler oblivious of the rigors of astrophysics and its related mathematics! It was...
View ArticleMoments in 2009: Bakuman Stays Strong, Very Strong
Bakuman is my favorite new manga, and is the only ongoing manga that I read regularly (scanlations for Vagabond, Nana, and Team Medical Dragon don’t update often or regularly enough; I collect...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: Please Don’t Call This a Comeback (Gundam 00 Finale)
While I don’t think Mobile Suit Gundam 00 is a great show, even within the Gundam franchise; it did many things that I love and a couple of those are what I’m going to remember here. It attempted to...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: A Definitive Portrayal How Mecha Can Rule the Battlefield
No I’m not talking about realism. I’m just interested in a more or less complete picture in how mecha can change the face of warfare. It’s the conceit of Gundam, and any real robot show for that...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: This is Our Budokan! Yes I’m talking about Yui
It’s silly, and probably never meant to touch, move, or inspire anyone. Maybe get a few laughs, get a few people to HNGGGH, to fap, or more specifically buy merchandise, K-ON! isn’t a show where...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: Kyon Fulfills His Destiny
The conceit I make here is how I posit Kyon as a harem lead, despite not being a bland and blank character upon which a (male) viewer can impose himself as if to imagine himself in the situations...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: Do We Really Want Time Skips in Real Life? Toradora! Finale
I must say I’m a big fan of time skips. I love how Turn A Gundam used it in its epilogue, showing Loran with longer hair that somehow sold the image of his ‘maturing.’ I am thrilled at how Tengen...
View ArticleMoments of 2009: A Crowning Moment of Leadership in Summer Wars
It’s been said both in jest and in criticism that there aren’t old people in anime — how anyone past 30 is considered middle-aged, and the truly elderly play out stereotypes. Jinnouchi Sakae in Summer...
View ArticleAnime and Manga Related Moments 2009: Those Who WON’T Make the List
I consumed more media this year than in any other year of my life, and most of the media is related to my anime and manga hobby. Given how the anime and manga I do consume are recommendations from...
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