SO...June hols have started. I don't know how I feel abt it; I mean, it has lesser HW than previous years. Yays. But it's missing something...maybe the fact that I just sit around all day doing HW and playing "Sims 2" and slacking has something to do with it. Haha.
I've been feeling kinda nostalgic lately so I re-read my diaries from primary school and old blog entries. The only thing I can say about them is that I'm mortified by what I wrote. Seriously. I sounded like a emo wannabe-cum-hyper Harry Potter fangirl. *FACEPALM FACEPLAM FACEPALM* I wish I could just burn 'em and never let them see the light of day ever again.
Right now I've gone off anime and manga abit. The fact that I won't have time to attend the anime convention from June 27-29 doesn't help either. Anyway, I'm kinda obsessive abt Ben 10 and Teen Titans. Watched them practically everyday. But...Cartoon Network! PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE BRING BACK XIAOLIN SHOWDOWN!!! Rahh, I NEED to see some Jack fanboyness around Chase. Come to think of it, I have a thing for unrequited love and/ or goodXbad ships. MurakiXTsuzuki... HarryXDraco... YukiXShuichi (well, Yuki is kinda considered a villian)...SladeXRobin (does nobody find the apprentice arc to be suspicious?)...IasonXRiki (either one of them can be the bad guy, depending on whose POV you're coming from)...LXRaito (ULTIMATE YAOI SHIP. the chains. the UST. the mindgames. the matched intelligence. need i say more?)...
And now for some random news.
I. J.K. Rowling is releasing a prequel to Harry Potter. It will go on sale on June 10 at Waterstones.
II. Death Note is apparently going to have a new novel. Its plot will be based on the lastest DN movie "L: Changes The World". Ohnoes...
III. 2nd volume of Shin PSoH will be going on sale on mid-June. :):):):):)
The following are some fics on fictionpress.com that I am currently following/ really like. Note: they are all yaoi/ shounen ai/ MxM. The bracketed words are keywords that gives you some clue as to what sorts fics they are. "HS" means high school.
1. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1747090/1/The_Gift (vampire, captured)
2. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2413358/1/Judass_Kiss (HS, asthmatic, abusive relationship, tutoring)
3. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2450825/1/Aspire (writer, sees into the near future)
4. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2354982/1/Therapy_Sessions (HS, crush, step bro)
5. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2439032/1/Penny_Candy (niteclub, dancer, "bad area")
6. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2402410/1/Now_and_Forever_in_Secret (HS, brothers, incestous, abusive mom, COMPLETE)
7. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/2411408/1/For_All_Waters (affair, bi married man, eventually got together, COMPLETE)
8. http://www.fictionpress.com/s/1511666/1/Thoughts_Without_Words (mental insitution)
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P.S. I really like the word, "emoangst (ing)". It just rolls off the tongue so easily. :)
Labels: anime, death note, diaries, fanfics, harry potter, hols, june, nostalgia, shin petshop of horrors, xiaolin showdown
TatselK had a murderous epiphany at2:15 PM ---GRAVITATION---
Creator: Murakami Maki
ANIME!
Run time: 13 episodes; OAV: 60 minutes
BL Content: Soft (touching, kissing)
Genre: Comedy/Romance
Grade: B
Yeah...i tink the gravi anime really wasn't that good. thk god i went onto read the manga instead of giving up on this series alotgether...anw, the anime cut out alot of humour and made alot of the characters one dimensional (e.g. shuichi was the whiniest and most annoying char ever, tohma dressed really badly, yuki was made out to be much more of a mean bastard than he actually is etc. etc.) oso, the plot is quite...average. i mean, there IS a plot that finish thru to the end of the anime but it wasn't anything spectacular. Still, considering the other shounen ai series around, it's still relativly...solid.
the animation was pretty decent considering it was made in like 1999 (WHOA. nearly a decade ago!). for me, the best part was the songs. Alright, so they're more of the techno-pop genre even though Bad Luck and Nittle Grasper are both supoosedly rock bands, but STILL. I LIKE THEM OK??! my personal faves are "sleepless beauty" and "spicy marmalade"..."super drive" comes pretty close too.
Manga!
Volumes: 12 (in original), 1 (in sequel)
Grade: A-
although i only read 2 volumes of the gravi manga and gleaned bits of the other volumes from all over the place, i luv it to death! :) it was smart, it was funny, it was crack n best of all, CANON SHOUNEN AI! *drools* ooh yea. the fact that the drawing style is a LITTLE messy does not deter me! the author's notes n sidebars were really interesting too. hopefully,vol. 2 of gravi EX will be out soon.
i finally realised the popularity, not to mention logic, of the YukiX Shuichi ship after reading the manga. they fit each other really well ( i mean, imagine two Yukis attempting to commit suicide all the time or two shu-chans threatening the sanity of tokyo) and they looked completely adorable together too...personally, i kinda go 4 ALOT of ships. oh yea, that's the beauty of the gravi manga! u can stick the chars into all sorts of pairing n it'd STILL seem plausible. XD
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ooh yea. have anyone read the Death Note novel about the BB case? it's "narrated" by Mello n the case is abt some pretty gruesome murders. they hv this character in there called Beyond Birthday ("B") who's like the villian of the story but imitates L in every way possible (his wuv for jam comes close to L's penchant 4 all tings sweet). apparently, he was no. 2 at wammy hse (behind L) n got fed up so he decided to be the polar opp of L. oh yea "A" was the "1st" heir at wammy hse or smth, but commited suicide cuz he/she couldn't take the pressure of bring L. Uhh...yea. 0_0 i tink maybe there could be a ship for Beyond and L! *sparkle sparkle sparkle* I mean "BL"=Boys Love. Doesn't that mean ANYTHING? :)
COMING UP IN FEB 2008!
1. Release of Shin Petshop of Horrors by Toykopop (EEEEEE! FINALLY!)
2. Release of the 3rd Death Note movie
3. Release of the Ai No Kusabi novel in the UK (umm. i'm nt sure abt this one.)
4. umm...i tink there r a few other stuff but i dun rmbr wat. :(
Labels: ai no kusabi, anime, beyond birthday, death note, feb, gravitation, review, shin petshop of horrors
TatselK had a murderous epiphany at9:23 PM -An Anime/ Manga Meme-
1. First Anime: Death Note
2. First Manga: Petshop of Horrors
3. Favourite Shounen Anime (s): Death Note
4. Favourite Shoujo Anime (s): Ouran Host, Kyo Kara Maoh!
5. Favourite Shounen Manga (s): Death Note
6. Favourite Shojo Manga (s): Petshop of Horrors, Ouran Host, Gravitation
7. First Favourite Anime/ Manga Character: Iason Mink (Ai No Kusabi)
8. Current Favourite Anime/ Manga Character (Anime/ Manga): {refer to "about" section of the blog}
9. First Favourite Anime/ Manga Pairing: L X Raito (HEE)
10. Current Favourite Anime/ Manga Pairing: {re: answer to qn. 7}
11. Worst Anime/ Manga Ever Watched/ Read: i-i rather not say. it was too horrible.
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12. Next Anime/ Manga Planned To Watch/ Read: Mirage of Blaze (anime), Yami no Matsuei (manga)
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Ooh...i finally got gravi manga (vol. 6 and the 1st vol. of the sequel series) and ouran manga (vol. 6) today! The money and time spent was well worth it since they were all freaking hilarious. XD i know, cuz i fin them all this afternoon...*sheepish expression*
for ryuichiXshuichi, ryuichiXtatsuha & tohmaXyuki fans...YES!!! there is indisputable canon evidence for these pairings! *JOYJOYJOY* well, ok. so shuichi didn't drop yuki for ryu-chan in the end...and the whole RyuXTat ting is more one sided than anyting...so's the tohmaXyuki ting...but IT STILL COUNTS! personally, i tink ryuichi so deserves to hv tatsuha, shuichi and tohma all at the same time. LoL. but then again, i'm a die hard Ryuichi fan, so...ohh. and the yukiXshuuichi pairing is MUCH more understandable in the manga, not to mention the fact that shuuichi is funnier and-uhh-less annoying. maybe it's an acquired taste...
oh and yuki is actually funny in the manga. kinda sarcastic and dry but...I LIKE! and tatsuha "tarnishing" his image at the cooking show...:) i tink i'll post funny/ gd lines from these three manga b4 i leave for egypt or something...
Labels: anime, gravitation, meme, ryuichiXshuuichi, ryuichiXtatsuha, tohmaXyuki
TatselK had a murderous epiphany at5:12 PM The following anime Note characters have the same seiyuu. It's a litle freaky when u tink abt how many voice actors they have in common. =_=
Yagami Raito = Tamaki Suou (unbelivable. the two characters are poles apart. XD)
Kiyomi Takada = Haruhi Fujioka
Teru Mikami = Kyouya Ootori (YEA...both obsessive and organised ppl.)
Eru Lawliet = Ryuichi Sakuma (YAY!!! *huggles Kumagoro and eats a whole lot of sugar cubes)
Eiri Yuki = Günter von Kleist = Mibu Oriya (see comment on Yagami Raito = Tamaki Suou)
Yuuri Shibuuya = Suzaku Kururugi (that's...nice...although i dun watch code geass)
Conrad Weller = Tatsumi Seiichirou (whoo...yea...come to tink of it, they do hv some certain similaritites...)
Wolfram von Bielefeld = Amakusa Benio (uh huh. that's...disturbing, to say the least)
Hijiri Minase = Anissina von Karbelnikoff (this is getting funnier and funnier)
Eiri Yuki (young) = Ken Murata
Shōri Shibuya = Agatsuma Soubi (WELL. i see...)
Kazutaka Muraki = Raoul (both characters are a little on the bad side... oh wat the hell. Muraki is an evil evil evil psychotic doctor!)
Vampire Hunter D = Iason Mink (it's ironic how different the 2 characters look)
Yutaka Watari = Riki = Count D (see comment on Yagami Raito = Tamaki Suou)
Ohh! In Alexander: the Movie (yes. it's an anime too. seriously.), The seiyuus for riki and guy are alxander and hephaestion respectively. VERY VERY APPROPRIATE. XD
That's all for now!
TatselK had a murderous epiphany at11:13 PM
Wow! I'm Back! And I'm Ryuzaki! XD
That isn't really good considering the following test result I got...
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Well now...my "anime of the moment" have shifted from ai no kusabi to papa to kiss in the dark to kaze to ki no uta and now to deathnote...can anyone spot the similarities? XD
PS. Does anyone realise that Yagami (aka Light/ Raito's last name) reads ,"i'm a gay" backwards? Just found out when I was typing out all the DN characters' names backwards for fun...
Labels: anime, death note, ryuzaki
TatselK had a murderous epiphany at7:34 PM
